All For the Sake of Love
So, I don't really have a good reason as to why I wrote this, but it was simply what wanted to come out at the time. It's a very... interesting story, with a very interesting topic at hand - one that's based off partial true historical events. (It's actually based on what the two characters WANTED to happen that day, not what actually did, so lets see if anyone can figure it out... with some furry smut thrown in that probably never happened, haha.) It contains lots of violence and graphic situations, so if you're looking for something cutesy stop reading after the second break. I initially wrote it for an anthology, but I suspect due to the graphic nature of it they didn't accept it, and I haven't posted anything story-wise on here for a bit, so... enjoy! And be warned as I already said! Also, HUGE props if anyone knows what the title is a reference to.
People just suck. My parents suck, my teachers suck, my minimum wage job sucks, and society sucks in general. How I ended up with the misfortune of dealing with all these fucktards day in and day out I hadn't the slightest idea, but there I was stuck in the middle of it all. I tried my best to make it through each day, I really did. I pushed on through the constant calls of me not being good enough at anything I did, but it was far too much for me to handle. It had been for a while now. I was failing out of school... again. My parents didn't take it well of course. They came right at me when they got my report card in the mail - as if they'd ever been there to help me when I needed it anyway. Those hypocritical bastards. So I told them to go fuck themselves, and that got me 'grounded' for a month. Well, fuck that. I had already snuck out of my room through my window and got into my own car within thirty minutes of them closing my door. They couldn't take my car away from me at least. I'd bought it myself after working hard for months at my shitty job. It was hell, but it was worth it. It was my only real accomplishment in life, and I cherished every tiny bit of freedom and enjoyment it gave me. That being said I knew the piece of junk wouldn't take me far, but I didn't have far to go tonight anyway. There was only one place I wanted to be right now, and only one person I wanted to see. I'd made the drive over hundreds of times as I quickly pulled into my familiar spot and killed my engine. I gave one last check to make sure everything in my back seat was covered up by that blanket before stepping on out and strolling over towards that familiar house. I didn't bother with the front door - I almost never did. I swung around to the back and opened up those Bilco doors instead. I made my way down those short and steep steps before turning around and quietly closing those large doors above me, not wanting the noise to give me away. Once they were secure I gave that basement door a knock, and before long I could hear a shuffling on the other side. That door swung open with a firm tug inwards, and there standing to greet me was that tall, slender, and handsome buck. He puffed out his chest, showing off his newest Marilyn Manson T-shirt as he gave me back a strong smile and a rather welcoming glance. There weren't many things that could put a smile on my face, but the sight of him was one of them. He never failed to do so. I slowly felt that almost alien expression spread across my lips and cheeks before I dove on in, wrapping my paws around his spine and grinding my cheek into that logo on his T-shirt. "Hey Dylan," the buck added as he pulled me inside, shutting the door with a firm slam before tracing a paw down my long, flattened lapine ears. That made them twitch and try to toss my hat off, but after years of pushing them down into that position they could only give a weak wiggle for freedom as my backwards baseball cap remained firmly on my head. "Hey Eric," I said back with a rather firm squeeze into his chest and sigh a moment later. I gently pulled back from his embrace and gave him one more look - his stumpy antlers and flicking ears gazing back down at me with a warmth I'd never felt from anyone else. "My parents got my report card. They kinda flipped a shit. Mind if I crash here tonight?" "Oh man," he added back with a pat to my shoulder, "What a bummer. But fuck em anyway. After tomorrow it won't matter." I could feel his paws wrap around my back once again, leaving me to wiggle my long ears free as he pulled me into another strong and cradling hug. "Mmmph," he continued after he'd finally let me go, giving a small kiss to my cheek in the process. "Sure you can stay. I was actually gonna call you and see if you would come over anyway. I wanted to be together one last time before the big day tomorrow. Everything's going to change. We're going to be front page news, I just know it!" I could only nod at his words as I was still stuck staring at him, that smile never leaving my face as my eyes glanced over his face, his shirt, and then his frame. I was almost in awe that the buck would even care enough to talk to me, much less care about me enough to ask me to come over. It didn't matter that we'd been dating for a year or so now, it still shocked me each and every time I thought about it. "Yeah, it'll be epic," I said with that smile finally beginning to fade from my face. My normal droopy features starting to push back out to take its place, almost as if my face was getting tired of holding it up for so long. Eric smiled at my response a bit more as he nodded and said, "You got everything ready?" I nodded in return without even thinking as my long pierced ears gave a little jingle at the motion. "Yeah, got everything in my car. Hid it all with a blanket." "Good," he said with a little bit of a grin now spreading across his face. I could tell he was running through the scenario in his mind as I watched his ears twitch a few times, but after they paused for a moment he slowly added, "I've got all my stuff ready too. I can't wait! But, we still have one night to be our normal boring selves. My parents don't get home until late like always, so... what do you want to do?" "Do you even need to ask?" I continued with a grin slowly creeping up and over my face. # Ten minutes later we were locked in and set up in the lobby, looking for other players to join us in a good old-fashioned game of Doom. It might have been a bit outdated, but Quake didn't quite run well enough on the 33.6k modem Eric's family had, especially with both of us trying to play at the same time. Plus there were tons of other people in the same boat as us, so the matches were always packed. Nothing beat the bloody and gory action of DOOM anyway, and I couldn't imagine a better way to spend a depressing night. Well, not many better ways anyway. We played for hours and we never got bored. The sun had set ages ago and we were still furiously clicking and shouting away, loud enough for Eric's Dad to hear us when he finally got in from work. He peaked his antlered head down the basement stairs to look at us and just gave off a soft grumble when he saw us in front of our two computers. "Get some sleep you two. You have school in the morning." "Yes Dad," Eric added quickly. "After this match though." That match lasted two or three more before we finally slid back and away from the computers, letting our eyes adjust back to the normal world for a moment as we both gave them a few rubs with our paws. I added in a yawn as a sudden wave of tiredness washed over me, the complete opposite of all that adrenaline filled action that had just surged through my body for the past few hours. I really began to feel it as I stood up and stretched, giving a few cracks to my limbs and another heavy yawn as I caught myself before tipping over entirely. Eric did much the same as we both stood there for a moment, contemplating what we were really going to do. But, in one slow motion I watched Eric reach down to the hem of his shirt and pull it up, sliding it off his frame and over his antlers. Once free of a shirt his paw surged down towards his pants to do the same. I didn't hesitate much myself once I saw him stripping to his underwear. I kicked off my pants and tore off my shirt, almost beating him into his bed with a little smile on my face. We both kind of fell in at the same time though, letting our bodies meet in the middle and slowly rub up against one another. His paw was the first to gently land on my hip as we lay belly to belly, and mine was quick to drape over his side and give a soft rub to his back and shoulders. We continued to lay like that for a moment, leaving us both smiling at one another before we leaned in and met for a soft kiss. It was over quick, but I pulled him in for another one a moment later as my hips gave off a little squirm during the process. Eric chuckled a bit at my eagerness once the second kiss subsided and gave my hip a pat. "Rabbits..." he added with a soft smirk in my direction. "Do you ever just relax?" "Prey species," I added back quickly, giving my long ears a flick over my shoulder to get them out of the way. "We're always on the lookout for danger. Nervous and eager twitches." Eric smirked a little wider as he leaned in, giving a little nibble to my shoulder that made me squeak just a bit. "Obviously not, or else you would've seen that coming," he stated with a soft rumble inside of his chest. That got me squealing a little bit more as I felt myself almost lose control at all the attention, finding myself breaking free of my normally depressed mood and actually giving out a rather cute little wiggle to my hips and nose. I could see it made the buck in front of me smile, and getting a little eager myself I felt my paw carefully sliding along his shoulder, then his chest, then his side, until it finally reached down towards his groin. We were no strangers to sex. We'd been dating for a year, and been fucking for just as long if not longer. Normally Eric would be more than happy to let me grab onto him and help him get off, but this time he just gave off a soft grunt and slowly twisted himself out of my grasp. It left me crying out with a weak little whimper as I looked up at him and his own torn face, seeing that need a teenage boy had mixed with something else... some kind of forced restraint. "You know," he added in with a soft breath, "I really wanted to save that up for tomorrow. Just to keep me on edge... vicious... manly..." He gave off a few more squirms that lead to him flopping onto his back while he stared up at the ceiling with a sigh. I gave off another needy whimper at his words, not ready to give in just yet as I moved my paw towards his groin again, giving the clear and rising erection another rub through his underwear. "But... tonight is our last night together... like this at least. Can't I have just one last ride? You're plenty manly as it is, full balls or not." I could tell that he was breaking down as he didn't even shift his hips away this time, letting my paw caress his growing member with a few more gentle and focused strokes. He grit his teeth and gave out a little huff before finally giving in with a strong sigh. "Mmmph, I guess you could," he finally said, although his smirk let me know his words were far more playful and needy than just the basic words conveyed. "But that means nothing for you in the morning as I do need SOME testosterone left inside of me." I cracked another firm smile at that as I nodded quickly, although I didn't necessarily agree to it. Nevertheless I quickly rolled on over and hopped up onto his chest and belly. My strong legs straddled his sides as I gave him a teasing grind back, wiggling my rump more and more into position as my paws settled down onto his chest. "Mmmph, a rabbit in his natural habitat..." Eric teased with a grin, leaving me to close my eyes and moan softly as I could feel his heat and firmness pushing against my brief-covered rump. I played right into his words, adding in a few more deep breaths and moans to further prove him right. That sexy stud could say anything to me and I'd rush right in to prove him right. I owed him as much for allowing me to be here with him. To be his friend. To be his mate. I owed him everything, and I was going to prove it tomorrow. But right now I wanted to prove that I loved him, and that I was the slutty, eager bunny he always loved to tease me about. It wasn't long before I felt him reach over towards his dresser and pull out that small bottle of lube. He gave me a soft poke at my side with it before one of my paws reached down and took hold of it. From there the rest of my motions ran like clockwork, ingrained into my mind and muscle memory from having done them so many times in the past year. I kicked myself to the side and slid off my underwear, leaving Eric space to do much the same. I didn't leave his hard and ready cock hanging long as I hopped back up within a moment, giving a soft moan as that warmth hit my bare cheeks and ground up in between them. That long but slender and tapered shaft felt perfect sliding through my ass crack and against my little fluff of a tail, and it only got better when I reached behind and drizzled down enough lube to make everything a slick mess back there. I loved the feeling and the noises it made as the buck humped up against me. I could tell he was eager and pent up as he nearly forced me down onto him more than a few times by pulling on my hips. It took me a second to get myself straight, but once I did I was quick to send my paw back and line up that cock tip with my hole. It didn't take long before he sent it surging on in like it owned the place with a heavy thrust from below. It made me gasp and squeak at first, although with a quick shush from the buck I grit my teeth and took it down to a soft whimper as I slid nearly all the way down his length. I was a good bunny, that's what he always told me, and without too much more strain I was soon resting my rump cheeks on his sheath as I took in a few heavy breaths of my own. My own smallish cock was busy throbbing on his belly fur at the moment, and each grind we shared left me straining to keep my voice down. With a few small grunts from the buck he started to push and lift me up a few inches off him, leaving my legs to kick into gear and do what rabbits were best at doing - hopping. I wasn't incredibly athletic, but if there was one part of me that could win any contest it was my legs. That was even truer for the muscles I was using now as I leaned forwards and began to slide myself up and down that long length of cock. It poked deep inside me with each journey I made down its slick length, leaving me gasping and grunting as I bottomed out and felt the tip poke out gently against my belly. I started out slow at first, but as both the buck and I started to get into it the bed began to squeak rather loudly at our combined effort. I'm sure his parents knew what we did down here. It was far from the first time we were going at it like this, and we were more or less open to them about being together. But Eric didn't really care what they thought. I didn't care either, and his parents were usually too busy to care. We did what we liked, and what I liked was bouncing on the buck's groin. I had made it almost into an art at this point, and I could tell by Eric's moans and breathes just how close he was and what I needed to do to keep him going or get him off. Tonight was going to be a challenge though. We hadn't done anything in nearly a week, and by the sounds he was making he wasn't going to be able to hold back for too long. I did my best to draw it out and enjoy the ride, but when I knew there was little I could do to hold him back I went for it - full on bed squeak and deep gasps as my hips and legs gave it all they had. That always sent him over the edge, and as my own leaking cock smacked along into his belly fur I could feel his nails dig into my thighs and hips. They pushed again my fur and skin firmly, getting almost painful as his huge eruption surged into me with a hot rush through my insides. Again and again I slapped my ass down into his thighs, milking out every last drop I could like a good slutty bunny, hearing him moan and tense up before his paws finally brought my bouncing hips to a full rest with me hilted over his shaft. "Holy fuck," he added through his deep breaths, leaving me to smile and squeeze just a bit around him as our bodies surged with tingling pleasure. I was still hard myself, but at the same time I didn't really care. I had gotten him off, and I shared in his ecstatic state with a little happy sigh of my own. Getting him off was the biggest release I could hope for, so as my cock slowly shrunk back and away I didn't even care that I didn't cum. It simply left me happy knowing that he did, and that was plenty enough to make me happy. I gave off a few more little bounces and squeezes in the passing moments before slowly starting to lean forwards. Soon I felt my panting chest press to his own while his long cock stayed imbedded inside of me, at least for a few final moments. Once it softened enough it slipped out with a little pop, and a little dribble of his cum began to leak down my taint and towards my balls. I thought about letting it drip back down onto him, but like a good rabbit I saved the mess only for myself. I finally forced myself to slide off him and slowly waddled over to get a tissue or two, cleaning myself off before tossing him the box a moment later. "Hell of a ride," he said with a happy smile as I laid back down next to him, giving off a little squeak as I cuddled back up against his still deep breathing frame. "Sure was," I added back with a smile. "Thank you for letting me ride you. I really wanted that." "Thanks for sticking with me and for coming tomorrow," he added with one final large breath before his breathing returned to normal. "I appreciate it a lot. They won't forget either of our names. That I can promise you." "Thanks for letting me come with you," I added with a nuzzle against his chest. "I'll do my best to make sure everything goes just as you planned." That got me a little kiss to the top of my head before the buck gently rolled away from my grasp, leaving me to do much the same as I gave off a little huff and settled in for the night. "Goodnight Eric," I added with another sleepy yawn. "Goodnight Dylan," he added with his own gentle huff. # I took one last drag of my cigarette before finally dropping it onto the ground and stomping it out with one of my boots. I needed something to calm my nerves as my whiskers and fingers were twitching almost painfully quickly at this moment. The adrenaline was already busy rushing through my system, and nothing had even happened yet! The cigarette helped a little bit as I felt myself relax, but it was only when I shifted my gaze to the buck at my side that I really felt some of my tension begin to ease. His figure was that of calm, controlled fierceness at my side. He had the kind of authority and command that I'd follow anywhere, and just by being next to him it helped me to focus. I gave him one of my rare smiles, although my nerves were certainly still bubbling up as the corners of my mouth twitched and resisted the strange motion. "Relax Dylan," I heard him say with a casual smile in return. He reached over to put a paw on my shoulder, giving one of my long ears a gentle rub in the process. "Save that energy. You're gonna need it in a bit." I nodded slowly as I let out a deep breath, doing my best to filter out all my prey urges as I tried to stand there more or less still. Everything was set, now it was just a waiting game. We had parked our cars just where we'd planned, each one a small distance apart by the lunchroom entrances at school. We'd managed to place the duffel bags in the lunchroom without anyone really noticing before the lunch rush set in, each one pressed up against a support column just like Eric had planned it. The timers were set, and that'd given us just enough time to get to the other side of the school, holding the rest of our gear in two more duffel bags at our sides. What gear wasn't in each duffel bag was strapped onto us somewhere, hidden beneath our long black trench coats. I looked down at my watch and gave a nervous grit of my teeth. Two more minutes if everything went to plan. It was all I could do to keep myself from squirming nervously, but as I pressed my body back into the buck's own he gave me all the confidence I needed. His arms wrapped around my side, pulling me into a firm squeeze, and I even felt his chin land on the top of my head to further secure me into his embrace. It pushed my baseball cap down against my ears a little more, leaving me squirming with a loving coo against him. I was doing this all for him after all, and in the end I'd finally get the release that I wanted as well. I couldn't imagine any better way of doing it than with him by my side, and that made me grind into him all that much harder as I felt a little kiss fall onto the top of my head. "Alright, get ready," he finally said as he had to pry my arms off of him, leaving me to step forwards just a bit and nod with another heavy breath. Any second now things would start, one way or another, and there was no turning back from here. But I was ready, or at least I thought I was. The first sudden explosion shook the ground underneath me, causing me to squeak and jump a good bit even though I knew it was coming at some point. It shook the whole school and left windows breaking and smashing all around us. That noise, mixed with loud and distant screams as well as a few alarms starting to go off made my ears ring and left me a bit dazed to be honest. I knew it'd be big, but at the same time I wasn't quite ready to handle it either. When the second explosion rang out a few seconds after the first it only added to the sharp ringing in my ears, and that was even before the sounds of the whole school building starting to groan began to add to the mess. I turned around to watch the building shake and rumble before the far side began to collapse. With a few heaves and a large rolling crash I watched as the library quickly began to crumble and sink down into the cafeteria underneath, crushing all of those unlucky enough to be trapped inside under a huge mountain of flaming debris. I was rather numb to the whole thing to be honest. I didn't know how to react after all these months of planning. I knew kind of what to expect, but seeing it happen in person was just awe inspiring. It's what Eric had wanted of course, and I had helped him with all that I could in making it happen. It did leave something tingling deep inside of me as I watched it unfold right before my eyes though, but as Eric turned his head back to meet mine I quickly felt that feeling fade away. The smile and grin on his face was infectious, and it was larger than I'd ever seen before. It made me break out in a smile as well as I watched him open up his lips and quickly shout out, "Fuckin' hell, it worked!" Before I could say anything back he was quick to latch onto me for a short but strong hug. Our 'hidden' gear clanged together a bit as he pulled me in hard and then let me go just as suddenly. "Alright, time for part 2. You ready for more?" I barely had time to give off a weak nod as I watched the buck reach into his trench coat and pull out a shotgun in one paw and a pistol in the other, giving them both a few swings around his fingers as he tried to act rather tough and cool. I fell for it in an instant, swooning over him for a moment before I finally reached in for my own weapons - a shotgun and a Tec-9. It was just about that time that people started racing from the doors we were standing near, desperate to get out of the now burning and collapsed building that had once been our school. It almost made things too easy for us as Eric casually lifted up his shotgun and let a blast fly into the escaping crowd, catching many of them in the back as a few of them tumbled to the ground. I was hesitant to add my own shot in at first, but after another blast or two from Eric I finally fired my own small spray of bullets into the thinning and screaming crowd, taking down a person or two myself. From then on it was almost infectious. Once I got that first shot out of the way the rest came almost naturally. It really was as if I was playing DOOM in real life, just as Eric had said it would be. The only difference was that no one was really shooting back - they were all just running away. That made it considerably less fun, but at the same time I began to find enjoyment in it before too long. It was still a challenge to see just how many of my shots would connect, and although I wasn't a great shot I still manage to keep up with Eric and his own brutal sprays of gunfire. The student's weren't dumb though - at least not most of them. It didn't take long before the streams of people stopped coming out of those doors in front of us. Either they had found other ways out, or they were still hiding inside of that burning building. Either way our targets began to get slim, and with a little nod over towards me I watched as Eric said, "Wanna go inside and see who's left?" "Sure," I added back without even thinking, following the buck through those front doors as he fired a few more rounds with his pistol. I kept my Tec-9 at the ready, grasping it firmly in my paw as we barged in, ready to shoot any moving target we could find. Eric got to them first though, scaring a group of people down a nearby flight of stairs and into the lower levels of the school with a few loud shots towards them. He wasn't one to give up so easily though. With a quick motion he reached into his duffel bag and pulled out one of the pipe bombs we'd been making in my toolshed for the past few months. All it took was a quick light to the fuse with a simple pocket lighter and it was primed. With an almost causal toss he made it bounce down the stairs after them, and it went off with a wall shaking blast a moment later. The blast rung my already ringing ears rather hard, making me squeal as I no doubt winced at the pain. But Eric just kept going, grinning all the more sadistically back at me as he gave me a glance over his shoulder. "Come on," he added, picking up his pace towards the stairs until we climbed to the first floor of the building. "We have some rooms to raid." All I could do was nod and follow along, holding my gun tightly in my paw as my ears could barely make out what he'd said. But I didn't really need to hear him - I could tell just by his body language and his eagerness just what he wanted to do. Once we both made it up to the first floor the real fun began. Eric gave off a few shots of his shotgun to clear the hallways, and from then on we did our best to kick down whatever closed doors we could find. Some were beyond our strength to bust through, but a few managed to swing open easily enough. Those cowering students and teachers praying for their lives left us plenty of time to fire on them all, or simply toss in another pipe bomb and run. Each time we got through a door I watched as the buck's grin only grew larger and larger. His enjoyment and pleasure was quickly surging throughout his body, leaving him almost cackling with joy from each sequential room we busted into. It never got old either as there was always a surprise waiting for us - either someone trying to fight back or a bunch of cowardly jock-types begging for their lives before we ended them. We left quite the trail of destruction in our wake, and it was amazing the rest of the school didn't collapse from all the holes we were putting in the floors and walls. We hit all the rooms that caused us pain, from science labs to history lectures to math classes, making sure that anyone in the area was dead and that the room was sufficiently destroyed. We left our mark all over that building, just as it had left its mark on us. Those days of being bullied were over. We had the power now, and the fear in everyone's eyes that saw us coming for them made Eric and even me shiver in pleasure just a little bit. It was great fun to follow Eric's lead, but as we started to run low on ammunition and bombs I gave a casual look at my watch and gave off a soft gasp. "Eric," I shouted out quickly, loud enough that both of our ringing ears could hear, "Only two minutes until the parking lot." He nodded slowly as he stuck a finger in his ear, trying to stop the ringing before finally giving up and heading back out into the hallway. Bodies and debris were all around us as we had to step carefully over everything on our way towards the far side of the building. We wanted to at least catch a glimpse of everyone there if we could. The firefighters, the police officers, a good group of students and their parents, and anyone else who just happened to come by and watch the school building get what it deserved were out there in the parking lot, oblivious to the danger they were all in. Just for fun Eric stuck his pistol out the window and fired off a few shots at them. I don't think any of the shots hit, and even when I stuck my own gun through a broken window none of mine seemed to hit either. But it didn't really matter anyway. Within about 30 seconds of us getting to the window and shooting off a few shots I felt the building lurch and rumble again. The bright flash made me shut my eyes tightly and look away, and that sound rocked what little hearing I had left into another dull ringing. But as I looked up again towards that parking lot I saw a scene of devastation where a group of people had been standing only a moment earlier. Both of our car bombs had exploded at almost the same time, and they were spaced out far enough that each one had their own lethal blast radius around it. The people that had been crowding around to see what was going on were now bits and pieces, scattered all over the parking lot between our still flaming cars. A wave of screams rocked the rest of the survivors as the whole crowd scattered, from police officers to scared soccer moms. Even the firefighters scrambled around a bit, trying desperately to turn their hoses back onto the burning wreckages all around, trying to stop them before any further cars exploded next to them. "Fuck yeah!" Eric shouted out, reaching his paw up for a high five which I quickly gave back. "Holy shit it worked. This has been a fuckin' epic day. Oklahoma City? They're not even gonna remember it! We will be front page news for... fuck... years probably!" "Good job," I added in with a smile, feeding off Eric's enthusiasm and blissful joy myself. It made me puff out my chest almost proudly, happy to be a part of making someone's life a little better for a chance. I was greeted with a strong hug and a firm sloppy kiss over top of my head, making me give off a cute little squeak as my paws wrapped around the buck's back for a strong hug. I squeezed him with all the energy I had left before I felt him wiggle back and out of my grasp, still smiling and panting hard at the rush he was feeling. "How much you got left?" he asked with a curious look over towards my duffel bag. It was certainly considerably lighter than it had been when we'd started, and as I pushed my paw into it to feel around I said back, "I dunno... few bombs, few clips... not a lot." "I'm about the same," he added with a small smirk after digging his own paw into his duffel bag. "What do you say we go out on a high note? I'm fuckin' ecstatic right now that everything went so good. I want that to be my last memory." I couldn't imagine myself doing anything other than nodding at those words. I could never say no to the buck, not after all we'd been through. If it was time then it was time, and with a slight twitch to my paw I added in, "Sure, if you're ready." "I'm ready," he added, pulling himself away from the window and back into the hallway. "And I know you are," he continued, leading us up a stairwell while he chucked another bomb down towards the ground floor for good measure. I could only nod and follow along, curious as to where he was going. But it didn't take me long to find out as he reached the top of the stairs and made his way down the hall, spraying the last few shotgun shells he had into the lockers before tossing away the sawed-off weapon. I followed suit, leaving a few of my own holes into the windows and walls, before watching him duck into an open room. I looked at the number as another smile creeped over my face. "The room we first met in?" I sprang out suddenly as I strolled inside behind him, watching him turn and nod to me as he pulled out his pistol. "What better place, right?" he added with a smile, giving his pistol a twirl in his paw before grasping it steady once again. "The place that started it all. The place that put our names into the history books. You told me that you'd amount to nothing in your life, but I helped prove you wrong." I nodded slowly as I laid down my shotgun and pulled out my Tec-9, feeling my paw squeeze tightly around it with a deep and heavy sigh. "I did it all for you," I started after a moment, looking up at him with one more weak smile over my face. "Thank you for letting me. I love you Eric, and I'd do anything for you." "You've certainly proven that," he continued with a warm smile, opening his arms and inviting me into his embrace. "You've earned your part in history just as I did. Now it's time for your own reward. I've stopped you from doing it a few times already, but now... I think it's finally time we do it together." I nodded a little as I felt my paw hoist up my gun, slowly pressing the hot barrel to my temple as I took in a few deep breaths. "Together," I squeaked out with a soft nod. He leaned in to give me one final kiss right on the lips. It was a kiss that only lasted a few seconds, but those were undoubtedly the best few seconds of my life. As he pulled back he slowly moved his own pistol down and underneath his chin while he gave off a small nod. "On my count," he commanded, leaving me to nod in return. "Three, two, one...." As my finger began to squeeze against that trigger, feeling my other paw still grasping onto Eric's side tightly, I knew I was doing it for a lot of reasons. I was depressed, my life sucked, and I didn't want to deal with the pain anymore. Eric had been a shining moment in my brief and pitiful existence, and he was the reason I was here now. He was the reason I had lasted until this point, and he was the reason that I felt any happiness at all in my last year on Earth. Even in death I knew I wasn't doing it all for me, no matter how much I wanted to. I was doing it for the only one I loved - the only one I cared about - and the only one that cared about me. I pulled that trigger for many reasons, but the main one... the main one was Eric.