The Photographers Apprentice - Chapter three: The Darkroom.
#3 of Photographers Apprentice.
Chapter Three: The Darkroom.
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The mundane sound of the radio announcer awoke me from my dreams that morning, jumping in the shower I wasn't really certain on what to think of the whole outcome. I had just experienced the craziest night of my life, but what a night! Shaking myself off in front of the mirror again I had a broad smile across my muzzle.
Hurrying myself to get ready, I put on some light coloured shorts and a dark blue t-shirt, I then quickly ran out the door and half sprinted down the road. As I approached Todd's house he was already waiting outside, leaning against the wall with his photographer's bag, dressed in a pair of light blue shorts, wearing a white shirt with a striped blue waistcoat-like jersey over the top, he looked charming as always. "Good morning!" He cheerily called to me as I came closer. "Morning to you too!" I beamed.
He seemed a lot calmer now than when I had met him in the bar the previous day. His chirpiness was back and throughout the journey to the photography department on campus our conversations were filled with his usually witty comments, jokey remarks, and general cheerfulness.
"It's lucky I have a key to the darkroom, what would you do without me?!" I said jokingly. "Well, I would be passed out underneath that bench for a start..." We both laughed as I let us into the darkroom. The smell of chemicals instantly hit my nostrils as my eyes adjusted to the dark and dingy red glow.
Shutting the door behind me I turned to Todd and said, "Okay, let's see these cartridges then!" and with that, Todd emptied out roughly 15 cartridges onto the side unit, some were cracked, others the lid had come off, and others were intact. We managed to salvage just 6 cartridges that were able to be processed. "Let's see you work your magic then, Arthur!" Todd said, rubbing his paws together as he watched me speedily prepare the chemicals used to processing film.
"That's pretty impressive; it usually takes me ages to measure out the correct amounts!" He exclaimed, clearly impressed. After strategically placing the equipment on the work surface I said "Ok, hit the lights!" I motioned to the light switch; Todd flashed a toothy smile and obeyed, flicking the lights off, leaving us in the pitch black darkness.
I could hear him lightly breathing from one corner of the room, as I started to spool the negative film into the reel. "You know, this really is easy if you know how exactly how to do it." I quietly said to the Racoon in the darkness. "I could teach you a few tricks of the trade, if you like." I said.
"Sure, I really need to improve, this is the main area that pulls me down, it just all takes me so long." Todd exclaimed. "Uh-huh, well since I can't show you, I'm going to have to guide you...with my paws. Is that ok?" I asked him, "Sure, where shall I stand?" Todd asked me, significantly closer now. My skin tingled as I felt his warm breath on the side of my neck. "Um, j-just here." I replied awkwardly, as I put my paws around his waist and guided him in front of me, trying my hardest not to get an erection.
Through the darkness I moved my paws up and over his arms, until I felt his warm paws in mine as I heard him let out a small gasp. "Don't worry." I reassured him, "Just trust me." Placing my paws over the top of his, I helped him pick up the reel. "Here, feel this? These two little bumps are where you feed the first bit of film in. I've cut the end into an angle so it's easier to slot in. "Feel here?" I guided his finger along and rubbed it over the small bump on the reel.
"Wow!! I never even knew that these bumps were here! I just used to spend ages trying to find the gaps!" He gleefully exclaimed, as I felt him start to wind the film into the reel, my arms still linked around his. With every turn of the reel I could feel his rump gently brushing and pushing up against my front, which was making it extremely difficult for me to not become aroused.
After he had finished reeling the film up, I heard the lid of the canister snap shut, and a voice that said "Easy!".
I reached over to the light switch and flicked it back on. Squinting as bright white light filled the room; suddenly my eyesight focused on a very embarrassed looking Racoon, standing in the middle of the darkroom with quite an impressive looking tent protruding from his shorts. Todd's face turned a bright crimson as he tried his best to cover it up with his jersey. "Oh, oh gee I'm s-sorry!" We both said at the same time. "I didn't mean to-"we parroted each other's words once again.
I bit my lip as an awkward silence filled the room. The embarrassed looking Racoon looked down at the bulging tent in his shorts, then looked at me, then at the key in the door, and then back at me. Nodding, I turned around and slowly turned the key in the lock, which broke the silence with a subtle "click"; I then turned back around to find Todd starting to undo his belt, a broad smile now appeared across his muzzle.
Oh God, was this actually happening!? It all seemed too surreal. "T-Todd, are you sure you-" "Shh" He placed a finger over my mouth and cut me off, "Look I was thinking about what you said to me last night." He slowly put both his paws into mine and looked me in the eyes. "Go on?" I said.
"You're right, about what you said yesterday; when you said that I shouldn't care about what people think about me. I look at you, and I see a proud fur, someone who's not afraid to show their true colours. Someone who would go out of their way just to help me." His expression turned a little more serious.
"I've been having debates about my sexuality for a while; I've just never let it show. I've been too worried about what people may think of me and it's been driving me crazy, but after what you said to me last night, and looking at how happy you are since you've come out, it's made me realize what I want to do."
"S-so, you're... Gay?" I asked him, in astonishment. I don't understand why I was so surprised, because it really did make perfect sense; I had been speculating that he could have been gay for quite some time, just by his mannerisms, and the way he acted sometimes. Or call it a gaydar, I'm not sure, but I certainly had a hunch.
Todd nodded and smiled, gripping my paws tightly as he said "I can't let it build up inside me any longer. You've done so much for me over the last 24 hours and I hope that I can try and repay you somehow..." He gave a little flirty smile, before looking down at his tented shorts which were now poking into my tummy.
"Repay me? Y-you don't have to repay me, I wasn't doing this to get into your pants or anything." I stuttered, completely dumfounded. "I know you wasn't, I could tell that you were just genuinely interested in helping me, which is why I feel the need to help you, somehow."
A smile formed across my face as I bit my lip, looking down at the cute aroused Racoon poking his erection into my tummy I moved my arms up around his back, placing a paw gently on the back of his neck I moved in to embrace Todd in a passionate kiss.
I felt my tongue meet his, as he gently pushed his wet tongue into my muzzle, I moved my spare paw down his back and slipped it down in between the waistband of his shorts and clasped my paw around his perfect butt cheek, as our tongues explored each other's maws.
Breaking the kiss, I asked him a question which I was already pretty sure the answer of. "Are you a virgin?" Shyly, he smiled and nodded. "Is that ok?" Todd asked me "Why wouldn't it be? I'm a virgin to guys too..." My voice trailed off as I watched Todd start to unbutton my shorts and begin rubbing his paw against the bulge that was forming in my pre-soaked grey briefs.
The room started to spin as I became indulged in a pleasure that I had never felt before, it was like an ecstasy, a fantasy that I had only ever dreamed of living out. Trying my hardest not to moan too loudly, I let out a soft murring sound as Todd began to kneel on the floor of the darkroom and nuzzle into my briefs, gently kissing my swelling cock through the material.
Todd tugged my shorts until they fell to the floor, before slipping a finger into the waistband of my briefs and gently easing them down, my aching cock eager to be released from its little prison in my underwear as it bounced upwards, spattering little glistening globs of pre-cum against the side of the cute Racoons smiling face. I watched as he wiped a finger over one of the beads of pre-cum on his fur and then continued to rub the sticky mess over his outstretched tongue, before placing his warm tongue on the underside of my throbbing tip.
He knelt there for a moment, just looking up at me with a devilish look on his face as my cock-tip sat on top of his tongue, leaking a small flow of pre-cum onto it which started to run down his tongue into his maw.
"Ghhh!" I moaned, my whole body twitching in pleasure as my fur stood on end, knowing what was about to happen next. Todd placed a paw underneath my balls, cupping them gently as I just managed to watch his muzzle engulf my cock before I squeezed my eyes shut in pleasure, my whole body going rigid as I could feel his smooth tongue licking the underside of my shaft as his maw swallowed my length.
Bobbing his head up and down he grasped my cock with his other paw tightly, after every stroke his maw would come down and suckle my throbbing cock until he built up a rhythmic pattern. "A-are you s-sure you've not done this before!" I cried out to the adorable creature below me, clearly enjoying himself as I watch his tail swoosh from side to side as his head dipped up and down. "No, I've not. Is it good?" Todd grinned, looking up at me and panting, as a long string of pre-cum and saliva connected to the tip of my twitching cock and his bottom lip shimmered in the light.
"Oh yes! It feels incredible!" I cried out, as he gave me a sly wink, before continuing to work on my dripping cock, a nicely size knot had started to form at the base of my shaft which Todd would gently squeeze from time to time, teasing me, and nearly pushing me over the edge. I couldn't take much more. I could feel myself being pushed over the edge.
"Uhhh, p-please. I c-can't.... Aaagh!" I wailed as I looked down to see Todd gently squeezing my knot, his other paw pumping my member positioned just in front of his outstretched tongue and open muzzle. "Cum for me, my sweet puppy." With those words I just couldn't help myself any more. A feeling of bliss erupted inside of me and I gasped as I watched jets of my hot seed shower into his open maw.
With each pump, spurt after spurt of my cum splashed over Todd's tongue. His ears splayed out and he squeezed his eyes shut as I covered most of his cute face and jersey with my sticky goo. Gingerly opening one eye, he smiled happily - clearly pleased with himself, regardless of the mess we had made. "Oops!" Todd said, chuckling to himself as he licked the remaining cum that was dripping down my shaft.
Panting heavily, I knelt down to the same level as the little Racoon kneeling on the floor below me, and helped wipe off some of my cum that was matted in his fur and over his jersey-waist coat. "Whoah, t-that was impressive..." I panted as I helped Todd up before embracing him in another kiss. I could taste the distinct flavour of my cock and cum in his maw as my tongue explored his muzzle again.
Breaking the kiss I looked him in the eyes and said, "I think we should probably finish this later, and get back to work... But gee, when you called me your 'sweet puppy', I think I melted into a puddle." "You liked that did you?" Todd said whilst laughing, as he checked the reels of film that we had started to develop. "Do they look ok?" I asked him, as I buttoned my shorts back up.
Todd studied the reel of negatives. "They look perfect! I don't think I've ever had some come out as clearly as this!" He exclaimed happily. "Well, it looks like my teaching methods work then, doesn't it!" I said. "They do indeed!" Todd said, "Now do you think you could show me again, I've kinda forgotten most of it, plus I love feeling your paws over mine, guiding me where to go." Grinning, I nodded before flicking the light switch back off.
The rest of the day was spent developing the remaining 5 film canisters. We had a lot of fun in the darkroom too, having Todd in there with me made it seem a lot less drab and dingy. It's a shame we wasn't in the same group, I was going to be gone in 4 weeks and Todd would still have another year, 'There must be some way I could stay on for another year. There must be.' I thought to myself, scratching my chin, and then "Pling!". Suddenly, as if a magic lightbulb appeared over my head, I had an idea...