I Scored Myself A Mate

The young wolf had been smitten by him from the very first moment he had laid eyes on him. It wasn't just his eyes, that reminded everyone of the powerful full moon or his handsome features. Not even the fact that he was the Alpha's son strong and proud. It was something more; a deep secret he could never tell anyone. A special moment that even now he treasured deep in his heart. That very first time he could really see him, the one behind the title and the expectations. That fateful instant he realized that Luke was the person he would want to be with his whole life. 

Alexander was aware though. Of his current position. A very sickly and weak teenage boy, from an unknown family that had nothing special to offer to the pack. His appearance was not really anything great either and even his movements were awkward and weird. On top of that he was being bullied. At school, at the pack training even when he was planning on taking a shower he had to watch his back for pranks. There was absolutely no way someone like Luke would even spare a small space in his heart for someone like him. Especially when all he could see was the Elf King. Someone so great, filled with kindness and wisdom. Alexander had none of his good qualities. He was simply average and maybe even worse than that. 

But when Luke told him not to be afraid of him he noticed that he had been doing everything wrong from the start. It wasn't fear, what he felt underneath his skin and bones, where his heart beat frantically. It was definitely not fear. It was an unfamiliar drum beat, an echoing signal that made him shy and flustered as he wished for no one to notice. He never dared to look at him because he knew that if their eyes met for too long the mirrors of his soul would reveal everything and that would be embarrassing. At the same time though he didn't want Luke to hate him, more than anything the few words they would exchange, even the slight scolding was a blessing to him. Some people were not as fortunate as he was to be able to talk to the person they liked. Even if all he actually did was stutter and stare at the ground. 

"I was never afraid of you" Alexander told him, as seriously as he could.  Luke remained silent, staring at him for a while as he tried to figure out if he was lying at him or not. 

"Really?" Luke asked and the boy nodded. His face was downwards again, unable to maintain the eye contact. "Then why can't you look at me in the eyes? I…I know that many times I've looked like the bad guy but…"

"You are not the bad guy!" Alexander said, sounding more upset than Luke. Like he was the one who was being insulted or misunderstood. "I know you're not" 

"And how do you know that? You're just saying it so I won't beat you up" The grey eyed man said with a bitter smile. After everything hat had happened with Alex, none of his friend approached him anymore except Mikael. Everyone was scared of him. He couldn't blame them though. They had seen a pretty nasty side of him. One he himself didn't know he had. Nonetheless he couldn't help but feel lonely, an outcast in his own pack. The people he was supposed to lead one day were already thinking he was some kind of unstable lunatic. As it seemed he was following his father's path just right and that disgusted him. 

"That's not true. I just know that you're not bad. I…I saw it" Alexander said.

"You saw it?" Luke asked him, his eyes filled with curiosity but unfortunately he didn't manage to get an answer. Mark and Mikael returned with the stuff they had just purchased and entered the car in a hurry, ready to leave. The moment Alexander saw them, he flinched and melted back to his seat, his eyes focusing outside as Luke started the engine. The boy let out a relieved sigh. He didn't want to reveal this little detail yet. He was afraid that he would lose it if he shared it with him. His feelings would just overflow and he would be on the spotlight right in front of Luke just so he could get rejected. A little bit more he wanted to nurture these feelings.  Until he was forced to give them up. 

At the same time the four elves on the other car were traveling and Allias was very penitently was trying to explain to Theseus what rock music was. The white haired elf had found the beige leather seats of the car quite comfortable and had completely ignored Allias' note about wearing a seatbelt. He had brushed it off saying that human things could not kill them so what was the point of restraining himself with such thing. All Allias hoped was that they wouldn't be stopped by the police any time soon because things would get difficult. 

"So rock music you know is about rebellion, guitars and drums you know…a nice chaos." Allias said and Theseus frowned. 

"It just sounds like someone's dying to me. Don't you like the violins back home?" Theseus asked him.

"No the violins are nice. But you know different occasions, different music. There is also dance music which is pretty good."

"Ballroom music." 

"No, no. They don't do ballrooms here it's considered old fashioned. They have clubs. Mark mentioned it before. Clubs are kind of cool if you're with friends" 

"So these clubs have rock music?" Ares asked. He had heard rock music a few minutes ago and he seemed to be really fond of it. While on the other hand Ea had flinched at first by the loud music. 

"Yeah some of them do but those attract a specific kind of people most of the time. Clubs have a different setting. I don't know. It's complicated" Allias said, regretting the fact that he tried to explain it to them in the first place. 

"So you mean that back home we are old fashioned?" Theseus asked a bit shocked. "Do you want to build a club at the main village?"

"What? No" Allias said and shook his head. He didn't want to imagine the hatred Ea would have for him as his husband would probably spend endless nights clubbing. 

"We should go to one. A club" Ares said.

"No. We are here for business." Ea said strictly. 

"Business and fun go well together honey." He said with a cheeky smile and battered his eyelashes in front of Ea. Both of them were sitting in the back seats and honestly Ares hadn't stopped talking. Not even for one second. He had so many questions. 

"Okay then. Let's change the subject. Let's talk about the fact that we have been married for almost a century now and we still haven't kissed" Ares provoked Ea, who gasped the moment his husband revealed such sensitive information. 

"You haven't kissed?" Allias and Theseus both asked shocked in unison and the general also turned back and stared at him in awe. 

"No we haven't" Ares said with a bright smile. "So tell me. Aren't I handsome enough? I mean I am pretty popular. I am a prince too you know. Even if none of you treats me like one."

"Do we really have to talk about this now? Is it really necessary?"

"So if you guys haven't kissed does that mean that you two didn't even…you know" Theseus asked his brother, acting as if Ea and Allias weren't there. 

"Ha! Yeah that could happen only in my dreams" Ares scoffed and said. "So tell me. Why don't you want to kiss me? Why? Why? Why?"

"You are acting like a spoiled child." Ea told him and averted his eyes. He was staring at the tress that were creating a huge green line in front of him, the way the car sped off in the highway. He was this close to slapping him but he was trying to restrain himself. Such immature attitude was not acceptable in front of the King and the High General. 

"No. I want an answer now! You don't want to go clubbing. You don't want to have fun. You don't want to kiss me. All you want to do is work so tell me now. Don't you like desire me? Is there something wrong with me?" Ares asked him getting more and more impatient. "Tell me. Just say it. I am waiting" 

"Oh for fuck's sake shut up!" Ea screamed at him. "I have never kissed anyone before so I don't know how to do it okay? I am scared I will be bad at it" he shouted in his face and Ares looked at him dumbfounded. He bit his bottom lip as his body trembled. He was trying so hard not to laugh but Theseus not really caring suddenly erupted and laughter filled the car. Allias let out a sigh knowing that there was no shaving these two helpless brothers. He felt so bad about Ea that he slapped Theseus' thigh. But by now Ares was laughing too.  Poor Ea had turned red and teardrops gathered at the corners of his eyes. "You idiot!" he shouted and began kicking Ares who was trying to defend but at the same time to stop laughing. "Are you happy now?" 

"Ouch! I'm sorry. I am sorry. Ea please forgive me" Ares begged but Allias stopped their little fight. 

The car began to slow down and soon it entered an enormous underground parking lot. 

"Now everyone I would like you to shut it. We have arrived at the hotel she is staying." He warned them as he carefully parked the expensive car and turned off the engine.