The Cameron Hotel Chapter 4
The Cameron Hotel Chapter 4 -- You Didn't Know?
Orange fur shuffled as a fox stirred awake.
Before his eyes opened, Alex's arms stretched and curled, hugging whatever was in them, as his legs kicked weakly to push off his blankets. When his eyes finally cracked open, he expected to see his own usual basement room, back home, but found himself, instead in Matt's guest bed...as the events of the day before lined up again in his memories.
His bright eyes dulled and their lids drooped, he yawned as he looked down at the dragon in his arms, curled up, asleep in the hug.
"Sirrus?"
The little dragon just yawned softly and mewled, not wanting to wake up.
Alex chuckled and kissed him on the cheek, "Come on Sirr...we've gotta' get up. We went to bed mighty early last night...and we can't sleep forever."
Sirrus yawned again and shuffled about, forcing Alex to loosen the hug as he stretched in his arms.
Alex smiled at how cute Sirrus was, "Ready now?"
"Mm-Hmm!" Sirrus smiled, "Do you smell breakfast?"
"No, but I bet you can." Alex laughed and, cradling the dragon in his arms, sat up and nuzzled his chest, "But before we go in there, boy...do you remember what you tell Matt or the ion if they ask if we played?"
Sirrus smiled and nodded, "I say," and then scrunched up his face, doing his best to mimic Alex, "All we did was cuddle."
Alex chuckled and sat Sirrus down beside him on the bed, "Good boy!"
The fox turned in the bed and stood up. His fur was matted and ruffled from a rather restless night, and his large unkempt tail hung down from the hole in the back of the only clothes he had on: his white briefs. Sirrus, though -- clad, as usual, in only scales and shamelessness -- looked bright eyed and energetic as always.
Alex eyed him enviously, "You look like you had a nice night's sleep!"
"Yup!" Sirrus hopped off the bed and padded over to the door, nudging it softly with his snout.
"Good for you. I wish I had." The fox walked over to the door and opened it for his little bed-mate, "Come on. Let's go find Matt. I'm sure he misses you...and would like to talk to me."
Alex knew he was only in his briefs, but, after all, the first time he spent the night here with Matt, if he remembered right, the ottercoon had been nude for most of it. Why should he worry, now, if Matt & his new roommate saw him in his underwear?
The little dragon padded out quickly and started to walk down the hall...and Alex followed him out the door and toward the living room.
The fox found neither Matt nor Chris in there, and thought for a moment to look upstairs. Sirrus, though, continued on ahead of him, through the living room, and disappeared around the corner on his way to the dining room.
"Master!" Sirrus's voice rang through the first floor of the house.
Alex smiled, "Thank god..." He may have been in that bed room for over twelve hours, but most of it was spent sleepless, and he didn't feel like making the walk up those stairs.
Scratching his neck and stretching through another yawn, the fox followed Sirrus's path. Slowly, he walked on to the dining room...only to gasp and freeze in his tracks as he stepped inside.
"Morning Alex." Matt smiled, kneeling with Sirrus by the table.
Feet away, Luke looked up from his eggs, shocked but smiling too, "Alex!"
Alex stood immobile. He was nearly bare to the world -- knowing his underwear could hardly do anything to hide him -- in front of not just Chris and Matt, but Luke and yet another fur that he'd never seen before.
"Luke!?" Alex stammered, "Wh-what are you doing here?"
Luke smiled and chuckled as his eyes trailed to Alex's waist. There, right above his tight briefs so perfectly framing his sheath and balls, he saw the tip of the fox's sheath was poking out from under his waistband.
"Uhm..." The raccoon struggled to speak around his chuckling, "...I...I spent the night here."
"Hey Luke," Riddick, sitting just on the other side Luke, nudged the raccoon, "is this that friend you were telling me about? The one you came to see last night?"
Luke smiled and nodded, "Yeah...the one with the uhm..." he laughed lightly again, "...exposed bits...would be Alex."
Alex looked down and blushed horribly, though it was lost completely in the hue of his fur. He covered himself up with his paws, immediately, having had no idea he was poking out, "I-I'm sorry! I had no idea anyone was here other than Matt and the lion..."
Chris laughed with a big, deep roar, "My name's Chris, kid." He pointed at the empty seat by Riddick, "You wanna' join? I made enough breakfast for you and Sirrus, too."
Matt chuckled, too, as he stood up, "Don't worry about it, Alex. Everyone's friends here." He patted the fox on the shoulder as Riddick pulled out the chair, "Move your paws and have a seat! I'll go get you and Sirrus some food." The ottercoon turned, walking out of the room toward the kitchen, "Sirrus, boy: go sit across from Alex."
Sirrus padded quickly over and jumped up into the seat by Chris, as Alex moved his paws. The fox avoided eye contact with everyone -- even Luke -- and slinked to the chair beside the new black cat.
Luke smiled and laughed again, as Riddick turned in his seat.
Before Alex could say anything, the panthion extended a paw, "Hey Alex! My name's Riddick. Nice to meet you!" He broke for a chuckle, "Uhm...all of you."
Alex shook his paw and looked down a bit, with a mumble, "Hi..." but he couldn't help a small smile.
Chris smiled his big, toothy grin, again, "This is my son, Alex."
The fox's ears perked up, "Oh? I...I didn't see you here, yesterday..." He let go of the panthion's paw and stretched his smile.
Chris returned to his food, deciding not to get into the entire story yet, but to wait until the situation got a bit less awkward. Riddick, though, had no such intention.
"I just got here, yesterday!" The panthion, chirped, having no concept of 'awkward,' "My mom took me from my dad a LONG time ago; I was like 3. And she just up and decided to drop me off here, yesterday!"
Chris grunted and smiled dumbly, "Well, yeah...I guess that's it in a nutshell."
"Yeah..." Alex still seemed uncomfortable. He was completely unprepared to see Luke, didn't know the other two at all, and just wished Matt would get back, so he would feel a little less alone in the crowd. "Thanks for the explanation, I guess."
"Hey!" Riddick patted Alex on the thigh, being horribly intrusive as usual, "Seriously! Don't feel so bad about the underwear thing. If it helps, I'll strip down to mine, too, so you won't be the only one!" Riddick smiled his dad's big, toothy, grin.
Chris grunted, only then realizing that his kid had been taught NO shame, "And here I thought I was bad..." Though, he couldn't help feel a little pride, seeing that his son had inherited the smile.
"Hmm?" Matt walked back in with two plates, setting one by Alex and one by Sirrus before returning to his own seat by Chris, "Thought you were bad about what?"
Chris sat back in his chair and crossed his arms, shirtless, as usual, "Don't worry about it, Matt. Just musing on the Eden men's lack of shame."
While Matt blinked and wondered what he missed, Riddick turned to the raccoon to his other side, "Luke? Why are you being so quiet?"
Luke looked up, his cheeks puffed out with eggs, "Mm?"
Riddick had long since finished his food, and just chuckled, watching the raccoon stuff himself, "Did you not eat yesterday, or something?"
The boy swallowed, nearly choking himself in the process, and then coughed through a smile, "Well, with Jaysn." His ears twitched and he looked up at Matt, "Oh! Umm...Mr. Cameron? I need to be home soon. M-my parents expected me back from Jasyn's while it was still morning."
"I know." Matt nodded, "But I'm taking Alex home, too...and Sirrus is coming with, so we need to wait for them."
Riddick blinked, "You're leaving already Luke?"
"Yeah..." Luke flattened his ears and frowned, "My mom was uncomfortable with me staying 'with Jasyn' overnight as it was...and she'll worry if I don't get home soon."
"I doubt she'd worry too much." Matt interjected, "She seemed a bit more comfortable when 'Jasyn's dad'," he winked, "talked with her on the phone."
"Yeah..." Luke smiled, "...but, dad'll be super mad if I miss church, too."
"Uhm..." Riddick stammered, "B-but you'll visit again, soon, right?" The panthion had no clue how love struck he sounded, especially for being in the same room with his dad.
Chris's ears twitched a bit and he looked at his son, but said nothing.
"As soon as I can!" Luke smiled and nodded at Riddick, loving that he had a friend that wanted to spend time with him so badly.
On the other side of the panthion, Alex pushed his plate away, without having eaten much, "I'm sorry Chris. It's really good...but I'm just not that hungry right now. Whenever Sirrus finishes, we can go." He stood up and started out of the room to get his things, "Nice meeting you Riddick."
As soon as Alex disappeared, Luke stood and stretched, "I should be getting ready, too..." Though what he really meant was that he needed to talk to Alex, "Talk to you later Riddick!" The raccoon smiled down at the cat.
"Yeah!" Riddick moved as if he was going to stand up, his first instinct being to hug his new friend goodbye. But he remembered no one in the room, even Luke, knew he was gay, and he stopped, "Talk to you soon!"
Luke nodded and turned to leave, as Riddick waved goodbye, already feeling like he missed the 'coon before he was even out of sight.
Oblivious to his son's plight, Chris finished up his own food and belched loudly, leaning back in his chair, "Too bad the fox didn't want to eat. I out did myself today."
Matt ignored the lion, looking across him and at Sirrus, "You about done boy?"
Sirrus smiled and nodded as he shoveled in his last five-in-one bite, and then he jumped off his chair before he'd even finished swallowing.
Matt stood up, "Come on then, let's go wait for the boys."
The ottercoon and his dragon walked out into the ling room, leaving the two cats behind. Upon entering, Matt found Luke already waiting for him, since he hadn't had anything to gather. And behind the raccoon, Alex was already coming down the hall, now fully clothed.
"You two ready?"
Luke smiled and nodded.
"Yeah...but..." Alex stepped up beside Luke and turned to look at him, with a bit of a blank stare, "You and Sirrus go on ahead, okay? L...Luke and I'll catch up with the two of you, at the car..."
Sirrus nudged the back of his master's calf and smiled, "Yeah! Come on, Matt! Let's go!" mimicking the ottercoon's often displayed impatience.
Matt laughed playfully, "Yes sir! Whatever you say, sir!" and walked with Sirrus in tow to the front door.
As the door closed behind the two, Alex and Luke were left alone in the living room.
In the silence, Luke turned and looked up at his friend, "A-Alex?"
Alex smiled as best he could manage, "I...I just wanted to say that...I know why you came over, and..." The fox reached forward, hugging the raccoon tight, "Please know that I don't blame you, okay? I never did." He squeezed, "We're okay...and I don't want you to think that any of this is your fault..."
"H...huh?" The raccoon hugged back, but he wasn't sure what was going on.
"What do you mean, 'huh'? I'd like to think I know you pretty well, Luke..." Alex let go of him, "Let me...just let me guess how this went. You came over here last night, and most likely with Jasyn, because...I mean, how else would you get here or even know where to go, right?"
"Y-yeah..." Luke rubbed his arm, "...but I mean..."
"But what?" The fox blinked.
"I don't get it...what don't you blame me for?"
"Uhm...everything? Anything?" Alex smiled again, "You know...just everything that happened. The threesome..." the smile faded and he took a breath, "...and Jasyn and me breaking up."
The raccoon's eyes grew wide and he stumbled back a bit, "You broke up!?"
"You..." Alex recoiled too, "You didn't know? Jasyn didn't tell you?"
Luke shook his head quickly, "No!"
"We...we broke..." The fox shook his head, "No...I broke up with him, yesterday."
Luke began to breathe more and more quickly, looking shaky eyed at his friend.
"Luke...Luke, please calm down." Alex stepped toward Luke and reached out to hug him.
"Why!?" The raccoon took another step back, shaking his head again, "Why would you do that?"
"Luke...d-don't do this to me." Alex lowered his arms, and his eye lids dropped, "Please Luke...I mean, I just..."
"Why did you do it Alex!?"
"What do you mean why!?" The fox shot back, "How many reasons do I need, Luke? He kissed you and groped you behind my back! God knows what he would have done with you if I hadn't got there. And, then I...I WATCHED him have sex with you! I watched the man I love fuck someone else! Do you have any idea what that's like!?"
Luke recoiled and whimpered, looking down, "You...but you told him it was okay."
"Of course I did Luke. A-and it was at first. I...I love him so much. I just...I only wanted him to be happy...I just..." Alex looked down and shook his head, "I didn't realize what I was doing. I didn't realize what would happen...how he would..." He closed his eyes, and the first of his tears for the day trickled out...as he remembered Jasyn's ferocity the day before.
The raccoon shook his head and wiped away a few tears of his own, not liking the fact that he'd just gotten yelled at, "He would never have done it if you...if you hadn't let him. A-all we were going to do was maybe fool around a little..."
"And that makes it okay!?" Alex threw up his paws.
"No." Luke looked away, "But, after everything he's been for you? It's not enough to leave him over!"
"How dare you be angry with me about this!?" The fox snapped his loudest yet, "Who was your friend when no one else gave you the time of day? Who convinced Jasyn to spend time with you and be your friend, to begin with, Luke? Who!?"
Luke looked back up and whimpered, barely speaking through his tears, "I wasn't angry..."
Alex took a step back, realizing how he'd just snapped at the poor kid. "I...I'm just...it sounded like...I mean, I thought you were angry...I..." Luke was as much a victim as he was, and the last thing he should be doing is yelling at the poor boy. "I...Luke, I-I'm sorry. Please...I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have yelled...I..."
The raccoon whimpered and didn't wait, simply turning and jogging to and out the front door.
Alex ran after him and grabbed his arm, turning him around on the porch, "Luke, please! No! I'm sorry, Luke I'm sorry! Please...I need you...I don't have anyone else anymore...I..."
Luke looked up at him, tears streaming down his face, and then looked away again. He pulled his arm away and nearly ran to the car.
The fox, openly crying now, too, just reached out a paw as the raccoon left, "No, Luke...please...I'm so sorry...I'm so..." He dropped and sat down against the front of the house, not caring when they got home, at this point, "I'm sorry..."
Luke, though, heard none of it. He had already reached the car and jumped in to the back seat, ignoring whatever it was Matt's tried to say.
And on the porch, Alex just sat there crying. On so many levels, the fox knew Luke was right. And even though, on so many others, he knew the raccoon was wrong, Alex couldn't believe he lost his two best friends...and his boyfriend...in only two days.
Back inside, Riddick blinked and looked across at his father.
The panthion's ears twitched, and he hesitantly broke the dining room silence, "Did...did you hear all that?"
Chris turned his head, looking blankly at the doorway to the living room, "I did..."
"So, then..." Riddick continued slowly, not comfortable even broaching the subject, "...it's not just Matt? That fox...he's gay too?"
"And apparently just had quite the nasty break up."
Riddick took a breath, turning to look at the doorway just like his dad, "...and Luke?"
"From what Matt tells me, yeah: him too." The lion nodded, "Looks like we've got a bit of a gay community popping up around us, huh?"
"L...looks like it." Though he was unsure at first, Riddick stood up, "Dad?"
"Son?" Chris looked back at the panthion finally.
"I'll be right back, okay? L-Luke's my friend, and I..."
Chris cut his son off with a nod, "No, I get it." Even though he didn't...not entirely, "Friends are important. Matt's been mine since high school. You go do whatever you have to."
Barely waiting for Chris's response to finish, Riddick nearly sprinted out of the room, "Thanks, dad!"
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There we go! The soap opera, Forbidden, continues!!
* Starring: F. R. Borealis as Alex Collin Moen Riddick Dumar Eden and Eric Matthew Cameron Cecil B. North as Lucas Joseph Trammel Sirrus and Christopher Phillip Eden *
Cecil was a writer here as well, back in the Yiffstar days. If you want to check out the stuff he wrote back then, go ahead and look him up. His username on here is: Cecil_88
And the dramaz return! I've really been enjoying naming the chapters lately. I've been picking one piece of character dialogue from the chapter that I thought fit the theme of the whole thing. Like today, with "You Didn't Know?" Alex didn't know Luke & Riddick would be there...he also didn't know his sheath was showing...Luke didn't know about the break-up...and Riddick didn't know Luke was gay. Now they all know all of those things! So what happens now? Will Riddick and Luke ride off into the big rainbowy sunset together? Or is Riddick LEGITIMATELY more concerned with helping his new friend? Will Luke & Alex kiss (figuratively) and make up? What impact will all of this have on Jasyn, and/or his relationships with Luke and Alex? What about Chris and Riddick? How long until Chris finds out that Riddick's gay? Or does he already know? He's certainly not doing the best job hiding it. And...for that matter...will Matt manage to get anyone home on time? Find out in The Cameron Hotel Chapter 5!
Side Note: It's come up with a few people, so I thought I'd address it. Yes, Riddick's first name comes from the Vin Deisel movies. Cecil named him. ^_^ I might have given him a different name myself, but Cecil needed to name someone. I named almost everyone else. He just named Sirrus and Riddick.
Anyway, thanks for reading!
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See you for the next 36 chapters of Forbidden! ^_^