Chapter 66 Avoid
>>Asher
A male...
I frowned again. I had been thinking about it the moment my eyes landed on that boy. Cute, petite with milky white skin... Our eyes met momentarily and I felt an electric current pass through me. My wolf howled at me screaming in my mind
Mate! Mate!! Mate!!!
I walked around the art and design department, unsure where to look.
Why? Why is my pair a male though? I'm a hundred percent sure I'm not gay.
...
Am I gay?
I shook my head. I can't deny the attraction I felt the moment I saw him though. I wanted to have him in my arms the moment I saw him.
I bit my lower lip. He's beautiful. I gulped as I felt my heart beat louder.
But a male? He didn't look human, humans have a different scent to them. But that boy, he seemed to have a wolf but his scent was so different. I don't think I've ever smelt someone like that.
It was a mixed scent of roses and ash... How do these two scents go together? I clicked my tongue, it doesn't make sense but then again it's right in front of me.
I let out a sigh.
From what I saw he was shocked to see me too. It goes both ways, I didn't think my destined partner would be a male. I shook my head. Well, whatever, I can just reject him and move on.
Nobody cares about fated partners in this day and age.
But,
I stopped by one of the back doors of the department.
The moment I saw him, I wanted to embrace him so badly... I folded my arms and frowned again. Is it going to be like that everytime?
What's wrong with me? And why am I even looking for him? Am I annoyed that he ran away from me? Or did it make me angry that he didn't even want to be in the same space as me?
But, wait, wait, wait! I saw what Killian's girl wrote on the notepad, that 'Nico' had a fever.
Nico... The professor called his name, it must be his name, right? I smiled without realizing it.
It's a pretty name.
...
I shook my head. What has gotten into me! If he's sick, he would be in the hospital right? Not hiding somewhere in the department.
Because if he's hiding in the building, that means he did it to get away from me and even though I was planning on rejecting him, I didn't like the thought of him avoiding me.
I turned around. I'll just believe he really went to the hospital because of his fever.
I let out a sigh and began to walk away. I should leave-
But something caught my eye at the very last moment as I started walking away. The back door opened and someone stepped out.
I turned my head to look at the person as I slowed down and noticed a familiar figure walking out with his bag on his shoulder. He wasn't paying attention initially, but when he noticed someone else in the area he turned his head towards me and froze the next moment.
His eyes went wide in shock and I saw the panic in them.
It was as if he was scared and I don't know what went through my mind but seeing him like that got to me.
It made me angry.
>>Nico
I had spent the whole time locked in the bathroom stall. Amara kept texting me but I didn't know what to tell her. I was skeptical about telling her the truth and at the moment I was distressed.
As the classes ended, I got up to leave.
I didn't want to bump into that guy, 'Asher', I heard the girls in my class call his name. It seems like he's from a pretty prestigious family. I walked out of the place and made my way to one of the backdoor.
Well, that's to be expected. He looked like an Alpha wolf anyway. There's no point in getting involved with someone like that. They're obnoxious people.
I opened the back door and walked out while I adjusted my bag on my shoulder. I should go straight home, take a shower maybe, then talk to Amara-
My eye twitched as I noticed someone turning their face to look at me, so I did the same. But the moment I saw the other person, I froze.
I looked at Asher in horror and he looked back at me with a frown.
Oh shit!
As soon as I caught a glimpse of him, my supposed mate, a surge of panic coursed through me mixed with a feeling of undeniable attraction. But the intensity of my fear overwhelmed any rational thought, and my immediate instinct was to run away. I couldn't bear the weight of the impending conflict being together with him would cause and in that moment, escape seemed like the only option.
Without a second thought, I turned on my heels and sprinted away with my heart pounding in my chest. Each step fueled by the adrenaline of desperation, I pushed myself to flee from the undeniable connection that had formed between us.
God!!! WHY?!?!?! Why did I even meet him!?!? I wish I never had, then this stupid feeling wouldn't be there either!!! I placed my hand over my chest as I ran. But even as I ran, his presence lingered in my mind.
Hmm? It was oddly vivid and it took me a moment to realize what was happening.
???!!!
To my astonishment, I heard the sound of footsteps behind me. I dared not glance back, my fear clouding my judgment and propelling me forward with renewed urgency.
SHIT!!!!! He's coming after me?!?!? WHY!?!?!?
The realization that he was chasing after me only fueled my desperation to escape. I knew deep down that I couldn't outrun an Alpha werewolf, but the impulse to evade the conflict was too strong to ignore, so I kept running.
"Hey!!" He yelled at me from behind, "Stop!!" He ordered, "We need to talk!!"
"No!" I screamed back at him as I ran through people in the open area, "Stay away from me!!"
"Why are you running from me?!?!"
"Why are you chasing me?!?!" I still didn't look back at him. I was just frantically pushing people aside and making way to run further from him.
"We need to talk!" He yelled as he did the same to reach me. People were looking at us, the ones I couldn't run around and had to push aside gasped and cursed at me but I didn't care, I couldn't even process what they were saying since I was busy running.
"I don't want to!" I replied back as I ran around a large group of people, "Go away!! I don't like you!!"
...
There was a pause in his reply but when it came, it was angry, "What?!" My words seemed to have pissed him off, "What did you just say!!?" I finally glanced back at him and noticed his pissed off expression.
!!!!
I felt my pounding heart skip a beat. And I felt my wolf get angry at me too but I ignored her. I just pursed my lips tightly and refused to answer him back and kept running straight ahead.
Despite my best efforts though, I could feel him gaining ground, his determination to catch me, matched my own of escaping him. He refused to let me slip away, and I feared I would get caught. His pursuit both surprised and frustrated me, igniting a mixture of emotions that swirled within me.
GOD DAMNIT!!! Why is he doing this to me?!?! Can't he see I don't want anything to do with him!?!?
I turned around, running towards a random building that seemed empty. I can go in and lock myself in a room!!! I could feel that I was getting exhausted and I needed something else cause clearly running wasn't doing much.
But as my energy waned, his presence at my back grew closer until I could almost feel his fingertips graze my shoulder. It was in that moment of exhaustion and resignation that I finally came to a halt, my body trembling with a mixture of fear and anticipation right between two buildings that had a dead end between them.
"Hey!" Asher grabbed my wrist and turned me around, "I'm talking to you." He yanked my shoulder, causing the bag I was wearing to fall down and then he slammed me against the wall of the building that led to a dead end.
I felt a wince of pain go through my body then I raised my head to glare at him, "Why?" I let the words escape my lips in a menacing tone.
He was dumbstruck by my words.
"Why?" He raised his right brow at me, "What do you mean why?" He looked at me with a mix of confusion and annoyance, "You know why!"
"I have no idea." I placed my hands on his that were already on my shoulder, "Let me go you creep."
"Are you kidding me?!" He was clearly mad, "There is no way you're not feeling what I am." Or more like frustrated.
I made a disgusted face, "Fuck you!" I placed my hands on his chest, "You disgusting pervert, I'm not feeling anything for you!!" I tried to push him away but he barely budged. And that further aggravated my mood, "Leave me alone!!"
"What...?" His grip on my shoulders increased and he pressed me against the wall, "You don't feel anything?" He was confused at first, then he got angry, "You're lying to me." I saw his eyes darken and that made my heart drop, "I know you felt the mate bond between us."
"The fuck are you on about!?" I kept my hands on him and tried to push him away again, "Mate bond? No such things exist in this day and age!!"
"It's rare," He gritted his teeth, "Not extinct." He looked into my eyes, trying to pry into my soul which for some reason made my wolf very happy and excited but that excitement added to my fear, "And I know you felt it, that's why you ran away." He let out an angry smirk, "You're my destined mate."
NO! NO! I'm going to refuse it till the end!
I let his chest go and placed my hands on his arms to support my weight and the action I was about to do next. This was my last resort.
"I said, I'm not your mate." I hung my body in the air as my grip on his arms tightened, letting my legs fold.
My actions immediately alerted him. He frowned at my weird stance, "What are you-?!" But I didn't let him finish as I launched a double kick right into his gut, making him fall back and letting me go.
But of course, since I was hanging onto his arms, it made me fall too.
"Oomph" I fell down on the same spot while he was on his knees a few steps away with his hands on his guts.
I knew I had no time to waste, so I scrambled myself up to run out of the place. Asher raised his head up to look at me in disbelief. Even though I kicked him with all my might, he barely let out any sound. On the contrary, the look in his eyes got more fierce.
My wolf whined in my head. She was upset that we hurt our mate and the fact that I was constantly trying to run away from him.
I got to my feet and made a run for it, not even trying to grab my bag when Asher leaped towards me from where he was. With one giant wolf-like leap he caught me again, grabbed my waist and slammed me against the wall, this time, even harder.