I Scored Myself A Mate

"Please let me be by your side!" he said his eyes closed as he spoke. 

"Huh? Alexander, your towel is on the ground" Luke commented.

"What?" The boy asked confused and opened his eyes to finally notice the unusual chill between his legs. His eyes almost popped of his skull as he stared at the white towel that was now on the ground. He felt his whole body getting hotter and with awkward and dramatic moves he crouched down and turned into a ball wanting to hide his own body. "Please don't look." He begged in embarrassment and Luke, with a faint chuckle closed his eyes. 

"Okay, Okay I am not looking" He told him in a cheerful tone. 

Alexander grabbed his towel, wrapping it around his lower body messily and ran towards his suitcase, his naked feet thumping on the floor as he did so. He went through his stuff fast as lightning picking out a pair joggers and a T-shirt. He wore them and after he made sure his whole body was covered and other accidents would be avoided and told Luke to pen his eyes. 

"Sorry about that" he apologized as he rubbed the back of his neck. 

"No problem, I guess. So what were you about to say before? Sorry I didn't pay attention. You standing naked in front of me and all." The wolf told him and Alexander felt a pinch on his heart. The courage he had mustered to utter that sentence was probably all he had left. If there was a little pouch, where all of his life's courage had been stored he was sure right now he had used up all of it. There was no way he would be able to say it again. Nonetheless for a few seconds he really did try. Opening his lips and closing them again like a small fish, trying to mouth the words. "Are you alright?" Luke asked confused as he watched him stand there, looking speechless. 

"Yes. I am perfectly fine." He said with a sigh as he headed towards his bed. "It was nothing. Just a silly thing I talked about with the King."

"Okay. Did your talk help at all?" 

"Yeah it did. He told me a lot of thing. Even a few things about you" 

"Oh, he did? What did he tell you? About all the stupid things I did?" Luke asked him with a bitter smile as he left down the magazine. It didn't say anything interesting actually. Just some boring stuff about celebrities and food recipes. Not tight up to Luke's alley. 

"No. He didn't say that." Alexander responded but he did not elaborate any further. After that failed attempt a while ago he wasn't so sure he wanted Luke to find out about what they talked. He would have to explain why they said those things and naturally the conversation would end up in his feelings for him. 

"That's good. For some reason I don't want you to know all the idiotic things I did. If the whole pack doesn't know already." 

"I don't think it matters that much. Those things happened already. What you have to do is see how you're going to act now. The past is the past. You can't change it" Alexander told him hoping that he would offer him some comfort. He knew Luke was burdened by his actions and definitely no one should tell him to erase his mistakes from his memory, but as he stood there, his eyes showing how lost he was in the memories of the past, his expression changing and showing such sadness he felt like he had to stop that trip down in memory lane. He was not fond of that frown on his face. It hurt him to see him like that so no matter what he had to say he would. He meant it when he said that now he should move forward. That was the only option to repent after all. 

"I wish it was that easy." Luke mumbled and laid fully on his bed. "Let's go to sleep. It's late" he told him and reached his hand out to the lights, turning them off. A darkness spread in the room and Alexander too hid under the covers, feeling the soft material envelope him. It was late indeed and he was really exhausted so when his head touched the pillow he instantly fell asleep, forgetting his worries for a while. He didn't even notice Luke getting up and leaving their room.

The older wolf needed to get some air. Suddenly as he laid there in the darkness, in that unfamiliar room he was suffocating. So many thoughts in his head made him feel heavier as he dragged his steps and headed downstairs on the bar. To his surprise he noticed Theseus sitting at the counter, a glass of whiskey in his hand, the ice glistening underneath the dim lighting and in the room distant chattering of people was heard. Usually he would just ignore him and head somewhere else, wanting his own peace and quiet but he felt lonely in this huge hotel and he didn't want to bother Mikael. So without really caring if he would get beat up or swore at he sat down on the stool next to him and ordered a whiskey for himself. 

"What now?" Theseus asked, treating him already like an eyesore. 

"I didn't know you smoke" Luke told him, staring at the smoking cigarette in between his fingertips. 

"I am not supposed to. I quit it. But I am on edge" Theseus revealed and the man nodded. He couldn't agree more with that. Everyone seemed to be on their tip toes. 

"Can I ask you a question?"

"That's your second one already. So go for it" the grumpy elf said and took a sip from his drink. 

"What if someone just confessed their feelings to you and said they want to be by your side but you brushed it off as if you didn't hear because you didn't know how to respond and break his heart?" 

"I hope this is not about you confessing to my lover" Theseus said and gripped the glass.

"No. It's not don't worry. I just feel like the worst for doing that. It's so cowardly." 

"Well do you like that person too or were you just too worried what would happen if you rejected him?" The elf general asked. 

"I don't know. That's the problem. He…he keeps saying all the right things and he is truly cute but I really can't figure it out. It's confusing. He just popped in my life at the worst time and I don't want to hurt him like I did with Allias. I don't want to be this kind of person anymore." Luke revealed. The elf did not expect for him to talk like that. He seemed to be burdened by his actions a lot more than he showed. At the moment he was looking at the golden liquor in the glass, playing with glass and he had a frown on his face that showed how concerned he was very clearly. Theseus would love to taunt him and make cocky remarks but at the same time he looked so pitiful he couldn't utter not even one spiteful word. 

"Just take it slow, I guess. I took it real slow with Allias until I could be sure I could be by his side. Like, really slow" he said with a chuckle. "I don't think you should do that seeing you are not fully immortal and all but don't rush things. Take some time to figure out your feelings and pay closer attention. Alexander does not look like the person who would just lose interest easily. He looks at you like a puppy." 

"How…"

"I am a thousand years old. Don't even ask how I got that. Everyone has probably gotten that by now. How much that kid likes you. He is definitely blind if you ask me but well can't argue with someone's personal taste." He told him and swallowed the last drop of his drink. "he will pay" he said and nodded towards Luke as the bartender waited for his money. After that he simply stood up and left not really bothering to be friendly or greet him. He had done more than enough today. If Allias was there he would be really proud of him, he thought as he walked back to his room with a cheerful smile. 

The rest of the night passed by peacefully and almost in the blink of an eyes. All of them had worries and a few of them even dreamed about them. The only certain thing was that every single one of them was trying to get some rest. They had all been exhausted, not physically but definitely mentally because they truly needed to replenish their energy. Tomorrow after all a new day would begin and there were more difficult things to come, some even bloody.

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