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Chapter 38: The Beach House

The five-day cruise was adventurous and fun for the Winterses. Keanu sent pictures to Hunter during the trip as they explored Ensenada, Mexico, and Catalina Island. It was one of the few things that Hunter could entertain himself during the winter break to past the time as he was mentally eager for the Rylan's intervention this January. Good thing there was the incoming mini-vacation at Xerxes' beach house after Christmas Day that would keep him furtherly distracted.

Being generous, Hunter visited Keanu's apartment after coming back home from their vacation cruise this Wednesday at noon. Keanu had bought souvenirs from both destinations and wanted to share them with Hunter.

"I got some t-shirts for each one of you when I was in Ensenada!" Keanu said while unpacking his suitcase and pulling out several colorful t-shirts of different sizes.

"Oh! That's so nice. So, which one is mine?" Hunter asked.

"This one!" Keanu showed him a maroon t-shirt with the name Ensenada on the chest and Mexico on the lower waist, encircling a big orange sunset with blue silhouetted palm trees and surfers.

"Looks very cool, thank you!" Hunter said kindly. "Is it my size?"

"Yeah, I texted you for your size, but sometimes I must guess on others, and I haven't gotten their replies yet, but I assume that most of you guys are about medium and small. But no doubt that Xerxes is extra-large, so I easily found the biggest shirt for him that will fit him." Keanu pulled out an extra-large cyan shirt with a jungle scenery with the said name on it.

"Does this mean you also have one for Broderick?"

"Yeah, medium-large, right?"

"Yeah, but you should also know that he usually wears shirts with zippers because of his horns."

"But I have always seen him wearing a simple shirt, so I assume he has no problems taking it off over his head."

"True, but he actually wears button shirts and shirts with zippers, so it'll be easier for him to take off his clothes without pulling them over his head."

"Oh, I see."

"However, Broderick had lost his other horn, so he will probably wear it when you give it to him."

"Ah, okay!" Keanu's tails wagged confidently. "Also, I have your early Christmas gift!"

"Already, huh?"

"Yeah," Keanu dug his hands inside the opened suitcase and pulled out a small box. "Merry Christmas, Hunter." Keanu handed him a gift.

"A sports watch, huh? How nice, thank you!" Hunter stepped forward, giving him a hug and kiss.

Keanu smiled and blushed. "To tell you the truth, it was Crystal who convinced me, so..." he shrugged, "...so I look at the colors, green and black, and it reminds me of you... and your eyes."

Hunter laughed. "I guess, I should start preparing your Christmas gift then."

"Sure, I'll wait."

"Alright, now let's see if this shirt fits me..." Hunter put his gift aside on the bed and started to lift his dark green shirt off.

"Uh..." Keanu trailed off, but he didn't protest.

While Keanu enjoyed staring at Hunter all shirtless as he picked up the maroon shirt and slipped his head through it and found it nice and snugly, almost compressing his build. "Hey, it fits well."

"I think you're size large, Hunter." Keanu reconsidered his choice of size.

"I do, but it doesn't hurt to show off a little, right?" Hunter winked. "I bet you chose this one on purpose."

"I must have underestimated your size, okay? But you told me medium-large, right?"

"Heh, I did, so I can do this, watch." Hunter bounced his pectorals; the letters Ensenada were dancing on his shirt. Keanu's eyes boggled and ogled. There was no sound coming from it, but Keanu could picture and hear a pair of bongos playing in the rhythm of his bounces. It was hot!

He quickly looked away embarrassed but laughed. "Oh god, Hunter, stop it!"

Hunter proudly laughed, stopping his teases, but it was only the beginning.

"Keanu," his father called, "wanna set the Christmas tree together?"

"Sure, Dad," Keanu replied and turned at Hunter from the door. "Wanna decorate the Christmas tree?"

Hunter smiled. "Sure."

Hunter changed back to his previous shirt and joined Keanu and Kendall in decorating the faux Christmas tree with fake snow added to it. It was a small five-foot-tall tree that was under towered by Kendall, Hunter, and even Keanu by a few inches above the tip. They all had to kneel to start from the bottom to the top. Kendall handled first the colorful string lights around the tree from the bottom to the top, walking around in circles to cover every single branch perfectly. Keanu and Hunter together started decorating the ornaments from the boxes, finding a spot to hang them, and finding some curious-looking Christmas ornaments.

"Keanu, is this you?" Hunter picked an old Christmas card.

"Let me see..." Keanu checked. "Oh, that's me and Grandpa. He was dressed as Santa."

"You look adorable!" It definitely was, it was a seven-year-old Keanu with a colorful but hideous sweater with an oversized Santa hat on his head with one ear poking out while sitting on his grandfather's lap. Mr. Winters really nailed the role of Santa Claus.

"When did you find out it was your grandfather?" Hunter asked.

"I can't remember but I eventually knew later."

"Let me see," Kendall asked while stretching his hand. Hunter gave it to him and looked. "Ah, I remember, you were excited to see Santa while Jack hid in the bathroom." He laughed. "It was a rocky Christmas though as most of our kids were young and energetic and we made this Christmas Eve party at Grandpa's place."

"And Jack almost ate all the gingerbread cookies," Keanu added, laughing at the good times.

They decorated the whole tree, and the golden plastic star was the final pinnacle touch. Kendall placed the tree in one corner and plugged the cable into the nearest socket on the wall and the tree's lights came to life.

"Lovely as always, isn't it?" said Kendall proudly.

They marveled at their work and only a few days to spare before Christmas Day. It was still early afternoon, but the tree still looked nice to watch and feel the Christmas spirit ambiance in the house.

Keanu then looked up and saw Hunter holding a fake mistletoe with his hand. "Look what I found~!" he teased.

"Oh no, I have bad memories of Aunt Jodie holding that thing!" Keanu dramatically and exaggeratedly said.

"Haha, but I'm your boyfriend this time," Hunter assured him.

"Alright," Keanu and Hunter shared one quick Christmas kiss on the lips.

"Come on, boys, let's take a picture with the tree," Kendall said.

First was Keanu and Hunter together with the tree with Hunter's phone, then with Keanu and Kendall with Kendall's phone. Then they tried to take one with all three together with a stick selfie this time. More memories were created this year and Keanu loved every moment of it.

...

Hunter kissed Keanu goodbye as he went back home across the street in the late afternoon. Now it was Keanu and Kendall alone in the apartment and had dinner together, watched a show series in the living room together, and now they were relaxing in their rooms apart. Keanu was web surfing online on his computer, checking on his social media, and chatting with his cousins and friends. They were discussing Xerxes' beach house stay on the 26th of December, they were all coming, including Natasha who confessed she wanted to avoid the usual Christmas rounds of her family and wanted a better mini-vacation this year.

Keanu had permission from his father, and they would gather in the campus' parking lot at noon. Keanu sighed as he relaxed on the desk chair, stretching his arms, and putting them behind his head.

A notification rang a jingle, telling him that he got a private email from Hunter. Keanu paid attention curiously and clicked it.

Hunter sent him a video and there was no text written before it... just said, "Play me~." Keanu shrugged and clicked the triangle icon.

The video loaded and saw Hunter's handsome face smiling. He was resting his head on the pillow as the camera stared at him. "Hi, Keanu, I hope you had a good time out there before coming back home safe and sound. But listen, I must come clean, when I came over the day before your cruise, helping you packing and all? Well... when you went to have a bathroom break, my shoelaces got caught on one of the drawers under the bed and accidentally pull it out, I put it back where it was though and nothing was broken and all, so don't worry. But... I kinda looked inside what you have there..."

Keanu's heart skipped a beat, pausing the video and turning at his bed where the drawers were underneath. It was not exactly what he was thinking, right?

Keanu played again the video. "...I'll admit, you have some good taste there, your comics of course, but there was something that stood out the most, a magazine, no," he shook his index finger_, "not just any magazine, a_ Just Beastly_magazine, and not just any_ Just Beastly magazine, the wolfmen edition..."

Keanu was red as a tomato, sitting there petrified. _How? How could this happen?_Keanu thought.

"...Don't worry, I'm not mad, it's normal," Hunter assured_, "I also have my own collection since my early teenage years, so I understand, but damn, Keanu, you have some taste where I feel like I'm under heavy competition. So... in order to compete against them, I better make a bold step that they cannot do in those magazines that will make you forget about them forever."_ Hunter chuckled smugly.

Keanu paused the video and checked the drawer hastily, pulling it out and checking the contents inside, his adult magazine was still there under two comic books. He put them back exactly where he left them and found them. Keanu honestly thought that he stole it and would make fun of it in front of the camera but that was not the case... My god, I spent fifteen bucks on that magazine, he thought.

False alarm, Keanu went back to his seat shakingly and played back the video. After Hunter chuckled smugly, he continued, "Of course, you can stop the video here as I'm about to give you a better treat than those wolfmen, if not, and want to continue watching the whole video, be my guest." He moved out of the bed but was immediately cut due to the editing and the next scene showed Hunter standing proudly in the middle of his bedroom with hands on his waist. The phone was placed on something like a tripod stand to show almost the whole, slightly dimmed room, probably nighttime. Keanu had not gotten the opportunity to visit his home yet under Hunter's personal circumstances, but now taking a good look, he could see pretty much how his room reflected his personality--

Keanu noticed Hunter moving after a few seconds analyzing the room and the next thing he knew, he heard upbeat background music and Hunter was... flexing?

He pressed the left arrow key once to rewind five seconds and paid close attention to Hunter. The wolf was wearing his usual everyday clothes, a green button shirt and a pair of black cargo shorts, lightened by a lamp to see his whole frame batter. The camera only covered from the thighs to the head, almost cropping off his ears. Hunter was smirking and balled his fists to flex his forearms. One right hand brushed on the left flexing arm upwards to the short sleeve, lifting it up to reveal the muscling arm's defined bicep and triceps. Hunter gave it a gentle brush as he smirked confidently, then trailed a finger on the visible vein on the bulging bicep.

Keanu subconsciously licked his lips, but knowingly gulped. He paused the video to close the door of his room and sat back to continue. He should be stopping this, but this felt all too familiar with all the adult videos he watched in his alone times in the past months, so he was too brave enough to watch this since this was his boyfriend we were talking about.

He played back the video and watched, heart beating and panting a little at the spectacle on the screen. The video resumed with Hunter showing off his arms, leaning closer to the camera with both sleeves rolled up to his shoulders to see every essential part of his work. Keanu was feeling red and heating up, enjoying the high quality of the video's 1080p as his hungry gray eyes scanned every part of Hunter's muscled arms' movements. Just like that one-time Hunter offered him to feel his arm muscle at the soccer field and that other time Keanu jokingly said about being filled with silicone and made raspberry noises with his tongue as he squeezed them made him wish he didn't and to enjoy the feel of it as he watched Hunter palpitating slowly one bicep at a time.

He heard Hunter letting out a husky sigh as he dangled his arms for a break, but not too long he started to unbutton his shirt. Keanu gulped, licking his lips, and hearing the upbeat music that hinted at a bit of erotism. He was strip teasing, slowly taking off one button at a time, and slowly showing every bit of his goods underneath from chest to abs in a sensual manner. Keanu had seen Hunter without a shirt before, but it never stopped him to be amazed by him on the screen. Hunter exposed his muscular torso of white fur, both hands holding the sides of his shirt as Hunter let out a seductive sigh of satisfaction. "Hah~, much better." Keanu couldn't agree more. The wolf slipped off his shirt from the shoulders as he revealed his years of hard work. Well-defined pectorals, six-pack washboard, imposing shoulders, and ripping arms proudly hanging on the sides. Keanu scanned everywhere dreamily from the top to the small trail of white pubic fur below on the navel where the border of his pants and belt met.

Now Keanu had no idea where else this was going but feared Hunter might spoil himself doing this. He honestly prayed he would not drop his cargo shorts to show his privates in the video or he would lose it, but Hunter had something else in mind and lifted up his arms to flex a double bicep pose. Honestly, this was better than what he was fearing, he wanted to see him more posing to the camera than stripping naked.

Hunter was grinning cockily as he lowered his arms down by the abdominals and flexed them together to a full-body pose. It showed everything to the imagination, the veins showing, chest and abdominals tightening to stone. Quite a sight and Keanu was feeling hot, taking off his purple jacket and pulling out the collar of his gray t-shirt. Heat came out and could smell his heating scent of deodorant.

Hunter turned around to show his full brown muscled back, lifted the arms up again, and watched his back do the magic. The back was incredible as the front, broadly defined as a powerful warrior. Hunter was indeed determined to compete against those stilled models.

Hunter turned back again in front of the camera and moved his hands behind his head with elbows pointing forward, he squeezed his stomach to display his well-shaped six-pack and showed off his chest thickness. Hunter was grinning, having the time of his life, and winking at the camera or more particularly to Keanu whose cheeks were heating up at every of Hunter's movements. This was surreal and yet he was dating him in real-life.

Hunter let go of his hands from his head and let out another husky huff, making his toned chest heave by the orders of the lungs. He then moved closer to the camera and was now focusing on the chest and, predictably, he bounced his pectorals. The bongos on Keanu's mind came back to play at the rhythm of Hunter's dancing pecs. Just watching them move, he could hear it. Keanu didn't know how he did it, but this was irresistible. Hunter stopped, stepping back as he chuckled at his little performance.

The wolf hastily kissed each of his biceps and did what was called a side chest pose, showing the thickness of the chest and arm muscle by pulling one arm on either side. Hunter did on both sides as he smiled at the camera as if it were auditioning via video for a bodybuilder competition. Keanu would support that if Hunter were in such competitions.

Keanu checked the length of the video and there was still more to go. Just how much content Hunter had added to the video? If anything, Hunter gave a fingerbang with his finger and clicked his tongue with a cocky smile at the camera. Keanu embraced what was ahead.

The camera was angling down on the floor where Hunter was exercising his sit-ups, the abs were seen flexing as Hunter was counting his reps. He was sweating visibly thanks to the lamp lighting down at him and could make out the sparkling droplets trailing down onto his toned stomach. Hunter counted to thirty and laid down on the floor, Keanu could see his chest heaving as he caught his breath. He saw Hunter steadily standing up and adjusting the camera's angle back to its position like before.

Keanu watched Hunter fetching for something, it was a dumbbell, but it looked kind of mechanical-looking. Wait...

"Remember this?" Hunter asked as he held it with one hand as his arm was straining a little by the weight. "I bet you have seen this in the commercials, right, Keanu?"

"He has one?" Keanu softly said to himself.

It was the infamous Weight Shaker product. "My dad gave me this on my last birthday, but I don't really use it since regular dumbbells are more effective than this." He shook the dumbbell and the ends slid up and down or sideways. "I have my doubts with it, but it does a good job in improving your hand strokes than pumping your muscles, am I right?" Hunter winked. "Well, here goes nothing."

Hunter held the dumbbell with both hands, setting the phone's timer for a minute in a loop, and holding it vertically by chest level, and started to shake it in a serious workout manner. He was working out but... it was just too much, pretty funny to see, and yet arousing.

Hunter pumped his arms, shoulders, and chest by the weight of the shaking dumbbell and sweated intensely on his fur which gave it a bit of a shine to it by the lamp shining on his muscular frame. Hunter was keeping steady on his breathing and huffed huskily at the shaking session. His phone beeped, and Hunter shifted his dumbbell in one arm on his left side and resume his session for another minute. His whole body juddered, working on those arms as he later exchanged the device on his right arm after a minute. Hunter stared at the camera and grinned confidently as he shook it without worries. One minute passed and Hunter held the dumbbell behind his head with both hands, it showed all too little to the imagination as Keanu could see his sweaty body working out and enjoyed the view of his boyfriend. Now only he needed was a real private session in person. Keanu brushed it off and chuckled.

Hunter went back with the dumbbell in front of him at chest level and shook it vigorously. Keanu watched as Hunter bared his teeth, his arms and chest strained and pulsed further at the vibrating rhythm of the bouncing dumbbell. His huffing breathing was getting more labored, louder, and kept pushing further, shaking the dumbbell faster...

The wolf closed his eyes and clenched his bared teeth tightly as if he was about to--

Hunter threw his head back and let out a loud huff of an intense workout, breathing heavily as he recovered his breath satisfyingly, his sweated chest heaved appreciatively by the fresh air coming into his lungs. The whole time, he was pretending and giving him a lewd show.

But watching him act as if he was shaking hands with the milkman but with a novelty dumbbell made Keanu feel his heart skip a beat and his body was stimulated visually.

Hunter recovered and put away his dumbbell with the others placed in the corner and met back at the camera smiling. "I hoped you have enjoyed that, Keanu." He winked. "I hope that one day I could show you this in person the next time we're together. Alone. But I'm guessing you want to see what I'm packing, right?"

"Oh no, he wouldn't." Keanu totally forgot what he had feared earlier.

Hunter reached for the belt and unbuckled it, taking the button off and slowly unzipping his black cargo shorts, and revealing his red-colored underwear on his crotch. Hunter slid his shorts down but left the brief boxers on. The wolf had some well-toned upper legs, the boxers snugly fitted and covered his goods as it provided a visible bulge between them. Hunter gently palmed his crotch tenderly, rubbing it in circles and squeezing it. Then he put his thumb inside the border band and slowly pulled it down. Keanu watched almost in anticipation as he dared to reveal his manhood...

Keanu embraced it as he gulped nervously aroused, cheeks burning to the limit.

"On, second thought!" The video was cut as Hunter interrupted him back to his face in his bed and pillow. "I'll save it for later. If you really did see my goods in the locker room that one time and lied to me, well, you don't deserve it." Hunter laughed.

Keanu was relieved, but at the same time, he was fooled. He honestly didn't see his goods at the locker room, just his little pubes and the thigh covering it entirely. But still, he was glad he didn't show it, he didn't know why he was thinking about not getting spoiled and wished to see it in person but now Keanu was mentally mixed about the whole video Hunter made for him. Nonetheless, he was glad he didn't make an explicit video, just teases.

Hunter continued, "But anyway, say goodbye to those stilled half-naked wolfmen in that magazine and have this video instead. I have never done this before, mind you, and you can keep this video and put it in a safe place where no one will find it. Hehe. Have a nice day or good night, Keanu," he blew him a kiss, "I love you."

"I love you, too." Keanu smiled and flushed at his words. He took a deep breath as the video ended and finally paid attention to his nether region...

Keanu now had a new thing to fantasize about and please himself tonight. He turned off the lights except for the blue lava lamp as it gave a comfy dark blue hue to the room's ambiance.

The room was filled with pleasure and lust in the cold air, thinking about Hunter all night until he fell asleep by the afterglow.

...

The busy days of Christmas ended. Keanu packed lightly for the three-night stay at Xerxes' beach house on the noon of the 26th. Hunter came to pick him up from his home and both went to the street train to Rexville University's parking lot. Keanu had been a little quiet after the infamous video and now meeting up with Hunter today he wished his boyfriend would not dare to bring it up, but Hunter knew what he was thinking in the back of his mind.

"How was Christmas yesterday?" Keanu asked, hoping he wouldn't bring it up.

"Just great, I got new socks and shoes," Hunter said. "In fact, I'm wearing them right now just to stretch them a little." Keanu looked down at Hunter's feet, wearing a pair of ankle-high tan boots.

"Aren't those for hiking and camping?"

Hunter shrugged. "You can wear them anywhere anyways. How about you?"

"I got a new video game, my aunt gave me a color pencil kit for drawing, and a new book series I'm looking forward to reading. Hey, thanks for the present you gave me, I like it." Keanu curiously smiled. Yesterday, Keanu and Kendall were about to leave that morning for a small family gathering at his uncles' house and when Hunter was about to visit, they were already gone and texted him. Hunter just overslept that morning, but he managed to give it to him after they came back home in the afternoon. He gave him a fantasy graphic novel. He had not yet received his comment.

"Did you like it? I wasn't sure if you like fantasy," Hunter said.

"I said I like it, Hunter, it's a very good book," Keanu assured.

"Well, I'm glad you like it." Hunter ruffled Keanu's head and leaned closer to his ear. "Did you enjoy the video~?" he huskily whispered.

Keanu freeze and resisted a blush. He looked him in the eye and said right away, "You know I'm keeping it, right?"

Hunter chuckled, "Well, I was expecting that."

Keanu pouted. "You know, I'm a little upset that you found my private magazine because you tripped on it."

"Hehe, sorry, love," Hunter rubbed his nape. "I swear that was on accident."

"Alright," Keanu sighed, "and... don't do something like that again, okay? About the video thing, okay? Don't do that."

"Yeah, sure, I won't, it's a one-time thing, okay? I wanted to surprise you with how I found your magazine."

"Hah, maybe the next time I come over to your room and get my revenge."

"Ha! I could simply show it to you."

"You don't mind?"

"If you're curious."

"I can't get to tease you on anything, can I?"

"You need to try harder."

Keanu gave up and rolled his eyes. At the parking lot, Xerxes borrowed his mother's minivan that could carry up to eight passengers but knowing that they were nine in the group one would have to squeeze between the seats later.

"Xerxes," Hunter greeted, "Merry Christmas!"

"Merry Xmas to you, Hunter and Keanu." Xerxes smiled broadly.

After bumping each other's fists, Hunter asked, "Is the house ready to be tested?"

"Yeah, the basement is now drained, and the final touches are done. We can now do the honors of being the first to use the beach house."

"Awesome."

Keanu asked, "Are there plenty of rooms to sleep? How many are we, uh, eight?"

"Make it nine, Natasha is coming with us," Hunter clarified.

"Don't worry, Keanu, you can share a room with Hunter. Since the house has five bedrooms and we're nine, each pair of you must share one room and I definitely must have the master bedroom."

"Why?" Hunter was curious.

"Come on, man, not only I'm the host, but I really could use some good sleep on that king-size bed. The bed in my dorm is just barely too much of a pain to sleep."

"Didn't you tell me that you're a heavy sleeper?"

"I do, but I'm most of the time sleeping with one leg supporting me on the floor and one arm hanging out, and one time I used an inflatable bed, but it wasn't made for a big guy like me, and slept on the floor like shit."

"Jeez, must be tough being a big lug."

"A big lug who could use some a sleeping partner to help him better in his sleep," came Sol with his baggage.

"Sorry, Sol, I sleep solo."

"Too bad, I could be your little plushy you can cuddle and hump with."

"Well, that's very gay of you."

"Thank you~."

"Sol," Hunter said after fist-bumping his fist, "you didn't invite Topher?"

"I did, but he had family plans, so no sexy time on this vacay."

Hunter and Keanu laughed as Broderick followed the leopard behind with his big backpack for the weekend. "Hi, guys, I brought some video games we can all play together."

"Hi, Broderick," Xerxes greeted a with a high five, "you're not bringing your new girlfriend?"

"I did invite her, but she had plans for this week up to New Year's Eve."

"It would be nice to meet her."

"Yeah, I know... so where I can put my backpack?"

"In the very back if you can find space there."

Xavier, Natasha, Sergio, and Milagros were the last to come, carrying their bags for the little trip. Xavier was wearing his usual everyday clothes while the other three were wearing lighter clothing for the coastal occasion. They were having their vacation vibes.

Natasha waved energetically. "Hello, y'all!"

"Hey, Natasha, you really wanted to go badly?" Xerxes said.

"I had to," the cat-girl said, "if I don't, I'd be stuck spending the week with Mom, Aunt Matilda, and Granny to make Christmas cards before the new year."

"I knew you wanted to get out of it, so this was the only way I could offer you an escape," said Milagros.

"And I thank you very much for that."

"So, where is this beach house located?" Xavier asked Xerxes as he put down his baggage.

"Not too far, it's a small neighborhood with other beach houses."

"Is it close to the beach?"

"About a football field long if I can remember... you guys will see what I'm talking about. So, are we all here? Let's get going!"

Now that the rest had gathered around Xerxes' minivan and placed their luggage inside where they could place it either on the back or on their laps. As the seats were taken, Xavier ended up sitting uncomfortably between Broderick and Sol on the very back row of the seat as Sergio sat later in the back. The four were trying to keep it together. Keanu and Hunter sat comfortably in the middle row with Milagros and Natasha in the front passenger seat with Xerxes who was taking the wheel.

"All buckled up!" Xerxes said and turned up the engine.

...

It was a one-hour ride from the university and eventually found themselves in the small coastal neighborhood in the south of the county. While far away from the coast about one football field long as Xerxes said, the houses were very much in the homey coastal ambiance, and some were in the traditional Victorian style and Spanish colonial style. Xerxes' beach house was recently remodeled and kept its Victorian charm on the outside, but the inside was something new to look up to.

Xerxes parked the car in the parking spot and turned off the engine. "We're here!"

Milagros slid the door open of the minivan and let the others hop off with their baggage in hand.

Keanu and Hunter got a glimpse of the outside of the beach house. "Looks nice," Keanu complimented.

Xerxes stepped in first at the door and unlocked it with the key. He swung the door opened and gestured to his friends. "Welcome to my casa de playa." He always wanted to say that.

The group walked in and met with the recently renovated living room, looking nicely spacious. There was a large L-shaped leather couch, a flat-screen TV on the wall over a faux fireplace, two coffee tables with board games underneath, and many nautical- and coastal-themed decorations splattered everywhere in the room.

"Damn, Xerxes, you weren't kidding!" Sol said.

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Sweet!" Sergio shouted and dived onto the couch. "This is the life~!"

"Hey, easy on the new couches," Xerxes warned.

"Sorry, it was tempting."

"It's always his ritual to dive onto every bed and couch on every hotel we stayed, Xerxes," Milagros explained.

"I nearly broke one that one time though," Sergio laughed.

"Sure, whatever, just make yourselves at home and all..." his phone rang a notification, "hold on a second..." Xerxes read and felt startled, "Uh-oh..."

Everyone looked at him. "What's wrong?" Hunter asked.

"Nothing, uh, Mom, told me to check the kitchen..."

"Did she leave us some food? Aw, how sweet is your mother." Sol teased.

Xerxes ignored Sol and quickly went into the kitchen; he opened every cabinet drawer and the fridge with a shock of disbelief look on his face. "Oh, come on!!!" he cried.

"What's wrong? Did she forget to bring some food?" Sol jokingly said.

"No, she didn't leave us some food, but my grandma!"

"Is that a bad thing?"

"Yeah, it should! She bought plenty for a whole month! WHAT THE FUCK, GRANDMA!!!???"

"Easy," Milagros said, "what's wrong with your grandma, Xerxes?"

"Nothing, but Mom had told her not to buy food while we were here! I was planning to take you guys out to places to eat and do more stuff outside. Now she ruined it!"

"Aw come on, Xerxes," said Sol as he walked to the kitchen, "it can't be that bad, right? At least your grandmother was very thoughtful to give us some food while we stay."

"Take a look for yourself."

Sol analyzed every nook and cranny in the kitchen and the fridge. "You weren't kidding about the whole month of food supply, Xers."

"This is a nightmare, I'm gonna call Mom about it!" Xerxes picked up his phone and went to the outdoor patio via a sliding door.

Milagros and Xavier followed into the kitchen and checked the drama. "Xerxes' grandma is beyond considerate in giving us food," Xavier said, "but how did she get to the house?"

"Wait, wasn't this his grandmother's beach house?" Natasha said. "I'm confused... is it the paternal or maternal?"

"I assume she had a spare key or something, but... wasn't the idea to test the house and try out everything?" Xavier opened the freezer. "Look, she even bought hamburger patties and seasoned ribs! I'm guessing she wants us to try out the barbecue grill?"

Xerxes came back defeatedly, all his plans were ruined. "I talked to Mom, and she said we cannot do anything about it, but... we should consider using the food grandma bought us. Man, I was hoping to order pizza for dinner."

"Don't worry about it, Xerxes," Milagros said. "Your grandma had bought boxes of frozen pizzas to bake in the oven. Look," she brought one out to show it to him, "this one is a good quality brand instead of those that taste like cardboard. We can make these for later."

"Really?" Broderick said gladly. "Thank you, I'm glad someone also had a good opinion on good pizza quality. No more frozen carboards for me!"

"Oh, look!" Natasha spotted a yellow sticky note on the fridge. "Your grandma left you this." She read out loud and said, "'Dear Xerxes, I bought you food with all the love and care for you and your friends. With love - Gram-gram~...'" she broke into laughter. "Oh, my god!"

And Xerxes turned from pink to beet red. The group laughed and snickered.

"Don't worry, Xers," Sol tried to cheer him up with one hand on his shoulder, "we all have a family member that makes embarrassing things to us without meaning to... So, first who gets to the master bed, sleeps in there tonight!" The leopard dashed up the stairs.

Xerxes shook his head. "Wh-what!? Hey, that's my bed! I'm the host!" The pink dragon ran behind Sol as his heavy footsteps stomped on the floor on each step. The house was definitely made for beast folks like Xerxes as the whole house's frame didn't shake like an earthquake.

Xerxes followed him after like a child whose candy was stolen but he knew where the master bedroom was as Sol turned to the last door on the right. Xerxes stopped by the threshold and saw Sol claiming his bedroom.

"That's not the master bedroom, Sol," Xerxes stated.

Sol suddenly looked to his right and found another bed across. "Oh, wait..."

"You didn't know where to go, huh?" Xerxes smirked with arms crossed. "Guess what, you said it yourself, this is now the room you're staying in."

Sol shrugged and laid down comfortably with hands behind his head. "Whatever?"

Hunter came upstairs, holding his bags and Keanu's, and met with Xerxes to ask him in a low voice and said, "Hey, Xerxes, do you have a room with a queen-size bed for me and Keanu?"

"Ah, sure, it's over there, the second door on the left..." He pointed.

"Thanks," Hunter turned around at the pointed door, but when he opened it, it was the bathroom. "Uh... Xers?"

"Uh, the other door."

"Thanks again." Hunter made for the other door and opened it.

Inside the bedroom, there was a queen-size bed for two people to sleep in, Hunter smiled and blushed, thinking about the opportunity to share a bed with his boyfriend for a few nights. He wondered if Keanu was thinking about the same thing, too. He assumed he would look forward to it to share a bed with him. Hunter put both bags in the room and went back to the living room.

...

The afternoon was spent exploring the house and then mingling in the living room at dusk. Natasha turned on the smart TV to browse a movie they could watch together or if anyone was in the mood. But as dinner time came, it was the convenient time to bake those frozen boxes of pizzas. Xavier and Milagros took charge in the kitchen as they read the instructions in the box.

"Says here to preheat the oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit," Xavier read.

"Make sure to place the ceramic plate first while it preheats so the bottom gets toasty," Milagros added.

"Good idea." Xavier placed the ceramic disk into the oven and closed the lid, setting the numbers to preheat the oven. "This will take a while but, it'll be worth it."

"Is there another ceramic disk so we could make two at the same time?"

"I tried, but I couldn't find another one or a similar substitute to bake two at a time."

"Oh well, one at a time it is. We should bake all the four boxes; I think the others have bigger stomachs."

"I think I could eat three slices at this point if I keep it empty."

In the living room, Keanu asked Natasha, "So, what movie you're looking for, Natasha?"

"There is this rom-com movie I want to see, Two Fools and One Love," Natasha said as she pointed the control at the screen.

"That's a parody of rom-coms that ends of all rom-coms," said Broderick. "Come on, Natasha, it's Christmas, we should watch Die Hard for this occasion."

"It's an action movie that takes place on Christmas Eve, it's not a Christmas movie," argued Sol.

"Then why do they air it on TV at Christmas time, huh?"

Keanu leaned close to Hunter and puzzlingly said, "Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?"

Hunter shook his head at his opinion.

"I remembered seeing Christmas-themed merchandise of the movie," said Xerxes. "In fact, I have an old t-shirt with Bruce Willis in green and red colors."

"HAH!" cried Broderick. "See? Christmas movie!"

"Whatever," Sol shrugged. "Yo, Natasha, play that movie you said, so we could laugh our asses off."

"Oh, come on, I want some action flick," Broderick protested.

Xavier shouted from the kitchen, "I heard they re-released that animated series--" the oven beeped loudly, and was ready to receive the first pizza. "Never mind."

"We have all night to watch movies, Broderick," said Natasha, "you can watch your favorite movie later, okay?"

"Yeah, sure, whatever." He crossed his arms and rolled his eyes. "I just don't want to spend the time watching a stupid rom-com while eating pizza."

"It's a parody, Broderick, you're gonna be laughing out loud."

Sergio said, "Did you just say lol with words?"

"Oh yeah, I noticed!" she meowed cheerily.

While watching the movie, Xavier brought the first pizza of eight slices and told them he was now baking the second box if they ran out of the first one. It was pepperoni and cheese, so everyone grabbed a slice, and the next thing they knew it was now gone. Milagros brought the second pizza to the coffee table and went back to bake the third box.

They laughed and enjoyed watching the movie as they ate their slices with gusto. Xavier brought the final fourth pizza to the coffee table and finally could have some slices for himself and Milagros. If there were any left uneaten, they would save them for tomorrow.

Keanu had a good time here with his friends and his boyfriend, enjoying their company and playing some board games after watching the first movie and the group split in two to either play video games or play some board games. Keanu insisted on playing Monopoly over Clue because of obvious reasons after their Halloween party. Keanu would have likely beat them as the others saw him as a veteran in Clue. They all laughed and played, exchanging game money, negotiating, and bankrupting each other their way to victory.

At first, they started with five players, Keanu, Hunter, Sergio, Milagros, and Natasha. But as time went on, there was now Hunter and Milagros left standing after playing three hours since they started playing the game.

Milagros was financially stable, she made good choices in buying the likeliest spots where players would fall into more frequently; she had all three red properties of Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois Avenue and the light blue properties of Oriental, Vermont, and Connecticut. Meanwhile, Hunter only purchased the lowest properties of Mediterranean and Baltic Avenue, and rarely anyone would fall into them.

Hunter was financially screwed and only had 340 bucks in his hand.

"Okay, Hunter, you only need five steps to land in Free Parking and get the 1,005 bucks," Keanu said, trying to motivate Hunter.

"That's my only hope." Hunter gulped.

Milagros was smiling devilishly and confident. "Be careful, you're in hot lava right now."

"We'll see about that." Hunter picked the two dices, shaking his fist and letting them drop on the board...

The dices spoke, one had six dots and the other three dots and together gave Hunter nine steps. He counted the steps with his silver hat piece from the railway spot and landed on Milagros' most expensive property; Illinois Avenue with a red hotel...

Hunter was broke and lost. "Oh shit."

Milagros squealed with hands in the air, "Yes, I won!"

"For the first time, I finally saw a finished Monopoly game," Sergio said.

"Yeah, I know," said Natasha, "I never got to see a winner, we all get tired of it and fold it."

"I ran out of luck when Sergio kept upgrading the Boardwalk and Park Place," Keanu said.

"I totally got you~," Sergio poke Keanu's shoulder playfully.

"Yeah, and you lost money because of overinvesting the most expensive properties," Milagros said.

"Hey, I was this close to making a huge profit if it wasn't for your properties."

"I made plenty of money on the railways, but that wasn't enough if it wasn't for the cursed Illinois Avenue and your Park Place," Natasha grumbled at the two coyotes.

Keanu yawned with a fist at his mouth. "What time is it?"

"It's almost eleven," Milagros answered. "Let's wrap it up and put back the game in the box."

It was their bedtime and Keanu wanted to turn in for the night. But the others wanted to watch a marathon tonight, so he told Hunter he was going to bed and asked where the bedroom they were going to stay in was. Hunter told him on the second door on the third door on the left. He found it with no problems and found his belongings next to the bed and picked up his sleeping clothes and made for the bathroom next door.

Keanu was freshened up and laid on the bed as he played on the phone some time-killing games. Even the games could not keep him distracted as he knew just now the nature that he was going to share a bed with Hunter, his boyfriend. His mind was wondering how he slept in bed, did he sleep naked, or... did he snore? He was about to find out soon enough but the idea of sharing a bed with a significant other was exciting and he looked forward to it.

The door opened and Hunter appeared inside. He smiled at Keanu. "How far did you enjoy tonight?"

Keanu answered with a smile, "It was fun." He watched as Hunter picked up his cleaned clothes, a black tank top, and some blue underwear. It seemed he sleeps in some light clothes as he did. "So, what are we going to do tomorrow?"

"Xerxes just told me the restaurant he wanted to go to is now closed on vacation, so we're staying here, or we go to the beach from here."

"Oh, too bad, but at least we have food here." Keanu chuckled.

Hunter chuckled along. "I'll join you soon, okay?" he winked and left the room with a cleaned towel on his shoulder and clothes.

Keanu kept distracting himself on the charging phone, reading and scrolling through social media but there wasn't anything new going on, and kept seeing the same thing all over again no matter how much he refreshed the news feed. He gave up and put the phone on the nightstand. He stood up from bed and looked out at the window. The night was beautiful and looked at the thin curved moon in the starry night sky. Too bad he couldn't have the opportunity to moon-bathe at the full moon. He liked that little trend of moon-bathing in the middle of the month for some therapeutic moon energy while eating some fresh watermelons. He chuckled after he heard his father jokingly saying, "Don't forget the moon-block or you'll get moonburn."

Hunter opened the door, and Keanu turned around to see him in his black tank top and some comfy gray plaid boxers. At least he was considerate about wearing clothes when sharing a bed. He would have lost it if Hunter wore less.

Hunter walked up close to Keanu by the window. "Do you see the sea from here?"

"No, it's too dark out there... and there's a lot of trees."

"But if we keep quiet, we can hear the waves roaring."

The wolves kept quiet, but they could only hear the muffled voices from Sol and Broderick next door. The former made an exaggerated moaning sound which made them wonder what the heck Sol and Broderick were doing in their room, but they heard them laughing out loud. They were just playing before falling to sleep tonight. Keanu tried to say something, "Uh... that's not a wave."

Hunter laughed as he rubbed his nape. "Haha, I didn't mean it like that."

"It's nothing, Hunter, I was just looking out the moon and the stars."

Hunter looked at the crescent moon and the stars around it. "Do you howl at the moon?"

"Uh, no, but I like to moon-bathe at full moon."

"What? You do that?"

"Yeah, I know, it's silly," Keanu rubbed his nape, "but it's only for fun, therapeutic, and... I also accompany it with some watermelons."

Hunter let out a burst of small laughter. "Okay, maybe I could join too. I'll bring some moon-block, so...

"...we don't get moonburn!" The wolves said it at the same time and laughed. Keanu said, "Dad already told me that joke."

"Oh no, it's a dad joke," Hunter dramatically said, "am I becoming a dad?"

"I think you are~," Keanu stuck his tongue out.

"Alright, as the dad, it's time to go to bed, young man!" Hunter picked up Keanu with his bare hands, holding him in bride style, and walked to the bed as Keanu laughed all the way. He was impressed with his strength, but Hunter knew Keanu was fairly heavy to carry him, but he did it at ease. He gently placed him on the bed before joining him next to him.

Keanu's laughter ceased as he stared at his boyfriend next to him. Hunter smiled; his green eyes were glimmering by the lamp on the nightstand.

"I love you, Keanu," Hunter said.

"I love you, too, Hunter," Keanu replied.

After a short moment of silence, Hunter said with a hint of a tease, "What are you thinking right now?"

"I... I don't know, honestly."

"I think I know~." He laid his hand on his. "We're sharing a bed together for the first time and I think you're nervous, right?"

Keanu quietly nodded and said with a small smile, "Yeah, but... I looked forward to it."

"Tell me..." his voice turned serious, "you... never done it before, right?"

"No, you're my first boyfriend, Hunter. So, did you have a boyfriend before?"

"Yeah, but it didn't last long..."

"What happened?"

"His parents didn't approve of me because I'm a beastman and not a human."

"Oh, that's awful."

"But what's even worse was that his parents threatened to take him out of college if he didn't break up with me. He told me everything and he wanted what was best for him and me."

Keanu frowned sadly. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay," he caressed his cheek, "I've moved on."

"But..." a thought came to mind, "so you chose me for being a beastman?"

"No, that's not what I'm talking about, Keanu. It doesn't matter who I'm dating. I choose you for being who you are, and the same thing goes about me, right?"

"Y-yeah, you're right, sorry, it just that, uh, it must have been traumatizing what happened to you both."

"Yeah, it wasn't fair, but I did not want to see Lester being taken out of college by force because of me."

The happy mood almost went down the drain. Hunter sighed and turned back to Keanu with a smile. "It's not your fault, okay? I was just telling you about my first boyfriend. There're no regrets to this day."

Keanu nodded and smiled. "So..." he looked away, "are you... experienced?"

Hunter smiled cockily and winked. "I can show you if you want to~."

That was enough to know, Keanu politely and shyly said, "Uh... not tonight."

"Hehe, I understand that you're not ready, doesn't have to be tonight. Even though, we had our little fun at the storage room, right~?" he winked again.

"Hehe, yeah, we had, it was fun."

"So, do you just want to cuddle tonight?"

Keanu smiled and nodded, reaching for the lamp on the nightstand to turn it off. The room was now dark, but a small natural light came through the window to glow a little bit in the room. Keanu scooted closer to Hunter with open arms. His heart was beating but kept cool nice and steady as they embraced closer together for warmth. Their legs tangled and hips almost touching close. Keanu saw those muscular arms wrapping around his body in the dark, he could feel their strength gently brushing slowly until Hunter was in a comfortable position to hold him close. They faced so close together that they could feel each other's breathing, noses lightly touching. Keanu was feeling his body's heat emerging either from Hunter's warmth or his own unintentional arousal. Hunter could feel and sense what Keanu was feeling right now. This was the closest physical contact they had ever been so far in their relationship.

Hunter spoke softly, "Does it feel nice?"

Keanu speechlessly nodded. He tried to say something, but hesitating air came out. Keanu shifted a little and something interesting brushed on Hunter's lower region.

Hunter smiled. "Excited?"

"S-sorry..." Keanu quietly flushed.

"It's okay." Hunter kissed him sweetly. "Good night."

"Good... night."

Hunter chuckled as he closed his eyes and gently caressed Keanu's face to soothe him to sleep and ease his accidental arousal. Slowly, Keanu gave in, breathing in and out calmly, and fell asleep in Hunter's warmed arms. The wolves quietly snuggled together under the blanket. This was all Keanu ever wanted and the same went for Hunter, they could finally share their warmth together in peace.