Confusion, how Confusing: Chapter 2: Just another Tuesday

Story by Seers on SoFurry

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#2 of Confusion, how Confusing


This chapter is developing a few of the characters a bit, you get to see more of who they are, however I wish I could of fit the uncle and Josh in more a bit, but I didn't wanna drag on the chapter. And for all of you yiff fans, the first yiff scene is here, Yay!

Current Main Character List:

Vex - White Wolf

Danny - Vex's uncle

Josh - Danny's Mate

Al - Vex's crush

Brad - muscular snow leopard

Jeremy - Wimpy young Fox

Warning: If you are uncomfortable with homosexual romantics or underage, please leave now.


"Go on..... Scram!" Danny crudely yelled as Vex was getting out of the back seat of the car.

"I'm goin.. I'm goin...." Vex muttered to himself.

The weather was amazing today, sun shining just right, a brief amount of clouds that were as white as the wolf's fur. The air wasn't too dry or humid it was somewhere in-between the two, just right. Vex took in a deep breath through his nose feeling the air rush through, immediately calming him and he took a step towards the building.

He walked down the sidewalk until it led to a bridge that crossed over the creek in front of the school. The bridge was packed with other furs waiting for school to start. Vex slowly started making his way through the mob and finally came out the other end.

A red blur appeared in the corner of the wolf's eye. It was a young fox named Jeremy, a year younger than Vex. He was an average looking fox, he had reddish, orange fur all around with a few splotches of white. The fox was pretty wimpy looking; he had no muscle what-so-ever and was rather on the short side.

"Doin good?" Jeremy asked.

"Yea, I'm doing fine", Vex said, lying through his teeth.

"Beautiful day isn't it?"

Vex looked around a bit, "Yeah, it really is."

"How's your school year been so far?" the young fox asked, trying to keep the small talk going.

"Hmm... I'd say its ok so far... dull as always though, glad the first nine weeks is almost up."

"Haha, yea, I know what you mean. Last night I was packed with homework, stayed up to almost 1 A.M. Vex glanced over at the fox, noticing he had bags under his eyes.

"Well, hopefully you'll get the rest you need."

Both of the furs ears perked up. The bell had just wrung for them to go to class. Vex walked off casually, his tail wagging... he was in a good mood. Jeremy watched Vex walk off, staring at the way his tail wagged back and forth... almost drooling at the sight. He shook his head and ran to catch back up with the wolf. His maw opened to talk... but he couldn't think of what to say. Jeremy opened the door to the school building, holding it open for Vex. "Thanks", Vex said instinctively. They both walked a ways down the hall and took a right, passing by a couple that was holding hands, which made Vex's mind start to think.

"What do you think of gays?" he asked Jeremy, who seemed to be taken by surprise by this question. After a moment he opened his muzzle.

"Well, they are just like me and you.... just live a bit differently I guess, why do you ask?"

"Ehh... well... uh....", Vex was stammering like a fool, trying to think of some excuse to give.

The fox stared curiously at the wolf, noticing his discomfort with his question. He stared at the wolf, waiting for an answer and pursued in getting one.

"Well?"

"I...I guess.. wh... what I'm trying to say is that I'm... y'know.. uh.."

The fox's eyebrow rose. "You serious?"

"Yeah... I guess I am. Just... try to keep it in between you and me... I don't want everyone finding out just yet."

The fox nodded. "Okay, will do"

"Anyways, I'm gonna get going", Vex said and rushed off down the hall, taking a left into his classroom.

"I would of never guessed...." Jeremy whispered to himself, finding himself relieved as he walked with a giant grin on his face.

"Good morning, class!" the teacher said cheerfully as he sat up from his chair.

"Today we're going to start reading about......"

Vex's mind wandered off as he said the word read, he really didn't enjoy reading about stuff in class, it was always boring.

His mind started to wander freely, thinking about the conversation he had just had with his friend, Jeremy. He knew now it would probably leak out that he was gay, knowing that Jeremy really can't hold secrets that well. He hadn't known why he had a sudden urge to tell someone about his feelings, only recently had they started to really bloom. The wolf stared down at his desk, scratching a line that someone had carved into the desk. He traced it slowly until it reached the end of its trail. His eyes raised up and he looked to the right, seeing his crush struggling to find a comfortable spot in his seat, his tail finding its way out of a hole in the back. Vex eyes followed the tail as it slowly swept down and touched the floor with the tip, starting to sway. He swallowed hard, feeling his crotch starting to peek out of his sheath. Glaring now at the ass of the cat, he started to pant a little, getting a bit horny. "God..." he thought to himself, I've gotta have him.

Vex felt his heart stop, he froze sitting there in fear. The teacher had called upon him to answer something, and he wasn't paying attention to hear the question. For once, time was one Vex's side, the bell wrung and he ran out of the door with the rest of the crowd. Vex sighed, as the rest of the day was very uneventful, even though he did get some time to talk to Al in study hall. But now was the time Vex had been waiting for all day, off campus lunch. The wolf was starving for the lack of not eating dinner last night due to the fact that he went to bed really early, and he didn't eat breakfast that morning because of his awful uncle. Vex and Al walked out of the door from study hall.

"So, you wanna grab some lunch?" Vex asked Al.

"Sure, where you wanna go?"

"Um... somewhere close, I don't have a car.", Vex said looking down at the ground, watching his feet take him towards the front door of the school.

"Well, I've got my own car; we don't have to go somewhere nearby."

"Oh okay, that's cool, I guess we can just drive around till we see something."

"K, that'd be fine." Al said while walking out of the school door.

They walked to the parking lot, Vex slowly following Al as he went to his car. It was a pretty nice car, looked bran new. It was a 2008 Lexus RX, painted silver.

"Nice Car"

"Thanks"

Al opened the driver door and got in, starting the engine. Vex hopped into the passenger seat.

The engine roared as it started up, and Al backed out of the parking lot with expertise. Driving rather quickly he jetted out and took a left out of the lot. He nimbly passed slower cars and all Vex could do was stare at the cat as he drove. The cat glanced over and gave him a slight smirk. Al took a left passed a bank, away from where the most of the fast food places are. "Where are you going?" Vex questioned.

"Oh, there is a place I know that has some good food this way, thought we'd go there."

"Oh... Okay."

The car came to a stop a while later. They had stopped in a large parking lot, in front of an abandoned building. Vex stared at Al with a puzzled look, his maw halfway open as he was about to say something. But then the thing Vex had wanted to happen most occurred. Al leaned over and wrapped his left arm around Vex's back and his right arm around his head, pulling him into a deep passionate kiss. Vex was shocked but immediately kissed back with force. His tongue licked Al's lips as his maw parted, sliding his tongue into the wolf's.

The kiss was broken by Vex, who had a giant grin on his face as he pulled away from Al.

Vex rubbed the back of his head, "What was that for?"

"For you being incredibly sexy."

Vex stared into the cats eyes, they were sky blue. He responded to the cat with another kiss, locking his muzzle deeply with his and Al slowly guided the wolf to the back seat. Al followed behind still muzzle locked with the wolf making slow purring noises. He pulled a lever to the side of the back seat and the back support fell down making the back of the car longer. Vex pushed the cat onto his back slowly rubbing his chest as they laid down on the folded up car seats.

Al put a paw under Vex's shirt and started lifting it slowly, causing the kiss to be broken as he pulled it over his head. Vex sat sitting on the cat's thighs as he slowly pulled up his shirt, rubbing his chest fur slowly causing the cat to moan in pleasure. Both furs stared at each other shirt-less, smiling as they returned to kissing.

"Um... is this right?" Vex asked.

"It feels right to me."

"Yeah, me too."

And with that they continued on, plunging their muzzles into one another's. Vex stroked the cats stomach and slowly made his way down to his beltline. He quickly darted his paw down the kitty's boxers and rubbed his sheath, making the cat instantly as horny as he was. Al could feel Vex's heart beat as the cat slowly took his paws from around Vex and unzipped his pants and slid them off, still with Vex's pawn in his boxers. Al flicked his jeans off of his legs and started to nip at the wolf's ear. Giving a playful tug Vex started to moan quietly. Vex slowly slid his jeans off as well as the cat had done, leaving both furs in only their boxers while they tenderly caressed each others bodies.

Vex flipped back up to the top position and he slowly started to lick down the cat's neck. Al purred in pleasure as the wolf started to lick further and further south. The canine licked under the cat's left nipple as the cat jerked in enjoyment. "Oooh... I like that" Al commented. "Oh, you do?" Vex said with a teasing tone, and continued to lick down the fur to the rim of the boxers. Al by now was panting from the teasing the wolf was doing and his dick was now fully out of his sheath. Vex slipped the cat's boxers down, sniffing the tip of the eight inch cock. It smelt strong and he was dieing for a taste. He slowly slipped his tongue onto the tip of the cock, circling the head with his tongue. Al let out a loud moan, "Oh god... Oh god..." he whispered quietly. Vex slipped about two inches of the member into his muzzle, coating the dick with his saliva, gently rubbing his rough tongue up the front of the shaft.

He took another inch in his maw and slowly started to bob his head, while suckling at the cock. Al put the back of his paw on the wolf's head, pushing his head all the way down the shaft. Vex gagged from the sudden push and took the cat's member out of his muzzle, still continuing to gag.

"Oh.. I'm sorry, you ok?" The cat asked guiltily.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Ok, continue?"

"Gladly"

Vex slipped about four inches of the cock into his muzzle and started to bob his head again. The taste was wonderful, Vex thought, and the smell was irresistible. He ran his tongue along the tip of the head as a small amount of pre came out of the cock. Vex licked wildly at this, the taste was sweet, and he loved it. Al's back started to arc, moaning and purring uncontrollably. The cat slowly pulled Vex off of his member.

"Uh.. can I taste yours?" He said nervously.

Vex responded with motion not words, as he positioned himself where they could both suck each other off at the same time, slowly sliding his boxers down while doing so, then kicking them off with his foot as they reached low enough. The cat hesitated at first, then slowly licked the tip of the wolf's cock. Vex flinched a bit, "Ooh... your tongue.. it's a little rough." Al looked up at the wolf. "Y'know, it's fine, don't worry about it Al, continue." Al ran his nose pad across the cock, slowly taking in the scent of the wolf's member, enjoying every second of it. He then ran his tongue from wolf's orbs to the tip of his dick. Vex moaned and continued to work on Al's member, taking in about six inches this time, slowly urging himself to go lower and lower until he finally reached where the tip of his muzzle rubbed against the cat's groin. Vex started to bob rapidly and the cat started to buck into the wolf's mouth, muzzle-fucking him.

Al started to shake as he could feel his climax coming. He stopped licking the wolf's cock for the moment and stared at his member, thinking of how long it was... he'd say it was probably nine inches, maybe a little longer, he was mesmerized by it's scent. Vex started to rub his tongue around the tip of the cat's member again wanting his reward. Al started trembling uncontrollably as his climax had been reached. Continuous amounts of cum came gushing into Vex's muzzle. He sucked at the cock squeezing as much out of it as he could possibly get before finally swallowing every last drop. Al fell limp as the pleasure overwhelmed him. Vex continued to bob on the cock wanting more. When the kitty regained his strength after his orgasm ended he started to lick roughly at the wolf's member. Vex purred as the cat parted his muzzle and took in about four inches of the cock. He made his way slowly, only reaching about five inches before he couldn't go much further without activating his gag reflex. Al bobbed on the shaft slowly licking all around coating the dick, wanting the same reward as Vex had just received. Vex started to copy what Al had done to him, and started to muzzle-fuck the feline.

Al reached his arms around the underside of the wolf's thighs and made his way to the butt. He squeezed his cheeks and massaged them tenderly. Moaning, Vex started to shake feeling his orgasm starting to build. His climax came sooner than he thought it would as the cat had found a spot that made Vex incredibly turned on. Ramming his dick into the cat's maw as his seed spread through the cat. Al gagged as he couldn't swallow as fast as the seed was pooring out, he thought it'd never stop, and he hoped that it wouldn't. It was a sour taste that the feline couldn't resist lapping every bit cum. The cat pulled off of the wolf's cock and had a beaming smile on his face. He licked his lips to get off any of the cum that had slid out while he was gagging.

Vex was panting heavy, and slowly positioned himself to where he was laying muzzle to muzzle with the cat. He locked lips again with the feline, tasting some of his own cum on the tongue of the cat. Both furs purred as they made out for what seemed to be an hour. Al's ears perked up as his brain had thought about the time. Al sat up quickly and looked at the clock on his car. It was 1:48 p.m.

"Oh god" The cat said starting to look for his clothes. Vex stared carelessly at the cat, admiring his amazing body.

"Vex, we're late for school, we were supposed to be back twenty minutes ago! Vex snapped back into reality and started pulling his boxers up over his hard-on. Then finding his pants and shirt and putting them on quickly. The wolf jumped up into the passenger seat slowly followed by Al who jumped in the driver seat, starting the car and pulled out onto the road immediately.

Vex couldn't keep his eyes off of the cat, as the cat kept glancing at Vex, knowing that he couldn't either.

"Al, how'd you know?"

"Know what?"

"That.. well, y'know.. that I was gay.."

"I didn't, honestly. I just.... Knew I had to take a chance.. so I did."

"I'm glad you did" Vex smirked.

"Yeah.. me too."

Al pulled into the school parking lot and chose the first empty space he saw, quickly turning off the car and the two ran into the building. The halls were empty, they were so late, thirty minutes by now at least. "Al, we should just hang around somewhere, until the next bell rings.. and then go to our next class, so we don't have to face our teachers." Al nodded in agreement, and the two walked back out of the building and went around to the side. Vex pushed Al up against the wall and locked him into a passionate kiss. Al broke the kiss.

"So, Vex, think I could have your number?" The feline said pulling out his cell phone.

"Sure" Vex said and told the cat his number.

"Okay... Great." The cat said as he closed his phone.

The couple embraced each other, squeezing tight. Vex caressed the cat's muzzle making him purr and his leg started to twitch. Vex stared at the leg, twitching madly as he rubbed the cats muzzle. Al noticed him eyeballing his leg, "I can keep still if you want...."

"No, it doesn't bother me, it's just rather humorous, I like it" he said with a chuckle. Their ears perked, the bell had wrung and the furs embraced each other even more tightly, giving a slight kiss before walking, holding paws.

When they reached the entrance Vex let go of the feline's paw and stepped through the door. Al looked a little puzzled, but shrugged it off reading the wolf's mind correctly. Vex was still a little uncomfortable letting the world know, and wasn't quite ready. Neither was Al, these feelings were pretty new to both of them, and only one person knew the secret, and that was Jeremy... though he had no idea about Al. A fork came in the hallway, and the furs had to go separate ways.

"Cya" Al said with a wink, and Vex smiled back and waved.

Vex walked slowly, giving a deep heavy sigh, followed by a happy smile. The wolf passed by a someone he had known, not noticing that he did. The snow leopard ran up to him with a big goofy grin, putting a paw on his shoulder and turning him around.

"Yo, Vex, wassup?"

"Hey Brad, not much, you having a good day?"

"Well, actually, Yeah, I'm having a great day. You?"

"Yeah, mines been good too, thanks.

"Ok, well, I gotta get goin, got a ways to walk."

"Okay cya Brad."

"Bye!" He ran off quickly down the hall to hurry to his next class.

"What a goof." Vex chuckling to himself.

The rest of the day Vex couldn't get his mind off of Al. He was distracted through the rest of his classes, not paying attention to a single thing until the day was finally over. Vex walked out to the parking lot, and stood on the sidewalk, waiting on his uncle to come pick him up. His uncle didn't come for a while, and he started to wonder if he was gonna have to walk again, then have his uncle yell at him for not being there when he didn't even show up. He's so mental sometimes, it drove him crazy. Vex spotted Al coming out of the bridge walkway to join him on the sidewalk.

"Hey Al!" Vex said enthusiastically.

"Hey hottie" Al said with a wide grin on his face.

"You need a ride home?" Al asked with a hopeful look.

"Yea, I do, I guess my uncle isn't coming"

"Ok, lets go then."

They started to walk off to the car, holding paws as they crossed the parking lot, attracting a few stares. They reached his car and they both hopped in. They could smell the musk of their bodies.

"Looks like you'll need to clean the car, huh?" Vex giggled

"Yeah, I guess I'll have too"

"So, where do you live?" Al asked.

"105 Keller Lane."

"Where is that?"

"Um... just take a right out of the parking lot, then another right onto Danbarry. I'll show you from there."

Al followed the instructions and got onto Danbarry, then followed as the wolf pointed out the path to his house, after several twists and turns they finally had arrived at the wolf's driveway. Al gazed at the wolf's house, "Wow, your house is nice." Vex looked over to Al, and gave him a smile, "Thanks." The two walked up to the three story house, it was a bricked house and had a few columns holding up a porch. There was a giant yard in the front, and the back. "Vex was so lucky", Al thought. He walked Vex to the front door, giving him a kiss on his lips goodbye and left the wolf to walk back inside on his own.

He walked into the house, his footsteps echoing with the emptiness of the house throwing the sounds of his pawsteps back at him. "Hello?" Vex yelled into the house. There was no response. "I guess nobody is home." He said to himself. Vex took his time, since he had the house to himself, to wander around the main level and stumble into the kitchen. He rarely got the chance because his uncle always made Vex stay downstairs. The wolf opened a cabinet beside a white refrigerator. He pulled out a plate and went to the refrigerator. He got on his tip-toes as he reached for a loaf of bread on top. He went to various other drawers and cabinets grabbing utensils and other supplies used to make his sandwich.

He put what all he wanted on his sandwich, which made a peanut butter and jelly. He chose this kind of sandwich in particular cause it was the only one he knew how to make. He sat down at a large rectangular shaped table that had many decorations on it including a center piece that was a large vase with flowers sticking out of them. Vex stared at the flowers then took a bite into his sandwich. The wolf jumped from a sound that appeared to catch him off guard. He reached into his pocket and dug out his cell phone. With a simple flick of his wrist the cover popped open and he answered.

However when he answered he tried to say "Hello" but it ended up being a weird noise that he couldn't possibly make again.

"Um.. Hello?" The caller said.

Vex licked his mouth uncovering it from peanut butter, "Hey" Vex said.

"Hi, it's Jeremy."

"Yea, I could tell"

"K, so, what are you up to?"

"Not much, what do you want?"

"Nothing, I really just wanted to talk."

"Ah, I see. Well, I'm just sitting here eating a snack."

"Oh, well..." Jeremy paused.

"Yes?"

"Well, I was wandering... if.. maybe you wanted to see a movie this weekend?"

"Sure, who all is going?"

"Well.. I.. I thought maybe... just me and you could go...?"

"Um.. are you saying-"

"Yea, I am" Jeremy said quickly

"Hmm... I'll... think it over" Vex said avoiding a solid answer.

"Oh.. I see" The fox said in a low disappointed voice.

"Well, it's not a no, I just need time to think."

"K, well, bye."

"Bye..."

Vex shut the phone and put it away, then gobbled down the rest of his sandwich. His gears starting to turn, thinking about going to the movies with Jeremy.. but... what about Al. He couldn't go on a date to the movies with Jeremy when he had fallen for Al. He told himself he'd tell Jeremy maybe another time if he called back, or at school tomorrow.

The front door opened, and Vex scrambled out of his seat washing the dish off in the sink and setting it to the side. Vex heard the noise of purring lovers as he started to make his way into the hallway, to see his uncle and Josh making out in doorway. Vex snuck across the hall to his basement door and slowly opened it, trying to avoid his uncle not knowing what crazy insensible thing he might do next. As he opened the door it creaked and his heart skipped a beat, his uncle didn't notice and he slid through the small opening and made his way down the stairs.

Vex looked at his watch, it was 3:56. As he reached his bedroom door he swung it open and sat down at his desk. He did the work he needed to get done for his classes then leaned back in his chair. Right as he did this he fell out of his chair due to the sound of his cell phone ringing again. "God, I need to change this ring tone or something" He said aloud. He flicked open the lid and answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey.."

"Oh, hey Al."

"What's up?"

"Nothing, just sitting at home."

"Well, I just want to ask you if we're dating now..."

Vex thought it over for a moment, "Yeah, I guess we are."

The wolf heard a sigh of relief over the phone. "Okay, great."

Vex heard a few noises and a grunt over the phone, but he shrugged them off. "So you have much homework?" he asked.

"Umm... N... not really." A few more noises followed.

"Uh.. Al.. are you....?"

"Heh, pawing off? Yeah."

Vex felt a little uncomfortable now, rubbing the back of his head.

"I'm a little lonely...." Al said teasingly. "I could use someone to help me get more in the mood, if you know what I'm saying..."

Vex was a little confused at first, but figured it out pretty quickly. He unzipped his jeans and started to rub his sheath, panting heavily. Al could be heard over the phone pretty clearly, moaning. Vex's member started to poke out as he started to try to start a conversation with Al.

"What are you wearing?"

Al laughed at the question, "Nothing."

Vex let out a loud giggle and started to paw off. "Um... when do you think we can meet up... outside of school?"

"Tomo...rrow.. is good."

"Wh... Where at?"

"Um.. Your pp..place?" Al asked.

"Sh..Sure."

"Tomorrow we have a short day, since it is Wednesday, so, my uncle will not be home. He's got some meeting thing to go to, however I don't know about his mate."

"You live with your uncle?"

"Ye..yeah." Vex said with a hard pant, still pawing off.

"Ironic, no?"

"Huh?"

"You live with an uncle, who is gay, and you turn out to be gay."

Vex's heart sank. He realized he was becoming his uncle. He felt depressed and let out a loud whimper.

"Oh, sorry Vex, was it what I said?"

"It's just... I hate my uncle.. and I feel as if I'm turning into him, y'know?" Vex said, ceasing from pawing off.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you" Al said, feeling horrible about making the comment now.

"Don't worry about it, it's fine." The wolf said knowing he didn't mean it.

"O..Okay"

Vex could tell the cat was starting to breathe hard and probably close to climaxing. This made Vex has an urge and continue to paw himself off, having to regain what he had lost when he got on the subject of his uncle.

The furs didn't talk for a while, just listened to each others moans and purrs as they pawed off listening to and thinking about one another.

"Hey, Vex.."

"Yeah?"

"I've gotta go now."

"Al."

"Yeah, Vex?"

"Never mind. I'll talk to you tomorrow."

"Okay cutie, bye."

He hung up his phone and started to paw off rapidly, finishing what he started until he came all over his boxers. He bent over and licked the tip of his cock, making sure to get as much of the seed up as he could then went over to his bathroom door. He opened it and walked over to the sink where he then splashed water on his boxers to try and clean up his mess a bit. Vex stared at the wall for a moment and realized he was cleaning what he didn't need to clean, and he took his boxers off and threw them into a hamper of dirty clothes. He walked over to his bed and took off his shirt, laying bare naked on his bed. He looked at his clock and it was only 6:36 but he was exhausted from pawing off, he got under his covers and grasped his pillow with his paws, purring slowly to the thought of Al.

He sighed as he started to ponder yet again what was going on in his life. He had yet broken his new found sexuality to his uncle, not knowing how he would react. Was he rushing with Al? Was Al someone he wanted to stay with? "Yes, he's perfect", he thought to himself. Jeremy had asked him to the movies, was he going to reject him? He really liked them both to be completely honest. Jeremy had been attractive to Vex because of the fact that he was a lot smaller honestly, for some reason Vex found it kind of hot, and he knew Jeremy for a long time, and they had a lot of the same interests. On the other paw, Al was sexy, they had already sucked each other off, and he seemed reliable. Vex seemed to not be tired after thinking things over, seeming to recuperate now. He got out of bed and threw on some pajamas just so he could leisurely walk around feeling comfortable. He grabbed some gray plaid pants and a plain gray t-shirt that was large and almost went down to the wolf's knees.

Vex took a deep breath, and walked up stairs. He needed to tell his uncle that he was gay. He was going to have to do it eventually, and he thought why not now? It'd be better to get it over with he told himself. He climbed the stairs up to the main floor and heard the television on in the living room. He walked over a few rooms until there was an opening in the wall leading to the living room. His uncle was sitting there alone watching some show. Now was the best time, Vex told himself, and he walked over and sat on a chair near the couch where his uncle was sitting.

"Um... Uncle Danny...?"

"What?"

Confusion, how Confusing: Chapter 3: Blinded by Pain

Vex took a hard gulp, his mind racing with thoughts. "How would Uncle Danny react? Would he be fine with it? Would he get angry? I don't think he will, he's gay after all. He should be fine with it." "Well... uh.." Vex started to stammer. ...

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Confusion, how Confusing: Chapter 1: Intro

The fur pushed him up against the lockers, penetrating his rear. Over and over again he felt the pain of the member being forcibly thrusted into him. Finally the final push as his intruder left his seed. A roar was let out by his intruder and Vex woke...

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