Strange connection weaved by fate.
“Urhhhh” Roxanne slurred as she smacked her lips in sleep, a habit she performed on the bed whenever she was being roused from sleep.
After doing this for some time, shifting the shits and engaging in her sleepy dance on the bed, she finally opened her eyes.
“Uwaaaa” She yawned as she lifted her head.
Roxanne stretched her body and heard some bones crack, feeling more energised after doing so. She couldn’t explain it, but Sue felt different, better… Though she didn’t know the reason for this.
As she rubbed her eyes, she faintly began to perceive something. Her ears twitched as she focused them, picking up low tones that began to amplify themselves as she concentrated on them.
“When will she be up?”
“Should I go check up on her?”
“No, she might still need more rest”
The voices weren’t faint any longer. She could clearly hear them, though she could also tell that the ones who spoke were a great distance away. She knew they were two distinct voices, and they were having a conversation.
As Roxanne heard the people conversing, she recognized both voices to be her mother, Melissa, and Rita. From their talks, it seemed Roxanne had fainted due to the effects of a ceremony of some sort.
“Awakening… Ceremony…?!” Roxanne muttered in confusion, unaware of what had happened the previous day.
Suddenly, a sharp sensation coursed through her head, and information rushed into her head. She could feel the buzz as countless memories began to surface, giving a clear picture of what transpired previously. Her eyes widened as she realised the truth that she momentarily couldn’t recollect.
“The Awakening, it was successful! I became a werewolf! Roxanne screams internally.
From Melissa and Rita’s discussion, it seemed she passed out before the conclusion, but it didn’t matter to her. The fact that she could hear whatever they were saying from this distance proved that she had successfully awakened her Werewolf gene.
A wide smile appeared on Roxanne’s face as she once again decided to try out whatever she did the previous night. She closed her eyes and concentrated on her sight. As she opened them, her blue eyes shone brightly and she could see everything in a clearer, more detailed fashion. The particles in the air, the texture of the walls, it was truly amazing. Unfortunately, she couldn’t see through walls, but it was amazing nonetheless.
Her smell wasn’t too bad either. She could not only smell the wood and clothes in her room but even the food that was being prepared in the living room. Due to her heightened senses, Roxanne savoured the smell even more, almost like she could taste the meal.
“Is that… Chicken soup? With… mmmf… Pastries, oh this is so… ah, Chicken Pie! Ah, chicken… Ohhh, this is so…” Roxanne’s thoughts were a mess as she took in the delicious savour and decided she could no longer stay in her room.
She impulsively left her bed and stood on her feet.
“Eh…?” She muttered with surprise.
The speed at which she performed such a basic action was unreal to her. She had gotten faster, unbelievably so at that. She decided not to be too hasty, lest she injure herself in such a small space.
“I don’t want to break anything…”
She opened the door to her room and walked to the living room with careful steps, calming herself down despite the ravenous hunger that bit into her. She felt such great energy and vigour, but the hunger would not let her enjoy herself. The smell of the meal being prepared doesn’t help matters either. In fact, it only served to fuel it even more.
“So… Hungry…” Roxanne muttered.
Rita and Melissa looked in Roxanne’s direction, immediately stopping their talk.
“Roxy, you’re up!”
“Ah, goodness. Roxanne, you’re finally awake!”
Rita and Melissa expressed their relief to see Roxanne simultaneously.
She smiled at them, also happy to see their faces. However, before she could reply, something came out before her words.
“Grrrrbrrrrrwwwww”
Her stomach grumbled.
“Eh…?!” Roxanne let out in surprise when she heard her stomach make such an embarrassing sound.
“Pffft” Rita snickered.
Before Roxanne could stop them, both Melissa and Rita burst into laughter at Roxanne’s unintentional display of hunger.
“You guys…” Roxanne mumbled, her cheeks red from embarrassment.
“First thing In the morning g and our Roxanne is already so hungry… Hahaha” Rita laughed.
“It’s fine, Roxanne. We understand.” Melissa smiled, chuckling a little.
“Yeah Yeah! I smelled chicken in my room… Is it ready?’ Roxanne asked, trying to divert the topic to another one.
“Yeah, yeah. Well… Why don’t I check now? Hold on.” Rita said, excusing the other two as she went to the kitchen to check the meal.
Roxanne sat on a chair she saw that wasn’t occupied by her mother, or Rita before she went to check the food. Suddenly, with only her mother present, Roxanne remembered the embarrassing thing she did in front of her mom the previous night. Exposing her body, the weirdness she said, and even the procedure. Everything made her cringe so hard that she felt she would die of embarrassment. The awkward silence wasn’t helping either.
“So… How are you feeling?” Melissa asked.
Roxanne, who was initially started by the question, smiled. It was just like her mother to ask such questions. That was also probably one of the reasons Rita left, so she could talk to her mother.
“I feel… Amazing, it’s indescribable. There’s this rush in me! It can’t be put into words. But, what’s with this hunger I’m feeling?” Roxanne started.
Melissa smiled softly and shook her head.
“Why else would you be hungry? You’ve not eaten today, right?” Melissa answered.
“Yeah, but it’s just been how long? I’ve never felt this starved. It’s just the next morning, isn’t it?” Roxanne commented.
“Well, I suppose I’ll have to correct you about two things,” Rita said.
“First, this is 2:34 in the afternoon. Meaning, you’ve slept throughout the morning” Melissa said, glancing over to a clock behind Roxanne.
“W-Whhhaaaaatttt?!” Roxanne let out with shock.
“Yes. So you see, it’s been a while since you’ve eaten.” Melissa added.
“B-But still, I’ve never felt this way. I’ve skipped morning meals before and I’ve never even gotten a stomach grumble.” Roxanne protested slightly.
“Haha hahaha” Melissa laughed at her daughter’s naivete.
“Oh, Roxanne… You can’t compare your energy from back then to now. The gap is just too wide.
“W-What…?!”
“Your body consumes far more energy than it previously did. How do you think those special features work? Super strength, agility, heightened senses… What do you think runs them? It’s energy.” Melissa explained.
Ah, I see. That was unexpected…” Roxanne smiled nervously.
“Come to think of it, I overheard that I passed out before the ceremony ended… Am I safe?”
Melissa listened to her daughter’s words with rural calm, realising what she had to do.
“You are, in fact, you did better than I expected. You showed outstanding results and no… There is no problem!” Melissa assured her.
“Then why did I-” She wanted to say
“That’s because you’ve run out of energy. That’s why I told you to eat as much as you could and rest before the Awakening. Out of all the werewolf Abilities, transforming is the most exhausting. It put a heavy strain on the body, and since it was even your first time, you could barely handle it.
“A-Ah… I see…” Roxanne muttered.
“I’m happy you went through with it though. After you fainted, there wasn’t much to do, really. I just packed our things up and we brought you back to the house…” Melissa said
“We?” Roxanne asked.
“Y-Yeahhh… About that…” Melissa said with a guilty look.
“WHAAAAATTT?!!!!” Roxanne let out a scream.
“What do you mean Asher took me back to the house?”
Melissa regretted telling her about how Asher appeared out of nowhere and offered to help with carrying Roxanne while she packed everything else up.
“You mean, he actually saw me in that state? He saw me n-n-naked?!”
“No, he didn’t. After you fainted, you transformed back to your human form. I covered you with a blanket before he arrived to offer his assistance.” Melissa explained.
“O-Oh… B-But still, how would he have known about our while mishap if he wasn’t watching us from wherever he stayed? There’s no way he just happened to be in the area when I fainted. He was clearly watching us, that stalker. I knew it!” Roxanne said with clenched teeth, displaying anger.
She said that, but she felt the opposite of that. Her heart began to beat faster at the thought of Asher holding her in his arms. She imagined it in her head, how she would look so helpless and delicate in his broad chest and capable blossom.
“Whaaaat?! What the hell am I thinking?” She screamed at herself as her face turned red.
Her heart kept beating faster at an uncontrollable state. Images of Asher, thoughts of Asher kept flashing through her mind. What was this madness?
“It looks like it’s finally starting,” Melissa said, noticing Roxanne’s irrational behaviour.
“Hey, guys, what’s up? I heard Roxanne screaming.” Rita said, returning to the living room.
She paused as she witnessed Roxanne’s reddened face and brightly lit eyes. Rita smiled when she saw this and realised what was happening.
“You’re thinking about Asher, aren’t you?” Rita commented.
“H-How do you…?!” Roxanne said in surprise.
She stared at Melissa and Rita, they both smoked at her knowingly. They understood what was happening to her, and if she was being honest with herself, so did she.
“Nico way… Don’t tell me I’m actually…”
“Yes, you are!”
“Yep!”
Melissa and Rita answered together.
Roxanne was finally feeling it, the strange connection weaved by fate which Melissa and Rita kept talking to her about… She was beginning to long for Asher.