Three hybrids went into heat the same day. The three were Younghoon, Changmin and Sunwoo.

"This is spreading like wildfire, guys", I said as they sat on the couch. "I'm seriously scared."

"I don't feel anything…", Sunwoo whispered. "Is this normal?"

I hugged him and he squeezed back, holding me tightly.

"Why do we have to take the pills?" Eric asked, fear in his eyes. "I mean, look at them!"

"Because even I understand that if we don't take the pills we may do something to Y/N", Younghoon said with dark eyes. "It's better this way."

"It makes you so much more cuddly." He grabbed Younghoon's cheeks hard and squished them.

"Eric, stop it", I said. "You're bruising his poor cheeks."

Younghoon's eyes were set on the puma. They were even darker now and I could tell that he didn't think Eric was any fun.

"Listen, everyone that aren't in heat can go upstairs. I'll be there soon, okay?"

They disappeared.

"Guys", I said to the hybrids in heat. "You're all okay."

—♤—

And a few days later, they all were in heat. All but Juyeon, of course. I was left with ten whiny hybrids that had worse mood swings than me all day long. Some of them still managed to piss off the others and a few fights went down. It was mostly the predators trying to kill each other, but some of the others got triggered as well. It was quite scary to be honest. I tried to get between Kevin and Eric once, but almost got hit myself.

"Hey, shtiheads!" Juyeon shouted with a voice I never heard before. He sounded so mad. "Get up off the motherfucking floor and apologize to Y/N. You almost hurt her!"

The two hybrids gasped and hurried over to me, hugging me both at the same time. They apologized over and over even though I had already assured them that I was okay.

"Y/N...I have a question", Jacob said, raising his hand like a school kid.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"Can we scent you? I mean...heat is mating season and we absolutely can't do that, so can we at least scent you? It's a protection for you against other hybrids and it would make us feel calmer every time you went outside alone."

I thought about it for a moment.

"Please?" Jaehyun said. "We just want to show you that we love you."

"Okay, but not now. I don't want you standing on a line and doing whatever you do to scent someone. Wait, do you scent each other?"

"It's marking territory", Sangyeon explained as if it was the most normal thing in the world. "So yes."

"I have the lead", Eric said proudly.

"No, you don't! I do!" Sunwoo scoffed.

"Not for long..."

Eric hurried over to me and wrapped his legs, arms and tail around me before rubbing his cheek against me.

"And that makes it eleven", Eric said cockily.

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