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Chan moved forward, his senses overwhelmed by the strong strawberry musk emanating from his mate. His heart clenched at the sight of the freckled boy, his lip busted and face littered with scratches. Sitting on the floor next to the mattress beside his injured mate, Chan gently took the boy's hand, his emotions swirling in a storm of grief as he took in the extent of his mate's injuries. Tears welled in his eyes, but he fought to keep them silent, not wanting his vulnerability to be witnessed by the pack.

"Could you please give us some privacy?" Chan's voice was barely audible, filled with emotion, his hands trembling as he gazed at his mate's face, another wave of tears threatening to overwhelm him.

Seungmin and Jeongin understood and quietly exited the room, closing the door behind them, leaving the two men alone with their injured mates. Minho, however, remained at the door, grappling with the harsh reality before him. Once the door closed, Chan rested his head on his mate's chest, letting his tears flow freely.

Minho's eyes brimmed with tears as the truth sank in, but he fought to compose himself. With cautious steps, he approached his severely injured mate, the new vanilla-floral scent now comforting. Sitting beside him on the floor, Minho couldn't help but smile softly, realizing how endearingly fragile his mate looked. Gently, he ran his fingers through his mate's hair, noticing the dried blood, a stark reminder of the injuries his mate had endured.

Chan felt the blankets move around and a small fragile hand was caressing his head, he froze in his spot at the touch

"You ok mate" a deep voice asks the distressed chan on his chest

When chan sat up, he let out an audible gasp at the boy's beauty, seeing him awake, sparkling eyes looking down at him, his last straw was when he flashed him a shy smile, he actually felt his heart melt. He was at a loss for words and didn't know what to say to the now wide awake freckled mate of his

"Are you ok, does anything hurt, do you need anything" chan bombarded the young boy with many questions in English assuming that that's all the boy speaks, Felix just shook his head.

"I'm alright, I think" he said with a small smile, still having a good grip on chan's hand and heart but he didn't know that

Jisung squirmed at the noise around and shoved Felix harshly

"Shut the fuck up yongbok" Jisung mumbled in his sleep which had Minho let out a loud laugh one that chan rarely hears but was glad his friend was amused

Felix pulled the blanket to cover himself some more

"Squirrel head ass taking all my damn blanket, move" Felix said taking up more space on the mattress, which just led to the 2 boys bantering about who gets more space and chan and Minho just looked at each other from between the mattress, sadness long forgotten and all that was left was amusement

That was until Felix lightly kicked Jisung's leg which caused him to hiss harshly, all eyes going to him

"You ok sung" Felix said frantically getting out of bed to head to Jisung's side of the mattress and lifted the blanket by his leg revealing the big part of his leg that was wrapped with some bandage that was obviously blending out. At the state of Jisung's leg Minho perked up getting closer to Jisung to see the injury clearer

"Should I open it" Felix asked Jisung to which he just nodded, face still scrunched up in pain, Felix unraveled the bandage revealing the huge bite mark on his leg, but what was weird is that his veins and all around the injured area was a light blue color

"You're a human?!?!?!" Minho exclaimed in shock, looking up to meet Jisung's eyes.

"No, I'm a pigeon, hoot hoot bitch," Jisung replied, dripping with sarcasm, which elicited laughter from the two Aussies in the room.

"Uh, Ji, hoot hoot is an owl," Felix clarified after calming down from his laughter.

"It's 2024, can't a pigeon question his identity?" Jisung retorted with a deadpan expression, causing another round of laughter from the Aussies. Felix reached forward to high five Jisung, but the impact caused Felix to cry out in pain.

"You okay, Lix?" Jisung asked, concerned.

"I don't know why my shoulder is giving me absolute shit right now," Felix replied, gently caressing his shoulder. Feeling a tender spot, he winced and jerked forward. Turning, he saw Chan with an apologetic smile.

"May I?" Chan asked Felix carefully in English.

"Yeah, check it out, please," Felix replied. Chan slowly lifted his shirt and noticed an almost identical wound to the one Jisung had. Felix turned around, showing Jisung his mystery wound.

"Woahhhhh, Lix, we have matching wounds," Jisung exclaimed.

"Hell yeah," Felix agreed softly, fist bumping Jisung.

"You guys are humans, right?" Minho asked cautiously, a new fear creeping into his mind about how the two boys would react.

"Yes, we are," Felix confirmed.

"Do you know about our wolf hybrid situation?" Minho inquired further.

"Yes, Jeongin explained everything to us," Felix replied.

"Wait, you know Jeongin?" Chan asked, shifting his position beside Minho on the floor in front of the mattress where the two boys were seated.

"We've been here for the past week, of course we know Jeongin," said Jisung.

"Well, yeah, that makes sense," Chan acknowledged.

"So, you guys are aware that you've been bitten by wolves during the attack and the blue you've got going on is your body consuming the venom," Minho explained casually.

"I'm sorry, what venom?" Felix asked, clearly confused.

"Basically, you guys are turning into hybrid wolves like us," Chan explained with a soft smile, leaving both boys in shock.

Barely proofread but just wanted to get it out for y'all