It was in the middle of the night. I had been sleeping most of the day so now I was awake and alert. Bad timing. I noticed that someone stood by my window, looking out.

“What are you doing?” I asked quietly.

The man turned and I saw that it was Younghoon.

“I’m looking at the full moon. I’m having a hard time sleeping when it is in that position”, he smiled and sat down on the side of my bed. “I guess you are having a hard time sleeping as well?”

“I’ve been resting the entire day. I don’t feel tired anymore.”

“Well, that’s unfortunate. Can I sit down beside you?”

I nodded. He moved further into the bed so he was sitting beside me. He didn’t want to get under the cover even though I asked him. He sat right next to me and took my hand in his. He placed our hands in his lap and rested his back against the headboard.

“What do you do when you can’t sleep?” I asked.

“I look at the moon. It’s soothing”, he said with a small smile. “And you?”

“Not much honestly. When I can’t sleep, I feel lonely. It feels wrong to be up when no one else is and that makes me stressed. Stressed enough to not fall asleep again.”

“Next time you have a hard time sleeping, just come and wake me up, okay?”

“I don’t want to bother you.”

“Pfft, you’re not bothering me!” He let out a small laugh. “Just come and wake me up when you can’t sleep, okay?”

I nodded and smiled. We both turned to look at the moon again.

“Do you know what, Younghoon?” I asked after a while, not looking away.

“No, what?” he asked, turning his head to me.

“I’m happy I decided to adopt you all. You’ve made everything so much more fun. I used to be so lonely in this big house, but now it’s full of life.”

He smiled widely and ook a better grip on my hand.

“I’m glad you adopted us as well. If you hadn’t we would probably be dead by now.”

“It’s horrible how people treat hybrids…”, I said quietly.

“I agree...but look on the bright side, you saved eleven!”

“Yeah...I did.”

“When we got adopted, the predators made a promise to each other. Do you know what that was?”

I shook my head.

“We promised to protect not only the weaker hybrids, but you as well. Since you saved us, our duty is to make sure nothing happens to you. We owe it to you. And trust me, we will keep that promise.”

“Thank you, Younghoon.”

“No problem, but hey, Y/N, you should try to sleep again. You need rest.”

I laid down and he still sat up, watching the moon. He played with my hair long enough for me to fall asleep.

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