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“Sarah Rieves? Seriously?" the goat walking next to Daniel asked, speaking in a stage whisper as they went down the hall.

“Yeah, kinda my initial reaction." he replied, wondering again if he'd been pressured into making a seriously bad decision.

“When it comes to dangerous tutoring jobs, I'd rank that higher than having to teach an irritable gorilla sign language. Dude, if even half the stuff I heard about her is true, you better do it somewhere public, preferably with video surveillance. That way she might think twice about knifing you because she's having trouble with a trigonometry assignment…"

“C'mon, I don't think she's that bad…" the human male replied.

In truth, he did think Sarah Rieves was bad, which seemed to be a school-wide opinion. It wasn't that she was a bully. In fact, even the bullies seemed to give her a wide berth. So what did it say about you when trouble kids thought you were trouble? The hyena didn't really hang out with anyone at school, and there were all sorts of rumors going around about her – that she was only here because she was on parole from juvie and that this was one of the conditions. That she was only there to deal drugs and that even the school cop was on her payroll…

Daniel didn't really buy into those rumors, since they seemed like gossip that had been allowed to run wild until it grew into urban legend, but she'd been in some of his classes a few years back. He remembered her 'too cool for school' attitude, the frustration of the teachers who tried to get her to engage in the lesson only to be ignored, and grades that until now had been just high enough to allow her to get to senior year.

The day before, Mr. Stephens had asked him to drop by his office after school. Daniel attended his Advanced Placement Physics class and had thought the discussion would center on his schoolwork, but the otter had instead spent an hour wheedling him into accepting a tutoring assignment. At first Daniel wasn't against the idea, figuring he might get someone who genuinely wanted to learn, but he ran out of enthusiasm when he realized the faculty was obviously trying to stick him with a trouble student.

His teacher had refused to drop the subject despite the sour face his star pupil was making, telling Daniel about how it was getting harder and harder to get a half-way decent job with just a high school diploma, and how much worse drop-outs had it. He then proceeded to butter him up by pointing out how he and the rest of the faculty held him in high regard, and were confident he could really make a difference, finishing by reminding the teen that this sort of thing would look very good on his college application.

“Okay, this is my stop…" Daniel said as he reached the door of the classroom that had been assigned as a study hall for tutors like him.

“All right man. Good luck and you know… call me if you get in trouble, or anything like that…" he finished a little awkwardly, and the human teen had to keep himself from smiling at the idea that his fellow nerd could somehow rush to his aid if Sarah Reives got out of hand.

“That's… good to know. OK, see you tomorrow then."

The room was almost empty, with one window-side desk occupied by two girls, one of which Daniel knew from his classes, and another he knew by reputation. Molly, the beaver girl, gave him a little wave before going back to talking slowly and with exaggerated care to her pupil. Tiffany was almost as notorious as Sarah was, but for a decidedly different reason. She was a cliché vixen and her run-ins with the school administration mainly consistent of numerous and often quite memorable dress-code violations. But to her credit, the buxom vulpine seemed to be giving her tutor all of her attention even though the dwindling patience in Molly's voice hinted that even that might not be enough.

There was no sign of his pupil, but then again he was a few minutes early. Figuring there was no point in crowding together, he took a seat in the corner opposite the two girls, got his books out and waited. Sarah came in ten minutes late, and didn't seem to have any intention of apologizing.

“Hey. So, you're my tutor?" the hyena asked, both hands in her pockets as she addressed him. Her hair was a fringe combed (or more likely just tossed) over one side of her head, the tips that were just long enough to reach her jaw showing a bit of faded red dye. True to her delinquent image (although maybe a little passé) she wore a black leather jacket over a tank-top that left a strip of hard abs exposed. All that was missing to complete the cliché were torn, skin-tight jeans, but the black pants the 'yena girl wore were actually pretty loose and baggy.

“Yeah. We were supposed to start ten minutes ago…" Daniel said, cringing internally at how shaky his voice sounded compared to Sarah's. But to his credit, he'd almost managed to accuse the hyena of being late.

“Well, there goes my chance of making valedictorian. Daniel, right?"

“Yeah."

“I'm Sarah." She said, extending a hand. Daniel's manners kicked in and he got up and shook her hand, making sure not to grip too hard considering she was a girl. The girl in question did not extend him the same courtesy, but he was reasonably certain the predatory female in front of him hadn't seen him cringe in pain. “So teach, what have you got for me? Particle physics? Neurobiology?" she asked, slumping down into a chair and barely even bothering to glance at the schoolwork Daniel was sorting through.

“Look, we're already running behind, so maybe we should make the best use of the time we have to…"

“That eager to get rid of me?"

“I'm not…" he began, almost raising his voice but stopping himself in time. His upbringing insisted he shouldn't raise his voice at women, and his survival instinct insisted he shouldn't raise it at this female in particular. That handshake had been painful enough, and he had no desire to see what a hooligan with a predator's build was capable of. “Look, it's really in your interest to pay attention…"

“Because my grades are failing?" the girl interrupted.

“Yes and…"

“And you're gonna accomplish in these little after-school sessions what professional educators couldn't in the last semester? Making up for what I haven't grasped, helping me keep up with new lessons and of course doing your own schoolwork at the same time?" she asked, sarcastically but a little too close to the point for Daniel's liking. He'd had similar thoughts about the chances of this little endeavor, but he would have added the difficulty of trying to teach someone who didn't want to be taught to the hyena's diatribe.

“Okay, so maybe it isn't a lot of help, but why not give it a try at least? I mean, I'm taking the time for your sake, so the least you could…"

“And you're taking the time because, what? You're a charitable soul who couldn't bear the thought of seeing someone like me slip through the cracks and miss out on a chance at a better life?" the girl asked, her previously sarcastic tone taking on a hint of bitterness. “Or are you here because you got roped into it?"

“I was but…"

“See. And I don't blame you for that, because I'm here for the same reason. But the difference is that I really don't think this is going to help me any, but whether I graduate or not I'm pretty sure you'll get some credit for trying to help me. You know, something an admission committee might look favorably on? So, why don't you let that lesson sink in and I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" the hyena finished, and before Daniel could even formulate some kind of response she was already getting up and headed for the door.

She didn't really slam it but she'd closed it loud and firm enough that he realized she'd actually gotten angry, rather than just blowing him off because she was bored. She had also been loud enough for the other two girls to hear them, and while Molly was being nice enough to pretend not to notice anything, the vixen she was trying to tutor was talking in a hushed by very animated voice, obviously hoping to derail what she thought was a boring lesson into the more familiar waters of school gossip.

So to recap – during my first session I had my student in her seat for only a few minutes, we didn't so much as open a textbook, and I actually made another tutor's job harder. He thought to himself. And there's still tomorrow to look forward to!

*******

Even though she'd said she'd be back the next day, Daniel was still surprised to see Sarah, and even more so when the 'yena girl showed up on time. He didn't get an apology, but the delinquent teen seemed a little more willing to cooperate, especially after she scanned the classroom and realized they had it all to themselves. Daniel wondered if Molly and Tiffany didn't have a tutorial scheduled today, or if the beaver girl had requested a separate classroom after what happened yesterday. He couldn't really blame her if she did, and figured this was good for him as well. After all, if Sarah lost her temper again, the less people around to see him beaten up by a girl – the better.

They began with English lit and Daniel was surprised that Sarah didn't have a lot of problems discussing Steinbeck's tale of struggling Okies, but when he put an excerpt in front of her and asked her to try and analyze it, she seemed to strike a wall, and Daniel was forced to try and gently formulate a question he suspected might earn him a punch in the face at the least.

“Can you… I mean, you can read, right?" he asked, tensing a little as the question hung in the air.

“Yeah. I mean I wouldn't have made it to senior year in high school if I couldn't but… It's always been hard for me to read in general, and these walls of text don't really make it any easier."

“What do you mean?" he asked, his concern for his own safety partially forgotten.

“I mean I'm fine with words, short sentences and stuff like that. A paragraph is tougher, but I can slough through it. But pages and pages… it just becomes a jumble and I can't make heads or tails of any of it. It takes ages to make any progress and it frustrates the hell out of me. It's like trying to untangle Christmas lights while wearing mittens." She said, sounding angry and frustrated, but to Daniel's relief not with him.

“How long have you had this… problem?"

“Since grade school." The girl said with a sigh. “I saw a counselor with my dad, and he said I probably had mild form of dyslexia. I remembered that when he brought up the phrase 'special needs' my dad thanked him, told him he'd think about what he said and got me out of there."

“And?"

“And what? That was the end of it."

“Well if you dad knew you had a problem, why didn't you get any help with it? Why did he just get you out of that office?"

“Because he's just smart enough to get what that counselor was saying and he didn't want his girl to get a free pass for the short bus! He… he knew that I'd be fine. I'd just work harder than the other kids and there'd be no more problems."

“So, the counselor…?"

“Never called him or me in again. I figure the guy just gave the speech, checked some box and considered his job done." she said, shrugging the whole thing of even as her tutor stared in shock.

“Look, I don't know much about dyslexia, but it isn't a matter of intelligence. It's just that you have a harder time making sense of writing…"

“Yeah, and doing the writing, or at least at the rate everyone else does. I gave up on taking notes years ago, when I realized I was spending the whole class struggling just to copy down half of what's on the board."

“So from grade school to senior year… how did you even manage?" Daniel asked, almost out of some sort of morbid curiosity.

“By working my ass off, for the most part. Mostly just trying to find ways to compensate. I can follow speech just fine, so I try to focus on the lecture…"

“But seriously… I mean, I was in a few classes with you freshman year and I remember that every time a teacher asked you a question you just gave them the cold shoulder." He said, wondering only after the words were out of his mouth if he'd relaxed too much and taken a step too far.

“Yeah, I used to answer those. Felt really great when teach asked you something and you got it right in front of the whole class. But then you get asked to read a passage out loud or write a sentence on the board, and when everyone but the teacher is laughing at you, you feel like the stupidest piece of shit on Earth. If that had happened to you at least once, you'd just ignore them until they gave up asking you to participate. And it happened a lot more than once to me…" she said, noticeably bitter and angry as childhood memories kept tucked away rose to the surface.

“As far as books go, my dad used to read to me. I liked that, but after discovering my library had books on tape I let him off the hook. He works long hours as it is without having to help me with school after he comes home. So basically I knew what each book was about, and I could ace the comprehension/retention part of the test just fine. That used to be enough for Ds and Cs but senior year it's all about being given an excerpt and dissecting it and identifying all the literary devices. And by the time I managed to read that fucking excerpt, it was pencils down…"

“Wow. I'm surprised you didn't just drop out. No offence…" he quickly added, but to his surprise Sarah just smiled at the notion. Which wasn't entirely disarming, considering the sort of teeth she flashed.

“I think I kind of gave up hope this year, but I still had to try. I don't want to break my dad's heart."

“What do you mean?"

“I mean, no matter what some counselor told him years back, and no matter how much I struggle to keep up, he still thinks I'm his clever little girl. He busts his ass day in - day out, working as much overtime as they'll give him so that he can afford to send me to college." she finished, ears folding down a little as she contemplated her father's heartbreak if she failed to even graduate high school. She hadn't mentioned her mother so far, and Daniel was hesitant to ask. The more time he spent around her, the more it seemed like she didn't really have a female role model growing up.

“Okay. I guess we'll do the best we can today, and I'll look things up for next time…" he said, already considering his options. He knew that the choice Sarah's dad had made might have been well-intentioned, but her life would have been a lot easier if they'd found the hyena some help early on. It also meant his work with her would be more difficult, but now that he knew that she was willing to learn and just never really tried dealing her disability the right way, he felt more optimistic than when he thought he was working with a thug who didn't give a damn about school. If she wanted to learn, Daniel was determined to teach her…

*******

He hadn't been sure what he'd been expecting. The neighborhood Sarah led him to was nice enough – typical middle-class suburbia. Inside the house was also typical – clean, although noticeably lacking a woman's touch.

“Were you expecting half-empty liquor bottles, or actual powder and needles?" Sarah asked, and although it was meant as a joke, it had hit closer to the truth than Daniel would have cared to admit. Even after learning the reason behind the hyena's poor grades, he guessed he'd still believed in those rumors enough to consider her a bad apple. “Here we go. Just watch your head there…" she said, pointing to a pull-up bar at the top of the doorway, and not a moment too soon.

“So, uh… your dad works out?" he asked, hoping the question had sounded casual. The idea had dawned on him that he might still be here when Sarah's father came home, only to find a strange boy in his daughter's room. A daunting enough prospect without the hyena male in question being some muscle-bound giant who does 30 chin-ups before his morning coffee.

“Dad nothing! This thing's mine…" Sarah boasted, tossing her jacket on the bed and proceeding to prove her point.

Daniel was daunted at first by the ease with which the 'yena girl started doing pull-ups, but soon found something else to be uncomfortable about. Every time Sarah would get her chin over the bar her chest would get pressed up between her arms. He found it funny how he went from not noticing her breasts to desperately trying not to stare at them. The fact that Sarah was grunting with every chin-up really wasn't helping things either.

“Wanna give it a try?" she asked, not bothering to hide her grin.

“I'm having enough fun watching…" Daniel said, going red the moment the last word left his mouth. It had been meant as a casual way of getting out of embarrassing himself but wound up doing just that. Fortunately Sarah was either very polite, or she'd missed which part of her had caught the young man's eyes during her little work out. “Suit yourself… Oh shit, I forgot to clear this stuff off my desk. Look, you mind if we do this on the bed?"

“Uh sure, but what is that?" Daniel asked, looking at the neatly spread out components on the wooden surface.

“It was and will once again be a pretty neat boom-box. Saw my neighbor when he was about to chuck it in the trash, and managed to save it. Turns out it only had a few blown capacitors, so once I dig out a couple with the same voltage and polarity and spend a little quality time with my soldering iron, this thing will be purring like a kitten again. Or roaring if I forget to turn the volume down before plugging it in…"

“I… I don't get it. You've got a weak C in high school physics, but you know how to repair electronics? You own your own soldering iron?"

“Yeah, but this is different. Physics is… it's just dead symbols on paper. If I write the stuff down I have no idea if my chicken-scratch is any good until I get the test back, usually covered in a ton of red ink. But this stuff is… I dunno… real. I can take it apart, fiddle with it, put it back together. If it works I know right away, and if it doesn't it will usually give me some sort of hint on what I can do to make it work."

Daniel opened his mouth to reply, but wound up just closing it without saying anything. He still wasn't sure how Sarah's brain actually worked, or just what was going on in her head, but he was starting to think there was a lot more going on than he'd initially thought. He knew that a lot of people could learn things like physics and math but bemoaned how they'd never use that knowledge, because they couldn't work out a way to take the abstract that they've grasped and apply it to the real world. Sarah seemed to have the same problem from the other direction, and all because some part of her brain could just barely make a connection between the squiggles on paper and the things that they represent.

“So what's on the lesson plan for today? More English Lit?" Sarah asked, making a slightly sour face at the thought of tackling those dreaded walls of text.

“Math, actually. I've been reading up on dyslexia, and there are some things I wanted to try…" the young man replied, fishing in his backpack until his arm came out gripping several magic markers, all in different shades.

“What, paint by numbers?"

“No, those are for highlighting. You ever try doing that?"

“I guess I kinda grew out of those and crayons some time ago…"

“How are you with equations?" he asked, ignoring her little remark. He was starting to get a good sense for when she was trying to mask her unease with her condition, and hoped that once these sessions started showing some results she'd get a little more comfortable.

“Well it's a lot easier than reading, but I still kinda get tripped up along the way. Even when I focus as hard as I can and triple-check my work, it still sometimes happens that I switch the symbols up. If I get something on the wrong side of a bracket, everything else falls apart."

“Okay, let see if this helps…" he said, selecting a problem and helping Sarah out by reading it out loud while she scanned it. He noticed she had little trouble setting up the equations, and once she did he used the markers to highlight every variable in a different color. She'd rolled her eyes when he'd first did it, but as the minutes ticked by the sheets in her workbook began to fill out with neat, colorful, but more to the point correct problems.

“You know, part of me thought you were fucking with me when you got those markers out but this is working…" the hyena said, the excited look on her face making a smile spread across Daniel's.

“It helps to break things up. When you can't understand something, find a way to break it down into things you can…"

“Well, even a dog gets a treat when it does something right. I'm gonna go grab a soda. You want one?"

“Sure…" the young man replied, idly looking around the room as the 'yena girl left to rummage around in the fridge.

It only then occurred to him that he was in a girl's bedroom, and a girl who he found attractive now that he didn't find her intimidating. Well, less intimidating. Better late than never… he mused as he looked around. It didn't really look like a girl's bedroom though. He guessed his own room would have looked like this if he'd been allowed to decorate it the way he wanted. Posters of various kinds covered the walls of Sarah's rooms, and quite a few of them were pretty neat fantasy prints. The closest he was allowed were charts, tables and diagrams. After all, as his parents constantly pointed out – it was his study space as well, and there was no room in it for distractions. Which included messiness, such as piles of… What have we here? He thought to himself selecting a slim volume from the top of a pile and examining the cover.

“Fucking nerd!"

“What?" Daniel asked, surprised by the sudden appearance of his grinning pupil, but not really by her language.

“You know what! If a guy wanted to go rooting around a girl's room, most people would have tried to find the underwear drawer, but you go straight for my comic stash!" she said, and something about her expression hinted to Daniel that she might have been a little less embarrassed if he had been looking through her undies.

“These are graphic novels though. And a lot of these are serious titles… aaaand then there's this!" he said, smiling as he held up a volume whose cover put the 'graphic' in graphic novel.

“What? Name one thing that's wrong with Tank Girl!"

“Nothing's wrong. It just… explains a lot…" he said, which earned him an elbow to the side. “But I mean… you can read these, right?" he asked. It was awkward, almost like he was asking Sarah if she just looked at the pretty pictures, but he was still trying to work out where her limits were.

“Yeah, but these are easy…"

“Why is that?"

“Well, you know how they say 'a picture is worth a thousand words'? It's kind of true. It gives me a basic idea of what's going on, and then I just need the words to fill in the details. It's a lot easier than trying to construct the whole image in my head from nothing but words on a page…" she said, and for a moment Daniel understood something of what she was talking about. If every single sentence he read was hard work, he would have given up on books too.

“So a smart person like you reads these too, huh?"

“Yeah, I've actually… written a few…" he said, almost forcing the words out.

“Seriously?"

“Yeah. I mean, none of it is in print or anything, but there are sites hobbyists and young authors can share their works on. You know, get some critique, maybe even a little praise…"

“So did you get any?" Sarah asked, sounding genuinely curious.

“Yeah. I mean, my first one was kind of a mess, but I was still practically a kid when I made it. But when I posted my last one, people kept telling me to talk to a publisher if I want to keep this up."

“Wow. I never knew that about you."

“Well, no one does. I mean, I posted my stuff under a pseudonym. I've… you're the first person I told…"

“Really? I mean, everyone at school already thinks you're a nerd, but this is kind of a cool-nerd thing. Why hide it?"

“Because my mom and dad are not cool nerds. They… they know I draw from time to time, and they say things like 'how nice it is to have a creative outlet' and 'how important it was to have a hobby'. A good use of free time. But if I so much as suggested to them that I was even considering it as a career… to them it would be like I sat them down and announced I wanted to be a male stripper." He finished, watching Sarah's shoulders quake until she lost the good fight.

“I'm… I'm sorry, it's not funny but I just…"

“It's not funny but you just can't stop laughing?"

“Hey c'mon! My brain's wired wrong, who knows why it's doing that…"

Daniels smiled at her remark, but didn't say anything as the gears in his own head started turning. A week ago he'd thought Sarah was a delinquent if not an outright criminal. A few days ago he'd saw her as someone who fell through the cracks because she didn't get the help she needed when she needed it. But after seeing the neatly disassembled boom-box and the small library of graphic novels, he was starting to think his opinion of her would grow during the next few days. And hopefully so would Sarah's…

“I had been on time, you know…" she said, derailing his train of thought. “The first time we met for a session. I just spent ten minutes or so standing in front of the door, working up the nerve to open it."

“Why?"

“I was scared shitless. My whole senior year I was pretty sure that my hope of somehow trudging through high school was slim at best. I guess I'd thought that it would work out, that something was gonna happen and that I'd catch a break. And standing at that door I thought – this was it. My break was sessions with someone who had no idea what was really up with me and who had no real hope of helping me learn. A lot of my life, and my dad's hopes about me had been resting on a bubble and I felt like opening that door would burst it. I was tense as fuck when I came in but I tried to play it cool…" she said, and for a moment it was like Daniel could see two variants of the same scene playing out in front of his eyes – a version of Sarah that had come in ten minutes late and hadn't looked like she gave a god-damn and one where the girl had barely pulled herself together and done her best not to seem as terrified as she really was.

“...so that's why I snapped at you. I was worried I'd get someone who just got pressured into doing the sessions and I was sure I'd been right and that you just wanted the tutorials over with as soon as possible."

“Yeah, don't you just hate it when people jump to conclusions like that?" he said, his voice making it clear that he felt sorry for doing the same to her.

“Heh, I guess we both kinda dropped the ball on that one. But what I'm trying is – thanks. You… these classes… it's literally better than anything I'd hoped for."

*******

“Hey, before we start, I ran into professor Andrews today and got something…" Daniel announced, failing to hide his excitement as he rummaged around in his backpack. The 'ran into' part was a little white lie, since he'd practically cornered the math teacher in the hallway, but as he finally found the sheet he was looking for he was glad he did. “You would have seen this tomorrow anyway, but I figured it would get you nice and motivated for today's session…" he finished, handing Sarah a sheet with a large red 'A' in the upper-right corner.

Studying for the test had been hard work, but the hardest part was talking the 'yeena into letting her teacher's know about her dyslexia. He realized it was a big deal for her, especially after sitting on the secret for so long, but it had served to get her a chance to take a test in special conditions. Professor Andrews proved considerate as well, letting Sarah take the test in his office rather than with the whole class. Daniel had been allowed to attend, and help make sure Sarah understood every problem, but it was the hyena girl who'd done the work, scribbling away with both pencil and the aptly-named magic markers. He wasn't sure how she'd react to seeing the fruits of her labor, but he'd definitely expected something loud. Her stunned silence was a surprise, but the tears flowing from her eyes and into the fur under them was a shock.

“It's… it's okay. Come on, sit down…" he said, guiding her to the edge of her bed as her shoulders began to quake, her fingers still tightly gripping the test-sheet.

He wasn't entirely sure what to do in this situation. He wanted to comfort her, partly because it was just in his nature to try and lift the spirits of someone who was distraught. And Sarah wasn't really just a 'someone' to him. He felt like they'd gotten closer during the month or so of these study-sessions, but he wasn't really sure if Sarah felt the same way.

“I haven't seen one of these in a long time…" she finally said, her voice cracking as she wiped her eyes. “I guess I never really expected to see one again…"

The corners of her lips rose as her teeth flashed in a smile, but Daniel could still see the shadow of the pain that had made her break down in tears. The years she'd spent thinking she was stupid and a failure, dreading the moment when it would all come crashing down around her and she'd end up disappointing the man who had such high hopes for her. He knew plenty about the pressure of parental ambitions, but he still couldn't equate a man breaking his back in the hopes that his girl can have something better, and his own parents who seemed intent making him reach what they considered the pinnacle of his potential.

The rustle of paper brought his mind back to the room he was in and the girl he was with in time for him to meet her gaze as she turned to look at him. After her recent turmoil, her face looked blank and strangely calm, her eyes still glittering with a few unshed tears. Or so he'd thought. Sarah swung her right leg under her and onto the mattress a mere second before she lunged for the young man sitting next to her. To Daniel it felt more like a tackle than a hug, and with the hyena catching him off guard there was nothing to do but fall back and be thankful they were on the bed.

“Thank you!" she sighed, her muzzle close enough to his ear that he could feel her breath against it. He remembered how a minute or so ago he'd wanted to put his arm around Sarah to comfort her, but wondered if it would be too forward of him. The girl in question showed no such hesitation, her arms wrapping around him in a crushing hug. And despite the fact that she seemed intent on crushing the life out of him, Daniel wouldn't have tried to break loose even if he thought he stood a chance.

He could feel her breath against his neck, and every breath he took carried the scent of her fur. As he hugged her back he felt the firm muscles of her back, the heat of her as she lay on top of him and the thrilling softness of her chest pressed flat against his. He tried to think back, to work out how they'd found themselves in this position, but he was having a hard time concentrating. This no longer felt like a 'thank you' hug, and his limited experience with the opposite sex meant that he had no idea what to do next.

He felt the arms wrapped around him grow slack and then slide out from under him as Sarah lifted herself up just high enough to look at him. She was taking deep breaths, and he could feel her chest expand and contract against his, the hyena girl seeming to gather up some courage before she seemed to make a decision, bringing her muzzle down on the stunned boy's lips. The kiss had been brief, a little more than a peck, but it was like a thirsty man grabbing a bottle of cold water and deciding to take just a sip. Desperate need took over and soon her muzzle was pressed tight against his mouth, her body grinding against his as she kissed him without reservation.

It wasn't Daniel's first kiss, but what little experience he had was insufficient to prepare him. Since he was pinned under the amorous 'yena there didn't seem much he could do, so he settled for wrapping his arms around Sarah. He heard her make strange little noises, eager sounding whines and whimpers until she finally pulled her lips from his, breathing hard as she moved her knees to either side of his hips and planted her palms just above his shoulders. It looked almost like she was keeping him from going anywhere until she decided what to do with him, an almost comical notion since it would have taken a cattle-prod to move Daniel at this point.

He guessed she must have seen where his eyes were wandering since he soon found one of his wrists being gently but firmly gripped as Sarah guided the hand to her chest. Despite the fact that she worked out, the mound straining against the fabric of her tank-top was soft enough that the young man found his fingers flexing as if on their own, earning him something between a groan and a growl as he shamelessly groped the hyena girl.

One of her hands soon found its way to his chest and the two remained silent as they explored one another's bodies, the schoolwork forgotten briefly as they focused solely on each other. Daniel could feel Sarah wasn't wearing a bra, and acting on courage and confidence he didn't know he had he slipped his hand under her top, his palm tingling as it slid across the soft fur covering the perky mound. That earned him another peck, which he suspected was for the best. They were both practically panting at this point, and long, loving kisses would have to wait until they got their breath back.

Daniel felt his other hand move almost on its own, sliding from Sarah's back, across her waist and almost shaking as it reached the hyena's trim belly. Sarah's hand had been sliding lower along his body, and he figured that is she was going to take initiative, the least he could do was keep up. He groaned when her fingers found the bulge in his pants, letting his fingers slide lower along her body and looking up in shock when she suddenly stood up and pulled away.

“This doesn't look comfortable…" she said, palming the outline of his shaft and smiling playfully at the young man still lying flat on her bed. Daniel wasn't sure if he'd messed up when the 'yena girl practically jumped off him, wondering if he'd imagined the expression of shock on her face before this hungry and playful look replaced it. It was hard enough to think about it with Sarah patting the bulge in his pants, but after she slid them down and gently gripped the revealed shaft, any hopes of stringing a thought together went out the window.

“Mmh, looks like a nice one…" she almost purred, stroking the smooth shaft a few times as Daniel did his best not to writhe.

Kissing and a quick above-the-belt grope had been as far as he'd ever gotten with a girl, and he was quite frankly amazed at how intense a hand wrapped around his length could feel when it wasn't his own. Judging by the way she was staring at it, Sarah's comment seemed honest, which served to prop-up the young man's confidence a little. With her looks and her confidence, he didn't for one moment imagine this was the hyena girl's first time, and he was glad he (literally) measured up. It was only when her muzzle lowered, her nostrils flaring cutely as she seemed to take in his scent that a thought entered his head.

“Wait! I mean… if you're doing this just to thank me for…" Daniel mumbled, trying to do the decent thing despite the fact of him that wanted him to keep quiet and let this play out. The smile Sarah flashed him was gorgeous, and the teen knew he wasn't thinking straight when even the sight of those teeth near that part of him didn't dampen his spirits.

“I already said 'thank you'. That's not what this is about…" she said, breathily her lips parting as she lowered her muzzle a little more.

Daniel could feel his whole body tense up when the hyena's tongue flicked against his head, the shaft held in her gentle grip twitching as pre beaded on the tip. He managed to take a breath before Sarah's next lick, his eyes glued to the beautiful girl tentatively running her tongue across his shaft. And as much as the long, loving licks were making him fight the urge to writhe on top of the bed, when Sarah's muzzle parted and she took the head of his shaft into her mouth, his body went rigid, fingers fisting the sheets as the hyena girl looked up at him.

Her fringe had fallen, hiding one side of her face, but the eye Daniel could see was looking back at him with a surprisingly curious gaze. He'd expected to see the twinkle he usually did whenever the cocky female grinned at him, something she couldn't really do now that she was mercifully keeping those shiny white teeth out of the way. She spent a few minutes either studying him or letting him get his breath back before resuming, and Daniel guessed it was the later when she continued to slide her muzzle down his length after he managed to draw in a shuddering lung-full of much-needed air.

The hyena's lips slid further and further down, and with every fraction of an inch Daniel could feel the tip of his shaft slide along that long, nimble tongue, the velvety length seeming to cradle his length until her nose reached his crotch. He could tell he was leaking into her mouth, and when Sarah was finally forced to swallow Daniel's hands clenched even harder at the sensation.

The hyena's ears had perked and he was sure she hadn't missed his groan, or worked out its fairly unsubtle meaning. When she looked up at him he could see a certain curiosity in her eyes, and an unconcealed desire to find out what other noises she could draw out of him. The tongue began to move, at first just pressing a little harder against the underside of his shaft before it seemed to come alive, twisting and swirling around the length held in that amazing muzzle.

Daniel groaned again when she slid her mouth off him, her eyes crossing as they focused on the shiny length of flesh reappearing as her lips clung to its surface. She stopped with just his head held in her mouth, flicking the tip of her tongue across it a few times before closing her eyes and once again sliding down. By the time she was kissing his crotch again his toes had curled and his own eyes had crossed.

The 'yena currently making him feel like the luckiest man in the world couldn't seem to decide between looking up at whatever weird face Daniel was sure he was making or demurely closing her eyes as she slid her lips up and down his length. She also seemed to have a high opinion when it came to Daniel's endurance, since she was getting more comfortable. She barely missed a beat as she knelt between his legs, her forearms resting on his thighs as she laid her chest down on the mattress, while her rump remained raised in the air, the tail topping it giving a few teasing wags every now and again.

Daniel, for his part, remained rooted in place without any idea what he could do except enjoy himself. There was no part of Sarah he could reach, although he supposed he could have tried putting his hand on her head. But part of him suspected it might be a bad move to try with this girl, even if something other than a crowbar could pry his fisted hands open at this point.

He was breathing heavily now, which at least was fine and reasonably manly. The problem was when Sarah tried something new with that long, limber tongue of hers, and he wound up making noises that were neither masculine nor particularly sapient. The eager hyena had moaned into his length several times, and as much as that boosted his self-esteem, a couple of times he suspected his length had served to muffle a giggle instead. He realized he'd been trying to hold back, and honestly he wasn't really sure for whose benefit, but what little control he had over the situation broke when he felt Sarah's hand gently cup his sack.

“I can't… I'm gonna…" he groaned, to stupefied to form even a simple sentence as his vision seemed to dim.

Sarah seemed to consider her options for a second, and Daniel honestly wasn't sure if she'd made a choice to swallow or if she'd waited a little too long. Either way his shaft was buried as deep as it could go in her mouth when it started to twitch, and he could tell by the way her eyes widened that the first spurt to leave his tip had caught her by surprise. But even if it did, the hyena recovered quickly enough, gulping down the seed Daniel was shooting down her throat, her hand gently juggling his family jewels as if she wanted to make sure she got every drop. By the time he was done the teen felt literally drained, his body finally going completely slack as the gorgeous girl kneeling between his legs slid her lips off his softening length, giving the tip one last lick before climbing up on to him.

When her lips descended towards his Daniel didn't spend so much as a second thinking where they'd just been, or how desperately he needed to breathe. He kissed Sarah right back wrapping his arms around the 'yena girl just as her tongue sipped into his mouth. He could feel her nipples against his chest as he held her close since her top had ridden up, but he was sure he'd have been able to feel the stiff little nubs even through the fabric.

It also dawned on him that the 'yena was being awfully patient with getting what, in Daniel's mind he owed her for the mind-shattering orgasm. That is to say, at least a spirited effort from a (hopefully) promising amateur. In all honesty he'd half expected for the hyena to pull her pants down, straddle his head and press his face to her slit. Not that he was complaining about having a gorgeous girl kissing him like he was the last man on earth, but after a minute or so the gentleman in him felt the need to bring it up. And to breathe…

“Y-you want me to… you know… return the favor?" he said, still too dazed to speak properly but also too dazed to care about sounding awkward. He was expecting Sarah to leap at the opportunity (and possibly his face) but she looked confused for a few seconds, and then Daniel could have sworn she looked embarrassed or ashamed, but he was sure he'd imagined it. A smile was soon back on the hyena's muzzle, even though she didn't seem in a rush to get off him.

“You really want to pay me back?" she husked, smiling a little wider after the teen below her nodded. “Well I'm kinda comfy where I am. Tell you what – we keep doing this for a while and we'll call it even?" she asked, but before Daniel could say anything he found her lips pressed against him, effectively silencing him. He wasn't sure if he'd call that a fair trade, but he figured he might be a better kisser than he thought. The two had certainly enjoyed it long enough to lose track of time, but not enough to miss the sound of the front door opening.

“Mhh, sounds like dad's home…" Sarah said, one ear perking as she straightened up. Daniel, on the other hand shot bolt-upright at the thought. “C'mon and say 'hi'." She said, luckily remembering to pull her top down. “Ooh, can't forget this! He's gonna flip when he sees it!" she said, scooping up her test and waiting just long enough for Daniel to pull his pants up before taking him by the hand and dragging him out the room.

“Oh, hey sweetie! Sorry, I forgot you had your tutor over, I would have been quieter." Said Mr. Rieves who, to Daniel's distress, was every bit as large as he'd imagined him, although strictly speaking not as menacing. Nevertheless, the teen was somehow convinced the muscular male would be able to read his face like a book and work out just what he'd been doing with his little girl.

“Daddy, this is Daniel. Daniel – Hank" she introduced them, and Daniel noticed the hyena male quickly brush his hand against one pant leg before extending it.

“Nice to meet you, son…" Sarah's father said as Daniel took the offered the hand and winced internally. To his surprise the bone-crushing grip he'd expected never came, and the towering male just gave him a firm handshake.

“Hey dad, guess what…" Sarah said, grinning from ear to ear as she triumphantly flashed the grade-A test. Hank's beefy hand slipped from Daniel's grip as the hyena male started disbelieving at the piece of paper before bending down and throwing his arms around his daughter.

“Atta girl Sarah! I knew you could do it…" he said gently holding her even as the tension in the smaller hyena's arms and shoulders suggested she was trying to apply the same rib-cracking hug to her father that she'd used on Daniel, albeit with much less success. When she finally released him, the hyena turned his attention back to Daniel.

“Thank you! I gotta admit, when my daughter said she was bringing a boy over to help her study I had my doubts…"

“Daddy!" Sarah interjected in a surprisingly serious tone, and more to the point surprisingly effective.

“Right. I'll just keep out of your hair, and you two get back to what you were doing…" Hank said, and Daniel hoped he wouldn't spot his blush at the thought of the two of them actually picking up where they left off with Sarah's father in the house.

“Good, because we've still got a lot of shitty grades that need fixing. C'mon Daniel…" she said, taking the teen by the hand and pulling him back towards her room.

“So, uh… that's your dad…"

“U-huh. Is he as scary as you thought you'd be?" Sarah asked with glee, noticing the way some of the tension seemed to melt from the young man who'd moments ago had his life flash before his eyes.

“Yeah. It's like… you know how there's the term 'daddy's girl'?"

“Yeah, why?"

“Well I was just thinking, is there one for 'girl's daddy'?" he asked, and for a few seconds Sarah just looked at him with a puzzled expression before her muzzle broke into a grin.

“Nah, just your first time in a hyena household."

“What do you mean?"

“Well, way back our society used to be strictly matriarchal. Heck, even in my grandma's age it was normal for men to stay home while their wives went to work. It's not really like that anymore, and my mom and dad were a pretty modern couple, but males in a relationship still tend to let the lady take the lead. And when my mom passed away, I guess he started thinking of me as the woman of the house. I think deep down dad still believes that girls know better."

“Oh. That seems kind of…"

“And before you finish that thought, can you think of a similar time and situation in human history?"

“Point taken."

“Although I guess in the case of my mom, she really did know better. She got her bachelor's in engineering before she had me. She was even going to go back to school and get a master's when I started entering my teens and got at that age when having parents around began to chafe. Which she never really got around to…"

“How did…" Daniel said, the words slipping out before he'd considered if Sarah wanted him to pry.

“Aneurism. The shitty thing about it is that it just came out of nowhere, but I guess she didn't suffer, at least." she said, a sad little smile curving her lips even though her eyes didn't match it. “Don't worry about it. It hurt like hell for the first year or so but I guess time heals all wounds. And these tutorials are kinda helping…"

“What do you mean?"

“Well, my mom passed before I hit my speed-bump in school, and I was her bright little girl with a great future ahead of her. And when my grades began to take a dive I kinda felt like maybe it was better that she was gone, that it would crush her to see her daughter struggle with really basic shit…" she said, a bitterness creeping into her voice and making David wonder at just how well some of those wounds had healed up.

“But after this test… fuck! I mean, I know it's just one 'A' standing on top of Crappy-Grade Mountain but… I mean, what do you think? Can I finish my senior year and actually graduate?"

“Well, you're gonna have steam coming out of your ears and you'll have to work your ass of but… yeah, I think you will."

“Soo, you aren't going to decide I can do the rest on my own and quit on me?" she asked in a teasing voice.

“If I didn't quit on you the first time I met you, I probably never will…" he said and they shared a laugh over it before another thought came to mind. “So where does that leave… you know… 'us'?" he asked, musing on the injustice that Sarah had fur to hide her blushes, while his were there for her to see.

“Well… I think we both like each other. And we're gonna keep seeing each other anyway. So as long as my schoolwork doesn't suffer, I figure we can have a little fun every now and again…" she said, grabbing his right hand and entwining her fingers with his. Daniel returned her smile and relaxed as he held her hand. She doesn't know either… he thought, and took comfort in it.

*******

“Ugh, w-wait a second…" Daniel groaned out, his voice wavering a little as the amorous hyena lounging next to him closed a hand around his naked shaft and gave it a loving squeeze. It had become a little habit of theirs – a little bit of fun and intimacy at the start of their sessions, and serious studying by the time Sarah's dad is likely to come back. It worked out pretty well and served to relieve some of the tension and allow the two to focus on work, but Daniel had promised himself he'd try something today.

“Going too fast for you?" the 'yena girl asked, mischief sparkling in her eyes as they dared Daniel to keep looking into them, and not the bared firm mounds on display just a little bit lower.

“No, it's just… do I… does this turn you on?"

“Of course…" she replied, looking a little confused by the question. “I told you the first time – this isn't me paying you back for helping me. I want to do this…" she added, giving him a brief kiss on the lips that Daniel couldn't help but think was her trying to change the subject.

“It's just that I'm starting to feel like an asshole for just letting you take care of me…"

“You know, I don't think any male has ever sat his girl down to tell her that she's been giving him way too many blowjobs…" Sarah tossed back, a hint of bitterness creeping into her voice.

It took Daniel's brain a second or two to make the connection and dig up where and when he'd seen her act this way. And then it hit him – the first time they'd met. She'd seemed relaxed when she strolled in, but after he mentioned she was late things had gone downhill. Back then he though she was just an ungrateful pain-in-the-ass, but he'd since learned that she had just run out of what little courage she'd managed to muster before walking into the classroom.

“Sarah… what are you afraid of?" he asked, seeing the almost shocked look on the face, and the vulnerable expression that was revealed when her mask fell away.

“I like… this. You. And I want this to go further… at least a part of me does. But what I'm scared of is that you'll want to stop. Maybe even quit seeing me altogether." She said, and when Daniel just stared at her in confusion, she took a deep, shaky breath and continued. “Do you… how much do you know about hyena females? You know, the… differences."

“Well yeah, we're pretty much different species. I know it's not going to be exactly the same as with a human girl…" he said, omitting the fact that when it came to below-the-belt stuff he didn't really have any experience of human females either.

“It's more than that. It's… there's this way hyena girls are different than other females. You know how for most women a clit is just this tiny little nub hidden away most of the time?" she asked, continuing after Daniel just nodded, still clueless about where this was going. “Well mine, and any female hyena's looks like… well sort of like what you have down there…"

“Oh…" the human teen replied some color rising to his cheeks once he realized what Sarah meant.

“It's not really a penis, and the rest is what you'd expect to find between a girl's legs, but I'm scared shitless that if you were to see it you'd… I dunno… see me as some kind of freak. Or a male…"

“Look Sarah, I… I really like you. What you've just told me doesn't change that, and I don't think seeing you will. And if the worst comes to worst, I promise you I won't think of you as a freak, and I'll still be your friend. I don't want to make you do something you're not comfortable with, but I think you've got more to lose by feeling ashamed of your body."

“That's… gotta be the nicest way of calling someone a pussy…" she said, and they shared a little laugh, although he could still see she was anxious. “Guess I'm standing in front of a door again, waiting and hoping to build up some nerve. Okay then…" Daniel watched her get off the bed, standing with her back against him as she undid her belt, the loose pants sliding off her hips the moment she unbuckled it. He knew she was really vulnerable now, but the teen still couldn't stop a chortle at the sight revealed.

“What?" Sarah asked, looking over one shoulder.

“Nothing, just… I guess I didn't expect you to wear white panties. They're nice though… cute." He said, trying unsuccessfully to stop his mouth from curving.

“Well I was gonna stuff them into that smart mouth of yours anyway, so I figured the color didn't really matter. Either that, or I didn't expect to take my clothes off in front of a boy when I picked them out this morning. So, you done admiring them?"

It had been said as a joke, and it did serve to break some of the tension, but despite his remark Daniel really was admiring the view. Sarah had flagged her bushy tail, and the white cotton wasn't big enough to hide the curves of her rear, the soft tawny fur with its spattering of black spots covering what promised to be a pair of firm, bouncy cheeks. After another deep breath, he saw the 'yena hook her thumbs into the waistband, bending over and sliding the innocent undies all the way down in a single stroke.

With her hands at her feet, Daniel had caught his first glimpse of the furless strip between Sarah's thighs, the brief flash of her naked femininity making his heart skip a beat before she straightened up again. He could see her shoulders rise and fall as she took another steadying breath, turning on her heel and putting her hands behind her back, as if worried they might try to cover her crotch up on instinct.

“Well… here I am!" she said, smiling nervously and obviously trying not to look like someone awaiting a verdict.

Daniel wasn't sure what he'd been expecting, but after the dire warnings Sarah had given him he found the tumescent shaft between her legs somewhat… plain. He had to admit some relief that it wasn't bigger than his, but other than that the penis-like appendage seemed to lack any details, like veins running along it or any discernable head. The shaft was a purplish-brown at the base and faded to (appropriately enough) pink half-way to the tip.

“So… still interested?"

“Yeah…" was the best Daniel could come up with. Pseudo-penis or no, he had a gorgeous girl posing naked in front of him and asking him if he was interested. His brain had obviously decided that its work is done and clocked out.

“Really? Or do you just not want to make a girl cry?"

“Look, if you don't trust me then…" he said, pointing with his eyes at his own shaft which was giving the bare-naked hyena a standing ovation.

“Yeah, but for all I know you might just be looking at these…" she said, smiling as she hefted her hand0filling mounds and trying to play down just how relieved she obviously was. “I'm 100% girl from the waist up…"

“All over as far as I'm concerned…" he said, meaning every word. Maybe it would have come as more of a shock if Sarah had been very shy and feminine, but the Sarah he'd come to know was a bit of a tomboy and rough around the edges. Still a girl though, and judging by the way her shaft was starting to stick up, a horny one as well.

“Okay, so you mentioned feeling bad about not making me cum?" she said, kneeling on the bed and beckoning the young man to get up as well.

“Yeah…"

“Well then come here and make me feel like a woman…" she almost purred out, grabbing her human lover and pulling him into a deep kiss.

As he kissed her back, Daniel laid one hand on one of her breasts, his palm tingling as he felt the weight of the firm globe through a layer of downy fur. His other hand settled on her waist, but as his tongue unashamedly lost the battle with hers the hand fell a little lower. It was almost trembling before his fingers had brushed the shaft, and the little noise Sarah had sounded promising. But he remembered what she'd asked for and slid his digits a little lower until the fur stopped and he was touching bare, moist skin.

Sarah moaned into his mouth, apparently mistaking his lack of experience for playful teasing. But Daniel figured if merely having his fingertips brushing against her lips was enough to get her to make those noises, his chances weren't too bad. He ran his middle finger along the cleft between the two smooth lips, his heart beating a little faster with every stroke, especially when he felt the feminine folds moisten a little more.

He slipped his digit between those folds, his own shaft throbbing at the sensation of wet warmth enveloping his fingertip. Without knowing exactly what to do he kept trailing up and down, encouraged by the increasingly needy sounds coming from the hyena in his arms. When Sarah finally broke their kiss he guessed what she was going to ask just by the way she was beginning to grind her crotch against his hand.

“D-deeper…" she whispered, her muzzle next to Daniel's ear and her words seeming to travel down his spine.

He slid in another knuckle, slowly and expecting to meet resistance with every fraction of an inch. But all he got were gasps and squeaks from Sarah as her slit continued to drool into his hand. He was surprised when he sunk his finger all the way into her but considering the 'yena was practically writhing against him at this point he didn't feel like asking questions. Instead he probed around a little, noticing that there were spots inside the velvety tunnel that could make Sarah make some really interesting noises.

His second finger slipped in easily, the silken walls of Sarah's sex seeming to clench for a second before once again relaxing and allowing him to feel around her dripping honeypot. He figured that he was either a natural at this, or more likely that with the fear of rejection out of the way, the hyena was making up for all those times they'd fooled around without her getting off. And he had little doubt she would this time.

The 'yena girl wrapped her arms around him, burying her muzzle against his neck as she pressed her chest to his. Daniel moved the hand that had been lovingly fondling one of the fluffy teats now smooshed against him, moving it along her back until he found himself palming one of the hyena's bouncy cheeks. A little moan against his neck encouraged him a little, and soon Daniel was groping the firm, fluffy rump even as his fingers began to pump in and out of the girl in his arms.

He could feel her breath against his neck, the hot little pants and puffs on bare skin, interrupted by the occasional quick peck and every so often a gentle but still a bit unnerving love-bite. The hand cupped against her mound was now a mess, the fingers still dipping in and out of the slippery slit even though he probably didn't need to bother. He wasn't even sure if Sarah was conscious of it, but her hips were moving against him now, grinding her sopping sex in an effort to get those nimble digits as deep as possible.

Strange whines rising in pitch were his only warning and soon he could feel Sarah's whole body tense up, the snug love-tunnel gripping his fingers tight even though she was still doing her best to hump into his hand. Her final whine was so high it was barely on the edge of his hearing, and after she let it out he could feel her go limp against him, all of the muscles in her body going slack apart from the dripping femininity clenching and flexing around him, as if it was trying to drag his hand deeper in.

He gently laid the panting 'yena down on the bed, stretching out next to her and looking into the blurry yet twinkling eyes gazing into his, and resisting the sight of her chest rising and falling with every breath she took. Sarah turned out to be the one who gave into temptation, her eyes sliding hungrily along his body until they stopped at the shaft sticking out straight and stiff between his legs.

“All right, I think I'm ready for the main course…" she breathed out, spreading her legs and giving her glistening lips a few pats, in case Daniel didn't get the subtle innuendo. With her sprawled on the bed with her legs apart and her perky bosom rising and falling with every huff, even that amount of urging was unnecessary. But there was eagerness, and then there was confidence…

“So do you want me to just… get on top?"

“Yeah. We can try something more interesting some other time. I may not look like one right now but I'm really a romantic, and I'd like to watch your face the first time – well… the first time."

“Your first? But I though since… you know…" he said, and when words failed him he wriggled the two fingers that were still a little cramped from doing the same inside the hyena girl's love-tunnel.

“Yeah, well when I turned eighteen there were still no romantic prospects on the horizon, but suddenly I was old enough to go into an adult toy store. So I bought myself a little birthday present and popped my own cherry." She said, flashing him a somewhat awkward smile. “So how 'bout you? Am I gonna be a new notch on your bedpost, or what?"

“What." he replied, watching the grin on Sarah's muzzle get just a little wider at the confirmation that despite the joking attitude, this would be as special for him as it was bound to be for her.

As he knelt between her legs, Daniel's heart was beating so hard he could hear it (and little else) pounding in his ears. His amateurish but much appreciated finger-work had left the hyena girl's lips dripping and slightly parted, a sight that had his own shaft leaking in anticipation. He also couldn't miss the erection-like clit resting against Sarah's trim belly, but with her on such mouth-watering display for him he couldn't see the slender rod as any less feminine than the slit just under it. It might have been because he was too horny to care at this point, or the fact that the backdrop for her pseudo-cock were wide hips and a slim waist, curves that made it impossible for him to think of her as anything else but a beautiful young woman.

When the tip of his shaft finally pressed against those wet folds, the sensation was so intense he was worried he'd cum right then and there. After a deep breath the sensation passed, and as hard as it was to tear his eyes away from the sight of those glistening lips parting gently for him he managed to drag his eyes up. The expression on Sarah's face when he pushed his tip in made him glad he did, the muzzle falling open as the 'yena gasped, eyes briefly losing focus as the tip of his manhood slipped into her welcoming passage.

As he carefully pushed himself deeper into her, Daniel didn't doubt for a second that he really was her first. The walls of her sex were gripping his shaft like a silken vise, and the little grunts she was making told him it felt just as intense for her. He felt like very inch he slid into her depths was a step closer to heaven, and when his crotch finally bumped against her splayed folds he felt like he was there. He paused, resting his weight on his arms until Sarah wrapped hers around him, pulling him down and on top of her. Daniel's heart skipped a beat as his body pressed up against the hyena's fluffy form, and with his chest resting on hers he wondered if Sarah could feel it thudding away. Then again, there were two cushions in the way.

“Mmhh, fuck me…" she husked into his ear, the sound of her voice making the hairs on the back of his neck rise up.

“I thought you were a romantic?" he asked, although the urge was strong do just follow that instruction.

He felt her fingers dig into his hair and very gently pull his head up. The hyena girl was a little less gentle when she pushed his face down towards hers, moaning into their kiss before their lips had even sealed around each other. She twisted a little bit under him, just enough to make her fur rub against his bare skin and his shaft to move around a little bit inside her, the snuggly buried rod twitching and sending a squirt of per into the already wet femininity.

“That takes care of –mpffh!- the romance. Now take care of your girl…" she commanded, and Daniel was all too eager to obey.

They groaned in unison as he slowly slid his shaft out of her, the pink lips clinging to his length right up to the point he could feel them cling to his glans instead. Pausing for no more than a second, he slide himself back into the velvety passage, pushing every inch of his cock back into the eager 'yena in a smooth, slow stroke.

“Just like that… just –uhhh!" Sarah husked, her breathy voice breaking when Daniel did just that.

As he settled into a slow pace of long, lazy strokes neither of them could really form words anymore, let alone try for a sentence. And what little instruction Sarah felt like she needed to give him she could manage without speaking. Instead it was a tightening of her embrace, a lick or peck on the side of her lover's neck or the gentle touch of a claw on the bare skin of his back. Quite a lot of signals, considering the message seemed to always be the same – more!

As he thrust into the moaning girl under him, his attention seemed to flick between the sensation of her sex now squelching a little with every pump, and the equally sublime sensation of her firm body under him. The heat of her, the subtle tickle of fur against bare skin, the two rock-hard nipples pressed against his chest and even the stiff length of her shaft pressed between them.

Sarah had spread her legs wide and was now lifting them in the air, opening up a little bit more and making it easier for the young man to thrust into her. Daniel had tried humping a little harder, and the long, shaky moan he got in reply encouraged him to pick up the pace. His hips began to move rapidly as his shaft slid out only a few inches before he pushed it back in, burying everything he had in that heavenly cleft between Sarah's legs.

And when those same legs wrapped around him he could pull out even less, but both of them were past caring at that point. Any rhythm they had had broken down as both exhaustion and a wild, mounting need replaced them. They were both just humping and grinding against each other, desperate for that little bit of extra stimulation that would push them over the edge. Daniel wasn't as fit as the 'yena under him and he knew he was pushing himself past his limits, but his movements betrayed no sign of exhaustion as he pistoned into the wet mess between Sarah's thighs.

For a moment he though she was trying to say something, but all that wound up emerging from her muzzle were little yips and growls, her arms and legs wrapped tight around him as her claws made little marks in his skin. He knew exactly when her climax had hit her because the already snug sex he was thrusting into gripped him wildly before beginning to flex and pulse. The sensation was more than he could take and he could feel his shaft throbbing, his thrusts becoming erratic as each one finished with a rope of his cum being flung into the cunny still doing its best to milk him dry.

Daniel's vision had dimmed and he realized he was breathing heavily, obviously having forgotten to at some point during his orgasm. Sarah was writhing under him, letting out long, low murrs as her hands roamed across his back, even though her limbs didn't seem to have any intention of untangling. Her expression was dreamy, utterly blissful, and altogether breathtaking at a time when Daniel found himself with little breath to spare. But enough, apparently, to speak…

“I love you…" he breathed out, his mind still half-blank and in no condition to worry about whether it was the appropriate thing to say.

“Mhhh, love you… luv you…" Sarah murmured dreamily, almost like an echo of the young man's own admission. They both figured that was enough conversation for now, and just settled down and held each other. By the time Daniel had decide to speak again, his shaft had shrunk back and only the tip remained in Sarah, as if her well-bred lips were reluctant to let it go.

“We should get up. Get some work done…"

“Mm-hmm…" the 'yena murred in agreement, but neither of them actually moved, satisfied with just having committed to get up out of the bed at some point in the near future…

*******

“So how come we're meeting up at your place?" Sarah asked as she walked along the street with Daniel.

“Well we're always at your house, so I figured it was time I invited you over. That, and my parents kind of want to meet you…"

“What do you mean by 'meet me'? Is this the official 'meeting the parents' thing? As in 'mom, dad, I'd like you to meet my girlfriend'?"

“No I mean… they know I've been tutoring you all this time so they asked if we could have a session at my house so they could meet you in person. I haven't told them anything about… I mean, do you want me to introduce you as my girlfriend?"

“Nonono, I'm fine with just the tutor-pupil thing. I mean, it's less pressure that way…" she said, looking uncharacteristically flustered.

“You're scared!" Daniel accused with a smile, accepting a punch on the shoulder as Sarah's inevitable retort.

“Am not! It's just that… well it's like you've taught me – if something's too big to handle, you break it down into more manageable pieces. I mean, look at you and my dad…"

“What? We hit it of pretty well… especially when he saw that test."

“Yeah, but do you think the two of you would have the same sort of bromance if I'd told him what we'd been doing just before he came home?"

“Point taken." Daniel ceded.

Truth was, it also suited him to introduce Sarah to his folks in easy stages. It could be that he was nervous for no reason, and that the bright girl he was with would charm his parents and everything would go over great. But it was also likely that his mom and dad might decide that Sarah wasn't a 'good use of his time', at which point he knew they'd have a problem. Well, standing up to his parents had been on his to-do list for years now. Which, when you think about it really says it all…

*******

“Daniel, could we have a word with you?" he heard his mother ask, mercifully only after he'd seen Sarah out. The two had been pleasant enough when he'd introduced the hyena girl as his student but he suspected it was too much to hope for that they really liked the girl. Taking a deep breath to steady himself he turned around and stepped into the living room. His parents were seated on the couch so he took a chair to the right of the coffee table, seeming to patiently wait for them to speak. He knew what the subject would be but didn't feel the need to help the two by bringing it up for them.

“About this girl you've been tutoring…" his father began, trailing off as if gathering his thoughts.

“Yes, Sarah. Nice girl isn't she?" he asked, waiting to hear just why she wasn't.

“Daniel, don't get us wrong – we think it's great that you've become a tutor. It's great that you want to help others who are struggling with schoolwork, and admission committees do look for this sort of thing in an applicant, but…"

“Your father and I just want to make sure you aren't losing sight of what this really is. After all, any chance for you to be a positive influence on that girl is also a chance for her to have a negative influence on you." his mother said, and to Daniel's credit his face didn't betray any of the anger that was starting to mount up as his worst expectations about this encounter began to come true.

“Son, we don't want you losing sight of what's important. If you help that girl graduate high school, well that's probably as far as she'll ever go. You have a future ahead of you, but you have to stay on course in order to reach it."

“My future…" he said quietly, noticing that his parents were so worried over Sarah that they didn't notice the bitterness he'd put into those words.

“Daniel, we don't think any of this is your fault. We understand that you simply want to help, but when we heard about this program we assumed you would be a tutor, not a parole officer." His mother said, running out of what little subtlety she had left to express her opinion on Sarah. When the words sunk in, part of Daniel wanted to lash out, tell them what he really thought of 'that girl' and what he thought of his future. But then again, he remembered he'd had a similar opinion when he'd first met Sarah. Yeah, but I was a dumb kid who'd bought into schoolyard rumors. These two are adults. Intellectuals. Parents! Shouldn't they know better? In the end he just took a calm breath and said all he intended to say for today.

“Look, the plain truth is – I'll be leaving this place and going off to school this year. And the things you say and the things you do until then will determine if I'll ever come back…" he said, a calm, deadpan tone that still had both of his parents looking as stunned as if he'd screamed in rage. He had to admit, it felt good standing up to his parents, and especially god knowing who he was standing up for…

*******

“Thanks for inviting me out today. I had a great time…" Sarah said, and Daniel couldn't help but smile.

Undeterred by the reaction his parents had to meeting the 'yena, he'd decided to introduce her to his friends. They'd all gone out to see a movie together and hung out for a while, discussing it and just chewing the fat in general. Despite the fact that he'd mentioned he'd be inviting her along, they were still obviously awkward as he made the introductions. But even though his mom and dad hadn't responded well to Sarah, his friends took to her well enough. Sarah had enough geeky interests to fit into their crowd, and Rebecca seemed to be happy that she was no longer the only girl in their group.

“Don't mention it, I enjoyed showing you off…"

“I bet! Makes me feel kind of bad though, that I can't return the favor…"

“Don't tell me you're ashamed of me?" he asked, and the grin that got him made him smile right back at the 'yena.

“No! It's just that compared to me, you're Mister Popular…" she said, and it took a few moments for the words to fall into place in Daniel's head. He knew that kids at school had always steered clear of Sarah, but…

“So you don't have… many friends? Outside of school, I mean…"

“More like 'any'. I mean I used to, when I was little. Just the gang from the neighborhood. But a lot of them moved away and the few of us that remained kind of drifted apart." She said, sounding nostalgic but making Daniel feel there was more to the story.

“So what about school?"

“Well, I got along with my classmates well enough, during the first few years. But after my mother passed away I guess I had some anger issues. And soon enough my grades began to turn sour and school just made me miserable. I don't think I was a very fun person to hang out with, even before you factor in the… well, the hyena-thing."

“What 'hyena-thing'?" he asked, and for a moment Sarah seemed to look at him as if she was trying to puzzle out whether or not he was serious.

“You really don't know?" she asked, and Daniel just shook his head blankly.

“Fuck, no wonder you got together with the likes of me! Well, I guess a bad reputation is like fleas – slow to spread to humans. Well, you have the whole predator-prey thing among anthros, and that's taking its sweet time dying out…" she said, and at least this time he had an idea what she was talking about. Robert was pretty much his best friend, and the goat had talked often enough about how predatory species still tended to look down on those their pre-historic ancestors had considered prey.

“Well, given all that crap I understand why herbivores have it in for us. But then again we also get shit from 'our own'. Hyenas don't really fit that well among other predators. We're technically felines, but if you've noticed how wide a berth cats at school give me, you'd know just how thrilled they are to be grouped in with us. And to canines were just freakish cats. Add to that the other… peculiar things about us…" she said, looking down at the crotch of her pants. “And you get the picture. Predators may be at the top, but we're still the bottom of the predator heap. And it doesn't make it any easier that there are only a handful or so hyenas in this town…" she trailed off, and Daniel began to get the picture.

“But enough about my sad-ass childhood. I finished your book yesterday!" she said, beaming him an honest smile. It still surprised Daniel the way she could just shake off pain like that, and it pleased him to know that his comic was responsible for this particular grin.

“So what do you think?"

“It was good! And I don't mean just because we're... you know. It's kind of like Sin City but with a gritty cyberpunk vibe instead of that lame noir stuff."

“Yeah, well black & white wasn't really a choice. When you're a one-man operation doing both the writing and drawing in your spare time, color is a little too ambitious."

“Sure, but if you weren't doing it in your spare time… Have you thought about it? As a career? You know – world-wide fame, showing up at ComicCon and having cute cosplay girls beg for a selfie with you?" she said, and they both managed to keep a straight face for a few seconds until the image she'd painted took its toll.

“You know, you aren't the first person to tell me that. Well, apart from getting mobbed by cosplayers. I dunno. My parents are dead set on my getting a doctorate and to tell you the truth… I could do it. I have a knack for it and I'm pretty sure I could live a cushy life as a researcher or something. But those jobs demand a lot of time and I figure if you don't really love your work, you'd be bound to resent that it's taking up so much of your life. Making graphic novels, on the other hand…" he said, the corners of his mouth rising.

“I love that. I've spent nearly all of my free time writing and doodling and I never once regretted it. Fame would be great, but if I could make a living just doing that…"

“Mhh. You see me in that picture?" Sarah wheedled sweetly.

“In both of them."

“Me too. Especially the graphic novelist one…"

“Why's that?"

“Security. Someone's got to keep those cosplay groupies from tearing you apart…"

*******

“So, you really wanna go through with this? You know, I'm perfectly fine with what we've got…" Sarah asked, and for a moment part of Daniel considered taking the convenient out she was offering him.

“No, I want to. Look, I'm not attracted to males and doing it won't make me see you as any less of a woman, but this…" he said, stroking the erect length sticking up from just above the hyena's slit. “…is a part of you. The longer we treat it like an elephant in the room, the more awkward it's going to be."

“Hey, it's not that big…" she quipped, and after a few seconds of staring at each other they both laughed at the mental image that popped into both their heads.

“Good thing. Love knows no bounds, but anatomy's another matter."

“Okay then, lie down. No, on your back." She corrected Daniel, who just looked at her with a puzzled look in his face. “It's just… I want you looking at me while we do this. I want you to keep seeing the girl you fell in love with while I'm… you know. And I want to see your face, to make sure you're not in any pain and keeping quiet, just because you think we need to do this for my peace of mind. If this doesn't work out for either of us we stop, no matter how far we've gotten. Deal?"

“Deal."

“All right then, let's get you ready…" she said, her lips curling a little in a nervous smile as she unscrewed the top off a tub of hand lotion.

Daniel eyed the thoroughly smeared finger with some apprehension, shifting his gaze to Sarah's face when the digit disappeared from view. He gasped when he felt something cold and moist touch him back there, his pucker tensing on reflex before he forced himself to relax. He took a deep, steadying breath, and Sarah was smart enough to spot her moment. There was a bit of discomfort when he clenched up on her, but once he took another breath he was surprised with the ease her finger slid further and further until he realized it was all the way in.

“How does that feel?" Sarah asked, her voice carrying concern for him but also undisguised curiosity.

“Weird… but honestly not as bad as I thought it would be."

“Well let's see if we can do better than weird." She said, moving her finger around inside her human lover. “You know, since you've helped me with my reading skills, I'd done a bit of research when you first got this idea. So now the question is whether or not I can find it…" she mused out loud, obviously concentrating on something as her digit continued to probe around inside Daniel.

“Just what do you – nff!- expect to find?"

“I think you'll know if I find it…"

“Well as long as you're having fu- Haaaahhhh!"

“Ok, wait a second… there!" she exclaimed happily and Daniel found himself clenching his jaw to keep himself from making any more embarrassing noises. His nose was flaring and he could see his own chest rising and falling as the smiling 'yeena kept her paw pad on whatever she was looking for.

“Oh wow…" Sarah breathed out, eyes focused on the young man's rapidly stiffening cock. “I mean, I read it's like a button but this is amazing…" she mused, giving the spot another rub and making the tensed human's shaft twitch against his abs. “How does it feel?"

“Uhh… intense?" replied Daniel, fighting to keep his voice steady. Nothing had so much as touched the erection leaking against his stomach, but every time Sarah rubbed his prostate he felt like he was on the verge of cumming.

“Doesn't look like just 'intense' from where I'm standing. Hell, if a finger feels good you might actually enjoy this…" she mused, slipping another finger in. Daniel felt himself getting stretched a little further, but it all paled compared to that paw-pad resting softly against the spot that made his brain numb whenever she pressed it down.

“Yeah, about that… you might wanna ease up o-ngh!-on your new favorite button…" the teen groaned, wondering if he had to go into more details with the eager 'yena, but figuring the strained voice he'd spoken with was a good enough hint.

“I bet! This thing's leaking like a broken faucet…" she said, lifting the stiff shaft from Daniel's abs and dropping it down into the little puddle for emphasis. “I gotta say, this is kinda hot. Part of me just wants to see if I can make you shoot just by doing this. But then, the thought that I could make you cum by putting something else in there…" she said, biting her lower lip as she trailed off. Daniel believed Sarah when she said she really could live without ever trying to penetrate him, but judging by the twinkle in her eyes as she slid her fingers out, he doubted that option was still on the table. And considering the mess he'd made just by her fingering him for a minute or so, he found himself also eager to find out what it would feel like.

His attention was once again on Sarah's digits as they scooped up some hand-cream before spreading it all over what he knew was her clit despite the fact that it resembled something else entirely as she closed her hand around it and gave the stiff length a few strokes. She looked a bit awkward but still quite eager, and once she was satisfied with how slick her pseudo-cock was she positioned herself for the next step.

Daniel had a strange sense of déjà vu as he grabbed his legs behind his knees and exposed himself for the hyena. Whenever he and Sarah made love he felt like he had the dominant role merely because the hyena let him, but with her positioning herself (which was a hell of a euphemism for what she was really doing) he realized he was about to be the decidedly passive partner. He gasped when he felt a warm, moist touch against his pucker, a brief sensation of pressure as Sarah guided her tip between his cheeks and kept it there.

“Remember – if at any point you want to call this quits, we stop. We forget it ever happened and since I'm pretty sure we're both horny as fuck at this point we do something more traditional…"

“Got it. But I'm not ready to puss-out yet…"

“Ironic choice of words…" she said with a grin. “Okay now – deep breaths. One… two…"

Daniel had expected… well he'd expected a 'three', first of all. But he'd also expected it to hurt when Sarah finally pushed herself into him. But he guessed that her fingering had gotten him loose as well as worked up, enough that several inches of her lotion-slicked shaft slipped into him before he clenched up on reflex. She was inside him though, and all the tightening served to do was make them groan in unison.

“Wh-what happened to 'three'?" he asked, taking deep breaths and trying to relax back there.

“Never –ngghh!- said we were goin' o-ooh!-on three. You okay?"

“I was about to ask the same thing. You sound worse than me…"

“I think my… think it's more sensitive than I knew…" she said, and Daniel was struck by the familiar strained quality of her voice. She was making the same little noises that filled him with masculine pride whenever he sheathed his cock between her legs, and they were confusing him now that he was feeling her. As long as she's the one making those sounds…

By the time they both caught their breath he felt himself relax a little, and Sarah took the opportunity to push a little deeper. He managed to fight his instinct to clench up and the sensation of his girlfriend smoothly sinking the rest of her erection felt strangely pleasant, especially when the tip grazed against that spot she'd been pushing and poking with her finger a short while ago. He released his right knee when she hooked her arm under it, and when she leaned down to kiss him he briefly forgot who was inside who as he pushed his tongue past those impressive teeth of hers and into her muzzle.

He felt her shift inside him as she kissed him back, and when that got no protest from him she began to gently grind her crotch against his ass, her pseudo-shaft moving around within the young male and making him glad his girlfriend's lips were pressed against his tight enough to muffle any sounds he might be making. When she broke their kiss Daniel was half expecting to see the typical cocky grin plastered all over that adorable face, but was surprised at the blank, lusty stare and the muzzle that remained parted even after being separated from his lips.

The feeling of having her hilted inside his ass was strange, but he'd be lying if he said it was unpleasant. As his body adjusted to it and he tamed his clenching reflex, he could enjoy the sensation of warmth and fullness, not to mention the pressure of the feminine shaft against his prostate. It wasn't as intense as having Sarah go to town on it with that wriggling finger of hers, but it was different now that he had her leaning over him. Part of that, he knew was the view. A niggling voice in his head insisted this was emasculating, but it was hard to feel that way when you had a drop-dead gorgeous girl looking down at you with that look in her eyes, her muzzle parted and her already shapely breasts looking just a tad fuller as they hung from her chest.

“Okay, I think I'm ready to start…" she said, and a second later Daniel bit off a groan as he felt the firm length slide out from him. “Nghhaaahh! O-okay, I think this is gonna work. You just tell me if I'm too rough…"

Daniel just nodded in agreement, not really trusting his voice after feeling Sarah pull out about half-way, and definitely not after he felt her push back in again. He'd gotten used to having her in him to the point that he figured this would be a piece of cake, but having that shaft actually move in and out of him (even at the leisurely rhythm the hyena was setting) was more intense than he'd expected it to be. Every time she hilted herself he could feel her tip graze that sensitive spot, and every once in a while the slow, slick motion would cause his pucker to clench up. Whenever it did the shaft sliding in and out of his rear briefly felt twice as girthy, and he was glad that it apparently felt good for the 'yena as well since her moans were doing a good job of covering his own.

The motion of her thrusting also did wonders for Daniel's view. The humping hyena's nipples were rock hard, and her areolae had shrunk to the point that it almost looked like the little nubs were sticking straight out of the feather-soft fur covering her tawny chest. He was content to just lay back and admire the swing and sway of the two perky mounds as his girlfriend gently rutted him, but he did have a free hand and there were more fun things he could do with those than merely gawk at them.

“Nhhaaahhh! No-huff!- fair!" the 'yena whined, but didn't so much as slow down her tempo as the boy under her palmed one of her dangling mounds.

But Daniel didn't miss the subtle way she'd thrust her chest out against his hand, nor the moan that left her throat when he gave the pert breast a loving squeeze. He kept groping her for a while, merely brushing his palm against the rock-hard little nub he knew was a very sensitive spot for Sarah, until he decided to quit teasing and give the stiff nipple a little tweak. That got him another whine and served to create a little illusion that he was in control of the situation, and not in fact on his back and getting railed by this gorgeous and very unique girl.

When Sarah began to up her tempo he was sure she was merely responding to his teasing, trying to assert dominance with an admittedly impressive display of virility. He could see his shaft leaking like a broken faucet all over his abs, and with every nudge of the hyena's tip against that sensitive spot inside him he wondered if he could actually cum from nothing but her humping away at him. He was still wondering that when the girl mounting him began to make a noise somewhere between panting and moaning, head lifted up and her tongue dangling from her muzzle before she just collapsed on top of him.

The air was driven out of Daniel's lungs as Sarah thrust herself as deep as she could just before falling face first on her human lover, biting her lower lip but failing to mask almost feral sounding whines and whimpers she was making. Part of him wanted to tease the literally cocky 'yena for finishing so quickly, but her warm, nubile body was now draped against him and the fluffy abs against his rock-hard shaft were providing that little bit of stimulation that had kept him from doing the same.

“F-fuck! Just gimme a sec…" she husked, and after about a minute spent catching her breath he could feel her begin to move back and forth, both on top of and inside him. “I'm kinda wiped… think this is the best I can do…"

“I think it's gonna be enough…" Daniel replied in a noticeably strained voice.

Sarah's tempo had been more vigorous just before she came, but with her still draped over him while she humped into him he could feel her whole body slide and shift on top of his own. She was barely able to pull out like this but she was getting far back enough for her tip to keep grazing his prostate over and over. It had been intense before, but now with his own shaft sandwiched between them, the underside rubbed over and over by the soft fur covering her belly he had little doubt that this was what it would take to push him over.

“Fuck, it's like there's a crow-bar between us…" the amorous 'yena husked into his left ear, a sure sign that she'd noticed the effect she was having on him. “You close? Cuz I'm not stopping until we're both a mess…"

“I don-t –ngh!- think it will take much more…" Daniel grunted, a surprisingly masculine sound considering his girlfriend was about to make him cum by rutting his rear.

His words seemed to give Sarah a second wind, her next thrust pushing in with more force as she increased her speed. The spot inside him that could just about handle being stroked by a fingertip was now being pummeled by the female shaft slipping in and out of his stretched pucker, and when the maleness trapped between the two of them began to throb Daniel knew he was at the end of his rope. He wrapped both his arms around the hyena, the lustily-growling female still managing to move on top of him even as they both felt the sensation of wet heat spreading between them.

“Aahh! Aaahhh! Aaaauuughhh!" the 'yena cried out, and in the midst of mind-numbing orgasm Daniel found himself wondering if he'd just lost an eardrum to the ecstatic scream. He could feel the tremors running through the svelte form resting on top of his and knew what that meant.

“Fu… fu…" the 'yena panted, apparently lacking enough breath to finish the profanity. “So apparently when a… guy comes… things start to clench and flex back there. Like, a lot!"

“I guess. How long do you figure until this stuff sets and we're glued together?"

“I don't know, but how about we hit the shower and never find out? Think you can walk?" she said, getting both off and out of him.

“I'm pretty sure, yeah…"

“Oh well, there's always next time…" Sarah said, flashing him and adorably evil smile before bouncing off to the bathroom.

*******

“Isn't it the tradition that the person who gets the 'A' also gets the treat?" Daniel asked, pretending to try and talk the smiling 'yena out of what she had in mind.

“What makes you think this won't be a treat for me?"

“Well, you know…" he trailed off, avoiding looking Sarah directly in the eyes she was innocently batting as she tried to make him say it.

“Just because I'll be letting you fuck my poor, defenseless little ass?" she husked, giving her tail a few deliberate wags as she filled in the blank herself. Daniel wasn't surprised she'd aced her physics exam, but the grinning hyena posing in front of him in her birthday suit was still determined to celebrate.

“You know, I'm still having a hard time working out when you're serious and when you aren't, so if we could work out a little signal…" he said, but she just pushed past him and planted her legs wide in front of the bed. She looked over her shoulder long enough to give him a wink before bending over, hands against the mattress as her tail swished up, revealing… well pretty much everything.

“How's this?" she almost purred out, swinging her exposed rump a few times just in case she was being too subtle. “I was and am dead serious. This test proves what a good girl I've been, so I wanna be a bad one for just a little while. I want to try something new and I want you to see how wild I can drive my mild-mannered boyfriend…" she finished, and Daniel wondered if the muzzle hidden from his view was smiling as wide as he was. He liked getting called that, as much as Sarah beamed when he called her his girlfriend.

“Mild-mannered?"

“Prove me wrong! Get a little rough, a little wild! Pull my hair, yank my tail…"

“Spank your ass?"

“Now there's a thought! C'mon, it's not like you haven't earned it! And I'm not just talking about this 'A'…"

“Why do I suspect there's a horrible pun buried in that last sentence?"

“Well you know what I mean. After you let me hump your rump, it would only be fair. Besides, if you could take it that well…" she said, and the way she said it made color rise to Daniel's cheeks as he remembered how the 'yena girl had made him cum just by pumping her pseudo-cock into him. “…then it should be a piece of cake for me! Hence all the wild, kinky stuff I want you to do to me. You know, I might never be in this mood again. Could you live with yourself knowing you've passed up the chance to release you inner beast on a willing, eager young…" she rattled on, too lost in her teasing to hear her boyfriend creep up on her. The smile on Daniel's face turned diabolical as he raised his arms, bringing his hands down with a loud smack as each one landed on one of the hyena's spotted cheeks. The squeal that interrupted her little tirade was everything he'd hoped it would be.

“That the sort of thing you were talking about?"

“I didn't think you'd be so sneaky about it! But – mfffhhhh- yeah, that's the stuff…" she purred pushing out against his hands as he gave the firm rump a good, hard grope.

For all his attempts to be a gentleman, Daniel wasn't averse to taking the lewd hyena's anal virginity, especially since he'd let her do the same to him. As he groped the bouncy buns filling his hands he could plainly see the pink pucker hidden between them, especially when he pulled the pliant cheeks apart and the still-virginal ring seemed to give him an inviting wink.

He wasn't sure about all the 'wild' stuff Sarah was expecting from him, but he had to admit that when they got back to her place and she sat behind him, her breasts pressed against his back and her muzzle an inch from his ear as she whispered her plan in graphic detail, he'd gotten so hard it had almost hurt. For now he was happy just to kneed the spotted cheeks filling his palms, appreciating the softness of them under his fingers as well as the firm muscles lurking just beneath the plush veneer. Sarah, for her part, seemed content just to let him, the moans that were obviously meant to get his engine running stopping only when one wandering thumb reached that little pink star.

“Wait, before you go any further – top drawer, nightstand…"

“Ok, just what am I looking fo… never mind, think I found it…" he said, smirking at the sight of the little tube in his hand. “Strawberry flavored, huh? And where was this when it was my turn?"

“I only just got it yesterday, I swear! Besides, you're so much bigger than me, I'm gonna need the real deal if I'm gonna be able to walk tomorrow…"

Daniel just shook his head at her obvious attempt to stroke his masculine pride, but he had better things to do than pursue this subject any further. He smiled at the way Sarah's ears perked at the sound of the cap being popped open, his eyes glued to the pink spot just under her flagged tail as he aimed the tube and gave a good squeeze. He bit his lip as the dribble of clear go drew a long, low moan from the 'yena, squeezing a generous amount on the winking ring.

“So, where were we…" he asked, putting his hands back on the spotted rump and once again sliding a thumb into the crack between the two firm cheeks.

“C'mon, quit teasin'…" the hyena cooed, wriggling her ass a little as Daniel smeared the clear slime over her pucker. “Mpfhh! There you go…" she purred, back arching just a little more as her human lover's thumb slipped in.

Daniel could feel her clench up on him, but considering how much lube he'd squeezed out on her pucker it didn't really stand a chance of stopping it. The sight of that pink ring spreading and then tightening around his digit had him biting his lower lip, and the sensation of it clamping down had his cock twitching, eager to burry itself under the hyena's raised tail. But despite what Sarah had told him he kept his eagerness in check, at least until he was sure he'd managed to push and rub enough of the slippery goo inside her still virginal rump.

The whimpering noises she started making once he pulled his thumb from her were obviously faked just to get to him, but were no less effective for it. By the time he'd started to slather his shaft in the same scented goo he could feel his hand shaking, his eyes glued to the shiny pucker presented to him like some sort of offering.

“Nghhh, that's it! Get a good, hard grip on it…" the 'yena growled lustily as he wrapped one hand around the base of her tail, and at this point he wasn't sure if she was still just putting on a show for him or if she was really getting this into it.

Either way he was past caring, using the grip to keep the spotted rump steady as he used his other hand to aim his shaft, the length twitching in his grasp when his tip touched the pink ring shining under its own layer of fruity goo. He saw the pucker clench up on contact, remembering his own reflex and waiting for a few seconds until it relaxed, giving him his chance. He only realized just how slippery lube was when the thrust meant to lodge his tip inside the hyena's tight little ass wound up pushing more than half of him under her tail.

“Auuughhh! Oooh, you brute!" she cooed, and he might have gotten worried if she hadn't accompanied the accusation with an arch of her back. Once she'd relaxed her rear once again Daniel pushed the rest of himself in, every inch accompanied by more lewd noised from the bent-over 'yena until his hips were pressed against the speared rump.

“Wanna change your mind?" Daniel asked, finding it hard to hide just how much he was enjoying the chance to be this dominant with the normally headstrong female.

“Mmppff, no! I wanna lose it!" she groaned, giving the behind wrapped around her lover's shaft a little wriggle.

Figuring this was as good a moment as any, Daniel brought his hand down on one spotted cheek, his jaw clenching just after Sarah's pucker did the same around him. The squeak she'd let out made him wonder if she really believed he'd spank her, but to her credit she did get the message and stopped her wriggling, waiting patiently for her lover to give her what she needed.

The young man's eyes were glued to that pretty pink ring as it clung to his length, the shaft sliding slowly out until he drove the whole thing back in with one rapid stroke. There was no hint of pain in the noise Sarah had made once he'd hilted himself, and taking that as a sign Daniel set a rough, uneven tempo. He'd pull out slowly, leaving nothing but his head in the vise-like grip of Sarah's ass before driving the whole thing back as deep as it could go.

He hadn't been sure if he'd really be able to give Sarah what she was asking for, but he found himself sinking deeper into her kinky little fantasy with every thrust he made and every sound she did. His hand was still fisted around her tail, using the fluffy appendage to pull the tight little butt back every time he drove himself into it. His other hand would occasionally give the moaning girl a little spank, or just a good hard grope. Her reaction to either was to clench up back there and each time she did he could feel his whole body tense up as the already snug behind got even tighter for a second or two.

They'd been at it for minutes and he'd only realized he was picking up speed when he actually heard the rapid, rhythmic slap of his sack against Sarah slit. The moaning 'yena was close, but Daniel knew he wasn't far from his peek either. Deciding he needed to up the ante if he was going to avoid disappointing Sarah he took a fistful of her hair and used it to gently pull her up.

Once he did he wrapped an arm around her, one of her breasts pressed against his forearm as he gripped the other, instantly feeling the nipple firm up against his palm. He was thrusting up into her now, short, almost savage thrusts that had the 'yena standing up on the tips of her toes. He could tell she was almost there, and just before he felt his own body reach its limit he opened his mouth wide and brought it down on the scruff of her neck.

It had been a wild guess, but judging by the squeak Sarah had made as he gave her a mating bite it had been a good one. He could feel the empty slit gush gently against his sack, the contractions of her well-rutted ass robbing the young man of what little restraint he'd had. He groaned through a mouthful of fur as he felt his shaft twitch, the already messy pucker pulsing around his length as he shot rope after rope of pearly white cum into the hyena's twitching behind.

“Y-you bit me!" the 'yean accused a few seconds later, sounding drunk as she rode the aftermath of her climax. There was nothing but heavy breathing filling the silence in the room, until both she and the young man still buried up her rump burst into laughter.

*******

“Wait, wait… I wanna savor this moment before we go in…" Sarah said, looking equal parts happy and anxious as she held Daniel by the wrist, grabbing it just as he was about to turn the knob.

“But we've already been inside. When the landlord was showing us the place, remember?"

“Yeah, but then it was just a prospect. Now it's kind of our first official love-nest…" the 'yena mused, taking an almost theatrically deep breath before speaking again. “Okay, open it!"

Daniel had smirked at the grandiose request, but as the two of them walked hand-in-hand past the threshold of the little studio apartment he had to admit it was almost a first time. Now that they were all alone in a place to themselves. Their stuff would be arriving in a few days, after which the place would really be home, but he knew that they would get 'round to getting cozy well before then.

“Wanna see if the bedroom looks any different?" the young man asked.

“The bedroom? Is that all you can think about?" Sarah replied, and for a moment the smile slipped from Daniel's face to be replaced with a completely blank look. “C'mon lover-boy, start thinking big! We had a bed back at my place. Here, I'll show you what I mean…" she said, walking up to the counter of the little kitchen area. She gripped the wooden counter-top before arching her back, thrusting her rear out and lifting her tail. “Get the picture yet?" she asked, teeth flashing as she looked over her shoulder at the young man eating staring wide-eyed at her but finally understanding.

“See? And that just one of the obvious ones, like the couch and the shower…" she continued, stopping at the doorway that led to the bedroom. “And once my push-up bar arrives we can try something that's been on my mind for a while…"

“Making me do push-ups and laughing your fluffy ass off?" Daniel asked.

“Well I was thinking of something we'd both enjoy, but your idea's great too…" she said, posing with her hands on the lintel and her smile flashing.

“Just think – a whole week to get moved in and really break this place in before school starts!"

That thought did get Daniel grinning. His parents had come round to several things, one of them being that their son was going off to study art, which was bad enough even without the knowledge that is was in order to pursue a career as a graphic novelist. They'd still sent him off with their best wishes, but he knew they were still probably hoping he would get 'round to doing something 'serious' with his life. They liked it when they found out his girlfriend would be studying engineering, and he couldn't help but savor the irony that they were now hoping that the girl they'd disapproved of would be an influence for the better (better in this case being natural sciences). Sarah, on the other hand, had been seen off with a party.

It had been a lot of work getting her ready for her SATs and then finding a college that had a program to help dyslexic students, but it had all been worth it when the 'yena came pounding on his door with the acceptance letter clutched in one paw. Since she was getting her bachelor's in engineering they wouldn't really have any classes together, so he'd had to relinquish his position as Sarah's tutor to a very nice squirrel-girl who was in her second year of studies. The girl even now scoping out their apartment and trying out where to put what (including, apparently, herself) assured him that if the same thing that happened with her last tutor happens with this one, she'd be sure to save a spot for him. He'd be lying if it wasn't a tempting image, but he preferred having Sarah all to himself.

“Yup, this will do nicely for now…" she announced finally, doing a little spin and taking it all in.

“For now?"

“Well yeah. Once we get our degrees we'll want something bigger. You know – settle down, start thinking about a family."

“Any thought on that?" he asked as they both plopped down onto the couch.

“Well I think the two of us have proven the already popular theory that different species can't reproduce, no matter how hard they try…"

“We're not gonna stop trying, are we?"

“Of course not! We don't want to miss out on the possibility of the scientific break-through of the century…"

“Well, when you say it like that…"

“So if my biological clock starts ticking by then we can go with a sperm donor. If not, adoption should be easy enough. Hyena pups aren't exactly in high demand. Heck, maybe we'll do both…"

Daniel let out a long, happy sigh as the 'yena snuggled up to him. It wasn't that long ago that Sarah had been too afraid to look as far into her future as graduation day, worried that her life would come crashing down when she failed to finish high school. Now that she had a future to look forward to, she seemed to take a positive delight in planning things out. And since she enjoyed it so much, Daniel was happy to let her make the plans. After all, he was in all of them…