I held my breath as I looked at the childlike awe that I read on the boy's face. His face is so close to mine that I can feel his breath on my upper lip. His eyes ran across my face and over my hair as if seeing something incredibly entertaining. He had a tiny smile on his face like he didn't even realize he was doing it. When his eyes met mine, he froze and turned pale. It was then that I realized his position. He was leaning over the length of my body, his arms against the tree behind me, one of his legs in between mine, the other over my left leg, his chest millimeters above mine, his ears twitching on his head, tail swishing behind him like he found a mouse. As intimate as the position was, not one part of is body was touching mine.

The way he froze reminded me of a raccoon being caught in the trash. It was the look of an animal about to run when it got the chance. Before he could gracefully lift up and scurry off, I quickly wrapped one of my arms around his neck and the other around his waist and reversed our position. He was now laying on the ground with my weight pressing him into the roots and dirt beneath us.

His cute little brown cat ears were pushed back like an angry kitten. A scowl took over his face as he glared at me, but I didn't care. All I could focus on is his smell and pale skin. He had high cheek bones that made him look very young. His very light abs and cute pink nipples made me want to lick him, but I restrained myself so I didn't scare him more than I already have.

He had nothing around his hips to cover his crotch. This let meet a look at his size, and he was smaller than average, but not in a way that was weird. It suited his small stature and size. A blush crept up into my face as I looked away from his crotch to look into his eyes with an awkward smile that grew excited as I talked.

"What are you? Why do you have cat ears and a tail? Are you some weird species of werewolf? Wait, no. That's not possible because those are cat features. You really have the features of a cat. It's not just your adorable ears and tail, but your face in general. And the way your eyes flashed yellow was so beautiful! Please tell me about yo-"

My words got cut off as he hissed and jerked his hand across my face. I fell back on my back, wincing and holding my cheek. I pulled my hand back to look at it only to see blood. I looked to his hand only to see claws extended where his fingernails are. I felt as the cuts started the healing process and looked to his face as he stood over me, eyes yellow and tail swishing fiercely behind him while his eyebrows furrowed into what he probably thought as menacing, but just looked cute to me. I sighed and sat up.

"I'm sorry," I say while looking into his eyes with a gentle expression.

We stayed like that for a few long seconds, until he seemed to realize that I wasn't going to hurt him. He slowly relaxed. I blew out a breath and flopped onto my back to stare at the little bit of sky visible above the pine trees. My hands were spread out on both sides with my palms facing upwards. I stayed like that for a few minutes before I heard shuffling in the bushes. I looked to my left to see the boy picking small red berries off a shrub. He turned and sat criss-crossed in front of me and slowly started eating the berries, completely unabashed by his nudity, but cautious about sitting so near me. We sat in silence for a few more minutes, with me lying on my back and him at my feet. I could feel him staring at me.

As we both relaxed, the cool wind blew through the woods as the sky got darker. He kept getting up to pick the little berries on the bush and coming back to sit down and eat them as he started at me. A few times, my stomach growled and he froze as each growl sounded in the semi-quiet forest. But as time went on, he got to the point where he put his cute little ears back up and his cute little claws went back into his hand and he stopped tensing up at every sound I made.

My stomach growled one more time before I felt something small and round being dropped into my upturned hands. I looked to my hands and saw him putting berries into my hand, one by one. He dropped all of the berries into my hand and looked toward my face and smiled. Blush crept into my cheeks. He is so adorable.

I slowly sat up, as to not startle him. When I saw that he wasn't afraid and that he kept smiling, I brought a berry to my mouth and put it in my mouth. The berry tasted incredibly sweet, and left a somewhat sour taste in my mouth when I swallow it. This went on until all of the berries were eaten.

After finishing the berries, I looked to the sky to see that it was now almost completely dark, just a bit of sunlight coming from the west. It's starting to get chilly. I wonder how the boy survives winter. Luckily, us werewolves have higher body heat than humans.

I was startled out of my thoughts when I felt a small body climbing into my lap. I jerked my head down to see the boy slowly crawling in my lap, his eyes looking in mine as if to ask for permission. I smiled and nodded and he smiled and made himself comfortable. I slowly pushed back until my back was against a tree, and my arms wrapped around the boy. I can't believe this adorable boy is trusting me enough to do this. This seems quick for a cat to start liking someone. Maybe he feels the mating bond. Maybe he doesn't like me, but just wants me for my body heat. I wonder if he keeps warm during the night by cuddling with sources of heat, like other animals. Or... Or people like him. Cat people.

I looked down at my little kitty.. I mean the boy, but was unable to due to the little head buried under my chin. I started stroking his fluffy, brown hair. It was a rich color, from what I could see. Like the color of milk chocolate. I sat and listened to the sounds around me, while stroking his hair. After a while, I noticed a sound coming from him.

Purring?

I don't think I can handle this cuteness.

I need to let my brother know that I won't be making it home tonight. Mind-linking comes in very handy for someone who can't get to their phone. Although people are probably panicking from me blocking my thoughts so they couldn't reach me.

'Galen?'

'You little shit! Where the hell are you?! Do you know how worried I was?!' A smile formed on my face.

'Sorry. It's just that I want to let you know that I won't be coming home tonight. I'll see you tomorrow at school.'

'What?! Why aren't you coming home?'

'I never question why you tell me you're not coming home for a night. Do not question me.'

'That's because it's completely obvious why I'm not coming. You're too much of a prude to... Wait. Are you getting laid?'

'Of course not. I told you, I want to save my virginity for my mate. Goodnight.'

'Goodnight.'

I went back to stroking my little kitten's head, lulled to sleep by the soft purring coming from him and feeling of his arms wrapped around my torso and head under my chin.