Chapter 11

6th of April, 5:45

3 Sugarbreed Mountain

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Naum spread himself out on the floor, face flat against the carpet, despite how it awkwardly rubbed against his nose. Being naked left him feeling exposed and dirty, what he wouldn't give to be allowed a towel or even a pillow to hide some of his modesty. His body was groped, tugged on and shifted as Sodom inspected him; all of it added to how cheap he felt.

"Almost faultlessly spheroid..." Sodom mumbled to himself, moulding Naum's fleshy asscheeks with his forepaws.

Naum imagined that this was how a bed would feel whenever a customer tried it out.

The Doberman was uncaring and when he released Naum's asscheek, the cheetah snuck a quick rub on it to soothe out the smarting.

Sodom lifted up Naum's tail, it curled around the Doberman's wrist who twisted it painfully to make it fall limp. Naum whimpered and did his best to keep his tail still.

A forepaw brushed through Naum's spotted fur.

"Soft almost everywhere, but your to have a carer brush out your fur tonight. We'll wash together soon." Sodom spoke.

"Thank-"

The Doberman pinched the scruff of the boy's neck and snapped:

"No speaking, boy! We're on bad terms already so one word out of you and there'll be consequences."

Naum closed his lips and settled for making a soft whining sound.

"Shhhh... I know I'm being harsh, but I only settle for the best.You must be scared, I know, but allow me to do this. May I continue?"

Sodom squeezed Naum's forepaw.

Nodding, the cheetah squeezed back and tensed as the Doberman switched back to his character.

Sodom brushed his forepaws all up and down Naum's body. The Doberman commented whenever he found something not up to his standards:

"Eat more, you've no excuse to be a starveling."

"Shave better, I won't tolerate pubic fur anywhere on the body. Armpits, groin or arse."

"I've taught you how to present haven't I? Legs together, arms at your sides and head down! Disgraceful!"

Naum sniffled and bit his lip to stop himself from crying out as a finger was forced inside of his asshole; the only true compliment Sodom had made to Naum so far was directed at that.

"A virgin tightness. Good boy..." Sodom purred, leaning down and kissing the back of Naum's neck as his finger explored Naum's caverns. "I haven't had anyfur as tight as you for a good while."

Although Sodom was irrefutably overjoyed about how tight Naum was, the cheetah himself was the opposite. Being fingered hurt, a burning pain was searing around inside of him as Sodom's dry finger poked and prodded his walls. When was the last time this had happened to him?

"Posture: Coffee table."

This was an 'exercise' that Naum had seen Sodom do to Danny, Jewels and Luca. All he had to do was get in a position somewhat resembling the object Sodom named. It's purpose? Either entertainment or a way to further inspect furs.

Naum bent his elbows and rested his forearm down on the carpet, bringing his knees up too to take his position.

Sodom scowled and booted Naum's belly. With an audible: "Ooof!"

"Your back was bent, anything I put on you would have toppled. Do better next time."

Naum grumbled, too quiet for the doberman to hear.

"Puppy."

Like a dog, Naum just slacked his position already, but this time tried to curve his back in more and bring up his front. Unfortunately for him, he forgot to use his best puppy eyes.

"I've seen better, much better in fact. Facial expression next time. You looked like a slut for fuck's sake..."

"Beg." Sodom ordered.

Determined not to fail three times in a row, Naum shot up to kneel before Sodom. He curled his forepaws in front of his chest and rose up as far as he could without getting off his knees. Whimpering, he forced himself to cry and trembled his lip.

"Good. Good." Sodom chuckled and let the cheetah relax. "Get on your back now whilst I inspect your front."

Naum rolled over obediently, on instinct he moved two forepaws to protect his crotch and the glow it emitted.

"Is that because of your genitalia or bioluminescence?" The Doberman sounded disappointed as he took Naum's wrists and lifted it away from the cheetah's body.

"Both... I don't like it."

"Both?"

"Both..." Naum sighed and lay his head back down. "I don't feel like a guy y'know?"

"Because you have a vagina?"

"Yes-No... Kinda... I can't explain." The cheetah whimpered. "But I glow pink!"

"So?"

"That's girly and stuff... It's bad enough with everyfur bullying me-"

"Furs bully you? Here, in my compound?" Sodom growled, forcing the cheetah react fast for fear that another fur would end up dead.

"No, no! At home... You guys are so sweet here." Naum blushed. "Why don't any of you care?"

"Five out of five of my current boys are mutants, so there's that. Furthermore you've done nothing wrong." Sodom smiled. "Now move those forepaws."

Still somewhat embarrassed, Naum removed his forepaws and looked at everything excluding Sodom's face. The Doberman surveyed the sight for a moment, two soft lips with a slight pink glow emitting from between them.

Sodom stuck a finger inside of the cheetah, causing him to cry out and kick a leg.

"Ohhhh you're very tight in here." Sodom wriggled his digit around, feeling Naum begin to leak around his finger. "Getting wet are we?"

Naum wanted Sodom to stop, but couldn't find the words. Taking his silence as a yes, Sodom used his other forepaw to rub Naum' clit and watched as a mix of glee and horrific sadness spread across his face. It was as if he'd never been touched there.

"Incredibly sensitive too. Remarkable." Sodom chuckled as he withdrew his fingers, leaving Naum panting, sniffling and overall, a complete mess.

Continuing his inspection, Sodom ignored the fact that Naum was nowhere near a suitable presenting position.

"Slim... small... flat... Just how I like it." Sodom brushed a forepaw along Naum's trim waist. "Have you been working out? I'm impressed."

"Just sit ups... I want to be a little stronger..." Naum admitted.

"Gym every now and again with me then, we'll get you a nice little six pack in no time. That's an order." Sodom winked and allowed Naum to stand up.

"Of course, Sir!" Naum chirped, holding Sodom's forepaw to help himself up. "Did I... pass the inspection?"

"As if you would ever fail it." Sodom smirked and ruffled the cheetah's messy black hair. "Welcome back to my little harem, I don't need to remind you of the rules do I?"

"Not at all!" Naum smiled. "Though I'm violating one already."

"And that would be?" Sodom raised an eyebrow, although Naum had only just come under his full control he was ready to punish if he must.

"Not showering every morning. Shall I go-"

"That's very bad, boy." Sodom growled, baring his teeth. "I suppose I'll have to punish you in the worst way possible... Shower. With me, now."

Naum burst out into laughter, grabbing Sodom by the wrist he dragged him to the nearest shower.

The two were under the hot blast of water as soon as possible with Naum grinding up against Sodom's front. A stream of water trickled down his front as Sodom kissed the cheetah's neck.

"Fuck.... I swear everyfur looks one hundred times better in water." Sodom grunted as his sheath swelled. "If I hadn't promised myself to be less sexual, you'd be dripping my cum by now."

With that, the Doberman pulled off of Naum and turned him around to face the water with his back. Sodom pulled Naum in close and whispered for him to stay still. Getting dye out of fur was a nightmare after all. Squeezing shampoo into his forepaw, Sodom rubbed it into one of Naum's black spots and watched closely as the water running off it turned slightly black. Gradually, one of the black spots turned pink.

"P-please don't..." Naum whimpered. He hated the idea of what the others would think.

"No. No more fur dye, do you understand? Ruining your furs and making yourself so much less beautiful... It's an atrocity." Sodom snorted as he moved onto the next spot.

There were at least 2000 spots, so there was no way Sodom was going to individually do every one... This became apparent when the Doberman's rubbing began to encompass multiple spots. One by one the spots on Naum's back returned to being pink, in the dark they'd glow, but in the light they appeared to just be colored pink. That would help him quite a bit in the outside world, a half-mutant (one who didn't glow) could easily escape a lynching or a bullet compared to a full mutant (one whose fur, genitals and sometimes eyes glowed.)

"So... RAFE, huh?" Naum spoke to end the silence. "I didn't know you were really with them until now..."

"Aren't you grateful?"

"Yes..." Naum mumbled as he sobbed slightly onto the Doberman's shoulder. "I'm grateful for everything!"

"But... I stole from you." Sodom exhaled as the memories of finding a young Naum curled up in a trash bag for the night crossed his mind.

It wasn't the prettiest of nights for either of them.

"So? I would have died without you! I owed you." Naum reminded the Doberman. "I love you."

"I love you too."

"Doubt it. What are the chances you're up for polygamy?" Naum giggled.

"Marriage wise? Get out of here! But, sex and romance wise I'm more than allowed. Just don't think you're my boyfriend."

"I won't. I just want a few diamond rings is all..."

The two laughed and, now with Naum's help, the two set about washing out all the black dye from Naum's fur.

Within the hour, the two of them joined Luca and Jewels cuddling in bed. The Dalmatian grunted and buried his face further into the pillow upon feeling Sodom's weight pressing down onto the bed next to him.

"Sorry pup." Sodom whispered, guiding his forepaw down Luca's bony back.

"Sorry doesn't cut it, master." Jewels giggled next to him. "It's pretty rude to wake a boy up from his beauty sleep. Let alone two."

"Sorry..." He got in between them. "Naummmm" He hummed softly.

In the time that it had taken Sodom to get into bed, the cheetah had crept across the room and was now halfway out the door.

"Don't you want to sleep with your master?"

"Well yeah, but... I should really be getting back to the others and getting breakfast ready." The cheetah answered.

"Get in this bed, cuddle with us and don't get out until I say otherwise you're going to regret it." Sodom, already closing his eyes and rolling onto his back, ordered.

"Where will I sleep?"

"On my chest, of course." Sodom answered.

Almost in reaction, Luca snuggled up to the side of Sodom and rested his head on the Doberman's breast. Jewels didn't mind too much about having another body in the bed, but tucked his head into Sodom's armpit to make sure Sodom didn't forget about him.

"If you two are getting jealous of Naum getting to sleep on me, you can both sleep in your crates downstairs." Sodom warned as the cheetah climbed onto him. "Now all of you, get some rest."

Even though he was the tallest out of the three subs on the bed, the size difference between Naum and Sodom was comical. Naum slept with his head next to Sodom, his paws barely reaching the dog's hips.

Sodom wrapped his arm under Luca, then over to hold one of the cheetah's ass cheeks. His other forepaw rested on Jewel's hips, but soon the buck boy twisted around to hold Sodom's forepaw as he slept.

Jewels was the first to fall asleep, followed by Luca and finally Sodom. Naum, on the other hand, couldn't fall asleep. He stayed awake, staring at Sodom's face or the ceiling for an hour or so, but after that he lost count of the minutes. All he knew was that the sun had risen, birds were out and the guards marching around outside had already started shouting about something.

"I thought I told you to get some sleep." Sodom's voice broke the silence, startling him.

Naum calmed quickly when Sodom nuzzled against the cheetah's muzzle.

"Why can't you sleep Naum? Huh pup?"

"I just... this is odd I guess. I thought it would be all walking around on all fours and being put in crates and being shouted at again." Naum admitted.

Sodom sighed.

"You liked all that?"

"No. It was torture to me. Being treated like I'm worthless or an animal again, there's only so much a guy can take before he breaks, yknow? The crates were the safest place and I couldn't even sleep in them. Every creak of the floorboards from upstairs, every sob from the other boys, every gunshot or shout from you delayed my sleep by at least an hour."

Wincing, the Doberman shuffled about as he shook the thoughts from his head.

"I mean... I'll get to sleep eventually, but I just... need to adjust."

It sounded as if the cheetah were struggling to talk, or at least think about what to say.

"That's alright. I'm getting up now, Nate and Kai do need attention too after all." Sodom replied with a false smile.

Performing a tricky, complex movement, Sodom somehow managed to slip out from under Naum and get out of bed without waking the two sleeping boys next to him. Naum crawled out after him and was quick to open up the wardrobe and hand his master a striped, mud brown two piece suit along with a white dress shirt.

"Why thank you." The Doberman chuckled and set them on a nearby chair as he dressed. "Are you going to pick my tie and shoes too?"

"I'm not good at accessories actually." The cheetah beamed. "But errr I guess I've had an eye for jewellery."

"Then you can pick my cufflinks and rings."

Sodom selected a plain red tie, despite Naum's complaining the moment he saw the Doberman go for it. The cheetah shut up soon after when Sodom flicked open a case of shiny cufflinks and rings. Just at first glance, Naum spotted everything from diamonds to rubies to tanzanite to opal: and that was just the jewellery! There was an entire spectrum of colours to choose from..

"All crafted from jewels bought from the Isingoma family, do you recognise that name?" Sodom asked.

"No." Naum answered.

"I do." Jewels spoke from behind them. "Could you keep your voices down please?"

"Sure baby. How do you know that name?"

"I overheard you talking on the phone. Are they coming here?"

"Not Sir Otis himself, but rather just a representative. He's an up and coming business man, he could be worth making an alliance with."

"Assassinations, black market or illegal mining?" Jewels asked, rolling his eyes. "Don't tell me. I don't actually want to know."

It was common knowledge under Sodom's ceilings that he was fist deep in the hitman business and had strings in everything else.

"I've no idea what he does, that's why I'm investigating. All I know is that he's not on our side, so all of you stay far out of the way."

"Great... mutaphobes." Jewels muttered as he put his head down.

Changing the subject, Sodom held Naum by the hips and whispered to him:

"Two rings. One set of cufflinks. Go ahead and pick."

Naum checked over the rings first. On impulse almost, he reached out to check that they were real.

"I'm a billionaire Naum. They're all legitimate jewels as is the gold or silver they're set in."

"You people are too rich." Naum giggled.

The cheetah plucked a gold ring adorned with what looked like crystal quartz around the band and a red gemstone set in it.

"Gold base with selenite and an emerald shaped ruby. There are three more like it in my collection, one with sapphire, one with emerald and one with onyx. They're a collection." Sodom sounded proud of this.

"You can wear all four then!"

The cheetah found the other three and handed them to the Doberman.

"Naum..."

"Just, spread them out! Besides it could be a little bit of a knuckleduster for when you punch that representative later."

"And ruin a lucrative trade agreement? God no. Though, maybe one of the guards can scare him." Sodom chuckled as he slipped the rings on. "Ehhh..." Sodom noised as he looked at his forepaws. "It's not as bad as I thought."

Beaming, the cheetah gave the Doberman cufflinks that matched his suit along with a pair of brown loafers.

"I prefer black." The Doberman frowned. "But... I like this."

"Never again though right?" Naum laughed.

"Ehhhh... Maybe on your birthday."

"That's tomorrow."

"I know." Sodom smiled and kissed the cheetah on the forehead. "You have a nice sense of style."

"Thank you! Do you have any business meetings tomorrow?"

"No. Free day, just for you."

"Great, I already know what I'm going to get you to wear."

"Then by all means surprise me. For now, where did you put those catalogs?"

"Nate's room."

"Wake Luca, Jewels and then bring them to Nate's room. Make sure you're already. I'll meet you there."

Giving the cheetah one more kiss, Sodom stepped out of the room and headed for Nate's.

It was a short walk, seeing as Nate was just down the corridor.

Sodom slipped inside the room quietly to behold the white otter's shadow fast asleep behind the bed curtains. Drawing them open, Sodom leaned down and gently shook the otter awake.

"Wake up my pet."

Nate slowly stirred, at first grumbling into his pillow and scrunching up the sheets.

"Nathaniel..." The Doberman hummed, stroking a forepaw down the otter's flat back. "Get up before I make you."

"I'll get up in a minute, Sir." The otter mumbled.

Sodom yanked on the mustelid's tail, Nate cried out and Sodom could have sworn that he shot up in the air.

"Sir!" Nate complained, sitting up and turning around to snatch his tail back.

The otter caressed it, stroking from the tip to the base slowly as if lulling a cub to sleep.

"Oh please I hardly pulled it. Move over now. And you only have to call me Sir in scenes."

As the slim boy moved over, The Doberman climbed into bed next to him and lay down.

"I assume you slept well?" He asked.

"Yes. No nightmares, for once." The otter smiled slightly. "I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep at all."

"You have been in a cage for... quite some time. Not only that but you've been through a lot, I'm not surprised you slept like a log. In fact I'm shocked you didn't fall asleep in my arms."

"Well, my ass was still stinging."

Sodom's laughter filled the room, followed by Nate's.

"It wasn't that funny." Nate pointed out as he came down from his laughter.

"Whatever you say, pet. I have to go now, I need to fetch Kai now. I'm sure he'll be grumpy."

The Doberman got out of bed again and brought the blanket up to wrap it around the otter.

"Naum, Jewels and Luca will be here in a minute. Be polite. Okay?"

"Okay." Nate answered, already close to drifting off back to sleep as he nestled his head back into the comfortable pillow.

The otter didn't hear Sodom leave the room, nor did he hear the three aforementioned enter.

"Sodom?" Naum called.

Nate shot up as if some fur had just broken in through the window.

"He- errrr went to get Kai. I think." He answered, shuffling backwards to press his back against the headboard.

"Oh. Okay."

As if it were their room, Luca, Jewels and Naum all got into bed. Jewels at their feet stretched out, Luca laying down with his face close to Jewel's and Naum sitting next to the otter. It was... claustrophobic, to say the least.

"So Naum... You didn't tell us you had purple spots." Jewels commented.

"Oh yeah..."

"Awwwwwww, you were worried about what we'd think weren't you?" Jewels giggled. "Kitty we're all mutants, my dick glows green for goodness sake."

"It does?" Nate interrupted.

"Yep."

"Does your... cum glow too?"

"No. But it does look like it. And no it doesn't taste of... I don't know, sour apples?"

Luca giggled at the buck's joke.

"Unfortunate, I no."

"Well of course you know, you're an absolute cum slut." Jewels grinned.

"No... I. Cock. No."

"Oh! Yeah, Luca's dick isn't gold unfortunately. It would be sweet, frotting and getting a different coloured glow. What about you Nate?"

"Uhhh, I guess making different coloured glows would be cool..."

"No, babe, your dick. Does it glow white?"

"No I'm not... well I'm not a complete mutant. It's sort of like... errr... not too faulty I guess so I don't glow. I'm just completely white."

"I think I know what you're trying to say." Naum frowned. "Besides, a glowing white cock would be boring."

"What about you Naum? Does your cock glow purple?" Nate asked.

Naum, Jewels and Luca fell silent. They exchanged glances between each other, though Jewels and Luca kept their eyes trained on Naum noticeably longer as if they expected something terrible.

With a sigh, the cheetah spread his legs and bit is tongue.

"Oh." Nate noised quietly as he looked between the cheetah's legs. "Sorry."

"Let's drop this topic before you say something offensive." Naum suggested with a weak smile.

Jewels, Luca and Nate agreed through mutters.

"What's your story?" Nate asked, spluttering out the question. It was the first thing that came to mind.

"Mine? And what do you mean?" The cheetah raised an eyebrow, the three boys on the bed were intrigued now.

"Well where did you come from? Why are you here?" Nate continued.

"I'm here because Sodom brought me back on as a submissive. I came from, well his employment."

Jewels muttered something under his breathe.

"Why don't I go first? I think I know what Nate is asking."

The group quickly came to a mutual agreement.

For a moment, Jewels didn't say anything. The room was silent, not even their breathing could be heard or the creaks of the bed and the house around them. The deer took so long to speak, his companions thought that he'd gone back on his decision. He finally did after piecing together what he could.

"My life is a little bit... well forgotten. No fur knows where I come from, if I have family and if they were mutants, their names, an address, nothing. When Sodom, our Sodom, put me out there to ask if anyfur recognized me no fur came forwards. So as far as I know, they're gone or dead."

"I know how you feel." Naum said solemnly.

"Thank you, but I don't think you do know how I feel. I didn't know them, or at least I don't know them now. I can't feel sad or sorry about losing them and a part of me doesn't want to know them. What if they turn out to be horrid?" Jewels fell silent again. "Sodom is everything I know, my story I guess begins with Sodom's father."

Nate didn't know much about that Doberman, but from what little he knew he assumed that this man was a horrible furson.

"He took me in off the streets, I was running from the Government and their... death squads. This was a few years ago of course, when this hate campaign was starting out. I don't need to talk about that, we all have experience. Sodom's father I'll say, is a good guy. At least, he's not against glowing. Not once did he hit me because of my glow, so I suppose I can't be too angry at him."

Luca tugged on his best friend's arm, telling him that he was being silly.

"I know Luca, I know... But I'd take him over a mutaphobe any day." Jewels shrugged. "Anyway, he was just starting up a harem. It failed of course, I was the only boy he ever touched. Not a lot of furs wanted to be an aggressive, pent up, mob boss' bitch boy For that, I payed a price."

Jewels trembled slightly as he spoke now, but soldiered on. He felt as if he needed to say all of this and get it out before it was too late.

"Every night it happened, sometimes when Sodom Sr still had the blood on his forepaws from the last contract. Those he worked with got a stab at me too; it's a miracle that I'm not dripping diseases." Jewels forced himself to make an awkward, tense laugh. "Continuing, it went on until I broke. I forgot everything one night, with his... forepaws choking me and his..."

The deer stopped there, bursting out into tears and curling up into a shell on the bed sheets. Luca reacted instantly, slipping his arms under Jewels and lifting him into his lap like a mother cradling their cub. It was clear that these two were as close as can be, Luca knew enough to continue the story himself.

Croaking, Luca spoke:

"Almost died. Sodom Sr. gave him to son. First pet, he started craze."

"Luca please stop. You're hurting your voice, you can't keep speaking."

The Dalmatian frowned, then sighed and kissed Jewels' head.

"You then."

"I'll try." Jewels sniffled in response.

From Luca's lap, he said:

"So I was Sodom's first. He was showing me off among his friends when some fur recommended he sought out Annie, to help groom me. She looked me over and told Sir that I wouldn't be around for much longer if he didn't start taking better care of me, i'm glad he listened to her. For a while, our relationship was more caring than sexual, but I think the stress of running a crime organisation got to him. He asked me nicely and seeing as how sex was all I knew, I could only agree. Guess he wasn't as straight as he thought he was."

The four of them burst into laughter together, when it died down Jewels continued:

"We got into BDSM quickly, I found that I loved being bossed around and soon all the rules we have now came into play. Back then Sodom was more ruthless though, you'd be spanked for coughing! So, when one fur wouldn't shut up..."

A far off look came to Naum, Luca and Jewels eyes as they remembered. The cheetah winced and rubbed his neck as if remembering a vivid scene.

"Things happened, it all fell to chaos. One minute we were just listening to these screams coming out of the room, wondering if we'd be next. We knocked and shouted for Sodom to come out and take it out on one of us who was stronger but it went on and on until..."

A shout came from Naum who pounced and tackled the deer. Jewels had no time to scream or throw up his forepaws, his mouth was covered and he was pinned in a moment.

"Naum!" Nate cried out and tried to help, only to be kicked square in the face by the cheetah. He fell backwards cradling his nose.

The two squirmed, Jewels kicking out with his hooves and trying to bite into the

"Naum..." Luca hummed, managing to take a hold of the cheetah's arm. "Miss him too."

The cheetah fell still on top of the struggling deer, then slipped off as he fell into tears.

"I'm so sorry..." He shook, hugging Luca and not Jewels.

"It's fine..." Jewels snarled a bit.

They got back into the circle and tried to pretend like Naum hadn't just freaked out.

"I got put in a mental hospital by Sodom, alongside Luca here as well as Griffin, Remi and Owain."

"Who are they?" Nate asked.

"Sodom's other boys." Naum answered.

"We made up the five who wanted to stay with Sodom or couldn't leave so we accepted the hospital, a sort of hiding place."

Luca nodded in agreement.

"Then the next thing we knew, suits turned up and took us home." Jewels finished. "And well, that's my story."

"I understand what you meant Nate. I'll go now." Naum smiled. "Well you know I'm transgender then, so no point in lying. I grew up in Eria, a tribe in fact. Girls were treated with respect there, it was nothing like what's going on here. Better yet, mutants were Gods. My family were the head of the tribe and when I was born, well my father was somewhat disappointed. He wanted a boy, a real boy he said when I came out to him. When we moved here, when our tribe broke apart, I took the name Naum. This was three years before this war on mutants and RAFE was just a terrorist organization proving that there was prejudice against us."

"I remember that." Nate spoke up. "Did you see the takeover they did, on the radios?"

"Yes my Dad took a job at the radio station, he got caught in the ensuing crossfire."

"Oh."

"It's okay. My brother and I, we were on our own for a long time. But, fortunately, my eighteenth wasn't too far away and I knew if I could survive until then I'd be able to support everyfur. But then the mutant round ups started. I stole dye from the shops, so that I could at least hide my family's status. But, before I got back to the alley we were held up in, I saw one of the teams dragging them out of our boxes and into the vans."

"That's heavy."

"Yeah... Sodom found me a little while after and, being as hopeless as I was, I didn't care. So I just signed and hoped he'd kill me when he found out about me."

"Something tells me he didn't." Jewels smiled, touching Naum on the shoulder. "At least now you're safe."

"I guess."

A silence fell over the room, Naum always noticed that furs tended to go quiet when he told them about his past.

"Everything alright?" Sodom questioned, opening up the door and letting Kai walk in the first.

Sodom's guess was right, Kai was pretty grumpy. He seated himself on the bed, crossed his arms and remained silent.

"We were just talking about our histories." Jewels explained. "You know, so we at least feel closer."

"Ah, right. No tears or anything?"

"No." They all lied.

The Doberman set down a catalogue in front of the group.

"Perfect. Now then, I can't very well let you all freeze and my guests are going to at least want you to have underwear on, so pick some things out."

"Many things?" Luca opened the catalogue, flicking through to the underwear section. It was pretty clear that he didn't want to anything more.

"As many as you want." From his pocket, Sodom produced a pen. "Scribble down your name on it, so I know who wants it."

Luca, being the fur with the catalogue, was up first. He was fairly quick about, ticking anything that took his fancy. If he liked it when it got delivered, he'd keep it, if he didn't, he'd give it away. Luca ended up getting a onesie, but only because Sodom demanded that he ordered something more than lingerie and underwear.

Jewels was the same, but he at least ordered a couple of crop tops, skirts and a gown that some fur might wear to a wedding. It was a seafoam green colour with a sash of sequins splashed over the fabric that stretched over the shoulder. The other shoulder was exposed along with a section of his flanks.

Kai ordered nothing but formal wear, or rather clothes that made him like a senior citizen. White tops with slacks, a couple of dull coloured sweat shirts and boring old white briefs. Sodom had half the mind to make up pick something sexy, but he knew that being forceful wasn't the way to play this game.

Naum was more predictable, picking cuter clothes and what not as well as lingerie, plus anything that might impress Sodom. The Doberman chuckled at the cheetah's attempts, he was acting like he had something to prove.

Nate wa a tad bit more complex... The others were done in a couple of minutes and chatted about what they wanted, but Nate spent nearly fifteen thumbing through the catalogue silently without putting his name by anything. In no time, he'd reached the end of it.

"Just surveying then huh? Or if you're worried about prices-"

"No It's none of that. I don't want any of this." Nate frowned, kicking the catalogue away from him.

"How come?"

"Not my style of clothing I guess. I like tye dye stuff and jeans-"

"Hippieeeeee!" Luca teased, nudging Nate on the back.

The otter muttered something under his breath.

"I normally make my own stuff, can't I go get thingsfrom my old house?"

"Absolutely not." Sodom protested. "You're supposed to be dead, remember."

"As if everyfur in the world hasn't heard that I got bought by a dog!" Nate hissed. "No offense but you were hardly subtle."

"It was an under the counter deal and anybody who might know is dead."

Nate staggered on his words, at a loss.

"Wh-"

"I didn't kill them if that's what you're asking. This isn't a topic for bed anyway."

"It's six in the morning-"

"And you haven't had enough sleep. All of you, out. Nate stay here in bed with me." Sodom ordered.

"Come on, Kai. I can show you to your room." Jewels hurried, tugging the red panda by the wrist. Luca and Naum followed leaving the otter alone.

They sat in silence, Sodom undressing, taking off his blazer, un-buttoning his shirt and leaving his trousers on, but hanging open on the front.

"Don't rape me." Nate injected, his voice strangled as he backed up to the edge of the bed.

"What makes you think I'd do anything like that?" Sodom questioned.

"Instinct I guess. You could do it, you've obviously thought about it so why wouldn't you?"

"I don't rape my boys, not because I own you and therefore I can't, but in the moral sense too. If you don't want it and it isn't necessary, you don't do it. Simple."

"So why am I here?"

"To cuddle." He announced, climbing back into bed and relaxing on his back. "Lord knows I love a good cuddle."

"Why me?"

"Truth be told, I want you to trust me more."

Nate didn't move or speak for a moment, not until the Doberman patted the space next to him. Slowly, the otter crawled over then curled up next to the dog.

"Call that a cuddle?" Sodom chuckled.

"What am I supposed to do I haven't cuddled in months!"

"Roll over."

Nate did as he was told, facing away from his master now.

"And?"

"Relax. Can't cuddle otherwise."

Snuggling up to him, Sodom hooked his arms around Nate's waist and pulled him closer so that he was resting his head on his shoulder.

For the both of them, it gave a relaxing and sort of warm feeling. It couldn't compare to them embracing their loved ones, but it would do. It had been a while since Nate last felt he could sink back like he was then and in that cuddle, he forgot almost everything Sodom had done to him. Everything except the fact that he wasn't allowed to even see his previous life.

Why?

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