Of Wolf and Jackal Pt.2
#2 of Of Wolf and Jackal
Part 2 of my mini series
It had been three weeks since I met the anubian that had stole my heart, and here we were again, in class being lectured by a lion. When class wrapped up for the period, I had absolutely no idea what we had gone over. It was like my body was on auto pilot while my mind was filled with the jackal that sat next to me. Over the weeks we had talked and became friends while I helped him in any subject that he was struggling in and helping him catch up, since he was, ironically, in all my classes. During the intermission between periods, José got dismissed for a doctors appointment so Rozza and I went off to the cafeteria to grab a quick snack. It was open before school and after first period for those that needed something to eat before lunch. Along the way, I was stopped dead in my tracks when my phone went off. I took it out of my coat pocket and scrunched my brow as I saw what it was.
"What's wrong, Spirit?" Rozza asked as he turned back to me, his usual energetic personality disappearing for one of concern. His tail stopped mid wag, his ears lowered a bit and his eyes widened a bit, if it wasn't in concern, he would be absolutely adorable.
"Huh?" I looked up to see the adorable concerned expression before smiling reassuringly. "Oh it's nothing, just my roommate texting me is all. I'm just confused because he never texts me during school. All it says is that he's going to be home much later then he originally thought because he has a project to work on with his friend" I sighed and pocketed my phone again. 'Aw well, he'll be back by 11 at the latest.' I thought as I put on a smile and shrugged it off. I smiled at the jackal was we continued on.
"Wait, you have a roommate?" He said thoroughly confused with his head cocked to the side and his brow scrunched.
"Yeah. His names Jake, really I've been HIS roommate for three years now." I explained while paying for our snacks, I felt a bit generous. But what came next made me wince.
"Does he like, live with you and your parents?" Rozza asked, head still cocked.
"N-no....they died three years ago....Jake adopted me afterwards because he became my legal guardian. I'd rather not talk about it anymore." I said with a clear edge that said it was done until further notice.
"O-oh. Sorry dude, I didn't know." Rozza said as he gave chase to my retreating form. We walked to our next class in an uncomfortable silence, while weaving our way through the river of students and faculty. We arrived at our history class and took our seats as everyone piled in. Rozza was the first one to break our silence. "So, do you like living with....Jake right?" He asked and I smiled
"Yeah, I do. He's a great guy and treats me like his little brother most of the time. He's really laid back and caring, fun too, we're always going out to do stuff." I said with a chuckle. "I could ask if you could come along on our next escapade, if ya like." I smiled brightly at the prospect.
"Oh, ummm, ok, if I can get my parents to let me go" Rozza said with his already famous smirk. "But I may just make something up to get out of there." I grinned broadly and hooked an arm around his shoulders in a friendly manner before trapping his head in a noogy.
"You damn bad jackal!" I laughed and let him go before running away so he couldn't catch me. He growled and chased after me.
"When I get my hands on you!!!" He yelled as I turned a corner and waited just after it. He ram around the corner and I stuck out a foot paw, tripping the jackal. I laughed as he landed with an "Oof" before I helped him up.
"I win" I laughed and pat the canine's head, my tail wagging happily behind me. He simply grinned mischievously and rolled his eyes.
"I'll get you back wolf, watch your back." With that we walked into English, greeted by a middle aged, female horned owl, her name was Mrs. Martin. We sat down and took out our supplies and reading books, The Crucible blegh, waiting for everyone else to come in, chatting all the while. A few minutes later, my gaze was drawn to the Hyena from the first day, giving a light murr before Rozza waved his hand in front of my face. "Spirit? You still in there? You kinda spaced out there when that 'yena walked in."
"Oh, um, heh..... Well, you see...." I blushed brightly through my fur as I tried to stutter out my answer 'Fuck, this is embarrassing.' "I...I'm....." I gulp
"Your what Spirit? Come on, spit it out." He said. The wolf looked up at him pleadingly.
"Promise you won't hate me?" I asked, ears pinned back and eyes wide.
"Well duh, your too much of a nice guy to hate." The jackal smiled broadly as he always did.
"O-ok, w-well I'm.... Gay." I sighed once I let it burst out. I then looked up at the jackal, waiting for his reaction.
To be continued in part 3 XP