Underpaw 1: Chapter 4

by Skipai

The following story contains gay sexual acts. If you're not of the age to read or against such practises then please stop now.

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"And as you can see that the material that we are using was a very good deal." The female skunk unrolled the red cloth onto the table and smiled. "Now this we could make into all sorts of things from curtains to pillowcases and it only cost five pounds a square metre." Pausing for a moment as she looked about before continuing on again as she picked up an old pillow. "Which is what we are going to use this for to improve the look of these old tatty pillows."

Keeva yawned loudly as he closed his eyes to block out the boring programme on the glowing tube in front of him. Closing his muzzle again, his right paw moved down to give his ball sac a slight scritch, making the bounce slightly as the other paw pressed on the up channel button.

"...he's got past the last defender with just the keeper to get by and he shoots............Oooooh it's hit the bar before going out for a corner." Another voice came on as the screen showed the Lions were 2-1 down to the Cheetahs. "Yes and that looks like to be the last kick of the game as well. Fredro must really feel sick to his stomach at the moment for not saving his team to get one point in the last run in on the league...."

Shaking his head, Keeva changed the channel again and looked to the bedroom door that was shut tight. Remembering what Tibor told him to occupy himself while he was busy without getting aroused. 'Well, there isn't anything exciting to get aroused to.' Muttering to himself under his breath as he shifted about on the sofa, feeling the springs make a slight moan underneath as he bounced slightly to fix one of the cushions before resting fully on the sofa again and flicked through to another channel.

"...And with business news, shares have dropped down by 15% with Spiffing Corporation due to the............"

Keeva threw the remote control at the television and watched as it hit the left speaker with a bang, fell to the floor with a clatter and switched the television off before landing onto it's back, the buttons showing. Shaking his head, he yawned and got up slowly, bringing his legs to the side of the sofa, while pushing up with one of his arms and got to a sitting position. Moving a paw to scratch behind his left ear, he sighs before calling out. "Awww, come on. It's boring out here. What are you up to?"

The faint voice of Tibor's came through the door. "Never you mind. It's a surprise. Watch some television or something." Keeva turned to look at the black screen, seeing his faint reflection on the tube and stuck his tongue out at it before pushing himself up and making his way towards the bedroom door and looks at it, his hand paws resting on the door frame on either side.

"But there isn't anything on at this time of day unless you're the type that wants to be left as some wet used tissue." Grinning slightly as he backed away from the door as Tibor opened it and pushed Keeva away.

"Shoo! Shoo!" Tibor playfully growled before closing the door behind him and grinned. "Well, be a good pet and sit on the sofa and wait for me to come back out here to get you." Taking hold of Keeva's paw into his own black paw, Tibor guided the otter back to the sofa and pushed him down onto the cushions. Leaning over Keeva, Tibor grinned with his teeth bared and licked the otters nose with his warm tongue. "Now, stay."

Keeva watched Tibor pad back into the bedroom and the sound of the door clicking shut brought him back to being by himself and with a sigh, he leant sideways placing his elbow on the arm of the chair and frowned. "Alright for him. I just have a evil boring TV to stay at." Placing his vision onto the television, he growled at it, feeling that the thing was actually smiling back at him. "Awww, shut up." Keeva muttered as he shifted about on the sofa and laid on his back, one leg spread out with the paw on the floor, the other leg bent upwards as his ball sac lay neatly to the side, while his other paws ran over the upper chest part and slowly he churred and closed his eyes, falling asleep.

Keeva felt a paw on his chest later on in the day when he moaned and turned over onto his side. Tibor looked at the otter sleeping and tighten up his lip before moving his paw over as he leant over the warm body and pressed his paw against the otters nose, stopping the airflow for a few seconds and letting go. Seeing that Keeva didn't wake up, Tibor moved his paw up to his chin and rubbed it slightly, raking his claws through his short white fur until he smiled. Leaning over the otter, he looked down as one paw moved over carefully to brush past the otter's whiskers.

Keeva's nose twitched as he brought up a arm to brush aside whatever was disturbing him and jumped upwards, knocking Tibor's arm away from his muzzle as he opened his own muzzle, took a deep breath in and sneeze loudly, small water droplets shooting out before vanishing into thin air or landing on the opposite arm of the couch. Turning his head to face Tibor, he blinked before rubbing his eyes. "What?"

Tibor grinned and grabbed hold of Keeva's paws in his own and pushed them down. "Evening sleepy head. You've been asleep for hours." Carefully he leant forwards and gave the otter a small lick on the nose. "However, I am ready for you now, that's if you have woken up yet?"

Opening his muzzle up to a full-grown yawn, Keeva chirrped and smiled before replying. "Sorry. Couldn't stay awake at all. Nothing was on the television and come to think about it, I got bored." Grinning as he moved over along the sofa to sit up against the arm of the chair.

With a smile, Tibor leant down and took hold of the otter's paw into his own and pulled him up until they were both standing facing each other. "Well, then." Tibor began to talk in his usual calm, high-pitched voice that rolled about his tongue. "We can't have a otter bored now can we? I mean, otters are meant to be all wriggly and bendy." Tibor grinned a bit more as he saw Keeva groan inwards before sticking out his tongue at the ferret. "That sucks. Remind me to never let you get into a job as a comedian."

Tibor squeezed Keeva's paw and shook his head slightly before turning around. "Pah, who asked you anyways? I am the greatest comedian in the world, aren't I pet?"

Keeva smiled and nodded his head as he felt Tibor pull on his arm and began to follow him towards the bedroom door of which the ferret pulled on the door handle and slowly the door gave away to open up to the familiar sight that Keeva knew.

It wasn't until he had come in all the way that Keeva had noticed the changes that have happened as he looked about with his keen eyes, a slow smile beginning to creep upwards, making his whiskers quiver at the sight in front of him.

The bedroom was the same as it always had been, the bed at the far end from the door, apart from it being moved slightly to the right where the corner of the room was. To the left where the bathroom door was left open, Keeva could see a large inflatable paddling pool filled up with clear water. Staring at the pool he smiled. "So this is what you've been up to all today then?"

Tibor smiled and closed the bedroom door behind the otter and nodded. "Yes, mind you. It took a while to get the pool sorted out though. A lot of try and error but I think you like it." Moving slowly towards the bed then turning around again to face the otter with a smile. "So before it gets any later, why don't you come over here and undress me?"

Keeva nodded as he came over slowly to where Tibor was and placed his webbed paws on the black t-shirt. Looking into Tibor's eyes with a smile. "I thought you were going to give this one to your friend back home?" Running his paw over the fabric and feeling the ferret's chest underneath move slightly.

Tibor smiled and shrugged his shoulders. "I like the design and I did buy more than one though. You did enjoy the day out yesterday though?" Placing a paw onto the otters cheek gently as Keeva nodded his head. "I did enjoy it. Haven't been to a fairground in ages. You were quite good with that gun. Thought that badger was going to blow a gasket when you kept winning stuff." Moving his head to look at the small pile of plush animals."

With a laugh, Tibor leant his head back and chirrped loudly that made Keeva smile as he began to run his paws over gently through the fabric, letting his claws pull at the shirt before he reached the elasticised band of the shorts. Feeling the ferret's belly move in and out under his warm paws, Keeva continued to look at Tibor as he began to trail his fingers along the ribbed waistband of the shorts to the sides and while sticking to where the hips where, he began to ease two of his fingers to go inside of the shorts to grab hold of the shirt which was underneath.

Slowly pulling it up, the shorts lifted up slightly before the shirt came free of the shorts and shot upwards before slowing down again as Keeva continued to move the shirt up towards Tibor's head as he lifted his arms up slightly. Keeva smiled as he saw the familiar white furred chest of the ferret, the pink nipples showing barely through the fur as he pulled the shirt off over the head of the ferret, which left several bits of hair standing up.

Dropping the shirt onto the floor, Keeva moved his paw up to groom the fur back down on Tibor's head, the otter claws combed through the fur gently as he smiled carefully, placing his other paw onto the fine furred chest and rubbed gently. Leaning closer, Keeva nuzzled into Tibor's muzzle and licked the whiskers, making the ferrets eyes twitch slightly as he moved up to rub at the fine otter fur sides with his black paws, running his claws into the oily fur before tracing the fine skin held deep within.

Keeva churred as he pulled back from licking at the ferret muzzle and licked his nose a few times, the bright red tongue coming in and out slowly as he smiled and ran his paws along the sides of Tibor as he felt the black ferret paws moving upwards to rest on his shoulders. Slowly, with some pressure, Tibor began to push Keeva downwards as the webbed paws reached the hips again. Keeva began to kneel down as he saw the chest moving upwards past his keen eyes that never blinked, feeling the heart beat in his ears as the shorts came into view and he licked his muzzle again slowly, before running his paws flat against the upper part of the shorts at the sides and slowly ran them inwards, feeling the thighs before reaching the middle where he felt the package held within which bulged slightly under his touch.

Carefully wrapping his fingers to grip at the elasticised waistband with his claws, Keeva slowly began to edge his paw in, feeling the warmth inside as the musky smell of the ferret began to waft all around his head, the scent overwhelming him as he felt the wetness from the bulging sheath inside as he took hold of the pull string and slowly began to pull his paw out, holding onto one of the cords as it undid itself. Keeva's sheath bulged as he felt the coldness around his sheath opening and churred softly, looking up with a quick glance to see Tibor looking ahead as his paws kneading into Tibor's shoulders, the claws digging into the skin slightly.

Slowly, Keeva leant backwards as he moved his paws into the shorts again and began to push downwards as he held onto the elasticised waistband at the side. With a slight tug, he saw that the front part was stuck slightly from the bulging sheath and looked up to where Tibor was looking down at the naked otter and nodded his head slowly as Keeva looked back down again as he continued to pull again at the shorts. Each time he pulled down, he felt a tightening on his shoulders from the paws leaning down against him. The sight that Keeva saw was that the waistband was pulling the sheath back down, displaying the dripping red cock that stuck out above the shorts until Keeva pulled down again and with a bounce, the cock sprang outwards hitting Keeva on the nose as the shorts fell down Tibor's legs.

Keeva shifted about slightly as he felt the full blast of ferret musk hitting his senses, his vision blanking out for a few moments as he licked his nose and took a deep breath. By the time, Keeva came back to his senses, Tibor had kicked off the shorts and looked at the otter kneeling down on the floor with his arms out to the side, pressing down on the bed mattress and smiled. "Well, that's that done, isn't it?"

Keeva nodded his head as he came forwards again on his knees and looked up at Tibor with adoring eyes that shone in the lit room. "So what now?" He asked, licking his muzzle again with his moist tongue. Tibor smiled and moved a paw to give Keeva's right ear a rub with two fingers gently. "Well now, that's up to you, isn't it?" He churred softly while looking down at the otter. Releasing his paw he moved it down to where Keeva's head was and using the chin, pushed the head upwards with a smile and scritched gently. Moving his other paw he used one finger to point down between his crotch and smiled. "First this though."

Keeva looked and smiled as he saw Tibor begin to open his legs a bit more as he sat on the edge of the bed, the red cock throbbing slightly, filling the otter again with lust as the ferret's musk filled his head again. Without saying another word, Keeva shuffled about to get into the right position and slowly began to move his paw upwards to cup the ferret's balls into his webbed paws and watched as pre began to ooze down the shaft of the cock. Seeing the pre ooze out of the head, the shining cock with the strong musky scent. Keeva lent forwards and with a slow motion with his tongue, licked slowly from the bottom of the shaft to the top. His tongue felt all of the bumps from the veins, the tangy taste of the ferret sending his mind off into new realms of orgasm as his sight vanished into a white mist.

Tibor churred loudly as he felt the warm soft tongue run over his member, which jumped slightly spurting some more pre onto the otter's nose that vanished just as quick as Keeva licked it away. Kneading at the otters head fur with his black paws, Tibor smiled as he felt the tongue again run over his shaft and felt his legs jerk forwards. "Ooooooh." Came the response mixed in with the chirrp that escaped his muzzle.

Keeva continued to roll his tongue over the hot ferret cock, tasting each part of it as he left his own sticky saliva mixed with ferret pre that shone in the light. Slowly and carefully as Keeva opened up his muzzle, the sharp teeth showing as his lips moved to hide them from view. Slowly he lifted his head up and with one paw, took hold of the bottom of the cock with two of his paw fingers, feeling the pulse thumping underneath the sensitive skin and aligned it carefully before his warm lips moved down onto the head.

Tibor shivered as he felt the tongue lap against his cock time and time again, each time making him grip hold of the fur on Keeva's head, feeling his hips push forwards to bring more of his cock into the muzzle of the otter. With a new sensation of warm lips slowly moving over his cock tip, Tibor murrred out loudly, sending pre to shoot out into the warm muzzle of the otter, the faint feeling of those sharp teeth brushing against the head, sending new tingly feeling to shoot up the ferrets spine.

Slowly the cock slipped past into the waiting muzzle of the otter as inside, he began to wrap his tongue about the length to pull more of it inside. Feeling the paws on his head push his head down, Keeva felt the cock slide into him, the pre dripping onto his tongue or spurting out onto the roof of his mouth, leaving small lines of stickiness that vanished to be remade again as more pre spurted outwards to the back of the throat.

Slowly but surely, Tibor worked on humping into Keeva's muzzle. Pushing a bit more into the warm embrace around his cock. Tibor continued to churr, leaning his head backwards before his eyes closed over and muttered throughout his churring. "Oh yes, that's it. Be a nice pet and suck it." He felt the tip of his cock hit the back of the otters throat before pressing against the soft skin as it bent slightly and went downwards into the throbbing throat that gripped around the length and pulled at it. Keeva sucked and swallowed, feeling the cock slip into his throat and rolled his tongue around the length as Tibor pulled out again until just the head was in the otters muzzle and pushed in slowly while his paws kept hold of the furred head.

Keeva churred around the head of the cock as his tongue lapped quickly over the head. Feeling the ferrets paws kneading into his skin on his head as he felt Tibor push his whole member back into him again. Holding onto Tibor's hips, his own member throbbed, dripping pre onto the floor as it began to form a small pool that sank into the carpet fibres, darkening them.

Slowly but surely, Tibor quickened his pace as he moved Keeva's head up and down his throbbing shaft, feeling the urge building up as he felt the otters tongue wrapping around his length, squeezing it at the tip while the lips rubbed along the length giving more sensation throughout the ferret's body. With a quick thrust in, Tibor made an ear piercing chirrp and quickly withdrew just enough so that the first cum spurt shot out onto Keeva's tongue.

Slurping his tongue over the spurting head of Tibor's cock, Keeva swallowed down the cum that came out until it was filling up his muzzle. Slowly it began to drip down along the shaft and around his lips before stopping as the otter managed to swallow down the rest of it before another spurt came out into his muzzle. Tibor gripped hard into Keeva's head, digging his claws into the skin until they touched the bone and shook all over. After a few moments, Keeva felt the orgasm fading and continued to lick at any ferret cum that ooze out of the hot throbbing organ in his mouth.

Slowly, Tibor let go of Keeva and panted heavily as he looked down to see Keeva lift his head up with cum stains around his muzzle and chin, some dripping to the floor. With a grin on his face, Keeva churred softly. "Thank you master."

Giving a nod, Tibor leant down and gave Keeva a kiss on the muzzle, tasting his own cum and began to lick it clean. "No problem pet." Keeping quiet for a few moments as he continued to lick around the otters muzzle and whiskers, he spoke again while leaning back up. "However, we haven't finished yet. Stand up pet."

Obeying Tibor, Keeva stood up to show off his own throbbing member, dripping with pre that wafted otter musk into the air as it mixed with Tibor's scent. Licking his muzzle, Tibor smiled and got up, moving closer to the otter and gave him a hug while both penises pressed together, one spent and still hard, the other throbbing with it's calls to be used.

Slowly grasping paws together, Tibor smiled and began to talk softly and gently while regaining his breath. "Now, I've heard about you otters and how well you can mate when even you have the most lubed up person underneath you. So." Tibor slowly turned his head towards the paddling pool and grinned. "So this is what we're going to play in." Stopping at the edge of the inflated paddling pool, Tibor let go of Keeva and stepped into the pool, giving a soft churr as he waded into the middle. Moving his head to the side for a moment and then turning to face Keeva with his eyes, just as he held out an outstretched paw.

Slowly, Keeva reached out and took hold of the outstretched black paw and smiled as he saw the fingers close over his webbed paw and slowly with a gentle tug from Tibor moved closer to the pool and looked down. After a moment hesitation before stepping into the pool and paused as his paw slipped into the thick clear liquid and with a puzzled look, he looked at Tibor and quirked a brow. "You didn't?"

Tibor grinned showing his teeth and nodded his head twice before replying back. "Yes I did and we will have fun, don't you worry about that." Slowly he pulled Keeva into the pool until both of them were standing in a pool of lube, which came up halfway to the knees and he chuckled for a moment, then stopped as he looked at Keeva's eyes for a few moments. The look on the otters face was full on confusion, that slowly changed to amusement as Keeva moved his paws for a moment, wriggling his toes and then laughed. Tibor smiled and knelt downwards, feeling the lube begin to go over his legs until it stopped at his waist and looked up to where Keeva was standing.

Looking downwards the otter smiled down at the ferret and knelt down beside him, still with a big smile on his face as he felt the lube rise up to his hips and with a slow motion, dipped his hand paws into the thick slippery bath and smiled more as he raised them back out of the lube to see his paws dripping in thick clear liquid. Closing his paws into a fist, which made a squelching sound as more lube dripped down back into the pond.

Tibor smiled as he did the same and dipped his black paws into the lube before moving his arms backwards in a arc until they were right at his back, hidden from the otter's view and brought them back again before lifting them up into the air, the lube falling down in slow motion back into the pool and leaning forwards, Tibor placed his paws onto Keeva's chest and began to rub in the lube into the fur. With a circular movement he watched as the fur moved with his paw, leaving bright shining damp fur as the lube was rubbed in. Moving his paw away, Tibor smiled and spoke. "Why don't you lay on your back, pet?"

Nodding his head as Keeva moved his paw up to touch his own chest, adding to the mess of lube dripping down into the pool. With a movement of getting up slightly, pre dripping down in huge chunks, Keeva switched his legs into a new position and sat down onto the pool floor, the pre moving upwards to the top of his belly area, the throbbing cock just poking out at the top, full of lube as it bobbled back and forth as Keeva felt the need to tense up the muscles down below in his belly. Lowering his body down, Keeva felt the lube begin to wash over his body as it crept up along his chest, soaking the fur completely in its slippery nature. Coming to a stop where his head poked out of the water with the lube stopping at his neck, he chirrped softly at Tibor who smiled back down at him and began to move forwards.

With a slow motion, Tibor moved his arms forwards in small steps at the side of the otter as he made his way up along, feeling the otter's cock brush past his belly before lowering himself down on top, the lube squelching in between the two furred bodies. Wrapping his mow lubed arms around the otter's head, Tibor pressed his muzzle against the otters and kissed gently, then repeated it as Keeva kissed back, moving his arms up to rub more lube around the ferret's white furred back.

Both forms kissed deeply, opening their muzzles as the moved about in the pool, the lube sloshing about as it rolled over their fur as Keeva flipped around so that he was on top of Tibor now, his throbbing cock pressing against the new ferret cock as their fur reflected light from the wet lube rolling down back into the pool as it squelched each time they shifted. Slowly but surely, both heads began to get thick with the stuff that rolled down the sides of the head, some whiskers got stuck together as ferret and otter tongue rolled and danced with each other as they murred deeply.

Breaking off from their kiss, each licked their own muzzle before Keeva got up from being on top of Tibor and felt the fur being pulled away from Tibors and churred as the lube sprang into ropes between the two and broke away slowly. Looking down, Keeva rubbed his paws over his slimy wet chest and added some more lube with a cup paw and watched it drip all the way down over his throbbing red cock. His eyes blinked before wiping some of the lube from his eyes as it dripped down his nose. Shaking his head, he saw Tibor began to move, getting up to a sitting up position.

Tibor pulled up his knees, while licking at his muzzle with a churr and came up to where Keeva was, the lube slipping down his whole body as both forms stayed still for a moment until Tibor began to move again, turning around to face away from the otter, he looked back as he stayed on all fours, then dipped himself down onto his belly and came back up again, freshly covered in lube.

Keeva watched as Tibor came back up again and lifted up his tail. Hearing his own breath coming in and out of his nose and smiled, knowing what Tibor wanted and slowly, he ran his paws over his chest and belly fur, feeling the slickness that the lube had created and slowly he moved one paw down to grab a hold of lube in his cupped webbed paw and using the other paw he dipped his finger in. At the same time, he shuffled forwards slightly before gripping hold of the tail in his cupped paw and with his finger, began to probe the anal region of the ferret.

Tibor murred slightly as he felt the otter's finger sinking into his hot rear, the tail hole clenching tightly as he felt the cold lube being inserted into his body. Keeva continued to push his finger in and out before he took it out, a small thin line of lube stayed on his finger to the tail hole, turning into small round spheres in parts and then breaking away. Shuffling up to where Tibor was a bit more, Keeva re-applied some more lube onto his throbbing member and placed one paw onto the wet backside of the ferret and began to guide his cock tip to the tail hole.

After a few safe, slow probes. Keeva began to push his cock into the tight rear opening of the ferret and closed his eyes, feeling the tightness starting to cover his entire length, listening to Tibor as he shudder slightly, feeling his rear being opened as the cock began to slide into his tail hole, filling his rear up. Slowly, Keeva began to lean down on top of Tibor, feeling the lube begin to squelch as it continued to fall down into the pool in ropes, changing patterns with each passing second.

Slowly Keeva pushed his entire length into the squirming, hot insides that clenched about his cock and he just stayed there, taking deep breaths to calm himself down as he felt the need to climax building even now. Slowly he began to pull back out, feeling the fur slip over the back of Tibor so easily. Pushing forwards again, the sound of the lube squelching as both re-adjusted their positions as Keeva bent his head down and with a slow motion, his muzzle opened up to wrap around the back of Tibor's neck and he bit down at the same time as pulling back out again.

Tibor winced slightly as he felt the teeth of Keeva's go down onto his neck, which made his whole body tense up sending more pleasure into Keeva as he thrust forwards again, making both bodies move forwards as the lube around them began to move back and forwards in waves. Keeping hold of Tibor, Keeva began to pick up his pace, keeping one paw wrapped around the front of the ferret while his other paw moved around and took hold of the well lubed up ferret cock and began to stroke it in time with each thrust.

With each passing moment, Keeva continued to thrust his hips into Tibor's backside, his cock delving deep within the ferret leaving thick ropes of lube and otter pre as he continued to paw away at the now freely dripping ferret cock, the pre dropping to the lube below as the otter kept hold onto the ferret by it's neck as he mated his friend and master. Each thrust getting faster and harder as the long throbbing pole of meat delves deep wards into the hot insides, massaging the entire length. Lube fell down from Keeva's tail as he rocked back and forth, the hot breath washing over the slimy back of the ferret as Tibor held out his tongue, lube dripping down from his chin as he panted, pushing back his hips each time the otter thrusted forwards.

Feeling Tibor's cock being less lubed than it was, Keeva let go of the throbbing member as he thrusted deep again inside and delve his paw into the lube before bringing it back out again to wrap his fingers about the cock and restarted to stroke it, feeling the heat between the two increasing, some of the fur now beginning to matt together as he continued to rub and ride along the ferret's back, each time he chirr'ed around the flank of the ferret in his muzzle and feeling that each time he bit a bit more, that Tibor tensed up, making his rear clench tightly again around Keeva's cock.

Unable to take anymore, Keeva thrusted in quick and hard, his muzzle biting down onto Tibor's neck to painfully levels, but he never once tasted blood. Moving his hips forwards again, he stayed in that position and shivered all over as he felt his cock began to press hard against the lining of Tibor's inside, pressing hard against the prostate gland which sent Tibor off again as he chirrped loudly, his cock shooting jets of cum out onto the lube, each time he spurted out more cum that floated about. Keeva shuddered to the new tension around his member and felt his own orgasm take hold, his cock spurting ropes of cum inside of the ferret, each time he pushed forwards, trying to get more of his member into Tibor.

Letting go of Tibor's neck fur, Keeva churrped loudly and continued to thrust his hips against the rear of the ferret and then slowly stopped, his orgasm fading as he began to feel Tibor underneath him, slowly moving downwards as the both furs went back into the lube, Tibor rested his head on the side of the pool, his arm leaning on the outside as Keeva continued to lie on top of him as they both smiled, still connected by Keeva's throbbing cock as Tibor continued to milk it, massaging it every time he moved.

Slowly, they closed their eyes for a moment and lay there, the lube around them continued to rock back and forth as it slowed down, each of them still drenched in the slimy substance as both churred softly enjoying the warmth from each other bodies, the tingly feeling that the lube was bringing to their bodies as it continued to move, making it's way down their sides. Keeva hugged the ferret underneath him as they both thought on how happy they were to have such a good friendship.