Newbie (1)

"Please don't kill me!" A teenage girl, still dressed in her school uniform, crawls backwards, shakily pleading for her life to the hulking, crazed creature in front of her.

The full moon is lighting up the school roof, which makes the beast more visible to the scared girl. Her whole body shakes in fear and tears form at the sides of her eyes.

She could feel her fear more than the pain in her wounded legs.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

The oversized, crazed creature growled and kept glaring at her. The wolf-like being is standing near the exit of the rooftop. That is why the girl has nowhere else to escape.

AAAAWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

on all four legs, standing on his back. He then gives off an almighty howl as he faces the moon with no signs of the man or human he was just minutes before.

The oversized, crazed creature is actually her boyfriend. Both of them went up to the school rooftop to wait for the fireworks display.

The firework display is the last event for the graduation ceremony of her boyfriend.

While waiting for that to happen, the full moon showed up and lit up the roof. Her boyfriend suddenly became anxious and experienced extreme chest pain.

She was about to guide him down the building when he suddenly pushed her to the side and his appearance began to change.

His clothes are ripped as he outgrows them and becomes covered in fur. His hands became claws and his teeth grew into sharp fangs, acting like he wanted to bite into someone. His shoes ripped open too.

As he starts to develop a deep angry face, this painful process continues as his face becomes that of an overgrown wolf.

The girl thought that her boyfriend was just pranking her. That is why she still approached the furious beast and got clawed at her legs.

She screamed in shock and desperately crawled away from the newly transformed werewolf.

After she saw her legs bleeding, she realized that she was in danger.

She tried to get away, but the werewolf scratched her back with his sharp claws. She could feel the pain, but she didn't stop running away and trying to hide from the tanks on top of the roof.

"It's me! Your girlfriend! Can't you recognize me? " She shouted, hoping that her boyfriend would snap back to normal.

However, talking to the berserk beast was useless. He growled and ran towards her to attack.

Her boyfriend effortlessly crushed the tank she was hiding in, and she hurriedly ran away towards the railing of the roof.

His claws were randomly attacking her that she miraculously avoided. She ran and rolled while in tears.

"Please stop! I don't want to die!"

Her whole body is hurting and she is breathing heavily. Her stamina for running and evading attacks is slowly draining. She can also feel the multiple wounds she receives.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

However, her boyfriend continued to growl at her.

She managed to get herself crouching down inside the space between the two water tanks that is larger than the one been crashed a while ago.

Because of his overgrown body, the wolf-like being is unable to pursue or reach her. All he can do is scratch and bang the water tank.

She breathes heavily while she can't escape and still tries her best to be safe on the rooftop.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The loud noise from the two water tanks being smashed by the werewolf is instilling more fear in the teenager. She remained crouching and covered her ears with her hands while crying.

"Please leave. I don't wanna die!"

She could see the beast crazily beating the tanks with his whole body, like he was dancing under the moonlight.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

The werewolf stopped his movements when the fireworks shows started. A large and colorful firework decorated the night sky.

AWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

The wolf made another almighty howl towards the full moon that was being slowly covered up by the fireworks smoke.

The werewolf walked away from the tanks and stood up at the edge of the rooftop and howled for the last time before he jumped off the building.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

The wolf is gone, the firework display only lasts for ten minutes, and soon after, the rooftop becomes dark and silent.

The full moon is now covered with the smoke from the fireworks.

But the girl remained in her crouching position inside the space between the two water tanks.

She stared blankly at the rooftop that was calm and safe.

She is bleeding and her wounds are painful.

But she doesn't have the strength to move out of hiding as she thinks what if he is still waiting for her outside.

"I don't want to die," she cried while repeating her words.

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Ten years later...

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One of the survivors of the Wolf attack.

Nida Mildea, twenty-five, is awakened by the sharp noise of her alarm clock.

She kicked her alarm clock and got off her messy bed.

Trash, clothes, and other things are mixed on the floor.

Her messy room doesn't suit her beautiful appearance.

From her average-looking self in her teens, she became a gorgeous and alluring lady.

Her coffee-colored hair became glossy, wavy, and bouncy because she hadn't bathed in days.

She has a pale complexion because she didn't leave her apartment for days, and the sun never reached her skin.

Even with so much use of her phone and computer, her face remains unblemished, but the dark circles around her eyes are still visible.

She looked at her phone to check her schedule.

"Nida, you need to do a good job." she talked to herself while glaring at her reflection in the mirror.

5:40 A.M.

It was her first time waking up early.

The nightmare in her junior high school year made her time and progress wrapped in darkness.

After years in hiding from her past, she finally decided to have a full-time job.

She actually got her Bachelor's in Business Administration three years ago, but has never had a full time job since graduation because she is reluctant to look for one.

Even though that night caused her great trauma, she doesn't have any problem going outside, socializing or talking to anyone, but as much as possible she doesn't like to engage in anything socially.

She moved to a new city far away from her hometown.

She plans to have a fulfilling life in this city.

Fortunately, a company still has an interest in taking her in.

She picked up her company ID and stared at it for a moment.

"I'll be fine, right?"

She stared at her smiling face in the ID photo and looked at the mirror which was reflecting her.

She starts practicing her smile.

"I need to look approachable"

Nida is scared of something else besides the wolf who traumatized her a long time ago.

She is also scared of society.

haaaaaaaa—

She released a long sigh after practicing her business smile.

For the first time this week, she went inside her bathroom and took a bath.

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"Hi, I am Nida Mildea. I am the new logistics assistant for the trucking department. I am looking forward to working with you all."

She smoothly introduced herself.

She tried her best to look professional despite being extremely nervous.

Fortunately, her new colleagues warmly welcomed her.

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Mildea; my name is Fred, and I work in human resources."

"Hi, I'm Marlyn from procurement."

"I'm Sue from the legal and insurance department."

"Accounting. I am Will."

All the people inside the conference room one by one introduced themselves to the new recruit.

Each department's representatives were all gathered in the conference room for their monthly performance report, and Nida's manager brought her with him to do secretarial tasks.

She ended up becoming the center of attention.

"We are looking forward at working with you"

"Let's work hard together!"

She really felt awkward at the moment and tried her best to memorize all the names being introduced to her.

She is also thankful that she put extra effort into her appearance today since first impressions are very important.

"It's already past nine. Aren't we going to start?" She mumbled while looking at her watch.

"safety officer and the president aren't here yet." A lady in her 30s responded to her mumbling, which made Nida blush in embarrassment.

She awkwardly smiled at the lady beside her, and she nodded in response.

[She's not doing anything, but her aura sends off angelic vibes]

Nida starts to admire the lady sitting beside her while waiting for the higher-ups to come.

Nida tapped her pen while waiting. The other employees are getting impatient too.

"Getting bored?" Ms. Sue, who is sitting beside her, smiles kindly at her.

Nida realized that her tapping might disturb her and instantly hid her pen in her pocket.

"Ah, sorry."

"For what?" Ms. Sue tilted her head but instantly changed her expression into excitement. "Anyway, you might not know this yet, but our safety officer is extremely handsome."

Nida hides her awkwardness with her professional smile. "Oh, that's nice."

"Yep! So prepare your heart because I cannot catch you if you fall for him! "

Nida is surprised that the lady in her 30s she was admiring a while ago is now a jolly person.

"Do you have a crush on him, Ms. Sue?" She cannot relate to Ms. Sue's excitement. because this Mr. Safety officer is someone she has never seen before.

"Everyone does! So I am fine with just watching him from a distance. My eyes would be blessed by him again."

Nida assumed that this type of thing only occurred at school, where children idolized everyone with good looks, but she never expected that this would be a thing even in the workplace.

"Okay?" She doesn't really know what to react to her jolly workmate.

She can't even match her energy with Ms. Sue's energy.

She isn't boy crazy. And would never say, "Oh. My. God. He is so hot " and fawns all over the guy. She's fairly aloof about these things and would be more likely to ignore such beings.

"Presenters, please standby. The president is coming. We will soon start. "

Everyone settled down in their own chairs and waited for the door at the end of the room to open.

"Ms. Sue. The president is coming, but your crush is getting late. "

"Oh. He might be coming with the president."

Nida titled her head. "Is being a safety officer a higher position?"

"haha. No, but nowadays, he is always with Sir because he is in charge of a new project. "

"ah"

As she gets her response, the door slowly opens and reveals a very good-looking man.

Of course, she noticed that the person entering exudes sexuality, but that appeal doesn't affect her and she just watches her office mates drooling over the man.

"You're right, the safety officer is quite good looking," she plainly commented, but her attention was more caught by the visible scars on the man's cheeks.

She thought to herself. "Real handsome men won't be ugly, even with scars,"

"Huh? That's our president. He is also very handsome! But he is already married, so we cheered more for our safety officer." Ms. Sue corrected her while she couldn't hide her face blushing.

Nida looked back at the door so she could see the safety officer who is said to be more handsome than the president, who is extremely good-looking.

"Is there someone who will be better-looking than the president, who is almost perfect?" She mumbled something.

She became curious about the appearance of the safety officer.

[Maybe the president was pushed back to the top good-looking face due to his visible scars. Too bad he's almost perfect.]

Everyone anticipates the opening of the door, then the extremely good-looking officer enters the room like it was in slow motion.

Weirdly, she felt like the atmosphere became warm and flowery.

Nida focused her gaze on the person making a grand entrance. Despite being late, he walked inside the door like he was a model walking down a runway.

Nida's eyebrows twitched once she saw the safety officer also had a visible scar.

He has a long scar on his left eye, but it's the same as with the president; it doesn't even decrease the gorgeousness of the man.

He has fair skin and rosy lips, gray ash hair that is neatly tied into a ponytail and mysterious golden eyes that can melt anyone with his gaze.

"You're right, he is more good-looking," she whispered to Ms. Sue.

Ms. Sue smiled brightly and squealed internally as she wanted to share her excitement with Nida, but she calmed herself because the meeting was about to start.

The conference room has a large, long table that can accommodate 30 people. The president sat at the far end of the table while Nida was sitting in the middle.

She kept her stoic expression and watched as the officer walked towards his designated chair, which was across from her seat.

The slow motion moment continues as she observes the tall, trim-built, not overly muscular safety officer until he finally sat down and they ended up making eye contact because she subconsciously kept her attention on him.

She instantly diverted her gaze toward the white screen and pretended like she wasn't caught staring at someone.

She blushed and her heart skipped a beat.

[What the fuck?]

She got confused by her reaction.

She doesn't like to idolize good looking guys, but the mysterious safety officer draws her attention to him.

She pinches herself to prevent herself from looking at the safety officer again.

Flinched!

She ends up glancing at him again, but the weird thing is, the safety officer is still looking straight at her.

Her body stiffened and chills formed in her neck as she felt someone passionately looking at her.

[what the? Does he know me? Why does he keep staring at me?]

Her admiration of his good looks transforms into creepiness.

She felt uncomfortable and works hard not to look back and keeps her focus on the meeting.

The meeting ended two hours later, and the safety officer kept his gaze on her.

She felt relieved when everyone started to leave the conference room.

She was packing her things when Ms. Sue lightly tapped her shoulder.

"I wish I had the same pretty face as yours." she said while acting sulky.

"Huh? Is that a compliment? "

"haha, of course. Look at Sir Randell. He keeps his gaze on you the whole meeting. "

"Randell?" She felt goosebumps as she heard a name that was very familiar to her.

"Oh. Didn't I tell you his name? His name is Randell Lobo. My gosh! Sir Lobo won't take interest in anyone, but if there's a beauty like yours, no wonder he would be interested. I am so jealous." Ms. Sue is expressing her frustration, but she is not venting towards Nida. The friendly legal assistant is just sad that she doesn't have a chance with his crush and admires the beauty of Nida.

Nida wants to thank Ms. Sue for the compliment, but the name she heard is something she doesn't want to hear again.

Ms. Sue said goodbye to Nida and left her unable to finish packing her things.

"Nida." a deep voice echoed in her ears.

She turns her head, and that makes her stand up hastily as she can see that Randell is close to her, calling her name.

Her notes and laptop fell to the floor because of her sudden step back.

"y-you're Randell?" She stutters and her body trembles.

She keeps walking backwards to get away from him.

"Nida, you can still remember me?" He asked with a shaking voice.

"m—monster. Hic!" She hiccups and tries her best to shake off the nightmare of the past that is flashing in her mind.

"I thought they erased your memory, if you can still remember me. Can we s—."

Suddenly, his gaze became sharp and he kicked her things underneath the table, then grabbed her by the waist and dragged her inside the cabinet.

The two of them were too close to each other and were squeezing their bodies to fit in the dark cabinet.

"Don't kill me!" Nida's eyes started to tear up.

"ssshhh. please be quiet for a moment." He placed his hand over her lips to shut her up.

"Is there anyone here?" The maintenance personnel called out, and after checking that no one was around, he turned off the lights and locked the door.

fuhaaa haaa haaa..

She breathes heavily after he removes his hand.

Nida is still trembling and her eyes are shaking.

"I am sorry. I just don't want to get caught talking to you."

"please, I won't tell anyone. j-just. just let me live." She can no longer control her tears.

"Nida. Please listen to me first. I won't harm you, promise! " Randell hugged her and that is why he could feel her trembling body.

"Please listen to me." He caressed Nida's face, but Nida thought that Randell was caressing her because he was so hungry and ready to eat her up.

She closed her eyes and started to say her prayers.

"Lord God, please help. Help me escape this beastly being, I don't want to die. Lord God, Saints, Saintess, Goddesses, please help me."

She desperately prayed and rubbed her hands together.

"Nida, I am sorry. I thought your memories were erased. That is why I didn't contact you. Please listen to me. I won't harm you again. Please."

Because of her fears, Nida cannot pick up on what Randell is saying.

The ex-boyfriend who almost killed her ten years ago is in front of her, hugging and caressing her face.

He is in human form, but the image of the crazed, overgrown wolf that she encountered that night overlapped her vision.

"Nida, please" also with teary eyes, Randell pleaded with Nida to listen to him.

"That is useless, Ranz" a different voice speaks up outside the cabinet, and they can feel that the person is walking towards where they are.

"Help!" Her instinct tells him that this person might help her get away from her ex.

She pushed away Randell, which led her to lean on the door of the cabinet. She thought she would fall after leaning on the unlocked door, but someone caught her and she landed on someone's sturdy chest.

She looked up and said, "Mr. President."

"Hi, Ms. new recruit. May we have a calm conversation?" The president smiled at her, but his eyes remained cold.

She stepped back, but she landed on another chest.

Aaaaaaah!!

She screamed as she realized that she had landed on Randell's chest.

Two tall, handsome guys were looking down on her. She feels like she is in between two tall towers.

hic. hic. hic. hic.

Her hiccups worsen.

"I won't be killed today?" she ended up asking.