Beastars - Behind the Spotlight

by furrwolf

Summary:

Have you read “Into the Spotlight?”. If yes, this is pretty different to that, but in a good way I hope. If no, let me try to explain this new story as simple as I can: Legoshi is a sad, awkward but very sweet lonely boy. People around him find love and happiness, for him it just seems to be going downhill all the time. Until it doesn’t anymore.

 

There will be detailed descriptions of sex and violence in later chapters!

Chapter 1: Chapter 1 - Life isn't fair

About this story

It is not connected to Into the spotlight or the 2.0 Spotlight-sequel. Or the 1.5.

Some of my own characters might seem familiar though ;)

 

We pick up the story at the very beginning of season 1. Legoshi had that encounter with Haru at the fountain. Legoshi is in the drama-club and in the 701 dorm. He has saved Juno from getting bullied in the hallway. Louis is still there and the lead actor of the show. Tem never died.

I think that's all you need to know. From here I go with my own storyline.

Hope you enjoy!

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Beastars – Behind the spotlight

Chapter 1 – Life isn't fair

„…also, we should switch these Par lights for profilers” Sanu had suggested in the team meeting earlier, “We can focus them a lot tighter for our key scene after the sword fight.”

Legoshi had been nodding understandingly when he was told to search for mentioned profilers in the storage room, but now he actually felt a little clueless about where to even start looking for them. There were a whole bunch of un-labelled cases, trolleys and shelves after shelves full of dusty and really old looking lighting fixtures and accessories. It all was stuffed in between a whole bunch of stage props from earlier shows, even just getting through the isles turned out to be difficult already.

He felt somewhat lazy and unmotivated this afternoon in the first place, with weather like this outside, having to spend time in the theatre storage room really wasn’t the most exciting premise. Instead of getting to work right away, the lanky wolf took a seat on one of the big cases that stood between the isles, laid himself down onto his back and closes his eyes for a moment. His legs lazily dangled over the edge and he looked straight up at the ceiling when he opened his eyes again.

The actors were already done with rehearsals for today, Sanu had been quite content with their progress. Now it was just up to the art department and stage crew to get everything else in shipshape shape for the premiere next week. Louis had disappeared in his office when the team meeting was over, the other actors went for the locker rooms already, most of the other stage crew members were done with their tasks as well, it felt like he was all left alone to keep working here this afternoon. At least his task wouldn’t take him too long if he finds those profilers swiftly.

Legoshi just wanted to lift himself up and off of his resting spot again, when he suddenly heard steps and excited giggling coming closer. Something lite fell over just one or two isles from where he was, causing even more giggling and laughter. They were making quite a racket, even though from their excited whispering it sounded like they were trying not to. Their voices sounded familiar, and when the wolf finally found an angle to look through the shelves, his first guess proved to be correct.

It were Bill and Els fooling around between the stage props, excitedly kissing and hugging each other like no one else was in the room. There was no one here as far as they were aware, Legoshi hadn’t made a single sound since they entered.

The rather tall and strong tiger now gently lifted up the smaller goat girl so they could keep eye contact, and then they resumed just where they have left of. They hadn’t even bothered to get out of their costumes yet, and it didn’t look like they would stop anytime soon either.

This situation was getting more and more uncomfortable for the now really flustered wolf. He knew he didn’t have the confidence to just walk past them and own it, making them feel like they’ve been caught, and he also couldn’t just ignore them and continue with his work here like he didn’t know what was going on.

So without thinking about it twice, while they were busy and distracted, he slowly but surely went on his way back into the main isle and towards the back exit of the theatre house, moving as quietly as possible. He almost made it out of his isle totally unnoticed, but then one of his feet suddenly clanked against something that was lying on the floor in the darkness. His heart really began racing now. There was no way they hadn’t noticed that, so his only directive now was to get out of there as quickly as possible. He ran as fast as his feet would carry him. He slammed the doors shut behind him, being in a rush like he was running away from a murderer, and he didn’t stop until he saw daylight.

He found himself coming back to his senses in the school park that was bathed in powerful spring afternoon sunlight. His pulse slowly settled while he listened if anyone had been coming after him, but he was all alone here and nothing of that sort was to be heard coming from the building.

Now trying to look as casual as possible, he walked around the building towards the more prominent part of the park. The warm sun felt nice on his skin and calmed his nerves, his eyes had gotten used to the brightness as well in the meanwhile.

“Hey Legoshi” a male voice suddenly called him from one of the benches, “You done for today too?”

It was a familiar voice and it belonged to Kai the mongoose, who apparently was just sitting there waiting for somebody. He turned off the screen of his phone when Legoshi casually took a seat beside him.

“I…I think I just saw Bill and Els make out in the storage-room” he said lowly, trying to sound casual about it, “I left them to their business. I don’t think they saw me.”

“Haha, really?” he asked in slight amusement, “She’s fucking him t-too?”

“W-what do you mean too?”

Kai looked up at the wolf once again, he looked very startled and surprised by that question. He just raised his eyebrow with a little smile, Legoshi still seemed very confused.

“I mean…I knew Tao did something with her before as well, but I wasn’t sure about you or Bill on that matter.”

Legoshi was taken aback yet once again, Kai inspected him from top to bottom. Just somebody really gullible wouldn’t have noticed the wolfs nervousness, it kinda told him everything he needed to know.

“Y-you think they’re really…doing that?”

The mongoose found himself wanting to ask him what the big deal was and if he still was a virgin, but as the wolf was one of the very few carnivores he usually got along with, he didn’t want to make fun of him for that just yet.

“I think Els really gets off on sleeping around with carnivores. I think the danger about it turns her on.”

“R-really?”

“Have you not done anything with her yet, Legoshi?” Kai asked, even though he already knew the answer.

“N-no” he stuttered in slight disbelief about that rather casual sounding question from the mongoose, “Have you?”

He just smiled a little bit about it, then he looked back at his phone as he had just gotten a message from somebody.

He read swiftly and lifted himself off of the bench a moment later.

“I gotta bounce” he told the wolf from his club then, “See you later, Legoshi. Have a good evening!”

“Y-yeah, you too!”

And with that he just left the dazzled wolf sitting there.

Legoshi watched him leave, and once the mongoose was out of sight, he took another good look around him. He already thought about going back and finishing his task so he could finally go back to his dorm for today, but then he remembered what he had just been running away from. He was pretty sure they wouldn’t be finished by now, there was no way he would be taking that risk yet.

This was a really uncomfortable situation. He didn’t want anybody to see him ´slacking off´, but he also didn’t want to interrupt Bill and Els at whatever they were doing between those stage props.

Slightly undecided of he wanted to do, he just closed his eyes for another moment, left way to his thoughts and embraced the warm afternoon sun shining down on him.

 

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“You guys think there is something going on between Bill and Els?” Ellen asked when she and the other two girls left the drama-club locker room.

“I don’t think it’s anything serious” Sheila waved it off while shaking her head, “I think Els does it just for the sex.”

“Where is she by the way, she hasn’t been in the changing room just now, has she?”

While they all shook their heads in unison, Juno pushed open the door for them, and they all took a moment to get used to the brightness outside the theatre house.

“Isn’t it true that she’s slept with Tao as well?” the zebra girl continued the topic as the door fell shut behind her again.

“It’s not just Tao” Sheila said, “She really gets around a lot. It’s mostly carnivores from what I’ve heard.”

Juno didn’t really feel like taking part in that conversation right now. She was well aware that Els was sleeping her way throughout half the drama-club team, but she wasn’t even sure if she wanted to call her out for it. Els at least had the guts to engage in something like that, even though she was getting called a slut behind her back. The red furred wolfess couldn’t deny that she was a little bit jealous about it. Sex and love were just such natural things to desire after all, she thought there was no shame in it.

Being a strong wolf like herself had a lot of positive sides like respect and safety from other carnivores, but there obviously also was a flip side to the medal. Pulling off what Els or Haru did was close to impossible for her, the herbivore guys were much too scared of her and the same applied to the carnivore boys she liked as well.

Speaking of boys she really liked, when her gaze swept around the park during her short moment of daydreaming, she noticed the silhouette of someone that looked like him sitting on a bench in the distance. She had felt drawn to the tall lanky wolf ever since she met him for the very first time. That time when she had been bullied by two other students for being a carnivore and Legoshi had stepped in by telling them to stop harassing his “sister”.

She’s had the hope he’d see a love interest in her as well ever since, but it seemed like he really just wanted to help out on that day because he was a nice guy. Or maybe as a sophomore he wouldn’t engage with someone who was new to this school.

Taking a closer look, she noticed that it actually was him sitting there, and as it seemed that Ellen and Sheila would be on their way soon anyway, she was already thinking of walking up towards him and trying her luck once again. Or at least try to engage in a friendly conversation.

“Okay girls” Sheila then told her friends, “I still have quite a lot of homework to do. See you in rehearsals tomorrow!”

“Yeah, me too” Ellen agreed, waving the group one last time as it was splitting up, “See you tomorrow!”

Juno quickly waved them as well and took a quick look if they really were leaving. They hadn’t even noticed Legoshi sitting there, and now they were heading straight towards their dorms without looking back, so it felt like she was kinda save.

Just as juno wanted to take the first step into the other wolf’s direction though, she noticed that he wasn’t even sitting on the bench anymore. He had stood up just in that moment apparently, now heading back towards the back entrance of the drama-club rehearsal space.

He was not to be caught up anymore, at least not without a made up reason for running after him, and he didn’t exactly look like he wanted to be caught up with anyway.

“Did he notice me coming towards him?” Juno asked herself in slight disappointment, “Was he lost in thought or does he just not want to see me? Maybe it was just bad timing?”

Slightly disappointed but also out of other options, she slowly turned around and went on her way back towards her own dorm. It wasn’t like she didn’t have a bunch of studying to do as well.

Her thoughts didn’t trail away from Legoshi while she was walking in the warm sunlight. She remembered it like it was yesterday when he helped her with practicing her dance before the actual rehearsals that one time. It felt like such a sure thing when he gently held her arms in place with his hands, it felt like it was destiny. But in the rehearsals or team meetings he didn’t look at her any differently than he looked at anyone else.

She took one last look over her shoulders, he was nowhere near in sight anymore. It seemed like he had been going back into the drama club building. It seemed he still had things to do this afternoon.

Juno just stood there for another moment before the real world was getting back to her senses. On her way back across the school premises she walked past many different students. Carnivores like her, herbivores, people from all different species and sizes, all trying to live peacefully together as they went about their day. She kept thinking she couldn’t be the only one who had problems and worries in her life, she kept thinking it was quite normal for a girl her age.

Just before she reached the girls dormitory building, someone who was going into the opposite direction suddenly got her attention. He was a wolf too, but he wasn’t actually a student here. He was a young teacher who had started here just by the beginning of this school year. He had mostly black fur, apart from some greyish white under his chin, at his neck and probably also all the way down his abdomen. His wardrobe was better than what most other teachers wore, he knew what suited him and Juno had never seen him wearing anything less nice than a long-sleeved shirt. 

It seemed like he was enjoying the warm afternoon sun as well on his way home, he had a friendly little smile on his face.

“Oh hey…” he greeted, “You’re Juno, right? You’re in my biology class.”

“Y-yeah” she affirmed with a smile.

“Where are you coming from at this hour? Sports?”

“Drama club!”

“Oh, right!” he said with a smile, “I’ve seen the pamphlet on the table in the teachers room! Premiere is not too far away anymore, right?”

“It’s on Friday next week” she said with a nod, “I hope you’re coming too?”

“Yeah sure! I’ll be there!” he promised with another smile, “Have a nice afternoon, Juno!”

“Y-yeah…y-you too…Mr. Akari!”

He gently patted her shoulders twice as he went past her and on his way again now, she felt just as flattered as she felt surprised about that.

She went on her way again too, her thoughts now spinning around her kinda handsome biology teacher. Even though she really didn’t want to, in her mind she now was comparing him to the boy she had thought about just a few moments earlier.

Legoshi was a head taller than him and his face was cuter too. Legoshi was at the right age and everything about his was just right as well, apart from those two little things that really weren’t in his favor. Confidence and experience.

In his biology class, Mr. Akari was rather strict and cold to the pupils who hadn’t prepared enough for his lesson, but he also was charismatic and nice to the students he liked.

It felt nice to be one of those students right now. Even if everyone would assume he talked to her just now because she was a wolf as well, it still filled her with a little bit of pride as she now made her way back towards her dorm.

 

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“Hey” she yelled after him when he was finished dressing himself, “Don’t forget your phone!”

“Ah…” he said, swiftly grabbing it from the floor and sliding it back into his pocket, “Yeah, thanks!”

She nodded at the sporty coyote with a coy but friendly little smirk.

He took another look at her petite but pretty, white furred body while she was still just lying on the mattress in her all-natural form. He couldn’t hide a proud little smirk, even though it really wasn’t anything to be proud of. He knew the stories and he knew he was just another cheap lay to her.

“Uh…yeah, be seeing you I guess?” he asked for the farewell, already being on his way towards the sliding door.

“Maybe” she chuckled, looking up from her phone again, “Thanks for your help today!”

He gave her one last little smile, then he was gone.

She closed her eyes for a moment, not being able hide a content little smile. She had made a good catch this afternoon. He helped without asking twice, he knew what he wanted in bed and wasn’t afraid to ask about it. He cleaned up after himself and his stamina wasn’t disappointing either. She’d given him a C+ for sure for his performance, maybe even an B-.

“Durham” she just remembered his name from when he told it to her earlier this afternoon, “Not bad! You may be invited again…” she told herself with a little giggle before getting off the bed.

She put her phone onto the mattress for a moment, then she set about to dress herself in her school uniform again.

 

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Having washed all that dust from the storage room out of his fur and feeling rather refreshed over all, his mind finally seemed to calm down a little bit. Bill and Els had been gone when he returned back to work, he found the lights he needed after a quick search and the job of replacing them was done as well soon later. But his day wasn’t over yet. He still had some homework to complete and he began feeling hungry as well slowly but surely.

Legoshi just came back from his shower and entered the dorm room again. The familiar sound of unplugged electric-guitar strings from behind Miguno’s curtains filled the room, it still didn’t sound perfect but he surely has made some progress in the meanwhile.

The other bunks still were empty right now, but there was a third person here.

His best friend Jack was laying on the floor on his belly reading a manga, his tail started swinging slightly when the tall lanky wolf came out of the bathroom again.

“Hey Legoshi” he greeted him, “You done for today?”

“Yeah” he affirmed lowly.

“Everything good at the drama club?”

He nodded gently. “Yeah, we finalized the lighting today, I think we’re all prepared for the premiere next week.”

Jack still looked at him, trying to read his emotions as he didn’t seem to be quite content right now.

“Something bothering you, Legoshi?”

The wolf took a seat on his mattress and took his terrarium onto his lap for a moment. Seeing his beetle-friend Kabu always made his day a little bit better. He took him out and let him walk across his hand and his arm a little bit before he gave his attention back to the Golden Retriever he’s known since his early childhood days.

“…I was…I was searching for something in the storage room earlier, when two of the actors suddenly sneaked in there and started…making out just one isle down from where I was.”

“Haha, really?” he asked with a big smile, “Well that must have been awkward.”

Legoshi nodded slowly.

“Did they notice you?” Miguno suddenly asked.

Legoshi had kinda hoped Miguno was wearing his headphones while practicing his riffs, but he didn’t and now even opened his curtain to join the conversation.

“I…I don’t think so. I snuck out the back quietly.”

The spotted hyena had an amused smile on his face as well, it appeared he found it kinda cute how this big powerful carnivore was so ashamed and holding back about topics like this. He had always figured Legoshi would be the first one from his dorm to have a girlfriend somehow.

Most other wolves he knew were a lot more confident and self-aware about it. Legoshi clearly had that innocent virgin energy about him, it almost seemed like he was scared and ashamed even thinking about it.

“Don’t worry, Legoshi” Jack told him after a moment of awkward silence, “I think they were rather busy with each other if they didn’t even check if they were alone.”

The wolf just nodded slightly, still focused on his pet beetle walking across his hands.

The next thing that happened was the rattle of a keychain outside the door to the hallway. The door was opened and Durham entered the dorm, and although he was not known to be slow or gentle about any of his movements, the energy he brought with him right now was way out of the ordinary.

The coyote wasn’t even trying to hide his happiness and excitement, it almost had his dorm a little spooked at first.

“What’s up with you” Miguno asked his bunk mate while he inspected himself and his clothes in the big mirror.

“Oh, nothing” he said with a sly grin, casually tossing his keychain and phone onto his mattress.

“Dude, you’re glowing” the hyena told him with a chuckle, “Did you just meet with a girl?”

Durham’s smile widened even a little more now.

“Come on” Jack told him, “Tell us! That cute husky girl from your class you talked about? Kana?”

“What?” he asked while shaking his head in slight puzzlement, “No, no…not her.”

Legoshi suddenly turned his head towards him as well, it had just taken him the blink of an eye to figure it out.

“Y-you had sex with Haru?” he asked before he could stop his tongue. His voice was louder than he wanted it to be as well, but he just couldn’t help himself. This really shocked him.

“H…how do you know? You know her?!” the coyote asked in slight shock as well now. He seemed somewhat scared of the big wolf for a moment.

“Y-yeah…” Legoshi admitted, now more calmly, “You smell like her. And you have dirt from her garden on your shirt.”

“Oh…well” he said, his shoulders shaking for a moment, “Yeah, it was her. She…she isn’t exactly covert about it.”

The wolf wanted to give him a slight nod to support that statement, but instead his gaze just trailed off with sad eyes. He couldn’t help himself, this really bothered him. Acting cool or unbothered about it was close to impossible.

“You…” Jack began in slight puzzlement, “You’ve had something with her as well, Legoshi?”

“What?!” he asked, now way too loud again, “…I mean…no, not really.”

“Oh…” Durham said in slight confusion as well, “She didn’t let you because she’s scared, right? I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to…”

“No!” Legoshi interrupted, “It’s not that! She…ah…never-nevermind.”

The startled wolf obviously still was the center of attention right now, this situation somehow just kept getting worse for him. He really hated this.

“…wait…was it the size difference betwe-“

“No!” the wolf interrupted again, putting Kabu back into his glass box gently but with vigor in his stance, “Nothing like that, okay? I…I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Come on, Legoshi” he said with a little smile, playfully punching his shoulders, “Just let me enjoy myself for a moment. I didn´t mean it like that!”

“Haha that would be different if you were able to beat him in a wrestling match” Miguno commented with a dirty cackle, “You’d be gloating way more than this right now.”

Legoshi just ignored the light hearted teasing they were trying to cheer him up with, he really wasn’t in the mood for any of that. It really just hurt, even though he was aware they haven’t meant it like that.

Having put his glass box back in its spot, he grabbed both curtains and closed them behind him slowly.

“Yeah…I think I need to relax and lay down for a minute.”

He rested his head on his pillow for a moment, lying flat like this his body almost covered the entire length of the mattress. He felt heavy and melancholic, he closed his eyes for a minute, but he couldn’t really find any peace. Not with that conversation going on outside the curtains.

 

“Could you imagine the size difference between a wolf and a bunny?” Durham whispered towards the others lowly. “I mean I’m a lot bigger than a bunny as well, but man!”

“Durham” Jack told him lowly, “Come on.”

“Oh but it was soo good though!” he kept on gloating, “She let me do everything I wanted!”

“How did you even get there?” Miguno wanted to know, “You didn’t just come over to her and asked her if she want to…right?”

“I met her in the hallway. She asked me if I could help her carry a flower pot into her garden. I didn’t even say anything and she took me into her little gardening shed and undressed herself in front of me.”

“Oh what, and you immediately turned off your brain and whipped your dick out?” Miguno chuckled.

“I’m telling you!” he whispered, “She really got it going on! Her fur is white as snow and her cute bunny butt is so nice and smooth, it’s just…hmm…”

 

Listening from behind his curtains, Legoshi really had a hard time stopping himself from sobbing and crying, a single tear had already made it past his eye lids and travelled down his face.

It just seemed so easy for anyone else, just why was this life always so unfair to him?

He didn’t want to hate Durham for sleeping with Haru just like that, and he also couldn’t blame him for it either, but it still felt like he really should.

How could he be this ruthless? He just took the opportunity and had sex with her!

She had offered just the same thing to him as well, it turns out it really would have been that easy. But his stupid brain rather told him to run away. Just like he ran away from the storage room earlier today. And all that has ever gotten him was a sore tailbone and the reputation of a virgin.

“I shouldn’t think about Haru just like that! She’s not just an object who anyone can have sex with whenever they want! I’m better than that!” he told himself over and over again.

While Legoshi was trying to convince himself that it was right like this and, the conversation outside his curtain went on like he wasn’t listening. Durham wasn’t sparing any details, he still seemed totally unaware about his roommate’s struggle.

Eventually, they were done with that topic and Durham seemed to be on his way towards the bathroom. The scent of Haru in his fur still was to be noticed, even behind his curtains, and there was nothing he could do about it. Legoshi already knew that this would torment him the entire evening.

Being alone with his thoughts for a moment, he now really began wondering if they maybe really had a point with what they said earlier. And everything that came with it.

“Was the size difference between them really that much of an issue? Could it ever be possible even?”

“Does she really offer sex to anyone who helped her in the garden?”

“Is sex really such a normal thing at our age?”

He opened his eyes once again and stared at the slatted frame of the bed above him. He didn’t feel like getting up and doing his homework, he didn’t feel like getting anything for dinner either.

“Goddamn I’m such a loser! No wonder nobody likes me! I’m lame and shy and nobody will ever see me as more than a big stupid lonely wolf!” the mean voice in his head yelled at him time and time again. Another sole tear quietly ran down his cheek, it felt warm and soothing and somewhat calmed him down a little bit. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes for another moment.

“Am I really that hopeless?”

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Feel free to tell me what you think, I’d really appreciate some feedback!

 

See you soon for more ;)

 

~furr

Chapter 2: Chapter 2 - Could be so easy

So here is chapter 2. Hope you’ll like it.

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Beastars – Behind the spotlight

Chapter 2 – Could be so easy

“Oh hey!” she greeted him back when he approached her in the hallway, “Durham, right?”

He nodded with a little smile, resting his bag over one of his shoulders for a moment.

“You doing alright?” she asked, more out of kindness than actual interest.

“Doing fine I guess, just coming back from my last lesson today” he said with a short shrug, “So…how about you? Got a lot to do in the garden again?”

She looked at him for a long moment, then her smile widened a little bit. Boys were just so predictable. He had a reason for asking.

“You’re not exactly trying to stay secretive about it, are you?”

The coyote felt a little bit caught about that question, scratching the back of his head with one of his hands and a hesitant smile on his face.

“…you should know that there is never nothing to do in the garden” she chuckled, “But I guess you wouldn’t want to officially sign up for becoming a member, do you?”

Durham took a short look around the hallway they were standing in. There weren’t a whole lot of students around right now, he actually felt quite comfortable talking to her here.

“I mean…” he said, “I’m not sure I can fully commit to it like that, I do have sports club activities three afternoons a week, but…”

“But you can make time for it whenever you feel horny” she completed his sentence with a light hearted but also confident giggle, “I think I understand.”
“Wait, no!” he said, “I didn’t mean it like that-“

“Yes, you did” she chuckled again, “But don’t worry, I don’t blame you for it! No one actually likes the gardening work itself, they all just enjoy the results when the flowers start blossoming.”

“…I…I mean-”

“Listen, Durham” she chuckled, trying to make this quick, “It’s nice of you to offer your help and I did have fun yesterday. I might call you up on that again sometime, but not today. I really have a lot to do. Excuse me.”

With that she attempted to walk past him and make her way up the stairs towards the garden, he just looked behind her in slight disbelief. He had played this out slightly differently in his head.

“I mean…I’d still help you in the garden today if you want. We don’t have to…I mean…I don’t expect you to…I…”

He was really struggling to find the right words right now, but she understood what he was trying to say anyway.

“Well, okay then” she said with an amused little smile, “Follow me, I can always use an extra set of hands!”

 

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“Oh” someone greeted him from behind when Legoshi just closed his locker again, “Hey Legoshi, you’re still here?”

A white furred Alpaca in a rather dark costume had entered the locker room, taking a seat beside the tall wolf before beginning to pull off his shoes.

“Tem” Legoshi greeted him calmly but with a smile, “Louis called you into his office after rehearsals, is everything okay?”

“Yeah…” he said with a short, unenthusiastic nod, “It’s fine. He just tried to give me a few extra tips, I think it was rather to push his own ego instead of trying to help me.”

“You feel ready for the show next week?”

“I’m still a little nervous of course” he said, opening up his own locker which was almost right next to Legoshi’s, “But I guess that’s normal.”

When Tem pulled his regular clothing out of his locker, a piece of paper somehow got lose without him noticing it, sailed away quietly and gently landed on the floor right next to Legoshi’s feet.

The wolf immediately noticed it of course, the Alpaca besides him was still trying to open up the buttons of his costume.

He slowly picked it up while Tem was changing into his regular red and white drama-club training clothes, managing to read the first few paragraphs before the alpaca got wise.

“Hey!” he complained, being on high alert suddenly while ripping the paper out of his hands.

“It’s really pretty” Legoshi told him without any grief and in all honestly, “It’s for Els, right?”

“Uh…” he said, “…well, yeah…but…”

“…have you ever…given one of those letters to her?”

The alpaca now slowly began shaking his head as his gaze was still fixated on the tiles of the floor.

“Don’t you want to tell her how you feel?” the wolf asked him lowly, actually feeling a little guilty about this himself, “I think you really have your way with words!”

“Maybe…when I’m writing them down” he said slowly, shaking his head a little, “But if I’d try to approach her and tell her in person, I’d just get flustered and freeze up.”

“But…you’re an actor!” Legoshi now said in slight puzzlement, “Doesn’t that help with confidence?”

The alpaca just shook his head once more now, this seemed to be an entirely different matter.

There was a moment of silence now, and that was when Legoshi began wondering if Tem knew about it as well. About Els and Bill. And supposedly about all the other guys she’s been fooling around with.

Thinking about this got him so flustered all of a sudden. He just realized that he was in almost exactly the same situation as Tem. The only difference was that he knew about it.

He was already trying to not show any weakness, his breath got quite a bit heavier while forcing himself to remain unaffected.

When he talked to Kai a few days ago, he seemed so totally unbothered about this. Apparently, it was normal for them to just have sex with someone without any real feelings being involved. Girls like Els and Haru did it with almost everyone they could find as it seemed, but the true romantics just get to watch and wallow from the sidelines.

“There is no way Tem doesn´t know about that, is there?”  Legoshi asked himself while he just kept looking at the floor as well.

“Why don’t you just ask her to get…I don’t know” Legoshi said slowly, “…a cup of coffee in the cafeteria or somethi-“

“She asked you about it as well, hasn´t she?” Tem suddenly interrupted the flustered wolf dryly.

“W-what?”

“Come on, Legoshi” he sighed, “Don’t play dumb with me. You´re a big and powerful carnivore. You know she gets off on that.”

“I-I…” he stuttered, “N-no!”

Tem just kept looking at him while slowly raising an eyebrow. He wasn’t looking angry or stand-off-ish, his pupils rather looked like deep pools of sadness.

“S-she hasn´t asked me” Legoshi stuttered, hectically trying to sort his words, “I…I know she-”

“Would you do it if she did?” the alpaca interrupted him again.

“N-no!” the wolf almost yelled out now, “I would never! …I mean…I…”

Tem now wordlessly stuffed the rest of his stuff into his locker again and closed it up, to Legoshi it seemed like he didn´t believe a single word he said.

“There is no need to act so innocent” Tem said while slowly walking towards the exit, “Also: what do you think I could do to you, Legoshi?”

“Hey” the wolf now yelled behind, stirred up by a really weird but powerful mix of emotions, “Wait!”

The alpaca turned around silently, his hands already hovering over the door-handle.

“I have the same issue as you!” he then confessed, “The girl from the gardening club! I…I really like her, but…”

“…wait…isn´t she a bunny?” Tem asked in great confusion.

The wolf just nodded slowly. “I really like her. She´s fun to be around and she´s not afraid of me.”

Legoshi took another deep breath. “…I helped her in the garden once because she´s all alone in the club. She…she wanted to reward me for my help, but I…I just got scared and ran away.”

“Wait…” Tem said again, releasing the door handle again, “You, a wolf, ran away from a bunny?”

He nodded silently, his gaze at the floor in great shame.

“…and a bunny girl offered you to have sex with her? How would that even work? I mean…just the size dif-“

Legoshi just looked at him with a cold expression before he could get into detail.

“Sorry.”

“…I would never do anything with Els” Legoshi got back to his point, “I know what she means to you and I respect it.”

Tem nodded slowly, forcing a little smile. “Thank you, Legoshi.”

Neither of the two really felt like continuing on this conversation right now, but it gave them some closure that they at least could see eye to eye from now on. There was another short moment of silence, but then Tem grabbed the door handle again and pulled it open.

“Have a nice evening, Legoshi.”

“Yeah” the wolf sighed with a little nod, “You too, Tem.”

With the alpaca gone out of the room, Legoshi pulled out his phone and checked the time. He had been aware that he must be somewhat late for the biology hour at this point.

It had already started a few minutes ago, but it wasn’t too bad if he was late or missed it completely. Drama club was more important and he could easily be excused for it.

He wanted to attend it nevertheless though, it always helped him relax and reflect on his day a little bit.

When he left the building, he went onto his way towards the biology hour right away. The warm sunlight felt nice and comforting but he didn´t want to lose a whole lot more time. He walked past quite a few other students in the park, relaxing in the park or playing games on the neatly trimmed meadows, it actually felt kinda peaceful and inviting.

“Hey Legoshi” a thin but familiar female voice suddenly greeted him from below.

He stopped in his tracks and looked down, it was Haru who he had crossed paths with just by chance as it seemed.

“Oh” he greeted her lowly, “…hey Haru! Where are you headed right now?”

“I´m on my way to get some gardening supplies from the shop” she explained, showing him the empty basked she carried. I need some flower seeds and fertilizer…”

“Oh…” he said with an understanding little nod.

There was this smell about her again that was just all too familiar. He tried his best but he just couldn’t ignore it. He knew that smell from his dorm, he had this slight foreboding creeping up on him already.

“Something wrong, Legoshi?” she asked. It appears that he had been spacing out a little bit without noticing again.

“I…oh, sorry!” he said, being very startled once again, “There was just this smell on you that seemed famili-“

That last word got stuck in his throat when he realized that he had already said too much. He had done it again: he got startled again and started blabbering.

“I-I mean…”

She looked rather puzzled at him and that awkward confession, she couldn’t quite tell why this bothered him in the first place and why he wouldn’t just finish his sentence.

“Well…it should be normal that I smell like dirt and soil when I´ve been working in the garden the entire afternoon, no?”

“Y-yeah” he agreed with an almost uncomfortably over-exaggerated nod, “You´re right. I guess I hadn´t been thinking straight…”

To Legoshi´s great discomfort, she just kept inspecting him very closely after he said that. It appeared that she wasn´t totally believing him. It seemed that he really wasn´t that great hiding it.

“Your tail was wagging earlier” she mentioned, “Now it stopped. I think something is bothering you, Legoshi. You know I won´t tell anyone!”

“I…uhm…” he said, now highly flustered once again, “It´s nothing, really! I…I really have to go to my biology hour now! S-see you later, Haru.”

And with that he just walked away from her kinda awkwardly. For a moment she thought about yelling after him to stay for another minute, but as she couldn’t really think of a good reason why, she slowly but surely went back towards her own objective.

 

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When Juno had thought this was the one place Legoshi couldn’t avoid meeting her, she was being let down by her expectations yet once again.

He rarely missed the biology hour, this was the one place and time where a wolf could just be a wolf.

While other students talked to each other in little groups, looked at the artificial moon together or just shared each other’s company, Juno preferred to stay on her own right now. With Legoshi she could have bonded over the drama club, maybe ask him for advice or opinions in order to start a conversation, but she had no intentions getting flirted at by other wolves.

20 minutes must have passed already when the silence around her slowly but surely got to her a little bit. Even though it was a nice environment, she felt somewhat bored and left alone.

She took a look around, trying to determine what group of wolves she could approach for a little conversation, when she suddenly spotted someone else who was on their own. But he wasn´t a student though, he was her biology teacher Mr. Akari. It appeared he was here to monitor the room while correcting another class´s tests or something. He had a stack of paper in his lap and a red pen in his hand.

“Oh, hey Juno!” he greeted her with a friendly smile when she approached him slowly. He looked up from his work, apparently well able to give her a spare minute.

“Hello Mr. Akari!” she greeted back shyly, “You attend the biology hour too?”

“Well…” he chuckled, “The principal thought it was good if we had someone monitoring the biology hour rooms for…reasons.”

His mischievous little smile should have told her enough already, but she still was kinda flustered and not sure if he really meant it like that.

“I…I don’t understand. Have there been accidents?”

“Well, not really sure it would count as an accident” he said with an amused smile.

“W-what happened?”

He put the cap onto his red pen now and placed it down onto the stack of paper for a moment.

“Students were having sex in here” he clarified, just like in his class not talking around the bush, “Students who weren’t even wolves on top of that.”

“Oh” she said, now feeling really flustered.

He nodded with a little smirk.

“…but how…how could they even get in here?”

“Well…the student in question was a canine but not a wolf…” he said, “But the girl he was with is a wolf. So she smuggled him in here when no one looked.”

“And then they…?”

He nodded. “…well, that´s what other students told us anyway. But that student has pulled this off on other occasions as well. In locker rooms, by the bench next to the pool, he even was caught in the school´s library once. The principal almost had him suspended for a week for that one.”

“Was it with the same girl every time?” Juno wondered in slight puzzlement.

“No” the other wolf said while shaking his head, “In fact, it was someone different every time. And it wasn’t just girls either.”

“Oh wow” she chuckled in slight shock about hearing that, “…seems like he’s getting around.”

“He has the looks and the charisma apparently, but who he seduces is not to my concern” her biology teacher chuckled light-heartedly, “He has to obey the rules like every other student. So we´re looking out for delinquents like him more now.”

“You think that´s really necessary?” Juno asked him with a little shrug of her shoulders.

“Apparently” he said, still looking at her rather than his stack of tests that need to be corrected, “I guess when the mood is right and you find a quiet space, certain urges might become hard to just dismiss. Wolves are no exceptions when it comes to natural instincts.”

Juno now just nodded slowly, not really being sure if he was talking about bits from his biology lessons or if he was actually trying to flirt with her right now. It surely made the situation a little more awkward and uncomfortable, she really hoped this topic wouldn’t come up anymore.

“…so, you’re using the time to correct tests?” she now asked, mostly trying to change the subject.

He nodded slowly, still with a little smile towards her. “It’s a good distraction while being in here. Deters you from pursuing some other…potentially really bad ideas…”

“Uh…okay…”

 

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When Legoshi arrived at the building the various biology hours were held in, he stopped in his tracks for a moment as he noticed someone sitting on the bench next to the door of the Wolves’ room. He was a canine with orange and white fur and had a face that looked pretty similar to one of a fox as well, but he was definitely taller than most foxes our age and he also had some kind of brown mane that stylishly stood and fell between his ears. Legoshi hadn’t encountered many of this species before, but he was pretty sure he was a maned wolf. It appeared he was waiting for somebody, but that wasn’t really the reason why Legoshi stopped for a moment. The guy smiled at him like in a friendly way. A smile as if he was an old friend he hadn’t seen in quite a while. Charismatic and inviting.

Legoshi tried to remember if he had ever met him before, but nothing came to mind.

“Uhm…can I help you?” he asked lowly, already searching for the electronic key card that would open the door for him.

“Oh…no, thank you” the maned wolf declined while raising his hands shortly, “I’m just waiting for somebody. I’m not allowed in there anymore anyway.” He added with a self-ironic chuckle.

“Uhm…okay…” Legoshi said, “…should I tell somebody you’re waiting for them?”

“Oh, she knows” he waved it off with a confident smirk, “But thank you! Glad you’re one of the good ones.”

Legoshi tried himself at a humble little smile as well, but he couldn’t really tell if the muscles in his face actually understood the assignment. So he also nodded towards him slightly and then made his way inside.

He took a short look around the room, today it was rather calm in here as it seemed. Little groups had gathered here and there like usual, some of the wolves rather enjoyed some quiet time on their own. Sitting on one of the benches was his biology teacher Mr. Akari, it appeared he was correcting student’s homework or tests while monitoring the room, since he was a wolf as well, this actually somewhat made sense to him. A moment later he noticed that he was casually talking to one of the students. It was Juno, the grey wolf girl from his drama-club. She had a somewhat forced little smile on her lips, when Legoshi came a few steps closer and she noticed him, she seemed genuinely happy all of a sudden.

She excused herself from the teacher now and went towards him, it actually seemed like she was glad about that. Her tail was wagging a little bit, the biology teacher looked after her for a moment now.

“Hello, Legoshi” she greeted him, “I’m glad to see you in here.”

“Y-yeah?” he wondered, “Is it something about the drama-club?”

Her smile now was dimmed down a little bit, but then she vaguely nodded a little bit. She grabbed one of his hands now and carefully pulled him with into a corner of the room where they could talk under four eyes for a moment.

Not really knowing what to talk to him about once they got there, she just kept looking at the lanky but still kind of handsome grey wolf boy with a little smile.

“…so, uhm…” he began slowly, “What did you want to talk about?”

“I…” she stuttered, “Nothing, really. I just wanted to get out of that awkward situation with Mr. Akari.”

“Was he…” Legoshi asked, “…talking about the tests or something?”

“I…I think…” she said, still a bit flustered about it, “I think he was flirting with me.”

“Oh…” Legoshi said lowly, but he couldn’t really think of anything else.

Juno now turned her pretty, fluffy face towards him and tried to force a little smile. She wasn’t sure what to expect from him, but deep down in her conscience she hoped that telling him about that teacher flirting with her would trigger some kind of protective jealousy instinct in him. He had protected her once already after all, against those bullies who tried to pick on her. Maybe he would do it again and this time she could overwhelm him with her gratitude and bond them closer together finally.

“…should I…” he began stuttering, scratching the back of his head, “Should I talk to him? Maybe…maybe you should talk to the principal about this.”

She thought about it for a moment, then she just shook her head slowly and instinctively stepped even a little closer towards the tall wolf boy. Then she grabbed one of his hands and held onto it gently.

“The principal probably won’t believe me anyway…” she whispered lowly, “…but maybe…I…I mean…we could show him another way that I’m not interested.”

With that she carefully wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into tight embrace, pulling his body towards hers while she looked up towards him and snuggled her head against the underside of his chin.

Legoshi kinda just stood there slightly perplexed though, he didn’t exactly understand what was happening. Other students were looking over towards them and when he looked towards him, he noticed that Mr.Akari was looking as well. He didn’t really mind it as it seemed, but soon later he was focused back on the tests he was correcting anyway. The other people around didn’t really mind either, but Legoshi imagined them to be talking behind their backs lowly anyway. And it stressed him out, more than he ever imagined it could when thinking about getting into a situation like this. And then it got even worse.

Juno now gently held onto the back of his head and pulled him down towards her, apparently expecting him to kiss her in front of everyone. She had her eyes closed as their mouth came really close to touching, but Legoshi’s eyes where wide open.

“Uh…Juno?” he asked in great discomfort, pulling away with a lot of force to get away from her, “W-what are you doing?”

This of course left the two wolves in a very uncomfortable situation. Now everybody seemed to be looking again.

“I…uh…” she stuttered, her lips shuttering and her eyes wide open in disappointment and embarrassment, “…I…”

Her voice was just not there anymore. She had thought this out way differently, this went more wrong than she could ever have imagined. Her throat was closing up, tears were forming in her eyes. Then she just let go of him suddenly and walked away. Everybody was looking after her when she just left the room, and when the door fell shut behind her, they all looked at Legoshi of course, who still was just standing there in great confusion.

“Way to blow it dude” he heard someone whispering behind him, but whoever it was, they were in a little group of people, so it was heard to tell who said it.

“Ouch” he heard some other girl comment, “That didn’t work out like she thought it would.”

Mr. Akari now looked at him as well once again, Legoshi believed he even saw a little smirk on his face. But he couldn’t tell if it was grief or pity. Or relief.

Legoshi, now slowly regaining control over his body again, shook his head slightly and slowly started walking towards one of the windows.

“Did she really just try to kiss me?” He asked himself again, “Why did she come so close with her body? Was she really trying to send me signals? Does she want to sleep with me? What is going on?”

His thoughts quickly trailed off to what happened the last few days already. Bill and Els hooking up in the storage house of the drama club. Durham sleeping with Haru without any shame, Kai talking about it like it’s not a big deal.

“Is it really just that easy for everybody? Am I really just that awkward? Where did Juno go all of a sudden? Couldn’t we just talk about this?”

 

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Juno was just sitting on a park bench crying. Not loudly anymore, it’s was just some quiet sobbing in the meanwhile, but tears were still running down her face and her throat still hurt.

“How can he be that clueless! Does he really not understand? Does he really just see me as someone from the drama club?”

 

It just seemed so unfair right now. All her female friends made it look so easy all the time. Talking about their experiences with boys they liked, how easy it was to get them to come closer. She had tried something like that as well and she paid the price for it. This was just so embarrassing for her. All the wolves in her class would be talking about this now.

Then she suddenly was interrupted by something else. It seemed like two other canines were having some kind of argument not too far from her, she seemed to be pretty mad at him.

“What do you mean ‘you thought I knew about this’?!” she yelled, “Was anything real you said?”

“Of course it was!” he said rather calmly, “Ichika, I’m sorry, okay! I didn’t think it was that serious between us, I thought you knew-“

In that moment the wolf girl already slapped his face. It sounded like she was crying as well now when she yelled, “You goddamn prick! Why don’t you go to hell you loser!”

With that she just turned around on her heels and walked off with a prominent sway in her hips.

“Hey” he yelled after her, not loud but still like he meant it, “Wait! Please let me explain, I…”

But it was no use, she didn’t turn around anymore and just signalized with a motion of her hands that he shouldn’t even bother trying. It seemed like Juno wasn’t the only one having a really bad day right now.

The guy just stood there for another moment, Juno still couldn’t quite tell what species he belonged to. He wasn’t a wolf, his face and the color of his fur made him look like a fox, but he was way too tall for being a fox. He was handsome though, even with his right now rather disappointed and confused expression. He was stylish in his wardrobe as well and he had a really smooth and calm way of moving.

It appeared he wasn’t really sure what to do with himself right now either, so he turned around and pretty much headed straight for the quiet bench Juno was sitting at. He hadn’t even noticed her earlier, and he almost didn’t until he arrived there, attempting to sit down as well.

“Oh…” he said lowly, “I’m sorry.”

He noticed that she wasn’t in the best of moods either so he immediately got up again to go and search for another spot.

“N-no, it’s okay” Juno stopped him lowly, feeling somewhat compassionate since the same thing happened to him that just had happened to her. She still was sobbing a little bit but tried to hide it to the best of her ability right now.

“Is everything alright?” he asked carefully, not trying to intrude but also curious if he could help a friendly stranger who didn’t seem to be having such a great day either.

“I…uhm…” she stuttered, “Yeah.”

She just left it at that, apparently not being in the mood to explain.

“Love struggles?” he guessed, not beating around the bush.

Juno nodded very slowly. “It’s just so unfair sometimes.”

“Yeah” he sighed with a little nod, looking at the floor before them, “I feel ya.”

They just sat there for a moment, not saying anything, just appreciating that they weren’t alone with their struggles right now.

“So…” the maned wolf began again after a little while, flashing a small, sympathetic little smile,“…who is the lucky guy?”

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Kind of a short chapter, but the next on is coming soon!

 

Tell me what you think ;)

 

~furr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 3: Chapter 3 - No matter what you do

Hey guys. So here is chapter 3. Hope you like it!

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Behind the spotlight

Chapter 3 – No matter what you do

“Come on, Legoshi” Collot groaned while shaking his head upon hearing it, “You really did that to her?”

The whole dorm still stared at the grey wolf who was just finishing up dressing for his school day.

“I…I mean…” he said, tilting his head a little bit, “She kinda just pressured me into it in front of everybody. I didn’t want to kiss her because I have no feelings for her. I…I wanted to help her out with her situation, but not like this!”

“Come on, would it really have been that bad?” Miguno chuckled, “It’s just a kiss. And it’s not like you`re actively seeing anyone right now anyway, right?”

They all nodded to what the hyena asked.

“N-no…” Legoshi replied to that lowly, looking at the floor.

“Dude, she’s so hot” Durham now told him, coming a step towards him and shaking his shoulders a bit, “And she’s into you! Where is the harm in a casual fling?”

Even though the Coyote really meant it in a good and supportive way, the wolf didn’t really appreciate him coming that close right now. Durham still smelled like soil from Haru’s garden slightly and it just reminded him of what had happened between them on the day before yesterday. He was the last person he wanted to talk about this with.

“Can you guys please let it be with that topic now?” Legoshi muttered, shaking his head a little bit.

Nobody really said anything after that, they all were ready to leave and get some breakfast in the cafeteria in the meanwhile anyway. Legoshi followed and looked the door behind them.

“Man this is going to be a long day” Miguno sighed, “Let’s hope they got something nice for breakfast today.”

 

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“What is that smell on you?” Vera asked her dorm-mate and bench neighbor in biology class. The other female wolf turned towards her, looking slightly bewildered. Juno looked somewhat jumpy and unfocussed today she thought, she had noticed when the lesson had started already.

“I uh…” she said, scratching the back of one of her ears slightly. She trailed off into her thoughts after a little while, leaving Vera just snickering a little bit.

She wasn’t quite able to tell what it was yet, but she was sure Juno has had some little adventure last night, and she was more than just curious to find out what it was. She just couldn’t tell what that mysterious scent on her was.

“…quite cute the biology teacher, isn’t he?” she then switched the topic, “What do you think Juno?”

“I uhm…” she said after a while, seemingly somewhat conflicted about it, “I think he’s a little bit of a creep. I think he was trying to flirt with me in the biology hour yesterday.”

Now that she mentioned that, Juno suddenly got aware that Vera probably was at the biology hour as well yesterday and witnessed how Legoshi had shot her down as well. She already began shaking in slight displeasure of what was about to come, but it didn’t happen.

It seemed like Vera wasn’t there yesterday after all. But Juno was sure she would find out about that soon enough from some other wolf girls anyway.

“Wait…really?” Vera asked, “Hotshot wolf teacher Mr. Akari flirted with you? And you weren’t interested?”

Juno now felt unexpectedly cool for a moment as she just shrugged her shoulders about it and then acted like she wanted to focus on the topic of the lesson once again.

She wasn’t focused on the lesson though. In her mind she still was in those bushes in the park last night. In the arms of that handsome sophomore she had met at a park bench. That gentle yet confident stranger. It felt like he understood her, he made it feel so easy and simple, so intense yet so uncomplicated. They had both been disappointed by somebody and they both needed it.

She still had his scent on her a little bit, even though she had taken quite an extensive shower this morning. Canines would be able to smell it she was pretty sure, and the ones who knew him could probably still tell. Juno wasn’t quite sure if she wanted people to know or not though. Not that she was ashamed about having sex, even less with someone as handsome and charismatic as the maned wolf she was with last night, but she just didn’t know anything about his social standings and previous relationships, other than the one that pretty clearly ended for him yesterday.

The whole thing still had her smiling a little bit right now, it even felt like she was glowing a little bit still.

When she took another look over towards her bench neighbor, it appeared the other wolf girl had just been waiting for her to do that.

“You were fooling around with somebody last night, weren’t you?” Vera now asked her with a grin, nudging her shoulders slightly, “Come on, spill the beans girl! This smell on you seems familiar.”

Juno’s smile just widened a little bit more as her mind went back to that sensation last night. When he did pretty much just what she had been dreaming about all this time. He just lifted her up and gently pushed her against a tree with her back, passionately jamming his tongue inside her mouth while gently thrusting in and out of her.

In her wet dreams it of course had been Legoshi doing that to her, but since it turned out he wouldn’t even kiss her to help her out of an uncomfortable situation, she wasn’t actually complaining about the substitute she had chosen yesterday.

He was just so determined. Just the polar opposite of Legoshi. He had it all figured out. He knew all the moves, just the right mixture of patience and confidence, he even had a condom ready in just a couple of moments. It almost seemed a bit too convenient now that she thought about it.

“Oh no” Vera suddenly said, almost too loud as Mr. Akari vaguely looked in their direction suddenly, “…fuck. You didn’t fall for that Playboy senior from…what’s his name again?”

Juno just remained staring at the worksheet before her now. Vera was just about to figure it out, and when she already phrased it like that, this couldn’t be good.

“…that maned wolf guy, what’s his name again? Ookami?”

Juno looked at her now, still not quite sure what to expect. “What about him?”

Vera took a short look around, then she whispered: “Girl, that guy fucked around with half the school! He’s hot but he’s such a slut. He pretends like he understands you and he knows how to make you feel loved, but once he’s done with you he just goes for the next pussy he can find.”

“W-wh…” Juno almost choked on her words now, “Have y-you…been with him too?”

“No!” she shook her head, then adding with a concerned expression: “But I’ve heard the stories. And they appear to be true.”

 

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“Uhm…excuse me, buddy” someone asked Legoshi from behind, “You’re holding up the line.”

The grey wolf turned around and looked at a face he had seen just recently in turned out. It was the maned wolf he met in front of the biology hour room just last evening.

“Oh…” Legoshi said, making way so he could go past him in the line, “Sorry.”

The guy nodded contentedly and went ahead to tell the lunch-lady what he wanted. Legoshi focused back on the plates with the various different food items. It was Wednesday and they were all out of egg-salad-sandwiches already. Having been dead set on having one of those, he now had a really hard time choosing anything else.

The maned wolf chose a sandwich with cheese and tomatoes and moved on towards the line of the checkout.

Legoshi spontaneously decided to have the same when the lunch-lady asked him again, then he ended up just behind the maned wolf in the checkout line naturally.

“Hey…” the friendly senior asked him, “You want your spot back?”

“Huh? Ah…no, that’s fine, thank you.”

He nodded with a shrug of his shoulders, then he looked at his phone again.

When Legoshi kept looking at the interesting mammal in front of him a little longer, he noticed a scent on him that was familiar. It smelled like Juno a little bit was his first instinct, but he couldn’t think of any explanation for that.

“Do you know Juno by any chance?” he then just straight up asked the maned wolf.

“Excuse me?” he asked, looking slightly puzzled.

“Oh, sorry. Juno, the wolf girl from drama club? She just joined this school, but you kinda smell like her.”

“Oh, so that’s her name!” he said, now flashing a smile, “Yeah, I met her on a park bench yesterday. She seems friendly. What about her?”

“Oh, nothing.”

Legoshi felt kinda dumb for having asked in the first place now, but he was glad the guy wasn’t a dick about it either. But he looked at him a little more closely now, then his smirk widened a little bit.

“So…you’re the guy who she was talking about I assume!”

“Huh?”

“Come on, dude” he said, raising an eyebrow, “She tried to hook up yesterday and you totally shot her down!”

 

“Excuse me!” the lady at the checkout now interrupted our conversation, “People are waiting!”

“Yeah, sorry” the maned wolf said, realizing that it now was him who was holding up the line.

After they had both paid for their food, the maned wolf had waited for Legoshi for a moment.

“…she’s so pretty, how could you just leave her like that when she’s into you?” he picked up the topic again with a chuckle, “Are you in a relationship already?”

“I…no…” Legoshi stuttered, “I just…”

“She was devastated, bro” he said, now putting a hand on his shoulders, “I don’t know what to tell you. You should consider this again. I feel kinda bad about it now.”

“What do you feel bad about?” Legoshi asked in great confusion.

The maned wolf now just raised one of his eyebrows again, almost having an expression of pity on his face.

“…she…well...kinda needed a dick yesterday. Well, and I’m a guy with a dick” he explained with a chuckle, “I’m sorry, but I can’t make it a whole lot more obvious.”

“Oh…” Legoshi said, now finally understanding. But then he shrugged his shoulders, not being as displeased about hearing it as the maned wolf had apparently thought he would.

“So…you really don’t care about her?” the guy kept on asking with in great confusion.

“I…I mean…”

The maned wolf’s handsome smirk now widened a little bit once again, just before he took the first bite of his sandwich, which he had just unwrapped from its paper packaging.

“I think I get it now…” he then said with a wink after chewing a bit, “You’re not exactly into girls in general, are you?”

“W-what?”

“Hey man, it’s cool. I won’t judge. Not like I never was curious about it either.”

“N-no, it’s not like that, really!” Legoshi stuttered as the guy just smiled at him in amusement, “I…I kinda just like this other girl more, and…but…it…it wouldn’t really work out between us. It’s kinda complicated and…it’s hard to explain, and…”

Ookami just kept on listening patiently while Legoshi was trying to find the right words, he still seemed kind of fascinated by this. The tall lanky wolf was an interesting character from any angle, he hadn’t really met a guy, especially a wolf, quite like him before.

“Dude, I like you” he interrupted Legoshi’s stuttering after a while, “You’re honest and you’re pure. I’ve rarely seen that in a wolf. It’s refreshing, some male wolves are such douchebags sometimes!”

“Uh…thank you, I guess” the wolf said slightly perplexed. Legoshi wasn’t quite sure why, but he was nothing but fascinated by this guy. He clearly had a lot of confidence and charisma, but he was down to earth enough so he would talk to losers like him. He wasn’t shy of speaking his mind and Legoshi already thought he really could learn something from him.

“What’s your name?” he then asked after swallowing the next bite from his sandwich. The wolf hadn’t even started unwrapping his food yet.

“L-Legoshi.”

“Ookami” the maned wolf said while reaching him a hand, “Nice to formally meet you.”

Legoshi just nodded while shaking his hand back, when they separated, he began unwrapping his sandwich as well. There wasn’t much of the morning break left at this point he just noticed.

“Listen, friend” Ookami told him with a smile, “You’re a cool guy, I’d love to chat more someday, maybe at lunch sometime? But I gotta get to my next class now, it’s on the other side of the building. Don’t be afraid to join me in the cafeteria if you see me.”

“Uhm…” Legoshi said, “Yeah, sure. Have a nice day.”

“You too, Legoshi” he said with a wink, then he went on his way.

Legoshi just looked after the maned wolf a little while in pure fascination. How he moved, how he waved and greeted some people on his way through the cafeteria, how easy and smooth everything in his life seemed to be.

“Wait, did he just say he was sleeping with Juno yesterday?” it then suddenly came back to him. “Did he just assume I was gay because I didn’t want to get closer to Juno myself.”

This was the first thing of the day that made him genuinely smile a little bit. Really feeling hungry now, he took the first bite of his sandwich, and it didn’t actually taste as disappointing as he thought it would. It wasn’t egg-salad, but it surely was alright today.

 

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Juno’s stomach almost turned upside down when she saw it. Just by chance she had looked into their direction, and then she spotted Legoshi talking to no one else but the guy she has had her fling with the night before. They were just casually talking in the cafeteria as it seemed like, and unlike she expected, it didn’t turn into an argument. Not at all. It just looked like a casual, friendly conversation, and it also looked like they weren’t all that well acquainted yet. She couldn’t find anything malicious in any of their expressions.

She would have given everything right now to know what they were talking about, how much they knew of what has happened yesterday, if there would be any grief if they found out, but she just couldn’t tell.

Legoshi was just standing there munching on his sandwich, he looked kinda content for once even.

“Did I really fall for a notorious fuckboy yesterday? Is he really that much of a back-stabbing snake, now casually making friends with the guy who I told him was a love-interest of mine? Did he really not care about anything else than getting his dick wet? Or did they just talk about something else entirely and don’t even know who the other one is? Maybe they didn’t even talk about me.”

Juno thought about simply just going towards Legoshi and casually ask him about his talk with Ookami, but just when she took the first few steps, somebody else approached him first.

 

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“Hey Legoshi” Jack asked him upon approaching him, “Who were you talking to there?”

The tall wolf looked at his friend and dorm mate while swallowing the bite of his sandwich he had in his mouth.

“…his name is Ookami, I think he’s a senior” he then said with a shrug of his shoulders, “I don’t know him well, just seen him yesterday at the biology hour. Seems nice enough.”

“Is he even a wolf?” the Labrador wondered, “I thought maned wolves aren’t really related to wolves. I’ve read it just recently in a book somewhere.”

Legoshi just shrugged again, “…he was waiting for a girl in front of the entrance yesterday. He said he wasn’t allowed in there anymore.”

“…what girl?”

“Don’t know, Jack” he sighed, shrugging his shoulders again “…but he just told me he slept with Juno yesterday since I didn’t respond to her flirting. Guess he must be really open with his relationships.”

“He-“ Jack stuttered, but then struggled for a while to finish what he wanted to say, “…he did what?!”

The golden retriever looked somewhat shocked right now. Legoshi didn’t understand why he was so upset about this.

“Do I have to repeat it?” Legoshi asked with an amused little smirk, “Do you need a hearing aid, Jack?”

“I mean…how can you be so unbothered about this?! Do you really have no feelings for a nice wolf girl who is even interested in you?”

Legoshi thought about that for a moment, then he shook his head slowly. “Juno only thinks she likes me because we’re in the same club. She’ll figure out that I’m just an awkward lonely loser eventually.”

Jack was just so confused and irritated by everything that came out of his friend’s mouth right now. He tried to look him in the eyes, but the wolf just avoided his gaze as he ate the rest of his sandwich. He seemed to be convinced by his own words though, his self-esteem must have sunken so low that he wasn’t even bothered to act over it anymore.

“Didn’t you tell me she tried to kiss you yesterday?!” Jack now almost yelled at him in great confusion. Legoshi gestured that he should keep his voice down.

“She wanted to get out of an awkward situation with a teacher who was flirting with her. I was the next one available, that’s all that was, Jack. Now come on, we gotta get to the history lesson!”

The golden retriever just shook his head slowly while following his dorm mate. It felt like he cared about his friends struggles more than the wolf did himself. Legoshi had always been such a calm and gentle wolf, but with age he started hiding himself and his real personality more and more, and Jack thought it was just such a waste of potential.

Legoshi’s lack of self-confidence and self-esteem really pulled him down as well right now, he still couldn’t believe what he just heard.

“Come on, Legoshi” he muttered lowly, “You know you’re not chanceless! Please, you need to stop making yourself smaller than you are!”

 

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Drama club practice was just total chaos this afternoon. When it had looked quite promising for most of the actors lately and they were pretty close to finalizing the last details of their show a few days ago, this afternoon nothing seemed to be working out for anybody.

Juno, who normally was really focused and even playful on stage, just messed it up constantly today. She messed her cues, she forgot her lines, it appeared she wasn’t focused on the performance at all.

And sadly, her messing up lead to other actors messing up as well. They just didn’t find their flow and chemistry on stage today, and it slowly but surely began irritating the whole team.

“Just what is up with them today?” Kai asked his friend from drama club who was operating the follow-spotlight right now, “They’re still stuck on that same scene?”

As the actors were now taking a seat on the floor to take five, the wolf turned off the dimmer of the hand operated fixture and took a seat besides the mongoose on the floor of the balcony.

“I don’t know” Legoshi answered with a shrug of his shoulders, “Guess they’re getting more and more nervous the closer we get to the premiere.”

“They shouldn’t have become actors if they can’t handle a little bit of pressure” Kai complained while shaking his head, “It’s just such bullshit they cut me out of the cast! I mean, just look at them!”

The wolf still rather was focused on the actors than on the mongoose talking to him. In addition to him having heard his complains about the cast a couple of times in the meanwhile, he was sensing something else. There was aggression in the air. And something that he couldn’t really explain. It could be the smell of blood, but it was just very faint and he couldn’t really tell what animal it could be from either. Nobody in the room seemed to have any injuries right now, but Legoshi was sure something was weird.

Sheila now seemed to be complaining about Juno’s lack of focus today, gesturing with her hands as if the whole drama-club was affected by her, and when Louis tried to calm down the situation, Bill suddenly jumped onto his feet and aggressively took a few steps towards the leader of the drama club. The tiger was speaking in a loudness now that even the far-away stage technicians could hear him very clearly.

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?! We’re cutting the entire scene because of this bullshit?” he yelled at the deer, “They mess up a line and you cut out my lines as well? I’ve practiced this scene for hours!”

“You’re very aggressive right now, Bill” Louis told him, his attitude was becoming more standoffish as well now, “Why don’t you sit back down and we talk about this like civilized-“

“No, fuck this!” he yelled back, “You always do this kind of crap and I’m just sick and tired of listening to you!”

Faster than anybody could react, the large tiger shoved the deer’s shoulders and almost made him trip and fall over backwards.

“Bill!” Louis now yelled at him, but the tiger wouldn’t listen.

Legoshi had already gotten off the floor to have a better view over the railings of the balcony, but he still was way too far away to be able to do anything about the situation if it should escalate.

A few of the other drama club students were on high alert as well of course, but there weren’t many of them who could really help Louis if the tiger couldn’t get his emotions in check anymore. Legoshi had a really bad feeling about this already, and he knew he had to step in if nobody else would. But getting down the stairs would take too long.

He took another short look around. Tem the alpaca now was rattling on Riz’s shoulders frantically, asking the big bear to get between them, but he was just sitting there as if he was frozen to the ground.

They all just stared in horror as Bill now showed his claws as if he was ready to rip the deer apart.

“BILL!” Juno yelled, getting towards him, trying to pull him back by his shoulders, “STOP IT!”

Faster than they could look, the Tiger turned towards her and pushed her back with a hefty shove, making her fall backwards onto the floor. She landed on her back with a surprised yelp, but she luckily didn’t get injured.

“Get away from me! This has nothing to do with you, new girl!”

Then he turned back towards the main actor with a mean grin. “I’ve taken your shit for far too long in the meanwhile, I’m gonna teach you a lesson now on what happens when you mess with us carnivores too much!”

“Help him!” Legoshi now yelled down towards the rest of the drama-club members, but nobody reacted or seemed to have heard him.

They all just stared in pure helplessness as Louis stumbled backwards further and further while the tiger was coming towards him.

“Bill!” he yelled, now clearly not as superior looking and confident anymore, “Stop this, what are you doing?! Y-you can’t attack an herbivore at school, you’ll-”

But Bill didn’t listen. He just pulled his right arm back to take a swing at him, still baring his sharp claws, and then he just did it. Louis tried to protect himself as well as he could with his arms, but he wouldn’t get away from this uninjured. The tigers claws ripped through the skin of his arms, drawing blood and hitting bone as well. The deer just cowered down onto the floor with his back still pressed against the wall in great horror, not sure if he could protect himself against the tiger for very much longer if nobody helped him. He was in great pain already, he was frightened to death and he frantically stammered for somebody to help him.

Legoshi knew he had to intervene at this point. Nobody else would try and do something, the only other carnivore strong enough to stop a tiger seemed to have frozen up or was too scared, and Bill seemed to have totally lost control of his emotions right now.

The wolf had already climbed over the railing of the balcony, preparing himself for the three meter drop down towards the floor of the rehearsal space. The staircase would take too long, he thought his advantage of height could actually help him for once in this situation. When he had reached the lowest point he could hold on to, his feet where dangling barely four feet above the ground.

He let go with his hands and actually managed to catch his fall with his legs without any injuries.

Faster than he had realized it himself, he had turned around and started sprinting towards the rage driven feline who seemed to be preparing to take another swing at Louis.

“See what a spoiled little shit you are, daddy’s money can’t protect you against everything, can it?”

Legoshi leaped over the scared drama club members still cowering on the floor, charging at the other carnivore with everything he got.

“BILL, STOP IT” the wolf yelled at him, but it was too late. This time he had hit the deer in the face with his claws.

Legoshi knew he needed to do something substantial to stop Bill from doing any more damage, so he just didn’t stop and slammed his entire body weight into the tiger’s side.

The impact was massive and really hurt in his shoulders, but it seemed like that one-time all-in attack worked out for him.

Bill hit the wall with his head with such a severe impact that it even left a dent in the plaster. Blood was shooting out of his nose as well, he barely was able to stand anymore as it seemed like. Legoshi, still not being sure what drove him right now, used the opportunity and pushed the dizzy tiger onto the floor, grabbing both his hands to secure them behind his back. His pulse slowly but surely began to settle as he kneeled on the tigers back, making sure he wouldn’t be able to move anymore.

“What are you all sitting around for?!” the wolf yelled at the rest of the drama club, including Sanu who just came back from his office now that he heard the racket.

Tem the alpaca, who of all the other actors seemed to have it together the most right now, got up from his spot on the floor, picked something up from another corner of the room and soon later handed Legoshi one of the jump-ropes they usually used for the warmup.

“Tie his hands together” he suggested. The wolf immediately nodded and did so.

“Go call an ambulance!” Tem now told Sanu, “I think he’s losing a lot of blood!”

The old pelican now finally seemed to comprehend what was going on kneeled down besides Louis to check out the damage. One of the Tigers claws barely missed his left eye, but the two bleeding wounds went across the entire side of his face and one lower on his neck. He still seemed to be conscious, but he wasn’t able to move or do anything else. Great quantities of blood where dripping from the wounds on his arms as well, his entire clothing was stained in it already.

Legoshi now focused on Bill again, who didn’t make any attempts to get back up or continue with his vicious attack. The wolf still kept him pinned down with his entire body weight. His vision cleared a little bit more slowly but surely, he could feel his heartbeat pounding all the way up his throat.

“What the hell is wrong with you, Bill?!” the wolf panted from above, “You could have killed him!”

The tiger didn’t really respond right now, he just panted as well, apparently still seeing stars from his impact with the wall.

Then Legoshi noticed something else. There was a little glass bottle with a red liquid inside it lying on the floor besides the tall feline. The wolf just instinctively grabbed it before anyone else noticed and put it in one of his pockets. He would confront Bill with that later, but for now they needed to get Louis into the infirmary and make sure Bill wouldn’t try to hurt him anymore.

Sanu already seemed to be on the phone calling an ambulance, the others still just stared in horror, the herbivores of the club especially.

“Riz” Legoshi called him out, “We need to get him in the infirmary! Can you carry Louis there?”

“I…I…” he stuttered, still trying to get off the floor apparently. For such a big and powerful carnivore, he seemed really weak in the knees right now. He seemed just as scared as all the others, Legoshi really hoped he would be able to focus soon.

“…I can carry him as well, but you need to watch Bill then” he suggested. The bear now carefully stepped closer towards them, then he nodded slowly. “O-okay!” he said, “I can watch him.”

Legoshi nodded, waiting for the ursine to take over keeping the tiger pinned to the floor. When Riz seemed to have it under control, he got up on his feet. He felt a little dizzy from getting up so quickly and took a moment to re-gain his focus, then he went over towards Louis. Juno was already kneeling besides him in great panic, but she quickly made way as she realized that Legoshi wanted to pick him up so he could carry him towards the infirmary.

The deer was barely conscious anymore at this point so Legoshi wasn’t losing any time.

“I’ll come with you” Juno said as she opened the door for him, Legoshi just nodded, carefully stepping through the doorframe sideways so Louis wouldn’t hit his head or get his antlers stuck.

Legoshi tried to ignore the smell of blood to the best of his abilities, but he couldn’t deny that it greatly messed with his senses.

“He…he…” Juno stuttered, “…what’s gotten into him?! Why did Bill attack him like that, what…what…”

As Legoshi couldn’t give her an answer to any of those questions, he just ignored it for now. He was pretty sure the bottle with the red liquid must have something to do with Bill’s unreasonable aggression, but he wasn’t sure if he should get into this topic with her right now.

“He’s not gonna be able to play his part in the performance now” Legoshi therefore changed the topic with the next best thing that came to his mind, “And Bill probably broke his nose just now.”

“Oh forget about Bill!” Juno yelled in great frustration, “He just lost his mind and now everybody will be scared of us carnivores for the rest of time! He just ruined everything!”

They now arrived at the building the infirmary was in, Juno quickly took a few steps ahead and opened this door for Legoshi as well.

Just a few moments later the school doctor had cleared a bed for him and started tenting to Louis’ injuries after Legoshi had placed him on the mattress carefully. Legoshi described what had happened to her quickly, then they were told to leave them to it and go back to their club for now. It all just went so quickly.

Back in the hallway, they almost ran into an old Siberian tiger in a fancy suit, it was Gon the principal of the Cherryton Highschool.

“I was informed about an incident in the drama club” he told them swiftly, stopping in his tracks for a moment, “Do you know what happened?”

“Bill attacked Louis for no good reason and hit him with his claws” Juno blurted out before she could stop her tongue, “It’s really bad! Now everyone will think all us carnivores are monsters! But Legoshi stopped him and…”

Legoshi tried to calm her down with a motion of his hands while the wolf girl was pointing at him, but it didn’t really stop her.

“…and we just brought him here until the ambulance arrives! Not all of us carnivores are trying to hurt our fellow herbivores, we just proved that and…”

“Okay, okay” Gon slowed her down, placing a hand on her shoulder for a moment, “We need to stay calm for now. We need to resolve this with reason and clarity. Please go back to your club for now, thank you for intervening and looking out for your friend!”

With that and a little nod, he went inside the infirmary and left the two wolves standing in the hallway.

“Oh god” Juno cried, still panting heavily from all the stress and panic, “This is so horrible.”

She had tears in her eyes and her entire body shuttered a little bit as she didn’t know what to do with her hands.

In an effort to calm her down a little bit, Legoshi gently stepped towards her and pulled her into a gentle hug. He just went with his instincts right now and it seemed like was the right decision. It seemed like she appreciated that gesture somewhat, it felt like it was the right thing to do after all.

“Come on, lets get back” he said after a while as she still hadn’t let go of him, “It might not be as bad as we think right now.”

She nodded slowly, then she followed him back to the drama club.

 

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“Okay…” Aoba asked him when they finally were alone in the drama-club boy’s changing room, “What the actual fuck has gotten into you earlier?”

The bald eagle watched the tiger as he just stood over a sink and looked at his face in the mirror. The blood from his nose had dried up in the meanwhile and he had also started washing Louis’ blood from his hands under the running water.

“I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Oh, I know you wouldn’t want to talk about that. But I’m worried about you, Bill. You know its quite common that lines or scenes get cut, and you also know that Louis really is a dick sometimes. But you just totally lost control. You could have killed him if Legoshi hadn’t smashed you against the wall like that in the last second.”

“That was Legoshi?!” he asked in great puzzlement, “Wasn’t he cowering behind one of his spotlights somewhere?”

“That’s not the point, Bill” Aoba now got louder, “How could you lose control like that?! What happened to you, there is something you’re not telling me, is there?”
“Since when do I need to tell you everything? You’re not my mom and you’re also not my therapist.”

“But I’m your friend! And I’m trying to save you from going to prison before you graduate you idiot! So I need to ask again: What the hell is wrong with you?!”

“I…” he sighed, letting his head sink a little bit further, “I might have overdone it with the rabbit blood a little bit this time.”

“The WHAT?!”
“You know…the little glass bottle I showed you a few days ago. I had it with me, and I had a drop or two after my math test today. You know, just to celebrate a little. But how could I know that drama club practice would go this shitty today. You know, with Juno messing up constantly and stuff…”

Aoba had his head sunken in one of his palms in the meanwhile, shaking his head in great disbelief.

He didn’t even know where to begin right now.

“You know…I was fine with trying eating bugs the other day, and I must admit it was kinda awesome, but this shit with the blood just goes too far man. You’ve seen what just happened! And I know Juno wasn’t exactly on her game today, but you really can’t blame what happened just on her either.”

“Well, I didn’t say I blamed her, did I?”

“But dude! Fuck! Louis is going to hospital now because you’ve used your claws on him! Relationships between herbivores and carnivores haven’t been the best lately anyway, and this is just gonna make it worse again!”

He now nodded slowly, not even trying to deny that. At least he was ashamed about what he did.

“…and you weren’t kidding when you said Legoshi stopped me?”

“No…” the bald eagle sighed, now calmer, “I hadn’t expected that either. But Riz just sat on his ass all frozen up, even when Tem tried to get him to help Louis. Then I saw that wolf jumping over half the actor’s team and rushing towards you at full speed. He really didn’t hold back.”

“Guess he is a real wolf after all” he said while nodding slowly.

“He’s been good at hiding it though” Aoba commented with a shrug, “But I’m glad he stepped up today. You really owe him for that.”

Bill nodded slowly, then he touched his nose again trying to see something in the mirror. “Fuck, my nose really hurts. I should probably get that checked out.”

 

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Legoshi just sat alone on a park bench and looked at the little glass bottle he held in his hand. He was still trying to sort his thoughts.

“Have I just saved Louis life? Was Bill just about to kill him because he was aggravated by the smell of blood? Why was Juno so unfocussed during the rehearsals? Did this have something to do with her sleeping with that maned wolf guy?”

None of what happened this week seemed to make any sense so far. The smell of blood still got to him right now. Not only from the glass bottle but also Louis’ blood that had dripped onto his drama club outfit as well when he carried him earlier.

“Where did Bill even get this blood from? Why would he take it with him to drama club practice where more carnivores are?”

 

He suddenly was ripped out of his thoughts when somebody took a seat besides him on the bench. He quickly closed both of his hands to conceal the bottle of blood from however it was, then he took a look at them.

 

“Els” he greeted her slowly, trying to fake a smile but probably not really succeeding, “How are you doing?”

“How are you doing is the better question” she said lowly, gently placing a hand on his left forearm, “I just met Juno in the changing room, she looked so devastated.”

He looked her in the eyes for a moment, then he let his head sink back down again. He just shrugged his shoulders as he couldn’t really find any words.

“…you just saved Louis from getting killed! You just became the hero of the drama club, and you’re making a face as if…you know…as if you just have tried to commit murder yourself or something! You did a good thing, Legoshi! What’s gotten you so…sad?”

“I’m a large carnivore too, Els” he told her with a sigh, “…and apparently I was the only one able to do something about the situation today, so I did it. I did what I had to do, it was my responsibility.”

She just shook her head about that for some reason.

“It wasn’t and you know that! Nobody expected Bill to just lose his temper like that. But I’m glad you reacted this quickly. This could have ended much worse.”

“Bill gets frustrated sometimes” Legoshi thought out loud lowly, “I think we’re all used to that. But today it just escalated really quickly. I don’t quite understand what’s gotten into him today.”

“No?” she now asked dryly, “Because I think you’re holding it in your hands right now.”

“Y-you saw that?!”

“I saw you picking it up after it fell out of Bill’s costume. The little glass bottle. It’s blood, isn’t it?”

The wolf now slow and wordlessly opened his right hand and showed it to her. She just nodded slowly.

“He wouldn’t have done any of that if he didn’t use this. I’ve known him for so long, why would he do something this stupid?” she asked lowly, “What does that give him?”

“That…that is a really uncomfortable question for any carnivore to answer” Legoshi sighed without thinking about it twice.

“I…I’m sorry, Legoshi!” she said lowly, grabbing his left arm once again, “I didn’t mean to make you feel uncomfortable. And I want you to know that I really appreciate what you did for the drama club today.”

He nodded and she leaned her head against his shoulder for a moment. “Just let me know if I can help you somehow, okay?”

The wolf now caught himself looking her right in the eyes for a moment. Somehow, there even was a slight, despite the circumstances rather light-hearted smile on her lips.

At first, he really wanted to return a friendly smile, but when he tried he just couldn’t do it. All he saw when he looked at her was Tem’s disappointed and heartbroken expression from his last conversation with the alpaca.

“I…I…” he stuttered, his heartbeat really beginning to race now, “You really don’t have to do tha- …I mean, I’m fine- …I”

He just looked at the floor between his feet at this point. “…I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to…”

The goat girl had let go of his arm in slight confusion about his sudden nervous outbreak, but she then quickly acted over it with a little giggle.

“Don’t worry, Legoshi” she told him, “I know this wasn’t easy for you either! You’re a really gentle wolf and a good guy on top of that. Don’t ever lose those qualities, okay?”

He nodded slowly, still looking at the floor in slight shame.

“Hey guys” somebody suddenly interrupted their little meeting, apparently neither of the two had seen or heard him coming, “How are you doing? Crazy day, wasn’t it?”

It was none other than Tem who had just joined them by the lonely park bench. He wasn’t in his costume anymore either but just wore the red and white drama club outfit.

“Tem!” Legoshi greeted him, sounding even more flustered now, “…y-yeah, crazy day for sure!”

“Would have been much worse if it wasn’t for you. How did you even get off that balcony this quickly?” he asked, and Legoshi could literally feel the fake enthusiasm in his words.

Tem had just caught him being close to Els, and from the outside it probably looked like the exact opposite of what he had promised him he would never do.

“I…well, I climbed over the railing and just let go when I reached the lowest point I could climb down to.”

“You’re more of an athlete than you always deny you are, aren’t you?”

The wolf just looked at the floor again with a shrug of his shoulders. This whole situation was just so uncomfortable.

“I think he was a real hero today. And I’m glad it hadn’t ended any worse” Els commented to end the awkward silence, getting up from the bench now.

“I really need a shower and take some time to relax now. Have a nice evening guys, see you later!”

“See you Els” Tem told her while waving back, “Have a good night!”

Legoshi waved his left hand and actually managed to flash a little smile at her this time while she was waving them goodbye and walked off. In his right hand he still was hiding the glass bottle from Tem.

The alpaca remained standing besides him for another moment, waiting for her to be out of earshot.

The wolf already was preparing himself mentally being confronted about that very delicate topic of Els being into carnivore’s rather than herbivores again, putting the cherry on top of this already really confusing and exhausting day, but that wasn’t actually the reason why Tem wanted to talk with him under four eyes. It appeared he had noticed that Legoshi really wasn’t interested in Els on a romantic level.

“Is it possible that Juno is this unfocussed because of you?” Tem started with a totally different topic, “I’ve heard rumors she wanted to kiss you yesterday and you didn’t respond to it.”

Legoshi just nodded slowly, looking towards the alpaca as he took a seat next to him on the bench now.
“She didn’t talk much just now, I think she was still pretty shocked about what happened with Bill and Louis…” the alpaca mentioned, still not really finding the segue into what he was trying to say as it seemed like.

“…I mean…I know you’ve said you’re more fixated on another girl…” he then explained, “But are you sure you couldn’t at least try with Juno?”

“Eh…what?”

“I mean…I know it sounds dumb, but she’s one of our best actors, and she might be able to focus better if she’s…you know…not as distracted.”

Legoshi just slowly shook his head in great disbelief, this was one of the least things he had expected to hear today.

“I mean…now that you saved a fellow herbivore student, you’re kind of a hero to the drama club already. And she was into you before that already. What’s so bad about some innocent sex?”

Legoshi said nothing for a moment. This all came onto him too quickly and too suddenly once again.

“W-wait…” the wolf then said, trying to process all the information that he was presented with, “You think we’ll play the show next week with Louis injured like that? And you really think they will let Bill on stage again after today’s incident?”

“It’s funny you mention that” Tem now chuckled, “I’ve talked to some of the other actors about this just now. And we talked with Sanu…”

Legoshi just kept looking at him for now, he had a slight foreboding what was about to come already.

“…we are planning on doing the play anyway. It probably won’t be as good and well-rehearsed, but we’ve all put a lot of effort into it and it shouldn’t be all for nothing. And the word about what happened here today is gonna spread anyway. And we want to show people that there is no bad blood between herbivores and carnivores in our club. That it was a one-time accident and we can still work together well as a team.”

Legoshi listened to all the words that were being said, carefully nodding while the alpaca explained.

“…since Bill is out for now…and Louis physically won’t be able to perform…we were thinking of a way we could substitute the two missing actors…”

He just kept looking at him and the foreboding Legoshi had seemed to be just what was happening.

“You want me to play Bill’s part, right?” Legoshi asked lowly, “I have roughly the same size as him and I’m a carnivore.”

“Yeah…” Tem affirmed with a nod, “I know you’ve never been on stage, but you’re pretty much our only option.”

“Wait…Bill has lines though!” it just occurred to the wolf upon thinking about it more closely.

“Not too many” Tem calmed him down, “I’m sure you could learn them in time, Legoshi!”

“Okay…but even if. Who is going to play Louis’ part? Wasn’t Bill the only one who could be a potential understudy for that role?”

“Well…they asked me to play it now. I know most of the lines all by heart anyway and my role could easily be played by someone else as well. We wanted to give Kai another shot.”

“Well…he’s not gonna complain about that” Legoshi sighed with an understanding nod.

“…but…would you consider it, Legoshi?” he then asked again, genuinely expressing some hope with his voice, “For the sake of our performance? We would have another rehearsal tomorrow afternoon and we all agreed to come in on the weekend as well.”

Legoshi just looked at the floor between his feet while taking a moment to think about it more clearly. Although he didn’t mind coming in on the weekend or after his regular school lessons, he wasn’t quite sure about if he really wanted to do it. When he compared himself to how confident Bill was when he was on stage, how purposefully he moved and said his lines, how high of a standard he set himself even during rehearsals, he just couldn’t image to pull any of that off. He wasn’t even sure he could raise his voice as much as all the other actors and performers usually did.

Just when he wanted to raise his gaze again to tell Tem that he didn’t feel like he would do the role justice and they should rather consider to ask somebody else, he suddenly saw something that almost looked like it could be a sign from a higher power.

He just kept looking on the ground as the little beetle slowly crawled from behind his left shoe into the middle between his feet and then sharpishly turned around, heading for a different direction. He swiftly but gently bowed down so he could pick the beetle up with his left hand, waited for him to crawl onto his fingers, and when he was on board, he lifted him up so he could see him in the slowly fading sunlight that still shined though the branches of the trees around them.

Tem, still closely examining Legoshi’s face with his hopes resting on his club-mate’s shoulders, now noticed how a little happy smirk wandered onto the wolf’s face as he looked at the beetle in his hand. He also noticed that his tail had started wagging slightly on the bench behind him.

The wolf gently and skillfully turned his left hand while the beetle walked across it. He knew he would need his right hand as well soon to keep his little friend a little bit longer, so he swiftly put the glass bottle with the blood into his right pocket, hoping Tem didn’t notice, and then he gave his full attention to the little beetle once again.

“…something wrong with that Beetle, Legoshi?” Tem asked after a while, trying to not sound impatient. The wolf just slightly shook his head, still with a somewhat happy smile on his face, then he let the bug down onto one of the planks of the bench and looked at the alpaca again.

“I’ll do it” he then said, still with a confident little smile on his lips.

“…really?” Tem asked, not even trying to hide the relief and excitement in his voice.

“Yeah” Legoshi affirmed with a nod, “If it saves the show, I’ll try to do it justice.

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Chapter 4 is almost finished as well, gonna hook you up with that soon.

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Chapter 4: Chapter 4 - No harm no foul

 

Warning: This chapter contains horny.

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Beastars – Behind the Spotlight

Chapter 4 – No harm no foul

„Sorry!“ he yelled in great shock, “Sorry! Sorry! I’m sorry, Tem!”

Legoshi put the wooden sword onto the ground and went towards the Alpaca he had just pushed onto the floor by accident. Tem had told him to give him a bit more of a challenge in the fight and a bit more resistance as well, but he hadn’t expected how much resistance there would be when the wolf dialed it up just a little bit more. He was a larger and quite a lot stronger animal after all, there was just no denying it.

“Ah…it’s…” Tem took a moment to regain focus, “…it’s alright, Legoshi! I’m fine.”

The other members of the cast now visibly relaxed a little as well, it probably had looked worse than it actually was. But the tension was still there after what had happened with Bill and Louis two days ago, and they all felt it.

Legoshi helped Tem get back up onto his feet, then he picked up his sword again.

“…at least you didn’t hold back this time” Tem chuckled, trying to stay positive while rubbing a sore spot on his side for a moment, “I guess you’ve just underestimated your strength a little bit.”

“Heh, yeah” the wolf said nervously, rubbing the back of his head, “I’ll try to find a good middle-ground.”

The alpaca nodded confidently, then he went back into the original pose.

“Okay” Sanu announced, “Let’s do this one more time and we’ll call it a day. We’ve made good progress today!”

“Come on guys” Juno told us with a motivated chuckle, “You almost got it right last time, you can do this!”

 

“Legoshi is honestly not doing that bad of a job” Aoba whispered towards Tao who was sitting next to him while they watched the new lead actor and Bill’s replacement trying out their fight scene one more time.

“Yeah, you’re right” the black panther agreed, “Looks like he’s saving us yet once again.”

“I’m so glad Tem convinced him to do it” Juno said as she had overheard their conversation, “I think he’s doing quite well.”

Aoba turned towards her and nodded with a shrug of his shoulders, “Yeah, but I think he needs to give his voice a little more power still. And more confidence. He still falls into a little bit of a stutter sometimes.”

“Well, he’s just been trying for two days. And he’s never been on stage before!” Juno jumped to his defense.

“I…I’m just saying” Aoba said lowly, “…nobody is expecting him to do this perfectly.”

She really was trying to not feel offended by anything negative they said about him, but even though they may have had a point, she couldn’t deny that it got to her. Legoshi was trying hard to make this work, and it still felt like they didn’t appreciate it enough.

 

Tem and Legoshi now were nearing the end of their fight choreography again, and this time Tem pushed the wolf onto the floor, who let himself fall in defeat just like he was supposed to, dropping the sword out of his hands. It looked almost like when Louis and Bill had practiced that scene a few days ago, and the rest of the ensemble and also Sanu looked quite content about it.

 

“Very good” Sanu commented before clapping his hands twice, “We’re getting there! Thanks for your great effort, Tem and Legoshi!”

The whole club clapped for them shortly, then everybody got up from the floor. They all were ready for their weekend quite noticeably.

 

“Now remember, the understudies all meet up here tomorrow at 10am again!” Sanu reminded them, “We still have a lot to do, so our weekends might get cut a little bit short this week. Let’s make it worth the effort!”

They all nodded understandingly, most of them already heading towards the locker rooms already.

“You’re doing really well, Tem” Legoshi told him in all honesty, “I think you’re doing great justice to Louis’ part!”

“Thanks” the alpaca told him with a smile. Legoshi noticed that Tem was looking somewhere else right now though, and soon later he noticed why. He was looking after Els, who like most of the others was already leaving the rehearsal space.

It felt like Tem was hoping she would recognize his efforts to save the show as well, maybe leave him a compliment or a few nice words as well, but she didn’t even turn around one more time. Not that that really meant anything, she probably was just tired as well and wanted to get her weekend started at this point. The alpaca tried to not look affected by that for now.

“I think you’re making great progress as well, Legoshi” he then told the wolf with a genuine smile, even though he was a little down about Els just leaving like that. “You just have to find that confidence to say your lines with more purpose. And maybe you could show your fangs at least a little bit?”

“Yeah…I know, I’ll try” Legoshi sighed, lowering his gaze a little bit more.

“You’re a strong, powerful animal” Tem told him, “Don’t be afraid to show that!”

“Yeah” the wolf agreed with a tired little sigh.

“Maybe it’ll be easier tomorrow!” Juno now joined their conversation, she had been in earshot since the beginning already it appeared, “I always feel more confident about it when a sleep a night over it.”

“She’s right” Tem agreed with a smile, shaking Legoshi’s shoulders a little, “And there will be less people watching tomorrow too, maybe that’ll help as well.”

Legoshi nodded once more, Tem seemed to be ready to leave as well at this point.

“See you guys tomorrow” the alpaca said while waving the two wolves who would remain alone in the rehearsal hall now that he was heading for the changing room as well, “Have a good night!”

“You too, Tem” Legoshi yelled after him, “See you tomorrow.”

 

There was a short moment of silence between them, but then Juno jumped over her shadow and despite having gotten burnt before, approached the lanky, awkward but in his drama club outfit still kinda handsome tall wolf face to face once more.

“Thank you for doing this, Legoshi” she whispered, waiting for him to make eye-contact, “I’m really glad we can still present our efforts to the school despite everything that happened.”

Legoshi actually managed to show a little smile right now, he couldn’t deny that it felt kinda exciting to receive praise like this from a girl.

And he could tell that she was serious about this. It appeared she actually was ready to give him a second chance.

“…and I wanted to say that I’m sorry for how I acted in the biology hour on Tuesday” she said upon reaching out for one of his hands, “I shouldn’t have forced myself onto you like that.”

“I…I…” he stuttered, not really having expected to being confronted with this once again. She now noticed how his hand started shaking slightly, her gaze lowered a little bit with sad eyes.

“…I wanted to say I’m sorry too” he then finally brought out, “I just didn’t know what to do and…and I reacted really poorly.”

She now looked him in the eyes again, trying to give him the courage to tell her what was on his mind.

“…I knew you needed my help, but I just don’t have a whole lot of experience with girls in general and…”

The pitch of his voice was getting a little bit higher now, she could literally feel how his heart started pounding just from holding onto his hand. He really was nervous about this, and it made him so much more likeable than he already was in her mind.

“But that’s okay, Legoshi” she said softly, “Everybody makes their first experiences at some point. And now that I know better, I hope you can forgive me for stepping over the line like that last time.”

He nodded slowly, then he finally managed to look her in the eyes again. They were not as sad anymore now; she even smiled a little bit. And it was kind of contagious.

Not really thinking about it twice, he now put his second hand onto hers and he could hear how her tail slowly started wagging behind her.

 

“Can…can I ask something else?” Legoshi now asked, leaping over his shadow today yet once again, “How did you get to meet Ookami? I…I mean, since when do you know him?”

“I…” she stuttered, slightly perplexed to be confronted with this right now, “What?”

“He’s a maned wolf” Legoshi reminded her kinda awkwardly, even though it seemed like she knew who he was talking about.

“I uh…since…since when do you know him?” she asked back, trying to look confused about him asking in the first place.

“I only met him in the food order line a few days ago. He…smelled like you a little bit, that’s why I had wondered if you were acquainted.”

There wasn’t really any kind of grief in Legoshi’s expression when he asked that, to Juno it looked like he really was just curious. But she still couldn’t tell how much he really knew.

“I…didn’t know him before Tuesday evening either” she confessed lowly, still not letting go of his hand, “…but we were both in a bad place that night… and I was really glad I met someone who understood what I needed.”

She looked back into his eyes and he just nodded understandingly.

“I’m sorry I got you into that situation” he said without any grief. Apparently, he still felt the need to apologize about that. Even though Juno found it kinda sweet, she still also had hoped to find a hint of jealousy in his voice or expression.

“You’re…you are not mad about that?” she asked in slight confusion.

“I…I don’t think I’m allowed to be mad about that” he said with a nervous chuckle, “And I can’t blame you either, he’s a well-behaved, charismatic, friendly guy. And he was honest with me. I’ve met by far worse people at this school. Male carnivores especially.”

She nodded slowly, but she didn’t seem to fully agree with what he said.

“He sleeps around a lot from what I’ve heard later. My dorm-mates called him a Playboy or a male slut even. I feel kinda bad about it now.”

“Oh…” Legoshi said lowly, not really knowing what else to add.

It left the two wolves with a slightly awkward situation for a moment, but they both seemed a little bit relieved that they’ve talked to each other about this.

“…when I was talking to him, I kinda thought I could learn something from him” Legoshi began again after a while, “Gain some confidence or something like that. He sure knows how to make people feel interesting.”

Juno seemed to be surprised by this wolf yet once again. He didn’t focus on the fact that she had slept with the guy they were talking about, he wasn’t angry or jealous in the slightest, he was objectively looking at the situation and what he could learn from it. He didn’t have any grief with Ookami, it almost seemed like he wanted him to be his friend as well.

“I…I’m not saying you shouldn’t gain some confidence” Juno told him, “But I really wouldn’t want you to become like him. I like who you are, Legoshi.”

“Uh…thanks” he lowly stuttered, trying himself at another little smile, “I…I like you too, Juno. You’re always nice to me and it’s not often the case with people who are popular at this school.”

Even though it still felt somewhat weird to him to say that to her, as he wasn’t really sure what she would read into that now, it was a good feeling to seeing her happier again. She seemed genuinely excited that this situation was somewhat resolved now, and it also kinda made him feel a lot less nervous about his part in the drama club performance.

“If…if you want to” Juno now told him with a friendly smile one could almost describe as a gleam on her face, looking him right in the eyes again and coming even a little closer, “…we could make some new experience together?”

She looked so soft and beautiful with her happy smile right now, Legoshi was truly awestruck for a moment. And this situation seemed so uncomplicated and light-hearted all of a sudden, he really couldn’t explain it.

“Wait…now?” he asked, and she could feel how his pulse began rising a little bit once again.

“I mean…if you want to. I know it can really help with stress and…it might give you some more confidence as well?”

“A-are you sure?” he asked again, sounding somewhat excited but also a bit scared at the same time, “I…I really don’t want you to do something you don’t feel comfortable with because of me, and-“

“No” she said, now pulling on his hand with an excited little smile, “I really want to! Come on! We’ll see where it goes, we can always stop if you don’t feel comfortable.”

 

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“Hey Tem” Aoba asked him when the alpaca got into the changing room, “Have you seen Legoshi?”

The bald eagle seemed to be done with changing already as he already had his bag over his shoulders looking like he was ready to leave for the weekend.

“Uh…yeah, just talked to him in the rehearsal hall for a moment. Juno was there too, maybe they’re still there.”

“Oh?” Aoba asked with a smirk, “Legoshi and Juno, huh?”

“If he doesn’t mess it up this time” Tem chuckled while opening his locker.

“What do you mean this time?” the bald eagle asked in slight confusion.

“Nevermind” Tem waved it off, not wanting to gossip too much about the one carnivore friend he had who he somewhat connected with, “It’s not really my business. But I’m glad he’s gaining some confidence.”

“…Juno was kinda protective of him earlier” Aoba mentioned, looking at the door carefully in order not to be blabbering when Legoshi could actually join them at any moment, “…but you’re right, he’s not doing that badly for never having been on stage before.”

“Did you know the School-Wave did an interview with him yesterday?” someone else now mentioned, coming from the showers. It was Kai the mongoose, having wrapped a towel around his waist and a shampoo bottle with him. “Because he saved our ‘superstar’ lead actor and so on...”

“Really?” Tem asked, “What did he say?”

“I don’t know” Kai said with a shrug, opening his own locker now, “Hasn’t been released yet. I guess they’re waiting until the premiere is over. They only publish it once every few months anyway.”

“Where do you know that from?”

“Saw them in the hallway yesterday. They took photos and everything” Kai said while starting to dry himself with his towel, “Guess he’ll be getting more attention than he ever wanted soon.”

While he was just talking about attention, Kai didn’t seem to mind that he had everyone’s in the changing room right now as he just stood there in the nude while searching for his fresh underwear. Tem had to admit to himself that he was kinda impressed of what he saw for a moment there, Kai seemed quite sporty and well defined. He looked quite strong for his kinda slim statue, it appeared he had been working out a little bit besides his activities in the drama club. He moved with confidence and wasn’t ashamed about his club mates seeing him like this.

Nobody said anything about of course, it just left a kinda awkward silence for a moment.

“Well…” Aoba said then, grabbing the door handle as it seemed he had given up on waiting for the wolf at this point, “I better get my weekend going. See you guys later.”

“Yeah” Tem said, waving after him, “See you, Aoba.”

For a moment the alpaca had considered to take a shower here as well since there were many more here and he wouldn’t have to wait for his dorm-mates to clear the bathroom, but somehow he didn’t feel that confident about himself right now.

“Where is he by the way?” Kai asked, now having found his boxers but still taking his time putting them on.

“What Legoshi?” Tem asked, trying to look anywhere else.

“No, the mailman” the mongoose replied while rolling his eyes, “Yes, Legoshi. Wasn’t he the last one to leave the rehearsal room?”

“Yeah, but Juno was still with him just now. Guess they’re still talking.”

“Pfff” he laughed, “Legoshi talking to a girl…that’d be funny.”

“Have some faith in him dude” Tem chuckled, “She likes him already and he’s gonna get out of his shell eventually.”

“I’ll only believe it once I’ve seen it” the mongoose said with a dirty cackle, “That wolf is gonna stay a virgin until he’s thirty I say.”

Tem looked over towards the really over-confident mongoose once again, he couldn’t help but feel that being back on the actor’s team had gotten to his head a little bit. Kai wasn’t as good of an actor as he pretty clearly thought he was, but he surely had the confidence as if.

“Maybe he’s jealous because I got picked to do Louis’ part? Maybe he thinks he’s playing the role I had before better than I did? Maybe he’s just trying to play over it with arrogance and rubbish talk?”

As Tem wasn’t really sure what else topic to start right now, and he pretty much was done packing up his things for today anyway, he now slowly went on his way towards the exit.

“See you tomorrow I guess” he said while waving shortly.

“Yeah” Kai sighed with a short motion of his head, “See you tomorrow.”

When he was standing in the hallway, Tem listened if he could hear Legoshi coming towards the locker room in the meanwhile, or if he could still hear him talk with Juno in the rehearsal room. He thought it would be nicer to end on a friendly conversation with his drama-club friends than going into a Friday evening thinking about a nude mongoose who thought he was a Broadway-actor.

But he didn’t hear them anymore. The rehearsal-room was empty as well.

“Where have they gone this quickly? Why didn’t Legoshi get his stuff from his locker like he usually did?”

Following a weird intuition, he now walked through the rehearsal room, past the corridor with Sanu’s office and into the storage room. He had seen Els and Tao disappear in there after rehearsals once, but even though he couldn’t imagine Juno and Legoshi doing anything like this already, he somehow was still curious enough to take a look.

As gently as he could, he opened one of the doors just far enough so he could get in and very gently pushed it shut once again. It was completely silent, but he immediately knew that there was someone in here. Still not listening to his better judgement, his curiosity made him sneak a little bit closer to the source of the noise. He was breathing as flatly as possible, carefully considering where his feet were stepping in the semi dark room.

Then he saw them, and he knew he couldn’t make a single sound anymore. There was no way out of this.

“Shit. What was I thinking?!”

 

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Legoshi had followed her when she told him she knew a good spot, but when they arrived there, his first instinct was to tell her that this decidedly was not a good spot at all. But he kept his mouth shut for now. He would have to explain how he knew this was not a good place, and that would be even more embarrassing than actually getting caught here fooling around himself.

Juno had brought him into the storage room of the drama club, pretty much exactly where Legoshi had seen Bill and Els make out with each other at the beginning of this week.

“A-are you sure no one is going to find us here?” Legoshi whispered lowly, as she already pushed him with his back against one of the shelves and snuggled her head against the underside of his chin gently.

“Oh they all went into their weekends already” she waved it off with a light-hearted giggle, “And I’m sure we aren’t the only ones who ever searched for a dark corner like this one at this school.”

“Uh…yeah” Legoshi said with a nervous chuckle, scratching the back of his head, “I guess so.”

She now looked back up towards him with a happy smile, the lower part of her body still gently pushing him against the shelf with the boxes that housed the accessories and bulbs to various spotlights Legoshi knew just too well.

But he tried to keep himself focused on Juno. He had jumped over his shadow with doing Tem’s role in their performance, he had managed to apologize for what happened in the biology hour and it still seemed like Juno wanted to be close to him. He wouldn’t pull back this time either, maybe it really wasn’t too bad to finally gain some experience. And it appeared she had some experience already.

She looked really beautiful right now. And feeling her warm body pushed against his like this was a really exciting feeling as well. She was still coming closer, and before he could even have prepared himself, their snouts were touching and her lips pressed against his in a gentle and playful way. She opened her mouth a little bit and turned her head slightly. He could feel her tongue between his lips now, and soon later it was in his mouth. He quickly got used to the feeling, soon later he tried the same thing with her and it actually was easier than he had imagined. And wetter.

This went on for quite a lot longer than they both had thought it would, but as he found out that he was really into it, Juno wouldn’t be the one to stop him of course. Her tail was still wagging in excitement.

Legoshi now thought about what happened here on Monday once again. When he saw Els and Bill making out here just like he and Juno were doing right now. Did they have any suspicions it was him? Did they not mention it because they don’t want to get exposed either? Did they really not hear him? No, that can’t be. They must have heard him when he ran away.

Then he thought about the time he met Els on that park bench on the day Bill got out of control with Louis. Els has always been pretty open with him when they met under four eyes. She probably would have mentioned something.

When he had felt like running away from the situation on Monday, now he seemed actually quite comfortable for some reason. And he wouldn’t even feel that ashamed about it if they actually were caught right now. He was making out with a pretty girl from his species after all, and she even was an actress and probably soon to be quite popular student. And he wouldn’t have to carry around that stigma of being a virgin anymore.

When he had been somewhat lost in thought while they were kissing and pushing their bodies against each other, he suddenly was yanked back into reality quite quickly as he felt something he really hadn’t expected. Her hands had been wandering down his stomach slowly but surely, and since he wore those really soft red training pants from the drama club outfit right now, she didn’t have any problems sliding them right into his boxers. She gently started caressing his sheath with her fingers, and she smiled at him a little when he noticed and held his breath for a moment.

He didn’t say anything because he didn’t know what to say, but as he didn’t want her to stop either, he just tried to stay calm and waited for what was about to happen.

A little sigh escaped his lips when he felt that his penis slowly started emerging from its furry housing, it was followed by a little tremble when she suddenly wrapped a hand around his growing shaft.

“Just relax” she giggled softly, “There is no need to be nervous, Legoshi.”

She began touching him a little more vigorous and with both her hands at some point, as his erection grew it slowly but surely became a little uncomfortable to still have his pants this high up. She helped him pull it down and he got his tail out of the way, then she took the first closer look at his pride.

It was pretty much just like she expected. He was a big wolf and he was equipped like one as well. She suddenly became a little bit more nervous about this, but not that she wouldn’t want to try it. But given that Legoshi really was rather unexperienced with this, she wanted to make sure they would take it slow in any case.

For now she just wanted him to feel safe and secure around her though, so seeing that he wasn’t totally uncomfortable with this was a good start already.

She smiled at him again before engaging in another playful kiss. Pulling her body against his once again now, she playfully sandwiched his dick between their stomachs for a moment. Then she grabbed it with both her hands again, trying to find her way all the way down towards its base. Just when she arrived at his sheath with the backside of her hand, she almost as if by accident pushed it off of his knot and freed his entire length therefore. It made him tremble once again when she wrapped her hands around the giant bulbous base of his cock, she couldn’t hide a mischievous little grin at the expression he pulled.

“You okay?” she asked.

“Y-yeah…” he just panted through his lips.

“Does this feel nice?”

Legoshi couldn’t really describe with words what he felt right now. Being touched there by hands that weren’t his own made such a crazy difference. Her hands were smaller than his, more gentle and not as strong maybe, but it somehow felt warmer and so much more exciting. Every time her hands squeezed his knot he wanted to move his hips towards her, he wasn’t sure how much longer he could withstand this.

“J-Juno, I think I…” he panted soon later, really trying to keep it in, “I…can’t…”

She just kissed him again and gripped harder on his hard pulsating shaft, letting him know it was okay. A couple of thrust later his entire body began shuttering as he hit quite an intense orgasm and his cum started spraying all over their white drama-club T-shirts.

“I…ah…” he panted, “I’m sorry! I didn’t…I mean I couldn’t I…”

“Hey, it’s okay!” she told him with a relaxed giggle, still stroking him with one of her hands while her other one touched his cheek and she kissed his mouth again, “It’s fine, you deserve it. I was hoping it would relieve some of the stress from being on stage with us now. I’m glad you’re letting me help you!”

“That was…nice” he stuttered, not able to hide a happy little smile right now, “Thank you!”

She just kept on smiling at him seductively, then she suddenly went on her knees before him and slowly started licking over his entire, cum-stained length. All the way down from his knot she cleaned his penis with her tongue, even swallowing the half mouth-full of cum she had collected, and when she arrived at his tip she took it in her mouth as far as she dared. She could almost take half his shaft without gagging. He just stood there totally perplexed, holding on to the board of the shelf behind him as his tail had wedged itself in between two of the boxes. He just couldn’t believe she really had it in her mouth right now.

Legoshi just looked at her in great awe when she caressed his spent shaft and gently cupped his balls with her delicate hands, he couldn’t recall ever having done anything this exciting before.

A few moments later his erection slowly but surely began softening and retracting into his sheath, Juno let off of it and went back up onto her feet to kiss him again.

“I guess you don’t have any condoms with you?” she now asked him lowly.

“I…” he stuttered, “N-no, I don’t.”

“Aww” she chuckled, but it appeared she wasn’t too disappointed right now, “I would really like it to feel you inside me.”

“R-really?” he asked in slight disbelief.

“Wouldn’t you like to try it?” she asked with an excited smile.

“I…I mean, yeah!” he blurted out, “…but I’m sorry, I hadn’t expected! I mean…”

“It’s okay” she told him, still in good spirit “Maybe you can get some until next time?”

“Yeah! …but” he now stuttered, obviously still quite excited about this, “Should I…I don’t know, at least return the favor right now?”

She now kissed him again and then giggled excitedly once again. “That’d be really nice of you, actually!”

 

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“Guys, have you seen Legoshi?” Voss asked into the dorm, still fiddling around with the remote of the DVD player, “We gotta start soon if we want to make it through all three movies tonight!”
“I guess he’s still busy with his drama-club practice” Jack said with a shrug of his shoulders, “I guess he still has quite a lot to do since they’ve given him a role with lines and choreography and everything.”

Miguno still shook his head in disbelief about that topic. “I can’t believe they really asked him to do that. Our shy and quiet Legoshi!”

“I mean…I find it kinda brave of him” Jack said, “And it’s cool of him no matter what. They can still do their show and all their previous work wasn’t for nothing.”

“Yeah, great!” Voss ended the topic impatiently, “Can we get started with this soon or what? Has someone tried to call him yet?”

“What’s the rush, it’s the weekend man” Collot chuckled, “Who said we have to watch all three movies tonight?”

“The guy I borrowed the movies from said that!” Voss sighed while rolling his eyes.

“Relax your little butt” Collot chuckled, “You’re just hangry. We’ll order pizza when Legoshi is here and then we can get going right away.”

“He always takes egg and spinach” the little fennec fox pressed on, “Let’s order now! I’m sure someone can spot him for the time being?”

“I’m sure he’ll be there soon” Jack tried once more to slow them down.

“Yeah…but Voss is right” Durham agreed, “He always takes that. And I could really use something to eat as well right about now.”

“Takes 30 minutes to arrive anyway” Miguno agreed, “I’m sure he’ll be there when it arrives.”

Jack just nodded slowly while searching for the phone number of their favorite pizza delivery service.

“Just what is he doing for so long?” he lowly asked himself once again, “I hope everything is alright.”

“Come on, Jack” Collot told him while patting his shoulders, “It’s not like something like that happens every day at the drama club. Everything is fine, you’ll see!”

“Yeah, guess you’re right.”

 

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Legoshi didn’t know what he was doing. How should he know, this was his first time getting physical with a girl. Or anyone. And even though he really wanted her to feel good and happy as well, there was quite a lot he still had to learn.

She had to ask him more than once to be a little more careful with his apparently really strong and powerful hands, when she asked him to use a second finger she almost yelped in pain a little bit when he thrusted them into her.

“Sorry!” he stuttered once again, “I’m sorry!”

It still seemed like he was a bit overwhelmed by all this.

“It…it’s okay” she panted, still trying to stay calm and collected, “It’s not so bad, really!”

“I really don’t want to hurt you” he said again, “Can I…”

To Juno it almost sounded like he wanted to suggest using his tongue instead of his fingers but was too shy to say it. She wanted to suggest that since quite a while already.

“If you want…” she said slowly, “You could try using your tongue. I really wouldn’t mind.”

“Uh…o-okay” he said, already getting onto his knees before her.

The smell was even more exciting and prominent now, it was quite obvious he had been drawn towards it since quite a while already.

She leaned herself with her back against the shelf now, looking down towards him in anticipation as he gently and carefully pushed his snout between her legs and his large wet tongue touched her delicate folds for the first time.

This felt much more exciting at first, but after a little while she noticed that he was basically just slurping over her vulva time and time again like he was eating an ice cream. It just felt wet and numb at some point, almost like he was trying to tease her in a really bad way.

“M-maybe” she said, “You could try getting deeper inside? I mean…”

He looked up towards her with a mixture of confusion and feeling sorry on his face. He seemed kinda helpless.

“…you can take your time…but you can also go deeper and a little bit rougher! I would really like that.”

He nodded and went straight back to work. This time he aimed the tip of his tongue right at her tight opening and when he found it yanked it in with a bit of force. He could feel her entire body shutter now as she yelped in great surprise, but it appeared to be a positive reaction this time.

“Ah, yess…” she panted, “Just like that! Keep going! Don’t hold back.”

It appeared he finally seemed to be doing something right now. He used more force to shove his tongue inside her, trying to capture every moment of this new experience. The taste and the wetness of her vagina, the intoxicating scent and the warmth between her legs. He was getting into it more and more slowly but surely, and when he started moving his tongue around more vigorously it seemed like he made her feel just as good as she had made him feel earlier.

Juno held onto the back of his head with both her hands at some point, pulling him even closer towards her pussy. Her moans of lust became louder and she was becoming increasingly wetter as well.

“Haa yes, just a little more” she panted loudly, “I’m really close! You’re doing great, Legoshi!”

Hearing his name, he now suddenly was reminded once again that they still were in the storage room of the drama club. If there was anybody in this room right now, there would be no way they didn’t hear them at this point. But since nothing had happened yet, he was pretty confident they still were all alone here. And it would have been to late anyway. He couldn’t hear or smell anything besides Juno, and in his mind that was totally fine right now.

So he continued punching his tongue in and out of her tight entrance as hard as he could, the signals she was giving him where pretty much unmistakable.

Then it happened and she actually hit an orgasm as well. Her juices spilled all over his tongue and mouth, his entire face and even parts of his T-shirt were wet at this point. But as it tasted just as exciting and beautiful, he kept on going a little bit longer. Her tight folds kept clenching down powerful on his tongue, her entire body was shuddering in great pleasure as it seemed like. Her orgasm held on for quite a while, he wanted her to feel as good as possible for as long as he could.

“That was…great” she sighed in great delight after coming down from her pleasure-high slowly but surely,

“Y-yeah?” he asked, feeling somewhat proud of his achievement.

“Yeah, you did really good! Thank you, Legoshi!”

She looked genuinely happy right now when she reached him a hand and pulled him back up towards her face.

She kissed him again, pulling him towards her body as she was still standing there with her pants down by the floor. The two wolves now noticed that Legoshi was almost at full mast once again and Juno just shamelessly grabbed it through his pants with her hands while licking over his face.

“Wow, you are so big and hard once again” she whispered into his ears, “I really wish we could have sex right now.”

He just looked her in the eyes with a little smile, not really knowing what to respond to that right now. He would have liked to try it as well, but he also listened to his voice of reason.

“…I’m not on birth-control right now and I don’t want to risk it” she told him with sad eyes, “I’m really sorry.”

“N-no, don’t be!” he said, “We can try it another time if you like!”

She nodded enthusiastically. “Are your dormmates here this weekend?”

“Yeah” he sighed with a nod, “They’re all staying.”

“Most of mine are staying too” she said, “It would be really comfortable to have the room for myself for once.”

Legoshi tried to think of a solution for this but pretty much came to the same conclusion every time. This actually was one of the best spots at this school. And since they were both from the drama club, it was a rather exclusive location as well. It still wasn’t the most comfortable place though.

Legoshi looked down between their stomachs and noticed that she still tightly grabbed his shaft through his pants. The upper part of his dick was well above the rim of his pants and covered by his white t-shirt, he already felt how more pre was dripping down his length. His T-shirt was still wet from his cum and her juices in some spots, but he didn’t really mind it right now. He had a spare one ready in his dorm and his drama-club outfit really needed a wash anyway.

Juno let go of his dick at some point, it appeared she wanted to stop teasing each other as well for today in order not to do something stupid. He took a step back as she reached for her pants to pull them back up, still watching her in great awe. He still couldn’t quite comprehend what just happened. He had almost lost his virginity today, he finally made some real experiences.

“Make sure you bring some condoms next time” she told him with a giggle when she grabbed one of his hands and pulled him with her towards the exit now, “And don’t keep me waiting for too long!”

“Y-yeah” he affirmed with a genuine smile, “Okay!”

 

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“Legoshi!” Jack greeted him when the wolf finally joined his dorm again.

“Hey guys” he said, not being able to keep an entirely straight face. He knew he couldn’t keep them from finding out anyway.

It smelled like Pizza and they had already started watching a movie. But Voss paused it for a moment as the wolf joined them. They all stared with big eyes, predictably.

“Damn!” Durham commented with a big grin, “What have you been doing, Legoshi?!”

Legoshi was pretty sure they could all smell it on him the moment he entered the room, but as there wasn’t really anything he could do about it, and they would find out about it anyway, he didn’t even bother trying to hide it.

“I…uhm…well…I was with a girl from drama club just now, and…”

“Yeah, no shit” the coyote chuckled, “You smell like…like you’ve both had a really good time!”

Jack honestly looked a little bit awestruck right now, Legoshi couldn’t recall when he had seen him this happy the last time.

“…I didn’t know you were such a playboy!” Miguno added with a chuckle.

“Come on” the wolf waved it off with a nervous smile, “It isn’t like that. It was my first time doing anything like that.”

It seemed like the movie they’ve been watching wasn’t their first priority anymore. They all looked at Legoshi right now, wanting to know every single detail apparently. He didn’t feel as flustered about it as he imagined he would, but it felt a bit odd to be openly talking about it like that.

Being looked at like this filled him with a kind of confidence he’s never experienced before though. He didn’t feel like a chanceless loser anymore for once. And the combined smells of Juno and the fresh pizza in the room was just bliss for him right now.

“…well, you must have done something right” Collot chuckled, “Who is the lucky girl?”

“She’s a wolf and an actress from drama club…her name is Juno” he explained, now taking a seat next to Jack on the floor, “…she said she wanted me to gain some confidence since I have to be on stage as well now.”

“Did…did you like it?” Jack asked him, still really excited about everything he just heard, “Did she like it?”

“I…I think so” Legoshi said, shrugging his shoulders, “I mean…”

“Dude, your shirt is still wet!” Durham chuckled, “You naughty dog! Did you fuck her good? Did she let you knot her?”

The wolf now slowly shook his head, still not really ashamed about it though.

“It…it wasn’t really sex. I didn’t have a condom with me and we didn’t want to risk it. But we touched each other and it was…it felt really nice.”

“Oh man” the coyote chuckled, still with a big smirk on his face, “Had I known I would have given you some! I have a whole box here!”

“Haha” Collot now chuckled, “Have you seen the size of this guy? As if they would fit him.”

“Oh shut up” Durham cackled, punching the sheep-dogs shoulders.

“Come on, guys” Legoshi waved it off now, “The drug stores are open tomorrow, I’ll just get my own. Don’t worry about it!”

“You’re such a show off” Miguno snickered at the wolf with an ironic smirk, lightly rattling his shoulder in a chummy way, “Eww! Your shirt really is wet! I really hope this is all her!”

“Sorry” Legoshi said with a nervous smile, correcting his collar a bit, “I’ll take a shower and change soon.”

They all just kept shaking their heads for a moment, but neither of them was able to hide a proud or jealous little smirk.

“We got you a large spinach and egg” Jack now mentioned, reaching the pizza box over to his friend who had been hungrily staring at the food already.

“Oh yes! Perfect” he said with a happy smile, opening the box and taking out a slice, “Thanks Jack! What do I owe you?”

“Let’s do that later” the golden retriever waved it off, his tail still wagging excitedly as well, “I think we should continue with the movie now!”

 

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“Did I really just spy on my friends from Drama Club? What if they’ve seen me? Don’t Canines have really good night vision? Or a good sense of smell? Fuck, that’d be so awkward!”

Tem’s pulse still was racing when he walked across the square, taking as much distance from the drama club building as possible. It was starting to get dark already, he was pretty sure his dorm-mates were worried about him in the meanwhile. There weren’t a whole lot of other students around at this hour anymore. Especially herbivores tended to already be in their dorms when the sun began setting.

“Damn, she actually had his dick in her hands! Why did I even look that closely? I’m such a fucking creep!”

Not having expected anything of that nature from Legoshi, Tem truly was a little bit shocked right now.

“He is just a guy after all. And he didn’t even do that badly.”

He took a seat of the rim of the fountain and stretched his legs for a moment. His body was tired from all the practice today, his muscles were sore and he still felt somewhat out of breath.

After hiding on his spot all the way back in the storage room until the two wolves were gone he had even waited for another ten minutes between the isles to make sure he wouldn’t meet either of them in the hallways, blowing his cover after all.

They didn’t seem to have noticed him, he had found a pretty solid hiding spot in the storage room as it seemed like. He couldn’t hear what they were saying when they were whispering to each other, but he surely could hear and see everything else.

“I’ll take this to the grave with me” he had already sworn to himself, “This would be really bad if anyone found out about that.”

He really jumped in shock when he suddenly heard someone on the left side behind him, even though she was just taking a seat on the rim of the fountain as well a few feet away.

“Oh, I’m so sorry” she apologized as she noticed how surprised he was, “I didn’t mean to scare you.”

He turned towards her and tried to calm down a little bit. It appeared he had been on edge like this for a non-founded reason. The white dwarf rabbit girl was just another Cherryton student who seemed to be seeking a quiet place to unwind for a moment.

“It’s alright” he waved it off, “I was just lost in thought, I guess. I just didn’t expect anyone else here.”

“I like listening to the water sometimes. It helps me come down from a stressful day” she explained.

“It’s quite relaxing” Tem agreed, nodding slowly.

“And its far away from my really annoying dorm-mates.”

Tem just nodded silently about that detail she added, he wasn’t all that interested in a conversation with a stranger right now. At least he thought he wasn’t for a moment.

“You must be from drama club as well, don’t you?” she asked suddenly.

“How do you know?”

“The red and white outfit. I know someone from drama-club who wears it too, he’s a wolf.”

“Oh, you know Legoshi?” he asked, now actually really curious, “…wait…you’re from the gardening club, right?”

She nodded.

“How come a rabbit is acquainted with a wolf? A wolf this large and powerful on top of that?”

He didn’t mean it in a judgmental way, he really was just curious. And she could tell.

“I…” she now chuckled a bit, “…he came to the garden once, asking me for flowers for a drama-club performance to decorate the Auditorium.”

“Oh” Tem said, “Yeah, I think I remember that.”

“He’s a really calm and gentle guy, I actually enjoyed his company.”

The alpaca just nodded once more, then he looked back at the floor. It actually was kinda nice to have someone to talk to right now. To not be alone. To talk to somebody who seemed pretty mature and compassionate.

“I…I just…sorta walked in on him making out with someone from the actor’s team. I walked past the storage room when I heard a noise.”

“What, Legoshi?” she asked with a giggle, “Really?”

Tem was slightly perplexed that this was her first question about this, and that she was so light-hearted about that random confession from a total stranger, but he actually was glad about it after all.

“Yeah, I was just as surprised” he affirmed, “I’m just glad they didn’t see me.”

“They probably would be too if they knew” she said, still with an amused giggle, “But I guess something like that happened more than once at this school already. People are doing it everywhere. It’s tough to find some privacy around here.”

“I guess so” he sighed, really trying to sound a bit light-hearted about it as well, “But even though it wasn’t intentional, I feel kinda bad now.”

Once more, she just chuckled about it in amusement. It obviously didn’t seem too big of a deal for her.

“How much did you see?”

Tem’s posture straightened out a little bit when she asked that. He felt somewhat caught all of a sudden, and he miserably failed to keep a poker-face about it. He was really flustered about this now, and even his somewhat of a routine as an actor didn’t help him act over it. He had made it sound like he hadn’t seen much earlier, and that was just not accurate.

“W-well…more than I feel comfortable with to be honest” he said lowly.

“Is that why you just jumped like that when you heard me behind you?” she asked, apparently being able to read minds, “…having those pictures of Legoshi in your head?”

She was still so amused about this. Tem couldn’t quite tell if it was because of his reaction to that or because she was right and he really would have those images of the two wolves stuck in his head for a while.

He just nodded slowly.

“Honestly, thinking about Legoshi like that turns me on a little bit” she now giggled.

“What?” he asked with an awkward chuckle.

“Especially since he really deserves it. He was a real hero when he saved Louis two days ago. I’ve heard a lot of herbivores talk about it as well.”

Tem now suddenly froze up when he finally remembered that this actually was the girl Legoshi had talked about having a crush on. She wasn’t even slightly jealous or bothered that he was fooling around with someone else. Apparently, she never had seen him as a true love interest in the first place. It was just the same as it was with him and Els, apparently.

Then his mind went to a very different place once again.

“How would that actually work between the two? He’s like three times her size, if they actually had sex, this would…”

He quickly shook his head to stop himself imaging that any longer. But he still didn’t understand the situation fully. Legoshi couldn’t have been that interested in her anymore anyway when he was fooling around with Juno like that just now.

“You’re still picturing it, aren’t you?” she asked with a chuckle a few moments later, she still seemed quite fascinated by all this.

“Heh, yeah. Kinda. Legoshi is just not the guy I ever expected this from.”

“He’s just a horny teenager like everyone else after all” she giggled light-heartedly, “And I’m glad he finally gained some confidence. He ran away that one time after he helped me in the garden the whole afternoon and I offered him to have sex with me if he wanted.”

“W-what?” he asked in great shock now. “You would have se-“

The rest of the sentence just got stuck in his throat.

“What’s so shocking about that?” she asked, “It’s not a secret that I’ve been with a lot of different guys from this school already. He was nice and he helped me.”

“He is three times your size!” Tem just blurted out the first thing that came to his mind, “And he is a really powerful carnivore! I mean…are you not scared?”

She just shrugged her shoulders about that question and looked at the confused alpaca with a little smile.

“…are you scared of him?” she then asked back.

“I mean…of all the carnivores in drama club, I trust him the most. By a long way. But I still feel somewhat nervous around carnivores. I mean…I’m sure you know what happened with Bill and Louis? And what Legoshi had to do to stop him?”

She just nodded slowly, now not as light-hearted anymore. “I’ve told him time and time again to be careful with his standoff-ish and bossy attitude” she sighed, “But I guess he now learned what that got him.”

“Wait, you know Louis as well?” he asked in slight puzzlement. This was only getting more confusing.

“Do I really look like such a lonely loser to you?” she asked with an over acted offended huff, nevertheless flashing that ironic and playful little smile once again.

“N-no, I’m sorry” he apologized, “I guess I’m just overwhelmed by everything going on right now.”

She nodded slowly, Tem still couldn’t really take his eyes of her right now. This senior bunny girl was kind of fascinating.

“So” she chuckled after a while, “Who is it?”

“Excuse me?”

“The girl you like that apparently doesn’t like you back.”

“H-how do you know?”

She shrugged her shoulders, then she explained her theory, “You’re the new lead actor of the drama club and not one bit excited about it, you seem jealous of a guy who you’ve never expected to be jealous about and you apparently feel the need to open up to a complete stranger you’ve just met by the fountain. I’ve seen all this before more than once you must know.”

Tem just stared at her in pure disbelief. She was just reading him like a book somehow, and by the way she raised her eyebrows at him he could tell she knew about it.

He now slid towards her on the rim of the fountain a little bit, still not really knowing what to reply to that.

“I…I am excited to be in the lead role. But I don’t want to make a big fuzz about it yet. The expectations are really high already.”

She nodded about that understandingly, then she smiled at him again. It appeared he hadn’t really answered the more important of the two questions with that.

“…her name is Els” he eventually brought out, “She’s an angora goat, also an actress in our show, but she’s…well…”

“Not interested?”

“Not really into herbivores I guess” he sighed, “I think Legoshi is about the only one who didn’t take advantage yet. At least it feels that way.”

She just nodded slowly, apparently now understanding something else as well.

“He knows, doesn’t he?”

“What?”

“Legoshi knows you like her. But that’s also probably not the only reason he didn’t sleep with her.”

He looked at her again and knew exactly what she meant.

“He is a good friend, that’s for sure” he sighed with a little nod, “But I’m sure he could easily give her what she wants.”

“Come on” she now chuckled, putting a careful hand on his shoulders, “Legoshi is never gonna do that. And don’t beat yourself up over it, she’ll probably realize what she’s missing out on eventually.”

“Heh” he now smiled at her as well, “Thanks.”

“So…” she chuckled again, placing a gentle hand on one of his thighs, “What do you have planned this evening?”

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There you go. The king of really bad cliffhangers delivers again.

Hope you still enjoyed the chapter a little! I’d be glad if you tell me what you think!

 

Take care for now, see you later!

~furr

Chapter 5: Chapter 5 - Would if I could

Hey guys, sorry for the long wait. Really busy with work this month.

Hope it was worth the wait though!

Here we go.   

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Beastars – Behind the spotlight

Chapter 5 – Would if I could / 5.2 Just the two of us

Jack still couldn’t help but stare at his friend from time to time. The wolf was the first one awake in the dorm this morning, him coming back from a little shopping tour at quarter past nine was what woke him up after their rather long movie night.

The golden retriever then had suggested to quickly get some breakfast in the cafeteria when Legoshi mentioned he had to be at drama club practice at ten. The wolf already wore his fresh drama-club outfit when they left, he looked quite excited and energized for having had this little sleep only. He looked quite excited for being Legoshi.

“…and you really went to the drug store to buy condoms just now?” Jack asked lowly while the wolf took another sip of his coffee.

Legoshi nodded with a slight shrug of his shoulders. It appeared he couldn’t really tell what the big deal about that was.

“…what did you get?”

“What do you mean what did I get?” he asked in slight confusion, “I got condoms.”

“Just regular? Or with some kind of smell to it? I heard there are mint ones that help you last longer…like with mint oil or something?”

The wolf looked rather puzzled now.

“Just regular condoms for large Canines. Do I really need something fancy like that?”

“I…I don’t know” the labrador said lowly, “I’ve never done anything like that myself. I guess that’s why I’m curious.”

Legoshi nodded understandingly, then he ate more of the scrambled eggs on his plate.

“What kinds of sizes are there?” Jack pressed on for more information, “What did you get?”

Legoshi just sighed deeply, this topic already annoyed him a little bit. He already thought about a non-descriptive, diplomatic answer, when something really convenient interrupted the conversation.

“Hello friends” a calm and friendly male voice approached them. It was the maned wolf Legoshi had been talking too earlier this week, he was carrying a tray with food of his own, apparently being on his way towards a free table. “I’m sorry to interrupt…”

“Ookami” Legoshi greeted him. He seemed somewhat excited but slightly nervous as well.

The maned wolf nodded with a casual, well-spirited smile.

“…I just wanted to say thank you! And well done for saving your mate from drama-club! A friend of mine was there as well and she was really scared when it happened. I’m glad you’re looking out for your friends.”

“I…uh…yeah” Legoshi said, nodding with a humble smile, “Of course.”

“I hear you’re on stage now too…” he continued.

“Yeah, they needed someone to replace one of the actors from the incident.”

“Awesome! You deserve it man!”

“I mean…I’ve never been on stage before. So I hope you can do it justice.”

“I think it’s awesome you’re doing it in the first place. I think your club friends will be really grateful too. I’m rooting for you!”

The maned wolf now patted his shoulders twice, then he grabbed his tray with both hands again.

“Have a nice weekend guys!”

“Yeah…” Legoshi waved after him, actually smiling a bit now, “You too!”

 

Jack looked somewhat puzzled though. He still couldn’t quite understand why Legoshi was so happy and unbothered to meet this guy again. To him all that just sounded like hollow words.

“…wait, isn’t that the guy who you said slept with Juno just recently?” he pretty much immediately shared his aversion.

Legoshi nodded slowly.

“How…I mean…how can you stay so relaxed about this?”

“He is a nice guy. And it’s not like Juno can’t make her own decisions. I messed up on Wednesday and he was there for her. And he’s not a douche about it, is he?”

Jack still seemed somewhat disappointed for some reason Legoshi didn’t entirely understand.

“I mean…he seems polite and friendly…” Jack now explained, “…but he was kinda taking advantage of Juno’s situation as well. She pretty clearly had feelings for you, and I get the vibe that he knew that all along. He just doesn’t want to get onto your bad side.”

“What bad side, Jack?” Legoshi asked, sounding rather irritated about it now.

“I…I mean…” the lab stuttered, “Come on, Legoshi! You know I didn’t mean it like that! I know you don’t become violent for no good reason!”

The wolf continued eating his breakfast, really not fond of this topic at all.

“It’s just…you’re becoming kind of popular right now! I mean, first you saved someone from your club and now you’re having a role in the show as well? You’re gonna be all over the school wave!”

“…I don’t know what I want with Juno just yet” Legoshi now shared his thoughts with a little sigh, “For now I’m just trying to make the both of us feel more comfortable and confident for the drama-club premiere.”

The labrador now stopped in his tracks once more, just looking at the wolf in great disbelief.

“So you’re just taking advantage of her situation as well?!”

“What? No, Jack! She wanted to have sex with me yesterday! I didn’t force her into anything!”

Legoshi now looked around a bit as he noticed that people were looking at them.

“I know you didn’t force her” Jack sighed while shaking his head, now lowering his voice as well, “I’m just trying to warn you. That girl is in love with you! She wants to be close to you. This is not just about the sex. She has feelings, and you’ll probably break her heart when she finds out this has just been a casual fling for you.”

The wolf now finished off then last few bites of his breakfast, then he pulled out his phone to check the time. It seemed like he really should be going towards his rehearsals soon. He already stood up from his seat, swallowing down the rest of his coffee before he put the empty mug back down onto the tray and took it all with him. It appeared the had completely dismissed the topic with that.

“Have a nice day, Jack. See you later!” he told his friend, trying to force a confident smile, then he went on his way.

 

 

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The dynamics had changed a little bit since the last rehearsal session they had last evening. Tem was putting out an energy as if somebody had lit a flame under his tail. His voice was louder and filled with purpose, the swing of his sword surprised Legoshi a little bit.

But that wasn’t the only thing that was odd about the alpaca today. There was a smell to him that seemed familiar. He didn’t only smell like alpaca but also like rabbit, not much but Legoshi was sure of it nevertheless. And it distracted him.

“Come on, Legoshi” Juno told him, still watching from the sidelines, “You can do this!”

She was here more to watch than to actually rehearse with them as it turned out. There was one scene in which she would somewhat interact with the roles Tem and Legoshi now filled, but they would have worked without her being there for rehearsal purposes anyway. But it appeared she wasn’t too bored watching.

 

Now she was talking to Sanu while Tem and Legoshi were taking a little breather.

“Wow, it seems like you have quite a fan on your side, Legoshi?” Tem whispered towards him with a wink.

Legoshi found it a little bit odd that Tem rather pointed that out instead of him not being very focused today, so that immediately added to his first initial suspicion. Tem was hiding something from him. Something that appeared to give him quite a lot of confidence and self-esteem for that matter.

Not answering or reacting to anything that was being said, the wolf took a sip of water from his bottle and closed his eyes for a moment. He had felt quite content with the situation this far, it seemed to have been a good thing that he had stored the condoms in his locker for now rather than having them in his pockets where he would feel them occasionally and remind him of what else could potentially be happening today.

Juno occasionally waved at him with an excited giggle when he looked towards her, he caught himself slipping a little smile more than once already.

“Did you think about what I said by the way?” Tem now added, quietly enough so Juno couldn’t overhear it even if she were listening.

“What do you mean?” Legoshi asked.

“About…you know…getting closer with Juno and so on?” the alpaca explained, “I saw you two talking after rehearsals yesterday…”

“Oh” the wolf said, finding himself nodding very slowly but then shrugging his shoulders, “I don’t know, maybe.”

The wolf purposefully made it sound like he hadn’t really thought about all that yet, he didn’t feel like he could trust Tem with that right now. And he didn’t want rumors to spread.

“Come on” he now got back to topic, tossing his water bottle to the side and grabbing his wooden sword again, “Let’s try this once more!”

 

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“Come on, Eric” his band-mate Sora told him, putting a hand on his shoulder, “Practice room is busy, but I’m sure that little vixen will be done soon anyway.”

The spotted hyena with them still just looked at the petite fox girl at the electric piano. What she played sounded harmonic and well timed, she looked like she felt every single note she hit.

His friends might not see it, but what she did actually took a substantial amount of skill he was pretty sure. This was more advanced that just some chords, a progressive bass line or a drum beat that slightly changed from time to time.

As it was the weekend, she wasn’t wearing a Cherryton school uniform but just some royal blue jogging pants and a plain grey T-shirt that seemed two numbers too large for her. Miguno couldn’t quite tell if she tried to look laid back or just wasn’t all that confident in her body, but he still thought she looked quite cute. No over exaggerated make-up, no golden chains or other accessories. Her fur was mostly white or light grey but with darker grey-ish or even black spots here and there. One of her ears was completely black and the grey spot went across the entire top left of her head. He noticed that she slightly moved her head with every different chord she hit, he really was quite fascinated right now.

“God, I hate classical music” Eric, a raccoon playing drums in his band commented with a dirty cackle. “Maybe we should show her what real music sounds like, little girly only playing what our teachers want us to learn.”

Miguno found himself nodding slowly, but he actually hadn’t really listened to their bickering. He couldn’t really understand their impatience right now. They have been waiting for three minutes maybe, and apart from her there was nobody else here today anyway. It was almost impossible to get this room all to yourself normally. And he didn’t feel like bullying someone away just because they were alone. She was talented and she had every right to be here as well, even if it was slightly inconvenient that they had to wait right now.

“Let’s get some ice-cream first” the vulture playing the bass suggested then. “We’ll come back afterwards and then we’ll have the room all to ourselves.”

Miguno felt that someone rattled on his shoulders, but he still didn’t move a muscle and just kept sitting there, clutching the case of his treasured guitar.

She hadn’t even opened her eyes once since they’ve entered the room. She didn’t need to look at the keys in front of her, she didn’t need any sheets or references. It probably wasn’t even a song she played, she just improvised and listened. Sometimes loud, sometimes quietly, the suddenly really fast and then really slow and calm again.

As far as she was concerned, she had this whole room to herself right now. A room big enough to easily fit an entire choir or a band of multiple people.

Apart from the electric baby grand piano there were a drum set, a few rather inexpensive acoustic and electric guitars, a PA system with an analog mixing table, a few microphones and a whole bunch of chairs and note-stands provided for the students and for music lessons here. After school hours and on weekends, pupils who convinced the teachers they would use it for a legit purpose were allowed to used it to practice or rehearse with their bands.

She obviously was talented enough to be here.

 

“Hey! Miguuunooo!” Eric now yelled into his ears from really close nearby.

This seemed to be the first time the vixen noticed that she wasn’t alone in the room anymore. She seemed a bit startled as well, lifting her hands of the keys and then pulling her right foot off the sustain as well to make the instrument fall silent.

“Oh, I’m sorry” she apologized lowly, “I didn’t hear you coming.”

Miguno’s band mates, now hopeful again that she would leave soon, stopped in their tracks to convince him of their ice-cream idea and got up from the chairs they had been sitting on.

“H-hey, it’s okay” Miguno told her, still rather well-spirited and patient compared to his band-mates.

“It’s the first time I’ve been in this room” she said lowly, getting up from the piano seat, “It’s for everyone, right? Or should I have gotten an appointment? Sorry, I’m new to this school!”

“Uh…well” Miguno explained, “Not really. Sometimes you just have to patient I guess.”

“I’m sorry” she apologized again, feeling rather insecure still, “I was just trying it out anyway.”

The hyena nodded politely as his band-mates were already shamelessly setting up their instruments like the room was theirs now. He felt like they were being a little bit rude to a friendly musician who was being really polite and understanding, but as it looked like she wanted to leave the room to them anyways, he slowly but surely began setting up as well.

Noticing that she still watched them with somewhat of an interest, he now pulled his firey yellow, orange and red electric guitar from its case carefully and plugged it into the rather inexpensive amp the school provided for the students in this room.

She closed her eyes again when Miguno struck the first chord to adjust the loudness, her ears were twitching very slightly and her expression changed a bit. Something seemed off to her as it looked like, but she didn’t say anything.

As the rest of the band didn’t mind that she stayed and watched either, they quickly get on with testing their instruments as well. Soon later they were ready to practice the new song they had been working on.

 

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“You weren’t kidding” Kai whispered towards Tem while they were changing in the locker-room, “She really is into him!”

Legoshi now stopped in his tracks for a moment as he was searching though his own locker. He was trying to find the condoms he had stored in there earlier; they seemed to have fallen behind his shoes and he had to remove some other stuff first to get to them again.

“Yeah” Tem affirmed with a slight chuckle, “I think it was quite obvious from the start.”

“Lucky guy” the mongoose commented, “Might lose his virginity one day after all.”

Legoshi just nodded slowly as they both were pretty clearly talking about him, but he didn’t say anything. He rather had his attention on Tem again, who somehow also looked a bit conflicted about this topic. But whatever the reason for the alpaca’s nervousness might be, Legoshi couldn’t say he really was interested in finding out. He had just one thing on his mind right now, everything else felt like an unwelcome distraction.

The wolf looked at the two condoms he now held in his hands again. He had purchased an entire box this morning, but the majority he had left in his hideout in the dorm of course. His hands were still inside the locker right now, waiting for a good opportunity to transfer them into his pockets without them seeing anything.

 

“Rehearsals went well I think” Tem now changed the topic since they noticed Legoshi didn’t really want to share any potentially intimate details right now, “I think we must not be ashamed of ourselves on that stage!”

Kai didn’t say anything but just shrugged his shoulders. Then he began undressing himself just like he had on the day before, grabbed his shampoo and towel and headed towards the shower. Tem found himself looking after him again for a moment, then his head disappeared in his own locker as he was searching for something.

Legoshi used that moment to put the condoms into his pockets, making sure it wasn’t the same one his keychain was in. They were now over his wallet but under where he would put his phone normally. He managed to pull his hands free just before Tem was done with his locker.

“He’s not all that talkative anymore, is he?” Tem chuckled, hinting towards the showers with his head.

“He’s rather ambitious about his role though” Legoshi commented, “Almost a little over-kill on stage if you ask me.”

Tem nodded with a smile, it seemed he had noticed that as well.

“He has quite an ego, that’s for sure. But yeah, it’s a bit much.”

“…you were much more energetic today though” Legoshi now mentioned.

He didn’t really imply anything with that comment, at least he didn’t want it to sound like he did, but it seemed Tem was still picking up a vibe that the wolf wanted him to say something anyway.

“Does he somehow know he had met up with Haru yesterday?”  Tem asked himself.

“I…finally had a good night’s sleep last night” the alpaca said towards him with a shrug, “The pressure had been getting to me a little I think, but I am more relaxed about it now.”

“Good to hear” Legoshi said with a forced smile, then he turned his attention to his phone for a moment. They’ve been in the locker for only a couple of minutes, he couldn’t really tell if Juno would be waiting for him in the hallway already or if she would need another moment to herself as well maybe.

He thought about what they talked about yesterday when they were in the storage room.

“Bring condoms, don’t make me wait for too long” she had said.

Did she mean like…right after rehearsals today? Does she expect us to just go there again and continue where we have left off yesterday? Considering the possibility that that might actually was about to happen right now, he then pretty suddenly had to admit to himself that he wasn’t really in the mood for it right now. At least not immediately right now.

Maybe he couldn’t match her expectations, maybe this was ‘moving too quickly’ after all. It felt like this could somehow weaken the good relationship he had with her right now. Maybe we could get some ice-cream first or something? Something sweet and innocent after all that exhausting and exciting stuff in drama club practice. Yeah, this is a good idea! Calm things down first of all.

 

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“Hey, everything alright, Legoshi?” she asked him when he found her in the hallway.

She had been waiting for a few minutes already, she didn’t feel like changing from her outfit considering what she had in mind doing with him right now.

“Yeah” he said with a little smile, trying to sound casual.

“You got any plans this afternoon?” she asked, trying to sound casual as well but not being ashamed to hint about what she had in mind.

He smiled a little, it seemed like he must not feel ashamed that he knew. But there was a slight hesitance in his body language.

“You…wanna get some ice-cream or something?” he then suggested out of the blue, “I’m not really in the mood for…that…right now.”

“Oh, okay?” she said, not too disappointed but surely a little confused, “Something wrong?”

“It’s just…those guys are all so small minded sometimes. It’s like…they’re talking behind your back while you’re listening and they know you can hear them.”

This made her smile and also relax a little bit. He wasn’t in the mood right now, but he would be later. He just needed a little bit of casually hanging out with her, probably. Something relaxing to calm things down a bit first.

“Yeah, sure! I would love to get some ice-cream!”

He smiled at her and reached her a hand like a gentleman, leading the way towards the exit. She giggled contentedly and followed him.

 

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“Something is off today” Sora complained is great frustration, “Migu, are you sure your strings are in tune?”

The hyena just nodded once again. He felt confident about it, he was sure it had sounded like this the last time they had practiced as well and nobody was complaining then either. His ego as a musician couldn’t handle any of these criticisms right now. The flow just wasn’t there today, his confidence had suffered greatly because of that already.

The white and grey vixen was still here in the room with them, it appeared she didn’t really have anywhere to be today and this was still interesting enough to stay. Even though Miguno really didn’t mind an audience normally, he was a bit nervous now that she was there.

She was just sitting there on one of the chairs. While they were talking and bouncing idea’s she looked at her phone, while they played she listened with closed eyes. Miguno thought he could see her ears twitch very slightly whenever they hit a wrong note or someone messed up the timing.

They tried with their song one more time, but just about half way through something with their timing didn’t add up and everything quickly fell apart yet once again.

“Fuck this” the vulture now complained, unplugging his bass and packing it up without another thought, “I’m done for today.”

“Come on, man” Miguno told him.

“Sorry guys, I don’t feel it today.”

“Well…” Eric light heartedly agreed, grabbing his sticks and following him, “Guess that’s that. At least we can go get some ice-cream now.”

Miguno just sighed once again, it didn’t seem like there was any chance of convincing them to stay any longer. It really bummed him out that they were always giving up this easy when something didn’t work out right away, but today was just one of these days as it looked like.

 

He hadn’t gotten up from his seat yet though. He wasn’t done practicing yet, playing his Guitar was a lot more fun when he could plug it in and he wasn’t bothering his dormmates with the noise either.

“You coming?” Sora asked the hyena, but he just shook his head slightly and waved them goodbye. “Alright, later then.”

Miguno took a seat on one of the chairs for a moment. Then he pulled out his phone and checked his messages. There were none.

“He’s right though” he then suddenly heard the white and grey vixen’s voice approach him carefully.

“Huh?” he asked, looking up towards her.

“Two of your strings are slightly out of tune” she pointed out at the guitar in his lap.

He just looked at her in slight disbelief now, that was an oddly specific observation.

“…I…I’m sorry. I didn’t want to be rude. It’s just…you’re upper E string and the B are slightly overturned.”

He looked down at his fretboard and plucked one of the strings she mentioned. Then he experimentally turned on the tuner a little pit and plucked it again.

“There you go” she then said suddenly. She had walked over towards the piano quickly and hit an E key when he plucked on his E string. It sounded absolutely harmonic now and he dumbfoundedly had to admit that she had been just plain right about that.

He tried the second string she had mentioned earlier, she played the same note on the piano for reference again. Soon later she nodded contentedly.

“Y-you heard that just from listening to us play?” he asked in great disbelief.

She nodded slowly and with a shy little smile.

“How did you do that?”

She just shrugged her shoulders a bit.

“That was amazing!”

“Heh, thanks” she waved it off.

“Do you have a perfect pitch or something? How did you learn that?”

“Guess I inherited it from my dad” she said, “But it’s far from perfect yet.”

“Is he…like a jazz musician or something? I’ve never actually met someone who can do that!”

She seemed a little hesitant to answer that question. “…something like that. He really likes music.”

“Guess you’re not much into the stuff we’re playing though, right?”

She didn’t shake her head but rather just shrugged her shoulders a little. “I generally like all types of music. I think you’re not doing too badly by the way, it’s hard to play together at first. Especially at that pace.”

“We’ve been trying for a few months now” Miguno sighed, “But they often get discouraged easily.”

“Wanna try?” she asked with a courageous and excited little smile, “I can lay some chords down if you want.”

“I uh…” he said, a little confused because she took a seat at the piano again, “You sure?”

She just nodded with a little smile, then she hit a few of the lower bass keys, and just after a few seconds she had already figured out the chord progression Sora had played on his bass earlier.

“Whoa” he chuckled, being quite stomped yet once again, “Okay…”

“Something like that, right?” she asked.

“Yeah! I…I never knew a piano could sound like that.”

She just nodded with a little smile, then she began playing again.

Miguno didn’t waste a single second and immediately joined in with his guitar, he was already convinced he must not waste an opportunity like this.

“Damn, okay!” he thought, a little smile was creeping on his face, “Who is this girl and how have I not met her before? Damn she’s awesome!”

 

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“Do you think they know something?” she asked with great interest, “The other boys from drama club I mean.”

Legoshi nodded slowly, looking at her with a rather shy and uncomfortable expression, “Is that bad?”

She looked at him with an amused giggle while tilting her head a little bit.

“Why would it be bad?”

“It’s just…they all seem a bit jealous and it feels like I don’t deserve to be with someone like you. Like this I mean! I…”

“Oh I don’t mind them being jealous” she giggled, “Most girls really like it to be desired by boys.”

They kept walking side by side for a moment, just enjoying the powerful warm sun on their skins. The park was full of students, lying in the grass, playing frisbee, talking in little groups. It was quite peaceful for a Saturday; a majority of the students had left the school promises over the weekend as it seemed. At least it felt that way.

“I just…they make me feel like I’m so far out of your league. And it seems they’re right.”

She was genuinely taken aback for a moment. “Who is making you feel like that? Tem and Kai?”

He nodded slowly again. They were nearing the edge of the school premises in the meanwhile, the street the ice-cream shop was in sight already.

“…and what makes you think they’re right about that?”

“I mean…you’re fun and exciting and everyone immediately likes you” he said, trying to sound positive, “And I was always just the awkward silent kid in the background. It feels like they’d all hate me for being with you.”

“Oh, come on” she said, stopping him in his tracks and rubbing her head against the underside of his chin for a moment, “I’m sure they’ll see you differently once they’ve seen you on stage. And once everyone knows that you’re the one who saved the drama-club and its performance.”

Legoshi actually really enjoyed her being this close right now. It felt right, even though other students were around and saw them, he didn’t dislike the idea of being seen as a couple anymore. It didn’t feel wrong anymore. His hopes of ever coming together with Haru had been far in the background since yesterday’s rehearsals already, the pain of knowing that Durham and others slept with her just because they could was not to be noticed anymore either. They would be jealous of him now if they found out he was with a pretty girl from his species. And that she really seemed to like him for who he was.

He now was happier again, his tail started wagging a little bit.

“...but then they also talk about all this like it’s not a big deal” he got back to topic, “Like I shouldn’t make a big deal out of this.”

“That just sounds like jealousy as well if you ask me” she chuckled, “And by the way, I don’t think you’re out of my league, Legoshi. And especially not compared to either of them. They’re not as great as they think they are, especially that mongoose.”

Legoshi now actually tried not to smile too widely when she said that.

He was feeling a lot better about everything now. Almost a little too confident for his standards.

The line in front of the ice-cream shop was not as long as they had expected. They only had to wait for a couple of minutes, it still was rather calm and pleasant. Casually being here with a pretty girl filled him with a lot of confidence. He wasn’t used to it, but it was a nice feeling and he enjoyed it.

At one of the round plastic tables, he noticed two other students he thought he had seen before. A vulture and a raccoon, Legoshi remembered that he had seen them hang out with Miguno before. They must have remembered him as well, they nodded shortly when he looked at them. He nodded too, still feeling quite confident. Juno was resting her head on his shoulders playfully while they waited. He guessed that the both of them wearing the same drama-club outfit must make them look like a couple even more.

They were close enough to the counter now so they could inspect all the different flavors they offered today. Juno seemed very interested in reading all the little signs with the pictures of the individual flavors, trying to decide what to try today, Legoshi on the other hand knew exactly what he wanted. What he always took, the safe bet. Pistachio and Hazelnut.

“I kinda feel like berries today” Juno exclaimed as if asking for opinions.

“I…kinda like nut flavors” he said, “Can’t really tell if berries are good here…”

“Guess I have to try and find out” she said optimistically. Then it was already her turn to tell the vendor what she wanted. She chose raspberry and strawberry in a cone.

“Oh shoot” she said then, grasping her empty pockets, “I left my wallet in my locker.”

“Uhh…that’s no problem!” Legoshi quickly reacted, reaching for his own pockets.

Feeling a little bit rushed and not wanting the other people in line to have to wait for them, he awkwardly ripped the wallet from his pockets with one hasty motion. What he had completely forgotten however were the two condoms in their quadratic wrappers, and one of them came out with the wallet and fell onto the floor for everyone to see.

He immediately got onto his knees of course, quickly grabbing it with his left hand in slight panic, but of course it was too late. Some people had seen it and the embarrassing was already done.

Juno just giggled a little bit as Legoshi tried to act over it like nothing had happened. He already knew he must look like the most desperate loser imaginable. There it went again his newfound confidence.

“Uhm…” he stuttered to the vendor, a patient and friendly Armadillo in his mid-forties who now smiled in slight amusement as well though, “I’ll have Hazelnut and Pistachio in a cup please! I’ll pay for hers too!”

He nodded and got to work, Legoshi was really glad he didn’t hit him with some kind of patter. Telling him how much of a gentleman he was treating a girl to some ice-cream or something of that nature. Embarrass him even more since he probably saw the condom as well.

His confidence had taken a big hit just now, he really should have done this more cleverly.

Legoshi paid for the ice-cream, then he quietly followed the still highly amused Juno through the shop towards a table that was free. One in a far-off corner of the store just became unoccupied anyway as a group of three rabbit girls got up and left.

He took a seat next to her, she was already contentedly licking over the strawberry part of her ice-cream.

Then she looked right at him again with a smile.

“Sorry” he muttered lowly.

“Haha, sorry for what?” she grinned, “It was very sweet of you to pay for my ice-cream!”

He still rather looked at his cup of ice cream in slight embarrassment, poking around in it with the spoon.

“…you know what I mean” he then said, “I didn’t want them all to see…you know…”

She still just smiled about it, contentedly slurping on her strawberry ice.

“I’m not embarrassed about that if that’s what you mean” she then clarified, “Honestly, I’m rather excited you already got some.”

“Y-yeah?”

She now leaned in a little bit closer, whispering “I was so horny the whole night already, I almost couldn’t sleep.”

Legoshi started blushing a little bit now, but he also felt a little smile creeping onto his face. He would be lying if he said he didn’t have rather similar issues last night while trying to fall asleep.

“…did you make sure they fit you?” she asked with an excited giggle.

“Wh-what do you mean?”

“Did you test them already?” she whispered, “Do they fit you? Damn, talking about this makes me so excited.”

“I…no. I just got them this morning” he replied lowly, carefully looking around the room if anyone was in earshot.

Miguno’s friends were still here but not looking over, other people generally minded their own business as well. It appeared to not be as weird or as interesting what had happened earlier as he still felt like it was.

He looked at her again as she was licking all around the cone where the melting ice-cream was running down, for a moment he imagined what it would feel like when she would lick around his erect shaft like that. Her talking about it suddenly had activated something inside him. Something of a primal urge, something that got him really excited. It all seemed so easy all of a sudden. Like he could just tell her what he wanted to try and like she would probably like it as well and…

“Can I try your ice cream as well?” she then asked, pulling him back into reality.

“Uh…what?”

She giggled again. “Your ice-cream? Can I try it?”

“Oh!” he said, awkwardly shifting his legs a little bit while reaching his cup and the spoon over to her, “Yeah, sure!”

 

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“That…was amazing” Miguno said with an excited smile while the last notes of their jam session faded slowly.

“Yeah” she agreed with a content smile, “Thanks for letting me play with you.”

“I mean…sure!” he said, not really knowing what to say, “Thank you too! You’re amazing!”

“Oh come on” she waved it off like it was nothing, “I only played some chords.”

“You knew what to play just from listening! And you can actually hold a steady beat!”

She just smiled once again. He hadn’t even mentioned how completely blown away he was about her casually changing the simple chords for some really fast and complicated arpeggios for a few periods of the song. It just sounded so rich and impressive, and she pulled that off like it was nothing.

“Can I ask you your name by the way?” the hyena now asked her, putting his guitar onto his lap for a moment, “I’m Miguno.”

“Y-yeah, I heard” she said lowly, now for some reason more shyly again, “M-my name is Marble.”

Miguno tried his best to show a friendly and inviting smile while reaching her a hand. “Nice to formally meet you, Marble.”

“Y-you too” she said, reaching out for his hand carefully.

 

“...you know what I keep thinking about right now?” he asked her with an ironic little smirk, “How do I convince my band mates that we should add a piano?”

That comment actually made her giggle a little bit. “I…actually play Guitar as well. And a bit of bass sometimes.”

“You’re kidding.”

She now smiled again. “I didn’t have either of those just now. But a piano can be more versatile than you think. I think it can work kinda well in punk rock sometimes.”

Just raising an eyebrow at her, he now pulled the strap of his guitar over his head and reached the instrument over to her. He didn’t trust many people even holding his treasured guitar, but he knew that she was worthy of playing it for sure. She was a musician through and through.

She calmly inspected it for a moment, then she took a seat on the chair next to him and checked the strings for their tune quickly. Swiftly adjusting a few of them very slightly after listening, she tested them again and seemed content with it. Then she effortlessly began playing the riffs Miguno had practiced earlier. He fingers moved over the strings with great ease and precision, after a while she had gotten so used to the guitar that she didn’t even have to look anymore.

He just sat there in great disbelief and wasn’t able to close his mouth. He thought even that sounded more impressive than anything he could ever do himself. She blew him out of the water yet once again. On his own guitar.

But he wasn’t even all that mad about it, it was just fascinating more than anything.

“Damn. Just who is that goddess?”

“Well…not much left of my ego at this point” he said in slightly ironic resignation after she was done improvising his tunes.

“Music is not about ego but about joy” she said lowly but with a smile, “At least that’s what my dad always says.”

“Probably easy to say when you’re as good as that” he said with a chuckle, still rubbing over his forehead with his palms in great disbelief.

“I don’t think you’re doing too badly yourself” she said, handing the guitar back to him, “Please don’t get discouraged by this. I’ve been playing instruments since I was very little.”

“Hey, it’s cool” he said with a smile now, “It’s awesome that you can do that!”

She now shrugged her shoulders a bit once again, making it look like it was not too big of a deal anyway.

That left them with an awkward silence now though.

 

He now went on and put his guitar back into its case. She still remained sitting there, not really knowing what to do with herself as it seemed.

“I think I wanna get out into the sun as well as long as it’s still out” he said upon getting up, “But thanks for hanging with me, that Jam was really fun!”

“Y-yeah” she said, “Thank you too, Miguno! I would gladly do it again sometimes…with you…I-I mean…if that’s okay for you…and…”

His smile widened a little bit. He couldn’t quite tell why she was so nervous all of a sudden, but he thought it was kinda cute. He stopped in his tracks for a moment, considering if it would be too forward to ask her for a number or set a date for another jam-session, coming to the conclusion that it probably was. She seemed so far out of his league, it felt like such a privilege already that she had spent this much time with him today. He felt like he should stop wasting her time at this point, she had politely waited to have this room all to herself again for so long already.

“Sure!” he said, waving her with a friendly smile, “See you around, Marble! Have a nice day!”

She waved as well shortly, having somewhat of a fragile smile on her face as well. He really couldn’t tell if she was just being polite or if she was just really shy in a weird way. She just seemed to have all the confidence in the world while she was playing.

 

 

After the hyena had left her alone in the room, Marble felt really lonely all of a sudden. That hadn’t been a problem for her when she was alone here earlier, but now it felt really awful.

“He doesn’t know who my dad is. How could he know, he’s not in my class. He wasn’t there when I got outed in front of everybody. He was so nice to me. I think I really like him! He could be a good friend, but he would probably be afraid of me too if he knew.”

Her gaze wandered onto the floor slowly but surely. This really bummed her out right now.

“Why didn’t he ask me for my number so we could chat or meet up again later. Guess I’m just not cool enough for someone like him. Guess he was just being polite after all.”

 

At least he wasn’t a jerk about it and stayed a gentleman, even though he’s not really interested in me. At least he talked to me after all.

 

 

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Kai was still sitting on a park bench in the sun, waiting for anything to happen. His dormmates had talked about playing soccer later this afternoon, some classmates wanted to go to the cinema but weren’t really sure of the exact time yet; doing assignments for his classes next week was something he liked to do on Sunday afternoons. Saturdays were just for relaxation and fun in his mind, and since half of it already fell victim to drama-club rehearsal today, now not hearing anything from his dorm-mates or friends was even more frustrating than usually already.

Of course, he didn’t want to look like a lonely loser just sitting there on a park bench all alone, so he mostly looked at his phone, scrolling though Instagram or pretending to be texting with somebody, looking like he was waiting for someone right now who would show up any minute.

But then he looked up from his phone and suddenly spotted something interesting. Legoshi and Juno were walking through the park, and it looked like they were heading back into the drama club building.

“Where are they coming from?” he wondered, “Why are they still wearing their drama-club outfits?”

Propelled by a mixture of boredom and curiosity, he got off the bench and followed them slowly. At first he was trying to catch up with them, maybe casually ask them what they were doing with the rest of their Saturday, but they had already entered the building and the door had fallen shut behind them when he arrived there a few moments later.

They didn’t seem to have noticed him, even though he had not been trying to stay silent while catching up with them.

Then he suddenly slowed down in his step.

“Are they about to fool around in the storage room?” the thought suddenly popped into his head. “No way, Legoshi wouldn’t do that.”

He opened the door and slowly continued on his way deeper into the building. He listened closely while he walked past the locker rooms, he didn’t hear any voices or noises. He slowly walked further down the hallway until he arrived in the rehearsal space, but they weren’t here either.

“Jesus Christ, really?!” he asked himself in slight disbelief.

Not really believing in it but still too curious to stop himself, he continued towards a room he was just too familiar with. The club’s storage room where they kept all the spare spotlights, parts of the stage build, props, costumes and everything else you might need for a theatre production. From his time in the art-department he remembered it just too well, being in here for hours, breathing in old dust and stale dry air while working on fixtures and set pieces, doing the most boring tasks imaginable.

He opened the door as slowly and quietly as possible, and as soon as he had his head inside the room, he heard them.

“No way” he thought, “This can’t be real.”

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I’ll hook you up with chapter 5.2 (horny chapter) really soon, I promise ;)

Chapter 6: Chapter 5.2 - Just the two of us

Horny warning, proceed with caution!

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Chapter 5.2 – Just the two of us

Juno was not to be stopped anymore. She had immediately started kissing him again as soon as they had returned to their spot in the storage room from yesterday.

Nobody else was in this building anymore anyway, all the other students and teachers were way too busy enjoying the weather and their weekends.

Apart from Tem, Kai and Sanu, they had been the only ones at the extra rehearsals today, they were certain nobody would search for them here right now.

Juno thought that she has had herself under control quite well during those rehearsals and throughout their trip to the ice-cream shop as well, but now she didn’t hold herself back anymore.

Faster than Legoshi could look, she had pulled his T-shirt over his head, and after having a little bit of a sloppy tongue-fight with him, she followed the cream-colored fur that started under his chin all the way down his stomach towards the rim of his red pants. Just like the day before, Legoshi just stood there and watched her in great disbelief.

But he didn’t stop her when she grabbed the rim of his pants, pulled them down his legs a bit and soon later did the same with his boxers.

Unlike she had been expecting it, he wasn’t at full mast yet when she first had it before her face, but knowing that he still was a bit nervous about this, she didn’t take it as an insult. She rather licked over her lips in a teasing fashion, looking up towards him with gleaming eyes and a big horny grin.

Then she didn’t lose any more time and engulfed his length as far as she managed without gagging. A shudder went through his entire body when he felt her warm and wet embrace around his penis, he could feel it from the tip of his tail all the way up his spine. She held on to the back of his thighs with both hands, pulling him even closer towards her.

He just let her do what she was doing, hanging his head back in pleasure while trying not to fall over. She soon noticed that he didn’t really know what to do with his hands, so she thought she’d give him some instructions. Pulling away from his now considerably longer and thicker shaft, she started manhandling it with her hands for a moment and smiled at him again.

“Does that feel good?” she asked, panting slightly.

“Y-yeah…really good!” he smiled down towards her.

“You can hold on to the back of my head if you want” she told him, “I really don’t mind. But please don’t push too hard, I’m not sure I can fit all of it!”

“Y…you don’t have to, I mean-“

But he didn’t come any further before had aimed the tip of his dick at her mouth and pulled him towards her again. She was just so horny.

“Ahh” he sighed in great delight once again as she now went down on him even harder. She really seemed hungry and desperate, Legoshi could literally feel how his body pumped more and more blood into his lower area.

Not wanting to not follow her instructions, he now used one of his hands to hold onto the back of her fluffy head and guide her a bit, eventually starting to thrust in and out of her mouth slowly.

Her throat felt really warm and tight, but after a while it became clear that she couldn’t take much more than two thirds of his now fully engaged shaft and eventually really struggled with breathing as well.

Legoshi immediately let her pull away when she signalized him too, for a moment he was worried she didn’t like it or didn’t want to do this with him anymore, but it appeared she just needed a break.

“Wow” she just giggled up towards him, rubbing her cheek against his hard length, “This is so hot! I should have done this yesterday already. It feels so warm and exciting, Legoshi! I’m dripping already!”

“R-really?” he ask, just staring at her dumbly.

“Wanna see?” she asked with a teasing smirk.

The male wolf just nodded excitedly, reaching her a hand to help her get back up on her feet again. She went a few steps further down the isle where she found a big touring-case that housed something Legoshi couldn’t even remember. It had a bunch of stuff on it, but when she asked him if they could clear it away, he immediately got to work and put everything that was on it either into the shelves next to it or on the floor.

He wasn’t all that careful as he normally was with the school properties he just noticed, because when he put one of the heavy old PC lens-fixtures onto the floor, he heard something shatter inside its housing. It either was the lens or the bulb, so the device surely would require some maintenance before being used again. But he didn’t really care right now as nobody would know it was him who broke it and it probably wouldn’t be used in quite a while anyway. He truly was more concerned about his dick right now than about anything else. He felt a little but not too bad about that.

When it was all clear, he quickly snapped on the brakes of the case-wheels he could reach right now so the case wouldn’t roll away. Doing all this somehow felt just as weird as it felt exciting with his massive erection hanging out of his pants. She watched in great delight and fascination. He was eager to make this work and she really enjoyed that.

Juno casually took a seat on the edge and laid her upper body down so it was just her legs dangling over the edge. She seductively smiled at him as she now perfectly presented her crotch towards him.

She lifted her legs up when he grabbed her pants to pull them down. As they would be in the way if he didn’t remove them completely, he pulled them over both her feet and carefully tossed them to the side, then he knelt down before the case and his face was on an almost perfect level with her glistering hot vagina.

He was a real wolf right now, just guided by his instincts and his perverted desires. He was all that she ever knew that he could be.

 

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Kai found himself holding his breath again when he watched Legoshi as he started licking and penetrating the female wolf before him. The mongoose hadn’t moved a single inch from his position, he didn’t really need to anyway since he knew from experience that he was in a really dark corner of the room right now anyway. He had held his breath before as well when Juno had started sucking his cock without any shame, he found himself just as fascinated as he was disgusted by this.

The male wolf stuffing his fat shaft into her mouth like that left somewhat of an impression though. He had to admit that the usually rather quiet and holding back wolf really surprised him right now. He was just a perverted teen after all, even though he had been good at hiding it so far. Still waters really ran deep as it seemed.

Kai didn’t exactly want to ever see Legoshi like this, but as for Juno that was a very different story. She just looked so hot when she presented her pussy to him like that. If he had been in his shoes, he would have already had walked up to that case and sunk his erection into her beautiful tight opening. The white fur on her stomach continued all the way down towards the underside of her tail, somehow highlight her glistering hot and wet pussy even more on her gorgeous body. She was just as hot under her clothes as he always had imagined her to be.

He had surely noticed that he was sporting half a boner as well in the meanwhile, he had already opened the zipper a bit so he could tuck it under the waistband of his boxers more easily.

“Fuck she’s so perfect! I would nail her so good right now! Why is that boring loser the one who gets to screw her?”

He really wanted to touch himself right now, but he just couldn’t risk it. If he would get caught by them right now, he couldn’t talk himself out of it. He was not here by accident; he had no official business here right now.

So he just kept on watching from a safe distance, really hoping he wouldn’t have to sneeze anytime soon which the dust in here caused him to sometimes.

 

-

 

“Okay” Juno panted after a little while, “I can’t take it anymore! I need you inside me right now!”

“O-okay” he said with nervous excitement, helping her sit up as she tried to lift herself off the case with her arms.

“Come on” she giggled, “Get it out already!”

“Uh…” he said, awkwardly fidgeting a condom from his pocket as his pants had fallen all the way down towards his feet when he got up from his kneeling position.

She watched him trying to open it for a little while, but then she became a little impatient.

“Give it to me” she demanded with a chuckle. Soon later she had found the tear-strip and freed the condom from its wrapper.

She waved him to come a little closer and tightly grabbed his pulsating shaft, rubbing it a bit to get it back to its full hardness. Then she carefully placed the rubber on his tip and started unrolling it over his flesh. He just stood there and watched as she did the job for him which he had wondered about all day if he would be able to do correctly himself. It even seemed like she had fun with this task.

It was a tight fit, even though as he had already purchased the Large Canine L size, but it went relatively smooth until she reached the knot.

“Wow” she giggled again, “You know it has to get over that as well, right?”

“Y-yeah…” he said, “Wait…let me try…”

He tried stretching it a little more a couple of times, then he finally was able to grab it at a good angle and pull it all the way over his knot as well. The condom was a little wider at the base, but it still was really tight and caused him some slight discomfort. He already knew he would buy the bigger ones next time.

“Alright” she said contentedly.

Then she elegantly turned around her own axis, rested her palms on the top of the case and raised her tail for him.

 

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Kai felt like he would be having a nose-bleed soon when he watched as the pretty, red furred wolfess just turned around and presented her thick, muscular and perfect ass to him. The afternoon sunlight that shined through the windows in the roof brightly illuminated certain spots in the storage room, and one of those spots was that case she was leaning on right now. And her beautiful openings. And the now broken light-fixture that Legoshi had put on the floor earlier rather carelessly.

His erection began pulsating even harder now, he wasn’t sure how much longer he could stand this.

 

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Legoshi had just stopped thinking at this point and did what felt right to him. He came closer and closer towards her, stroking his cock a couple of times, getting used to the feeling of the condom around it. Then he carefully took aim and placed the tip of his penis right at her waiting entrance. It did look kind of large compared to her tight vulva, but he was pretty sure she would say something if it was going to be too painful.

He felt a little bit ashamed when he took a closer look at her big beautiful butt and tight and actively twitching anus, but since she didn’t seem to mind presenting it to him like that, it didn’t feel like anyone could judge him for it either. This was the best thing he had seen in his entire life so far.

When he felt comfortable about his positioning, he gently held onto her sides and started pushing. His stiff flesh parted her walls with relative ease at first, but as the bulbous part of his tip was in and he tried pushing further it suddenly became really tight and she winced a little bit.

“Slow down, Legoshi. Please, I’m sorry!” she panted under her breath, “It’s really big!”

“S-sorry!” he said, immediately pulling it all the way out again, “I didn’t want to hurt you!”

“No! It’s fine, really!” she assured, “Just slow down and let me get used to it, okay?”

“Yeah.”

“Please put it back in, you feel really nice and exciting!”

Having lined it up again, he now entered her more slowly and with gentle little thrusts to penetrate her further, this seemed to work way better for her than him just pushing with a lot of force. Her pussy was really wet and her walls clamped wonderfully tight around his hard flesh, he could tell that she was beginning to enjoy the feeling as well in the meanwhile.

“Oh yes, Legoshi” she moaned, “Go faster, go deeper!”

He did as she wished and picked up the pace. He really was thrusting in the meanwhile, the base of his knot hit her pussy lips over and over again. It felt really good and he couldn’t recall ever being more activated than this right now. His body still pumped more and more blood into his dick as it felt like, he could now understand why she was a bit nervous about his size now.

“Yes! You feel so good! Damn you’re so huge! Fuck me harder, please!”

He was now trying his best to thrust into her from behind in their standing position, but it became rather exhausting and tiring from this angle slowly but surely.

“Can we…” he panted, slowing down for a moment, “Can we try a different position maybe?”

“Y-yes” she panted, “Gladly. Wait, I have an idea!”

 

-

 

When Juno climbed onto the case again, this time staying on her knees and presenting her rear to him in a way so he could just stand behind her and her pussy was on the perfect height for him to enter, that was the moment when Kai decided he had to leave. He just couldn’t take it any longer.

He tried his best to quietly sneak towards the door he came from, open it as noiseless as possible and close it behind him just the same way. It seemed to have worked, they hadn’t noticed him. Or that it was him.

Only when he was in the hallway again, he noticed that he still had his fully erect dick tucked under the waistband of his pants but somehow over his T-shirt. If anyone would have seen him right now, this would be the first thing they’d notice.

“Shit” he muttered lowly, then he quickly decided to head into the boys locker-room. Nobody was in here of course, just like expected. Without further ado he went into the showers now, rolled his T-shirt up so he wouldn’t be in the way, pulled down his pants and boxers, finally freeing his raging erection from its uncomfortable position. Then he took it in his right hand, rested his body on the shower wall with his left palm and started stroking away.

“Fucking hell. Just what am I doing right now?!” he thought, but he didn’t stop, “Fuck it. I need to blow this load right now! I can wonder later about what a goddamn perv I am.”

 

-

 

Even though Juno had gotten used to it a little bit in the meanwhile, she now was slightly nervous again presenting her ass to him like this.

Legoshi was a genuinely gentle guy, he would never try to hurt her on purpose or accidentally for that matter, but he surely was a little inexperienced about this whole thing. Of course he was, this was his first time after all. He was gentle and caring, but he also was just a horny wolf, so all logic might quickly fly out the window when he was faced with the natural instinct of cramming his knot into a tight opening.

“Ahhh” she panted loudly as he had pushed the entire length of his shaft into her pussy from behind in this new position for the first time. The bulbous base of his massive erection touched her folds as well every time he was all the way in now, she noticed there was a noticeable bulge in her lower stomach as well.

“A-are you alright?” he asked, giving her a little break as he was really out of breaths from all the thrusting.

“Yes” she panted, “It feels really awesome! I think I’m going to cum soon!”

“Me too” he said, stopping in is tracks for a moment, “Do you think we can try to…?”

“Yes, I would really like for you to try and knot me” she said, “But I need some time to get used to it. You’re very big and this might hurt a little bit at first.”

“Okay…” he said in slight confusion, “…so what should I do?”

“Keep going, try to pick up the pace when you feel like it. Don’t hold back, I’ll tell you if I really can’t take it, okay?”

“Okay.”

“Now” she said, teasingly shifting her hips from left to right a little bit, his cock still half way inside her, “Grab my tail and fuck me, Legoshi!”

He did what she asked him to do, it felt even more exciting than she had anticipated. She was kinda impressed by his stamina too. She knew he was somewhat athletic, but he really went at it like a machine right now. And he wasn’t slowing down, if anything his thrusts got even wilder and harder the longer he went at it. She hit her first orgasm way sooner than him as it turned out, she wasn’t sure how much longer she could actually take it. It was dripping like a waterfall underneath her already, she just had her tongue lapping out of her mouth and her eyes rolled upwards from the glorious dicking she received.

At some point while Legoshi was thrusting away, he figured that this must feel way better for her than it did for him. Now that he was this activated, he noticed that the condom really was a rather tight fit around his dick and that he would have much preferred to feel the actual wetness of her vagina on his flesh while penetrating her. Her drippings were a good lubricant, but the dryness inside the condom and it stretching so tightly over his knot numbed it down quite a bit.

He could tell when she was about to hit another, even stronger orgasm soon. Her entire body shivered and she clamped down even tighter around his flesh now. He was really trying to focus on getting close to an orgasm as well at this point, and even though it hurt he really wanted to know what it was like to bury his knot inside her.

While she yelled his name in pure pleasure, coating everything below her in her juices, he picked up the pace yet once again and started pushing deeper and harder with every thrust.

“Yes, do it! Knot me, Legoshi! Make me yours!” she shamelessly yelled into the dark storage hall.

He didn’t mind her being that loud right now. In that moment he wouldn’t even have minded if someone caught them.

He just took her word for it and pushed forwards with everything he got. His knot stretched her to new limits, she yelped loudly when it suddenly slipped in and it really threw him over the edge as well. This felt a lot better than everything else so far.

“Ahh yes!” she sighed, he almost couldn’t hear her as his brain sort of re-booted when he hit his orgasm. He could feel his cock pulsating even harder now. His knot was swelling up inside her while more and more cum was pumped through his shaft and filled up the reservoir of the condom inside her.

“Yes Legoshi!” she sighed in great pleasure, holding onto her bulged out womb with one of her hands, “Fill me up! Let it all out! You feel so good inside me!”

He just silently sighed in great pleasure as well as more and more semen bulged out the condom inside her. They both already knew they would be stuck like this for a while now, his knot was way too big right now to be removed anytime soon.

After a while she instructed him to lay down onto the case with her in a kind of spooning position that was comfortable for the both of them and her tail really began wagging when he put his arm around her while they were being stuck together anyway.

“Oh wow” she giggled, still with a noticeably sigh of pleasure from the afterglow, “That was really not bad for it being your first time!”

“Y-yeah?” he asked, shifting his hips a bit as he was still trying to find a more comfortable position. His knot still being stuck so tightly really pulled on his sheath, he was trying not to show any signs of weakness. At least not yet. It appeared this felt good for her and he wanted her to feel good as long as possible. He was still so thankful that she did this with him.

“I thought you did great” she affirmed, “I came two times just now.”

It left him with a proud little smile on his face, it seemed like he had done something right after all.

The condom felt like it was really full in the meanwhile. He really hoped it wouldn’t rip or tear when he pulled it out, but he guessed they were designed just for that purpose anyway.

Even though she really had enjoyed it after she had gotten used to it, Juno was secretly hoping that his knot would start shrinking soon. It was really big and hard and at some point it just felt like she was being impaled by a baseball bat. But she also felt quite safe and secure in his warm embrace, she thought it was really cute how he snuggled his snout against her cheek from behind.

Luckily, it did eventually began shrinking and he was able to remove it from her still quivering pussy. When he had pulled his dick completely free, she turned around on the case and looked him in the eyes with a relieved smile. He looked content and happy. She pulled him into another kiss and the wolves both wagged their tails a little bit.

“Thank you, Juno” he whispered lowly, “That was awesome!”

She smiled at him.

“Hey…so since you treated me to ice-cream earlier” she suggested with a smirk, “How about I take you out to dinner?”

“Like…like on a date?” he asked.

“Yeah” she chuckled, “That okay for you?”

“I…” he said, nodding with a slight hint of hesitation at first but then with a welcoming smile, “Yeah! I would like that!”

She smiled happily, then she kissed him again.

“So…” she then asked with a giggle, presenting the torn wrapper of the condom to him “How many of these did you bring?”

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Been a while since I’ve written a full-on horny chapter. Hope it still delivered.

Tell me how I did ;)

 

See you guys later, have a good time!

~furr

Chapter 7: Chapter 6 - Of good boys and bad boys

Hey guys, whats up?

I’m really sorry for the long wait. Again. I wish I had better excuses, but life just gets in the way sometimes.

Hope you still enjoy this story a little bit though!

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Beastars – Behind the spotlight

Chapter 6 – Of good boys and bad boys

“Oh, there she is, look” Miguno pointed out towards the rest of his dorm. He pointed at another table in the cafeteria, of course all of them immediately looked the moment he mentioned it. Almost all of them.

The hyena felt really ashamed now, he really hoped she wouldn’t look up from her breakfast right now and see them stare at her like she was an alien. Luckily, she didn’t.

“Don’t all stare at her at the same time you idiots” he muttered.

The young vixen was sitting all alone at her table, looking a little bit sad, like she had been forgotten. But it appeared there was some truth to the rumors after all.

“It really is her” Durham now said, “A friend of mine from sports club is in her class, she joined the school as a freshman this year.”

“No way! She’s the daughter of the Rico Capaldi?” Voss now asked again, “This can’t be right.”

“I think you would believe it if you heard her play” Miguno explained lowly, “She is off the scale talented. I think she was just toying with me when she was hanging out in the music room with me on Saturday. Like there was a hidden camera somewhere. I still can’t think of any reason why she would go to a school like this in the first place.”

“Whatever the reason, she looks really lonely to be honest” Jack said with sad eyes, the student representative in him really disliked seeing someone left out, “Why don’t you ask her to sit with us?”

“I don’t know, wouldn’t that be super weird?” Miguno asked, “A sophomore asking a freshman to sit with their dorm?”

“I think its sweet” Jack said with a shrug, “I bet she doesn’t have many friends when people are intimidated by who her father is. Maybe that’s because she wants to be at a regular Highschool.”

They all shrugged their shoulders. All but one of them.

“What do you think, Legoshi?”

“Huh?” the wolf asked, looking up from his phone.

“Wow” Jack just commented with a grin towards him.

“I’m sorry, what did I miss?”

“About that girl Miguno likes. I said he should go over and invite her to sit with us so she doesn’t have to eat her breakfast alone.”

“Oh…uhh…yeah, sure! Why not? I don’t mind.”

“I didn’t ask you if you would mind you doofus” Jack sighed, rolling his eyes, “I want you to support your friend! You’re good with girls, show him how to do it!”

“I’m not good with girls, Jack” Legoshi chuckled, “I’m just lucky.”

“Come ooon” the Labrador said while rattling his shoulders, “Leeegoooshi!”

The wolf still looked at this chat with Juno. Their flirting had reached that awkward stage between friendly, sweet couple-talk and lowkey dirty. It was kinda generic he thought, but still, he felt somewhat invincible and untouchable when chatting with her. Like he was the cool kid of the group for once.

But she hadn’t written anything since over five minutes in the meanwhile. It seemed like she had realized as well that she should focus on her breakfast as well. Legoshi had actually spotted her in the cafeteria, her dorm had gathered at a table in a far-off corner of the hall. He had already thought about getting over there and introducing himself to her dorm when he was done, but he still wasn’t entirely sure about that. Maybe this was going too quickly after all.

When they had talked about how they wanted to be seen by other students, Legoshi had suggested to keep it low-key at least until the premiere was over, and even though she couldn’t totally understand why at first, she agreed with him when he told her that expectations were pretty high for him already.

Legoshi put his phone back in his pockets for now and joined in on the conversation his dorm mates were having.

“Who is she?” he asked into the round, very obviously not having listened to their conversation beforehand.

They all looked at him in slight disbelief, it seemed they have never seen Legoshi this distracted before.

“You really are living on another planet since you’ve gotten a girlfriend, aren’t you?” Collot asked him with a big smile.

Legoshi found himself flinching a tiny little bit when he heard the word ‘girlfriend’. He was trying not to show it, but he actually wasn’t all that confident about it yet.

“It’s…yeah” he said, “I’m trying to take it slow. It’s all quite new to me.”

 

“…her name is Marble” Miguno now told Legoshi directly, recapping what he missed, “I met her when I practiced with my band on Saturday. She’s really good at music and I really like her. But she’s shy and there is that thing with her dad, that’s why we think people are afraid of her.”

“Oh” the wolf replied slowly, “Has he done something bad?”

“No” Miguno shook his head, “Quite the opposite. Her dad is Rico Capaldi. International music sensation Rico Capaldi.”

“Oh, yeah I’ve heard of him.”

“Have you now” Voss chuckled, “…we’re still trying to figure out why he would send his daughter to this regular-ass Highschool.”

Legoshi thought about it for another moment, then he got to the on his mind most important question.

“You think she likes you too?” he asked the spotted hyena.

“I mean…I kinda do…” he confessed, “But I also feel like I’m not good enough to hang with someone like her.”

That comment now made him smile a little bit.

“What?” Miguno asked, not sure if he should feel offended by that reaction or not. Legoshi never was one to grief usually, not even ironically.

“I mean…just look at me. I was stage crew in the drama club and now I’m seeing one of the star-actresses. Talk about not feeling good enough.”

They all just looked at the for his standards somewhat over-confident wolf and he just shrugged his shoulders a little bit.

“Gotta give him that I guess” Durham chuckled, “His girlfriend is freaking hot and she really seems to like him.”

Legoshi just shrugged his shoulders again with a motivating smile towards Miguno.

“So you’re saying I should just give it a try?” Miguno asked, now it seemed with the spirit he had been missing this whole time.

“What’s the worst that can happen?” Legoshi asked, “She looks friendly, why don’t you just ask her how she is?”

 

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Bill was nervous about this appointment. It was understandable he was nervous, a lot was riding on this for him.

He was sitting in the waiting room of the hospital, and the principal of his Highschool was sitting right next to him. Gon had insisted on doing this himself, and ever since he had joined Bill here, the young tiger even was too afraid to pull his phone out of his pockets for a moment.

He would have liked to chat with some of his friends right now, maybe it would have helped him calm down a bit, maybe it would have given him some confidence. But he thought the principal might see it as rude to not be totally focused on this really important event right now. And probably for good reason.

Apart from a short greeting, Gon hadn’t really talked to him, he was just sitting there, waiting for a doctor or nurse to come and pick them up.

Bill had rolled around in bed all night long thinking about what to say, how to approach the situation in the most appropriate way, but when it finally happened, he was so weak in the knees he barely was able to walk.

But the meeting went differently than he had imagined it anyway. It was not them getting taken towards him, Louis joined them in the waiting room, and he was walking there. It seemed like he wasn’t tied to the hospital bed anymore, and it looked like he didn’t need a wheelchair either. Just some bandages around his arms and a big plaster on his jaw still indicated the healing injuries he still nursed.

He was still somewhat impaired in his movement and physical strength of course, but the confidence and pride in his stance and expression was back and his demeanor at his usual high standard.

“Thank you for following my request” he greeted the two tigers with a respectful nod.

“O-of course” Bill stuttered lowly.

“I find it courageous and commendable that you’re willing to confront this issue head on like this” Gon told him, getting up from his seat as well now, “I would have well understood if you had preferred to keep your distance.”

“I have learned a valuable lesson, but I refuse to be scared of carnivores losing their temper for the rest of my life” Louis explained, “Also: it was a carnivore who saved me and carried me into the infirmary.”

Bill just nodded wordlessly, not really knowing what to say right now.

“I assume it’s your intention to continue in the drama club?” Gon asked.

“And I intent to continue working with everyone involved” he affirmed, “I will be medically cleared at the end of the week. Of course I won’t perform this time, but I will return to the stage as soon as my body will allow me too.”

Gon nodded slowly but with a content smile. It almost seemed like he hadn’t expected anything else.

“I…I want to say I’m sorry” Bill now finally brought out, “I know it’s no excuse, but I’ve had a really bad and frustrating day already and I just lost control when the argument escalated.”

His words stood in the room for a moment, then he added: “I’m really glad Legoshi stopped me in time and took care of you.”

The deer nodded to those words contentedly, at least it seemed like he was as content as one could be in his situation.

“…I heard they still wanna do the show?” Louis changed the topic.

“You heard correctly” Gon affirmed with a nod, “Sanu was practicing with the understudies already, the club is still determined to make it work.”

“I’m sure it won’t be the same without you in it” Bill added, “But I think they should still be proud to be able to present something after all.”

Louis nodded in agreement. “I imagine Sanu chose Tem for playing my part” he assumed correctly, looking at Bill directly now, “But who did they cast to replace you?”

“Oh, you’re not going to believe this…” Bill said, now with a careful chuckle for the first time.

 

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Legoshi somehow felt just as lost as he felt cool right now. In the first short break he had after his Monday-morning math lessons he met Juno in the hallway. She was hurrying to get to her next lessons as well, but they just like that had stopped in their tracks and shared a really long intense kiss in front of everybody. She had playfully grabbed his tail when she got back on her way again and let it run through her hands with a teasing smirk, he was just standing there looking after her with a dumbfounded smile.

Other students were looking in fascination and jealousy, it was a feeling he had never expected to get to know in his life.

It appeared he had a girlfriend now, and even though it wasn’t like him to brag or show off about it, he felt somewhat proud of it nevertheless.

In the longer morning break he was kinda hoping he would meet her in the hallway again on his way towards the cafeteria, but their paths didn’t seem to cross this time. While waiting in the line at the food pick-up he was looking out for her as well, but he didn’t see her.

Who he saw however was the maned wolf he had gotten to know last week. He was easily to be picked out of a crowd, his bright orange and white fur combined with the brown mane made him stand out like a Christmas-tree on a sunny beachside.

He was sitting alone at a table right now, his left hand holding the sandwich he was chewing on, the right one scrolling through something on his phone lazily. It seemed like no matter how many girls he’s been with, he didn’t have a lot of real friends at this school.

 

As Legoshi still couldn’t see Juno, or anyone else he knew for that matter, he approached his new acquaintance with his own sandwich in his hands, asking if it was alright to take a seat at his table.

“Oh, yeah, sure” Ookami greeted him, putting his phone down onto the table, “Hello Legoshi, how are you?”

“I’m quite well, how are you?”

“I can’t complain” he said with a smile, “Learning for tests is a bit of a drag, but I guess that applies to everybody here.”

Legoshi began unwrapping his egg salat sandwich with hungry eyes, it wasn’t a Wednesday but it still was his first choice whenever it was available.

“So how are things with you and Juno?” he then asked straight away. The way he said it already made Legoshi think he knew something.

“…I’ve seen you two in the ice-cream shop on Saturday, she seemed quite excited!”

“Oh, you were there?” the wolf wondered, somewhat nervous about what was to come but covering it up by casually taking another bite from his sandwich, “Weird I didn’t notice you.”

“I guess you were pretty busy with the pretty lady” he chuckled with a wink now, “But there probably is an explanation why you didn’t see me...”

The maned wolf took another bite as well, then he explained.

“I was with a girl too. But there was only one seat available at the time, so I invited her to sit on my lap. Pretty Husky girl from my class, she’s almost taller than me, so that’s probably why you didn’t see me.”

“Oh, okay…” the wolf chuckled light heartedly. He still had a glimmer of hope left that Ookami didn’t know about the condom that had fallen out of his pockets that day rather embarrassingly.

There was a moment of silence, but then a little smile crept onto the maned wolf’s face again and he tilted his head a little bit.

“So how did it go for you two?” Ookami asks with great interest, “Did you have sex with her then?”

“Y-yeah…” he affirmed lowly and with a little nod, “It was quite exciting.”

“Oh I bet” the maned wolf chuckled, “She’s a wild one when it comes to that! And she knows what she wants.”

Legoshi smiled a bit, then he found himself nodding to that. But since it was his first and so far only time he had with Juno, he couldn’t really talk from experience since she never had sex with anyone else. Compared to the maned wolf, who apparently had slept with half the school before. He somehow really hoped Ookami wouldn’t call him out on that.

He didn’t, luckily. But then the topic turned into an even worse direction than that.

“So” the maned wolf asked with a big dirty grin, “How’d she take it?”

“Huh?”

“Dude, I know that condom brand just too well. The red labels are almost the biggest ones you can buy as a canine. At least in regular drug stores. You’re a big wolf, you must be packing quite a bone down there.”

“I uh…yeah” he said, rubbing the back of his head in awkward embarrassment, “I think it worked out just fine.”

The maned wolf just raised one of his eyebrows now, he still seemed very amused about this.

“Why is everyone so curious about that” Legoshi now asked.

“Oh, I think there is a quite simple explanation” he chuckled, “It’s interesting and its hot. Don’t think for a second that details like those stay secret whenever somebody finds something out.”

Legoshi nodded slowly. It seemed like Ookami was talking from experience there as well. There must be a ton of rumors about him. The maned wolf now just smirked in amusement, it honestly didn’t look like that big of a deal to him.

“So…” Legoshi said, trying to think of something to finally change the topic, “…did you ever buy one of those special ones” the wolf asked what Jack had talked about the other day. He figured since Ookami was quite experienced, he probably could answer that question for him, “Like with mint oil or something?”

“Oh, yeah” he nodded, “But it’s not for me to be honest. Feels like putting your dick in a freezer, I really had troubles keeping it up at all when I tried it. But for some guys it’s probably quite helpful to last longer I guess.”

Legoshi just nodded understandingly, taking another bite of his egg salat sandwich.

“…so, come on then” Ookami chuckled, “How well did they fit you?”

The wolf almost choked again.

“Really?”

Ookami just nodded with a big amused smile. “Come on, nothing to be ashamed about. Own it.”

“I thought they were a little too tight still” he said lowly, “Especially after knotting her.”

“Dude, seriously?” the maned wolf chuckled, “Have you ever considered becoming a porn star or something? You’re saying you’re getting the black labels next time?”

 

-

 

Legoshi just awkwardly scratched the back of his head with an embarrassed little smile. At least Juno thought it was embarrassment. She couldn’t really think of anything he should be embarrassed about, but as he was also having a slightly amused smile on his face, she was pretty sure it didn’t have anything to do with her.

She was just getting in line at the food pick-up when she noticed the wolf and the maned wolf sitting and talking at a table.

She had been looking out for Legoshi in the hallways just now, hoping to find him for a quick meet up before school lessons resumed, but it seemed they must have missed each other.

As she knew she wouldn’t be able to concentrate on further lessons if she wouldn’t get a little snack right now, she quickly grabbed an avocado sushi box and got in line for the checkout, looking over towards her boyfriend every chance she got.

 

“Maybe I should just walk over there and join them” the thought went through her head more than once already, but it still seemed just so awkward. She barely had any connection with the maned wolf, but the fact that they had hooked up last week, even though it was just one time, still felt like too much of a thing right now.

 

“Legoshi still doesn’t seem to mind about it” she thought as she watched the boys talk.

 

He knew she had slept with Ookami and he still talked to him like it wasn’t a big deal to him.  There was no grief and no jealousy. A little did it feel like Legoshi didn’t care all that much about the relationship, even though he had been very sweet and very thankful ever since. She couldn’t quite tell how to feel about it right now.

She just had paid for her food when she noticed that something else happened at their table.

A red fox approached them, he looked rather aggressive right now as he slammed a fist on the table between them and leaned in really close to the maned wolf. It gained quite a lot of attention in the entire cafeteria.

 

-

 

“Hey!” the red fox yelled loudly, smashing a fist onto the table again, “You the prick who slept with my girlfriend?!”

“W-what?” Ookami said in slight confusion, “Who are you talking about?”

“My girlfriend!” he yelled again, “Her name is Sasha! Don’t act like you don’t know her!”

“I…I do know her” the maned wolf confessed, raising his hands defensively, “But I didn’t know she had a boyfriend!”

“Bullshit!” he accused him again, “You just don’t give a shit!”

“Dude, I’m really sorry!” Ookami said again, still calmly but getting off his seat now, “I wouldn’t have done it if I had known! She hadn’t said a word to me about it!”

When it had looked like this could turn into a physical fight at first, the red fox now seemed to have calmed down a little bit. The maned wolf was taller than him and Legoshi had gotten off his seat as well in case things would escalate. He still looked angry and pissed off, but it seemed like he somewhat believed the maned wolf when he said he didn’t know. For now.

“You keep your hands off her in the future” the fox told him, even though he seemed somewhat conflicted about his own situation. It seemed like he didn’t think he could trust her anymore anyway. Probably for good reason. But he just had to say something right now.

“Yeah” Ookami agreed while nodding sincerely, “I’m sorry dude, now I know.” 

There was a moment of silence, then he added something: “But I think you should know that it didn’t feel like I was the only one she was doing that with. She was rather casual about it to be honest.”

“W-what?” the fox asked, now even more shocked and with a sad face.

Ookami just shrugged his shoulders with an honest sorry expression.

Now somebody else suddenly approached the situation. She was a Husky girl, Legoshi assumed it probably was the one Ookami had mentioned earlier.

“Wait” she approached him rather aggressively as well, “You’ve slept with Sasha?!”

Her voice was aggravated and shaky, she seemed appalled by that revelation.

“You goddamn asshole” she yelled at him then when he looked at her with a sad expression. “That was over two weeks ago, I-”

She now slapped him in the face without a warning, then she angrily stomped away. “Freaking jerk” she muttered while leaving, a few other people looked after her for a moment, then back at the maned wolf.

“…well” he sighed lowly, holding onto his cheek for a moment, “Guess I deserved that.”

“Are you alright?” Legoshi asked, raising an eyebrow slightly as he wasn’t really sure what to think of this right now. It really did seem like those accusation weren’t just based on hot air.

“Yeah…yeah” he assured, lifting a hand.

Ookami now rested his palms on the table, attempting to get up from his seat, but he stopped in his tracks when he noticed somebody else. Juno had walked up to them.

“Oh good. Are you here to slap me as well?” Ookami now asked her with a cynical but reluctant sigh, it seemed he rather wanted to face the inevitable than keep acting over it indefinitely. “Go ahead, now is your chance.”

Juno was rather perplexed for a moment.

“I uh…no” she stuttered, “I…I knew this wasn’t gonna be a permanent thing right from the start.”

Ookami now looked at her, then at Legoshi and then back at her again. Then he nodded slowly and got up from his seat.

Without looking at either of them again, or at anyone else for that matter, he headed for the hallway and left the cafeteria.

Legoshi and Juno just stood there and looked after him in slight disbelief.

“Well…” Juno said after a while, “This was even more awkward than I had anticipated.”

“Y-yeah” Legoshi agreed, actually finding himself chuckling a little bit.

Trying to gloss over the awkward silence, she now took a seat at the table where Ookami had been sitting, Legoshi took a seat again as well.

“What were you talking about earlier?” she asked, opening up her sushi box and getting started on her snack as there wasn’t a whole lot of break time left, “You looked slightly embarrassed…”

“Oh…” Legoshi said lowly, “Well, he told me he was in the ice cream shop when that condom fell out of my pocket.”

This now lifted her mood a little bit more.

“Are you still embarrassed about that?” she asked with a giggle.

He just looked at her in slight disbelief, the smile on her face was somewhat contagious. It seemed like she was quite relieved that that thing with Ookami had been mentioned between the three of them.

“I guess you’re right” he now agreed, “It’s really not that embarrassing.”

Legoshi watched her as she opened her sushi box and started eating as well, there wasn’t a while lot of break-time left at this point. He contentedly finished eating his sandwich, even though there still was somewhat of an awkward energy in the room since that thing with Ookami, he still felt somewhat untouchable right now.

Sadly, those few minutes of togetherness flew by much faster than they both wanted them to.

“Oh man, I have to get to my math lesson” Juno mentioned as she noticed how most other students were leaving the cafeteria as well now, “For the next time we really need to agree on a meeting spot in the hallway or something.”

Legoshi nodded in agreement as he noticed he had to get going as well.

“Wanna meet up for lunch later?” she asked excitedly.

“Sure” he agreed with an excited smile, “Wanna meet at the cafeteria entrance right away?”

She nodded with a content smile, then she held onto one of his hands on the table and gave him a quick smooch on his cheek before getting up from her seat.

Legoshi’s tail wagged as he got up and followed her.

 

--- 

 

“Legoshi, Kai” Sanu called them towards him, “I need you for a moment, please.”

They both looked a bit confused as they were in the middle of rehearsing their key scene, but after he waved them again, they both reluctantly went towards him.

They now noticed that Kibi was standing next to him, the anteater from the stage crew looked somewhat stressed and helpless.

“Kibi is struggling a bit with all the tasks he has to do alone now since you two are on the actor’s team now” Sanu explained, “I know it’s a lot to ask, but would you two be willing to help him real quick?”

“Two of the old PC lenses in the portal bridge suddenly don’t work anymore, and it’s basically the only top light we have in the middle” the anteater explained in more detail, “I think we need to replace them, but they’re in a really dangerous position and I’m too small to reach them and they’re too heavy.”

“Have you tried re-starting the console?” Legoshi asked, “It does that sometimes.”

“I know. Yeah, I have, but they won’t turn on at all anymore. I also checked the fuses.”

“Come on” Kai complained, “Is there noone else who can help you?”

“Well…no” he said lowly, “But you two have been working with these lights for quite a while. It’s really just that I can’t do on my own.”

“Ugh, fine” the mongoose agreed, Legoshi nodded and followed him as well.

Having arrived on the portal bridge, Legoshi actually made short work of the task Kibi couldn’t do on his own. The wolf undid the safety cable, unplugged the fixture, grabbed the it by its handle, undid the clamp it was attached with and handed it over to Kibi and Kai within a couple of moments. For him as a strong, tall animal that really wasn’t too big of a deal, and having a rather slim build on top of that, he didn’t even have any problems getting his upper body through the rather tight fitted bracing of the guardrail.

The other defective lamp he uninstalled just as easily, took it with him and followed the other two down the stairs again.

Only then something dawned on him suddenly. He should have noticed this a lot sooner when Kibi had said it was a plain-convex lens he needed to replace.

“…I think we need to repair one of them with parts of another one” the anteater explained on the way, “I found two spare PCs of these in the storage hall, but one of them has a smashed lens. But maybe it’s bulb is fine and we can just exchange that and it works again.”

“Uhh…” Legoshi said, hoping he didn’t sound too nervous, “Yeah, sure, we can try that.”

Legoshi became even more nervous when Kibi turned on the lights in the storage room. The natural sunlight that came through the roof windows usually illuminated this place quite well already, but with the lights turned on there were a lot more details to be spotted way easier. And the anteater headed right for the isle he was in with Juno on Saturday.

Kibi now used the case Legoshi had cleared to have sex with Juno as a makeshift work-top to inspect the replacement PC-lenses he found, the toolbox was here as well and the wolf immediately recognised the broken lens of the fixture he had put onto the floor a bit too carelessly in his horny-minded haste.

“I didn’t find a replacement lens for that one in the Storage” Kibi told them after they had put the devises they carried here onto the case as well.

“Have you checked if the bulbs in those ones work?” Legoshi wanted to know.

Kai just stood there and watched the wolf as he acted confused about the lens being broken like that. He also noticed how Legoshi quickly swiped something off the surface of the case, he was pretty sure it was a strain of red fur.

“Yeah, they both work fine, I guess it’s really just the bulbs of the two which we picked off the bridge just now” Kibi affirmed, “But I didn’t find any replacement bulbs either for those. We really gotta talk to Sanu about some budget for that. Those are the last two spare PCs we have left.”

Legoshi nodded with a little sigh, then he set about opening up the fixtures and getting the burned-out bulbs out.

“We could have changed the bulbs on the bridge as well” Kai now mentioned dryly, “If that really is the problem, why did we carry the fixtures here?”

“I don’t know” Kibi said with a shrug, “I’ve never really done this before, it was mostly you and Legoshi who took care about that. Sanu suggested we change the devices.”

Kai now rolled his eyes again, he should have known that the pelican didn’t really know what he was talking about when he suggested this to Kibi.

They both looked at the wolf now, he held a thick part of glass in his hand, holding it up to see its reflection in the light. The heavy plain-convex lens had pretty much split into three big chunks and a fair-few smaller shards.

“It’s weird that it’s just broken all of a sudden” Kai now decided to test the waters, “We usually had everything here in quite good condition last time I checked.”

Kibi just shrugged his shoulders, Legoshi kept looking through the glass shard and ignored that question for now. Then he got back to work and checked the bulb of the same fixture. It looked fine. The bulbs of the ones they brought here were kind of black in some spots, they really looked due for a change.

“I bet Bill and Els broke it when they were fucking here last week” the mongoose now suggested with a dirty cackle, that comment made Legoshi stop in his tracks for a moment.

“What?” Kibi now asked with a confused chuckle.

Kai pointed at Legoshi now. “He was here last week working on something when he heard them. At least that’s what he told me.”

“Oh…” Legoshi said, nodding slightly, “Yeah. Don’t know, maybe. I left when I noticed them here, don’t know what happened.”

“Haha, really?” Kibi asked after listening to the story.

Legoshi nodded, trying to fake an amused little smile. Kai thought he was acting over it quite well right now, far better than his acting on stage.

“I mean, people fuck in here all the time” the mongoose added with a casual shrug, “And that case looks quite convenient for that matter.”

“Eww, really?!” Kibi asked, taking a step back.

“You can even lock the wheels to make it stay in place” Kai mentioned with a grin, “I can think of worse spots to be honest.”

“Why would you know that?” Kibi asked while raising an eyebrow at the Mongoose. Legoshi now looked as well.

Kai just grinned at them with an amused, mysterious smile.

“You know what, I don’t wanna know” Kibi waved it off now, but Kai was far from done with this topic.

“Maybe it was you, Legoshi” he then suggested with an ironic grin, “Since Juno is all over you now, maybe you two thought this was a good place to hook up too?”

As shocked as Legoshi was about that nothing but true fact, he didn’t stop in his tracks this time while pulling the good bulb from the fixture with the broken lens and putting it into the one that had a bad one.

 

“Is it really that obvious or does he know something he shouldn’t know? Shit, I should say something to not look suspicious.”

 

“Come ooon” the wolf chuckled, and he was a little surprised by himself how real he actually made it look. They both kept looking at him for a moment, but they didn’t a push it.

“…its true though” Kibi said now, “She is all over you! Are you two a thing now?”

“Well…yeah” Legoshi said, not looking up from his work, “Kinda.”

“Damn, okay” Kibi chuckled, “Let’s go Legoshi. Congrats man.”

“Haha, thanks” the wolf said, quickly opening up the other broken fixture now.

Its bulb looked just as bad as the other one’s had. But there was one fully intact fixture from the storage room, so he didn’t bother changing the bulb. They had two working ones now, so they could bring them back to the bridge and get the task done.

“Let’s check them on a wall outlet real quick” Kai suggested, grabbing one of the two devices and waiting for the others to follow him.

The fixtures both worked now and the three of them made their way back towards the stage.

 

“This dick actually pulled it off. He fucked Juno on that touring-case, he was the one who broke that PC-lens and acts like he has no idea. And I can’t even tell him that I know!”  It went through Kai’s head while they walked. I was just as fascinated as he was annoyed about this. 

Soon later they had installed the two lamps in their mounting arms again, when they plugged them in they immediately turned on as the power was still up and Legoshi helped Kibi focus them onto their usual positions quickly. Then they left him to it and Legoshi followed Kai back into the rehearsal room.

 

---

 

“I…I’m really sorry” Miguno apologized again, his gaze still on the strings rather than her, “I just can’t find my rhythm today.”

“That’s okay” she said lowly, looking towards him, “Is there something on your mind?”

She still looked somewhat concerned about him, Miguno had the feeling she kinda knew what it was since quite a while already.

Nobody had said anything when she joined his dorms table at breakfast this morning, but he was pretty certain she knew what was on everybody’s mind: “Is it really true? Is she really the daughter of an international music celebrity?”

He had been waiting for her to ask about it, now there finally was a reason to bring it up. He still felt a bit bad for bluntly asking like this though.

“Yeah, actually. It just doesn’t get out of my head, I need to know this…”

Her gaze suddenly lowered a bit, then she nodded with a sad but understanding expression.

“Yes…” she then sighed, “It’s true.”

“Your dad is-”

She nodded.

“So that’s where your talent is coming from. That’s so awesome!”

“It might sound awesome” she sighed with sad eyes, “But it makes everyone scared of me. People in my class all look at me like I’m an alien, they’re talking behind my back.”

Miguno found himself nodding slowly.

“It’s a little tough not to be intimidated” he confessed, finally being able to look at her in the eyes now, “And I’m really sorry about that.”

She nodded slowly.

“…did your dorm mates know it already?” she asked, “We didn’t get to talk a whole lot this morning.”

“They’ve heard rumors” the hyena said, “But we didn’t know if it was true.”

“I’m still glad you asked me. They were nice and friendly.”

“Yeah, they’re quite alright” he agreed with a smile.

“The labrador from your dorm is a student representative, right?” she asked, “It was introduced on the first gathering of this school year.”

“Amongst other things” Miguno chuckled, “He’s also giving extra lessons to students in need because he aces almost every class.”

“Wow, really?” she chuckled.

“Hey!” Miguno suddenly said, now a bit louder and whilst getting up from his seat, “Maybe you could give music lessons to other students who are interested!”
“W-what?”
“Yeah!” he said enthusiastically, “You’re easily good enough for that! And maybe people would be less afraid if they saw that you’re just awesome at what you do.”

“You really think so?” she asked, still somewhat skeptical.

“It wouldn’t be just about your dad anymore then” he explained, “People would start seeing you for who you are!”

“I mean…” she said lowly, “That would be really nice. But how would I get people to do that?”

To Miguno it seemed like she wasn’t all that convinced about that plan yet, but he could tell that she was happy someone was actually bothered and trying to help her. Even if it wouldn’t work out, he still thought it was a good thing to be there for her.

“Maybe when you have a music lesson you just have to volunteer for something?” Miguno suggested with a shrug of his shoulders now. “My teacher had sometimes asked students if they wanted to play something on an instrument in order to bump up their grades.”

She still nodded slowly, but it didn’t seem like she was entirely convinced by that idea yet.

Miguno thought she probably had a point, what he suggested was probably easier said than done. And he couldn’t guarantee her that this would ever happen to her during a music lesson.

They looked each other in the eyes for another moment, neither of the being sure how to continue this conversation.

Miguno still thought she looked cute. He had looked at pictures and music videos of her dad earlier, he could see the resemblance clear as day now. He still kept thinking about if he would ever get to know him personally. Even though he still was somewhat cautious about it, he really liked this girl and maybe she could be a good friend. Or even more than that? And he really enjoyed playing music with her.

 

“Do you think it would help you if you met him?” she then suddenly suggested.

“W-what?”

“I…I mean, he’s just a normal guy. He’s very friendly and grounded…people are always surprised about that.”

“You mean…for real?”

He thought he probably looked quite dumbfounded right now, but he couldn’t help himself. She really just suggested that.

“Yeah, if you don’t mind” she said with a shrug, “He’s picking me up later, we don’t live too far from here. I’m sure you could stay for dinner too if I asked nicely.”

“Uuuh…”

 

---

 

Jack was exhausted from his day. Having helped what felt like a dozen students prepare for a math-test that was due in two days, he then had thought it would be a good idea to freshen up on his French vocabulary since it was a class he had signed up for voluntarily and it wasn’t quite his best subject yet.

So after having done that for about half an hour, he now got up from his seat in the library and headed back into the isle where he found the vocabulary and exercise books.

There was someone here, as it seemed just by chance standing right in front of the spot in the shelf where the gaps of the two missing books were that Jack was bringing back.

At first Jack hadn’t really looked who it was, from the red fur he just assumed it was one of the many foxes here on campus, but then he noticed he was taller than a fox. He stopped in his tracks for a moment when he realized it was Legoshi’s somewhat unlikely new friend Ookami who seemed to be searching for something in this very isle. He hadn’t heard the labrador coming as it looked like, but maybe he just wasn’t giving him any attention on purpose. 

“Excuse me” Jack said lowly, trying not to scare the other student out of what could be a trance.

“Oh, yeah. Sorry buddy” the senior told him with a tired but still friendly smile, taking a step back from where the labrador wanted to place the books.

He watched him put the books back to where he found them, then he realized one of them was just what he had been looking for.

“Ah, no wonder I didn’t find it” he commented with a chuckle, grabbing the vocabulary book as soon as it had left Jack’s hands.

“Really?” Jack asked in slight surprise, “Est-ce que vous apprenez le français?”

“Haha, what?” the maned wolf chuckled.

Jack was taken aback for a moment. He had figured a senior who had visited that class a year longer than him should be able to understand that question.

“You’re learning French?” he repeated his question in English.

“Haha, no!” Ookami laughed, “Not really. Just a few phrases really. I thought it could be a cool party trick.”

“Oh” Jack just said, nodding a little bit. He thought he was beginning to understand what the maned wolf’s intentions were. He was a notorious playboy after all.

“You’re pretty good at it though! Have you been taking the class?”

Jack nodded silently, trying hard to hide a little sigh of resignation. He was taking this seriously, that guy was just trying to get laid with the few empty phrases he was trying to learn.

“Man, that’s cool” he said, Jack couldn’t really tell if he was serious or faking his enthusiasm, “Being able to understand and speak it fluently. It’s the language of love after all.”

Jack now couldn’t hide a little chuckle, even though he wasn’t the biggest fan of the maned wolf, he could appreciate that he at least owned it.

“Since you mentioned it” Jack now said with an ironic smirk, drawing air quotes now: “’Voulez vous couchez avec moi?’ Is not a phrase a girl who understands the language would be all that impressed by.”

“Really?” Ookami laughed now, still rather light-hearted about this, “That’s about all I know! And it worked a couple of times! But I guess you’re right, it probably just sounds romantic and smart if you don’t know what it means.”

Jack now nodded with a slight tilt of his head.

“But you actually speak and understand it!” Ookami got back to the topic, “I mean, how awesome is that!”

“Naturellement, je parle en français. Je ne suis pas juste un connard romantique.”

“That’s more than just a cool party trick” the maned wolf grinned, even though he had no idea what it meant that Jack just said, “You should keep at it man.”

“Thanks” the lab said with a somewhat proud but also slightly mischievous little smirk, but then he finally turned to leave, “Have a good evening.”

“Yeah, you too, buddy.”

 

Jack felt somewhat conflicted about his stance on the maned wolf now. There was something true about what Legoshi said, he did know how to make people feel interesting and desirable.

“He is still kinda a douchebag, but he owns it and it’s not like he’s doing something illegal. And he isn’t a dick about it.”

The labrador still was trying to hide a little smirk as he left the isle. He had called him a wannabe romantic douchebag in French just now and he had no idea. This felt a lot more satisfying right now than it should.

Jack could also kind of understand now why some other male students probably would aspire to be like him, but he truly thought that Legoshi was on the better path right now anyway.

Even though the wolf had the looks and the body to be popular with canine girls, the calm, humble and holding back attitude suited him way better. Maybe he could learn how to talk a little bit better, that was one of the things Ookami truly had an advantage in. But compared to the maned wolf he was real and he truly cared more about others than only himself.

When the golden retriever left the isle with the language books, he almost ran into Kana, a pretty and popular husky girl from his class. She appeared to be waiting there for something.

“Oh!” he said in slight surprise, then he smiled again, “Kana! Everything okay?”

She smiled as well, looking at Jack from top to bottom. Her expression made him feel like she was looking down at a kid. Her being a little bit taller than him was not helping him feeling like anything else either.

“Jack, do you hang out with Ookami now?” she asked, raising an eyebrow.

“N-no, not really. I was just surprised that he wanted a French vocabulary book.”

“Oh, that idiot probably thinks he can fool even more innocent girls with his pseudo romantic bullshit.”

Jack looks somewhat confused, but that little smirk was already creeping back onto his face as well also. This timing was just too perfect right now.

“Oh, is that why you slapped him in the cafeteria this morning? I just saw it in the distance” he said, trying to sound casual about it.

“He’s a douchebag and he deserved it” she muttered lowly. He had the feeling she would have said it louder and with more rage if the maned wolf wasn’t in the library and possibly in earshot right now.

Jack couldn’t hide an amused little smile about this, she still looked somewhat angry about it. He didn’t feel like a kid anymore now, seeing her being emotionally vulnerable like that gave him back quite a bit of confidence.

“He was kinda nice to me just now” he then mentioned.

“Yeah, that’s what he does” she sighed, “He makes you feel like the most important thing in his world until he loses interest and goes for the next fool.”

Jack just tilted his head a little bit now. On her face was a mixture of anger and sadness about this. She probably was a little angry at herself that she had fallen for it like that.

He found it kinda sweet and also mature that she confessed this in front of him though. It made her much more likeable and real, and that was a quality he really appreciated in people. Nobody was perfect.

“Come on” he told her then, trying to cheer her up with a little smile, putting a hand on her shoulder, “I guess you at least learned something from it?”

“Oh you got that right” she said with a self-ironic chuckle, “My idiot-radar is much sharper now! I’m not falling for any of those shallow pretty-boys anymore.”

Jack still couldn’t hide an amused smile about this. He had never met Kana alone like this before, but now that he did he thought it was nice that there actually was an interesting personality to her. She wasn’t just that loud, mean, bratty teenage pretty girl it seemed like she was when she was around her friends or in larger groups of popular students in the hallways, there was a sweet and delicate side to her as well. And she wasn’t ashamed talking to a nerd like him.

“…he’s still a living being though” he then said with a shrug of his shoulders and a light-hearted smile, “Even though he might not be the most faithful guy in the world.”

Now it was her who tilted her head a little bit.

“I think sometimes you’re too nice for your own good” Kana told him with a giggle now, “But I guess that’s why they voted you the student representative.”

He still smiled a bit, his tail was wagging slightly as well now. A compliment from a pretty girl like her just couldn’t be acted-over that easily.

“I’ll try to help out where I can” he now told her, strapping his bag over both his shoulders now since he had it hanging on just one side all this time.

She still looked at him with an interested smile.

“I really wish I could find somebody good someday” she told him with a friendly, almost flirty smirk and a little wink, patting one of his cheeks with her hands shortly upon getting back onto her way into the isle she was headed to earlier, “Like you.”

Jack’s tail was still wagging as he looked after her with a dumb little smile. He was glad she didn’t turn around anymore. He thought the husky girl was just such an elegant creature. With that elegant sway in her hips and those soft and delicate motions of her hands, he thought she was a real dame right now. Being friendly and sweet like that just suited her so much better.

Ookami had left the isle in the meanwhile he noticed upon leaving, it appeared from the other side since neither of them had met him anymore.

On his way to the exit, Jack now pulled his phone from his pocket and opened the chat with his favorite wolf.

“Hey Legoshi, you up for some dinner?”

Jack left the library after sending that message, heading for his dorm first of all to get rid of this backpack. Half way there, Legoshi responded.

“Sorry, I was just having some with Juno.”

Jack tried to keep his spirits up and immediately went for the second option.

“Little stroll through the park later? Kinda need someone to listen...” He typed.

“Sure thing”  the wolf immediately replied now, and for Jack this was just as good to hear as if Legoshi would have agreed to get dinner. He knew he could always count on his best friend when he needed him.

 

-

 

“So…” Legoshi asked after they had been walking side by side for a few moments already, “What did you want to talk about?”

“…you.” Jack chuckled after thinking about it for a moment.

Legoshi now just raised an eyebrow at him, not really understanding where the labrador was coming from.

“…you’ve been coming out of your shell recently! You’re seeing a nice girl, you’re happier than usual…” Jack began explaining his point, “And I’m curious how you did it!”

“I uhhh…” he said, scratching the back of his head, “I don’t really know.”

“This is not just Ookami being nice to you once, right?” the lab asked with some concern in his voice.

“What?” the wolf chuckled, “No. I mean…not exclusively. I think it’s also being this involved in the drama club now, it’s really exciting, even though there is a lot of pressure.”

“Oh, by the way! I already got some tickets for the premiere! The whole dorm was interested ever since we knew you’d be on stage!”

“Cool” Legoshi chuckled tiredly, “No pressure.”

“Come on!” Jack told him excitedly, rattling the wolf’s shoulders a little, “You got this! It’s so cool to see you like this.”

Legoshi just shrugged his shoulders again, this somehow didn’t seem all that important for him. At least not as important as some other topics, apparently.

“By the way, since you mentioned Ookami…have you seen what happened in the cafeteria this morning?”

“Just from afar, but I’ve met Kana in the library earlier this evening…” Jack explained, “…just after meeting Ookami in the isle with the language books.”

Legoshi raised an eyebrow upon hearing that.

“Well, that sounds awkward.”

Jack shrugged his shoulders a little, then he explained what had happened.

“Seems like Kana likes you” Legoshi commented with a well-spirited chuckle after listening to his friends story. This was the second time today somebody from his dorm seemed to be asking him for romantic advice already.

Jack just raised an eyebrow at him now though.

“No?” the wolf asked in slight puzzlement.

“You know…all that confidence on you is a little bit scary to be honest” Jack mentioned with an ironic chuckle, “Not everyone is as cool or handsome as a big powerful wolf.”

“Come on, Jack” Legoshi chuckled now, patting the Labradors head gently, “The whole school loves you! You don’t need me to tell you how cool you are…”

“I’m just happy to see you like this” Jack chuckled, looking up towards his friend, “It suits you to be happy. You deserve it, Legoshi! Enjoy yourself for once while you can!”

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Hope you enjoyed this chapter a little. The next one is already in the works, can’t make any promises as to when its gonna be finished though.

 

Have a good time until then!

 

~furr

Chapter 8: Chapter 7 - Too good to be true

Beastars – Behind the spotlight

Chapter 7 – Too good to be true

Saturday morning – POV Jack

I had been awake since at least half an hour before anyone else this morning. Which wasn’t unusual.

The rest of my morning was unusual though, starting with the first one other than myself who woke up.

I was lying on the floor reading one of the new comic books my brother had sent me when I noticed that the curtain of Legoshi’s bed started moving a little. But the hand that parted it in the middle was not grey like I expected, it was reddish brown.

I was just left staring at her dumbfoundedly when she carefully climbed out of the bed and got her eyes used to the bright sunlight that came in through the half-opened blinds. The gorgeous brown furred wolfess wore nothing but a white bra and some matching white panties right now, but she didn’t seem to mind me looking.

“Good morning” she greeted me with a smile.

“Uhh, h-hey” I stuttered dumbfoundedly, “G-good morning!”

“I’m Juno” she introduced herself with a happy giggle, “I’m sorry, I hope you don’t mind me being here!”

“N-no!” I said, getting up from the floor to greet her properly, “Not at all of course! I’m-”

“You’re Jack, right?” she asked excitedly, shaking my hand, “You’re a student representative! Oh, and Legoshi told me about you!”

I couldn’t help but smile at her. She was a bit taller than I, but since she was a wolf that wasn’t too much of a surprise. I tried my best not to stare at her breasts, but focusing on her fluffy and pretty face wasn’t too difficult either. She was just as pretty as she had been on stage yesterday. And just as likeable and charismatic.

“Nice to meet you” I told her with a proud nod, “Legoshi is my best friend ever since childhood.”

We both took a short look into his bed bunk, he was still peacefully slumbering as it seemed like.

“…I guess he’s still catching up on some sleep” she giggled light heartedly.

“Oh he’s not one to get up early on weekends usually” I affirmed with a smile.

“Can’t blame him” she chuckled, “He’s had a busy week as well. Mind if I use your bathroom for a moment?”

“Not at all” I said, pointing it out for her, “I really hope it’s not too much of a mess right now…”

“Haha, don’t worry. Can’t be much worse than in my dorm” she chuckled with a wink as she went on her way.

“Damn Legoshi” I thought, still grinning stupidly, “You really hit it big with this girl.”

I took another look around the room, the rest of them still seemed to be asleep. Then I went closer towards Legoshi’s bed.

“Legoshi” I whispered. He didn’t react. Then I said it a little bit louder. The words seemed to reach his ears slowly but surely, a few moments later he woke up and opened his eyes slowly.

“Jack?” he asked in slight surprise.

I just smiled at him. He took a look around his mattress, apparently wondering where Juno was right now.

“You brought Juno here?” I asked with an amused grin about his rather adorable reaction.

“Did…did she leave already?” he wondered.

“No, she’s in the bathroom.”

He nodded contentedly and relaxed a little.

“Damn, she’s even more stunning up close” I told him with a proud smirk.

His smile widened a little bit. He couldn’t hide that he was a little bit proud about it after all.

“How did we not notice you coming in here?” I asked with great interest. I wanted to get all these questions answered before she came back.

“I guess you were asleep already. It was pretty late when we came back from the drama club. Sanu had invited us for a few more drinks.”

“And then you ended up bring her here?” I asked with a chuckle.

“Is that a problem?” he wondered, rubbing his tired eyes.

“I don’t think so. Unless the dorm-mother finds out” I added with a chuckle.

 

Normal POV

Legoshi yawned and stretched himself a little bit, then he noticed that Jack was still staring at him with great interest. The wolf was only wearing boxer shorts right now, but that wasn’t anything Jack hadn’t seen before.

“What?” he asked with a chuckle as the lab still had his head inside his bunk.

From the bathroom the boys could hear the flush of the toilet now, so they expected Juno to come back soon.

“Oh you know what, Romeo” Jack chuckled lowly, “…but you look good with that proud little smile. The confidence suits you well.”

Legoshi just smiled a little more, then they heard the door opening again.

Juno still looked somewhat tired as she yawned as well while on her way back to Legoshi’s bed. Jack noticed that her tail was wagging a little bit when she saw him awake, she giggled happily when she climbed next to him on the mattress again.

“Good morning” he greeted, putting one arm around her.

Jack still was staring at them, not able to believe how cute and happy the two wolves looked together.

It appeared the low whispering and sounds of movements in the room had woken up someone else as well.

“Who the hell gets up at this hour” someone groaned behind their curtains, “Guys, have you not noticed it’s the weekend?”

That comment made Juno giggle a little bit.

“He’s right though” Legoshi muttered lowly.

“When did you go to bed tonight?” Jack asked with an amused chuckle, getting back onto the floor to continue reading his comic.

“Half past 4” Voss commented from behind his curtain with an ironically annoyed sigh, “3:33am to be precise.”

That comment caused some more giggling behind another curtain, and the whole dorm seemed somewhat confused as it sounded female and wasn’t coming from Juno.

“What is going on today?” Jack asked half loudly into the room, looking over towards Miguno’s bunk.

A white and grey furred hand now opened the curtain in the middle slowly, then Jack recognized who he assumed it was in the first place.

“Oh, hello Marble!” he greeted her, his tail wagging again in slight excitement.

“Good morning” she greeted with a happy smile.

Miguno’s head popped up behind her now, he looked rather content as well.

“How did not one but two girls end up in our dorm last night?” Jack wondered with a chuckle, “Oh we would get into so much trouble if the dorm-mother found out.”

“You’re not gonna nark on us, are you Jack?” Juno asked with an amused giggle.

“Well…I am a student representative, aren’t I?” he asked back with a wink, “So as long as you feel safe and sound here, I don’t feel obliged to change anything about it.”

“I know who I am voting for again” Juno grinned into the room. Marble agreed to that with a happy smile, it seemed she was quite excited to be here as well.

“Soo…how did you all end up here then?” Jack asked with a curious smirk.

“Well…” Juno grinned. “Where do I start…”

 

POV Juno (ten hours earlier)

It was kinda fun to be here like this. We went back to the drama club practice room after they had closed down the cafeteria, but there still was quite a supply of cider, sake and other beverages. Little groups had formed on the floor, the music from the Bluetooth speakers the dance team usually used for practice purposes was mostly over-shadowed by the lively discussions that had started. Even in the circle of girls I was in right now, the topics had gone a little more simple-minded in the meanwhile.

“Sooo…Juno?” Ellen asked me now, somewhat louder than normally, getting everyone’s attention immediately, “You and Legoshi, huh?”

I just smiled a little bit, not really knowing what she wanted to her me say.

“Didn’t see that coming to be honest.”

“Why?” Els wanted to know, “They’re both wolves after all…”

“Yeah, but…” Ellen said, “He’s kinda shy and awkward. Not all that popular.”

I wasn’t really sure if I should take that as an insult right now or if it was just meant to talk him down, but I wasn’t too happy about hearing it either way.

“He doesn’t have to be popular” I said with a grain of salt in my voice which I wasn’t quite able to hide, “He’s nice to me and I find him cute. Also, he saved Louis and he saved our show as well.”

“Gotta give him that” Sheila agreed with me, “He really stepped up to the task and I think he even did alright on stage.”

“…is he good in bed at least? Did you sleep with him yet?” Ellen now giggled shamelessly.

Juno thought she still was way too loud with her voice, Legoshi could probably hear her even from here. But even though Juno thought the drunk Zebra girl was quite mean and obnoxious in a way, that question seemed to interest the other girls around her as well.

“I think he did quite alright, yeah…” she answered with a mysterious smile. She left a little pause now, carefully thinking about the right words to choose. She knew that Legoshi wasn’t a huge fan of the rumors about that, but she also didn’t want him to look like the most inexperienced or untalented lover of the entire school. Which she really thought he wasn’t.

“…come on, girl!” Sheila now pushed on, “You gotta give us more details than that!”

“I mean…he is handsome and kinda athletic…” she said, “…but it was kinda rough at first.”

“Yeah…I get that” the cheetah girl from the dance team chuckled, “Kinda had something similar with a guy once. Took his virginity, actually.”

“Legoshi is quiet and holding back…” Els commented, almost sounding a bit enticed by this topic now, “But I can imagine he can be quite powerful too. I mean…I guess I can believe it was quite rough when he’s not that experienced?”

Ellen now dramatically raised an eyebrow at her, I couldn’t hide a little smirk either.

“…but he also was quite cute and caring.”

“So…” Ellen took the word again, “Most important question: Did he get you there all the way?”
I couldn’t hide a big grin at that question anymore. “Haha, yeah. Easily. More than once, actually.”

 

POV Kai

“Like…how the hell did that happen?” Tao asked into the group, “Legoshi, the quiet guy from the stage crew suddenly hooking up with the hottest girl from the entire club?! Like…whaaaat?!”

They all laughed about the black panther’s over acted little outburst, Legoshi just smiled about it humbly.

I had noticed that the wolf had drunken a lot less cider than everybody else, his glass was still half full right now and I hadn’t even seen him getting a second one so far.

He didn’t seem to enjoy this gathering right now, it appeared he rather wanted to leave this group and spend more time with his girlfriend again. But she was entangled in the girls meeting in another corner of the room right now, so he pretty much had no other choice but to endure this.

“Lucky guy” Bill commented, sounding still rather careful for his standards. I had the feeling the tiger would be more on top of this conversation if he wasn’t still seen as the guy who had caused nothing but trouble last week. I was still somewhat surprised they already let him be here again.

“Did anything real happen between you two yet?” Tem the alpaca now asked rather casually.

“What do you mean real? Like having sex?” Legoshi asked, apparently trying to get the most important question out of the way right away.

The alpaca just shrugged his shoulders with a smile and a slight nod.

The wolf seemed to consider this in his head once again, then he nodded slowly. “Yeah.”

“Really?” Tem asked with a chuckle, sounding a little surprised that Legoshi somehow still sounded so unbothered about this, “How was it?”

Now that question made him smile at least a little bit. He couldn’t hide that he was a little proud of it after all. Like he also couldn’t hide that he was kinda relieved that the drama clubs premiere went well today as well. He wasn’t all that untouched by this after all.

“…it was exciting” he then confessed with a smirk, “But I guess that’s what it`s supposed to be like, right?”

“Sounds freaking hot to be honest” Tao said now, I guessed he was somewhat drunk as well at this point, “…being with Juno I mean.”

“Oh I’ve heard rumors alright” Bill now suddenly mentioned with a big grin, “Apparently our boy Legoshi is quite the lover.”

“What?” Legoshi asked, trying to act over it with a little chuckle.

The tiger just grinned at him, punching his shoulder playfully.

“Where do you always get your rumors from?” Aoba asked him, shaking his head in great disbelief but not being able to hide an amused smirk either.

“It’s true though!” Bill grinned, “Someone saw them at the ice cream shop and Legoshi accidentally dropped a condom on the floor that fell out of his pocket…”

“Ooohh!” Tao grinned as well now.

Legoshi just rested his head on his palms in slight embarrassment.

“There is more to it” Bill grinned mercilessly.

“Come on” Legoshi now said dryly and still in great disbelief. He didn’t seem to be ready to own it just yet.

“Better safe than sorry I suppose” Aoba commented, “Can’t have our star actress not being able to perform on stage because she’s pregnant.”

We all smirked about that comment a little bit, Legoshi faked a chuckle as well but still shook his head slightly.

“…what do you mean there is more to it” Tao wanted to know, “Wolf boy packing or what?”

“Guys, really?” Legoshi intervened now, really not enjoying this topic as it seemed, “Is it really that special that I had condoms with me? Like I’m the only one to ever have done this.”

He was trying to end the topic before we could get into detail here, but I already decided that I wouldn’t let him have this.

“Wait…” I now commented with a mean grin towards him, “You’re packing a big schlong and you’re not bragging about it?”

They all laughed about that comment of mine, he just shook his head in great disbelief.

I now really questioned myself why I even brought it up though. I actually knew it was true, I have seen it with my own eyes. Why would I try and give any of that away.

I now watched as the wolf drank more of his cider, it seemed like he hoped it would get him through this more easily.

“I’m curious now too” Tao pushed on with a big grin, “Anything true about those rumors?”

Legoshi just drank more cider and didn’t change anything about his probably not all that ironic annoyed expression.

“Go on then” Bill grinned, “Own it, Legoshi! Before I go and ask Juno about it.”

Legoshi’s annoyed gaze just pointed at Bill now, but he wasn’t all that affected by it.

“Really though…where did you even get those rumors from?” the wolf now dryly asked the same thing Aoba wanted to know earlier.

There was a moment of silence as no one could really answer that. Legoshi just raised an eyebrow.

“Do I really have to zoogle now what the red label condoms for canines mean?” Bill asked, doubling down on his claim and teasingly showing his phone he had already unlocked.

“Jesus” Legoshi muttered now as the rest of the drama club dudes were laughing about this again, “Why would you even want to know that?”

With that he got up from where he was sitting, emptied the rest of his glass and put it onto one of the tables that already housed a few other empty beverages.

Then he went on his way towards the girl’s group. At first, he seemed a little unsure if he could really interrupt what seemed to be a really lively conversation, but then his spirit changed suddenly. He confused everyone with his sudden confidence yet once again.

The music on the Bluetooth speaker changed to a Rico Capaldi song now, one that I especially liked as well whenever it was played somewhere. One of his biggest hits.

There was like a change of energy in the room suddenly when that simple but powerful piano ballad began playing. Just a man and a piano were all it took to storm the charts about half a year ago.

Legoshi walked right up to Juno now and wordlessly reached her a hand to pull her up from the floor. She surely was a little confused at first, but she also didn’t want to leave him hanging there as it seemed like. She smiled at him when he pulled her onto her feet, he seemed rather content and didn’t mind all the other girls staring at him.

He pulled her with him for a couple of steps, then into a gentle hug which she immediately mimicked with an amused giggle. She rubbed her cheek against his, while they hugged their bodies slowly but surely started getting into a rhythm as if they were dancing to the music.

Nobody said anything as we just watched the two wolves enjoying their togetherness, it seemed like Legoshi suddenly was the coolest guy of the group somehow. Even Louis, who was in another corner of the room talking to Sanu and some other members of the drama club, had an amused little smirk on his face when he looked at them in great fascination.

 

“Now the days bleed, into nightfall – and you’re not here to get me through it all

 

I let my guard down, and then you pulled the rug – I was getting kinda used to someone you loved.”

 

I almost found myself singing along now while watching the wolves slowly dance to the music arm in arm. With that soundtrack I had to admit they kinda looked amazing right now. Even Legoshi looked like he belonged on a stage all of a sudden.

 

POV Marble Capaldi

“Now, I need somebody to heal – somebody to know,

Somebody to have, somebody to hold.”

 

I was just on cloud nine ever since he had gotten to know my dad on Monday. We had spend every breakfast, lunch and afternoon together ever since, it already felt like I’ve known him for a few years already. He was full of energy and full of confidence, and it was kinda addictive.

He still couldn’t quite believe he was allowed to be at this place again, even less to be guided by who it belonged to. But my dad was cool with him from the first moment they met, and he even had managed to not embarrass me in front of the first Highschool friend I ever brought here. Yet.

“…see?” I asked him after I was finished with my demonstration, “Works on guitar as well.”

He seemed somewhat staggered that I knew how to play that song as well, even more so when he noticed that I could hit a note with my voice as well. He was literally speechless.

“H-how?” he then brought out with a chuckle, “How did nobody know this about you?”

My dad raised an eyebrow towards me as well know with an amused smirk.

“Noone likes a show-off” I said lowly, clutching my left arm with my right hand a little. This was something I did when I was nervous or ashamed. I was used to getting complemented for my musical talent, from people in my family, but it somehow meant more when it came from Miguno.

“It’s not just showing off when it brings joy to people” Miguno said, “That’s what music is all about, isn’t it? At least that’s why I try to learn it.”

“This song is literally four chords and lyrics that only consist of long vocal runs” she chuckled, “What you’re trying to do is much harder.”

He just raised an eyebrow at me again now when I couldn’t hide a little giggle towards my dad.

“Show me anyone else who can sing that convincingly” Miguno chuckled while slightly shaking his head, “I certainly couldn’t. But you make it look easy.”

“He’s right” Rico now told me with a smirk, “It looks easier than it is. But yeah, the chords are nothing compared to what he’s into.”

“Oh…because playing what you think is punk-rock is so hard” I snickered towards him now.

“Show off” my dad just grinned back at me in amusement.

Then he went over to his giant wall of guitars and picked one that didn’t have six or seven but eight strings.

Miguno just stared in great fascination when he plugged it in, strapped it around his neck and checked the tunes quickly.

“What?” I asked him with a challenging smirk now, “You wanna prove now that you can do more than just easy Housewife’s music?”

“Oh, I’ve had my punk and metal phase alright” he chuckled.

“No way” Miguno said in great disbelief, as my dad suddenly started playing a riff that had even me surprised for a moment. It was a lot of notes which came really quick, I’ve rarely seen him play anything at this speed. He picked up the volume a little, then he used his loop-paddle and worked a bass-line into it as well.

“You know Avenged Sevenfold?” I asked in slight disbelief as well now. The riff he played sounded like a combination of a tornado and a thunderstorm, I’ve never heard him playing anything like that before.

I knew the song really well, but I just couldn’t imagine him being able to perform it in a convincing manner. But then he actually began singing to it and surprised me yet once again. It appeared I had taken my mouth a little too full yet once again. His unmistakeable voice was still the same, but I never imagined him to deliver this much raw power. I quickly went over towards the drumset and gave him the slow base-drum beat the song was still missing. Miguno just kept on watching is in pure fascination, I really wished I could include him in this once again.

But he still seemed to be on cloud nine anyway after my dad and I finished that somewhat improvised version of “Hail to the king”, he was literally getting onto his knees for a moment and bowed down in front of us ironically.

“Haha, really?” I asked him.

“This just keeps getting better” he chuckled, “I want this evening to never end.”

 

Normal POV  (Marble and Rico) (Later)

After having played together the whole evening, Marble’s father had asked her to have a little talk with him and kinda hinted towards Miguno that it was time to go home now. It wasn’t like he didn’t like him it had felt like to the hyena, it rather seemed to be a test of trust and respect.

And Miguno had nothing but respect for this man. His musical genius and talent was only humbled by his open-minded- and light-hearted playfulness.

Marble seemed a little bummed as well that Miguno was supposed to leave already, it wasn’t even that late yet. And just the beginning of the weekend on top of that.

She said goodbye to him with a gentle but genuine hug, Rico shaked his hands with a respectful smile, then the hyena boy strapped his guitar case over his shoulders and went on his way towards the bus-station. It was kind of a weird feeling to leave the enormous garden that surrounded the giant house they lived in, the door closed automatically behind him and the quiet street on the outskirts if this rather upper-class part of the city seemed somewhat spooky now. But the bus stop wasn’t far and it still came every twenty minutes at this hour.

-

Marble didn’t immediately leave and got on her way to her room after her dad had closed the door behind her new friend. He probably really had a reason to talk to her, and she also wanted to know what his problem was with Miguno.

He smiled at her when he noticed that she looked at him with a little tilt of his head. He smiled a little more when she crossed her arms in protest.

“Is he just a friend or is there more?” he then asked, sparing her the talk around the bush. So it really was about that.

“Dad” she sighed, “Come on.”

“Hey, no, don’t worry” he said with a light hearted smile, defensively raising both his hands a little, “There is nothing wrong with him. He treats you well and he’s an honest guy. He’s not trying to over-sell himself or his skills, that already tells you a lot about a person.”

She was a little surprised now that he actually didn’t have a problem with that, but she also knew he was cool with most people she introduced him to. He was a good judge of character and he trusted her with hers as well, mostly.

“…so?” she asked in slight disbelief now, “Is that why you sent him home on a Friday night?”

His smirk now widened a little bit.

“I just wanted to see if he respected the decision of a protective father” he now told her the real reason, “But he did! And I trust him. And I trust you too, I will not stand in your way. I just want you two to be smart and safe, okay?”
Her smile widened a bit now. She had already wondered when he would give her the talk about that and how uncomfortable it would be when it would happen. But now that it happened and she had nodded understandingly with a sincere expression, it seemed to have been the easiest thing in the world.

“Now go, little troublemaker!” he told her with a little wink, “His bus leaves in 10 minutes, I’m sure you’ll catch him! Go and enjoy your weekend! Call anytime in case you need anything!”

“Haha, thanks dad” she told him with a genuine smile. Then she hugged him swiftly.

Three minutes later she had all the things she needed and left the house, hurrying towards the bus-station.

 

POV Migu (now time)

“So Legoshi, last night…” Juno giggled, telling her story from last night excitedly, “…pulled me onto my feet and started slow dancing with me. There was this Rico Capaldi song on the speakers suddenly, I guess it must have activated something inside him.”

“Someone you loved?” Marble asked with an amused chuckle.

“Haha, yeah!” she affirmed, “You know it?”

“Pfff” I laughed. “Does she know it.”

“He’s my dad” Marble now told them all lowly, it almost seemed like she was glad she could get that off her chest right now.

“No way, really?” Juno chuckled, “That’s so cool!”

“Tell me about it” Miguno grinned proudly, “And he’s such a sweetheart as well. Got to jam with them again last night, it was so epic!”

When I said this out loud, I just reminded myself again how absolutely unbelievable all this was right now. She was lying in my bed next to me, like me just wearing underwear, snuggling up to me like we were a real couple already. I could feel her warmth and her fluffy tail, she was just so delicate and precious and beautiful.

“…I think my dad likes you too by the way” she now whispered with a giggle upon turning her head towards me, “And he respects you.”

“I guess I should feel really honored” I smiled happily, “But he’s a really great guy. I really hope I’m deserving of his respect though.”

She now hugged me again and snuggled her face against mine. I was really trying not to show how excited I was about all this, I still couldn’t quite believe I could hide it this well last night when she laid herself down next to me on my bed. I really didn’t want to be that guy who was thinking about sex in a situation like this, but convincing my body about that was a different story. But it also felt like she wasn’t all that innocent herself.

 

POV Legoshi

“You wanna get some breakfast?” Juno asked me lowly and with a little smile, turning her head towards me as well as she could from her position.

I was still spooning her from behind really comfortably, pulling her closer with my top arm while sandwiching her tail between her back and my stomach. But her tail wasn’t the only thing that was being sandwiched right now, and I was pretty sure she was aware of that.

“I uh…” I chuckled lowly, “…yeah. I just can’t really get up right now.”

“What?” she asked with an ironic grin, “Still feeling tired?”

She turned around now and looked me right in the eyes with a horny smirk. Then she shamelessly grabbed the bulge in my boxers with both her hands.

“I…ahhh” I said as I closed my eyes, really hoping no one else in the dorm would notice. She just smiled and gave me a kiss on the lips.

“You know” she giggled, “The drama club girls asked me about this last night.”

“R-really?”

“The boys don’t talk about it?” she asked with a curious chuckle.

I nodded with a little sigh. “Yeah, they do too.”

“But people talk about everyone” she now waved it off, “You shouldn’t be too worried about that. They’re probably just jealous.”

“Oh you can bet on that” I told her with a smirk now, it appeared she really enjoyed to hear that.

She grabbed my dick even a little tighter now, it seemed that breakfast would be postponed for a little while. Then we got distracted once again anyway.

“So Marble…” Durham suddenly asked her from the bed above Miguno’s, “I heard you’re teaching him how to play that guitar, right? Finally, he gets some help.”

“Oh screw you” Miguno panted with an ironic grumble, kicking the underside of his dorm-mates mattress through the slatted frame with one of his feet slightly.

Marble just giggled light heartedly about that comment.

“…but yeah, next to her I look like a total novice.”

“Oh come on” she chuckled, “It’s really not that bad. And you know I have an unfair head start.”

“Maybe I’ll catch up to you one day” he chuckled, “But I wouldn’t be too sure about that.”

 

POV Haru

It appeared they had worked through the night to be able to finish it by this morning. I had already found three spelling mistakes, and that was just after reading the headline-article.

After reading it I turned the paper towards the front page again, I still couldn’t quite believe it ever since I’ve seen it on the display table.

Under the School Wave’s rather dated looking font was a wide angle shot of the curtain call with all the actors and dancers from yesterday’s drama-club premiere, under that two larger, vertical headshots of two students next to each other. One was of Louis, the star of the drama club who couldn’t perform because of his injuries, the other one was the student who saved him from even worse injuries.

“Legoshi on the front page” I mumbled with a little smirk. There was no one else at my table who could have heard me, but it was still fun to say it.

Louis had attended the premiere performance yesterday. He had been sitting in the front row, and from what I saw he looked genuinely content with their performance. But even more surprising than that was who was sitting next to him in the first row. There even was a picture of that on one of the later pages of the school newspaper. Bill was sitting next to him, and it appeared that Louis didn’t have an issue with that. It appeared he even wanted it to be that way.

“Good morning, Haru!” someone then greeted me suddenly, making me take my eyes off the newspaper for the first time since I began reading. I looked up and saw Louis joining me at my table. I had recognized him by his voice already, but I still was kinda surprised to see him. See him in person after just having seen him in the school newspaper.

“Good morning” I said with a smile, “What a surprise!”

“May I?” he asked, pointing at the newspaper article I had just sort of finished reading anyway, “I wanted to get myself an issue as well, but it appeared they ran out of copies already.”

“There weren’t too many at their stall yet” I nodded understandingly, pushing the paper over to him before I took another sip of my coffee. “Must have been a long night for them.”

I watched him read for a little while and chuckled slightly as his expression changed in surprise occasionally.

“Not quite like you imagined it to be, is it?”

The deer shook his head with a little smile. “But it’s not even about the performance or me not being able to play. It never imagined Legoshi to step up like this. He did alright on that stage yesterday and he doesn’t seem overwhelmed with having a popular girlfriend now either.”

“They’re together now?” I asked in slight surprise.

“Sure seems that way” he said with a shrug, “She’s all over him.”

“Wow” I said with a chuckle, “So there is a wolf inside him after all. Who would have thought.”

Louis seemed genuinely well-spirited right now. Far better than I would have imagined.

“Say, wasn’t he interested in you at one point?” he asked with an amused chuckle.

“Oh” I waved it off with one hand, “Yeah, he was. And I was too. But it became clear pretty quickly that it wouldn’t really work out between us. At least to me.”

“So…Juno was his second choice after all?” Louis asked dryly and while raising an eyebrow.

“Come on, Louie” I sighed with a smirk, “They look good together. She deserves to be happy.”

“Speak of the devil” he commented dryly, hinting towards them with his head as they just got in line at the food pick-up.

“She’s glowing” I commented after inspecting them for a moment, “You think they fucked in the drama club storage room again last night?”

“Again?” Louis asked with a chuckle, “How do you know about that storage room even?”

“Let’s just say I have a gift getting people to talk to me.”

That comment made the deer grin a little bit.

“So you’ve talked to someone who has caught them in the act. But you won’t tell me who that is in order not to expose them. I like a challenge.”

I couldn’t hide a little grin about this either as I picked up my coffee mug again.

“Okay then” he chuckled, “I’ll let you know once I found out.”

 

POV Ookami

I somehow felt even more depressed this morning than I felt last night. I was sitting alone at a table again, literally nobody wanted to share my company during breakfast as it seemed. Ever since that day that fox accused me of sleeping with his girlfriend, which he actually had every right to, people I normally was cool with seemed to avoid me now. I understood why, but it’s not like I could change anything about it now. I really didn’t know she had a boyfriend, but I also just couldn’t deny that I really was a male slut who slept around a ton at this school.

But getting approached like that had opened my eyes a little bit, and now I just kept thinking about what a meaningless thing I had been doing this whole time. Nobody really cared about me as a person, they all just used me for my body. Nobody thought I was actually worth something to society. I was just a fuck toy.

I looked around the room, still with the childish hope of finding anyone to have a little conversation with, when I suddenly spotted Legoshi and Juno heading towards the food pick-up. The handsome wolves actually looked like a real couple in the meanwhile, holding hands while they waited and giving each other little kisses every now and then.

That ugly feeling of jealousy slowly but surely crept onto me. Not ever has any girl looked at me like she was looking at him right now.

But I caught myself looking at him like that as well. He still had this humble and polite demeanor about him, apparently not even bragging about the fact that one of the hottest canine girls of this school was with him now. And he seemed genuinely happy that he was not seen as a lonely loser anymore.

It seemed I was the lonely loser now.

They disappeared behind a food display for a moment now, I was left staring at my empty food tray once again.

The voices in my head still didn’t stop. They called me an unloved nobody, they called me a douchebag relationship-killer.

“Noone would miss you if you were gone.”

Not really paying attention to my surroundings for a moment I continued wallowing in my sadness and I could actually feel some tears forming in the corners of my eyes.

“Damn you are pathetic.”

Last night when everyone else was out partying, I was in my dorm-room behind my curtain and did the same thing. Nobody could see me crying there, not even my dorm mates asked why I wasn’t out and about, now I was just sitting alone at a table in the cafeteria and still didn’t feel any better than last night. Literally nobody cared about me.

It seemed I had remained in this sad trance for quite a little while, because the next thing I noticed when I looked up was the two wolves walking towards my table. Each carrying a tray full of breakfast, it appeared they were searching for an unoccupied table where they could share their togetherness some more.

I was hoping they wouldn’t notice me or the state I was in right now, I wasn’t sure my usual veneer of coolness could really protect me from some really unpleasant embarrassment. I didn’t want to ruin their mood and I didn’t want them to feel sorry for me. They’ve both had their fair share of bad luck lately, unlike me it felt like they deserved to be happy.

My hopes turned out to be quite pre-mature though, the moment they noticed me they looked a little concerned already. I had looked up at them in just the right moment, it appeared they had already noticed something wasn’t right.

“Oh, hello Ookami” Juno greeted me softly, she was the one I locked eyes with first initially.

As my first idea of hiding my struggles didn’t seem to be an option anymore, I had only plan B left, which wasn’t ideal but still better than pretending I was fine. I would act over it with my nice guy routine and own it.

“Hey guys” I said, trying to fake a smile. It felt like it looked really faked.

“Are you alright?” Legoshi asked with some concern in his voice as well.

“Man you guys look cute together” I told them with what was supposed to look like a light hearted smile.

“Haha, thanks” she replied lowly.

Legoshi smiled a little bit too, but it appeared more out of politeness. They both didn’t believe me when I acted over my struggles.

 

POV Juno

I’ve never seen him like this. It was not like I had seen him very often in the first place, but that normally so spotless façade was totally unrecognizable right now.

When I had associated seeing his handsome face with a really hollow personality and a guy I had a stupid casual one-night stand with once, he now just looked sad and broken. He didn’t look alright, Legoshi really had a point asking. Something must have happened, his pitiful attempt to cover it with humor and nice words wasn’t fooling me for even a second.

We kinda just stood there for a moment awkwardly, I couldn’t really tell if he would want us to take a seat at his table or not. Legoshi’s dorm mates had been behind us in the queue of the food pick up, I had imagined all of us to sit together at one big table in a minute anyway.

“I’ve seen your show yesterday” the maned wolf then mentioned, “I thought you did really well!”

I just smiled a little more, not really knowing what to say.

“Guess it was alright” Legoshi commented humbly, struggling to keep the conversation going as well.

“I thought you were one handsome devil” Ookami told him with a wink, still trying to make us think he was okay. But before the conversation could continue any further, Legoshi’s dorm mate Jack had caught up with us.

“Hey guys” he asked us, “There is a free table back there…”

“Uh…yeah” Legoshi agreed with the Labrador, being torn between following him and staying here a bit longer.

With that and another polite smile we both left the maned wolf sitting where he was and joined Jack and the others at the table they had selected. It felt a bit rude just leaving him like that, but I although thought it would be rude to keep our company waiting for us too.

I liked these new friends I got to know when Legoshi introduced me to his dorm. They were well behaved and nice, much more civilized than a female canine’s dorm was in my experience. There were no rude comments about anyone, they weren’t fighting about the smallest things and they were fun. And I wasn’t even all alone among the boys, Marble was with us as well and even though she was a bit shy still, I thought she was a good addition to the group.

We laughed and told stories while we ate, the mood was still light and playful, much nicer than sitting with the other girls from my own dorm, but I still couldn’t enjoy it to its full extent. And I could tell that Legoshi didn’t either.

We had both looked shortly as we noticed that Ookami was getting up from his seat at his lonely table and took his empty food tray back to the checkout line. His head and ears were hanging low, there was not much purpose in his step and he looked genuinely depressed. It seemed like getting exposed like that in the cafeteria last week had somewhat broken his spirit since a lot of people didn’t want to hang out with him anymore.

“You think he’s gonna be alright?” I asked my boyfriend lowly while the others were distracted for a moment.

“I hope so” he said lowly, “He did seem kinda strange when we talked to him just now…”

“Yeah, he’s acting over it, but I can tell something is wrong.”

“You think we should talk to him again?” he asked, and I could tell that he was somewhat excited that I cared about that as well. That was one of the qualities I adored about him so much too.  He cared about everyone, even about people who any other boyfriend would rather have a critical view of. He still saw a person rather than a potential threat to his relationship. Which Ookami really wasn’t, even though I couldn’t quite tell Legoshi was aware of that.

“I…I mean if you don’t mind about it” I said with a shrug of my shoulders.

“Why would I mind?”

“Mind about what?” Legoshi’s friend Jack now suddenly joined our conversation.

“We just talked to Ookami and he seemed kinda sad” Legoshi told him after a moment of hesitation, “It was kinda weird.”

“Everybody has a bad day I guess” the Labrador said with a light-hearted shrug.

“It looked like he was really hurting” I now mentioned, “This didn’t just look like a bad day to me.”

I noticed that this surely must have sounded kinda weird coming from me, and there was a short pause after that sentence had left my mouth.

“I guess he’s not really used to not getting all that attention anymore” the labrador suggested with a slight shrug.

I hadn’t quite expected him to say it just like that, but it appeared the Labrador boy really had his heart on his tongue there for a moment. I was honestly a little perplexed by the golden retriever’s behavior right now. From the first impression I got from meeting him, and considering that he was a student representative, I had imagined he would show more concern for a fellow student’s well-being.

For a moment I thought he might be jealous and therefore didn’t really care for the hotshot maned wolf. Or maybe he was jealous of me being concerned about him still. Since I had slept with him once before I got together with Legoshi, I figured he probably wasn’t his biggest fan. That probably also explained why Legoshi had hesitated for a moment when Jack asked what he would mind about.

And then it clicked in my head finally. Jack wasn’t jealous, he was confused why Legoshi wasn’t jealous. He asked himself the same question I did, and I now just realized it. Legoshi’s behaviour really was a bid odd in that regard, and it still only prompted two different reasons for this in my head. Either Legoshi really just saw our relationship as something casual that would probably end someday anyway, or he somehow really liked that maned wolf as a friend for some reason. Whatever this was, I felt like this would get interesting sooner or later.

What I could tell for now already though was that the general mood was tilting a little bit ever since that conversation started.

 

POV Legoshi

This was such an odd feeling. Ookami’s and my roles had sort of switched now somehow. Now he was the sad lonely guy and I was sitting here with my entire dorm and my girlfriend who looked up to me like I was the greatest being in existence.

It felt kinda cool to be worshipped like this, but I also felt really bad for the maned wolf somehow. I could tell he was ashamed and I could tell he was in pain.

I’ve heard about this from other students too, one of them being Jack very obviously, but people really seemed to take their distance now. And it got to him in the meanwhile, he wasn’t able to hide it form us.

Even behind that façade he was hiding behind. He had looked tired and he had looked like he was crying a lot the last night. I hadn’t expected him to be this unable to act over his emotions though.

I wanted to offer him at least an ear somehow. Maybe just someone who listened could help him already. But I wasn’t sure how to convince Juno about that without making it weird. She still looked somewhat uncomfortable about this topic. Kinda like Jack whenever it came up.

I took a look over towards Miguno and his new friend Marble -who I couldn’t quite tell might already be his girlfriend- the hyena just looked so content about his situation. He mostly looked at her, barely having touched his breakfast yet. She looked so comfortable as well right now, like having been introduced to our dorm was the best thing ever for her. She talked and laughed and seemed so happy that she finally found some people who weren’t completely afraid of her. I really wished that everybody could feel this happy and excited right now. That life could be fair for everybody, at least for a little while.

But Jack looked somewhat uneasy right now. As excited as he was this morning when Juno introduced herself to our dorm, now his excitement seemed somewhat dimmed in comparison.

“…maybe you could talk to him when you meet him next time” Juno now suggested, “And you could ask him if we could help him somehow?”

I now got my attention back to Juno again. She was still talking about Ookami, obviously.

“Yeah, that’s what I thought too” I said slowly, “But I don’t feel like I got a whole lot of wisdom to offer.”

“Maybe he just needs someone to listen” she said with a shrug of her shoulders, “Also: What wisdom did he ever offer you before? It’s not like he’s done a great deal to help you with your situation.”

 

POV Jack

The tall wolf just shrugged his shoulders a little bit about that question. I still just couldn’t understand why he cared about that maned wolf at all. Juno brought up a good point right now, apart from some friendly words, there couldn’t have been a whole lot Ookami could have given him.

I believed Juno was trying to find out about the same thing right now, she looked a little bit puzzled as well. It truly left a bad taste in my mouth that he really thought anything that hollow pretty boy did has helped him achieve any of the nice things that happened to him.

“…he was just nice to me is all” Legoshi said after thinking about it for a while, “And he was honest with me. And…he made me realize that I’m not chanceless.”

At first I was a bit stunned when he said that. And really not in a good way. I had no air to speak for a moment, those words felt like a dagger to the heart.

“He!?” I asked, almost yelled in great disbelief, “He made you realize that?!”

I now picked up my food tray with the empty dishes from my breakfast and got off my seat rather abruptly, I couldn’t really help myself hiding my emotions. I truly felt insulted by this, I just couldn’t believe that guy’s words meant more to him than the ones from his closest friends. As if anything that guy has done had anything to do with his sudden happiness.

“I uh…” he said, now looking rather bewildered at my sudden outburst, “I mean…”

It appeared he really didn’t understand.

“Are you serious right now?” I asked, still shaking my head in great disbelief.

I just shook my head now and wordlessly went on my way. This just made me so inexplicably angry right now. I’ve supported him ever since I knew him. I’ve told him time and time again he was a great guy who deserved love and affection as well. And now that he finally had all the good things a guy could ever want, he somehow thinks its all because of some notorious playboy boosting his confidence?

I just couldn’t take this situation anymore right now. Everyone was at such a good place right now it felt like, but I wasn’t.

I was still the same old boring nice guy who wanted everyone else to be happy. I was the outsider who was trying to fit in but no one took seriously anyway.

If I was totally honest with myself, I was just as lonely and pathetic as Ookami, with the only difference being that I also was an unexperienced virgin who never had a girlfriend or even a one-night stand.

It wasn’t like I was desperately trying to change that, but seeing all the others succeed like that really made me feel I should in the meanwhile. Like I’m not worth anything if I don’t. Even though they would never say it like that, deep down everyone knew it was true.

Even Legoshi managed to turn his life around in the meanwhile, and now for the first time it felt like I was the one being left behind. I was just the fifth wheel now.

And in that moment I learned something valuable as I just left them sitting at their table: I had to take care of myself as well, because no one would if I didn’t.

All these emotions suddenly coming up to the surface had me in a really weird state of mind right now. The anger I felt towards what Legoshi just said soon turned into anger about myself and how gullible and blind I was, then into a deep sadness. By the time I had returned my food tray to the kitchen window, I already had tears in my eyes and a really big lump in my throat.

I went into the hallway, trying to get out of the building as fast as possible so no one could see me cry. Around the corner I saw a group of three canine girls coming in the opposite direction. One of them was Kana, the pretty Husky I had met in the library earlier this week.

“Oh, hey Jack!” she greeted me elegant- but light heartedly as I passed them. But I didn’t look at them and I didn’t say anything.

It felt like if I would be trying to say something right now it would just sound meek and whiny. The back of my throat really hurt as I was desperately trying not to cry, I just wanted to get out of this situation as quickly as possible.

So I just nodded once with my gaze remaining on the floor, not stopping or slowing down in my step.

“…what’s wrong with him?” I heard them whisper behind me.

“…not as cute as you made him sound to be honest.”

“Yeah…he could at least have greeted you back...”

That was the last thing I heard before I threw myself against one side of the heavy double doors that lead outside of the building.

“Well done you freaking dumbass” I cursed to myself lowly, “Great job messing it up completely.”

 

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I know this chapter ended on a bit of a sad note, thats one of the reasons why it took this long to finish. But I make it up for that in the next one, I promise!

It's gonna be a surprise and its gonna be fun.

 

But I cant make any promises as to when it will be finished. I'll try to hurry up.

 

Take care, catch you later.

 

~furr

 

 

Chapter 9: Chapter 8 - Different but the same at heart (part 1)

Surprised to see me again so soon?

Yeah, me too. 

Anyway, I had a ton of fun writing this, I hope you enjoy reading it too!

part 2 will be out very soon ;)

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Beastars – Behind the spotlight

Chapter 8 – Different but the same at heart (Part 1)

POV Jack

I woke up feeling cold and with an odd smell in my fur. I was lying on a hard surface in a rather uncomfortable pose, when I opened my eyes, it wasn’t very bright in the room I was in. What I saw was myself in a mirror that went all the way to the ceiling, I was lying next to an unknown bed. I seemed to have no memory how I ended up here.

I looked just as rough as I felt. My head hurt and my fur was somewhat roughed up. And it smelled bad, like a mixture of alcohol and something sticky and sweet.

By the time I had made it onto my feet I noticed that most of my clothing was scattered all across the floor. I only had my boxers still on me right now.

Not all of the clothing on the floor seemed familiar though. My next logical thought was to check the bed, and indeed I was not alone in the room. It was someone with brownish-orange, rather fluffy fur, but as I could only see their feet and the tip of their tail sticking out from under the blanket, my brain couldn’t really connect it with somebody I knew right now.

“Shit” it then suddenly shot through my head, “What time is it?! It must be Monday already in the meanwhile!”

There was daylight coming in from the blinds, it felt like I had slept for quite a few hours.

My next impulse was searching for my phone to check the time, luckily I quickly found it in the pocket of my pants.

 

10:20AM.

 

“Shit, shit, shit!” it went through my head again as I fell into a state of slight panic, “I should be in math class right now! I’m gonna be in so much trouble!”

I quickly began collecting all my clothes from the floor, then I went in search of a bathroom. Not wanting to get caught with my pants down, I closed the door behind me when I found it and attempted to dress myself. Whoever was sleeping in the bed of this what appeared to be a hotel room, I would be trying not to wake them up before I went onto my way back to school.

But then I stopped in my tracks when I noticed that weird smell again coming from the fur on my chest. It kinda reminded me of dried-up apple cider now, when I touched it, it felt sticky and kinda gross. Like I had spilled it on myself by accident. My shirt had that same smell to it.

“I can’t be seen in public like this.”

So I undressed myself fully and went into the shower cabin quickly.

Under the hot stream I suddenly had somewhat of a flashback from the day I had yesterday.

 

16 Hours earlier

Jack still had his phone on silent. He hadn’t talked to anybody ever since he had left the cafeteria earlier today. He hadn’t told anyone where he was either, he felt like that would defeat the purpose.

Of course, he had noticed that people had sent him messages and even tried calling him in the meanwhile, but he didn’t want to hear any of it right now. He wanted to clear his head and take a step back for once, and he also thought it would serve them right to worry about him for a while.

There wasn’t really a reason for them to worry anyway, he had used his privilege as a student representative and had gotten himself an expedited outside-permit for today. But it truly felt like a little bit of an adventure to be out and about in the city all on his own like this. There was no one he needed to take care of but himself.

He felt quite comfortable as well for the most part, but then he suddenly walked across a part of town he’s only heard about but never been to himself before, and his heartbeat suddenly sped up a little bit. A great combination of new smells hit his nose, it was enticing but at the same time somewhat unnerving as well. His curiosity got the better of him at first and he walked a few steps closer, then he suddenly stood right before the entrance to the infamous black market. A place his parents and teachers had warned him about plenty, a place teenagers and kids should take their distance from for good reason.

But he stood there for a while, just watching as people walked into or left the little side street, talked to the vendors in the stalls he could see from where he was, received plastic bags with ominous contents in exchange for cash money. It was just as fascinating as it was scary. But he didn’t even think about going in there himself. Not on his own, not while he was still underage.

After a while he decided to turn around and slowly but surely get on his way back to where he came from. The sun would be going down quite soon anyway, in the meanwhile he was becoming hungry and began thinking about getting back to campus sooner or later.

Then he suddenly heard somebody yelling. At first it was a female voice, then a male one quickly joined in as well. He turned around and saw a couple of deer, who appeared to be searching for their missing child.

“Suki! Suuuukiii!” they kept yelling over and over again, looking around the street and into every direction in great panic.

The Labrador quickly concluded their kid must have ran off and they had lost sight of her, and being this close to a dangerous place like the black market, his pulse immediately began speeding up again. It made sense they were on high alert.

He didn’t think about it twice and already knew he had to help them in any way he could. Even if he was just a teenage boy, he had at least something to offer. He was a dog after all.

“Are you searching for your child?” he approached them gently but directly, “How old is she, what does she look like? This is a really dangerous place-“”

“Yes!” the mom immediately affirmed with a nod, “She is very skittish and easily excited, she’s only six! We don’t live here! We just looked at our phones for a moment to find the way towards the train station. She ran off, probably into that shady looking street with all the vendors…she can’t have come very far, but-”

Jack nodded with a determined expression. “Okay. Don’t be alarmed, I’m just getting familiar with your scent, maybe I can smell her out.”

He got a step closer to the family missing their child and tried to get the best possible memory of their scents. He still had to filter out quite a few other smells coming from the black market all the way towards here, but he thought he had gotten a good enough impression.

“The black market is right around the corner. We really need to find her quick, this is a dangerous place for herbivores especially” he explained, “You should wait here in case she comes back, I’ll see if I can find her!”

“O-okay!” the mom stuttered, then the Labrador already went on his way.

His heartbeat got faster and louder the closer he got to the market. This was one of the least things he had expected to happen today, but when the safety of a six-year-old herbivore girl was at stake, there was no way he wouldn’t do this. He walked past the first two stalls to the left and right, keeping his eyes on the ground, checking every corner for a little deer girl.

The various very strong smells from the stalls completely overwhelmed his nose for a moment though, filtering all that out and remembering the scent of the deer family almost seemed like an impossible task all of a sudden. He began feeling a little bit dizzy and a sort of tunnel vision set in quite soon. The panic inside rose quicker and higher. This already felt like a mistake.

“Suki!” he yelled out for her, “Suki, are you here somewhere? Your parents are worried about you!”

He stumbled on, not looking where he was going and collided with another animal. A Tiger much larger than him.

“Hey!” she complained, “Watch where you’re going, kid!”

“Excuse me, I’m very sorry” he stayed polite, “I’m looking for a little deer girl, have you seen her by chance?”

“She’s right there” she pointed out in slight annoyance, “Why don’t you just use your eyes?”

Jack was so relieved he almost forgot to thank her. But there she really was, happily dancing around the street between the stalls, apparently still rather unbothered about her surroundings. This didn’t exactly look like a fun fair or a playground that would excite little kids like that in Jack’s opinion, but nevertheless, he was nothing but glad that she was alright and that he found her in time.

“Thank you so much” he told the Tiger lady, quickly walking towards the little deer girl.

“Suki!” he yelled after her, and this time she reacted.

“Yeah?” she asked, slightly puzzled that a stranger knew her name.

“Your parents are really worried about you! They sent me to find you! You’re in a really dangerous place here!”

“What?” she asked in confusion, “They were right behind me just now, I…”

She took a look around and suddenly looked more scared. It seemed like she had been in a bit of a tunnel vision as well this whole time.

“Oh.”

“My name is Jack” he told her, reaching his hand out for hers, “I’m going to take you back to your parents, okay? They’re waiting for you already.”

She nodded and took his hand, then they slowly went on their way back towards the exit. The tunnel vision had cleared a bit for him after he found her and the relief cleared his head. He was able to take a slightly closer look at his surroundings now.

“Not a good place to take a kid” the Tiger Lady from earlier commented as they went past her again.

“Yeah” I said, “Her parents are really worried. Thanks for your help!”

She nodded with a more understanding smile now, it appeared she had noticed how intimidated the young golden retriever was of this place himself.

They continued on their way and eventually made it all the way past the stalls into freedom. They immediately felt a lot safer after having a few steps back.

 

POV Jack

“Mommy, daddy!” Suki yelled excitedly as she spotted them, letting go of my hand now and running towards them, “Where have you gone, why didn’t you come with me?”

I followed her with a proud and happy little smile, I could see how relieved the parents were to see their daughter again.

“Oh baby” the mom told her, hugging her tightly, “I was so worried about you! We couldn’t find you! This is a really dangerous place!”

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know!” she said, still rather excited though.

The parents now both turned towards me with grateful expression.

“How can we ever thank you?” the dad asked me in total relief.

“Yeah, you’re an angel!” the mom agreed, “I wouldn’t have known what to do without your help!”

“Oh, that’s quite alright” I waved it off with a smile, “I’m glad you’re all safe! …a-at least I can say now I have seen the black market for myself once.”

“…that was so brave of you!”

I just smiled a little and then watched the dad as he got his wallet from his pockets.

“Nono, please!” it tried to stop him, “That’s alright, I-“

He didn’t stop and pulled two 5000 yen notes out and reached them out to me.

“Please, take this” he said with an expression of genuine gratefulness, “It’s all I have on me right now sadly, but…”

“That’s really not necessary! I’m glad I could help.”

“No, no, really. It’s the least I can do! You did us a great service, I wasn’t sure I would ever see her again. I was so scared of this place when I read about it already! Please, take it! We’re very grateful!”

“O-okay…thank you!” I stuttered, taking the money as I didn’t want to seem ungrateful either.

“Yeah, really” the mom said as well, hugging me in great relief and gratefulness, “Thank you so much!”

“Of course!” I said again, hugging her back, “But you should really leave this place now. And so should I.” I added with a chuckle.

“Yes” they both agreed, “Thank you so much again, you’re a real hero!“

I waved them for the farewell as I went back onto my way where I was going earlier.

“Goodbye, Jack!” Suki yelled after me as she waved as well.

“Bye Suki” I yelled back, “Take good care of your parents, okay?”

 

10:30AM; Hotel Bathroom

Having somewhat managed to dry my fur, I had put my clothes back on quickly, at least feeling a little bit better about my current situation. Having remembered my good deed from the day before at least made me feel a little more at ease about this whole new set of problems I was faced with today. And I also had found all my belongings I had with me yesterday in the pockets of my jeans, so at least that wouldn’t be an issue.

 

As quietly as possible I tried opening the bathroom door again, but just as I took the first step outside, I realized something was different than before. It was much brighter in here now, it appeared the other person in this hotel room had opened the blinds and the window to let some daylight in.

“Good morning, sunshine” a male voice greeted me with an amused chuckle in his voice even before I could see him, “Sleep well?”

I went around the corner and just stood there motionless for a moment when I saw him, still in the beginning stage of processing how any of this could ever make sense.

The shirtless maned wolf was sitting upright on the bed now, his lower half still covered in the blanket though. He had been looking at his phone when I stepped out of the bathroom, but now I had his undivided attention.

“H-how…why…I mean…where are we? Why are we in the same hotel room?”

“We agreed it was cheaper, remember?” the senior Cherryton-student asked me with another chuckle, stretching his arms above his head for a moment. He surely was as athletic as I had imagined him to be, but his fur looked somewhat messy right now. Just like mine did before I had showered.

I still just stood there and shook my head in great disbelief. But then I suddenly remembered something else. He was with me for the majority of last night, I remembered I wanted to stop him from entering some sort of strip club establishment, but the way he smiled at me right now made me think I must not have succeeded with that plan.

“…man you really surprised me last night, tell you what” he said now, “The student representative who aces every class can really party when he turns his head off.”

“Jesus” I just sighed, still shaking my hurting head, “What happened yesterday? Did we really go into that club?”

“Oh yeah we did!” he chuckled, stretching himself a little more, “I mean…you nearly fainted at first when you got your first lap dance, but you quickly became more relaxed and comfortable when the cider hit. So you certainly aren’t as much of a wallflower as I thought you would be.”

“Okay…you’re just messing with me now” I sighed, rolling my eyes in great annoyance. He was still so amused and unbothered about this.

“I knew you were gonna say that once you’re sober again” he grinned now, shaking his annoyingly handsome head a little. I just looked him right in the eyes for another moment, it seemed like he really was serious about me getting drunk last night. And sadly, that would also be a good explanation or the headache I was feeling right now. Even though it still seemed really unlikely. I’ve never really gotten drunk before.

“Man…” I muttered lowly, still not sure I wanted to believe anything he said, “Did I really lose control like that yesterday?”

“Seems that way. But also felt like you really needed it to be honest.”

I still just shook my head slowly. I also couldn’t believe this had any priority right now as we should both really be heading back to school already. But somehow this wasn’t the most important thing to me right now. It was more important that I found out what really had happened last night and how embarrassing it would be for me if any of it ever got out at school.

I still kept looking at him when he now slowly but surely began moving off the bed. Then I couldn’t hide that I was a little bit shocked when he pushed aside the blanked and got off the mattress.

“Whoa! Why are you nude?”

He didn’t seem to mind me staring, he just smiled in amusement once again as he began picking up his clothes from the floor and placed them on the bed for a moment before starting to dress himself.

“Really?” he just asked now, raising an eyebrow in a teasing manner, “…you don’t remember that either?”

“What?!” I yelled, sadly not at all being able to tell if he was joking or not in that moment somehow. I really hoped he was.

“Man you were horny last night!” he grinned, “You really are a beast when you’re in that mood, tell you what.”

I must have been staring at him really dumbly as he now couldn’t hide a grin anymore now. His poker face had given in at that point luckily, I wasn’t sure if I could have handled any more embarrassment.

“Alright, I’m kidding now” he then let me off the hook. “You passed out almost immediately after we got here. I just like to sleep in the nude because it makes me feel more comfortable.”

“Jesus Christ” I stammered, still shaking my head in great disbelief.

“You surely were down for a bit of cuddling though” he then mentioned with a light-hearted wink, “I found it quite cute to be honest.”

“I woke up on the floor just now” I told him in great irritation, still not very amused about his teasing, “Stop making things up now, please.”

“I didn’t make that up” he said with a slightly offended shrug of his shoulders but still in great amusement, “You must have fallen off the bed after falling asleep. I certainly didn’t kick you off.”

I closed my eyes for a really long moment now, still not sure any of this was real right now.

 “How did I let any of that happen? Why don’t I remember most of it?”

“I think the pretty lady on your lap slipped you some funny looking pill at some point. She said it was on the house. You didn’t really care and swallowed it when she took one as well.”

 

POV Ookami

His eyes widened yet a bit wider as he heard that, predictably, but I still thought he should be kinda proud of himself for risking something exciting yesterday. I certainly was.

But it seemed like he somewhat believed me in the meanwhile, he probably hadn’t forgotten everything that happened last night.

“Oh no. No. No. No! This can’t be real!” he cursed lowly, still just standing there and watching me dress myself, “Holy sh…”

I found it funny and kinda cute how he still stopped himself from using any kind of swear word, I kept examining him while closing the buttons of my now slightly crumpled black shirt.

He looked out of the window for a moment now. There wasn’t much there other than a dirty backyard. He probably was still trying to make sense of all this.

“Oh don’t look so disappointed now” I told him while stepping onto my boxers, “You did well last night! She really enjoyed you speaking French with her when you had her sitting in your lap all night. And we somehow didn’t even have to pay for the drinks when they kicked us out. I guess they wanted us out of the club without any trouble before the cops showed up…”

He really seemed to have had quite a blackout, the more I told him about yesterday the more freaked out he became.

“The what?!”

“Yeah” I said with a calm but honest nod, “We were half way down the street already when the cop cars went past us and stopped at that place. The bouncers were kinda nervous, it really was a close call.”

“Please tell me this isn’t real either...” he stammered, “This can’t be real!”

I now couldn’t hide a mischievous little smirk once again. The poor Labrador looked so defeated already. But I thought his innocent expression also made him look quite cute and likeable. And it suited him well that he had gotten out of his shell yesterday. And I wanted him to have this in good memory too.

“You don’t remember Cyrille?” I now asked him with a smile, “…pretty, fluffy Husky girl, double D cups, French accent. You flirted in French with her for almost four hours. And you were a real gentleman! She practically didn’t leave your side anymore. She was almost as enticed by you as you were by her…”

He still just looked at me in big eyes while I recited from my memories last night.

“...and…and after your fifth cider I was pretty sure you would start making out with her soon. And I’m she would have let you…I mean… If it wasn’t for that bouncer who knew we were underage and that the cops were on their way.”

He was just staring in disbelief at me yet once again. It appeared more memories were coming back slowly but surely. I really had fun telling him about all this. And I hadn’t even gotten to the best parts yet. Alone how it all started even had me struggling to believe it yet.

 

15 Hours and 30 minutes earlier

POV Jack

The rush I had gotten from saving that little girl from the black market still hadn’t really worn off even after the family was way out of sight already. The streets in this part of town still weren’t quite as lively as in the city center where I came from, but it slowly but surely began feeling a little bit safer. Everything was bathed in pretty orange evening light as the sun had slowly started setting in the meanwhile, it began feeling more peaceful now but still not less exciting somehow. I crossed the street once more as my phone told me I had to take a right turn at the next junction in order to take the shortest route towards the train station I needed, and after I had slipped through between two parked cars I almost bumped into the back of a line of people that had formed in front of some sort of club or bar.

The sidewalk was not very wide in that spot as there was a standing sign advertising the establishments offers, so I had to politely ask the guy before me if he would let me get past quickly.

“Excuse me, sir” I politely asked the maned wolf in the neat black shirt next to the sign, “Could I please just pass-“

“Oh, yeah! Sure buddy, sorry!” he said upon looking up from his phone and stepping to the side for me, and only then I noticed that I actually knew him.

“Oh hey” he greeted me with a tired but genuine smile, “…strange place to be randomly meeting up, isn’t it?”

“Uhhh” I said, still somewhat perplexed, “…yeah.”

“I feel a little bit busted now” the maned wolf confessed with a guilty chuckle, and even though he really should as I was student representative, he still didn’t seem all that stressed out about it.

“Did…did you get an outside permit too?” I asked, even though I knew that would be almost impossible for him, even as a senior.

“Nope” he just said with an unbothered shrug of his shoulders.

“But…are you aware this is gonna mean that-”

“Yup” he said with an indifferent nod.

I tilted my head, still not quite sure he was actually serious about it. I already felt a bit naïve now thinking I even had the slightest chance of changing his mind.

“And you don’t mind-”

“Nope.”

I looked at him for a moment, then I suddenly remembered how depressed he had looked in the cafeteria this morning and what all that caused to happen for me too in a weird twisted way. It surely was a good reason to make me believe he really didn’t care about the consequences. I still was a little bit baffled by this right now though.

The line moved further now, he would soon be the next in line to enter the club. I took a look at the sign now, then I noticed in great shock that this actually was a canine strip club.

“Wait…are you really trying to get into a-“

“Yes” he interrupted me with a deeply annoyed sigh now, almost as if he was a parent who slowly but surely lost their patience with their kid, “Go back to school and prattle to a teacher if you must. I really don’t care. Please stop bothering me with this.”

“O-okay…” I just said with what must have been a quite dumbfounded expression.

I really believed him now that he didn’t mind, and I was somewhat impressed by him not losing his friendly demeanor either, even though I was clearly getting on his nerves right now.

This would have been a good point for me to just walk away from the situation, but somehow my curiosity had me glued in place for another moment.

“A-are you sure they’re gonna let you in though?” I asked, being genuinely interested if there even was the slightest chance of that happening. Even the sign on the stand said 18+ in the upper left corner.

I also had to confess that he did look quite mature for his age, even more in that neat black shirt he wore right now and with his looks and his confidence, but I was also pretty sure they would check his ID before they would let him in.

“Guess we’re gonna find that out” he said, now with a light hearted chuckle once again, “Can’t hurt to try though.”

I just stood there and stared for a moment. The bouncer, a buffed Doberman in a plain white shirt had a rather neutral expression as he was examining the line before him. I looked behind me, then I noticed that the line that remained now were just Ookami and I at this point.

It appeared someone talked to the Doberman over his earpiece, as he suddenly nodded affirmingly and then approached Ookami.

“You kids have any cash with you?” he asked, his voice raspy but his tone rather warm and inviting. More inviting than I would have imagined.

Ookami nodded and casually showed him a few bills he pulled from his pocket.

The Doberman nodded contentedly, apparently not at all worried about age or identification.

“Come on in then.”

“Wait, really?” I couldn’t stop myself from asking, “You can’t just…”

The bouncer still waved him in, Ookami just shook his shoulders with an amused and content chuckle, “Well, apparently I can. What about that?”

“Don’t worry, kid” the Doberman now addressed me apparently, “We won’t be telling your mommy. Come on in and have some fun for big boys.”

“I-“

“It’s really quiet on Sunday nights” he assured us, apparently really selling it now, “Just take a look, no one is forcing you to stay. Also, drinks are half price until 10PM.”

I still just stood there for some reason, I couldn’t really explain it. I wanted to know what it would be like in there, just like I had secretly wanted to know what it was like to see the black market from the inside. I couldn’t deny that it was somewhat exciting and tempting, even though I knew it was nothing but wrong to be doing this at my age.

I found myself looking for an excuse to do it right now though, just for the sake of the adventure I was on today. And the only excuse I could think of was that I had an obligation to keep an eye on my fellow students and their well-being, even if they were a little bit off-track right now. I knew I was twisting this quite a lot to make it fit, but all that told me was that I really should give myself a push for once. Worst thing that could happen was that I made a new experience and learned something. Since Ookami didn’t care if I would prattle anything to the school’s authorities, I had the feeling he wouldn’t throw me under the bus anyway for being curious. Even though I really wanted to take a short look.

When I looked up again I noticed how not only the bouncer but also the maned wolf were looking at me with a challenging expression now.

“You know what” Ookami then proposed, “First round is on me if you come take a look. I won’t hold it against you if you want to leave then.”

“I…uhhh…” I stuttered, not being sure if he was just being friendly or if he really tried to bribe me right now so I wouldn’t tell anyone at school what he was doing. Whatever it was in the end, a part of me really wanted to take a look, and somehow that part of me overruled my better judgement yet once again. “Okay.”

 

10:40 AM; the next morning

POV Ookami

I casually followed him when he left the hotel room. I had taken all my stuff and the room keys with me as well, I guessed being the tight-ass that he was he wanted to head back to campus as quickly as possible anyway. And I would be correct about that guess, he hadn’t even asked me before he approached the receptionist at her desk and told her that we would like to check out.

I couldn’t hide a little smirk when I noticed the way the sassy looking, slightly curvy zebra Lady in her mid-fourties looked at the teenage Labrador right now. He looked stressed out and uncomfortable, even more so after he noticed what kind of “cheap and affordable hotel” this really was.

“Before you check out, may I interest you in our ‘romantic breakfast offer for young lovers’?” she asked with a friendly smile.

I assumed she asked this question to everyone who wasn’t alone in a room here.

“We’re not lovers, we got drunk last night and needed a cheap place to stay” Jack immediately clarified, obviously feeling rather triggered by that assumption of hers.

“Oh…” she chuckled in slight amusement, “I’m sorry.”

I still couldn’t believe how clenched up about all this he still was.

“Well…aren’t you the romantic type?” I asked him, lightly nudging his shoulders with an ironic smirk towards her.

“Yeah yeah…” he sighed in annoyance.

“…one bed room, a single night” she concluded for us after I had handed her the room key, “That’ll be 4500yen please.”

I quickly acted like I was checking my pockets, then I shook my head at him with a sorry little smirk. I had planned this in advanced of course. “Oh…I just remembered…I think you’re gonna have to pay for our night here. It seems I left all the cash I had with me in the strip-club yesterday…”

“Shhh!” he tried to keep me down, but the lady at the reception heard it of course.

She laughed for a moment, but I wasn’t quite sure because she believed me and he was embarrassed about it or because she didn’t believe me and just found it funny in general.

He just shook his head in great annoyance and ignored it, now casually pulling one of two 5000 yen notes out of his Velcro-wallet and handing it over to her.

“Have a nice day” he told her direct but politely after he had taken the change and the receipt, which she handed him a moment later. She nodded with a professional smile and a little nod, her grin widened a bit once again after I winked her for the farewell.

He didn’t stop after we had left the entrance of the Hotel, it seemed like he went straight on his way towards the train station with steely determination.

But then he suddenly stopped on the sidewalk.

 

POV Jack

“Wait a minute…” it suddenly came back to me, “You said we didn’t even pay anything in that club yesterday! …and did you really have to tell that to the receptionist?!”

“Dude” he chuckled casually, still way too relaxed about any of this, “…this woman works in a hook-up hotel. Do you really think she hasn’t heard anything like that before? She’ll have forgotten all about us even before her lunch break anyway. So relax.”

I still just couldn’t help but shake my head at this guy.

“…and I said we didn’t need to pay for the drinks we had. But I gave the girls a bit of a tip if you know what I mean…” he mentioned, lifting up a hand showing five fingers, “But also: let me treat you to breakfast, I think there might be a few more details you don’t remember.”

I just looked at him in great disbelief for a moment. He didn’t seem to be in a rush to get back to school right now.

“W-what …just what is wrong with you?”

“You not hungry?” he asked with a relaxed chuckle, “I’m starving!”

“We need to get back to class! They must be worried about us already!”

“Dude, it’s almost noon anyway. Just write this day off and own it!” he sighed, now sounding slightly frustrated as well for once. For all the wrong reasons. “…it’s not like you can’t afford to miss an hour of school or two, is it ‘Monsieur Le Baguette’?”

“Ahhh!” I yelled in even bigger disbelief and anger now, “Baguette is a type of bread you dickh-“

I stopped myself just in time before I said that word, cursing really wasn’t my style and I wouldn’t want to let it get that far, not even for him. “Sorry” I calmed myself down, “I didn’t want to get insulting.”

There was a moment of tense silence between us now.

“Pffff” he then began laughing light-heartedly, somehow not at all offended but rather amused by what I said, “You know…you would actually be quite a fun guy if you hadn’t had that stick so far up your ass. Actually, you really were once you had a few glasses of cider and turned your big head off a bit last night. Trust me, life is more fun if you don’t take yourself so seriously all the time.”

My head began hurting a little more when I shook it once again with a little sigh, this just wasn’t getting any better. Then, to top it all of, I now also felt my stomach growl again, which didn’t really help calm my nerves either. I was hungry as well, that headache still didn’t fade and I was getting irritated by every little thing right now it seemed. I just hated everything about my day so far.

But as chance would have it there really was a bakery coming up on the other side of the street I just noticed. It smelled really delicious and I would be lying if I said I wouldn’t want anything good to eat and a cup of coffee right now.

“You know what…” I then changed my mind as everything else seemed hopeless anyway, “I guess we won’t make it back before the lunch-break anyway. Let’s have a quick breakfast.”

“Yes” he said contentedly, obviously having spotted that bakery as well already, now checking his left and right to cross the street, “That’s what I wanted to hear. Let’s get some Croissant and Café au lait!”

“Can’t argue with that” I muttered, having to admit that his amateurish French actually kinda made sense this time.

“Come on, Lover-boy” he told me with a well-spirited nudge, “I’m gonna tell you a bit more about last night. You haven’t even heard the full story yet.”

Chapter 10: Chapter 8 - Different but the same at heart (part 2)

Beastars – Behind the spotlight

Chapter 8 – Different but the same at heart (Part 2)

7:10 PM; the night before

POV Ookami

“Hey hotshot” she greeted me casually. I just stared in pure awe at the slender but really hot African wild dog lady. She wore nothing but bright yellow shorts and a matching yellow bra, I thought it looked just so good on her. The mix of light and dark brown fur, the cute round ears, I immediately was captivated by her appearance. It was always fun for me to meet other rather exotic breeds like myself, and on top of that she immediately looked sympathetic and well spirited. “I’m Delphine, but the good boys can call me Didi.”

After introducing herself she casually took a seat on the arm-rest of the cozy leather armchair I had chosen.

“Well, hello Didi” I greeted my new company back with a very interested smile, “You look like just what I need!”

She smiled as well, already taking a seat on my lap now. I took a look into her friendly light orange and brown eyes, her smile widened a bit more.

I already felt really content with my idea of coming here. They had offered us this spot immediately after coming in, it took the both of us by surprise a little bit. This corner of the room looked rather exclusive, the Doberman probably was right when he said it’s not all that busy here on Sunday nights. Jack had taken a seat on a small leather couch on the opposite side of a little couch table between us, he still looked rather overwhelmed by everything going on around him though.

“…you had a bad day?” Didi asked me, pushing one of the strings off my rather long mane behind my ear with a gentle hand.

“It suddenly got a whole lot better” I told her contentedly, “My name is Ookami, its very nice to meet you.”

“Two Os?” she asked with a grin, showing two fingers with her free hand, her other arm she had wrapped around my back already. It was not the first time I had heard that question about my name of course.

“Three” I said jokingly, adding with a wink: “But the second one is silent.”

“Okay agent triple O” she said, unbuttoning the top two buttons of my shirt, “How would you like your Martini?”

“Pfff” I chuckled, still really fascinated by the beautiful and delicate creature I had sitting on my lap, “…so this how you sell your drinks, yeah?”

“Oh did Ralphie not tell you about the half price offer before 10PM?”

I took me a moment, but then I concluded she must be talking about the bouncer who let us in.

“His name is Ralphie?” I asked with a grin, “Cute.”

“Oh he won’t be so cute anymore if you start messing with him” she told me in a sassy but light-hearted tone.

I already knew I would get along with her just fine this evening, this little banter alone had made my day so much better already.

I kept on smiling contentedly for a moment as I tried to listen in on the conversation Jack was having with the girl who was suddenly sitting next to him on his couch.

The fluffy, slightly curvy white and grey furred husky, I guessed her to be in her late twenties, already looked somewhat intrigued by her company as well. Her lipstick matched the elegant wine-red color of her bra and skirt really well, but Jack did a rather good job looking into her ocean blue eyes right now rather than at the voluptuous breasts right before him. The golden retriever looked really excited and captivated all of a sudden, listening in great fascination to his new company while she introduced herself.

Her accent sounded somewhat soft and romantic, then when I realized why it sounded somewhat familiar, I suddenly couldn’t hide an amused smirk anymore.

“Who’s your friend?” Didi asked me with great interest now, it seemed she had noticed why I was so curious in how he would do in here, “He seems even younger than you.”

“I don’t know him that well to be honest” I chuckled, “Some sophomore dork from my Highschool. Really weird how he ended up here too. But I couldn’t just leave him hanging out there, could I?”

This made her smile a little bit more once again. “He seems to be enjoying himself, no?” she asked with a dirty chuckle, shifting her weight in my lap a bit.

I took another look again and then couldn’t hide an audible laugh anymore. “I think he’s speaking French with her.”

This made her grin even wider as well now. “Oh, Cyrille will really like that, I can tell you that much! She’s half French actually.”

“Come on, really?” I asked.

She nodded in amusement, taking another look as well. I was shaking my head in slight disbelief at what I saw, the Labrador was actually serious about speaking French with her instead of getting his flirt on.

“Cute” Didi chuckled as well, then she turned towards me again with an amused smirk.

“…I mean… its really cool he can do that, but the poor guy is still a virgin I think. And he seems a bit overwhelmed.”

She turned to the side a bit now so she could face me again, I thought she was just so hot and pretty.

“Maybe he should order some cider to make him relax” she suggested with a naughty grin.

I couldn’t help but smile a bit about that suggestion too. She really knew how to sell it, and I also believed she might had a point. We were a bit underage to be here, so in order for them to keep us here we really should comply with their business-model somewhat.

“…are you really okay with us being here though?” I asked now, “I was a bit surprised they even let us in to be honest.”

“You are a bit young” she confessed, now a little lower and more serious, “…but that’s still much better than all these creepy old fucks who get touchy and don’t know their place when we don’t want them to get closer. You guys seem quite alright though, I think you should be allowed to have some fun.”

“Touche” I said with an understanding nod.

I looked over towards Jack once again, I felt quite content with my situation and so did he now as it seemed like. Cyrille apparently had noticed that he wasn’t all that experienced yet, but she also didn’t seem to mind that too much either.

“Okay then…” I announced with a chuckle, looking at Didi again who had come even a little bit closer towards my chest now, examining the white fur on my chest that showed through the unbuttoned part of my shirt, “I had promised him the first round would be on me anyway. There anything you can recommend?”

“Oh can I ever” she whispered into my ears with a teasing chuckle, “…so tell me, sweetheart: What are you guys here for tonight?”

“Uhhh…”

 

Later that night

When we returned from my cheeky little private Session, I noticed that the Husky on Jack’s Lap still seemed very comfortable in his company. She really didn’t mind him resting his head on her breasts and looking at her face with big love drunken puppy-eyes, it seemed like him being sweet and kind and speaking French with her really was the best thing she had gotten in her line of work in quite a while.

And even though it has been a few hours now, the Labrador was still completely wrapped around her finger. He didn’t care for any of the other women working here, even though some of them barely had anything to do in the meanwhile. Earlier when Cyrille had left him alone for a couple of minutes, probably just using the restroom or having a short break, he had just patiently waited for her to come back.

Even though there was music and an erotic little dance performance from some of the other strippers on the main stage in the middle of the club, he just wanted to keep sweet-talking to the pretty husky girl all night. He even trusted her enough to try one of the little yellow pills she gave him. My guess was that it was MDMA, but since she had taken one first before she even offered it to him, I was convinced he would be fine and she knew what she was doing. It seemed like she really saw more in him than just a regular customer.

He truly wasn’t just a sex crazed idiot like myself and every other male customer in here, and that just made me realize that coming here in general probably wasn’t the best way of working on myself in that regard.

I had to admit there were qualities about that kid I really wish I could acquire as well one day, even though I was the one constantly hooking up and getting to do the real fun stuff.

But Delphine still was with me too and still quite content with her night as well it seemed. I really hadn’t pushed her into it, she was the one who offered me to have a private moment in her personal bedroom here.

When we had returned to our earlier table I let myself down onto the same armchair, but the African wild dog excused herself for just a moment to go to the bathroom.

I took another look around, on the couch table now stood two full glasses of cider again. Since I remembered mine to be empty earlier, I guessed they either must have topped them off without asking or Jack had ordered one more on my behalf as well.

The thought of that alone had me smiling contentedly yet once again, this Labrador was just completely transformed ever since we got in here.

I contentedly took another little sip, then I put the glass back down and pulled my phone from my pocket to collect some more evidence. They didn’t even notice me taking pictures and short videos, when Didi came back from the bathroom and saw me doing it she smiled in amusement as well.

“Boy’s night is going well, isn’t it?” she asked with a cheeky smirk as she casually took a seat on my lap again.

“I really can’t complain so far” I affirmed with an innocent grin.

Then the mood in the club suddenly changed. A group of people entered the front door with loud voices and an unpleasant attitude. The bouncers immediately reacted and stood more attentive again, looking somewhat nervous all of a sudden.

It was a group of four or maybe five male Lions who had entered, I couldn’t quite see everything that was going on though.

They took a seat at one of the big tables quite close to us. The table hadn’t been completely unoccupied though, there was one older dog, a German Sheppard, sitting there, having a beer and casually watching the dancing girls from afar. I hadn’t seen him here before, but he was sitting there since I came back from Didi’s bedroom and it appeared he had been expecting the big felines to join him here. He didn’t look very excited about it though.

The Lions didn’t order anything but rather just surrounded him and kept talking to him quietly. I couldn’t really listen in on their conversation, but the longer it went on the angrier the dog became. And the angrier her became, the angrier the Lions became as well.

I could feel that Didi was becoming more nervous now as well. She shifted her hips a bit on my lap with visible unease, this seemed to be something that had happened here before.

 

Then the situation suddenly escalated as two of the lions grabbed the shoulders and arms of the Dog to hold him in place and a third one sent a punch right into his gut, causing him to groan in great pain and irritation. He tried freeing himself from their grip of course, but they outnumbered him and there wasn’t anything he could do about it.

Two of the bouncers now stepped towards them and pulled the lions off their seats in a rough fashion, it looked just like the start of every movie fist-fight I had ever seen.

Some of the dancers and other customers yelled in panic now as the fight seemed to escalate, my own pulse began rising a bit as well.

But the buff Dobermans, even though outnumbered two to five seemed to be quite a match for the lions. They blocked the first swings taken at them with ease and great experience. One of the cats stumbled backwards against the table, the German Sheppard’s half full beer glass fell over and one of the other lions got some of it all over his fancy black suit.

I was still watching it happen of course, but when I quickly glanced towards Jack for a moment it seemed like he hadn’t even noticed it yet. He still rather rested his face in the comfy Husky boobs while she gently massaged his shoulders, being somewhat distracted by the commotion as well though.

Then someone showed up on the scene who pretty much immediately gave me the impression of being the owner of this establishment. The large, slightly overweight Doberman had a golden chain around his neck and wore a pretty expensive looking dark red suit over a black shirt.

“Enough!” his voice thundered through the room, calming the situation down for a moment, “Behave yourselves or I’ll have you removed. I won’t hesitate to call the cops, don’t try me. We’ve had this before and we don’t need it again. This is a safe space for everyone and we’re going to keep it that way.”

There was a moment of silence, but the lions didn’t look as intimidated by him as the rest of us.

“Yeah, yeah” one of them told him dismissively, “Why don’t you piss off and go back to where you came from, bigshot? This is none of your business.”

Contrary to what I had expected, the big Doberman who really appeared to be the boss around here just ignored the rude comment from his unwanted guest with a tired expression and rather waved Ralphie to follow him for a moment. The other Doberman let go of the lion who’s collar he had grabbed and lifted up to keep him in place, shoving him away a bit and followed his boss into a more-quiet corner for a moment. They talked for a moment, then he nodded understandingly.

This looked ominous already.

The big Doberman patted his employe’s shoulders with an appreciative nod, then the he went back towards what appeared to be his office and the bouncer came walking over towards us now without any detours.

“It’s time to leave now” Ralphie told me calm but firmly, “Your friend over there too.”

“Oh?” I asked, slightly puzzled. Delphine got off my lap now almost immediately, it seemed she really respected the decision of the upper management.

“It’s nothing personal. Come on, guys, don’t make this difficult.”

Being quite content with my night so far anyway and not wanting to get to know the fists of the very buffed bouncer any better either, I nodded and slowly got up from the comfortable armchair.

“What is happening?” Jack asked in slight puzzlement as the girl on his lap slowly got off of him as well now. She looked a little bit sorry for him too, my guess was that she would have kept him company all the way until closing time if it wasn’t for this, but she of course followed the orders from her employer as well.

“Time to go, Jack” I told him what the bouncer just told me, “Say goodbye to the pretty ladies.”

“Oh…okay…” he said with sad eyes, slowly getting up from the couch as well now.

“Goodbye Cyrille!” he told her, holding onto her hands gently, now sounding like he was tearing up a little, “You were really lovely, thank you so much!”

“Salut, mon amour!” she told him with an almost motherly smile, giving him a little kiss onto his forehead for the farewell, “Come back soon, okay?”

We all just kept watching in complete fascination as he held onto her hands for another moment, even though he clearly was a little tipsy in the meanwhile, and whatever pill the two of them took earlier must have had an effect on him too, he hadn’t forgotten how to be a real gentleman.

“Alright, well done, kid” even the bouncer commented, not being able to hide a little smile at the cute Labrador either, “Time to leave now.”

But then when we finally got going I suddenly remembered something important. We hadn’t even paid for anything yet.

“Uhh, what about the drinks we had?” I asked, pointing out the still untouched cider on the table.

“Just leave it like it is and go” Ralphie said, getting impatient. It appeared he was more concerned with us getting out of here than anything else. But I still wanted to do right by the girls who had been taking care of us so well all night.

I quickly grabbed the cash I had with me and handed Delphine and also Cyrille a 5000yen bill each. This was more than I originally wanted to spend on tonight, but I was still convinced it was the right thing to do. And I was convinced Jack would appreciate it and would pay me back once he was sober again and I explained it to him. Right now, he didn’t seem to understand what I was doing, at least not before it was too late.

Ralphie nodded contentedly, the girls waved us with appreciative smiles and air-kisses when we went on our way.

“Oh, wait!” Jack said when I realized what I had just done, trying to reach for his wallet.

“It’s all good” Ralphie assured him, gently pushing him further towards the exit, “Your friend got you covered. Don’t worry about it. I’m sure you can get this sorted out later. You’ve been very good customers and you’re very welcome to come back any other day.”

Apparently still not concerned that we hadn’t paid for any of the drinks we had, the strong Doberman brought us all the way to the exit.

“Take care boys” he sent us off for the farewell, “Thanks for not making this difficult.”

Then he hurried to get back inside and closed the door behind him.

It turned out to really be last minute, in the distance I could already see blue flashing lights bouncing off the walls of the buildings. His impatience really made sense now, it appeared they really had called the cops on those lions.

“Let’s go, buddy” I told him his with a calm but clear tone, “They’ve been really kind to us, we should not get them into trouble.”

“O-okay” he said, still somewhat confused why we had to leave this really exciting place all of a sudden, but also looking like he trusted me with that decision.

Then we went on our way down the road, taking some distance before the police cars would arrive and they could assume we were actually in there all night.

 

11AM, Breakfast

POV Jack

“…you did not really get a…blowjob…from her, did you?” I asked, taking a short look around the café to check if anyone had heard me ask that.

“Oh yeah I did. And a mean one at that” he affirmed with an amused grin at my apparently really childish innocence, “That generous tip I gave her was for a good reason.”

“Jesus…” I just whispered, slightly shaking my head.

“You should really gain some experiences yourself someday my friend” he now mentioned with a casual shrug, “They could tell you’ve never really been close with someone before.”

I wasn’t really sure what that was supposed to tell me right now, he was just mocking me I assumed.

“Yeah, well…” I sighed, looking down at the tray of food before me. There was just nothing I could really say against what he said. I couldn’t really deny he had a point, it probably was a little immature to not have made any such experiences at my age in the meanwhile. And there really would have been a good chance for me to change that last night, apparently.

“…but they thought you were very sweet” he now told me with a smile.

I didn’t say anything but just blinked slowly. This on the other hand was something I had heard before. Something I heard a lot, actually. I was just this sweet guy who was always nice and helpful to everyone all the time.

I took another bite of my vanilla cream croissant and had another sip of my hot coffee. I didn’t really know what to say about that or how to kickstart the conversation again. But he certainly did.

“…it honestly really was fun to see our worlds collide like that” he now mentioned.

I just looked up at him when I concluded that he really had a point there as well. We were living quite different lives, but last night we ended up in the same place and somehow both had a really pleasant time. The more I thought about it; the more he told me about last night, the more I started remembering the sensual and physical experiences as well. I remembered my really pleasant time with Cyrille the Husky with the lovely French accent, I remembered feeling really cozy and emotionally and physically excited. I couldn’t deny any of that, and I couldn’t deny that I would have liked to have explored this further either.

“…I wouldn’t mind making some experiences like that” I then confessed after another moment of silence, “I’m a bit sad I don’t remember everything from last night.”

His smirk widened a bit more now, it was just as sympathetic as it was unnerving for me right now. It appeared he had been waiting for me to say this.

“You had quite a tent going on down there” he then mentioned shamelessly, “I’d say you’ve enjoyed yourself quite a bit. But also: I think she would have taken you to her private bedroom as well if you had asked nicely.”

“What…really?”

Ookami just nodded with a genuine smile, then he took another sip from his coffee.

There really was nothing malicious from his side right now, now I finally noticed that he really was nothing but seriously bothered about me having a good time. He hadn’t told me all that to just make fun of me, it was more like him being a big brother looking out for me. This time when I looked at his face for another moment, I for the first time saw more than just a shallow pretty boy. I had to confess to myself that he really did have an emotional intelligence and raw honesty about him I hadn’t ever seen anywhere else before.

“Maybe it was this what Legoshi meant with what he said yesterday” it suddenly came to me.

He surely did have his flaws as a person as well, but this certainly wasn’t one of them.

He had taken care of me last night and didn’t even mention it again. He had left Cyrille a really fair tip in my name because I didn’t realize it soon enough. And if that wasn’t anything special, he also made sure we had a safe place to stay the night after I had gotten so drunk and out of my mind that I didn’t even remember anything anymore. And he also somehow had managed to make me see things from a different point of view for once.

Even though we might not become the best friends in the world, I now thought I would at least be able to somewhat respect him and his lifestyle choices from now on.

Having no more doubts about at least this anymore now, I reached out for my wallet and pulled out the second 5000yen bill I had gotten from that deer dad who’s kid I saved from the black market yesterday and handed it over to him.

“For what you gave Cyrille yesterday” I mentioned, he took it without hesitation and just nodded contentedly. It appeared he had been counting on that from the start already.

I for the first time in his presence felt a bit more content as well, at least something seemed to make sense now. Then I began looking at this from his point of view for the first time.

Ookami looked way happier now than yesterday when I met him in front of that strip club. Or in she school-cafeteria earlier that day. And I had to confess that I was feeling somewhat better right now as well, even though I already knew we would have to face some serious consequences for not being in class today. Or back in our dorms before sundown yesterday.

“…so” the maned wolf now asked me, putting his phone onto the table between us, “Wanna see the pictures I took yesterday?”

And just like that, the anxiety was back. Almost immediately. And even stronger than before.

“You’ve taken pictures?!” I asked in great shock about that news. My heartbeat began racing all of a sudden, “B-but you haven’t sent them to anyone, have you?!”

“Haha, no. Don’t worry” he said, shaking his head, “And I’m not going to. But I thought you might want to have them as well?”

I took his phone into my hands carefully and began scrolling through his gallery. Between a couple of selfies he had taken with an African wild dog lady in a yellow bra sitting on his lap, there were pictures and even short videos of me and the pretty husky lady I was with all night yesterday. I truly did look quite drunk and wiped out in some of the later ones, but it also really looked like I had a good time. I was just as fascinated as I was shocked by this now. Seeing it as hard evidence had somewhat of a different taste to it now. I was feeling a little bit sick in my stomach now and the headache felt stronger as well.

“Honestly” he said after a while, “I think it’s something to be proud of.”

“C-can you please delete the ones I’m in?” I asked him sternly as I laid the phone back down onto the table.

“You sure?” he asked with a light-hearted smile, “Don’t you at least want me to send them to you first?”

Just shaking my head I now took his phone in my hands once again to just do it myself, but just as I was done marking all the pictures I wanted to delete, the already really dim screen of his phone suddenly turned completely black. It wouldn’t turn back on either, no matter what buttons I pressed for how long.

I gave it back to him now, he was a little puzzled for a moment too but then he remembered something.

“Right…” he said with a nod, “I had just 2% battery left a moment ago. Must have ran out just now.”

This was just getting worse and worse now.

“P-please delete them as soon as you can” I insisted with a deep sigh. I knew this wasn’t his fault, but that didn’t make it any less unnerving. This could really mess up my reputation at school and as a student representative if it got into the wrong hands.

“Relax man” he chuckled calm and light-heartedly, “I got you. I’ll delete them once I get it charged again.”

I nodded slowly, not feeling entirely convinced by that. To cover up the overwhelming anxiety that thought still gave me, I now took my own phone out of my pocket and checked the battery level. It was down to ten percent as well, I really hoped this would safely get us navigated back to the train station.

“…doesn’t really look like you trust me with this” he commented after a little while.

I found myself wanting to tell him that I really didn’t straight to his face, but then I figured that that wouldn’t really make it any better either.

“…what else can I do about it for now?” I asked instead with another deep sigh of resignation.

He nodded slowly. “That was totally different last night as well by the way.”

He left that standing in the room for another moment, then he looked me in the eyes again.

“But you really don’t have to worry. I won’t tell anyone about that either. Especially not Kana. Guess she won’t ever be talking to me again anyway.”

“W-what?” I asked, my heart now beating so fast I thought it would jump out of my chest soon. This was literally my worst nightmare.

“Oh boy…” he chuckled.

“What about Kana” I asked fearfully, having a really horrible foreboding about this already.

“Well…let’s just say I have a feeling why you really enjoyed having a husky girl sitting on your lap the whole night yesterday for a reason…”

 

POV Ookami; last night

“…and what do we do now?” the Labrador asked in great puzzlement about our situation. It actually was a good question, I was a little bit stumped about this myself. He wasn’t really familiar with this street either as it seemed, we surely were left here a bit stranded right now. I hadn’t really thought of a plan for what would happen after the strip club to begin with.  

But I already knew one thing for sure: “I’m not walking all the way back to the dorms tonight, I can tell you that much. We already missed the last train.”

He nodded slowly. “…maybe we should get one more drink, it’s not that late after all!”

That idea from had me grinning and shaking my head a little bit at the same time. Even though I found it really funny that exactly this seemed to be his solution for the problem right now, I wasn’t quite sure that was such a good idea in his state of mind. He’s had quite a night already for his standards I was pretty sure, and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t the slightest bit tired right now either.

“Whoa, buddy” I told him, supporting his shoulders a little since he already seemed to have troubles standing straight in the meanwhile, “You should probably slow down a little bit. Maybe we should get ourselves a cheap hotel room for the night? It’s not that expensive if we share a bed and split the bill.”

“O-okay…” he said, apparently being fine with that idea.

He now waited patiently, resting his head on my shoulder as I looked up some of our options on my phone. There were a few rather cheap love hotels down this road, it was a bit of a walk though.

“Alright” I said, taking the lead and making sure he would keep up with me, “I think I found something, come with me lover boy.”

 

0:35AM

I was already under the blanket when the golden retriever stumbled out of the bathroom after needing to pee. He was really clumsy and uncoordinated, but he politely apologized to the coat-hanger after accidentally bumping into it. I couldn’t help but shake my head with an amused chuckle while watching him in his hazy state of mind.

Eventually he made it to the bed though and joined me for some much-needed sleep.

He almost landed on top of me when he let himself fall onto the mattress, I managed to take cover in the last moment.

The bed sadly really was rather small and not quite wide enough to fit two people comfortably who weren’t in an amorous relationship, but sadly that also was quite literally the purpose of this hotel and why it was so cheap in the first place.

I was slightly annoyed by him at this point, but I really didn’t want to be rude to the poor guy either. Even though he was really drunk and whatever that pill was Cyrille had convinced him to take wasn’t making him any less exhausting either, he still was polite and respectful and just a really good guy at heart.

One thing bugged me enough right now to make me speak up about it though.

“Hey buddy” I told him, “Could you please at least get your shirt and pants off before you come to bed? You spilled cider all over yourself earlier and it’s still wet and it smells.”

“But…” he stammered, “But then I’ll be almost nude!”

“I don’t mind that too much. But I don’t want to be on a wet mattress that smells like alcohol.”

“O-okay. Sorry.”

With that he moved the blanket off of him again and began undoing everything but his boxer shorts, tossing it off the bed just like I had been doing earlier.

Then he got back under the sheets next to me and made himself comfortable. Even though he was facing away from me and really just trying to find a comfortable position to sleep in, I could feel his fur touching mine gently in some spots and he didn’t seem to mind that either.

I was pretty sure this would have been different if he was sober too, but for all I knew he could still be thinking he was with the large breasted Husky lady right now.

Just to test this theory, I decided to ask him one last question for tonight.

“So…did you like her?”

“Who?”

“Cyrille?”

“Yeah…” he whispered with a dreamy sigh, “She was really nice. And really cute. Almost like Kana…”

“Ohhh” I said with a long suspenseful chuckle, “That’s your deal. Well, can’t say I blame you.”

“I wanna talk to her mooore…” he said lowly but with excitement in his voice, “She’s so kind and pretty.”

“You want her to be your girlfriend, don’t you, Jack?” I asked, nudging him a little with my elbow.

“Nooo…” he said lowly while drifting into sleep slowly but surely, “I’m not good enough for her anyway...”

With that he seemed to have passed out completely for tonight, I still couldn’t help but smile about the really cute Labrador.

“Interesting” I said to myself lowly as I closed my eyes as well, hoping to soon pass out too.

But the thought about that kept me awake for a little while. Once again, this guy was just as real as it got. Just like it had been with Legoshi. And I was convinced Jack would be a really good boyfriend as well, if only he had a little more confidence and self-esteem.

“I have to tell him about all this tomorrow. And I have to convince him that he’s worth it.”

 

A long sigh of resignation escaped through my nostrils quietly as I realized I probably had lowkey just slipped into the same self-destructive pattern yet once again.

 “…tell me, who’s the real good guy here?”

 

11:10; Breakfast

He looked truly devastated after I had finished telling him what he had confessed to me in his drunken state of mind before passing out yesterday. He probably thought that I would tell this to everyone else at school now, but that really wasn’t any of my business. I wouldn’t do that to him and I wanted him to know that too. It wasn’t easy to make him trust me though, I had anticipated him to be quite skeptical.

“…honestly, in my mind it’s nothing but sweet that you thought about her” I said after a long moment of silence, “And I really won’t tell anyone about this. But it’s not like I asked you about this last night on purpose, I guess you just needed to pour your heart out to somebody.”

He closed his eyes once again for a really long moment. This seemed to bother him a lot.

“It’s really embarrassing and I probably wouldn’t even want my best friends to know about this right now.”
I just looked at him, trying to stay patient. “What that you have feelings for a nice girl your age?” I asked in great confusion, “You mean like 90% of the other blokes at Highschool? Come on, Jack. It’s really nothing to be ashamed about.”

“Can we stop talking about this already?” he asked in great annoyance, taking his now empty food tray with him as he got up from the table, “We should really get back to Cherryton now anyway.”

“If you say so” I sighed in slight frustration, shaking my head a little more vigorous as a strain of my mane started poking my eye once again. I really regretted that I hadn’t taken a quick shower in the hotel earlier.

Then I got up and took my tray with me as well. I couldn’t really change his mind right now anyway and getting back to school really wasn’t the worst idea either if I was completely honest with myself. This would be enough trouble already.

 

POV Jack

When the train left the station and we were finally moving into the right direction, my nerves began calming down a little bit. Since the morning rush hour was well over at this time of day, we had almost the entire section of the train to ourselves.

We just sat there quietly, looking out of the windows after the train had left the tunnel and the rest of our journey was above ground. The morning sun stood quite high in the meanwhile, the city looked alive and also somewhat peaceful to me right now.

I wasn’t too stressed anymore about having missed out on half a school day somehow, I was convinced I would be okay in the end, no matter what happened.

And as I sat there and reflected on the adventure I had yesterday and last night, I couldn’t help but smile a little bit. He was right about one thing: I had jumped over my shadow and if nothing else, that alone was a reason to be proud of myself.

I had seen the black market from the inside, and even though it was just briefly, it was something many other students wouldn’t even dream about doing before they were at adult age. I had gone into a strip club and actually had been allowed to touch one of the girls there. And I hadn’t even been afraid of doing it apparently.

“Not even my dorm would believe me if I told them about that.”

The thought of that made me smile a little bit more.

I looked up and examined the maned wolf who was sitting on the diagonal seat of the four-seat arrangement so we could both stretch our legs a little. He had one leg over the other right now, casually looking out of the windows with a somewhat content expression. I had the feeling he would be looking at his phone right now if it wasn’t for his dead battery, but he didn’t really seem to mind that too much.

Now for the first time I started thinking about his motivation for even going to a strip club yesterday.

“Maybe he had done this before even? Maybe he really was in that bad of a place after getting exposed in the cafeteria like that last week? Did he really hook up with that many different girls at Cherryton already? Juno; Sasha; …Kana; …okay, yeah, he did.”

After counting all the names of the girls I already knew this about, I came to the conclusion that he really did get around a lot. And it wasn’t even just with girls I then remembered. Legoshi had been talking to me about this. There were a lot of rumors about him, it really did seem like I had forgotten all about that while hanging out with him last night and this morning. And he did get physical with the stripper last night too, apparently.

I still couldn’t make much sense out of this right now. It really just seemed to be all about Sex for him, he truly wasn’t the type to have a monogamistic relationship.

We still stayed silent after leaving the train and making the last meters back to the campus on foot from the station. The gate was in sight already and I slowly but surely got a little more nervous once again. I had been waiting for a good moment to get this off my chest, but now it seemed like I wouldn’t soon get another one if I didn’t do it right now.

“…maybe I do want those pictures” I then confessed lowly. It was the first time either of us had spoken since we had left the bakery.

He looked at me with a content smile, then he nodded. It seemed like had been waiting for me to change my mind. “Give me your phone for a moment, I’ll type in my number.”

I handed him the device after opening my contacts app, he typed in his name and his number and reached it back over to me. “I’ll send you all the pictures before I delete them on my phone.”

I nodded and we went on our way again. The main building was in sight now, we were just in time for the lunch break to start anyway. Then he said something I wouldn’t be forgetting anytime soon.

“You would be good enough for her by the way” he then mentioned casually and with a little nudge into my side. I couldn’t help but smile a little bit.

“You think so?”

“Yeah” he affirmed with a smile, “No doubt about it.”

I could feel my tail wagging very slightly after hearing that. It somehow did mean something to me coming from him now, I couldn’t deny it.

“Heh, thanks” I said, just as our ways now apparently parted into different directions as it seemed like he wanted to go for his dorm-room first of all, “…and thanks for taking care of me last night!”

He nodded once again with a little wink, then he waved one last time for the farewell and went on his way again.

I looked at the screen of my phone for a moment, it just had about 3% battery charge left I just noticed. The screen had already turned a little bit darker by itself. So I quickly touched the button to save his contact before it would turn itself off completely just like Ookami’s phone did earlier, then I went on my way to find my friends. They must have been worried about me already. Just the thought of seeing them again now had me wagging my tail just a little bit more.

“So what if I get in trouble for missing half a day of school” I now thought to myself, “This was worth it and I wouldn’t regret it in the end. I’m certainly not the most boring student on campus anymore.”

 

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