Chapter 9
Chaewon felt her back release an ever so satisfying pop as she stretched out her arms before laying back down. Classes had finished for the day and the two girls wanted to spend some time alone with each other before their council meeting with the rest of the representatives. Yena figured it would be best for both her and her wolf to spend some time outdoors to try and calm down all the pent up adrenaline from today’s many many stressors. So here the couple was, sitting on the same dock that they had shared with Yuri the night before, their feet barely skimming the water as their legs dangled limply off the edge. The two girls had their school bags placed under their heads as makeshift pillows, hands intertwined, just taking in the calming effects of their surroundings.
Yena was the first to break the silence, her head perking up from her bag as she did so, “Chaewon?”
The younger craned her neck to face her girlfriend while letting out a hum of acknowledgment, Yena took that as her sign to continue, “I’m having trouble figuring out what I’m feeling.”
Chaewon thought carefully for a second before replying softly, “Is this about Yuri?” Yena nodded, “It confused me, how I felt so protective over her. We’ve known her for a day and I easily lost control earlier with Jennie, it’s just odd.”
Chaewon carelessly played with Yena’s fingertips, lacing and unlacing their hands, fingers dancing around each other, “I wouldn’t call it odd per say, it’s not odd to care for others. Maybe it’s because she didn’t allow other people’s words to dictate her opinion on us, she got to know us before making assumptions.”
Yena sighed, Chaewon’s response did make sense, still, she didn’t fully believe that could be the main factor of her outburst. Chaewon continued, “Let’s give it a week, by then you and your wolf will be more accustomed to Yuri and we can figure it out from there, sound good?”
Yena didn’t know what she did in her past life to deserve someone as understanding as Chaewon, someone who was patient with both her and her wolf, Yena truly was lucky.
“Now” Chaewon stood up, quickly dusting off her clothes from the grimy dock, “Let’s head in my love, I believe the council meeting should be starting soon,” the vampire picked up her school bag and reached out a delicate hand to help Yena up. The two then made their journey back to the school, hand in hand, smiles dawned on their faces that only appeared when they were with each other.
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The council meeting took place in a large room, something Chaewon always found curious considering there were only six members in total; Eunbi and Chaeyeon representing the witches, Yena and Sakura for the werewolves, and Hyewon and herself on behalf of the vampires, obviously. The meeting starts as most do, everyone stating their name and position for the record, another thing Chaewon found odd, it’s not like there was ever a change in members, for as long as she can remember this is how the council had always been.
“Alright,” Eunbi stood up from her seat, clapping her hands together once to gain everyone’s undivided attention, “I’m sure everyone knows the reason for today’s meeting, it seems as if our newest student, Jo Yuri, has left quite an impression on her first day,”
Yena narrowed her eyes at Eunbi, obviously taking offense to what the head witch had said, Chaeyeon, ever the peacekeeper, took quick note of this and cut Eunbi off. “We know this is none of Yuri’s fault, she just so happens to somehow have the world's worst luck ever,” this seemed to satisfy Yena, visibly releasing the tension in her body.
“Right,” Eunbi continued, slightly annoyed at the interruption “When it comes down to it there are two major key points for this meeting. first of all, this morning’s incident in the dining hall, and secondly the scuffle that occurred this afternoon,” Eunbi emphasized while not so subtly motioning towards Yena.
Hyewon was the first to address the situations that had been presented, “First of all, I would like to arrange a time where Jennie can formally apologize to Yuri,” this caused even Chaewon to question Hyewon’s sanity, she knew how unpredictable Jennie could be, she also knew Jennie was too proud for her own good. Chaewon politely raised her hand to call attention to herself, “If I may interrupt my co-representative for a moment I would just like to say, what the fuck,” Hyewon sighed, of course not only did the council have to worry about Yena’s weird attachment to the new girl, they also had to deal with Chaewon.
“If my co-representative would let me finish she would know that I wanted Jennie’s apology to be supervised,” Yena’s hand quickly shot up at Hyewon’s proposal for a supervisor “I’ll do it!”. This of course caused just about everyone in the room to let out a groan of frustration, Hyewon continued, “Love the enthusiasm Yena, but seeing as this is an issue between a witch and a vampire, there is no reason for the wolves to be involved.” Yena deflated before quickly perking up again, “Oh, then Chaewon will do it!” she said as if she was the smartest in the room for finding such an obvious loophole.
The council members all looked at Chaewon, hoping she would get the hint that this was a job for head representatives and wishing that she could gently explain that to Yena. “My love,” Hyewon rolled her eyes at Chaewon’s romanticism, “I believe this is a job best suited for the head representatives.” Yena opened her mouth to protest but was quickly cut off by Chaewon, “Besides, while Yuri is out we can play a few rounds of Mario Kart together?” Yena huffs in defeat, “Fine. Next subject, Jennie’s punishment, personally I think we should lock her in the wolf cellar for a week until she begs for forgiveness.”
The council sighed, this was going to be a long meeting.
Chaeyeon, ever the opportunist, took this pause in the room to speak up, “If I may, I think I’ve come up with a solution that solves around seventy five percent of our current issues,” Eunbi gave her second in command a nod of approval to continue.
“Starting with the first major issue, Yuri, no matter how adorable, has no control over her abilities. A five year old could probably defend herself better than Yuri, in her transcripts it talked about a fire,” Yena and Chaewon shared a quick glance at the mention of Yuri’s incident involving her friend and the ouija board, “It seems as though her powers are brought out through extreme emotions, I suggest Eunbi, a few of the higher up witches, and myself give her private lessons. Not only to help her better understand her powers but to help her learn to defend herself so she doesn’t have to rely on others.”
Yena and Chaewon winced, that last statement was definitely directed towards them, Chaeyeon continued “As for Jennie, I think cleaning out the wolf cellars as the next couple full moons should be sufficient enough.” The council all seemed to nod in agreement to the most useful proposal.
Yena clapped her hands together and stood up “Great, well that settles that! Thank you Chaeyeon,” she turned to her girlfriend, hand extended “Now let's go, if we hurry we can make it to dinner in time for dessert, I heard they have cake!”
Chaewon looked towards the rest of the council, catching a certain glint in Eunbi's eyes, something that said we aren't finished.
“Actually love, I have something I need to talk to Hyewon about in private, vampire things,” that was a lie, Chaewon did not have vampire things to talk about with Hyewon, rather she had to speak with the rest of the council about Yena’s little outburst earlier.
“Oh. Well, I’m going to get cake, see you after though. Right?” and with that, the werewolf girl left the council room, that was, after she gave her girlfriend a soft kiss on the cheek.
“So,” Eunbi clapped her hands together, once a certain werewolf had finally left, “What's the situation with you, Yena, and Yuri?” the rest of the council's eyes flew towards Chaewon.