{"sf1_id":1058642,"sf2_id":"ZeqrNbbm","title":"Just Once: The Payoff","author":"Albus Kane","words":720,"posted_at":"2016-08-08T12:46:00.000Z","tags":["Bedroom","Bisexual","Boi","Boy","Canine","City","Compassion","Couple","Cuddle","Cuddling","Cute","Emotion","F/M","Feline","Female","Flirtation","Fox","French Kissing","Friendship","Future","Heterosexual","House","Kissing","Laugh","Lion","Love","M/F","Male","Mammal","Mild Romance","Near Future","Passion","Realistic","Relationships","Romance","Secret Love","Soulmates","Story","Story Progression","Teen","Teenager","Teenagers","Young Love","Young Romance"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1058642-just-once-the-payoff","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/ZeqrNbbm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/c0/ce/c0cec692-26d8-4ffe-b96e-6772bc8bfb4e","description":"#18 of Just Once\n\nTHE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR I'm pretty sure.","content":"LAST TIME ON JUST ONCE: Albus made Jem breakfast.\n\nJust for a moment, we're going to flash back to when Albus was 16-and-a-half. \u0026nbsp;One reason why is that Albus was thinking back to something now relevant that happened back then. \u0026nbsp;WRITER'S NOTE: Another reason is that I forgot to tie this into tthe most \u0026nbsp;recent Tales of Zootopia's story about how motivation for the finale came along. \u0026nbsp;Albus was attending the funeral of two close friends, a lesbian couple both dying of Hepatitis and holding their own funeral, by the name of Mara and Jem. \u0026nbsp;At the end of it, Albus was incredibly depressed, but they were cheered up by seeing Mara and Jem lovingly embrace for a few hours. \u0026nbsp;Afterwards, Albus decided to go talk to them. \u0026nbsp;\"So...Last time I checked up on you, you were just friends. \u0026nbsp;What happened since then? \u0026nbsp;Jen replied \"Well, of course, we got Hep, and we became aware of our own mortality, and wanted to make the most of the time we have.\" \"Wow. \u0026nbsp;I'm just going to keep that in my mind, then.\" \"Okay.\" And if that knife killed me, I would never have the chance to tell Jem how I feel Albus thought. \u0026nbsp;Then, as he was walking down the hallway, he saw another note: \"Just tell your love how you feel about her. \u0026nbsp;Even rejection feels better than repression, trust me. \u0026nbsp;-Jaime Swanson\" \u0026nbsp;Albus then remembered that he was supposed to carry the food upstairs, grabbed it, and stormed upstairs.\n\n\"Oh my god! \u0026nbsp;That breakfast looks delicious!\" Jem exclaimed the moment Albus entered the bedroom. \u0026nbsp;\"I hope it is, because I made it for you.\" Albus replied. \u0026nbsp;\"Thank you so, so much, Albus\" \"No, thank YOU. \u0026nbsp;Thank you for being a part of my life\" Then Jem asked \"Where are you going with this?\" while eating the pancakes. \u0026nbsp;Albus took some deep breaths, and then he almost hyperventilated, before stopping himself. \u0026nbsp;\"There's something that I wanted to tell you nearly ever since I met you, something that I should've told you a long time ago\" \"Are you trans or something\" Well, questioning, but-\" \"Is that the thing you meant to tell me\" No, not really. \u0026nbsp;Jem, when I was just a little boy, I fell madly in love with you. \u0026nbsp;Ever since then, I've just been trying to muster up the courage to tell you how I feel, and-\" and then Jem straight-up grabbed the collar of their shirt, pulled them towards her, and started French kissing him. \"I've felt the same way about you ever since then, Albus. \u0026nbsp;I just didn't want to be rejected and not even have our friendship\" \"I didn't want that either. \u0026nbsp;I guess I should have just told you how I felt from the start\" \"I should have told you how I felt from the start too\"\n\nThen, they started eating their food together. \u0026nbsp;WRITER'S NOTE: That was the moment that I've been waiting to write into existence for a rather long time now. \u0026nbsp;Did anyone NOT see this ending coming after reading quite a bit of my work, though? \u0026nbsp;MY fursona gets together with the love interest. \u0026nbsp;Still, it's a moment I've been waiting for, and so have you, probably. \u0026nbsp;BACK TO THE STORY. \u0026nbsp;Albus started hand-feeding Jem, who started laughing. \u0026nbsp;\"What're you doing? \u0026nbsp;I'm not complaining, because I do less work and it's adorable, but what the fucktits?\" \"Just making sure that you get plenty of rest. \u0026nbsp;You've earned it for being so awesome. \u0026nbsp;Also, feeding you kind of turns me on for some reason. \u0026nbsp;I think I have this weird fetish invovling food, I'm pretty sure.\" \"Maybe we should experiment with it sometime soon\", and then Jem kissed Albus on the mouth. \u0026nbsp;Some of the honey and syrup in her mouth got in theirs. \u0026nbsp;\"Maybe we should also spread the good news. \u0026nbsp;I don't know why, but I just feel like a moment this beautiful and special needs to be shared.\" \"That's part of what social media is for: Sharing every last minute detail of your life with anybody who could possibly care.\"\n\nNEXT TIME ON JUST ONCE: Time to go to work again, because I'm not just going to end the series now that they're together. \u0026nbsp;I kind of want to explore how their daily lives are as a couple.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Just Once","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1058136-just-once-the-first-morning.json"}}