A New Brother- Part 11
#13 of A New Brother
A New Brother
IMPORTANT: Please do not read if you are under 18/21 (local law). This story contains gay sex, M/M stuff, if you don't like this sort of thing, please leave. If you are underage, leave, but don't blame me if you stay and get caught reading this, don't say I didn't warn you. . . .
Also, these characters, the story, they are mine, if you want to use my characters, please ask me.
Part 11: New In Town
The house was empty and hollow, completely different from when he last remembered it. He sat there in the corner of the room holding a picture frame in his arms, keeping it pressed against his chest. He heard the footsteps downstairs below him, voices talking to one another and slowly fading as the moved too far away for him to hear. Things happened too fast, everything should have been normal, but it had only taken a few simple weeks for his life to change.
"Rei?" The voice came closer and found him, sitting on the floor. "Rei? Everything's packed, we have to go now."
Rei slowly looked up and met the gentle eyes of his brother. He got up without a word and headed downstairs. He didn't head straight out though, he wanted one last look around his empty house.
"Come on boys, we have to leave!"
"Rei, you heard dad, come on." With a sigh, Rei turned and walked outside and into the car. His brother climbed in beside him and looked at his younger sibling. "Are you okay?"
"Why? Why do we have to leave?!"
"Its dads decision. Rei, I know you didn't want any of this, but maybe its for the best."
"Yeah right." Rei turned and looked outside the window. His father was busy talking with neighbours and it made him angry. How could he act like everything was normal?! A hand rubbed his shoulder and he saw those gentle eyes again. His brother had that ability that could make things seem like everything would be okay. He nuzzled into the chest of his older sibling and stayed there. He felt safer and protected.
"Come on you two, lets go." Rei broke the embrace and stared at the back of his father's head. At first his face had nothing but pure rage on it, but it quickly vanished. Rei's father spoke again but he took no notice of it and felt the vehicle driving off. As houses past by him, Rei took one last opportunity to look at the house he had grew up in.
Drake leaned against the building, gasping for breath. Sweat ran down his face and he quickly wiped it off. It should have been easy for him, but he was not in the same state as he was before. Still, the sapphire blue dragon walked inside the building and took the elevator up. It allowed him to recover a bit before he reached his destination. Knocking on the door, the dragon looked at the person staying there. "Hey, I got your message." Drake said while breathing heavy. "What is it?"
Troy looked up and shook his head. Getting up, he pulled his boyfriend into the room. "First of all, sit down." He watched the dragon obey and nearly collapse in the chair. He only sent a message from his dad's phone saying he urgently needed to talk with him but he didn't exactly expect Drake to be at the hospital in a few minutes. "Bloody hell Drake, what did you do? Run over here?"
"N-No. . .flied. . .though I cant fly that well right now. . . ."
"You idiot." Troy sighed. "I don't need you falling from the sky, most dragons prefer to walk or take a car."
"You said it was important."
Troy smirked and looked at his dragon. "Well this better cheer you up. I'm being released today, just before lunch."
"Really?!" Drake sprang up from the chair and wrapped his arms around Troy‘s body. "I cant wait to have you with me at home again, I can cuddle you and kiss you and-"
"Drake, calm down. I know your excited-"
"I cant help it, I want you back home."
Feeling the dragon nuzzle him, the feline smiled. "What the heck." With a large grin on his face, Troy embraced the dragon and kissed him deeply.
Out in the hall, James stood there holding back a chuckle. The older panther was leaning against the wall waiting for his wife to return. He smiled at the two, thankful that things were starting to get better for them. James had sorted out the incident with his sons car and soon he could take his son out and get a new car for him. He changed his focus towards the elevators at the far end of the hallway, but the metal doors shown no sign of opening. When he turned back to his sons room, what he saw shocked him a little. Rather than seeing Drake and Troy, he saw himself and Aaron holding each other and kissing. Closing his eyes and shaking his head, he opened his eyes again and saw everything was normal.
_James thought.
"I'm back." James glanced at Emma and focused back on the room. "I phoned Sci, he made it home safely with that wolf friend of his. Too bad he cant see his little cousin finally get out of the hospital."
"Troy is anything but little."
Emma chuckled and smirked. "He gets that off you." James raised an eye at her and his wife only laughed. "I'm going for a cup of tea, are you staying here?"_
"Yeah, I might join you though."
"Suit yourself."
As his wife walked off, James thought to himself and looked back at his son. Both Drake and Troy were talking with each other now, but what he wanted to know was why he thought of himself and Aaron in there. He pictured it mentally in his mind, Aaron was a good looking dragon and kept himself in shape. The thought of him in bed with his best friend actually aroused him greatly, causing a bulge to appear in his jeans. However, a public place was not ideal to get a hard on. He tried everything he could imagine to make his growing cock die down and he was soon successful. He decided he needed a break and hopefully a time to think. A coffee sounded good right now and he started to head towards the same place where his wife was.
_Back in the room, Troy closed the door and looked at his boyfriend. Drake was still trying to catch his breath and was even lying on the bed.
"You really overdid it."
"I'm sorry. I love you too much."
"Heh, you can never love me too much. But seriously Drake, that was stupid of you to fly in that condition."_
"I know, I'm not as strong and I'm still trying to put back on the weight I lost."
"Well, don't eat too much either or you'll be in big trouble."
"Oh, what would you do to me?" Drake grinned at the panther while the feline knew exactly what he was thinking.
"You're thinking of something a little kinky aren't you?"
"Maybe."
"As much as I'd love your sweet ass, I cant very well do it here."
"I know. So what time are you out of here?"
"Probably eleven, maybe twelve, not really sure. But um. . .Drake?"
"Yeah?"
"Could you. . .come home with me? I. . .I don't really want to get inside the car by myself."
"I'd do anything for you my kitten. I love you."
"I love you too hon." Troy gave his dragon a soft kiss and the two cuddled up together in the bed with each other. "Is it just me, or have we become all mushy?"
Downstairs in the café, James stared at his empty cup and forgot about the world around him. It wasn't until Emma gave him a sharp kick in the leg until he took reality back in again. "What was that for?"
"Because you didn't answer me."
"Answer you what?"
"Why you're just staring into you cup like an old fool."
"Old fool? Your father kept saying that and he turned into one."
"James."
"Okay, I don't know. I was just thinking about things."
"And these things might be what exactly?"
James narrowed his eyes. Emma always knew when something was annoying him. "Things that don't concern you."
"I'm your wife James. Is there something you're not telling me?"
[This sounds like when Troy came out of the closet] "Its just guy stuff. And I'm hoping Drake is okay, I don't want to tell Aaron he fainted on the floor." [But I'd like to spend time with Aaron. . .what the hell am I saying?!]
"I know, but he seems okay. We'll take Drake home when the doctors let Troy out."
"Yet I think Troy would want his boyfriend to be with him. It is a Sunday after all and I think all Troy would want is to be with Drake."
Emma gave a quick sigh and spoke, "We'll see what happens."
"Sometimes I cant help but think you don't want Troy to be gay."
"I may have been hard on him that time but I am his mother and I do love him." Emma got up out of her seat and walked back to the wards. James followed suit, his little dilemma could wait until later. He actually wondered if Emma was starting to think differently of her son.
Rei stood in the driveway of what was now, his new home. The house certainly looked more larger than his previous home. More expensive too. Since he arrived, he took the opportunity to have a look around his home. A large pool was in the backyard which seemed like the only good thing in this place but it wasn't enough to make him any happier.
Behind him, he saw the movers taking the furniture into the new house. Which they had been at for the past half hour. Sighing, Rei walked in, not taking any notice of his older brother and father taking some pieces of their belongings out of the truck. The inside of the house looked so modern, fresh, as though it was newly decorated. Rei however, ignored the house and walked upstairs and into what would be his room. Already, his bed, desk and wardrobe were inside and just as he took a step, two of the movers brought the drawers inside his room. One of them smiled at him and the otter gave a brief smile back before the older two furs walked back out.
He lied down on his bed, half burying his face in the pillows. It was his bed, but it felt so alien to him. He wanted to go back to his original home, even though he knew it would never happen. He closed his eyes and hoped this was all a dream. Before he knew it, he felt something press him into the bed. He looked up and saw his older brother cuddling him and nuzzling the back of his neck. He started to smile, Mark just had that ability to make everything seem better. He looked into his older siblings eyes, he could give a strong guess as to what Mark was saying.
[Everything will be okay, promise.]
He wasn't sure if he believed this or not. But he didn't break the eye contact, instead, he rolled over and cuddled into his brother.
Troy inhaled the fresh air as he stepped out of the hospital, giving a sigh of relief that he was now free from the place. Although, when he glanced at his cast, the panther wished he didn't need it.
[A few more weeks of this.]
Feeling Drake wrap his arm around him, Troy gave a quick smile and walked down the footpath towards the car park. James pulled out his keys and unlocked the vehicle allowing everyone to get inside. Drake opened the door so Troy could enter but when he turned back, he noticed Troy had taken a few short steps back.
"Troy?"
The panther didn't respond. He continued looking at the inside of the car and he gulped slightly. Even if he couldn't remember anything that happened, he did not want to get inside the car at all. He shook his head slightly but he felt Drake's hands gripping his own. Shaking a little, Troy got into the car and sat in the seat.
James looked in his mirror and noticed his son trembling. "It'll only take ten minutes Troy." He watched Troy nod slowly, not making any eye contact. James looked back on the time he, Emma and Troy were returning home from a holiday. They were sitting inside the plane and he noticed Troy gripping the chair tightly, his eyes wide from fear. He comforted his son, but Troy just held his father tightly for the rest of the flight. That was about eight years ago, but nothing had changed about Troy's fears.
James started to drive out and away from the hospital, before going onto the busy roads. He had hoped for little traffic so Troy wouldn't get worked up. Drake had hoped this too, earlier, just before they left the building, Troy had asked if they could walk but the dragon told him why that wouldn't be the best idea. There were cars all around him and not once did Troy look at any of them or where he was going, he just stared at the floor. Getting worried, Drake pulled the feline into him and kissed him gently on the head.
In the next few minutes, they were starting to get away from the busy roads and into the more quiet areas. Troy had started to ease up and was looking around himself.
"Oh look, someone's moving in." Emma pointed out. They all noticed the large truck and a few uniformed furs taking boxes and furniture out of it.
"Well, whoever it is must have a good bit of money, those houses aren't cheap." James added. Both Drake and Troy looked out and for a brief second, the two noticed someone in the doorway.
"Otters."
"What?" Emma asked.
"Its an otter family." Troy said as they drove further away from the house.
"Well, they could have a few kids, maybe in your classes?"
"Don't know dad."
As soon as his home came into view, Troy smiled. He felt happy that he could be somewhere he knew was safe. When the car stopped, Troy was out in seconds and wanted to be let inside. The feline felt excitement in him growing, just wanting to lie in his own bed again. Emma unlocked the door and stepped inside, followed by the rest of the small group. Grabbing Drake's arm, Troy started pulling him upstairs but his mother stopped him halfway.
"Troy. Don't you want anything to eat? Drink?"
"No mom, I just want to go to my room and be in bed with my boyfriend."
Emma sighed. "Alright, shout if you want anything."
Troy rolled his eyes and continued upstairs. When he and Drake got into his room, he noticed his room had been cleaned and his bed looked slightly different. Sitting down on it, he realised it wasn't the same as before.
"Looks like you got new sheets." Drake said to him.
"Yeah. New mattress as well." Patting the spot next to him, Drake sat down next to Troy and nuzzled him.
"You okay?"
"Yeah. I'm going to hate this though."
"Why?"
"You heard mom right? I don't want everyone to do everything for me just because I have a cast on my arm. I hate feeling helpless, why do you think I kept asking the doctors if I could leave?"
"Troy, come on. We all care about you."
"I know love. Speaking of which." Troy grinned and pushed Drake down onto the bed. "I could have a little fun with you now."
The dragon smiled also and gave his boyfriend a quick kiss on the lips. "You sure? I don't want to overdo it."
"Hah, mom and dad would know that I'm perfectly fine after hearing us."
"Preferably, I'd rather not let them hear."
"You're right. Now strip for me."
"You can be such a horny cat."
"I know, and you love it." Before he could even kiss his dragon, Troy heard a knock on his door. He wasn't surprised to see his mom in the doorway with a phone in her paw.
"Sorry for interrupting, but Sci is on the phone, he wants to speak with you."
"Cant you tell him to phone back?"
"He's family Troy, now come on, he hasn't got a lot of spare time."
Troy sighed and mouthed a sorry before taking the phone away. Lying on the bed, Drake thought to himself. [So much for that]
A few hours had passed and Drake was now back at home. Troy had grown tired of the interruptions and his mom saying "You should be resting, take things easy." In the words of his boyfriend, all that meant was "You don't want me around Drake? Is that it?" Of course, he hadn't said that to his mother. So, while Troy put up with that, Drake now sat at his computer, typing and thinking hard.
"Drake?" The dragon jumped and quickly hid the page he was working on. Looking around, he saw Jamie and Max standing in his room.
"Yeah?"
"Is Troy okay?"
"Of course. I told you two everything when I came in."
Jamie smirked. "We know. So, what are you doing?"
"N-Nothing."
"You were typing something."
"Were you spying on me?"
"Maybe." Jamie moved carefully towards his brother and clicked the mouse. With the page now up, Drake blushed and looked away. "Wow. . .ninety-two pages, what are you doing?"
Drake sighed. Only Troy knew about this and he had wanted to keep it that way. Now, it was time to come clean, at least with Jamie and Max. "Its sorta a. . .hobby. . .well, something I really want to do."
"What?" Jamie asked.
"A book by the look of it." Max said.
"Yeah. I haven't worked on it for a while, but since Troy's tied up I thought I'd do more on it. But why did you two have to spy on me?"
"We're just bored. And we wanted to see Troy."
"You guys can see him later. If his mom doesn't drive him insane." Hearing the two cubs leave, Drake started typing on his computer again as idea's flooded into his mind.
"Aren't you hungry Rei?" Mark asked. The young otter shook his head, he didn't feel like eating or doing anything for that matter. He stared at the food on his plate, Mark had made it for him. He always was the better cook in the family and he loved most of his brother's meals. But right now, he just sat there, silent.
"Rei, eat up. You're seeing the Principal of your school tomorrow. Same goes for you Mark."
"Yeah dad I know."
Rei couldn't take much more of this. Looking around, he got up. "Excuse me." Rei left the room and walked upstairs.
"He hasn't even touched his meal." Their father said. Mark didn't bother replying. He knew better than to try and force someone to do something they didn't want to. He assumed Rei would be better in the morning.
Upstairs, Rei stood in his room, holding a book in his paws. It had been a few hours since the movers had left and most of the young otters stuff was still packed away in boxes. Keeping himself busy, Rei started emptying the contents of one box after another, filling the space in his large room. When he was done, he looked around. In one corner, he had his TV which was connected to his Wii and Playstation 3, a small desk where he could use his laptop and work on his school work. Everything else was just normal things that one would find in a bedroom. The otter sat on his bed. Night had yet to arrive and it was still bright outside. Not knowing what to do, Rei lied back and closed his eyes.
"You should eat something Rei."
Slowly opening his eyes, he noticed Mark standing at his doorway. "Mark."
"Heh, I see you filled your room up."
"Yeah."
"Hey, how about we go for a swim. You always wanted a pool."
"But hasn't-"
"Dad's taken care of it. You know he loves the water. Even more than we do. Come on, it‘ll cheer you up."
"Okay." Smiling, Rei grabbed his swimming trunks and headed back downstairs with his older brother.
The air was mild, a soft wind was blowing and Drake was waiting outside his boyfriend's house. Jamie and Max were with him, talking to each other and whispering at times. He could guess what they were talking about, the two teenagers always whispered whenever it came to their sex life, unless they were alone that is. With the sun on his sapphire scales, Drake sighed. It would be different not driving to school, but he remembered the panther's reaction once he got in the car yesterday. It made him wonder if Troy would ever be comfortable driving again.
Hearing the door shut, the three of them looked up and expected to see Troy bright and cheerful. Instead, he looked tired and irritable.
"Troy?"
"Mom's driving me nuts." Troy said while yawning.
"Rough night?" Drake asked, cuddling his boyfriend.
"Yeah. Too used to that hospital bed."
"Troy? Did you shower this morning?" Drake moved back a little, his shirt a little damp.
"Yeah. You do not know how awkward it is to shower with this damn thing on your arm. Even if you cover it."
"Couldn't you have asked someone to help."
"Well. . .I would have preferred you over my parents. I'm not a cub anymore."
The dragon smirked. He knew more than anyone else, that Troy absolutely hated feeling helpless and having others do things for him. He liked his independence. Drake could only imagine what Emma would be doing to her son. "I know that. So, should we head off?"
"Y-Yeah. . .-yawn-. . .oh yeah, hi Jamie, Max."
"Hey."
Rubbing his eyes, Troy leaned into Drake and yawned again. "Hey, you think I can stay with you today, I might actually get some sleep."
"Of course you can hon."
"Come on guys, we're going to be late." Max said.
"What's the rush love?"
"I really need to finish a painting."
"But you've practically done the whole year. Couldn't you help me?"
"You know I would."
"Thanks kitten."
Troy chuckled to himself.
Rei examined himself in the mirror. After a not so easy nights sleep, breakfast and shower, the otter managed to keep himself looking good, or so he thought. Today he would meet his principle, talk about classes and the works. He wondered when he would actually start, since he still had to learn where he was going.
Heading downstairs, Mark was in the kitchen and he handed his sibling a blue book bag filled with everything a student would need. "I thought I was only meeting the principle today?"
"Nope. You start school today."
"What? Oh come on. . ."
"Its just how it works. Come on, dad's outside waiting for us."
"This sucks." The two headed outside and Mark locked the door. Getting into the back of the car, his father drove off without a word. The entire trip was silent and after carefully moving around the waves of traffic and different roads, he had pulled up in front of Rei's school.
"Well Rei, this is your stop."
The otter looked outside. There were a very large number of students, his age, younger and older outside the building. His gut told him that he's stick out like a sore thumb as soon as he got out of the car. He nervously moved forward and then moved back. "C-Cant I just miss today? After all we just moved here."
"Rei, come on. I have to go meet my new bosses today. Mark will get you later."
"O-Okay." Getting out of the car, Rei shut the door and saw his father drive off. Looking back at the massive building in front of him, Rei gulped and moved forward. He could feel the eyes of the other students on him, whispers started all around him and he wanted it to stop. Getting inside the door, Rei stopped, wondering where exactly he had to go. Students filled the hallways, but he didn't want to go near any of them. Walking forward, he looked in many different directions, but all he could see was classrooms.
"Excuse me. Could you tell me where the principle's office is?" Rei had decided just to ask someone rather than wander around aimlessly.
The hyena turned and looked at the otter. "Find it yourself newbie." The hyena walked off smirking leaving Rei alone in the hallway.
"I guess your Rei?"
The otter looked up and saw a lynx standing before him. "Y-Yes sir."
"I'm Mr. Myers, your Principle. Come on, we can go to my office and I'll get you your things." Rei nodded and followed him. Eyes continued to follow him and as soon as he got inside the lynx's office, he felt like he could relax a little. "Take a seat Rei."
"O-Okay." He did as he was told while the older feline searched through a folder.
"Ah, here it is." Pulling out a sheet of paper, the principle handed it to the otter. "That's your timetable for this year. If you lose it, just say you need another one."
"Yes sir."
"Your father called me earlier suggesting a few things for you. But would you rather just continue your classes you were doing at your previous school?"
"Please."
"Alright. I'll take you to Mrs. Patton's class for Art." Getting up, Rei followed the feline into one of the classrooms. The smell of paint and clay hit him hard but he was more concerned about every fur's eyes on him. Once he greeted the teacher, Myers silenced the class. "Everyone. . .that's better. Now, we've got a new student joining your class. This is Rei Cambell."
The young otter just looked around, too embarrassed to speak. Mrs Paton took over and told Rei to take a seat which was right next to Max. "Jamie, Max? Could you two help him with the artwork?"
"Sure." Max said. Myers left the room and the class was back into its routine.
"Here." Jamie handed the otter a large, clear plastic A2 folder with a blank sticker on the top corner. "You can put all your work in here."
"Thanks. Um, what are we doing?"
"Well, I'm doing a painting, Max is doing his own stuff."
"Oh. . .so do I. . .?"
"You can set up a still life or paint something."
"Yeah. . .I guess."
Jamie smiled and offered a paw. "I'm Jamie. That's Max."
The snow leopard smiled. "Hi."
"I'm Rei."
"Rei?" Jamie looked at what the otter had just written on the blank sticker. "Spelt different from what I know."
"Dad wanted to call me that."
"I like it." Max said while focusing on his artwork. Rei smiled slightly while the fox went back to sit in his seat. The otter glanced at the two next to him and looked down at the table. He began to wonder if he might have actually made some friends already.
Things in Drake's high school were a bit different. The panther had been greeted by a lot of the students and many wanted to sign his cast which he allowed.
"What do you think? Looks better already doesn't it?"
Drake chuckled. The once white cast was now covered in pen marks, little doodles and people's names, all in various colours. "Yeah, you're practically the most popular guy right now."
"Its great isn't it?"
"Actually, I don't know what its like."
Before they could even continue, their teacher walked in along with a tall otter. "Right everyone, this is Mark Cambell, he'll be joining our class today."
Troy leaned into Drake and whispered. "Little late in the year for him to start at a new school aint it?"
"Yeah, kinda is."
". . .I trust you'll all be fair towards him, now Mark, take a seat and we'll start with the lesson. Will, can you lend Mr. Cambell a hand with the notes?"
"Yes miss." The tiger said, making room at his desk.
Both Drake and Troy noticed the tiger and otter exchanging words with one another but they looked in front of the class again as the teacher started ranting on and on. When they had actually finished, both Drake and Troy were left with a good bit of homework.
"I really didn't want to come back to this."
"I'll help you kitten." Troy smiled, trying to keep the books under his arm as best as he could. "Plus it's a study period next so we can get English by with."
"Aww. . .why English? I hate it." Troy pouted and walked along with his boyfriend.
"Because we'll have it over and done with and we can do the easier work quicker."
"Whatever you say."
"Troy? You want me to take some of those books?"
"Nah, I'm fine." Troy had to get his grip back again but he need to slow down. The books were slipping from his hold slowly. "Why do we need so many books?"
"We have to catch up."
"I gue-" Without warning, all of the books clattered to the floor. Grumbling, Troy bent down to pick them up and so did Drake. But the dragon took them out of Troy's paws.
"I'll carry them. I‘ll take your bag too."
Troy snarled a little, but he calmed down. "No." The panther took his books back and gave an apologetic look. "I'm really sorry Drake, but I want to do these things myself."
"Its okay. I just want you to know I'm here for you."
"I know love. Can we dump some of this into my locker?"
"Okay. Keep the English stuff though." Troy pouted and walked down the hallway to his locker while Drake went to his own. Sorting what he needed and what he didn't, the dragon turned around and got an eyeful of fist. His head hit the lockers and he quickly fell to the floor, looking up, he wasn't surprised to see John standing over him.
"That's for last week fag!"
Drake smirked and stood up as a crowd began to form. The dragon noticed that John still had one or two bruises, and a shiner round his eyes. "Hey John, nice shiner."
"You're dead fag." Cracking his knuckles, John was about to hit him until he felt someone tap his shoulder. He turned. "What?!" Instantly, a black furred fist hit him hard on the face, knocking him to the floor. John looked up and saw Troy growling at him.
"Miss me?"
"You."
"I thought I made things clear to you. Stay away from my boyfriend."
"Shut it fag! Or I'll make that arm worse."
Troy grabbed him and threw him into the lockers. "You were saying?"
"BREAK IT UP!!!" The whole crowd jumped and they all turned to their principle. The wolf walked forward towards the panther and spoke to the crowd. "Don't you all have places to go?" The crowd didn't need to be told twice and they left without a word. "Troy, its good to see you back, but I don't want any fights, same goes for you Drake, I'm not suspending you again. John, you act up again and I will give you a referral."
The badger just walked off without a word while Drake and Troy apologised to the wolf. When the principal walked off, the two were about to head off until someone stopped them.
"Excuse me."
Both of them turned and saw the new student from before. "Hi. Mark was it?"
"Yeah. Um. . .where do I got for study period?"
"Follow us." The otter followed the two and Drake started talking to him.
"You're late in starting aren't you?"
"Guess so. It was my dad's decision."
"Where are you from?"
Mark sighed and looked at the two. "Everywhere." Both Drake and Troy looked confused but the otter started explaining it. "My dad does a lot of business, sometimes we need to move. Its kinda annoying really. Who knows, we might actually be here longer than a year."
"I guess you've made a lot of friends then huh?"
"A few. Don't really see them though."
Both Drake and Troy wondered what such a life was like. Moving from place to place, losing old friends and having to make new ones, and neither of the two knew what it felt like. When they arrived at their common room, the three of them sat down and Drake started to work on his English homework. Troy didn't really want to do it but Drake offered to help him.
Mark however felt lost and out of place. He looked around and saw a few other students talking to one another. Looking at Drake and Troy, he tried to make some conversation. "So. . .that guy back there, who is he?"
"John. A complete jerk who I wish was dead." Troy said.
"That's a bit. . .extreme isn't it?"
"In his case, no. He's made our lives miserable."
"Is it because he called you guys fags?"
Drake looked up and put his work aside. "Yeah. We're gay. And this loveable kitten is my boyfriend."
Mark looked down and then back up. "Cool."
"Wait. . .what?"
"I think its cool. I mean, there's nothing wrong with it. I think its good that guys like you can be open."
"Heh, it'd be nice if we didn't have all the shit from others like John." Drake told him.
"Well. . .forget about them. Say. . .um, Troy?"
"Yeah?"
"How'd you get that cast?"
"Oh. . . .car accident. I was in a coma for a week. Just got out yesterday."
All Mark could think of was one word. [Whoa] Troy noticed and smirked at him before turning to his dragon.
"Hey Drake, could you help me."
"Sure, what is it?"
Mark watched the two working together and he could only grin at the sight. He wondered how long they'd been together. But his mind switched to something else and he spoke it aloud. "Hey Drake, Troy? Is it alright if I hang out with you guys?"
"Sure. Its cool." Troy said. Drake nodded and finished off the problem that Troy was having difficulty with.
Smirking, Mark assumed he'd made some new friends. "Oh, um. . .can you guys show me where the Home Ec class is?"
"Thanks for letting me sit with you guys."
"Its fine Rei." Jamie told him before taking a bite out of his food. The three of them were sitting at the lunch table eating their food. Rei had told them both about the different places he'd been in and that he had to move a lot depending on what his father did. He also confessed that it was something about his dad he hated. "I'm just so sick of moving everywhere. I think we're going to have a home for good and we have to move."
"Sorry to hear that man." Max said.
"Its fine. I'm used to it." Rei replied. He looked up and saw the hyena from earlier and the otter looked at Jamie and Max. "Hey, um. . .who's that guy over there?"
Both of them turned around and saw who Rei was talking about. Jamie looked back and sighed. "Drew, Why'd you ask?"
"I asked him where the principle's office was and he told me to find it myself."
"Don't go to Drew for anything. He's just a fucking jerk. It'd do the world a favour if he just drops off the face of the Earth." Jamie told him.
"He likes to pick on us." Rei nodded and ate silently after that. Once he finished his food, he started wondering what to do next. He'd started to like the fox and snow leopard and he thought about something.
"Umm. . .do you two want. . .to um, come over to my place after school?"
Both Jamie and Max looked at each other, unsure what to say. "Umm. . .you sure? You just moved in."
"Its okay. I've got the Wii and PS3 set up. And we can go swimming too, we've got a pool."
"Awesome." Max said.
"Sure, we'll have to ask mom and dad though."
"Okay." Rei's face beamed. He felt a lot better than what he did this morning, but now it was just a question if his dad would be home. He was sure his father wouldn't mind, but he didn't expect anything. As they finished off their lunches, Rei couldn't help but smile at the two new friends he just made.
With the school day over, Jamie, Max and Rei sat outside the school gate and were talking about all different sorts of things. From favourite games, stuff they were into and what they did in their spare time. They had all been waiting for a little while now but soon, Drake and Troy were walking towards them along with a third person.
"Hey guys."
"Hi Drake."
"I see you made friends Rei."
Rei looked to the side and then walked up to his brother. "You too Mark."
"So he's your brother Mark?" Troy asked. Rei looked at the muscled panther and his eyes were drawn to the pen covered cast on his arm. He wondered how the feline got such an injury but he didn't ask.
"Yeah, this is Rei. Hey, dad's busy with his bosses, so he wont be home until late tonight."
Rei sighed. "Fine. Its nothing new anyway."
"Well. . .should we head off?" Drake suggested. They all agreed and Rei walked ahead to catch up with Jamie and Max.
"Who are those guys?" Rei asked.
"The dragon, Drake, he's my brother." Jamie told him. Rei gave a puzzled look. "I'm adopted."
"Oh. . ." The otter looked at Max. ". . .so is Troy your. . .?"
"No. I'm living with Jamie. Um. . .family problems."
"Sorry."
"What for?" Max asked.
"Just in case. . .I didn't mean anything."
"Hey, its no problem." Jamie said, placing a paw on the otter's shoulder.
On the entire walk home, all of them were in conversation. Drake, Troy and Mark were laughing a lot and the three younger ones didn't even know what they were talking about. Passing a book shop, Max looked at the window and stopped.
"Max?" Jamie asked.
"Holy crap! Black God volume six is in! I gotta get it!"
"Black God?" The fox looked confused until he noticed it was a manga book. The snow leopard checked his wallet and saw he had enough.
"Yes. I've been meaning to get that for ages!"
Just then, Mark stood next to him. "Its rated as ‘Older Teen'" He said, pointing out the small circular logo. "You don't look that."
Max sighed. He really wanted to get the book but he would most likely be unable to get it. It was his father who had bought him the previous books and the snow leopard just gave up. Before he could put his wallet away though, Troy had taken it out of his paws and walked inside. In a few minutes, the panther returned with a small bag.
"Here. That was your money remember." Max's face beamed and he hugged Troy. "Hey."
"Thanks Troy! I'm so reading this tonight!"
"It better not take all night." Jamie said grinning. But Drake nearly dropped his jaw. The fox clearly forgot that Mark and Rei were with them. Poking Jamie on the shoulder, the fox looked around and realised. "I um. . .want to be able to sleep."
Shaking his head, Drake walked off in front with the others trailing behind him. Jamie blushed a little but Max just laughed and held the bag close. Checking his wallet, he saw that all the money he had was still there. Looking at the panther in front, he smiled and made a mental note to thank him later.
Arriving at Drake's house first, Rei stopped and asked Mark if Jamie and Max could come round to theirs. "Well. . .okay."
"We'll just ask." Getting inside the house, Jamie and Max put their school stuff down and managed to find Lily in the living room reading a magazine. "Mom?"
"Hello you lot."
"Mom, is it okay if me and Max go over to a friends?"
Lily looked at the two and agreed. "Its fine. But I don't want you two getting home late either. You have school remember."
"Thanks mom." Heading back out, they said they could come and Rei told them to bring their swimming trunks.
When they ran back inside, Mark looked at both Drake and Troy. "You guys can come too."
"Thanks, but Troy and I have got work to catch up on. Sorry."
"Its fine." Jamie and Max came running out the door and Mark said that he'd bring them back. Watching them head off, Troy looked at Drake and cuddled him.
"Can I go for a nap Drake?"
"After you finish your homework."
"Awww. . . ."
A little bit further down the road, Mark, Rei, Jamie and Max were walking towards their destination. Mark walked further down, looking at the different houses until he found the one belonging to them. Letting the three younger ones catch up to him, Mark opened the gate and let them walk up.
"Wow. Big." Jamie said as he stared at the large house.
"Dad does earn quite a lot." Walking up the stone covered drive, Mark unlocked the door and allowed them inside. Both Jamie and Max were stunned by the interior of the house, it was much larger than theirs, they couldn't even begin to describe it if they wanted to.
"This is.. . .wow."
Rei smirked and went upstairs. "You guys wanna play some games?"
"Sure." Heading up, they followed the otter into his room. When they walked in, both Jamie and Max realised that Rei's father must have been extremely well off. A laptop, two games consoles connected to a very large plasma TV, Queen sized bed and host of other things.
Max looked at the otter. "Dude, you're rich."
"No. Not really. Dad's. . .well, he knows what to do with business and money. At least that's what he tells me."
Both of the two just shrugged and the three of them set up Mario Kart. The races they played made them more competitive and Max shouted out "YES!!!" When he defeated the otter and the fox. Rei even took them online to play others around the world and it was the otter and the snow leopard who was playing, Jamie taking his turns after the snow leopard. Throughout the online race, Max growled when one of the players hit him with a red shell, sending him from 4th place to 9th.
"Grr. . .damn you!"
"Who hit you?" Rei said, trying to maintain 3rd place and get ahead.
"Um. . .some guy from the UK or Europe." Max said, trying to get back in a better place. When the race was over, Jamie took over but he wasn't as good as the otter. For the next hour or so, they played people around the world on Mario Kart, Jamie, however, was starting to get competitive with a racer from another part of the US.
"What?! NO!!! Damn it!" Jamie said as the opponent thrashed him with a red shell causing him to lose the race. "I almost had first."
Rei patted his shoulder. "Its okay, I did a one on one against a guy from France. He owned me big time." Jamie smirked and Rei disconnected the game off the Wi-Fi service.
"Hey, you guys okay with pizza tonight?"
Rei looked at his new friends and they agreed. "Yeah."
"Okay, I'll call you down when its ready." Mark shouted.
"Hey Rei? Where's your mom?" Jamie asked.
Rei sighed. "Mom and dad divorced a while ago. Dad found out she was having an affair with some other guy and dad didn't like that."
"Oh, sorry."
"Its okay. Getting up, Rei told the two that he had to use the bathroom. Sitting in the bedroom, Max cuddled up with his fox.
"You know, we'll have to tell him about us at some point."
"Yeah, but lets leave it for now."
Max agreed and it wasn't long until Rei returned. While they waited for the food to be ready, Rei asked if they wanted to play any Smash Bros and they agreed. After a series of matches, Mark shouted them down for dinner. Walking downstairs, Rei led them into the kitchen area and noticed Mark was talking with an older otter in a business suit. Turning around, the man smiled at the three of them.
"Hello. Good to hear you made friends Rei."
"Thanks dad." Rei said without much enthusiasm.
Moving closer, Rei's father gave his son a hug. "I'm sorry I couldn't pick you up earlier Rei."
"Its fine dad."
Letting go of his son, the older otter smiled. "Well, nice to meet you two. . .um. . "
"Jamie."
"Max."
"Jamie, Max. I'm Lewis Cambell. I would stay for longer but I have things to do upstairs." Walking off, the older otter vanished up the steps and Rei just rolled his eyes.
"You cant stay pissed off at dad forever Rei. It's not his fault."
"Sometimes I just wish he didn't divorce from mom. And I wish we could stop moving everywhere."
"Hopefully we'll stay put. I like it here."
"Me too."
"Well, dig in you guys. I would have made something myself but I need to go food shopping." Nonetheless, all of them started eating the pizza. Their meal continued with small conversation until they finished it. Rei got up and asked if they wanted to go swimming.
"Wait an hour Rei." Mark told him as he loaded the dishwasher. "You know that."
"Yeah."
"Good."
Walking upstairs and back into the otters room, Rei asked if they wanted to do anything and the two just suggested playing more Smash Bros. After an hour had passed, Rei got up. "Ready to hit the pool?"
"Yeah."
"I'll go change in the bathroom." Rei said, but Jamie stopped him.
"We can get changed together cant we?" Rei looked at him, a little shocked and confused. "I mean, gym class and such."
"Um. . .yeah. I. . ."
"Sorry Rei, I'll go to the bathroom."
"No, its fine. Just didn't really expect that. . .um, I'll be back." Rei said as he walked out.
Max looked worried while Jamie flattened his ears against his skull. "That was stupid."
"We just became friends earlier Jamie, its probably way too early for that."
"Yeah, lets get changed." Stripping themselves, Jamie and Max had a good look at each other and the fox managed to quickly grope his boyfriend and stick a finger inside his sheath.
"Jamie!" Max looked at him and the fox grinned.
"He's got a big bed Max. He wont notice."
The snow leopard grinned. "You're bad, you know that."
"Am I?" Jamie giggled and pulled his shorts on and Max got ready. Rei came back but knocked on the door.
"Good, you guys are ready. Just leave your clothes here." Following the otter into the back garden, Rei ran and jumped into the deeper part of the pool while Jamie and Max walked down the steps.
"This is awesome." Jamie said.
"Do you swim a lot?" Rei asked.
"Nah. Only at school."
"For real?!" Even Max looked at him.
"Well, once. . .with my first family. Just once. . .cant remember much about it."
"Oh."
"Its fine." Jamie said swimming through the water.
"You okay Max?" Rei asked him. The feline stayed in the shallow end near the wall.
"Yeah. . .I um. . .cant swim that great."
Rei swam up to him. "I can teach you."
Max gulped. He remembered his father trying to teach him and he didn't exactly like it. "Its okay, I just need to stay away from the deep end."
Rei nodded and swam under the water effortlessly being the agile swimmer he was. Jamie stayed near Max and tried to bring him further away from the wall. Max only got so far and then moved back a little so his chin stayed above the water line. Inside the kitchen, Mark watched them and smirked. He felt like joining them but he had his room to sort out. Heading upstairs, he hoped that the three of them wouldn't make a mess when they came back into the house.
Back in the pool though, the three of them just had fun leaning against the edge of the pool and Rei looked around. "Hey. . .did I bring out any towels?" Jamie and Max looked at one another and shook their heads. "Shit. I'll go get some." Getting out, the otter smiled at them and walked inside the house.
Jamie however wrapped his arms around Max and kissed him. "Having fun?"
"Yeah. I like Rei. He's got a nice body."
"He isn't toned like Troy."
"But I bet all the swimming he does helps."
"Yeah, he does look nice. But, not as good as you." Giggling, the two kissed and Jamie grinded his crotch against Max's. Breaking away, he smiled. "I wonder what it'd be like, yiffing you in a pool."
"Hmm. . .wet?"
The fox giggled. "Yes, but I wonder how much fun it would be. And what if we had an otter friend to play with too?"
Max smirked. "That would be great."
"Mmmm." Snuggling into his snow leopard, Jamie kissed him again, only much deeper.
"Hey guys I brought the towels and-" Rei stopped completely and dropped the towels he was carrying. Both Jamie and Max pushed away from each other and got out of the pool.
"R-Rei. . .its um. . .not what you think. . ."
The otter just stood there, speechless.
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Yay! Troy's out of hospital and is spending time with Drake like he should. Jamie and Max have made a new friend although Rei looks quite shocked at what he found in his pool. God, they are such horny kids aren't they? Plus, James is finding it hard to keep his mind off Aaron at times.
And sorry about the wait on this.
And special thanks to Midnight Silence who suggested the otter species.
P.S I'm not very good with names, heh
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