Caleb POV

As we walked hand in hand, my mate asked, "Is it really okay to be that harsh on her?"

I sighed, "Since I am the Beta, I gave her some comfort and a person to talk to. But instead of going better she sunk deeper into her own delusion. She, one day, put this idea in her head and didn't want to leave me alone. Plus, where she is going will really help her to accept that her mate is... Not from this world anymore."

"I see..." he answered sounding sad.

I looked at him and my heart ached to see my mate like that, "We can always go visit her, I am sure the Alpha would let us do that."

"B-but did you..." he started then his face heated up. "Nothing..."

"Tell me, mate. What's troubling your mind?"

"D-did you a-and her... Y-you know?" he whispered shyly as he looked on the ground. When I understood what he meant, I started to chuckle and that made me even more flustered. "D-don't laugh!" he pouted.

"Sorry, but you're so damn cute," I continued to chuckle. "But no, I didn't. I didn't have sex with someone for a long time now," I smiled before kissing his cheek. "I was waiting for you."

Avi blushed as we entered a small local restaurant. A waitress greeted us, gave us a seat and menus. After ordering, we talked about ourselves, our family, friends...

"When are you going home?" I asked even though this idea didn't please me at all.

"I... Before sundown."

"We still have some time... I want to show you something," I said letting go of his hand when we were in front of the forest. I stripped and shifted and looked at him waiting for him to shift too. When he realized, he formed an O with his mouth before looking around, get his clothes off and rapidly shifted.

Avi in his deer form was a beautiful sight. He looked so lovely, cute and harmless. Then look at me, I was the opposite of him. Sometimes, I wonder how we ended up mate. Not that I regret it, on the contrary! He was special and mine.

We walked next to each other in silence since we couldn't talk, but I still enjoyed his company. It felt nice to be able to walk next to someone and have him understand without explaining anything. Only a glance was enough.

As we approached my favorite spot, I could see his ear stand up and move around. After a few more minutes, we were in front of a waterfall of thermal water.

Avi POV

This place was so beautiful! Even though there was a lot of steam coming out of it, being so close to the water was still refreshing. I looked at my mate, to only find an empty spot. Then I heard someone running and when I faced the waterfall again, I saw my mate jumping into the water before reappearing with a tongue out. His tail was wagging, and his eyes were pleading me to come join him. He was so cute, like a puppy. Happily, I also jumped into the water and shifted since I didn't know how to swim in my deer form. Turning around, Caleb also shifted and pulled me flush on his chest. I blushed when I realized that we were completely naked. I tried to swim away, but he held me tight. He swam near the edge where it was less deep. We stayed in a way that he was sitting down with me between his arms and legs. His thumb was slowly brushing the skin of my arm as we stayed in a comfortable silence.

"When will I be able to see you again?" Caleb asked softly as I felt his nose trail in the crook of my neck.

I fought the urge to laugh as I answered, "I-I don't know..." He seemed to have noticed and before I knew it, he started to tickle me.

Ticklish, I couldn't help but squirm around laughing. I begged for him to stop and when he finally did, I was panting and hoping he was ticklish too. I waited for a little before slowly turning around. Caleb's gaze didn't leave me for a second and when I was well positioned, I started to tickle him. When I didn't get the reaction, I wanted, I looked up to find him avoiding eye contact. I could clearly feel his manhood poking one of my tight.

"No, tickling doesn't get me hard," he explained before I could ask him. "But you squirming around did."