• Chapter Thirteen •

|E T H A N ' S P O V|

Ethan slowly made his way inside of the house feeling exhausted and drained. Liam who was a few steps ahead of Ethan was mouthing a bunch of profanities as he hissed in pain.

"I'm going to kill that f_cker one day." Ethan managed to hear Liam mutter under his breath as he glared at Blade. "Want to help Ethan?"

'Sure!' Mason immediately agreed.

'Of course you would say yes.' Ethan chuckled.

BAM!

Ethan slightly flinched from the sudden sound of the back door being slammed shut before it was locked by Hale who then glared at his brother who was still standing on the other side of it.

"Hey. What are you doing?" Blade asked as he tries to open the door. "Let me in Hale." Blade grunted as he tugs and pull on the doorknob in hopes that it would somehow open.

"No way Blade. Your sleeping outside tonight." Hale stated with crossed arms.

"What? Why?" Blade questioned demandingly as he continued his useless attempt on the door handle.

"For basically 'training' my mate half to death!" Hale exclaimed as he gestured to his mate who was laying on the kitchen floor since he was to tired to walk all the way into the living room.

"Hey what about me? I almost died too you know." Liam butted in suddenly.

"No body cares about you Liam." Both brothers stated which caused an offended gasp to escape Liams lips.

"Rude." He mumbled under his breath before stomping into the living room.

"Anyways, Ethan is perfectly fine! Now let me in!" Blade groaned as he glared at his younger brother.

"No way Jose." Hale scoffed stubbornly.

'First it was Blade and now its Jose? How many times does this guy change his name!?' Mason asked in utter bewilderment.

"If you don't let me in right now I'm telling mom." Blade threatened with whine.

"Don't care." Hale shrugged carelessly before walking away from the locked door and towards his worn out mate.

"Where am I suppose to sleep assh_le!? The dog house!?" Blade asked sarcastically.

"Well if you want to sleep in a tree your more than welcome to." Hale smirked mockingly before picking up Ethan.

"I'm older than you brat. So I should be shown a little bit of respect from you!" Blade seethed angrily as he crossed his arms together.

"You want some respect. Here have this." Hale pointed his middle finger straight at Blade before heading towards the staircase.

"I'll get you back for this Hale!" Blade promised as he paced back and forth in front of the door. "When you visit my pack I'll lock you out side for the entire time your there! Then we'll see who's laughing!" Blade threats and growls slowly faded away the more steps Hale took up the stairs.

'Jose sure is a drama queen.' Mason muttered which made a small smile creep onto Ethans face.

"Should we have a bath Ethan?" Hale asked as he puts Ethan onto the bed Ethan agreed since bathing with Hale was always nice.

Hale smiled before moving to his drawer where he pulled out some clothes for himself.

After Hale and Ethan had finished their hour long bath Ethan was feeling a lot more better than he was earlier. His muscles felt less tense and he didn't feel faint or light headed anymore. This was probably because Ethan had spent moat of his timr laying on Hale while the other washed and scrubbed his fur clean.

When they returned back into the kitchen so that Hale could make dinner they noticed that Blade had gone missing. They both assumed that he did the logical thing and went to his parents house where he could stay the night.

"Why don't you and Liam do something while I make dinner?" Hale suggested which instantly poked at Ethans interest as his ears perked up.

"Do I look like I want to do anything that includes physical movement?" Liam asked sassily from the living room couch which caused Ethans ears to droop.

"I'll give you twenty dollars." Hale bargained.

After those five simple words had left Hales lips Liam had basically jumped off of the couch and ran straight towards Ethan who was sitting comfortably on one of the stools for the marble island that sat in the middle of the kitchen.

"So Ethan. Do you know how to play Hide and Seek?" Liam asked. Ethan shook his head. "Thats okay I'll teach you!" Liam walked towards the living room before gesturing for Ethan to follow.

Which he did.

After five minutes of explaining the 'how to' and the rules of Hide and Seek Ethan felt fairly confident in himself and felt that he knew enough to not mess up.

"Okay Ethan. You can be the person who hides and I'll be the one who looks for you okay?" Ethan nodded his head in excitement. "I'll count to twenty and you hide okay?" Ethan barked in conformation.

Liam nodded his head before walking into one corner of the room where he blocked his eyes with one of his arm before beginning the count.

"One!......Two!....."

Ethan felt excitement crawl all over his body as he ran into the kitchen to see if he could find the 'perfect' place to hide. He tried to hide in some of the cabinets but his booty couldn't fit with all of his other body part so he let out a huff of annoyance before trying to look for a spot upstairs.

"Ten!......Eleven!......" Liam continued to count.

Ethan ran up the stairs at the speed of light before running towards the first room he saw which happens to be Liams. Ethan didn't think twice as he ran striaght into the room only to regret it almost instantly.

'Oh my god! What is that smell!?' Mason asked in horror as Ethan cringed at the odd smelling room. 'It smells like a gym in here!' Mason gagged.

'Lets not hide in here.' Ethan coughed as he walked backwards and out of the room.

"Ready or not here I come!" Liam shouted loud enough so that it could be heard from all over the house.

Ethan panicked for a second when he heard Liams shouts so he ran into the room next to Liams which was his and Hales room. Once he was inside Ethans eyes darted everywhere as he looked for any possible place for him to hide in.

When his eyes met with the wardrobe Ethan quickly ran towards it where he then jumped inside before doing his best to close the door since he only had paws and no fingers.

After multiple attempts Ethan left the closet door slightly ajar since that was the best he could do so he decided to shuffle to far back of the wardrobe so that he could hopefully hide behind the hanged up clothes but while he was moving backwards his butt made contact with something wooden which caused a small creak to be heard. Confused, Ethan turned around to see what was behind him and saw that it was actually a small wooden door.

'What the heck?' Ethan tilted his head slightly before he nudged the small door open a little wider with his nose. 'Should we see what's on the other side?' Ethan asked Mason.

'Of course you dummy! Narnia might be on the other side!?' Mason squealed.

'What's a Narnia?' Ethan asked.

'I don't know but I heard they have talking beavers and a goat human thing.' Mason explained.

Ethan smiled before pushing the door fully open inside was small room. It wasn't big like an average bedroom but it looked big enough to fit three to four people inside. The room was emptied and looked like it has never been used once.

'I call dibs!' Mason shouted.

'How can you call dibs idiots?' Ethan asked as he rolled his eyes. 'Your just a voice I made up with my imagination. So technically this is all mine.'

'I'm not an idiot. I'm fabulous!' Mason huffed proudly.

Ethan rolled his eyes once more before laying on the ground comfortably and waiting for Liam to try and find him.

However Ethan didn't know that Liam had only wanted to play Hide and Seek so that he could sit back down and watch television while Ethan thought he was being looked for when in reality he wasn't.

"Dinners ready!" Hale shouted from the kitchen, fifteen minutes later.

"Thats my cue." Liam muttered as he sat up from the couch.

He sniffed around for Ethan scent which he caught immediately. He followed the scent trail which lead him upstairs and towards Ethans and Hales bedroom.

"Ethan." Liam sang as he walked towards the wardrobe where he knew Ethan was hiding in. "I know where your hiding." He dragged out tautingly.

He heard shuffling coming from inside the wardrobe before it went dead silent for a second. With a smirk attached to his face Liam held both doorknobs in his hands before swinging the doors wide open and shouting out 'boo!'

"......Ethan?" Liam asked when he saw that the boy wasn't inside. He shuffled the clothes around but came to no avail. "What the heck?"

Liam closed the doors before opening the doors again to see if Ethan would magically appear but it didn't work. He did the same things for about five more times before letting out a groan of frustration.

"Ethan! You can come out now." Liam shouted as he walked into the middle of the room to see where Ethan had been hiding. "You win!"

Ethan quickly jumped out of the wardrobe and tackled Liam onto the ground before holding his head up in triumphant.

"What the f_ck!? Where the h_ll did you come from!?" Liam asked in shock as he stared at Ethan with wide eyes before looking at the wardrobe where he magically flew out of.

Ethan only smirked before trotting downstairs after he heard Hale calling for the both of them.

"What the f_ck?" Liam whispered. Liam spent a few short seconds in the room wondering how Ethan did what he did before going downstairs for dinner.

They were all sat in the dinning room eating their dinner which was macaroni and cheese when there was a sudden knock at the front door. Blade stood up with a small groan before shuffling his way to the front door.

"If that's you Blade I'm slamming the door straight into your face-Lucy!?" Hale asked in horror.

"Hey Hale." Ethan heard a voice speak. "I think I just saw Blade trying to crawl into your chimney."

"Oh no! Lucys here! Abandon ship! Abandon ship!" Liam suddenly exclaimed. "Get out while you still can!" Liam shouted before grabbing his bowl of macaroni and cheese before dashing upstairs.

'I suddenly feel like we should leave before this Lucy thing comes.' Mason advised.

'I agree.' Ethan jumped off of his chair after grabbing his bowl with his teeth before making his way towards the staircase.

"Whos that?" Ethan froze like a deer caught in headlights before slowly making eye contact with a girl who resembled Hales and Blades mother a lot.

"Oh. Him? That's..uh...that's um...."

A/N

I just wanted to say a quick thank you to Justanamenobodyhas for mentioning my book. I wanted to repay you somehow so I decided that I am going to mention your book. 😁

If you guys like BTS and you ship KookV (Top!JungKook. Bottom!Taehyung)

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