Chapter 8

“My mother told me that I was born like this. My father was a werewolf so I inherited that from him. I don’t know how my father became a werewolf. I tried asking my mother about it, but she told me that it’s better to stop bringing up the past,” Akira told me.

We are currently at home, sitting on the couch. Both of us are staring at the big television screen, watching a lyric video of the song “endlessly” with his head placed on my right shoulder. This is where we decided to talk about everything while my sister is not here. I think this is the safest place to talk about his secrets.

“Do Lance and Jeremy know this?” I asked him.

“Not yet. I haven’t told them anything because I’m afraid that they might hate me and ruin our friendship. They might also expose my identity. I don’t want them to get involved in what I am. It will be safer if they remain ignorant of the truth. That was also my mother’s advice,” he explained. He squeezed my right hand. I can feel the roughness of his hand