A Place to Belong - Chapter 24

Story by Malakye on SoFurry

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#25 of Malakye's Story - Part 1 (A Place to Belong)

There may be some words marked with a (*), these mean that the word appears in the Encyclopedia and you can get a detailed description about it. There is quite a bit in the Encyclopedia and soon I will be updating it with even more!

Also remember that I've also posted a Character Summary, where you can find details on various characters that appear through they story. I will be updating this as well in the future.

I also want to give a big thanks to cheezburger (http://www.furaffinity.net/user/cheezburger) for proof reading this story for me.

Anyway, you didn't come here to listen to me, you came here to read the story so enjoy!


As I made my way through the village the sun began to set, casting a pleasant orange hue over everything, the evening sky a beautiful mix of red and orange making me feel at ease. I couldn't help but smile and you know what it felt like it had been a long time since I had smiled like this, a burden lifted off my shoulders, a dark cloud no longer hanging over me. I breathed deeply and my lungs were filled with the fresh evening air filled with the scents of the nearby flower fields. I rounded a corner and there it was, a large building made with a combination of stone and wood, standing at three stories tall, a low wooden fence off to the side that acted as the garden for the large structure along the fence were many over sized bushes giving the garden plenty of privacy, the bushes had many small red flowers budding on them giving them a most appealing appearance. I approached the entrance, many furs stood outside with a mug of some beverage or another chatting away to each other while enjoying the beautiful evening. I looked up and saw the sign confirming I was in the right place, 'The Garden of Eden', several vine like plants had grown out from the garden and wrapped themselves round the door way sign and several windows of the floors above.

I entered and immediately I could feel the carefree atmosphere that radiated from every fur in the place. The place was a lot bigger than it looked from the outside, there must have been at least thirty tables in this place all of them filled with various species of furs and reptilians, all of them having a good time... some more than others it seemed... directly on my right as I walked in there were a couple of canines, a male and female, a breed of which I wasn't familiar with making out and touching each other in places that made me blush slightly, the scent of their arousal was obvious even in this place with a so many other scents. I looked away and made my way further into the establishment, having to side step several very drunk furs who were trying to dance to the music that was playing from the band on the stage on the far side of the room next to the bar. The music was lively and energetic and captured the carefree feel of the place perfectly, the cheers and laughter that could be heard over it only seemed to add to the songs charm and energy. There was two reptiles and a fur on stage, two of them I guessed were crocodiles or perhaps alligators, Eric had told me about them, they came from the swamps from the south west, a long way from here. I remembered that there was a distinct difference between the two species but I couldn't remember what it was, what I do remember was that Eric had said that they tended to get rather aggressive if you called them the wrong one and looking at the set of jaws they had I wasn't wanting to upset them for no reason. The pair of reptiles were playing some sort of long wooden plank with four strings attached to either end and they plucked at the strings to make a rather catchy tune; if memory served me it was called a Varja*. The fur that was up with them, a fox, was holding a short wooden tube up to his muzzle, I had no idea what it was called. His fingers moving along its length to create different notes, and he had his eyes closed and danced a jig of some sort which seemed to be infectious, several of the rather drunk furs I had passed a few moments ago were attempting the very same dance but I doubted that even when sober they could have matched the speed and grace that that fox had when dancing.

I pulled my attention away from the performers and once again tried to find my friends. After several minutes I couldn't see them and made my way over to the bar to get a drink, the number of bodies in here was making it very warm and I was getting thirsty. I leant against the bar and a female raccoon came to take my order, I wasn't sure what to ask and heard someone ordering nearby ask for a house special so decided to order the same. The Raccoon quickly poured me a drink from one of the large wooden kegs that were behind the bar and handed me a metal tankard. I handed her a silver coin and told her to keep the change, she gave me a wink in gratitude and went on her way to serve the next patron. I sniffed at the drink I had been handed and it smelt really sweet, it was a golden coloured liquid with a slight white froth on the top. I sipped at it and was amazed at the sweetness, I had never tasted anything like it. I took a bigger swig of it and once again the sweetness exploded in my mouth but then as I swallowed I got a fiery burn in the back of my throat that made me cough, it was spicy, but the burn actually felt pleasant. I leant back against the bar and scanned the place once again for my friends, I thought that with friends as big as Jason and Michael they wouldn't be hard to spot but I guess I was wrong. Sighing to myself I took another drink and let my attention drift to my right where on a nearby table I saw a dragon, but not just any dragon, a fully furred dragon.

I was amazed and had to look twice to make I wasn't seeing things, but there he was another dragon hybrid. He was covered head to toe in white fur, not a scale to be seen, the top of his head was covered in a thicker set of white fur that flowed down to the back of his neck and had a couple of horns protruding from it that ran along his head and split of into several smaller horns, like antlers. He laughed as his fox companion made a joke that I wasn't able to hear, but his laugh was infectious, I couldn't help but smile at the sound of it. He was dressed in what was obviously travel clothes, they looked warm and dirty, my guess was that he had just got into town and was looking to have a good time. The wandering hand of his other companion, a canine with soft looking golden fur, made it quite obvious how their evening was going to end. Part of me wanted to go and introduce to myself to him, he was a hybrid like me and I wanted to get to know him but I had someone else I needed to see tonight and it would be rude of me to interrupt him while he was having such a good time, it was time to find Cody and the others. I took another swig of my drink letting out a satisfied sigh as I felt the tingling burn run down my throat and returned to my search.

I gave the room a once over and still I had no luck in finding them, that's when I noticed that the floor above over-hung the main part of the ground floor and that there was a second floor, several bodies leaning against the banister of the floor above, I quickly made my way over to the stair case and made my way up, having to squeeze past several couples who had decided to have a make out session on the stairs, one of the couples was a pair of males, a Cougar and yellow scaled dragon. I couldn't help but stare, at first couldn't believe that they were doing that in such a public place and then chuckled to myself at how no one actually cared, this place was truly different to Rovarian Village. I carried on up the stairs and saw that there was several tables located up here and right there in the centre of the room were the very furs I was looking for. Aceh was as silent as ever, focusing only on his drink and plate of food in front of him, Eric was speaking to Michael and Jason was flirting with a young male Raccoon, who was obviously loving having the attention of a stud like Jason; but no sign of Cody. As I approached Aceh was the first to see me, he nodded his head in acknowledgement before returning to his dinner.

"Malakye!" Michael called when he spotted me.

"How's it going guys?" I asked while a smile.

"Great!" Jason cheered. "I love this village, the locals are very... very... accommodating." He chuckled grabbing a large handful of the Raccoons ass making him squeal playfully. I couldn't help but notice Michael roll his eyes at his partners antics.

"Where's Cody?" I asked.

"He was here a while ago but said he needed to go get some fresh air. Poor guy looked really cut up over something." Michael replied, a look of concern on his muzzle.

"I think it would be good if you went and spoke to him Malakye." Eric added, "He might open up to you."

"Okay, any ideas where he might be?"

"I'd suggest trying in the garden out back first, Cody likes being surrounded by nature when he's upset." Eric suggested. I placed my drink on the table and went in search for Cody, I hope he was okay. I had intended to tell him about my revelation from earlier but now might not be the time if he's troubled.

I made my way into the garden after finding the back door to the place and was surprised at how big it was, the bushes that grew round the perimeter made it seem like you were in the middle of nature and not in the middle of a village, the wide array of scents from the plants was almost overwhelming but at the same time strangely relaxing. The sun had finally set and the intense red and orange coloured sky had been replaced by a clear night sky, the stars and moon were clearly visible. The garden itself was extensive, a wide variety of plants, flowers and bushes grew, there was an order to the garden, I felt like the place should have been over grown but the owners careful tending to the garden had allowed the plants to flourish and keep the place tidy while maintaining the sense of nature. I followed the dirt path down the length of the garden until I heard someone sobbing just ahead. I approached slowly and rounded a bush and saw Cody sobbing quietly to himself, sitting on his rump with his knees up and crying into his arms. I didn't want to disturb him but at the same time I couldn't leave him here so upset, the sound of him crying was like daggers in my chest.

"Cody?" I whispered softly, trying not to frighten him. He sniffled a bit more before looking up. Even in the dim evening light I could see that his eyes were blood shot and the fur under his eyes was wet and matted. "Cody..." I cooed sympathetically and moved to kneel beside him but to my shock he turned so I was facing his back. "Cody?"

"Go away!" He sobbed, his speech muffled as he spoke into his arms.

"I want to help Cody. Please..." I rested a paw on his shoulder and he shrugged it off before getting up and walking away from me and sitting by another nearby bush. I got the impression he would have kept walking if we weren't at the back of the enclosed garden. He resumed his sitting position and continued to sob into his arms. Had I done something to upset him or was he just wanting to be alone? I wasn't sure but I didn't want to leave him alone, if something was bothering him then I was guessing it was at least related to me, I wanted to help him feel better. I stood up and walked towards him.

"Come on Cody, I'm your friend and I just want to help." I tried to reason with him. "I will do anything to help you, you mean a lot to me. Please just talk to me." What I said had an obvious reaction, but not the reaction I had expected. He looked at me, no he glared at me, I was shocked from the anger and ferocity in his eyes and it was directed straight at me.

"Help me!?" He spat standing upright and shoving me away. "It's all your fault I'm like this!" I couldn't believe what he was saying, what had I done to hurt him? "I've had feelings for you or like... forever! Ever since I met you! I held back to not to offend you because I didn't know how you would react! I was this close to telling you my feelings... you couldn't have missed them. We were a second away from kissing and don't tell me you didn't notice!" I looked at the ground, he wasn't wrong, that was what had been on my mind all day. "I stopped because I didn't want to frighten you off, because I'd rather keep you as a friend and forgo my feelings for you than no not have you in my life at all!" I had thought the same thing earlier, I wasn't sure if I could cope having a relationship with another male and so I had gone to Travis to find out... oh don't tell me... "Then you off with a fucking prostitute, a male no less! Don't deny it! I can smell him all over you! Get the fuck away from me!" He yelled pushing past me but I grabbed him by the arm. "GET OFF ME!"

"CODY!" I yelled grabbing him with both paws and shaking him. He quietened down and stared at me, his tears still flowing from his eyes. I had his attention but I didn't know what to say, he was right, I knew about his feelings but the problem had been not that I didn't want to be with him but I hadn't known my own feelings, I had gone to Travis to try and figure them out and now that I did, I was seconds away from losing Cody as a friend let alone anything else. He began to struggle again after I remained silent for too long, I didn't know what to say to him. Out of options and desperate I kissed him, full on the muzzle, for a moment he was stunned and went still but then began to try and push away but I never let up on the kiss. I kept kissing him and slowly he stopped fighting and began to kiss me back. His maw parted and his tongue brushed mine before entwining with my own. Cody dragged me to the ground, I offered no resistance when he did, our muzzles never parting. His paws roamed over my chest and abs while my own wrapped round him, pulling him tighter against me.

Cody moaned into our kiss and I felt something hard prodding at me, it took me a second to realise that it was Cody's erection poking me through his trousers. He rubbed his erection against me and kept moaning, the smell of his musk and the thought of how aroused he was coupled with the noises he was making soon made my own length grow hard and rigid. I couldn't believe that this was going to happen, I was in disbelief but it felt so right.

A pair of voices startled us, Cody broke our kiss and looked around alarmed. He pushed me off of him and scrambled behind a nearby bush, I quickly followed suit not sure what was happening.

"Fuck! How could I have been so stupid!" Cody cursed in whisper. "One of the few laws in Rengilar Village is that sex must be kept indoors."

"But..."

"I know it sounds a little strange considering that sex is one of this villages main sources of coin but if the wrong furson caught us we would be in big trouble." He explained. "Last time we were in town they were punishing a pair of males for that same thing, and lets just say that the punishment from what I heard was not all that pleasant."

"Okay, but we haven't had sex yet, so what's the big deal?"

"That..." He said indicating to my still hard cock, my loin cloth leaving absolutely nothing to the imagination. "...would be enough to get us done if they caught us."

"Okay, I get it." I sighed. "So what now?"

"Well we could continue this inside..." Cody suggested, peering round the bush in the direction of the inn. "We've all got rooms in there, meet me at mine once you're... decent." He snickered, I rolled my eyes at his comment. "I'll go in just now, get the place ready, the rooms on the top floor."

"Okay, I'll be in as soon as I can. Oh! And stop by and tell Eric that you're okay, he was worried about you." Cody nodded and jogged back in the direction of the Inn, leaving me alone with my erection. I stared at it and tried to think of something totally off putting but my thoughts would roam back to the fact that I was going to be meeting Cody and I would begin to get hard again. After a while I managed to get it in line and stood up and walked back to the Inn. The place was still in high spirits, and seemed busier than before. I quickly made my way up the stairs, glancing over to see Eric and the others still at the table and I went over to join them, Cody was there as well.

"Malakye!" Jason cheered as he spotted me, the young male Raccoon was now sitting on his lap. "Try this." He handed me a small glass with a brown transparent liquid in it. I sniffed it and recoiled at the strong smell that came off it. "You've never tried spirits before have you Malakye?" I just shook my head. "Well drink that up and the other three I ordered for you while you were away." I looked at him in disbelief, and true enough the was another three shots of the stuff sitting on the table, about a dozen empty glasses littered the table, obviously Jason, Michael and the Raccoon had had them. The Raccoon was completely drunk and was giggling as Jason licked, fondled and groped him. Michael seemed to ignore the whole thing but he didn't seem mad about Jason's behaviour. I sighed and downed the first shot, I swallowed it one go, and nearly choked as the burning sensation hit the back of my throat. "That's the spirit! Come on, next one!" Jason cheered, the young Raccoon still giggling and rubbing his hands all over Jason's massive chest.

"What the is this stuff?" I gasped, my throat still burning.

"Eden's finest spirit!" Jason chuckled. "Can't remember what it's called but it has fucking good kick to it!" I nodded in agreement to that, and grabbed the next one and threw it down my throat. Fuck that stuffs lethal! I was hunched over the table gasping, my throat on fire, two more to go.

"I'm going to head to bed." I heard Cody say to Eric.

"Very well, sleep well Cody." Eric replied, turning and lighting a long wooden pipe with one of the candles on the table. He let out a puff of smoke and leaned back and relaxed, the smoke had a sweet smell to it which I found quite odd but I didn't think too hard on it because what sprung to the front of my mind was how Eric could puff on a pipe when he had a beak? I grabbed another of the shots that Jason had bought me and downed it as well, it went down a bit easier than the previous two as I was getting used to the taste.

"You drink like a pro Malakye!" Jason smirked. I just smiled at him and grabbed the last shot and downed it.

"If you'll excushe me... excush... excuse me..." Oh my god, I was slurring so badly and that was only after four of those shots. "I'm... going... to bed." I pushed myself up right and staggered slightly but quickly caught myself. I made my way over to the stairs and climbed them all the way up to the top floor. I looked down the corridor and realised I had no idea which room was Cody's. I slowly made my way along the hall, using the wall to maintain my balance, those drinks were really starting to affect me now. I came across a door that was partially open and peered in through the crack. "Cody?" I slurred as I peeked in the gap and couldn't help but blush at what I saw. That furred Dragon that I had seen earlier down stairs was in a very compromising situation with the two furs he had been with earlier. I turned away and continued down the hall trying to find Cody. A few doors down I found another open door and looked in and saw Cody sitting on the bed. He saw me and smiled, getting up and walking over to me only to catch me as I stumbled drunkenly into the room. Cody grunted as he caught my larger frame but said nothing as he helped me to the bed.

"Had one too many drinks?" Cody said jokingly, raising his eyebrow in a judging manner.

"Nu-uh!" I denied shaking my head in an exaggerated manner, a big smile on my muzzle. Cody giggled and climbed atop me, straddling my stomach. He lowered his muzzle so it hovered inches from my own .

"I've been waiting for this for such a long time..." he whispered before pressing his muzzle to mine in a delicate kiss. I returned the kiss with fervour, our kiss becoming more and more passionate as time went on. My hands slipped under Cody's waist coat, my paws running through his fur as his own paws explored my chest and abs. This felt right, just like out in the garden, why did I worry about this? I felt connected to Cody in a way I hadn't been before, I felt like I understood Cody in a completely different way... and I had been scared of this?

Cody began to murr aloud, his tented trousers a sign of his arousal as it rubbed against my stomach, his musk filled my nostrils, my tongue could taste him, my paws could feel him... Cody was my world in this moment, anything beyond this sweet fox was not of any concern of mine right now.

"Cody..." I whispered between kisses and I heard him whisper mine back in a pleasured groan, my erection was rubbing against his tail, his soft fur rubbing along my sensitive flesh. Cody began to undress in a hurried manner, he never removed himself from atop me and his hurried movements told me all that I needed to know, he wanted this badly and I wasn't going to stop him. Once his trousers had been kicked to the floor he sat upright and grabbed my erection and began to aim it for his tail-hole. I looked up into his eyes, his deep blue eyes which gazed back down at me. I felt myself slip into him, my cock head engulfed in his warmth, he let out a pleasure moan as he began to push himself further down my length. I let out my own groan of pleasure and pushed my hips upwards sinking over half of myself into him. "Cody..." I whispered once again, my paws gripping his hips.

"Mala... kye..." He moaned, his head thrown back and his paws rubbing down his chest and stomach as he began to rock his hips, his own erection jutting out proudly in front of him, bobbing in the open air, the pink flesh almost beckoning me to it. A small pearl of pre formed on it's tip and glistened in the candlelight giving it an almost magical and majestic appearance. Cody's body moved almost hypnotically as he sat top me riding my arousal, I felt him slip down so he had my full length minus my knot inside of him, by this point his knot had fully formed and I couldn't take my eyes off that beautiful rod of pink flesh that bobbed up and down in the air in front of me as it's owner rode my own. Suddenly I began to feel my erection deflate, I tried with all my might to get it back up but it just continued to soften. Cody noticed immediately and looked down at me with a disappointed look, his face telling me what was going through his mind. 'Is it over already?' I felt myself flush with embarrassment, there was nothing I could do about it. I felt like a failure, and what's worse is that I had disappointed Cody. Cody leant down and kissed me on the muzzle, his display of kindness helping me feel less ashamed of my performance but not able to rid me of it entirely.

"I'm sorry..." I muttered.

"It's okay..." He whispered back, giving me a peck on the cheek. "It happens, we'll just have to try again another time." He got off of my softening length and snuggled up against my side.

"Do you want me to... finish you off?" I offered, it was only fair right?

"No... you're fine." He said with a yawn and closed his eyes and nuzzled into my chest. I think the fact that he refused me only made me feel worse, was I that bad a lover that he didn't even want me to help him 'finish'? The thought ran through my mind as we lay there, after a while it was obvious that Cody had drifted off as he began to snore quietly, but I couldn't. My mind was racing, after everything, the build up, the fight... everything! It had to end like that. I'll do better next time.