The Gate-Way Revisited: Chapter 7 Preparation Begins

Story by Grey Knight on SoFurry

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#7 of The Gate-Way Revisited


Chapter 7 - Preparation Begins

Matt yawned, his white canines flashing in the early morning sunlight that streamed in through his large bedroom window. Slowly, he tried to roll onto his back only to find himself held firm. He opened his eyes at the sound of gentle snoring reached his large triangular ears. Before him he could see a pair of large grey ears attached to an even larger head. It was Jake! Matt realized right where he had fallen asleep the night before.

Jake had pulled himself up against the arctic fox, his muzzle buried in Matt's soft chest fur. His strong arms encircled the arctic fox, just as Matt's arms encircled him in turn. Matt was unable to suppress a shudder of excitement and delight at being so close to Jake. Not just his best friend, but the one fur he had cared for and wanted all of his life.

Pressing his muzzle against Jake's head, deep into his head fur, Matt breathed deep of Jake's musky, strong and dominant scent. Matt had dreamed of moments like this, to be close to the love of his life, covered in his scent. He wanted nothing more than to allow Jake's scent to fill him, replacing his own. He wanted to reek of it, to ensure everyone knew who his love, no his mate, was.

Matt sighed sadly; it could never be. Sure he could nuzzle Jake and have his scent rub off onto him while Jake slept, but that would be wrong. He was too shy to try something so bold. And Jake is straight, he scolded himself, he could never be Jake's mate. Maybe if he could at least continue to sleep with Jake, and cuddle with the powerful wolf then maybe just maybe it wouldn't be so bad.

Inhaling deeply, Matt shuddered as the sweet musky scent filled his sensitive nose. Suddenly he felt his sheath begin to tighten as his length began to grow, quickly tenting his boxers. In a panic he tried to shift his erection from its position, which at the present was, to Matt's horror, firmly against Jake's stomach.

A lump of fear settled in his stomach as he heard Jake grunt. He lay perfectly still as the wolf stretched and nuzzled closer to him. Matt let out a sigh of relief as Jake appeared to fall back to sleep. Desperately he willed his erection to go down. Shifting, he accidentally prodded Jake with his rock hard member. Trying to push himself away, Matt yelped as Jake suddenly pulled him tight to his chest.

Matt blushed as Jake looked up at him with sleep filled eyes. Blinking, Jake grinned and said "Is that what I think it is?"

"I'm sorry," Matt stammered, both embarrassed and upset with himself.

"Sorry for what?" Jake asked as he closed his eyes and nuzzled Matt's chest fur.

"I'm hard and I've got it pressing up against you...that doesn't bother you?"

"You're gay and a guy, it's to be expected. I should take it as a compliment," Jake said quietly, his eyes still closed. "And besides if Maria was up here instead of you, I would be having the same problem."

Matt was surprised to hear a softer, gentler tone to Jake's voice instead of the cold iron edge he had become accustomed to ever since the accident. Matt's blush deepened as he found his eyes drawn to Jake's groin. His eyes widened as he realized to his delight that Jake was indeed suffering from the same problem as him. Though Jake's was a case of morning wood, and not from the presence of a hot wolf laying next to him, Matt thought to himself.

"About last night," Matt began slowly, "I hope you're not upset I didn't take you back to your room. I would have but I was afraid of getting lost."

"It's ok, don't worry about it," Jake said, the warmth leaving his voice. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth about that night."

"I just couldn't believe what happened. I didn't want to admit it had happened."

"It's ok Jake, you don't have to explain it," Matt said quickly, as he heard an angry edge to Jake's voice.

"It's my fault he's dead, I should have just gone home!" said Jake, teeth clenched in rage.

Matt wrapped his arms tight around his friend, gently licking away the tear that trickled through Jake's fur. Licking Jake's head, Matt rested his muzzle between Jake's furry ears. Holding him close, Matt could feel Jake shaking as he attempted to suppress his rage and pain. Matt felt a tear trickle down his own maw as he remembered the night he had lost a best friend. He shuddered as images of Alex's mangled and bloody form flashed unwanted in his mind.

Shaking his head, he held Jake tighter as the wolf continued to try and suppress his anger at himself and the pain of the loss he had caused. Finally, he was unable to suppress his pain as the memory of that night surfaced, fresh and raw.

Matt flinched as Jake grabbed tuffs of his snow white fur. Jake yelled in anger both for letting his emotions overcome him and for what he had done that night. As Jake's tears wet his chest fur, Matt gently caressed Jake's back as he shuddered and sobbed.

Slowly Jake's breathing returned to normal and while tears still rolled slowly through his now matted fur he had stopped sobbing. Closing his eyes he let out a sigh. Suddenly he felt Matt's tongue lapping at his muzzle, wiping away his tears. He was surprised to find himself calming down as the fox caressed his back and licked his muzzle.

"I'm sorry," Jake said quietly, upset with himself for letting his emotions get the better of him for the second time in as many days.

"Sorry for what?" Matt asked confused.

"For acting like this, you must think I'm weak," said Jake, turning his head away. Trying to push himself gently from the fox's arms, he was surprised to find he was held fast. Matt was much stronger than he looked, the wolf mused.

Matt looked down at Jake surprised, only to find the wolf refusing to look him in the eye. At that moment Matt thought Jake was many things but weak certainly wasn't one of them. If anything, Matt thought, Jake was stronger now than he was before. Matt had never, in all the years he had known the wolf, seen him cry or show any emotions. This had only gotten worse after the accident, before Jake had smiled and laughed a lot, but after.

Matt sighed sadly, licking Jake's head he said "Jake I love you, nothing you say or do is ever going to change that. If anything I love you more now that I have seen you cry. For a while there I was worried you were a robot"

Still not getting a response from the sullen wolf, Matt suddenly had an idea. Without warning he leapt on the wolf and began tickling him. Jake yelped in surprise and tried to fight the smaller fox off of him, trying to resist Jake squirmed try to get ahold of the smaller fox. With a roar he tossed Matt off of himself and onto the bed next to him, Matt's ears laid back, worried he had gone too far. Then he saw a glint of hidden mirth in Jake's eye, smiling the fox yipped and pounced once more.

They wrestled playfully back and forth as they tried to tickle one another; finally as Matt succeeded in gaining the upper hand Jake called an end to their wrestling. Matt lay on top of Jake, pinning him to the bed, and grinning triumphantly. It wasn't until he noticed the light pink tint to Jake's features, that Matt realised he was still very hard.

Blushing, Matt attempted to roll off of Jake, but was surprised when he was held firmly in place.

"You really don't mind?" Matt asked sheepishly.

"It's different, but the company is nice," Jake answered.

Matt settled into Jake's arms, but shifted so as not to press his luck. He dug his fingers into Jake's fur and closed his eyes again, listening to Jake's gentle breathing.

"It wasn't your fault...what happened," Matt said quietly. "It was an accident."

"But I was drunk, that was my fault, I should have gone home"

"I'm amazed you didn't kill her after what she did to you. Yes, you should have just gone home, but I don't think anyone really would have after someone had done that to them."

"It was stupid," Jake said tears welling in his eyes. "And Alex paid the price."

"He forgave you, you said it yourself."

"But the last thing I did was punch him," Jake said his voice wavering and he swallowed the lump in his throat.

"After you stormed off all Alex wanted to do was find you and make sure you were safe. He would have beaten up Jessica had he not been so worried about you. Brothers fight Jake, he didn't hate you. He never wanted you to find out like that."

Jake opened his maw to speak but no sound came out, the lump in his throat made it impossible to talk. He quickly shut his mouth and eyes, tears trickled from beneath their lids. Matt gently licked away Jake's tears as he held his friend close. Matt smiled as Jake opened his eyes; he planted a quick kiss on the end of the wolf's nose.

Jake didn't expect the kiss. It was such a simple gesture of affection, and yet his heart raced. It was a side of Matt he'd not seen before, and he wasn't quite sure how to react. He suddenly became aware that he was staring into Matt's eyes and was unable to stop his face from turning bright red.

Matt was confused. Jake seemed more distracted than usual. Looking down, Matt blushed heavily, noticing a moist spot on his boxers. He'd been oozing pre heavily as he rubbed against Jake. Hoping Jake hadn't noticed, he rolled to conceal the dark spot, but stopped short. Something was different. He hadn't noticed before, but Jake's sheath was thick and tight; he had been trying to keep himself from pressing against Jake, but hadn't realized he had been rubbing himself against him the whole time. In doing so he had stimulated both of them.

The sight of Jake's thick cock right next to him began to excite him further. This is wrong, Matt thought with more conviction than he felt. The hornier he got the more aggressive he began to feel, and he could only barely control himself. His paw slowly began to drift down Jake's chest, resting just above the wolf's waist.

"You uh...want some help with that?" Matt stammered, unable to believe the words had escaped his maw.

Jake felt his heart stop for a moment. Had he heard Matt correctly? He was sure of it. He had to admit that he was feeling frisky, but this was crazy! Matt was his best friend, not to mention a guy. His thoughts were interrupted as he felt Matt's fingers gingerly playing with the fur on his stomach. A murr escaped Jake's maw.

"Matt...I don't know...I've never..." Jake was having trouble finding the words.

Matt suddenly began to feel braver for some reason, running his paw over Jake's bulge feeling it twitch and throb through the thin material of his boxers. Jake was having trouble thinking now. He had never considered doing anything like this with another male, let alone with Matt, and yet what Matt was doing felt incredible.

Grasping Jake's sheath firmly, Matt used the material of Jake's boxers to massage the now growing erection is his paw. He couldn't believe this was actually happening and wondered why Jake was letting him do it. Deciding to push things a little further, he ran his fingers nimbly beneath the band of Jake's boxers and removed them with a quick tug.

Matt stopped, licking his lips at the sight of Jake's seven inch member, his knot already slightly swollen. Jake was in a daze looking down at Matt. It was then that Matt realised what he was doing, and looked into Jake's eyes. He wanted permission. He didn't want to force this on Jake. A long pause met them and felt as if it lasted ages to Matt, as Jake questioned himself. Finally, Jake nodded slowly and Matt grinned.

Grasping Jake around the base of his knot Matt slowly dragged his tongue up the thick meat. Swirling his tongue around Jake's tip Matt wrapped his other paw around the shaft, his thumb and fingers only just meeting. As he pumped Jake's shaft he slowly kissed and licked his way down. Jake moaned as he felt the arctic fox lapping at his balls, feeling as first one then the other was lapped at before Matt took it into his maw. Gently he sucked on the delicate orbs, massaging them with his tongue before allowing them to drop from his dripping maw. Jake still wasn't quite sure why he was doing this, but was positive he wanted to now.

Slowly Matt licked around Jake's balls, pushing Jake's legs up to reveal his tight tail hole. The wolf shuddered as he felt Matt's warm breath against the pink flesh of his tail hole, gasping as he felt Matt's tongue flick out and across his hole. Matt murred as he swirled his tongue around the wolf's tight hole. Closing his eyes he savoured the almost sweet, musky flavour.

Matt pressed his tongue against the hole, and for an instant it resisted. As he continued to pump Jake's shaft with one paw he used the other to pry Jake's firm cheeks apart enough for him to press his muzzle against the opening of Jake's tail hole. With a quick thrust his tongue pierced the tight ring of flesh, and Jake cried out in pleasure, moaning as Matt began tongue fucking his virgin hole. Jake had never felt anything like it, and gripped the sheets of the bed wanting more.

Matt grinned; he could feel his own hard length demanding his attention. Slowly he withdrew his tongue from the wolf's hole. Crawling up slowly he lapped at Jake's length once more, dragging his tongue up the shaft. Slowly he pressed his lips against the tip. Jake moaned as Matt's warm maw slipped covering more and more of his cock.

Bobbing his head faster Matt, coated the huge member in a thick coating of saliva before allowing the length to slip from his maw. Jake moaned in disappointment. He opened his eyes as he felt Matt straddling his stomach. With one paw, Matt gently rubbed the shuddering wolf's chest. Leaning forward his muzzle met Jake's.

Jake's eyes widened at the new sensation. He was kissing another male, his best friend. His thoughts raced and there was no room anymore for protest, so he kissed back. Jake's breath grew heavier as the fox's tongue danced with his own. He was surprised at how much he was enjoying this, yet he couldn't stop himself from shaking. He knew what was coming next and he was nervous. He didn't understand how he could be enjoying this. He had never looked twice at another male, yet here he was hard as a rock, making out with his best friend.

As their tongues twirled and danced Matt reached back with his other paw. Grasping Jake's thick member, he broke the kiss. Jake opened his eyes in confusion as he felt Matt raising himself up off his chest. Looking down at the wolf, he realized Jake was shaking. Reaching up he gently caressed Jake's muzzle.

"Nervous?" Matt asked as the wolf beneath him shuddered again as though he was standing naked in the middle of a snow storm.

"Very" Jake breathed.

"Don't worry Jake. You'll love this, I promise to go slow." Matt said with a sheepish grin, "Now sit back and relax while I do the work."

Matt grinned as he lowered himself down once more; as he did he guided Jake's length until the tip of the thick rod was pressing against his tail hole. Unable to suppress a shudder of anticipation and arousal he slowly lowered himself down onto Jake's length.

He yelped as he felt his tail hole being stretched wider than ever before. Hearing Matt whimper Jake reached up, softly caressing his friend's muzzle.

As if to show he was serious, Matt dropped down, whimpering as another inch split him wider. Jake's eyes crossed as Matt's tail hole gripped him tight.

Matt smiled and slowly lifted himself off the two inches of meat he had succeeded in taking. Leaving only the tip inside he dropped down once more this time taking three inches, his breathing was heavy from the pain and pleasure he was feeling. Jake placed his paws on Matt's hips to steady and help his friend.

Taking a minute to adjust Matt dropped down a further two inches; little by little he took all seven inches. Breathing heavy he could feel Jake's cock twitch deep within him. Slowly he raised himself up leaving only the tip inside him before dropping down once more. With increasing speed he fucked himself with Jake's cock, riding the huge wolf who moaned and shuddered in pleasure.

Suddenly he pulled himself off of Jake's cock, seeing Jake's look of surprise he grinned and whispered in the wolf's large furry ear. "I want you to fuck me, hard."

With that he got down on all fours his tail end up in the air, tail swaying back and forth seductively. Looking over his shoulder he gave Jake a quick nod as the wolf gave him a look requesting confirmation. Once again, Jake was given the option to stop, but he couldn't help himself anymore.

On his knees behind Matt, Jake lined his cock up with one paw as his other held Matt's hips. Pressing himself against Matt's tail hole he gave a quick thrust, piercing the tight ring of flesh. Matt gasped in pleasure; a feeling of fullness grew as Jake's cock sank deeper into his tight warm ass.

Pulling back Jake began to pick up speed as he fucked Matt's tight hole, he moaned as Matt's muscles gripped him. Jake knew he wouldn't last very long, his knot was already partially swollen and he felt the desperate urge to tie with Matt.

The arctic fox moaned as he was pounded. With each thrust he could feel Jake's knot banging against his tail hole, demanding entrance. Shuddering he reached down with one paw and grasped himself behind his own fully formed knot. Pumping his shaft he moaned as Jake's paws kneaded his hips as they pulled him harder onto the wolf's cock.

"Tie me," Matt moaned as he felt his orgasm nearing. He knew he wanted Jake's knot, to be connected so fully, to be taken completely was all he wanted

Jake growled in response, thrusting harder his knot slamming against Matt's hole. Their balls slapping together, Matt's hole begin to stretch over Jake's knot. Each thrust drove it deeper until finally with one violent thrust Matt's tail hole stretched over the knot. It slipped inside with a loud pop.

Matt yelped in pleasure and pain as his hole was stretched to its limit to accept the massive piece of flesh. That was all it took to send Matt over the edge. With a howl his orgasm hit. Gripping his shaft as it pulsed and throbbed, a torrent of his thick creamy cum shot all over his paw and bed. Jake continued to thrust, limited because his knot was now buried deep in his friend.

Suddenly, Jake felt Matt tighten up around his shaft. With a howl of his own he thrust a final time, his cock exploding as jet after jet of cum whitewashed the arctic fox's insides. Leaning over he wrapped his arms around Matt's midriff as he held himself deep in the fox, their cocks still twitching and drooling cum.

Panting hard, Jake gently licked Matt's soft furry ears, nuzzling him he pulled Matt until they were laying on their sides. With his knot buried deep in Matt, neither of them would be going anywhere anytime soon.

Matt murred as Jake's strong arms encircled his. His butt felt so full, both of cum and of Jake's thick cock and knot. He had gotten his wish, not only had he been taken by the love of his life but he was now completely covered in his scent. Now everyone would know who his mate was, he thought to himself. Smiling contently he gently caressed the back of Jake's paw, feeling the wolf place his muzzle between his furry ears. Matt shuddered in delight as he felt Jake begin to murr and the wolf's arms tighten around him.

Sighing he felt himself drifting slowly off to sleep.

"Thank you," he whispered. "You don't know how happy you've made me; I've wanted this for so long."

Jake suddenly realised what he had just done. He'd been with another male. He'd been with his best friend, and perhaps just screwed up everything. He felt guilty again, but couldn't let Matt know that.

"You're welcome... I didn't hurt you did I?" Jake asked, hoping to convey more with his question.

"Far from it," said Matt blushing.

"We are going to be here awhile. My knot isn't going to go down anytime soon." Jake said, tugging on his knot slightly to put emphasis on his words. "If you want you can take a nap while we wait."

"Thank you," Matt said as another tear trickled down his cheek as joy overwhelmed him.

"I didn't hurt you did I?" Jake said, concerned as he saw the tears on Matt's maw.

Shaking his head Matt said "No...No I'm just so happy right now."

As he slowly felt sleep overtaking him, he could feel Jake nuzzling the back of his neck. With the large wolf's arms around him he had never felt safer. With a sigh he allowed sleep to overtake him, leaving his security to the one fur he had always wanted to be with, had always loved. As Matt slept, Jake lay next to him, wondering about why he would ever do such a thing to his best friend.

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Rounding the corner, Jake and Matt stopped suddenly as their pointed ears picked up a strange sound. Tearing their gaze from one another they looked down the hall, their ears swivelling to pinpoint the source. Then they spotted him. Shawn was sitting on the ground before his bedroom door, knees drawn to his chest.

One of the human's arms was wrapped around his knees while in the other he held an old worn black and white photograph. Even from this distance they could hear him sobbing. His eyes were red and puffy; his cheeks stained with tears. As they watched his head lowered until it was resting against his knees. They watched with concern as his body shuddered as he sobbed.

Quickly they approached him hoping they could do something to help the distraught human.

"Shawn, are you ok?" Matt asked kneeling down beside him. He reached out to caress the human's back as Jake knelt down next to him only to have Shawn jerk away and leap up.

"Hey what are you guys doing here?" He said as cheerfully as he could manage. Stuffing the tattered photo in his jean pocket he flashed them a smile. "Either of you know what's for breakfast?"

"Shawn what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Matt asked urgently.

"Wrong? Nothing's wrong. Everything is fine, never been better," He said, wiping his puffy red eyes, as tears flowed freely from them. "I'm not crying what makes you say that?"

"Your eyes are all red and we can see your shirt is stained..." Jake said dryly, clearly not buying the human's story.

"Oh that, that's nothing. Just lack of sleep, and my shirt....my shirt got wet when I was washing my face!" Shawn said, nodding his head at his own brilliance and ability to come up with what he hoped was a convincing story.

"Come on Shawn, what is it? It's your brother isn't it? You can tell us we won't judge you." Matt said softly, inching forward he tried to give the human a hug. He only managed to pat Shawn on the back as he had nimbly side stepped away from the arctic fox, still not entirely at ease around these strange creatures.

"I said I'm fine now. Let's go get some breakfast," Shawn said, whirling around he marched off down the hall. As he did so he tried desperately to wipe away the tears that refused to stop falling.

He couldn't help it; all he could think about was his brother. Every time he closed his eyes to go to bed he could see his brother's plane exploding. His dreams were filled with nothing but Andrew's final pleas for help then his screams as he died. His dreams did not end there. Even after Andrew's plane had exploded Shawn was haunted by his brother's voice demanding to know why Shawn had not saved him.

Shawn shook his head; he couldn't get the images out of his head. He felt like he was losing his mind. Waiting for Jake and Matt to catch up the trio made their way to the dining hall.

Pushing open the door to the dining hall they were greeted with a glorious mixture of smells. Fresh bread steamed in baskets on the table next to simmering pots of baked beans, bacon and french toast lay in stacks next to the syrup as the scrambled eggs sat waiting to be ladled.

Ethan looked up from his morning newspaper and smiled at them. "Take a seat, Brad would join us but he says he has somewhere to be this morning. The coffee is fresh."

"This looks incredible, how long did all of this take?" Matt asked in awe.

"The staff in the kitchen is twelve strong and have a passion for what they do. The other members of the staff have a dining room like this where they eat." Jake explained.

Ethan sniffed the air, noticing a smell stronger than the others as Matt sat down next to him. Leaning in he whispered "Want to fill me in on what happened last night? I heard Jake was upset and you smell different this morning."

Matt opened his maw to reply but he looked at Jake and thought for a moment. Jake probably wasn't ready for anyone to know, he thought. "Jake was upset about a problem with Shawn and he had a bit of a flash back. I brought him to my room and I kept him company, that's all."

Ethan smiled and nodded as though the story made perfect sense to him. "I understand, he may present himself as a big tough guy but he's really just a big softy inside. I'm glad he has you with him to help him through things."

Placing a paw on Matt's shoulder he continued, "If ever you want to talk I'm here."

Matt nodded, wondering just how much of his story Ethan believed.

"Ethan, I'm going to need your help after breakfast." Jake said, having been previously occupied in enjoying a stack of bacon and sausage.

"With what?"

"Well Matt and I have been talking, I told him about everything." Jake paused as he sipped a fresh mug of coffee he had poured. As he reached over for the french toast he continued,"He says he wants to help and we're going to make him a suit and if he's to come with us we'll need to get him trained up." "Welcome to the crew hon," Ethan said smiling at Matt, "Grumps over there makes it seem all tough and dirty but it's exciting too."

"I can't wait," Matt said. He was nervous, but Ethan seemed more friendly in the daylight, and he would do anything to make Jake happy. Besides, putting on some muscle and playing soldier could be fun. Digging into his scrambled eggs and baked beans, Matt began to dream what the day would have in store.