Christmas Eve was two days ago, which meant that all the family meetings were over and all the presents were unpacked. This gave Chan a little bit of time for himself.

The wolf hybrid was sitting on the fluffy dark grey carpet in his room while leaning onto the foot of his bed. He had a little notebook on his lap and played with the pencil he was holding, while trying to think about some lyrics ideas. Doing that was a hobby of him, something that made him relax, sort out his thoughts and sometimes even express said thoughts in the form of a song.

He was so caught up in his own head, his own little world, he didn't notice how the door of his room was opened by a big black wolf, who didn't really try to be quiet. The wolf just walked over to Chan and flopped down on his lap, earning a yelp from the male with the curly silver hair.

"Yedam, get off me you are too big for this", Chan complained with a little laugh. The wolf slightly huffed but got off Chan, while also turning back into his human form. The boy, who now sat in front of Chan had black hair and was wearing a plain black shirt and pants. His eyes were as black as the wolf's he had previously been but now they seemed less intimidating. The male pouted a bit while looking at Chan.

"So, you are calling me heavy and therefore fat", Yedam huffed and crossed his arms, pretending to be mad at his older brother. "I never said that. I told you that you are too big to just let yourself fall onto my lap. Your wolf is now fully grown after all, meaning he is now taller and yes, heavier but it would be concerning if he wasn't", Chan explained calmly while closing his notebook and putting the pencil away. He knew Yedam was just being a pouty child but there was no way he would allow his little brother to think bad about himself.

Yedam suddenly had a confused look on his face, which quickly turned into a shocked one. "Does that mean my human form won't get taller as well?!", the younger asked, leaning forward to shake Chan by his shoulders like that was the end of the world. The older only laughed at his younger brother's overreaction. "Don't worry your human form will continue to grown until you are twenty if you are lucky", Chan then answered, which led to Yedam stopping to shake him.

"I am glad. I thought I would stay this small", Yedam exhaled, making his brother laugh once more because Yedam wasn't even that small. The younger let his hands slip off his brother's shoulders and leaned back a little. He opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by Chan's phone, which laid beside him, and got a message notification. The older picked the phone up and looked who wrote him. It was Jeongin.

"Who wrote you?", Yedam asked and scoot over to Chan's side to look into the older's phone. "Jeongin, a friend of mine from one class below me", the older answered while he opened the chat with Jeongin. The younger asked if Chan had time to hang out.

"Wait, do you mean Yang Jeongin? In the kitsune of our school?", Yedam asked with a little bit of surprise in his voice. "Yeah. Is there an issue with that?", Chan asked with a rather monotone voice, while he replied Jeongin that he was free today. "No, I just didn't think you were friends with him despite you knowing probably everyone in Miroh High", Yedam answered and placed his head lazily on the shoulder of his brother, so could continue to read the chat.

"How long have you been friends with him?", the younger asked out of curiosity. Chan thought for a short while before answering. "He was introduced to me more or less at the beginning of the school year but I can't remember when I started to refer to him as a friend but it doesn't really matter to me", the older explained. Chan believed that he would have been friends with Jeongin no matter in which way they met because the young kitsune was just someone Chan wanted to protect a little.

"This means you probably adopted him, when you got to know him because he is a sweet kid", Yedam chuckled in amusement. Chan wanted to argue but got interrupted by another message from Jeongin asking him to meet him in twenty minutes at the "19" Café. The next message said he should wear his white, loose button-up shirt because he looked good in it and wore it not that often.

"He is right about the shirt. You look really good in it, hyung", Yedam commented to Jeongin's last message. Chan lightly laughed and tousled through his little brother's black hair. Yedam had nothing against it. His hair was messy anyways because he didn't bother to brush it today.

"I should get changed then", Chan said and let Yedam lift his head off his shoulder before he stood up to walk over to his closet and get out some fresh cloths he could change into for his meeting with Jeongin.

Chan was out of the front-door not long after that. He wore the loose, white button-up shirt, Jeongin had requested with a pair of black jeans and over that his dark blue coat, so he wouldn't freeze to death. Yellow Wood was still covered in snow after all.

The wolf hybrid enjoyed his little stroll to the Café with the snow crunching under his shoes. He was a little surprised though when he saw a familiar figure in front of the Café and it wasn't Jeongin.

No, it was Byungho.

The older male with the brown hair looked at his phone and didn't see Chan coming, so the wolf hybrid decided to call for him before running towards him.

"Hey, Byungho. What are you doing here?", Chan asked when he reached the older, but the question almost got stuck in the wolf hybrid's throat because Byungho just looked stunning in every aspect of the word. He wore light makeup around his eyes and a dangling silver cross earring in his left ear.

The earring must be new because Chan didn't remember seeing Byungho ever wear it. He probably got it for Christmas from someone. The wolf hybrid almost didn't register Byungho's answer, because he was just stunned by Byungho's look.

"I'm waiting here for Jeongin. This kid really asked me to go to a little party with him", Byungho answered with a huff. Chan blinked in confusion. "That's funny because Jeongin wrote me today and said he wanted to hang out and that we should meet here", the wolf hybrid said, which also let Byungho look confused.

Suddenly both Chan and Byungho got a notification on their phone. It was a message from Jeongin. It read: "Sorry for the little trick, hyungs. Don't be mad at me please >.< I had the feeling you two would enjoy a little time for just the two of you. The "19" Café is really great, so you won't regret going in there and order a drink. You will surely like it. So, enjoy your little date!"

Chan's face got really red when he read the last sentence of the message while Byungho chuckled cutely and lightly shook his head. "The Maknae successfully tricked us", he stated with amusement in his voice while putting his phone into the pocket of his black coat.

"Y-yeah. We totally fell for it", Chan slightly stuttered and tried to not look Byungho in the eyes, so he focused his gaze into the distance. He needed to calm down quickly before he messed something up or said something stupid.

"Want to get something to drink in the Café like Jeongin suggested, when we are already here?", Byungho asked. He sounded as kind as always and Chan could already tell that the older was smiling just by hearing his voice. The wolf hybrid told himself that he should just be himself around Byungho, like always. He finally looked at Byungho and mirrored the older's smile. "That sounds nice", he answered.

The two walked into the Café and were hit with the overwhelming good smell of fresh coffee and books. The "19" Café was a mix of a library and a coffee shop. It was nicely furnished with a lot of comfy beanbags in a corner, so you could take one and sit down were you want to read some of the books comfortably. The walls were all covered with bookshelves, except the front wall because of the big windows, which let warm sunlight flood the place. There were also many cutely decorated tables with comfortable looking chairs, which all differed from each other but still fit the whole theme of the Café.

Byungho and Chan both ordered and paid for a latte macchiato at the counter and sat down on a table next to one of the bookshelves, waiting for their order.

"This place is really nice. I should have come here a long time ago. It's almost embarrassing that Jeongin, who only moved here a few months ago, knows this place and we don't", Chan commented when he took off his coat and hung it over the back his chair while looking at the books in the different shelves. "I agree. The atmosphere is relaxing here and the staff members also seem nice", Byungho agreed with a chuckle and hung his long black coat over the side of his chair.

When Chan looked back to Byungho he nearly choked on his own spit. So much about staying calm and being himself. Thinking the older couldn't get more stunning was just stupid to think. Why did he even do that? The dark night-blue shirt the older was wearing, looked like it was made of silk and complimented not only Byungho's naturally broad shoulders but the V-neck also showed a part of his defined collar bones. The very pretty silver necklace with the little silver cross charm, which matched Byungho's earring, also didn't help anyone to keep their gazes away from the exposed part of the brunette's chest.

Yes, Chan was internally dying and had a hard time to not stare at Byungho. By all gods if Byungho would have gone to a club like Jeongin had said to get him here there was no denying people would have noticed him the second he walked through the door.

After Chan noticed how silent the both of them got he decided to just compliment Byungho because that was what bros do? Right? "You look really good in that shirt, by the way", Chan complimented the older and prayed that it sounded absolutely casual and if not he was screwed.

Byungho smiled kindly. "You also look really good in your shirt. You often wear black things but a white button-up suits you too", the older gave the compliment back. Chan needed to take a short moment to not let the other know he was really flattered to hear that but he managed to grin lightly and say "Thank you".

"Here are your drinks", a cheery female voice said behind them and their order was put on their table by a cute-looking blond girl with cat ears on top of her head. "Enjoy", she said and got a "Thank you" from both Chan and Byungho before she went away again.

In Chan's opinion she was looking too much at Byungho but that was probably just his wolf side talking. After all Byungho was Chan's mate, even if the brunette had no clue about that.

The two males had a rather normal conversation while they occasionally sipped on their drinks. Chan was glad that the atmosphere around them was so casual. He had feared it would get awkward because Jeongin more or less set them up for a date. That made Chan question if he was too obvious about his crush on Byungho and the mate thing but the youngest of their friend group was a pretty smart kitsune after all, so if he just figured it out or was joking in general was a bit unclear but maybe Chan just thought too much about it. But he would sure as hell ask Jeongin why he had set this up.

"Did you also hear that the members of K.A.R.D have been very active over the course of the last few weeks? A friend of my mum told me that the two female members are often seen flying around, seemingly fixing something", Byungho told the wolf hybrid. Chan slightly nodded. "My mum and my father talked about that with one other member of their pack. They seemed worried though", Chan said with a tint of concern in his voice. He finished his latte macchiato with one last sip, Byungho wasn't quite finished yet.

The older male of the two seemingly noticed the worry in Chan's voice, so he changed the topic, which the wolf hybrid internally thanked him for. "Talking about pack. Did you ever think about joining the one your mother is a part of?", Byungho asked and took a little sip from his drink without breaking eye contact with Chan.

The wolf hybrid thought about it. When he was smaller he loved the idea of one day joining the moon pack, which his parents were part of but ever since his father's death and learning about groups consisting of all sorts of creatures he had changed his mind.

"I think being in a pack is a little boring. I mean they consist of just wolf hybrids and/or werewolves. I would rather choose a group with different types of creatures, so I can get to know them, their abilities and culture", Chan explained with a little smile on his lips. Byungho hummed in agreement, mirroring Chan's little smile.

"You phrase things like that always so beautifully and open minded. I think you could even be the leader of a group", Byungho said while his smile widen a little bit. Chan felt his face get a little hotter and he prayed Byungho couldn't see him blushing.

The wolf hybrid thought of a way to reply to that but in the end was distracted when he noticed in the corner of his eye that three girls were coming towards their table. Byungho seemingly noticed that the other was distracted and wanted to say something but then the three girls arrived at their table.

One of them had black hair, wore maybe a little much make-up and seemed to be a mermaid judging by the intense violet eyes and violet scales on her cheeks bones, which she seemingly tried to cover up.

The second one was obviously a fairy. She had light blond hair and light green wings on her back. Her eyes were in the same color as her wings, just a little less glittery and transparent. Unlike her mermaid friend she was wearing no make-up at all, showing off her light, smooth skin, which slightly glittered green.

The third girl was definitely a vampire, Chan could smell that instantly. She had black eyes and dark brown hair, wore dark red lipstick to compliment her full lips and a little bit of eyeliner to make her eyes stand out a little more.

"Hey there", the fairy greeted with a shy but honest smile, that told Chan she was flirting in an instant. Her gaze shifted quickly from Byungho to him though, making it clear with whom she was flirting. Great, straight girl trying to flirt with a gay guy.

"Hi", Chan returned the greeting rather awkwardly. "Can we help you?", Byungho asked sounding polite and nice. "Yeah", the fairy said and pushed the mermaid a little forward. "My friend here, Rina, couldn't stop staring at your table", she added with a smile. "That's, that's not true", the mermaid, Rina, stuttered nervously while blushing. She seemed shy and a little unsure it was almost cute.

"It is true. Trust me", the fairy said to Chan and Byungho giving the two a smile were you could see her perfect, pearl-white teeth. Byungho chuckled softly and this made the mermaid just blush harder, which Chan didn't really like.

"So, could you do this poor, shy soul a favor and give her your number?", she said that obviously to Byungho. "And maybe you want to give me yours", the fairy added winking at Chan, who now felt even more awkward.

This was just great. The girls seemed nice and everything but Chan didn't like the idea of giving the fairy his number and getting her hopes up and that the mermaid seemed interested Byungho. Still, he could do nothing about this. If Byungho wanted to give the mermaid his number, who was he to say no? He never told Byungho about his feelings for him or that he was Chan's destined mate therefore he had no right to stop him from dating anyone.

Byungho glanced at Chan for a brief second, which the wolf hybrid barely noticed. "Are you very angry at us, when we decline?", Byungho asked with an apologetic smile. Chan looked surprised at the older male, then it turned into relief, which didn't get unnoticed by the third girl, the vampire, who was in the background and was probably just here for the moral support.

"Not really but we would want to know why. Already in love?", the fairy asked with a little bit of disappointment in her voice while she looked from Chan to Byungho. Rina also looked disappointed but she seemed to understand and subconsciously touched her badly covered scales.

"Yes. I'm really sorry", Byungho answered before Chan could say something. The apologetic smile was still on his lips. Again, the wolf hybrid couldn't help but be surprised. Byungho was in love? With whom? Or did he just say that, so the girls wouldn't ask any further? He wasn't sure at all.

Suddenly the vampire girl made her presence know by shifting her position slightly and taking a step forward. "You are probably in love with each other, am I right?", she asked with disgust and poison in her voice. Her two friends looked shocked but Chan couldn't tell by what. The possibility of him and Byungho being in a relationship or their friend's rude tone.

"What if we were? What would change that?", Chan asked in a neutral tone while Byungho narrowed his eyes at the vampire girl but said nothing. The vampire glared at Chan. "It would make you a coward and a fag", she answered with so much disgust in her voice it made Chan clench his jar. He wished the vampire would have just stayed silent.

Suddenly Byungho stood up and dumped the rest of his drink on top of the vampire girl's head, making her gasp as well as her two friends. "Oops. Sorry about that", the older said with sarcasm dripping from his voice. He then simply grabbed his coat as well as Chan's hand. The wolf hybrid quickly took his coats before he was dragged to the exit of the Café by the older male, having an internal debate whenever Byungho really just did what he did or if he was imagining things. After double checking he had to realize that Byungho did dump his drink onto the vampire girl's head.

Byungho let go of Chan's hand after they were out of the view from the Café, so they could put on their coats. To say Chan was still shocked, surprised and a little bit more in love was an understatement. Yes, this was the point were Chan would say he wasn't only whipped or smitten for Byungho, no he was freaking in love with the other male.

"Byungho did I ever-", Chan wanted to say but was interrupted by the sound of someone slamming the door of the Café open. Chan instantly picked up the scent of three vampires, two probably male and one female. He knew the scent of the female one since it had the delicate smell of latte macchiato in the mix.

"Now, you two are dead meat", they heard the vampire girl yell angrily. Byungho instantly grabbed Chan's hand and pulled the wolf hybrid into him. He mumbled a quick teleportation spell and teleported them out of the vampires' view, into a little alley not far away from the Café because Byungho probably wasn't able to teleport them further away in such a short time.

Chan had his head more or less buried in Byungho's neck, making the wolf hybrid's heart not only race because of adrenaline, that was currently pumping through his veins because he could hear the vampires shout and run around trying to find Byungho and him.

They should have known that the vampire girl probably had some vampire friends with her, who just didn't come to their table. After all vampires were known for never being without one of their kind. Of course there were expectations like Changbin but it was more common to see vampires hang out with other vampires. It was the norm for them.

And then there was the thing with a vampire's pride and ego. Byungho literally drown the vampire girl's ego by dumping his drink on her and vampires tend to not take that easily, so they often reacted rather violently. Perfect example of that was the current situation.

Byungho slightly shifted because his left shoulder was pressed uncomfortably into the brick wall, he was currently leaning on. Chan mistook this, thinking the other was generally uncomfortable in their current position and tried to push himself off Byungho but the older wasn't having that and kept the wolf hybrid in place by putting his left hand on the other's back while he was still holding onto Chan's hand with his right one.

"Stay still or they might notice us", the older whispered. Chan only nodded and didn't dare to move again because Byungho's mouth was more or less right next to the wolf hybrid's ear, making it quite hard for him to not become a tomato.

To distract himself he tried to focus on the noises the snow made under the vampires' feet when they ran around in their supernatural speed or their voices but soon enough Chan found himself listening to Byungho's heartbeat instead, which was a little faster than a normal one. Maybe he was a little scared as well?

After a while the vampires gave up searching for them and went their way. "I think they are gone", Byungho mumbled and let out a little sigh of relive. Chan was still focused on Byungho's heartbeat though. The wolf hybrid found it strange that it was still beating rather quickly. It hadn't calmed down one bit. So maybe it wasn't fear but nervousness? He couldn't tell.

"Channie?", Byungho said the other's nickname softly but still with concern in it. Chan's head immediately jerked away from Byungho's neck. He would have made at least two steps away from Byungho but the older's left hand still rested on his back, preventing him from doing so. He was left with staring into Byungho's dark orbs with the gold tint, faces only some inches apart.

Chan's heart began to instantly beat like crazy. Byungho was probably able to hear it at this point. The wolf hybrid referred from gulping or letting his eyes drop to the older's lips. "Just look into his eyes and hope he will soon notice that you can't move back because his hand is still on your back", the wolf hybrid repeated this thought in his head, in hopes of a fast, hopefully not awkward ending of this situation.

Byungho seemingly wasn't planning on removing his hand from the other's back though, no the older slightly changed his position again. He let go of Chan's hand giving the wolf hybrid the possibility to get out of this position if he made a step to the side but now he also had his face just one inch away from the other's.

This made Chan stop breathing and all the thoughts he previously had disappeared. His brain still worked though because if not he wouldn't have noticed Byungho's eyes drop to his lips for a brief second. This made Chan lean forward slightly like it was an instinct. His lips didn't touch Byungho's yet but it was very close.

Chan gave the older a choice like the other did before because some part of him still wasn't sure if Byungho knew what he was doing. The faint trace of a smile could be seen on Byungho's lips before he crossed the little distance between them.

They let their lips meet and subconsciously closed their eyes at the same time. The kiss was sweet, loving and not rushed at all even though they both felt a kind of electricity run through their bodies. It made them feel alive and free, like they could do anything they wanted.

That feeling didn't leave when they pulled away from each other. Opening their eyes again to look at each other. Chan at the feeling the last bit of oxygen was knocked out of his lungs when Byungho smiled, showing his perfect white teeth a little. He was just beautiful.

"God damn it you are so beautiful", Chan said out loud by accident. "Well so are you", Byungho chuckled lightly, making Chan realizing what he had said out loud, resulting in his face becoming very red. The other chuckled again and brought his right hand up to brush a strain of Chan's silver hair out of his eyes.

Chan only looked into the other's eyes, where the gold tint seemed now more prominent. It was just beautiful to look at, how there seemed to be a little golden galaxy in Byungho's eyes. Without really knowing what he was doing he subconsciously leaned in again to get an even better look at Byungho's eyes. His nose brush the other's by accident, making Chan realize what he was doing but before he could pull back again and apologize, Byungho had closed his eyes and kissed him again.

The wolf hybrid responded rather quickly even though he was taken by surprise. With his eyes closed he savored the feeling of Byungho's lips on his. He had heard before that some hybrids and werwolves described the kiss of their mate intoxicating but he never knew you could get already addicted to someone's lips after the second kiss.

After pulling away from each other again, Chan almost whined because he didn't want to stop kissing the older just yet. "We shouldn't stay here. We will catch a cold if we do", Byungho chuckled and he was right. It was winter after all, so Chan got his head out of its lovesick state to maybe get some more logical thoughts, which instantly gave him an idea.

"Alright. We will just go to my place", the wolf hybrid said with a sudden burst of confidence. Byungho looked a little surprised before he showed a little smile again. "As you wish", he answered, making Chan smile lightly as well. The wolf hybrid was finally allowed to move backwards because Byungho let his hand drop from his back but the male with the curly silver hair took it not long after to intertwine his fingers with the older's.

That was how the walked out of the little alley, looking like the couple they would soon be.