After a few seconds of contemplating and taking in what Harlow had said, zyl slipped out of bed and opened the door that lead to the hall outside. He glanced down at Harlow and scooped her up in his arms,. He set her down on the bed and grabbed a few on Valerie's clothing from the closet that he thought would fit her comfortably. He put the neat stack of leggings and a sweater on the bed next to her. "You can shower and change in the bathroom across the hall." He said gently before heading to his own room to pull on a shirt and more comfortable pants
The wolf in a red hood (romance one on one)
Did he not hear me? The thought of that made her relax and she laid back for a moment. "The was so embarrassing. I didn't mean to say that." Taking a deep breath she grabbed the clothes and headed towards the bathroom. Now, Harlow took hot showers, it made her feel better although her parents told her not to and just to take warm showers, but Harlow never listened. The hot shower felt nice on her cold wet skin. And all she could think about was how good Zyl looked without a shirt on.
Zyl sat at the edge of his bed and ran a hand through his dark hair. Tell her, she deserves to know, she's said it at least twice now. Now it's you're turn. He shifted and walked back to the guest room, jumping into the bed and settling comfortably on one side. He intended to keep his promise to stay with her until she fell asleep
Harlow dried off and put the clothes on. "Alright, maybe he took it as a I love you as a friend." Looking in the mirror she wiped away the steam. Already she could tell her face was red. "Oh well." Pulling her hair up she put it in a bun and walked back to the guest room. For some reason she wasn't expecting Zyl to be in the room. Carefully she laid on the bed facing away from Zyl.
Zyl picked his head up as harlow lied down and wimpered softly, afraid that he had upset her. He slowly got up and started making his way out of the room to the downstairs area to wait for Valerie in the living room instead
Harlow sighed and sat up. I should go talk to him. standing she walked down the stairs and sat on the couch. "Hey," Was all she could manage at the moment. Harlow hoped she didn't upset him somehow. She gave him a side glance. What am I doing? Macy will literally kill me if she finds out I'm in love with him. Gently Harlow moved closer to him and grabbed his hand.
He shifted and glanced up at Harlow "hey, couldn't sleep?" he asked softly, gently running his thumb over the top of her hand. "Go ahead, I'll be upstairs soon. I'm just waiting for val to come back." he reassured, glancing up at the door every so often
"Do you want me to wait with you?" Harlow knew he would most likely say no, since he was going to punish Macy. He probably didn't want her to see that. "Do you want me to do something for you while you wait? If you really want me to leave though, I will." Even if she wanted to be with him, she would respect his wishes.
He breathed a quick side through his nose, knowing she'd hate waiting, much less waiting and doing nothing. "you can wait here if you want but the moment she gets here I want you to go upstairs. I don't want you seeing what does down afterward." He didn't want her to leave, at any point. He knew it was selfish and he knew it could never be but he didn't want her anywhere else but next to him.
"Okay." Harlow laid her head on his shoulder. "I meant it you know." She whispered and closed her eyes. All she wanted was to be next to him, especially when Macy came, who knew what planning and if there were any more of her 'friends' outside just waiting for Harlow to leave the house and attack. "I'll go upstairs when Val returns."
He kissed her head, leaving his lips in place "I know," he whispered back, nudging into her hair and savoring her smell. He wrapped his arms around her securely and pulled her close to his chest "I'll let you have 5 minutes with her under our watch, that's it." he reasoned, glancing down at her
Harlow smiled. She was actually happy Zyl was going to let have a word with Macy, even if other had to be around. "Thanks." Harlow looked at the clock, it was taking a while, maybe Macy was hard to catch than Harlow thought. Although Harlow had no idea what she was even going to say. Thinking about Val made Harlow think about what she was going to say when she tells her that she told Zyl 'I love you.' She'll probably be happy.
Zyl picked his head up and stood, hearing his sister's growls and Macy's fake yells of pain. "I'll bring her in, stay here."
Val slammed open the door, her eyes wild with rage, same as her brother's "Tell me again how you threw our best friend off a cliff?" she snarled, gripping her arm tight and shoving her into the livingroom "Tell it in front of Zylfer."
Macy just laughed, but stopped when she saw Harlow sitting on the couch. Narrowing her eyes she growled. Usually Harlow would feel a but intimidated, but not now. "It was quite easy, maybe your girlfriend shouldn't sleep out in the open." Macy hissed. "I knew I wouldn't be able to carry her, so I had one of my guy friends do it for me." She shrugged not taking her eyes off Harlow. With a smile Harlow stood and without hesitation slapped Macy across the face. A sting rose to her hand. Macy's head swung to the side and a red mark formed on her face. "What the hell!" Macy tried to jump for Harlow but couldn't with Val holding her back.
zylfer stepped in between Harlow and Macy "that's enough." he growled. He nodded to Harlow, silently telling her to go upstairs. He crouched down in front of Macy and tilted her head up "you had the nerve to touch her, threaten her life and throw her off the cliff." he growled lowly, the promise of hurt lacing with every single word. "For that, I should just kill you." he tilted his head anomalistically. "But I won't. Not today." he let her go and stood "If I ever see you in my forest again, I'll kill you on sight, understood? You seem obsessed with me, so you should know that I don't break my promises." He took his sister's place and took her by the arm. "I'll personally escort you out of the forest. If we find any trace of you at all, we'll hunt you down." got that?" he turned back to Val "Can you stay with Harlow?" Val nodded, growled once at Macy and headed upstairs
Harlow was just waiting on the bed. Her hand still stung and was a tad red. She's never slapped anyone, let alone a werewolf. It felt nice, but Harlow also felt bad. She wasn't the kind to hit people. Harlow knew she couldn't always be scared though. She jumped when the door opened but calmed down when she saw Val. "Hey, are you done dealing with Macy?"
Val nodded with a sigh "yeah, zyl's just escorting her out of the area." She sat next to Harlow and grinned, despite what she felt a few minutes before. "so you and my brother seemed to be getting a bit more comfortable." she mused "did you tell him?" she asked, shifting so that she sat cross-legged on the bed "tell me you told him, please?"
"Yeah, it sort of just slipped out." A shy smile was on her face. "But he hasn't told me how he feels yet, so.. I'm waiting." Harlow looked out the window and saw Zyl leading Macy away. Thank goodness. Harlow didn't want to deal with her. But sadly stuff like this is going to happen more often if werewolves hear of this. "It was embarrassing, but I did it anyway."
Val bounced happily "finally! And don't worry, he'll tell you soon, don't worry." She clapped her hands happily "so does that mean I can start the designs of the wedding dress?" She asked with a smirk. Standing up and pulling out her sketch book and a pen from a drawer
Harlow's eyes widened. She was surprised Val was jumping that far. "Wow, um, we aren't even official yet." Even if they did get together and loved each other, who knew if it was actually going to work out, sometimes it just doesn't, though she hoped it would. "I don't think we to make a wedding dress yet."
"darn, cuz I already started. She lyed out her book on the bed and flipped through some of the pages "of course none of them.are finalized or completely done but I like some of the ideas." She glanced up at Harlow and smiled "I know I take things a bit far but believe me, he loves you. He wouldn't exhile Macy if he didn't."
"Val, you shouldn't get ahead of yourself. What if somehow it doesn't work out." Harlow looked at the drawings, they were really beautiful. I guess it wouldn't hurt to look. "Their all so beautiful." She couldn't wait for Zyl to come back. Even if Val said that he loved her, Harlow wanted to hear it from him. There would be nothing better than to hear him say "I love you." Coming from Zyl himself.
Zyl came back a few hours later, tense and still a bit enranged. He paced around for a bit.
"I think he's back," Val stood and headed down stairs. "Hey! You okay?" She gently touched his arm before pulling him.into a hug, "she's safe." She promised. "Want to see her? I can tell you two need time to talk."
Zyl shook his head "not yet, I'll come up stairs later, once I calm down." He leaned back on the couch and closed his eyes
Harlow quietly followed after Val. She peeked around the corner. Seeing Zyl so worked up, made her a tad happy, but also sad. She didn't ever want him to feel like this. Her chest began to hurt a little. If I were a werewolf then I would be strong enough to protect myself. He wouldn't have to go through this again. She shook her head and went back up to the room and laid on the bed. Today was exhausting.
After a few minutes of calming down, zyl headed up stairs and peeked into the extra bedroom "hey, thought you were asleep? Feeling ok?" He asked softly, leaning against the doorframe and watching her from a distance as always.
"Hey. I'm fine, just a bit tired from everything today." She smiled and sat up. "How are you? I can only imagine Macy putting up a fight." The girl was obsessed, so there was no doubting she tried to get away, or convince him that she was perfect for him. Just thinking about her made Harlow want to throw up. Although she was more worried about him than she was herself.
He breathed a laugh and nodded "yeah she tried. Doesn't mean that she succeeded." He walked over to her side of the bed and pulled the covers over her. "Get some sleep, you need it." He then shifted and walked to the other side of the bed.
Harlow laid down again and felt warm and not just because of the blanket. Closing her eyes she thought of many things. But mostly of the times her and Zyl were younger. Like the time she met him. At first she was terrified and wanted nothing to do with him, but slowly he seeped into her heart.
(wanna do a small flashback to when they first met for some context?)
Zyl pressed himself closer to Harlow. He huffed a small woof and nuzzled her hair, glad that she was safe and warm next to him.
(Ooo, yeah sounds fun! How old should we make them when they met?)