[Writing NSFW] Amai's New Job chapter 2 up [10/06/2025]

[Amai_Crimson]

NSFW will include blood, death, some sexual content IE making out and a bit more nothing too bad still gonna say that though.

I also as well wanna thank Tapewolf who was gracious enough to let me do a fan fic of his fan fic. love the comic so much. Also story takes place somewhere between project future and Epsilon off in a town away from the major stuff. Only a few times will Daryil show up to do anything





A cougar loitered outside the glass front doors of a large building, the steady bustle of foot traffic weaving around him as he paced on the sidewalk. He looked up and stared at the bold plaque over the entryway: "Jayhawk Cybernetics", and took a deep breath.
"I got this, I got this," he murmured. "It's just physical labor and only a few towns over, it's perfect!" With a fresh burst of confidence, he strode into the building.
The lobby was rather large, white tile floors with beige colored walls. A black leather sofa rested against the wall, a pair of matching chairs on either side of a coffe table. Stacked upon the table were numerous magazines.

The white-furred canine behind the desk looked up from her computer and gave Amai a once-over; his black dress shoes, grey slacks, a short sleeve white collared shirt, an untied black tie around his neck. The things that stood out the most were the forearm length, light green, fingerless cloth gloves he wore. She politely offered: "Yes, can I help you?"

"Um...yes," the cougar ventured, "Amai Crimson for the 12 o'clock interview with Mr. Ausmann." He fiddled with his tie a bit.

Looking on her computer she curtly nodded: "Alright. Well he is in a meeting, but it should be over in a few minutes, 10 at most. Take a seat in the meantime. Also.." she coughed and nodded her head towards the bathroom; "if you wanna freshen up."

Amai looked at her then the bathroom, nodded his head: "oh, thank you" before heading in there. Walking in he came up to the sink to look himself over in the mirror. Standing at 6'1 he brushed over his shirt and pants, trying to get the wrinkles out. Having to walk to this job interview had ruffled his clothes up; his long cougar tail swayed slowly behind him, long tan color with an extra fluffy black tail tip. While he stared downward trying to knot the tie correctly, his shoulder length lavender hair swung right into his face "Dangit."

Moving his hands into his pockets, he fished out a black hair tie, pulled his hair back into a ponytail and secured it with the hair tie. "There." his violet eyes looked himself over once more. "The tie is the best it will get, maybe he won't care. I am a physical laborer, so won't need a tie." He looked up to his ears. They were pointy, unusual for a cougar; even more unusual were the small flames, one on each ear's tip. "Okay, guess I'll go wait."
Heading out of the bathroom he went to the sofa and sank into one of its pillows.

As he waited Amai's gaze wandered over the magazine covers. Usual stuff about Jayhawks corporation as leading tech company. Some home and garden mags and then- what in the world?
He grabbed up the last magazine "Latex and PVC", all about clothing made from the stuff. On the front was a male black wolf wearing white latex pants that hugged him a little too well. On his arms were some white latex gloves, with the caption: "Is white latex in this season?"
Amai's face blushed a bit feeling his face burn, before his attention was caught by the front desk lady's call: "Mr. Crimson?" The cougar hastily dropped the magazine and whipped his head around, hoping she hadn't noticed his interest in it. "Mr. Ausmann will see you now. Down the hall, first door on your left." she said smiling softly. "Good luck."

Amai crossed the lobby and headed down the hall, where he found the door; a gold plated nameplate reading Lead Researcher of RD. Kristofer Ausmann. Knocking on the door, he pushed it open once he heard a voice saying to come in.

The room was pretty basic, same white tile floors as the rest of the building, the walls though were a light blue color. In the room sat a single oak desk, papers stacked on it along with a white mug filled with coffee.  In front of the desk was a single chair for clients and others, on the other side was a very nice leather desk chair. Sitting in it was an Arctic wolf with short black hair; his eyes never looked up from the papers as he used a hand to straighten his reading glasses. His outfit was a white lab coat, under it a crimson dress shirt complete with a black tie.

Taking the seat across from Mr. Ausmann, he breathed in and out slowly to calm himself. "Hello, Mr. Ausmann."

The wolf didn't bother to look up. "Hello Mr. Crimson. I'm going over your papers again, seeing the meeting went a bit long. Wanted to be sure I had everything in order."
Amai cleared his throat to reply: "Amai would be fine, sir." He fidgeted a bit, unsure what else to say.

"Let me see here, says here you live in Aston?"
Amai sat straight in his chair. "Yes, I don't live too far away, and I know the town is a bit away but, it has a living facility so I wouldn't need to travel."
"You have been doing some physically demanding jobs as well." The wolf spoke deliberately, keeping his eyes on the papers.
The cougar breathed in: "Yes, construction for a little bit, as well help with clearing parts of forest for expansion. Even working on farms around my town."

Finally emerging from his papers, Mr Ausmann looked over the cat till something caught his eye. "Mr Cri- I mean Amai... your ears appear to be on fire." He got up revealing his tan pants and walked around his desk to the cougar.

Amai's eyes widened a bit before he reached a hand up to them. "Oh um, no it's fine. I'm half dem.." he stopped himself covering his mouth with both hands, before feeling Mr. Ausmann's hands come up to grab his tie. "I.."

The artic wolf ignored this protest: "Your tie isn't right. Let me fix it," he said moving his fingers to properly tie it, then looked at the cat who was now visibly shaking. His voice softened: "Relax, I've talked with your prior employers and they said only good things about you. Showed up on time, worked overtime. Never complained." He leaned back on the desk, crossing his arms over his chest. "Whether you be a half demon or not, means nothing to me. I need a good worker no matter who or what they are. And since this job requires carrying around the chassis of our panther security units, which each weigh close to a motorcycle's weight? You being half demon will come in handy."

Amai was a bit embarrassed to feel his tie get redone, but hearing how the employer didn't care what he was and even appreciated what he could do, he smiled some: "Oh thanks, it's just... some people like to jump to conclusions. It's why I could only get jobs at my hometown. Everyone knew me so didn't worry." Thinking on the job details he smiled widely: "Only one motorcycle? That sounds easy enough, done similiar like moving logs around or on construction sites." He paused, realising what that sounded like. "Not...not that I'm bragging," he added rubbing at the back of his head.

Mr. Ausmann nodded his head chuckling at the last part: "Well, nothing wrong with that. Now then, Amai... I have a question for you, and please be truthful. How would you react to working with six to seven incubi? I ask because, as you pointed out, people like to jump to conclusions."

As Amai thought it over, his tail tip flicked back and forth."I see no issue, my father has a friend who is an incubi and practically an uncle to me. Just like demons have reps, so do they, I know. But if they are nice to me, why would I care if they were an Incubus or even a being?"

Staring at the cougar in thought, Mr. Ausmann listened nodding his head. "Excellent way of looking at it." He held out a hand. "So Amai, would you be able to start in a week? Also, enough with the 'Sir'. Call me Mr. Ausmann, if need be."

Amai sprung out of the chair, grabbed the wolf's hand in his and shook it energetically. "Thank you Si... Mr. Ausmann, I will do my best! I'll pack and tell my dad, he will be so happy, finally he can go on vacation and let me pay for stuff" He rambled on, before heading off.
As soon the door shut, Ausmann could hear Amai celebrate outside. He couldn't help but grin at the young man's very childlike gushing.





After traveling back home, he walks up to his small wooden cottage - two bedrooms, one bathroom, kitchen and a small family room. Opening the entrance door, he could hear his dad in the kitchen shuffling around in the fridge for a snack. Striding into the kitchen, Amai beamed as the older male noticed him finally. His dad was about a full foot and a half shorter than him, an Iberian lynx with short bright yellowish spotted fur. Atop his head were a pair of large pointed ears with fur tufts on the tips. Wearing nothing more than a loose fitting green shirt and a pair of slacks, his bare feet showed the furry paw pads he sported.
"Dad, I did it!"

The lynx, who was crunching on a pickle, stopped mid-chew upon hearing the news. Rushing across the floor, he grabbed Amai and lifted him with relative ease, showing more strength than his body suggested. "OHHHH I just knew you could get that!" he squealed in a spray of pickle juice while the cougar flailed around. "Gonna be quiet around here without you around though," he said setting his son down.
Amai calmed feeling his feet on the floor again "Hahah! thanks dad. I will miss this place too, you know that, but. I gotta get something more sustainable than the occasional local job. Help pay for things and let you finally retire and relax."

Looking at him, the dad chuckled some, faking a hurt pride. "Oh I see, I'm too old huh? I got plenty of energy for years to come."

Amai shook his head: "No, not the point. You should be able to take a vacation and not worry for a bit."

Pulling Amai in, the dad patted his back some. "I know, son. Promise I will take it easy, only if your job lasts more than a month. Just to know you got settled in and they wanna keep you. Afterwards I'll plan a vacation."
Leaning down Amai laid his chin on his father's forehead, letting out a sigh of content. "Thanks dad..."
The lynx spoke into his son's neck: "You should go see your aunt and uncle too, up in the mountains." He then looked Amai in the eye. "Now then, when do you start?"
"Oh... I start in a week. I gotta get packed and moved in by then. You know the owner of Jaytech, Mr. Ausmann? He asked if I'd have trouble working with any incubi or others."
Hearing that part made the lynx's ears twitch some. "Glad he gave you a heads up. Now lets get something to eat. We got a few days before you need to head there so we can get as much father and son time in as we can."


*Later that week [fast forward]*


"Alright dad, this is it... my ride to the place I'll be working and living." Amai pointed to the jade colored hippogryph who was pulling an enclosed carriage. Before he grabbed his bags he grabbed hold of his dad, lifting him up into a tight hug. "Gonna miss you so much. I'll call you the moment I get settled in, okay?"

Feeling his legs dangle as Amai held him up, the lynx kissed his son on the forehead, gasping: "I look forward to hearing from you, kiddo. Now can you put me down? I feel like an oversized stuffed animal when you do this." He chuckled, then feeling his feet on the ground again looked at Amai. "Good luck...now get going you are going to miss your ride."

After setting his dad down, the half-demon grabbed his bags and settled inside the carriage, which started to move away. Once they got to the forest line, he leaned out the window yelling behind: "Love you dad, I'll call when I get settled in."
Not having to be dressed up, Amai was just wearing a slightly oversized white t-shirt, a pair of black Chinos cloth for the fabric and loose around his legs. His feet were bare, figured he would put on shoes once he got to town.
As the carriage continued on its way he leaned back, this vehicle wasn't top of the line but had cushioned seats and a roof against the weather. Putting his feet up on the seat, he relaxed further. "Guess I should nap till I get there, take a bit anyways." He brought his arms behind his head like a pillow and shut his eyes.

When the carriage reached Mirefield where he would be working, he was stirred awake as it came to a stop. A loud pop could be heard from Amai's back as he stretched, starting to put his shoes on finally.
The door opened and he stepped out; this city named was huge compared to where he had grown up. Amai looked up at the buildings and the people walking around; some had wings, others were mythos of all different kinds. Gathering his things, he thanked the hippogryph before walking off to find his new workplace.

After about twenty minutes of searching and asking around, Amai finally made it there. He was told to come to the loading dock; making his way around the building, he came upon it.
He took a look around before walking up to the door and knocking. "Hey, anyone in there? I was told to come here to start work..."
A few minutes went by before the door eventually clicked open. Walking inside, Amai didn't see anyone at first.

Inside the dock was pretty bare; after all, it was needed for deliveries and shipping, nothing else. The only notable thing was its small size, but it probably wasn't a very busy dock and so didn't need a large area.
A chuckling could be heard as a figure was coming up to Amai with their tail swaying behind them. The person stood maybe a good five foot six, sand colored fur with a pair of huge ears atop their canine head with short white hair.
The fennec fox was still chuckling before rising up to their tip toes to look over Amai better. "Soooo, you're the new help huh? Well don't stand around, let me introduce you to the others. My name is Jason by the way," he chirped staring at Amai with light blue eyes.

Looking at the fennec fox, Amai's mind was racing. They wore a pair of black latex pants that hugged their small frame. On their feet were a set of shiny black boots, obviously made of PVC. They had no shirt on, just a white labcoat open to show off the lithe frame - a male. Atop his head were a pair of small black wings nestled neatly by his large ears, revealing his cubi nature. As Amai's eyes looked him over he couldn't help but think the guy was quite adorable. ~Oh gods, why is he so cute.~ Amai had no mind shield up; the one incubus he considered an uncle the most, had told him they don't read minds.
He managed to shake himself free of the little guy's charm. "I'm sorry, yes, please show me around. I'm the new heavy laborer. Amai Crimson."

Jason, true to cubi ways, had paid no mind to Amai's thoughts till he heard cute, at which point his tail swished. Turning away, he got an evil smile on his face thinking to himself ~Oh man, gonna have so much fun teasing him. If he thinks I'm cute, wait till he meets the others.~ Walking up the stairs he used a keycard to open the door and held it open for the new guy.

Inside was a long hallway, a door on the right side at the end read "storeroom". The door to the left didn't have a sign, probably leading to other areas of the building. As they walked down the hall to go into the store room, a busy tail could be seen peeking out from behind a box. The sounds of a hammer hitting something were accompanied with a few curse words on occasion.

As they came around the box, there stood a red fox, around five foot eight inches, slightly taller than most foxes Amai knew. Wearing a white labcoat, one couldn't see if they had a shirt on or not; they wore a pair of loose fitting blue jeans, with a white tennis shoes. Their hair was pulled back into a pony tail, bright blue hair with black tips; their headwings were red and black in color.
A hammer swung back and slammed down against a wooden crate. "Open you stupid piece of crap, I need the materials inside," they muttered.

Jason walked over and grabbed the hammer before it could be lifted off again. "Stop that. We have our new laborer. Say hello to him." He pointed at the cougar, setting the hammer down on a work station.

The fox came out fully grumbling, he had a black dress up shirt under his labcoat, and on the side of his neck was a glowing yellow tattoo. "Well fine, maybe you can open that box then. I need those materials to finish my project and this is taking forever." He then stared Amai up and down. "Welcome aboard. Your first task is... open that box I was beating on," he said and crossed his arms tapping a foot, hazel eyes watching Amai closely.

Amai set his bags down hearing that. "Oh...right, sorry. Right away, sir."
He went over to the box, about four foot high and just as thick. A bit of the wood was broken away thanks to the earlier hammer blows. "Right, easy enough." He extended his right hand, finger tips extended with claws which he sunk into the wood. They went through like a hot knife through butter. Using his left hand to steady the box, he yanked back his right arm; tearing the front off the box as if opening a can of tuna. "Here you go sir," he said taking the torn piece and set it to the side.

The fox witnessing that feat had his jaw drop almost to the floor, then recollected himself. "Well... you only got it cause I loosened it up for you." Grumbling some more, he went over to the box to get his stuff. "Thanks though... they won't let me use my wings to break open boxes anymore. Makes too much of a mess, and I damaged some circuit boards one time. The name is Richard." After getting the parts out, he leaned down to pick up a clipboard in front of Amai. "See you later."

Jason walked with Richard to the door, leaning in to whisper to him: "Can you get the other guys to, hum, put on a show for Amai? I wanna see something."
Richard nodded as he went out the door. Jason looked back at Amai. "Well, come along! Time to meet the others."

"Oh right. Lead the way, Jason" Amai said walking over to him, then they went through another door that read "Lab".

Jason guided Amai around the place, pointing as he spoke: "So as you can see, this place isn't that big. It doesn't need to be, as we only make the one product. Over there is where we work on the electrical components, and over there is where we do the welding and other things of that nature." As they walked along Jason also filled Amai in on what he would be doing: "So what you will be doing is helping move the giant chassis for the panther's, unloading crates of stuff we order such as circuit boards, metal and other things." he thought some more smirking "Moving from room to room to see if anyone needs anything. Oh and loading the products when they need to be shipped out. Hope you are ready to work."

As they walked along Amai paid attention to Jason as he pointed the places out and explained what he would be doing "Oh of course, did construction and helped with harvest stuff so will work till the job is done." Coming around a corner with Jason there was a tail high in the air as a figure was bent down picking things off the floor

[Anders71]

Hi! Glad to see that this forum hasn't been totally abandoned.

[Tapewolf]

Looking good!  It'll be interesting to see where this goes.  As for the fashion of the season, I hear white latex stains really easily, though to be fair Furrae probably has better materials science than we do, or spells to stop it going discolouring if it's left in contact with metal etc.

[Amai_Crimson]

Haha yeah sorry it's taking a bit longer for more, my proof readers (friends nimbus and fissy) have been a bit busy

Also speaking of fashion they gonna drag Amai to update his country look XD Hope to have more by mid week

[Anders71]

Haha yeah sorry it's taking a bit longer for more, my proof readers (friends nimbus and fissy) have been a bit busy

Also speaking of fashion they gonna drag Amai to update his country look XD Hope to have more by mid week

Yeah don't worry, these things take time. I was more referring to the several month stretch when I was apperently the only one active in the subforum at all.

[Amai_Crimson]

The person had been waiting for Jason and Amai to come around... "give the kid a show," sure. A toothy grin crossed his face as he heard the two coming closer... setting a few items on the ground, he bent over hiking his tail high. "Oh clumsy me." The figure was an eastern coyote, the fur on his tail was a reddish color with the tip being solid black. Clad in a pair of skin tight white latex pants, he seemed to be picking things up as he slowly stood up. "Right sorry." He stood up, taller than other coyotes as his breed had wolf ancestry. His upper body was covered with a black latex shirt; his face was the same reddish brown as his tail, from the ears down to his chin where it diverted to a blue color. Actually its natural color was white, but he had taken to changing his fur color a bit these last few months. Being completely bare footed, he stared right at Jason and especially Amai.

Amai having seen this coyote's firm rear as soon as he turned the corner, his nose dripped blood as his eyes glazed over... stuttering with his face burned red to the point the flames on his ear tips flared up.
He sputtered holding a hand up to his nose: "I... Sorry. Can I use the restroom?" he stammered. Jason pointed to the nearest one, the half-demon took off and rushed inside in embarrassment.

Jason was laughing as Amai disappeared into the bathroom. "Oh my gods, that was great! Way to break the kid with your show," he said moving over to lean aginst the coyote. "You know, if he reacts like this with the others, we may need to stock up on blood packs or something. And, did you see his ears? They were intense! Probably shouldnt push it too far though, he may set off the fire alarm."
The coyote stood there while Jason leaned against him, bringing a hand down to pat him on the head. "You know, I never knew someone could get a nose bleed, like a cartoon." His emerald gaze remained on Jason. "Maybe you should pull it back a bit? We don't need him quitting on us, else you will be put on heavy labor." The coyote then looked at the bathroom door. "Think we should check on him?"

Jason rolled his eyes some at the mention of making him do the heavy labor if Amai quit. "Fine, fiiiine... not my fault he didn't have a mind shield, he's been on and on about how cute me and Richard are. Besides," he began to smirk looking the coyote in the eyes, "no one told you to basically give him a full moon, Nadir."

Inside the bathroom was rather plain looking, black walls with white tile floor. Three stalls were lined against the wall to the right, next to them were a pair of urinals. A granite counter with a pair of sinks, water was running in the right one as a pair of hands cupped the flowing liquid and splashed their owner's face. Amai stared at himself in the mirror. "Okay, calm down, it's just a butt... a firm, perfectly round..." He shook his head and slapped his cheeks some. "No. No! Stop thinking like that. Acting like a total dweeb... ugh, such a great first impression." He cupped more water and splashed himself. Heading over he dried his face and hands, before reaching into his pocket fishing out the hair tie, he brought his hair back and made a pony tail. Figuring the fennec must've heard his thoughts, Amai reminded himself to put up a mental shield this time.

Opening the bathroom door, Amai walked out and over to Jason and Nadir. "I am sorry guys, it... must be the changing seasons, or the altitude that caused the nose bleed." Looking at Nadir he nervously smiled some. "I'm Amai Crimson, the new heavy labor guy."

Looking over Amai, Nadir felt a familar feeling... ah, the new meat had put up a mind shield, finally. "Yes... the altitude, of course. Anyway, my name is Nadir. I'm responsible for putting together the chassis, working out any dents or buff out scratches, before they are finished off and ready to ship. I should get back to work though. Well, it was a pleasure meeting you, Amai" he said before giving the fennec a few more pats on the head, who chuckled. "Take care of him, Jason," he said before heading off down the hallway.

Jason stuck his tongue out at Nadir. "Right, right." Then he looked down the hall and spoke to the cougar: "Okay, time to head this way."
Relieved but still a little nervous, Amai followed the diminutive fox.

"We are going to the electronics area. The door is locked, but there is a window." As they went down the hall, coming up to said window, he smiled: "Alright here we are..."
Jason eyes went wide as he looked in the room - two figures in there having a full make out session.

Amai joined his little guide at the window; the moment he peered inside, he had quite the sight to behold.
The first figure was a six-foot tall husky, silver hair flowing down to about mid-back; his labcoat was down a bit, covering his lower half. Black fur with silver from his face down his neck, and probably lower too. The other figure was a four-foot-eight, black footed cat. They were pulling down on the husky's tie to keep them at their level. Their fur was a cinnamon-buff color, almost very light orange, with black oblong spots along their arms. Going around their neck were horizontal black stripes, which were also on their tail wrapped around the husky's leg.


The cat's ears twitched as they heard banging on the window. They reached for a nearby brush and used it on their short spikey teal hair. "Using your brush, pup..."

Looking over to the window, a set of gold eyes locked with Jason's gaze; the feline let go of the tie. "Looks like playtime is over, puppy." He reached to help pull the husky's labcoat up before walking towards the door. He wore a pair of light purple jeans and a pair of black boots as he came out, glaring Jason over. "Just know when to show up and ruin our playtime, don't you?" the feline sneered at Jason, his tail tip flicking back and forth in agitation.

Amai watched the makeout session before his eyes seemed to gloss over, the flames on his ears went out as a bit of smoke came from them. He stood there as his mind had short circuited, he only saw similar things in some of his...private books. As the argument began his mind snapped back to reality..shaking his head he looked around some saying softly to himself "Where am I?" before everything came back to his mind. His ears relit like torches before calming down to normal size ~I think my brain short circuited there.~

The husky came out shortly after closing his white collared shirt with a black tie. A pair of loose black dress pants and black dress shoes. His brown eyes glanced shyly at Jason. "Sorry... we thought we still had time on our break," he said, moving his hands up to his face to hide its redness.

Jason looked at the feline and grumbled as his tail bristled behind him: "Listen here, kitten. I was told to show our new heavy laborer around the place, not a cat playing with his toy." His fur bristled more as he stared down the feline. "His name is Amai. Now, introduce yourself and get back to work. And I mean on the circuit boards, not your pup."
As the husky heard of the new person, his tail wagged excitedly behind him. "Oh hi! My name is Kaoru. Can call me Kao or Ru... or, friend."

The cat's tail tip swung about faster as he got stared at by Jason. "Fine." As he turned towards the new guy, Amai spotted on his stomach, right above the belly button, a yellow tattoo; he wondered if the others also had the same. "My name is Astri, I work in electronics with my puppy," he said using his tail to point at the husky. "Hands off him. Play with any of the others though," he added in a feisty tone.

Kaoru's face blushed. "Yeah, no playing with me though." He extended a hand out to Amai, revealing the yellow tattoo on the back of his right hand.

Reaching out Amai shook Kaoru's hand before looking at the possessive feline. "Of course, Astri," he smiled as he swayed his tail behind him. This tiny cat was quite a bundle of nerves, he shouldn't let that get to him. "Ahem. Look forward to working with you both."
The pair nodded before heading back into the lab getting to work as Jason's fur settled down slowly. "Sorry about that. Astri can be a handful at times, but a good worker and isn't as... mouthy, when you get to know him." The fennec shrugged and turned to leave the room.
"I don't mind that," said Amai on Jason's heels.
"Now then, last person you need to meet is the janitor. You may end up helping him some days." Jason said heading down the hall to check the supply closet.


As the pair came up to the supply closet, the door opened and out came a wolf, wearing a jumpsuit to keep his normal clothes clean underneath. His fur seemed to be ebony black, from the snout all the way down to his tail, eyes an almost silver color. He stood roughly six foot four inches tall, towering over Jason his long black hair with white tips, coming over to the two other canines.
Holding a broom in his hands, he looked at Jason, beaming: "Hey, there's one of my favorite foxes!" he said leaning down to kiss him on the nose, and was met with some cute chuckles. "Showing the new guy around, I see. Well I knew you was the right one to do that," he said looking Amai down; he also had the yellow tattoo on his left cheek. "My name is Larkin, I'd stay here to chat with you but, I got some cleaning to do, stop by later we can chat then and I can get you started with some work."

"Right will come back after this tour is over Larkin, nice meeting you." he began to think out of everyone he was the most sane. As the wolf went on his way he watched him before Jason poked his side "So where else we gotta go?"

Looking at Amai he poked his side a few times "Just upstairs, see your place you will be staying and then you are done..paperwork can wait. Follow me." he went over to a door, opening it lead to a staircase which he ascended "We each got our own little place. Comes with a shower, small kitchen, small living room and a bedroom." getting to the next floor he opened the door heading down a hallway. The floor was hardwood as they came to a door numbered 8 "Here you go...if you need something dont be afraid to ask someone." he said handing a key over.

Amai followed after Jason, he stayed in pace with Jason trying to avoid looking up to see his rear. As they got up there he was given a key "Wait...that's all mine? I would of been happy just having a bed and bathroom." as Jason walked off he waved "Thanks I will if I have anything I need." opening the door to his new apartment

[Amai_Crimson]

[Side note if you notice a mistake let me know, I was going over some more proofreading done and Amai the cougar got changed to a coyote so having to double check]

[Amai_Crimson]

[in case the time flow feels off this next part takes place a month after starting work]

Walking down the hall between apartments, Jason stopped in front of Amai's door and knocked. His black head wings started to lazily stretch out a bit as it opened to reveal the half demon, who'd been cleaning his dishes in the kitchen.

"Hey Amai, you are coming with me to meet up with Nadir and Richard." He stood there in a pair of loose black pants, a sleeveless white shirt and a pair of black tennis shoes. Whereas Amai was in just a loose fitting white t-shirt and a pair of joggers. "Come on, hurry up! We gotta meet up in like ten minutes. You don't get a choice in this."

"I... wait, where are we going? Why don't I get a choice?" the cougar protested drying his hands, before he felt his arm grabbed by Jason and being dragged out. "Okay okay, I'm coming," he whines as he comes outside into the hall and closes the door behind him.

Jason continued dragging Amai down to the main floor to head out to the town. "Yeah as I said, we are going to meet Richard and Nadir. No time to tell you what we are gonna do," he said pulling Amai through the streets. "You've been cooped up inside all week. We wanted to get you out to decompress from work."

Still getting tugged along, Amai just allowed it as he could easily resist. "I'm fine really, just wasn't a guy who went out and did things." He thought for a brief moment: "Well, I did hunt and fish. Oh, we should do that sometime. I can show you guys how to take a deer down, or we could find a bear."

Hearing all that countryside nonsense, Jason rolled his eyes. "No, no. You are gonna get some normal downtime activities, and hang out with your coworkers and friends."

Amai resigned to this fate, then had a broad smile on his face at that last word. "I didn't know you saw us as friends. All my other jobs... people were nice to me on the job but, after the workday they didn't wanna hang with me."

"Well, it's too bad they didn't. You seem like a great guy." Jason spoke dragging the cougar

Amai chuckled some as his tail swayed behind him looking over Jason. "I didn't know you wore anything other than latex and leather."

Jason's ears twitched on his head some looking back at the cougar. "You know, I do have more than one outfit..." As they got near the place they were gonna meet up, he chuckled some seeing the familiar faces near the entrance. "You though? Sometimes, we wonder if you brought more than three."

Amai looked ahead to their destination too, it was a clothing store with Richard and Nadir waiting on them. "Oh no, no, no!" he argued pulling his arm up against Jason's sides with ease.

The fennec's legs began wiggling in the air as he was lifted off the ground. Turning to look at his companion, his ears went down as his eyes opened wide, starting to quiver his lower lip. "B-but, but. We wanted to hang out with you... and see you in some new clothes." His tail also drooped down and his lip quivered. "I guess you can... just go home... I'll let the guys know you didn't wanna come hang out."

Remembering how Jason had called him a great guy, Amai's heart sank seeing the fennec get so sad. His earlier determination collapsed, he brought his arm down and conceded: "Alright, you win," he muttered, leaning down to him: "I'll go and try on whatever you guys want, I'm sorry, please don't be sad."

After getting what he wanted, the fennec grabbed him by the face and gave his nose a kiss. The cougar's face went bright red as the flames on his ears shot up like torches. Jason's mood had shot up as quickly as it'd dropped. "Oh, thank you! I know exactly what I want you in right away. Come on let's go!" he giggled dragging him along to Richard and Nadir, while Amai was dumbfounded by the full 180 degree turn and kiss on the nose.

Nadir stood wearing a pair of black leather pants and a long purple shirt. On his feet was a pair of black boots, tapping one as the two came up. "About time, thought you guys were gonna bail on us." He looked at Amai with the flushed face and blazing ears. "Turn those down, woulda you? Else you gonna set something on fire," he said chuckling before looking at Richard.

Amai blinked some? "I... uh, right." As he concentrated a bit, the flames lowered down to the normal levels.

The fox was in a pair of black latex pants and black boots, no shirt. He too, looked at Jason and Amai as they came up, and nodded along to the yote's words. "Let's get going. I wanna get some new outfits too, but... wanna see Amai in something other than a pair of joggers and a basic t-shirt," he said opening the door ushering them in.

The cougar looked at Nadir and Richard. "Jason didn't tell me anything till just getting here. Let's see what they got... guess I'll buy one new outfit."

He entered the store with the others; Jason ran off to collect clothing.

Richard smirked knowingly. "Just one set... yeah right."

Then the coyote leaned over to Amai wrapping an arm around his shoulders. "Sooo... I take it Jason used the look on you, huh? When he wants his way, he gets his way with that."
Amai chuckled some. "It was hard to say no when he did that... then he kissed my nose and dragged me here."

Walking with the cougar around various aisles, Nadir kept an eye on the fennec by following those large ears peering over the shelves. Richard was following behind, collecting clothes for himself.

The half-demon looked over some clothes, picking up a few shirts that were a size bigger than he needed. Finding the joggers, he was quickly yanked away by Nadir who'd realised what he'd done.
"Oh no, you don't! Put those shirts back and stay away from the joggers." Seeing Amai didn't budge, he grabbed the shirts and set them back on the shelf, shifting the topic back: "If you think it's irresistible when Jason does the sad pup look... when he and Richard do it in sync, there's no saving you."

Nadir coaxed Amai to the dressing rooms area while Richard also walked over there with three outfits.

"Alright, I got a few things I like. Now let's see what Jason has found for you, Amai." Rihcard chuckled as Jason could be seen coming their way, holding a stack of clothes so tall he had to look from the side to watch where he was going.

The fennec walked up to Amai and shoved the pile of clothes at him. "Alright, here. We will start with this." He ignored the other male muttering about what he'd gotten himself into. "I also saw some boots that may look great on you... what's your shoe size?"

Amai headed into the nearest dressing room, tossing over his shoulder: "Shoe size is twelve and a half." Drawing the curtain behind him, he could hear Nadir and Richard whispering back and forth. Removing his clothes, he looked over the comically oversized stack of fabric. "Great, where to start?"
In resignation he shuffled through it, and settling on an outfit he began to get dressed. Sliding the shirt on, he felt it was snug to his chest and abs, solid black and made from what felt like cotton and... spandex? As he picked up a pair of red latex pants, he saw most of the material was  latex and other clingy materials. Sighing some he began to put them on, then looking at himself over in the mirror. "Good gods, how do they breathe in these?"

Jason trotted back with a few boxes of boots as he joined Richard and Nadir, sitting outside the dressing rooms. "Has he came out yet?" he whispered, the others shook their heads. "Good, I didn't miss anything." He set the boxes down and jumped into a chair too, looked up to the closed curtain, speaking up: "Come on Amai, show us what you tried on first."

Sighing a bit, the cougar remained bare foot as he went to the curtain, and said without conviction: "Don't laugh... I'm not used to this stuff," he said opening the curtain.
Richard's jaw dropped a bit. Nadir whistled.

He stepped out in full view of the three of them, the black spandex shirt hugged his body tight enough to show the solid muscling he had under it. The red latex pants were snug in all the right places too, as he did a turn to show it off, his rear was finally revealed. Toned and firm, one could tell he kept his body in good shape. No wonder the guy could tear open solid wooden crates like tissue, or lift those armored panther chassis as if they were toys.

"How do you guys breathe in these? Or move around."

The red fox ignored the inquiry, gesturing at him. "Where the heck have you been hiding -that-, Amai? All those baggy clothes never showed how... ripped you are." His tail began to sway, then swish as he took in the view.

Jason had less restraint; he popped off his chair and ran over to Amai, moving his hand up all twitchy as if about to unwrap a present, he poked at the abs through the shirt. "Is that really you under all that? You could grate cheese one these bad boys!"

Nadir was also ogling him. "Okay, I agree with Richard. Where have you been hiding? I could only guess your arms were strong, seeing you walk with those Chassis like carrying a kid's bike."

The temperture in the room began to feel warmer as Amai was being complimented and poked at. "Oh, um. My fur hides all that, I guess. Plus, my clothes beforehand weren't tight."

The fennec's tail wagged as he slapped Amai on the back. "Not bad, but you should try more on. Oh and, take these." He ran back grabbing the boxes and forcibly handed them over. "Alright back in there."
Amai automatically grabbed the boxes and turned around. "Okay, okay."

Hidden from view again, he started to get undressed. "Getting into them is one thing, getting out..." he mumbled, before going through the remaining clothes.

Over the next ten minutes, the half-demon came out in different outfits; he was met with compliments or disapprovals from the other males. One of the sets was a pair of butt-less black leather chaps, a pair of  blue jeans underneath, and no shirt. He stuck his thumbs through the chaps' belt loops, shuffling awkwardly. "Couldn't find a shirt to really go with this. What do you think?" He looked at the three, who were just wordlessly staring at him. "What? Did I not put them on right?" he said suddenly very self-conscious, looking himself over.
Nadir stood up walked up to Amai, smiling in reassurance. "No, no. Just, you caught us off guard, coming out shirtless. Didn't expect that, especially for someone who blushes at the drop of a hat."

Rubbing the back of his head Amai smiled brightly, still anxious but enjoying the support. "Oh well, guess I'm just confident. In my village, I would often go without a shirt." Looking down at the outfit, he rubbed a hand down the chaps. "Maybe get this off, but I like the jeans. I have a pile of stuff I wanna get. Though, Jason... I think you got something from the women's section, there is a skirt in there."

Richard and Nadir stared at the fennec, he seemed to sink into his seat some then spoke up: "Oh it's um, a kilt."

Richard just clicked his tongue some, then turned back to Amai. "Yeah right, a kilt. Well, try it on, let's see what it looks like. Surely Jason has picked out a wonderful... 'kilt', for you."

Nadir leaned towards the cougar a bit, conspiratory: "How about this, Amai. You wear this 'kilt' Jason got you, only if Jason wears the same." He looked at Jason and pointed to the rest of the store. "Well, Chuckles? Go get one, and we will see who wears the 'kilt' the best."

The fennec didn't seem thrilled. "We came here to pick some clothes for the new guy."

"Aww come on, it's gonna be fun!" Richard said swaying his tail in anticipation

Jason looked at the fox and coyote, who were grinning devilishly. "It's not like you're gonna look girly in that 'kilt'."

Nadir walked back over to sit down as Jason slumped out of his chair and stomped off grumbling.

Amai went back into the room and yelled out: "Just say when you are ready, we will come out at the same time."

Getting undressed once more, he took up the 'kilt' in black and red pleats - it was very much a skirt. He called out: "Okay, I got an idea for mine. Don't worry, won't be long." He began to get dressed, waiting on the fennec to get ready too.

Jason padded back and into a dressing room, mouthing out "I hate you both" to the other two canids before closing the curtain.

The fox grinned wider. "Love you too, Chuckles."

Hurrying to take his tennis shoes off and get into the 'kilt', he yelled out: "I am ready," then emerged with his socks, keeping the shirt on though. He hissed: "There... Happy?"
Nadir faked a frown. "Oh come on, you can put on a smile for us, can't you?"
Whereas Richard got a good look and pointed at him giggling: "Oh this is great, wait till the others hear about it."

Jason stuck out his tongue and flipped them both off.

Opening the curtain up Amai walked out as well, in knee-high buckled boots, his black and red pleated 'kilt' swayed with each step he took. On top he wore a red latex sleeveless shirt hugging his chest and abs well. Walking a few steps, he did a twist; though he had to say: "Look... I know it's a skirt, I get it. But next time, just ask. I don't mind if it's just for a laugh."

Meanwhile Richard's head wings went erect on his head. "I... um. Well, I think Amai wins this."
The coyote was also taken aback by how well it did look on the cougar. Seeing the twirl, he whistled in appreciation. "Oh yes, we got a winner."

Jason's head wings went straight up too, before his face went full red. Looking over Amai he leaned forward a bit. "Oh wow... and if that's all it takes, I think I'll ask you to wear more things then." He almost toppled over when Amai grabbed him, lifted him up and spun him around. "Ack! Put me down!" He began to flail in his arms before his tail bristled up some.

Amai chuckled lowering him down to the ground, but hugged him close then dragged him over to Richard and Nadir to include them in a cuddle pile. "This has been a really good time. I haven't had this much fun in a long while." He began to let out a low purr, his tail swaying behind him. "We should hang out again."

The others hugged back while Jason said, muffled by the embrace: "Of course. You know, we go out at least two to three times a week. Sometimes {wolf} comes with us too, we like to eat out and hang around the city." As the purr caught his ears, he softly punches Amai on the side. "So yeah, come hang more. Be nice to see you outside of work... Now let's get going before I ask you to buy that skirt," he chuckled low nuzzling into the group.


Back at the rooms

Nadir and Richard made their way off to their respective rooms, while Jason stayed outside Amai's with him as the cougar set the shopping bags down.
"Hey," Jason said softly. "Thanks again for not getting upset about the skirt."

Amai looked back at Jason, then walking over to him he leaned down some, and cooed: "Actually, I bought it.

Jason giggled. "Oh, come on! You did?"

"Mmhm. If you ever want to see me in it, just ask."

Jason chuckled louder: "Nahhhh! I was just, you know, messing with you."

But the half-demon leaned in closer, looking into his eyes and put his arms around the tiny fox's fidgety frame. "My confidence got a huge boost today... and it's weird to say, that things I've been questioning are making sense to me." He began to lean his head up kissing Jason's headwings gently; which stood up on end and fluttered some, as his tail bristled and swished. Moving his hands up, Jason grabbed the cougar's cheeks and leaned up to kiss him on the lips.

Amai chuckled from the hands on his face, thinking he was gonna get a cutesy nose kiss. The moment he felt the lips on his own though, his body stiffened up and began to fall backwards. On instinct he grabbed Jason to try catching himself, instead dragging him along causing a yelp. They flopped onto the floor of the cougar's apartment, Jason landing on top with some chuckles. Amai's ears didn't flare up as before, rather the color turned to a soft red hue and his tail swished while laying there. "I..." He didn't know what to say, so he moved his hands up holding Jason and returned the kiss.

The fennec went to say something too, before feeling his lips captured by Amai whose hands held him close. He heard, even felt a purr coming from the big cat under him. It got Jason thinking to himself ~Who knew that a little confidence could get him like this?~


A cough could be heard; Jason and Amai froze.
Nadir was there tapping a foot as he looked at the two of them in mock anger. "Look... glad you two are getting along so well, but shut the door next time. Didn't expect to be walking this way and see two coworkers making out, like a couple of high schoolers." He saw Jason flip him off and grinned back, then used a wing tentacle to grab the door knob. "Night you two, just don't be too tired for work tomorow. We have a big shipment coming in... and I would make a few jokes, but they will be for tomorrow."
With that he shut the apartment's door and strode off to his own room.

After a moment of awkward quiet, Amai looked at Jason. "Do you think he knows?" he said teasingly.
The fennec bonked him on the nose with a finger. "I don't know, maybe he thought I was giving you CPR. You dork."

Sitting up on Amai now, Jason began to lean into him, all business: "How about we call it a night for now? We can actually set something up later. Maybe go out to eat this week and see a movie, see how you feel then? Just to be sure if that was just a boost confidence or how you really feel."

Moving his arms around Jason, the cat kissed his head softly; he couldn't say no to this little guy. "Okay. Though to be fair, you were my first kiss. Even a girl never kissed me before, so aren't you the lucky one."

He began to move his hands up Jason's back dragging his claws along the fur; the fennec shivered in response. "Wait, your first kiss?" Jason suddenly felt warmth, and not metaphorically.
The cougar nodded. "First kiss... and I want more. I think that would be fun but, you should get going while you still have a choice. I may be a... you know, but..." he leaned his head down whispering: "I could just eat you up."

Jason was now sure, temperature was rising, way too fast to be normal. "Also, why is the room suddenly so warm?"

Amai looked around. "I don't notice anything."

Jason's ear twitched before he pushed off the other male, wiping some sweat from his forehead. "Is that coming from you?" Putting a paw onto Amai's chest, he felt immense heat. "Oooh... oh yeah, we should stop."

The paw on his chest felt chilly so Amai shivered some, and let out a purr. "I mean, it could be... my other half is a fire demon."

"Well, then I'll set something up for this weekend." leaning in he kissed Amai on the nose, making it twitch. "Now go cool off before you set the sprinklers off."

Took the big cat a moment to notice Jason got off him. "I... right, I'll go take a shower or something."
The fennec opened the door heading out into the hall, chuckled some and shut it behind him.
Amai got up off the floor, and sighed heavily. "Okay, time for a cold shower."

Heading into the bathroom he began to undress, turned the cold water on and Amai got in. As soon as the water hit his body, steam began to come up with a loud hiss, seeping out of the shower cabin.
This weekend... he couldn't wait. "First date... I should call dad tomorrow and tell him," he muttered to himself as the steam still wafted off his body. Finally after about five minutes it stopped, so he shut the shower and began to dry off, getting ready for bed.

[Tapewolf]

Chlorination is sometimes called "cheat mode for latex" because it makes it much easier to put on without anything like talc.  It does make the outer surface less shiny, but they may potentially have fixed that in Furrae.

[Amai_Crimson]

Chlorination is sometimes called "cheat mode for latex" because it makes it much easier to put on without anything like talc.  It does make the outer surface less shiny, but they may potentially have fixed that in Furrae.

Huh I never knew that, makes sense too so Maybe go back and alter that wouldn't be hard. Just remove the powder part lol.

Soon this week gonna start a new chapter or should I just keep everything in one topic for easy access? Currently asking people how a fight looks format wise and getting three different responses lol.

If anyone would like to give feedback let me know in dm 

[Amai_Crimson]

Should have new post up soon today or tomorrow at latest. I might put this on my fa account and link it to project future and everyone's fa if that's alright. I know I got tapewolf and merlin on there

Also we gonna start new chapter after post and introduce some new people. ^.^

[Amai_Crimson]

The next day was busy with a big shipment as Nadir had warned. Amai spent most of his time unloading the crates and placing them in the designated areas. Another truck arrived shortly afterwards, waiting to be loaded with the completed units. "Getting a nice workout today," he said pushing the crates into the back of the truck.

Coming into the dock area was Richard, who leaned on a railing to watch Amai move the crates around, his tail began to sway behind him. He licked along his lips as he kept his eyes on Amai, who was now in a pair of fire red latex pants and some work boots.
Oh, and when Amai bent down, the fox was so enthralled with the view, he didn't realize someone came up next to him.

Nadir leaned on the railing to enjoy the sights as well. "Get him some new clothes, he comes out of his shell pretty good, huh?"

Richard kept his gaze on the cougar's back as the muscles began to really show when he tried to lift one particularly large box, then stopped and stood up looking it over, confused.

The yote leaned into Richard continuing into his ear: "Let Jason test the waters, before jumping in head first."

The fox still didn't look away. "Aww fine... hope he will. This is torture."
Nadir chuckled as Amai said he was gonna try again now. "Should be good." He leaned on the railing to watch the show, too.

Amai began to stretch some, a few pops could be heard as he did, and put his hair up into a ponytail. He leaned down once more, hands on either side of the crate; biceps began bulging amongst the fur, his back also revealed its musculature better as he pushed on his legs.

Richard gripped the railing tighter, wings on his head rising in anticipation.

Finally lifting the crate up, he bent back a bit. "Oh, nice try," he grunted towards the box while showing his flexibility; below the crate appeared the same abs they'd seen when he was trying clothes on, even more profoundly.

Nadir wondered, were all cats like that? He thought back to Astri - the possessive black-footed cat seemed flexible too. He'd seen him do a full split, as well as lean so far down his back could touch the floor.

Meanwhile the red fox's tail swished faster and his headwings flapped, as he gritted his teeth. "Torture," he repeated as the hapless railing creaked in his grasp. "How could he be so... you know? I know, a small town, but damn. Their loss though."

Sweat dripped from his body as he slowly brought himself to stand straight up again, and chuffed: "Ha! Not so heavy, now that I'm trying hard... Must've put extra units in this one," he panted as the crate was indeed heavier than the others.
Climbing up into the truck he placed it down, came down to shut the big doors, and banged on it to signal the driver he was done.

Walking over to another crate where a water bottle was, he grabbed it, took a long chug of it before pouring a bit over his head. "Gods, that was actually exhausting. If orders are like that more, I won't need to do much workout after the day."

The fox felt a finger on his lower jaw as it shut his gaping maw, hearing Nadir say: "Keep that tongue in your mouth, Richie boy."

Amai undid his hair leaving it free again, let out a yawn turning around to head off, check if Larkin needed help or maybe see Jason to get a snack together. His eyes fell on both Richard and Nadir standing there.

"Oh, I... um, hey guys. Trying out the clothes I got yesterday." He began to fidget twirling his fingers some, remembering that Nadir saw what'd happened last night.

The coyote's eyes looked over Amai before finally speaking up: "You did well on this delivery, might've even set a record."

"Oh, a record? Well, next time, I'll time myself to be sure." Amai smiled, proud of his performance.

"Though I do need to know." Nadir began to ponderingly tap his chin with a finger. "Did you do any... late night deliveries, to Jason's dock?"

The half-demon's ears went down as his face got beet red. "I... wha- no no." He covered his face tail swaying, trying to ignore Richard's laugh. "It was... just a few kisses. Said we should go out this weekend to do stuff, see how it goes."

Richard egged him on: "Well, just remember Amai... all deliveries are to made in the rear."

Amai's face flushed further. "I KNOW THAT, I read books before," he said, then grabbed his water bottle and flung it playfully at the two teasy canids.


Elsewhere in the building, Jason was doing his rounds to do ordering with a clipboard in hand. He wore a pair of black knee high leather boots, black jeans tucked into the boots, and a white shirt. Opening up to the electronics department he saw Astri working on some circuits, running tests to make sure they worked as intended.

The cat heard the door but stayed focused on the circuit, wearing a set of black latex gloves as he did his work. His body was clad in a sleeveless skintight lime green shirt and pair of black jeans, he had removed his footwear to relax. Tail swayed back and forth as he did the tests, typing the results into a computer before moving to a new project.

"Hey Astri, doing the rounds." Placing the clipboard down, Jason removed a pen from his labcoat going to the supply list he had for the electronics department. The document was composed of two columns, with item names in the first, second one was empty to write the amounts by hand. "You know the drill," he added sliding it over to the cat.

"Right right, I know," Astri said eyeing him strangely.

"I'll stop by to pick it up later, or come find me. I need to go check what Larkin needs. Plus some other things..." the fennec said before turning around.

Astri's eyes followed Jason walking away, then he smirked. "Hmm, still see you are walking fine. Guess Amai's package got lost in the mail or delayed?"

Stopping in his tracks Jason spun fast to look at Astri, aghast. "What? I..." Then he remembered they had known each other some time, and shrugged. "Well, we kissed. Once he told me that was his first and technically second..." Jasons tail bristled a bit behind him as he muttered: "Bad enough Nadir caught us..."

Nodding his head Astri's tail swayed still behind him, he was gonna enjoy playing with the new meat after hearing that. "You know, makes me wonder. Will you need to sign for his package when it arrives? You know, for shipping and handling fees." A toothy grin crossed his face as he stared Jason right in the eye, and he pretended to think out loud: "Imagine that Jason has never been removed from the packaging... Gotta love unboxing new toys, huh? Get that new toy syndrome, wanna play with it all the time."

The fennec's tail continued to bristle, before he changed his approach and playfully hit Astri on the arm. "Oh shut up, you mangy cat." He then turned around to walk off. "Leaving for real now. Maybe," he mused without stopping or looking back to the cat, "if he is into what I ask, you may get to play with my new toy."

Out in the hall, he spotted Nadir running along with Richard from the docks, then splitting up as each took a different side corridor, both laughing. "What the hell?" he mumbled and watched on, distracted from his work.

Amai came skidding to a stop in the main corridor, looked at Richard down one branch and Nadir down another. "When I catch one of you."

He took his water bottle and threw it at Nadir, who was able to dodge it, before turning to run after Richard. "Here Foxyyy..." he called out. The cougar was soon catching up. "Gonna get you... I can do this all day. Can you?"

Seeing the fox rush past, Larkin continued his sweeping duty. "Ahh, never a dull day." He was out of his janitor coveralls, instead wearing a pair of black buckled knee high boots, white PVC pants tucked into them; his upper half had nothing more than a few belts going along his arms.

Amai reached to grab at the fox before he came to a sudden stop and was on his rear end, looking up at a big wolf. It was Larkin, who had grabbed him by the shoulder and thrown him off-balance.
The half-demon pouted a bit. "I almost had him."

"Ah Amai... perfect timing. I need some help cleaning the restroom."

Amai looked past him at Richard waving teasingly, and decided he had more important work to do. "Alright... can catch those two later."
He began to get up, gaze wandering over Larkin. "Wait a second." Looking over the wolf, his brain seemed to be thinking about something. "Did... did you do a photo shoot for a magazine? I swear you look like a wolf I saw on a cover of Latex and PVC."

"Oh no, that's not me," he said moving and reaching to grab his shirt, a simple short-sleeved white shirt, to cover up some. "Though I have been asked to pose for some magazines. Rather not say which ones though. Some people need to have their secrets."

The cougar stifled his curiosity. "That's understandable."

The janitor began to walk towards the bathroom. "Come now, tell ole Larkin why you were chasing the boys."

On his heels, Amai sighed. "They were teasing me about Jason. Bad enough Nadir caught us."

As they approached the bathroom, outside the door was a mop bucket along with a cart with bottles and sprays of cleaning supplies. "Ah, so that's what it's about. Everyone knows what happened last night already." Pushing the door open, Larkin grabbed the bucket and cart to bring them in. "Nothing wrong with that, mind you. We are quite open on things like that here. If Nadir hadn't seen you, pretty sure Jason would've been talking about it."

Amai grumbled some as he collected some of the cleaning supplies. "I don't mind they did." He followed into the bathroom behind Larkin, who poured a bit of floor detergent into the bucket. "Wouldn't have done anything if I caught Richard, anyway. Probably pinch his cheeks or give him a noogie."

Filling the bucket with water, Larkin nodded along, then without missing a beat he spoke grinning at him: "Which cheeks though? Both are pretty squeezeable."

Amai's face went red at that. "I guess... whichever my hands got hold of first," he said starting to hide his face in his hands. "Gods now I got that stuck in my head."

Shutting the water off, Larkin walked over to Amai and patted his shoulder. "Oh trust me, once you feel them, be on your mind a lot," he said before walking over to grab the mop. "Now, let's get to cleaning. Oh and, turn off those darn ears. It's dangerous with the fumes from the spray."

Checking the label Amai noticed the flammable sign, then began to focus on his ears putting out the little flames. Taking his cleaner bottles, he went into a a stall. "Hey Larkin... any advice you can give me with everything?"

Dipping the mop into the bucket of detergent water, Larkin thought a bit. He began to wipe and talk at the same time: "Amai... you are a shy kitten, in a workplace full of very promiscuous incubi. They will eat you up, best option is give back what they give you. Do something they won't expect from a newbie. If
Richard makes comments, say stuff back. Sneak up on one and grab their rear, or something." When he arrived near the cougar, he slowed his mopping to look at him. "If you act like prey with your shy awkwardness, they will prey on you, we enjoy that. If you act like a predator, that makes us change tactics, or give up as it isn't fun anymore... or you may get lucky and end up making out with them."

Amai had a blush to his cheeks as he listened to Larkin, but met the wolf's gaze from inside the stall. "I..." his eyes averted the wolf, trying to concentrate. "I can start that, I think."

Leaning into the stall, Larkin got face to face with Amai, grinning some. "Are you sure? You sure look like prey to me." He licked along his lips provocatively.

Amai's ears went flat; steeling his resolve, he moved up to the wolf letting out a growl, before he quickly grabbed him. "Prey huh?"

Larkin was caught off-guard, being pushed back like he weighed nothing.

They reached the wall, the cougar pinning his target to it, then leaning in to nip his nose. "The only prey I see is a wolf."

The cold of that wall sent a shiver down the janitor's spine before the nip made his nose wiggle. But he recovered quick and grinned back, pleased with his effect. "My my, Amai... it seems you can be a predator after all." A few wing tentacles came out from behind Larkin which grabbed the cougar, pulling him away gently but firmly. "Now, back to cleaning... unless you really want me to be a predator..."

[later in the evening]

After a nice refreshing shower Amai came out in a pair of blue shorts. Sitting on the couch with a towel around his head, he dried his hair on it.
"I should give dad a call. Tell him how things are going." He sat there a few seconds before looking at the screen on the wall. "Computer, call dad," he said, then the screen lit up.
As a lynx sat in the kitchen of his home, the screen on the wall came alive and began to ring. Looking at his guest, he held a finger up to them, tail flicking eagerly: "Shh! it's Amai." He answered it, sitting there without a shirt on, just a pair of boxer briefs.
Finally the video feed of his dad showed up, and he smiled big. "Hi dad! I just wanted to let you know, I'm doing good here."

"Hey kiddo, happy to see your face! And glad you still doing well at the job."

The cougar demon nodded proudly. "What about you? You finally gonna relax and take that vacation?"

His father rolled his yellow eyes. "Oh hush... but yeah, the deal was a month, and it's just a little over a month, so... I'll hold up my end of the bargain. I have an idea what I wanna do on it, anyways." As he stood up, he was fully visible and his little bob tail wiggled behind him, he stretched a bit. "So, is that all you wanted to talk about?"

Shaking his head, Amai now had the towel draped over his shoulders. "No, there's more. The job is going great. Everyone is so nice and we even went clothes shopping yesterday. It felt odd, but I really enjoyed it."

"Oh, you went shopping? For clothes? Like actual clothes, or more loose shirts and joggers?" the lynx teased before his eyes looked at something behind Amai, and returned to him. "Sooo, tell me about your coworkers more. They must really be something, to be able to drag you out to clothes shop." Clasping his hands he reached high into the air stretching out, a loud pop came from his back.

"Oh they are great..." his tail swayed behind him as he was trying to think of ways to describe everyone. "There is Astir who is a feline, short, like even shorter than you... he seems angry but is a nice guy. Then there is Karou who is a husky... oh dad you could just chat with him all day, he is so adorable and likes to listen." He began to rub at his chin some. "Hmm, there is Larkin the wolf who is very peaceful, sorta guy you have come over and just chill out to movies. Nadir the coyote, likes to have fun but knows when to stop and be serious. Richard the fox I think is just a kidder, always has a joke or comment, very nice." Then his tail began to curl some as he thought of the last one. "Last is Jason the fennec, he is so nice and...he is the one who dragged me out to shop with Nadir and Richard." He closed his eyes as he seemed to be beaming. "Knows how to get his way with cute faces and likes to chuckle a lot. Even tried to get me to wear a skirt by telling me it was a Kilt. Likes to give nose kisses too." Quieter he added: "Though the other kiss was something else," trailing off.

Standing there, the dad watched his kid being just as giddy as a girl on prom night. He let out a chuckle! "Oh, so you wore a skirt? Was it at least fashionable?" he teased some, as he watched figures behind Amai, who was still oblivious. A clang could be heard as something fell on the floor behind him. "Hold on Amai," he said bending down to pick up the item, giving his butt a shake as his bob tail swung in the air.

"Dad, what the hell are you doing, I don't need to see your butt." Amai turned his head away, before his ears flicked hearing voices around him. He mumbled: "Don't tell me..."

Leaning on the couch was a small group of the previously listed co-workers - Richard, Nadir, and Jason.
The red fox's tail swished. "Oh my. Amai, you don't mind if I call him daddy too, right? I see where you got the good looks from..."

Nadir let out a whistle at the screen, tail wagging super fast too. "I'm with Richard, he can even give me a spanking for being naughty. I see where Amai gets the butt wiggle from. He did the same thing when he lifted that crate up."

Hearing the comments by his friends, Amai grabbed a pillow from the couch and started swinging it at them. "Shut it, I don't need that in my head so close to bed time." Though he laughed some.
Jason was sitting next to Amai on the couch. "I have to say Amai, your dad really is a tease. He's been teasing us since we came in.." leaning on Amai he chuckled some

Standing up, the lynx began to let out a laugh. "Oh wow! I love them already." Though the comments made him roll his eyes some. "Don't mind if you wanna call me daddy. If you wanna call me by name, it's Dax Crimson." He looked at the chuckly fennec. "And I was an  ex-adventurer. I did stay in shape, kept my senses sharp and all that." He looked to the side and nodded his head. "Hey right... so Amai, I am gonna be going on a small vacation." He waved the other person over.
"Wait, really?" said the cougar.

A chair could be heard moving before a six foot six inch tall, blue furred tiger came into view. He was wearing nothing more than his boxers as he wrapped his immensely muscular arm around Dax's shoulders, kissing his head.

Amai blinked. "Uncle Kemo?"

"Hey Amai," Kemo replied. "Your dad gonna be spending time with me. I know you consider me an uncle, but I am a lot more than that," he said lowering his head to rest his chin on Dax's shoulder. He looked at the other three and stuck his tongue out at them. "If you naughty boys wanna join, I have no issue."

Meanwhile Amai stopped hitting his coworkers to instead hug the pillow, listening.

Richard watching the buff tiger began to tilt his head. "Kitty is inviting, so may take you up on that."

Ogling, Nadir grinned too. "If we have any time off maybe."

Jason looked on Amai. "Don't worry Amai, they are teasing... sorta." chuckling a bit he watched the screen again

Looking at the cougar, Kemo smiled. "Yes, not your real uncle, but... it was hard for your dad to explain me coming over so often." He thought a bit before looking at Dax. "Should I tell him?" Getting a slow and determined nod, he began to speak up. "To put it simply, we've been on and off again for the last fifteen years. Before you ask, no, it wasn't when he was married." He began to let out a purr nuzzling into Dax's cheek. "He is coming with me for about two weeks to a resort. Promise to explain everything to you after, okay?"

Watching his father and Kemo, the cougar sat there snuggling the pillow tighter. "Okay," he began to grumble as he spoke up some. "I am okay with it as long as dad is happy. But if you hurt him, I hurt you," he said digging his claws in before easily ripping the poor innocent pillow in half.

Richard's grin vanished as he heard that and saw the stuffing flying out. "Uhh..."
Nadir and Jason were also shaken out of their reverie.

Amai looked at the pillow in his hands, before looking at the screen, a bit embarrassed. "Dad... enjoy your vacation. I'm glad you are happy and can actually relax." Dropping the pillow he turned to Jason, wrapped his arms around the protesting fennec and yanked him over. "One of the reasons I called was tell you... I have a date, and this is the one who is gonna take me."

Jason wiggled in his arms. "Ack Amai." Looking at the dad and Kemo he waved at them awkwardly. "Hi..."

Dax and Kemo looked at the small fennec, turning to each other before back at Amai and his squirming
catch.

After whispering to each other and nodding, Dax spoke up: "That's alright, let us know how it goes. We wanna hear everything that happens, even on vacation." He whispered: "My son's first date..."
Kemo leaned on Dax and looked at Jason. "Wait, didn't Amai say he got a first kiss from him? Such a cute little fox... and his friends are quite the lookers." He smiled suggestively. "Oh Amai, you are in for such a fun time. But we should get going. Was on our way back to bed after a little snack." He grabbed Dax lifting him up as the lynx laughed. "Goodbye boys, will send the details of the resort later, so you can call again if you need or tell us of the date. Now say goodbye, Dax."
As the two began to head off, Jason got free of the grip and jumped on Amai. "Bye guys... nice meeting you."

Richard and Nadir waved before grabbing Amai to help Jason knock him over.
The lynx was still chuckling. "Bye boys, and Amai... don't worry, Kemo makes me happy. Take care."
And the screen went dark.
"Alright we gotta get going. Amai get some sleep." they said leaning down to so all three of them kissed Amai on the head "Night." taking off out the door leaving Amai onn the couch in total confusion of why all three kissed his head.

[Amai_Crimson]

Chapter 2. The bounty hunters

Guild house Golden Thorn

Opening the door of the guild hall, a five foot nine tall figure wandered in. Clicking of heels could be heard as they walked up to the bounty board; normally only guild members took quests and bounties, however when they got an overabundance of jobs, they would allow bounty hunters too. The person had a long fuzzy red panda tail - red at the tip, a different color for each stripe instead of white: green, blue, purple, pink, and finally a rainbow mix - it softly swayed behind the figure. A pair of black leather stiletto boots tapped the floor with each step. Long dark blue and white striped stockings came up to just the bottom of their thighs, slightly above it was a blue and white pleated mini skirt. Their upper body was in a blue tube top hugging them tightly, revealing no feminine bumps but a flat chest.
A hand reached out to the board, reavealing their black and blue painted nails as they moved a finger along the job postings. "Okay... too many," was said in a hushed voice before they pulled their finger back, pondering. "Better do the time honored tradition." Closing their light blue eyes, they spun around three times, reaching again they touched a poster and looked at it. "This one... oh, this is interesting."

The poster had a purple haired cougar on it with fire tipped ears, under the picture was a bounty of twenty five thousand. Wanted dead half-demon, last seen in Aston. The person ordering it was a Miss Roselyn C.

A hoof could be heard scraping across the floor before a hand came up and patted the red panda on the shoulder. They twitched a bit at the unsollicited contact, tail swaying gently around like a scarf in the wind. "Aww, the little miss thinks she can handle a half demon?"
Laughter rose from a few figures sitting at a table; the hand touching the red panda belonged to a six foot three tall male brown horse. He had a white stripe going down his forehead to his nose. Dressed in usual adventure gear, loose fitting tan pants. His shirt being black with a brown leather vest over it, at his side was a long sword. He went to take the paper from the panda. "I'll take that, get yourself a barmaid job."

As the red panda stood there listening, the white ears twisted around amongst their short red hair. Their face turned to look at the horse, pushing his hand off from the poster. "Nice try, but I got it first." They had a slender face, white cheek tufts while red went from their head down over their eyes and to the neck. White fur covering their chin and lip area which had neon blue lipstick on it. "Oh, you want me to be a barmaid? Like your mother I assume, or did she fail that job as well?"
More laughing could be heard from the figures at the table while the brown eyes narrowed.
Heading outside the bounty hunter went to speak with someone, but the horse came charging up behind them. He didn't notice a figure sitting against the building, who got up upon seing the panda emerge.

"Listen here you little shit, not gonna take your lip or attitude! You hand over that wanted poster then get lost, or I'll make you give it to me." The horse stood there glaring at them, making a few snorts in their direction.

The third figure tilted their head cracking a joint. "I suggest you head back inside. If you don't, you may walk funny for a bit when I'm done."

Ears twitching at those words, the horse turned to stare daggers at the one saying them.

There stood a six foot tall male snow leopard, his fur a true snow white with dark blue oblonged spots all over. Their hair was short with two long bangs hanging in front of their face past the eyes, the tips of the bangs were red. The leopard's royal purple eyes looked at the horse with a hint of boredom. He wore a black long sleeve shirt, a bit tight as one could see his toned arms under the fabric. A pair of black leather pants hugged his form revealing he was quite toned down his legs as well.
His tail swayed behind him as he kept his eyes on the horse. "Now... unless you think you can handle me..." he tilted his head to the side as he popped his neck again.

Staring at him, the horse grabbed at his sword hilt. "Back off yo-" His words were cut off as a massive snow leopard hand came up grabbing his face. Claws sank into his flesh, he let out a yell of pain.

The leopard had nabbed the base of his snout in an iron grip, sharp claws stabbing uncomfortably close to his eyes. "I hate people who think they can bully others to get their way."

Using both hands the horse grabbed at the paw trying to pry it off, with no luck. This strength holding the hand on him was immense, far above his own. Blood trickled down his face dripping to the ground, and as he felt his hooves lift off the ground, his body shook.

The feline was lifting him without effort and ignored the struggling. "So, it's only fair I teach you, sometimes, you bully the wrong people."

"MIKHAIL! Don't kill him," the panda yelled out looking at the leopard, they pouted their lips some. "Please... just let him go, you taught him a lesson."

The helpless horse nodded at that, muffled pleading coming from his locked mouth.

The leopard looked at them, closing his eyes he sighed a bit. "Fine... I won't kill, but getting him out of my sight."

He slammed the horse down hard into the ground, keeping the grip on the face that looked back in pained
fear between his fingers.  "You are lucky they asked me to spare you... Now, get out of my way."
He twirled dragging the horse along, lifting him off the ground; the bully turned victim whinnied pitifully as he felt airborne again. He flung that equine like a toy back into the guild hall, sending him flying till he crashed into the counter and slumped to the ground, unconscious. Four holes marked the horse's face, still dripping scarlet.

Leaning towards the guild hall entrance, the leopard placed his hand on its door knob. "Anyone else wish
to take our job from us?" His gaze wandered as everyone looked away from him. "Good. Sorry for the disturbance, carry on," he said closing the door.

He turned to look at the panda, taking a cloth from his pocket he wiped his claws clean. "Sometimes bullies need to be taught a lesson, right Vince?"

He felt arms wrapping around his midsection as his partner leaned into him. "Mmmh," he purred a bit. "So, what did you get us?" Collecting the dufflebag and suitcase he used a rope to go over his shoulder.

Hugging Mikhail, Vince nuzzled his chest getting up on their tip toes to kiss the snep's chin; the cat chuckled. "I couldn't decide, so did what I usually do... and got us a wanted poster. Half demon, so should give you a challenge."

"A half demon? Oh that will be fun, I might get to go all out. Seeing it's been a bit since we fought any sort of creature."

"Though they are wanted just dead and it didn't specify what they were wanted for." Vince let go of Mikhail and turned around. "But that doesn't matter right now. We got a twenty five thousand gold dollar bounty to collect now, onward to Aston." His tail swayed back and forth as he thought for a bit. "Never been there, but if this half-demon is wanted dead, the town must be pretty shady. Dark alleys and just a feeling of disgust when we get there..."

The leopard nodded. "Alright, let's get going. We can ask for directions and go from there. If it's too long a walk, we could take a wagon. We got the funds to splurge a bit." He moved a hand along Vince's side.

Looking out towards the horizon Vince smiled, leaning back into Mikhail. "Mmm yeah, been a bit. I think about a year since we fought that mytho."

Leaning in, Mikhail gave his head a kiss; the panda sighed gently at that: "What did I do to get such a sweet, ki-"

He was cut off by Mikhail: "Can also let me see what color underwear you got on this time... I'm going to go with blue."

Vince giggled, correcting himself: "I meant... what did I do to get such a perverted and dirty half-demon such as you." Leaning into him he whispered: "Rent us a cart and you can find out, otherwise you just gonna have to imagine."

Moving his arms down Mikhail hoisted him up bridal style, making him blush; then moves in to kiss him on the mouth. "I'm your pervert and you like it."

The panda returned the kiss. "Mmh yes, and I'm lucky to have this pervert."

They started to walk, with the panda still in Mikhail's arms; he was heading to the nearby town to gather info. "Maybe if we are lucky, someone else will be going too... we haven't invited a third since the party a month ago."

Vince's ears went to the side hiding his face in Mikhail's chest at the mention of that. "Well... it's fun to spice things up with another."

Getting into the town, Mikhail set Vince down to walk together again. "Alright, let's go find out where Aston is, and if need be, get a cart."

Vince felt his feet on the ground and grumbled: "Was comfy..." pouting, before looking around the town. "Fine, go do what you need. Then meet me at the stables... just in case we need a cart."

Looking at him Mikhail rolled his eyes some. "Yeah yeah, will see you in like five minutes. Oh, and get something to eat for the trip, I am famished." Heading off to the town hall.

Entering it he came up to the help desk smiling a bit. "Hi. I need some information on where the settlement Aston is. Got a job taking me that way, so some directions would be nice."

Sitting behind the help desk, a male black and white cat peered up from their computer screen. "Sure thing. Aston..." Clacking on the keyboard for a few moments, the cat looked up at the snow leopard who was stretching a bit. "Printing out the info now." Moving over to the printer they grabbed the paper coming out, handing it to Mikhail. "Need anything else?"

Mikhail took the paper. "No, that should be all. Thanks." Walking off he headed outside, looked around for the local stables and went to meet up with Vince.

Sitting on a bench outside the stables, Vince held a bag beside him. Inside was a bunch of food for the road, especially high calorie ones for his half-demon partner. "Mikhail! Hey, over here!" he exclaimed waving as he saw the snow leopard approach.

Coming up to Vince, he leaned down kising him on the nose, which wiggled. "Got the info. Looks like we need that cart, be two whole days to reach. I feel like splurging so let's go rent one."

The red panda clapped and giggled. "Alright! I get to rest my feet for a bit."

Heading inside to place the order, Mikhail came out taking a seat with Vince. "Alright, just waiting on the cart to come around." His hand coming up to tug at the bag: "Sooo... what did you get?"

"Oh, just quick easy meals and some snacks. We will be taking breaks on the road, we can restock then."

Hearing the sound of a gryphon walking along pulling a cart, Vince looked up... then bounced out of his seat running over to the blue and purple feathered gryphon. He squeaked: "OH MY GODS... Look at them!" He came up giving the gryphon some scritches under their chin. "They are my favorite colors, oh and so adorable." He felt the gryphon purr and nuzzle into him, and cooed: "Aww, they like meeee... Thank you for taking us on this journey!"

Mikhail came up. "Yeah well, we get to be with them for the week. It was a package deal. Plus, we can use them to return here to turn in the bounty." He began petting the gryphon as well. "Alright let's go... thank you birdie for taking us."

Heading to the cart behind their cute companion, he opened the door. "After you." he said smirking at Vince

Walking over to the cart, Vince couldn't help himself: "Such a pretty gryphon..." As the door was held open for him, he climbed up but used his tail to cover Mikhail's face. "I know what you're doing... no peeking."

The leopard let out a chuckle. "Aww, that's not fair!"

Getting in Vince sat down stretching some. "Oh, so nice in here."

Mikhail sat beside his partner, then whistled to the gryphon! "Alright, on to Aston."

[Amai_Crimson]

During the second day of the journey as Vince was asleep against Mikhail, they woke up feeling they were starting to slow down. "Mm I had a good sleep," he said leaning up to kiss Mikhail on the chin. "I had that dream again, where we settled down for once."

The leopard grew uneasy. "Oh..." he began to sigh looking out the window of the cart. "That dream again... I don't get why you always dream of that, or bring it up. We got a good life traveling and doing jobs." Feeling a kiss to his neck, he rolled his eyes. "I like how our life is."

The eye roll caught Vince's attention; leaning back he began to grit his teeth some. "Well, excuse me for wanting stability." Shuffling over to the other side of the cart, he scowled at Mikhail.

"Oh, here we go again. Look, we have a good thing going. We do jobs, travel, don't need to pay rent anywhere. We can save our gold dollars," Mikhail ranted watching Vince back.

The red panda's eyes widened at what was just thrown at him. His voice rose: "OH! I just 'love' living my entire life out of a suitcase. Or never staying in a place long enough to learn anyone's name."

Grumbling at being yelled at, Mikhail crossed his arms. "Well, I seem to be fine doing it. Been doing it a lot longer too. Also, it's good being on the go all the time. We make enemies doing this work. If we stay at one spot, they find us." He shrugged. "Not my fault you just can't keep up with it."

Vince slowly narrowed his eyes at that. "Oh, that is it." He leaned out the window: "Hey pretty bird, can you stop? I need to get out." the wagon began to slow

The leopard leaned out the other window. "No, don't stop! We can keep going till dark, we should be close to Aston." Grabbing Vince he pulled him back into the cart. "Will you just calm down?"

Slapping at Mikhail's hands Vince sat on the other side of the cart. "Just leave me alone."

They could feel the cart slowing down again before stopping. Hearing a coo, they looked out the window seeing a small village sign, reading "Aston".

Vince opened the cart door and stepped out, followed by Mikhail.

The half-demon moving his hand up to touch Vince's back, he felt the red panda move away. "Fine... let's at least save the arguing till the job is done." Looking out at the small village, he could see a few kids running around as well elderly people waving at them. "So much for being a seedy place."

As the two stared out on the village wondering their course of action, soft footsteps came up behind them. Mikhail whirled around to face an elderly mouse lady, as Vince heard the approach too and turned to look.

"Oh, it's not often people stop to check our little village out." She hunched over leaning on a cane, gazing over Mikhail and Vince with emerald eyes behind a set of thick glasses. Her fur was black in color, with hints of gray mixed in revealing her age, gray hair pulled back into a bun atop her head. Dressed in a white blouse top that hung loose on her frame, tucked into a black skirt that went down to her ankles. From her forearm hung a small bag with some herbs peeking out of its top. On her feet she wore nothing more than black slippers.
Big round ears flicked a bit as she brought a hand up adjusting her glasses. "Would you two boys help this old lady? I came out to pick some herbs, but now I'm quite tired... I ain't as young as I used to be."

Mikhail nodded. "Oh yes, of course." While Vince smiled brightly and echoed: "Oh yes, we would be delighted to help!"

The snow leopard went on: "Sorry, we were just passing through and decided to let the gryphon take a rest... the village is quite quaint though." He moved over next to her offering his arm. "I'll help... maybe you can even help us too."

As she took it, the panda wanted to offer some help as well, reaching for the bag of herbs. "I am Vince, my companion is Mikhail... and this is our gryphon for the week."

"Oh my," the mouse swooned leaning into the arm; "such a strapping young man you are... Mikhail, was it?" She patted the limb. "And strong..." Looking at Vince, she returned his smile and passed the bag over. "My name is Lily. My home isn't too far from here. We can have some tea and I'll answer your questions. Least I can do for the help."

Opening the door to a small wooden cottage, the old lady was eased inside by Mikhail, then Vince closes the door behind them.

"Well here we are, boys. Make yourselves at home, while I put away these herbs and get the water going for tea."

"Of course if you need help let us know." Mikhail moved to sit on the sofa, while Lily got the shopping bag back.

She made her way into the kitchen setting them down, then filled a kettle up setting it on her stove, and lit some wood under it. Coming back out shortly after, she took a seat on a rocking chair sighing in relief, and began swaying softly.

The leopard watched their nice old host, before looking at Vince who sat at the other end of the sofa. "So, Lily. You said you could answer a few things for us?"

Vince looked over some of the pictures on the walls. "Yes... it seems some information got crossed. Our
job had us coming here to, um... talk with a resident. Male cougar... purple hair, fire on their ears..."

Lily's ears flicked to the boys speaking. "Oh, you mean Amai? He has lived here since he was born." She began to rub at her chin some. "Sweet kid, grew up being as helpful as he could... said he wanted to make a living so his dad could finally retire." Looking at the two, she tilted her head some. "Though he has been away at a new job lately. Been about a month and a half?"

Listening as his tail swayed softly, Mikhail nodded mumbling: "I see. Well, that answers whether he was still here or not." As they heard a whistle from the kitchen, he rose up and gestured for the elder woman to stay seated. "Oh... I'll get that, Lily. You've done a lot for us, bringing us into your home and answering questions."

"Thank you dear," she said as Mikhail went off into the kitchen, first shutting off the stove, then searching for cups and sugar.

Vince kept looking over the pictures, tail curled up in his lap taking in his environment, sighing some. "How long have you lived here, Lily? Are you alone?"

Meanwhile Mikhail's humming came from the kitchen as he continued preparing.

She thought for a bit. "Going on fifty years I've lived here. Moved in with my husband James, when we were still in our twenties." Following his gaze, she noticed the pictures, and sighed wistfully. "I'm not alone dearie, even with James gone, five years now. The grandkids and kids come visit me," she assured smiling softly at him.

Vince looked at Lily smiling back at her. "That's good to hear, sorry about your loss." Leaning back into the couch a bit, he thought some. "So about this Amai... we found out he is a half demon, did that cause any issues here?"

Mikhail came in still humming, carrying three teacups, a bowl filled with sugar and the kettle. "Had to find everything, sorry it took so long."

"Aw sweetie, not at all!" the mouse swooned.

He set the cups down and poured some tea into each, before handing over to Lily's and Vince's. "Thank you dear," she said taking it.

Vince also grabbed the cup he was given, without a word between the two. Instead as Mikhail sat back on his chosen spot, the panda partner turned to Lily. "So, Amai..?"

"Hm? oh." She sipped thinking about it, the boys following her example. "He was raised right by Dax, his dad. Especially when his wife left them." She seemed to be in deep thought on something. "Oh, what was her name again... it began with R."

Mikhail's ears perked at the mom leaving part. "Why did the mother leave? Trouble in the marriage?"

"No one knows. She just went away one day, Amai was around four or five. Used her wings and took off." She set her empty cup down and sighed. "I felt bad for Amai but, his dad did everything for that boy." Lily started to lean back into her chair some.

A few hours passed as Mikhail, Lily and Vince spoke, finishing the pot of tea, before Lily fell asleep in her rocking chair.

Mikhail sat there looking at Vince: "We should go." He stood up offering his hand. "Shall we?"
Moving his hand up he tentatively took the offered hand, was yanked up by Mikhail and let out a squeak, before he found himself within the leopards arms holding him close.

"I'm sorry for getting upset with you earlier. We can talk about it back at the cart, if you'd like," Mikhail said kissing the panda on the top of his head.

His ears went down at the mention of that argument, but he returned the embrace. "Okay."

"Come on..." releasing his partner, the leopard thought to head for the door but caught sight of a blanket, which hung on a chair's back near Lily. He gently placed it around her chest and shoulders. "Goodnight, Lily."

Vince collected the dishes taking them to the kitchen; they met up outside on their way back to the cart. As they walked together, he leaned into the leopard and wrapped his tail around Mikhail's waist. "You know, I'm not upset with you... just the situation."

"I'm sorry Vince... I've been traveling for so long. The thought of staying in one spot is a weird concept." Mikhail moved an arm around the panda holding him close.

"I forget how old you are sometimes." He stuck his tongue out at Mikhail before sighing. "You speak of your past sometimes but... I forget, for you, it was over three hundred years or more." As they got to the cart, Vince went over to the gryphon who was sleeping under a tree, waiting for his passangers. Cuddling up to the gryphon, he mumbled drowzily. "Mm... soft and warm."

Walking past them both, Mikhail chuckled. "Thanks, now I feel old." He opened the cart and grabbed his bag to dig out a few blankets. He went over to the two, he sat by and laid a couple blankets around them, whispering: "Nice place... let's sleep here. Good night."

Vince nuzzled into him and huddled under the blankets. "I know you grew up in Fairfield, and about your parents. But, tell me of other people you knew... if you are okay with doing that," Vince said closing his eyes some.

Watching the starry night sky, Mikhail stroked the panda's hair and sighed. "I suppose." He thought a bit feeling Vince nuzzle into his chest, and spoke gently: "I had plenty of friends... some cubi, mythos, beings or even other demons." He seemed to be recalling someone as he continued: "There was an incubus who was a friend for a very long time. Before you ask, yes, with benefits." He kept stroking his lover's hair, as his eyes closed snuggling into the panda. "He was... I believe his name was Larkin. A wolf incubus."

Vince listened with his face in the leopard's chest fluff, ears twitching a bit every so often; he sighed contently. "Mmh of course. Who could resist you. Tell me more."

The leopard nodded as he continued: "Believe it or not, I fell for him first." He chuckled some whispering into Vince's ear: "Just like I fell for you first." The panda's eyes remained shut but he saw the face relax further. "He had ebony fur, that was so soft to the touch. He had shoulder length black hair, would constantly change the tip's colors." Mikhail began to purr as he thought more of Larkin. "The prettiest silver eyes, you should have seen them. So gentle, yet you always felt like he was watching you." His own eyes cracked open as he began trailing a finger along the panda's neck some. "I believe he was part of a clan, but can't remember the name. Yellow tattoo, was all I remember."

His ears twitched as he could hear soft snoring from Vince; smiling, he leaned down kissing his head gently. "Night, Vince."

[Amai_Crimson]

 Permission to start posting this to FA? Would link to your guys fa's and comic. I ask because it is fanfic of your stuff and i rather ask permission to do such

[Tapewolf]

I have no problem with that.

[Amai_Crimson]

I like to ask first ^.^ I'll work doing that tonight.