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The events of that terrible night keep replaying over and over again in my head. I find myself trembling at the mere memory of nearly meeting my end at the hands of a carnivore. I can still smell the breath of the Shishigumi boss as if it were yesterday. The image of his bared fangs as he inched closer to me ready to snuff out my life for his pleasure causing me to break out into a cold sweat even though it's been some time since then.

Eager to put my mind at ease I got out of bed stumbling as one of my legs caught in my sheets causing me to almost lose my footing and bump into the wall.

I begin to make some tea.

I have always found that whenever I feel stressed a cup of hot tea and some fresh air is always enough to help calm me down.

As soon as the tea is finished I pour myself a cup and walk outside to be among the plants and enjoy the sunshine. A gentle breeze blows through my fur and feels so amazing, slowly whisking away my darker thoughts.

As I stand at the railing taking in the view of the city that lay beyond Cherryton School, I begin to think of Legoshi.

That night pinned beneath the Chief Lion I thought my life was over and that no one was coming to save me. I had mocked my captor but in the end, when actually faced with my being killed I hadn't wanted to die.

The sudden appearance of Legoshi crashing through the window brought those thoughts to a halt. I was incredulous at first, thinking that my mind had conjured him out of thin air to spare me the sad truth....but he had really come to my rescue!

It was at that moment that it became apparent he really cared for me, putting his life in danger fighting through an entire hideout just to come to my rescue. The moment he realized what he had to do to put a stop to the boss's rampage he turned to me and warned me that I might not want to see what happened next, offering his uniform to me, both to cover myself and to shield my eyes from their struggle. Even though I wanted nothing more than to not have to witness what I knew would happen next and that it would have my heart lodged up in my throat I couldn't turn the lion clawed and got clawed, all while Legoshi (the smaller of the two predators) tried to find a weak point. After having his arm torn into and suffering various wounds he circled back again breathing hard and putting himself between me and my aggressor, a sense of serenity rolling off of him even though he was exhausted.

He circled round finally climbing onto the lion's shoulders and slamming as he slammed him to the ground, ripping a large chunk of flesh out of his shoulder. He turned to me, his mouth covered in blood, assuring me that everything was ok now and that I was safe even though he had just savaged the older male before my eyes. We escaped that horrible place, me steadying him.

Granted Legoshi had risked his life to save me and has since proven himself on more than one occasion. I still don't quite trust him. Part of me is ashamed. After all he did risk his life to save me. But then the other part of me is constantly reminding me that he is a wolf and that I am a rabbit and that any moment he could choose to gobble me up. Aside from that obvious point what would society think of us together?

Don't get me wrong I would love nothing more than to be by his side, but I think the battle in my mind against my instincts is going to be a hard one to fight, oneI may be fighting for quite some time.

My mind also goes back to the events that took place at the hotel.

I had told Legoshi that my body was reacting on it's own and it wanted to jump into his mouth. While that hadn't been a complete lie it was only halfway true.

Legoshi on top of me like me especially in such an intimate way caused me to have flashbacks to the chief lion, the close flash of fangs and that same hungry look that I couldn't completely read. I wanted and desired Legoshi but what I had experienced that night was still too fresh and real for me to be alright and go along with it. Each time we eased further along it felt like I was forcing myself to relive that traumatic experience all over again..

Wanting to get out of my own head for a while I finished my tea and decided to take a walk around the school grounds and enjoy the beautiful day.

I only hoped that I wouldn't run into Mizuchi and her two minions, but knowing my luck they would find me and just like all the other times torment me and make my life a living hell.

As if right on que who did I bump into not even two steps down the staircase but Mizuchi herself surprisingly on her own.

She seemed to be in an even worse mood then usual and that meant bad news for me.

She scowled at me with her eyes full of that same vile hatred that I always somehow managed to inspire .

"So I hear there's been a wolf following you around like a widdle wost puppy dog" she cooed in a babyish voice. "You sure seem to be good at attracting all the riff-raff around school Haru."

"Well at least I'm good at attracting someone worthy of my time who won't cheat on me in favor of green pastures" I retorted walking down the stairs and leaving my rival with slack jawed.

For as long as I can remember people have treated me like I'm a small fragile child that needs its hand held. But Legoshi didn't treat me that way. Unlike everyone else he treated me like a person.

I also began to feel another emotion as I walked away from Mizuchi, anger.

Normally my confrontations with her always left me a bit angry and upset but this time I felt more incensed then usual and didn't quite understand why, this was quite unlike me i usually do a good job of not letting her taunts get to me but this time was different, my heart felt like it was ablaze while my blood boiled and ran red hot in my veins.

I began to ponder what could possibly be causing me to be this angry as I walked to the library to pick up some gardening books. I began to browse the large selection of gardening and botany books the Cherryton library had to offer it hit me. The reason I had up until now been so upset was I was being possessive of Legoshi and felt this overwhelming desire to protect him.

Just as I had checked out my books and was about to leave the library when I heard a voice from behind one of the selves sound out in my direction.

"It's Legoshi right? That gray grey wolf from the drama club that you're getting to ring your bell? I'd be careful if I were you. He looks like he could gobble you up at any moment if you're not careful."

"You don't know Legoshi like I do, he's kind and caring which you personally couldn't care less about, given your list of ex's ."

Suddenly I felt her grab my arm and pull me behind the bookshelf and for the second time that day I found myself face to face with Mizuchi. It was quite apparent that our brief conversation earlier on the staircase had angered her enough that she had followed me here wanting revenge and she chuckled evilly as she pulled me up into the air by my ears and caused me to yelp in pain.

"Oh please Haru you actually think that mangy flea bag really cares about you, I think he's just waiting for you to let your guard down so he can devour you when you least expect it ." "You really do seem to be good at attracting the disgusting vagabonds, they seem perfect for a slut like you! '' she quipped angrily.

My frustration built hotter and hotter inside of me with each word, each jab at Legoshi made my blood bubble red hot and by the time she was done talking I was livid and couldn't take anymore of what she was saying.

"Ok first of all Legoshi isn't disgusting and he sure isn't a vagabond as you put it." I yelled and began to squirm and kick my feet in her direction catching my rival by surprise. She may have had me by the ears but she had forgotten my feet which wasn't surprising as Mizuchi wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed.

I kept kicking and my foot finally found its mark right in the middle of her stomach. A wince of pain formed on my opponent's face as she reeled and I felt her grip on my ears loosen.

She stumbled backward hitting the bookshelf behind her with a loud thud toppling to one knee, sobbing to catch her breath, "Damn you I will make you pay for this." she wheezed.

Walking over to her I kicked her once more in the gut for good measure and not caring about what shape I left her in grabbed her by her ears like she did to me earlier although much harder and rougher causing her to yelp in pain, now that I finally had her right where I wanted her I brought my face as close to hers as I could and whispered, "If you ever talk about Legoshi that way again I will make your life miserable, understand?"

She gasped and nodded tears running down her cheeks, I let her go and left the library having conflicting feelings about what had just happened.

I normally don't condone violence or believe fighting is the way to solve your problems, but by talking trash about Legoshi she had brought it on herself. "Oh dear, did i just really just threaten her?", part of me was alarmed at the very notion but the other part was happy that I had stood up for the one person that mattered to me most in this world, the one person who treated me like I was somebody and that was Legoshi.

While I was busy gloating and reveling in my victory I had a thought burst into my head, I had been so busy dealing with Mizuchi I had forgotten I had a report that was due the next day for class. Our teacher expected us to write a 1000 word essay on what we thought could be done to help herbivores and carnivores coexist together peacefully in society and I hadn't written a single word for the last week and a half!

Turning to an empty corner of the library I sat down at a table and pulled my homework hastily from my backpack.

I began to get work on my paper and as I began to write I started to ponder Legoshi more thoroughly. It had been a couple of days since the meteor festival and my mind flashed back to when I reached out for Legoshi's paw only to stop myself.

I didn't feel it that night but presently I was filled with an overwhelming amount of regret. What if I hadn't stopped myself and had taken his paw in mine, show in that gesture how grateful I was.

I finished writing and glanced up at the clock .it was eight and as the clock chimed its eight magical tones I realized that tomorrow was the first soccer practice of the year! I couldn't wait!

When I was younger I was less accepting of my strengths and always wished that I could have been born a hoofed animal. If that had beenmade me a competent goalie.

The one disadvantage that my small size offered was the pain from the ball making contact with my body, however my quickness to position myself where I needed to deflect the ball made the perfect candidate.

As I made my way back to my old dorm I remembered the local Festival of Flowers was only a week away as well.

Plant lovers from all over came to Cherryton every year to see the wonderful plants the Gardening Club had to offer. I both loved and dreaded the festival every year it came around- my being the only member of the Gardening Club making it difficult to get the plants looking their best in time for the event.

I had stopped by to see if my old room mate was around, only to find it empty and uninhabited. By the looks of things, she had been absent from it all day. Still it was nice to return every now and then to remember what life had been like only a few months before.

A pang hit my chest as I noticed the poster of Louis still hanging on the far wall of her bunk. I edged further into the room studying the bit of slicked back cardboard looking into that strong handsome face and feeling my heart flutter. There he looked how most people always saw him, fearless, striking, handsome, perfect. Only I saw the hurt in his eyes, the self deprivation and inner push to be everything that everyone else wanted him to be. In a lot of ways he had been like a fawn when we had first met. Isolated and more alone perhaps even than I had always been.

We had loved by accident, drawn together by pure chance.

The warmth of his body atop mine and his gentle demeanor as he took me still warmed my heart and I found myself lost, having settled myself at the edge of the bed. Silly rabbit. Getting all dreamy over him when you should be getting back to bed for the night!

Abruptly I stood and turned on my heel making my way from the room, conclusive rays of sunlight slanting through the now nearly deserted hallways.

Most of my life it had always been this way, me passing through each doorway like a shadow, an invisible person who only was noticed when I was about to be stepped on, hunted or pitied. I loathed it and aside from two male animals it was every teacher, every grown up, every other person in my life, leaving me deserted on an island where no one was willing to swim to save me.

No one but, a wolf....

I shook my head trying to not dwell on that kind of thought process too much and slowly pushed open the door to the gardening area I had spent so many hours tending to. It was like coming home after venturing into the world each time I came back.

Following the path up to the shed, I slipped from my shoes and entered, flicking my ears slightly at the change of temperature. A shower would have to wait until morning but that wasn't a worry.

My bed stood nestled directly to my left and I made right for it, too exhausted to do much else. It was all I could do to undress, pulling my uniform up and over my head with practiced ease and sliding out of all but my bra.

The covers were silk around me, the pillow an old friend that wouldn't judge me. My eyes fluttered closed, the smell of my favorite flowers that I only kept here, sumire (violets), sakurasou or 'long lasting love' and ume or Japanese apricot subtly permeating the small space that I loved, where I was safe confident in my surroundings.

Here I was at peace and could be myself. Here was where part of my heart was.

***

Doting warmth caressing me, scintillating ragged breath against the arch of my neck. He was taking me in a warm haze of fervor, the waves of our bodies synchronizing almost without any effort save for the steady movement of him into me. He penetrated and I cried out, his muscled russet brown hips pushing his length up and into my quivering folds.

My arms wrap around him and my own breath as desperate and uncontrolled and unsteady as his at his entrance into my own garden....He moves and I follow as we dance together, a cavorting tangle of limbs careening into each other repeatedly.

"Louis....oh Louis!"

My fingers dig into rich downy fur, grasping at his shoulders as he whispers things into one of my ears, urging me to let myself be his even more so than I already am. I give in and close my eyes, my breasts bouncing in time with his firm but gentle movements.

He is huge and it's all I can do to take him.

"Haru......

His voice plaintively sounds oddly deeper than it usually is. Less smooth and causing a shiver to run through me paralyzing me to my core with more lust and need than I can remember ever having. I grasp his shoulders more frantically as my body spirals and I moan out, squirting around him and further wetting him where he's buried inside of me.

His scent is different somehow and he seems to have grown in more ways than one but it isn't disagreeable at all... In fact it drives me crazy and I bite my lower lip, my face scrunched as he continues making love to me.....

I open my eyes and it isn't Louis that I'm holding and allowing to mate me. His slender jaw is replaced with a more dangerously keen one. Gone are his tall antlers and his ears that even though smaller act much like mine. His are pricked forward at an angle, alternating and drawing flat as his pleasure builds. I am hit as much by seeing him as his voice, heartrending as he begs me, whines like the canine he is.

Louis has changed and gone, replaced by Legoshi and as I meet those two golden brown eyes I don't care. Somehow I accept it, allow myself to revel in it and beat back the slight momentary pang of fear that rises in my chest like bile.

All I do is gaze up into his eyes and I know without a shadow of a doubt that I'm hopelessly, dismally and utterly in love with him. The feelings pulsing through me are stronger than anything I have ever felt before for anyone else. I can feel his heartbeat through his shaft, thumping nervously as he sniffs and he drags his tongue along one of my hard nipples. I shudder with pleasure, as his tongue circles first one of them and then the other before tracking up my neck and into an adept kiss that leaves me breathless and needing him as I match my lips to his. I groan as he pulls nearly all of the way from me before pushing himself back snugly into my cunny.

"Leg....Legoshi!! Oh Legoshi I......I! I love you!!!"

"H...Haru...Haru I love you too" he states, warming me with his next exhalation. He begins to pound me and I writh beneath my wolf, my true love and.......

....I wake up my body humping into my hand greedily, my fur there slick with the drizzle of my heated passage. I become aware of myself and the fact that I'm calling Legoshi's name. For the first time I don't care. It sets me free in ways that I didn't think were possible.

My feelings I no longer doubt. But oh how to overcome them? How do I go about overcoming not just society but my own instincts that are as natural to me as drinking or the need to take air into my lungs? I remember his eyes and his pleading voice, his declaration of love that went unanswered that night upon the hillside and a tear trailed down my face. I should have taken his hand, I should have answered him then....the only thing keeping me sane the fact that perhaps I still could and it wasn't too late. I just had to find the right time and hope that I hadn't been too cold.....

I just hadn't known what to do.

I continued to pleasure myself, thoughts centered on him and it wasn't long before just like in my dream I tumbled over again and again until my body couldn't take anymore and I lay soaked, passing out from my exertions....

***

That ensuing morning I knew that I wanted to give things another chance between Legoshi and I. Right before the Festival of Flowers, Cherryton high observed this coming Friday, Autumnal Equinox Day and wouldn't be holding classes. Everyone would be free to spend it with their friends or go into town and celebrate with their families. Legoshi would remain as would I and many others, classes ending earlier than usual Thursday allowing me to make my proposition to him then.

Ever since the meteor festival we had been meeting up from time to time as friends, he would choose when and I would supply where, with us out of habit meeting in one of the older parts of the campus, an older stairwell that rarely saw any traffic during the course of a day. We would meet Thursday and I would present the chance to try again.

My paws shook as I gathered my books, sorting out which ones I would need for the day, Oshi's lecture was going to be a challenge to get through first period. But it would be a welcome transition to become more fully awake. Biology was enough in the category of things that I found interesting where it wouldn't be all that bad. My assignment was ready to pass in, bundled within the pages of the large hulking Biology Book Vol 3, tucked under my arm.

Timidly my other hand held my cell phone, my finger posed over 'his' profile. I clicked it and the message format popped into view. I sighed and before I could think about it I texted him.

'Hey Legoshi, been a while. We need to talk again. I know I've been distant but there have been a lot of things that I've had to figure out. Let's meet like we do though if you will allow I want to pick both the time and place. Meet me in our usual place this coming Thursday and please dress warmly. Hope you have an awesome day and that classes are going well for you....'

I selected the send button and watched as it loaded and then confirmed that it had gone through and he had received my text. I knew why I wanted to do this, but I couldn't stop my anxiety. What would he reply? Would he meet up with me? Would he agree?

It wasn't until I had settled that I felt a vibration from my phone. I took it out, trying to remain calm but flustered as I glanced down at the screen.

It was like unwrapping a gift as I scrolled to his answer. It read;

'Haru, it has been a while. How have you been? Hope that everything's okay and that you haven't been too stressed with the coming weekend. As long as meeting up won't distract you or put more on your plate I would love to meet up! Can't wait to see you again! Catch you Saturday! ;)

I hugged the phone to me and let out a sigh that I hadn't been aware that I had been holding. My mind almost protested at having to focus on class as it began, the teacher strutting at the head of the room and beginning the all too familiar drawl that we had all become so used to. This week would be the start of many things for me and I hoped that they would be good things and perhaps life changing things.

Legoshi

That was the moment that I discovered the small rabbit and my instincts, all that time ago when I was asked to be the lookout for Louis Senpai. It was a cold night and all that we could hear..was the sound of the fountain. Ever since that night everything about me changed.

I attacked her with every intention of devouring her, springing into the night air, not able to see her but drawn to her by instinct as we tumbled to the ground with me holding her close all while I internally went to war with myself....a struggle between letting her go and opening up my jaws to taste her and sate myself with her delicate and savory flavor...if Zoe hadn't called out for help at that moment I honestly think things would've been very very different and I never would've gotten the chance to know her....

Thinking about that possibility after all that happened after honestly hurts more than I ever imagined it could because....after that we....or more accurately I found myself developing feelings for her, gradually falling in love with her.....

Crazy as it is to think about, a male wolf like me and a small little rabbit couldn't be a more contrasted pair of friends let alone lovers...yet the more time we spend whether it's me texting her, or bumping into her on my way to classes, or when it's planned I feel helplessly drawn to being with her, by her side and in her life.

Nothing scared me or made me more angry than the thought that anyone could take her from me, my life meaning nothing in comparison when I had found out that she had been kidnapped. At first I had turned to the one person I knew without a doubt I could trust, the one other person who might feel for Haru the same way.

I turned to Louis for help only to have him refuse to! I knew that for him perhaps it was different, the idea of bringing Haru back out of the jaws of the lion's den and him being a deer and prey as far as they were concerned probably scared him. Even so I knew that she had had feelings for him, had loved him or been close and it burned me with rage that he could dismiss it so off hand!

We fought resulting in my declaration that she was mine and causing uncertainty and pain along his face much to my satisfaction. Yet a sinking feeling in the pit of my gut was soon to take Louis' place as my companion while I spent all of my energy to track her and any hint of her captors all that day and into the night.

Thankfully Gouhin (a mentor and friend of mine outside of school) helped me storm into Shishigumi territory and save her, though in the end it took nearly everything I had, every last bit of resolve. However, once I caught a whiff of her scent on the guard nothing else mattered, my body taking a beating like never before, my fists and claws saved for the one person arrogant enough to think he had any right to eat Haru.

We had spent the night in a hotel for interspecies couples both because it was our cheapest option and because I wouldn't get checked for ID there. That experience had been nearly as hard for me as fighting other carnivores to find her and yet both of us had come out of the ordeal unscathed.....mostly...

The night of the meteor festival finally came and up until then we had only chanced upon each other once planning on sharing our true feelings. My nose usually honed and adept at finding whoever I wanted to find wasn't working as well after my injuries and it took me longer to find her in the crowd watching the dance up on stage. She found me as much as I did her asking about my nose.

I shook off her question taking her small paws in mine, Haru shudderingly insisting she wanted to speak first.

At that moment, Juno (a she wolf who has had it in her mind that me and her should be together) interrupted us, mentioning me and having me dragged up on the stage with her mid cheers from my classmates. She took my paw and mentioned how I had risked my life for someone else and that the future was bright for life between herbivores and carnivores mid approving applause.

She tried her best to get me to light a candle with her and put us together in the eyes of everyone as more than we were....I had seen Haru's happiness and nervous anticipation melt into first a look of dismay and then sadness which made me not care. I know Juno meant the best and I wish her nothing but happiness but I left, following up the winding stairs calling her name.

It was more important than ever that I not wait any longer.

She stopped as I came within distance both of us halting a flight apart. I could tell just by her stance that she was angry and frustrated and inwardly I cursed myself for allowing us to be pulled apart before even if it had taken me by surprise.

"Haru! Haru! Haru!? Haru, it's dangerous to walk alone in the dark like that" I said, noticing her stiffening even while I admonished her.

"What are you doing here!? Shouldn't you be with that other girl?" she shot back, finally turning to face me, her voice stabbing ice.

"Huh?"

"Didn't you hear everyone cheering for you? You two seem to make the perfect couple!"

Even given how earlier had played out I still hadn't expected so much animosity and exasperation from her. It all but took the wind out of my sails. Never being quick on the draw I fumbled lamely for something to answer her with.

"Uh..?"

She scoffed at me.

"This is so stupid! Just leave me alone!"

At that last note her voice dropped from anger to pain and I hated myself all over again. Gathering my thoughts as I watched her resuming her climb I finally found my voice. "She's just a member of the drama club. We are both gray wolves but, we hardly have anything in common with each other..."

It hadn't worked at all or stopped her, ultimately leaving me grasping for something that I felt was slipping away. I desperately wanted to reach it even if it meant that I had to finally bare all of my feelings to her like I should've done all of the times I had tried to before. There had always been something that had come up, something that had been in the way of my finally telling her about my feelings. Like it or not I knew that somehow this was it....this would be my last chance or.....there was no hope for me and her, no hope for us.....

Clearing my throat I started again.

"I'm uh....I'm a...rather dark natured guy. So it doesn't matter if I'm in the dark or the light. I'll always continue to worry" I growled starting once again to follow her. "And if I'm always going to worry.... I'd rather it be about...things that have to do with you Haru. Don't you see? It's more important to me that I focus on that."

I felt I was floundering, not getting across to her what I meant to. She stopped again, the distance between us roughly a flight of steps, seeming to perfectly illustrate how close both of us were and yet still how far.

"Yeah but... ever since you got involved with me you were almost killed and I've been in so much girl drama... And that other night at the hotel... didn't I traumatize you there as well?"

My eyes drifted downward as my mind scrambled to keep up. I promised myself that I wouldn't be taken off balance by her venom or accusations again.

"Well.." I admitted "yeah. But I think everyone goes through similar experiences" I offered flustered and yet somehow able to look back on it fondly. Without consciously making the decision a small smile spread over my muzzle.

"It was a terrible experience! My body just gave itself to you to be eaten! "

I couldn't help it. I chuckled at the memory, a warmth spreading through me. I knew this could work and I knew in that moment that I wanted to fight it, fight for her. "Yeah that's true."

She didn't share my amusement at all cutting through me before I got the chance to add more.

"We need to face the facts. You're a wolf. I'm a rabbit! That's not going to change" she spat.

Silence as she waited for me to answer her, the finality of her words sinking in as if she considered the matter closed, irreputable and something that couldn't be corrected or overcome no matter what. My ears drooped momentarily before I decided to try a different tact. Brutal honesty...

"Actually.......when you were kidnapped by Shishigumi, I felt like they had stolen my prey I......honestly that got me confused..and...and scared.I had doubts about what motivated me to save you. But...it's pretty clear to me now."

What I had wanted to say was so close...I could feel the strength of my resolve firm within me, consuming every ounce of my being until it became a beast that was untamable, burning with the need to be set free.

"I would never eat you Haru, because...

"Stop it! How could you be so sure of that!!?"

She ran. She was running from me and it was all I could do to not howl out in frustration. Had I taken this too far? What if.....but no! This was right, this was one of the only things that made any sense to me. The thought of not being able to fix this....to let her know made it hard to breath, hard to imagine my life without being able to have her with me.

"Wait! I'm about to tell you!"

Both of us ran then, her further up the flights of steps to get away from me, me running after her, neither one of us giving ground and desperate.

"Face it! There's no guarantee that a wolf won't eat a rabbit in this world! We're not supposed to be together!"

She was nearly sobbing now whether it was from the strength of her feelings in the moment or from the exertion of trying to get away from me. It nearly broke me but I persisted.

"There may be no guarantee but....I have a reason!" I all but yelled. "A simple one!"

"Wh...what's that?" she quarred.

We had reached the summit overlooking the city and the end of the stairs. She finally stopped clasping the railing shakily as if to anchor herself and turned to face me. She had nowhere else to go and I felt guilt wash over me. Was it fair to spring this, was I forcing it? Did I even deserve this chance to let her know?

A light wind ruffled her dress as well as her ears, both white and pristine, so pure they seemed to me there. Her fur bathed and framed in the blue haze of evening, her eyes, amber suffused with darkest midnight black staring at me with apprehension and knowing. I had to take that chance that she would reject me. Maybe I deserved it because of how I had rejected Juno and because I had let my instincts get the better of me in the beginning. I knew standing there that it wasn't just that she was a rabbit, nor that I had seen her as a potential meal from time to time in the past. She was the most beautiful creature that I had ever laid eyes on, the last bit of snow left behind from winter's chill laden upon the sunrise of my world. Her voice like a bell, chiming out a long forgotten and yet strangely familiar song that would make anyone cry because of how much it reminded them of the best days that had been lived already and never would be again. She was so much above me, such a good, kind and amazing person that I felt my offering fell far too short, a prayer that would never mean anything for us.... but gathering my courage I knew that even if she never spoke to me again I would treasure her always, burdened in knowing there would be no consolation for me if I tried and failed now.....

"Because, I love you" I stated, my voice sounding more steady than I felt.

Her gaze became misty and yet she didn't cry, just stood there still as a remote alluring statue, watching with an expression that I couldn't read, bewitching me and causing my heart to beat faster in fear of having gone too far, or not having gone far enough.

"Haru I...

I paced closer to her and she turned to look out over the city at my approach.

"I..I'll get stronger. I won't let this society....or my instincts get in my way. I want to make you happy" I vowed. "So I'll get stronger..."

She reached up as I was speaking nearly taking my paw in hers, nearly....but then she stopped herself. The warmth of her fur brushing against mine and causing a slight spark to pass between us for one moment that didn't last long enough. A lump formed in my throat and I didn't trust myself to say more even though I felt I could've. Would she return my feelings? She....she was going to reject me, I knew it....and that scared me more then all of the times I had been close to dying that year, caused more fear than any threat to me ever could. I hung back waiting as alarmed as she probably felt each time she looked at me and wondered if each moment would be her last.

"I'll be waiting" she vowed in return.

I lingered there with her, hoping that she would say more, perhaps confess to me that she felt the same way....or give me some kind of sign that there was still hope. But she stood there beside me silent, elegant, resilient to anything more that I could share. Nothing existed or mattered at all but me, her and the sprawl of the city beyond.

We didn't say anything more and eventually we parted ways.

I didn't know how to feel.

When I got to my dorm none of the other guys had come back yet, still out celebrating and enjoying themselves. Part of me envied them that as I started to check for Beetledee out of habit checking myself after a few moments and realising that he had died and was no longer there.

I sat at the edge of my bed, drained in more ways than the day would warrant and yet knowing that sleep when it came wouldn't be restful. Even so, I lay back grateful for the curtain that I pulled shut, enclosing myself in for the night...

*****

"Leg...Leg..Legoshi!

"Haru...."

"Leggy......Leg...Legoshi?"

"Haru? Haru where......are you?"

"Leggy Leggy Leggy sheeeeeeeee!"

"Har.....huuuuh......"

"Whoa dude....I think he's having a really intense dream! Look at......'that'....oh wow....I had no idea that well.....damn..."

Two voices somewhere near me floated in my head and I struggled to swim up towards them. I hadn't been dreaming really just drifting unless the dream was something that I had already lapsed away and forgotten. There was a rush of sensations as my senses became more alert and aware of my surroundings and I began to wake up. The first thing that I noticed were a pair of faces hovering near me which I assumed belonged to the voices that I had picked up on earlier. The one on the right and closest to me golden with floppy ears and big brown eyes clearly nervous and guilty.......the other was bigger and all white, the eyes all but concealed behind a curtain of fluffy fur.

The second was sniffing the air, head turned slightly and focused on something else....while the first was doing everything possible to keep his eyes focused on my face.

"Jack? Collot?" I mumbled groggily. "What's up? Whut.......

"Certainly not you Mr Scary Face" the sheepdog quipped for all I could tell raising an eyebrow. "Part of you is up though.....without a doubt!"

"Whuh... what do you......

"Oh it happens! We...we didn't mean to catch you like this but...." Jack cut in before I could finish asking trailing off and not sure what to say. However he wasn't fast enough to stop Collot from looking at me knowingly and inclining his head further down along...me. Following his gaze I realized with gathering dread that I had indeed dreamt and that my dream had gotten me excited.

In the process of coming back and preparing for bed I had been so out of it that somewhere between changing into my bed attire and falling asleep I hadn't put on anything! I lay there completely exposed the cream colored fur that ran along my belly and down to my midriff completely out in the open and a fair explanation to why I had felt the cool of the fan blowing a chill through the room as well as I had.

There, proud and in an obvious state of arousal, somehow undeterred with the fact that I wasn't alone my cock throbbed audaciously, cardinal red with touches of roseate pink pulsing and veiny flesh variegated with blood vessels and veins. As if vindictive of my plight a heavy dribble of clear secretion wept from the tapered head, down its own winding sticky trail to pool along the slight notch of my belly button and mat my pelt in two seperate places. Mortified and unable to explain this particular problem away I lay there frozen for the next moments breaking out into a sweat. How long had the two of them been there? When had they drawn back the curtain to find me like this!!? Why were they both gawking at me?

"I....um....I well.." I fumbled unsure how to pull attention away from my wolfhood. My ears drooped forward in shame and bashfully I met their faces, forcing myself to look into their eyes.

Collot was jubilant and Jack unsure where to look.

"Legoshi...you were saying her name again"the lab said hesitantly. "And....you sounded like you were in trouble. We didn't mean to catch you like this!:"

He blushed.

I cursed myself and how careless I had been. 'First you come back and you manage to fall asleep without any clothes on like some improper tramp, then you manage to unsettled your best friend by letting him and Collot find you fawning on about your....about her! How resourceful! Dammit! What a stupid move....'

Unfortunately there wasn't really a way that I could downplay what had just happened. They had seen what the result had been.

"I had absolutely no idea you were packing like that dude" Collot snickered good-naturedly. "Must've been some dream and some girl to get you that riled up, though if you two ever meet and get down to business I think you'll rock her world!"

"Yeah....uh....thanks man" I said sighing in resignation. "I'm sorry."

"For what?" Jack woofed taking a place and sitting down beside me.

"That...well...that you guys had to see that, are seeing me like....like this. I mean you shouldn't have, I shouldn't have....damnit!"

"Hey! It's okay Legosh. It's a normal thing that everyone has happen at some time or another. I'll admit that I don't think me or Collot here expected to find you like this admittedly! But don't think less of you for it" Jack assured placing a friendly paw on my shoulder. "To be honest.....I have maybe allowed myself some self time every now and then..."

My ears flicked up at that and I turned to see his still flushed face smiling back at me and I found myself wondering what had changed?

This was the same dog who had nearly had a come apart when he'd found the magazine that Gouhin had given me featuring rabbits in 'adult' situations. He tried to put on a brave front but I could tell just by his scent that he had been put off by it. Yet now here he was with me nude as a newborn pup with him not only trying to comfort me but confessing devious thoughts and actions behind closed doors. The sheepdog was still grinning even though I could tell by the droop of his ears that he was tired.

"Trust me Legoshi" he woofed casually, "it's something all guys do. If I were you I think I'd find myself a different girl to fantasize over though. You being a wolf and her a rabbit.....people might get the wrong idea..."

He turned , flicking off the light and crossed the room to his bunk, quickly changing, sliding into a standard white t and sleeping trunks before shuffling in and closing the green curtain behind him, his white whisk of a tail the last part of him to disappear.

A few moments later his soft breathing, and then a minute or two passed and he was snoring fitfully as if the whole escapade had been as simple and commonplace as a midterm examine. I envied that in a way, feeling the light breath of wind from the fan as it blew across the room, dragging me back to the fact that I was still nude and that my best friend was still there with me.

Clearing my throat I was about to utter an apology again when he shook his head, clearing his throat and then inching closer.

"She really has gotten you worked up....hasn't she"he whispered, his voice still concerned. "I mean, we both have done some silly things in the past. But I've never seen you like this pal."

"Yeah...."

I unconsciously scratched the back of my scruff with a paw trying to find the words.

"I just can't stop thinking about her. Before when we talked and I told you that it was just a strange kink of mine...that wasn't entirely true. You see, I have tried looking at other girls, tried what Gouhin told me I should. Attempting to get my mind off of her and being with her is like trying to shred a part of myself, it does nothing for me......"

I waited, half expecting him to interject but he remained silent, attentive....Taking that as a good sign I went on.

"When I think of her....well it does things to me. Maybe it's possessive of me. I know very well that she still might choose to have nothing to do with me. Some of what I've done has been in the hope that maybe if I was willing to go far enough....maybe I would earn the right to call her mine, to mark her as my territory, my love, my rabbit....somehow have her all to myself and know that she would or maybe could come to love me, no matter what everyone else might think about us..I know that it doesn't make any sense Jack, I know that I'm probably wrong about this, about me and Haru, but how can something so wrong feel so...right. How is it so painful to think of a future where she's not there or with some other guy?"

Silence.

Dead silence.

Then his head on my shoulder and the feeling of one of his floppy ears bending in along my neck.

"I don't entirely know how you fell," he stated wistfully. "But I'm sure of it now if I wasn't before. My best friends in love and even if you both have to face a lot of bad things and you both struggle to come to terms together, I'm here for you whenever you need me big guy. That and I'm happy for you both and know that she's lucky to have you."

Unintentionally I could feel my tail start to wag back and forth behind me, sweeping along the sheets of my bedding.

"Thank you Jack" I growled, moved and altogether happy that I hadn't scared him off. "That means a lot to me. And again I regret having scarred you tonight. Hopefully we can just put this whole thing behind us and move on. Probably a big day for both of us tomorrow with your tests and the art department on clean up duty for the festival on top of classes."

"Yeah it is" he chuckled, stretching and using a paw to scratch his lower back, his pink tongue darting out at a silly angle. "It will be a pretty busy day. All in the life of a student though my'right?"

"Yep you are" I replied blandly trying my best to mirror his enthusiasm and failing like I always did. How the hell was he able to always be so happy and bubbly all of the time!?

"Also" he added, "I know we should really get to bed an'all but I was thinking. It would kinda be a shame that you got that close to well....going over without actually going over. Almost feels like me and Collot interrupted you or something."

"What....ah! No! No..no no no y....you didn't! I...

"Yes I know you didn't mean to" he cut in apparently tired of my apologizing.

"Promise not to think that I'm weird...or well, that I'm a perv?"

"Yeah sure. I know you aren't. What's up?"I asked, eying him. He was up to something and my sleep addled mind was still trying to catch up with being awake.

"Would you mind letting me finish you...Legoshi?"

My mind, my heart and my gut did a flip and I was left feeling like I had just been punched in the gut. I tried to speak and it came out an uncontrolled puff of breath, a sharp gasp that almost left me choked.

"I...

"Just this once. It'll just be something between you and your best pal. I won't tell anyone and it might allow you to sleep better than you will all worked up like this" he woofed softly, having some trouble keeping his voice down.

The mutt was actually.....excited....about....

But he sounded sincere. There was nobody closer to me than he was and thinking about it I did trust him. I knew that there weren't any feelings between us, nor would things become awkward between us. He knew how I felt and he respected me. I knew that he genuinely wanted to help me and....I was rather pent up and dissatisfied.

"On one condition Jack" I said softly, my voice shaky. "Well two come to think of it."

"Sure anything pal" he said, his tail wagging.

He wasn't just excited....he was.....really excited.....

"One, we don't do it out here where just anyone can see us."

"Agreed, I actually was thinking something along those same lines."

"Okay....and two. If you....get me off" (I stumbled over those words and redoubled my efforts to think clearly) "If you get me off then you have to allow me to do the same for you."

"I think that's completely......huh?"

He froze.

"You heard me Jack. I don't think it's fair for you even though you are being a good friend and you mean well. I appreciate it. But if you are going to help me I might as well help you out as well...."

He gulped, for the first time looking uncertain, eyes darting back and forth before he closed his eyes and intook a long inhale before letting it all out audibly.

"Okay....I trust you Legoshi...just never done this before and well....

"And you think that I have?" I stated raising an eyebrow. "Only question now is, your bunk or mine?"

It sounded so mischievous coming from him but I had to make a choice and soon.

"Let's go to my bunk. There's a bedside table just outside of it with some tissues that we can use to clean up afterwards" he said taking my paw in his and leading me over to his bed. I could just make out his face set into a determined expression and I wondered not for the first or the last time what I had allowed myself to get into.

I pulled back the curtain, a heavy and yet not unpleasant whiff of his scent wafted up to fill my nose. His bed was like everything else of his, spotless for the most part and well kept, though to the close observation of my febrile eyes, I could just pick out golden bits of his fur along the pillow.

"Second question" I said, my nerves flaring up.

"Do you want to go first or do you want me to do you first?"

"You can do me first like a good guest and then I'll finish you up for the big finale" he woofed to one side of me.

I heard the sliding of clothing as he slid out of his pants, then his shirt, fumbling the second over his head and stepping out of his trainers. Soon he was standing there without anything, then bending over and giving me a view of his lean butt, tail still wagging as he carefully climbed in before motioning me to follow him. I sighed, took one last look around and entered, sliding the curtain shut behind me....

It was very warm inside and it took a moment for my eyes to adjust.

He had taken his place at the head of the bed, leaning his back up against the pillow, his legs casually spread and giving me a view. I hunched closer noticing his face that teasing well meaning taunt that he sometimes got when competing with me.

My eyes met him and I gave him a smile before my eyes trailed down his chest, his belly and then to his navel, settling just below his belly and the movement there.

As my eyes became accustomed I could make out his shaft flopped lazily along one of his thighs, his balls full and dangling lazily, almost as casual as he was.

"Don't let me stop you big guy" he whispered. Then he added more seriously. "If at anytime this is too much, we can stop and I will understand. Okay?"

"Oh...okay J...Jack."

Breath! You're alright........breath!

I crawled over to him, his smell becoming stronger as I carefully eased out a paw and moved one of my knuckles along the soft fur of his inner thigh, and the even more velvety fur of his scrotum. I then cupped my paw and grasped his balls gently, testing the weight of them and earning a soft breath from him. My paw then snaked up and I felt his cock, throb against my palm as I clasped it and gave it a stroke, then another and another, not going very long before the bridge of my paw along my pointer finger was wet. He had laid back completely now, his chest rising contentedly and his legs spread.

I wasn't sure if he was alright with what I had in mind but my arousal spurred me on to try something else new.

After a few minutes he was panting lightly, a dog of endurance but I could tell that he was enjoying it.

One of his legs rested along one of my shoulders, the calf along my fur, giving me a perfect angle for my next move.

I would've been completely fine just to give him a helping paw at that point. I mean it was a first for both me and him and it was enjoyable to watch him and feel him get more worked up as I coaxed him on. However I wanted to take him by surprise like he had walked in on me with Collot. I wanted to show him that not all of me was apologetic and that some of me very much was in control.

Oblivious he never noticed my head inching closer to my goal, nor how close I was until my muzzle was right next to his trapped cock, my paw never missing a beat in stroking him off.

It was only when he felt my hot breath tickling his balls and along his veiny shaft that he leaned up, trying to focus on me and see what I was doing.

I gave him a wolfish grin and then looked down, admiring his pink dick, rock hard and dancing at my efforts so far. Free until I closed the distance, opened my jaws and slid him into my muzzle, curling my tongue up to meet his tapered tip and catch the next droplets of precum before closing down on all of him.

When my lips sealed he arched back against the pillow again and moaned audibly still trying for the life of him to retain control and failing. "Ohhhhhh? Oh........Lego...ooooohhh shiii!"

I raised up and then went down on him, my nose bumping against the underside of his soft belly as I slurped along his shaft, his taste fleshy, salty, very earthen, clean and yet somehow making me feel dirty. This was my friend who had always been there for me and I drove home my thanks with each bob of my head, making my point and drawing more moans and shaky breaths from him as the minutes passed.

I could feel his shaft thickening and realised with some amusement that he was getting closer, his knot firming steadily under my ministrations.

I nursed his cock more, using the paw I was propped on at the elbow to fondle his balls, while my other paw served to both hold his dick in place for my suckling muzzle while also squeezing behind his knot to simulate a tie with a very needy bitch.

He didn't last too long after that.

Jack said my name a few more times and then whispered a howl, trying to hold back but whistling through his nose as he lost it.

The first salvo hit the back of my throat faster and harder than I had thought possible and I fought my gag reflex as I sampled the first of his bitter and yet enjoyably tangy offering. There was too much in the end and I gasped, pulling off of him and instead resorting to licking his shaft and coaxing as much of his load as possible from him.

He came hard and kept cumming and then shuddered, his body collapsing back against the sheets, chest heaving fitfully.

I smiled to myself and licked my chops turning and then reaching for the...curtain, only his paw grasped my arm before I could draw it back and make my way from the bunk.

"And....j...j...just where do you think you're going?"he panted.

Before I could say anything he was sitting up and was pushing me back along the sheets where he had lain only moments before. At first I struggled but then let it happen, trying to relax.

It was like before....only now I was exposed to him in a whole different way and I knew that he wasn't just looking at me innocently.

I gazed up at the blank ceiling, much the same as the one in my bunk wondering if this was entirely fair when I all of sudden felt it.

However it wasn't his paw.

I could feel his muzzle along my tapered tip and I chanced a glance down to meet his eyes, playful and twinkling back at me. He was going all the way right off the bat.

I sighed and lay back spreading my legs giving into the wonderful feelings rolling through me and the soft sucking sounds accompanying each spike of pleasure. He was taking his time and enjoying himself, nibbling gingerly along my head, licking down one side and I gripped the sheets in both paws when he sucked on first one of my balls and then the other.

"Legoshi...I'm going to try something. If it bothers you tell me once I get going"he whispered. "If you don't like it I'll stop right away but I want to see if it works....."

Honestly I had no idea what he was talking about and soon I couldn't think of anything else except his tongue swirling over my cock and his paw along my base. Then it happened.

About halfway one of his fingers drifted down my balls to the fur just around my tail, then along my taint. My eyes flew open and I could feel myself tense up, but his mouth along me eased and relaxed me and again I mentally reminded myself that this was my friend. I was scared and nothing head ever been down there before.....but ....I......I trusted him.

I snarled once when his finger slowly slid in, slick with his saliva.

It was largely unpleasant and I couldn't imagine why he was doing this! I wasn't gay...nor was this going to work....The sucking felt great but it was offset by his delving into a place where I had never been explored before and probably shouldn't be. My ass clenched around the intrusion and I snarled again half a mind to snap at him friend or no if he continued this when a jolt went through me, instantly causing me to go ridgid, mouth open, tongue lulling from one side of my mouth, face slackening and my cock all but firing precum into Jacks muzzle.

He pulled off coughing a bit and my legs shuddered as I looked at him in bewilderment.

"What....what was that!!? I....I'm sorry"I growled seeing his face scrunched up as he continued to hack softly. Another move of his paw caused his finger to rub along that one place again causing me to arch back and moan out...headless of getting caught.

"Legoshi! Try to be quiet!"

"Okay...I just....don't stop hitting that place" I whined. "Whatever it is....please..."

"Don't worry,..."he said softly. "I won't stop...just wasn't expecting you to be affected that much. As long as you keep it down I'll continue."

I tried my best for him to remain hushed but it was difficult.

He added another finger and rhythmically put pressure along that spot, taking to licking along one side of my shaft instead of sucking it.

The stimulation was more than enough to make me writhe, whispering his name in a shaky pleading voice, my body reacting even more willingly that his head as he hit that place over and over again. It was almost like he had opened up the very core of my sexual pleasure and was completely abusing it. Each time his fingers skated there I about lost it and each time he applied pressure my cock reacted and leaked more precum, a complete slave to him working me over.

I had orgasmed before and knew what it felt like. What he was working me towards was somehow more intense than that even though he was taking much longer to get there. My eyes were watery and my vision blurred as I swallowed my legs almost closing reflectively with how unbearably good it felt.

"Jack....oh J...Juhhhh.......Jack ........I oh damn! Juuuuuuuhhhh uuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

My words failed me as he pumped his fingers in and out quickening his tempo and the staccato rhythm he placed on my sweet spot. Shutting my eyes tight I all but thrashed as my body gave vent to an incredible release, a torrent of my spooge erupting with audible thwopps. Still half dazed and still cumming hard, I opened my pleasure bleary eyes and noticed with some chargin that a sizable puddle was dripping from the roof of his bunk while most of the rest of it covered Jack. He wasn't phased in the slightest however, in the middle of it, licking along the side of my twitching meat, eyes closed as if he were savoring a gourmet dish and in absolutely no hurry.

I arched my back as his fingers pumped up against that place over and over, surprising me by not only intensifying the feeling more so than a normal jack off but lengthening my cumming far longer than I was used to.

It got to the point where I had started to whimper by the time he finally slipped his fingers from my quivering hole and gave me a soft giggle and a pat along my side, laying himself down beside me.

"Well my friend that was fun" he stated happily. "I didn't think that you would make such a mess though!"

"I...I didn't either" I admitted turning to give him a faint smile. "What did you do.....do?"

"Well I wasn't sure if you'd like it or not....some guys don't from what I've read but I'm glad that you did. I was playing with your prostate."

"Oh..."

"I'll tell you more about it sometime...though right now we probably should get cleaned up and get some sleep" he woofed.

"Y...yeah...yeah. For sure" I agreed, sitting up and starting with where I had splattered the ceiling. I was used to my own taste and it didn't take me long to lick up most of it. Jack insisted on using kleenex though he admitted in defeat that it probably would need to be showered off.

Soon I had retired to my own bunk and he had settled down for the night. I couldn't believe what had happened but then I hadn't regretted it either. I had spent some time with my best friend, in an unexpected way true. But as I drifted off to sleep I knew that it had been something that I had needed for a long time and that tomorrow would be better for it, both for him and on my part......

***

The following day started with a speedy shower that left my fur waterlogged and dripping, soaked through all of the way and heavy. To defy being stuck smelling like wet dog I used the scent padded wipes that were a lifesaver most times when it came to staying hygienic and appealing. Soon however I had toweled down and packed up and dashed out into the sea of students.

Huishiro for math was first period and his droning about relativity and odds. Mr.Yukuto's class was a little better with history and by the third period, being able to break into my usual salad sandwich that I had saved from Friday. A perplexing thing lately had been that they had been best every Wednesday but had all of a sudden tasted better Fridays. It was one of those things that maybe was in my head like Jack thought, but I could swear that they tasted more nutritious and more savory than at any other given point in the week.

It was Monday and I needed the extra pep to make it through and to settle my nerves.

Just before my first class my cell phone dinged in declaration of a new text. Maybe it was Jack asking me where I planned to sit the following period, or at least that was what I assumed when I looked at the notification.

Sliding my paw digit over and bringing Haru's icon up next to the beginning of the next message. My breath caught in my throat and carefully I flipped open the text and scanned over it blinking in surprise.

'Hey Legoshi, been a while. We need to talk again. I know I've been distant but there have been a lot of things that I've had to figure out. Let's meet like we do though if you will allow I want to pick both the time and place. Meet me in our usual place this coming Thursday and please dress warmly. Hope you have an awesome day and that classes are going well for you....'

Eagerly I started out a few times, typing a reply and trying to think of what to say. Everything I came up with sounded dumb, stupid or pathetically desperate. Huffing in frustration I settled on;

'Haru, it has been a while. How have you been? Hope that everything's okay and that you haven't been too stressed with the coming weekend. As long as meeting up won't distract you or put more on your plate I would love to meet up! Can't wait to see you again! Catch you Saturday! ;)

I huffed coming to terms with the fact that I wasn't going to be able to come up with anything better and sent it her way.

I was so happy and wound up thinking about how she had been the one to reach out to me after so long that by the time, first period was over my tail hurt from wagging so much......

Thursday seemed so far away but it came quickly with part of me wanting to enjoy the buildup of excitement I felt, growing stronger with each passing day, the other part worried that I'd somehow manage to blow it and ruin things once again. When the time came I'd play it cool and casual. Remain cool and collective and be someone that she could trust without any worry of my feelings getting in the way.

Before I knew it Thursday classes had ended and the mid afternoon light warmed me as I snacked on an apple and simply allowed myself a moment, sprawled out in the grass, my back propped up against the refreshing cool surface of a rock. I would be meeting her in a few hours time and I felt on top of the world at the prospect. Sharing the news with Jack and gotten me even more worked up than I had been before and I needed to get a hold of myself.

The lanterns would be turned on in a while, their light probably allowing me to make my way back from whatever confrontation I had with her. I wondered what we'd talk about and how she had been. The Festival of Flowers would be held right after our day off Friday and I hadn't quite decided if I would go to it.

Before I knew it it was time, taking calming breaths I stood and dusted off my pants with my paws and began making my way towards the older part of campus. The brace of halls grew less and less crowded until I came to the one landing just before reaching our place, the old forgotten stairwell. Midway down I spotted her, long white ears just visible as I padded closer.

They gave very little indication that she had heard my approach aside from the merest twitch at their tips. I was always taken with how small she seemed in comparison to myself. So delicate and.......No! Strictly act like a friend. Nothing more. Keep your feelings in check......

I gulped and then made my way down the steps, each movement forward resounding in the empty space around us. Was it a good sign that she hadn't said anything yet? Was it that maybe she wanted to let me know that she no longer wanted to have anything to do with me?

I followed suit and took a seat along the stairs to her left, settling in beside her and waiting for her to make the first move.....

Haru

The week was a blur of activity, preparing for the festival took up most of my time and kept me busy. I bumped into Legoshi a few times in the hall and neither of us really had a chance to talk, once we noticed each other we both waved and then went our separate ways both dealing with the hustle and bustle that our lives as students brought us.

Tuesday after school was finally the day of the soccer tryouts, nerves began to fill me as I made my way to the soccer pitch. Coach Ishi was a kind soul but also a fierce competitor and chose only the best for his team. I excelled in the spirit drills and the tryout for goalie went extremely well with my speed and agility getting me through. I eagerly anticipated when the results would be posted so I could find out if I made the team.

When Wednesday came around I found myself tending to the plants to get them ready for the festival. Mr. Tanaka, my biology teacher, was very kind and always sort of treated me like a favorite. He let me leave class early so I could tend to the plants. I made my rounds around the gardening area that I had called home for so long and began to water the plants.

The next day was full of excitement and clamor, sitting in class I could overhear my classmates, talking about their plans once school let out, some were going to go into the city, while some where going to head home and celebrate with their families and others like myself were going to hang out on campus and chat with their friends. My mind raced with excitement as class began to wind down, I was finally going to meet up with Legoshi and I couldn't be more excited and happy.

Three hours later it was almost time to meet him, I slowly made my way over to the older part of campus and the abandoned stairwell that we both had made into our secret place, far from the prying eyes and judgemental stares of our classmates. When I arrived there was no sign of Legoshi, my best guess was he hadn't arrived yet, I sat down on the first step, the flight of stairs winding round and out of sight below and gazed out the window eagerly awaiting his arrival.

It wasn't long.

My ears picked up the echoes of his advancing steps as he converged on me from above and behind. I could hear him whistling, probably oblivious to the fact he was. Some aimless tune that made it seem like this was the most natural thing in the universe, coming to talk, with a rabbit.

He took a seat to the right of me, silent as soon as he had caught sight of me and made his way down. I could tell that he wasn't sure how to start this and it had in fact been me that had wanted to talk. I knew that I would have to be the first one to say something even though I didn't quite know how to ask him.

I cleared my throat which as it always did directed his attention to me. Think!

"So...how's it going?"

His tousled fur moved along his neck as he stretched out a kink in it and then looked sidelong at me.

"Not too shabby. Been a busy week. The art departments' has had a devil of a time trying to pack up and clean after the meteor festival....and right as things are getting back to normal we have another one in two days....though I guess that's more on you I guess....."

"Yeah tell me about it, the Festival of Flowers is on Saturday and being the sole member of the Gardening Club It's all up to me to get the flowers looking their best, sometimes it gets to be too much but I love taking care of them."

"Well...y'know....if you ever need any help, just let me know and I can drop in" he chuckled. "It's a whole lot of responsibility for just one person to take on alone..."

" Thank you that's kind, but I would hate to take you away from your responsibilities."

"Oh not at all! There's a lot to get done true but there are other members in art, and I'm sure that I can find the time to work it in, as long as you let me know ahead of time when I can drop by."

He growled this last bit and resituated himself, the tiled slope of the steps proving him scarce support for his huge form.

"Well you can drop by anytime, just as long as you have some free time and you're not busy, I could always use some help."

"Then I'll be doing so as much as possible and when it's convenient for you."

We both smiled, locking eyes, both with the knowledge there was something lingering between us. It was hanging there and we could both feel it, taking up the space even with a lot of it available to us. I knew what I said next would be the figurative moment of truth and it all hinged on his answer. I only hoped that he would react the way that his actions the night on the hill had led me to believe he would....

"I.....listen. I know that I haven't been fair to you. Even if I didn't have any feelings towards you, I should've respected you enough to give you more of an answer....that night...."

He was frozen stiff, his fur almost bristling beside me. I almost thought he might pounce on me and finally eat me. I closed my eyes, finding it easier to speak to him without having to meet those quizzical eyes hanging on my every word.

"But....(gulp! Damn my lips were so dry and my mouth felt like I had been chewing on cotten!) ...I do...h...h..have feelings for you Legoshi. You said that you love me...maybe you don't still. I...I wouldn't blame you if you didn't but no one has given me as much as you have. No one makes me feel the way that you do....I just I want us to have a second chance...before you say anything....just please hear me out."

I went on barely able to force the words out and yet each one felt powerful and like they should have been said way before now.

"I have saved, I met you here because I know we both will be cooped up here on campus while a lot of other people celebrate the holiday and then after the Festival...I'm still going to that and hoping to enter into it. But I want to give back to you and try to be together again. I want to go back with you...if you will follow me, and make tonight and tomorrow ours. If you won't then I understand......."

Wincing a opened my eyes to meet those eyes of his again. He was almost a mirror of how I'd been when he had claimed to love me. Resolute and unyielding. If he was feeling anything he was keeping it to himself.

"I...Haru....I want more than anything to believe you, to believe that both of us can be together....but I don't want to hurt you. I know that I won't. But the thought still scares me. Before, I acted selfishly and thought I could claim you as mine without giving you the choice.....you were happy with Louis...you both were so wonderful and content together...I wanted to respect you both even given the fact that I'm hopeless....

I do love you....Haru....I just....I can't fight it but I can't do it on my own, wondering if you do or don't feel the same way as I do...I...."

It was too much for me. Instincts screamed in me like the loud whistle of an abrupt train. Sirens flared and every part of me fought every part of me but I didn't care....I was going to win out this time. There was no going back. I examined myself in that moment and found that there was no hesitation...nothing I wanted more than my wolf, nothing more in all of my life or all of the world.

Throwing myself into his arms I dove into him almost knocking onto his back along those steps and pushed myself into him, taking a sharp breath before I locked muzzles with him in our first kiss.

Those eyes of his, always those of a predator and yet somehow so honest went wide and for a moment I thought he would pull away. Instead he wrapped his big strong arms around me, one of his large paws supporting my back as he answered my call with kisses of his own.

His tail thwapped against the wall and I was the first to pull back, laughing and so happy that I couldn't contain it. It burst from me as my paws wrapped themselves around his great shaggy head and I set about planting kisses along his face when I wasn't initiating more french kisses.

After some time we pulled away, me resting my forehead against his, my arms dangling and relaxed along his shoulders as I sat in his lap, both of us breathing hard.

"Haru I....I love you" he stated again.

"I love you too Legoshi" I answered back, this time without a moment's hesitation. I was so happy I didn't care who knew! "Now what'ya say we get out of here, find something lovely to eat and then check in a hotel, just the two of us?"

"Y'know rabbit....you read my mind. But you're sure about...this?"

His ears splayed flat and even though I was slightly frustrated at the question, I realised that he was giving me every chance, all of the choice in the world and being a gentleman to the last.

"There's nothing that I am more sure about right now wolf" I said.....

***

Leaving the older part of the campus behind we both walked along the long entry way that led to the cast iron main gate that was the entrance onto campus. Taking Legoshi"s paw in mine, we walked through the gates and into the city leaving the school behind.

As we made our way through the streets we noticed that they weren't busy and definitely a far cry from their usual crowded and packed standard. It wasn't much of a surprise with the busy weekend filled with celebration ahead with a majority of the festivities soon being held in the comfort of one's own home with family and friends around.

The sun began to set as we walked further up the street, the enticing smells of all kinds of delicious food began to hit our noses and my mouth watered. I was reminded of the fact that I hadn't eaten dinner yet, I noticed a restaurant coming and motioned to Legoshi, looking in that direction he nodded and we headed inside to get something to eat.

The wonderful aroma of freshly cooking food filled our senses as we entered, a mongoose walked over and led us to a table, we sat down and I began to think about what I wanted to order, the dumplings looked amazing as did the ramen and I could tell he was thinking the same, our waiter came and took our order with both of us ordering the dumplings with a bowl of ramen for both us. After a little bit of waiting our food was brought out, it was one thing to smell the food walking into the restaurant but it was completely another to smell it as it was being brought to you. After the food was set down on the table I proceeded to stab a dumpling with my fork and bite into it, the taste was flavorful and tasty as I began to chew it. I felt like I was in heaven.

I watched Legoshi go to town on the ramen. It hadn't even been five minutes after our food was brought to us and he had nearly scarfed down his first bowl!

I smiled at him and remembered that he was a wolf and that his appetite would be more on the ravenous side than mine would.

After he gulped down several more bowls paid for our food and left silently arm in arm much as we had come.

Further up the street lay the entrance to the neon district.

I stopped for a moment to make sure I had my money. He had been so kind to pay for the both of us but this time our stay would be on me. I would take care of him and give us this second chance just as much as he was.

A little bit farther up ahead the lights cast a neon hue upon the buildings and there a couple of feet ahead stood the hotel with a heart gleaming and flashing much the same way it had the last time we had stood under its light. It was the same one we had stayed at that night all that time ago, and this time we would overcome each other.

I was with my wolf and that would be all that mattered.

Legoshi

The slight hint of cinnamon mixed with peach hit me as we entered the hotel room, the layout much like the first one we had stayed in that night not too long ago.My stomach burbled, full with the ramen and dumplings and the several helpings rejuvenating my body.

The shorter day of school and my being with her again had left me feeling like a king, refreshed and ready for the night. Yet muchly like before as we entered the room I froze up nervously, like a pup. Being suave was something that I was either going to have to learn given time or perhaps it just wasn't me. I envied how smooth some of my friends were, Collot didn't seem to have much of a problem with the ladies and Bill even though he wasn't really what I'd call a friend had been in his fair share of relationships already. They hadn't lasted longer than a little while but he knew his way around the bedroom if the rumors were to be believed-though I had a feeling it would be difficult to sort out the truth from the embellishments.

But that wasn't my business. My business was the rabbit before me.

I had no appetite to eat her and yet somehow she looked delicious to me while somehow also managing to wrap my feelings up into knots that tied me to her. Absently I wondered if tying her might at some point be possible if we ever made a habit of this....or if it happened more often....

"Cold just as we like it" she said rhetorically as she adjusted the controls at the head of the bed. It was as bouncy as the first and the lighting fringed her fur and tinged it in warm pinkish light.

Without giving her much warning I pulled off my shirt, leaving it behind me only getting to my boxers before I tackled her to the bed and getting a surprised yipe from her. I silenced her with a kiss as we settled facing each other on our sides, in no rush at all.

She kissed me back every bit as passionately, chuckling the times my nose booped her face or snuffled along her small chin.

I was having some trouble and getting pretty worked up pulling that last remaining article of clothing off, so instead I helped her out of hers until she lay exposed and painted in the room light. She was aroused as well as she stood up along the sheets, at full height her stomach level with my face. She was dripping and glistening as I leaned in intoxicated and lapped at her sex.

She gasped in some surprise and then we laid back down beside each other, her juices and my saliva having dripped down and mixed along my shaft, which stood erect but only part way free of my underwear.

Her gentle paws tenderly held my face and I growled.

"So Legoshi....are you in 'male mode' d'ya think?"she taunted meeting my eyes again harkening back to our first experience and my very awkward explanation for not wanting to go into a room the first time with her. "If you are then why don't you show me..."

"You're never going to let me live that down are you"I growled playfully, rolling so that leaned over her, my body looming over her and casting shadows on all but her face. "Yes....I think am very much in male mode if you're in female mode..."

I managed to slip my boxers off , kneeling there and hunched towards her, my shaft pulsing and flinging a glob of my excitement along her smooth thigh.

"I think I am if a certain wolf is willing to breed me....." she was cut off by me rubbing my shaft along her. The end of what she planned on saying ending in a needy cry. Taking my time I toyed with her, sliding my cock along her mound, grinding it against her clit and watching her shake and gasp...her voice fighting to not yell.

"My prey seems to like resisting me "I whispered huskily, continuing to skate along her before bumping my tapered head against her vulva, the pink fleshy lips spreading at my passing into her canal vexingly. "Let me know if you need a moment Haru...."

I thrust forward slowly, her quivering passage stretching wider to accommodate my fat length.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh mmmmmyeah!" she exclaimed, her toes curling as I set one paw along her torso, stroking both her breasts at the same time, as I kissed her borders with mine again and again. "Can....you...can you say my name...Legoshi? I...I love when you do" she asked, pink appearing along her cheeks.

Steadying myself with my left paw, my right along her, I pushed forward into her, this time not holding back much. The heaven of her warmth coated me in slickened oblivion that drove her name from my muzzle as surely as it caused her to arch back and moan mine. Slowly I drew all of the way out of her, both of us exuding what felt like molten fluids to stain the sheets before plunging back in.

"Haru.....Ohh....Haru!!"

I sunk in as far in as I could with her holding on tight, her nails digging into my neck as my love, our love made her scream. Worried I started to ask her if she was alright but she shook her head deliriously.

"I'm....I'm fine...just don't s...stop Legoshi...don't stop!"

I didn't ...

I took her like I had wanted to for a long time and in a completely different way than when we first met. I took her the way we both wanted to take each other. I found that if I went full tilt it was almost too intense and too much for her. However as long as I stayed inside of her and ground myself back and forth, she was able to enjoy herself through.

Being as young as I am I have very little if any experience to go on off of, very little to compare to when it comes to sex and how good it feels or how much you can loose control. That being said, her squeals of delight, her absolute howls and bays of ecstasy joined with my panting, groans and helpless whimpers when her footpaws squeezed round my knot even as I drove into her and assaulted her love tunnel with every ounce of my love was the most beautiful thing, the most uncomparable music I have.

When she came she spoke her voice and tone halting and then actually started to cry, tearing up and shaking as her orgasm hit her and it was all I could do to not go hold anything back. Her loss of control caused me to have the same reaction and I howled out as sticky, thick ropes of puppy batter fired from my loins, gathering inside of her and actually flying from her pussy to the sheets because of the difference in my size to hers. I licked away her tears and nuzzled her, my sight dimmed as I continued on despite wanting to rest.

I aimlessly pounded her while gathering myself for another round and causing her to go over a second time, my muzzle meeting hers in a kiss. If breeding her on its own was unbelievably wonderful, breeding her while we made out in the light of the twin lamps was even more incredibly intense.

It took me a bit longer the second time but soon my hips were a blur and my back stooped and drawn tight, muscles bulging as I hammered into her without pausing until I drew in another breath and screamed her name as a second wave struck me, driving another rich and consolidated creamy load from my body.

Footpaws dangling near the edge of the bed I couldn't focus on anything in particular., her hands resting in the hook of my elbows while we both caught our breath.

"Wow that was amazing!" she panted raggedly trying to catch her breath. "I'm so happy to be here with you Legoshi...."

"And I with you....Ha......Haru...."I gasped out still trying to focus and clear my head of the light buzzing afterglow drumming through me. "I don't.....I don't want this to...e..end..."

"Me either, though it doesn't have to be for a long while yet silly" she chuckled. "Aren't you going to take a break? Maybe lay down and take a few minutes?"

"No.....I'm going to....going to go again if you don't mind.."I said without thinking about it, driving into her again. "I just want as much of you as I can get..."

"I want that too, only you need to be careful pup" using the nickname to refer to me for the first time. I sorta liked it....

"Don't worry...I will be tenderfoot."

She raised an eyebrow.

"I think we both need more ideas when it comes to petnames if we go that route at all....."

I chuckled, turning my head slightly to one side, not being able to come up with a witty retort. I knew that she was probably right.

Starting up again, my gears grinding into hers a third time, drunkenly, languidly pulsing and pushing in, my eyes had started clearly focusing again and I checked myself, swearing that I had seen something out of one corner of my peripheral vision. Shaking it off I continued to plow into Haru, only she had gone rigid in surprise...almost the same way she did when I had first tackled her to the ground. Out of habit I almost thought it was something to do with me and that I was the cause of it. But then as I heard his voice behind us I stiffened myself, hackles along my back rising up at odds with the rest of my pelt. Uncertainty chilled my spine as that voice I knew all too well dropped like a nail lashing through the all but silent room... "Well well well....fancy seeing both of you here like this....."