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"Seungminnie?"
"Hm?"
The younger turned to his brother who had sat down beside him, his gaze following the younger's, watching the bushes swing softly in the wind.
"What's that on your neck?"
Seungmin mindlessly touched his neck, feeling the two small wounds as a soft blush spread over his cheekies.
"It's not from Xiaoji, right?"
Felix frowned.
He already had a feeling for quite a while now that his little brother had a small secret.
The boy just seemed happier these past days and he smelled a bit strange from time to time.
An alpha scent Felix didn't know.
And now the mark.
Although it looked so strange, there was a big purple bruise around the small wounds, very uncommon.
"No"
The brunette smiled shyly, making his brother coo.
"It's from Hyunjin, right?"
Seungmin nodded softly.
"I think we're silver mates. I just know it somehow."
"But your mark.. It's not silver."
Normal marks between silver mates have silver fringes, but Seungmin's was just bloody and surrounded by bruises.
"Minho said that his mark also only turned silver after a few weeks so I'm not stressing about it. And honestly Lixie?"
"Hm?"
"I want you to meet Hyunjin. He's kinda your brother-in-law now so it'd only be fair, right?"
Felix smiled softly and took his brother's small trembling hand in his, squeezing it gently.
"Of course I'd love to. But as far as I understood he can't come here, right? I don't want to leave Channie alone right now. He's already doing things behind my back again, I just know it."
The younger tried to suppress a smile, it was just too funny how Felix always tried to take care of Chan but there was nothing the older despised more.
"You'll meet him one day."
A comfortable silence settled between the two brothers and Seungmin let his head rest on the other's shoulder, a feeling of security spreading through his body.
After a while a small orange wolf suddenly appeared, running with a wagging tail to the two.
"Is that Jiwoo?"
"No it's Jieun"
the brunette smiled and leaned down to pick the small pup up who shifted the moment she sat on her uncle's lap.
"Uncle Minnie! Uncle Lixie!"
"Hello little puppy~ What are you doing here, hm?"
"Flower crown!"
A bright smile immediately bloomed on Felix's face at the little girl's words, if there was something he absolutely loved to do besides taking care of his plants, it was making flower crowns for everyone he loved.
And now that the stupid new alpha had destroyed Jieun's and the silver-haired boy had promised her to make a new one, she was excited to pick flowers together with him.
"Let's go make a flower crown for the little princess then. Do your parents know you're here?"
"Mommy knows."
Seungmin nodded and handed the little girl over to his brother, he was glad that Minho knew where his daughter went off, Jisung would forget such things easily if he had to remember the locations of all his six kids.
"Do you want a piggyback ride sweetie?"
Jieun nodded happily, her tiny orange tail wagging softly and a squeal escaping her when Seungmin shifted into his red-brown wolf form.
The older placed the little girl on his brother's back, making sure she was securely holding onto the soft fur with her little hands and still had his hand resting on her small back to make sure she wouldn't fall.
Together they made their way slowly through the seemingly endless paths of the mansion's garden, all kinds of flowers in all imaginable colors and forms turning the small walk into a breathtaking journey.
Every now and then Jieun asked for the name of the plant when a flower catched her eye and Felix knew all of them, they were his pride after all.
Once in a while she also picked flowers for her flower crown and she really had a great taste.
White baby's breath, pink chrysanthemums and Japanese pachysandra as a wreath, a beautiful combination for a beautiful little girl.
"Are we finished sweetie? Or is there another flower you want to add?"
Felix smiled down at her as Jieun made her adorable thinking face, her gaze wandering over all the flowers with a frown on her face.
"These too!"
She suddenly squealed as she pointed at the rather outstanding bush between all the flower beds, the pink roses.
"I'm sorry but they're not mine, I can't give you one of them"
The silver-haired boy gave her a sad smile making her pout.
