{"sf1_id":237390,"sf2_id":"rnaKGQBe","title":"Gym Buddies II: Part Four","author":"SpeakingWolf","words":1952,"posted_at":"2011-04-04T21:13:00.000Z","tags":["Brothers","Gym","Husky","Incest","Love","M/M","Romance"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/237390-gym-buddies-ii-part-four","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rnaKGQBe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/c8/09/c8093524-b37b-4676-96be-1ea03063b8ba","description":"#4 of Gym Buddies II","content":"\u0026nbsp;\n\n**Gym Buddies II: Part Four**\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Okay, Dan, we're home now,\" I said as I fired up the stove.\u0026nbsp; \"I think we're into _later_ territory.\"\u0026nbsp; He'd kept quiet about the subject the entire car journey to the shop and home.\u0026nbsp; All that he talked about was his fitness test, in which he got a score of _'mediocre'_.\u0026nbsp; I'd have said he was at least in an _'average'_ class and considered the thought that Tom marked us down purposefully.\n\n\"You know, I really don't want to talk about it,\" he said, rifling through the bags for a pair of steak fillets he'd picked out.\u0026nbsp; I filled the wok with some vegetable oil and let it heat on the hob.\u0026nbsp; \"Can we just drop it?\"\n\n\"No,\" I explained, \"we can't just drop it.\u0026nbsp; You said he asked for a threesome, right?\"\n\n\"Yes.\"\n\n\"You, me and him?\"\n\n\"Yes, Luke and I said no!\u0026nbsp; We've been through this!\"\n\n\"We haven't been through _why_,\" I said.\u0026nbsp; I took a green bell pepper from one of the paper bags, ribbed it and diced it into squares on a glass chopping board.\u0026nbsp; As I was dicing, I glanced over at the husky, careful not to cut my fingers.\u0026nbsp; \"So why did you say no?\"\n\n\"Luke, it's really embarrassing,\" he said, still looking through the bags.\u0026nbsp; I put the knife down and strode over to him, pulling his back into a hug and nuzzling his neck.\n\n\"You know you can tell me anything, right?\"\u0026nbsp; He nodded as he brought out the steaks.\u0026nbsp; \"Please tell me.\"\u0026nbsp; Now searching through the bags for the carrots we'd bought, Dan let out a great sigh.\n\n\"Okay, but promise not to think it's goofy, okay?\"\u0026nbsp; He _was_ goofy at times, but that's probably why I loved him so much.\u0026nbsp; At the minute, though, I wouldn't say anything that might upset him.\u0026nbsp; Instead, I kissed his ear gently.\n\n\"Of course I won't, pup,\" I said.\u0026nbsp; He smiled and fell into me a little.\n\n\"Well... I thought that Al wanted you,\" he said.\u0026nbsp; \"But _I_ wanted you.\u0026nbsp; I wanted you all to myself.\u0026nbsp; When Al said that, it sounded like he wanted to share you.\"\u0026nbsp; I hugged him tighter.\n\n\"I don't think that's goofy, pup, I think it's lovely.\"\u0026nbsp; He smiled and sighed happily as I nuzzled into his fur.\u0026nbsp; \"You know I'd never go with Al.\u0026nbsp; I love you, how many times do I have to tell you?\"\n\n\"But I didn't know that then,\" he reminded me as he pushed the carrots into my paw.\u0026nbsp; I kissed his neck again.\n\n\"I've always loved you, Dan.\u0026nbsp; Now how's about we get something to eat?\" I suggested, patting him on the shoulder.\u0026nbsp; I went over to the stove and took the wok of oil from the hob while I prepared to cut the vegetables.\u0026nbsp; Keeping a pan of hot oil was a sure way of having an accident.\u0026nbsp; I returned to the chopping board and started peeling the carrots.\u0026nbsp; \"Dan, can you put the steaks next to the oven?\"\u0026nbsp; The husky did as I asked and turned around to face me.\n\n\"So, Luke, can I ask you something?\"\n\n\"Anything, pup.\"\u0026nbsp; I glanced up to see him leaning back into the counter coolly and quickly returned to the carrots.\n\n\"I was wondering, when di- AHH!\"\u0026nbsp; My eyes shot instinctively up to him, and I saw he was clutching his paw as he screamed.\u0026nbsp; \"Ow!\u0026nbsp; Ow!\"\u0026nbsp; I dropped the knife and ran over to him.\n\n\"What happened?\"\n\n\"I burned myself!\u0026nbsp; OW!\"\u0026nbsp; He opened his mouth and put his paw inside.\u0026nbsp; I took it out and quickly turned the hob off, not wanting another accident to happen.\u0026nbsp; Leading him to the sink, I started running the cold water.\u0026nbsp; \"No, that'll hurt,\" he whimpered, his paw now shaking with pain.\n\n\"I know it will, but you need to.\u0026nbsp; Come on,\" I said, slowly taking it to the faucet.\u0026nbsp; He grimaced as the water ran through his fresh burn and his feet hopped up and down.\u0026nbsp; His face was one of sheer pain.\u0026nbsp; \"Shush, shush,\" I cooed.\u0026nbsp; After a few minutes of letting the water run past, I turned it off.\u0026nbsp; The only sound to be heard was Dan's whimpering as he cried.\u0026nbsp; The one sound I couldn't stand was Dan crying.\u0026nbsp; \"Pup, I need to look at it, okay?\u0026nbsp; May I see it?\"\n\nHe nodded his head and lifted his paw to me.\u0026nbsp; The skin had blistered red and bubbled.\u0026nbsp; \"Don't touch it,\" he begged when he saw my paw going to inspect it closer.\n\n\"I'm moving the fur out of the way, that's all,\" I assured him.\u0026nbsp; He closed his eyes and readied himself for any pain.\u0026nbsp; I was as gentle as I could, though he still winced a little.\u0026nbsp; \"Okay, come with me,\" I said, now leading him by the paw into the bathroom.\u0026nbsp; \"Sit!\"\u0026nbsp; I pointed at the toilet while I looked through the cabinets for the _'Sore Paw?\u0026nbsp; No More!'_ that we used last night.\u0026nbsp; I scooped out the remaining contents and looked tenderly at him.\u0026nbsp; \"This should soothe it, Dan.\u0026nbsp; Do you trust me?\"\u0026nbsp; He nodded, no longer wincing as he offered his paw to me.\n\nI rubbed the wound as gently as I could, easing the lotion into him.\u0026nbsp; He was putting on a brave face, but his eyes were tightly shut and I could hear his mind swearing loudly.\u0026nbsp; Once he was used to the motion of my paw on his, I pressed slightly harder and massaged the cream into the wound.\u0026nbsp; He winced and pulled away.\n\n\"Sorry, sorry,\" I insisted, easing up on the massage.\u0026nbsp; Dan shook his head and let out a smile.\n\n\"No, it just stings a bit, that's all.\u0026nbsp; Please don't stop,\" he asked.\u0026nbsp; I smiled and started to rub his paw again.\u0026nbsp; He tried to keep his eyes open as he watched me do this, and his head was now jerking to hold back tears.\u0026nbsp; Even though I was causing him so much pain, he seemed to get a little lost in the tenderness of the moment.\u0026nbsp; I opened the vanity unit and started looking for the first aid kit.\u0026nbsp; Once I found it, I took out a small roll of bandage and wrapped it gently around his wrist.\n\n\"So?\u0026nbsp; What were you going to say?\"\n\n\"W-when?\" he asked.\u0026nbsp; The stammer might have been caused by the pain in his paw, but the blushing cheeks under his fur told me otherwise.\n\n\"Before you decided to cook yourself,\" I said with a hint of a smile.\n\n\"Okay,\" he admitted.\u0026nbsp; \"When did you start seeing me... _that_ way?\"\n\n\"Oh,\" I said, looking into his eyes and smiling widely.\u0026nbsp; \"You want to know that?\"\u0026nbsp; He nodded his head.\u0026nbsp; \"Well, it just so happens that I remember the exact moment.\"\n\n\"When?\" he asked eagerly.\u0026nbsp; I smiled as I tied the bandage off and kissed his paw lightly.\n\n\"It was your ninth birthday,\" I explained.\u0026nbsp; I would have been ten at the time, but even then I knew that I could like someone more than someone else.\u0026nbsp; \"We went to that theme park - remember the one with the waltzer in the dark that had all the flashing lasers?\"\n\n\"The Black Hole?\u0026nbsp; Yeah, I remember that one,\" he said.\n\n\"Well, we'd just gone on that and you wanted to get something to eat.\u0026nbsp; So, we looked around and saw an ice cream stand. \u0026nbsp;And you started shouting out _'I want ice cream!\u0026nbsp; I want ice cream!'_\u0026nbsp; You rushed over to it without a second thought, tripped and fell.\"\u0026nbsp; His cheeks flushed even redder, and if I hadn't known him, I might have mistaken his fur for being naturally pink.\n\n\"Yeah, I remember,\" he said quietly.\u0026nbsp; \"I couldn't forget, I broke my wrist.\"\n\n\"You started crying, and you were clutching your paw - kinda the way you're doing now,\" he let go as if he should be embarrassed by it, \"and we all rushed to the hospital.\u0026nbsp; The minute you started crying, I knew how much I hated that sound.\u0026nbsp; And then when I finally got to see you were okay, I felt so happy.\u0026nbsp; You were lying on one of the hospital beds, your arm was in a cast and you had the faintest smile on your face when you saw us.\"\n\n\"You remember all that?\u0026nbsp; From so long ago?\"\n\n\"Of course I do, pup,\" I said, ruffling the fur on his head.\u0026nbsp; \"And you were falling asleep, so I sat on the bed with you and cuddled your head into my lap.\u0026nbsp; Dad still had the camera with him, so I asked him to take a picture of us.\u0026nbsp; Just us.\"\n\n\"Why?\"\u0026nbsp; I could feel my eyes well with tears as I lifted myself to kiss him.\n\n\"Because _that_ was the moment.\u0026nbsp; And I never wanted to forget it.\u0026nbsp; Every time I want to think about you, I look at that photograph.\"\u0026nbsp; He pulled me into a sudden hug, using more force with his unburned arm.\u0026nbsp; \"I love you, Dan. \u0026nbsp;I wish I could have told you sooner.\"\u0026nbsp; He wailed into my shoulder, and I felt his tears drench my fur.\u0026nbsp; I rubbed his back gently.\u0026nbsp; \"Please don't cry, pup.\u0026nbsp; I just told you how much I hate that.\"\u0026nbsp; He pulled away from me and wiped his face down.\n\n\"S-sorry,\" he said through jagged breaths.\u0026nbsp; \"It's just that...\" he took a long pause as he prepared himself to say something.\u0026nbsp; \"That was the same moment that I started thinking about you.\u0026nbsp; I felt so safe in your arms, and I started to like you.\u0026nbsp; Really like you.\u0026nbsp; I thought it was just a crush, but after Al said that...\"\n\n\"It was never a crush with me, pup.\u0026nbsp; I always knew how I felt about you.\"\u0026nbsp; He smiled and tilted his head.\u0026nbsp; His ears dropped sweetly to the sides of his face and I looked at the bandages.\u0026nbsp; \"Are you okay?\"\n\n\"Never better,\" he said, wiping a final tear from his golden eyes.\u0026nbsp; \"Can I ask you something, though?\"\n\n\"Of course, pup,\" I said, my paw now rubbing his gently.\u0026nbsp; Instead of wincing, as I half expected he would, he smiled.\n\n\"Well, if you wanted me, why did you let me go with Al?\u0026nbsp; Wouldn't you have tried to stop me?\"\n\n\"And said what?\"\u0026nbsp; He shrugged before answering me.\n\n\"_'I love you, Dan'_?\u0026nbsp; You could have said that.\"\u0026nbsp; He was right.\u0026nbsp; I could have said that.\u0026nbsp; He would have been exactly right if he'd have said I should have said it.\u0026nbsp; My little brother was braver than I ever was, and I don't mind admitting how jealous it made me.\n\n\"I'm sorry.\u0026nbsp; Is there any way I can make it up to you?\"\u0026nbsp; He pulled me into another one of his vice-like hugs and stroked the fur on my neck.\n\n\"Promise you'll never leave me.\"\u0026nbsp; I smiled at the ridiculous request.\u0026nbsp; Surely he knew that I'd never leave him.\u0026nbsp; I just told him that I'd been in love with him for the past eight years.\u0026nbsp; \"Luke, promise me!\"\u0026nbsp; I didn't realise I'd been silent for so long.\n\n\"Dan, you know that I'd never leave you.\"\u0026nbsp; He whimpered into my fur again, and the sounds of his tears turned my stomach.\u0026nbsp; \"I promise,\" I said.\u0026nbsp; He squeezed onto me tight.\n\n\"Thank you,\" he whispered.\n\n\"Hey, how about we get something to eat?\u0026nbsp; We still have those steaks if you want them,\" I offered.\u0026nbsp; He shook his head and pulled out from me.\n\n\"No, if I hear that sizzling sound again, I'll jump a mile,\" he chuckled as he glanced at his paw.\n\n\"Okay, I know what'll make you feel better.\"\u0026nbsp; The husky looked at me questioningly.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"How about I get you that ice cream?\"\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Gym Buddies II","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/236280-gym-buddies-ii-part-three.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/238378-gym-buddies-ii-part-five.json"}}