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Chapter 2

Just got on the bus

will be home in 20

min or so

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And... send. My eyes lingered on my phone as I sent my text on its merry way. Andy was sure to reply quickly enough so I probably didn't have to wait long. *Pling* And there it was.

Good, will b waiting

4 u bfr I go to work

Oh yeah, Andy was supposed to fill in for Angie at the bookstore today. He doesn't usually work on Mondays before the afternoon but today the cocker spaniel girl had a dentist appointment today and since Andy was looking for ways to haul in more money...

He had been quick enough to offer to fill in for the sorority girl and told me as much. He and I had been good friends since our early college days, and roommates since six years ago.

We shared a lot with each other and we had our understanding of one another. And I loved him and he loved me but we'd never officially tied together, sort to say. We knew neither of us was meant to be, and that was okay. Both of us were fine with the way things are, as far as I knew it.

Gr8 ill be there to

wave you off

honeybun <3

:)

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I turned my eyes looking out the window from the bus where I sat, watching the different furs outside go about their business. Only ever now and again I would see another human amongst the beast population. Hrm. Us humans really are a rare race in Rosewood City. Andy are always happy to remind me that he's utterly lucky to have a charming human as myself as his roommate.

Not that I was complained about being appreciated...

*Pling*

Sweet, prince charming

2 see me out when I

depart our castle.

<3<3<3

Hehe, oh honeybun.

Anything for my

honeybun :)

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Speaking of work, I have to make preparations for my own departure. Just as I told Matt I was a waiter, at a family restaurant. It wasn't big, but it certainly wasn't shabby either. They pay was good enough; what with my few years of experience working there I had earned my way to assistant manager status.

I made due with paying my share of the rent and bills and grocery shopping with just enough to spoil myself a little every month.

Deep in my thoughts I barely noticed the bus was pulling up to my stop and I hurriedly pushed the STOP button and scrambled to get out of the bus as fast as I was able. Hrrm... Daydreaming is dangerous business mkay? I huffed and glanced back at the bus as it departed before I made my way towards the apartment.

As I walked my head begun cranking the old cogs, making me wonder. Why would a hunky, wolf daddy be wandering near the gay district in the middle of the night? What business could he possibly have worth doing there if he was supposedly straight?

Maybe... Just maybe there was a chance after all? Oh lord I hope so. Just the imagine in my head of his perfect ass made my mouth water. It was just so round... and tight at the same time, muscular, bouncy, jiggly... What I wouldn't give for just one squeeze.

But at the very least I'd settle for a decent acquaintance with the wolf in question, I'm sure he's a really great fur to know. And I'm usually right about these kinds of feelings about beastmen that I meet.

Whether they're a good person or a bad one my instinct would always tell me, and nine out of ten times I was correct. Andy had taken it to calling it my Personal Identification Gauge, or PIG for short.

Always with the PIG whenever he was seeing someone, and I suppose I'd helped him sorted out a few bad apples from the bunch. But he could've chosen a better name for it...

My apartment building was coming up and I slinked inside, climbing the stairs in two steps at the time. Second floor... second door and here, we, go.

"Honeybun I'm home-... uwah!" I huffed as the air in my lungs escaped me when a pair of furry white arms threw themselves around me in a death grip.

"Charming! You're back! Oh I was so, so, so worried." Andy hugged me tightly, and I returned the hug with a hug of my own and a few reassuring pats on his back.

"There, there little honeybun, hush now. I'm sorry I didn't call but I was blackout drunk, and I couldn't find you last night." We separated from our hug and I got an apologetic look from the white bunny guy, his long ears hanging limp over his head.

"It's entirely my fault. I was supposed to be your wingman last night and I left you all alone and, and... Oh Lukas..." He gave off a slight sob, putting a paw on my chest as if to check I was really there.

Hrm, he was using my first name, that means he was serious.

"Now now Andy, I'm okay. See? Nothing happened and I feel good, and this gave me the chance to meet Matthew, the wolf I told you about." I put my hand over his paw and squeezed it gently, watching him relax for a bit.

"O-okay, if you're sure you're alright... I'm sorry I'm just... What if something bad had happened to you? I wouldn't-..." He was tearing up again. I had to put my finger on his lips to stop him from continuing my line of thought.

"Not another word, okay? Nothing bad happened, I'm fine see?" I knew of course why he was so fussy about it all, and of course I felt bad for giving him such a fright. It took a few more words before I had managed to calm him down enough to be let inside the apartment.

"So this... Matthew person then? What did the ol' PIG tell about him? Potential disaster? Your Romeo to your Juliet? Details charming, I want details." Andy's mood turned quickly in the other direction once he calmed down.

"Well he's an alright guy, a big, hunky wolf a fair bit taller than me. Gray fur, black hair, dead drop gorgeous yellow eyes that could scare you shitless. And an ass worth dying for like you wouldn't believe. Remember Dennis?" I said, painting up a pretty picture for the bunny.

"Yeah, duh. The otter with the cushioned ass cheeks." Andy mused as he recalled the memory, and his lips crooked into a sly grin. "Better than Dennis?" He asked.

And I nodded grinning back.

"If Dennis was had an eight on the butt scale then Matt definitively have a ten butt." I said with a wink to Andy before flopping down in my designated armchair in front of the TV.

"Oh my, a legendary butt, how rare." Andy mused again, strolling past me into his room.

"Yep! Got his number and everything, but I probably won't call anytime soon. Gonna give it some time first. Besides..." I stretched for the remote and glanced at the clock on the wall.

"I have to work in a few hours, I'd like to mellow out before I have to get ready." The TV went on and Andy re-emerged from his room looking dashing in his skinny jeans and multi-coloured t-shirt.

"Prince charming as ever, aren't we now." He said with a smile, walking towards the door while brushing up last minute details on his outfit.

"Well unlike you I've gotta get rushing now, don't go get kidnapped again yes?" He was by the door now and I could see him if I looked over the backrest of my armchair.

"Have a fun day at work snugglebuns, you'll come by for lunch today?" I asked while blowing him a kiss, which he pretended to catch and blew one back at me.

"Of course Charming, there's no better way to have lunch than to be served by you." He waved one last time before disappearing out the door and closing it behind him. I collapsed down in my armchair and let my eyes glaze over to the TV, allowing myself some time to deflate and gather my thoughts.

Andy was right to be worried, and I'm ever so grateful Matt found me when he did. Out of the potential stranger danger I could've ran into I was lucky that the huge ass wolf was a friendly one.

Tolerant even, if a bit shy when it came to receiving compliments. Which of course only made him so much more adorable, despite his manly appearance.

Rosewood City had an okay gay district, with lots of bars and shops and a friendly LGBT community. But there was always the risk of running into the wrong kind of fur, making a wrong turn into the wrong alley, always one step away from a hospital bed. Living in a city ruled mostly by the influx of college students only added to the pressure, with burly fraternity guys roaming the streets not taking kindly on us fags.

I'd seen it happen too often to my friends and acquaintances. Andy had seen it as well of course, which is why he was right to be worried about me.

A sigh escaped me and I gave myself a couple of wake up slaps on my cheeks. Snap out of it Lukas. Don't get depressed... Don't get depressed... Uughh... I got up from the armchair and wandered into the bathroom. I yanked up the mirror cabinet above the sink and reached for my antidepressant bottle and popped one in my mouth and washed it down with a glass of water.

Perfect, just perfect. Fucking shit this is. I looked at the moping human in the mirror and I just... wanted to cry, but I wasn't going to. No, no crying. Not now. There is absolutely nothing to cry about is there? I was okay. Andy was okay. I met someone new. I have their number.

I am okay...

*Pling*

Oh, my phone. I checked my pocket and it wasn't there. With hovering steps I strode over to the armchair and picked up the little device which had slipped out of my pocket.

No sulking while

i'm gone okay? :)

Snugglebuns is

expecting a

happy human to

serve him his lunch

today. Got it? <3

Thank you Andy... What a mess I would be without you.

No sulking, got it.

I'm just going to

relax, watch this...

uhm... documentary.

About parmesan

*cheese. *