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The sun was still high in the sky. There must have been at least 5 hours left of daylight. I wonder where we are going... I'd ask Ranfult but he seems very irritable.

We continued to walk down a small dirt path, possibly made by other animals. Several more moments pass before I decided to finally break the silence.

"So..." I said feeling a little awkward, "Where are we going?"

"We are heading to Summum Regnum," he replied.

"Hmm so this place we are heading is important, huh?"

"Yes, very. The highest in the land."

"Yeah I got that from the 'Summum' part," I said matter of factly.

"Excuse me?" Ranfult said dumbfounded.

"Summum Regnum... it means 'highest kingdom' right?"

"uhh... y-yeah," Ranfult said still confused, "how do you know that?"

"Ah well in my world 'Summum' means 'highest' and 'Regnum' means 'kingdom' in Latin so I took a shot in the dark," I smiled, trying to relieve the tension between us.

"What do you know, we've got a scholar on our hands," Ranfult replied playfully.

Maybe if I ask him a bunch of questions and be my charming self I can start to deduce why I have been taken and what they want.

"So how much longer do we have until we reach the kingdom?"

"It's about a full day's journey so we will have to stop and set up camp around dusk."

"Mmhmm and why do you wear that head piece?"

"This is head piece is specific to my clan, I wear it to honor them."

"Do you always have to wear it when you're on missions?" I questioned.

"No..." he replied, now annoyed with my questions.

I have obviously hit close to home with my last question. I think I am going to keep pressing with these sort of questions.

"Speaking of missions, why is this your last one?"

"I don't want to talk about it," he said as we continued down the path.

"It's going to be a long trip..." I trailed off.

"And?"

"We don't have anything else to talk about."

"I'm good with silence," Ranfult snarled.

Several moments pass before either of us spoke again. I started thinking what my plan will be once I get to the kingdom. I've got to have a contingency plan. Luckily, I'm good at thinking on my feet. This skill has been very helpful in the past and I'm sure it will be proven useful in the future. I looked up and saw the sun has now started its decline from the center of the sky. I let out a sigh and accidentally bumped into Ranfult.

"Why'd you stop?" I asked. Ranfult didn't say a word as he bent over and picked up what appeared to be a dark brown sack.

"I left this sack here to retrieve after I got you so I didn't have to take it with me on my journey to get you."

I stared at Ranfult as he rummaged through his sack. I really hope Ranfult packed some sort of food because I have worked up an appetite over the past few hours. We stayed stopped for a few moments while Ranfult organized his sack. He sat down next to the dirt path in a patch of short grass and motioned for me to sit next to him. I immediately obeyed because it looked like he had some sort of fruit in his hands. As I sat down, he handed me a small piece of the fruit.

"Here," he offered.

"Thank you! I am very hungry. I'm sure this will hit the spot. What is it?"

"Like it matters? You don't know what it is. They don't have them in your world."

"Alrighty then..." I said quickly taking a bit of the strange fruit. "Mmmm, this is delicious."

"It is my all time favorite fruit," Ranfult replied, pleased I had taken a liking to it.

"What's it called?"

"Wungsing fruit"

"That's an interesting name," I replied as I took another bite. We both just sat in silence as we enjoyed the fruit. After Ranfult finished his piece of wungsing fruit he broke the silence.

"You know what I find interesting?" Ranfult questioned, "Why you came running after me after you used the restroom on that tree near the forest. You could have made a run for it and most likely have gotten away." He stared at me with a puzzled look on his face, "What is your angle?"

"Not quite sure what you mean Ranfult."

"Why didn't you run? You have fought me since the beginning."

"I don't know this world at all... If I was to run away where would I go? How would I get home? As for fighting you... What would you have done in my situation?"

"Fight..."

"Exactly," I affirmed, annoyed he even brought that up.

"I just had to make sure I don't have to use these..." he said pulling a set of handcuffs out of his sack.

"Well I'm glad you decided against using them."

"You didn't let me finish... I won't be using these during the day because even if you attempted to run... I would catch you, but at night while I'm fast asleep... you may try something sneaky."

"You JUST said you believed me!" I yelled.

"No I still think you might try and escape... so I have no choice but to handcuff you to me while we sleep."

"I'm sorry what?"

"How else did you think I was going to use them? Unless you wanted to be handcuffed to that tree over there?" He pointed to a nearby tree, which looked beyond unpleasant to sleep by. "We better keep going. The more we walk today, the less we have to walk tomorrow."

We walked for 4 more hours before stopping to set up camp. I was dreading having set up camp because of the whole handcuff situation. But regardless of how I was feeling I would rather be in the tent with Ranfult than out handcuffed to some tree.

"Are you going to help?" Ranfult said as he lightly punched my shoulder.

"What would you like me to do?"

"Go in my sack and grab the cloth for the tent. I already set up the frame while you were day dreaming."

"Okay," I replied as I walked over to Ranfult's sack. I started digging through it. Man this bag is way bigger than it looks... It sure can hold a lot... I finally grabbed the cloth for the tent which was at the bottom of the sack... go figure. "Here"

"Thank you, I can handle it from here."

After Ranfult finished making the tent he ushered me in. It was just big enough for two people and we only had one blanket. Just then I felt Ranfult's paw run across my back.

"Sorry," he apologized, struggling to get his vest and head piece.

"Oh...you're going to sleep shirtless."

"Yeah and without my fundoshi too, if that's alright with you?"

"Umm... s-sure," I answered. Who was I to say no? It was his tent after all. And after seeing his bulging chest muscles I wouldn't be opposed to getting a glance at his dick.

"Great," Ranfult replied now taking off his fundoshi.

I didn't even get to look at it before he covered up with the blanket. He looked over at me and grabbed the handcuffs. "It's time," he said winking at me.

"Okay..."

He put one end of the handcuff around my right wrist, a little tighter than I wanted, while he put the other end on his right paw and put his arm over my body as we laid next to each other. I felt very awkward having a lion spoon me. Not that I was completely against the idea. Things could be worse. The fact of the matter is I actually felt comfortable letting Ranfult's naked body be close to mine. His paw began to loosen his grip around my body letting me know he has fallen asleep. My heart was racing a mile a minute. All I wanted to do was get a good night's sleep, but all I could think about was Ranfult... Is he gay? Does he like me? Is that why he winked at me? And started spooning? He could have put the handcuff on his left hand and still laid side by side... I am so confused... Nothing good will come of me staying up all night thinking about these questions so I decided to let my thoughts drift away and try to get some sleep.