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"Is three enough?" Kira asks

"Depends on how many cameras they have. But I think so." Stiles mutters

"Are we really doing this?" Liam sighs

Scott nods, "We're doing it. Tonight."

"But isn't it kind of dangerous?"

"It's incredibly dangerous. And borderline idiotic." Stiles nods

"Have you guys done something like this before?" Adrian asks looking over towards Luisa

"Something dangerous? Or something idiotic?"

"I think it's a yes to both." Kira says

"You don't have to be part of it if you don't want to." Scott says

"I'm not scared." Liam says shaking his head

"Then you're borderline idiotic." Stiles scoffs, "If we do this, we don't know what's coming for us. You know that, right?"

"How do we even know something's definitely coming?" Adrian asks

"Because the tape from Garrett's bag said visual confirmation required." Scott says

"Simon said the same thing. He couldn't get paid by The Benefactor until he had proof that you guys were dead." Stiles explains

"So the idea is, what if you kill someone on the dead pool, but you can't send the proof?"

"You don't get paid." Adrian nods

"But how does that get us any closer to The Benefactor?" Liam asks

"He still needs to know if the target is really dead." Scott says

"Especially if it's someone high on the list." Stiles says

"So, if he wants visual confirmation..." Liam starts

"He's going to have to come get it himself." Scott finishes

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Ariane hesitated as she stared at the loft door. She second guessed herself for what felt like the 100th time since she left her house. She looks down at her feet before taking a deep breath and knocking before she could think any further. Her hand fell down beside her as she looked around. Time seemed to drag on as she stood there.

The loft door then slides open. As she looks up, Derek looks back at her with a slight furrow in his brow, "Didn't expect to see you."

"Didn't really expect to end up here." Ariane smiles lightly before it falls just as quickly as it appeared

Derek steps aside allowing her to walk in, "Everything okay?"

"Yeah, everything's-" Ariane starts before her eyes land on Derek's bed. She immediately recognizes Braeden, "fine."

"She's only staying for the night."

Ariane turns to him with a shrug, "Oh."

Derek nods with a smirk before walking over and sitting on the couch, "You sure everything's okay?"

"Yeah." She sighs as she stands in front of him, "Luisa's out with Scott and Stiles and since what happened with the assassin, I haven't exactly been able to sleep without her in the house."

"Have you told her?"

"She hasn't given me the chance." She huffs sitting down beside him, "Whatever's going on with Anna, she's trying to keep herself distracted from." Derek hums as he shifts in his seat. The hum quickly turns into a groan making Ariane turn to him, "You okay?"

"'M fine."

"You don't sound fine." She says, "What's wrong?"

Derek sighs, "I haven't healed yet."

"What do you mean?" She says with furrowed brows. Derek then lifts his shirt to reveal the wound still bleeding on his side. Ariane's frown deepens, "What? Why aren't you healing?"

"It's whatever Kate did." Derek says putting his shirt back down, "I guess since it changed my eyes, it's slowing my healing process."

"Well- maybe you have to treat it like it's any human wound."

"Meaning what?"

Ariane sighs, "Do you have a first aid kit?"

"I haven't exactly needed one."

"Normal people have one whether they think they'll need it or not."

"I'm not a normal person if you haven't noticed." Derek chuckles

Ariane rolls her eyes while shaking her head, "I have one in my car."

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"I still hate this plan." Melissa says as the group looks down at Scott as he laid motionless on the table, "I mean this is pretty significantly terrifyingly. He looks dead."

"Give me your hand." Ms. Yukimura says holding her hand out

Melissa turns to Stiles who nods, "It's okay."

Ms. Yukimura takes Melissa's hand and places it on Scott's chest, "Wait for it."

After a few seconds Melissa sighs, "Is that enough to keep a werewolf alive?"

"Enough for an Alpha."

"How much time do we have?"

"Forty-five minutes."

"What happens after that?"

"I bring him back the same way." Kira says

"No, I mean what happens if he stays like this longer than forty-five minutes?" Melissa asks

"No one's told her?" Ms. Yukimura says

"What?" Melissa says looking around, "What happens after forty-five minutes?"

"He dies."

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"Sit still."

"That's kind of hard to do when you're poking at a gunshot wound."

Ariane sighs rolling her eyes, "Such a baby."

She sets the bloody piece of tissue aside before grabbing a piece of gauze and taping it to his side. She pats it with a little more force than necessary making Derek flinch in his seat. She smiles as she packs everything up, "All done."

"Thanks." He mutters pulling his shirt down. He watches Ariane pack everything away before tilting his head, "Why did you come here?"

"What?" Ariane frowns, "I already told you I couldn't sleep."

"I know that." He says as she closes the box and places it on the table, "I mean why did you come here? Of all places?"

Ariane shrugs, "Didn't know where else to go."

"And you chose to come to me." Derek mutters mostly to himself

"Is that a problem? A few months ago it seemed like you would've taken any chance to talk to me."

Derek smiles, "Mm. And now you're here with me because you can't sleep."

"I can leave if it'll make you feel better." She teases

"I don't want you to." He says shaking his head

Ariane heart skips as she stares back at him. Deep down she was relieved his hearing wasn't up to its full potential, "You know, you used to say stuff like that when we were kids."

"Like what?"

"Like you mean it."

"I do." He nods

"Right." She scoffs lightly

Derek sits up and scoots closer. Ariane's pulsed jumped again as their knees touched. Derek looks at her with soft eyes, "I do."

"Not in the way it seems."

"How does it seem?"

"Like it's deeper than what we are."

"What are we?"

Ariane hesitates, "We're friends."

Ariane barely catches how Derek's eyes flicker down to her lips. Derek hears her breath hitch as he looks her in her eyes again. He then slowly leans closer. He barely realized what he was doing, but didn't pull away. And neither did Ariane.

The girl's eyes flutter closed as Derek kisses her softly. A small sigh comes from her nose as she kissed him back. Derek's hand cupped her cheek as he deepened the kiss. The two pulled apart reluctantly after a few seconds. The room was quiet aside from their shared breaths. Derek's hand hadn't left Ariane's face yet, but neither of them noticed.

"What'd you do that for?" Ariane asks softly

"It's what I've been wanting since we were kids." Derek says. He watches as his thumb moves and grazes her bottom lip softly.

"Why now?" She asks, "Why didn't you say anything?"

"Didn't think I had a chance." He mutters, "And I never thought I had to. I thought I made it pretty obvious and you just didn't feel the same."

"You're not very clear with your feelings. It's not something you thrive in."

Derek smiles softly as his eyes flicker back up to hers, "Is it pretty clear now?"

Ariane nods before leaning in and kissing him again.

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