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Half-Blood Chapter LV- A Talk Amongst Brothers

Ian just glanced towards his brother as they reached the top of the stairs, he was curious what his brother wanted to talk about. He also wondered why he couldn't just talk to him with everyone else, he didn't like leaving Lucas's side when he was staying with them. They continued until they found themselves outside and looked towards the moon, which was in its waxing gibbous phase, as he enjoyed the feeling of the moonlight before he heard his brother let out a shy sounding cough, which made him direct his attention to the younger wolf.

"So what did you want to talk about Rich? Any reason why we couldn't do this around the others?" he asked while rubbing his chin, he did this for a moment before something horrible popped into his head. "You didn't get Monet pregnant did you!?" he asked in horror, but the shocked reaction his brother gave soothed him somewhat.

"What...?! No!" Richard almost shouted while he waved his paws in front of himself in an almost comical manner. "This has nothing to do with Allison!" he confirmed rapidly which made Ian chuckle.

"So what is it?" Ian asked, his head tilting to the side in curiosity. Richard just moved from side-to-side in an awkward fashion. "Richard? Just let it out okay? We're brothers and I love you, you know that right? Nothing you could ever do would change that," Ian said as he got up close and grabbed the other boy in a tight hug. "So just tell me what's on your mind." Richard seemed to shiver a bit from Ian's words and Ian just held him tight until the shaking stopped. He made sure Richard didn't see it, but he was frowning internally, whatever Richard wanted to say it seemed to really be bothering him quite a bit. "Come on Rich, let it out okay?" he said as he started rubbing his brother's back.

"I'm scared to say it honestly," Richard started lightly, his voice shaky somewhat. "It's just something I've been dealing with, something I've been beating myself up over it." Richard said this as he did his best to back away from his brother and turn himself around. Ian frowned even deeper, he was beginning to be worried about his brother, it wasn't like him to be like this, so distant.

"Why would you be scared? We're brothers! You can tell me anything, I'm your big brother. You should be able to lean on me no matter what," he said as he grabbed the boy's shoulder, snapping him out of his little trance.

"It's complicated Ian... I don't know how to say it. I thought I would have figured something out when I asked to talk to you," Richard said with a sigh as he placed a paw on his forehead. "I'm just afraid you'll be hurt by what I want to say and I don't want that. You're my brother and I love you. I never want to hurt you." This made Ian's frown deepened even further, he forcefully grabbed Richard and turned him around holding the other boy in place with his superior strength and his bright green eyes burrowing into his brother's matching pair.

"Talk to me Richard! What's bothering you? Is it bullies? Tell me who they are so I can beat their asses," Ian said in a frighteningly calm voice, the mere thought of someone bullying his brother set a fire in his veins. Richard struggled vainly against him, but it was useful since Ian was far stronger than his brother. Also, since his arms were bound he wasn't able to use his water magic. This went on until he tired himself, unable to fight anymore as he just panted to regain his breath and glared up towards his brother, but Ian just glared back not fazed by his brother's defiant look. As if sensing that he was losing the battle of wills, Richard just let out a harsh sigh before he started to speak.

"You want to know what I'm thinking Ian!? You want to know!" He started out shouting, catching Ian off guard to the point he was forced to let him go. Finally free, Richard backed away, making sure he was out of punching distance as he started speaking, his voice heavy with barely repressed anger and teenage angst. "For my entire life I've been envious of you okay!?" Richard shouted, looking like he was about to cry. "I've always been jealous of you! I've always been in your shadow! You have always been the golden child! Everyone's favorite! The oldest child, the heir of the clan, the star athlete! The guy who every girl wants to get into bed with!" he continued, and Ian couldn't help but wince at the girl comment. He always hated it when girls tried to flirt with him. It made his balls want to recede into his body whenever they tried to get handsy. It sucked so hard that he couldn't just tell them he was gay, it would have made his life so much easier. But sadly, he couldn't do that without causing a massive crisis in the Clans... magical politics sucked.

"You... are jealous of me?" he asked, shocked by his brother's words. He had never thought about Richard being jealous of him. It had never crossed his mind, in all honesty, he had been a bit jealous of Richard, being the second son meant he had a lot less pressure on him. Nobody would have really cared if he was gay, he wasn't the heir so it wasn't as important if he produces heirs, but Ian was expected to have several kids, both his parents were the oldest of three and his grandfather was the eldest of five. Mage's typically had large families to make up for their small numbers and he simply had no clue how he would manage a single kid, let alone three or especially five. His obvious distraction and obvious surprise frustrated Richard even more as he let out a frustrated roar.

"Of course I'm jealous of you!" He shouted in frustration. "Why wouldn't I be!? Did you not hear a single thing I said!" he shouted out, the volume making Ian wince and the sheer fury of it all making him back away from his brother, he hadn't ever seen his brother like this, just how much fury had he bottled up inside him and for how long? Richard just continued, hoping to finally get all his suppressed feelings out, something that must have been cathartic for him. Ian just wished it wasn't aimed at him, but he still took his brother's fury. "All my life I've been compared to you! Our parents were the only people who didn't look down on me! Our Clan always dismissed me as unimportant! Nobody cares about the second son! I was just a spare, a backup in case something happened to their precious eldest!" he continued, panting deeply trying to regain his breath to continue his tirade.

"It's just not fair! All the girls I've liked have either ignored me or only paid attention to me so they could get closer to you!"

"Didn't you date that Alderston girl? I know you guys have fucked at least, what about her?" Ian opined, remembering the cute collie girl. She seemed sweet and Richard seemed to like her a lot and he knew they dated for a few months. Richard just shook his head at that.

"She was great but things didn't work out, after that pregnancy scare she just broke things off and wouldn't talk to me afterwards," Richard admitted with a blush. Ian decided not to comment on the pregnancy scare comment, he hoped to the gods his parents would never learn about that. "Even still, besides her, I've just been seen as a way to gain favor with you and it sucks. Even worse no matter how strong I am as a Mage, you'll always overshadow me. You are a Light Mage, one of the rarest and most powerful types of Mages on the planet, pretty much the only Light Mage in the entirety of Western Europe. What's a mere Water Mage to compare? There are dozens of other Water Mages in Scotland alone, hell the Tiernay, Callaghan and Cunningham Clan's are made up almost entirely of Water Mages," he said, turning away.

"I know it's not fair, I know none of this was your fault. But I've held this in me for so long..." he continued in a sad tone. "I've hated myself for so long because I know it isn't fair. I was afraid if I ever told you the truth you would hate me," Richard said, wrapping his arms around himself. He was taken by surprise when he felt his brother hug him from behind.

"I don't hate you, I'm so sorry that I never caught on to your jealousy. I was so focused on my own issues that I couldn't see your pain," Ian said as he held his brother close to his chest. "I'm sorry, I've been such a shitty big brother, I should have paid more attention to you instead of moping around about having to hide in the closet. But I'm so glad that you've told me," Ian said as he nuzzled his brother. "I love you Richard, I always will. You are one of the few things I cherish most of all. I promise that I'll be a better big brother if you just give me another chance. Just promise me that you'll be honest with me from now on, okay? Holding all that up is not healthy, if you let it seep into you too much it could corrupt your magic." When he heard the sniffles he turned the boy around and let his brother cry into his chest.

"Come on, let it out. You'll thank me later. Don't ever think I could ever hate you because that is not possible." As he said this, he just let Richard cry into his chest, he felt his own tears well up in his eyes, but he held them back. "You know something though? I've always kinda been jealous of you in a way. I kinda envied that you could just be yourself and not feel the weight of expectations people put on my shoulders. You can literally do anything you want with your life, you don't have to work at the family company. My life is basically already planned out, the only real choice I have in my life is who I take as a lover and eventual spouse," he said, his voice becoming slightly bitter as he said this. "And I actually got to find that person, I found Lucas and I'll always be happy about that. It made the entire move from home worth it. But now that I found my love I have to hide it."

"I can't hold Lucas's paw in public, I can't go out on dates like you did with Allison, I can't hold him when others are around, because if word got back home that I was gay it would cause chaos. Having Mom and Dad's support is something I'm grateful for. I wish it was just them that I had to worry about. I'm going to have to talk to grandpa eventually, having his blessing would help a lot, and it might make it easier to bring my relationship with Lucas public." Richard looked up from Ian's chest and stared him in the eyes, looking concerned.

"I do admit, having Grandpa's support as the Clan head would be invaluable. However, what if someone calls a Clan Challenge? Grandpa wouldn't be able to stop one and if you lose you could not only lose your birthright you might even be banished from home and never allowed to return. You'd never be able to go home again and all of us could be banished as well." This thought made Ian shiver. He did his best not to think of such things, he remembered Lucas' dad brought up the same subject. He hoped it wouldn't come to that but if it did, he would do his best to fight and win. He wouldn't give up his birthright so easily.

"I'll be fine, I am a good fighter and I won't give things up so easily," Ian said as he patted his brother's head. "Don't worry about me okay little bro? We'll get to that point when it comes. Plus we're safe now, the Hunter that tormented us and forced us to flee is dead! I think... I mean I don't really know what Lucas did to him, I just know he dragged him to the Dark Plain," Ian said with a shrug, he hadn't thought to ask his love what he did to the man. He didn't really want to know in all honesty, as much as he loved the fox, he kinda scared him somewhat. "Plus a lot of Hunters were captured so they are weakened. Hopefully that means things will calm down in Alberta and Mr. Carter has some justice for what happened to his sister and her children."

"Yeah, hopefully it can give him a bit of closure. But remember a few of the Hunters managed to get away from the Funeral, it's not over yet." Ian just nodded, understanding what he meant. Things had been so chaotic during the fight at the funeral that nobody could stop the hunters who fled the scene, but he figured those who fled would probably wind up being executed for desertion. When he told his brother this, he just nodded and rubbed his own chin. "You got a point, they did desert their comrades so Cain won't like that. Even still, we can't underestimate the Hunters."

"I'm not, these were only small time lackies. The only Elite there was that damn parrot, but he's gone now, dead or alive, he's stuck in the Dark Plain. Losing an Elite would definitely be a blow for the Hunters," Ian said, keeping a positive view on things. "But enough worrying, I'm glad we had this talk little bro." Ian said as he hugged his brother close once again. "Promise me you won't let this boil up inside you alright? If you feel I'm being stupid tell me alright?" he said as he gave his brother a noogie, which made his brother squirm and laugh as he tried to get out of his brother's grip.

"Okay, okay! Let me go you dumbass!" Richard laughed as he tried to push his brother away to no avail. Ian just hugged him closer, laughing just as loudly as his brother was as he casually ignored his brother's swats. This continued until they saw their dad poke his head out, looking mildly annoyed, but it was subtle as it was covered by the small smile he had on his face.

"Why are you two causing such a ruckus?" he asked, his smile growing even wider. "It's good to see you two get along so well, but some of us have work to do, I am looking over company finances. It's taking a lot of focus and it's a bit hard to concentrate with you two making so much noise, so can you two go downstairs with the others? Also, Evan stopped by to drop off everyone's uniforms. He said Lucas and the others could stay the night and he would pick them up from school tomorrow." Ian beamed at hearing this, tonight was a Sunday and they had all decided to go to school tomorrow, Lucas was a bit nervous of course. Given what happened at his mother's funeral and the fact he had gotten shot would make him a center of attention. A place he had always hated being in. They hadn't heard from Jai yet, so they weren't sure if he would be in tomorrow.

"Sure dad, We'll go downstairs. Sorry for bothering you," Ian said as he and Richard hugged him before they headed down to the basement with Ian wondering what the others were doing this entire time.

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Xander smiled as everyone was talking amongst themselves, he noticed Lucas was still looking off towards the stairs where Ian and Richard had gone up a few minutes ago. He wanted to say something to him, but he didn't think it would be appropriate. Thankfully Akira didn't have the same quams as he poked at his brother, causing him to jump slightly.

"You okay Lucas?" the grey fox asked, his voice soft in concern. Lucas just let out a small blush and laughed lightly, looking a bit embarrassed at being caught spacing out.

"I'm okay, sorry was just thinking about something." he said, before he looked towards Tyler, the giant of a wolf who was sitting next to Jonah and Curt. "Hey Tyler, I have a question? It's something I've been wondering about but what are chakras?" His question seemed to catch the wolf off-guard. He didn't say anything at first, merely raising an eyebrow.

"Ah, where did you hear about chakras?" He asked, sounding curious. Lucas just blushed and recalled how he knew that word, he flashed back to Allison saying something about a chakra. Though he couldn't remember the one she specified, he had been meaning to ask her what she meant, but with all the chaos he never found the time.

"Allision said something about chakras when she unlocked my magic," he said handily. "I've been meaning to ask her, but every time we are near it seems something else is going on and I never got the chance. I figured since you are part of the Brotherhood yourself you would know what they are. So do you?" Tyler just nodded, reclining a bit before he spoke, his voice calm, but Xander could tell he was enjoying himself.

"Chakras are a metaphysical thing, they are the places where the chi concentration is the highest. There are many chakras, but the seven main ones are the ones most people pay attention to," he said as he stood up, pointing towards the top of the head. "The first chakra is the Sahasrara or the Crown chakra, it's settled at the top of the head, it's the source of not only the magic used by Mages, but the source of the power the Gifted have. It's how Lucas had his magic sealed, someone blocked his connection to the Crown chakra," he said as he moved his paw down to his forehead. "The next chakra is the Ajna or Third-Eye chakra, it's the chakra of Light." After explaining that chakra, he moved down to his throat.

"After that is the Vishuddha or Throat chakra, it's the chakra connected to darkness." Moving down further, he placed his paw over his heart. "The next one after that is the Anahata or Heart chakra. It's the chakra most connected to air." After that, he placed his paw on his stomach. "The Manipura or Navel chakra is where the stomach is, it's connected to the element of fire." he muttered, before letting out a lewd grin as he grasped his crotch. "And the water connected chakra is the Svadhishthana or Sacral chakra as you can see it's located at the groin." With that done, he turned around and pointed towards the base of his spine. "And finally, the last chakra is the Muladhara or the root chakra. It's the Chakra of Earth." he said, before he sat down once again. "As you can tell all the chakras past the Crown are connected to a specific element." Xander was the one who spoke up first, having been fully invested in the speech.

"Yeah, why is that? Is it connected to the Elemental Mages in some way?" Tyler beamed at the fox and nodded his assent which made Xander blush a bit.

"Exactly! As you guys know, the source of the power that allows an Elemental Mage to control their element are the Elemental Plains themselves. Each Plain is connected to one of the chakras, the one with that specific element, for example the Root chakra and earth."

"Ah, that's interesting, but how do you know all this mate?" Jonah asked, looking mildly suspicious. "You aren't like Monet are you? One of those weird immortal dudes?" Tyler just burst out laughing at Jonah's inquiry, before he shook his head and wiped away a tear.

"Oh no, I'm not a Róngyào bùxi? like Allison is, I'm just a very powerful empath. We're taught this stuff as young children, the Brotherhood if you remember recruits both the magical and mundane. So we are taught a lot, we probably know more about magic than even the Council," he said with a mild shrug. "Our goal is to have the hidden world and the Mundane world living in peace, a world where there is no separation between the two and that Mages would no longer have to hide what they are." Curt let out an amused snort at that and Tyler just gave him an annoyed look. "Something funny?"

"No, I think the idea is nice, but it's a bit naive you know. Magic and the Mundane have never mixed too well, while we do our best to assimilate into the Mundane world we hide our culture. Mundanes just don't understand us, we might look like them, but we're different. We live longer for one thing, a lot longer plus the fact we can control the forces of nature might freak people out."

"You think it might be naive, but I do think it can still work out, it's why we strive for balance within the brotherhood."

"You are also a group of assassins..." Curt said in a skeptical manner. "You guys are no saints you know."

"I never said we were, but I still think our way is the best for everyone. Not everyone in the Sh?uzú qíngyì works as an assassin actually. We have plenty of people who aren't in the assassination field. We have healers like Master Luo who's never spilt a drop of blood in his life," Tyler explained. "But even still, you should have some faith. It's the 21st century after all, people aren't burning others at the stake anymore. I mean, wiccans are a thing."

"Wiccans are a bunch of fakes, they have no actual magical powers. All they have is those weird rituals. Not even their gods can change the fact they are Mundane," Jonah stated bluntly. "Even still, I agree with McKeller, things aren't that simple Giganto, our worlds just don't mix... I mean, if more people knew about magic, what's stopping them from just joining the Hunters? Exposing the Hidden World could very swell the ranks of the Hunters to a massive degree." Tyler once again just shrugged, not phased by Jonah's words.

"You should have more faith in people Jonah, not everyone would just join a group of genocidal maniacs just because they found out about magic," Tyler said, before Xander looked at the time.

"Hey Tyler, it's getting late, shouldn't you be getting home? We have school tomorrow, won't you need your uniform?" Xander asked, he knew Mr. Mason had stopped by to drop off everyone's uniforms, but it was doubtful he would have gotten Tyler's as well. The big wolf just smiled at him.

"Don't worry, my uniform is in my car, I can change in the morning. I already called my parents and said I was staying over at Ian's and they were okay with it. My parents generally let me and my brothers do whatever, as long as we do our work and don't get in trouble they don't care what we do," he said before looking around. "But I think Greg might be staying with Erin for the night, I guess I'm bunking with you tonight Xander, that okay?" he said with a wink, which made Xander's stomach do backflips. He was about to say something before he heard the upstairs door open and he saw Ian and Richard walking down, laughing and teasing at each other, whatever they talked about seemed to have been a good one as they seemed quite happy.

Lucas also noticed Ian and was on his feet in an instant and rushed towards Ian, who smiled and embraced him, they gave each other a silent look and both nodded, before Ian bent down to kiss the fox and picked him up and carried him to the couch, sitting down with the fox in his lap and snuggling him close. Xander couldn't help but smile, he wondered what it was like to have someone love you like the wolf did Lucas. He felt his seat move and he moved his head to see Richard had sat down next to him. "How you doin?" he asked the younger wolf, who gave him a small smile.

"I feel lighter, like a weight has been lifted off my chest," he said, before looking towards Ian who was snuggling even more into Lucas and was lightly tickling him, making the other boy let out cute giggles. "I think me and Ian have reached an understanding and are in a better place now," he said as he leaned back and stared at the ceiling. "You know, when we first came here I was so angry, I didn't want to leave home. I didn't want to move to another country because Hunters kept attacking them, I was so resentful I didn't talk to my brother for a week before the move before my grandpa forced me to speak with him and you don't defy the family head," he muttered calmly. "But I'm happy here, I'm glad we came. Not only is Ian happy and found his love, but I've met you guys. I have friends, friends I share with Ian, but that doesn't matter. Plus I met Allison, so I'm happy about that. Even though she's technically my great-grandfather..." He shook his head as he said that and Xander understood. The whole immortal thing was quite confusing and Monet didn't seem the type to explain more than she needed too.

"Yeah, but at the same time she isn't. So it's not incest... I think," Xander said, tapping his chin, if he didn't find the coyote girl so scary he would ask her himself about her views on that. "But you guys are bound right? When she dies, you will as well, that's gotta weigh on you since that means you will have a shorter than usual life." Richard once again shrugged.

"Yeah I probably will die young, but that's okay. It means Allison won't be alone anymore, she'll have me for the rest of eternity. It sounds almost romantic I think," he said, looking towards Xander once again. "Sure I'll miss everyone, but death is a part of life, it's how the world works and I have long accepted that. It's a part of our culture," he explained. "Funerals generally involve the whole Clan, but only the closest members of the family are allowed into the temple where the bodies are cremated and our ashes are returned to the Earth Mother Gaia. The funerals are a grand ceremony, especially if the person was of high status in the Clan, the funerals last for several days and many offerings are made to the Gods so to allow the spirit of the Mage a peaceful trip to the afterlife."

"Ah, so it's more like a party than a solemn occasion like it is for Christian funerals?" Xander asked, he had been to a few funerals during his time with his mother, he always found them boring and uncomfortable. But if he had allowed his mother to figure that out he knew, he would be beaten as soon as they got home. Thinking of his mother gave him a funny feeling, he felt he had some understanding of her. She had lost everything despite being a victim of deceit. She had not known the lover she had taken was an Elf and when she became pregnant her punishment was swift but unfair. He honestly felt sorry for her, but at the same time she had no right to treat him so cruelly. It wasn't his fault she lost her magic and Clan. Not really, he wasn't even born when she lost her magic and he didn't understand why she didn't just get an abortion instead of having a child she hated?

"What you thinking about?" Tyler asked as he sat down on the floor next to him and Richard. This shook Xander from his thoughts, he hadn't realized he had zoned out.

"I was thinking about my mother... she hated me, blamed me for her suffering. Why didn't she get an abortion if she hated me so much? Is that something to do with Mage culture?" Richard took this one, though it was obvious he was uncomfortable.

"Our people... don't really believe in abortion... stuff like rape doesn't really happen in our society, kinda hard to rape someone when they can set you on fire. Also unplanned pregnancies are also very rare, we have numerous potions to prevent pregnancy which most girls take before they engage in sexual pleasure. Pregnancy and children are considered a blessing. Most families have up to five children, but only up to that for whatever the reason we cannot have more than five children I think to keep our numbers from getting too out of control." Xander just nodded, fascinated by the views Mages had. It was neat how they kept to old traditions so strongly even worshiping the old gods that the Mundanes had long abandoned in favor of the god of Abraham. Which made him think.

"Are there any Christian Mages? I know most of you guys worship the Hellenic gods, but have any converted to Christianity?" he asked the wolf, who gave him an odd and uncomfortable look on his face.

"None in the Clans, pretty much nobody in any of the Clans follow the Abrhaimic religions, we don't really have a good history with their god. We kinda see him as a usurper really, taking the mundane masses from the worship of our gods to worship of him, but we keep our worship of our original gods. For example, the countries that made up the Western Roman Empire worship the Hellenic gods and when those countries made empires of their own they spread the religion which is why the Hellenic religion is the most powerful," he explained. "There are other Pantheons of course, the Mages of Scandinavia, Germany and Russia who never fell to the Romans worship the Aesir, the gods of the Norse. The Egytian Religion spread along with Islam and it's many Sultunites amongst those Mages." Xander nodded, trying to fit this all in his head, it really was a lot to take in.

"Wow, I didn't think religion would be so complicated," Xander admitted bashfully. "It's really interesting though." Richard just gave him a smile and Xander turned his focus back to Tyler. "Hey Tyler, what about the Brotherhood? What religion do they follow? Or do they follow none at all?"

"We mostly observe a combination of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism... we don't particularly worship any gods. It's not our thing really, we're more focused on the mortal realm than seeking the divine. The Sh?uzú qíngyì was originally founded in China around the 4th Century... amongst the founders was actually one of Allison's past lives, a man named Hui Chen. So we are actually the oldest of the 3 Superpowers of the Hidden World, the Council and the Knights were formed much later," he said, giving a smug smile towards Richard who just rolled his eyes. The conversation continued from there, both Richard and Tyler putting their own points in. Jonah also contributed to it a few times as well. Eventually, the door opened once again and a tired looking Jordan stepped down to address the group.

"Alright everyone, it's late and you all have school tomorrow so off to bed," he said, before addressing Akira directly. "Your father will meet you at the school Akira-kun, He's going to help you in the enrollment. Is that acceptable?" The man said in Japanese, catching the grey fox off-guard before he replied, also speaking in Japanese.

"It is, Thank you Mansfield-sama," the boy said, bowing down in respect. "Thank you for opening your home to me, even though we just met." The man just smiled and patted the boy's head in a gentle fashion.

"It's no problem child, you are Lucas and Erin's family and any family of theirs is welcome in my home." Once he was finished addressing the boy, he turned towards Tyler. "I guess you are staying over yourself Master Thorne, have you gotten your parents permission?"

"I have sir, my parents generally trust me to be able to handle myself. I hope this isn't an inconvenience for you," the giant wolf asked respectfully, giving the man a deep bow. Jordan just smiled and shook his head.

"No problem at all, you are welcome here as well, my Clan has always had a good relationship with your Brotherhood, so I have no reason not to trust your presence. But seriously, all of you get into bed now. I'll see you in the morning," he said, before making a gesture towards Agent Wallace. "You should get some rest as well Martin." The bear chuckled and got up, dusting himself off a bit.

"Yeah, I am pretty tired. Night everyone!" The bear hollered to everyone before he and Jordan got up and went upstairs. Curt and Akira also got up.

"I guess we'll head to bed ourselves. Today is my first day, I'm actually pretty excited," Curt said with a bright grin. "Even if I'll be a year ahead of everyone I'll see you around!" And with that, he and Akira went off to their own shared room. It was a good thing the Mansfield's had chosen a decent-sized house because it was getting a bit crowded. The others followed suit, Ian and Lucas were the first as Ian simply picked Lucas up again and carried him to Ian's bedroom. Richard and Jonah were next, heading to Richard's room, the two talking amongst themselves and soon enough it was just him and Tyler.

"Guess it's time to hit the hay?" Xander asked the other boy bashfully, truth be told he was feeling a bit horny, given he shared the room with Greg, he didn't really have much time to fap. Tyler seemed to pick up on his arousal as he gave him a lewd smile, which made Xander's face go even redder than it was already.

"Sure, but maybe we can have some fun before it?" the giant wolf said, before he picked the fox up and took him into Greg's room. Looking at the spartan decorations of the room made Tyler chuckled. "It figures, Greg did seem the type to not need much to keep him satisfied, a lot of plants though," he noted as he placed Xander on Greg's bed. "But how about we get a bit comfortable, you wanna cast a silencing and locking spell so we won't be interrupted?" Xander just nodded and did as the wolf said. It was one of the first spells he learned, though it was the first time he was using them for their intended purpose. Once he did so, Tyler began to remove his clothes until he was naked before Xander, who just drank in the perfectly sculpted body that years of martial arts and football resulted in. But something made him curious and he felt the need to ask.

"Hey I'm curious Tyler, you are straight right? But you have no qualms about having sex with men, like me or Santiago, how does that work?" he asked, his head tilting a bit. Tyler just chuckled while stroking himself a bit to get himself hard and his massive penis started to poke out of his impressive sheath.

"It's simple, I'm not sexually attracted to men, but I can sense the sexual arousal of others from my empathy powers and they affect me so I get aroused vicariously through others. Plus as a guy, I'm never going to turn down sex," he said, before looking towards the still clothed fox. "Well, we can't exactly have fun unless we are both naked." Xander blushed lightly and got up from Greg's bed to remove his own clothes, and once he was naked, he was enveloped by Tyler's embrace and the tall boy laid them both on Greg's bed. Xander felt a bit guilty about them using Greg's bed for this, but he would make sure to get up early and wash the linens to make up for it. Once they were laid on the bed, Tyler on top, he bent down and kissed Xander deeply. The fox just moaned as Tyler's paw went down until he found Xander's hole and started to loosen the boy up, and after a few moments, he was satisfied with the loosening and moved them both so Xander was on top.

"Normally I would draw this out, but given it's late I won't go for an endurance round," Tyler said with a smirk as he pushed Xander down, aligning his penis with the fox's hole, and with a swift thrust, impaled the fox on his length. Xander let out a hot moan as he felt himself being spread. It didn't hurt, he had gotten used to this sensation. Tyler gave a dominating growl and he continued to thrust himself up inside the fox, sheathing himself in his warmth over and over and Xander could only keep moaning as his prostate was crushed over and over. His own penis rockhard, and his own knot full and throbbing as he was pounded. This continued for several minutes and Xander simply basked in the sensation of being thoroughly fucked. This was so much nicer than his time with Derick, the men he was forced to sleep with had only thought of their own pleasure and he rarely got off himself through their actions, but Tyler seemed razor focused on making sure Xander himself was the one getting the majority of the pleasure and he knew every button to push to make Xander scream in joy and pleasure. Soon enough, they were both dripping in sweat and Xander felt Tyler's knot fully form and push against his hole, and the desire to be knotted caused him to thrust downwards, which made Tyler give an almost manic grin.

"Hmm want me to knot you don't you foxie? Well, I can't disappoint you can now can I?" He said as he gripped down on Xander's waist and with a thrust, he knotted the fox with a loud pop as the two both shuddered in mutual orgasms. Xander' own cum splashed all on Tyler's chest and a few spurts even landed on his face as Xander felt his stomach swell from all the cum being trapped inside him. After a few moments, Tyler moved them on their side and embraced the fox close and let out a tired, yet happy sigh. "That was nice, but now it's time to sleep," he said, before he started snoring and Xander let out his own yawn. He summoned his phone with telekinesis and set an early alarm, and with that done, he closed his eyes and joined the big wolf in dreamland, wondering what the next day would bring.