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An Island's Tail – Chapter Two

W ithout a computer, Max Lewis spent the next few days outside the secure college dorms, soaking in the Hawaiian sun while lounging lazily on the grass on campus, or on a nearby bench or seating area near a sparkling fountain. Every so often, he'd be drawn to a pretty vixen or wolfess strolling past, arms laden with books, and smile politely to them. Rarely did they smile back. On one occasion however, he helped a young skunk girl, a freshman apparently just visiting the campus, find her way around the intricate hallways to the bursar's office of the University of Hawaii.

“I really appreciate this, Max," she smiled as they reached the door. “I just arrived at Hawaii a few weeks ago to start college orientating and I'm just lost already."

The boy chuckled. “Believe me, I was too. My parents…uh…well, they really didn't exactly hold my hands when I got here. I was pretty much on my own from the get-go."

The skunk regarded him curiously. “Your parents ever visit?"

No, he thought to himself, probably not until they're out of federal prison anyway. “Uh, no, they, uh, both have their own lives to lead." If you can call 23 hours of solitary confinement a life.

The skunk, whose name he'd come to find out was Daphne Degrassi, thanked him for his time and went inside. To date, she was the only furry to give him at least a few minutes of polite conversation without scowls or glares.

Except for Leilani, of course.

He slowly grinned as he lay in the grass, thinking of the beautiful sea otter he'd met a few weeks ago. She had given him a lot more than stimulating conversation. He rubbed over his t-shirt and down to his slacks, absently rubbing over his groin. Indeed, his first time with a furry in an intimate way had been something that kept him awake nights. He loved the feel of her fur against his skin, and the way she kissed him, and held him and-

The gentle stirrings of an erection built underneath his pants and he quickly rolled over onto his side, away from the public eye, to settle his nerves. He'd gone to the beach almost every day since their first meeting, hoping she might come up from out of the waves and greet him with open arms. A few times he had seen the bunnies Brenda and Caroline there, sitting alone together and sunning themselves or kissing. They'd spot him and glare or gesture, and he'd cut them a wide berth, even though he was perfectly safe when the beach was crowded. No furry in their right minds was going to go after a human in full view of spectators.

But he hadn't seen Leilani since.

He sat up in the grass and glanced at an overhead drone for the current time.

2:15 PM, Saturday, August 19, 2057.

Max took a deep breath and, satisfied his erection was no longer visible, got up from the ground and returned to his dorm room to change into some swim trunks.

Maybe today he might see her.

**

Hau`oli Moku Beach was teeming with humans and furries alike when he stepped onto the sand nearly a half-hour later. At least a hundred or so, alone or in couples or groups, lay in the sand, played with hover-balls or vid-players, or headed out into the waves for a swim or splash-fight. As Max got close to the pounding surf, he noticed a few otters on surfboards, riding monstrous, white-capped waves into shore.

Luck was with him. The bullying bunnies were nowhere in sight. Thinking he might actually be able to relax for a change, without feeling threatened, Max spread out a beach towel and sat down atop it, watching the others around him while keeping a close eye on the surf, looking for any signs of his aquatic friend.

In the distance, he could see several other otters in far deeper water, taking turns splashing and in some cases dunking one another. He chuckled as a female otter with long blonde hair and a scanty blue bikini squealed as her companion got a hold of her legs and dragged her underwater. For some moments, the surface was alive with froth and bubbles, and every so often a tail or limb would poke through the water, as the two apparently wrestled and fought below, and then the two popped back up to take gasping breaths and giggle. Her bikini top had come off in the struggle, and light-tan furred breasts shined in the water. Her companion took another breath and dived in front of her, and she was soon pulled back down again – obviously to get the rest of the bikini off.

They stayed underwater a much longer time and Max started to worry until the two otters popped back to the surface, gasping again. She laced her paws around her boyfriend and they kissed passionately, slipping back below the sea.

Max felt his gorge rising again. He wondered if Leilani was in the area, maybe swimming with another otter like her, maybe even kissing, or much, much more. He thought about when her webbed paws had been around his sex for the first time, and he hadn't shrunk away from her touch at all. She had felt wonderful, hooking herself around his shoulders, lowering herself down in his lap, and he had fought the urge to slip his hardness deep inside of her-

He crossed his legs in front of him and tried to hide the arousal in his suit. The fact that the blonde-haired otter was now on her back floating, completely naked, while her companion was busy licking at tufted netherfur between her legs didn't help his situation at all.

He found he liked otters the most. Playful, curious, bouncy, seeming to always be ready to have fun. Leilani had seemed different, now that he thought about it. There was a very serene, reserved calm about her. She was playful, yes, as he could tell from their erotic escapade in the surf weeks before, but there was a level of maturity and intellect to her. She didn't hold a grudge against him for his parents, in fact almost the opposite. Leilani had been kind and compassionate, and she had probably saved his life when Caroline and her friends attacked him.

As if she had known the boy was thinking about her, Leilani slowly came up out of an approaching wave amidst a few of the surfers. Quite a number of boys, humans and furries both, took considerable interest in watching the sea otter slosh through waist-deep water and then pad onto the shore, wringing out a lovely red-and-white floral sarong covering the bottom of coconut breasts to just the top of her thighs. She smiled as she saw Max and waved, heading his way.

Max was up from the towel and to his feet in a shot, completely oblivious to the fact his swimsuit had a very noticeable bulge in it, and running to meet Leilani, giving her a hug.

“I missed you so much," Max said breathlessly, not realizing he was pressing his hardness against the otter's soft tummy.

Leilani giggled and gave the boy a kiss, her whiskers twitching. “Forgive me, Max. My family came home for a few weeks to stay with me. I hardly had a chance to come to shore." She rubbed noses with him then, catching his scent. “You smell different somehow, like you have been outside more."

The boy beamed. “I have, actually." He looked into her eyes with kindness. “Kind of took a cue from you. I go to the beach a lot now…" He smile faltered. “Well, unless the bunny bitches are around."

Leilani clicked her tongue and quickly nosed him again. “Do not worry about them, Max. They will not hurt you. And who knows? Perhaps one day they will forgive and forget."

Max smirked, caressing the sea otter's hip. “Yeah. They'll never forgive themselves if they forget to stay pissed off at me."

The two shared a laugh and embraced again. Leilani could feel the human's arousal against her, and she stole a webbed paw down between them, brushing it up along his groin, from balls to tip, earning a little moan from him. “Well," she said gently, “I do not have to ask if you are happy to see me."

Max pressed against her again, more to hide her paw than anything else, and trembled. “Yes. Very happy."

Leilani slowly pulled away from him and took his hand. “Come in for a swim," she said a little breathlessly.

The boy swallowed hard, thinking about the otter couple he'd seen earlier. “I really want to but…I'm…I'm really afraid of deep water, remember?"

The sea otter pouted. “You mean, you really are going to make me swim all by myself?" With that, she untied the knot at her hip and let the sarong drop to her feet, presenting a dripping-wet, nude form. Around her, a few of the beach-goers gasped and turned their heads – or stopped and stared lustfully. “Perhaps someone in the water will swim with me then," she smiled softly, and turned her back to Max, swaying her ruddertail to and fro as she headed for the surf.

“Wait, wait!" Max hurried after her, laying a hand on her shoulder. “Leilani, please…I really do want to, I just…I don't know how to swim all that well. I can, but I just…"

She turned and kissed him softly, pressing her bare breasts against the boy's chest. Max could feel the familiar outline of her hard nipples poking at his skin, and he wrapped his arms tightly around her, caressing over her tail-base.

“Will you…look after me?" Max said gently against her ear.

The sea otter giggled and nodded. “Of course I will, Max."

For over an hour, the human boy and his aquatic companion cavorted in the beautiful blue Pacific, away from the surfers and nosy swimmers nearby. At one point, the sea otter braced Max against her back, and with his arms wrapped around her body, swam down with him to the bottom twenty feet below to explore a lovely arrangement of coral, rock, sea anemone, and other life. While they were underwater, Max's hands came up boldly to cup Leilani's breasts, and the sea otter responded by grounding her rear hotly against the boy's groin. In no time at all, he was fiddling with his shorts, getting them down just enough to let his swollen member sway free and poke against the mustelid's excited folds. She let out a burbled churrrip and click-whistle sound, hooked her feet around his hips, and spent several seconds floating back and forth, sliding her folds across the boy's erection sensually.

But before the two could complete the erotic dance, Max suddenly let go of her, short on air, and clawed back to the surface, with Leilani following close behind.

“I…I couldn't…" he panted against her while the sea otter kissed and nuzzled his mouth. “I wanted to so badly. I needed-“

“Shhh," Leilani gently touched his cheek, stopping his words. “Stay here, Max…" she whispered and then ducked back under. In seconds, the boy felt slick warmth wrap around his hardness, and then the unmistakable feeling of tugging as the otter took him into her mouth, gulping his length down with several bubble-filled swallows. He hardly lasted more than a minute before he erupted, and he felt a more intense suckling on his member, while the other paw massaged and stroked his heavy balls, taking his full orgasm.

Leilani came up to the surface again, her whiskers flecked with bits of the boy's release. “Better?" she panted and floated into his arms, kissing deeply.

“Mmm…m-much…" Max managed and then they both sank under the water to continue their playing.

**

Leilani dried her hair out carefully then churred with delight as the boy scooted behind her to brush it with his fingers. “You know," she giggled, closing her eyes and sighing. “If we are going to keep seeing one another like this, you should meet my family. I am sure they would desire to meet you as well."

Max frowned. “Won't they hate me?"

“I do not see why they would, for they probably do not know of you or your parents. They live considerably farther away from the United States. But if you want to keep your parents a secret for the time being, we shall." Her ruddertail dipped down and ensnared the boy with a playful squeeze. “I do like you very much, Max. Perhaps even as a relationship. You are so unlike other humans I have met…"

The boy looked curious. “How…how many…um…humans have you… uh…m-met?"

Leilani turned to look over her shoulder. “Would it trouble you not to know?"

Max hastily replied, “Oh nono, not at all. I just…you seem to…really know how to…um…p-please…humans." He leaned forward to nuzzle her. “Like me."

The sea otter slowly smiled. “Humans are a very curious species to me. They get so excited easily. Like you…" She bumped noses. “I felt your hardness down there. You wanted to mate with me." Her eyes drooped. “I…wanted you to mate me. I wanted to feel you inside me…like other humans. That is why I kept rubbing."

Max was all out of sorts now and he struggled to keep his erection inside his shorts. “Yeah well…we humans sadly need something more than wonderful otter sex at the bottom of the sea. It's called oxygen." He rolled his eyes as she giggled, and then caressed her cheek. “You really wanted me?"

Leilani's deep green eyes gleamed. “Mm-hmm. Very much." She bit her lip. “In time, Max. We should go slow." Her webbed paws dropped down to collect his hands.

“I should get a scuba-mask," he laughed wryly.

She giggled again and squeezed his hands. “Do you have to go back home right away?" Max could think of nothing he would rather do then spend the day with the alluring otter and he told her so. “Then I want you to come with me out to sea. There is a smaller island from the last eruption a few miles away, and it is where my family is staying while they visit. I would love for them to meet you."

“But what about-“

“It is between us, Max, alright?" She got to her feet and scooped up her sarong, wrapping it around her waist. “Come, follow me. You can leave your towel here."

As they waded into the water nearly chest-deep, Leilani lifted up her tail. “Grab on. Close to the base, if you please." Max looked dubious at her then reached for her tail, feeling the thick appendage wiggle and then stiffen in his grasp. “Good. Now, hold on." The sea otter took a few short breaths and then dove forward and swam quickly through the waves and then out into the open sea. Max was terrified when he put his face in the water and could no longer see the bottom, but with the mustelid in close proximity, he felt safe somehow.

He was amazed at Leilani's abilities in the water. She moved like a dancer, effortlessly kicking her legs and webbed feet. At times, she'd suck in a deep breath and submerge briefly, giving the boy a quick undersea glance, then surface again with a whistle-click and continue swimming. In time, Max could indeed see, amidst the bright azure, a small outcropping of sand and a few palm trees in the distance. As they drew closer, he saw that the tiny inlet was perhaps a half-mile wide, and teeming with life. Coconuts and fruit hung low from swaying trees, with the picturesque backdrop of a golden-yellow field filled with virtually every color flower he could imagine. He also saw other otters like Leilani, male and female, dressed in beautiful sarongs and saris, lounging in the sand close to bamboo huts, or gathering fruit.

One female otter was in the shallows, making a lei out of flower blooms and palm fronds. Max saw she was as strikingly lovely as Leilani, with the same long black hair, dark-brown fur, and sea-green eyes. She looked up and grinned as she heard them approach and bounced up to her feet to wave. “Laaaaniiiii!" she giggled and bounded into the surf. She stopped in her tracks as she saw she wasn't alone, and looked immediately curious.

Leilani trudged up the sandy incline until the waves no longer pounded against her, and then flopped into the sand, short of breath. Max worriedly knelt beside her, stroking her shoulders.

“Oh, don't worry about my sister," the other girl giggled again as she joined them. “She's such a drama queen." She poked Leilani's tummy with a webbed foot then squealed as, with cat-like reflexes, her sister rolled quickly to her feet and pounced her into the sand, biting at her muzzle and giggling back. “Ow! Okay, okay! I give!"

Max laughed as the two lovely otters writhed and rolled about in the sand, their motions a blur of tails, arms, and legs as each tried to get the upper paw in the battle. Presently, Leilani managed to pin her younger sibling in the sand, and straddled her legs, holding her down. She smiled up at Max. “Max, this is Malana, my baby sister."

Malana rolled her eyes. “I am not a baby. I've been through sixteen cycles, thank youuuu." She churriped in surprise as Leilani leaned down to give the girl a passionate kiss, and Malana hugged around Leilani's shoulders, pulling the bigger otter closer and embracing, wrapping her legs around her. “Mmmm. Missed you, sis." She churred warmly, nuzzling. “Did you go back to Hau`oli Moku?"

Leilani smiled. “I did. Oh…" She reached into her sarong's pocket and pulled out something. Max could see it was an energy cell, one of the smaller ones used for things like smartphones and vid-players. “Will this suffice? There were so many sizes."

Malana wiggled out from under the other otter and checked the item. “That's the one. Thanks, Lani!" She quickly kissed and hugged her again, then waved to Max as she bounded up and raced into one of the many huts in the distance.

Leilani chuckled and took Max's hand. “She would never forgive me if she could not listen to the new Justine Bieber mix."

Max nodded. “She's not a bad singer. Definitely better than her father was."

The otter chuckled. “Mmm-hmm. Much. Thank the gods Canada came to their senses when they did."

“When they shot him for high treason? Oh definitely. Did this whole world a favor."

As they were talking, a few other otters noticed them and approached. All had the same dark-brown fur and black hair, some loose and free, while others wore pony-tails and top-knots. Leilani waved to them and made introductions, but Max couldn't remember many of the Hawaiian names. One male otter, a little older than Leilani, presented himself as Hekelo, and the boy noticed he was having difficulty walking, and his thick ruddertail had an odd bend to it.

As the large group made their way to the beach to talk, Leilani took Max aside and whispered, “He is the one that nearly lost his tail in the Lewis revolt."

The boy grimaced and nodded, looking greatly unhappy. Suddenly he felt very wrong about being here.

Malana returned from her hut just then, wearing ear-buds, a bright red and scanty bikini, and singing off key as she bounded past Leilani and Max, waving excitedly.

“Malana!" A female voice called after her. “We have a guest!"

The girl turned and looked back towards a much older, slightly frail sea otter walking with purpose towards her and the others. “But Gramma," she whined. “We are only here a few days. I want to go to the beach."

The elder otter smiled and shook her head. “You can go another time. That is the final word, youngling."

Malana's shoulders slumped as she nodded, then looked at Max and Leilani accusingly. “Thanks a lot," she muttered and stalked back to her hut.

Leilani felt Max tremble beside him, and stayed him with a paw to his waist. “It is alright, Max. Malana is just spoiled. I send her many gifts from Hawaii and I am afraid I might have given the girl too much of your American influence." She chuckled and started walking again with Max in tow.

“Is she your only sister?" Max asked. He'd seen the way Malana filled out the bikini and could only imagine the mischief she'd get into on the mainland.

“I have five sisters, five brothers, my parents, and grandmother. My grandfather perished in Typhoon Santeria 10 years ago. None of us have mated yet to provide more younglings, although my oldest brother is mating this spring with Malana."

Max did a double-take. “Wait. You…mate with one another?"

Leilani looked at him strangely. “You did not know?"

The boy gave her a sheepish reply. “I really don't know much about your kind. I mean, I know how furries were created but…"

Leilani giggled and leaned forward to nuzzle his cheek, tickling with her whiskers. “But you know nothing about us as a species."

“Well, yeah…" He quickly added, “But I'd like to know more. I mean, if you do."

She grinned and squeezed his hand. “Come on. I smell cooked fish. We may be just in time for an early dinner."

Max followed, still a little uneasy about meeting so many otter-folk in one place, and he found himself wondering if Leilani herself was targeted to be one of her brother's mates someday. A twinge of jealousy ran through him, and he suddenly wished he was back on the reef with the girl, mating her just as she had wanted, despite the Decrees.

**

They sat in relative silence around a large picnic table on the beach, every so often commenting quietly on the quality of the fish being a little less than that of their homeland in Tahiti. Max noticed the sea otters certainly had no manners or charms when it came to dining, as most simply grabbed up the fish whole and finished them in several bites in their paws.

“So, Max," the mother, whom he learned was named Liaka, finally spoke up, “What do you think of our family?" She was every bit as beautiful as Leilani, albeit perhaps a bit older, with the same expressive eyes and long, fluffy dark hair, and Max found it hard not to stare. He could easily understand why she had given birth to so many children.

“I'm really glad to be here, Liaka," the boy murmured softly, taking fleeting glances around the table. Everyone had stopped eating and were watching him intently, but not unkindly. Only Malana seemed to show a little bit of disdain for him, and he imagined it was because his unexpected visit was keeping her from the beach. “Leilani didn't really tell me much about you all but…" He took a deep breath, steadying his nerves. “She loves you all, I can tell." Beside him, Leilani blushed and smiled.

“She had better," the father, Molino, growled. “We let her stay in Hawaii, after all." He then glanced sharply at her. “Against our wishes."

Leilani rolled her eyes. “Father, please. You said yourself our family needed to explore more of the world outside our own, and I am doing so. There is so much we have learned, thanks to me."

Molino pointed at her. “Things we were probably better off not knowing."

Max looked at the exchange and meekly spoke up, interrupting. “What kind of things?"

Molino turned to Max. “She means about our origins. Our species itself. Well, you know how furries were made. How human genes were mixed with animals, and then the results scattered to the four winds like so much refuse." He sighed unhappily. “It is difficult to learn you are a product brought about by human scientific meddlings."

The boy sighed. “I know how you feel…"

Molino looked puzzled. “What species are you, if not human?"

“No I mean, um…I…I know what it's like to not be very…thrilled about…well, where you come from." He quickly took a bite of his fish and stopped talking.

Hekelo, who sat next to the oldest brother Pulo, pointed out, “As a species, we are still very new. It takes some getting used to. After all, we have hardly been on this planet one hundred cycles."

Kiaki grinned and caressed Hekelo's shoulder proudly. “We are the first generation, Max, of sea otter-folk. I am quite pleased to still have our original blood among us." She looked over at the oldest of those at the table, the grandmother, and a tear came to her eyes. “Quite proud."

The eldest, named simply Eva, but once referred to as “Project Bermuda", smiled softly and reached across the table to take her daughter's paw.

**

After dinner, while the sun was still out, the otters changed into fetching swimming attire and gathered around Max on the beach. Max saw that one of the otters was holding a long net, and wondered if they were going to go fishing. Suddenly a volley-ball was tossed his way and he nearly fumbled catching it.

“Do you play, Max?" One of the older sisters, Shina, asked and laid an arm around his waist.

Max became uncomfortably warm and shook his head. “I was never really good at sports."

She laughed softly and pulled him towards the group as the net was set up. “Then you can be on the other team."

Leilani giggled and playfully punched Shina. “Why not boys against girls, and Max can play on our team?"

Pulo snickered, “You really think a human is going to help you that much, sister?"

Leilani stuck out her tongue. “Is that a challenge, dear brother?"

Malana giggled as she bounced up to Pulo and kissed him deeply. “Mmm. I want to be on his team." She churred, nuzzling his nose after the kiss. Her paw shamelessly rubbed down his waist and across the board shorts he was wearing, noticing a healthy erection nestled inside. She started to trill gently, rubbing at him.

“Malana!" Kiaki laughed, clapping her paws. “Stop that! Wait until the season, you know better!"

“But I am in season!" she whined good-naturedly and pulled away reluctantly, joining her sisters on the other side of the net.

“You are always in season!" Shina laughed, and earned a fitful tail-swipe of sand.

The otters played volleyball for quite some time, even Hekelo, bad tail and all, who was quite eager to play though stayed in the backfield mostly to call fouls. True to his word, Max wasn't very competitive. It didn't help matters at all that he was surrounded by a bevy of lyrically lovely otter girls, all with heaving breasts, slinky forms, and tight, pert butts straining to stay behind bikinis and sarong wraps. More than once, when one of the girls dove to the sand to retrieve a volley, he was mesmerized by the way their breasts were pushed outwards, or their tails whipped, or shapely, sexy legs kicked. He had truly not seen a more captivating species of furry.

In time, he grew too tired and aroused, and walked away to watch the action for a while from a distance, trying to ease his lust under a spreading canopy of palm trees. Shina soon joined him, sitting close and crossing her legs. “You find my sister to your liking?" she asked, and scooted over until their bodies were touching.

Max was caught completely off-guard. “Leilani? I…I do, yeah. She's, well, really amazing…"

Shina nodded and touched his thigh, and Max's body warmed up considerably again. “You wish to mate with her?"

Max' eyes widened and he struggled for words. “W-what?! I…well…no, I mean, yeah…I…"

The otter giggled and curled up against him. The paw at his thigh moved considerably further up, until it was near his groin. “You do not need to tell me. This does…" She whisper-churred and slowly wiped her paw along the bulge, and Max felt ready to burst from his Bermudas. Shina continued to rub him slowly until she could feel tell-tale signs of unstoppable lust in the form of throbbing and wetting.

Leilani wandered over and stopped short when she saw Shina pawing slowly at her lover. Max expected a fight to break out, and was suddenly terrified. But instead, Leilani knelt down next to the pair and favored the boy with a knowing, soft glance. “We are not in your world here, Max," she spoke softly, and added her paw next to Shina's as they took turns stroking the boy's arousal. “There are no Decrees. No laws."

“You can mate with us both, Max," Shina said, breathless, and pressed her muzzle to his ear to lick.

Leilani surprised Max by giggling. “Sister, calm yourself. I know you are eager to have a human, but we must go slow with this one." She started undoing Max's shorts until his erection popped free. “Very slow."

“But I am in such heat," Shina complained, continuing to lick at the boy's ear.

Leilani smiled. “As am I." Her paw closed familiarly around the boy's arousal and squeezed, drawing a moan and a dollop of pre-cum across her digits. “Help me, Shina…" She arranged herself in the sand, untying her sarong warp and then bikini bottom, and then knelt in front of the boy facing him, as Shina squirmed to remove hers as well. “He really loves this most…" Leilani added breathlessly, and laid her paws on his shoulders to steady.

Max hugged around Leilani's waist and steadied her, as the lovely otter-girl lowered her hips, trapping the boy's thick, throbbing member against her damp folds. With patient, almost excruciatingly-slow motions, Leilani slid her aching labia across the ridge of the boy's hardness, slathering a copious amount of her juices across its length.

Shina moaned and got to her knees next to Max, pushing her whiskery muzzle up against his face and kissing him hard, seeking his tongue with her own. She reached down next and took the boy's hand, guiding it to her own needy sex. “T-touch me…" she begged between their hot kisses, and then cried out with a few churrips and whistles as Max's fingers traced and then delved into her heat. She braced her paws on his shoulders, gritting her fangs together, and slowly lowered and lifted her hips against his fingers, until her sex was soaked and the air permeated with the scent of their joining.

Leilani climaxed first, and slipped her arms around the boy to kiss him hard, rocking her hips, working her folds in a frenzy against his member as one orgasm after another slammed into her. She looked into his eyes as a last gush of her release dribbled across his length and then smiled, panting, her heart beating quickly. Beside her, Shina climaxed soon after, and one of her paws came up to grab his arm as she enjoyed her pleasure.

When they were both fully sated, they pushed Max down onto his back. The boy gasped and his head rocked back and forth as he felt both otters' tongues and then mouths taking his arousal eagerly. While one would lick and caress his balls, the other would trace up the length of his organ and then swallow him whole. Shina took him into her mouth just as the boy lost control, and received a mouthful of cum for her efforts. Not wanting to keep her sister from having fun as well, Shina pulled her mouth off of Max in mid-stream, and Leilani's soon engulfed it instead, swallowing him down while Shina wrapped her paw around the pumping length and jerked him completely dry.

When they were all three spent and happy, they curled up together naked in the sand and watched the rest of the now-mixed volleyball game, while the last of the sun slowly set on the horizon.

**

Later around a roaring fire, Max found himself nestled between Shina and Leilani, and they casually caressed him as the others talked around him.

“So Max," the grandmother smiled as she leaned forward. “Do you like sea otters very much?"

The boy blushed as Leilani and Shina both hugged around him, churrrring warming and nuzzling his face. “I…like…them a lot, Eva." He laughed as Leilani nipped at his cheek. “Very much."

Hekelo spoke up just then. “My sisters appear to like you as well." Something in his eyes seemed not quite right to Max. The green eyes were kind, but there was sadness behind them, and once more guilt poured out of the boy.

Max stood up quickly, spilling the girls from his lap. “Wait…I need to tell all of you something. It's really important." He turned to look at Hekelo and knelt in the sand beside him, laying his hand on the otter's arm. “My parents did this to you. I am so very sorry. I…believe me, I never, ever knew what was truly going on. I have been totally fascinated with furries since I was a little kid…and…" He wiped at tears in his eyes and surprised Hekelo by hugging around him tightly, resting his head on the other's shoulder. “I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry…"

No one spoke for a moment. Then Molino, the father, cleared his throat. “Max…" he said gently, and waited for the boy to acknowledge him. He smiled warmly. “We knew who you were the moment we saw you. We were very surprised that you would venture forth so far from your homeland to see us." He glanced alongside at Leilani, who sheepishly dropped her gaze to her lap. “Like my daughter, you also seek adventure at any price. You are as reckless and foolhardy as she is."

Leilani started to say something and Shina quickly shushed her with a nudge.

“However," Molino continued, sighing deeply. “It is because of humans like you, willing to surround yourself with the unknown, filled with curiosity, and the eagerness to explore, that we in turn are more curious about you. And about ourselves." He slowly got up and walked over to Max, then sat down next to him, clapping a paw on his shoulder. “You are not Max Lewis anymore. You are whoever you want to be. It is time for the rest of the furries to understand that, and to give you peace at last." He smiled as Shina and Leilani both pressed close to the boy. “And perhaps pleasure as well."

Everyone around the fire laughed, and Hekelo winked. Even Malana, whom had been resentful of the boy's visit from the start, giggled.

“We will always protect you, Max. You are, for what it is worth, a sea otter just like us. And you are warmly welcome to come visit us, wherever we may be."

A loud cheer rose up from the group and Leilani and Shina laughed and kissed the boy in turn.

Hekelo gave the boy a thump on the back and grinned. “I think my sisters agree."

Max chuckled and looked at Leilani with deep affection. “I do too…" He held her paws, still gazing into her eyes.

Shina gently poked his side before getting up and stretching otterishly, attracting his attention. “Come and swim with us, Max…" She playfully kicked him before shucking off her clothes and wading into the water.

“Wait for us!" Leilani laughed and pulled Max to his feet, pushing off his Bermudas before dragging him naked into the surf with Shina.

Hekelo laughed gently with the others and shook his head, bringing his bent tail around gingerly into his lap to massage. “Welcome to your new life, Max Lewis," he whispered and grinned as the three dark shapes kissed one another deeply before diving into the water and vanishing from sight.

To Be Continued...