{"sf1_id":236280,"sf2_id":"rnaKGwOe","title":"Gym Buddies II: Part Three","author":"SpeakingWolf","words":1990,"posted_at":"2011-04-01T14:47:00.000Z","tags":["Brothers","Coyote","Gym","Husky","Incest","M/M","Story Progression"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/236280-gym-buddies-ii-part-three","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rnaKGwOe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/8d/95/8d95a9bd-26c1-436f-ad21-5555a2cf908d","description":"#3 of Gym Buddies II","content":"\u0026nbsp;\n\n**Gym Buddies II: Part Three**\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAl's eyes caught mine and his face dropped to the floor.\u0026nbsp; Dan gave an exasperated sigh and frowned as he folded his arms.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; I wasn't sure if it was in my mind or not, but I'm sure his tail curled tightly enough to creak.\n\n\"Is he following me or something?\" my brother hissed under his breath.\u0026nbsp; From what I could see of the coyote's face, it didn't look like he'd been caught in the act.\u0026nbsp; He looked more like he was willing the Earth to swallow him whole.\u0026nbsp; \"You know what, I'm just gonna go,\" he said, but I patted his shoulder to stop him.\n\n\"No, you won't,\" I whispered, making sure Tom wouldn't hear us talking.\u0026nbsp; \"The best thing you can do is not let him get to you, okay?\"\u0026nbsp; Dan nodded and glared at the floor as if he was trying to burn holes through something.\u0026nbsp; \"Hey, cheer up.\"\u0026nbsp; It didn't work, which made me feel bad for Dan and a certain something against Al.\u0026nbsp; Not long after, Tom had given us all of our instructions and informed us that each one would be called upon during the day.\u0026nbsp; He told us to stay in the gym, use the facilities and get an all-round feel for the place.\u0026nbsp; When we dispersed, I immediately turned to see the coyote.\u0026nbsp; He was heading towards Dan and I, so I made sure Dan didn't see.\n\n\"Pup, I'm kinda thirsty,\" I explained, shoving a heap of jingling coins into his paw, \"could you get me a drink and buy yourself something?\"\n\n\"Okay, Luke,\" he said, careful not to slip up and call me something else.\u0026nbsp; He smiled and practically ran to the vending machines.\u0026nbsp; It didn't take me long to work out that he was headed straight for the chocolate.\u0026nbsp; The coyote walked straight up to me, looking in the direction that I'd sent Dan.\u0026nbsp; I put a paw out so that he'd walk into me and stop.\n\n\"Hello, Al,\" I purred quietly.\u0026nbsp; He looked up at me, his cheeks flushed scarlet.\n\n\"Hi, Luke,\" he responded.\n\n\"Going to see Dan, were you?\" I asked.\u0026nbsp; The coyote looked ashamed of himself and started to walk away, so I grabbed the scruff of his clothes and pulled him back.\u0026nbsp; \"Al, I think we need to talk about this.\"\u0026nbsp; He nodded.\n\n\"I think so, too.\"\u0026nbsp; I led him over to the seating area in the corner of the gym, which had large leather sofas dotted around a coffee table.\u0026nbsp; We sat down opposite each other, him staring at the floor and me staring daggers into him.\u0026nbsp; \"Please don't look at me like that,\" he begged.\n\n\"Like what?\"\n\n\"Like you want to beat the crap out of me,\" he said.\u0026nbsp; \"You seemed much more relaxed before you knew I was here.\"\u0026nbsp; He wasn't entirely wrong.\u0026nbsp; If he went near Dan, I'd be more than happy to put him in his place - all I'd need is my brother's word.\u0026nbsp; But at this moment in time, Al was in need of a friend.\u0026nbsp; I got up and sat next to him, holding on to his shoulders.\n\n\"I'm just worried for my brother, that's all.\"\n\n\"I know, I understand that,\" he insisted.\u0026nbsp; \"It just kills me that we aren't together anymore.\"\u0026nbsp; A long silence fell between us and I wondered where Dan was with my drink and his chocolate.\u0026nbsp; I wondered for a moment if he was emptying the vending machine as I glanced around for him.\u0026nbsp; \"Erm, Luke...\" Al started uneasily.\n\n\"What's up?\"\n\n\"Does he, er... well, does he talk about me?\"\n\n\"No,\" I lied.\u0026nbsp; After all, Dan did talk about Al constantly.\u0026nbsp; _'Why can't he leave me alone?'\u0026nbsp; 'When will he get the message?'_\u0026nbsp; If I told Al about these times, though, he would burst into tears.\u0026nbsp; I could see them building up in his eyes already.\n\n\"Are you sure?\u0026nbsp; Because when I was walking up to you two before, I could smell that he was... excited about something.\u0026nbsp; About _someone_.\"\u0026nbsp; We weren't discreet enough.\u0026nbsp; I made a mental note to tell Dan that we each had to cool off a little more.\n\n\"Well,\" I fumbled for an answer, not daring to tell the truth.\u0026nbsp; \"He's found someone else.\"\u0026nbsp; His eyes went wide and his face dropped.\n\n\"Oh.\u0026nbsp; So soon?\"\u0026nbsp; His lip trembled and his body jerked as he held back a sob.\u0026nbsp; He leant into the arm of the sofa and wept quietly into his paw.\u0026nbsp; I felt horrible for doing this, so placed my paw on his shoulder.\n\n\"Hey, mate, it's okay,\" I said comfortingly.\n\n\"He didn't love me,\" Al cried.\u0026nbsp; I had no idea what to say in response to this, so just rubbed his shoulder.\u0026nbsp; \"Is he happy?\" he asked after a moment.\u0026nbsp; His tears had made his eyes bloodshot, and his eyes were a dull olive - not the emerald Dan had told me about after he met the coyote.\n\n\"I think so,\" I answered.\u0026nbsp; \"He's always smiling and...\" \u0026nbsp;I stopped when I saw Al playing with his fingers.\u0026nbsp; This was really hurting the poor guy.\u0026nbsp; \"I'm sorry,\" I said honestly.\n\n\"That's okay, it's just... it's just something I need to get over, I guess.\"\u0026nbsp; He turned to smile at me, though tears were still streaming from him as he shook.\u0026nbsp; I smiled back to help boost his confidence a little, which seemed to work. \u0026nbsp;\"Say, would it be okay if I could apologise to him?\"\n\n\"You mean face to face?\" I asked apprehensively.\u0026nbsp; He nodded.\n\n\"If that's okay?\u0026nbsp; I just want to say sorry to him.\"\n\n\"Wait here,\" I said.\u0026nbsp; I got up and started looking around for Dan.\u0026nbsp; I was wasting my time asking him - he was avoiding Al like the plague - but I still felt like I should let Dan know what was going on.\u0026nbsp; It took me a minute to find the husky, who was standing by the treadmills with our stuff.\u0026nbsp; He was holding multiple bars of chocolate in his arms and clutching a sports drink in his paw.\n\n\"There you are, I've been looking everywhere for you,\" he shouted. \u0026nbsp;I glanced at the food he was holding and took the drink from him.\n\n\"That's a Hell of a lot of chocolate there, pup,\" I said, \"you're not gonna eat that all by yourself, are you?\"\n\n\"Not right now,\" he said with a whimper.\u0026nbsp; I glared at him.\u0026nbsp; \"If I work really hard, can I have one when I get home?\"\n\n\"Tell you what, pup - you can have _two_ of those tonight if you do one thing for me.\"\u0026nbsp; The husky raised his eyebrows, interested but not quite hooked.\u0026nbsp; I nodded over to the coyote sitting in the corner.\u0026nbsp; \"I want us to talk to him,\" I explained.\n\n\"What?\u0026nbsp; Why?\"\n\n\"Listen, he just wants to apologise for pestering you.\u0026nbsp; That's fair enough, right?\"\u0026nbsp; Dan looked at the floor and mumbled something to himself.\u0026nbsp; I didn't hear exactly what he said, but I know he wouldn't have said it in front of our mother for fear of a thick ear.\u0026nbsp; \"So? \u0026nbsp;Can we give him a chance?\"\u0026nbsp; He picked up his gym bag with a huff and threw the candy inside before we made our way to Al, who beamed when he saw Dan coming.\n\n\"Hey, Dan!\"\u0026nbsp; It didn't take super-sensitive hearing to catch his heart suddenly race.\u0026nbsp; Dan smiled politely at him.\n\n\"Hey, Al.\u0026nbsp; How've you been?\" he asked conversationally.\n\n\"Good!\u0026nbsp; I've been good.\u0026nbsp; And you?\"\n\n\"I've been good, too,\" my brother chuckled.\u0026nbsp; Al smiled and nodded.\n\n\"Listen, I just wanted to apolo-\"\n\n\"You don't have to,\" Dan insisted.\u0026nbsp; \"I've just been... well, I've had my eye on someone else.\"\u0026nbsp; Al smiled knowingly.\n\n\"You don't have to beat around the bush, you know.\u0026nbsp; Luke told me that you were dating.\"\u0026nbsp; Dan shot me a surprised look and I shrugged my shoulders.\u0026nbsp; I didn't realise that he wanted to hide that.\u0026nbsp; Actually, I thought it might have helped the coyote to back off for a while.\n\n\"Well, erm... yeah, we are.\"\u0026nbsp; A pause sat between the three of us as Al tried to work something out.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"We?\u0026nbsp; I meant you - Dan.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI closed my eyes when I realised what Dan thought Al had said.\u0026nbsp; The husky's entire face twitched nervously as he tried to conjure an answer from the air.\u0026nbsp; Before he could say anything, Al confirmed his suspicions.\n\n\"You mean... you two?!\"\n\nI sat down next to him and spoke in a low tone, encouraging him to do the same.\u0026nbsp; \"Listen, we're trying to keep it quiet.\u0026nbsp; We don't want anyone to find out, so...\"\n\n\"I'm not surprised!\"\u0026nbsp; His volume caught the attention of Tom, who was assessing Pippa's test subject.\u0026nbsp; I smiled at him, which was greeted with another sneer from his lip.\u0026nbsp; I had no chance of getting this job, I was sure of it.\u0026nbsp; Al had finally started to use a quieter voice.\u0026nbsp; \"You can't be together, it... it's not right!\"\u0026nbsp; This stung me, because being with Dan felt perfect.\u0026nbsp; Dan obviously felt the same way when he looked at the floor and sniffled.\n\n\"It _is_ right.\u0026nbsp; I know it's right.\u0026nbsp; Please don't say anything,\" Dan pleaded.\u0026nbsp; \"We're just trying to start anew, you know?\"\n\n\"You know, I don't approve of this,\" Al said.\u0026nbsp; Dan responded with a loud scoff.\n\n\"That's rich coming from you!\u0026nbsp; After what you suggested to me, how dare you--\"\n\n\"What did he suggest?\" I interrupted.\u0026nbsp; There was an uncomfortable moment of silence as Al looked at the floor.\n\n\"Well?\" Dan pushed.\u0026nbsp; \"I'll tell you what, Al.\u0026nbsp; Either you accept it and move on or I'll tell Luke what you said.\"\n\n\"What did he say?\" I asked, still getting no answer.\u0026nbsp; The coyote looked up, wiping another tear from his face and looking horribly distraught.\n\n\"You're using emotional blackmail on me?\"\n\n\"Al Mason,\" the tiger shouted out.\u0026nbsp; Instinctively, Al got up and started walking towards him.\u0026nbsp; Before he got away, I was able to grab hold of his wrist.\n\n\"Al, please... can we _please_ keep this a secret?\"\u0026nbsp; The coyote shook his arm to make me let go then shot a nasty look at Dan.\n\n\"I thought you'd have known me better than that.\"\u0026nbsp; Dan looked ashamed of himself, and I couldn't help but share the same look.\u0026nbsp; The coyote walked away and I switched seats to sit next to my brother.\n\n\"Right, now that he's gone, you can tell me.\"\u0026nbsp; The husky sighed before looking into my eyes.\n\n\"He said that he wanted a threesome with you,\" he said.\u0026nbsp; A huge amount of confusion struck me.\n\n\"But, I thought you were attracted to him?\"\n\n\"Yeah,\" he replied.\n\n\"And you were attracted to me?\"\n\n\"Yeah.\"\n\n\"And you said no?\"\u0026nbsp; I couldn't understand why he'd say no to something like that.\u0026nbsp; If I was in his position, I was quite sure we'd be enjoying an around-the-world.\u0026nbsp; He shifted uncomfortably, and for a moment I thought he was trying to hide a tent.\u0026nbsp; His mood, however, told me that he just found the whole situation awkward.\n\n\"Yeah, I said no.\u0026nbsp; Look, can we talk about it later?\"\n\nI nodded and smiled warmly at him.\u0026nbsp; \"Of course we can.\"\u0026nbsp; After a second, I picked up his gym bag, took out one of the chocolate bars and passed it to him.\u0026nbsp; \"Here, kid.\"\u0026nbsp; He took it from me, unwrapped it and bit into it.\u0026nbsp; I didn't see a hint of a smile cross his face, and I realised that I was missing something.\u0026nbsp; Something that Dan would be telling me tonight.\u0026nbsp; I looked over at Tom, who was answering some of Al's questions.\n\n\"You don't think he's talking about us, do you?\" Dan asked, swallowing the chocolate.\u0026nbsp; I shook my head.\n\n\"Try not to think about it.\"\u0026nbsp; But that was much easier said than done.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nEspecially from the way that Tom kept looking at me with his trademark sneer.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Gym Buddies II","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/235376-gym-buddies-ii-part-two.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/237390-gym-buddies-ii-part-four.json"}}