# All's Fair - Part 3

Author: Xi-entaj
Tags: Gay, Husky, Lion, Love, No-Yiff, Wolf, unhappy

#3 of All's Fair

The story's main character is bi, so don't read if you don't want to.&nbsp; As ever, your thoughts and criticism are welcome so that I can get better.&nbsp;

Thanks for reading!

- Xi

**All's Fair - Part 3**

Fridays should be banned.&nbsp; Everyone thinks they're allowed to be a little wild on Fridays, because the weekend is coming - as if they need a reason, and couldn't be otherwise.&nbsp; Composition was fantastic, because no one dared release that exuberance.&nbsp; I gave the professor a tentative smile as we left, then quickly ducked my head and left before I saw his reaction.&nbsp;

No such luck in mathematics; the old wolf in charge seemed nearly as restless as the students.&nbsp; I put my head in my paws while I waited for her to call some semblance of order, running my fingers through the fur and lightly grabbing my ears.&nbsp; Then someone gave me a hard poke in the back.&nbsp;

I whirled in my seat fast enough to grab the offending claw before it could retreat, twisting cruelly before I saw that it belonged to that wolf again.&nbsp; I hadn't noticed that he was in this class too; briefly I wondered if I was ahead or if he was behind.&nbsp; Then something else occurred to me and I grinned at him, panting, and released his finger; turned back to the front, ignoring his transition from mocking to puzzled.&nbsp;

I could barely contain myself until lunch.&nbsp; I know I got a few odd looks as I ran out of the classroom and through the halls after the bell, but mostly I was just glad it had finally rung; I'd have left much sooner had I not known that no one would be in the cafeteria until after.&nbsp;

It's hardly difficult to tell where the three main gangs in the school sit, though I couldn't tell you how I told.&nbsp; But they're quite plain, with neutral territory filled by the unaffiliated students.&nbsp; The lion sat with one of them, and I slid my tray next to his before anyone took the spot.&nbsp; I pressed as close to him as I could - I'm a lefty, so as long as I stayed on his left the contact wouldn't keep either of us from eating.&nbsp; That damn uniform was in the way, but the touch of his bare arm-fur on my face and the muscles beneath the cloth of his shirt made me wish I could purr.&nbsp;

Pure shock kept my lion and everyone else at the table from doing anything for a full five seconds, and I grinned happily against his shirt.&nbsp; The difficulty of hitting someone pressed that close to you bought me a little while longer before he shoved me away and grabbed my throat.&nbsp; The muscles on his arms tensed beautifully as he lifted me a few inches off the bench, and his claws punched little spots of crimson into my neck.&nbsp; "What the fuck do you think you're doing, asshole?" he snarled loudly, tightening his grip.&nbsp; But a hyena across the table made a shushing gesture, glancing pointedly at the security guards stationed by a wall nearby.&nbsp; My lion set me down, his topaz eyes reading like a death warrant.&nbsp;

I caught his paw before he pulled it away, holding it against my collarbone.&nbsp; "I kind of like you," I explained, smiling at him.&nbsp; Several furs at the table snickered while he stared dumbfounded.&nbsp; I slid back against him and nuzzled under his jaw, licking his fur gently.&nbsp;

I'd have kissed him again too, but he pushed me away again.&nbsp; For a moment he stared at me, mouth working furiously while his claws flexed on my arms.&nbsp; Then he put on a smile that looked truly painful.&nbsp; "Let's go outside," he said through gritted teeth.&nbsp; A bunch of furs laughed, making him snarl again, but I stood up obediently and waited for him.&nbsp;

"All right," I replied.&nbsp;

I'm not stupid; I knew that he hardly wanted the privacy to express his affections.&nbsp; But that was fine.&nbsp; I slipped my paw into his while we walked out of the cafeteria; he jerked it away, but I kept at it until he let me.&nbsp; Grimly he led me straight for the back of the building.&nbsp; Once we were well back into the shadows behind the dumpster from Monday,, he slammed me against the wall, dragging me up the brick by my neck while I shut my eyes and smiled at him, tilting my head back as my paws left the gravel.&nbsp; "Now I swear I'm gonna -" he snarled, but was interrupted by a voice from the daylight.&nbsp;

"Hey, guys."&nbsp; We both jerked our heads towards the noise - he much more effectively than I until he dropped me.&nbsp; It was the wolf.&nbsp; Again.&nbsp; "What's up?"&nbsp;

"What're _you_ doing here?" my lion and I both asked - he growling, me shouting hoarsely.&nbsp;

Both of the others turned to stare at me.&nbsp; "I'm saving your tail, mutt," the wolf said at last.&nbsp;

My lion had turned his attention back to our opponent.&nbsp; "If you know what's good for you you'll clear the fuck out of here," he snarled.&nbsp; The wolf snorted his scorn, planted his feet, and pulled his shoulders back as if in invitation.&nbsp;

The silence stretched out for a while as I wondered if this was what had happened on Wednesday as well, then the lion gave a strangled roar of furious annoyance and stalked back to the cafeteria, passing several feet to the wolf's side.&nbsp; I tried to follow, but as I passed the wolf he grabbed my arm.&nbsp;

I didn't bother warning him; I just spun and kicked at his kidney.&nbsp;

The ground slammed into me before I quite knew I was airborne.&nbsp; Thankfully my body was a little ahead of me, and I caught myself partly on my arms instead of my face.&nbsp; Note the partly - the gravel still scraped the underside of my jaw and bashed my chest, so that my rib screamed.&nbsp; I yelped loudly, then clamped my jaws together and lay there winded for a bit.&nbsp; When I finally rolled over and sat up, I found him squatting a few feet away and ranting.&nbsp;

"...death whish?!&nbsp; I knew you were an idiot, but good God, mutt, you must honestly want him to kill you!"&nbsp; He stopped, glaring at me and panting while I placed a paw over my rib, making sure it was still in place and waiting for the pain to stop.&nbsp;

"Leave me alone," I muttered.&nbsp; "I knew what I was doing."&nbsp; I looked up and glared right back at him.&nbsp;

He gawked.&nbsp; "You've got to be kidding.&nbsp; I dunno what you take me for, but I am _not_ about to let you get yourself killed after the work I've put into you already.&nbsp; You keep away from that guy, hear me?"&nbsp;

"Get the fuck out of my business!" I half-shouted at him, getting to my feet and staggering back to the front of the building.&nbsp; Behind me he muttered something unitelligible, which sounded distinctly uncomplimentary.&nbsp;

Eventually I found my lion again, talking with the hyena and a couple oxen.&nbsp; I walked up and leaned against his side, inhaling his musky scent.&nbsp; For one second he looked ready for murder while the hyena gawked at me and the oxen laughed, but then the wolf joined the group.&nbsp; "Damn it, what part of 'go away' is so hard for you?"&nbsp; I demanded.&nbsp;

The bell rang before he could answer, and the group started breaking up.&nbsp; "Looks like I get the pleasure of your company until you can get rid of this moron," the wolf said sarcastically to my lion.&nbsp; The latter looked skyward and growled in sheer frustration.&nbsp;

I decided to ignore the wolf.&nbsp; "I have a free period right now, if you want to do something..." I offered, looking up at my lion.&nbsp;

"Go to hell, fag," he answered roughly, shoving me away and walking to one of the buildings.&nbsp;

I was dejected for a minute, but then I perked up.&nbsp; "Hey - what's your name?" I shouted after his retreating back.&nbsp; He flipped me off.&nbsp;

"His name is Ivan," the wolf said behind me.&nbsp;

"I didn't ask _you_," I growled.&nbsp;

- : -

Two weeks later we'd settled into a pattern of sorts.&nbsp; Ivan's friends had mostly gotten used to having me at lunch, because they couldn't very well get ri of me.&nbsp; My handlers at the correction center worried about me because I kept coming home with bruises.&nbsp; I didn't get any more broken bones, though, because Jake - that's the wolf's name - was making a point of hanging around me.&nbsp; A couple of my bruises were from him when I tried to make him buzz off.&nbsp; The gang was used to him, too, as an enemy they could occasionally laugh with, occasionally hate.&nbsp; I don't know what kept them from taking him down during the latter.&nbsp; His girlfriend Amy hated me.&nbsp; Ivan's girlfriend Jessica liked me, at least as long as Ivan didn't.&nbsp;

Todd caught me on my way out the door after composition.&nbsp; "Hey, Nick," he grinned.&nbsp; I tossed my head and grinned back.&nbsp; "You want to come out for a movie with Becky and me after school?"&nbsp;

"Sure," I answered, nodding.&nbsp;

Todd saw my seating companion leaving the classroom and touched her arm.&nbsp; "How 'bout you, Claire?&nbsp; We're going to see a movie after school; d'you want to come?"

"No, thanks," she answered, looking at me.&nbsp; I laughed and leaned back on the air playfully.&nbsp;

"You sure?&nbsp; We'd love to have you," Todd wheedled, mock-glaring at me and giving me a shove so that I staggered back a step.&nbsp;

Claire looked uncertain, then shrugged and nodded slowly.&nbsp; "Sure... okay, I guess."&nbsp; She smiled and walked away for her next class.&nbsp;

Todd shook his finger and looked at me sternly.&nbsp; "You - behave, young man!"&nbsp;

I grinned at him, forcing a return grin, and danced back through the milling crowd.&nbsp; "See you!" I called as I trotted around the bend.&nbsp; Once around it, I suddenly wanted to be on the roof.&nbsp; I hadn't been able to climb lately while my rib healed.&nbsp; It was getting better, but I wasn't quite there yet.&nbsp; The center was overjoyed.&nbsp; Whirling, I slammed my fist into a locker, ignoring the crash, and collapesed against it, resting my forehed against the cool metal.&nbsp; After a minute I pulled myself together and walked towards the mathematics classroom - and on past it.&nbsp;

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Thing are finally getting going.&nbsp; Does anyone have suggestions for how to speed things up?&nbsp; I try to cut, but I can't tell what's necessary to the story and what's just me having fun :).&nbsp; Thanks again for reading.&nbsp;

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