A Night With Shadow Part 3
I just finished the next part of the story so thought I would get it uploaded quick sharp. Have tried to develop things a bit. Well at least develop what you know about the main characters anyway.
A Night With Shadow Part 3
As we walked back to Shadow's place eating our kebabs we started to head out of the busy town centre streets into the quieter streets. It was a warm evening which made the walk a bit more pleasant though there was a definite threat of rain in the air which I could feel in the closeness and humidity of the air which was making me sweat despite the slow pace of our journey. We turned off the road into a small park and began to follow the path that wound its way through the trees. "This is a bit of a shortcut" mumbled Shadow in between a mouthful of doner meat, "it's also just a nice route to take on a warm night like this"
"Ok dude lead on. I do agree it seems like a pretty nice area this though I imagine it looks better in daylight. I don't really get over this side of the city that often I have to say. And when I do I don't usually have time to enjoy the sights as I'm usually driving"
"Yeah the police do take a dim view of people driving cars across the park" laughed Shadow." They don't even tend to like it if it's just a motorbike. This is something I found out to my cost not long after I first moved in here."
This made me giggle "Why does that not surprise me. The police do tend to get a bit wound up about things like that in my experience".
As we walked on I noticed a bench just up ahead next to the path with a convenient street light next to it "Hey shadow fancy taking a seat for a few minutes to finish these kebabs. Walking and eating always disagrees with me eventually".
"Yeah no problem dude. Actually if you fancy we can have a pre getting home spliff here too. I often stop here for a smoke on the way home actually. Well I do when the weathers nice anyway".
Shadow flopped down on the bench and stuffed the last of his kebab meat into the greasy pita bread at the bottom of the tray and lifted it out carefully before throwing the empty tray into the bin next to the bench. I did the same and we sat in silence to finish eating. Well all silent except for the noise of chewing and the occasional curse directed at a piece of escaped meat or a runaway dribble of sauce.
"Hey Mikey you got a tissue or something handy. I want to try and get some of this grease off my fingers before I touch the joint. A greasy spliff is never as much fun".
"Sorry but I haven't I'm afraid. Just use the traditional caveman's tissue, always works for me in an hour of need".
"Caveman's tissue?" replied Shadow with a puzzled look on his face.
"I'll demonstrate". I stuffed the remains of my kebab into my mouth before leaning down and rubbing my hands in the slightly damp grass. When they were nicely moist I rubbed them together to get the grease loosened up a bit before wiping them in the grass again and then drying them on my trousers. "See, gets them squeaky clean" I grinned. "It's the famous caveman's tissue for you". Shadow did the same. Exactly the same in fact right up to drying his hands off on my trousers. I gave him a look of pure miffed making him start giggling franticly.
"What was the look for? I was just following your demonstration". His wide grinning smile combined with a mildly apologetic glance was enough to set me off giggling too. He calmed down and put an arm round my shoulders to pull me towards him so he could speak into my ear. "I'm so so sorry" he said before pulling away and cracking up with laughter again.
"Yeah you will be sorry if you don't light up that joint right now" I quipped back.
"You're going to make me sorry are you? I don't think so somehow". As he said it he put on a serious face and puffed himself up, then started giving me a barrage of gentle jostling punches against the shoulder and arm closest to him.
"Yeah ok ok. Just spark up you clown". This time shadow limited his reply to sticking his tongue out at me before lapsing back into a big smile and retrieving a joint out of one of his pockets. He carefully tore off the twisted top and placed the roach end in his mouth then began to search his pockets again for a lighter. He pulled out a bright blue clipper and delicately lit up while taking a few long drags.
"Ah yeah that's just the thing after a kebab". He leaned further back on the bench so he was staring up at the sky then proceeded to take another few tokes before passing it on to me, his face covered in a contented smile. I took it and dragged deeply tasting the sweet skunky smoke.
"That is some very nice weed you have there dude. Proper fruity stuff" I remarked after a long exhale.
"Yeah it is good, home grown by yours truly no less".
"You've done a good job that's for sure". I passed it back to him and looked up between the trees at the cloudy night sky. "So what do you do for a living? And please try to avoid saying as little as possible" I quickly added.
"In all honesty that is mainly what I do" said Shadow with a smile "though my actual job title would be mechanic. I work on cars modifying them so larger furs can drive them more easily. If you've ever seen a 7 foot equine trying to drive a normal Golf GTi you'll know what I mean". I laughed at the image this put in my head and Shadow continued. "You know stuff like fitting seats specifically designed for furs, moving the seat to create more legroom or head room, bigger dash board buttons. It's usually a lot cheaper to modify a normal car than buy one of the few off the shelf models specially designed for furs. I also tune engines too which is the most fun part"
"Sounds pretty good".
"Well it's not bad; it keeps a roof over my head etcetera etcetera. What about you? What role do you have in the machine of life?
"I work in a feed lab. 99% of the time its tedium incarnate and the other 1% it's just plain boring".
"Well how come you're working there if it's so dull?"
"Well the pay is pretty good considering the work, and it's the only place I could get a job round here where I could actually make use of the degree qualification I got. I spent four years getting that degree and there's not a chance I was going to try and get a job where it wasn't applicable"
"Oh right fair enough. So what did you study at university?" Shadow asked while passing the joint back to me in a cloud of pungent smoke.
I took a deep drag and exhaled slowly blowing smoke rings into the still air "Animal Science, but believe you me it sounds much more interesting than it was. It's not what I really wanted to do but I screwed up my A levels and had to take what I could get".
"So what did you want to do?"
"I wanted to go to Vet school. Was always my ambition to be a vet surgeon but I just let my work slip too much and lost the chance. It's something I often regret". I toked again before passing the joint back to Shadow, while I tried to clear my mind of my failure again. It was something I was used to doing though and I managed to quickly snap out of it, but to help lift my spirits further I poked Shadow in the ribs as he took a drag on the spliff causing him to exhale sharply and have a coughing fit, which lifted the last bit of my less than happy contemplation.
Shadow managed to stammer out a broken reply between coughs "You absolute bastard, that was totally uncalled for".
"Yeah but it was very funny so let's just call it payback for wiping your greasy paws on my trousers".
"Ok fair enough I'll let you get away with it. Well I will for now anyway" said Shadow with a devious grin spread across his face. "Come on smoke the last few on this and we'll finish the journey home. We can sit down with a bevy while we wait for his Bruceship to get back from work; otherwise he'll just do his best to be annoying if we're....busy when he gets back".
"Sounds like a plan to me" I said taking the joint and jumping up off the bench. Come on let's start walking now while I have motivation, if I sit down too long I'll vegetate. Plus it's about to rain. I can feel it"
"I second that. Let's shift"
We stated back down the path again. I finished the last few tokes on Shadows joint and threw the remains into the undergrowth while I reflected on the night so far. Usually I didn't do much talking after leaving the bar. Not proper talking anyway. Usually it was talking of a less deep nature such as "damn you feel tight" or the often uttered "oh fuck that feels good" and not forgetting the classic shout of "I'm cumming". All perfectly good bits of dialogue which I knew I would likely be saying later but it was nice to actually sit and talk about life for once. As we neared the gate the trees thinned and I could feel spots of rain in the air. Suddenly Shadow put an arm around my waist and gave my bum a little slap jumping me out of my reverie, but it felt nice so I reciprocated putting my arm round his shoulder as we strode onwards. As we neared the gate a noise from the bushes in front of us caught our attention and Shadow stopped holding me so I stopped too
"I think we may have a small bit of trouble in a second".
I wondered what he meant but didn't have to wonder for long as three men slipped out of the bush we had heard rustling. All three were dressed in tracksuit tops and trousers though they clearly had little interest in participating in anything athletic. All three sported designer T-shirts visible through their unzipped tops. One guy was a bit taller than me and well built and wearing a Burberry baseball cap but far back on his head so the peak pointed upwards. One of the other guys was a good six inches shorter and seemed to have a more slight build. He had gone for the same style in hat wearing except he had his rotated to the left so the peak pointed skywards but also to the left. The third guy was in between the other two in height but much wider. He hung back behind his friends and just leered dumbly at me and Shadow.
"Looks like we found some furfags" said the largest of the trio half to himself and half to Shadow and I. "What we gonna do with them Berry?
"I reckon a few beats might knock some sense into them" replied the smaller. "That queer prick of a human especially. Hanging out with those filthy animals is as bad as being a peado in my book". This drew a chorus of agreement from the other two.
"Yeah we was watching you earlier when you were sitting on the bench so thought we'd hide down here and get you as you went to leave the park. Our mates are in their car back at the other exit so if you run off they'll get you anyway".
I felt pretty scared but still fairly calm, the reason being that I knew how strong furs tended to be. Size for size they were stronger and faster than humans. I had seen this myself firsthand when I saw a fox that stood about five foot two inches tall wipe the floor with a guy I who I knew was a very serious amateur boxer close to turning pro, after the guy tried to start a fight with him not far from Bar Canis the first night I ever went there. I chatted to the fox afterwards and he told me a lot about furs I never knew. Then later he showed me in bed why foxes have the other reputation they do. The other reason I was pretty calm is I was no stranger to fights myself and I knew I could handle myself if I had too.
I was about to say something when Shadow beat me to it. "Ladies ladies ladies. I can smell the booze on you from here. As well as the cheap fake designer aftershave you're wearing to contemplate your wonderful look. Also I can promise you that if we did want to run we could get out of the park without your mates seeing us or catching us even if they did see us". He paused for effect and continued "furthermore your either too drunk to remember or in general to thick to know what usually happens to twats like you who pick fights with furs. So I'll give you the chance to apologise and be on your way and then we'll do the same".
"Yeah like you two little furfags could have us. We're in a fucking a gang you cunts. I've beat up little arseholes like you all the time".
"Oh so your one of those hard men who picks on little people are you" I retorted. "So tough you have to make sure you have more numbers on your side otherwise you know you'd get a kicking. Seriously just fuck off and grow up"
"What did you say to us" snarled the one who it seemed was called Berry.
"You know full well what I said you dick. But just in case your deaf or so mentally retarded that understanding basic terms is too complicated for you, what I said was Fuck...Off...And....Grow....Up". I spoke the last 5 words slowly and deliberately smirking as I did so while Shadow stood grinning next to me. I was feeling ready for this situation to kick off properly.
"Come on let's fucking kick their heads in" said the fat one in a whiny nasal voice that seemed at odds with his fat body.
"Sounds good to me" said the larger one and the three stepped towards us. As soon as he was close enough to reach he swung out a fist at Shadow who neatly dodged it before stepping in and planting a punch of his own square in the guys face, followed by a lightning fast blow to the stomach and while he was doubled up in pain another massive blow to the head which dropped him to the floor which he hit like the sack of shit he was. Berry simply lunged at me with the lack of grace and finesse I expected from someone like him, so using his momentum against him I sent him onwards and tripped him causing him to fall flat on his face. He was up quickly though and lunged at me again catching me with a blow to the side of the head, momentarily dazing me.
"Yeah how do you like that you furfag" he shouted before swinging another punch at me. This time I deftly blocked his attack and landed a firm punch square in his nose sending him sprawling to the floor with blood running down his face and soaking into his T-shirt. "Pete" he shouted "Get that cunt he just broke my nose". The fat guy whose name was apparently Pete didn't do anything though. He took one look at his friend bleeding on the floor and another look at the guy unconscious at Shadows feet and tuned round and legged it out the park gate as fast as his pudgy legs could carry him.
I turned towards Berry who was still on the floor holding his nose. "Looks like you guys picked the wrong people to fuck with."
"And" interrupted Shadow "this better be the last of this. Believe me I can make you disappear and if you decide you need revenge or something like that I will have no hesitation in doing so. And it will be far from pleasant for you. When he wakes up make sure you tell your thick friend that too".
"Yeah right we'll fucking get you" replied Berry angrily. "Sometime we'll fucking get you"
"And you seriously think you could do that do you. Just cut your losses and give it up. You and those other wankers you call friends are nothing but...." Shadow was stopped midsentence when Berry threw a stone at him hitting him in the cheek. "You little cunt" growled Shadow and stepped in with a fast punch that put the still bleeding tough guy in the same state as his friend laying on the floor a few feet away.
"Well that was definitely eventful" I said to Shadow as we left the park. "Did that stone hurt you?"
"No not at all. How about that punch you took to the head"
"I'm all good. I've got a hard head so it takes more than that to damage it in any serious way"
"That's ok then. We're nearly back at mine now anyway now, is just a few streets away".
We got back to Shadow's place less than a minute later with the rain turning from the light patchy drizzle it had been to a more insistent heavy beat that had the potential to soak you through quickly if you stayed out in it. We took shelter under the porch while Shadow found his keys and got the door open. As he swung the door open a lovely smell of maleness washed over me which was only to be expected from a house lived in by two male furs, though there was also a hint of weed in the smell which was probably from Shadow's little herbal garden he had mentioned earlier.
"Welcome to Chez Shadow, make yourself at home" said Shadow as he held the door open and ushered me inside. I stepped into the hallway and slipped off my shoes as Shadow stepped in after me and pulled the door shut. "I wouldn't worry about taking your shoes off, the floors not exactly immaculate"
"That's ok dude, I prefer to be in socks".
"Oh well you have been warned" said Shadow with a smile. "Follow me to the sofa". We walked down the hallway and took a left into an expansive living room with a massive sofa placed opposite a white wall which had a projector aimed at it.
"Grab a seat dude I'll get us some drinks" said Shadow as he walked out the door at the other end of the living room. I sat down and sank into the comfort of the sofa. Just then Shadow shouted out of what I assumed was the kitchen "There's baccy, weed and rizla in the wooden box on the coffee table so feel free to start making one if you want".
"Sounds good to me, I think I will". I leaned forward and grabbed the TV remote and used it to turn the TV on then retrieved the smoking box and grabbed a magazine from the shelf under the table to roll on. Just as I started arranging the paper Shadow walked in with two bottles of Westons vintage and a two pint glasses. He placed the glasses on the table and neatly poured the drinks before sinking into the sofa close to me and putting an arm around my shoulders.
"Ok with you if I put on the new Family Guy? It should be on in a few minutes".
"Sure thing dude" I replied as I leant against him and carried on rolling up, a look of happiness across my face and a warm feeling inside.
To Be Continued.