{"sf1_id":1105507,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Untouchable: Chapter 30: Are you there: Xander","author":"Dars","words":2518,"posted_at":"2016-12-13T07:18:00.000Z","tags":["Anthropomorphic","Border Collie","Cat","City","Family","Gay","Interspecies","Male","Novel","Plot Development","Relationships","Romance","Story Series","Tiger","Wolf"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1105507-untouchable-chapter-30-are-you-there-xander","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/1105507","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=1105507\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"Xander leaned against the bike rest outside the lobby to Oliver's\nbuilding. He and Sharron had been texting about Sean, she sent, \"I didn't\nknow how to handle it, I mean I know he hated conversion therapy but none of us\nknew what he was going through.\"\"He didn't tell me till he got back, it was hard\ngetting back to best friends, I don't think he has done that with the rest of\nthe family,\" Xander sent.\"It's been ten years?!\" she sent.\"Hey you're the one that teased me, it's been ten\nyears since that family trip, it's scarred me for a life time,\" Xander sent.The reply took a while, then she wrote, \"Are you\ntalking about when we went to Disneyland?\"\"Yeah the car ride, that was so awkward,\" He\nwrote back. He pulled his coat tighter against the wind wishing Sean would\nhurry up.\"I don't think that was that scarring. I was just\ntalking about me and you, and you and Sean, and it was a joke anyway,\" she\nsent.\"Yeah well it wasn't funny, Sean felt trapped, in\nthe car, at conversion, most of his childhood, it's all had a lasting impact on\nhim, like the memory of that trip is for me, he's haunted by all of it and\nwon't talk about it, I wish he would,\" Xander sent.\"But I love that memory, it's one of the best times\nI ever had, with everyone I love,\" she sent, why do you call it\nscarring?\"\"Yeah and Sean's worst was with everyone he loves\ntoo,\" Xander sent, \"getting outed, conversion, that trip. For me it\nsucked because he told me he changed and I wasn't his type anymore.\"\"We only did what we thought was best, I wish I\nhadn't left when he told me a couple days ago, he was yelling and blaming mom\nand dad, I just didn't know how to deal. I still think they were right to\nintervene on the path he was going,\" Sharron sent.\"You mean being gay? Because that hasn't changed,\nlike at all, you all only crushed him when he was already broken,\" Xander sent,\nan angry heat fighting away his shivers. He needed to pee too, \"Hurry up Sean!\"\"No one knew, you didn't go tell mom or dad, and\nthey were worried about risky sex and STD's,\" she sent.\"That was his first time, he was and is a prude compared\nto most,\" Xander sent.\"Wait you guys never experimented? Wow, never thought\nI'd ask about yours or his sex lives,\" Sharron wrote.\"Lol, see now you're truly one of my siblings. Nosey\nas hell :D. No we wanted to wait and not screw up our friendship, so nothing\never happened no matter how much I tried, but it's hard he won't talk about\nthat past. Yet a lot of the time it's like he's stringing me along as an\nemotional Band-Aid,\" Xander wrote.\"Well if you weren't gay we would have been married\nalready just like I planned,\" Sharron wrote.\"Even though I'm not a Wolf?\" Xander sent.\"Strong as a wolf is a great last name and yes you'd\nhave been a great lap dog,\" Sharron said.\"So that's Zach, a Trophy husband?\" Xander sent.\"No he isn't and you wouldn't have been either, I\nwas ten when I made those plans, still broke my naive dream when I learned you\nwere gay from Sam,\" Sharron sent.\"I was planning to tell you, sort of,\" Xander sent.\"Really... you told Sam, so I know you could have\ntold me,\" Sharron sent.\"You were a foot taller than me, and if no one's\never said it you're kinda intimidating,\" Xander sent.\"I am not, nor was I ever a foot taller!\" Sharron\nsent.\"Well anyway, you are bigger, and I felt like you\nwould just make me do what you wanted,\" Xander sent.\"That's what Sean said too!\" Sharron sent,\n\"well I am who I am, I guess that's the point you and Sean are who you\nguys are.... So are you really going to keep this random cat instead of trying\nwith Sean?\" She asked.\"Would it be weird if I said I kind of want\nboth,\" Xander sent. The text message showed she read it. Several cold\nminutes went by till she responded. \"... :( yes it is, I don't know if you're joking and\nI don't really want to know,\" Sharron sent.\"I want it all, I want to make everyone happy,\"\nXander said.\"And you feel you could be there emotionally for\nmore than one fur?... no, nope, it's a sin I'm not going to even think about\nit,\" Sharron sent.\"Oh come on the friends and family vacation after Sean\ngot back you said you'd share me with him if I'd just stick to the plan,\" Xander\nsent.\"Please don't remind me of that, that was incredibly\nembarrassing,\" she sent.\"Ah, you've had a change of heart I see?\" Xander\nsent.\"Yeah you're ten years late on that teenaged idiotic\noffer,\" she sent.\"I guess I am, plus I'm too late for anything with Sean,\nright now I'm just trying not to lose him as a friend,\" Xander sent.\"What do you mean,\" She sent.\"I got jealous that he wanted the tiger and we had a\nfight, then there was his phone and the TV thing, which I didn't know about, I\nleft some angry voice mails after ignoring him for a while, so now I'm trying\nto catch him before he goes on a date with the Tiger,\" Xander sent.Then a message from Paul came, \"hey, still on for\nsix thirty?\"\"Yeah I still haven't seen Sean though,\" Xander\nsent Paul.Sharron sent, \"What do you mean he's trying to date\nOscar!\"Xander sent, \"yeah, it's Oliver, they have a date\ntonight or something, I'm kinda guarding the front door.\"\"That Idiot, I'm calling mom!\" Sharron sent.Paul sent, \"when will I see you?\"\"Please don't call your mom, that hasn't worked out\ngreat in the past, I got it covered.\" Xander sent Sharron, then to Paul he\nsent, \"soon Sharron Sean's sister is kinda making things more\ncomplicated.\"\"He hasn't listened so far, I think we need an\nintervention, this is dangerous,\" Sharron sent.\"He's an adult,\" Xander sent Sharron.\"Oh that's lame, I'm looking forward to seeing you!\nYou're still coming right?\" Paul sent.\"I don't care if he is an adult he is also an idiot,\"\nSharron sent.\"Would it be weird if I said I missed you,\" Paul\nsent.\"If he can't or won't act like an adult, we won't\ntreat him like one,\" Sharron sent.\"Please that's just going to make things\nworse,\" Xander sent Sharron.\"Well I already called mom, she's getting Sean's\nnumber from Sam,\" Sharron sent.\"Wait you have his new number?\" Xander asked.\"Yeah she texted a temp one then you distracted me,\nwith how stupid Sean is,\" Sharron sent.\"Text me it please,\" Xander sent.\"What's the cats address, mom wants it,\" Sharron\nsent.\"Whoa whoa... I'm not giving out someone else's\naddress, I think this is escalating,\" Xander sent.\"Fine then I'll just send her your friend finder\nlocation,\" Sharron sent.\"What! Sharron that's so inappropriate, and this\nisn't his current number he's back at the original one, Paul's roomy said he\ngot a new phone but the same number,\" Xander sent.\"Done is done manners aren't as important as Sean's\nsafety,\" Sharron sent.\"Just have her call him,\" Xander sent.\"Xander you aren't replying, do you think it\nis?\" Paul asked.\"Yeah yeah totally,\" Xander sent Paul while he\ncalled Sharron.\"What!\" she snapped, \"moms on the other\nline.\"\"Just let me go talk to Oliver and get me Sean's\nnumber,\" Xander said.\"It's not working anyway, but fine I'll text\nit,\" Sharron said.\"Stop your mom, she'll waste a drive if she comes\nand can't find him or reach his number,\" Xander said while he paced.\"Good point, get that cat to think, he's putting Sean\nin danger, talk to you soon,\" Sharron said then she ended the call.Xander called Oliver.Oliver answered, \"Hey it's Oliver.\"\"It's Xander, if you could buzz me up that would be\ngreat.\"\"If I can? Yeah I can buzz you up, I'll have the key\nfor you,\" Oliver said.\"Cool cool see you in a sec,\" Xander said he\npocketed his phone and ran to the staircase, a habit from Sean's place.His phone buzzed, he thought, \"Sweet Puppy Alpha\nthey are persistent... what the hell.\"Paul sent, \"maybe dinner isn't such a great idea\ntonight.\"Xander walked down the hall to Oliver's door while he\nwrote, \"Why is that?\"\"No idea :(...think about it,\" Paul sent.\"Well I want to see you,\" Xander sent then\nknocked at Oliver's door.\"Really, sure didn't sound like it,\" Paul sent.Oliver answered the door, \"hey Xander here are the\nkeys, and are you ok?\"\"I'm not sure I was going to dinner with Paul but he\ndoesn't seem interested now, and I was hoping to talk to Sean I was waiting\noutside, but I kinda can't wait anymore, I need to talk with both of\nthem,\" Xander said.\"What about?\" Oliver asked then looked back to\nthe kitchen.\"Sean's family, his Allergy, work, about... being\njealous, Oliver I got pissed at him, I mean he flirts with me but will never be\nwith me... I'll just say it's complicated,\" Xander said while he scrolled\nthrough his texts with Paul.Oliver said, \"Maybe he's not into you, you\nknow-\"\"Alpha Fucking Damnit!\" Xander shouted, when he\nreached Paul question about missing him.\"Hey I didn't mean any offense, it could be true you\nknow,\" Oliver said.\"What? Oh sorry I didn't hear you, I inadvertently texted\nPaul that I thought he's weird,\" Xander said he shifted from paw to paw.\"Wait how did you do that?\" Oliver asked.\"Hey can I use your bathroom,\" Xander said, he\nrushed in at Oliver's nod.\"Sean's sister was telling his mom about your date\ntonight and his mom was coming to stop him from going out with a cat.\" Xander\nsaid loudly to reach the hall as he got to the toilet.Oliver said, \"So how did that make Paul-\"\"What do you mean moms coming here?!\" Sean\nyelled outside the bathroom.\"Sean? How did you get in here?\" Xander asked.Sean said something Xander couldn't hear mid-stream. \"What?\" Xander yelled.Sean opened the door, and yelled, \"What do you mean\nmoms coming here?\"\"What the hell Sean, I'm pissing!\" Xander said\nwhile he tried to block Oliver's view, but the mirror made that pointless and\nhe splashed the floor.Sorry about the shower mat, Oliver,\" Xander said. Oliver turned around, then said trying not to laugh,\n\"Don't worry about it.\"\"What do you mean moms on her way, what the hell Xander,\"\nSean snapped.\"It wasn't me, Sharron called her,\" Xander said,\nhe shivered then shook off.\"How did Sharron know anything?\" Sean asked.\"How did you get up here I was waiting at the front\ndoor for an hour?\" Xander asked.\"Don't avoid my question,\" Sean said.\"Could you wipe up your mess or give me that mat,\nyou know, before ripping each other's throats out?\" Oliver asked.Xander grabbed half of the mat then said, \"Move Sean!\"\"Explain first,\" Sean said.\"How about you guys go to the living room it's a\nmuch better place for an argument,\" Oliver said.\"Sean stop being a dick,\" Xander said.\"No! What do you mean?\" Sean asked.\"I'll make some popcorn, anyone want a beer?\" Oliver\nasked blandly.\"You're always like this, you and Sharron, bossy as\nhell,\" Xander snapped.Sean yelled, \"You're a meddling nuisance, that's how\nI ended up at-\"A horrible ear bursting unending shriek filled the\napartment.Xander's ears popped and someone pounded on the apartment\nwalls.Oliver wandered back with three open beers and a small\nsilver whistle to his smug lips.\"Ouch, please don't do that again,\" Xander said\ndizzily.\"Come to the living room and calm the fuck\ndown,\" Oliver said, \"didn't think that would work, it's a secret\nSanta gift from last Christmas.\"\"From who, a Dominatrix?\" Sean asked while he\nworked his jaw to pop his ears.Xander glared at Sean, \"that's your fault you\nknow.\" \"Oh bite me,\" Sean said.Oliver raised an eyebrow and shook the whistle.Xander wilted, \"fine, thanks for the beer but I need\nto be going.\"\"No you two need to talk, I'll call Paul,\" Oliver\nsaid and passed them each a beer.\"No I need to talk with Paul,\" Xander said,\n\"I used all the time I had to chat with Sean waiting outside.\"\"First please explain about my mom.\" Sean said.\"I was texting Sharron and I said you had a date\nwith Oliver, anyway I thought you were allergic?\" Xander asked.\"I am but I'm on this new allergy med,\" Sean said.\"Oh, well... cool,\" Xander said but felt\nhorrible, unable to look at Sean, \"I... I came over to apologize in\nadvance and for before, I sent angry messages while your phone was dead I\ndidn't know it was dead, and I'm sorry I was jealous of you always flirting but\nwanting Oliver over me and storming out.\"\"I didn't mean to play with your heart, I didn't\nknow I was flirting, I'm sorry I made you uncomfortable,\" Sean said.\"Will you finally call and text me now,\" Xander\nasked.\"Sure my phones doing its first start up and restore\nfrom the cloud,\" Sean said.\"Oh ok cool, Well have fun,\" Xander said,\n\"I got to go.\"\"Give me a hug, I missed you,\" Sean said.Xander reached up to embrace Sean, the smell of Sean\nwarmed him but in some area a bit more than others, he tried to break off the\nhug but Sean was happily nuzzling his forehead.\"Hey!... HEY!... get off me you big oaf,\" Xander\nsaid while he put no weight behind his pushes.\"I promise not to flirt anymore,\" Sean said the\nwords vibrating Xander's smooshed muzzle.\"Oh... ok thanks,\" Xander said, he turned to\nthe door trying to leave before they could smell his arousal or sadness,\n\"well I got to go, I've Uhm, pissed off Paul and need to fix that.\"There was a Carrot notification tone from the living\nroom, then Sean ran off cheering.Oliver came over with his phone pressed to his ear and asked\nXander, \"So why did you say Paul was totally weird for missing you?\"\"I didn't, I was messaging Sean's sister and Paul\nwas messaging me to Fast, I was saying that yeah I'm totally coming,\" Xander\nsaid.\"Puss it was a miss communication, stop being\nneurotic that's my job,\" Oliver said.\"Puss?\" Xander asked.Oliver just grinned at him, and said, \"oh get over\nyourself nobody hates you,\" Oliver cover the phone, \"so I'm supposed\nto tell you that Otis is forgiven if he brings Milo flowers.\"\"What, I'm just heading over, can I have the keys?\"\nXander said, Oliver passed them over.\"Puss, stop coming up with nicknames he's just\nlooking at me confused,\" Oliver said.\"What the hell Xander! I wasn't stealing your\njob!\" Sean yelled from the living room.\"Hey Oliver text me or Paul, when he's gotten to the\napologies,\" Xander said as he rushed the door.\"Fine, and the car's on B2,\" Oliver said,\n\"yes I know he has a big cock..... Yeah I saw it.\"Xander paused at the door wide eyed.\"No I'm not jealous,\" Oliver said, then gave Xander\na shooing gesture, \"because I'm not, nor am I a power kitten.\"As Xander closed the door behind him he faintly hear Oliver\nsay, \"I won't give it a try for Sean or have you share Xander with\nme.\" \nXander felt embarrassed, and confused, yet deeply\nrelieved on the walk to Paul's car.","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1104081-untouchable-chapter-29-political-sean.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1106823-untouchable-chapter-31-hermit-crab-oliver.json"}