It wasn't until Saturday afternoon that Stiles awoke. Derek had finally fallen asleep in the corner and Deaton had stayed in the other room watching over Mason.

Scott hadn't moved from his spot by the front desk, Kade walking between him and Deaton.

Scott had forced himself to stay awake until his friend woke up, not wanting to miss it.

It was 12:07 when Scott heard Stiles' tail thump lightly on the seat. Scott looked up from his feet and at the Werefox, who stretched his legs with a moan before opening his whiskey brown eyes.

"Hi." Says Scott slowly.

Stiles looks at the Alpha with wide eyes, not expecting to wake up with Scott here. Stiles stays silent, his tail readjusts itself on the seat.

"Why are you here?" Asks Stiles, his voice hoarse.

Scott gazes at Stiles for a moment before speaking, "I. I wanted to say sorry."

"Well sorry isn't going to cut it this time Scotty." Says Stiles, almost spitting out his childhood name.

Scott's heart wrenches, this was because of him. Scott treated Stiles this way and now it was going to be five times harder to fix it.

"Stiles, I thought I lost you. I thought-" Scott tried so hard to hold back the tears welling up in his eyes but one fell loose, "I thought you were gone. I didn't know who to believe, what to believe and I just made it worse." Scott quickly gathered himself, holding back more tears.

"I should have been there to help you like you helped me, but I wasn't. I made your life hell, and I'm so so sorry." Stiles stares at Scott, trying to figure out whether or not to believe his words.

"God, Stiles, you deserved so much more than I gave you. I'm such a fucking idiot."

There was a few moments of silence between the two before Stiles spoke up, "Well I'm going to have to agree with that last part. You are a fucking idiot." States Stiles. "And it's hard to trust fucking idiots, but I'm just as much of a fucking idiot as you are so..." Stiles pauses, "Maybe I'll be able to trust you again."

Scott looks up in surprise, "Really?"

Stiles slowly nods, "I guess this fucking idiot," he pointed to himself, "forgot how much this fucking idiot," he pointed to Scott, "cares about me enough to walk with me through the Preserve in the night of a full moon to find a dead body."

Scott's tears fall a little more freely as he remembers the two of them looking for the body in the woods the night of their Sophomore year.

"And I guess I forgot that I did get myself into this mess no matter how much I want to blame you for it." Says Stiles.

Scott holds back a sad/happy smile.

"So I'm going to give you one chance. Because I know you would do the same."

Scott sighs and hugs his friend, who hugs him back.

"I'm so happy I didn't lose you Stiles." Says Scott, with the small smile climbing up his face, tears rolling down his cheeks.

"I'm happy I didn't lose you either." Stiles smiles as well, his tail thumps against Scotts leg a little as they embrace each other.

The mood changes when Deaton and Kade walk out of the examination room. Derek stirs and looks at the two. Scott and Stiles split from each others holds and look at them as well.

"Hey doc, any news on Mason?" Asks Scott.

"Scott, they both walked out of the room together, something is obviously wrong." States Stiles, glancing at his friend in disbelief.

"Just trying to be optimistic."

Derek cuts in, "Don't bother."

"I see you two have made up." Kade says, looking at the boys.

Stiles gives a nod and looks at the Black Dog.

"Kade this is Stiles, Stiles, Kade." Introduces Deaton in a rushed tone.

Derek speaks up from his corner where he was now standing, "Okay, so what's the news then."

Kade and Deaton look at each other for a moment before Deaton starts explaining the situation, "So here's the deal, earlier this morning Mason's throat cleared up."

"That's good." Says Scott, "What's the bad news?"

"About an hour after that happened we decided to check heart rate, reaction and some other stuff like that." States Deaton, "Heart rate was normal, but his reaction was 0."

"What does that mean?" Asks Derek.

"Well at first it didn't mean much until motor, verbal, and eye opening responses failed to work." Kade Says folding his arms.

Deaton nods his head at Kade, "Mason is in a coma."

"What? How?" Asks Stiles.

"The sickness somehow must have blocked blood flow to the brain. That's the only possibility I could come up with." States Deaton.

"Is he going to wake up?" Asks Derek.

"I honestly don't know. His score is a very low one. Normally only 23% of people actually wake up with that low of a score." Deaton trails off.

"I should call Corey..." sighs Scott worriedly before walking into the storage room, dialing his number.

"Hi Scott, how's Stiles and Derek? Is Mason awake?" Asks Corey.

"Stiles is doing fine, he woke up this morning and seems to be perfectly healthy, same with Derek." Scott says slowly.

"What about Mason?"

Scott stays silent for a moment, not really knowing how to break the news to Corey that his boyfriend isn't waking up anytime soon.

"Scott, you still there?"

"Yeah, yeah I'm here."

"Is Mason okay?" Corey Asks worriedly.

"Corey, Masons in a coma. We don't know how long he's going to be in it, or if he's gonna." Scott pauses and takes a breath, "wake up."

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone and Scott could hear Corey stifle a few sobs.

"I'll be over in a few." Says Corey in a small voice, obviously trying to hold back another sob until he hung up.

There was a click and the call ended, allowing Scott to realize what he just did. He just called one of his pack members and basically announced his loved ones almost certain death.

A small tear rolled down Scotts cheek, he was surprised he had any left after today.

Once Scott had gathered himself he walked out to see everyone gathered around Mason's still body.

Questions bounced back and forth between Stiles and Derek, even Kade. All being answered by Deaton, normally being a 'no' or 'I don't know'.

Soon, though, there was a ring at the door and Corey walked into the room. Everyone watched as he slowly approached Mason and just looked at him.

A few minutes go by and no one says a word, Corey looks at Deaton, "How long is he going to stay like this?"

"Hopefully no longer than 1-4 weeks." Deatons Says, "That's how long is normal, at least."

Corey slowly nods.

Stiles breaks the silence, "I should probably head home... my dad is probably wondering where I am."

Deaton nods and Derek offers a ride home to the fox who quickly accepts.

Everyone gives Derek an odd look, and it's only then that Corey notices Stiles' bright red fox tail protruding from his jeans. Corey's eyes widen to a size that seemed impossible.

This causes Scott and Stiles to burst into a fit of laughter, glad that the sad mood was broken.

Corey looked at Stiles, "When did you get a tail?!"

"Not too long ago." Replies Stiles, his lips thin to a line, "It doesn't make my butt look big does it?" Asks the Werefox in a sarcastic-nervous tone.

"Um no. No not at all." Says Corey, whose eyes were still the size of tennis balls.

"Oh good." Says Stiles, relieved, but in a joking way.

With that Derek and Stiles wave goodbye to Deaton and Kade and they head out to Derek's Camaro.

The sun was shinning and the late afternoon air smelled of the rain that had already left.

Derek quickly gets into his car and turns it on, waiting for Stiles to hop into the passenger side.

"So are you okay?" Asks Stiles, looking at the gloomy werewolf as the pull out of the parking lot.

"You're asking me that? Stiles you just came back from Oregon. You could have died, and you're asking me if I'm okay?"

"Does I'm okay and whatever question you just answered sound the same? Because that's not the answer I was looking for." States Stiles, Tail swishing. At one moment it brushed against Derek's leg and a buzzing warm feeling shot up Stiles' tail. It didn't hurt, but it sure surprised Stiles.

As the feeling disappeared from his body Derek huffed, "I'm fine, what about you." The sourwolf turned to look at Stiles, who looked and into his evergreen eyes.

He never realized how the green and brown swirled together, creating a hypnotizing shade. It reminded Stiles of the forest, how the trees overlapped perfectly in some places so when you looked up all you would see is the pine of the tree, and the sun trying to shine through.

Stiles quickly snapped out of his odd daze, questioning his humanity as he answered Derek's question, "Um, I'm okay I guess... just nervous about how my dads going to react when I get home."

Derek nods in understanding, "So are you going to tell your dad yet?"

Stiles shakes his head, "Not yet, I really need to figure out more before I do that."

"What about the pack?" Derek asks, they have now pulled up to Stiles' house and Stiles is about to get out but Derek keeps the doors locked.

"No. Not the pack." Is all Stiles says before Derek clicks the unlock button and Stiles slides out of the car. "Thanks for the ride though."

Derek nods and smirks slightly as Stiles tucks his tail into his pant leg.

Derek then drives off, leaving Stiles at the front door.

John opens the door almost immediately, "Oh my god Stiles where the hell were you?!" The sheriff pulls Stiles into a tight hug.

"Dad it's fine, I just went out for a while."

"Stiles you worried me sick, don't do that ever again." John states, a few tears trickling down his cheeks.

Stiles patted his dads back lightly and slowly stepped out of the hug.

"Now I bet you're hungry." Says John, wiping the tears off his cheeks, "How about we order pizza?"

Stiles let's out a dry laugh, "Nice try Dad, but you are eating the salad we have in the fridge."

John's smile turns into a glare as his son grabs a carry out salad and drops it on the table as he grabs himself some ramen noodles and heats up the stove.

"And may I proudly present you," Stiles takes a bow in front of his dads food while talking in a French accent, trying to imitate Beauty and The Beast, "your lunch."

"Funny." Says the sheriff before rolling his eyes and grabbing a forkful of lettuce. "Let me guess, 'be your guest?'"

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