{"sf1_id":43457,"sf2_id":"P1ELABQn","title":"Can You See Me Now? (Pt. 2 of 5)","author":"MixedUpPup","words":5045,"posted_at":"2008-02-10T05:12:00.000Z","tags":["Fantasy","M/M","No-Yiff","Plot Development","Series","Wolf"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/43457-can-you-see-me-now-pt-2-of-5","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/P1ELABQn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/d6/af/d6afa8f1-d904-40ab-bc86-8e3fcfcd6be6","description":"#2 of Can you see me now?","content":"~Stupid disclaimer thingy~ Ya adult content blah blah blah. Although there's no adult content in this story, There is definatly M/M contact here. Just warning you, k? Enjoy Everyone!  \n\\*\\*\\*  \n  \n\"Coda...\" Came the voice. Then a paw tapped on his shoulder. \"Damnit Coda, wake up!\"  \n  \n\"UGH!\" Coda groaned, retreating to his haven of blankets. \"Sleep now!\" He shouted,  \ntrying to keep his eyes closed.  \n  \n\"Come on Coda,\" It was Adam, pleading for him to get out of bed. \"We're about to go  \nfor breakfast, now get out of bed!\" He yanked the blanket off, regretting it after seeing  \nCoda's naked body laying there shivering.  \n  \n\"Adam...\" Coda sighed, finally getting up, rubbing his head. \"I've always slept naked...  \nWhy would you do something like that...\"  \n  \nJust then, Whitney walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her head  \nand robe around her body. \"You guys simply must try the shower...\" She yawned, before  \nletting out an enormous sigh. \"Ummm... why is Coda naked... right in front of me...?\"  \n  \n\"I always sleep naked, Whitney,\" He tried to laugh, covering himself with a pillow from  \nthe head of the bed. \"But your husband here decided to pull the blankets off me...\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; He got up, still covering himself, and walked into the bathroom. \"I think I'll try this  \nfancy shower you're all of the sudden raving about.\"  \n  \nWhitney just gave Adam an awkward look that said something along the lines of  \n\"Were you coming on to your brother?\", which made him reply with a look that said  \nsomething like \"It's not what it looks like! I was just trying to get him out of bed! It's  \nnot my fault!\".  \n  \n  \nAfter having, what Coda could only explain as the best shower he would have for the  \nrest of his life, he shook off, sending water everywhere, then, grabbing a towel, he dried  \nuntil he was comfortable enough to slip into the clothes he laid out.  \n  \n\"Well doesn't someone look snazzy,\" Whitney said as he walked out of the bathroom.  \n  \n\"What?\" Coda replied, bashful. \"They're just blue jeans and a plain white t?\"  \n  \n\"Yeah,\" Adam replied, once again tapping on his laptop. \"But it makes all the  \ndifference when there are no wrinkles, ya know?\"  \n  \n\"Oh you just wait,\" Coda stretched, getting used to the feeling of cloth on his fur.  \n\"They'll look hideous by tonight.\" He then perked his ears and started wagging. \"So  \nwhat's this I heard about breakfast?\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Well,\" Whitney said, pulling out a list. \"Today's plan is...\" She trailed off, squinting  \nher eyes, probably because of very small writing. \"First, we're going to a 4 star  \nrestaurant for breakfast, followed by going to 662 Fangelo to check out our first house,  \nthen...\" And she continued naming streets that sounded to bizarre and fancy to ever be  \nconsidered real.  \n  \n\"That's all well and good,\" Coda interrupted, looking at his brother. \"I think we get it,  \nyeah?\"  \n  \n\"Yes,\" She agreed. \"Shall we go, then?\"  \n  \n\"Yes!\" Adam sprung to life, almost tossing his laptop to the ground. \"I... am starved.  \nNow let's get going.\"  \n  \n\"Wait...\" Coda stopped them. \"Two things...\" He looked at them good and hard. \"One,  \nis there truly a four star restaurant that serves breakfast?\"  \n  \n\"Apparently,\" The replied together, Adam with a sense of sarcasm in his voice,  \nWhitney with a hint of hopefulness.  \n  \n\"Well then,\" Coda laughed. \"On to two...\" He focused on Adam. \"About this house you  \npromised to buy me?\"  \n  \n\"...what?\" Adam stuttered. \"When the hell did I promise this?!\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"I'll take us out to dinner tonight, ok? Or buy you a house or something... Just do this  \nfor me...\" Coda mimicked Adam's voice, and then gave him a look that said \"Yeah. You  \nsaid that. Now give me my house.\"  \n  \n\"Yeah...\" Adam fumbled. \"So... how about that breakfast?\" He quickly put on his coat,  \nthen felt Whitney's paw at his collar.  \n  \n\"Did you tell him you're buying him a house...?\" She asked in a stern voice.  \n  \n\"Well...\" Adam whimpered, not making eye contact. \"I... guess so...\"  \n  \n\"Then,\" She smiled, winking at Coda. \"I guess you get your house on us, Coda-bear.\"  \n  \n\"You haven't called me that since we met,\" Coda giggled, heading to the door. He then  \nlooked at Adam, who was feeling his neck for any abrasions his collar might have given  \nhim. \"Man... I wish I had control over him like that...\"  \n  \n\"Hey,\" Adam snapped. \"You're my younger brother... She's my wife. That would never  \nhappen.\" He then gave a smile. \"But this house... it better not be the most expensive  \none we see.\"  \n  \n\"Deal,\" Coda agreed, then opened the door, feeling the warm air bring his skin back to  \nlife. \"Now then, I'm starved, so can we get going?\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\\*\\*\\*  \n  \n  \n  \n\"Table for three?\" Adam asked, eyeing the french-ish tabby that stood at the seating  \npodium.  \n  \n\"I'm sorry, sir,\" His accent was as thick as margarine, and his tail flicked with  \nsnootiness. \"But we won't have a table until 4...\"  \n  \n\"How about...\" Adam said, slipping him a 50$ bill. \"Now...?\"  \n  \n\"I said I'm sorry, sir...\" The tabby snickered, looking around, then eyed an empty table.  \n\"Now, if you come this way, I'll show you to the manager so you may take your anger  \nout on him.\"  \n  \n\"That's more like it...\" Coda thought as he stepped in rhythm to the swing music that  \nwas playing in the background. That's when he noticed the wispy trail of cream and dark  \nblue colored smoke that floated above the ceiling.  \n  \n\"Coda?\" Adam said, breaking his focus. \"Are you coming to sit down?\"  \n  \n\"Uhh...\" Coda stammered, looking back, realizing there was nothing. \"Yeah... sure...\" He  \nsat down and cleared his dry throat awkwardly.  \n  \n\"What's the matter, Coda?\" Whitney giggled, pointing out the most expensive wine to  \nthe waiter. \"You look like you've seen a ghost?\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Did you see it to?!\" Coda spoke quickly and quietly. \"I mean... I thought I saw...  \nsomething up there...\" He pointed upwards, which peeled the gazes of the other two and  \nglued them to the ceiling.  \n  \nThe waiter cleared his throat and looked towards Coda. \"And what would... you... like to  \ndrink...\" His voice was even more annoyingly snobbish then the first and he eyed with  \nsuch criticism it almost made Coda uncomfortable.  \n  \n\"I'll have...\" Coda stammered, looking back up at the ceiling. \"I'll have a coke.\"  \n  \n\"A coke...?\" The waiter seemed to not know what he was talking about. \"Like... the soft  \ndrink...?\"  \n  \n\"Yeah?\" Coda tried swallowing again. \"Is there a problem with that?\"  \n  \n\"Certainly not... sir...\" The waiter sighed. \"I'll be back in a few minutes with your wine  \nand... coke...\" He flicked his tail and walked away, leaving an air of awkwardness about  \nthe table.  \n  \n\"I... ugh...\" Coda stammered, getting up from the table. \"I have to go to the bathroom  \nfor a second... I'll be right back...\" And with that, he fled down the red carpeted hallway  \nto the door that showed a silhouetted fur dressed in a tux. He opened it, un-zipping his  \ntrousers and targeted the closest urinal to him.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Hey Scubble,\" He heard a voice behind him, snickering. \"Look it's the wolf that  \nordered something without alcohol in a high-class restaurant. What's a matter wolf-boy?  \nDid the soda go right through ya?\"  \n  \n\"Oh hush Reggie,\" Coda heard a second voice, this one less harsh. \"He seems like one  \nwho'd rather be eating at a burger place anyways, leave him alone.\"  \n  \n\"It's not like he can hear us anyways,\" The first voice chuckled devilishly. \"See, look!\"  \nHe said before floating right beside him and resting his phantom head on his shoulder.  \nCoda just stared at the wall, unsure what to do as the dark blue smoke from the, what  \nseemed to be, raccoon stared flowing over him, making him feel shivers left and right.  \nHe then finished, zipped back up, and proceeded to wash his paws.  \n  \n\"You still shouldn't tease someone like that,\" The one called Scubble said, who  \nappeared to be a husky. Hey lay in his cream colored smoke as if it were a bed, which  \nlooked incredibly comfortable.  \n  \n\"I'm with him on that one,\" Coda spoke, still running his paws under the warming  \nwater. \"Just because the living can't usually see the dead, doesn't mean you should  \ntease them.\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Reggie and Scubble had the same look of \"what the fuck\" as they looked back and  \nforth between each other and the wolf that was staring at them in the mirror.  \n  \n\"You mean...\" Scubble stared to say, floating over as Coda dried his paws with paper  \ntowel. \"How... can...\"  \n  \n\"I see you?\" Coda asked like it was nothing. \"It was apparently a near death  \nexperience, leaving me sort of trapped between the living world and the dead world...  \nKind of like how Neo was trapped between the Matrix and the real world that one time.\"  \n  \n\"That's fucked up...\" Reggie said, putting his paws through Coda, making him feel like  \nhe had just been drinking ice.  \n  \n\"Don't do that!\" Coda giggled, jumping back. \"But... You guys are like... Actual ghosts...  \nMy old man...\"  \n  \n\"Was Sent?\" Scubble interrupted with interest.  \n  \n\"...sure?\" Coda agreed, feeling another supernatural lecture coming on.  \n  \n\"Then he had nothing to stay behind for.\" Scubble started. \"When people die... they  \neither have a choice to go to the... ghost world, I guess... or they can stay behind to  \nhaunt.\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"So you're haunting this restaurant?\" Coda asked, taking a seat on the sink, which was  \nmade with rich marble.  \n  \n\"You're damn right we are,\" Reggie cut in. \"After all, that's what killed us... This  \ngoddamn place...\"  \n  \n\"...how can a restaurant kill someone?\"  \n  \n\"Bloody food poison, that's how.\"  \n  \n\"Oh... That's make's sense,\"  \n  \n\"No shit...\"  \n  \n\"But,\" Scubble interrupted, bringing back focus to the topic beforehand. \"That's why  \nwe're here and we look like this. If you look at it from a living fur's point of view, we're  \nthe bad guys.\"  \n  \n\"So...\" Coda said. \"You two are evil ghosts?\"  \n  \n\"Well...\" Scubble paused. \"More or less, but that's because we have a reason to stay  \nbehind. We have to get back at this place for killing us, ya know?\"  \n  \n\"So you're here forever?\" The wolf asked.  \n  \n\"Until the place gets knocked down,\" Reggie stepped in. \"But until then, we fuck  \neverything up.\"  \n  \n\"Like what? The wolf giggled.  \n  \n\"Ya know,\" Scubble said. \"Messing up orders, tripping waiters... it's all fun really.\"  \n  \n\"And you said it wasn't nice teasing living furs.\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Well I think we have a reason, seeing as this place killed us.\"  \n  \n\"Yeah,\" Coda agreed. \"But how could you guys do anything? I mean, you guys are  \nghosts...\"  \n  \n\"You know the one's that get Sent?\" Scubble explained. \"How they get a certain  \namount of time each year to come back and hang out?\" Coda nodded his head. \"Well,  \nhaunters get a certain amount of things to do, within reason, to get back at their cause...  \nget it?\"  \n  \n\"Sure?\" Coda just got out before the door to the bathroom opened.  \n  \n\"What the hell are you doing in here, Coda?\" Adam asked. \"We've been waiting for you  \nto order for like... fifteen minutes now?\"  \n  \n\"Sorry...\" Coda said, looking over to the raccoon and the husky, who were floating there  \nlooking slightly annoyed. \"I was just... ugh... gathering my thoughts?\"  \n  \n\"Well come on!\" Adam snapped, grabbing Coda by the wrist. \"I'm starving and I can  \nbet you're just about the same.\"  \n  \n\"Okay,\" Coda said, looking back. \"Ummm... Goodbye Bathroom! It was nice meeting  \nyou!\" Just as the door was closing, he could see the two silhouettes waving back to him.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Adam stopped and gave Coda a look that mimicked the one Scubble and Reggie gave  \nhim when they found out he could see them. \"...are you on drugs? Let me see your arm...\"  \n  \n\"I'm fine, Adam!\" Coda said, turning his arm over, showing him his cream-colored  \nunderarm. \"It was a joke, alright? Let's go now; I can hear your stomach growling...\"  \n  \nMaking it back to the table, Coda caught the sweet smell of steak, which was,  \nthankfully, right under his nose. \"How did you guys know I wanted steak...?\" He looked  \nup, feeling his mouth water.  \n  \n\"You've never ordered anything but steak,\" Adam said, digging into his very own  \nt-bone. \"Believe me, if I there's someone who's seen you pig out like an animal at a  \nrestaurant, that would be me.\"  \n  \n\"True enough,\" Coda said, shoving half of his steak straight from the plate into his  \nmuzzle.  \n  \n\"Are you okay, Coda?\" Whitney asked, forking her salad and tastefully nibbling it with  \nutmost politeness. \"You were in the bathroom for a really long time.\"  \n  \n\"Ummm...\" Coda said as he tried to chew the mouthful of meat he had in his mouth.  \n\"I'm fine. Just organizing myself, ya know?\" He giggled awkwardly, shooting bits of food  \nall over the table.\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; The other two were silent as Coda devoured his meal in a second, and as he waited,  \nhe looked around the room. Red velvet carpets, candle lit tables, chandeliers, people in  \nformal wear. \"Man...\" Coda thought, trying to spot the two he had just met a couple  \nminute before. \"If this is breakfast, I wonder what it's like for dinner...\"  \n  \n  \n  \n\"Coda,\" Adam said, wiping his muzzle with the napkin that sat on his lap. \"Are you  \nready to go?\"  \n  \nCoda nodded as he watched Whitney walk over to the cashier to pay the bill. He  \nstood, following his brother and walked out, hearing Whitney scuttle behind them. She  \nsmiled when he looked back at her when they got into Adam's car and she pulled out the  \nlist of house from, what Coda could only presume as, her bra.  \n  \n\"Okay, honey,\" She said, turning to Adam, who was craning his neck to pull out to the  \nmain road. \"On to Fangelo!\"  \n  \n\"That name sounds retarded,\" Adam scoffed, keeping in tune with his driving. \"I don't  \nreally think I want to live on a road that sounds like this seasons \"all the rage STD\".\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"I'll take it,\" Coda said, peeking his head into the front seat. \"I mean, you ARE buying  \nit for me anyways.\"  \n  \n\"You want to live on STD lane?\" Adam laughed, turning on to the street marked  \n\"Gallian Road\", which hooked directly to Fangelo.  \n  \nCoda just nodded stupidly, making Whitney giggle. If she wasn't there, he was sure  \nthat Adam would go back on his word, but something about her kept him in line, which is  \nsomething Coda never appreciated until it earned him a free house.  \n  \n\"Fine,\" He snapped, feeling the hurt in his wallet. Sure, 2.5 mil is a lot of cake, but  \nwhen you have to buy someone a house, you still feel it. \"Help me find it then,\" He said,  \nturning on to Fangelo, which was what Coda could only explain as the best strip of  \nhouses he would ever see for the rest of his life.  \n  \n\"There!\" Coda shouted, pointing out the window. Or at least he would of if it weren't  \nfor the actual window being there. He, more or less, punched in the direction of the  \nplace which left him crumpled in the back seat, moaning over his paw.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"That's 660,\" Adam said, peeking at the list, which Whitney still had in her paws.  \n\"We're looking for 662.\"  \n  \n\"Not there,\" Coda groaned, taking his other paw and pointing. \"There!\"  \n  \nWhen they pulled up, Coda could feel something. Something that made him forget  \nabout his paw. He could feel it from the house, and when he looked upon it he felt  \nshivers.  \n  \n\"It's beautiful!\" Whitney said, looking back on him. \"What are you going to do with all  \nthat space...?\"  \n  \n\"Two whole floors of...\" Coda said, opening his door, looking for the right word to  \ndescribe what he was looking for. \"Two floors of... inspiration!\"  \n  \n\"Good morning!\" Shouted a fur from the front door. A hare with a monocle on one eye  \nand an eye patch on the other who walked with a cane was waving. \"You must be the  \nMugslys! Please, do come in!\"  \n  \n\"Coming!\" Coda shouted, pulling out a reluctant Adam from his car seat. \"Come on  \nAdam,\" Coda smiled. \"You at least want to see the house your buying me, don't you?\"  \n  \n\"What makes you so sure this is the one?\"  \n  \n\"I got shivers when I saw it. It was like cold mist pouring over me, ya know?\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Fine, but if I get you this one, you can't take it back and ask for a new one...\"  \n  \n\"These aren't Nerf guns from Walmart, Adam. I want this house...\"  \n  \n  \n  \n\\*\\*\\*  \n  \n  \n  \nAfter they toured the place, Coda was convinced. He wanted this place. It looked to be  \nthe smallest house on the block, but once you were inside it, it didn't feel that way.  \nEach room was spaced perfectly with a kitchen on the second floor and in the basement,  \nplus three bathrooms.  \n  \n\"Do I need to give you guys some time,\" The hare, who introduced himself as Mr.  \nBrimstub, asked them as they sat in the living room, whose ceilings were high enough to  \nback flip on a jumbo trampoline.  \n  \n\"For what?\" Coda asked, debating on if the trampoline would look better where Mr.  \nBrimstub's 52 in. plasma TV was or where the wrap around sofa that sat in the middle of  \nthe room was.  \n  \n\"To decide if you would like to purchase this place, of course,\" He said smoothly,  \nsipping some tea that he had before the three had arrived.  \n  \n\"We've already decided,\" Coda said, looking back at the other two with a smile. \"We  \ndefinatly want it! What would be the best way to pay you?\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Well I was thinking of an even monthly sum, paid throughout a couple years,\" Mr.  \nBrimstub said, taking out a calculator and tapping away.  \n  \nAdam cleared his throat and leaned forward. \"How much exactly is this house?\"  \n  \n\"$500,000.\" The hare said sternly over his monocle. \"How did you three think of  \npaying?\"  \n  \n\"I could just write you a check?\" Whitney said, searching through her purse, then,  \nfinally finding her checkbook, clicked a pen and made eye contact. \"Who do I make it out  \nto?\"  \n  \n\"Jonathan Brimstub, ma'am,\" The hare bowed, waiting for the wolf to scribble out a  \ncheck for him worth half a million dollars. \"Thank you very much ma'am,\" He said as he  \naccepted the payment.  \n  \n\"When can I move in?\" Coda couldn't help but ask. His tail was going crazy as he  \nbounced on the sofa.  \n  \n\"You three can move in by the end of the week,\" The hare said, slipping the check into  \nthe back pocket of his robe. \"It has been a pleasure doing business with you.\"  \n  \n\"Oh no,\" Coda said, raising his paws. \"It's just me who's moving in.\"  \n  \n\"...really?\" The hare asked with extreme curiosity. It was almost as if he thought the  \nidea of the wolf moving in alone was absurd.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"I need you to sign this for me,\" Whitney said, pulling out, yet another sheet of paper.  \nThis time from her pocket. \"It's just a document saying that we've paid you and you  \nhave given us the deed and such.\"  \n  \nThe hare graciously signed it and raised his floppy ears. \"That reminds me! The deed!  \nPlease excuse me while I get it!\" He scurried off, and Coda once again felt the cold  \nshiver of his new house, which was to be his in a week.  \n  \n  \n  \n\\*\\*\\*  \n  \n  \n  \nAs time passed, Coda got more anxious then ever to move in. He had begun to buy  \neverything he wanted: Game systems, furniture, clothes... Everything he could picture in  \nhis home, he bought without taking a second thought.  \n  \n  \n  \n\"Now Coda,\" Adam said, groaning under the weight of Coda's new \"bed in a box\" that  \nhe'd put on layaway a couple days before. \"You're gonna be living on your own, now.  \nThat means your gonna have to take care of yourself.\"  \n  \nCoda stopped and let the full weight of the box force down upon Adam, who groaned  \nand held his breath. \"Adam, if you don't remember, I DID survive a couple years in  \nLondon without you there. I did just fine, ya know?\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Adam could only nod as his face started to turn red under his grey fur, which shone out  \nas more of a pinky color. He could only moan, which made Coda retake his end of the  \nbox.  \n  \n\"I COULD HAVE DIED?!\" Adam shouted, after letting the air he held in escape from his  \nlungs. \"Let's see how YOU like it!\" He cackled as he let go of his end. Coda could only  \nwatch as the box fell to the marble floor of the enormous greeting room. He just gave  \nhis brother a look of \"Ugh... What the fuck...\" as he looked at the fallen box on the floor.  \n\"Yeah... you're definatly buying me a new bed...\"  \n  \n\"Come on, boys!\" Whitney shouted from the second floor. \"Adam, we have to get back  \nto our new place, ya know? Let's finish up already!\"  \n  \n\"This is the last thing, honey!\" Adam groaned back to her. \"We just have to move it  \nupstairs, and then we're out of here!\"  \n  \nThe two wolves climbed the stairs, unloaded the box, and descended back to the main  \nroom, where Whitney already had her new coat on.  \n  \n\"If you need anything,\" Adam said, putting his paw on his brother's shoulder. \"I'm just  \na phone call away.\" He smiled and embraced his brother close.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Dude,\" Coda snickered, pushing the wolf off of him. \"Quit being so gay...\" He then  \nwinked, noticing his brother's \"shattered moment\" face.  \n  \n\"Heh,\" He scoffed as he got his things and walked out of the double front door. \"See if  \nI ever care about you again! Go ahead!\"  \n  \n\"Bye Whitney,\" Coda smiled, closing the door behind them. He saw her wave back and  \nthe swift \"I'm not KIDDING!\" from Adam was the only thing that echoed as he shut the  \ndoor. He turned around, watching the sunsets shadow creep along the extended ceilings  \nand walls like growing storm clouds.  \n  \nIt then occurred to him that he hadn't even stepped foot in most of the rooms here.  \nSure, he toured the place, but the whole excitement of \"what's around the corner\" was  \nstill there.  \n  \n\"Time for some exploring...\" He grinned as he tiptoed like a burglar, prowling as if he  \nwas in someone else's house, waiting for the sound of snoring from the master's  \nbedroom.  \n  \nFirst stop was the kitchen, which was slightly illuminated by the night-light that  \nturned on automatically when the lights were out. Coda crept well within the shadows,  \npretending that if the light touched him, laser beams would shoot out from some  \nunforeseen place and fry him where he stood.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"THERE!\" He shouted inside his mind, leaping for his target on the counter, landing  \nwith a roll, then braced for the burn of lasers to char his back. Opening his eyes, he  \nopened his paws and looked, and there laid his target. A banana. He then got up and  \nthrew it in the garbage, laughing at the stunt he just pulled. \"I freaking hate bananas,  \nAdam... You know this...\"  \n  \nHe then snuck into the living room, avoiding the boxes that held his new TV,  \nentertainment system, and other things he had. Not even the hardwood floor creaked  \nunder his paws as he crawled on all fours.  \n  \nNext, was the second floor, with its carpeted stairs and its extra eeriness. He snuck  \ninto his own bedroom, which had a dresser, a mattress, and a couple boxes littered  \neverywhere. He hid behind a stack, probably filled with his old comics or something,  \npicturing himself curled up on his bed. He held his breathe as he counted down in his  \nhead. 3...2...1...  \n  \n\"HAAAAA!\" He shouted as he leapt up over the mattress, landing with a thud, almost  \nsending his blanket flying. He giggled to himself and curled up, closing his eyes and  \nletting out a sigh. \"This place is alright...\" he thought as he felt himself start to sink. He  \nhugged his body pillow and kissed his world goodnight as the stars shined brightly  \nthrough his balcony window.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n  \nHe had no idea if he'd fallen asleep or not, but he was sure that he had heard  \nsomething. He jolted up from his mattress and perked his ears, sure of a crash that  \nsounded off downstairs. There, he watched his bedroom door, afraid to breath, feeling  \nthe blood rushing through his cheeks. The darkness pounded in his ears as he waited to  \nsee his doorknob turn slowly, like in every horror movie worth watching.  \n  \nNothing happened, which filled his courage bar just enough to stand and peek outside  \nhis door. Again, all the met him was darkness. No monsters, no nothing. Just dead  \nsilence  \n  \n\"Odd...\" he thought, feeling like an idiot for being so nervous on his first night inside  \nhis new home. \"Must have been...\" and before he could finish his thought, he heard it  \nagain. The same crash that had stirred him sounded off again, almost sending Coda into  \nthe fetal position. He started shaking as the nightlight from the kitchen, illuminating the  \nfront room slightly, flickered.  \n  \nCoda swallowed and crawled to the edge of the stairs and peered over, seeing the  \nhallway into the kitchen, which had nothing in it. He tiptoed, cautiously, down, straining  \nhis ears as hard as he could for something as small as a footstep, which would send him  \nwhirling around to his cell phone to call his brother.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Reaching the cold marble, he slipped into the kitchen, not only keeping to the  \nshadows because of the laser beams, but just incase someone walked by, not noticing.  \nHe figured his camouflage index was probably at 95% anyway, only because he wasn't  \nwearing the correct face paint, which was okay because the A.I in this game only began  \nspotted him at around 80% or so.  \n  \n\"Hey...\" He told himself as he paused, listening for another thud or something. \"Quit  \nthinking about video games and focus...\"  \n  \nThat's when he pinpointed it. A crash, unmistakable, coming straight from the  \nbasement, rang through the hallway and vibrated into the wolf's ears.  \n  \n\"Why does it ALWAYS have to be the basement...\" He sighed, releasing some of the  \ntension he'd wound up in his body as he walked towards the staircase. He peered over,  \nsmelling the darkness from below, wishing he didn't have a case of \"cat's curiosity\".  \n\"Don't do it...\" He told himself as he felt his body take another step towards the stairs.  \n  \nFinally, he gave in. Taking tiptoed creeps, he tried his best to stay focused on not  \nrepeating the same mistake the intruder had done, which was obviously not to make  \nnoise. The sweat was running through his fur now as he felt his blood boil. His brain  \npulsed with every sense of awareness that it could muster, and his ears were so hot  \nthey felt like they were bleeding.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"I can't keep this up...\" He thought as the cool tile startled him when he touched it. \"I  \njust have to...\" and before he could finish thinking, something caught his eye. To the  \nleft. Something moved behind a couple boxes that Whitney must have relieved down  \nhere. He stopped, staring in the corner as he whined inside his head. \"Oh my god... why  \nme... what if it's a killer... or something else... like... someone who needs place to stay...  \nthen I'd have a guilty conscience about kicking out a killer who needed a place to  \nstay...damnit...\"  \n  \nThat's when he saw a flash, coming from the storage room to his extreme right. A dull  \nlight was coming from inside, along with, what seemed to me, some sort fog. Then  \nanother crash came, directly from the room he was staring at.  \n  \n\"K... screw it...\" Coda thought, taking in a deep breathe. \"You've had a good run, Coda.  \nIf you die, you can just haunt the place and kill the next bastard who lives here...\" And  \nthis was the exact confidence boost he needed, which propelled him inside, scaring the  \nshit out of what was behind the door.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"WHAT THE HELL!\" Screamed the dull red cloud that flew into the corner of the room.  \n\"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM YOU SACK OF FLESH!\"  \n  \n\"Are you serious...\" Coda sighed, laying curious eyes on the phantom of a wolf. But this  \none looked different. Of course the whole being slightly see through and having a red  \ntinge to him was obvious, but he was just... \"...he's indescribable...\"  \n  \n\"Stupid livers...\" The wolf sighed as he floated back, right side up. \"Honestly, just  \nbecause we're dead doesn't mean you can just come bursting in at any second...\"  \n  \n\"Livers?\" Coda giggled, stepping in a bit more, taking in the smell of the room, which  \nsmelling refreshingly like roses. \"That's a dumb term. It could be confused with the  \norgan...\"  \n  \nThe wolf took a float backwards, raising his paw to his muzzle. \"How can...\"  \n  \n\"At least make it something swell... Meat sack was a good one...\" Coda giggled, taking  \na seat on the cold floor. \"You gave me a startle, ya know?\"  \n  \nThe wolf couldn't believe his eyes. \"Can you... see me?\" He said as he waved a little to  \nhim.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Well it would be awkward if I was just talking to myself...\" Coda said, waving back.  \n\"I'm Coda. I just bought this house and it's good to know it's haunted a little.\"  \n  \nThe wolf just kept the same look, which pretty much said \"is this really happening?\",  \nas he moved up to Coda, who was still smiling. He reached out a paw and placed it on  \nthe wolf's arm, just barely going through. It felt like a cool washcloth had been placed  \nthere, soothing rather then chilling.  \n  \n\"Do you have a name...?\" Coda asked him, breaking the silence that hung about for a  \ncouple minutes.  \n  \n\"Yeah...\" He replied. His voice was calm, collected, and deep. It almost seemed  \nrelieved.  \n  \n\"Well...?\"  \n  \n\"It's... uh... Jack... Jack Folley.\"  \n\\*\\*\\*  \nAnd that's it for part 2. It all seems quit boring now, but that concludes the \"plot development\" section. Ya know? The part that builds it up, giving almost to much information to remember.  \nDon't worry, three will have some spice, k?  \nCatch ya guys later!  \n=Pup  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Can you see me now?","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/42266-can-you-see-me-now-pt-1-of-5.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/44101-can-you-see-me-now-pt-3-of-5.json"}}