It was dark when I awoke in a haze. I didn’t feel like I had been asleep for long but perhaps I did. I heard the door open and close but refused to get up. Then, the bed dipped and the smell of flowers filled the room. “Nickel,” Liam breathed quietly right next to my ear. The proximity made me nervous and my heart began to pound. “Ye...yes,” I stuttered. He didn’t respond, instead, I was met with a slight nip to my ear. I felt a shiver go down my spine and I found myself expectant of more. “Wh..why’d you do that?” I asked quietly, his smell making me feel odd again.

He didn’t answer, instead, he moved so that he was hovering over me. I looked up to see his blue eyes staring down at me in a lustful manner. His hand came up my shirt and roamed over my pecs. He leaned over and within moments his lips were on mine. I closed my eyes and though I was inexperienced, tried to relax into it. They were soft and gentle as they melded against my rougher ones. I’d never been kissed but I let him take the lead. The kiss was becoming more sensual and his warm fingers danced across my exposed skin. He slipped his tongue into my mouth and I let out a moan when I felt him stroke my member.

I was surprised when he touched my member and in response, I moaned. His tongue slipped in my mouth as he continued to stroke me making me let out a whimper. My heartbeat quickened with seemingly no way to quiet it. He ended the kiss and began leaving pecks down my chest. He stopped right above my member and tugged my pants down. “Li...liam,” I whispered. I could feel him grin against my skin as he spread my legs apart. He kissed both of my inner thighs, making sure to slightly graze against my dick. He was a few seconds from licking my tip but a knocking noise made me jolt awake.

I sat up and looked towards the door. “Nickel are you awake?” I heard from the other side. I let out a short breath looking down at my hard-on. Sweat coated my body, causing my hair to stick to my forehead. My face felt hot and probably looked red from the dream I had. Light shinned through the window so I hadn’t been asleep for long. The door handle began to twist as I made sure I covered myself with the sheets. Then again if he was half hybrid he might’ve been able to smell my horniness from the other side of the door. I prayed he didn’t whilst he entered. “So you are awake,” he said as he sat on the edge of the bed near me.

“I put the fish on ice. I still want to cook with you if you want.” He continued speaking to me but I couldn’t focus. I kept telling myself “breath in, breath out,” to try and calm myself but it didn’t work. He smelled really fucking sweat. “What’re you smiling about?” he grinned, “Have you forgiven me?” I quickly put a stoic face on realizing I had started thinking of the dream again. Though he was grinning it was more of an “I can see right through you” kind of look. He knew! There was no way he didn’t know.

My mind scrambled at that moment. “I...I… n...no,” I stuttered in desperation to find an excuse. “So what are you smiling about?” he asked once more. “Nothing.”

He kept staring me directly in the eyes with a raised eyebrow. I averted his gaze until he reached out to pet me. “I’ll let you clear your head and “calm” yourself down,” he paused to look down towards my crotch to which I immediately covered with my hands even though he couldn’t see it due to the sheets.

Liam snickered at my reaction and removed his hand from my head. “I hope you’ll be joining me downstairs.” Then he was up and gone with the only thing left being his light floral scent. “Ughhhh,” I sighed upset with myself. How did he take down my walls so easily? And then… that dream. The whole time he was near me I could only think about what it’d be like if he were to kiss me and hold me in real life.

I continuously scolded myself for trusting him so easily and developing a crush. I should’ve still been mad at him but I could only blame myself at the end.

Finally, I stood up and went downstairs after splashing water on my face. When I entered the kitchen Liam was grabbing seasonings from the cabinets. “Glad you decided to join,” he spoke without looking at me. I sheepishly nodded my head as I began to approach him“So, what do you want me to do?” I said as nonchalantly as possible. “Peel those carrots and potatoes for me,” he said grabbing a large pot with one hand and pointing towards the ingredients on the island with the other. 

I first took the carrots and the peeler next to them then began getting to work. I tried to be as careful as possible whilst peeling over the garbage bin as to not hurt myself. When I was done peeling all three carrots I moved on to the potatoes and did the same. Right as I finished, Liam grabbed a somewhat large knife and handed it to me. “Chop all of them up, please, along with the leek and celery stalks,” he said, as he peeled some shrimp.

I went to the chopping board set on the island and slowly began chopping a carrot. The carrot slices were far from consistent and Liam must’ve taken notice. He approached me and gently placed his hands on mine. “Let me help you,” he said as I was about to protest. “Keep your left hand like this,” he spoke gently. He placed it on the end of the carrot farther from the knife. “And when you’re cutting you don’t have to use the tip of the knife.” He adjusted my right hand as well. “When you chop it, be careful not to hurt yourself.”

Liam steadied my hands when I began to chop a bit quicker. “There you go,” he whispered deeply. I could hear the smile in his voice and my body stiffened. I was also sure that my ears twitched. “Don’t lose focus, just relax,” he said in a slow manner. I let him get a better but still gentle grip of my hands and take the lead of my actions.

His aroma coated the kitchen. In a sense, it was calming. Rather it would be if I could get my heart to stop racing. “Relax,” he said again. I took a few deep breaths and tried to bring all my attention back to the task at hand. “Kind of hard to do that when you’re so close to me,” I said under my breath. “Do I make you nervous?”

I turned to look up at him and set the knife down for a moment. “I’m sure you know whether you do or not, so I’m not going to answer that.” He remained silent but I’m pretty sure I caught a smirk before turning back around. “Not only that but I’m still upset about earlier.” It was a lie but I didn’t want him to know I had already forgiven him.

“I’m really sorry,” he responded. “We’re kind of the same… so why did you keep that part of yourself a secret from me?” He let out a sigh which made my ears twitch once more. “I didn’t want you to think that I was pitying you. I was going to tell you originally, but I was scared you’d become distant. You started to come out of your shell and I didn’t want you to shy away again.”

I rolled my eyes at the irony. “Welp, you ended up doing exactly that, by not telling me.”

I finished the carrot and Liam removed his hands from mine. I thought he was going to move back but instead, he wrapped them around my waist. He didn’t hold me too tight but enough to feel a sense of safety. “I’m really sorry. I hope you can forgive me because this past week we spent together was enjoyable; and I’d like to continue to get closer to you.” He carefully placed his head on my shoulder and seemed to have turned his nose towards my neck taking in a short but not unnoticeable breath. His breath fanned around I turned the color of a tomato. “I… I’ll think about it,” I said, feeling his breath fan against my neck. “I’m glad,” Liam grinned.

All of the carrots were chopped so I started on the leek. It wasn’t too hard to chop and neither were the celery stalks. Liam only had to help me out a few times. It was when I began on the potatoes that Liam stopped me. “For this, you want to turn it this way,” he said moving the potato vertically. “And then you’re going to cut it in half, then slice those in half, and finally chop the quarters into smaller pieces,” he said, helping me cut the potato as he spoke. “Just like that.” He let my hands go again to let me finish on my own but this time he stepped back completely and went to get the fish.

I swallowed harshly realizing how much I had wanted his arms to be around me again. It was also bothersome to know that since he was a quarter wolf his scent and hearing were equivalent if not better than mine. He could sniff out every time my emotions changed and could hear when my heart pace increased.

“Finished,” I said after I chopped up all of the potatoes. “Great! I’ve cleaned the fish and have everything else ready so now we just have to get cooking.” He turned on the stove and set a pan on top of it. He unwrapped a package containing bacon and placed a few slices onto the heat. The kitchen began to smell of it very quickly making my mouth salivate.

Liam instructed me to get another pan to start cooking the veggies to which I did. Another few minutes passed before all of the ingredients were in the pot and the only step left was to wait and clean up. “You did a great job!” Liam said while he washed the dishes. “Thanks,” I said quietly. He was so nice and cheerful it was annoying but at the same time, I was upset when he didn’t do that. The problem wasn’t him it was me, really. Despite his explanation and kindness, I was still trying to force myself to not get close but I wasn’t sure how I’d be able to do so. 

“Nickel, you ok?” I heard, realizing that I had the sink water running for far too long when rinsing off a dish. “Yeah, I’m fine,” I said, somewhat still in my thoughts. Liam dried his hands and turned to me to pet my head. “Thank you for helping me,” he said scratching behind my ear. 

“Of course,” I responded placing the dish on the drying rack. I kept myself from meeting his eyes knowing he was looking at me. His hand went from my head, down my arm to find my hand. He intertwined our hands together. “There were a few corrections I made in your essay earlier so let’s go through them while the food cooks, ok?” I nodded my head, looking at his large warm, hand on mine. My face turned red again and I just knew that no matter how hard I tried I wouldn’t be able to hide my feelings from him. 

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