My Story Of Becoming A Werewolf
Night with lanterns

"Hold my hand," Perchye grabbed my hand. The warm touch of his hand made me calm. Now my grip is shifting to his hand. "Now open your eyes slowly. The view outside is beautiful" he whispered in my ear.

"Are you sure?"

"Look at yourself."

I followed his words to open my eyes. Even though my body is nervous. Orange light was the first color I saw. The golden glow came from the sunlight covered in a blue sky that was starting to darken. True what Perchye said, this is amazing. The skyscrapers are now decorated with white dots like jewels. The streets are also busy with their vehicles. And to complement, the bridge that became the iconic of this city. Colorful lights decorate each side of the bridge playing to the rhythm. The flow of the river does not want to lose reflecting every beautiful thing that exists.

"Wow... The view is beautiful" I said in amazement. I haven't looked down Perchye's been holding my head.

"Don't look down."

Although successfully arrested but I can still see a glimpse of what happened down there. "What are they doing in that crowd?" point me at the crowd. I hope not wrong.

"Ep... Looks like they're preparing the lantern."

"Lantern?"

"Yes, tonight is the celebration of the release of 10,000 lanterns into the sky."

"What did they do that for?"

"According to the brochure anyway, today is the theme park's birthday."

"looks interesting. How about we participate?"

"Our minds are the same."

After boarding the ring, Perchye and I immediately signed up for the 10,000 lantern release event, the queue was very long. After getting the lantern we are required to write a request on the lantern. I began to think, what request should I write on this lantern? Eternal love, happy forever with my loved ones, healthy always, long life, successful in the future, happy my family now and then, true friends or...

"I know," I wrote my wish on a lantern with a red marker.

"What hope did you write?" perchye asked after he wrote his wish.

"I want all my hopes to be achieved."

"Huh...? What could be like that too?"

"of course. Expecting hope to come true is also hope, right?"

"It makes sense too."

"Now where are we gonna fly this?"

"How about near the river? There's not too much. Everyone must have gathered in the middle of the amusement park."

"Good idea."

We went to the river, and it's true that it's not too crowded here or rather there's no one at all. The river is located to the north of the amusement park, 200 meters from the registration site. Actually, this location is not suitable to release lanterns because here too lush trees. Just luck in case the lanterns don't get stuck in the branches.

Lantern release held at 20:00. While waiting, I washed away the lotus-shaped origami that Perchye made from the colorful paper that was deliberately prepared. In total there are 7 lotus flowers that are successfully made with the same size, drifting in tandem in the stream slowly.

"This is the last one" Perchye gave me another origami lotus flower.

"Ep... I'll keep this one. Is it still not?"

Perchye looked at his watch. "Live a few more seconds."

"10! 9! 8! 7! 6! 5! 4!..."

Perchye and I sat in a small dermanga looking at the night sky full of lanterns. Just the two of us. Perchye put her arm around my shoulder, held her in his arms. Her warm body temperature became a barrier to the cold air tonight. I looked at her sweet face, bright eyes like lanterns looking at me with a smile. For a long time we looked at each other until slowly his face got closer to mine. What does he want to do? Would you kiss me? I just closed my eyes, accepted it. My heart started pounding, we were so close. Can he hear my heartbeat? I can make sure my face is red at that moment.

Tin!!

I was shocked to hear the sound of a car horn so close. Instantly I pushed Perchye away. Perchye looked away with red ears like fire. When I turned my head, it turned out that Uncle Fang was already standing behind us with his stupid smile.

"Uncle... Uncle Fang?! What's... What's uncle doing here?"

"Uncle, good night" said Perchye as he looked back.

"Your mother told me to pick you up Miss. Morgene,"

Uncle Fang's nature changed instantly. The smile on his face was fading. A cold aura emanated enveloping his body. I had just first felt such a strong pressure from her, as if facing off against my father. He's not like the uncle Fang I know. What the hell's going on?

"O... Well then.." I turned to Perchye, actually I don't want to go home yet.

Perchye just smiled. "It's okay. Your mother told you to go home. Don't misbehave. Tomorrow still has to go to school" he said, fixing my hat.

"alright. See you at school tomorrow," I'm standing by Uncle Fang for the car. Before the car drove away, I saw him waving at me. I returned the wave.

There was no conversation on the street between me and Uncle Fang. I just stared blankly out the window, or occasionally looked up at the sky. Still visible lanterns that began to spread violently blown by the wind. The night was getting late, we were passing the bridge. Small ships that usually pass by now have pulled over at the dock. I researched Perchye's lotus flower origami. I don't pay much attention to how it is made. Each layer after layer of flower petals is made in such a way, neatly scattered in bloom. From a sheet of paper it turns into something beautiful.

"Who was that? Your boyfriend?" uncle Fang asked breaking the silence.

"Huh?! No. gabe. Our... We're just friends" I replied embarrassed by the question. I became awkward reprimanding Uncle Fang first due to the change in his attitude earlier. "Where did my uncle know I was there?" I multiplied the conversation.

"It's not hard to find you. The difficult one brought you home," now his attitude has returned as usual.

"Hihihi.." I did not ask for a change in his attitude in front of Perchye. There might be a problem I shouldn't know.

"Hm.." Uncle Fang sighed while shaking his head.

"Then how did you know I was there?"

"The smell of a werewolf is very sharp. We can tell the difference between our own clan and another clan from kiloanmeter distance."

"Uncle Fang is also a werewolf?"

"Eh, I didn't tell you?"

"No."

"Haha... Now you know."

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