Harley couldn’t resist a smile as Hope clanged onto him as though her life depended on it. Despite all the nonstop hugs and all the body contact during their sparing, this one felt different. Now that he had told her his true feelings to her, he got more sure of his feelings. So Hope being wrapped around him so tightly could only excite him a little as he could feel her skin against his.
Her head was just below his chin, since he was a good six ft eight and she was merely a five ft six. So she was pretty much shorter than he was.
Hope on the meantime was well aware as well. That their awkward situation and this hug wasn’t going to go well at least. But she didn’t like the cold either. So she could bare the embarrassing feeling and get a little warmer so she wouldn’t catch a cold. It wasn’t long until she suddenly felt his skin get a little warmer. She blinked a few times in confusion, wondering how it was even possible for a werewolf to get warmer than he already was.
“Wow, you can change you temperature?” She asked in amazement as she glanced up at him, only to receive a confused gaze from him.
“Change my temperature?” He asked with a small chuckle as he stared down at her. “I can’t do that. Werewolves are just warm the same way.”
“But you just got much warmer just now.” She said as she plastered herself to him even more, squeezing the hug as she enjoyed the warmth. “Its not the same as before.”
He watched her for a moment only to feel heat rush up his cheeks as he noticed why it happened.
His body was getting a little too excited.
“Oh uh…” He cleared his throat as he grabbed her shoulder and preyed him off her, getting her to frown at him as she was exposed to the coldness once more. “I need to breath for a moment.” He said, avoiding her eyes and she furrowed her brows at him in annoyance.
“I’m going to freeze to death-”
“I’m getting too excited.” He pointed out as he scratched the back of his head. “Without knowing I am. Maybe that’s why I got warmer.” He cleared his throat and she glanced away almost immediately as he understood what he meant.
She felt her own cheeks warm up as she knew they were really never going back to the way they used to be.
She simply wrapped her arms around her body and listened to the man that had been talking about which containers were to be opened first according to dates and how long each container would keep the food fresh and so on.
Harley sighed out nervously as he watched Hope trying to force herself not to visibly shiver. He wanted to help her out, but even the mere though of it got his heart racing a bit. Luckily, Mr Wheeler noticed Hope shaking and decided to climb back up the stairs.
Hope ended up sneezing forcedly, burning her throat as she rushed out the room from the cold she was catching. She sighed out in relief as she got back into the sunlight. Harley chuckled at her but she simply pouted her lips at him with crossed angered brows.
“I didn’t know you were a non-heater.” The man said with a chuckle as Hope scratched out her arms to take in as much sunlight as possible.
“That gene went passed me and my siblings.” She chuckled out as she smiled at Wheeler. “Probably because of my great great human grandmother.”
“It is it.” Harley rolled his eyes and Hope clicked her tongue, folding her arms on her chest as she glared at him.
“If I get s cold it will be your fault for being too stingy with your heat.” She hissed out as he chuckled out.
“I’d like to share you my heat, but it’s not that easy. I’m a man and they way you held me… Got me excited.” He pretended to cough out as he glanced towards the ground, getting Hope to glance away nervously.
“Anyway.” Hope sighed out as Wheeler simply stared between the two.
“Oh I see.” Wheeler chuckled out as he placed his boney hands on his hips and stared between the two. “You mated recently didn’t you?” Harley ended up choking from air and Hope widened her eyes in shock. “Weren’t you two simply friends? But I’m not complaining. You two actually look good together now that I think of it.”
“We didn’t do anything, Mr Wheeler.” Hope sighed out as she ran a hand through her hair. “Nothing is happening or going to happen of that sort. So please don’t assume that next time…” Hope chuckled out nervously but Harley ended up frowning from his nervous smile.
Not going to happen…..
He glanced from them to the ground as he clenched his jaw tightly whilst clenching his fists.
Even after confessing to her despite being with reluctance, she still insisted he wasn’t going to be the man he wanted to be for her.
He was just wasting time… Right?
He bit onto his lower lip as he felt the jealousy eat at him. He couldn’t stand the idea Ronan was given the freedom to have her entirely as his. To be able to calk her his everywhere he went. He was so jealous of Ronan but he couldn’t say much about it, instead he had to shut up about it and listen to Ronan’s story of how his night went with her. Since Ronan assumed Harley only saw Hope as just a mere friend and partly a sister, he didn’t think telling him all the details Harley didn’t want to hear as a problem.
All he did was nod his head and laugh a little despite having the angry ugly jealousy gnawing at his heart.
Countless times he had wanted to bit him up whenever he saw the bite marks on Hope’s shoulders and neck, clearly telling him what they had gone through the night before. The mere though of Hope laying under another man drove him crazy.
But he wouldn’t say anything because he wasn’t willing to risk losing her over his own feelings.
He didn’t care about himself or what he felt, as long as Hope remained at his side. He was fine with it.
Hardly did he know it would rot him from the inside out.