Awkward
#6 of Will & Zuri
Ellie Mundy is the only herbivore in the restaurant, the guy who asked her there is late, and she has no idea why the hyena wanted her there.
Will Crockett knows why he needs Ellie's help on a short notice, and sooner or later he'll have to tell her... hopefully before the zebra meets his parents!
This is going to be an awkward night all around...
I've really been neglecting my SoFurry account, so I'm now taking the opportunity to upload here a bunch of stories I've written over the years. I hope they will find new readers, and that the people who have been following me will enjoy them!
_ Awkward _
by Wakboth © 2010
Ellie looked around herself nervously, feeling increasingly out of place in the churrascaria. Not only was Sabor definitely out of her price range as a college student, the blond zebra girl was the only herbivore in the whole place, and that included the waiters. She twitched as she watched the fox couple in the next table get their skewers full of grilled meat, both because of the unfamiliar scents and because compared to the finely dressed vixen, her simple blouse and denim skirt looked horribly simple. And where _was_Will?
The hyena had called her earlier that evening, sounding quite anxious. Ellie had gotten more or less used to the difference between Will's amiable, somewhat geeky everyday personality and the domineering predator role she'd seen at that memorable Halloween party, but this time he seemed unusually nervous. Something had come up, and Ellie was his only hope, Will had said. If she would help him out, he'd do anything in return!
Ellie was a kind-hearted girl, and she'd agreed to help the hyena. Now, though, she was starting to wonder what the heck she had gotten herself stuck into... Just then, she spotted Will, who was standing at the door looking anxiously around. When she waved to him, his expression calmed a little, but he still looked nervous when he slipped into the booth next to Ellie.
"Hello, Ellie. I was afraid you might have left already," he sighed as he sat down. "Sorry I'm late; I got stuck in the traffic. Have you ordered anything yet?" He looked more appropriate for the place than she, with a dress shirt and a smart pair of chinos; at least he wasn't wearing a tie!
Ellie shook her head. "No, nothing yet. Listen, Will, what's going on? You were so evasive on the phone! Why do you need me so badly?"
Will fidgeted, his ears slanting back nervously. "Well... Promise me you won't get mad, okay?"
This wasn't promising. "Will, what _is_it?" she pressed on.
"It's my parents," he sighed. "I mean, Mom was so disappointed when Summer and I broke up, and she kept asking if I had found a new girlfriend... Uh. She's bit of a busybody, but she really means well. So when I, uh, well, I told her I'd met a zebra girl and we were going steady."
Ellie blinked. "Zuri? You mean, you told your mother about her?" Zuri Abbott, Will's not-quite-girlfriend was a zebra just like Ellie, but otherwise the two girls couldn't have been more different. Ellie was shapely but slim, soft-spoken and meek; Zuri was busty and wide-hipped, wore her mane in a Mohawk dyed vividly pink, and was one of the biggest and most strident student radicals at Starkers.
"Of course not!" Will said. "I mean, I told Mom about her, but... well, not everything." Everything, in this case, involved the high-tension dom-sub relationship between Will and Zuri, who apparently had a thing for being made to suck carnivore cock or make out with another girl - in this case, Ellie - while Will watched. "But now Mom and Dad are visiting, and they wanted to meet my girlfriend..."
The hyena cringed under Ellie's disbelieving stare. "You want me to play her part?" she asked. "Will, you're out of your mind! I can't do this, I can't! It's not just dishonest; what if your mother meets her somewhere? Then we're both in trouble!"
"I'm in trouble already," Will sighed. "Anyway, they're not going to meet! Mom and Zuri just don't move in the same circles. That's why I picked this restaurant. Do you think she'd ever show her face inside?"
Ellie couldn't help but giggle a bit at the idea of Zuri, the aggressive herbivore activist, coming to this upscale Brazilian barbecue restaurant. "She'd probably picket this place with her anarchist friends," she said.
Will shivered. "Don't even joke about that," he said. "Oh, shit, there's Mom! Please, Ellie, I'll do _anything_if you bail me out this one time, okay? If they ever want to see me and Zuri again, I'll tell we broke up or she's taking a year abroad or something, but please help me this time!"
She looked at his pleading eyes, and relented. "Oh, all right! But you definitely owe me for this!"
Now that she'd met Will's parents, Ellie finally understood why the hyena kept himself so fit, even though he wasn't overall very interested in sports or athletics of any sort.
"Thin" wasn't the right word to describe Mr.Crockett; Will's father was downright bony and gaunt, a scarecrow with iron-gray hair and wrinkled skin in a black three-piece suit that made him look like the aging bank manager he was. He had greeted his son and Ellie curtly and then settled down at the table.
Will's mother on the other hand was one of the biggest women Ellie had ever seen, both tall and immensely fat. She was almost six feet tall and looked like she weighed more than her son and husband combined, with a bosom that made Zuri look like a flat-chested little girl.
To her surprise, Ellie found herself liking Mrs. Crockett - "Just call me Betty, darling. What a beautiful and exotic name you have, Zuri! I wouldn't mind if mine was something similar, but my parents weren't very imaginative!" - despite the atavistic shivers that watching her eat sent down the zebra's spine. She was a prodigious eater, gnawing pork ribs and consuming bacon-wrapped beef and turkey, lamb, chorizo bits and other meats with gusto. Somehow, she still found time to keep up a constant stream of conversation.
"So, darling, what do you study? Will's been very shy about you - he's a bit like his father in that way, we'd been going out I don't remember how long before Bill told his mother about me - so now I'm awfully curious. He mentioned something about literature, didn't you dear?"
Will's father was more unnerving. He kept mostly silent, letting his wife take care of talking except for the occasional comment or sharp question to Ellie. The zebra had to concentrate hard not to squirm under his cool, slate-gray gaze, or to jump every time he addressed her "Zuri." She had the irrational feeling that he would call out her bluff any moment now.
Eventually, both Mrs. Crockett's curiosity about the zebra and her bottomless appetite seemed satisfied. Ellie let out a silent sigh; the hyena woman was definitely friendly, but there was so much of her, in every way! She'd relaxed a bit too early, however.
"Mmmm! What a tasty meal!" Will's mother sighed, resting her hands on the top of her belly. "So very thoughtful of you to pick such a nice restaurant, Will dear. Aahh... Zuri, could you be a darling and help me up? Oh, thank you! How about we go and see where the ladies' room is, while the men handle the bill?"
With Mrs. Crockett's big hand gently but tightly wrapped around her wrist, Ellie had no choice but to nod, smile and follow. She doubted that she could have stopped the hyena woman when she got moving even if she had tried.
Inside the restroom, Mrs. Crockett dragged Ellie over to the mirrors before turning to face her. "I must say I'm relieved now that I've met you, Zuri. I was worried that some unscrupulous young woman was trying to take advantage of Will, so soon after he broke up with his first girlfriend. Now, you may think I'm an overprotective old woman, but he's our only son and we love him greatly... and I won't let anyone play with his feelings. You understand what I'm saying, don't you, Zuri?" She seemed to loom over the zebra, her toothy smile suddenly looking quite unnerving.
"Uh, ah, err, n-no," Ellie stammered, baffled by the surreal situation she found herself in. The idea that she, of all the imaginable people, could be stringing Will around, or break his heart, was so absurd she didn't know what to say. "I mean, of course I won't be doing that!"
"Oh, now that I've met you, I'm sure you won't," Will's mother said. Then her expression softened and turned a bit crafty. "You're a very nice girl, but I remember how impatient the young people can be. I assure you if Will is taking his time getting intimate, it's only because he's such a shy young man... Be patient! Crockett men may be slow starters, but if you can coax them into the bedroom, they make it worth the wait... Oh dear, are you all right?"
Ellie managed to recover from the fit of hysteric laughter that had her almost doubled over, and waved her hand weakly at the worried hyena. "Aaah-haah-huhh... N-no, it's nothing, hh-aaah... I'm fine, really!" The idea that Will - the guy who on their first meeting had proceeded to bend Ellie over, take her hard and fast against the porch railing, and leave her weak-kneed, light-headed and oozing - would need any coaxing from her...
She barely stifled another burst of laughter. "Heeehh... I, huh, as-assure you, that's not, huhh, not a problem!" Mrs. Crockett looked at the wheezing, teary-eyed zebra with an expression of doubt on her face, but thankfully didn't ask for any further explanation.
"Uh, err... I'll, huhh, go back to Will, if it's okay?" Ellie asked, wiping her eyes surreptitiously. She didn't wait for a reply as she slipped out and headed back to the table, giggling all the way.
"How did I end up agreeing to this?" Will muttered under his breath as he unbuttoned his shirt. He glanced quickly at Ellie, sitting there with her legs folded under her and watching him with open curiosity. When she had told him that she wanted to try out something new, Will had been more than happy to oblige. However, it turned out that the zebra girl wanted to try the dominant role herself, and her first demand was for Will to strip naked while she watched.
With Summer and Zuri, Will had thought he had gotten over any shyness about undressing in the company of a girl, but this was somehow different. Earlier, his nakedness had been only a step on the way to sex, but now it was the whole point! Despite his lingering discomfort, Will felt a little flash of pride when he saw Ellie wet her lips as she eyed his upper body. The hyena wasn't muscle-bound, but he'd worked hard to get the defined pectorals and wiry muscles on his arms.
Taking off his chinos went easier, but when he straightened, standing before the keenly watching zebra in only his boxer shorts, Will got anxious again. Hooking his thumbs in the waistband of his underpants, he turned half away from Ellie, prompting an annoyed sigh from her.
"C'mon, Will! I've seen you naked already; we've had sex and everything!" she said, craning her neck to get a better look of his front.
"So why do you make this big thing about it anyway?" Will asked over his shoulder as he stepped out of his boxers. He was half convinced that this was Ellie's little payback from the time he'd made her and Zuri strip in front of him... Completely naked, he squared his shoulders and faced her fully.
Ellie was blushing now, the white stripes on her face glowing softly pink, but her green eyes had lost none of their curiosity. Will's cock twitched between his legs as he felt her eyes linger there, and started to slowly swell. The downside to having such a large, thick penis and the enormous sexual endurance was that it took a while to get hard... and once he was spent, he really was spent!
"Mmm... okay, can you play with it, make it harder?" Ellie asked. She was definitely excited now; Will saw her nipples poking through the fabric of her T-shirt, and she was fidgeting in a very interesting fashion.
Feeling his own cheeks and ears starting to burn, Will nodded and grabbed his shaft. It felt weird, tugging his half-hard dick like this; after he'd met Zuri, the hyena hadn't had to jack off very often. Still, it was something you never forgot, and soon he was flicking his hand quickly along the length of his stiffening shaft. Ellie's little moans and sighs encouraged him, and quite soon he was completely hard.
The zebra got up and walked over to him. To Will's surprise, she didn't take off her clothes; instead, she offered him a blindfold! "Here, put this on," she said. Noticing his hesitation, Ellie stepped right up to him, his stiff dick brushing against her belly as she reached up to remove his glasses, then pull the blindfold over his eyes. "Come on! I bet you'll like this, too, if you just let yourself to do it!"
Ellie stepped away from him, and Will heard rustling and the swish of cloth against the zebra's sleek pelt. The sudden feel of her slim-fingered, warm hand on his cock made the hyena tense momentarily. "Follow my lead, okay?"
Her dorm room wasn't any larger than Will's own, but walking blindly through it, it seemed big as an aircraft hanger. He brushed against furniture a couple of times, and once stubbed his toe on something, until he heard the creak of bedsprings and felt his knees brush against the edge of a mattress.
A bit clumsily, Will lay down onto the bed. He felt Ellie move around him, slipping another pillow under his head. Raising his hand, he found her sleek flank, felt her shiver as he ran his fingers up her side. "Uhh... try here," she said, taking his hand and moving it down and across, until his fingertips touched something warm and moist.
She sighed as he slid his fingers around, building a mental map of her sex. Here, the curve of her inner thigh; there, the gentle swell of her close-cropped mound; the warm nub of her clit, and the soft lines of her labia... Without further prompting, he slid his finger up into Ellie, surprised at how wet she was already.
Ellie let him finger her for a while, letting out small sighs and gasps as Will curled his finger inside her, dragging it in and out of her slit. Then he felt her hand on his wrist, pulling it away and up. Will's eyes opened wide behind his blindfold as he felt the familiar sensation of a warm, broad zebra tongue twirl around his fingers.
Still sucking on his fingers, Ellie straddled his shoulders, her sex so close that he could smell her excitement. "Want me to eat you out?" he asked. She nibbled on his fingers harder, which Will took as a yes. Craning his neck a little, he thrust his muzzle against Ellie's crotch, her scent filling his nose.
Ellie's pussy tasted different from either Summer or Zuri, and even as he lapped at it, Will couldn't help thinking about the other women of his life. The mouse had enjoyed this, making it a regular part of their foreplay and turning Will into a practiced, if not very imaginative, pussy-licker. With Zuri, it was a different thing entirely; something Will sometimes used to tease her, before letting her have the dick she so wanted.
"Ahhh... Y-yes, this feels so nice," Ellie said as Will twirled his tongue around her clit. "Do, mmmh, do you like it, too?" she asked, grinding her cunny into his muzzle.
To his surprise, Will was enjoying himself. Something about not seeing the girl, having to rely on his other senses, thrilled him. The feeling of her body against his fur, the scent and flavor of her pussy juices flowing freely now, the sound of her excited breathing... together, they made him hard as a rock!
Then Ellie pulled back, leaving Will licking his lips. "Huh... what now?" he asked, feeling the bed quake as she moved around. Then she was on him again, but the other way around. He felt her breasts brush lightly against his abdomen as she wrapped her fingers around his cock and touched her lips on its tip.
"I want to take this slowly, okay?" she said, giving his cock a couple of quick, forceful tugs that made the hyena gasp. "Uh... how am I doing?"
"Aowww! Don't squeeze so hard!" Will yelped. "Ahhh, yeah, that's better... You could twist your hand a little... yeah, just like that, that's great!" Pushing his muzzle against her cunny, he attacked the zebra's pussy with new enthusiasm.
As he ate her out, Ellie continued jacking him, giving the hyena's shaft an occasional long, sloppy lick or poking his balls with her soft muzzle. It was nice, but he found himself enjoying her little quivers and gasps even more than the hand-job she was giving to him. He'd have to make Zuri do that to him some time; maybe make her wear the blindfold...
"Ooohhh-ahh! T-that's enough! I, I want to have you inside me, Will... make me come," Ellie groaned as she clambered over to straddle his hips. He drew a sharp breath through his clenched teeth, as the zebra slowly slid her pussy down onto his cock. Even though she was drenched with her own excitement and his saliva, she was so tight around his shaft!
She stopped, wriggling her hips a couple of times to get accustomed to the hyena's thick, veined hardness inside her. "I can't believe it - ah - fits," Ellie said. "H-how does Zuri do it?" She didn't wait for a reply as she slowly lifted herself up and drove back down again.
Will groaned, his hands clutching the bedclothes as Ellie bounced on him. All the teasing and toying she'd done had taken him closer to the edge than he'd realized, and with Ellie's near-virginal vagina gripping every inch of his cock like velvet vice, he couldn't last for much longer.
Neither could she, it turned out. "Oh, ohh! God, it feels goooood..." the zebra girl moaned, leaning against his chest as her sex shivered, then squeezed around his dick. Instinctively, Will bucked under her, thrusting into her climaxing cunny.
"Nhh! Take off this, ggrrh, stupid rag! I wanna look at you!" Will grunted, tugging at the blindfold covering his eyes. He felt Ellie's hand brush across his cheek, and then he was looking into the zebra's flushed, happy face. Even without his glasses on, he saw the zebra's expression change as he thrust home one last time, shooting his load deep into her. Then it was over, and Will lay back with the zebra girl sprawled on top of him, enjoying the afterglow.
"Huhh... We're even, right?" he asked, breaking the cozy silence.
Ellie stirred and nodded. "We're even," she said. "Until the next time you want me to save your ass..." she continued under her breath.
"Oh, I don't remember when I've last laughed so much!" Mrs. Crockett commented to her husband as she pushed through the crowd milling around in the theater lobby. "Of course it's all very silly if you think about it a bit - that sort of a thing with mixed identities never happens in the real life! - but it makes for great comedy!"
Her husband gave a little grunt of agreement as they emerged on the street. "It's a pity Will and Zuri couldn't make it," she continued as he tried to flag down a cab. "I'm sure they would have loved it too, but of course it's understandable that they would want to spend their evening together. Isn't young love so sweet?"
Another grunt, coupled with a nod. "Oh, forget the cab, Bill; let's walk! The hotel's not far away and we can cut through that park," she said.
Mr. Crockett looked surprised but pleased at this. "I was thinking that your feet might be tired, dear," he said, offering his arm to his wife as they crossed the street.
"That's so kind of you, darling," she said, giving him a playful smile. "But I'm not feeling tired at all! When we get back to the hotel, maybe we can-"
The sudden squeal of bicycle brakes interrupted her and made the hyenas jump. The biker, a young zebra woman with a bright pink Mohawk, slewed wildly and almost fell before she managed to stop, her front wheel only a couple of feet from them.
"Damn it!" she shouted. "Watch where you are fuckin' going!"
"I'm sorry," Mrs. Crockett said, still startled. "We didn't see you-"
"Yeah, I could tell," the zebra interrupted, picking up her canvas bag from the grass where she'd dropped it. "You stepped right into my way! If you've got a death wish, go jump in front of a truck or something!" Muttering something about "entitled geriatric jerks", she hopped back into the saddle and was off at the same breakneck speed before the Crocketts could think of what to say.
"Well! How rude!" Mrs. Crockett gasped. "Imagine if Will had fallen for a girl like that; wouldn't that be awful!"
Her husband cast a baleful glance after the zebra and nodded firmly. "The boy has more sense than that, thank goodness."