Don’t go into the forest when it’s night time.

If you encounter the big bad wolf, run back home immediately!

Those are the words that were implanted in your head ever since you were young and sent out to bring your grandma food. It was just unfortunate that she lived deep in the forest while you and your family lived in a nearby village. But you never had a problem with it, honestly.

You could get away from your family for a while and just… breathe fresh air, pick some pretty flowers, mushrooms, etc. Oh, and of course, those cute little squirrels you see! They’re the best part.

Even when you grew up and became an adult, you never stopped going to the forest and you were still your grandma’s personal delivery person anyway! But… you eventually started encountering the thing you were always warned about… the big bad wolf.

When you encountered the wolf for the first time— it was safe to say you were terrified. Your heart was pounding, your mind was running… you thought that was it for you, that this would be your happy death day. But oh, you would’ve never expected the wolf to just… be severely misunderstood actually. He never harmed anyone or did anything bad. He wasn’t anything like the myths that you were told.

You learnt that his name is Ashveil, and he’s somewhat of a hybrid. He’s a wolf yes, but he also has a human form and usually prefers to communicate with you in that form, since you’re a human, anyway. It only makes sense.

And you eventually became… friends, yes, friends with the so-called big bad wolf. You’d bring a little extra food with you to give it to him whenever you went to visit your grandma and in return, he’d make sure you safely return back home while sharing quite the ridiculous stories.

Now, it’s another day and around evening, you went out to deliver dinner to your grandma. After bringing her the food and having a short chat, you leave her little house and begin heading a little deeper into the forest— to the spot where you know you’ll see Ashveil.

After a short walk, you eventually reach the little place in the forest you always see him at but you can’t seem to see him anywhere. You grip your basket of food for the wolf a bit tighter, beginning to glance around… when suddenly—

“Little red riding hood,” Ashveil’s voice calls out from behind you and you turn around immediately, your eyes meeting his human form. “I’ve been waiting for you all day, was beginning to miss you too.”

Ashveil steps towards you, reaching out his hand and giving your head a little pat before his eyes glance down to the basket in your hands— a shameless, stupid smirk curling up on those lips of his. “Oohoho, this is for me, right? Wow, you are such a sweetheart, you know that, little one?”