{"sf1_id":1342110,"sf2_id":"znJa3k7m","title":"Were It Not For You","author":"STRONG","words":23238,"posted_at":"2018-06-13T19:01:00.000Z","tags":["Amputee","Dog","Fellatio","Greentext","M/F","Sex","Shower","Snuggles"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1342110-were-it-not-for-you","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/znJa3k7m","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/49/83/4983d5a5-7feb-4888-a7c3-304d70f2273f","description":"Anon is transported to a world full of animals, but how can he cope with losing his family?","content":"Prologue\n\n  \n\n\\\u003eThis had been a great week\n\n\\\u003eYour Loving wife, Amanda had suggested that you and her take the kids to Disney world and the area around it\n\n\\\u003eWhy not do that? you were a firefighter and had plenty of vacation days saved up\n\n\\\u003eSo you treated your loving Wife and you kids to the best week ever\n\n\\\u003eYour Son, Derek got over his fear of the dark because of the ride space mountain\n\n\\\u003eAnd you Daughter, Ashley, finally discovered a love of star wars\n\n\\\u003eGranted it was just because she saw a remote controlled BB-8 toy and insisted on having it but that's besides the point\n\n\\\u003eEven the Family dog, Moose, a big doofy German Shepard,\u0026nbsp; had fun wandering around the park with you all\n\n\\\u003eYou had driven around Florida in your... uhm, Manvan (You refused to call it a minivan for masculinity) seeing the sights\n\n\\\u003eDaytona beach, Orlando, Cape Canaveral, the swamps to see some gators\n\n\\\u003eIt had been a long time since you had seen your family smile so much\n\n\\\u003eWhen Moose tried to attack a Crab on the beach and it pinched his nose you laughed and cried for him\n\n\\\u003eThe Lovable doofus just didn't know when other animals didn't wanna be friends\n\n\\\u003eYou decided to take the wheel to drive home after the week was over\n\n\\\u003eAfter all Amanda was so tired from playing with the kids and your nighttime... activities that she could barely stay awake\n\n\\\u003eYou too had been playing with the kids but you knew your limits and had the sheer willpower to stay awake\n\n\\\u003eHow else do you fight a fire for 12 hours without food water or a piss break besides that?\n\n\\\u003eLots of training\n\n\\\u003eAs you drive up the Interstate, you look around\n\n\\\u003eYou'll miss the Spanish moss, the willows and the warm humid rainstorms that happened every day\n\n\\\u003eYou can see why old people retire to Florida\n\n\\\u003eThe Mountains come and go as you drive through the Appalachians\n\n\\\u003eThey always did take you breath away\n\n\\\u003eThe serenity, the calm cool beauty\n\n\\\u003eYou miss camping here, like you did with your father when you were a child\n\n\\\u003eMaybe when Derek was older you could take him camping, like you father (god rest his soul) had before you\n\n\\\u003eYou enter a tunnel through the mountain and think of nothing else beyond relaxing at home with you wife\n\n\\\u003eThe light at the end grows brighter and brighter and.........\n\n  \n\nNothing\n\n  \n\n\\\u003eThe world is a blur\n\n\\\u003eHappiness, sadness, sadness, pain, and joy\n\n\\\u003eAll things you can't even recall\n\n\\\u003eWhat is this around you\n\n\\\u003eIts reminds you of stars, or the aurora borealis\n\n\\\u003eYou hear something\n\n\\\u003eSinging, music? You can't tell beyond its beautiful\n\n\\\u003eSpinning somethings in the distance\n\n\\\u003eNightscapes of light and dark\n\n\\\u003eThe edge of time and everything beyond it\n\n\\\u003eAll of it is taken from you as sit up in the middle of an alley\n\n\\\u003eWhere are you? Who are you?\n\n\\\u003eYou sit up and ponder it as you look around\n\n\\\u003eIts night and nearly pitch black\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eSomething bothers you\n\n\\\u003eBut what?\n\n\\\u003eYou run your fingers through your hair and feel like you're forgetting something important\n\n\\\u003eMaybe something on you can tell you who you are?\n\n\\\u003eYou dig through your pockets in search of something\n\n\\\u003eAnything\n\n\\\u003eA cell phone? The battery is dead though\n\n\\\u003eA wallet! You flip it open and look at the license\n\n\\\u003eYou are Anon....\n\n\\\u003eThe memories hit you like a flash flood\n\n\\\u003eYour wife! Your Kids!\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eWhere are they!?\n\n\\\u003eYou run out of the alley shouting for them\n\n\\\u003eGrabbing anyone and asking if they had seen your family\n\n\\\u003eOnly to your horror they aren't anyone\n\n\\\u003eAnimals\n\n\\\u003eWalking animals pretending to be people\n\n\\\u003eWhat nightmare is this? You feel like you're in one of your children's storybooks\n\n\\\u003e\"Sir are you ok! I'm with the police I can help you\" a voice behind you\n\n\\\u003eYou sigh in relief as you turn\n\n\\\u003eThe police!\n\n\\\u003eYou had dealt with them so many times!\n\n\\\u003eThey might a silly competition with firemen but it was always in jest\n\n\\\u003eThey could help you no doubt\n\n\\\u003eBut its not police\n\n\\\u003eIts Moose, or a nightmare version of your beloved dog\n\n\\\u003eWalking on 2 feet, wearing a police uniform and talking\n\n\\\u003eTALKING!\n\n\\\u003eYou scream and run\n\n\\\u003eWhat had you done to deserve this?\n\n\\\u003eYou run\n\n\\\u003eBack into the only place you knew was safe\n\n\\\u003eThe alley\n\n\\\u003eAnyway from the monsters that stalked the night of this nightmare\n\n\\\u003eYou need to wake up!\n\n\\\u003eFirst you pinch yourself\n\n\\\u003eNothing\n\n\\\u003eThen punch yourself\n\n\\\u003eStill nothing\n\n\\\u003eThen you bite yourself so hard that you taste blood and it pours down your chin\n\n\\\u003eThis can't be real!\n\n\\\u003eCan it?!\n\n\\\u003eMaybe you need to sleep\n\n\\\u003eYou curl up besides a dumpster in your alley\n\n\\\u003eYea...\n\n\\\u003eJust sleep it off....\n\n\\\u003eThis is all just a dream\n\n  \n\n  \n\nChapter 1: All Alone\n\n\\\u003eHow long has it been since you entered this goddamn world?\n\n\\\u003eThis hell\n\n\\\u003eToo long\n\n\\\u003eWhy hasn't your suffering just ended\n\n\\\u003eWhy haven't you just ended it yourself?\n\n\\\u003eYou knew the answer to that one\n\n\\\u003eHope that you could wake up and be in your lazy boy chair with your family around you\n\n\\\u003eAnd cowardice\n\n\\\u003eAs much as you hated this life and where ever you were\n\n\\\u003eYou had to live\n\n\\\u003eLive in this new world, this new hell\n\n\\\u003eA world filled with Animals disguised as people\n\n\\\u003eAnd when you saw normal people, and tried to point the Animals out; they look at YOU like you were the crazy one\n\n\\\u003eThen later you saw the Feds looking for you\n\n\\\u003e\"The BHA\"\n\n\\\u003eThey were looking for you, to whisk you off to some torture\n\n\\\u003eSome hell for brainwashing you to not see these animals\n\n\\\u003eSO many animals acting like people\n\n\\\u003eAt this point the only anchor to your old life was a picture, faded and torn\n\n\\\u003eYou and your family\n\n\\\u003eAmanda, Derek, Ashley and you\n\n\\\u003eAll smiling at a camera\n\n\\\u003eThis picture was the only thing that kept you rooted\n\n\\\u003eIt let you know that hadn't been a fever dream, not a drug induced hallucination\n\n\\\u003eAnd the drugs flowed\n\n\\\u003eAs much as you hated what you had become, you hated this new world more\n\n\\\u003eYou found a human, someone, and asked for the strongest thing they had\n\n\\\u003eWhat it was you didn't care\n\n\\\u003eWhy would you\n\n\\\u003eAs long as it made you forget them\n\n\\\u003eForget your previous life\n\n\\\u003eThe thoughts plagued you\n\n\\\u003eWhere they here in this new world?\n\n\\\u003eWere they dead?\n\n\\\u003eOr were they alive and growing up without you? back in your world?\n\n\\\u003eHow could you know?\n\n\\\u003eWould you ever know?\n\n\\\u003eYou doubted it\n\n\\\u003eYou sit in your box, head drooped, the pills whoever gave you taking effect\n\n\\\u003eHow many druggies had you dealt with?\n\n\\\u003eEnough to say that you were never going to do drugs\n\n\\\u003eYet here you were\n\n\\\u003ePaying random people for random pills\n\n\\\u003eThose animals had come to you before, offering you \"Better\" pills\n\n\\\u003eYou ran from them, those whatever they were\n\n\\\u003eDemons, sent to torment you\n\n\\\u003eOr were they the vision of people, and you were finally seeing what they really were?\n\n\\\u003eDoesn't matter, the city is one you don't recognize\n\n\\\u003eyou didn't even know what it was called\n\n\\\u003eBut you never left it\n\n\\\u003eMaybe, just Maybe, you get pulled back to your home\n\n\\\u003eEven though every night proved you never would\n\n\\\u003eYou had to try\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n\\\u003eYou lay in you usual alleyway\n\n\\\u003eThe big cardboard box from something kept you warm\n\n\\\u003eA refrigerator box? The box from an oven?\n\n\\\u003eDoesn't matter\n\n\\\u003eIt was your home now\n\n\\\u003eYou sit in it\n\n\\\u003eThe picture of your family pinned to the cardboard wall\n\n\\\u003eEven though you hated your life, hated everything for bringing you here\n\n\\\u003eYou wouldn't beg for money\n\n\\\u003eThose animal things wouldn't get a thing from you\n\n\\\u003eNever\n\n\\\u003eNot in a million years would you ever let them see you\n\n\\\u003eNever would you help them\n\n\\\u003eHow many times had you seen a group of those beasts robbing another one?\n\n\\\u003eToo many to remember\n\n\\\u003eAnd you recall seeing the robber look at you and simply dismiss you like a piece of trash\n\n\\\u003eYea... At this point that's what you were\n\n\\\u003eNothing more than trash\n\n\\\u003eWhy didn't one of them just end it for you?\n\n\\\u003ePlease Just Put you out of your misery!\n\n\\\u003eBut they never did, they just looked at you and smirked, then let you live\n\n\\\u003eCondemning you to life\n\n\\\u003eBut it wasn't all bad\n\n\\\u003eEven as you sat in your alley, these things; these animals gave you some mercy\n\n\\\u003eA dime, a nickel, a dollar\n\n\\\u003eYou didn't beg like the others\n\n\\\u003eYou simply slumped against the opening to your alley\n\n\\\u003eTrying to remember your family\n\n\\\u003eThey tossed the bits that didn't matter to them your way\n\n\\\u003eBecause you didn't matter to them either way\n\n\\\u003eYou sat in your box, wearing torn clothing\n\n\\\u003eScraps from a box, a dumpster, a bunch of junk left behind by people too self righteous to simply throw away their old clothing\n\n\\\u003eIt kept you warm in the winter as you tried to close the cardboard box that you found\n\n\\\u003eHow many winters?\n\n\\\u003eYou don't know, too many drugs and too much alcohol made you forget\n\n\\\u003eAt this point nothing bothers you though\n\n\\\u003eWhy should it?\n\n\\\u003eRobberies, burglaries whatever\n\n\\\u003eThe cops were all those animal things\n\n\\\u003eWhen they came asking you disappeared\n\n\\\u003eInto a dumpster, onto a roof\n\n\\\u003eOr simply got so high you didn't eve realize they were cops\n\n\\\u003eEven now as you sat in your box you didn't care as you heard the scuffle of feet and angry voices\n\n\\\u003eBut something catches your attention\n\n\\\u003eA voice\n\n\\\u003eA poor sweet sounding feminine voice\n\n\\\u003eBegging for life, begging to be spared\n\n\\\u003e\"-EASE! LET ME G-\"\n\n\\\u003eIts cut off by a sharp thud\n\n\\\u003eA druggie you may now be, but you weren't a monster\n\n\\\u003eYou had to help a girl in trouble\n\n\\\u003eAs you stand the world whirls around you, the pills you popped doing their job\n\n\\\u003eWhy now of all times? the one time you didn't want them to work you were a dizzy mess\n\n\\\u003eYou rub your face and hair in an attempt to wipe away the drugged \"out of it\" feeling\n\n\\\u003eHow many times hard you heard that?\n\n\\\u003eYou grab a broken something\n\n\\\u003eA broom handle? A lead pipe? Whatever\n\n\\\u003eThe girls weeping cries drive you onward, boring into your brain\n\n\\\u003eWho would hurt such an innocent sounding person?!\n\n\\\u003eWhen you finally find you source of the crying its from a group of Humans\n\n\\\u003eA few have somethings, knives, machetes, sticks?\n\n\\\u003eYou don't know\n\n\\\u003eAll you know is from the center of them is the crying , the begging for help\n\n\\\u003eYou bring the blunt object, whatever it was, onto the back of the nearest offender\n\n\\\u003eMuscle memory returns\n\n\\\u003eChop down that door, kick through that door frame\n\n\\\u003eGet to those that need help\n\n\\\u003eYou keep chopping, your body taking control as your mind wanders to better times\n\n\\\u003eTimes of happiness with your family\n\n\\\u003eThen your body freezes, your \"ax\" held tight ready to strike\n\n\\\u003eBut you can't as the Humans run away\n\n\\\u003eOne of those animals is in front of you\n\n\\\u003eTears pour from the eye that remains and she grips her right arm with her left\n\n\\\u003eAll that's left of her right arm is a bloody stump and her left eye is gone\n\n\\\u003eYou stare, holding your ax ready to attack\n\n\\\u003eBut all she does is tear up before speaking\n\n\\\u003e\"Please.. Help m-\"\n\n\\\u003eShe passes out and begins to fall\n\n\\\u003eYou drop your weapon and catch her\n\n\\\u003eAs you hold the passed out dog thing in you arms, you think\n\n\\\u003eShe's one of those things!\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe's a monster!, you should just leave her\n\n\\\u003eBut she begged out your help\n\n\\\u003eAnd humans did this to her\n\n\\\u003eYou weren't like them\n\n\\\u003eYou pledged to help those in need, even if it was in the other world\n\n\\\u003eNo matter what, even if it meant running into a fire you were going to help\n\n\\\u003eThe nearest hospital is nearly 3 miles away\n\n\\\u003eBetter start running\n\n  \n\nChapter 2: All In\n\n\\\u003eThe Dog girl thing is passed out in your arms as you run\n\n\\\u003eYou had put your belt around the stub of her arm and tightened it as much as possible\n\n\\\u003eGotta stop the blood flow, gotta keep her from bleeding out\n\n\\\u003eYou had looked for her arm before you left the alley but hadn't found it\n\n\\\u003eBut you weren't going to stick around long\n\n\\\u003eShe needed help and you were going to get her to it\n\n\\\u003eAnd so you run, pushing through the evening crowds of people and animal things\n\n\\\u003eA few give you terrified stares as you carry the bloody girl in your arms\n\n\\\u003eThey can all go fuck themselves\n\n\\\u003eYou swear to yourself as you feel yourself getting winded\n\n\\\u003eThe time hasn't been kind to your physique, you hadn't been able to eat as much or work out\n\n\\\u003eYou think the hospital is still about a mile away but you can't stop, how could you\n\n\\\u003eRun, run until your heart pounds in your chest and you veins pump battery acid\n\n\\\u003eRun even though your arms feel numb, supporting the limp weight\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eRun until your lungs burns\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThen run some more\n\n\\\u003eFueled by adreniline you finally make it to the hospital, panting and tired\n\n\\\u003eThe Automatic doors open to the emergency room\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"HELP ANYONE PLEASE\" you call out loudly\n\n\\\u003eYou see a nurse look at you confused then see her eyes fall to the Dog in your arms\n\n\\\u003e\"OH GOD! GET A STRETCHER!\" the Cat thing calls out\n\n\\\u003eIn a flurry, nurses and doctors get her from you placing her on a stretcher\n\n\\\u003eYou watch as\u0026nbsp; they take care of her, attempting to find blood to give the helpless creature\n\n\\\u003eBut your work here is done, you got her here and helped just like she asked\n\n\\\u003eYou need a seat though, it had been a long time since you had to do anything like that\n\n\\\u003eThe waiting room chairs look good enough for now, and the pills you took earlier are still in your system\n\n\\\u003eEverything is spinning when you fall back into the chair roughly\n\n\\\u003eWhen this stuff, these pills wear off you'll leave\n\n\\\u003eMaybe one of the human nurses can give you some pills or something\n\n\\\u003eWhat a day\n\n\\\u003eAs you sit and relax, staring at the floor you see a few pairs of shoes start in from of you\n\n\\\u003e\"This is the man who brought her in\" you hear a male voice\n\n\\\u003eHuh? Who are they?\n\n\\\u003eHands grab you and lift you to your feet\n\n\\\u003e\"Sir, we have some questions for you\"\n\n\\\u003eYour eyes focus on cops\n\n\\\u003eA human and a dog- thing\n\n\\\u003eNOPE!\n\n\\\u003eYou struggle and try to push them off you\n\n\\\u003e\"NO! LEMME GO!\"\n\n\\\u003eThey would turn you\u0026nbsp; itno that group the BHA\n\n\\\u003eNever! you had to fight them off!\n\n\\\u003eBut youre so tired and they are much stronger than you\n\n\\\u003eYou're thrown to the ground and they put the cuffs on you as you struggle\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eSo this is what you get for helping someone, you get arrested\n\n\\\u003eThey physically lift you as you try to fight them off you still and carry you into the back of a police car\n\n\\\u003eYou're thrown into the back of the patrol car roughly\n\n\\\u003e\"Figures a fucking drugged hobo would attack a defenseless woman\" you hear one of the officers say\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eWhat? They think you did it?\n\n\\\u003eFigures they would\n\n\\\u003eYou feel the car start as you lay face down in the patrol car\n\n\\\u003eFuck these guys, they don't know anything\n\n  \n\n  \n\n\\\u003eYou sit in a jail cell waiting for something\n\n\\\u003eWaiting for anything to happen\n\n\\\u003eHow many hours have you been in here?\n\n\\\u003eLong enough for the pills in your system to wear off\n\n\\\u003eUgh what a waste of good pills and drugs\n\n\\\u003eWhatever they wanted from you they wouldn't get it\n\n\\\u003eAfter a while a few officers come and hand cuff you then drag you\u0026nbsp; to an interrogation room\n\n\\\u003eLiterally\n\n\\\u003eYou fought the whole way there\n\n\\\u003eIn the end though you're handcuffed to a table and sitting across from\u0026nbsp; german shepard thing\n\n\\\u003e\"So sir. why dont we start with your name, im officer Davies\"\n\n\\\u003eYou frown\n\n\\\u003e\"Fuck off, dog get me a person to talk to\"\n\n\\\u003eHe bares his teeth at you\n\n\\\u003e\"Is that why you hurt that girl you speciest scum?!\"\n\n\\\u003eSpeciest?\n\n\\\u003e\"Whats a speciest? Is that some kinda weird insult in this world?\"\n\n\\\u003eWhen you say that his ears perk up\n\n\\\u003e\"This world? Are you?\" He eyes you\u0026nbsp; \"One sec\" he says before leaving the room\n\n\\\u003eYou look over at the one way mirror and frown at your reflection\n\n\\\u003eLong matted dirty hair, a scruffy straggely beard,\u0026nbsp; clothes covered in dirt and refuse and cold eyes\n\n\\\u003eHow long had it been? you lost count of the days\n\n\\\u003eAbout 5 minutes later a human comes in wearing a suit and tie\n\n\\\u003e\"Hello sir, I'm going to ask you a question that might seem weird but, What do you know about the cold war?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou frown? he wants a godddam history lesson? What is this a joke?\n\n\\\u003e\"You mean like the cuban missile crisis and the red scare? Hiding under your school desk from nukes?\"\n\n\\\u003eHis eyes go wider and wider as you answer\n\n\\\u003e\"Wow, you're really from the other world\"\n\n\\\u003eYour frown deepens\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"You mean the normal world where animals aren't treated like people?\"\n\n\\\u003eHe looks you over and frowns back\n\n\\\u003e\"Is that why you hurt that woman? Shes only about 20 and you know they couldn't save her eye\"\n\n\\\u003eThat makes you mad\n\n\\\u003eReally really mad\n\n\\\u003e\"Did you even talk to her? I didn't do that to her! She called for help and i carried her 3 miles to that hospital!\"\n\n\\\u003eAnother man in a suit enters the room and whisperes something into the First mans ear\n\n\\\u003e\"My associate tells me that there were reports of a man matching your description carrying the victim, Ms. Cameron, to the hospital, but that doesn't mean that you didn't assault her in a drugged up stupor\"\n\n\\\u003eYou sigh and slump back against the chair angrly\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm not talking to you anymore, you aren't listening to me anyway, plus you never read me my Rights\"\n\n\\\u003eThe men look at each other and frown\n\n\\\u003eYou knew you had them at that, in almost every state, at least the ones in your world, the police had to read a person thier rights when they are in custody before asking questions\n\n\\\u003eAnd these guys had been asking questions\n\n\\\u003eThe men leave the room and you're left in the room for a while\n\n\\\u003eHow long you don't know but long enough for you to fall asleep\n\n\\\u003eThe sound of the door opening stirs you awake\n\n\\\u003eA man wearing a cowboy hat walks in and sits down opposite you at the table\n\n\\\u003e\"Howdy there, I'm just here to let ya know you ain't under arrest or nothin'. People call me Hank and I'm with the BHA\"\n\n\\\u003eYou remember the BHA, men in Blacked out vans looking for you when you first arrived\n\n\\\u003e\"You mean the feds? here to brainwash me to thinking these animals are people?\"\n\n\\\u003eHe actually smiles at that and chuckles to himself\n\n\\\u003e\"They're called Anthros, and yes they are smiliar to feral animal but they are people, just a different kinda people. They aint much different in terms of who they are or how they act, just looks no different from a white person or a black person\"\n\n\\\u003eAnthros? Fancy name and a lot of extra explaination for saying they ARE animals but legally they are people.\n\n\\\u003e\"Fine animal people, What do you want anyway?\" you ask calmly\n\n\\\u003e \"Well first off your name, and secondly what year did you come here?\" he says with a smile\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon. I don't know what year it is here but I go pulled here summer of 2013\"\n\n\\\u003eHis eyes go wide\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh man thats a while...tell me more about what happened\"\n\n\\\u003eSo you do\n\n\\\u003eYou tell him about how you were transported and where you were\n\n\\\u003eWhat you did as a job\n\n\\\u003eAbout the Drugs and alcohol\n\n\\\u003eAnd all about your family\n\n\\\u003eYou hoped that he would telll you there's a way back to your world that you could return and see your family\n\n\\\u003eOr at least tell you that there was a way to know they were ok\n\n\\\u003eBut he told you what you feared the worst\n\n\\\u003eThere was no way home, there was no way to find out about your family\n\n\\\u003eYou were stuck here with nothing\n\n\\\u003eYou feel your heart sink further than ever\n\n\\\u003eNo way home\n\n\\\u003e\"Look Anon, we can help you at the BHA but you gotta get clean, we can send you to rehab but it's on you\"\n\n\\\u003eHuh? Help?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"What do you mean help? I've got nothing here\"\n\n\\\u003eHe smiles\n\n\\\u003e\"We know you've got nothing but the BHA is here to help Anonymous memebers like you; thats what you are by the way; Anonymous, people like you got transported here\"\n\n\\\u003eThey'll help you, get a shell of your life back together?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eFor What?\n\n\\\u003e\"Whats the catch?\"\n\n\\\u003eHe shakes his head, \"no catch, its our job, you get clean, we shack you up in a temporary home until you can get on your feet\"\n\n\\\u003eYou sigh\n\n\\\u003e\"Rehab huh? Alright then, how do we get this started?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou hear what sounds like shouting from the other side of the glass\n\n\\\u003eAfter a moment one of the men is suits bursts in yelling\n\n\\\u003e\"You can't Just Let him go! he brutally attacked a young Anthro!\"\n\n\\\u003eHank Stands and looks the man over\n\n\\\u003e\"He's our responsibility now, if by chance he DID do this we can turn him over to you once you do some investigating WITHOUT voliating his rights next time\"\n\n\\\u003eThe man in the suit, you never learned his name but he looks utterly defeated\n\n\\\u003e\"Fine but we want full details on where he will be\"\n\n\\\u003eYou rattle the handcuffs holding you to the table\n\n\\\u003e\"Can I get uncuffed now?\" you ask\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eGrumbling the suit uncuffs you and lets you go\n\n\\\u003eYou rub your wrists and stand up\n\n\\\u003eMaybe it was time to turn your life back around\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\nChapter 3:\u0026nbsp; Beauty of a Hidden Heart\n\n  \n\n\\\u003eIt burns, it all burns\n\n\\\u003eYou skin crawls and you feel like you're going to puke at any moment\n\n\\\u003eWithdrawal is being a bitch and a half and you're only 2 days into the detox process\n\n\\\u003eNow you knew why those junkies would just keep themselves high\n\n\\\u003eExcept you are the junkie\n\n\\\u003eThe Bureau of Human Assistance, or the BHA, the people you avoided so actively were there to help all along\n\n\\\u003eThey were paying for this Rehab for you\n\n\\\u003eIt was a high end place too, you got your own room\n\n\\\u003eHank said they had failed you, that you living in the streets should have never happened\n\n\\\u003eHe told you an expert in Human assistance would come as well as another Anonymous Member\n\n\\\u003eBut when they would come he hadn't told you, but he did say it would be sometime this week\n\n\\\u003eYou hoped it was soon, you wanted to know how to live again\n\n\\\u003eHow to be a person\n\n\\\u003eHow to cope with losing everything\n\n\\\u003eMore than everything, Losing your family, the love of your life and your kids\n\n\\\u003eHow do you get back to being the person you were, when they were the reason you were\n\n\\\u003eThey had been the best of you\n\n\\\u003eAnd you had been here how long?\n\n\\\u003eHank told you it had been 5 years\n\n\\\u003eFive long years on the street\n\n\\\u003eAmanda would be 11, Derek would be 9...\n\n\\\u003eYou had missed them growing up\n\n\\\u003eFor what? You were given no real reason as to why you were pulled here\n\n\\\u003eOnly a bunch of Half-assed \"No one knows\"\n\n\\\u003eYou look in the mirror at the shell of your former self\n\n\\\u003eDressed in white hospital garments, hair clean and free of knots but still long and unkempt\n\n\\\u003eYour facial hair had grown wild, you looked like a crazed version of Hagrid from harry potter\n\n\\\u003eA knock at your door and in pop the head of a Human nurse\n\n\\\u003eThey don't bother waiting for an answer here for some reason but they learned to peek first\n\n\\\u003eThe last time they just entered it was an big wol- Ahem- a Wolf Anthro\n\n\\\u003eHow else does someone react to a Fucking hug wolf tearing open the door than to throw the first thing in reach at it?\n\n\\\u003eTurn out for you the first reaction was the throw a lamp at it- Him- right him not it\n\n\\\u003eBut a human you're ok with\n\n\\\u003e\"Mr. Anon? You have a few visitors, try to stay calm\"\n\n\\\u003eIt must be them, finally\n\n\\\u003eYou're about to answer when in walks a tiger\n\n\\\u003eA FUCKING TIGER\n\n\\\u003eThis is like a bad version of some gladiator game\n\n\\\u003eYou trapped in a small room with an apex predator and no weapons\n\n\\\u003eA certain British man's voice hits you\n\n\\\u003eIMPROVISE ADAPT OVERCOME\n\n\\\u003eYou jump to your Closet and rip out the hanger bar\n\n\\\u003eFuck this you aren't going down without a fight\n\n\\\u003e\"ANON PLEASE CALM DOWN YOU!\" you hear the nurse shouting\n\n\\\u003eFuck that! It's a goddam tiger\n\n\\\u003eAs you go to swing your improvised club at the tiger something hits you in the chest sending you sprawling out onto the floor\n\n\\\u003e\"Calm down, I know you're scared but try to avoid attacking us\"\n\n\\\u003eYou look up from the floor, rubbing your head\n\n\\\u003eIn front of the tiger is a man\n\n\\\u003eHeavily scarred and wearing an eyepatch, he look like he belonged in a modern Wild West film\n\n\\\u003eSomehow not only had he decked you but also gotten ahold of the bar you had in your hands\n\n\\\u003eBut his calm stern voice calm you down\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Sorry...sorry I'm just not used to...them\" you say, looking away\n\n\\\u003e\"Anthros?\" you hear him say\n\n\\\u003eYou look up at him\n\n\\\u003eHe is offering you a hand to help you up\n\n\\\u003eYou take it and he pulls you to your feet with ease\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea... Anthros\" you say still not making eye contact with either\n\n\\\u003eA hand falls on your shoulder, making you jump and look at him\n\n\\\u003e\"Come on, let's all talk. Maybe somewhere a little more open\" he says with a slight smile\n\n\\\u003eYou nod and avoid looking the tiger\n\n\\\u003eAs much as they tell you it's ok to be near them, memories of people torn apart by animals float in your head\n\n\\\u003eEven koalas, those Chlamydia infested fucks, were dangerous in your world\n\n\\\u003eAnd Here you had seen them walking around\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eWhere they also infected? Not that you really cared for the answer\n\n\\\u003eThe duo lead you to an outside courtyard, a picnic table sits in the center under a dogwood tree whose petals rain like snow\n\n\\\u003eYou sneak a few peeks at the tiger as it- she sits\n\n\\\u003eIs she pregnant?\n\n\\\u003eYou feel a twinge of guilt in your stomach\n\n\\\u003eWas this who you wanted to be? A man who attacked pregnant animals\n\n\\\u003eNot animals\n\n\\\u003ePeople\n\n\\\u003eYou sit opposite them and finally look at the tigers face and notice her eyes\n\n\\\u003eGreen like American money\n\n\\\u003eYou quickly look away\n\n\\\u003e\"Come on now, I won't bite\" She says calmly\n\n\\\u003eYou fight your urge to run as you look up at her\n\n\\\u003eYea, that's a tiger, a white tiger, that's smiling at you with her large fangs exposed\n\n\\\u003e\"There you go! See! I'm not gonna attack you or anything, although I must say your reaction to seeing me was a bit more...violent.... than I expected\" She says calmly\n\n\\\u003eYou look back down\n\n\\\u003e\"Sorry, I'm just no used to this yet\"\n\n\\\u003eMore guilt\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou tried attacking her and she's being nice\n\n\\\u003eSomething fuzzy on your hand makes you jump and pull it back to you across the table quickly\n\n\\\u003e\"Sorry! I didn't mean to startle you!\" you hear her voice\n\n\\\u003eYou look back up\n\n\\\u003eCome on man! Keep it together\n\n\\\u003eIt's just a giant murder cat and a dude that makes Clint Eastwood look like a pussy\n\n\\\u003eClint Eastwood never even existed here! Why does that bother you so much right now!?\n\n\\\u003eBreathe, Introduce yourself\n\n\\\u003e\"It's ok, just not used to this, I'm Anon\"\n\n\\\u003eYou extend a hand, a Shivering, shaky hand\n\n\\\u003eBut it's still your hand\n\n\\\u003eShe takes it slowly and gently\n\n\\\u003eThis must not be her first rodeo\n\n\\\u003e\"Jasmine, pleasure to meet you Anon\"\n\n\\\u003eFuzzy paw and sharp claws\n\n\\\u003eYou would be lying if those didn't make you nervous\n\n\\\u003eThose sharp fangs of hers too\n\n\\\u003eWhen she lets go she introduces her friend\n\n\\\u003e\"And this is my lovely husband!\" she says enthusiastically motioning to the man who knocked you over like you were a child\n\n\\\u003eHusband? Humans and Anthros together? This opens up a whole new world of confusion to you\n\n\\\u003eAlso no wonder he was so fast to defend her, you would have done the same for Amanda...\n\n\\\u003eHe seems to sense your confusion and unease as he extends a hand to you\n\n\\\u003e\"People call me Chick, I'm Anonymous like you are and I'm sure you have questions\"\n\n\\\u003eYou sigh and look at him then her then back at him\n\n\\\u003e\"First things first\" you say with a knot in your throat \"Can I ever learn what happened to my family? I was driving andIgotPulledAndThen...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou feel the tears forming and your mouth stop working\n\n\\\u003eYou know the answer already but you need to confirm it with someone who has been through it\n\n\\\u003e\"There's no way to know for sure, not unless another Anonymous member appears with knowledge of them\" He says solemnly\n\n\\\u003e Tears run silently down your face as you look at him\n\n\\\u003e\"None?\" you choke out\n\n\\\u003eHe shakes his head\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm sorry Anon, there's nothing we can do\"\n\n\\\u003eYou hang your head, and wish you could do the same to your body\n\n\\\u003e\"What- Who did you leave behind Anon?\" you head Jasmine's sorrowful voice\n\n\\\u003eIts almost instinct how you reach into your pocket for the picture of your family\n\n\\\u003eHow many times a day did you do it?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eEven when your old torn clothes got taken you saved the only memoir from your old world\n\n\\\u003eYou slide it across the table to them, tears running down your face as you point each out\n\n\\\u003e\"Ashley was 6 when I left, she wanted to be a news broadcaster\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Derek was 4, he said he wanted to be a firefighter like me\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Amanda was my high school sweetheart, we said we would always be together\"\n\n\\\u003eThat last part made you fall forward into your arms, sobbing quietly\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eAlways together can sometime mean together as long as the universe thought you deserved it\n\n\\\u003eBy now, if she was still alive she might be remarried\n\n\\\u003eLiving a whole new life where you were a distant memory, a scar in the back of her mind\n\n\\\u003eWould your children even remember you?\n\n\\\u003eIt all hits you again like tsunami, washing over you and drowning you in sorrow\n\n\\\u003eA fuzzy paw rests on your hand which is still on your families' portrait\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm so sorry Anon, I can't even begin to say I understand\" jasmine says, you can hear her choking back tears\n\n\\\u003eYou look up at her and chick, tears still in your eyes\n\n\\\u003eEven with your vision blurred you can see the tears forming in her eyes\n\n\\\u003eAnd Chick is... stoic, a face you've seen before\n\n\\\u003eA look on the face of your fellow firefighters when they lose something\n\n\\\u003eWhen you emerge from a fire with a dead child in their arms\n\n\\\u003eA face trying hard to not show the pain\n\n\\\u003eSo he was like you\n\n\\\u003eHow like you, you don't know, but you weren't going to ask\n\n\\\u003eYou knew how it felt to try to describe your past life\n\n\\\u003eHe seems to also want to change the subject, for your sake, and maybe in some part for his\n\n\\\u003e\"When you were found, they said you carried a Dog Anthro 3 miles to the hospital where you were arrested, if you're so scared of Anthos, why would you do that? He asks, his voice monotone, but with a slight crack of emotion\n\n\\\u003eIt was barely there but you picked up on it\n\n\\\u003eMaybe\n\n\\\u003eYou wipe your eyes and look at him\n\n\\\u003e\"Honestly? I didn't know she was an Anthro when I saved her, I heard crying for help and I just...acted... and when she passed out I couldn't just leave her to die, I'm not a monster\"\n\n\\\u003eHe nods, maybe in approval, maybe in understanding\n\n\\\u003e\"You can trust Anthros you know, they won't try to hurt you, they are just people like you and me\"\n\n\\\u003eYou at him, eyeing the scars and eyepatch\n\n\\\u003e\"Promise I can?\"\n\n\\\u003eHe nods and digs into his pocket before pulling out a photo of his own\n\n\\\u003eIts him, Jasmine, a tall man with his arm around a snow leopard, and a gruff man with holding a raccoon in front of him\n\n\\\u003eAll of them are smiling and happy\n\n\\\u003eHe points to each human\n\n\\\u003e\"3rd Generation Anonymous, Married to a snow leopard\" he points to the tallest one\n\n\\\u003e\"First generation Anonymous, Married to a raccoon\"\n\n\\\u003eJasmine smiles happily and digs through her purse and pulls out a small book\n\n\\\u003eShe flips it open, revealing a photo album and points to each picture as she does\n\n\\\u003e\"1st generation married a Maned wolfess, 1st Generation married to a Hybrid...\"\n\n\\\u003eShe goes on and on\n\n\\\u003e1st gen, 2nd gen, 3rd gen Anonymous\n\n\\\u003eHappily married to Anthros, some with children\n\n\\\u003e\"You can trust us Anthros Anon, we are people like you, just a bit fuzzier\" she says, intentionally causing her fur to fluff out a bit\n\n\\\u003eYou actually stifle out a bit of a laugh\n\n\\\u003e\"I-I'll try\" you say meekly\n\n\\\u003e\"Good, because I have someone who wants to meet you really badly\" Jasmine says with a toothy smile as she taps away at a phone\n\n\\\u003eWho would want to meet you?\n\n\\\u003eYou don't know anyone here\n\n\\\u003eChick looks a bit uneasy, looking from you to the tigress\n\n\\\u003e\"You sure about this love?\" he says quietly\n\n\\\u003eYou're sure you weren't meant to hear that but you did anyway over the quiet taps of clawed pads hitting glass\n\n\\\u003e\"mhm, trust me!\"\n\n\\\u003eWhat are they talking about?\n\n\\\u003eYou're left to sit and ponder that for a moment before a familiar feminine voice sounds off behind you\n\n\\\u003e\"UH h-hi\"\n\n\\\u003eNo\n\n\\\u003eIt can't be\n\n\\\u003eYou turn around and see her\n\n\\\u003eThe dog you saved from the mob\n\n\\\u003eWearing a blue and white button up shirt and jeans\n\n\\\u003eAnd with a medical bandage covering her left eye and bandages wrapped around what would be her right arm\n\n\\\u003eEven now in your disbelief she stands awkwardly, her remaining purple eye focused on you\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon this is Madeline Cameron, the Anthro you saved\" you hear Jasmines voice\n\n\\\u003eYou barely hear her\n\n\\\u003eHer screams echo back to you\n\n\\\u003eThe mob surrounding her\n\n\\\u003eThe smell of her blood that covered you as you ran\n\n\\\u003eYou stare as she nervously shuffles next to you\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh... Hi...I'm Madeline, My friends call me Mattie\" the Dog says to you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe raises her stump, frowns at it then raises her left paw to you\n\n\\\u003eHesitantly you stand then reach up and shake it\n\n\\\u003eFuzzy paw\n\n\\\u003eYou look at her, light brown fur covers her body, her hair is cut short\n\n\\\u003eHer ears end in black fur and she has an uneasy smile\n\n\\\u003e\"T-thank you Anon, they told me you carried me 3 miles and that you used your belt to apply a tourniquet to keep me from bleeding out\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe has a cute voice, that's a bit higher than you expect\n\n\\\u003eYou feel her eye studying you\n\n\\\u003eIt makes you suddenly self-conscious\n\n\\\u003eYou need a haircut and to shave badly\n\n\\\u003eBut they wouldn't let you have sharp things here so that would have to wait\n\n\\\u003eShe sits next to you at the table as you sit\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon was a firefighter before he got pulled here, we're working on getting him recertified\" Jasmine says with a smile\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThey were? News to you but whatever you needed a job\n\n\\\u003e\"So you have no family here?\u0026nbsp; Who is here to visit you and stuff?\" Mattie asks with a frown\n\n\\\u003eYou frown slightly\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon doesn't have anyone besides us right now\" Jasmine answers for you\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh....can I visit you again then, you saved my life I would feel awful just leaving you here\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eMattie looks up at you then her ears fold down\n\n\\\u003eYou recognize that! That's what dogs do when they are unsure!\n\n\\\u003eMoose used to do that....\n\n\\\u003e\"You don't mind if I visit you, do you Anon?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou sigh\n\n\\\u003eMight as well get used to being around Anthros\n\n\\\u003e\"I don't mind Mattie, I could use the company\" you say looking at her\n\n\\\u003eHer short tail wags slightly as you answer\n\n\\\u003eWhen you look up you see Jasmine beaming at you with a smile\n\n\\\u003e\"That's good progress to getting you used to Anthros Anon\" Jasmine says before looking at her cell phone\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh shoot, we have to go! We have a doctor's appointment, it was nice to meet you Anon\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eBoth Jasmine and chick stand up\n\n\\\u003eYou stand up as well and shake their paw and hand, respectively\n\n\\\u003eMattie stands as well and looks at you\n\n\\\u003e\"I have to go too Anon, my parents are worried about me and came into town\"\n\n\\\u003eShe sticks out her left paw, which you shake\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Thank you again, I'll see you again soon\"\n\n\\\u003eShe leaves the courtyard, leaving you underneath the dogwood tree\n\n\\\u003eThe petals billow past as you stand and a shiver runs down your spine\n\n\\\u003eSo this was it then\n\n\\\u003eThe start of your new life\n\n\\\u003eBut were you ready for it?\n\n\\\u003eYou breathe deep and head back to your room\n\n\\\u003eIt doesn't matter if you're ready or not\n\n\\\u003eYou just have to keep on living\n\n  \n\n  \n\nChapter 4: Broken\n\n  \n\n\\\u003eWithdrawal was proving to be a bitch and a half\n\n\\\u003eTurns out you had a mix of drugs in your system because you never even bothered to learn what it was that you took\n\n\\\u003eAs such, you got hit with a tsunami of symptoms\n\n\\\u003eNausea, Shivers, headaches, joint pain, you name it\n\n\\\u003eIt had been 6 days since Jasmine, Chick and Mattie had visited you\n\n\\\u003eAnd as sincere as Mattie sounded when she said she would visit you, you doubted she would\n\n\\\u003eWhy would she?\n\n\\\u003eWho would want to visit a junkie hobo?\n\n\\\u003eHopefully not a girl like her, she seemed nice enough even though she was a dog\n\n\\\u003eSo you sit in your room, suffering in silence\n\n\\\u003eThey offered you some other kinda drugs to wean you off but you refused\n\n\\\u003eIt didn't make sense to you\n\n\\\u003e\"Here take more drugs to get you off drugs\"\n\n\\\u003eDumb logic to you so you sat alone in your room\n\n\\\u003eThere was an area you could go out and watch TV and socialize, but there were too many anthros out there\n\n\\\u003eHow do people come here and just accept it?\n\n\\\u003eHow do they come to this world and just see animal people and say \"oh ok cool\"\n\n\\\u003eMaybe they didn't have the panicked wake up you did\n\n\\\u003eA scrambling crawl through an alley looking for your family\n\n\\\u003eWas it just because you had so much to lose? So much you had lost?\n\n\\\u003eYour thoughts are broken by a knock at your door\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon? You have a visitor\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eJasmine had requested you have an Anthro nurse or helper or whatever her title was\n\n\\\u003eAn anthro border collie Named Michelle\n\n\\\u003eShe was nice enough to you, although she often wanted you to go out and socialize\n\n\\\u003eNope, you needed to get used to this on your own pace\n\n\\\u003eIt was taking a while but you were getting there\n\n\\\u003eHow weird was it to see these animals that look like your pets back home\n\n\\\u003eNo...Not back home\n\n\\\u003eThis was your home now, there was no way to go back\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou snap back from your mental detour and focus back on Michelle\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh.. right.. let them in\" you say, not trying to sound dismissive\n\n\\\u003eBut you can't quite look at her, she reminded you too much of your childhood pet\n\n\\\u003eBut with boobs and hair\n\n\\\u003eMichelle disappears behind the door frame and ushers in Mattie, who gives a small, but warm smile\n\n\\\u003e\"Hi Anon, you cleaned yourself up I see\" she says, her purple eye studying your face\n\n\\\u003eYou run your fingers through your hair and down your now clean shaven face\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea... couldn't stay looking like that\" you say attempting to smile\n\n\\\u003eThe small Canine girl looks around your room quickly until her eye rests on the photo of your family\n\n\\\u003e\"Is this...Them? Your family I mean?\" she says stepping closer to it\n\n\\\u003eEvery instinct is telling you to leap forwards and snatch the picture away, but you resist it\n\n\\\u003eShe's just a girl coming to thank you\n\n\\\u003eNot a monster\n\n\\\u003eJust have a conversation with her\n\n\\\u003eEasy right?\n\n\\\u003eYou swallow hard and step forwards\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea, that's Amanda, and Derek and Ashley and our dog Moose\" you say as you point out each one of them\n\n\\\u003eIt's hard holding back the emotions in your voice\n\n\\\u003eShe steps away from it instantly\n\n\\\u003e\"Sorry! Sorry! I know that must be a tough subject\"\n\n\\\u003eYou sigh, turn and then sit on your bed\n\n\\\u003e\"Don't be sorry Mattie, It's not your fault\"\n\n\\\u003eShe walks over and sits next to you\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm still sorry that happened to you, I can't imagine what you went through\"\n\n\\\u003eYou look over at her and see her looking down at the floor\n\n\\\u003eTears forming in her eye\n\n\\\u003eFatherly instincts kick on\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey Hey! Look, I'm...dealing with it, if anything I'm sorry\"\n\n\\\u003eShe give a light sniff then looks at you\n\n\\\u003e\"Y-You? Sorry? For what?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou frown slightly and your eyes fall on the stump that was her arm\n\n\\\u003e\"That... if I hadn't been on whatever drugs, I might have been able to find and save your arm....\" you trail off, looking down\n\n\\\u003eIt had bothered you for days\n\n\\\u003eHer arm couldn't have just disappeared\n\n\\\u003eAnd in your drugged haze you might have just glazed over it\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThe guilt was in the bottom of your stomach like a pit\n\n\\\u003eA fuzzy touch, padded fingers grip the top of your hand\n\n\\\u003e\"You saved my Life, you beat those men up with a pipe, put a tourniquet on me and THEN and carried me 3 miles, you did more than enough\"\n\n\\\u003eYou grip her paw\n\n\\\u003eHonestly this was the only real meaningful contact you've had with someone since you got taken\n\n\\\u003eBut meaningful doesn't need to be dreary; so it was best to change the subject\n\n\\\u003e\"So uh Mattie, do you have a job or school or something?\"\n\n\\\u003eShe frowns a bit\n\n\\\u003e\"I was in school to be a Pharmacist, but I've had to take time off because of the injury\"\n\n\\\u003ePharmacist? That means she could get you...\n\n\\\u003eNO\n\n\\\u003eYou shake the thoughts out of your head\n\n\\\u003eRehab is for getting better, not for pressuring the only creature here to show you compassion into getting you drugs\n\n\\\u003eBut you felt hollow\n\n\\\u003eThose drugs filled the hole your family left\n\n\\\u003eYou were going to have to find a way to fill it, to not have a hole in your soul anymore\n\n\\\u003eOr at least learn to live with it there\n\n\\\u003e\"And you Anon? What did you do before? I recall Jasmine said you were a firefighter\" Mattie asks with a small smile\n\n\\\u003eYou focus back on Mattie\n\n\\\u003eHad you always wandered in and out of thoughts?\n\n\\\u003eMust have messed with your cognitive functions along the way\n\n\\\u003e\"I was a firefighter. But I was also an EMT\"\n\n\\\u003eYou look into Mattie's deep purple eye and she smiles\n\n\\\u003e\"That explains how you were able to hit those guys so hard\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHeh something like that\n\n\\\u003eIn times of stress, muscle memories come back like a flood\n\n\\\u003eAll those hours training to get through doors\n\n\\\u003eHours spent cutting through drywall to look for the last ember to put out\n\n\\\u003eWhat you assume is Mattie's Cell phone rings a few short rings, causing her to jump slightly\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh! Sorry Anon, one sec!\" she says with her ears folded down\n\n\\\u003eDigging through her purse quickly, she fished up a cell phone with a small charm made out of coins with holes in them\n\n\\\u003eJapanese coins? You can't tell from here\n\n\\\u003e\"Hello? hi Mom, oh... I'm with Anon\"\n\n\\\u003eShe mouths a quick \"Sorry\" to you\n\n\\\u003e\"Yes the guy who saved me.. Huh?\"\n\n\\\u003eHer remaining eye goes wide and you swear you can see the color drain from her face despite all the fur\n\n\\\u003e\"NO! NO NO Mom! He's Not used to Anthr- Hello?\"\n\n\\\u003eShe looks at her phone, wide eyed\n\n\\\u003e\"FUCK!... Uh.. Anon, How would you like to meet my parents?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou blink twice at her, mouth agape\n\n\\\u003eIf you were a computer you would have a Loading bar\n\n\\\u003e\"Parents? what?\"\n\n\\\u003eShe gives you a small apprehensive smile\n\n\\\u003e\"Yyyyyes? They want to meet you and thank you\"\n\n\\\u003eYou give a small sigh, looks like you can't get out of this\n\n\\\u003eShe gives a small smile of sympathy\n\n\\\u003e\"Please Anon, they really wanna meet you, plus I think you should get out of here for a bit...Michelle told me you just stay in here all day\"\n\n\\\u003eYou feel a small squeeze on your hand\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Please?\"\n\n\\\u003ePerhaps you could use a little time out of here, out of the alley and out of the streets\n\n\\\u003eBut were you ready to be out there?\n\n\\\u003eYou look down and away from her, trying to avoid her eye contact\n\n\\\u003eBut your gaze falls on the picture of your family\n\n\\\u003eWould they be proud of what you were doing? Trying to hide from thankful parents?\n\n\\\u003eHell, you would do the same thing if someone saved Ashley....\n\n\\\u003e\"OK Mattie, I'll meet them\" you say with a bit of hesitation\n\n\\\u003eYou look back to her and see her grinning broadly\n\n\\\u003e\"Thank you Anon\" She sighs out with a bit of relief\n\n\\\u003e\"For the record I tried to tell them you aren't too fond of Anthros...\"\n\n\\\u003eYou frown\n\n\\\u003e\"It's not that I'm not fond of anthros Mattie\"\n\n\\\u003eShe stares at you with her head cocked to the side\n\n\\\u003e\"I never really got, I Dunno, introduced to them in a non shocking way I guess? I woke up in a panic to find my family only to have\"\n\n\\\u003eYou motion to her in mock shock\n\n\\\u003e\"THIS! People out of a story book or a children's movie but real! Walking, talking animals! And honestly you're the only one I've talked to more than a few seconds!\"\n\n\\\u003eShe squeezes your hand tighter\n\n\\\u003e\"Well I hope I'm giving you a good impression\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHow could she not?\n\n\\\u003eNo other person, human or anthro, would give you the time of day\n\n\\\u003eYet here an anthro was talking to you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe even visited you like she said\n\n\\\u003eYou stand and she follows suit\n\n\\\u003e\"Lead on, I guess\" you mumble hesitantly\n\n\\\u003eA quick nod and the small Canine is leading you gently out the door and through the rehab center\n\n\\\u003e\"Ms. Cameron, already lea- Mr. Ymous, you're out of your room!?\n\n\\\u003eMichelle stands at the nurses station, wide eyed and mouth agape\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm Borrowing Anon! I'll bring him back later!\" Mattie calls out as she pushes past the shocked nurses\n\n\\\u003eYou're lead into the street, where you stand shivering and looking around quickly\n\n\\\u003eSo many of them... so many different kinds\n\n\\\u003eLizards? Felines? Birds? Bovines?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eSo many different kinds of Anthros rush past you in this bustling city that you don't even know the name of\n\n\\\u003eIron weighs down on your feet, your eyes shift quickly and you feel your body shiver\n\n\\\u003eToo many!\n\n\\\u003eToo Much!\n\n\\\u003eBarking! Squawking! Mewling!\n\n\\\u003eYour lungs feel like they are going to collapse, your heart is going to implode with how fast it's beating\n\n\\\u003eVague shouting, a somewhat familiar voice\n\n\\\u003eOne you just barely got accustomed to\n\n\\\u003e\"ANON!\"\n\n\\\u003eA sharp tug on your arm and you're staring at Mattie\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey there... Stay here with me... Focus on me, come on\"\n\n\\\u003eYou breathe deep and keep you eyes locked on her, trying to ignore the anthros pushing past\n\n\\\u003eA quick chirp from her phone and she breaks contact with you to dig in her purse again\n\n\\\u003eYour hand feels somehow incomplete without her paw there\n\n\\\u003eWas it because you were out here? There were only 2 real anchors you had in this world at the moment\n\n\\\u003eYour alley; a smelly dark place where you could hide until your final days\n\n\\\u003eAnd her, a small anthro you barely know\n\n\\\u003ePathetic, once you think about it\n\n\\\u003eMattie is holding her phone in her paw, texting and cursing to herself\n\n\\\u003eYou see her stump move a bit each time she swears\n\n\\\u003e\"Do you need help?\" you ask calmly, looking for something to do with your hands\n\n\\\u003eShe looks up at you quickly, a slight look of annoyance on her muzzle\n\n\\\u003eYou put your hands up, unsure of what you did\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh sorry Madeline, just trying to help\"\n\n\\\u003eHer face softens at that\n\n\\\u003e\"Just Mattie Anon, and its not your fault, I just have to get used to this I guess\" she waves the bandaged stump at you as she speaks\n\n\\\u003eAnother wave of guilt, another stab of sorrow\n\n\\\u003e\"Not that it's your fault!\" she says quickly as she grasps you hand and pulls you to a parking garage nearby\n\n\\\u003eYou must have had a frown on your face\n\n\\\u003e\"Come on, my parents will meet us here\"\n\n\\\u003eYou're dreading meeting her parents to be honest\n\n\\\u003eHow could you look them in the eye?\n\n\\\u003eYou're a drug addicted loser who let their daughter lose an eye and an arm\n\n\\\u003eShe has a firm hold of your hand when a car pulls up\n\n\\\u003eHow long has it been since you paid attention to car models?\n\n\\\u003eWell, you know the answer\n\n\\\u003e5 years\n\n\\\u003e5 years of being out of the loop on everything\n\n\\\u003eEven more so because this world has different types of cars to accommodate different sized anthros and their various limbs\n\n\\\u003eBigger cabs for antlers, seats with holes for tails to peek through, sunroofs for giraffes\n\n\\\u003ePretty neat considering\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eBut a Black car parks in front of you and Mattie, who holds your hand in anticipation\n\n\\\u003eNo matter how mentally prepared you think you are, the explosion of fur and emotion is more than you bargained for\n\n\\\u003eA small cannon ball of fur hits your midsection in a hug, knocking the wind out of you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou let go of Mattie's paw and double over, the pint sized furball latched onto your stomach\n\n\\\u003e\"THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!!!\"\n\n\\\u003eYou gasp and fall over, the wind knocked out of you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eA few coughs escape you as you try to pry the whatever it is off you\n\n\\\u003e\"Jesus Beth, Let the man up\" you hear a distinct male voice chime in\n\n\\\u003eThe fuzzy missile lets go and back off, leaving you winded and on the ground\n\n\\\u003e\"Sorry, I got too excited....\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou feel a paw and a hand offer to help you up\n\n\\\u003eGrasping both, you're lifted to your feet\n\n\\\u003eMattie has one hand and the other is a human\n\n\\\u003eNot what you expected when Mattie said her parents where coming\n\n\\\u003eAs you stand, you see a small dog anthro about Mattie's size and a Human\n\n\\\u003eStanding tall and with a confident smile, he helps you too your feet\n\n\\\u003eYou're at a loss for words\n\n\\\u003e\"Wait.. Humans and anthros can mix?\" you ask before you can stop yourself\n\n\\\u003eThen the thought of Jasmine and Chick float back into your head\n\n\\\u003eAs you say it you realize how much of a dick you sound like\n\n\\\u003eBut water off the man's back, he smiles instead\n\n\\\u003e\"Ah Mattie told us a bit about you, don't know much about this world huh?\" he says with a smile\n\n\\\u003eThe Small dog anthro next to Mattie hugs her tight and then looks to you in anticipation, only to be held back by the man\n\n\\\u003e\"Calm down Beth... this poor man had a rougher time than I did coming here\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eA Hand is extended to you calmly\n\n\\\u003e\"Chase Cameron, first generation Anonymous, like you\" the man says confidently\n\n\\\u003eThe hand lingers for a moment as you stare at it, trying to catch our breath\n\n\\\u003eYou reach out and shake it uneasily\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon, uh...Yea, nice to meet you\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHow you gasped that out is beyond you, the furry projectile knocked everything out of you\n\n\\\u003e\"Elizabeth Cameron!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThe offending cannonball has pushed between you and Chase, her eyes alight with a fire you haven't seen before\n\n\\\u003eHer paw is extended to you, however it quivers with anticipation\n\n\\\u003eYou go to grasp it only to have your hand pushed out of the way and have Her latch onto you once again\n\n\\\u003e\"THANK YOU ANON\"\n\n\\\u003eYou look to Mattie, who can only give a half-hearted smile\n\n\\\u003eLooking down, Beth is holding your waist like a vice grip\n\n\\\u003e\"You Saved our only daughter, even though you had such a bad time with anthros\"\n\n\\\u003eA quick look around for some relief shows that Mattie and Chase are both standing back, letting this play out\n\n\\\u003eYes, this was a meaningful show of affection, but Seriously you don't want a hug\n\n\\\u003eHesitantly, you pat Beth's head, even though you're unsure if that's ok\n\n\\\u003e\"hey now, I was just doing what anyone would do\" you say calmly, hoping your words will make her loosen up on you\n\n\\\u003eUnfortunately it has the opposite effect and she tightens around you more\n\n\\\u003e\"NOOOO! You saved her! THANK YOU!\"\n\n\\\u003eYou look to Mattie only to see her face palm (Face Paw?) at her mother's antics\n\n\\\u003e\"Mom please, he don't know how to interact with anthros yet! Plus you're embarrassing me!\" Mattie sighs, finally coming to your Aid\n\n\\\u003eAll of your attempts to squirm away result in a tighter hug\n\n\\\u003eThe canine looks up at you with tears in her eyes\n\n\\\u003e\"We can never repay you Anon... We don't know what's happened to you but you can always call us for a hand!\"\n\n\\\u003eFinally Beth lets you go and rejoins her husband\n\n\\\u003e\"Mattie said you were homeless for a while Anon, why don't we at the very least treat you to dinner?\"\n\n\\\u003eYour body shudders violently and completely involuntarily, causing you to collapse\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon?! You ok?\" Mattie cries as she rushes to your side\n\n\\\u003eYou start getting up slowly and cautiously\n\n\\\u003e\"Withdrawal Mattie, not ok at all really\"\n\n\\\u003eBeth looks you over a bit differently now\n\n\\\u003e\"Withdrawal? like drugs?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou grimace and look away\n\n\\\u003e\"I haven't had a great time in this world\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou feel Mattie's paw wrap around your hand once more\n\n\\\u003e\"Well, let's make it better then, I can help you in this world as repayment for saving me\"\n\n\\\u003eA firm hand falls on your shoulder, and chase gives you a small shake\n\n\\\u003e\"What you've done to yourself was terrible, but we aren't here to judge that alright? Mattie, send me the address of the rehab center, we'll just have to settle for pizza for now\" He says with a smile\n\n\\\u003eBeth grips you in another hug\n\n\\\u003e\"We'll see you in a moment!\"\n\n\\\u003eThey break away and get into a black Mustang and pull away as Mattie walks you out of the parking Garage\n\n\\\u003e\"Well uh, they seem nice\" you finally choke out\n\n\\\u003e\"Dad came from your world a while ago, so he understands what you're going through kinda\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eMattie pulls you along slowly and more cautiously this time\n\n\\\u003e\"You Ok Anon? Sorry about mom's hugs, she nearly reopened my stitches hugging me when she saw me at the airport\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou wave it aside\n\n\\\u003e\"I understand as a parent, I can't hold it against her\" you say with a small smile\n\n\\\u003eSeeing the level of parental concern was refreshing\n\n\\\u003eIt was so very...human\n\n\\\u003eYou both walk quietly back into the rehab center and back to the courtyard\n\n\\\u003eYou sit underneath the dogwood tree and feel the petals rain on you as Mattie fishes her phone out of her purse again to text her father\n\n\\\u003e\"You like pepperoni right? that Moms favorite and mine too\" she asks as she texts\n\n\\\u003eHeh a dog likes meat, not surprising\n\n\\\u003eYou nod calmly as you answer, realizing shes probably looking at her phone\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea pepperoni is fine\"\n\n\\\u003eMattie smiles as she types away, mouthing out the words she texts\n\n\\\u003eCute\n\n\\\u003e\"Ok they are coming with Pizza!\"\n\n\\\u003eHow long has it been since you had fresh pizza?\n\n\\\u003eYou sit and chat With Mattie about this world\n\n\\\u003eThe culture, the music, the TV\n\n\\\u003eHow to anthro couples work? If one is a dog and one is a cat can they breed?\n\n\\\u003eShe got a little annoyed when you said \"Breed\" though\n\n\\\u003e\"Not Breed Anon! That's for animals! We aren't animals!\"\n\n\\\u003eWell fuck, how were you to know what terms to use\n\n\\\u003eBy talking to her, you guess\n\n\\\u003eBefore long Beth and Chase arrive with a few pizzas\n\n\\\u003eOne bite and the flashbacks to your home are coursing in your head\n\n\\\u003eAshley's Pizza party when she turned 5\n\n\\\u003eYours and Amanda's first date...\n\n\\\u003eSo many years of eating old food out of dumpsters and trash cans must have killed your care for real food\n\n\\\u003eThat or the drugs made you not care\n\n\\\u003eThe talks you have with the Cameron family is amazing\n\n\\\u003eChase tells you of the historical differences\n\n\\\u003eNo cold war, no red scare\n\n\\\u003eBeth tells you about different Anthros and how they like to live\n\n\\\u003eMattie tells you of how medicine is so different here\n\n\\\u003eBefore long you realize it's nearly 11 at night\n\n\\\u003eMichelle is poking her head into the courtyard looking both impressed and a little sad\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey guys I'm sorry but we have to start closing up, I know you're making great progress with Anon but visiting hours ended hours ago\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eBeth and Chase wish you a good night and leave, taking the leftover pizza with them\n\n\\\u003eYou walk with Mattie to the exit door before she stops and looks to Michelle\n\n\\\u003e\"Can I Stay the Night with Anon Michelle? you can say its part of his integration right\"\n\n\\\u003eyou look a bit confused at Mattie then to Michelle\n\n\\\u003eWhy would she want to stay here with you?\n\n\\\u003eMichelle pulls her jowls a bit and looks a bit distressed\n\n\\\u003e\"Well...Mrs.Jasmine did say we have to get you used to Anthros so uh....\"\n\n\\\u003eMattie tugs Michelle's arm and looks up at her with her single purple eye\n\n\\\u003e\"Pleaseee I don't want to leave Anon here alone!\"\n\n\\\u003eMichelle swears under her breath and sighs\n\n\\\u003e\"Fine! But it's only because he needs more contact with anthros!\"\n\n\\\u003eMattie does a short jump and pulls you back to your room\n\n\\\u003eAs you enter the room and close the door behind you, you give Mattie a quizzical look\n\n\\\u003e\"Why would you wanna stay here with me Mattie?\"\n\n\\\u003eShe kicks off her shoes before turning and looking at you\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh...Don't tell my parents ok?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou nod\n\n\\\u003e\"Ever since...This\" she waves her stump at you \"I've been having nightmares about that day and just hope with you here, I can get some decent sleep\"\n\n\\\u003eThis poor girl...How silly could you be to think she would only be physically scathed\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe must have been putting on a brave face for her parents so they wouldn't worry\n\n\\\u003eYou nod and go to your closet\n\n\\\u003e\"I don't have much in the ways of pajamas but I have uhm.. this\"\n\n\\\u003eYou toss her a t-shirt\n\n\\\u003eShe looks at it then at you and gives a small frown\n\n\\\u003e\"C-can you help me change? It's a bit hard now...\"\n\n\\\u003eYou internally kick yourself before walking over to her\n\n\\\u003e\"Ok but this is because I'm helping you, nothing sexy or whatever\"\n\n\\\u003eShe nods and holds her arm and stump up\n\n\\\u003eYou pull her shirt off her, revealing a black sports bra\n\n\\\u003e\"Keep em up\" you say and you grab the t-shirt\n\n\\\u003eCarefully you slip it over her arm and head then grip her jeans and carefully pull them off her\n\n\\\u003eShe stands before you with a small smile\n\n\\\u003e\"Thanks Anon\" she says with a smile\n\n\\\u003eYou strip down to your shirt and boxers before getting into your bed\n\n\\\u003e\"It's a little cramped on this twin size, I hope you don't mind\"\n\n\\\u003eShe gets into the bed with you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"I just want a good night sleep, hopefully you and your smell will help\"\n\n\\\u003eAs you hold open the covers for her, she gives a small sigh and cuddles back into you\n\n\\\u003eBeing in a bed was weird enough after all this time, but being in a bed with someone, let alone an anthro was a whole new weird experience\n\n\\\u003eYou lay with her for a while, you arm around her\n\n\\\u003eThe ticking of the clock tells you it's been a while that you've layed in bed\n\n\\\u003eWas this too much too fast?\n\n\\\u003eMattie's quiet snores, while adorable, are a bit much\n\n\\\u003eBut when she starts kicking and crying in her sleep you have to act\n\n\\\u003eHow many nights had you laid with your children?\n\n\\\u003eEnough to recognize a nightmare when you see one\n\n\\\u003eAnd enough to know how to sooth one away\n\n\\\u003e\"Shuuusssshhh it's ok Ashl-Mattie. I'm here, you're ok\" you coo softly to her, running your fingers through her fur\n\n\\\u003eThe kicking slowly subsides along with the crying and whimpering as you gently talk to her\n\n\\\u003eBefore long a small smile is on her face\n\n\\\u003eStill got it huh??\n\n\\\u003eYou smile slightly and focus on the small snores before you drift off to sleep yourself\n\n  \n\nChapter 5: Do I Want To Know?\n\n  \n\n\\\u003eYou awake slowly, feeling fur against you\n\n\\\u003eHeh what a crazy dream, talking animals and drug filled days\n\n\\\u003eBut of course the fur you're feeling is Moose, Amanda must've let him into the bed again when she went to work\n\n\\\u003eHopefully there was some coffee waiting downstairs\n\n\\\u003eYou stay lying in bed, eyes closed, wrestling between getting up and out of your warm bed\n\n\\\u003eEventually the need to go to the bathroom wins out and you finally open your eyes\n\n\\\u003eWait... this isn't your room\n\n\\\u003eQuickly you sit up and look around you room at the rehab center\n\n\\\u003eThe realization that you weren't dreaming sets in again\n\n\\\u003eYou feel a wave of disappointment wash over you\n\n\\\u003eBut wait what about the feeling of fur\n\n\\\u003eYou look down and remember that Mattie stayed with you overnight\n\n\\\u003eShe is still asleep, a small smile on her muzzle\n\n\\\u003eActually kind of cute...\n\n\\\u003eYou shake your head of the thought and carefully extract yourself from the bed as to not wake her\n\n\\\u003eThat skill you learned from sharing a bed with your wife\n\n\\\u003eEx-wife? Dead wife? Were you a widower?\n\n\\\u003eThe term doesn't matter\n\n\\\u003eAll you know is you're single now\n\n\\\u003eNot a thought you enjoyed in the slightest\n\n\\\u003eAs you get up and head to the bathroom you think about dating\n\n\\\u003eYou hadn't ever really dated before\n\n\\\u003eAmanda had been your high school sweetheart, as soon as you were able to marry her you did\n\n\\\u003eAs you relieve yourself you think about Anthros and humans dating\n\n\\\u003eChick and Jasmine were together and seemed happy\n\n\\\u003eChase and Beth obviously had \"done the deed\" so to speak because Mattie was there with you\n\n\\\u003eThat spirals into a whole new set of thoughts\n\n\\\u003eDo Anthros have the same parts as their \"feral\" counterparts?\n\n\\\u003eYou recall reading that kangaroos have like 4 vaginas\n\n\\\u003eAs well do dogs have that weird folded thing for a vagina?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eFucking weird thing to think about first thing in the morning\n\n\\\u003eSlight whimpering from the bedroom gets your attention\n\n\\\u003eYou shake it off and wash your hands quickly then go back to see what's going on\n\n\\\u003eFatherly instincts always come back full swing\n\n\\\u003eMattie lays in your bed, a frown on her face\n\n\\\u003eShe whimpers softly and her legs kick a bit\n\n\\\u003eJust like Moose did when he had nightmares\n\n\\\u003eBut she isn't a dog\n\n\\\u003eWell she is but more than that\n\n\\\u003eThey keep emphasizing they are people too\n\n\\\u003eJust different people...\n\n\\\u003eEither way, you place a hand on her head and rub softly\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey shush it's ok, you're ok\" you whisper to her as you pet her head\n\n\\\u003eSlowly her whimpering subsides and her frown is replaced by a smile again\n\n\\\u003eYep still got it\n\n\\\u003eQuietly you pull away and go to your closet to begin getting ready for the day\n\n\\\u003eWhat did you have to do today?\n\n\\\u003eNot much, stay off drugs and stay out of trouble\n\n\\\u003eYou pull on some pants and change your shirt\n\n\\\u003eSomeone from the \"anonymous network\" had donated these to you\n\n\\\u003eIn fact ever since you go placed into this rehab center people have been donating things\n\n\\\u003eYou would have to ask someone about why they would do that\n\n\\\u003eYou remember dealing with...no not dealing with... you knew better now\n\n\\\u003eYou remember talking to a few homeless people while you were in your old world\n\n\\\u003eThey said most people ignored them, rather than treating them like a person\n\n\\\u003eWhy was it different here?\n\n\\\u003eMaybe humans learned better here, pack mentality or something like that\n\n\\\u003eEither way you were eternally grateful\n\n\\\u003eA pang of hunger hits you\n\n\\\u003eYou don't usually go to the cafeteria to get food\n\n\\\u003eNo reason to, usually Michelle or one of the other nurses brings it to you\n\n\\\u003eBut you're sure Mattie must be hungry as well\n\n\\\u003eSilently you slide out of the room and head to the Cafeteria\n\n\\\u003eBefore you even get to it the smell of coffee and bacon waft past you\n\n\\\u003eMemories flash by as you walk\n\n\\\u003eHanging out at the firehouse with your crew\n\n\\\u003eBrewing a pot of coffee as you got the kids ready for school and day care\n\n\\\u003eMaking BLTs for dinner with the kids and Amanda\n\n\\\u003eWhy did the sense tied most to memory have to be smell?\n\n\\\u003eMore and more memories wash over you like hard waves\n\n\\\u003eAnd all you can do is try to walk through them as they crash down upon you\n\n\\\u003eNew memories float up from within the depths of your brain\n\n\\\u003eThey make you want those pills again\n\n\\\u003eSomething, Anything; a pill or a hit from a pipe to drown those memories again\n\n\\\u003eYou stop and breathe hard, resting a hand on the wall\n\n\\\u003eWhy did you have to be the one pulled here?\n\n\\\u003eWhy not so many of those single people, men and women without a family to leave behind\n\n\\\u003eBut then again another thing chick told you floats up\n\n\\\u003eSometimes children get pulled here, sometimes infants\n\n\\\u003eYou remember all the pictures of missing children, feelings of happiness and sadness hit\n\n\\\u003eYou were happy that those children might not just be dead, but sad because you think of all the parents missing their children\n\n\\\u003ePull yourself together Anon!\n\n\\\u003eWhat were those breathing techniques you learned\n\n\\\u003eBreathe in for 4 seconds through your nose\n\n\\\u003eBreathe out for 4 seconds through your mouth\n\n\\\u003eCalm down, but keep a hold of those memories\n\n\\\u003eNo needs to throw them away, save them\n\n\\\u003eOnce you feel like you're calm enough you continue walking to the cafeteria\n\n\\\u003eThe set up they have is basically like a buffet with several different kinds of foods being kept warm\n\n\\\u003eThe BHA sure got you into a top of the line rehab center\n\n\\\u003eYou grab up 2 trays and begin loading them up with the basics\n\n\\\u003eScrambled eggs, bacon, a few slices of toast, and 2 cups of coffee\n\n\\\u003eDoes Mattie even drink coffee?\n\n\\\u003eMeh even if she doesn't you'll drink it\n\n\\\u003eYou can feel the stares though, the other patients staring at your back\n\n\\\u003eYou're aware that you're the odd man out and that they probably knew about you\n\n\\\u003eIn fact one of the first few days here you got called a \"Speciest\" by a wolf Anthro\n\n\\\u003eYou assumed it was like the word racist but ignored it nonetheless\n\n\\\u003ePlus you're sure they were trying to bait you\n\n\\\u003eWere Anthros stronger than humans? Were different ones better at certain sports?\n\n\\\u003eWhat about the Olympics? How do those work? Is there a human category?\n\n\\\u003eFuck were their just species categories?\n\n\\\u003eSo many things to ask and learn about this world\n\n\\\u003eWell actually you have a person to ask\n\n\\\u003eMattie had lived here her whole life and could probably answer things for you\n\n\\\u003eYou steadily but quickly head back to your room and with a bit of trouble get the door open\n\n\\\u003eIt's hard to open a door when both your hands are full but you made it work\n\n\\\u003eDo opossums have prehensile tails? Can they grip stuff with them?\n\n\\\u003eMight be handy for carrying things\n\n\\\u003eAs you enter the room you see Mattie is still snoring quietly on the bed\n\n\\\u003eQuietly you set the food down and then walk over to Mattie\n\n\\\u003ePlacing a hand softly on her should, you shake her gently\n\n\\\u003e\"Mattie, come on time to get up\" you say in a hushed tone\n\n\\\u003eShe opens her eye and blinks a few times then yawns as she sits up\n\n\\\u003e\"Morning Anon, what time is it?\" she drowsily mumbles \"mmm I finally got a good night sleep\"\n\n\\\u003eYou look at the alarm clock quickly \"it's 8 o'clock, I got breakfast for us\"\n\n\\\u003eHer ears perk up quickly\n\n\\\u003e\"You got food?\"\n\n\\\u003eWith an over exaggerated flourish you motion to the food on the table\n\n\\\u003eHer violet eye widens in surprise and she smiles at you\n\n\\\u003e\"You even got coffee? I feel flattered!\"\n\n\\\u003eShe gets up out of the bed and you take a moment to really study her body\n\n\\\u003eSame as a humans really, except covered in fur...\n\n\\\u003eAs well her hands and feet are more reminiscent of paws\n\n\\\u003eWhen she turns away from you, you see her tail pokes out of a hole in her shorts\n\n\\\u003eWhen she turns to you, you look at her lower chest and stomach\n\n\\\u003eHuh so she has breasts but not the extra nipples\n\n\\\u003e\"Uhhh like what you see?\"\n\n\\\u003eHer uneasy words snap you back to attention\n\n\\\u003e\"S-sorry Mattie, I just haven't seen an Anthros body before. I was wondering how different you were from humans\"\n\n\\\u003eYou're flustered about looking at her so intensely\n\n\\\u003eShe cocks her head at you\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh...that's right you haven't really seen Anthros huh?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou nod solemnly\n\n\\\u003e\"Well I don't mind you looking Anon, its ok. Really!\"\n\n\\\u003eShe does a quick spin on her toes...Uhmm pads?\n\n\\\u003e\"What do you call your uh feet Mattie?\"\n\n\\\u003eShe giggles at you with a smile\n\n\\\u003eShe starts pointing to parts of her body that are different and telling you the terms\n\n\\\u003e\"Footpaws, tail, Muzzle, snout, ears, Pawpads\"\n\n\\\u003ePretty much the same as a feral dogs\n\n\\\u003eYou notice her short tail wagging quickly\n\n\\\u003e\"Do you have the uh\" you motion up and down your own chest awkwardly \"extra Nipples\"\n\n\\\u003eMattie giggles at you and takes a step closer to you\n\n\\\u003eShe grabs your hand and places it on her lower chest\n\n\\\u003e\"Feel!\"\n\n\\\u003eThe short fur on her torso is soft and parts under your fingers\n\n\\\u003e\"See no extra nipples! Just like you!\" she says happily\n\n\\\u003eYou pull your hand away\n\n\\\u003e\"You could have just told me Mattie\"\n\n\\\u003eShe pouts a bit, looking hurt\n\n\\\u003e\"That wouldn't be any fun!\" besides you need to have SOME physical contact with Anthros\"\n\n\\\u003eUgh she's right but you feel like she should have just told you\n\n\\\u003eMattie looks around quickly and see's the pile of shirts you now own\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey Anon can I borrow a shirt? Mines dirty and I promise I'll bring it back!\"\n\n\\\u003eYou nod and she digs through the pile quickly before finding a black shirt with a big skull on it\n\n\\\u003e\"Ooo punisher shirt! Cool!\" she says as she pulls it on awkwardly\n\n\\\u003eShe's about to sit down at the table when she stops and looks at her stump\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh...Anon, i know this is a bit weird to ask before we eat but can you help me change my bandages?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou blink hard a few times, processing the request before saying \"yes\" quickly\n\n\\\u003eShe gives a quick smile and digs through her purse then hands you some lotion, a roll of medical tape and a few pieces of gauze\n\n\\\u003e\"Ok Mattie, I'm a bit rusty at this but I know what to do\"\n\n\\\u003eYou lead her over to the sink and trash can then begin slowly unwrapping the medical tape on her stump\n\n\\\u003eAs you pull off, you take note of the stitches around the wound as well as all the fur that was shaved away\n\n\\\u003e\"They guys who attacked me didn't make a clean cut so the doctors had to do something to the bone so it healed right\" Mattie explains as you look over the stitches for any issues\n\n\\\u003e\"Looks like its healing nicely and there are no infections so that's good\" you state bluntly as you finish looking it over\n\n\\\u003eYou grab a clean towel, get it wet and soapy, then gently and diligently wash around the incision site\n\n\\\u003eNext you grab a dry towel and wipe it down and then apply gauze and some medical tape\n\n\\\u003e\"You're good at this Anon\" Mattie whispers as she watches you work\n\n\\\u003e\"I was EMT certified as well as a firefighter\" you say as you look over your tape job\n\n\\\u003eSatisfied that it's not going to come unraveled you give a short nod to yourself\n\n\\\u003e\"Done\"\n\n\\\u003eMattie looks it over then looks at you with a frown\n\n\\\u003eYou thought you did a good job, what's her issue?\n\n\\\u003e\"What's wrong?\" you ask calmly\n\n\\\u003eMattie's frown deepens\n\n\\\u003e\"I uh- I need help with my eye patch too\"\n\n\\\u003eRight, that was a thing that had to be done\n\n\\\u003eGuess either Chase or Beth had helped her before\n\n\\\u003eShe scoots a bit closer to you \"Please?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou nod, and move your hands slowly to the bandages covering her eye\n\n\\\u003e\"It's a bit weird sorry\" Mattie apologizes while trying to stay still\n\n\\\u003eYou pull off the bandages revealing where her eye was\n\n\\\u003eThe area around the socket is shaven and a few stitches are on the eyelids, which is thankfully closed\n\n\\\u003e\"Looks good Mattie\" you say as you apply a new bit of gauze and tape it down\n\n\\\u003eShe finally gives you a smile as you finish up\n\n\\\u003e\"Ok then Mattie, let's eat, Plus I have some questions about this world\"\n\n\\\u003eShe nods happily before sitting down across from you at the table\n\n\\\u003eBoth of you eat ask you ask your questions\n\n\\\u003eFirst about history, then about other Anthro species, then about just this world in general\n\n\\\u003eIt's actually quite interesting\n\n\\\u003eYou had actually finished eating a while ago but Mattie seemed to enjoy talking to you\n\n\\\u003eAnd you enjoyed actually having someone to talk to\n\n\\\u003eBut there is still one question burning in your head\n\n\\\u003e\"Mattie this is gonna sound weird\" you start out with a frown\n\n\\\u003eHer ears perk up slightly\n\n\\\u003e\"Hm what's up Anon?\" she asks, cocking her head to the side\n\n\\\u003eThat's the same as feral dogs\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh...do you, uh I mean anthro dogs...do they have the same stuff downstairs as feral dogs?\n\n\\\u003eShe blinks a few times\n\n\\\u003e\"Downstairs? What do you me-.\" she pauses mid-sentence\n\n\\\u003eHer eye goes wide as she pieces together what you mean\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh...OH! You mean do male dog Anthros have that weird knot thing and to female dog Anthros have cookies?\" she says with a giggle\n\n\\\u003eYou feel your face turn red as she giggles\n\n\\\u003e\"WEEELLLLLL, Males do have that thing but I know \\*I\\* do not have a cookie thank you!\"\n\n\\\u003eAt least she didn't make you feel her this time\n\n\\\u003eBut her giggling at you is making you feel like an idiot\n\n\\\u003e\"Look it's a legitimate thing! I don't know any of this biology stuff!\"\n\n\\\u003eTrying to defend your curiosities makes her laugh more\n\n\\\u003eLuckily her phone goes off causing her to jump slightly\n\n\\\u003eIn a panic she digs through her purse for the offending noisemaker, growing more and more flustered as she looks\n\n\\\u003eWhen at last she does find it, she answers with a short \"hello this is Mattie\"\n\n\\\u003eYou watch as her eye widens and she then jumps for her footpaws\n\n\\\u003e\"OK ok! I'll be there in a bit one sec!\"\n\n\\\u003eShe hangs up quickly\n\n\\\u003e\"My mom got an appointment at the DMV so I can take the driving test again! I have to go now Anon sorry!\"\n\n\\\u003eShe quickly begins putting on her socks and shoes\n\n\\\u003eYou notice her shoes look new and instead of laces they have Velcro\n\n\\\u003eSmart\n\n\\\u003eMattie heads to the door and you walk her out of you room and through the rehab center\n\n\\\u003eAt the front door she stops and turns to you\n\n\\\u003e\"Thank you Anon, I haven't been able to sleep well since the attack, I'll visit again soon!\"\n\n\\\u003eShe then hugs you unexpectedly\n\n\\\u003eYou go ridged for a moment, then hug back\n\n\\\u003e\"Ok Mattie, I'll see you then\"\n\n\\\u003eWith a smile she pulls away and leaves you standing alone in the entrance\n\n\\\u003eWhat's this feeling? Something new within you that you don't recognize\n\n\\\u003eDoesn't matter now\n\n\\\u003eYou retreat back to your room\n\n\\\u003eHopefully she'll be back tomorrow\n\n  \n\nChapter 6: Violet City\n\n  \n\n\\\u003eWeeks have passed in a flash\n\n\\\u003eMattie visits you in rehab every time she can, and often stays the night\n\n\\\u003eShe said she had nightmares otherwise\n\n\\\u003eYou weren't going to shoo her away for that\n\n\\\u003eBut today was a special day, the majority of your withdrawal symptoms had faded and Mattie wanted you to come with her to meet some people\n\n\\\u003eSome sort of a support group\n\n\\\u003eAs well Jasmine had come and presented you with a phone that someone called \"the Mechanic\" bought for you\n\n\\\u003eShe said he had a weird complex involving the homeless\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou were very grateful\u0026nbsp; of course, but now your phone had only a few contacts\n\n\\\u003eMattie, Jasmine, Chase, Beth.... that's it\n\n\\\u003eOf course you were going to meet a few more people along the way\n\n\\\u003eYou had a Firefighter re-certification course in a couple months, when you were out of rehab completely\n\n\\\u003eRain pours outside as you try on a button up shirt and slacks\n\n\\\u003eThe you in the mirror looks like you\n\n\\\u003eBut you don't quite feel like you still\n\n\\\u003eLike somehow you aren't really you, just a shell made to look and talk like you\n\n\\\u003eWas the real you the druggie out there in the alleyway? Or was it the family man you had been before\n\n\\\u003eOr was it a mix of both?\n\n\\\u003eThe fancy clothes and haircut, they might just be a cover up\n\n\\\u003eBecause even now, although you know you don't need the drugs, the pills or the booze\n\n\\\u003ePart of you still wants them, the nurses said that would never really go away\n\n\\\u003eYou just have to be better than that\n\n\\\u003eGoing through all that, through getting pulled or transported or whatever it was\n\n\\\u003eIt all made you numb, numb to your feelings, numb to your health\n\n\\\u003eBut being near Mattie, helping her through her hard times\n\n\\\u003eMade you feel something again\n\n\\\u003eYou recall a few weeks ago, when you were sitting with a frustrated Mattie\n\n\\\u003eShe had to learn to write all over again\n\n\\\u003eShe had been right Han-err pawed before the attack\n\n\\\u003eAs such she was learning to hold a pencil again, how to write with her left paw\n\n\\\u003eYou sat with her, and did the training with her\n\n\\\u003eUsing your left hand to write was harder than you thought it would be, but you wanted her to know that she wasn't alone here\n\n\\\u003eIt made you feel...useful\n\n\\\u003eLike when you taught Ashley how to read\n\n\\\u003eOr Derek how to ride a bike\n\n\\\u003eBut at the same time that you helped Mattie, she helped you\n\n\\\u003eWhile you still avoided most Anthros, you enjoyed her company at least\n\n\\\u003eAlthough you weren't used to the shedding\n\n\\\u003eWell you were from your dog's growing up but not like this\n\n\\\u003eBut that was something you could deal with\n\n\\\u003eGrabbing a clip on tie, you pop your collar as you think and pin it on\n\n\\\u003eWhat would Mattie wear? She confided in you that ever since the attack she wore sports Bras because they were easy to put on\n\n\\\u003eMost of her wardrobe was usually just shorts and t-shirts, easy things to put on\n\n\\\u003eBut this was supposed to be a fancy dress event or something\n\n\\\u003eShirt and skirt? Pants? Maybe her mom would help her put on something\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYour phone buzzes, snapping you out of your tangent\n\n\\\u003eFumbling with it and swearing at the technology, you manage to tap the \"pick up\" thing on the screen\n\n\\\u003eThese smart phones sure have come a long way since you last had one...\n\n\\\u003e\"Hello?\"\n\n\\\u003eHer voice is kind of distant as she speaks\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey Anon! I'm outside! Hurry up so we can get going\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Mattie? Am I on speaker or something?\" you say into the phone as you walk out of your room\n\n\\\u003e\"My phone is hooked up to my car, hurry up!\"\n\n\\\u003eRight that was much more common now\n\n\\\u003eAs you walk through the rehab center towards the front door, you wave to Michelle\n\n\\\u003eRain patters against the glass and the street lights cut through the inky darkness of the night\n\n\\\u003eA flash back of to you in the alley, rain pouring over the box you called home\n\n\\\u003eYou shake it out of your head quickly as you step outside\n\n\\\u003e\"Where's your car Mattie?!\" you say was you stand under an awning, trying to dry for as long as possible\n\n\\\u003e\"The red One!\"\n\n\\\u003eThere's a quick honk from a Red Sedan on the other side of the street\n\n\\\u003e\"K\" you say as you hang up and prepare yourself\n\n\\\u003eYou rush out from your dry sanctuary into the heavy rain\n\n\\\u003eA cold drop falls down your neck, causing you to gasp\n\n\\\u003eThe memory of the first night it rained while you were in this world flood back\n\n\\\u003eThe coldness, the sadness\n\n\\\u003eNO!\n\n\\\u003eDo NOT let your memories ruin this night\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou check the street for oncoming cars before dashing to Mattie's waiting car\n\n\\\u003ePulling open the door and sliding in quickly, you turn to Mattie and are shocked\n\n\\\u003eShe looks...Amazing\n\n\\\u003eA Red Chinese dress, complimenting her light brown fur, a red Eyepatch and matching sleeve over her stump\n\n\\\u003eAll tied together with Red thigh high socks\n\n\\\u003eHer Violet eye rests on you as you stare\n\n\\\u003e\"I look that bad huh? I told Mom you would-\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Holy shit Mattie you look stunning\" you say, cutting of her self-loathing tirade\n\n\\\u003eHer mouth drops open as if to retort\n\n\\\u003e\"Seriously Mattie, you look gorgeous\" you say before she can say anything\n\n\\\u003eYou hear her tail wagging, thumping against the chair through the hole that was made specifically for Anthros with tail, her ears are perked up and she's staring at you\n\n\\\u003e\"You mean it?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou nod slowly, not breaking eye contact with her\n\n\\\u003eShe opens and closes her mouth a few times, as if trying to process what you just said to her\n\n\\\u003e\"Come on Mattie, let's not be late\"\n\n\\\u003eThis snaps her out of her trance of confusion and she shift her car into drive\n\n\\\u003eThe DMV appointment she had all those weeks ago was for a driving test so see if she was still able to drive with one arm and one eye\n\n\\\u003eHer depth perception might be a little off but other than that she drives fine\n\n\\\u003eYou on the other hand, had to wait to get clean before you would be allowed to try\n\n\\\u003eBut Mattie seemed content with driving you around for now\n\n\\\u003e\"You look very handsome too, by the Way Anon\" Mattie says with a small smile\n\n\\\u003eYou catch her violet eye taking quick peeks at you as she drives\n\n\\\u003eWhat's this?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eA feeling in that black hole you called a soul\n\n\\\u003eButterflies?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eWhat? Why? You hadn't felt those since...Well in a long time\n\n\\\u003eThis was MATTIE, and she was an ANTHRO\n\n\\\u003eNo no no, you can't have feelings like this\n\n\\\u003eNot for her!\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eBut as you look at her, you can see why you have them\n\n\\\u003eThis was someone who has done nothing but try to make you feel welcome in her world\n\n\\\u003eConstantly smiling and asking for nothing but to have you help her sleep\n\n\\\u003eBut you did more than she asked... For what?\n\n\\\u003e\"Stop Staring at Me! You're making me self-conscious!\" She says with a small grin\n\n\\\u003eYou feel your face go red and look out the window away from her\n\n\\\u003eBut as you look out the window, her reflection is there\n\n\\\u003eHow have you never noticed her body? Or were you forcing yourself to not notice?\n\n\\\u003eWell for starters her chest was always trapped by sports bras, but you can see now they are perky and at least a solid C cup\n\n\\\u003eThick thighs...and you can still hear her tail wagging furiously\n\n\\\u003e\"So uh... who are we meeting\" you say, not wanting to sit in silence for the whole ride\n\n\\\u003eThis awkwardness was something totally new between you two and you hate it\n\n\\\u003e\"Uhmm, there is a support group for people who lost limbs and stuff, the person we are meeting is one of the people who lead it, plus her husband in Anonymous like you!\"\n\n\\\u003eWait, that sounds familiar\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh uh neat\" you say, hoping she'll continues\n\n\\\u003eThankfully she does\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea they said they wanted to treat me to dinner and I wanted you to come along...after all you've helped me so much\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eAs the drive goes on she explains how she Found the group on Pawsapp (What's Pawsapp?) and joined it, then the head of it reached out to her\n\n\\\u003eBefore long though she's parking her car in a parking lot in the suburbs of the city\n\n\\\u003eYou look out the car window to see a dimly lit restaurant with the name \"Chiasse \u0026 Chatte\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon there is an Umbrella in the backseat, can you grab it for me?\" Mattie says as she looks in her mirror and adjusts her eye patch\n\n\\\u003eYou reach back and feel it, then step out into the rain\n\n\\\u003ePopping it open and walking around to the driver's side of the car, you open the door for Mattie and offer her your hand\n\n\\\u003eShe blinks once or Twice while looking up at you then takes your hand\n\n\\\u003e\"So gentlemanly\" she teases as you hold the umbrella above you both, keeping her dry\n\n\\\u003eYou give a small smile at her and offer your arm, leading her to the front door, which you open for her\n\n\\\u003eFollowing her in and shaking off the umbrella, you look around the restaurant for whomever you're supposed to meet\n\n\\\u003e\"Over there! Come on Anon!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eMattie grips your hand and leads you to a table where a One armed maned wolfess and a Human are sitting, looking over the menu\n\n\\\u003eOH!\n\n\\\u003eYou've seen them before! Jasmines little book of pictures! They were in it!\n\n\\\u003eThe Wolfess looks up and smiles as the two of you approach\n\n\\\u003e\"Sorry! I had to pick up Anon, It's nice to finally meet you both\"\n\n\\\u003eThe duo stand and greet you as you shake the man's Hand and the maned wolfess' paw\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm Raquel and this is my Husband Anon, it's nice to meet you both\"\n\n\\\u003eThe man is tall and thin, but with a Smart smile for you and Mattie\n\n\\\u003eThe wolfess has a happy, glowing smile and has a Plastic prosthetic left arm\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm Madeline, but you can call me Mattie and this is Anon, He's Also Anonymous\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eRaquel's ears perk up a bit\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh really? Well we can call my husband by his middle name so we don't get confused\"\n\n\\\u003eThe man smiles \"Call me Ethan I guess\"\n\n\\\u003eYou smile and pull Mattie's chair out for her then take your own\n\n\\\u003eThe duo sit down across from you, beaming\n\n\\\u003e\"So Mattie, let's just get this part out of the way...what happened?\" Raquel says before sipping some water\n\n\\\u003eMattie shifts in her seat uncomfortably\n\n\\\u003eYou know she doesn't like to talk about it\n\n\\\u003eSo you step in\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh, she got attacked by a group of people, they got her arm and eye\" you say as you reach your hand to her paw under the table\n\n\\\u003eShe gives it a small squeeze\n\n\\\u003e\"OH! I saw something about that in the news! You got saved by a homeless guy right!?\" Raquel says with her eyes wide, leaning in closer\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea that was me...And he's the guy who saved me\" Mattie says motioning to you with her head\n\n\\\u003eRaquel sits back and looks you up and down\n\n\\\u003e\"Him? But I thought...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eEthan rests his hand on Raquel's paw\n\n\\\u003e\"You're the one Jasmine told us about huh? The guy who lived on the streets and was afraid of Anthros?\" He says looking you up and down\n\n\\\u003eYou nod slowly\n\n\\\u003eWords gets around quickly thanks to the Anonymous Network\n\n\\\u003e\"He's gotten much better though! I've been helping him get used to Anthros\" Mattie says with a smile\n\n\\\u003eRaquel looks you up and down\n\n\\\u003e\"How long were you out there Anon?\"\n\n\\\u003eEthan steps in \"Raquel don't just-!\"\n\n\\\u003e\"5 years. After I lost my family, I was on the streets for 5 years\"\n\n\\\u003eThe Maned wolfess' ears droop and you see Ethan grimace\n\n\\\u003eMattie's Paw squeezes your hand tightly under the table\n\n\\\u003eRaquel Must regret asking because she changes the subject quickly\n\n\\\u003e\"Well uh! I lost my arm in a swimming accident! I got caught by a propeller when I was swimming in a lake! Then a little while later, I met Ethan and the rest is history!\"\n\n\\\u003eShe beams at Ethan, who smiles at her\n\n\\\u003eMattie smiles too, looking at you\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon has been helping me so much, he's even been doing the writing exercises with me\" she says with a smile\n\n\\\u003eYou smile back at her\n\n\\\u003eAt that moment, an Anthro golden retriever walks to the table with a pawful of menus\n\n\\\u003e\"Hi all! I'm Bessie! I'll be your waitress! Can I get ya'll something to drink?\"\n\n\\\u003eMattie gets a coke, while you order a refreshing Dr.Pepper™\n\n\\\u003eRaquel gets water while Ethan orders Asahi Beer\n\n\\\u003eAnd since you weren't picky, you ordered a simple cheeseburger\n\n\\\u003eThe rest of the group place their orders\n\n\\\u003eFor the remainder of the evening, Raquel talks about different places to go for prosthetics, different services for amputees and even places to get glass eyes\n\n\\\u003eEthan tells you about this world, and the previous one\n\n\\\u003eSeems he came here after you, so he had a bit of insight of the last things that happened there\n\n\\\u003eNothing about your family though\n\n\\\u003eYou didn't think that he would but still you hoped\n\n\\\u003eWhen at last it was time for you all to leave, the restaurant had actually closed\n\n\\\u003eRaquel and Ethan had given you and Mattie their numbers\n\n\\\u003eYou smiled and waved them off when they pulled out of the parking lot as you held the umbrella above you and Mattie\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon, why don't we just go back to my place? It's close by and...\" her voice trails off as she looks at you\n\n\\\u003eFuck it why not\n\n\\\u003e\"Ok Mattie, let's go\" you say with a smile\n\n\\\u003eHer tail wags furiously behind her as she gets into her car, leaving you to follow suit\n\n\\\u003eWhen she started the car and pulled out into the street you can't help but feel....nervous\n\n\\\u003eWhy? This was no different than when she stayed with you at the rehab center\n\n\\\u003eBut still it....Feels different\n\n\\\u003eLike there's a tension between you two that's never been there before\n\n\\\u003e\"Thanks for coming to that with me by the way, I didn't wanna go alone\"\n\n\\\u003eYou smile at her and see her purple eye dart to you momentarily\n\n\\\u003e\"It was no problem, thank you for inviting me\" you say, trying to watch her reactions\n\n\\\u003eOver the weeks you've learned the things she likes and how she reacts\n\n\\\u003eYou see her ears perk and hear the swishing of her tail\n\n\\\u003e\"W-we're not far Anon, my apartment's a b-bit messy...\" she stammers\n\n\\\u003eGuess you got to her, in a good way though\n\n\\\u003e\"Mattie, I lived in an alley, your messy apartment is NOT going to bother me at all\" you say with a sly smirk\n\n\\\u003eShe lets out a short Barking laugh\n\n\\\u003e\"Fair enough! I hope you don't mid the decor\" she says with a worried grin\n\n\\\u003eDecor?\n\n\\\u003eWhatever it is you're sure it'll be fine\n\n\\\u003eShe pulls up to a small duplex, pointing at one of the doors,\n\n\\\u003e\"Mom and dad bought me this when I started going to school, come on I'll give you grand tour!\"\n\n\\\u003eYou grip the umbrella and walk Mattie to the door, where she unlocks it and step in\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh... ta-da! Welcome to my lovely abode!\" she says gingerly flicking on the lights\n\n\\\u003eAs you walk in and look around, the first thing you notice is the stacks of books that are everywhere\n\n\\\u003eSeriously LOTS of books\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eSome are look like college text books, some say things like \"Monster Manual\" or \"Creative Campaigning\"\n\n\\\u003eAs you walk through and Mattie trails behind you quietly, you notice odd little things\n\n\\\u003eGraph paper, little figurines, posters of forests, dice laying on every table and what looks to be a statue of a dragon\n\n\\\u003eWhat is all this? Some kinda lord of the rings thing?\n\n\\\u003eYou turn to her, both confused and perturbed\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh Mattie, what IS all this stuff for?\" you say as you pick up a piece of Graph paper\n\n\\\u003eOn it is a (Badly) drawn sketch of floorplans\n\n\\\u003e\"Uhmm...I like to play DnD... You know! Dungeons and dragons! It's uh....my favorite hobby, but I don't tell people cuz I'm afraid I'll get made fun of\"\n\n\\\u003eShe looks to you with her single violet eye\n\n\\\u003e\"You probably think I'm a dork now don't you\"\n\n\\\u003eYou actually laugh at that\n\n\\\u003e\"No, I wondered why you never told me your hobbies before\" you say looking around\n\n\\\u003eNothing too crazy here\n\n\\\u003e\"Some of the guys I worked with had one of these things set up too\" you say as you look over one of her sketches \"You tried to draw this with your left paw didn't you? Before the training?\"\n\n\\\u003eShe looks down and kicks a crumpled piece of graph paper out of the way \"Yes, I used to DM and play as a Bard occasionally\"\n\n\\\u003eYou give her a smile\n\n\\\u003e\"Whatever, if it's what you like that it's what you like\" you say with a shrug\n\n\\\u003eMattie's tail wags happily as she approaches you\n\n\\\u003e\"Thank you Anon, now I have a favor to ask of you....\" she says with an uneasy smile while she grasps your hand\n\n\\\u003eYou look around the room quickly\n\n\\\u003e\"With what, cleaning up? Or...\"\n\n\\\u003eYou shut up, seeing the uneasy look on Mattie's face\n\n\\\u003eThis wasn't a joking matter to her, that much you can tell from the folded ears and tail trying to retreat between her thick thighs\n\n\\\u003e\"Help me take a bath please? I don't wanna ask my mom and it's hard to do with one paw\" she asks quickly, scrunching her muzzle as if anticipating a negative answer\n\n\\\u003eYou feel the butterflies in your stomach flutter\n\n\\\u003eWhy? The anticipation of seeing her naked?\n\n\\\u003eYou had slept with her how many times but now you were getting anxious?\n\n\\\u003eWHAT. THE. FUCK.\n\n\\\u003e\"Of course I'll help you Mattie\" you say as you pet her head softly\n\n\\\u003eShe looks at you first in surprise, then in relief\n\n\\\u003e\"Thanks Anon\" she says with a relieved smile\n\n\\\u003eShe holds you hand and leads you to her bathroom\n\n\\\u003e\"Help me take this off please, I wanted to look good for you tonight...\" she says as she attempts to pull off her dress\n\n\\\u003eHesitantly, you begin undoing it for her\n\n\\\u003eWas this ok? She was only 21 and you were... how old were you again? You don't even remember\n\n\\\u003eFinally she slips out of the dress, revealing a small red bra and red panties\n\n\\\u003eDid she plan this?\n\n\\\u003eAs you help her slip out of the thigh high socks, you can't help but think that the hidden bits of her body\n\n\\\u003eBehind a simple piece of fabric where her most private parts...\n\n\\\u003eNO! Now is not the time for that!\n\n\\\u003eYou breathe deep and focus as you turn on the water, she pours some kind of bubble bath into the water, causing a huge amount of bubbles to spawn\n\n\\\u003eShe stand of a moment, adjusting the water temperature slowly, letting you watch her\n\n\\\u003eStill, you catch her violet eye sneaking peeks at you, as if to make sure you're still watching\n\n\\\u003eWhen she FINALLY finds the heat she likes, she turns away from you, showing a small set of hooks on her Bra\n\n\\\u003eWords aren't needed for this part\n\n\\\u003eYou gently unhook the bra then move down to her panties\n\n\\\u003eCarefully and quickly you pull them off, revealing her ass before she lowers herself into the bubbly water\n\n\\\u003eYou reach into the water and feel her fur, cool and free moving underneath the bubbles\n\n\\\u003eIt takes a moment for you to realize that you have NO idea what you're doing\n\n\\\u003eBut still you delve deep into the unseen, rubbing and massaging her body and fur\n\n\\\u003eYou grab a bar of soap and begin scrubbing gently, savoring the feeling\n\n\\\u003eIt was different from cleaning your pets, instead of a whining dog, you had a woman sighing happily as your finger dug through thick fur\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Ooo feels good Anon\" Mattie said with a content smile as you washed her legs\n\n\\\u003eYour hands trail up her body and chest, where luckily she also is scrubbing away calmly\n\n\\\u003eWhat is this feeling welling up\n\n\\\u003eDisappointment?\n\n\\\u003eDid you want to wash the unseen parts of her body?\n\n\\\u003eWhy?\n\n\\\u003eDon't try to kid yourself, you know why....\n\n\\\u003eBut still you help your favorite Anthro clean herself, wishing that you were in the tub with her\n\n\\\u003eSadly, all good things come to an end\n\n\\\u003eOr does it, Mattie pulls the plug to the tub, allowing the water and suds to start draining out\n\n\\\u003e\"Can you please grab me a towel off the rack?\" she says pointing to a bar behind you\n\n\\\u003eYou sigh and turn away from her to grab the towel, only to turn back towards her and seeing her standing, a few bits of suds on her fur but otherwise gloriously naked\n\n\\\u003eYou can see small shivers going up and down her body as she stands\n\n\\\u003eWas it from the cold or nervousness?\n\n\\\u003eYou can't help but stare\n\n\\\u003ePerky and full breasts, a shapely ass, and thick thighs; never mind the fact they were all covered in clinging fur\n\n\\\u003e\"TOWEL!\" She says sternly to you, holding out her paw\n\n\\\u003eSnapping out of your thoughts you hand her the towel, then help her dry herself\n\n\\\u003eYour hands shake as you feel her body, even if it is through a piece of fabric\n\n\\\u003eWhen she is dry, she gives a faint smile and grips your hand\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Come on Anon, Bed time\"\n\n\\\u003eStill naked and wrapped in a simple towel, she leads you to her bedroom\n\n\\\u003eNO\n\n\\\u003eYou shouldn't be feeling this!\n\n\\\u003eNot towards her....this was wrong right?\n\n\\\u003eAs you're pulled along you scan every bit of your brain, trying to find a reason to sleep on her nonexistent couch\n\n\\\u003eFuck it the floor then\n\n\\\u003eBut every excuse you think of has a simple counter argument: this is what SHE wants\n\n\\\u003eShe leads you into her bedroom, her walls covered in posters from movies and mythical scenes from things you don't understand\n\n\\\u003e\"Out of those Anon, let's go to bed\" Mattie demands, pointing to your clothes\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eQuietly and hesitantly, you strip to just your underwear\n\n\\\u003e\"Nope, all the way, if I'm Naked so are you!\" She says with a smirk\n\n\\\u003eWhen did she get so bold\n\n\\\u003eBut a quick look at her tells you otherwise\n\n\\\u003eShe's shaking visibly, staring at you for any signs of anger or disapproval\n\n\\\u003eHer bed is only a twin, like the one you and her were used to sharing back at the rehab center, so you can't complain\n\n\\\u003eYou slip into it, then pull off your boxers under the covers\n\n\\\u003eWhen you hold them up to her, her eye goes wide\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh Uhmm, Yes! Bed time!\"\n\n\\\u003eShe clicks off the lights, leaving only a silhouette of the canine in the darkness\n\n\\\u003e'Fwoop' come forth the soft sound of her towel hitting the floor\n\n\\\u003e\"Ooooooo, this is ookkkkk\" you can hear Mattie Mumble through the darkness\n\n\\\u003eYou lift open her covers for her\n\n\\\u003e\"Just like back at the Center Mattie, its ok\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eA sharp inhale in surprise, then a calm exhale before you feel her weight on the bed\n\n\\\u003e\"Right... just like at the center\" you hear unsure mumbling\n\n\\\u003eSlightly damp, yet warm fur presses against you\n\n\\\u003eSlowly you bring an arm around her and pull her into your chest\n\n\\\u003e\"Goodnight Madeline, its ok\" you whisper softly\n\n\\\u003eYou feel her tail slowly wiggle against you\n\n\\\u003e\"Goodnight Anon, thank you for everything\"\n\n\\\u003eWarm fur....Careful positioning....A girl that you cared about\n\n\\\u003eIt was no use trying to deny it; you cared deeply about Mattie\n\n\\\u003eAnd even as she drifted off to sleep in your arms\n\n\\\u003eYou can't help but hope she feels the same\n\n  \n\n  \n\nChapter 7: Up \u0026 Up\n\n  \n\n\\\u003eSunlight pours through the blinds of your bedroom, telling you it's time to wake up\n\n\\\u003eBut as you open your eyes, something is off\n\n\\\u003eYes the usual fur is there\n\n\\\u003eWait this isn't your room\n\n\\\u003eQuiet snoring interrupts your thoughts\n\n\\\u003eYou have your arms around Mattie, who sleeps with a small smile across her muzzle\n\n\\\u003eHow cute can she get?\n\n\\\u003eCute enough for you to want to snuggle her more\n\n\\\u003eShe was Mattie!\n\n\\\u003eYou can't get feelings for her...Can you?\n\n\\\u003eThe girl you coached, the girl who coached you\n\n\\\u003eBut even as you sit and look at her, you can clearly see one thing\n\n\\\u003eShe isn't JUST a girl\n\n\\\u003eShe's clearly a woman\n\n\\\u003eA woman who is different from you, but a woman none the less\n\n\\\u003eYou run your fingers across your face and through your hair\n\n\\\u003eWhy did you agree to this? Why would you torment yourself with her?\n\n\\\u003eA quick look at her and her body tells you why\n\n\\\u003eAside from being adorably nice to you from day one, Mattie had a body that was just your type\n\n\\\u003eA nice perky chest and wide hips\n\n\\\u003eNO\n\n\\\u003eThat wasn't it\n\n\\\u003eShe was so nice to you, never blaming you for anything and only thanking you\n\n\\\u003eAs well she was just so friendly\n\n\\\u003eAs you look down at her snoring sleeping body, you can't help but feel sorrow\n\n\\\u003eA missing arm...A missing eye\n\n\\\u003eShe didn't deserve this\n\n\\\u003eYou did\n\n\\\u003eIf you could take her place you would in a heartbeat\n\n\\\u003eBut you can't...much to your disappointment\n\n\\\u003eBest you could do was make her life comfortable\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eJust like she had done for you\n\n\\\u003eYou slide out of her bed quietly, pull on your under shirt and boxers before heading downstairs to her kitchen\n\n\\\u003eThis was still something you remember\n\n\\\u003eMake your lover breakfast in bed\n\n\\\u003eNO! Not lover....\n\n\\\u003eRight??\n\n\\\u003eYou push graph paper aside as you clear a spot on her stove then look into her fridge\n\n\\\u003eThe usual things for breakfast, you would have to thank Beth for making sure Mattie's fridge was well stocked\n\n\\\u003eEggs, bacon, shredded cheese and butter\n\n\\\u003eAs you prepare a breakfast for her memories flood back like a deluge\n\n\\\u003eYour honeymoon, waking up and preparing breakfast for your wife\n\n\\\u003eGetting up early to spoil Amanda before she got the kids up\n\n\\\u003eJust being a good husband and making breakfast for the whole family\n\n\\\u003eYou shake your head as you walk to her coffee maker, starting a pot of coffee\n\n\\\u003eYou would never had that life back, fate saw to that\n\n\\\u003eBut maybe... just maybe you could have a mockery of it\n\n\\\u003eSetting a few strips of bacon on a frying pan, you wait for the smell to draw Mattie to you\n\n\\\u003eIn the meantime, you whisk up a few eggs, mixing a little bit of milk with them to add some fluffiness\n\n\\\u003eIt was easier for you to make these than it was for Mattie to make them alone\n\n\\\u003eBut that wasn't your focus, in truth for a moment...You forget that you are in a different world\n\n\\\u003eFor a moment, just a singular moment...You're back in your kitchen, with Moose begging for a scraps of food\n\n\\\u003eBut reality sets back in is a quiet yawn from the stairwell\n\n\\\u003e\"Mornnnning 'Nonnn\" comes a quiet yawn as Mattie stumbles into the kitchen, rubbing her good eye while wearing nothing but an old t-shirt\n\n\\\u003eYou stand, spatula in one hand, oven mitt over the other, waiting for it to dawn on her that you were really there\n\n\\\u003eIt doesn't take long\n\n\\\u003eShe sips a cup of coffee before looking up at you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHer eyes go wide and she nearly drops the mug before trying to pull the shirt down to cover herself\n\n\\\u003e\"ANON! I-I Forgot you were here\" She says, ears folded back and tail trying to escape from your vision\n\n\\\u003eYou ignore it, instead opting for the \"I got food\" approach\n\n\\\u003eHolding up the frying pan, you smile\n\n\\\u003e\"I made us breakfast Mattie\" you say with a calm smile\n\n\\\u003eLuckily, that calms her down as she looks at you and the food with her one good eye\n\n\\\u003eShe doesn't have on her eye patch, which hits you with a pang of guilt\n\n\\\u003eShe was so young......\n\n\\\u003eAnd yet she was looking at you with an empty eye socket....\n\n\\\u003eShe deserved better\n\n\\\u003eHopefully you would one day get revenge on whoever did such a thing to such a poor innocent soul\n\n\\\u003eBetter to let your angry tainted soul get a little dirtier than let hers get even just a smudge on it\n\n\\\u003eBut that's a thought for another time as you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Hope you like Bacon and eggs with cheese\" you wafting the smell of bacon and eggs to her\n\n\\\u003eShe gives a few sniffs before sipping her coffee\n\n\\\u003e\"Thank you Anon, it smells delicious\" Mattie says as she gets a plate of eggs\n\n\\\u003eWhat was this sense of accomplishment?\n\n\\\u003eAll you did was make eggs\n\n\\\u003eYet, hearing it from her\n\n\\\u003e...It was better than any drug you had had in the past\n\n\\\u003eYou feel you heart skipping as she draws herself nearer, albeit hesitantly, eye locked onto you and an unsure look on her face\n\n\\\u003eYour hands feel disconnected as she pulls her arm around you, and you wrap your arms around her\n\n\\\u003eAnd everything feels like dream when you pull her into a kiss\n\n\\\u003eOr did she pull you into it?\n\n\\\u003eAll you know is it's a Kiss to blast away the dull grey years of your life\n\n\\\u003eBurying the last 5 years of torment and sadness\n\n\\\u003eEven as you tongue fights hers, all you feel is warmth, not the sadness you expected\n\n\\\u003eShe wanted you\n\n\\\u003eMore than anyone else had in a long time\n\n\\\u003eLet's face it, your marriage with Amanda wasn't perfect\n\n\\\u003eIf anything...She would be relieved, that vacation you took was a last ditch effort to keep your family together\n\n\\\u003eShe's rid of you, even if she felt bad about it; you and her had been drifting apart\n\n\\\u003eGuess fate decided to spare you all that\n\n\\\u003eBut that didn't make it hurt less\n\n\\\u003eThe smell of eggs and coffee drift around you as you hold Mattie close\n\n\\\u003eShe pulls away from the kiss and looks up at you, an even more unsure look painting her muzzle\n\n\\\u003e\"Are you Ok with this Anon? Ok with....Me?\" she says waving the small stump that was left of her arm at you\n\n\\\u003e\"I mean...I'm an Anthro...And y-'\n\n\\\u003eYou silence her doubts with another small kiss\n\n\\\u003e\"If you're ok with me Mattie\" you say with a smile\n\n\\\u003eShe nods quietly and looks up at you, smiling\n\n\\\u003eThat smile fills you with more bliss than any drug had\n\n\\\u003eYou pull her into a hug as her tail wags furiously\n\n\\\u003e\"So uh...are you my boyfriend now?\" she says into your chest\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou chuckle a bit\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh...I guess I am\" you say down to her, rubbing her back\n\n\\\u003eShe pulls away from you with a happy smile then grabs her plate\n\n\\\u003e\"Let's eat breakfast and then get to the rehab center, you need to change your clothes\" she says with a smirk\n\n\\\u003eYou look down at yourself and then back to her and shrug\n\n\\\u003eSo what you're only wearing boxers and a undershirt\n\n\\\u003eBut all you had here was your dress clothes, so you suppose she was right\n\n\\\u003eYou would rather stay here today, so hopefully she'll let you do that\n\n\\\u003eThe both of you eat quickly, sipping coffee as Mattie looks on her phone at the sites Raquel pointed out to her\n\n\\\u003eProsthetic arms are surprising to you now, they had come a long way since you were \"in the Know\"\n\n\\\u003eGuess basically going MIA for 5 years will do that\n\n\\\u003eShe shows you a few on her phone as you sip your coffee\n\n\\\u003eThis world really is a bit more accommodating than your last one\n\n\\\u003eHow else could you explain the BHA simply coming in and helping you get your life back together?\n\n\\\u003eOr even that different Prosthetic arms for different species and different sizes Anthros\n\n\\\u003eJasmine had even showed you rooms that you could move into once you were out of rehab (which was hopefully soon)\n\n\\\u003eWhen the food is done and you've loaded the dishes into the Dishwasher, you head upstairs, following Mattie\n\n\\\u003e\"Help me get dressed please Anon? I can do it but it's easier if I have some help\" Mattie says, eyeing you pensively\n\n\\\u003eYou nod and watch as she goes to her closet and picks out a blue shirt and black shorts\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eAs she digs through her drawers for underwear and a bra, you pull on your pants and dress shirt\n\n\\\u003eBetter to take it with you and wash it up\n\n\\\u003eAs you finish buttoning it up, Mattie presents you with a Lacey black bra and matching Panties\n\n\\\u003e\"These First!\" she says as she pulls off her T-shirt\n\n\\\u003e\\\u003eYou get the chance to ogle her body once more\n\n\\\u003eThick thighs and waist... perfect perky tits...\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey quit staring perv\" Mattie laughs at you \"What have you never seen a naked woman before\"\n\n\\\u003eYou shake your head, noting her tail wagging behind her\n\n\\\u003e\"You're the only Anthro I've seen Naked\" you say as you walk over and kneel in front of her, holding her panties out for her to step into them\n\n\\\u003eThe tail wagging stops\n\n\\\u003e\"Wait like.....No others? Not even like porn or anything?\" she says questioningly\n\n\\\u003eAnthro porn is a thing? Wait why you are even questioning that\n\n\\\u003eThere is porn of EVERYTHING\n\n\\\u003e\"Nope, never bothered looking it up\" you say as you look up from your kneeling position\n\n\\\u003eShe puts a paw to your Face\n\n\\\u003e\"OH Mr. Boyfriend...I have so Much to teach you later\"\n\n\\\u003eShould you be concerned or excited?\n\n\\\u003eYou decide to go with excited\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm eager to learn\" you say with a smile\n\n\\\u003eShe nods and turns away from you\n\n\\\u003e\"Snap the panties around my tail base\" she instructs\n\n\\\u003eRight, tails. You had wondered how Anthros get their pants on and this was a quick learning exercise as you help Mattie get dressed\n\n\\\u003eYou finish up by helping her get her eye patch on\n\n\\\u003e\"Alright! Let's get you to the rehab center\" she says in a very plucky eager way\n\n\\\u003eSomething seems off about that but whatever\n\n\\\u003eShe guides you out of her house and to her car the ride is quick enough if you disregard traffic\n\n\\\u003eThe whole time you try to figure out how to use your phone right\n\n\\\u003eEven as you apologize profusely as you try to get anything resembling helpfulness Mattie shrugs it off\n\n\\\u003eHer good mood is more than contagious though\n\n\\\u003eIn fact it puts you on edge\n\n\\\u003eAs she pulls into the parking garage you're set even more on edge as you spot\n\n\\\u003e\"What's going on Mattie?\" you ask as you get out of her car and follow the now skipping canine\n\n\\\u003e\"You'll see Anon!\" she says as she skips far ahead of you into the rehab building\n\n\\\u003eAs you follow her in, you're shocked to see Michelle, Jasmine, Chick, Chase and Beth all waiting there\n\n\\\u003eYou stop dead in your tracks both confused and surprised\n\n\\\u003e\"HI ANON!\" comes the hello of the greeting from the furry cannonball that is Beth\n\n\\\u003eThe wind is knocked out of you as you double over from the sheer force of her tackle to your midsection\n\n\\\u003e\"OOF! H-hi Beth\" you choke out\n\n\\\u003eYou can see Mattie roll her eyes at the spectacle of her mom latched to you\n\n\\\u003eLooking around you see a few luggage bags, all with a name tag on them\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon\", they are full of your stuff?\n\n\\\u003e\"What's going on?\" You choke out from the tiny yet crushing hug that is Beth\n\n\\\u003e\"You've completed your rehab Anon! We have spoken to Mattie and several of the care providers here! They say you've made huge leaps and bounds, not only with you drug problem but with your Anthro issue!\" Jasmine says to you, eyes beaming with a proud smile\n\n\\\u003e\"You get to move into one of our Anonymous shelters, and be your own man!\" She adds happily\n\n\\\u003eMattie steps forwards looking a bit like a child who had just been yelled at\n\n\\\u003e\"C-Can Anon stay with me instead? I can an eye on him better that way!\" she says with a half confident smile\n\n\\\u003eOddly enough, it's not Jasmine who steps forwards to comfort Mattie; it's Chase\n\n\\\u003e\"Mattie, if you want Anon there with you, it's ok...\" he says with a knowing smile\n\n\\\u003eJasmine looks a bit confused at the statement but relents with a kind smile that shows her large sharp fangs\n\n\\\u003eThey actually make you wince a bit at the sight of them\n\n\\\u003eYou were used to Anthros now....Kinda\n\n\\\u003eMattie was an odd exception, the Anthro you had spent so much time with she was more than an Anthro\n\n\\\u003eMore than a regular person\n\n\\\u003eShe was more than you could ever describe\n\n\\\u003eYet others, like Jasmine with her sharp sharp teeth, and Beth, who looked like Mattie but just wasn't her\n\n\\\u003eThey were a mystery to you\n\n\\\u003eA thing to be avoided if possible\n\n\\\u003e\"We already packed your stuff for you Anon, although we will miss you here\" says Michelle with a smile\n\n\\\u003eYou knew that was a lie\n\n\\\u003eHow could they miss you? You had spent the majority of the time in your room, avoiding them\n\n\\\u003eBut still you're grateful for what they did for you\n\n\\\u003eYou smile at her and Nod\n\n\\\u003e\"Thank you Michelle, and thank you everyone, I won't let you down\"\n\n\\\u003eThe speech sounds hollow in the words you speak yet you mean every one of them\n\n\\\u003eMattie gives you a hug as you grab some of you bags and begin heading to the car\n\n\\\u003eChickenman, being the \"wild west\" guy he always reminded you of, simply throws 2 over his shoulders and carries them with ease\n\n\\\u003eBut even as you and your company head to Mattie's there are thoughts that bug you\n\n\\\u003eAre they just tired of you?\n\n\\\u003eIs the rehab center just trying to shrug of the speciest human?\n\n\\\u003eYou didn't ask to be like this....\n\n\\\u003eBut how do you get over the primordial fear of predatory animals?\n\n\\\u003eEven now ask Jasmine walked next to you, there as a twinge of fear\n\n\\\u003eWhat if she just turned and mauled you?\n\n\\\u003eWould the others stop her? Would it be seen as normal?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThe questions flood your mind, involuntary, yet like a constant mosquito that you can't ignore\n\n\\\u003eYou breathe deep, trying to relax yourself\n\n\\\u003eBox breathing, that's what they called it\n\n\\\u003eThey were just people...Fuzzier people....\n\n\\\u003eThey weren't going to maul you and eat your body\n\n\\\u003eYou try to logic away those emotions, those basic fears\n\n\\\u003eAnd when Mattie pulls you into a one armed hug... All those fears vanish\n\n\\\u003e\"Surprise! Bet you didn't expect that!\" she says with a confident smile\n\n\\\u003eSuch confidence, a look you have rarely seen from her in months knowing her\n\n\\\u003eYou wrap your arms around her and smile\n\n\\\u003e\"I didn't, you got me Mattie\" you say with smile\n\n\\\u003eHer tail wags furiously and you hear Beth Squee happily\n\n\\\u003e\"OoooH! Our little girl found a good Anon! I'm so proud\"! You hear\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eBut you ignore it and focus of the small dog hugging you tightly\n\n\\\u003eMattie Made you happy, and you made her happy\n\n\\\u003eWhat else matters beyond that?\n\n  \n\nChapter 8: Love Is All You Need\n\n  \n\n\\\u003eMonths have flown by in the blink of an eye\n\n\\\u003eAnd in that time you've lived with Mattie and made leaps and bounds together\n\n\\\u003eShe's back in school to be a pharmacist and you actually gone and gotten re-qualified to be a firefighter\n\n\\\u003eGranted, you aren't as spry as you used to be but you still got it all done\n\n\\\u003eYou had income, a home and a loving girlfriend\n\n\\\u003eMaybe this world wasn't so bad\n\n\\\u003eBut despite the snuggles and cuddles and trust you both shared\n\n\\\u003eThere was never anything sexual between you\n\n\\\u003eSure there were times where it came close, but in the end she would pull away and go to bed early, leaving you both confused and concerned\n\n\\\u003eYou had never been with an Anthro,\n\n\\\u003eFuck, you had never been with anyone other than your wife\n\n\\\u003e...Ex-wife\n\n\\\u003eIs it ex-wife? You never really got used to the semantics\n\n\\\u003eEither way, you were stuck waiting for Mattie to be used to... you\n\n\\\u003eShe told you she had never been with anyone sexually\n\n\\\u003eBetween her schooling and her love of D\u0026D, she never really bothered trying\n\n\\\u003eShe said it was just better to try and find a man who cared for her despite those things\n\n\\\u003eYou cared for her because of all that\n\n\\\u003eEven with her arm and eye gone you cared for her\n\n\\\u003eHow could you not?\n\n\\\u003eShe was still smart, friendly, and a blast to be around\n\n\\\u003eAnd even as snow started falling, she made the most of it\n\n\\\u003eSnow angels were \"Snow gimps\" missing a wing, and snowball fights with the local children always had her trying to guilt trip them\n\n\\\u003eIt worked the first few times but after that they learned\n\n\\\u003eAs well, you got stationed at a local fire station, where you would spend 4 days a week\n\n\\\u003eThat part is what really drove the wedge between you and....what was her name.....\n\n\\\u003eGuilt struck you every time you thought of her...Amanda... that's right\n\n\\\u003eBut if you didn't have that picture of them all, their faces would be gone\n\n\\\u003eYou couldn't remember them at all\n\n\\\u003eBut what did they look like now anyway? It had so long\n\n\\\u003eThose thoughts didn't bother you now though\n\n\\\u003eMattie had class late tonight, and you had the day off\n\n\\\u003eSo why not prepare dinner for her?\n\n\\\u003eYou had Chicken Parmesan cooking and garlic bread in the oven\n\n\\\u003eSnow fell freely outside and bitter winds gusted by\n\n\\\u003eStreet lamps outside looked like burning torches when you looked out and remembered the cold nights of snow\n\n\\\u003eWhy businesses had grates that spewed warm air out, you would never know, but you remember the frigid nights trying to find a free metal grate\n\n\\\u003eA bid to stay warm and not freeze to death\n\n\\\u003eEven now, as you glare out the window at the falling snow your reminded of cold and pain\n\n\\\u003ePeople never really have felt cold until it isn't cold, it's just pure pain\n\n\\\u003eWaking up buried in snow, feeling like your blood is frozen\n\n\\\u003eYou shiver thinking about it, as you flip over the chicken strips in the oven\n\n\\\u003eFunny how this world changes people\n\n\\\u003eYou never enjoyed cooking much before, but now that you knew what it was like to not have good food\n\n\\\u003eNow you loved it\n\n\\\u003eEither way, as you tend to dinner in the kitchen, you hear the front door open and then a quick \"I'm home!\"\n\n\\\u003eYou smile as you brush your hands against each other quickly and head to the front door\n\n\\\u003eAt the door is Mattie; standing confident and calm with a smile on her face wearing a long coat to keep her warm\n\n\\\u003eHow long have you worked to get that smile?\n\n\\\u003eSo so long\n\n\\\u003eEven with her missing eye, you loved that smile\n\n\\\u003eHer long coat covered her body as she stood in the front entrance of the house\n\n\\\u003e\"HI Anon! Dinner smells good!\" She says with her violet eye watching you\n\n\\\u003eYou nod and smile\n\n\\\u003e\"Chicken Parmesan and Garlic bread. I know you like them love\" you say with a smile, holding up a spatula at her\n\n\\\u003eShe nods and takes a step closer to you\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh, Anon...Do you like... uh\"\n\n\\\u003eShe hesitates, looking at you with an uneasy eye\n\n\\\u003e\"DO you like this?\" she says finally, pulling open her coat uneasily\n\n\\\u003eShe reveals lingerie, her breasts poking out from a bra that does nothing to hid her nipples and a thin underwear thong\n\n\\\u003eYou stare at her open mouthed at the coat falls to the floor and she smiles at you uneasily\n\n\\\u003e\"Uuuuh Surprise!\" she says, propping her breasts up with her arm\n\n\\\u003eSpeechless\n\n\\\u003eYou are absolutely speechless as you look upon her\n\n\\\u003eSure you had seen her naked plenty of times before but this... this was like a blind man seeing the sunset for the first time\n\n\\\u003eYou stare, awestruck at her body and try to say something, but no words can even form in your mind as you look upon her\n\n\\\u003eBut as you stare she shivers a bit and attempts to hide herself\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh... I knew you wouldn't like...\"\n\n\\\u003eYou rush in, pulling her into a hug and not letting her finish that thought\n\n\\\u003e\"Fucking hell Mattie, you look amazing! What even prompted this?\" You say stepping closer to her\n\n\\\u003eShe smiles and you feel her firm perky breasts press against you\n\n\\\u003e\"You never made a move on me, despite us always snuggling and sleeping together\" she says, smiling up at you\n\n\\\u003eYou shift uneasily on your feet, looking into her eye\n\n\\\u003e\"I didn't want to pressure you Madeline, plus...it's been a while since I was with anyone\" you say, looking down and away\n\n\\\u003eMattie pulls you down into a kiss and you feel her long tongue overpower yours\n\n\\\u003eFor someone so much smaller than you she had a lot of strength\n\n\\\u003eYou feel her sharp canine teeth, her tongue and breathe deep, savouring the smell of her fur\n\n\\\u003eThis kiss was something that blasted away the boring years of street living\n\n\\\u003eThe life of loneliness, worrying not about who you were but only the next hit\n\n\\\u003eMattie's paw wraps around the back of your head, pulling you deeper into the kiss as your hands explore her body and wide hips\n\n\\\u003eBut the moment is broken by a loud beeping from the oven, telling you that the chicken is done cooking\n\n\\\u003eQuickly you pull away from Mattie and look at her with a bit of unease\n\n\\\u003e\"Go get the food doofus!\" she says with a cheerful smile\n\n\\\u003eYou nod quickly and rush back into the kitchen and then to the oven\n\n\\\u003eWith your mind racing about Mattie and her body, you grab the cooking tray with a shaky hand and set it on the stove\n\n\\\u003eBetter get it placed down and out of the way as you turn off the oven and look to the doorway where Mattie stands waiting for you\n\n\\\u003eWith a beckoning finger, she draws you out of the kitchen and into her living room\n\n\\\u003eYou watch her walk with a confident swish of her hips as she goes to the couch and pats the spot next to her\n\n\\\u003eWith a bit of hesitation, you sit down and look at her, loving the view but a bit afraid\n\n\\\u003eHow long had it been since you had been with a woman? You had never been with anyone other than Amanda and now here you were\n\n\\\u003eA new world, a new woman, a new species\n\n\\\u003eWere you a new person too?\n\n\\\u003eAll of those concerns are forgotten as Mattie straddles you and places her paw on your face, forcing you to look at her\n\n\\\u003e\"It's ok Anon, I promise\" she says before kissing you again\n\n\\\u003eYour hands snake their way down her sides, digging through her slightly chilled fur\n\n\\\u003eHer eye is locked on yours as you explore her body with renewed vigour\n\n\\\u003eHow could not seeing her like this not excite you?\n\n\\\u003eShe slowly grinds her hips against you as you feel every inch of her body and she gives a relieved smile when she feels your body react\n\n\\\u003eFinally, you snake your hands up her side and settle on her perfect breasts\n\n\\\u003eShe moans a bit and bites her lower lip before pushing them together slightly with her arm and her stump\n\n\\\u003e\"Do you like them? I know they aren't th-\"\n\n\\\u003eYou cut her off with a kiss that makes her moan softly into your mouth\n\n\\\u003e\"They're perfect\" you say as you pull away from the kiss that leaves her panting\n\n\\\u003eYou reach behind her and undo her bra with ease, and pull it off her then place your hands back on those gorgeous mounds\n\n\\\u003eEven unsupported by the lingerie, her tits are perky and full\n\n\\\u003eMattie moans more and you squeeze her breasts and gently pinch her nipples\n\n\\\u003e\"Oooo that's good\" she gasps \"Get these off\"\n\n\\\u003eHer claws dig at your pants and you nod quickly\n\n\\\u003eShe props herself up off you and you arch your back, then undo your jeans and slide them off without getting up\n\n\\\u003eMattie's paw grabs at the hem of your shirt and tugs at it, helping pull it off you and get you undressed\n\n\\\u003e\"Ooo Anon, someone's happy to see me\" Mattie gasps as she lowers herself once more onto you\n\n\\\u003eWith your jeans no longer holding back your erection, your boner is pressed against her thong, which has a slowly growing wet spot\n\n\\\u003eMattie's paw runs down your chest and over her abs before her thumb hooks into her waistband\n\n\\\u003eWith a little bit of difficultly she slides it off, although with a bit of help from you\n\n\\\u003eHer wetness is now pressed against your erections head, which strains against its cloth prison\n\n\\\u003eSlowly she grinds side to side, with her eye locked on you\n\n\\\u003eYou place your hands on her thick thighs and guide her motion\n\n\\\u003eHer moans grow steadily as her grinding gets faster and your erection presses against her lips\n\n\\\u003e\"Ready Mattie?\" you ask as your hand guides itself to her wet slit\n\n\\\u003eShe gives a small nod and interlocked her paw with your hand as she lifts herself a bit to allow your fingers access\n\n\\\u003e\"Go slow Anon\" she says with a worried look on her muzzle\n\n\\\u003eYou nod and kiss her quickly\n\n\\\u003eWith one finger you gently rub the outside of her lips before pressing between them gently, getting plenty of lubrication from her\n\n\\\u003e\"Ooooooh just like that Anon\"\n\n\\\u003eGently you push a single digit into her, earning you small stifled moans\n\n\\\u003eShe's tight, tighter than you expected and far far warmer than anyone else you had been with\n\n\\\u003eSlowly, you start to move your finger into and out, with each push getting a little further into her\n\n\\\u003eHer Moans grow steadily louder the further you push and eventually you full pointer finger is in her\n\n\\\u003e\"Ready for another?\" you say softly, the fingers on your free hand still interlocked with her\n\n\\\u003eMattie gives a small nod and kisses you once more as you add another finger, pressing deep into her\n\n\\\u003eShe moans softly into your mouth as you gently finger her\n\n\\\u003eYou curl your fingers slightly, hoping to find that spot\n\n\\\u003eEventually as you press deep into her, your pointer finger brushes a small area deep in her pussy that sends visible shivers up her body\n\n\\\u003eHer eye widens in shock as you deliberately rub your fingers against it\n\n\\\u003e\"W-what Is the-that Anon?\" She moans softly grinding her hips against your fingers, trying to relive the sensation\n\n\\\u003e\"That's your G-spot Mattie\" you say as you rub the spot a bit harder, getting more shivers and shudders from her\n\n\\\u003e\"M-my G-g-g-spot? I never had this when I d-did this m-myself\\_\" she stammers, trying to keep her composure\n\n\\\u003eYou nod and kiss her\n\n\\\u003e\"You didn't have me before\"\n\n\\\u003eYou pick up the pace now, fingering her harder and faster earning you louder moans\n\n\\\u003eMattie grinds her hips against your hand as you push deeper into her, causing her juices to drip out and soaking your boxers\n\n\\\u003eHer moans and more addicting than any drug you've ever taken.\n\n\\\u003eHow could they not? They were bliss, a resonating sound of satisfaction for you that you hadn't felt in so long\n\n\\\u003eYou press further into her, rubbing her g-spot while kissing her softly\n\n\\\u003eDo you dare push it a little bit more?\n\n\\\u003eHow could you not?\n\n\\\u003eYou thumb presses against her clit and you rotate it softly as you push your fingers into her\n\n\\\u003eQuiet slow breathing from you is all you can do as you focus on Mattie\n\n\\\u003eYour fingers find every point to make her gasp\n\n\\\u003eYour thumb circles slowly, earning new gasps from her\n\n\\\u003eAnd even though you had been with women before, this was new\n\n\\\u003eShe was tighter, warmer and more sensitive; every move you made, made her shudder slightly\n\n\\\u003eEach time you press against her g-spot, it causes more violent, yet graceful shudders\n\n\\\u003eGently, yet steadily, you speed up, two fingers rubbing her g-spot and your thumb making quick methodical circles on her clit\n\n\\\u003eEven as she tries to kiss you to fight the oncoming orgasm, you can tell her body is responding to you\n\n\\\u003eAs your fingers touch and rub every sensitive spot within her, she sits straight up, looking upwards and shivering\n\n\\\u003eA violent shudder resonates down her body and she collapses onto you, her arm trying to wrap itself around your neck\n\n\\\u003eYou feel her legs try to close, but get blocked by yours as she straddles you\n\n\\\u003eHer inner walls clamps down with frightening tightness, forcing your fingers out, falling onto you with full force\n\n\\\u003e\"Aaaaanonnnnn, Ooo it feels gooooood\" Mattie moans, panting heavily while looking into your eyes\n\n\\\u003eYou smile and hug her close as her tremors from her orgasm shake her body\n\n\\\u003eAfter a moment or two she regains her composure and the small tremors stop\n\n\\\u003eMattie smiles and grinds on you a bit\n\n\\\u003e\"Ohhhhh someone is rearing to go\" She says with a smile\n\n\\\u003eYou had been so focused on Mattie that you are just now aware how painfully erect you are\n\n\\\u003eMattie looks down at your boxers and back at you, biting her lip\n\n\\\u003e\"Can...can we go all the way Anon? I promise I'll try to be sexy\" she says looking down at her body and then her stump\n\n\\\u003eWith one finger under her chin, you lift her face and kiss her\n\n\\\u003e\"You are sexy Madeline\"\n\n\\\u003eHer ears perk and you feel her tail wag softly\n\n\\\u003e\"Then uh... Let me get these off you\"\n\n\\\u003eShe gets up off of you and pulls on your boxers softly, which you help guide down your legs\n\n\\\u003eYour erection springs free, causing her to stare at it\n\n\\\u003e\"It...it's bigger than I expected\" she say both nervously and worriedly\n\n\\\u003e\"C-can I touch it?\" she asks, extending her paw towards your shaft like it's a museum piece\n\n\\\u003eYou nod at her and her paw touches your shaft and wraps around it gently\n\n\\\u003eIts different than you expected\n\n\\\u003eWarm and soft, like being touched with very very fine silken fibres that were warmed\n\n\\\u003eHer paw gently moves up and down your shaft, feeling you from the head to the base and eventually your family jewels\n\n\\\u003e\"It's just like the videos, and different from those dog ones...\" you hear Mattie murmur to herself as she slowly strokes your length\n\n\\\u003e\"Videos?\" you ask before you can stop yourself\n\n\\\u003e\"Mhm videos online\" She says absentmindedly, massaging your member gently with her paw\n\n\\\u003eShe leans her head closer, you feel her hot breath on the tip of your cock\n\n\\\u003eA few wet licks from Mattie's long tongue sends shivers down your spine like you've never felt before\n\n\\\u003eIt's been years since anyone had given you any type of attention sexually and now you have Mattie cautiously licking you\n\n\\\u003eAnd it feels amazing, her tongue is wetter, stronger and softer than any woman you had been with, granted that was only one\n\n\\\u003eBut it was a whole new feeling, one of sheer pleasure\n\n\\\u003eAnd all she was doing was licking!\n\n\\\u003eHer paw strokes you as she softly caresses you with her tongue\n\n\\\u003eYour gasps and groans fuel her further, and she takes the tip of your cock into her mouth\n\n\\\u003eHer tongue rapidly licks your tip and she quickens the pace of her stroking\n\n\\\u003eBut all too soon she releases you from her mouth with a pant\n\n\\\u003e\"A-anon I know this feels good for you b-but I'm at my limit! I Need you please!\" she says standing\n\n\\\u003eBetween her thighs glistens with wetness, somehow she was even wetter than before and her legs were quivering slightly\n\n\\\u003eWho were you to deny her the cure to her problem?\n\n\\\u003eYou beckon her to you and she straddles you once more\n\n\\\u003e\"Take it slow....don't hurt yourself\" you say as she positions herself\n\n\\\u003eShe nods quickly and places her paw on your chest as you position your cock against her lips\n\n\\\u003eShe slowly lowers herself, allowing you to penetrate the sopping wetness that is Mattie's pussy\n\n\\\u003eShallow gasps and long breathes\n\n\\\u003eYou feel the radiating warmth, the incredible wetness and the constricting tightness\n\n\\\u003eWhen she felt tight on your fingers it was amazing but as you feel her on you with you inside her, it's indescribable\n\n\\\u003eYou place your hands on her wide hips and her guide her descent\n\n\\\u003e\"Ooo its biggggg Anon\" Mattie moans as she leans forwards onto you\n\n\\\u003eWell that's an ego boost to be sure\n\n\\\u003eSlowly, you guide her moments up and down, helping move her with you still inside her\n\n\\\u003eShe gasps every time you bring her down onto you, a soft \\*plap\\* noise is head each time\n\n\\\u003eHer fur is so soaked that is doesn't act as a cushion anymore\n\n\\\u003eHer lone violet eye looks at you hazily, her arm around you while her stump tries to get a good grip\n\n\\\u003eYou kiss her softly as you keep guiding her movements\n\n\\\u003eAfter all you are experienced with this, and even if Mattie was an Anthro, she was still a female\n\n\\\u003eYou knew how to make them sing in bed\n\n\\\u003eAt least you hoped you did\n\n\\\u003eYou begin using your feet to bounce upwards, helping Mattie's movements a bit more on you\n\n\\\u003eHer face is one of pure bliss, a bit of drool as she hangs onto you\n\n\\\u003eNo more words from her, just the quiet \\*ha\\* and \\*ah\\* as you thrust upwards into her\n\n\\\u003eThe inner walls of her pussy constrict, and feel tighter than before as she shudders a\u0026nbsp; bit and pulls you close, her body shivering and nuzzling against you\n\n\\\u003e\"AAA-anonnnnn its sooooooo goood\" Mattie moans, her mouth slightly agape with a grin\n\n\\\u003eYou smile and continue, your hands on her glorious hips and ass, guiding her movements on you\n\n\\\u003eAnd as she constricts and nuzzles you, you feel your own limit approaching\n\n\\\u003eThe build up from the licking and stroking was too much to bear\n\n\\\u003e\"Mattie, can I cum in-\"\n\n\\\u003e\"PILL! DO IT!\" She cries in a brief moment of clarity\n\n\\\u003eThat's all the invitation you need\n\n\\\u003eYou unload every drop, every ounce of love you have into her, pulling her close in a shuddering orgasm that made your legs shake\n\n\\\u003eShe gives out a long \"aaaaaah\" as you give a few extra thrusts, pushing into her with the last bit of vigor you have\n\n\\\u003eAt last your arms fall away and your left breathless\n\n\\\u003eNo human could compare to that which Mattie gave you\n\n\\\u003eThe love, the warmth, the... well everything\n\n\\\u003eShe slumps against you, her head resting on your chest\n\n\\\u003e\"Was it good for my first time?\" Mattie pants, looking at you expectantly\n\n\\\u003eyou nod and kiss her\n\n\\\u003e\"The best I've ever had\" you say with a smile\n\n\\\u003eThere was no lie there\n\n\\\u003eJust the love you felt for this woman\n\n  \n\nChapter 9: Exitlude\n\n  \n\n\\\u003eTime flowed by like a river as you and Mattie lived together\n\n\\\u003eyou loved her, that much you knew\n\n\\\u003eHow could you not?\n\n\\\u003eShe accepted you, all of your flaws and you past\n\n\\\u003eAnd you loved her\n\n\\\u003eHer DnD campaigns that she constantly pulled you into\n\n\\\u003eThe Days where she would come home and talk about her job (You didn't understand most of what it was she was talking about, but you smiled and nodded anyway)\n\n\\\u003eher parents, Chase who helped guide you through this new world and Beth who still gave you tackling hugs\n\n\\\u003eOh, and you loved her despite her missing arm and eye\n\n\\\u003eTo you it never made a difference\n\n\\\u003eIn a way, both of you related to each other\n\n\\\u003eYou both lost something\n\n\\\u003eBut none of that matters as you sit across from her at this fancy restaurant\n\n\\\u003eyou fidget in you pocket while looking at Mattie\n\n\\\u003eShe has a big smile on her face as she eats dessert, strawberry cheesecake, which was one of her favorites\n\n\\\u003eWhy were you nervous?\n\n\\\u003eYou had done this before\n\n\\\u003eBut... something was different this time\n\n\\\u003eYou were different\n\n\\\u003eJust do it! Don't be a fucking soyboy!\n\n\\\u003eGrasping the small box in your hand firmly, you stand up, earning a confused look from Mattie\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon? whats up we haven't fin-\"\n\n\\\u003eHer eye goes wide as you kneel in front of her on one knee\n\n\\\u003eYea it's cheesy, but its all you know\n\n\\\u003eShe brings a paw to her mouth, staring at you with her beautiful violet eye\n\n\\\u003e\"Are you sure\" she finally says, disbelief filling her voice\n\n\\\u003eYou chuckle as you reach forwards, extending a hand to her\n\n\\\u003e\"Of course I'm sure Mattie, I love you; will you Campaign with me forever?\"\n\n\\\u003eA DnD Callback; Nice\n\n\\\u003eShe removes her paw from her face and places it into you hand\n\n\\\u003eCarefully, you slip the ring onto her padded finger\n\n\\\u003e\"If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't ask\" you say with a confident smile\n\n\\\u003eMattie stares at the ring for a moment, tears filling her eye before she pounces on you in a hug\n\n\\\u003e\"YES YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES ANON\" she cries happily her arm around you neck in a comforting hug\n\n\\\u003eYou smile as you wrap your arms around her\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou never could feel bad about loving her\n\n\\\u003eWhy would you?\n\n\\\u003eWere it not for her, you would still be in that alley\n\n\\\u003eAnd for some reason, you can't help but think\n\n\\\u003eWere it not for you, she would never have made it out of that alley either\n\n\\\u003eWere it no for each other, Things would have never changed\n\n\\\u003eBut you're glad it did\n\n~FIN~\n  \n  \n\n"}