+++ At Home, in Hunter's bedroom +++

Theodore did not go to school. He had made a Hunter pillow and had been cuddling it while he slept. He had not eaten, and if he did eat, the food usually came back up. He knew he was getting sick but Theodore struggled to take care of himself.

Theodore scrolled through the pictures of him and Hunter, sobbing often, remembering when the alpha was there with him.

+++ Back with Hunter and the old country couple, three states from Home +++ 

"He's been working with the animals all day. What should we do, Rob?" The farmer's wife asked, starting to worry about the boy the two were watching outside. 

 "Leave him. There's nothing we can do. We don't use phones so we don't have chargers for his phone. All we can do is give him work to do and a place to stay until we can figure out how to get him back home, alright sweetheart?" The farmer offered a small smile and his wife slowly nodded his head. 

+++ Outside with Hunter +++ 

Once Hunter finished the tasks the farmer had given him, he started talking to the sheep and making friends with one of them. 

"I've got a pretty boyfriend back at home." Hunter smiled a little, chewing on a piece of straw. 

"Baa." A certain sheep with white and black wool stopped to respond to the alpha.

"Yes, I'm gay and you better not have an issue, Rosa," Hunter said and the sheep responded to him again, looking at him with her dark eyes. "Theo's really hot. Like super hot, cute..and adorable. He's super smart too. He's really nice..and I'm sure he would like you, Rosa." Hunter smiled and teared up a little, thinking about his boyfriend. 

"Well, I'm going to check on the horses, I'll be back." Hunter hid his tears after rubbing them with one of the shirts he had gotten from the farmer's wife, Ian, and left the sheep for the horses.

 "Hey, Jeffrey. Todd. Alex."

 "Neigh." Only one horse responded.  A brown one with black hair and a long white trail that led down to his nose.

 "What? I can't say hi to you?" Hunter asked the two horses and they only made small noises, ignoring him. "Okay then, since you want to be like that, only Alex gets an apple." Hunter did a magic trick and secretly gave Alex a red apple. The horse was more than happy to eat his treat.

"You're welcome, Alex."

 "Hey, Hunter." Hunter turned around and saw Ian walking over to him. "Yes, Mr. Ian?" 

"Just call me Ian, kid.' The farmer's wife smiled. "Anyways, do you want to go to the small town up ahead with me?"

 "Oh, um sure. Okay." Hunter smiled a little, shrugging his shoulders. "Can we bring Rosa though?" Ian was amused by the suggestion so agreed anyway. 

The three of them got in and were quickly on their way. Ian drove the old red truck with Hunter and Rosa in the truck bed, enjoying the wind and view.

 "I've never been friends with a sheep before, Rosa. You already know that." Hunter looked down at the sheep next to him.

 "Baaaa." 

"I know it's crazy but who would've thought? A werewolf and a sheep? We're best pals." Hunter smiled and hugged Rosa close until Ian stopped the truck at an old grocery store. Hunter patted Rosa's head before jumping out of the truck bed.

"What do you want, you gay trash?" A tall woman stood at one of the check-out lines as the cashier, glaring at Ian as the two men walked inside.

"Just getting groceries, Martha." Ian smiled, and Hunter looked at the woman in disgust.

 "Who's that with you?" The woman's face quickly softened when she looked the young alpha up and down.

 "My grandson. He's visiting from another state for summer break." Ian lied smoothly, grabbing a cart and giving it to Hunter to distract the boy's emotions. 

"Oh? If you're interested, boy...I have a daughter.." The woman at the register smiled, bashfully.

 "No, thank you." Hunter faked a smile but the disgust was evident in his voice. 

 "Alright, come on, son." Hunter quickly followed Ian, who started to walk down an aisle with a smile on his face.