[HAWI]
"You're one to talk. My sister keeps fucking you with her eyes... You make me feel unwanted," Mbali said with teary eyes.
"Hey, I'll apologize on all their behalf. We didn't mean to. You're part of us, Mbali. It doesn't matter what happens now, tomorrow, or in the future, you're always going to be a part of us. You're very important to us.
"We are a unit and without you, we are nothing. Please don't feel unwanted," Ruru said earnestly as she pulled Mbali into a soft hug.
She looked so worried and was rubbing her hand down Mbali's back accordingly that if this were any other time, Hawi would have been happy that her mate was comforting her killing machine.
Oh, but if only what Mbali had said was true.
Over the years, Hawi had learned to study her friends and the people in her circle. She had been keen enough and paid attention to every little thing they said, whether it was with a smile or sadness.
She made sure to understand them so well like the back of her hand. She knew what their tones meant and what their desires were with how they spoke. She knew them so damn well and that was also how she was certain Mbali was pulling their leg.
"If you don't let go of my mate, Mbali, I'll kiss her from where I'm standing and just so you know, I'm right behind you. So, unless you want to be right in the middle when I lock lips with Ruru;
"I would suggest you take a step back," Hawi said casually as she tapped Mbali's back, making the warrior scream in pure horror.
She was being dramatic, their friend group already knew that, but once again, the Sicario wolves were left wondering what the fuck was even going on with the women. It was like they had been introduced to a chapter of chaos that didn't make any sense at all.
Perhaps it was what they had to live with, but surely even they deserve some peace after all of this, right?
The only problem at the moment was that these psychotic friends were nuts and unhinged in so many ways, and at the same time, however dangerous they were, they were peaceful.
It would only be a little harder to explain to anyone who walked in on them at the moment that this was their new normal. Oh, but it would be a long ride.
"Hawiii," Rukiya whined as she looked at her mate before gently pulling back from Mbali who actually was laughing her ass off at the moment, along with Elodie and Hawi herself.
Some of the Sicario warriors seemed to have grasped that this was the psychos being friendly with each other, or as they walked themselves back to their homes and started fixing them.
They had been away for a little too long, and they were safe, at least these mad women were the proof of that.
"The offer stands for Hawi and Mbali. Ruru, you need a break from mothering for a while," Malika said before she looked at Mbali and Hawi who were still holding their long swords in their hands.
They looked like they really wanted to fight, when there wasn't a thing to fight about.
"How many?" Mbali asked Malika.
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"Four ribs," Malika said and that was all it took for Hawi and Mbali to make a run for her Sicario dining hall. However, before they could make it through the doors of the pack house, Malika stopped them.
"Wait... I just remembered something," Malika said and the duo groaned and glared at Malika. It was like she was wasting their precious time and there had been five chances to get the first serving of four ribs.
Malika was a good cook, whether she used magic or not, and the fact that she was the one who came with the deal, they knew she would be the one setting the table for everyone.
"What is it again?" Hawi groaned.
"No one wants to dine with the both of you looking like you had been bathing in a sea of blood. Clean yourselves up, really well and you are not allowed to use magic. If I so much as sense magic on the both of you, you will not eat dinner," Malika said and they groaned out in frustration but still agreed nonetheless.
"I apologize on behalf of those two idiots, Sicario. It is an unfortunate time, and as much as I want to say it won't happen again, I fear it definitely will. But for now, please go on and clean up.
"We will be waiting for you in the dining hall. Dinner is on me," Malika announced to the wolves who were in a new reality. Some of them who had known Hawi and Elodie up close before the banishment, were glad that Hawi was just smiling and bickering again.
It was the perfect reminder that they would be fine regardless of what happened.
The reminder that no matter what happened, as long as there was a smile on the Sicario girl's face, and her friends' faces, peace was something that they wouldn't have to pray for anymore.
Mercy and protection were already at the door and they would be fine.
"Well, that worked miracles," Asmodeus said as he watched the Sicario wolves scram and get ready for dinner.
"Everyone's a sucker for food, but those two idiots are suckers for ribs," Malika said proudly, and Asmodeus just excused himself. He had seen a lot of things today and even he wasn't sure how to process it all. Perhaps one day at a time was the best pace, right? Or maybe one Hawi tantrum at a time.
"They really left me hanging, for food," Ruru complained before her. Malika and Elodie burst out laughing. This was what happiness looked like on some of their days anyway.