In my room, I decided to call Virgile while eating. If someone ask me, I would answer that Virgile is my best friend among humans and werewolves compounded. It only rings three times before he answers “Hey”.

“Hey, you busy?” I ask him before taking a bite of the sweet potatoes that still are on my plate.

I heard a bit of rustling before he said “A bit but what’s up?”

“Well, I am bored because I fought with my parents, they set up an arranged date with Justice”

There was a bit of silence before I add sighing “You are lucky, at least your parents aren’t insisting much….”

Both me and Virgile didn’t exactly fit the mould of the werewolves’ ideal, at least by the fact that we both didn’t want to get married to some strangers and that we didn’t like the so-called justified werewolves’ hierarchy. Virgile’s parents were more understanding than mine and he was being less pressured in general because…

Because he is an alpha

Virgile cut my daydreaming by saying “RemRem, I know what you are thinking…and it may be partly true but don’t forget that this the case for anybody standing up for what he thinks is right”

It was true but it didn’t change the fact that this is annoying, I voice my thoughts “…It’s freaking annoying”

He chuckled “Obviously, I’m sorry but I need to go, my mom really wants me to help her, try to make peace with your parents and don’t go or stay to the next date they set up, you know them, they wouldn’t drag you there by force”

“Yeah bye, say hello to your mom!”

“Yeah bye! Talk to you later”

After the call, we spoke a little bit by messages to plan when we would see each other because we haven’t hung out since the beginning of the school break.

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A few minutes later, I went to put my plate in the sink. My papa must have heard me because he came silently to the kitchen and walked up to me.

My papa hugs me from the back hesitantly and says  “Look I am sorry okay? I didn’t think a date would anger you that much”

I turn myself to face him and hug him back “Yeah” I knew that they really thought that it was the best for me. They care about me.

“I must inform you, that we already agreed to have diner with Justice and his family…and you know I can’t cancel them like that without any valid reason…”

I knew that Justice’s family were a quite dignified family which you couldn’t cancel without reason. “Okay but no more surprise dates, ok?”

“Ok!” my papa says cheerfully

He lowers my head to kiss my forehead  “Who were you speaking to on the phone?”

“Virgile to vant a little…” I said sheepishly

My papa stays quiet a bit, so I loosen my embrace to look down at him. His expression was strange so I ask him “What do you want to say? Just say it”

He laughs “Nothing it’s just that often when his name is coming up some old memories are also coming up - quite traumatic ones”

I flushed, I was embarrassed and got away from him “Ugh! don’t think about it, it’s awkward!”

My dad enters the kitchen at this moment “What is awkward?”

“Speaking about Virgile first’s…official meeting?” my papa answers seemingly searching very hard for the best way to formulate it.

By the look on his face, my dad seems to understand, which made my papa chuckles harder while saying “Oh gosh, it was indeed awkward, and unforgettable for the vivid image of your dear dad almost collapsing, he was so pale, right honey?”

“Well, you can’t blame me! I was rightfully surprised…” my dad answers while starting to smile sheepishly.

A few years back, my parents caught me in an “uncatholic positions” with Virgile….

I am still grateful they didn’t take it too badly, yes they were understandably shocked at first but they didn’t overwhelm me, and didn’t even tell me mean things which wouldn’t be the case for most omegas if their parents had caught them in the same situation…

It’s when I remember things like this that I know they care about me even if they can be hella annoying sometimes. 

And that I care about them too. A lot.