People Like Us (bxb)
Chapter 9

Terui’s POV-

I was excited about the date. I think anyone would be with their mate. It’s funny how things change so quickly, and you wouldn’t even know until you stopped to think. Though I didn’t want to think much about it, it is kind of terrifying how it went from not wanting a mate to become inseparable.

I decided to take a bath first since there is an hour to prepare myself. I slipped into a grey V-neck shirt with a pair of jeans and pulled on a leather jacket. I guess I’m trying to impress, aren’t I? This reminds me that our packhouse doesn’t really have Nathan’s clothes. I should probably ask him if he wants to get his own clothes from his pack or some newer ones. I also need to check up on Alex. He just lost his mate and found out that his mate wasn’t truthful about who she was.

Starting up my bike, I drove slowly to the packhouse since there was quite a bit of time left. Feeling a little awkward, I decided to knock on the door before opening it.

“Coming! Give him a sec!” Hastie and Hallie shouted out in unison. Those twins are creepy and scary especially when they decide to screw your brains up by imitating each other but I guess they have much better coordination than many others. I guess they heard about the date and decided to take matters into their own hands. After a few minutes, they came down with a well-groomed and well-dressed Nathan. I almost couldn’t actually recognize him with the nice clothing, neat and tidy hair, and properly dressed. Guess the sisters did quite a number on him, though I properly need to lecture them about forcing others. Poor Nathan looks exhausted and defeated.

“I look weird,” Nathan stated with a slight pout, looking down, fidgeting in a pair of slightly baggy jeans and a cropped top, probably belonging to the twins. I held back a chuckle as the sisters’ feint hurt. They lightly smack the back of his head before pushing him in my direction.

“Anyways. Get on with your date. Oh! And Elder, please bring him to a barber and cause that hair is going to be a problem when styling his hair. Get some clothes too!” Hastie stated before closing the door on us.

We stayed silent for a while. Nathan has a look of disbelief when he realizes that this won’t be the last time that the twins are going to mess with him.

“Looks like we’re going to the mall for a while then,” I said, helping Nathan onto the back seat of the bike. He just nodded silently. I clicked on his helmet and got on the bike, “Grab on, we don’t want you falling now.” Almost instantly, He wrapped his hand around my waist tightly. I smiled to myself, and we were off the nearest mall.

30 minutes and we reached the mall that I found on the maps. Well, it’s a pretty good mall if the exterior is anything to go by. I looked at Nathan and saw him looking at the place in awe. I guess he has not been to this part of the town, Well, neither have I. That was when I saw Nathan’s tail wagging. I pulled him to the closest wall and used my body to cover him from any passer-by. Nathan was flushed red and so was I. How did I not notice how low the jeans hung on him? It practically looks like it would slip off at any moment.

“Nathan, you might wanna keep your tail first.” I cautiously muttered to him, not wanting to embarrass him. Although it was nigh impossible not to be embarrassed. His face turned crimson red and closed his eye, doing his best to will the tail away. After a few seconds, the tail magically disappears. He let out a sigh of relief and looked at me with embarrassment all over his face.

“Thank you.” He softly said. I gave him a smile and took his hands in mine. We walked into the mall together and managed to find the barber Hallie recommended to me a few days ago. The smell of hair hit my nose and I cringed a little. I never really liked it that much

“Welcome, just take a seat first.” I sat at a nearby chair that the cashier brought out while Nathan was busy admiring the various shampoo and conditioner that were on the shelves. When it was our turn, I called out to Nathan and just let him settle for a hairstyle that he liked.

“Can I try having the dark blue hair?” Nathan asked me, eyes glued to the lock of blue hair on display while the hairdresser was busy preparing everything.

“Anything you want is fine with me,” I said with a smile. He kind of reminds me of a child. I told the hairdresser his request and decided to find something to do since it is going to take quite a while before he is going to be done with the work.

----------An hour later----------

Nathan was really, really excited about his hair. He got it dyed blue and cut shorter which looks extremely cute on him. I could barely take my eyes off him when the barber was done. He is trying to hide how happy he is as much as possible but I could feel the excitement radiating from him through our connection. After his visit, we went to many different shops and I must say, he is really picky about what he wants to wear. Too big, too short, too embarrassing. In the end, we got many variations of the same type of T-shirt and a few Bermudas.

While we were walking back to my bike, I felt a sudden mood drop from Nathan. My wolf immediately was on high alert and a scent, unmistakably that of werewolves, informed me that there might be some scuffle about to happen. I turned around and was greeted by a group of rather obnoxious-looking teenagers. My guess is that they are from the same pack as he is, and they are probably not good fellas if anything.

“Hey slut, fancy meeting you here.” A tattoed face one sneered. I growled lowly but made sure it was not loud enough to be heard. “Came here to shop when you have been banned to come here alone.” That caught my attention. Nathan was banned from coming here which also probably means that he was banned from a lot of other things as of now. I guess that’s why he didn’t really have anything on him when we found him.

“I’m a sorry kid but I don’t really appreciate your tone here.” I loudly voiced out my thoughts, trying my best to keep them as formal as possible.

“Heh, another Elder you brought in to be your sex buddy. You must have marvelous sex appeal.” He jeered Nathan in front of me, face coming close enough to make my wolf want to rip it into two. Nathan had shut out his emotions which is making me worry about what he was thinking. “Why don’t you tell him about what happened? How long do you think it will take for him to ditch you? Maybe a few seconds is enough, right?”

Fear was now radiating from him. Obviously, something had happened in the past and they know about it. Judging from the conversation, it had something to do with Elders as much as I didn’t want to believe it. My wolf whimpered a bit at the immense fear and hopelessness coming off Nathan, but I stood my ground. I was now more curious than angry at what the tattooed idiot was saying. I want to know why was Nathan so cautious and scared of me.

“Why don’t you let him know that you have lost your virginity at the age of 12 to our pack Elder and that you have had sex with almost all the guys in the pack. Not to mention the fact that you have been a whore?” I was stunned and angry, like a spear that stabbed me in the heart. What had happened to him? Was he raped? Was he ordered to do such things? “How is your body by the way, do those scars hurt anymore.” He chided. I felt rejected and angry. It shouldn’t bother me but my mind can’t get over the fact that so many men had used him. My mate was defiled. I couldn’t move, but I know that Nathan had already run off with his pack laughing at him.

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