Finn and Teagan both took a step back and flushed lightly, but didn't say anything. "Right! Um… let's go, then. You'll have to lead the way since neither of us know where we're going." Teagan gestured to himself and Finn.
They moved to be following Irena, and mostly were bickering with each other again on the way there.
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Onse Irena came upon the quarry, she set he towel down and her bag, taking her sunglasses off, but being careful as to not turn her head to much, so she could keep the bruise out of view or both Finn and Teagan.
"Right," she said, clearing her throat and smiling "so we can get in the water by walking down the side trail, to the little beach at the bottom, or we can jump off the cliff." She said, gesturing to the drop off less than 100 feet in front of them.
Finn and Teagan shut up when Irena started talking again. As annoying as they could be, they tried not to interrupt others if they could avoid it. They listened attentively, staring at her until she stopped talking, and then looked over to the drop off. The scars littering their bodies were enough evidence of their recklessness, and when they looked at each other and grinned, there was no shot of them walking down a side trail.
It took them less than a second to take off towards the cliff and jump off of it without even looking down to see how far the drop was, and they landed in the water below with a loud cheer as they went down.
Irena walked to the edge and looked down doubtfully.
She wasn't normally a fan of heights, but she refused to be scared in front of Finn and Teagan.
She slipped out of her shorts, leaving just her bottoms and top and dived in, her pose that of a swimmer.
When she resurfaced she smiled at the both of them.
The twins were already splashing each other playfully, thankfully not fighting, but they did cheer for Irena when she jumped as well.
"Yeah, you made it!"
"Isn't it fun?"
Finn flipped over onto his back to float and Teagan sunk into the water, creeping closer and then popping up under Finn to push him under the water and scare him.
"This place is cool!" Teagan hummed contentedly, and Finn huffed, although he didn't seem too upset about Teagan pestering him. He stretched and yawned, a lot of scars clearly visible. The two of them got into a lot of fights, both normally and while they were wolves. They tended to hurt each other more badly when they were transformed, naturally, and retained the scars from their battles.
Irena floated up to Finn and touched a scar that she knew was new.
"What's this from?" She asked "I mean I know it has to do with the whole transforming into a werewolf thing, but like I want context and specifics."
"Mm?" Finn looked over at her curiously and then down at the scar, trying to figure out what that particular one had been caused by. "Oh, uh… Teagan and I fight more when we're wolves. So that one is probably from him." Teagan stuck his tongue out at him and held up his arm, which had a scar of a bite mark, but one that looked much too small for how big their wolf forms were now.
"Consider it revenge for you turning me in the first place, idiot." Finn shrugged and resumed his floating.
"Most of our scars are from each other. 'Cept this one." Finn pointed to the large scar on his face. "That's from when I got attacked when we were kids. Then I turned Teagan. It was inevitable, honestly…"
Irena slowly raised her index finger to Finn's face, where it hovered in the air for a second. She then used it to trace the scare on his face.
"Is it hard?" She asked quietly, scrunching her brows. "Controlling yourself in wolf form?"
Finn didn't stop her from touching him, but her exceedingly gentle touch tickled a bit and he shuddered. "Eh… it used to be when we were kids. We're better at it now, especially if we're transforming at will. If we were to transform unwillingly because we were like… super angry, it would probably be harder to control. We typically fight each other because we choose to." Finn shrugged and Teagan nodded. "Sometimes we transform just so we can fight. It's easier and we don't have to talk when we're wolves, so…"
Irena pulled her hand away quickly and lowered herself in the water, so only her head and neck peaked above the blue grey water.
"That sounds complicated." She said honestly and dipped herself under the water, she smoothed her bangs back from her forehead when she came up and began to butterfly stroke away from the both of them.
Finn shrugged again. "We're used to it. Turned when we were real young, so we barely remember not being like this. No use moping about it. At least no one's gonna mess with us or our friends." He snickered.
"Yeah, most people aren't too keen on getting attacked by wolves, especially ones that can make them wolves too." Teagan added.
"whatever, wolf boys!" She called to them teasingly, continuing to swim away from the at a mediocre speed.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Finn and Teagan swam after her more quickly. They were both pretty strong swimmers, so it wasn't too hard for them to catch up to Irena and tackle her.
Irena screeched, small giggles breaking through it, then they gradually got louder.
"Let me go!" She yelled at both of them playfully, "i'm going to sink!"
The twins laughed, but they let go of her when she asked and sunk into the water so just their eyes were visible. Then, they disappeared underwater completely and swam further away, and when they emerged again, the both of them were rowdy wolves jumping around and splashing in the water.
Irena froze.
Although she had been friends with Finn and Teagan since childhood, she had never seen them transform. She hesitated, then slowly smiled to herself.
They couldn't be unrecognizable in wolf form right?
They would never hurt her.
Finn and Teagan looked up and paused when they noticed Irena, simply staring blankly at her for a few seconds. In wolf form, the twins were indistinguishable from each other since their scars were hidden under their fur.
After a bit of staring at Irena, both of them seemed to smile and jumped up, bounding towards her and skidding to a stop to sit in front of her, tails wagging and splashing water around them.
Irena smiled at them and laughed wildly, a cackle that sent birds flying into the air.
She clutched her stomach and then quieted slowly.
"I would like you to not leave me with you both while you're transformed." She joked "it's awkward."
Finn and Teagan stuck their tongues out and shuffled a bit closer to Irena, tails still wagging. They were pretty big, but not much bigger than an actual wolf, and their slightly gangly appearance suggested that their wolf forms grew with them, so both they and their wolf appearance would be adolescents.
One of the two transformed back after Irena's comment, although he was still sitting compliantly in the water in front of her. A quick glance at the scars was enough to know that Finn was the one who was still a wolf. Teagan roughly rubbed Finn's head with one hand and grinned, snickering to himself. The both of them were much more like big, dumb dogs than they were 'vicious' wolves.
Irena rolled her eyes at Teagan and ran at him full speed, jumping on to his back and holding on, after a moment, the sudden added weight sent them both into the water.
"Wow." She said once she bobbed back up "aren't you supposed to be strong?"
"Woah!" Teagan popped back up from the water, sputtering and shaking his head to get some of the water out of his hair and eyes. "I am, you just caught me off guard!" He huffed, and to prove his point, he scooped Irena up into a bridal carry with ease. Finn bounded towards them through the water, sniffing them to make sure they were okay.
Irena kicked her feet and screeched like a child, hanging her arms around Teagan's neck and shoulders.
"This proves nothing, I'm very light." She said matter of factly, staring up at him in a defiant way.
Teagan rolled his eyes and shifted Irena so that she was basically sitting on one of his arms, him supporting her that way and putting his other hand on his hip. "How's that for you? There's not a lot of heavy stuff around here. Finn's not real heavy either." He jerked a thumb at Finn, who immediately tried to get Teagan's hand in his mouth, but Teagan knew better. This had probably happened often.
Irena giggled wildly, covering her mouth with her hand to stifle them.
"oh," she moaned happily "I love you guys." She said, continuing to giggle.
Teagan grinned and Finn's tail started wagging as well, so both of them seemed pretty pleased with themselves. "Love you too. Guess you've never seen us transform before, huh?" He hummed thoughtfully, looking over at Finn trying to bite the water. "We don't normally do it in public if we can avoid it. This place is secluded enough it should be fine."