I looked at the twins when they barged in. Their expressions looked murderous. I just watched them and looked between the girls lying in my lap and the twins, who looked ready to kill. The twins walked to the front of the sofa where I was, and both sat between my legs, back facing me, and were touching my legs. I didn't know what to do. I was stuck, the girls on my lap. Just lying on me, and the twins are touching my legs. I was just stuck and couldn't move. Then I heard the wolves all behind us. I glanced behind me, over the sofa's back. The wolves were cuddling with each other. My wolf just lay with the four wolves and enjoyed the cuddling. I was glad to see my wolf was enjoying the time with the other wolves.
I looked back at the four old friends and how things changed so quickly. Friends, then harm, and now they are these clingy partners I never chose. This is my life now. They will probably never get from attending me as mates. Still need to figure out that fifth mate at some point, too. But I am not going to do much with these four just lying on me. Well, two on me, two caressing my legs. So, I am not moving for now. Damn, I need to see Mom and Dad too, explain what's going on. They will be thrilled I'll be staying home, but concerned with everything going on now. Trouble is far from over. So I am going to be in for a headache.
After what felt like an hour, the four of them fell asleep. I moved carefully, moving the girls' heads off my lap and onto the sofa, and I could figure out how to get out of the twins' grasp on my legs. I had to move slowly, one leg at a time, then sneak out of the room. Staying quiet is easy. Then I left. Heading out, people were glancing at me through the alpha's halls, since the pack often helped the alpha, the pack, and the gamma and beta. I wasn't going to stop yet. Heading out on the streets, I overheard conversations about how my wolf came out three days ago. Three days I've been unconscious for so long. Mom and Dad must be worried sick after everything happened, and thinking I wouldn't be coming back.
I made my way through the pack's big territory. Soon, I found the street I grew up on with the four others. I breathed shakily and made my way down the street to my family's house. I looked at the garden and the beautiful carvings. Mom loved to plant flowers and food, dad loved carving. I loved this place. I still don't. Shakily, I made my way to the front door and knocked. Mom and Dad will be relieved, but explaining my wolf will be a mess. I knocked three times on the door. I stayed put, waiting for my parents to open the door. I heard my parents move to answer the door. I stayed still. Waiting. Then the door opened, and my mom was standing there. Her eyes widened when she saw me standing there. Dad came up beside her, just as surprised.
"Hey, Mom and Dad," I said shakily. My parents hugged me tightly. I hugged them back, shaking. After that, I went inside with them. Mom made some herbal tea, and I told them everything. From when I got to the temple, when I was going to leave, and then my wolf showed up, and the scents came to me. Mom looked like she should have thought this would happen.
"My poor baby, I should have known," Mom said, resting her head in her hands while sitting on one side of me, and Dad on the other. "I knew the white wolf stays hidden when it feels threatened. Things like the tests are foreign, so it sees them as a threat and hides to go untraceable."
"Mom, you were panicking. So was Dad," I reassured Mom, my hand on her arm. "It's okay. This isn't your fault; everything happened too fast."
Mom placed her hand on mine. We kept talking for hours. Then I began to smell something, the fifth mate.
"Is someone here?" I asked my parents.
"We didn't invite anyone," Dad said. I went to the door, my parents behind me, and then opened the door. And there at the door was Ash, a nonbinary former friend who was an absolute ass-hole. I felt my body let out a growl. Not like a groan like "ugh," no. This was a real wolf's growl!
"What are you-" before I could finish, the twin wolves jumped from the side and sent Ash flying, and their wolves started fighting his phoenix, then the girls' wolves started joining the fight too. I was just standing there. The twins came into view, glaring heavily at Ash, then the girls came into view, giving apologetic expressions, and looked between the twins and Ash. "... what just happened?"
"This idiot was going to try to get with you even though they made fun of that eating disorder you were struggling with last year," Drew said, still glaring at Ash. "Heard they were coming back, didn't think they were so ballsy to try this shit."
I looked between the five of them from the doorway. Ash was an ass last year during exams in school. I got so stressed that I developed an eating disorder. They were laughing about it like it was some funny joke. The others defended me from them, and they had to move out of the pack after it got too awkward. I don't understand why this is happening now that my wolf is out. So I could only stand there, watching a set of twin alphas, the gamma, and the beta, all fight with the rogue over me after years of platonic friendship. I wasn't going to forgive Ash even if we had dated briefly, so I don't get why they are all like this now. No matter how I look at this, it doesn't look good for anything in the future. More trust issues, more hard choices, more of this weird new relationship, I don't know if I can take this, and Ash coming back? Hell no. I'm still upset they made fun of my eating disorder. Then, a howl sounded off. My wolf stopped the fight with the twin wolves and the phoenix. My wolf nudged the three apart.
"... um," I said, looking at the scene in front of my home. The five mates looked to me, and I had no idea what to do. "What did I just witness here?"