Author's note
Hi! I just wanted to know that this is the first story I've written, and I'm not really sure if this is going well or not, since is my first story,
I must also say that english isn't my first language, so if you see any grammar mistakes, please, do not hesitate to tell me and correct me, I'll try my best to learn from them.
Now I would like to talk about the story.
I would like to try my best to make this story as long as possible, since I'm still on vacation, I'll have enough time to write (yet)
I'm thinking about making this story not only Wolf x Fox, but also other ships I'll think in the future. This chapter is placed after the Aparoid invasion from SF. Assault, where Fox and Krystal are back together but Fox will have new feelings awakened for someone else.
With that being said, I don't want to interrupt anymore, please enjoy the story.
Shooting Stars
During the summer Season
20XX
It all started in a deep forest in Corneria, when the skies began to turn red, to then fall into the night. A particular vulpine was lying down on what it seemed to be a blanket, with his green emerald eyes lost in space, waiting for the sky to get decorated with all those lights he loved. In that specific night, a meteor shower would take place, when he first knew that, he didn't hesitate to put up with everything for the great day.
He was not alone, although he wished to, a voice tried to interrupt his thoughts.
"...Fox, are you there?,...Fox!"
At first he tried to ignore it, but he ended up perking his ears and listening to his companion, a blue Vixen wearing a white summer dress, smiling sweetly at the lupine, it was Krystal the one who was trying to get his attention so she could make the request she's been wanting to ask.
"Dear, I know you are excited about the meteor shower, but we could at least...I don't know, like...do what...couples do? It was your idea after all…"
Krystal's cheeks turned rosy after saying what she felt, thing that seemed to do nothing against the red fox lying by her side, instead, he answered vaguely
"Oh, sure, we can do that."
His tone of voice was neutral, and the only thing he did was to pat the space next to him in the blanket, telling her to lie down by his side, Krystal sighed, but she couldn't refuse.
Fox was still focused on the sky, starting to turn black and a few stars began to show up, his eyes shone with excitement as the starlight reflected on them, soon after, he found himself lost in thought again.
Analyzing the sky, some memories came back, flashbacks of his past, from the sweetest childhood memories, like when his father taught him how to find constellations, to the cold and hurtful memories of the Lylat Wars.
Soon, a bright purple star took his attention...purple...so bright, so many memories came back.
It's been a few months since the aparoid invasion was over, and that purple star took him back to that time, he remembered how those creatures took all living things, converting them into evil machines, he remembered all the sacrifices that were done during the invasion.
Then, he remembered Wolf.
That name came in a flash with all his memories behind, all the dog fights, how he saved his life twice, how he supported him during the invasion…
Then, he remembered how Wolf and his team vanished after Fox killed the aparoid queen, assimilating that they sacrificed themselves in an effort to help Fox succeed.
A seed of grief started to grow in Fox's heart
"Fox..., what are you thinking?"
The same voice made Fox come back to reality, and alarmed, he felt the urge to ask "Have you been reading my mind again? You know well what are my thoughts about that" quickly, the vixen responded calmly, although she was internally panicking.
"Oh! Of course not Fox!, I've been trying to improve my limits on that, but I still can know how you are feeling, and that sudden sorrow worried me, I hope you can understand"
Fox felt sorry about that apology, something inside him didn't want to believe her, she always had secrets, although, he answered shortly and vaguely again.
"Oh, well. It's okay, I guess."
Krystal sighed and got up, she was so fed up with Fox's attitude, but she couldn't help worrying about him, he's never like that, he's usually caring and a good listener, but this time he seemed distant and cold. Krystal wanted to know what's the real trouble, even though it wasn't really ethical of her. Fox really didn't seem to care about Krystal's reaction
The vulpine was lost in thought again, remembering, analyzing, thinking in "what ifs" and so, starting to philosophize about parallel universes, what if the aparoid invasion never happened? What if his father was still alive? What if he never had to interfere during the war? Then, another question made that seed of sorrow grow even more.
"What if Wolf didn't die during the invasion?"
The first shooting star appeared.
. . .
When the meteor shower ended, Fox got up and stretched with tears moisturising his eyes, was it because he was tired? He didn't really know. Once he approached Krystal, he patted her head and apologised.
"I'm sorry, I don't really know what's gotten into me, and I was rude to you before, I hope you can forgive me, I'll try to compensate you"
the vulpine said with a slight smile, a smile Krystal couldn't resist, that's the Fox she really knew. She smiled and nodded, giving the answer she's been thinking
"It's okay, and I'll think about that...compensation, maybe one of those Ice cream buckets I really love could make the thing"
Fox chuckled with that response
"Yikes...those are really expensive, but it's okay since it's what you want."
Krystal seemed slightly disappointed, she wanted him to offer more and regretted she didn't ask for anything more... passionate.
While they were sitting on the car, Krystal broke the silence. "Well, Fox...since it's...really late, do you mind if I stay at your place tonight?" Krystal had the audacity to ask such a request, but she didn't get the answer she was hoping to get.
"Sure! Why not? I've a guest room free, you could stay there for the night and I'll take you to your place later in the morning"
Fox sounded so innocent that Krystal couldn't help to think that he was adorable, but also dumb, really really dumb. Although she didn't get what she wanted, she didn't differ.
The road back Fox's home was silent, once they got to Fox's house, no one said something.
Fox's house was a small chalet in the outskirts of Corneria city, it seemed modern and really pretty, but it was actually nothing really luxurious, he wanted something comfortable, but nothing really eccentric. Once they were both in the house, Fox was the first to speak
"Welcome, make yourself comfortable. Your room is right there, if you want to have a shower before sleeping, you have the bathroom in front of your room, and if you need something, I'll be in my room, at the end of the hallway"
For an instant, Krystal scoffed, but she didn't really want to complain, instead, she nodded and analyzed her surroundings
"Wow, Fox really takes care of this place, it's...so well decorated…"
She said for herself, Impressed about how perfectly designed everything was, then, her stomach rumbled loudly, even Fox perked his ears. Krystal covered her face embarrassed about what just happened. Fox reaction was only a giggle, and so, he said "hehe...I see you're hungry, it was rude of me not offering you something to eat, I can make something quick if you want" Krystal uncovered her face, still burning red, and answered "Please, I'd be grateful, anything will do…"
Fox nodded and headed to the kitchen, he murmured while he was taking the ingredients "fine, fine, since it's really late, something light like a sandwich will be perfect, wait for me in your room and I'll bring your dinner"
The blue vixen nodded, walking slowly to the guest room while she heard Fox's hums while he was excitedly doing the dinner
She sat on the edge of the bed, it was really soft, thing that surprised her, also there was a sweet aroma in the air, it was lavender, another thing that surprised her is how delicate everything seemed to be in Fox's house, the perfect decoration, the sweet perfume, she thought it was weird for a man to be that genteel.
Seconds after, she heard how Fox knocked the door "Krystal? I've your dinner, I made a grilled cheese sandwich I hope you don't mind" for an instant Krystal had an idea, it was risky, but she assured that it would work
"Oh! Don't worry, actually, I'm really hungry, could you please come back later and make another?" She said in a soft tone of voice, after that, Fox answered
"Sure thing, I'll be right back" then Krystal heard footsteps getting further, she sighed and took time to think, then, a nod of approval.
She started to undress, staying only in her underwear, she thought of the occasion, so she's been wearing expensive lingerie she bought that same day before meeting with Fox, if she had a chance, now was the moment to take it.
She waited until she heard Fox knocking the door again, she lied down on the bed, uncovered, half dressed and softly said "please, come on in."
The red fox entered and saw the scene of Krystal half dressed, lying down looking directly at him, he seemed unaffected. He was smiling innocently as he walked in
"Well, here's your dinner, please enjoy!"
Fox heard a chuckle, Krystal smiled softly as she got up and took the plate, leaving it on the nightstand
"Well, handsome..., we can eat those later... don't you wanna have a little fun before?"
The blue vixen said sinuously, placing both hands on Fox's shoulders, he instantly realised what was happening and began to stutter.
"I-I... really don't know...y-you know? I'm like...s-super tired! and I...j-just want...to sleep!"
Krystal seemed disappointed again, she let go of the vulpine and sat on the bed. "It's okay Fox...I don't want you to do things you don't want to do, have a good night"
The red fox sighed in relief, nodding at the vixen with a soft smile while he got out of the room, once he was out, he closed the door and sighed again before heading to his room.
Before going to sleep, the vulpine decided that it was a good idea to have a shower so he could sleep with the comfortable sensation of the soft recently washed fur and also the sweet lavender aroma his new shampoo had. Fox really loved lavender, it wasn't way too long before discovering the lavender scent, he instantly loved it for no reason why. He entered the bathroom and let the shower water run until it was warm enough, then, while he was entering into the shower, once the water was in the perfect temperature he remembered the day he found out about the aromatic candles that made him fall in love with that plant.
After the Aparoid invasion, the Star Fox team decided to have a break for a few months, and even possibly a year. After all that mess, weeks later, he returned back to his home in Corneria, and before everything, he made sure everything was on place, then he noticed that he ran out of aromatic candles, and without hesitation he went to the grocery store.
He wanted to try something new, and while he was looking at the shelves he heard something, a voice, it was really familiar, but he couldn't place it, the vulpine couldn't remember exactly what the voice said, it was weird, he remembered that he couldn't understand it, it was another language, but the voice was really familiar to him "oui, tout va bien, j'habiterai à Corneria depuis aujourd'hui, ne t'inquiète pas" he didn't understand what he said, and he definitely heard a language like that before.
That voice came from the hallway next to him, he couldn't see who was talking, and he couldn't contain the urge of wanting to know whose voice was that, he tried to move away some candles on the shelf just to try to have peek of who was talking, and then he accidentally dropped and broke one of the candles, seeing the mess he made, he scoffed and gave up the chance, he grabbed the candles he dropped and went away, those were the first lavender candles he bought.
Now he couldn't stop thinking on that voice, it was deep and rough, and remembering those words made Fox's chest feel ablaze, something was burning in him every time he remembered that voice, and he didn't really understand why.
He shut the shower off stepping outside all soaked, almost instantly, he grabbed his dryer and started to brush his fur.
Once he was finished, he was all puffy, with his fur shiny and soft like a puppy, he really liked that feeling, but he liked more the sweet scent of lavender.
He opened the door to his bedroom leaving a steam cloud from the bathroom before him, with only a towel around his hips, he looked for a fresh underwear and jumped to his bed.
It was a hot night, he didn't feel like covering himself under the sheets, he just preferred to be there, silent, alone, looking at the ceiling. Soon after, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep, diving again in his own thoughts.
...
A breeze.
A sweet zephyr accompanied by a familiar scent is all he felt
"Where am I?"
He thought. All he could see was purple, gentle purple herbs brushing into each other making a soft and relaxing sound, it was a lavender field.
Fox felt paralyzed, he didn't want to move, everything was beautiful around him, he wanted to stay like that forever.
Then, a figure appeared, it was tall, also slender, he really couldn't define what or who that was, but he noticed that it was getting closer.
Fox felt his heart accelerate, not in fear, he didn't feel nervous, not even afraid, it was a feeling he never felt before
And so, finally, Fox managed to recognise the figure now standing in front of him, it was Wolf, Wolf O'Donnell.
Fox didn't say anything, looking directly at the amethyst colored eye.
They stayed like that for a few minutes, until the lupine raised a hand, patting Fox's head and then he slightly moved his lips, Fox could hear a whisper, he wasn't really sure what he said, but his thought remained persistent about the first thing he heard. The lupine said "Wait for me."
Fox eventually woke up, he sat on his bed and started looking groggily to his surroundings, looking for something, for someone.
When he realised that he was back in reality, he looked down in disappointment. And in an innocent tantrum he laid down on his bed trying to sleep again and return to that lavender field of his dreams.
During his attempt of sleeping again, he heard a slight knock on his door, and then, a voice.
"Fox? Are you up? It's almost noon and I should get back home"
Fox whispered a swear, he knew he had to take Krystal back home, so he sighed, trying really hard not to scream, and then he got up.
"Yeah, I'm up, gimme a few minutes and I'll take you home" the Fox said while yawning, he took a few minutes to smarten himself up. He decided to wear a crimson red t-shirt with indigo jeans, combining with black sneakers, he took some time to look if everything was perfect and quickly got out of his room grabbing Krystal's hand to make her hurry. Before leaving, he grabbed his car keys, his wallet and his favourite sunglasses. Now he was finally ready to go.
Krystal felt chills when Fox grabbed her hand, she was smiling all blushed, and when they were sitting in the car she murmured "wow Fox...we've been together for two weeks and it's the first time you've grabbed my hand like that" Fox perked his ears, but didn't really paid attention to what Krystal said, he somehow felt he was in a hurry, but when he took time to think, he didn't found a reason why. Eventually calming down, he said.
"Okay...do we have everything in place? Am I forgetting something?...shoot we didn't have breakfast" the vulpine grunted, it was quite adorable to see him grumpy
Krystal giggled after seeing Fox worried about something like that, so she just suggested
"Well, don't worry about that too much, but if you want we can have breakfast together. also! now that I remember! you owe me that Ice cream, don't you?
Fox giggled softly after hearing Krystal's idea, but he thought it wasn't bad at all.
"Okay, looks fine to me! but now about that Ice cream, it's bad for you if you have something like that for breakfast, buuut...we can go to the grocery store, I can buy you that Ice cream, and so I can take advantage and do this week's grocery shopping, sounds good?"
Krystal's eyes shone with excitement, and after she nodded cheerfully, Fox with a smile set off directly to the grocery store.
Along the road, Fox felt something in his chest, his heart was bumping wildy for no reason. He had a feeling, and that feeling was saying him that he had to go to the grocery store as soon as posible, maybe, he could finally meet the man with a rough voice and a rare language
~End of chapter 1~
Author's note
Well, that's chapter one! I really didn't like that ending, but I couldn't make this chapter longer, so what I wrote after that is the beginning of chapter 2.
Also in chapter 2 Wolf will make an appearance, a physical one (?
I promise that there will be more interaction between these two boys, I hope you liked how's going from here and please be patient for chapter 2, I'll try to post it tomorrow or even later today.