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“Okay. Now I know things are a bit… rocky.” Dennis clasped his hands together and let out air through his nose slowly.
“But it’s alright! We got a full year from now to rest and recover! We’re on top and blah blah blah blah. Blah blah. Blah blah blah BLAH!”
Will tuned Dennis out as something else had been keeping his attention. With his goat eyes Will had been watching Modo. Typically his handsome teammate wasn’t anything to be bothered by but recently he’s been acting different towards Will. More hesitant. A bit distant. And always just… watching him.
At first Will thought it was just Modo being his chaotic self but no not this time. Something was going on in the reptiles mind and Will wanted to know. Mostly because it gave him an eerie chill up his spine whenever the predator would lick his teeth, drooling and making small growls as both eyes locked onto Will as if to study him, wait for the perfect moment when his defense is lowered and strike.
He already wanted to eat Will in the first place. And Will had a creeping suspicion that may still be the case. Modo was the new owner, which means he made the calls on who comes and goes. Modo has admitted he’s eaten other creatures before. What if Will was about to be tossed aside-or more of into the reptiles maw now that they didn’t need him.
It’s been a week since the claw was won and things have calmed down more or less. Modo could have found a better teammate since then. But he’d never do that! They were friends! Right?
“WILL!” Will screamed and jumped when Dennis yelled into a bullhorn at him.
“Are you paying attention?!”
“YES! NO! MAYBE!”
Everyone in the room laughed except Modo, Will, and Dennis. Dennis sighed and set his clipboard down.
“Alright that’s enough for today. Go do whatever. Hey boss can I have a word?”
“Call Modo Modo monkey man! Feels weird hearing you say such things.” Modo hissed out uncomfortably as he made his way past everyone. Will was leaving with the others, only to slow when he caught Modo’s glare and a growl attached to it.
“My eyes are watching you, Will.”
Will help back a sharp EEP inside his chest and scampered out faster than the others.
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Will sucked on his straw, slurping up his smoothie as he studied the playbook pdf sent to his phone. The team had more than enough time to rest but it was always nice to keep up the plays by heart! Sitting on a tall’s bench made him look like a child but he didn’t worry or concern himself with such things. The resting area he was chilling at was quiet and empty. The window nearby shown bright daylight giving Vineland a cheery glow across the treetops and homes.
“Heyyy yo Will can I ask you for a favor?” Will looked up to see Lenny looking down at him smiling.
“Sure man what’s up?”
“Listen my neck is killing me. I need to go get my physical therapy done, could you go take this bag to room 103? it’s unlocked right now and I’m supposed to but I really can’t.” Lenny’s neck cracked in three separate places by the time the conversation ended.
“No problem!”
“Thanks man! You really are the goat. From the smallest to the tallest!” Lenny stuck out his hoof into a fist and Will smiled, jumping up and pounding it.
Will finished off his smoothie and tossed it into the trash. Smiling as it went in as easy as a roarball through a net. He hopped off his stool grabbing the bag and traveled through the hotel to the pent house side. Rows of top tier rooms were blocked off and only allowing the VIP card holders through. Will whipped his out for the quick scan then followed the numbers until he came to the room.
“Cool. Anyone in here? Helloooo~” Will called out in a sing song voice as he entered the dark room. All was silent save for the muffled noises of birds chirping outside the closed window giving orders to one another as they worked on outside upkeep. Thick black curtains blocked out even the smallest ray of light making the room seem colorless and dull.
Will placed the bag onto a counter and beamed when he saw a mini fridge.
“Whoa why don’t I have one? Can’t trust a goat around cans I guess haha!” Will couldn’t help himself but take a peek inside. Everything was how a regular one would be, save for a large glass jug filled with red fluid.
“Aw sweet cherry soda! I’ll pay whoever lives here back.” Will took the surprisingly far heavier than it seemed jug and opened up the mason seal. He took a drink then spat out the liquid. The bitter iron taste certainly wasn’t soda, and the smell also helped to give it away.
“This… is blood?! Oh shit I made a mess OH SHIT I DRANK BLOOD!” Will placed the jug down and started to wipe his tongue off with his hooves. He quickly rushed to the bathroom and gargled water.
“WHO KEEPS BLOOD IN A FRIDGE?!” Will had a dozen mouth rinses before the taste finally erased itself from his mouth. His jacket was splattered with the red stuff. He clicked his tongue and took it off. He could stand to be shirtless for a bit. The only concern was the carpet stains. Will also had to quickly hide any evidence he was there. Grabbing a towel and wetting it down he scrubbed and dabbed until there was nothing left but wet patches. Will tossed the towel into the bin, carefully tightened the lid once more, and closed the fridge. He sighed and was starting to back up when he bumped into something.
He looked up and saw Modo.
“What is baby goat doing in Modo’s room?” Modo stared down intensely, licking his eyes.
“I was uh just-um-you’r-you’re room you say?”
“Yes. And baby goat was not expected to be here.” Modo’s eyes wandered over to the fridge
“Did you see something you shouldn’t have?” Wills entire body told him to run. His survival instincts screamed at him to bolt.
“I-I-I have no idea-wh-what you’re talking… about.” Modo moved in front of him, his thick tail circling Will. He leaned down to get into Will’s face. Giving a tough glare, Will felt sweat start to run down the back of his neck.
“You saw NOTHING of suspicion?!”
“Nope!”
“Do not lie to Modo. Modo know all. SEE all.” Modo had used his fingers to open his eyes wide.
“Taste all.” His tongue flicked across Will’s face almost tickling him. Modo cracked a grin after an intense few seconds of silence.
“Ok! Just checking! Just because I am your boss does not mean you have to feel the desire to not share! But why are you here? Is cute baby goat offering to be my lunch?” Modo snapped his jaws hardly an inch in front of Will’s face making Will stumble back.
“Nope! Just doing a delivery! Lenny asked and I should get going!” Will gestured rapidly between the bag and the door.
“Ok! Modo wishes you well!” Modo pat Will on the head and spun him around with his tail.
“Leave now before Modo decide to have goat ribs for lunch HAHAHAHAHAH!” Modo laughed like a lunatic as he jumped onto his bed and shoved his head into the bag. Will ran faster than he had on any court, not stopping until he slammed the door closed in his own room.
His heart was beating harder than he would have ever imagined. Did he just discover a horrible secret?
………..
That night Will crept around making sure Modo couldn’t find or spot him. Will tip toed around and sighed when the cost was clear. Turning around he screamed again as a door suddenly opened up next to him and a chainsaw was turned on and held towards his body.
“WHY THE HELL ARE YOU SCREAMING?!” The chainsaw was turned off and Jett stood there staring at Will.
“WHY THE HELL DO YOU HAVE A CHAINSAW?!”
“This guy wanted to do some lumberjack promo activity so I had to make sure I knew how to start this thing-wait why are you sneaking around?”
“I uh-for sure am not terrified Modo is going to eat me because I found something I wasn’t supposed to in his room by accident HAHAHAH!”
Jett stared at Will who was having a meltdown.
“Okay… then. Well anyways I was going to text you, we ordered pizza and it just arrived. Hurry and grab some before it gets eaten up. You want to stop shivering and step aside? I gotta go do my promo.” Will nodded furiously and ran past her.
“If he has a heart attack before 30 I’m loosing that 50$ bet.”
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“Thanks man! My neck feels soooo much better!” Will sat there in his overly large chair in front of a round table with everyone else as they ate pizza. Well everyone besides Modo and Jett that is.
“You alright little guy? You’re really…” Lenny waved his hand in a circle.
“Over there when everyone is over here.”
“I THINK I FOUND OUT A HORRIBLE SECRET OF MODO’S AND HE’S GOING TO KILL ME TO SILENCE ME BEFORE I CAN REVEAL IT!”
The group stared at him. They all started to crack up and laugh.
“IT’S NOT FUNNY!” Olivia wiped her mouth off to give her reply.
“No it is. Modo is one of the most open booked people there is, so if you found out some ‘horrible secret’ then it must be serious.”
“MODO EATS OTHERS!” Archie grabbed another slice of pizza and placed it on his plate.
“Yeah, he’s pretty open about that.”
“HE’S GOING TO EAT ME!”
“Wouldn’t be surprised to hear that. But he hasn’t so far.”
Dennis tossed his crust onto his plate, turning to Will with a raised eyebrow.
“So what exactly brought up this fact of yours?”
“I… I went to his room, not knowing it was his room. I opened up the minifridge and-”
“WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?!” Will froze as Modo yelled entering the room on all fours.
“I-I was-uh”
“You learned DIDN’T YOU?!” Will gasped as he jumped up onto his chair when Modo came closer to him.
“YOU KILL AND DRINK PEOPLES BLOOD! NOW YOU’RE GOING TO SILENCE ME BEFORE THE NEWS HEARS ABOUT THIS!”
Modo began to laugh, the volume and strength of it growing until it reached it’s peak.
“Do not worry baby goat! You are in no danger! Oh I thought you were talking about the REAL secret!”
“R-real secret? So you don’t want to eat me?”
“No more than usual!” Lenny stretched his neck to be face to face with Will.
“Relax. Everyone knows he drinks blood.”
“WHAT?!”
“Yeah. Some of Modo’s species has this iron deficiency issue they’re born with so they drink donated blood.”
“R-really?” Olivia chimed up as she flipped her phone over to show Will the screen.
“Yeah! A couple years ago the team even hosted a donations day at a hospital in sunkencity.” The screen showed the team smiling and holding signs along with others surrounding them. A board with numbers and statistics were drawn on it in colorful ink.
Modo licked his lips.
“Come to Modo! No harm will be done! I was worried you were talking about THIS!” As Will lowered himself cautiously he was taken into Modo’s claws by the pits and with his tail, pulled a present from behind Wills ear.
“For you!”
Modo pat his head as Will took the present into his hooves.
“Wait so you were worried that I was going to discover this?”
“Your secret gift! I got it for you because you have been with us for a full 6 months now! Modo gives everyone a present for their time. Now open it!”
“So… you’re not going to eat me?”
“Not unless you want me to. Do you have a vore fetish or something?” Lenny joked.
“Hey Modo open your mouth and let him look into it! He might like it.” Will rolled his eyes and began to open his present.
Inside was a silver locket in the shape of a heart, placed within was a picture of Modo lifting Will as the two smiled together looking at the camera.
“Now you and Modo can always be together wherever you go! You’re welcome.” Modo pulled him closer and spun him around lifting his arms.
“Come! Dance!”
Will couldn’t help but crack up as he spun around with Modo. Everything feeling calm once more and his stress melted away. Modo pulled him in closely and dipped him. He stared into Wills eyes, his tail stroking the side of Will’s face lovingly. With a seductive growl he whispered softly.
“I also want to claim you as my new mate.”
“Wait what?”