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Escalation: Part 2 by: Pent Ghelsburg

Disclaimer: This story series is the first part of the eighth continuation of my other series. While it is not directly related to the background story of my fursona, it is very early in his life. This story attempts to maintain the scientific realism of my other works while exploring new themes. Let me know if you have any comments, suggestions, or criticisms. I am open to everything so please feel free to leave me a message!

Chapter 6; So-called sleep

The night dragged on slower than normal. Arthur tossed and turned and each time he did so, it made him feel more uneasy than before. He had to make sure each time he moved about that the smaller cub remained undisturbed. Surprisingly each time he rustled, the arctic fox remained stalwart in slumber. It seemed that Pent was a much deeper sleeper than he was. The fourth time it occurred, the Eskimo could take it no longer. He had to get up and do something. The puppy slowly backed away from the other boy and kneeled so he could get up and out of bed.

Looking over at the digital clock, it seemed it was around midnight. Luckily for him, some moonlight lit up the room, making it easier for him to navigate around. Arthur was able to get over Pent without issue and looked back to make sure his friend was still asleep. This was most definitely the case as the other boys right arm was slumped over the side of the bed. The Eskimo moved close enough to guide it back to a more comfortable position. The cub smiled at his own good deed and stood back before straightening his posture out.

Arthur wasn't entire sure what to do with himself. It wasn't normal for him to be restless. Looking down at himself, wondering what to do, he found the culprit. His member was rock hard and tenting in his boxers. It seemed his own horniness was the cause for his being up. Perhaps it was being so close to Pent? It had to be thee case since they were getting so close to each other now. He knew he had to do something about it or he wouldn't be able to go to sleep.

The boy wasn't about to bother his friend about his own issue. He began to think of how he could solve his issue. Turning on the computer wasn't an option since it would both make noise and add more light, thus risk waking people up. Looking at his hamper, he got an idea and walked over to it. Once he was close enough he began to dig through it, wondering if Pent had put his stuff in it earlier. Looking inside, he a bundle of his own stuff, but just below the top layer was a small set of briefs which didn't appear to be his own.

Arthur smiled a bit as he pulled them out of the hamper and looked over the bed to make sure the other boy hadn't been woken up. The Eskimo wanted to be extra safe and definitely didn't want to be caught regardless of the other cub's vices. Once he had confirmed he obvious, the puppy brought the underwear to his nose and took a deep whiff. This single indulgence caused his loins to ache almost immediately. Already his red rocket had slipped outside of his sheath and was pressing against his boxers. He settled down so that he was sitting on his behind and tail.

The puppy brought back the delicates to his nose and smelled once more. The underwear was still slightly moist as it hadn't completely dried. There was definitely the scent of musk to it, though nothing overbearing. All that Arthur knew is that he could smell Pent and the aroma was alluring. The boy took his spare paw and placed it over his bulge and began rubbing himself over the fabric of his boxers. Already his cock was aching with desire and he knew he wouldn't last long. He pressed the crotch of the fabric flat against his nostrils and inhaled.

Each tempered whiff caused him to moan just under his breath. Already his breathing was picking up and Arthur could sense himself getting closer to his limit. He knew he was easy to please and continued taking long extended smells of the musk, allowing it to invade his nostrils. Within moments his shaft was leaking precum and he began to stroke himself ever faster as he tried to taper his desire in an effort to make as little noise as possible. But it didn't seem to matter since Pent was apparently a deep sleeper.

The cub lasted another mere half-minute before his crotch let loose into his own underwear. Arthur didn't bother taking them off as to avoid making a mess and the boy sighed in relief as he reduced his pumping to a complete stop. The Eskimo slowly picked himself up and stripped off the now and threw it over into his hamper. The makeshift pants hung over the side and he paid them no further attention before finding himself another pair to wear for the rest of the night. He could only hope that he wouldn't wake again.

Stepping back to the bed, Arthur began to worry if he would be able to get back in his original position without waking the other boy. Carefully the cub positioned his left knee on the bed before trying to pivot himself over Pent. Slowly but surely he moved. His lower portion barely brushing against the fox, eventually bringing himself back down so that he was back in a lying down position. Arthur raised his paw back over to the side of Pent and gently fell back to sleep, having a good night's rest over the ordeal was over.

Chapter 7: RC Race

The next morning came with the rising of the sun. Pent was the first one to get up as his body was engineered to wake up with the school hours. Even without an alarm clock, he almost always got up near 7AM. When he awoke, he was careful not to wake Arthur who was still asleep when the fox awoke. The kit stood up and stretched, allowing the sun to wake him up from his state of slumber. Pent felt his stomach rumble and figured it was time to wake his friend up.

The fox stepped back over to where the bed was and gently rustled his friend. It only took a few seconds of the action to rouse his friend, who was nowhere near as deep a sleeper as he was.

"Morning sleepy-head." Pent joked as his friend came around.

"Morning." Arthur eventually roused and stretched before yawning.

"What do you want to do today?" The fox asked curious if the other boy had anything in mind.

"Hmm...well you're the guest so what do you want to do?" The Eskimo rubbed his eyes in an effort to get the crust out of his lids.

"I'm not really sure." Pent's lack of social activities showed when he was expected to come up with something.

"How about we race some RC cars?" Arthur figured it was simple enough to manage either inside or out once they ate breakfast.

"Oh...that sounds neat. I've never done that before." The kit's tail was wagging gently behind him in anticipation.

"Cool. Let's go get some breakfast." The puppy finally got out of bed and began to head to the kitchen with the other boy hot on his heels.

The two arrived in the kitchen which appeared to have no one else in it. Arthur assumed his mother had already left for work, so it was nothing really to be worried about. The puppy approached the cupboard before rifling through it and looking for something to eat.

Pent in the meanwhile opened the fridge and sought out the Orange juice before taking it out and placing it on the table. Afterward, he found some clean cups and poured both of them some drink, while still leaving the carton on the table. Before long the Eskimo had located some toaster pastries but didn't bother to actually put them in the toaster to be warmed. The flavor was Rasberry, which was his favorite. He took it out of the box and ripped open the foil packaging before serving one to each of them.

The two of them sat together silently and nibbled away at their tarts. They weren't incredibly tasty but it was better than nothing. Once they were done, they cleaned up their mess and Pent wiped down the table. Meanwhile, Arthur left the kitchen to see if he could find a second car to live up to his promise of an RC car. He figured he had an old one sitting around in his closet. When Pent had finished he followed the dog into his room so he could get changed out of his makeshift pajamas.

"Got something I can wear today?" Pent figured this to be the case since he didn't want to wear the pajamas outside.

"Yeah, just find whatever. Not like it matters, we're not trying to impress people." Arthur didn't much care what the fox wore as long as he was comfortable.

Arthur continued to search through his closet before coming onto an old RC truck. It was pretty beat up but its radio was literally right next to it, so he figured it would have to do. Pent didn't take a long time to find some suitable clothes. A simple t-shirt and some gym shorts would have to do, despite it being one size too large for him. The puppy retrieved it from the space and pulled it out before setting it on the floor in order to change into something else. Once both were clothed, they were ready to go out and have a race.

The Eskimo handed his friend both of the controllers before picking up the cars. Pent followed the larger cub outside to his back yard. Arthur set both of the cars on the grass of his back yard. They were all-terrain vehicles despite being so small and the cub was rather proud of them since he was the one who maintained them. Arthur began to show the other cub how to operate the vehicle which used a combination of a small wheel rotary and trigger mechanism near the handle of what appeared to be gun-shaped.

"So ready to race?" Arthur stood back up as he started up his vehicle and positioned right next to Pent's.

"Sure." The fox was rather keen to see just how fast the little cars could go.

"Want to make it interesting?" The Eskimo had an idea in mind, even if he knew he had the upper hand.

"You're on! What're the stakes?" Pent wasn't one to turn down a contest, even if he wasn't skilled at something.

"Loser has to do what the winner wants? First one around the back yard wins." The bigger cub extended his paw out in a gesture of confirmation.

"Alright on three? 1...2...3..." The fox pulled the trigger down with his fingers as his blue and yellow buggy shot off alongside Arthurs's red and black racing car.

The two cars jetted along the side of the fence. Pent pulled ahead a few times but soon lost control of the vehicle as it spun out of control on a turn and rammed the fence. Arthur felt a little bad but knew the experience of the other boy certainly had a part in his wreck. The Eskimo stopped in his tracks and went over to where the car was hung up and pulled it back onto the track. After re-arranging his friends car, Pent was back on track. However, that didn't change that Arthur was still way in front of him.

It was no surprise who won when Arthur came around the makeshift finish line. Jumping in jubilation as he cheered for his victory, no matter how seemingly small it was.

"Congrats dude." Pent offered his show of support as he was no spoiled sport about losing.

"Looks like I win. I'm gonna have to show you how to race better for next time." Arthur was never one to rub in a victory no matter the prize.

"So...what do I have to do?" The fox stood there curiously thinking what his friend could possibly have in mind for him.

Arthur began to think deeply as he wasn't entirely sure what he wanted. An idea was nagging him in the back of his mind but he wasn't so sure about it.

"Hmm, let's get something to drink and I'll think about it?" The Eskimo wasn't ready to make a choice just yet and wanted time to think about it.

The dog sat there a moment thinking deeply. Something was bothering him and he was lost in thought.

Chapter 8: Decisions

Pent stood there for a moment before realizing his friend was lost in the moment. The kit bent over to pick up his car. Once he stood back up, it took him a second to figure out that Arthur needed a little coaxing in order to come out of his funk.

"Coming?" The fox asked before starting to head inside.

"Oh...sorry." Arthur wasn't far behind, doing the same with his own vehicle.

"What would you like?" The fox asked trying to be helpful.

"Oh whatever is fine. Just help yourself. Let me go put away the cars." The dog grabbed his friends borrowed car and headed towards his room.

Meanwhile, the fox went to the fridge and fetched out some milk for himself, remembering that Arthur enjoyed fruit punch so he grabbed a carton of that as well. He poured both of them into a cup and served them onto the table.

It wasn't long before Arthur returned into the kitchen.

"Drinks are ready. Bottoms up." The fox stated as his friend's footsteps could be heard against the tile.

"Cool, thanks." The puppy sat down and began drinking his juice rather quickly.

Pent was much slower about downing his own beverage. The puppy gave him a light stare as he finished his drink. The fox thought it awkward but decided to ignore it. Once he finished, Arthur grabbed both of the cups and washed them out in the sink before putting them in the washer.

"Wanna go to my room?" The puppy's voice had a slight indication of nervousness to it.

"Sure." Pent didn't readily pick up on the tremor in Arthur's voice.

They vacated the kitchen and headed towards Arthur's room. The whole time Arthur was thinking about what he had in mind. What would Pent think about it? A thousand thoughts ran through his young mind, the hallway seemingly much longer than it should have been. Eventually they reached his room and the smaller cub was the first one to sit down. The Eskimo stepped in front of him with a rather serious look on his face. It was time...he thought.

"So I know what I want you to do for me." Arthur twiddled his fingers between his paws.

"What's that, bud?" Pent asked with a light smile on his snout.

"I want..." The puppy stopped before he finished his sentence and turned blood red.

"You've been acting weird. What is it?" The fox stood up and put his arm over the taller boy's shoulder to put him at ease.

"Promise not to be mad?" The Eskimo was very worried he would upset Pent.

"Of course not." Pent leaned in to hug the other boy tighter before letting him go.

Arthur sighed and took a moment before he spoke again.

"I want...to see you naked." The puppy finally let the cat out of his bag.

"Uh...." The fox was a little caught off guard by the request.

"It's okay...you don't have to if you don't want to." Within a mere fraction of a second, the dog had retracted his request as he felt like he had offended Pent.

"Only...if you lock the door?" The smaller cub figured it was alright as long as no one else saw other than Arthur.

"Really...? Are you sure...?" Arthur's heart was beating a kilometer a minute once the response was spoken.

"If...that's what you really want?" Truthfully Pent was nervous and uncertain about showing himself naked.

"Yeah...I guess..." The dog wasn't really sure how to respond to that question.

"Okay...lock the door then..." Pent had a huge knot in his stomach as he said that he was convinced to do it if Arthur wanted it.

The larger cub stepped away towards the door and flipped the lock as he looked back at Pent and was taking off his shoes. Arthur had seen Pent in his underwear but never really seen him naked in a private setting before. He was incredibly nervous as his crush began to undress in front of him. The fox was very slow and methodical in taking off his clothes. It was kinda strange to have Arthur looking at him so closely.

"Can you turn around?" Pent was still feeling rather meek about taking off his pants.

"Uh...sure..." Arthur wanted his friend to feel as comfortable as possible.

"I'll tell you when I'm ready..." The fox watched as his friend spun around.

Pent began to take his pants off bit by bit, only bothering to unbutton them. Sliding them down only peeled off part of his zipper as he brought them to his knees. All that was left now was the boxers he borrowed from Arthur. They were slightly big for him so pulling them off wasn't really an issue. He pulled them down to his knees and took a deep sigh.

"I'm...ready...." Pent was shivering and overly nervous, at first covering his sheath with his paws.

"Okay..." Arthur was nervous too as he turned around, disappointed to find his friend still mostly clothed.

The puppy figured it was better than nothing, looked down and saw that the lithe arctic fox was covering himself.

"Am I done now? Can I put my clothes back on?" The fox hadn't really achieved full nudity and yet still felt very uncomfortable about the situation.

"Can I see?..." Arthur wasn't about to back out now...he was too close to what he thought he wanted.

"Um...alright..." Arthur egging on Pent was really the only consolation the fox kit needed.

Slowly but surely the smaller cub moved his two paws away. Eventually, he was mostly bare from the waist down.

Arthur stared a moment, looking over the bottom portion of the boy's body. His stomach began to stir with butterflies as he fixated on it for a moment. They stood parallel to each other sharing an awkward moment of silence as neither said anything for at least a minute. Eventually, Arthur snapped out of his gaze.

"See...that wasn't so bad was it?" Stepping forward hugging Pent who was completely caught off guard.

Pent's unguarded crotch pressed into Arthur's pants as the two shared a hug. The foxes arms resting limply on his sides.

Pent felt a little better with Arthur hugging him, even if it was a bit awkward since he was naked. The other cub's warmth made butterflies jostle around in his stomach. The embrace lasted for a few moments before the puppy pulled away again.

"Want to see mine..." Arthur asked feeling a bit unfair about not sharing in the moment.

The fox thought about it. It took a few moments of self-reflection before he nervously replied.

"Okay..." Pent figured it would only be natural to see Arthur naked as well.

Arthur wasn't as hesitant as Pent was about removing his pants and underwear, pulling them off rather readily, not bothering to cover himself as the fox did.

When the puppy was mostly naked from the waist down, Pent could see a bit of the tip of his red cock.

"You're...hard?" The fox obviously noticed since he understood how the anatomy worked all too well.

"Yeah...a little...sorry." Arthur felt a bit embarrassed now and covered himself.

"It's okay. I don't mind but maybe we should get dressed before your parents get home?" The fox suggested it since he was still a little uncomfortable around others naked.

"You're right." The puppy bent over and put his underwear and pants back on.

Eventually Arthur's hardon dissipated once he put his clothes back on. He was pretty happy about that and still a little embarrassed about it.

"So what do you want to do now?" Arthur asked once the little event had subsided.

"Uh...is there a community pool around?" Pent was familiar with the area but wasn't sure if there was one close to his friend's house.

"Yeah, there's one within bike distance. You want to go?" The dog asked before thinking about the idea.

"Yeah, sure that sounds good to me. Can I borrow a suit?" The fox felt silly about redressing now but it was a dead issue.

"Of course, they should fit you. I'll get you one, bud." Arthur walked over to his wardrobe and looked through his bathing suits.

It took a few moments for Arthur to locate something for Pent. They were at the bottom of his drawer. He located two pairs of trunks to Pent and simply nodded at him. Thinking a nice dip in the pool. Truly he was looking forward to it, along with spending some more time with Pent as well. Arthur packed a small bag of things with some suntan lotion and towels inside. It seemed they were ready to go.

Chapter 9 A Refreshing Dip

The community pool was about a 10-minute bike ride from Arthur's house. The two of them rode on the same bike with Pent hanging on from behind using some pegs to maintain his balance while holding onto Arthur's shoulders. When he parked the two cubs could see there were some people around. It wasn't crazy busy but there were definitely enough cars and bikes out front to establish that there were other people there.

"Come on, let's go." Arthur parked the bike before Pent descended from his perch.

The two cubs walked paw in paw into the community pool. Looking around it was even more obvious that it was busy. There were various cubs running around the pool without regard for their own safety, a pair of girls almost knocking into the couple as they ran by. Arthur and Pent decided to just ignore it as they made their way past the entrance of the pool and over towards some beach chairs. The Eskimo grabbed his bag from his shoulder and fished out the two towels before handing one to Pent.

Arthur laid his flat and stretched out on one of the latex tops of the chairs while Pent simply left his at the foot of his friend's seat.

"Can you put some suntan lotion on me?" Arthur asked as he took that it out of the bag and handed it to his friend.

"Sure, I can do that." Pent didn't mind helping his friend out since he knew it was hard to reach your own back when you did it yourself.

The Eskimo sat up and rotated himself around on the lawn chair before taking his shirt off. The smaller cub took the bottle and squirted some into his paw before trying to rub it on his best friends back. The puppy couldn't help but close his eyes and enjoy Pent's soft touch.

The fox reapplied some of the ointment onto his paw and continued to revolve his paw around in circles along the ridges of Arthur's furry back. It was much harder on Anthro's since their fur didn't allow much access to the skin below. Stil eventually, he was able to cover the entirety of the boys back.

"Wanna turn around so I can get the other side?" The kit suggested so he could do his front as well.

"Okay." The puppy pivoted his body around on the chair, now facing his friend.

Pent squirted a little bit into Arthur's belly as it dripped down a bit. The fox extended out his paw and began to rub it in the same manner he had done with the cubs back.

Arthur closed his eyes and enjoyed the feeling of his friend touching him. It was rather soothing and reassuring. Pent took another few moments to finish his task, the other cub just giving him a starry-eyed look. He ignored it and applied some lotion to himself, only taking about half as much time for himself.

"You ready then?" The fox as he was already hot from standing under the sun with it beating down on his fur.

"Yeah..." The Eskimo muttered a bit as he stood up and bulleted towards the pool.

Surprisingly Arthur was the first one into the pool despite the fact that Pent was already up and on his feet.

When they jumped in, the water was cold and refreshing. Some of the crowd stared at them as they made quite the splash, one after the other.

"Hey watch it, you two..." One of the older patrons complained and swam away from them.

"Sorry..." Pent felt bad but the feeling didn't last long once Arthur started splashing him.

"Gotcha!" Arthur announced as he playfully pushed water towards the smaller cub.

The fox quickly returned with his own assault without care for guarding himself as he splashed his friend over and over again.

"Stop it or I will be forced to eject you from the pool." The life-otter warned them from his stand overlooking the pool.

That reminder was enough for them to stop. Neither of them wanted to be ejected from the pool, especially since they had essentially just gotten there.

"Well, that's no fun. Now what?" Arthur asked as he was disappointed by the strictness of the life-otter.

"We could play a game or something?" Pent already had another idea in mind that he was sure would be fun.

"What do you want to play?" The Eskimo wasn't sure what his friend had in mind.

"How about Marco Polo?" It was the only pool-related game the fox could think of off the top of his head.

"Sure you wanna be it?" The puppy was familiar with the rules and keen on getting started.

"Alright get ready" The kit closed his eyes by covering them with his paws.

Arthur began wading around the pool, walking around trying his best to avoid the other patrons in the pool.

"Marco." Pent began calling the name in order to find his friend.

"Polo!" Arthur sounded off trying to keep away from his friend.

Then the Eskimo remembered that you could go out of the water and quickly made his way over to the shallow end of the pool. Soon Arthur was out of the pool, continuing to answer his friend each time the name Marco was announced. The Eskimo stopped by the scruff of his neck and picked up to be gotten rid of. The boy whined a bit, giving up his location rather easily.

"Fish out of water!" Pent shouted out loud.

But it was too late. Soon the lifeguard got the both of them.

"Get both of your stuff and leave. You're done. I warned you." The life-otter pointed to the exit and waited there while they made their way out.

"Fine...we weren't having fun anyways." Arthur relented even know the opposite was true.

Pent and his friend gathered there stuff before finally leaving. Some other furs passing them by and murmuring a bit as they crossed paths. The Eskimo and his escort made their way back to the bike, a little loss for what to do next.

"So what do you want to do now that we got kicked out from the pool...?" The fox asked as he was unsure what they could do instead.

"Well...How would you like to go to the movies with me or something?" It was the puppies strange way of asking the other boy on a date.

"Like a date...?" Pent's face turned blood red at the thought of the idea even if did sound appealing to him.

"Uhuh, we could go tonight. I'm sure there is something playing..." Arthur really didn't care what movie it was as long as he got to spend time with Pent.

"Oh...okay!" The fox's tail wagged happily behind him.

"Cool, so like 7 or 8 sound good?" The Eskimo wanted to make sure the other cub didn't have plans already.

"Y-yeah..." Pent was a little nervous as he'd never been on a real date before.

"Sounds good. Come on, let's go home then." The puppy went over to the bike and waited for his friend.

The two went back home together. Arthur dropped Pent off as his place and went home. The fox and Eskimo both had a ball of butterflies in their stomach. The puppy was glad that Pent had said yes, but still uncertain of how it would all turn out. The kit, on the other hand, was a bundle of nerves and anxiety had already set in. It would take almost an hour for him to get ready and he was prepared well in advance of the event itself.

Chapter 10: A night out on the town.

Arthur eventually texted that the show was at 7 and that he'd arrive at Pent's around 630. When 6 rolled around, Pent's nerves had resurfaced. Sama literally had to sit him down and talk to him the 20 minutes or so to calm him down. Eventually, there was a knock at the door and Pent bounded for the door, already dressed in a khaki and matching red striped polo. He considered it dressy and it was one of the nicest things he owned other than his blazer and more formal wear.

Sama watched closely as Pent opened the door, a little nervous for Pent as well but still happy for him. The cub opened the door and saw his friend waiting for him. Arthur was in a cheesy white button-up shirt with a black bowtie. His pants nothing more than some semi-formal black shorts as he wasn't one to wear trousers very often. Still, it was a nice touch, he even bothered to wear some penny loafers which seemed to be shined.

"Ready, my dude?" Arthur asked with a cheeky grin on his face.

"Uhuh," Pent grinned in response. "What are we seeing?"

"Don't worry. I think you'll like it."The Eskimo winked - he had always been a bit of a tease and tonight was no different.

"You good, kids?" Samaliel called out as he saw the two boys getting ready to leave. "Need a ride?"

"Naw, we'll just walk. It's a nice night out anyways." Pent answered his brother with a smile, and the teen nodded in response.

"Alright, call me if you need me to pick you up."

"Okay, cya bro!" Pent made his way out the door with Arthur and shut the door behind them.

Once they were alone, Arthur looked at Pent and smiled.

"You look good, Pent."The puppy was careful and avoided the word "handsome." His compliment caused Pent's face to blush.

"Thanks, you look good too.." The fox began before Arthur suddenly grabbed his paw and held it tightly.

"Want to go to the park?" Arthur blurted out and Pent frowned at him, confused.

"What about the movie?"

"The movie can wait. I just needed an excuse to get us out of the house." Arthur replied sheepishly. "I heard there's gonna be a full moon tonight, so..maybe it would be nice to watch."

"Oh sure, if you want. That's cool." Pent didn't mind stargazing anyways, and it did admittedly sound more romantic than a movie.

"Thought you might like that. Come on!" Arthur tugged at his friend and ushered him away in the direction of the park.

The park was actually in the same location as the park. It was all centrally located for people to congregate and there was even an event complex for when there were things like concerts. Since they were walking, it took twice as long, though neither seemed to mind. Both of them were athletic, so a little walk didn't bother them. Once they got closer, neither could see people around. Just a security guard and a few other wanderers it seemed.

"Let's go to the hill and chill up there?" The puppy suggested since he assumed the breeze would be better up there.

Pent's excitement piqued and his ears twitched. With excitement "Sounds good. Maybe we can find Ursa Major!"

"Pssh...such a nerd" Arthur leaned on his friend and gave him a playful rub on the head.

The fox pulled away from his friend's grasp. "Har...har very funny."

The two continued their path towards the hill which was down ways in the distance. It was the highest point in the park and a place where couples often went to laze about. Everyone knew about it and normally it was busy. However, it didn't seem to be overall busy that particular night which was surprising. Eventually, they made their way to the top of the hill. It wasn't very high up but it could easily oversee the rest of the park. Arthur sat down before patting the floor next to him, coaxing Pent to join him.

Soon the fox sat himself down and the two sat down together. Pent tilted his head up and looked into the sky. It was a full moon as Arthur had sad and many stars could be seen overhead.

"Look it's Ursa..."

Arthur suddenly interjected. "Major...yeah yeah I know."

Eventually, Arthur laid down flat and tried to get comfortable on the otherwise hard ground.

"It's a nice night out, yeah?" The Eskimo smiled, his heart soaring higher than ever before.

Pent joined his friend and laid down next to him. "Uhuh..."

The bigger cub reached out and grabbed his friend's paw, they were now joined as one. The sky was clear and you could see for just about any star in the sky. All of a sudden a shooting star-struck across the sky.

"Oh look..." The fox noticed the streak of light across the skyline.

Arthur finishing the statement. "...a shooting star."

"Did you wish for anything?" Pent looked over at his friend curiously.

"Nah, I already got what I want..." Arthur rolled over to face his friend.

An awkward silence was shared for a moment and eventually, Pent joined him and looking into the other boy's eyes. The Eskimo finally breaking the awkward moment and lunging forward to plant a kiss on his boyfriend's face. The bigger cub even going as far as to explore the foxes maw. It was the longest and most passionate kiss they'd shared to date. When it was finally over, both of them were flush in embarrassment.

"So, uh...wanna be my boyfriend?" Arthur felt like it was true already but wanted to be sure just in case.

Pent thought the question to be silly and smirked a bit. "Yeah...okay."

The two remained on the hilltop for another hour or so. Pent spending a great deal of time pointing out every constellation he could find. Arthur finding it a bit cheesy but otherwise enjoying the nature of his friend's obsession with the cosmos. Eventually, they had to return home. Both of them had curfews and had originally planned to be home after the normal length of a movie. Looking at his watch Arthur could see it was time to go home.

"Come on, let's go home." The Eskimo frowned but knew the night had to end.

They walked home together with Arthur seeing Pent to his house. The two show up at the Ghelsburg home shortly after 9:30. It was pretty good timing, all things considered.

"I had a good night tonight...Thanks, Arthur." Pent looked down sheepishly.

The bigger cub reached to hug his friend. "Me too, bud. Let's do it again soon."

"Yeah...good night! See ya at school, dude." The fox felt bubbly and wanted to share his night with Samaliel.

Arthur and Pent separated ways, though still on each other's night. Neither would forget that night. Sharing it with their respective families. It would be something they would remember the rest of their lives. Their first date had gone swimmingly...