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Everyone knows that Christmas time is a time for peace, happiness, forgiveness, and most importantly, for family. Well… let’s hope that stays true for this family.

*Ding Dong* “I got it!” my mom says as she goes to open up the door, “Hey sis, long time no see!” “Beckey! It’s been too long!” My mom said to her sister. They always do this when they see each other, I don’t know why they only live half an hour from each other. And they see each other on a regular basis. “Well come on, come on in. Let me get you a drink, we got so much to catch up on.”

‘Like what? They talk to each other almost every other day on the phone.’

“I’ll be right there, we’ll go and unload your car. You guys go on in and make yourselves comfortable.” With that, my mom turned and called for some help to do it. As she was talking, both my dad, brother, sister and I were already unloading everything. “Now Curtis, they were the last to arrive, we are going to be eating soon, is he coming or not!?”

“Yes, he’ll be here soon, chill out. What’s the big deal?”

“The deal is that we are all here and he isn’t!”

“Oh, so it’s ok for someone like you to be late like you have been on many occasions? But a guy can’t?! You’re unbelievable.” And with that, I grabbed the three twelve-packs of soda they brought and walked towards the house, but I stopped and turned around to say one last thing “And for the record, you’re the one that forced my hand to get him to come after saying it over the phone. He, on the other hand, did not want to, he said that he didn’t want to cause any trouble between all of us. You know how long it took me to convince him that my hands were tied and that he needed to come, just so we could “keep up appearances?” News flash! A lot. So, with that being said, he will get here when he gets here, so you can just keep waiting.”

For those of you that are lost, let me give you some insight on everything.

Around a month ago

“Ok, see you then.” My mom hangs up the phone, “That was my sister, calling to confirm that we can make it to the party on the 24th.” My mom said as she walked into the living room. It was Sunday at noon, and the football games were starting for the day. Both my brother and I were living at our own places, my brother was the oldest at 24, I was 21, and my sister was 16, she was still living at home. The reason we were together is that every Sunday, we meet back up at our parent’s house have lunch and dinner with them, and watch football all day. “She just wanted to know the final headcount for us that day so she knows how much food to make.” Still not getting a response from anyone, as we were too focused on the TV right now. “I told her that there will be six from us.” Now THAT, got us to look at her. Everyone else just gave her a weird look, trying to see whether or not she gave one person to many when there were only five of us. I, on the other hand, was trying to give her the evilest eye I could manage.

“And why would you do that?” I asked in the calmest voice I could manage.

“Well, I said it so that we can finally meet this boyfriend of yours that apparently you’ve been seeing for the past two years.” The boyfriend that you are hearing about is my boyfriend, and his name is Riley, but he also goes by the name “Street.” It’s a nickname he got at work.

As they said, we’ve been dating for two years now. Oh, by any chance if you were wondering why my parents are so cool with the whole gay thing, it’s because it has been five years since I’ve told them about it. Only I didn’t tell them I was gay, I told them I was bisexual. But to them, all they could think about how I was into guys, it seemed that still being interested in girls meant nothing at that time. When I first told them, I wanted it to be at a time before they kept shoving the idea of marriage and kids down me. I told them at 16 because I’ve seen from experience what they did to my brother as soon as he turned 18 and got out of high school. I didn’t want that, so I decide to tell them early… It really didn’t go so well. I tried to point out that I was still interested in girls, I was just interested in guys in the same way. They, of course, heard only what they wanted to hear, and that was, of course, me wanting to be with another guy. Tempers were running pretty high, so I told them when they calmed down and started to act like the adults that they are, we could all continue this conversation. When we did meet back up, I told them to shut up and listen to everything I had to say and to listen to it without only hearing what you want.

When everything was out on the table, they said that they had a million questions, but had two major ones. They want to know “Why?” and, “If there was anything that they did wrong?” I told them that they didn’t do anything wrong, it’s just how I feel. And as to “Why?” I asked them “Why is it ok to like, and have a feeling for the other gender? But the moment you start having them for the same one, you are completely looked down upon?” And with that, I went to my room for the rest of the night, wanting to have them really think about that question. As I said, it took them a while, but they did come around. By veeeeeeeeeeeery slowly easing into the whole idea. They even starting asking me if I was seeing any girls or guys from school, almost frequently mind you. But I always told them the same thing I told them during the whole coming out conversation. “What’s the rush? Just because I’m into both girls and guys, doesn’t mean that I’m going to date everyone I see. I also told them that the two relationships that I was in, (that were both girls by the way) that were both a lot of effort on my part and almost none on theirs, plus they both ended up the same, with her stabbing me in the back. I told them that if I am to ever get into a relationship again, it would be with someone I knew I could trust.” They kept asking though, even tried to set me up a few times, but I shut them down real quick. But soon, me telling them that I wasn’t seeing anyone quickly went from the truth... to a lie.

You see, I work at a garage that works on all types of vehicles, but we specialize in the more higher-end ones. So one day, this guy drives in with his red Ducati motorcycle and starts looking for someone to help him. I just finished with a job a couple of minutes ago, so since I was free, I went up to him to see what he needed. Not knowing that this customer would change my life forever “Hello, welcome to Drew’s auto body shop. How can I help you today?”

“Hi, my name is Riley, as you can see, I got this bike here and I wondering if I could use your shop?”

“Well sure, first thing first, let’s look at what we are working with, and then we can get you an estimate, we also have an hourly rate of-” but I was cut off when he said “Oh no, sorry, that’s not what I meant. What I should have said is that I’m looking to do an engine swap on my bike. I have the engine and want to swap it out myself, but I don’t really have the space or the right equipment to do it at my place. So I was wondering if I could use this place. I could still pay for things, but if you say yes, I was hoping that with myself working on it the total bill would be cut down some?” I didn’t know how to respond to this. No one has ever come in before with that kind of request.

“Uuuuuuuummmmmm… Can you excuse me for a moment? Let me go ask my boss, I’m pretty sure that he would get final say over everything.” I went and told my boss what Riley said, and he gave me the same look that I gave Riley. We both walked out towards him so he could explain the whole situation again, finally, after some negotiation, my boss said it was ok, but only if someone worked with him.

“Curtis, since you seem to be getting along with him, how about you work with him. That ok with you Mr. Riley?” We both looked towards Riley to see what his answer was. He crossed his arms and gave me a once over, then he smiled at me and said “Oh yeah, he should be just fine.”

On my next free day, he brought in his bike and we worked on replacing it. It was a whole day project. The first bit of it was awkward, due to the fact that I’ve never really been around someone like him before. We kept talking and talking, and pretty soon we were acting as if we knew each other for years. And let me tell you, I have never met anyone that I could just stop and listen to, other than Riley. I didn’t know it at the time, but there was and is just something about him that I couldn’t put my finger on. But whatever it was, that’s what got me attracted to him. Before I knew it, the day was over and we were done working on his bike. For me, it was over too soon, and I didn’t want him to go. But after everything was said and done, he paid what he needed to, he started to leave, but before he did he said that if he ever needed anything else worked on, he will be sure to come here again.

When I got home from that shift, the only thing that I regretted was that I didn’t get some way to stay in touch with him. He did say that he would come back whenever he needed more work done on his bike, but I don’t think that would be any time soon. I was able to have a glance over his whole bike when we worked on it, it was kept in pristine condition. Nothing on that would be breaking anytime soon. So you could only imagine how shocked I was when he came in the very next day, saying that he had a line that busted. I found it really strange, but shit does happen from time to time. Like last time, I fixed it. But after I was done, he asked me what time was my break? Picking up what he was trying to ask without actually asking it, I told him that I was actually thinking about taking an early break today. We met outside and talked some more about things, but pretty soon my break was over just like that and he had to leave again, but this time before he left, he asked if we wanted to exchange numbers to stay in contact with each other. I told him that I wanted to actually ask him that yesterday, but forgot about it. “Funny, I thought about the same thing yesterday when I got home.” Hearing him say that made me feel so good on the inside. And it was right then and there that I noticed that there was something there between us, and I just knew that I needed to go after it with everything I got.

The day after that I knew something was up. Because he came in again, saying that his lights weren’t working. I knew that was a lie because when I worked on it yesterday, the wiring was in my eyesight, and I gave it a glance over just to check to see if everything was ok. But even though I did that, I played along and took it back and did a quick check over everything to make sure that everything was ok still. Once I was done with my “inspection,” I called him into the office. Nobody questioned it because we usually do this to customers to discuss billing and other things we find on the vehicle that is also broken or not working properly in private so no one else overhears. Once we were finally alone, I told him the whole situation. I just wanted to know why he was coming here day after day to keep fixing his bike, I asked him wouldn’t it be better if you got it all done in one shot? He just gave a short laugh and said “I knew you’d catch on, you look way too smart to pass up something like that. Why was I coming in day after day? I was coming to see you, the bike was just the excuse that I needed for a place like this. Curtis, I want to be honest with you. I really like you, and unless I’m reading you wrong, which by the way, almost never happens for me. I think you really like me too. So now that everything is out on the table, I was wondering what are your plans for next weekend? Maybe we can go and hang out?”

“You mean, like on a date?”

“Well, I mean. We don’t have to call it that if you don’t want to. It can be just two friends hanging out.” I quickly looked out the windows to see if anyone was around, and once I was sure that the coast was clear, I went over to him and gave him a quick hug and said.

“I would love to go on a date with you Riley.” I saw the obvious sign that he was happy when I looked down behind him, and soon felt his arms wrap around me.

“A date it is then.”

Present Day

I found myself snapping back to reality with me on the couch and with a drink in hand. ‘Wow, my body must have been on autopilot while I was thinking about the past. I never noticed me doing anything.’ If any of you are wondering what happened after that, well, if you're paying attention earlier you would have noticed that yes, Riley and I are still together, and we could not be any happier. Ever since he came into my life, it has been almost nothing but a cakewalk. Sure there are some bad times, you wouldn’t be in a normal relationship if you didn’t have any. But having him in my life, makes all the bad things feel like nothing. Another great thing about us is that we have never had a true fight. And what I mean by true fight is like straight-up yelling at each other, that’s a fight. I’m not saying that we didn’t have any disputes, or didn’t always see eye to eye, because that has happened. But even though we do argue from time to time, we always work it out. Because deep down, neither one of us wanted to lose the other, because we both agreed that our lives before we met each other was nothing to how they are now. Another “bonus” about him is our sex life. Oh my GOD! It is amazing! Let me tell you, ever since the first time we did it with each other, I have never felt the need to fantasize about anything. He is an absolute beast in the sack, but can also be a most passionate lover. He can definitely turn on the charm when needed. We both agreed that we didn’t want one of us to be the top and bottom when it came to sex. We agreed that we could be whatever we felt like in the bedroom. And if we couldn’t, we could always take turns, or “find out different ways to decide.” Well, it never came to that. Even though we agreed we could take turns, more times than not, I found myself being pounded by him. And you wouldn’t blame me if you saw what he was packing. I always joked to him about how he needed a conceal carry permit for his cock, he always found it funny. And it is because I’m on the bottom so much that he never complained when I asked to be top every once in a while.

Oh! Duh! I forget to tell you the most important thing about him. You see Riley is a- “So Curtis!” I heard my aunt Suzy call out to me. “We all heard that we would finally get to meet this new boyfriend of yours that you have been dating for so long. Is he coming?”

“Yep (after much convincing)” I said under my breath, “He told me that he would be running a bit late. Due to that fact that he said that his work had a few things to discuss with him and that he felt that he didn’t have anything nice enough to wear to here. So once he was done with work, he was going to go and buy a nice outfit.” It was at this time that grandma Rose decided to chime in.

“Hmph, doesn’t show up on time, doesn’t have anything to wear? He sounds like the type of person you shouldn’t be with. You should find some nice girl to be with.” That got everyone to look over at me, looking for an answer. Because just like my own personal family, my relatives never met Riley either, and it wasn’t because I never wanted to show them. It’s because the time never felt right.

Although the cat slipped out of the bag a while ago, as in we were all together on Sunday, and I’m texting Riley off to the side. I wasn’t even thinking about it, but when I got up to use the bathroom, I set my phone down on the end table next to me. Usually, my phone never leaves my side, and of course unsuspecting of anything, Riley kept texting me. My mom decided to cash in on my mistake and invade my privacy by reading the texts Riley were sending each other. Once I was done in the bathroom and sat back down on the couch, as soon as I pulled my phone back up, my mom asked “Who’s Riley?” And that started a whole big argument. Eventually, word got around to the entire family. Not everyone was so accepting of the news, some like the older generations like grandma Rose. From what I heard she respects me, but not my “choices” in life. “Well grandma, if you can find someone that is the same in every bit of way as Riley is, I’ll do it. And the only reason why I say that is because I know for a fact that you or anyone else won’t be able to do it, because there is only one Riley. There is no one else like him.” The only noise that people could hear was the sound of the football game and the commentators. “Look… I can see what you are trying to do, and I understand why you want me to do it. People in your generation were raised in a world where doing what I am doing was looked down upon. But we all live in a different world now then we did way back then. And in today’s world, telling people that you are either gay or in my case bisexual, it’s not that surprising anymore. As for me leaving him, that is not going to be happening now or anytime soon. I love Riley, and he loves me. And we both can’t wait to see what our futures hold.” I finished the rest of my drink and went to get a new one, letting everyone process what I just said. “And no offense grandma but if the reasons why I was going to be leaving someone was because that they “don’t show up on time” and “don’t have anything to wear,” then I would never be with any girls. Out of the few girls that I did date, part of the reasons that I decided to end it was because one of them constantly obsessed over what they wore. While the other thought that I wasn’t giving them enough of my time because apparently me having a job and a social life was a big no-no for them.” Now, most people would think that me talking to my whole family like this is unacceptable. But to anyone who thinks that I say “fuck you” to. Some of them have been like this from the very moment they found out. Grandma and grandpa even tried to set me up that very day, saying that they had friends that had a niece that I just HAD to meet right away. Why can’t they just understand that this is who I am, I’m not going to change for them. The sooner they realize that the sooner we can all get on with our lives. Finally, after a bit more silence, someone spoke up.

“So… His name is Riley? Interesting. What does Riley do for a living?” One of my cousins asked, most likely trying to break the awkward silence. Humoring them, I decided to answer.

“He works in Law Enforcement. He told me that he comes from a family line of cops, he actually told me a while ago that he was going to try out for the S.W.A.T. team.”

“Where did you two meet?”

“We met at my work, he came in saying that he bought a better engine for his bike, but didn’t have the proper tools to swap it out himself. So he was wondering if he could use our garage to do it. We talked it over with my boss and he said it was ok just as long as someone worked with him, and since I was already talking with him, he asked me if I wanted to do it, and I said yes. And sure glad that I did.”

“Was it, love at first sight?” Everyone seemed more interested in my conversation then the football game on TV.

“Not at first, but by our third meet up, we both knew that there was something there between us.” “What was the first date together?”

“We went to the movies to see John Wick: Chapter 2.”

“That movie came out two years ago, correct? And we only found out that you two were dating only around six months ago. Were you ever planning to tell us about you two?” Everyone was already looking at me, but now I was sure I had their full attention, they all wanted to know why they were kept in the dark about this.

“If I’m being honest, no. Well, not unless things got really serious. But another reason why is because it is none of your business who I date. I understand one day that whoever I marry, man or woman will be a part of this family. But until that happens, none of you need a play by play on my dating life.” I was greeted with more silence again because they knew that I was right.

“When you say really serious, what do you mean by that?” Knowing what they were getting at without saying it, I decided to finish it for them.

“Yes, really serious would mean getting married, but we are not there yet.” Nobody said anything about moving in with the other person. If they did, I wasn’t sure if I would tell them that I actually WAS living with Riley, or tiptoe around it like I just did with the whole marriage thing. I said we weren’t there yet, on the whole, getting married thing, not that we weren’t ready yet. Meaning that if Riley were to ever ask me to marry him, I wouldn’t say no. Or if he doesn’t, maybe in a couple more months I would toss the idea out there, and if he wasn’t against the idea, then maybe I’d ask him a couple of months later. It looked like someone else was going to ask another question, but all of a sudden, we all heard it.

Ding Dong

Riley was here. “I’ll get it!” I shouted, making sure everyone knew that I would be the one answering the door. As I made my way to the door, I stopped right before I was about to open it, taking a deep breath and saying to myself ‘Dear God, please let things run smoothly.’ And with that I opened the door, seeing the one thing in my life that could make me smile in any situation. A situation like the one inside the house right now. Standing outside the door was the dog that I loved with all of my heart. “Hey, babe.” He said to me with the warmest of smiles.

“Hi, Riley.” I answered back with a loving smile of my own.

I couldn’t stop myself from going into his open arms. And yes, from what you heard from before, and from what I was going to tell you before. Yes, Riley is a dog, an anthro German Shepherd to be more precise. I brought my arms from around his back and put my hands on both sides of his face and brought it towards mine. “Mph! Damn Curtis.” he said as we parted lips, and then spoke in a more quiet voice. “We only been apart for a couple of hours, and I get that when we meet back up!” He then leaned down so that his mouth was right by my ear and whispered while also groping my butt. “Maybe I should leave again, and come back an extra hour later. Maybe I’ll get more than just a kiss.” He then started snaking his hands around the rest of me, but unfortunately, I had to stop it as soon as it started by putting my hands on his shoulders and keeping him at arm’s length.

“Ah! As much as I would love for you to hold and feel me up right now, you can’t. We both have to be on our best behavior when we are here.”

“Well, what about when we are not here?” He said while giving me a suggestive look. “Oh believe me, if we weren’t here, I would love to do the things that you are thinking of right now. But,” I began straightening out both mine and his clothes. “We need to be extra careful today.” It was also the time I was able to get a good look at what he was wearing. He had on a new pair of dark blue jeans and was wearing a royal blue, black, and a bit of white flannel long sleeve shirt. He also had the top button unbuttoned so you could see a white undershirt. He noticed me looking and decided to comment on it. “I told you that I felt that I didn’t really have anything nice enough to wear to something like this, so I decided to go and pick this out. What do you think?” He said as he gave me a full turn. “I wanted to look nice, but I figured that a suit would be too much, as well as my uniform. And I don’t think a t-shirt and shorts would work either. So, I decided to get the outfit that you liked so much on our first official date together. Remember when we first met up on that day? On your entire walk up to me, you were constantly checking me out. And finally, when you did get up to me, you said to me, and I quote, I hope this doesn’t come off as weird, but this whole look you got going on right now, you look really sexy in. End quote.” I was very shocked that he remembered that.

“After all this time, you remembered what I said to you when we first met?”

“Well of course, how could I forget. It was one of the first compliments you ever gave me.” I smiled at the memory, but I wasn’t about to let him be the one with a good memory. “Yeah, I remember that. That was a great night. But if I remember correctly, after I said that, you said to me after you were blushing. Which by the way, don’t bother saying that you weren’t because I knew at that moment, under all of that fur, you were blushing from the way you acted right after I said it.”

“Maybe I did, maybe I didn’t. You can never prove it.”

“Riiiiiight, anyways. After you recovered from blushing, you said to me, “Well I hope you don’t find THIS weird. But, would it be too soon to ask if I could give you a hug?” Which of course I said yes to. But right before you were about to pull away, you decided to give me a little lick.”

“Well, it seems you don’t have that bad of memory either? So you mean to tell me it went down something like this?” Riley then acted out what I just said.

“Yes, it went something like that.” “SOMETHING like that! Oh, we can’t have that. We are going to have to keep doing it until we get it right.” He said in a husky voice.

“You sly dog! Again, as much as I would love to reenact the past like that, we can’t right now. We have to go and meet the wolves.” Riley didn’t miss a beat.

“So you WERE raised by dogs! That must be the reason why you find them attractive.” He almost fell over laughing. Meanwhile, I was doing everything not to push him into the snowbank.

“Ha, ha, very funny wise guy. You and I both know that is not the main reason I’m more attracted to you, a dog than I am people. There’s that, plus I told you that I kind of have a thing for German Shepherds. ESPECIALLY, when they dress up in a police uniform. So it’s proboley a good thing you didn’t show up in it.” He just smiled and hugged me again and said,

“Just say the word and I’ll go back to work to get it.” All I could do was return the hug. “Maybe later. Sniff, sniff. Wait, sniiiiiff. I know that smell. That’s Ralph Lauren Polo Red.” I pulled away and gave him a weird look. “Since when do you wear cologne, let alone mine? I thought you said it screws with your smell?”

“Only if it’s an overpowering amount. I only used two sprays, one for each side of the neck. Plus, I wanted to make a good first impression with everyone. And I figured that one of the things I could do to do that would be smelling as nice as possible. And since you bought that kind and had it on your shelf, I figured you wouldn’t mind me smelling a bit like you. You don’t, right?” “No, of course not. In fact, you looking like, and smelling like that. Got to say, you are really high on the sexy scale right now. Very close to the point where I want to take you to some private room, lock the door, and rip your pants off you stud.” I could see his tail wagging like crazy.

“Easy now, you don’t want to assault an officer do you?” He asked while giving my butt another grope, while at the same time I could feel him poking me through his pants.

“Maybe I do, and maybe I’m willing to accept whatever that would come from it.” We both kissed each other again, trying to draw it out as long as possible. After we were done, we just stood there in silence with our foreheads pressed together. Just enjoying the fact that we were together.

Then Riley said, “Did I ever tell you that I don’t deserve you?” This is something we always did with each other. It was after the third time he said this to me, that I said this to him.

“And did I ever tell you to not sell yourself short, and the that yes, you do?” We just smiled at one another as we held each other in each other’s arms.

“I love you, Curtis.”

“I love you, Riley.” We broke apart and I looked back towards the house, and then I looked back towards Riley. “Well, let’s do this.” I said, trying to pump myself up with confidence. But right before I entered the house, Riley grabbed my hand and pulled me back into his arms.

“Hey, listen to me. I can see that you’re still hella nervous about this whole ordeal.”

“Is it that obvious?”

“Little bit, yeah.” We both laughed at that.” “But real talk. Whatever happens in there, just know that I’m right here.” He then gave me a peck on the cheek.

“Thanks, babe... Ok, let’s do this.”

I opened the door and went back into the house, and walked back up the steps from the landing, while Riley wiped and took off his shoes, “Well dam Curtis, we were about to come out looking for you. Thought you froze solid out there.” My aunt spoke up again, all the while I thought to myself that the exact opposite happened with how things were getting so heated up between me and Riley. “Well, is he here? We are all waiting to finally meet him” I looked around to see that all eyes were on me.

“Yeah, he’s here.” I looked back down the steps as I heard Riley come up. Soon we were standing side by side with one arm around each other. “Everyone, you wanted to meet him, and here he is. Everyone, this is Riley McKenna. Riley, these are all of my aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, their families, my brother, sister, mom, and dad.” Riley then walked over to my mom and dad and proceeded to shake their hands. I say proceeded because just like everyone else around us, they seem to be in complete shock.

“It’s nice to meet both of you.” After not getting a response, he walked back over to me.

“Have you ever been trained to be around bombs? Because I see a big one is about to explode any second now.” I said to Riley in a hushed whisper.

“I’m sorry, who are you?” My mom said, “My name is Riley Ma'am. Riley McKenna.”

“Curtis, I never knew that you were friends with a dog.” My mom said the last word with so much venom in it, I could practically taste it. ‘Well, semes that she’s going to deny it from the start. So I better clear the air right away and lay it all out on the table right away.’ “First off, if you are going to address him, or any other K9 anthro. I’d advise you not to use that word around them, and I’ll tell you why. After weeks and weeks of getting to know more anthros, mostly Riley’s friends, I felt comfortable enough to ask them why they didn’t like being called that. They told me that once upon a time, the term “dog” was only used for their four-legged feral cousins. And although they don’t mean any disrespect to them, the four legs are far less superior compared to them. So when an anthro gets called a dog, to them, you are saying that they are just a simple animal. To sum it up, the word dog, to them, is the same as saying the “N” word to some other people. The only time a human would be allowed to say that to an anthro would be if the anthros knew the human well enough that they would be able to know that there would be no hostility behind it. Like I do sometimes to Riley or his friends because they all know that they can trust me, and when the few time that I do say it, it’s usually in good taste. So with that being said, could you please either call him by what he is, which is an anthro, or a K9. Or you could use his name like a normal person. And second, we are more than just “friends.” Everyone, I’d like to formally introduce to you all, my boyfriend Riley.” Everyone was taken aback by the explanation, that no one said anything for a bit. It was Riley that was next to speak, while also slipping his fingers in between mine. Doing his best to calm me down.

“Babe, please calm down. From what you told me, they are all new to this. You don’t need to defend me like that, I can take it.”

“It doesn’t matter if you can take it or not. And being apart of my family doesn’t give them a free pass on not being accepting. IF anything, they would and should accept me for who I am.” I then turned so that everyone knew that I was addressing all of them on this next part. “Now if anyone has a problem with me or Riley, just speak up. I have no problem leaving. Because unlike you guys, Riley is very close to his family because they accept him for who he is, and they know that he will make the right choices in life that will make him happy. He told them about me even when we were just “kind of a thing” because that’s how excited he was. Plus, he knew he wouldn’t be judged because he was dating a human. Now, we have yet to meet in person, but we have video chatted a couple of times, and they said that they are dying to meet me whenever we get the time. They even invited me over to spend Christmas with them, which I said yes to. I told them I would come here, spend time with you guys, and then go to his parent’s place. What time I go through is up to all of you. Either after we eat, or right now if you wish. I have no problem leaving early.” I was quiet for a moment, just to see if anyone would say anything. And deep down, I hope someone would. I think the grandparents wanted to, but my mom shot them an evil glair before they could say anything. “Alright then. Oh, and another thing. The first time I was introduced to his parents, I wasn’t greeted with “Oh Riley, I didn’t know you were friends with a human.” It was “Hello Curtis, so good to finally meet you. We’ve heard so many nice things from Riley, we’re just so glad that he finally meet someone.” THAT is how you would address someone who is dating your son, not what you did.” Panting from my rant, I took a few breaths and turned to Riley and said “I need a drink. How about I get you one too? You’re not on call right for work right?”

“Nope, I’m free to live it up. But um… are you ok?” “I’ll be fine in a few minutes. Let’s just, go get a drink. What will you have?”

“Oh come on, you know what I like.”

“Two Captain and cokes it is then.”

Ever since my outburst, everyone has gone quiet and were now just staring at both Riley and I, especially now that Riley had his head resting on my shoulder so that it is right next to mine, all the while hugging me from behind. Normally, I wouldn’t mind the affection from him, I would encourage it actually. But I wasn’t so sure of it now because we were still at my parent’s house. And two, half the time Riley did stuff like this, his hugs would turn into something more, like rubbing, groping, or stroking, and if any of thoes things started, other things would definitely escalate from there. I just hope Riley doesn’t do anything right now. As if reading my mind, he whispered in my ear. “Don’t worry babe, I know when to keep my paws to myself.” An internal sigh of relief went off as I heard that. I finished making his drink and handed it to him.

“Here you go, one captain and coke with extra captain because I know that anthros can handle their booze.” and then I said in a quieter voice, “And thanks for not getting pawsey right now, normally I wouldn’t mind it, but as you know.” He put one of his fingers and my mouth to get me to stop talking.

“I know. I need to be on my best behavior when I’m here, so I won’t do anything like that. But I will do this, after all, they know about us after all. And last time I checked, I AM your boyfriend.” Riley then leaned in to give me a quick kiss on the cheek. As Riley kissed me I didn’t even think about what was going on around me. The moment his lips hit my skin, it was like all of my worries melted away for thoes couple of seconds. But as soon as the kiss stopped, I came crashing down back to earth. It was then that I heard footsteps walking across the floor. I turned around to find grandma walking as fast as she could down the hallway and into someone’s bedroom and shut the door. I then looked back towards everyone, I notice my mom with a look of disgust on her face, right before she turns away from me. All I did was sigh and set down my drink. “

I knew that this was a bad idea. We should go to Riley’s parents instead.” But before I could even start to leave, my dad came over to me and placed his hands on my shoulders, and asked me to wait for a little bit while he went and talked to her.

We went and sat down on the couch a watched the game on TV. Riley sat in the corner, and I, of course, sat next to him, more or less leaned into him as he put on arm around me. I closed my eyes and let my head rest on his shoulder letting myself getting lost in my own little world as I took a deep breath in, smelling both my cologne, and I could even still smell the special scent that he gave off. I didn’t know how to describe it, but it always brought me peace when I was able to smell it even if it was only for a little bit. I came back to the present when someone decided to speak up after all that uncomfortable silence. “So Riley, Curtis says that you’re in law enforcement, what’s that like?” I felt Riley perk up at that, if there was anything he loved beside me, it was his job. Although I would be a liar if I said that I didn’t worry about him, or that there were some nights that I felt absolutely scared to death that he wasn’t going to come home somedays. All I could do was trust him that he will make the right decisions and always come back to me.

I always teased him on how cliche it was that he, a German Sheperd, was in law enforcement. Seeing how that was one of the most common breeds people used once upon a time. “It’s great, I’m sure that Curtis told you that I would be running late because I had this thing to take care of at work, which I actually wanted to talk to you about,” he said as he turned to me.

“Oh what was it, did they need everyone down there to discuss that they’re going to change the color of the shirts from a dark blue to an even darker blue?”

“Haha very funny. Actually, the reason they called me and four other members in was to tell us that we are getting a promotion. I made the S.W.A.T. team.” I could believe what I was hearing. This was Riley’s lifelong dream coming true. When the time came that he could enroll in trying to become a S.W.A.T. officer was months ago. He told me a total of around sixty anthros and humans signed up, and as for a couple of weeks ago, only eight remained, and only five could make the cut. And looks like he was one of them. It was at this time that my dad came walking out with grandma from where ever she was hiding, but he stopped in the kitchen and motioned for both me and Riley to come over. He led us to the farther corner of the kitchen before he started talking to us.

“Look, I know you two are together, and that you might want to do some little things that people who are together in public, but grandma only agreed to come and stay out here only if you two don’t do what she saw you two do in the kitchen.” I was so angry when I heard that, but I was so over everything that all I did was throw a look over in grandmas direction. I grabbed one of Riley’s hands and was about to heads towards my room, but not before saying loud enough for everyone to hear.

“Come on Riley, it appears that we make some people uncomfortable to be around. So you and I will just hang out in my old room until everyone is ready to eat.” Nobody tried to stop us from leaving the room, and that was fine by me. I could use some time with just me and Riley. Once we were both in, I closed the door a little harder than I should just to make everyone else understand that I was pissed. I then went over to my bed and laid down on my back and started rubbing my temples on the sides of my head, this entire shit storm was giving me a headache.

Meanwhile, as I was doing that, Riley just stood in the center of my room and started looking over everything. “So this is where you grew up? Got to say it both does and doesn’t surprise me in what’s in here. I mean, we’ve known each other for a while now, and you pretty much told me all of what you liked. So I’m not all that shocked to find movies, video games, and sports posters all around here. Although I will say that there are a few things that surprise me, like these two drawings that you have on the walls here.” Knowing exactly what he was talking about, I explained them without looking at him.

“Thoes drawings are the last two drawings that I ever did back in high school. Out of everything I ever made, thoes are the only two that I’m truly proud of. I guess you could say that I saved the best for last. And that reminds me, now that you brought them up, I should move them to our house.” He tried to start other conversations about some of the things in here, but really the only other things that had a bit of a story behind them were the boat shelf and TV stand that I also made back in high school in woods class. I knew what he was trying to do, but try as hard as we could, or at least, I couldn’t ignore it. “Look, Riley, I appreciate what you are trying to do, but aren’t you at least a little mad at what they said?” I said as I now sat on the edge of my bed.

“Maybe a little, but you got to understand that I’ve dealt with things like this my entire life, so it’s nothing really all that new to me. I just had a long time to practice on how to ignore everything.” He then pulled me back up to my feet, into one of his hugs, all the while he kept looking at me. “I know you’re mad, but as I said before, this is all new to them. Sure they knew that you were dating a guy, and if you were doing all of that stuff with a regular one, maybe things would be a little different. But let me ask you this… did you ever tell them that you were dating an anthro?” All I did was look down, he already knew the answer to that one, so there was no reason for me to answer it. “I’m sure things will calm down and go back to normal after a while, you just need to give it some time, and maybe cut them a little slack.” I looked back up to him and smiled, and then gave him a quick kiss. “Fine, I will give them a LITTLE slack, but that’s it. The real question is what do we do now to kill some time before we have to go and eat. And before you say anything, remember, whatever it is, it has to be with all of our clothes on. I saw that look on your face, and I know exactly what you were going to suggest.” Riley still held that dirty grin on his face as he responded. “Awwww, you’re no fun.” He then looked around the room and spotted my old computer desk that had a small subwoofer and two smaller speakers sitting on it. “I just got a great idea. Can you give me your phone for a second?” I didn’t really have any idea why Riley would want to see my phone right now, and when I did ask him, all he said was “Trust me, I know this will cheer you up.” I then unlocked my phone and gave it to him. He then walked over to my desk while seeming to search through something on my phone, he then grabbed the aux cord that I always left plugged into it and then proceeded to plug it into my phone. He then seemed to find whatever he was looking for because he hit play, and pretty soon music started playing. You see, I had a LOT of music on my phone, of all different kinds. I was never partial to just one type. So I was a little surprised when the song Can’t Help Falling In Love from the movie Crazy Rich Asians starting playing. He then set the phone down on the desk and turned and walked back to me, he had the warmest, most sincere smile on his face as he’d offered his hand to me. “May I have this dance, love?” I swear my heart starting melting, and I think I started to cry a bit at the whole scene.

You see, growing up I was always a fan of cheesy, romantic scenes in both movies and stories. And I really like romantic songs, so when I went and saw Crazy Rich Asians and heard that song, I was hooked. I, of course, saw the movie with Riley and got really close with him as the song played, and then played it like crazy for about a week straight after I downloaded it the next day. The original is ok, but this version I absolutely love, and Riley knows that. Growing up, I always wondered what it would be like to be slow dancing with the person you love with all of your heart, to look into their eyes as you lost yourself in the moment as the music played, and to be completely swept off your feet as your lips met theirs. I was so excited when I first had that chance with Riley and I can’t even put it into words. He knows how much I love to slow dance with him, so of course I said yes. “Damn you. You know how much I love this song.”

“Yes, I do. That’s exactly why I picked it and asked you to dance.” All I did was smile, close my eyes, and I rested my head against his chest as we swayed back and forth. Not knowing that we had an audience watching through a crack in the door that somehow none of us noticed or heard it open back up. Pretty soon, the song came to an end, and both just stood there looking into each others eyes. Both Riley and I leaned in to give on another a very passionate kiss. When we separated, the music played on, with the next song being Perfect by Ed Sheeran started playing. “You put this on some sort of romantic playlist or something?”

“No, I just hit play on the last song, your phone is still on shuffle. Although out of all the music you have on there that could play next, it just happened to be this one. It’s almost like your phone is trying to tell us something.” I held on to Riley’s shoulders and started to back up to my bed, and as soon as I felt it with the back of my knees, I fell into it, bringing Riley with me. At first, we just laid side by side cuddling as we listened to the song, but pretty soon, and especially from not being able to show each other any real affection for the entire day, Riley rolled over so that he was now on top of me. It was pretty clear that we both wanted to do way more than just cuddle. I guess that we could do something simple if we’re both quick and quiet. We both started by rubbing our hands over one another, he always told me that he loves the way my skin felt against his paw pads, and I’ve always loved to run my hands through his fur. It was so soft, the only time it wasn’t is when he comes home from work from being in his uniform all day. Ha, as if a little sweat was gonna stop me from giving him any love. But anytime after he just showered and was all dry is when it was by far the softest. And because I knew that he freshened up before he came here, his fur felt like it belonged on a plush doll. One of my hands found its way under his shirt, onto his abs. I really worked my fingertips into him so I could feel that prominent six-pack that he got from all of the years of hard work on the force, and in the gym. “Mmmm, your hands always know the right places to touch, you think you can go a little lower?” I didn’t need to think about that one.

“Oh absolutely.” I started slowly moving my hands down to his pants, wanting to feel my prize that I’ve already been feeling, as he has been grinding it into me ever since he rolled on top of me.

I was about to slip my fingers past his waistband, but I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. My door was open, and if I remembered correctly, I completely shut my door when we got into my room. So the only way for it to be opened at all would be if someone from the outside opened it. “What the hell-” But I was cut off from finishing what I was saying when my mom busted in my room.

“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING!!!!! Get off of my son right now!!!” Toward the end of my mother’s rant, my grandma came into my room, no doubt wanting to yell at Riley as well. “I don’t want you seeing my son ever again! That goes the same for you, you are to never see this DOG! Ever again!” My mom then turned back to Riley. “YOU! GET OUT!” Riley shuffled around and collected are things in the room. Once he had, he started to make his way towards that door but stopped when I grabbed his arm while I was sitting on the edge of my bed with my head hanging low.

“Are you ashamed of me?” When no one answered, it was my grandma who decided to speak up.

“Well of course he is, why else would he be trying to leave so fast? Probably has-”

“I wasn’t talking to him, I would never ask that of Riley because I know for a fact that he loves me, and is not afraid to show it. My question was directed to you two.” I never gave them a chance to answer me, mostly because I knew whatever they said couldn’t make me care any less than I do right now. “Come on, I guess we’re spending Christmas with your family this year, and most likely years after this.” I left my room with Riley in tow. I didn’t stop for anyone as I made my way to the door. Both my mother and grandma following me.

“Excuse me Curtis, where do you think you’re going with that dog! Did you not just hear me when I told you that you are never to see him again!?” Having enough of my mom’s shit, I quickly spun around so I could call her on it.

“Oh no I heard you, now it’s time for you to hear me. Do you ever hear yourself?! You’re forbidding me from ever seeing him again?! I’m fucking 23 years old, have a full-time job, hell, I don’t even live at home anymore! I have had my own life for the past five years, and have been in a relationship for half that time while living with my boyfriend! So, please explain to me, if I’m never supposed to see him again when we live in the same damn house!?” The entire house was dead quiet except for the tv as everyone watches our shouting match.

“You’re living with him?! But when we helped you move into your new house, there were no other signs of someone else living there.”

“Yes I know, that’s because if his stuff was already there, we would be having this exact conversation two and a half years ago. I actually started to help him move in the very next day after you were done helping me move in.”

“So then you lied to us when we’d asked you if there was anyone living with you.”

“Actually, no. I never lied. I always answered your question honestly. Plus, you never asked it like that. You always asked, “Are there any NEW people coming to live here anytime soon?” And I answered no because Riley was neither new nor coming to live there any time soon. He was already living there. Look, I’m just going to speed this up for all of you. No, I’m not going to kick him out, he owns half the house as the deed says. No, I’m not going to come live with you, because that will only result in a constant 24-hour fight between us. And as for breaking up with him?” I look over to Riley while interlocking my fingers with his. “Hell will freeze over before that happens.” Both my mom and my grandma looked like they were going to say something, but I was able to cut them off right before they started. “Before you say anything, let me just leave you with one warning. I’d choose your next words very carefully if I were you. I know how much you looooove to have everyone here for the holidays, so this is your one chance to salvage this “bomb” that is this whole mess that you two created.” My mom seemed to take my advice and closed her mouth, thinking about what she should say. I couldn’t say the same for my grandma.

“What we created!? We are not the ones that are that is in “love” with some mutt, let alone a male one!” I was able to see Riley’s reaction to that out of the corner of my eye when she said that. His ears were pinned back, his breathing was shakey, and his tail was between his legs. I’ll be damned if I say around any longer and insult him like that.

“And ka-boom. You chose the wrong wire, and everything exploded in your face. Mom, I love you but don’t expect me to come here anytime soon until you apologized to both me and Riley. And not over the phone either, has to be in person. You know where I live, you can do it there anytime after 4:30. That’s about the time where both Riley and I are home from work. And that goes the same for you grandma. Now if you’ll excuse me, we are going to spend Christmas with a family who actually wants both of us together at their house.” I turned to everyone else before I went downstairs. “I’m sorry everyone for holding up the time to eat, and for you all to have witnessed what just happened, maybe one day we can meet up again and laugh about this, but I don’t think that will be anytime soon.” I put on all of my winter clothes and was about to walk out the door, but right before I did that, I turned back around and left a few parting words. “Do you why I’m attracted to anthros more than I am to people? It is because they are different, and I’m not just talking about their appearance. Their views on life are so much simpler than humans, especially when it comes to relationships. They don’t care if it’s male and female, male and male, or anthro and human. They just care whether or not they are happy with one another. And that’s how I am with Riley.” And with that, I left. Slamming the door behind me. All the while Riley was on his phone, telling his family that we would be coming over.

No words were said as we made our way into Riley’s truck and on the ride to his parent’s house. Sure I was mad that the things they said to me, but what made me furious was all of the things they said directly to Riley. It’s not the first time I’ve heard words like that spoken to me by other people, the type of people who also don’t approve of my relationship, but my family was supposed to be different. I thought that they are supposed to accept me for who I am, or in this case, who I’m in love with. I guess I was wrong. Well, all of what they said doesn’t matter. I love Riley with all of my heart, I would walk through hell to be with him. No amount of insults will stop me from doing that.

Like I said before, the ride was quiet, with the exception of the music that played from my phone through the Bluetooth speakers in Riley’s truck. So far I spent the entire ride gazing out the window, looking at all of the passing Christmas lights and displays in people’s yards. Every once in a while I would glance over at Riley out of the corner of my eye, many times he opened his mouth, and looked like he was going to say something, but always decide against it as he closed it a second later. Pretty soon he just stopped trying and joined me in the silence. I couldn’t really blame him for not wanting to say anything after what happened a little while ago. I also tried to think of things that I could talk about on our current ride, but the elephant in the room that was my family was just too big a shit storm to just ignore or wanted to address. But all of a sudden, an idea came into my mind that I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t thought of before. I had the perfect way the Riley could talk to one another, without actually talking to one another. As you saw before, music was a big thing for Riley and I, some of the stuff we did always came back to it. In fact, when we were first dating, it was one of the things that really brought us together. And even though I had lots of songs to choose from, I knew the most perfect one to play at the moment.

I quickly unlocked my phone and quickly scrolled through my song collection until I found it. I pressed play and looked over at Riley to see his reaction to my song choice. As soon as the song Ruin My Life by Zara Larsson starting playing, I saw Riley get the biggest smile on his face, this song was important to us because this was our song. It was the first song that we ever danced to, and at the end of it is when we had our first real kiss. Sure we gave each other pecks of the cheeks, but it was during this song that we decided that we wanted to see what the other’s lips tasted like. And let me tell you, it was amazing. This song had one other first for us, after we had been with each other for a while and wanted to start trying “new things” in the bedroom, we decided we wanted to try making love to music. So, after much debate, we decided on this one. I remember every second of it, us laying on the bed chest to chest, running our hands across each other’s body, all of the foreplay that led to the actual sex. Riley decided to get to the song as we made love, moving his hips into and away from me to the steady beat, I never felt more alive then I did right then, especially when Riley finally pushed in his…

I was pulled out of my stroll down memory lane when I felt Riley slip his paw into my hand and interlace his fingers with mine. He looked at me for a couple of seconds with that smile on his face before focusing back on the road. “Quite the song choice. Any particular reason why you picked it?” I could hear the knowing in his voice, no doubt that he just remembered all of the same things I just did.

“Oh you know, it has a good beat, I like the message in it, plus it’s just a good song,” I said playing along with his game.

“Oh? You sure there isn’t some other reason you like this song?”

“Well, now that you mention it, I can recall doing a few things to this song with a good friend of mine.”

“Really now? What kind of things? And this friend of yours, anyone I would know by chance?”

“Let’s just say that the things that happened made me grow to love this friend of mine to levels I never thought possible. And as for who he is, I don’t think you would know him.”

“Hmph, well, whoever he is, it sounds like he is super lucky to have you. I hope one day I can have what this friend of yours has.” Since he couldn’t really lean over to kiss me, he settled with bringing my hand to his mouth and kissed that instead. “I love you.”

“And I love you to Riley.”

As we pulled into the driveway of Riley’s parent’s house, he told me that when he called them up to tell them that we were coming over. He said that his mom told us that we were of course welcome, but due to the fact that they didn’t know sooner, they had already eaten dinner. “But as always, she still has stuff leftover, so she said that we could help ourselves once we got there if we haven’t eaten yet.”

“Oh thank God. I’ve been waiting all day for Christmas dinner, can’t wait to actually eat it.”

“They also said that not only them but everyone there is so excited to meet you. They want to meet the legend that was “Able to real me in.” I just laughed at that. Completely unaware that the whole time we were talking, Riley was able to park his truck, and we were walking up to the front door. What stopped our conversation was the front door swinging open, and a female Shepherd revealing herself. Of whom I’m guessing was Riley’s mom.

“Curtis! So good to finally meet you.” She said as she came towards me with open arms. Quickly wrapping me up in a hug. I forgot for a second how affectionate other anthros can be, especially ones like Riley’s parents. I should have expected this from our past video chats on how excited they were to meet me. And I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t looking forward to meeting them either. Since I wasn’t expecting the hug from Riley’s mom, I stumbled back for a second before I stable myself before falling over.

“I-It’s good to finally m-meet you as well Mrs. McKenna,” I said feeling nervous. Sure from other times we’ve spoken to each other, they seemed very nice. But this is still the first time for me “meeting his parents.” I only had to do this one other time way back in high school when I went and met the parents of the human girl that I’ve been dating for a while at the time. I knew that I should have nothing to worry about as Riley told me from time and time again, but there was still a difference between meeting human parents and meeting an anthro’s parents, no matter how well you may know them. ‘Damn, Riley handled this so much better than me.’ Though I must admit, when Riley’s mom did hug me, I became extremely happy knowing that I was now in a place that not only knew about my relationship with Riley, but completely accepted it. I also didn’t notice that while I was in my own little world, the time it would be for a normal hug was up. And how weird I must look still holding Riley’s mom.

“Well Riley, I see that you have one that is a hugger.” I blushed and quickly let go. Stepping back to give us some space.

“I’m sorry Mrs. McKenna, I was just… thinking about today, and saying to myself that it’s nice to finally be in a place that doesn’t look down on Riley and I being together.”

“Yes, Riley told me a little about what happened over the phone a little while ago. I’m sorry to hear about what happened to you and your family. If you want, you can always come to me if you feel like talking.”

“Thanks, I appreciate it.” She then turned her attention to Riley. “There’s my big boy! You come over here and give your mom a hug as well.” I watched as they both embraced each other, feeling the love that is between them. “Mmm, my pup is home.”

“Really, mom? You act like I’ve been overseas for a year, you know we don’t live that far from each other right?”

“Maybe, but parents still miss their kids when they’re not home anymore. Maybe you two will find all about that one day.” I could feel the embarrassment dripping off of both Riley and I at the mention of that.

“MOM! Pump the brakes there for a second! We are nowhere near that point in our relationship with each other. “

“Yeah come on Abby, don’t embarrass the boys with questions like that. Neither you nor I ever thought about having pups back at their age.” A deep voice said from the doorway of the house, a voice that belonged to a very big German Shepherd. “Now come inside, you’re letting all of the heat out.” We all went into the house, we took off our winter gear, and when I turned around, I was face to face, or in this case, face the chest with Riley’s dad. There were so many things I wanted to say, but all I could say was just, “Nice to meet you sir.”

And I held out my hand for him to shake. All he did was look at it and laugh. “Oh come now, we’re no strangers to one another, you been dating my son for the past two years, and from all the times that we have talked to one another, I feel like we are way past the handshaking stage, now get in here.” He didn’t really give me much of a choice on to decide whether or not to accept or refuse the hug, as he leaned in a wrapped his arms around me. I was expecting some sort of bear hug from him, giving his massive build and stacher. But actually, he was able to hug me up to the point right before it became uncomfortable. Quickly accepting the opportunity I had, I hugged back. Call me weird but it felt like a was hugging Riley, the only difference was the little bit bigger body. “Careful Jack, I found out he’s a hugger, and we all know what type of anthros he prefers. We don’t want to make Riley jealous now do we?” I quickly stepped back from the hug, noticing that I was enjoying it a little too much. But as I stepped out of Jack’s arms, I backed up and two more wrapped around me from behind.

“Too late mom, he already has.” Riley had his entire front pressed up to my backside, I could feel the stiffy he had going on as he pressed his hips into me. All the while he nuzzled the side of my face and gave me little kisses every now and then. “It’s been a while since you held me like that.”

“What do you mean “it’s been a while.” I gave you a hug like that earlier today. Matter of fact, I believe that one was way better than that one with what happened towards the end of it.”

“Mmm.” Riley spun me around a gave a quick kiss to my lips, “That may be, but like I said. It’s been a while.” I heard some chuckling behind me, and when I turned around I saw Riley’s parents standing side by side as they both had an arm around the other.

“I remember when we used to act like that.”

“Used to? Dad you and mom never stopped.” I saw Jack give us a smirk as he said, “I suppose you’re right.” He then moved his paw that was wrapped around his wife and moved it down to her ass before he gave it a squeeze. “Isn’t that right honey?”

“Ah! Jack! Not right now!” She then moved his hand away from her, but right before she did anything else, she went and gave a quick grope to Jack’s crotch. I heard him gasp for air for a moment right before he said, “I thought you just said not right now?” “I did, but you can’t expect me not to retaliate from what you just did to me.” I was a little in shock, I knew that anthros were a bit more affectionate than people, but I’ve yet to see anything like that. I looked towards Riley, I expected him to be somewhat in a shocking state, but I saw more annoyance then anything else.

“Mom, Dad, could you please control yourselves while we have a guest over that is not used to that sort of thing.”

‘Not used to it? So stuff like that is normal around here?’ Before I could ask anything, Riley leaned down and whispered to me, “I’ll tell you about it later.”

It seemed that Riley’s words seemed to register to his parents before they separated and turned back to me. “Oh, sorry about that Curtis, we forgot about you for a second there. It’s just… just because we’re older, married, and have kids, doesn’t mean that Abby and I can’t have displays of affection like that to still show each other that we want one another.” Even after what I just saw, I couldn’t help but smile at the couple.

“No, that’s alright. I completely understand. I actually find it sweet that you two still have the same passion for each other now, the same as you did when you first met. That’s one thing I hope Riley and I never lose.” I saw his mom give us a smirk.

“Oh I don’t think you will, Riley could never really keep it in his pants once he turned 13. He gets it from his father.”

“MOM!”

Everyone but Riley laughed before his dad spoke up. “Oh lighten up Riley, it’s a known tradition that parents tell embarrassing stories to whoever is dating their kids. Besides,” he then looked over to Abby. “Last time I checked you were no better than me honey when it came to stuff like that.” They then both leaned in to kiss on another, it was quick, but I could see just from thoes few seconds, how in love they are with one another. Pretty soon, they both turned back to us, and then his mom spoke up. “Well, now that introductions are out of the way, why don’t you come up and meet everyone, they’re all excited to meet you. Plus, I heard that you didn’t eat yet, everything is still warm, so just help yourself to as much as you like.”

Just like at my house, we both went up the steps to the living room after we took off our winter gear, but instead of being greeted by stairs and shocked looks, both Riley and I were greeted with actual meaning. Everyone was sitting down and watching TV, but them moment we came into view, everyone left their seats to come over and give us BOTH a hug. I was expecting Riley to get them, but not me. This was the first time I was meeting anyone from Riley’s family, although, I did quite enjoy it, even though I could never get a good look who was hugging me, due to the fact that as soon as one ended, someone else jumped right in. Finally, once everyone had their turn, everyone stood in a little semi-circle as introductions were said. “Well Curtis, since you introduce me to your family, it’s only fair that I introduce you to mine. You of course met my mom and dad, then you got my two older brothers, Luke and Brett. And then my younger sister, Kat.”

Kat quickly speaks up as she looks right at me. “If you would be so kind as to call me by my real name, Kathrin, that would be much apreachieated. Normally, I would cuss out my brother for calling me the nickname that I hate with a passion, but I know it would fall of deaf ears. So I figured I would try to get to you first before he did.” Before I could do anything, Riley leaned over, it looked like he was going to whisper some to me, but still spoke in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear. “Don’t listen to her, she’s just mad that she’s a kitty Kat.” Everyone but her and her parents chuckled at that. But seeing how as I was trying to make that best first impression I could, I went over to her and offered a hand to shake. Which I forgot that they don’t do that here.

“Hello there, Kathrin.” I say as I look over to Riley, and then back to her. “It’s nice to meet you.” She completly ignored my hand and went for another hug.

“Oh, I like you already!” Once she was done, she directed my attention to the Black Lab next to her, “This is my boyfriend, Onyx.” I then went to the two older brothers who were both four years older than Riley. Thoes two, like Riley and his sister are twins, due to the fact that when anthos have kids, it’s more common for them to have more then one at a time. With two or three being the most common. Both Luke and Brett and someone next to them as well, both female, with Luke having a Greman Sheperd next to him, and a Huskey with Brett.

We all chatted for a bit, exchanging stories, Riley brought up his promotion, and everyone gave him congratulation, all the while his mom went and got out a bottle of champagne for the occasion. Everyone got a glass and toasted to Riley, and for everyone being here on Christmas. As everyone was toasting, talking, and joking with one another, I couldn’t help but think that just a little while ago, things were the exate opposite of how they are now. “So… all of you are ok with Riley and I?” Everyone stopped talking and looked over to me. It was then that Jack came over and stood beside me as he put his arm around me. “Look, I understand your uncertaintey, especially after what just happen to you two only a little while ago. But if you’re looking for an answer, the answer is yes, we’re ok with you and my son dating. Once we did hear about you two being together, word spred through us, and not one of us ever said anything bad about you two. We are just glad that Riley found someone that brings out the best in him.” Riley then approached his dad after he was done with me and gave him a hug as he spoke.

“Thanks, dad.”

“Anytime son. Now, why don’t you and Curtis go get something to eat.” Riley and I then both moved over to the kitchen and grabbed a plate, and then loaded it up with food. We both sat down at the corner of the table, chatting to one another, with this being the first time today that we were fainally able to just talk. I always loved moments like this, moments where it was just Riley and myself. I was so lost in conversation with Riley, I was only pulled out of it when I heard a camera going off. When I looked over to the noise, I saw Abby with a phone in her paws.

“Sorry, but I just had to get a picture of you two. One, I don’t really have any. Two, well here, just look at both of you.” She then handed us her phone as we looked at the photo. Sure it was just a picture of us sitting here at the table, but from the way Riley and I were looking at each other, there was so much more to the moment than just us eating with one another. “Also, once I heard that you two were coming over, I made sure to save to of these before everyone else got to them. Plus, I also heard how much of a fan you are of this, Curtis.” Riley’s mom then set down two pieces of pumpkin pie in front of us, and even though we were almost done with our main meal, my mouth was watering from the sight of the pumpkin pie.

Once we were done eating, we cleaned up the table and then helped to put away the rest of the leftovers. It was around eight o’clock by the time we finished and we stood back in the living room. So I ask everyone “So, what do we do now? I know different families have different traditions.” Hearing my question, Riley’s mom decided to answer it as she also came out of the kitchen, and then went and sat down by her husband.

“Well it’s not really an official tradition, but usually after we finish eating, we all sit here and watch whatever Christmas movie is on TV. But before we do that, I believe that there is a tradition that you two need to do that anyone would understand.” Both Riley and I gave confused looks at that, but it was Riley’s dad that clarified things. “Look above you.” We both looked up and saw that we were standing under the Mistletoe.

“Oh, would you look at that.” Riley said.

“How did we not notice that before? Would’ve given us an excuse to kiss one another.”

“Well, then I guess we better start making up that time now. After all, we don’t want to break tradition now do we?”

“No, we do not.” And with that, Riley wrapped me up in his arms and pulled me in close. He brought up one of his paws to cup the side of my face and hold it there, all the while I threw my arms around his shoulders and neck. We both leaned into each other’s lips, it felt just like the brief one we had at my parent’s house, the only difference being that this one was lasting way longer… and I was loving every second of it. It wasn’t any simple kiss either, pretty soon one kiss turned into two, then three, four, pretty soon I lost count. All of a sudden I felt his tongue on my lips, asking for permission. ‘Even after all this time being together, he still knocks instead of barging right in.’ I of course have no problems letting him come in. As soon as he feels it, he slips his tongue my mouth. God, I always loved his tongue, and with Riley being a K9, he had a long and wide tongue that could reach everywhere.

“Ok, that’s enough. It’s Mistletoe not the backseat of a car. You two can save that for when you’re alone.”

“Aw, I’m sorry dad… That you can clearly see that I kiss someone better than you.” Riley said as he started to chuckle.

“HA!!! Let’s get one thing straight junior, without me doing this” Riley’s dad quickly turns to his wife and brings up a hand to her so that he can turn her face towards him before leaning in and kissing her with much passion. Everyone watched as they made out for about half a minute before they stopped. When they did, Riley’s mom’s face looked completely glazed over with pleasure. “You wouldn’t be here today, and I’ll tell you why since you wanted to bring up the subject. It was that very move that put your mother and I in the mood to have more pups. So, you could actually learn a thing or two from me yet.” Before things got any further, I decided to step in.

“Ok! How about we all sit down and watch a movie before this turns into a makeout circle. As I turned to look for a place for both of us to sit, but since everyone else was with someone, all places that were made for more then one person to sit down on were already taken. The only thing that was open was the Lay-Z-Boy. “Um, you can have the recliner Riley, I’ll just go grab a chair from the kitchen and bring it over to you.”

“What are you talking about? Everyone left the best seat open.” Before I could question anything, Riley pulled me over with him as he walked towards the chair. And in one fluid motion, he spun both himseld and I around, pulled me into him, sat us both down in the chair with me in his lap reclining against him as he both leaned back in the chair and reached for the side lever and flipped up the footrest. He then gave me a big slow lick on the side of my cheek, and then looked over towards his dad with a smug look on his face. “Learn a thing or two from you? I think I’m doing pretty good right now, what do you think babe?”

“I think that Michael Jackson has nothing on you mister smooth criminal.” With that, we all turned back to the TV. As they were flipping through the channels, being Christmas eve, of course there was going to be nothing on but Christmas shows and movies. Riley’s dad who had the remote then pulled up the channel menu so that we could read all of the channels and what they were playing. “Curtis, you’re the guest, and nobody is really saying anything on what to watch, so why don’t you pick the movie.” I was looking through all of the options that I had before noticing a Christmas that I really liked. “How about Holiday in Handcuffs?” Without any argument, Riley’s dad scrolled down and selected the movie. As we all settled into our spots to watch the movie, Riley’s mom decided to ask a question. “Interesting choice for a movie. Any particular reason you chose this one? Maybe a memory from the past holidays? Or maybe it’s a hint for later?” As she said the last part, she was wiggling her eyebrows at me, while everyone else was snickering. So, I decided to clear the air. “Actually, no, both guesses are wrong. And I can’t believe that I’m about to have this conversation with my boyfriend’s parents. While it is true that Riley and I like to create our own Christmas magic, we’ve never have done anything like the title says.” It then was one of Riley’s brother’s trun to speak up. Brett, I believe it was.

“Like, never. But our bro is a cop, surly he must always carry some handcuffs on him right?”

“Actually, the reason why I choose it is because I’m a fan of Rom-Coms, and this is one of my favorites. As for the other part, while it is true that Riley does have access to that sort of thing, we’ve never done it because that is the sort of thing that I’m just not into, and still don’t see the appeal of it. And as we kept moving along in our relationship into “exploring” things, Riley did bring that up, but I explained everything to him, and he said that he had no problem not doing something that I was uncomfortable with. My logic is that if I’m going to be intimate with the man I love,” I said as I kissed the side of his muzzle. “Then I want to be able to touch, feel, and hold him if I can.” From the moment Riley pulled me down to sit with him, he had his arms wrapped around me the entire time. And after I got done saying what I just did, his hug got a little tighter, and he rubbed the side of his face against mine. And if you looked around the room, you would see that everyone else was doing something similar with their significant other.

We all watch the movie, and pretty soon, it was nearing the end credits. I was really tired, especially after the day I had. I could feel myself slowly drifting away, but right before I could, I felt Riley slowly shake one of my shoulders to wake me back up and talked in a whisper. “Hey Curtis, how about we go to bed?”

“Bed? Yeah, that sounds really good right now.” With that, Riley unreclined the chair and we both stood up.

“Alright everyone, looks like we are going to turn in for the night. See you all in the morning.” Riley then proceded to lead me to his room. As we were walking away, I wasn’t sure which one said it, but one of Riley’s brother said to us, “Goodnight guys, please keep in mind that you two aren’t the only ones in the house. So whatever you two plan on doing, just make sure to say as quiet as possible.” We finally got into Riley’s room, and now it was my turn to have a look around to see what my boyfriend was like growing up.

The room itself was a darker grey, and like mine, it had posters all around it. A good few were for action movies, one was from a video game, but the one that caught my eye was a pin-up poster of some Victoria Secret wolf model in a very revealing bikini. Seeing a opportunity to tease him, I decide to go up to it and ask him “So should I be worried about this?” When he saw was I was pointing at, he just laughed.

“Oh man, I completely forgot about her.” He came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me again while setting his chin on the top of my head. “While it is true that I’m attracted, and in love with a very cute guy at the moment, you got to understand that Ashley and I go waaaaay back. She was a birthday present from my brothers when I turned 14, they said that since I was a “growing boy” I should have something like this to “relieve” myself to sometimes. And let me tell you, I relieved myself ALOT to her. Then I found out about internet porn and then that changed a bit.” He then moved his mouth right next to my ear and said in a quieter voice “I then of course met you, and now you give me all the release I need.” All I did was chuckle as he said that. As we were standing there in his room, all of today’s events came rushing back to me and really brought down my mood. Riley seemed to notice this. “I’m so sorry for what happened today love.”

“You have nothing to be sorry for. They are the ones that are too thick headded to understand my love for you. If they can’t accept our relationship, then that’s too bad for them.”

“Are you… just gonna cut them out of your life?”

“No, I could never do that. We just won’t be on speaking terms for a while I guess.” I then turned around in his arms and then hugged him back and laying my head against his chest. We both just stood there in the darkroom, which wasn’t really so dark due to the fact that we were standing in front of the only window in his room, which was illuminated by both the Christmas lights and the moon. It was in that moment that I thought to myself that even after all that has happened today, it all added up to nothing compared to what was happening right now. Being held like this by Riley, with nothing else going on. No jobs, families, bills, no anything to worry about… this is the moment I’ve always dreamed of having ever since I started looking for that special someone. No words were needed at that moment as we both just stood there with our arms wrapped around each other. That act alone told both of us just how much we love one another. I lifted my head back to look straight into Riley’s eyes, staring at them for a couple of seconds before slowly leaning into him. Riley did the same and we met the other’s lips halfway. We both closed our eyes to the bliss that was in that kiss. It wasn’t too long before we started to tongue wrestle eachother other, with Riley easily winning from his more powerful tongue. Once again we explored the other mouth, Riley getting to every single nook and cranny he could find, I on the other hand couldn’t do the same to Riley since I didn’t have the same length of tongue as him. I felt bad at the beginning of our relationship when we did this because I felt that I was able to give Riley the same type of treatment he was able to give me. When I did finally tell him about it, he just gave me a small chuckle and told me that I didn’t need to have the same type of tongue he did to show him how passionate I feel for him, all I needed to do was to be how I was. I didn’t really believe him at first, but he told me that he fell in love with me because, in his eyes, I was perfect in every way from the very first moment he laid his eyes on me. It was shortly after that that he showed me just how much he loved me, and after he was done, I never again questioned if I wasn’t good enough for him.

Pretty soon the kiss started to turn into something more, as we were now both rubbing our hands up and down the others body, and grinding our crotches together feeling the other grow harder with each rub. Pretty soon our bodies demanded air, and we both pulled apart panting. We both looked down to the sizable tents we were both pitching, bring a hand to the other to get a good feel for a very familiar object to the other. When we looked back at one another, it was Riley who spoke first. “How about you and I settle down for a long winter’s nap and, make some of our own Christmas magic?” All I could do was smile give him another quick kiss.

“Nothing would make me happier.”

We both helped each other get undressed, finally we were both down to just our underwear. “Well come on Curtis, I know how much you love to “unwrap your present.” And when you do, make sure that you get the wrapping off mine as well.” I quickly got down so that Riley’s crotch was now at eye level for me, all the while doing what he said and taking off my underwear so that I was now in the nude. Instead of going straight for my prize, I first brought both of my hands to grab at his ankles first before slowly rubbing up both of his legs, while at the same time I leaned my head in so that it was now resting against his bulge, I then took in the biggest breath of his musk as possible.

“God, did I ever tell you how much I love your fur, and how much your musk turns me on?” Riley just gave a chuckle at that.

“You may have mentioned that a few times, yes.” My hands kept going up him, feeling all of the muscles that he has built up over the years from his job, pretty soon they were on that nice firm ass of his giving it a nice squeeze. “Oh, someone’s grabby aren’t they?”

“You’re just finding that out now? You know how much of an ass man I am, and you definatally have the best one around. Don’t think that I don’t notice what you do when you go out for a morning run, and then stretch out when you’re finished with it infront of our house. Now normally one wouldn’t think twice about stretching out after you’re done working out, but it just so happens that all of the stretches you do just so happen to show off your ass the most. And that your always facing away from the house right infront of our kitchen window where you know that is where I always sit and have my morning coffee at.” I finally brought my hands to either side of the briefs he was wearing and pulled them down, only to be greeted by a very familiar sight.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about, I am innocent until proven guilty.” I just simply look up to him and give him a “really” look. “Oh all right I confess, you caught me. The question is, do you want me to stoooooooohhhhhh” I reached out and cupped his balls with both hands, making sure to give both a good massage.

“Not on your life, however, I wouldn’t mind if you came and did your post-workout stretching inside the house.”

“But I get all musky when I work up a good sweat. Do you really want me to come in the house smelling like that?”

“You say it like it’s a bad thing.” I then drected my attention back to his member which is only still peeking out of his sheath. I place my mouth around the tip and with one motion push his sheath down and put it behind his still deformed knot and then pull my head back off. I then stood back up to him and went in for another kiss. Once we broke apart I asked him, “How about we lay down.”

“Whatever you say, love.” We went back to interlocking our lips as we got wrapped up in each other again, Riley directing us to his bed. We stayed with one another as we both laid down, now with Riley over the top of me. As we continued to make out, we soon found ourselves had switched positions with one another. The next time I needed to break off for air, instead of going back in for another kiss, I was now moving my whole self towards Riley’s lower half, where my face was once again in front of his shaft. I was only able to take the whole thing before due to the fact that it was nowhere close to its full size yet. It grew a bit in our makeout session, but still had a bit more to go yet. I reached out and started to stroke it while giving it a few licks here and there.

“Hey, I just thought of something. I know what they said before but, we’re still in your parents house, what happens if they hear us?”

“Ha-ahhh, are you k-idding! I’ve been waiting for the day to c-come ooooohhhh… where I can get back at them for all of thoes niiiiiiiiiights where they kept me up with their, oh god, please don’t stop, late-night romps.”

I kept prepping Riley for a little bit longer, now that it was at its full size there was no way that I could take it all. So I did what I could with my mouth on his shaft and then worked his knot with my hands. Having been with Riley for so long, I knew all of what Riley liked done to him. But it seems I was doing my job too well. “Curtis, ah, I’m close.”

“Already? Well that didn’t take to long. Though I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, with all of what has been going on the past couple of days, neither one of us were in the mood to fool around with the other. I’m guessing that you’re a little pent up like me?”

“You could say that, if it’s all the same to you, I rather have my load going in your ass.”

“You don’t have to ask me twice,” I said while crawling back up to Riley to give him another kiss. “So what position do you want me in?” Instead of Riley telling me, he instead rolled us over with me laying on my back and Riley over the top of me.

“I want you like this. That way you only see and think of me, and forget about the rest of the day.” Riley then proceeded to reach over to the nightstand drawer beside the bed and pulled out a bottle of clear liquid.

“You haven’t been here in how long and use just happen to have a fresh bottle of lube here?”

“I bought this a long time ago and just forgot about it here. I’m actually surprised that it’s still here. I wouldn’t put it past my parents to take it and use it for their own fun.”

“They wouldn’t be upset that you did have a bottle of lube just laying around?”

“Of course not, if anything they proboley tease me about it. Anthro parents actually encourage the “acts of exploring yourself.” After all, it is a natural part of growing up, so why be ashamed of it? Anyway, I think we’re getting a little bit off track. Now, where were we?”

“I believe,” I said as I reach out and took the bottle from Riley’s hand, popped open the top, and poured some out directly on Riley’s cock. Making him shiver for a moment as the cool liquid made contact with his member. “We were right here.” I then used my hand to work the lube all over his cock, making sure that there wasn’t any spot untouched. Once I was done with him, I then squirted a bit more lube on my hand and put that to my hole.

“Oh, you don’t want me to prep you? We both know I don’t mind.”

“I know that, but the thing is that it is a bit late, and we also both know that you will go to town on my ass with your tongue. And as much as I love a good rimming by you, I would like to get some sleep tonight.” Riley just chuckled at that, knowing it was true. He then scooted forward on his knees a bit, grabbed his cock and lined himself up as he placed the tip so that it was resting on my hole.

“Are you ready?”

“Absolutely.”

He then let go of his cock and leaned back down to kiss me again, all the while he started to push in. “Mmmmmhhhhhh!!!” All the time we have been together and this feeling never changes. And while it is true that I am very familiar with his size, I don’t think that I will ever get used to the feeling of that monster going into me. However, once those few seconds pass after he’s all the way in…

He kept up the kiss until his knot was resting against my hole, only then did we seperate. “God, I love the feeling of being inside you.”

“The feeling is mutual, trust me. But I believe that all of you has yet to be inside yet. Why don’t work on fixing that?”

“With pleasure.” He then started to slowly pull out so that only his tip remained in. As he started to push back in, I made sure that I clenched around him for a tighter fit for him. He loved it when I did this to him as he told me throughout the years. “God damn that’s tight!” he said through his teeth, after all, we needed to be somewhat quiet for everyone else. In, out, in, out, in, out, he went at his “starting pace” as I called it. Knowing just how fast thoes hips of his could really move. I then started to switch up clenching to when he pulled out so that I could get a good milking motion on him. I would do this throughout the whole session if I could, but I know that it’s only a matter of time before he got to the point where I’m unable to focus on working his shaft.

And it seemed that moment was coming a bit sooner than expected. I guess the teasing throughout the day has got him a little worked up. Seeing as he started to speed up his thrusting. As he was doing that, he took my legs that he was holding and pushed them up towards my head so that he was basically folding me in half. Luckily, this was our first time doing this, so he was able to really get my legs out of the way so that they didn’t get in the way of him slamming into me. “My God Curtis…you feel...soooooo...good…” Riley was looming right over me, panting and talking between breaths as he kept on fucking me. “I love you...so much...I want to...be with you...forever.”

“I love you to Riley. Oooohhhh right there. There is...no one in this world…fuck!...I’d rather be with.” I reached up to put my hand behind Riley’s head and brought it to me, interlocking our lips once again. When we pulled apart again, we rested our foreheads against one another, Riley changing up his thrusts for a slower, more controlled, harder, deeper ones. All the while this was going one, I couldn’t help but think that during all of this, we kind of forgot to keep the volume down.

We inturup our regular schulded yiff to see what is going on elsewhere in the house.

Parents Room

‘Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump…’

“Damn, they’re really going at it. I didn’t really expect them to listen to our request.”

“Neither did I Jack, buuuuuut from the looks of it, you seem to be enjoying the sound of your own son breeding his mate?” The two looked down to see that Jack was poking out of his sheath.

“What can I say, I know what he’s feeling. When you have that special someone to do that with, you feel worlds of pleasure. And since my friend came out to play, you think he can find a nice place to stay for a bit?” Abby just reached down and started stroking her husband's member.

“Maybe some other night, I know we can get a bit loud when we go at it, and I don’t want to take away from their night. But…” Abby then gets up and straddles her so that she is directally over her mate’s crotch, all the while putting hers over his face. “I wont say no to a 69.” They then both lean into the other’s privet area…

And now back to our regularly scheduled yiffing.

“You ready for me to go into high gear?”

“Do it babe.” Riley’s hips were now a blur as he kept on fucking me. I just rolled my eyes as he pounded my prostate into submission. “Oh God, Riley… I’m… I’m about to! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!” I came ropes of cum both on to myself and on Riley, he however did not slow down.

“Fuck Curtis that was hot! I’m getting close myself!”

“Fuck! Knot me Riley!” Riley then switched to deep, hard thrusts, putting his full weight behind them to try and shove his knot in me, all the while I could feel Riley’s member throbbing in me before finally...

POP!

Riley started jackhammering as his knot was shoved into me and starting swelling up. “Ah! Curtis, I’m cumming!” I could feel every shot Riley put into me as he came. I always tried to keep track of the number of shots he does, but I’m always so far gone at this point that I never have the focus or will to. Riley’s hips finally come to a stop as he was finishing putting his load into me. Pretty soon we were both laying there, gasping to regain our breath.

Riley always did have a lot to give, and by the time he was done, it felt like pouring a gallon in me. It seems that the day finally caught up with us, as Riley collapsed on top of me and rolled to the side, panting with his tongue out to the side. “Damn Curtis… that was… amazing.”

“Right back at ya, stud.” I moved my hand down and rubbed over the spot that his cock was, and feeling a slight buldge there. Riley put his hand on top of mind and chuckled. “Wow, I sure had a lot of puppies to give you tonight.”

“Well it’s to be expected, it’s been a couple of days since we last did this.” We both snuggled up to one another while Riley reached for a very thin blanket and threw it over us. Both of us seemed content on just going to sleep right there, but for some unknown reason I wanted to ask Riley a certain question. “Riley, you still awake?”

“Yeah, what is it, babe?”

“Um, you know how you usually say something along the lines of putting your puppies in me when having sex? Well that, and what your mom said earlier today got me thinking. Do you ever… want to have pups one day?” I didn’t get an answer right away, but after a while, he did answer back.

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t. To be honest it is always something I wanted to do. I just never brought up the actual conversation because I know it can be very daunting on people if they aren’t ready for it. But with my new job coming up, not to mention your job, and then there is that fact that you and I cannot make a pup together. So I just thought that there is no point to talk about it right now. Plus, raising a pup together is a lot of responsibility, and a big step in a relationship. We’ve only been together for only two years.”

“I know, I guess that I just wanted your opinion on the matter.” I thought that was the end of the conversation until he spoke up again a minute later.

“However, if things go well for us and we’re still together down the road, if you would want to revisit this conversation again then, I’d be open to it. But for now, let’s get some sleep, we’re gonna need to get up a little bit eairly to clean up ourselves before everything starts tomorrow.” We then both drifted off to sleep, still joined at the hip.

The next morning

We were awoken by the radio alarm clock on the nightstand. The second it was shut off, last night’s activity came back to me in major soreness by my ass. No matter how many times we do it, it seems that feeling will never go away. “Morning beautiful,” Riley said as he licked my cheek.

“Morning handsome. Why did you set an alarm?” I grumbled out as tried to rub the sleep out of my eyes.

“I told you that we need to get up a little bit early to clean up from last night.” We both got up and grabbed our bottom half of our clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower. Although we did have to get up sooner then we wanted to, the hot shower was a nice pick-me-up to wake up. Naturally, we both helped wash one another, taking our time on our private areas ofcourse, getting us riled up, but not to the point where we wanted to take a little bit longer of a shower. Once we were done, Riley shook off what water he could while still inside the shower. That was always something that I found funny was watching him shake off as ferals do. Riley used to always grumble that I did laugh at this, and to “get back” at me he always made sure that whenever he got wet, he stood close to me to “dry off.” I’d never tell him this because I don’t want to ruin his fun, but I truly didn’t mind when he did it. To me, he looked cute when he did it.

Once he got whatever water he could off, we both stepped out and went over to the big fur drier that Riley’s parents have mounted on the wall of the bathroom. “This is something we really should get in our house. It cuts drying off down to minutes.” Riley told me as we both stood in the hot airflow.

“Well if you have the money for this then go ahead. But in case you forgot, there are a few other things in our house that should be replaced/upgraded before we even think of getting one of these. So until then, you’re just going to have to use a handheld blow dryer like a caveman and learn to live with it for now.”

“Hmph. Why don’t you give me a blow in this dryer.”

“Maybe when we get our own. Until then, I think I’m about done. I’m gonna go and get dressed and make some coffee for us while you finish up and brush yourself.”

“Ugh! You’re no fun! Fine. Coffee creamer should be on the left side of the fridge.” I go out and get dressed and head out to the kitchen to do what I said. As I get out there, I realize that we must be the first ones up, seeing how as that there is no one else out there. The coffee pot is on the side of the countertop, and the grounds are set right beside it. I set everything up and get the coffee brewing, I then go over to the fridge to get the creamer where Riley said it would be. When I reach to grab it, I notice that there is a roll of cinnamon rolls sitting in there as well.

‘I hope they don’t mind, but it’s the least I could do.’ I grab both the creamer and the rolls and set them on the countertop and begin looking for an oven try after I set the preheat on the oven. After looking for a bit I finally find one and then begin to open up the container on the rolls and set them on and place them in the oven. Once they’re in, I head back over to the coffee pot and pour myself and Riley our cups. It is at this time that I hear someone coming down the hall.

“Oh, good morning Curtis.” Turning around I see that I’m joined by Riley’s mom.

“Good morning Mrs. McKenna. I hope you don’t mind but… as I was making some coffee for Riley and me, I saw the cinnamon rolls in the fridge and figured that I could bake them for everyone when they got up. I promise to clean up after I’m done.”

“Oh you’re fine Curtis, no need to get so worried. In fact, that is why I got them for. I was planning to bake them for this morning as well, so you saved me a step, thanks. And I told you before to call me Abby.”

“Sorry, Abby. Can I start a pot of coffee for you as well?”

“If you wouldn’t mind sweetheart. Actually, better make two servings, Jack is going to want some as well.” As I was scooping in the new grounds, Riley must have come into the kitchen at that time, as I heard him say good morning to his mom. He then came over to me and gave me a hug from behind along with a kiss.

“Mmmmm, coffee, AND cinnamon rolls? Thanks babe, thanks mom.”

“Don’t thank me sweetheart, thoes were your boyfriend’s idea.”

“Really? Well then, I need to make sure to thank you later.” Riley then let go of me and grabbed his coffee.

“Speaking of, one of you must have done something really well last night because we could hear you two “thanking” one another. That made me choke on the coffee that I was drinking, I looked over to Riley to see his reaction, but he had no reaction.

“I told Curtis this last night, and I’ll tell you the same thing. Call that payback from all the time you kept me up from yours and dad’s late-night romps.” While this is happening, I’m trying to hide my face from embarrassment seeing my boyfriend and his mom talking over our sex life like it’s just another casual conversation.

“Oh come now Curtis, there is nothing to be embarrassed over. What you to did is natural between a couple. All we ask is that if you two plan on doing it again, we ask that you do try and watch the noise level.”

“We make no promises mom.” After that, we were joined by Riley’s dad who more or less said the same things that Abby said. The same was said as one by one we were joined by the rest of the family who again, said the same things as the others did. All the while I’m more and MORE embarrassed knowing that not only did his parents hear us, but the rest of the entire God damn house heard us.

Once we, or should I say I, got back to normal, I remembered that I had something baking and focused my attention on that. Once they were done, and everyone had one, and have all done their morning routines, it was finally time to sit down for presents.

We all sat in the living room, each of us snuggled up next to our partners as presents were passed around and opened up stories were exchanged and laughs were had. I could say that it was one of the best Christmasses I’ve ever had. “So Curtis, I got to ask you…” Jack said as he then motioned over to the TV which had the movie Die Hard Playing. “Is this a Christmas movie or not?” Everyone went quiet as they waited for an answer from me, luckily I didn’t need to think of my answer.

“Of course it is. Is that even a question?” We all laughed at that and talked about the debate of, “is Die Hard a Christmas movie or not?” It was during this that I got a text notification. When I looked at my phone, I was shocked at what I saw, and it seems that Riley saw my reaction.

“Something wrong Curtis?” I didn’t answer right away due to the shock, but when I did, I was able to silence everyone again.

“It’s from my parents.” Everyone just looked at me as they waited for an explanation. “To sum it up, it seems that after I left, they evaluated what went down and said that I can live my life however and with whoever I want, and that they will apologize ASAP.” Riley then wrapped an arm around me and gave me a kiss.

“You gonna text back?” I just smiled as I put my phone back.

“Later, right now I just want to spend my Christmas with the one I love the most.” I looked at Riley as I said that, and I just saw his face light up at that. He brought up one of his hands to the side of my face and leaned in to connect our lips in a passionate kiss. We were only brought out of our moment by Riley’s dad clearing his throat.

“Hey Curtis, once you and my son are done with one another over there, I think I see one more present over there behind the tree. You think you could go get it for us?” Not really giving it any mind, I stood up and went over to the tree to find that there was one more present, and it was addressed to me, but it didn’t say who it was from.

“It says that it’s for me.”

“Well don’t just look at it, open it already!” I truly had no idea what it could be, it was a 6x6 inch box and made no noise when I gave it a shake. I tore the wrapping off to find a regular shipping box. After opening that, I was greeted by a bunk of plastic wrap. As I was undoing all of that, I felt a harder lump in the middle of it all of it. The lump turned out to be a little felt box. Not even thinking twice about what this box usually means, I opened it to find a small black band. The world came crashing down on me as I finally realized what this is. I turned back around to ask what this was about, only to find that there multiple members of Riley’s family with their phones out pointed at me, and Riley directly in front of me down on one knee. Before I could even ask my question, Riley started talking.

“Curtis, ever since we’ve been together, my life has been the happiest ever since… I can’t remember when. Every day with you is a dream come true, and what I said last night wasn’t just a heat of the moment thing, I truly meant it. I want to spend the rest of my life with you if you’ll have me. So I ask you…Will you marry me?” A tear ran out of my eye to what Riley just asked me. But the question was a no brainer.

“Yes! Yes! A thousand times YES!” Riley got back up and took the ring out of the box and put it on my finger. I then quickly wrapped him in a hug and brought my lips to his. Everyone else around us was congratulating us, but I wasn’t paying them any mind right now. All that mattered was the guy right in front of me. When we separated we both rested our foreheads against one another and closed our eyes, lost in the moment with one another.

“Merry Christmas Curtis.”

“Merry Christmas Riley.”

The End