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Octavius pushed through the front door of his apartment, dabbing the sweat from his brow with the end of the towel that hung draped about his neck. His fur clung to him, stained with sweat from the exertions of his workout. It was hard to maintain a figure like his, and if it wasn't for the fact that his livelihood profited from it, Tav would likely have not worked quite so hard, but his fan base loved the six pack abs and bulging biceps that the striped feline sported, and it drew viewers in like flies to honey, and the more viewers... the more money he and his partner made.

"Rikki?" he called, closing the door behind him and padding on bare paws through the entryway, finding it odd that the ferret had not been there to greet him, the tiger came home at the same time every day, and more often than not, Rikki was waiting for him with a fresh towel. Therefore in the complete absence of his friend, Tav was justifiably concerned as he wandered deeper into the apartment and towards the bedroom where he expected Rikki was most likely to be found.

"Rik?" he queried gently as he poked his head into the bedroom, tapping lightly on the door with a knuckle and peering in. Their shared laptop sat on the bed, screen bright and open, the familiar sounds of one of their more popular Vorn uploads playing out of the speakers. Their pillows had been pulled out of their usual place at the head of the bed and piled haphazardly in front of the computer screen. The small pointed nose of his friend poked out between two of the soft mounds, and the bright glints of his intelligent eyes shone in the darkness, reflecting the light of the screen. "Everything ok?" Tav asked as he padded over and knelt down , resting his chin on the bed to be level with the ferret.

"N-no...." came the small voice, the tiger's ears flattening with concern for his friend, "I thought I'd get online... check some comments and see how we were doing...." he sniffled softly and Tav could hear some rustling movement as Rikki wiped his eyes dry. "You're doing well..." he stressed softly, "But I'm not..." Tav's ears flicked in confusion.

"What do you mean by that?" he inquired, entirely unsure what his friend could have meant.

"Look for yourself..." The small paws of the ferret reached out and scrolled the screen down, showing the comment section of their webpage under the video as it played on.

voreluvr93 - wow a ferret? when i heard about these guys i didnt realize the couple was serious

preygut replied to voreluvr93 - ikr? you'd think tav would be more interested in someone his own size as a partner

eatmeplz replied to preygut - u mean there not just an on screen couple?

preygut replied to eatmeplz - nah they're actually dating and live together and everything. I think he should just keep the guy down and find a REAL boyfriend.

squirm4me replied to preygut - and you think you'd be a perfect partner i'm sure.....

preygut replied to squirm4me - at least i'm remotely the same species! #felinepride!

And the comments went on and on, other antagonists chiming in here and there. Tav was glad to see that there were a few naysayers, defending the odd couple here and there, but the general consensus remained that Tav should eat the ferret for a conclusive and final time. Brow furrowing in anger and frustration, Tav growled low under his breath as he read on, finally forcing himself to snap the computer shut lest he work himself into a rage. Reaching between the pillows he scooped his slinky bodied friend out of the pile, cradling him in his padded palms and holding him close to his chest.

"Don't listen to them..." he purred in a low and soothing baritone, wiping a tear from the small masked face with his thumb and nuzzling his large nose into the little belly. Breathing in, he took in the oh so familiar scent of the ferret's musk, an aroma he had grown to love and one that he would never forget. "I chose you, chose to be with you. The studio might have put us together to work, but that's not why we live together." He purred comfortingly, still cradling his little friend. "Tell you what, after i get cleaned up, e can go for ice cream. Gotta gain back all those calories i just burned right?" he winked with a chuckle, coaxing a hiccuping little laugh from the still emotional ferret.

"A-alright," the ferret squeaked and nuzzled affectionately back, trying to push the thoughts of those horrible commenters out of his mind.... As well as his own hidden doubts.... As Tav set him down again on the bed and walked away, kicking out of his gym shorts and snug fitting boxer briefs, Rikki couldn't help but to be floored again by the tight ass of his friend, his mate. Tav took such good care of himself, partially for the sake of their videos and partially for his own vanity. Rikki looked down at his own body, a rather nondescript and common pattern as far as ferrets went, the slinky tubelike anatomy devoid of definition, no matter what the ferret did to exercise. Sometimes he wondered if Tav really was too good for him....

Shaking his head violently, he smacked himself with a paw and stood up, chest puffed out in determination to brush such thoughts away. "No, Tav is telling me the truth, he picked me, I'm more than good enough," with a decided nod, he bounced across the mattress to go and get dressed himself for their little date....

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Rikki bounced ahead of Tav on all fours on the tile floor of the local mall, moderately busy on a weekday afternoon, but not unbearably crowded as they wandered on over to the food court. The smaller male wove in and out of the crowd, between paws and claws and hooves alike, the nimble ferret avoiding those larger than himself with deft movements, making happy and excited noises as Tav followed along with an amused smile, tail flicking side to side as the crowd parted for him. While few paid heed to the ferret, no one ignored the formidable looking tiger that prowled across the floor in loose khakis and a leaf green button down. He might not have been particularly intimidating in manners, but there was no denying the predatory presence of the feline.

"We're here! We're here! We're here!" Rikki exclaimed excitedly, bouncing and spinning in circles in front of their favorite ice cream parlor tucked away in the food court between a taco shop and a pretzel bar. The ferret's back was arched in a high peak as he bounded back and forth from fore to hind paws in a war dance. Gradually his small shirt began to slide down, or up rather, his torso, Rikki too lost in his war dance to even notice, until.... "Auugh!" he exclaimed, falling over and clawing at the shirt that had flipped up over his head.

"Easy easy!" Tav laughed loudly, swooping down to scoop up the flailing creature in his paws to disentangle him from his own clothes. Flipping the shirt back down into place, he promptly smooched the small masked face with his large feline lips, a happy purr rattling in his throat. "There, saved ya," Tav snickered, pinching Rikki gently by the scruff of his neck and depositing him safely on his shoulder and out of harm's way. "Now shall we order?"

"Indeed," the ferret chittered, gripping the large round ear in his paw as they approached the counter, a rather rounded looking ibex manning the cash register, his beard bearing the tell tale signs of having sampled his own wares, assuming that one hadn't guessed by his gut.... "I'll have the Mouse Munch!" Rikki piped up excitedly, even as the portly goat turned to make the cone, the tiger and ferret regular customers who rarely ordered outside of their usuals.

"And I'll have the Mackerel," Tav ordered, pulling a bill from his wallet and laying it on the counter as the clerk scooped up the ice creams. "Thanks," he smiled warmly at the caprine, flashing that bright smile, rowed with sharp pearlescent teeth. The goat just nodded and handed them their cones in silence, tucking the bill in the register and tendering their change. "Better now?" the tiger asked, lapping at his cone and passing Rikki's up to him as they took a seat at a vacant table to enjoy their treats in peace.

"Much," the ferret agreed, taking a seat on his friend's shoulder and leaning against the tiger's cheek. Their peace and quiet was short lived however as a voice suddenly shouted out from the tiger's far side, away from the ferret.

"Tav!" A smallish bobcat shouted gleefully, running across the food court towards the tiger. It wasn't often the feline was recognized in public, but it happened periodically. "Octavius tiger!" the comparably diminutive cat closed the gap between them quickly, grinning from ear to tufted ear and straightening his felinpride t-shirt, the white letters emblazoned across the black fabric. "I'm so glad I could meet you!" he beamed up into the larger male's face, his smile falling ever so slightly as he realized Rikki was there too, "And Rikki..." he added with an almost disappointed aire.

"Always nice to meet a fan," the tiger replied automatically, shifting into show mode with a bright smile, adding just a touch of his predatory glint to help sell the act, always needed to put on a show for a loyal follower right? But as Tav's mind caught up with his mouth, his own expression failed slightly. FELINEPRIDE. Where had he seen that before.... Suddenly it clicked and the feline's vision flashed red. This had to be one of those commenters. Tacking his smile forcibly back into place, he stretched out a paw to greet the bobcat. "I see you know us but we don't know you."

"Baxter, Baxter Smith," he greeted Tav with a gin, shaking with a sweaty paw and shooting Rikki another dark look that wasn't as subtle as he might have thought it to be. "I've always been a big fan of yours," he babbled on, still beside himself as Rikki and Tav shared a look, Baxter far too involved in his rambling to notice. It was obvious to the couple exactly who this was, and neither one was feeling the patience to put up with him today. "I mean it's great that you two hang out outside of work and all, but don't you ever want to hang out with someone of your own kind?"

This was the last straw for Tav, and he could feel his eye twitch in rage, his paw gripping his cone tightly, crushing the confection and dribbling down his fist. Rikki spotted the tiger's rage and leaned into the large ear to whisper to him. "He's not worth it Tavvy...." the ferret whispered, but the pain was obvious in his voice. "Let's just go home."

"Ya know what?" Tav ignored his mate's whispers in his ear and smiled brightly at the smaller feline, a wicked scheme concocting in the tiger's mind, "That sounds like a great idea. Maybe a personal demonstration..." he reached up and snagged Rikki off his shoulder who squeaked in surprise and horror. What was Tav saying? Had his fears always been true after all? His eyes moistened with barely contained tears as the tiger held him fast in a firm grip, Tav's total attention on the bobcat now.

Baxter perked up and nodded excitedly, ear tufts bobbing rapidly. "Yeah! That'd be great!" he was practically salivating in anticipation. Maybe his idol was going to let him finish off the small ferret for him! Beckoning Baxter along Tav carried rikki in his paw, leading the way into a dark alcove between two shops, sliding an artificial plant across the opening to shield them from view. "We should record this," he grinned giddily, pulling out his smartphone and activating the camera, "We'll title it, 'The Final Ride'!" he announced and the bobcat nodded even faster. If he nodded anymore, his tufted head might go flying....

"Come in closer..." Tav encouraged him, Rikki all but crying in silence as he assumed that this would be his end, the love of his life... all a lie.... As Baxter crept closer, Tav held up the camera to catch all three of them, giddy cats and miserable ferret.

"Here we are at the mall," he spoke to the camera as he held it up, "And we ran into a fan. You all might know him as Preygut, but he was kind enough to introduce himself to us, and now we'd like to give an impromptu, up close and personal show." Tav beamed at Baxter who grinned and waved at the camera, Rikki having given up and hanging limply in Tav's paw. Suddenly Baxter's brow furrowed as realization dawned on him.

"Wait... I never told you that was my screen name..." he turned in confusion on Tav, "I mean it is, bu-hrrk!" his statement was cut short by the tiger's paw around his throat, eyes popping from his skull in startlement as Tav's iron grip closed on his windpipe, Rikki sitting in a dazed heap on the floor, his slinky body having absorbed the shock of the fall as he looked up at the clashing giants above him, still trying to sort out what was happening.

"Don't fuck with my boyfriend," the tiger growled deep and threatening. With a yank, he shoved the terrified feline's head into his mouth, a muffled yowl slipping past his lips as Rikki scuttled out of the way. Tav grimaced, Baxter was clearly not much of a bather, but such was his anger he didn't care. Working his mouth over the felines head, the bobcat was certainly getting a personal demonstration as the hot maw closed around him. Squalling in terror, he realized quickly there would be no hope as the white teeth raked through his tawny fur, face drenched in saliva.

Struggling and flailing Baxter continued to fight back, trying to gain purchase on Tav's shoulders, or to land a kick on the tiger's broad chest, anything really, but Tav's workout regimen didn't just make him look good.... Strong paws pinned the flailing arms to his sides as he forced Baxter deeper, the cameraphone on the floor and forgotten. Rikki watched in shocked awe, before having the presence of mind to stand the camera up, capturing every moment of the demise of Baxter the bobcat.

As Tav's throat began to bulge, the thrashing of the hind legs grew more desperate, and the tiger's cheeks bulged with the smaller feline's shoulders. A squelching wet sound emanated from the tiger as he struggled to keep his improvised meal contained, and Baxter began to sink deeper. The cries of startlement and anger had changed in tone, more to pleading and bargaining, but neither Rikki nor Tav could, or would, hear him. The harsh feline tongue pulled at Baxter's clothes as he slid further and further, the imprint of his head descending into the striped chest and bursting the top two buttons of Tav's shirt.

By now his arms were pinned to his sides and a belch of stomach gasses rose to greet Baxter, washing across his face with the acrid fishy stench remaining of his earlier ice cream. "Pleeeaaase..." he pleaded, crying openly, "I swear! I'll leave you alone! I'll never watch another video!" he broke down into sobs as Tav's paws gripped his legs and tilted back, throwing the kicking paws into the air and letting gravity do its dirty work. With the majority of his weight now inside the tiger, Baxter slid freely into his malodorous grave, forced to curl in on himself as the strong muscles of the tiger's throat worked him down down down....

Rikki stared on in awe, not often getting to watch from the sidelines, and as Tav's enormous jaws snapped shut over the paws, he le the camera record the final descending lump of the bobcat as it joined the moderate bulge in Tav's stomach, a squirming wriggling mass as the pungent acids were surely soaking into Baxter's fur, Rikki all too familiar with the burn himself.

"And that, ladies and gentlefurs, was 'The Final Ride'," Tav announced to the camera, Rikki taking the cue to end the recording. As soon as the camera was off, the striped feline slumped against the wall, sliding down to sit on the floor with a tired and satisfied huff as his eyes drifted shut, the faint sounds of Baxter's pained moans echoing in Tav's stomach as Rikki hopped hesitantly up onto his friend's leg, slowly making his way up to sit on the wriggling bulge.

"Y-you did that for me?" the ferret asked softly, wringing his little paws and studying the tiger's face closely. One of the great amber gold eyes cracked open to stare tiredly down at his mate, a glint of confusion flashing in the iris.

"Obviously. You don't think I would've really.... For this asshole?" he huffed, flopping a paw on his engorged stomach, the lump of bobcat emitting a muffled whimper and writhing in apparent agony, "Ooomph..." Tav mumbled, scrunching his face shut, "Been a while since I've had someone that big...." he huffed, laying his head against the wall again.

Rikki fiddled with his paws a moment more before bounding up his boyfriend's broad chest and jamming his small body up and under the large chin hugging Tav tight and weeping openly. "I-I'm sorry i doubted you!" he wailed to the tiger's shocked surprise, a paw instinctively coming up to cradle the ferret under his chin. "I thought i wasn't good enough for you..." Rikki sniffled, burying his nose in the orange fur and letting his tears sink into the stripes.

"I would never do that to you..." He purred consolingly, stroking the small dark body with his paw, "I care about you, you're more than my vore partner, we're a couple, we're mates..." he rumbled in his deep baritone, letting the ferret weep out his woes into his neck. As Rikki managed to compose himself, Tav scooped him up into both palms to look him in the eye. "But guess what," he murmured, nuzzling the small creature in his belly with a coy smirk, Rikki emitting a curious squeak, "We have our next video." He smirked triumphantly as Rikki squeezed out a laugh, the two males hugging each other tightly, Baxter the bobcat already fading to memory....