Red Riding Hood (3)

"Will you pass me your blanket." Nida asked since she could now feel the cold temperature of the night on her lower body.

Her body started to become visible from her toes up to her hips.

After an hour of holding hands with Randell, her physical lower body returns.

She feels strange that she can now see and feel her body, which makes her uncomfortable that she really is naked.

"Nida?" he softly called her while passing the blanket through the curtain.

"What?"

She tried to hold the blanket but it passed through her hand, which was not yet back to its physical form.

Haaaa—

She let out a sigh and used her toes to move the blanket.

She makes sure Randell is not peeking out since she is in a very awkward position.

"Need help?" he asked.

"Nope. Continue with what you were going to say."

She moved around while still holding his hand, and he was still obediently sitting on the other side of the curtain.

"Is it still possible for us to..." he paused and bit his lower lip.

"To what?" She sounded annoyed, not because of Randell, but because she couldn't make herself comfortable sitting on the floor naked and she couldn't cover herself properly with the blanket since her hands were not back to physical form yet.

"T-to be back the way we used to?" Finally, he finished his question after pondering and hesitating.

She stopped moving around and returned her gaze to the shadow of Randell on the curtain.

"We can't." she honestly responded.

"Ah." he lowered his gaze and his expression turned gloomy. He was hoping for a different response, but reality hit him hard.

"Who in the right mind would easily forget something traumatic like that? You might have forgotten. You tried to kill me." she exclaimed, while angrily looking at his shadow.

Nida will never forget that night.

It was not the wolf attack that broke her heart that day.

Her parents, her friends, and all the people around her at that time made her suffer physically and mentally.

She is now conversing well with him right now, since she isn't scared of being killed because she is a ghost anyway, but the anger and pain in her heart remain.

Randell stares at their hands that are intertwined. Their hands are still touching, but Nida's grip has loosened, which makes him grip her hands more tightly instead.

He wanted to explain and tell her what really happened, but he decided to shut his mouth since he felt like it would only make her angrier.

"Nida." he called her again.

"What?" she reluctantly responds.

"If we can't go back, can we at least restart?"

"restart?"

"like knowing each other again?"

"Do I need to know you? Look, I am sorry that I am asking you this kind of weird request of holding your hands for 24 hours and accompanying me for more than a week or so. I have no choice. You ended up being my spiritual partner, which I don't know how or why. I am desperate to live. That is why I am asking you this. But you know, I know that you're a murderer. You have killed the people at our school. You're a monster. I don't know when you will turn like that again!"

Nida caught her breath because she had been talking so long and fast as if she was rapping.

"I know I am being shameless, but please give me a chance. It was my first and last time being out of control! My parents didn't inform me of my werewolf blood. They should have told me that werewolves' first berserk transformation was too uncontrollable and dangerous! But I am fully in control of my powers now! I promised I wouldn't harm you ever again. Just please give me a chance." He begged.

Nida is speechless.

It's not like she could erase her previous feelings towards him that easily.

The worst thing she could not do at this time is walk away, because he needs him.

"I badly want to say that let us just have our lives separately, but I need you right now. I-" this time it's Nida who is hesitating, "I will stick with you for the time being while I don't have anything to solve my current situation. But still, I won't let my guard down. Remember that." she sternly stated.

Nida is acting strong, but she badly wants to go and runaway, while Randell fixed his gaze and formed his resolve.

"I will work hard to regain her trust!" he thought internally.

The two became silent and continued to hold hands the whole night.

Nida doesn't feel sleepy or the need to sleep. Her head feels light, but she's not sick.

She thought Randell fell asleep while sitting since he was silent the whole night.

She is bored of just staying still and just staring at the tall curtain, but there is nothing else she can do.

Morning comes and the rising sun lights up the dark through his large glass window.

"Good morning."

Nida was surprised by the sudden morning greeting.

"Did you sleep well?" she asked.

"No." he answered while his voice sounded exhausted.

"Well, who will sleep well in this kind of setting." She stood up and pulled up Randell's arms.

He looked up since he was still sitting on the floor.

"Close your eyes. My body is back now, but we still need to hold hands. Let me borrow your clothes first."

She waited for him to confirm that he had closed his eyes before picking up some clothes from Randell's wardrobe.

She struggled to wear her clothes with one arm and the strange situation that she was getting dressed in front of him.

"humpty dumpty." Daniel subconsciously muttered the nursery rhyme he is reciting in his mind to distract him from thinking lewd things.

Since they are close to each other, Nida heard what Randell had said.

"humpty dumpty?"

"ah- ah-" he panicked.

She knows this habit of Randell. She knows that Randell recites the nursery rhyme in his head whenever he wants to distract himself or to calm his mind.

"Pervert, you can now open your eyes," she said.

Randell slowly opened his eyes, and his vision was welcomed by the appearance of a beautiful lady in a messy look.

Her skin is more glowing and fair than she normally looks in make up. Her hair has grown longer so that it reaches her hips, Her lips turn rosy, and her body weirdly looks healthier and sexier.

He bit his lips while looking down on her.

His t-shirt and jogging pants were loosely fitted for her, but the thought of her not wearing underwear made his mind naughty.

He instantly shakes his head and badly wants to recite Humpty Dumpty loudly to calm his heart and mind, and also his thing is started to get excited.

Nida hit his chest and gave him a look.

He avoided her sharp gaze and restlessly stood in front of her.

"Let me borrow your phone."

He didn't say anything else and just lent her his phone.

Nida hesitated to take the phone since she thought that it was going to pass through her hand again.

She smiled in relief after she successfully touched the phone.

"Do you have Daniel's number?"

"Daniel?"

"Daniel Olitoquit."

"Why do you need to call him?"

"Why not?" she asked innocently, but Randell chose not to respond.

She ignored Randell and continued to search for Randell's number on his contact list.

"Black priest."

"Huh?" She looked at him confused. "Black what?"

"His contact name is Black Priest."

"So you know he is a priest." She searched and dialed Daniel's number. "But why black? because of his fascination with black?"

"Hmm? You don't know? "

"Don't know what?" Her hand that holding the phone tremble.

"He is a demonic priest."

"D-demonic?" She exclaimed in surprise at the same time she heard Daniel's voice on the phone.

"Hello?"

She stared at the name showing up on the phone.

"Hello?" Daniel talked on the other side "Wolf? Why did you call me?"

She swallowed her own saliva, thinking about what she planned to do.

"Y-your a demonic priest?" She tries to confirm what she wishes he was not since Daniel became her savior and shoulder to lean on in her current state.

She trusted him.

"Yes, why?" Daniel casually replied.

But that reply made Nida frozen and re-think whom she should be trusting.