Spring Break - Part 4

Story by Magna Vulpes on SoFurry

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#4 of Spring Break


The four boys at the Ruddock household had spent the past few days having the time of their lives. Jeff had rebounded quickly from being dumped by his former lion boyfriend Lazlo by first having his little brother Jeremy ask him questions about liking boys, to actually fooling around with him. Only a few days later, Zack Nordin, a tiger who Jeff had been acquainted with came over to tell him that Lazlo was now universally despised at school after how he had treated the wolf, and just when he thought things couldn't get any better, Zack told him that he hoped he would go out with him. Delighted, Jeff promptly took up Zack's offer, and the two quickly found themselves in bed together.

To make things even more interesting for the new couple, Jeremy had brought over a leopard from his class named Lance. The fox had confessed to his lupine brother that he had a crush on Lance, and as happy as Zack had been to have a boyfriend once more, Jeremy was equally as happy when Lance agreed to be his boyfriend. Having already taught his little brother some of the things that boys do with each other, Jeff felt it only necessary to further instruct the new couple, with the help of Zack of course.

The four boys had spent that day doing what they done the past few days, getting up, having breakfast, sucking, fucking, playing videos games and playing outside. Even with as much fun as they were having, the four boys had been mindful not to trash the house or do anything that might upset Bill and Lyndsy. All four boys had finished with their "fun" by the time the married couple came home.

"Hi, boys," said Bill as he walked through the front door, loosening his tie.

"Hi, Dad!" yelled Jeremy as he ran up to his father. The ten year old fox wagged his tail excitedly as he hugged the wolf. .

"Hey, kit," said Bill, hugging the boy.

"There's my little boy," said Lyndsy as she now entered the house.

"Hi, Mom!" said Jeremy, moving from his father to soak up his mother's attention.

"Hi, Dad," said Jeff, walking up to his father.

"Hey, son," said Bill. "I'm always amazed to come home and see that you four haven't destroyed the place."

"Whatever," said Jeff, playfully shoving his father. "You know we wouldn't do that."

"Say," said Lyndsy, "What's that I smell coming from the kitchen?"

"Zack's making us swordfish," said Jeff.

"Swordfish?" said Bill. "Did you buy us that?"

"Zack and I both bought it," said Jeff. "Do you like it?"

"You know it's my favorite," said Bill. "Really, you two didn't have to go through all the trouble of preparing us a meal."

"But I like cooking, Mr. Ruddock," said Zack as he left the kitchen and made his way out to the living room.

"What a nice boy," said Lyndsy. "I hope you know Mr. Ruddock like you a lot more than we ever liked Lazlo."

"Thank you, Mrs. Ruddock," said Zack, blushing.

"Seriously though, you shouldn't have made us swordfish tonight. We have dinner plans," said Bill.

"Reall? With who?" asked Jeff.

"Zack's parents," said Lyndsy.

Jeff and Zack looked at each other with confusion. Neither of them had any idea that their parents even knew each other, not that either was upset by this, but Jeff wanted to know how this had come about.

"When did you talk to Zack's parents?" asked Jeff.

"It was the craziest thing," said Bill. "I was out on my lunch break today when I happen to hear this tiger on his cell phone talking about how his son Zack just got a new boyfriend. I waited until he finished his call and went up and politely introduced myself. I asked him if his name was Mr. Nordin and he said 'yes'. I told him my name was Bill Ruddock and that it sounded like that our boys were in a relationship. He invited me to join him at his table and we spent the rest of the hour talking. Zack, you'll be happy to know that I told your father that we've thoroughly enjoyed having you over here, and that you're always welcome in our home."

"Thank you, Mr. Ruddock," said Zack.

"Anyway, before we left, we agreed that we should have dinner together sometime. Your dad said that he and his wife would be happy to have Mrs. Ruddock and I over tonight if we wanted to. I told him that we would be honored to accept their invitation."

"Huh, small world I guess," said Jeff.

Lyndsy looked around the living room. "Jeremy, where's Lance at?"

"In the kitchen," said Jeremy. "Lance!"

The ten year old leopard came running out to the living room and stood next to Jeremy. "Hi!"

"Well, you four boys have certainly been well-behaved this week," said Bill. "Sorry you went to all the trouble of making us swordfish."

"No biggie," said Jeff. "More for us."

"I guess so," said Bill. "Well, your mother and I have to go get freshened up; we're due at the Nordins soon."

"Have a good time," said Jeff.

"Hope you and Mrs. Ruddock can become good friends with my parents," said Zack.

"I'm sure we will, sweetie," said Lyndsy.

Less than an hour later, Bill and Lyndsy were at the Nordins' residence. Billy went up and rang the doorbell. Not even ten seconds passed when the door opened, revealing a smiling male tiger.

"Bill," said the male tiger extending his paw in friendship. "Welcome to our home."

Bill and Lyndsy entered the home. Though the Nordins did not possess as big of house as they did, it was by no means small. Bill instantly caught the sound of cool jazz being lightly played on the entertainment system. He smiled at the big tiger.

"Ah, Kind of Blue. Best jazz album ever recorded," said the wolf.

"I see you have excellent tastes," said the tiger. "Oh, where are my manners! This is my lovely wife, Gina."

"Hello," said Bill and Lyndsy.

"This is my wife Lyndsy," said Bill. "Lyndsy, this is Keith and Gina Nordin, Zack's parents."

"It's a pleasure to meet you," said Lyndsy.

"I certainly hope Zack has been behaving himself while he's staying at your house," said Gina.

"Oh, he's been an absolute delight to have over," reassured the vixen. "Why, every day that Bill and I have come home from work Zack and Jeff have done all the housework. Zack calls Bill and I Mr. and Mrs. Ruddock, and he even cooks for us. You've raised a wonderful son."

"Thank you," said Keith. "Gina and I have tried our best with Zack and his siblings."

"Please," said Bill. "Tell us about your other kids."

"Of course," said Keith. "But first let's all have a seat."

The four beasts all sat down on the two sofas that were in the living room. Gina went and got everyone drinks before Keith continued. "Zack is our youngest, then there's his brother, Zeke. He's nineteen and about finished with his first year in college. Hannah is twenty-one and in college--hoping to go to law school after she graduates. Finally, we have Max, our oldest. He's twenty-five, works as a cinematographer in Hollywood. He just got married last year and he and his wife are expecting their first later this year."

"Congratulations," said Bill. "You have quite the family."

"Thanks," said Keith. "Tell us about your kids, Bill."

"Well, we have Jeff. He's my son from my first wife. She died in a car crash when Jeff was a little cub. Not long after that, I met Lyndsy at the hospital where we both work. She had just lost her husband from a heart attack and was pregnant. We both hit it off right away and were married before she had Jeremy. He's ten."

"Oh," said Keith. "So horrible the boy never got to know his father."

"Bill is Dad to him," said Lyndsy. "And Jeff has never treated Jeremy like he's anything but his little brother. I remember how happy he was after Jeremy was born. He played with him all the time. They're very close."

"You sound very happy," said Gina. "Did Keith tell you he and I are both in real estate?"

"Oh yes," said Bill, taking a sip of his drink. "What's the market been like in the area lately?"

"Better than it was a few years ago," said Keith, shaking his head. "Boy, I tell you, Gina and I had some pretty lean times back then, going sometimes weeks without even showing a single house--not good when a lot of your pay comes from commissions."

"Oh my," said Lyndsy. "I'm glad to see that you two are doing alright now."

"Than, you, hon," said Gina. "By the way, dinner should be ready shortly."

"Well, whatever you're cooking smells lovely," said Bill. "Mind if I ask what it is?"

"Country fried steak, green beans, mashed potatoes and garden salad," responded Gina.

"Ah, very good," said Bill. "Oh, I should let you know that Zack and Jeff had prepared swordfish for us when we got home today."

"You don't say?" said Keith. "Well, why didn't you just call us up and take a rain check? No sense in letting good swordfish go to waste."

"It won't go to waste," said Bill "We've got Jeff and Zack there, plus Jeremy and his friend Lance. Trust me, there's only gonna be bones left by the time we get back; besides, I wasn't about to cancel our first dinner with the parents of our son's new boyfriend."

Gina, who had briefly excused herself to enter the kitchen to check on the food, returned to the living room. "Everything's ready now."

"Wonderful," said Keith. The male tiger got to his feet and rubbed his stomach. "I'm starvin'."

"Me too, buddy," said Bill, who promptly got up and followed his new friend to the dining room.

"Everything looks wonderful, Gina," said Lyndsy as she sat down at the table next to her husband. Gina thanked the vixen and informed everyone that they should take as much as they want, as she had prepared more than enough for the occcasion. For the first few minutes of the dinner there was very little conversation. All four beasts had not eaten in several hours. Bill had taken to "wolfing" down his country fried steak, which just so happened to be his second favorite dish and one that Lyndsy often prepared for him.

"I was going to ask you," said Keith, breaking the silence. "How long has Jeff been open to you about being gay?"

"He came out to us when he was fourteen," answered Bill as he wiped his muzzle with his napkin. "He came home from school one day and told us that he had been talking to the school counselor for a couple of weeks about these feelings he'd been having, how they'd gotten stronger as the years went by. Jeff told us that ever since his friends started to hit puberty that they'd started talking about being interested in girls. The thing was, Jeff couldn't really relate to what they were talking about, because he didn't find himself attracted to girls that way; if anything, he felt that kind of attraction to other boys."

"Was he afraid to talk to you at first?" asked Gina, who quickly had a look of horror on her face. "Oh my goodness, I apologize for saying that."

"No, no," said Bill, shaking his head. "It's alright, Gina. No, he wasn't afraid to talk to us. Lyndsy and I told Jeff from an early age that if he ever had any emotional problems or needed somebody to talk to that he should never hesitate to go to the school counselor, that they're professionally trained to deal with things like this. The counselor at the middle school advised him to come talk to us about his sexuality."

"Was he nervous?" asked Keith.

"A little," said Lyndsy, cutting a piece of her steak. "But it wasn't because he was worried what Bill and I would say. We'd told him for years that we would always love and support him as long as he wasn't doing anything to harm anyone. No, he was worried about what the other kids at school would think, particularly the boys."

"And even more so, the boys that were his friends," said Bill. "Jeff had been reading online about gay bashing and horrible things like that. I told him things like that happen, but people were much more accepting of gays now, and that if anyone threatens or tires to hurt him, he should defend himself."

"Can't fault you for being precautions," said Keith, nodding his head in agreement.

"What about you two?" asked Lyndsy. "Did you know that Zack was gay?"

"We've known for the past two years," said Keith. "Pretty much the same thing happened to Zack. He went to the school counselor, the counselor told him to talk to us and we had a long talk about all of it. Zack told us he felt attracted to other boys, and that he had a crush on one boy in particular, but he couldn't do anything about it because that boy was already seeing someone."

"It was Jeff, wasn't it?" said Lyndsy.

"It sure was," said Gina. "Zack said that your son was already seeing some lion named Lazlo, and that he wasn't about to try to break up someone's relationship. I told him that was a wise decision; that getting in the middle of someone's relationship would only lead to trouble. I knew that Zack must have really cared for Jeff because he never tried to ask out any other boy."

"Well, Bill and I like him much more than we ever liked Lazlo," said Lyndsy. "I'm sure you heard about what that scumbag lion did to Jeff, breaking up with him the day before they were going to Tahiti? I couldn't believe that anyone would be so low to do that, but I guess I was wrong."

"Jeff told us after he and Zack had gotten together that in retrospect, he thinks he only went out with Lazlo because they happened to come out to each other. Jeff didn't know of any other boys who were gay, so he decided to pursue a relationship with Lazlo. We tried to make him seem like part of the family, but there were so many times that he was so moody, and sometimes flat out rude. It was all Lyndsy and I could do to bite our tongues. We were worried that if we were critical of Lazlo, Jeff would only become resentful and that might push him further into Lazlo's control. I'm not gonna lie, as much as it pained me to see Jeff crying his eyes out that Friday he came home from school after Lazlo dumped him, I was damned glad that that lion was out of his life, forgive my language."

"Nothing to forgive," said Keith. "Zack told us that someone at school recorded Jeff going off on Lazlo right when it happened, posted it on Facebook and that the fallout was so bad that Lazlo deactivated his account."

"I was thrilled to hear that news," said Lyndsy. "I hope that so many of the kids despise him that he's forced to go to a new school."

"And you know what else?" said Bill. "The fact that the entire school rallied behind Jeff like that shows to me how far society's come from our time."

"Not like when we were in college and had to hide experimenting," said Keith.

"Keith," snapped Gina, giving her husband a nasty look.

"It's okay," said Bill, who had finally had his fill of all the wonderful food Gina had prepared. "I experimented when I was in college too."

"Really?" asked Keith, also finishing his meal. "What . . . what all did you do?"

"Oh, I fooled around with a couple of guys," said Bill nonchalantly. "It was fun, but I knew I preferred females."

"I had some flings with other girls," said Lyndsy just as casually as her husband had admitted his same-sex encounters. The vixen noticed that the tigress was looking a little uncomfortable. "Gina, honey, it's okay. Almost everyone in college tried these things."

The tigress looked slightly less awkward at the vixen's words. "I . . . I tried those sort of things too."

Her words were followed by all four beasts sitting silently and nodding, thinking of the wild times they had all those years ago when they were young, care-free and trying to find themselves. Bill, giving everyone a grin that was more characteristic of his wife's species, broke the silence. "You know," he said rubbing his paws. "There's no reason we can't try to relive some of those glory days."

"Yeah?" said Keith

"Why not?" said Bill, shrugging. "We're all consenting adults. The night's still young and I for one think that it's time for us to have some fun."

"Yeah," said Keith, getting to his feet and pushing his chair back underneath the dining room table. "I'm in. What do you think, Gina?"

The tigress, with a new found confidence, got to her feet as well. "You're right. I think it's time we have some fun like in the old days."

"I'm in too," said Lyndsy.

"Which way to the bedroom?" asked Bill.

All four beasts ran to the master bedroom of the Nordin house as if they were sneaking off to do something naughty. With their older three children out of the home, and Zack staying with the Ruddocks, no one even bothered to close the bedroom door. Neither of the two married couples could remember the last time they felt so passionate, so turned on by the thought of sex. Without saying a word, Bill and Keith went at it. The tiger and wolf locked muzzles and kissed deeply, letting their tongues twirl around each other. The two males pawed at each other, feeling the others' body. Both males had managed to maintain their physique quite well over the years, and that only made the experience more satisfying. With the tension growing by the second, it wasn't long before Keith and Bill were pulling each others' clothes off, throwing them into a pile on the carpet.

With the boys going at it, Lyndsy and Gina felt it was time that they got it on. The vixen and tigress laid down on the bed, with Lyndsy lying atop the tigress. Where Bill and Keith's kissing had been wild, frenzied, Lyndsy and Gina's was slow, sensual, taking their time to enjoy each other. Lyndsy lowered her muzzle down onto the tigress's chest, licking at her breasts, though they were still covered by her blouse. The vixen moved her paws to the top button, undoing it carefully, making her way down to the final one. With the blouse now loose, she moved to pull it off the tigress. Gina got up so the vixen could remove the garment. By this time, the two females could really feel the fire and picked up the pace. Both females wanted to see the naked breasts of the other.

Bill and Keith were now completely naked, but still only making out. While Bill wasn't able to enjoy the swordfish his son and son's boyfriend had prepared that night, he was enjoying sword fighting with the father of his son's boyfriend. Bill felt like he was back at his old fraternity. He remembered the final hazing ritual involved his rolling two dice. No one had explained the significance of the act until after he had rolled a twelve. It was then that he learned his final test would be sucking twelve cocks to join. Undaunted, the wolf went through the process and came out a member of Phi Kappa Lamda.

"You know, Keith," said Bill, stroking the tiger's hard rod. "Not to brag, but my frat brothers always told me that I sucked a mean dick back in the day."

"That so?" said the tiger, grinning. "By all means, put those lupine lips to work."

Bill gladly indulged the tiger's request. Getting on his knees, he took his wet canine tongue and gave the tiger's meat a nice, long lick. The wolf could feel and hear Keith's purring, no doubt pleased at the stimulation he was receiving. Taking his right paw, he cupped the tiger's bulbous, pendulous balls, giving them a soft squeeze. Moving the tiger testicles around, the wolf repositioned the cock, making it stick up at a forty-five degree angle. Licking his lips at the second piece of meat he was about to taste that day, Bill opened his mouth and swallowed. This only intensified Keith's purring. The tiger looked down, seeing that his new friend turned male lover was doing his best to pleasure him. It was just like riding a bicycle for Bill, who still had his magic touch when it came to sucking off guys. The wolf breathed in the tiger's aroused musk, making him hornier and hornier. So great were the wolf's oral skills that he could bury his snout in the pubic fur of Keith, despite the tiger's considerable length.

With the boys at play, Gina and Lyndsy were now completely disrobed, with Lyndsy still on top of the tigress, she was busy burying her muzzle in Gina's clit, giving her several long licks with her vulpine tongue. Gina returned the favor by sticking her own tongue into the vixen's cunt and swirling it around. Though both of their husbands weren't shy in giving them cunnilingus, they knew the truth about the matter: it took another female to know how to truly please a female. Both girls were awash in moans and groans as their tongues found the sweet spot of the other. Adding to the gratification, Lyndsy took her paw and stuck it up the tigress's cunt. Gina snarled, not in pain or rage, but pure sexual glee. Returning the favor, the tigress put her own paw into the vixen's smaller pussy. So intense was the feeling, Lyndsy had no choice but to stop licking, hollering in joy as she could feel her orgasm fast approaching. This drove her on, making her fist the tigress even harder. Gina growled loud enough to vibrate the room as she cam, making her melt into a puddle of post-orgasmic euphoria. Where the tigress's sexual roar had been deep, booming and bassy, Lyndsy's screech was bright, piercing and high pitched. The vixen collapsed, her muzzle buried in Gina's cunt.

"Oh fucking Jesus, man," said Keith, his breathing getting shallow. The wolf's sucking had grown so fast, so hard that he couldn't hold back anymore. Grabbing Bill's head, the male tiger roared even louder than his wife did during her orgasm. Bill felt rope after rope of tiger cum enter his maw. Though it had been ages since he had last sucked dick, he never lost the ability to drink down even the biggest load. With an audible pop, Bill let the penis come flying out of his mouth; still hard, but gradually losing its firmness.

"Damn," said Keith. "That was the best blow job I ever got from a guy in my life."

"Thanks," said Bill, getting to his feet after having spent the past ten minutes kneeling. "You wanna return the favor?"

"Actually," said Keith with a smirk. "I was the type in college that always enjoyed taking it from the rear."

"You don't say?" said Bill with his wolfish grin.

"Yeah," said Keith. "I always had a thing for wolves. You know, you guys have those knots the really stretch it to the limit."

"We do indeed," said Bill. He looked over at the girls lying on the bed. By now they were lying on their sides, having witnessed the last few minutes of Bill sucking off Keith. "What do you think girls? You wanna see me pound some tiger butt?"

"Oh," said Gina. "That would be so hot."

"Oooh, oh yes," said Lyndsy.

"Then it's settled," said Bill. "How 'bout you get on your back for me, Keith?"

The male tiger complied with the wolf's request. The two females moved to the right and left of the bed, clearing out the middle for the males. Seeing that Bill was kneeling down on the bed, Keith stuck his legs into the air and spread them wide. Looking down at the male tiger's inviting pucker, Bill spat on his right paw, took the saliva and rubbed it liberally on his cock as a natural lubricant. Grabbing hold of Keith's legs, Bill moved them so that he could better access the tiger's ass. His heart pounding, almost dying from anticipation, Bill guided his lupine length into the tiger's entrance. Knowing that it had been ages since he'd last been penetrated from what Keith had said, Bill was mindful to be gentle. Breathing heavily, he watched as his cock gradually disappeared into Keith's butt. Bill was astonished at just how tight the tiger was, and having stroked his cock while sucking him off, Bill was cognizant not to pump to quickly, lest he blow his load before having really enjoyed himself.

"Oooooh," breathed Keith as he felt inch after inch of wolf cock being shoved inside of him. He turned his head to his right, seeing his wife Gina grinning at him; clearly the tigress was enjoying the show. Even during most orgies that involved married couples swapping partners, it was rare that a male would want his wife to see him taking a cock up the ass, but Keith didn't mind at all, and Gina was certainly entertained. Bill, having finally sunk the entirety of his penis into the tiger, put his paws on Keith's chest, feeling the hard muscles he possessed. Carefully, he moved a few inches of his cock out of Keith's butt, only to shove them right back in. The act elicited moans from the male tiger, who was now completely comfortable with the wolf's large member invading him. Bill's chest heaved as he intensified his fucking of the male tiger. Keith dug his claws into the bedsheets, tearing the fabric and puncturing the mattress itself. Things wee only going to get more intense.

Soon, with the wolf speeding up his thrusting in and out of the tiger, the girls could feel themselves shake from the intensity of the male-on-male fucking. Keith's moans and groans turned to light snarls, and finally loud growls as what he hoped would happen was finally taking place. Bill, his tongue handing out form panting, his forehead drenched in sweat, could feel his dick swelling into a knot. He looked down, seeing Keith's dick flopping all around as he fucked him harder and harder. The male tiger kept tearing away at the sheets and mattress, not caring about anything but the indescribable pleasure he felt from the pressure against his prostate. Bill had never felt anything so tight against his dick in his entire life. The fury, the intensity was so overwhelming for the two males that they looked like feral creatures mating. Keith gnashed his teeth, and Bill gnashed back as both males snarled and growled. By this point, Keith's dick had come back to life and Bill was violently tugging at it. The girls watched, mouths agape as their husbands were acting in a manner they had never seen before. The were forced to hold onto the bed to keep from falling off as the boys entered the final stages of their mating. Bill, feeling almost completely dehydrated, lifted his head high up into the air as he howled, shooting his seed into Keith's stretched ass. The tiger came for the second time that day, shooting come all over his chest and torso. With both now completely drained, Bill collapsed onto Keith's semen covered chest, though his still swollen knot prevented him from dismounting.

"Oh . . . hell . . . fuck," said Bill, almost wheezing.

"I've never been fucked like that," said Keith. "God, I think I'm in love with you, Bill."

"Holy shit," said Lyndsy, shocked by what she had just witnessed. "I've never seen this side of you, Bill."

Somehow, Bill managed to lift himself off of Keith's chest. Looking down in between his legs, he then looked over at his vixen wife. "What? You've never seen my dick in a guy's ass before?"

Everyone laughed at his remark. "Well," said Gina. "I hope next time to find your cock inside of me."

"So, are we making this a regular thing?" asked Bill.

"Indeed we are," said Lyndsy with a grin.

Having the good sense to shower before leaving, Bill and Lyndsy returned to find the house in order, with Jeff, Jeremy, Zack and Lance all out in the living room watching some action movie.

"Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad," said Jeff, turning his attention to his parents. "How'd it go?"

"We had a wonderful time, Jeff," said Bill as he took his shoes off and put them to the side front door.

"Zack, your parents are just the most wonderful people in the world, and we told them how much we've enjoyed having you over here," said Lyndsy.

"Which reminds me," said Bill, sitting down on his recliner. "Mr. and Mrs. Nordin have yet to meet you, Jeff. So tomorrow you're gonna take your stinky butt down their with Zack and introduce yourself, understood?"

Jeremy and Lance both giggled at Bill's comment. Jeff glared at the two younger kids, causing them to flee for fear of retaliation. Jeff sighed. "Yeah, yeah, okay, Dad."

"You really enjoyed spending time with my parents, Mr. Ruddock?" asked Zack.

Bill, who had just unfurled that day's newspaper, looked over at the teenage tiger with a content look. "Zack, let me just tell you that Mrs. Ruddock and I haven't had that much fun in a long, long time."

"Well, thank you, sir," said Zack cheerfully.

"You're welcome, Zack," said Bill. He lifted up the paper, completely obscuring his face from view of Jeff and Zack. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't help but grin.

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