"Hello father.." Kuro said quietly, avoiding eye to eye contact.
The room was small and empty, the lighting was dim and there were relatives standing around, they all looked at Kuro. Bowing respectively before looking straight ahead again.
"Kuro, are you ready to do the ritual? Once you turn 18, you will earn the title 'Pack Leader,' from then on."
Kuro's eyes widened in confusion, "Wait–What? Why wont I earn the title after the ritual?" Kuro's dad looked at him, "That's because you aren't fully matured yet, you know we need children for our generations to keep going. That means you need to find your fated mate."
"..Yes father," Kuro said, sighing loudly, "Alright, anymore questions? If not, we need the ritual to start, now." His father said while clasping his hands together.
Kuro went to the middle of the room and kneeled down in front of his father. Shutting his eyes shut. As he shut his eyes, he was thought of Ryui again.
Suddenly, his father started speaking in a foreign language, two fingers on Kuro's forehead. Kuro didn't know what they were saying since he never really determined to fully learn the language.
But he did understand a few words.. "Today… Leader…" Those were the only words he understood.
His relatives then joined in with his father, they were in perfect sync. As if they had done this millions of times. Which Kuro is guessing that they had rehearsed before doing the ritual.
Then, Kuro blacked out. Before he could fully lose consciousness, he had opened his eyes just a little bit, being able to see his father with a disappointed face, as if he was angry about something.
When he woke up he was back in his bedroom, on his bed. Someone must've dropped him off there after the ritual, then he remembered. The BBQ that Mizuki, Ryui and himself were supposed to go to.
Kuro patted his pockets, and lifted his blankets looking for his phone. Only to realize that his backpack and phone weren't there.
He saw that they were just beside his bed the whole time. He let out a sigh of relief and rummaged through his bag thinking that his father probably put his phone in there.
After a few minutes of going through it, and dumping everything out. He couldn't find it. He stood up and saw his phone on his floor the whole time. It probably fell when he went through his blankets.
He could finally take a sigh of relief, he sat down on his bed expecting his phone to turn on when he pushed the button..
Unfortunately, when he tried to turn it on it was dead, he groaned and plugged his phone in his charger by his bed. "C'mon.." He was getting impatient, his phone then loaded. And he immediately clicked onto his messages, and notifications popped up like crazy. There were 46 missing calls, and 157 unread messages that were sent to him.
Most of them were from Ryui, and not a lot of them were from Mizuki. I didn't think much of it.. But i'm really in trouble now. Should I at least text them back..?