KAI.

"You're here again. If you weren't a student I would have called the police. If you want to eat, you should at least pay a cent!"

I continued eating as if I'm not hearing anything. She glared at me.

We call her Miss Thelma, the owner of the chicken restaurant. The restaurant is quite small but it's near our school and their chicken tastes so good.

While I pretend not hearing anything, she grabbed the broom near her and started hitting me.

I screamed in pain but she continued hitting my back. "Ouch!"

"Serves you right! How could you eat here everyday without paying!"

"Miss Thelma, these are leftovers. Your other customers have already paid for it. It would be a waste to throw these tasty chicken."

She sighed. "Don't you have parents to give you allowance?"

"I don't.",I answered quickly.

Her gaze became softer and she put away the broom. I continued eating as I should.

"Leave after eating."

"I told you I can do the chores here. You just have to feed me chicken everyday.",I told her.

"If I feed you chicken everyday, I'll go bankrupt. Leave and don't come back.",she answered firmly.

I smirked as I sneaked outside her restaurant hiding the five drumsticks I took from her kitchen inside my jacket.

Outside the restaurant, a tall guy in blue sweatshirt stood infront of me.

It was Alexander.

"Dexter is looking for you."

I'm dead.

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I refused to go with him so Alexander had to drag me home. After arriving, we headed straight to Dexter's room. The moment I saw Xander infront of the restaurant, I knew it wouldn't be my lucky day today.

I saw Dexter in his usual black t-shirt and long black pants. He doesn't wear anything except black clothes. I'm quite sure he has an unusual obsession with blacks so i'm guessing his underwear must be black as well.

As soon as I entered his room, he threw lots of small papers on me.

"Woah. Is this a welcoming confetti for me because I came back home after a long time?"

"Those are bills."

"Your overdue bills?", I genuinely asked. Dexter is a thousand years older than us that he sometimes forget to pay our bills. I guess looks can be deceiving but age shows otherwise.

"Obviously your food bills."

I glared at Xander who immediately avoided my gaze. I always ask my brothers to buy me some foods because Dexter took my card last time but I didnt expect that they would be this stupid to get caught. Dexter is the oldest wolf in our clan. He is our leader, eldest brother, father and... obviously our breadwinner.

"You sure do eat a lot for someone who doesn't have work.",Dexter said. I looked at Alexander.

"Excuse me. I already got a job.",he answered in defense.

"You know I'm sorry for being hungry all the time...as if it's a sin.",I said.

"We all do, Kai. But we know our limits.", Dexter answered.

"But i'll be dead if I get hungry."

"You'll be more dead if we failed to find and kill the pillar."

Everyone became silent. Yeah, the pillar. The pillar makes us weak and is said to be the one to end the last clan of wolves, which is us.

"Brothers. Anyone who give money to this glutton will have their credit cards cut off and will be kicked out from this house...like him."

Everyone looked at me.

Kicked. Out. From. This. House. Like. Him. Like him? Who? Me?

Enzo appealed, "But Dexter, Kai is one of the youngest among us. He can't survive the outside world alone easily."

I nodded my head crazily. The rest of my brothers who are present in the room, Alexander, Aldrin, and Clarence, nodded their heads in agreement as well.

"If you don't agree with me. You can go with him.", Dexter answered coldly. He took his coffee cup and slammed the door as he leaves the room.

"I'm sorry Kai but..."

"It's ok Clarence. I'm a big boy now. Don't worry."

I faked a smile and left the room.

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"I'm a big boy now. Don't worry."

I'm crazy. I must be crazy. How could I said that? Why did I say that?

I should have at least eaten the last bite of my pride and begged Dexter to let me stay...or at least give me back my credit card. I clutched my stomach in hunger. I'm craving for some chicken again.

I looked around to find a place where I can sleep on. I end up going back near Miss Thelma's restaurant and found a tall tree. I climbed on it and started eating the chicken I stole from Miss Thelma's kitchen earlier. The sun has set and it was all dark around. I can take a nap here without anyone noticing.

"Hey! What are you doing here again?"

It's Miss Thelma! She looks pissed as ever with her large broomstick on her right hand which makes her look like a mad witch.

Did she perhaps implanted a gps on me? How could she find me so well?

I went down the tree. "I was kicked out from our house."

"What?!"

"I said my brother kicked me from our house."

"Why?",she sounded more concerned now.

"You know...just..a brothers stuff."

"Tsss. Come inside."

"Wait. Are you letting me stay?"

"In one condition, you have to do all the chores."

"At your service, Miss Thelma."