To Be Loved
The Imperial City was enjoying noontime, hot and burning flames emanated from once powerful and graceful buildings, the streets were quiet, a curfew was in order. Wolves were busy cleaning the streets of broken glass and shards of wood. Luckily the city had a marvelous fire distinguishing system, so those buildings which glowed and smoked would stop soon enough.
Things of value had been picked over, and people were hiding from the wolves. More specifically, the people of the capital were hiding from the chaos below. Riots had broken through the suddenly open gates, and everything that wasn't twenty feet off the ground was trampled and destroyed. High above the city on its grotesque pedestal sat the palace. It was mostly untouched, because the only people that broke inside were a select group of wolves and a peacock.
The sun was hot, bearing down in the palace in its summer fashion. Lord Shen was stalking around the palace, admiring the building that was now his. Scared and frightened antelope advisors followed him at his heels, quivering, holding their clipboards and their pens, ready to help their new emperor any way they could; also avoiding death.
Lord Shen approached an open window, tall and narrow. He peaked out to see the pride of the city, three immensely tall towers of different colors. They were all the same design and look, standing, hulking over the city with grace and demanding the power they deserved. The green tower was severely damaged from fire, and while Lord Shen was starring at it the building collapsed. Faintly he heard screams as people evacuated neighboring buildings and his guards yelped orders to each other.
"Who owns those buildings? They look familiar."
The antelopes looked to each other, seeking courage amongst each other.
"You... you do, sir."
"How long have they been government property?"
"Just... just under eighteen years."
Lord Shen nodded, watching the mushroom of dust and ruble settle down, like waves through the city streets. Thick impenetrable waves. He heard more yelling, but the peacock didn't care to listen.
"Top floor... top floor of the white tower... who lives there?"
Lord Shen remembered his friend, young and rich, telling him that he'd recently purchased some property in the capital for resale. The tiger mentioned the white tower, the top floor.
"No one sir, the emperor... the emperor executed the man that used to live there. He was a tiger sir, a colonel."
"That tiger isn't dead."
The antelope nodded, taking a few steps back in fear.
"Have all the bedrooms ready to receive guests, leave me, all of you."
The antelopes scurried away, vanishing down a long hallway. Lord Shen laughed, dragging his steely claws across the wall. Precious and ornate wallpaper was torn in three parallel gashes, curling up and dying as a disrespectful peacock disgraced the home.
His laugh rang through the halls, pushing the advisors further away, scaring them.
There were only two living colonels now, one forcibly retired and the other limping along to his destination. The jaguar's shoulder was a mess. Wrapped in heavy gauge, sewn closed and marring his fur down. Cheng had replaced him uniform with a new one, and he looked just as sharp and thin as he had before. The twenty soldiers were two officers were of a beaten path, a road well traveled. They were not lost. The valley was several hours away, and with luck the Wu sisters would still be there.
They walked with vengeance.
The valley gate sputtered open, letting in the constable and his wife. The two tigers entered, seeing the statue of Jay and smiling.
"Good afternoon deputies."
Jay smiled and nodded to them, walking on with Tigress wrapped around his arm. They made it to the house, and Jay opened the door for her.
"You're not coming in?"
He motioned with his head for her to go in first, and so she did. Tigress entered the house first and Jay shut the door behind her, smiling as he walked her down the hall. When they passed the library, Jay and Tigress stopped to greet their youngest.
"We're back Theresia, how was yesterday?"
Theresia put down her book, looking to her parents and giving them the attention they deserved.
"It was... crazy, absolutely crazy."
"Really? How?"
Asked Jay, curious.
"So many things daddy."
Jay nodded with a smirk, going upstairs with Tigress. Jay knocked on his son's door, opening it and discovering Heartz in his bed, lying down alone.
"Heartz how are you?"
"Alright dad, how was your trip?"
Jay stepped in to the room, and he swore he smelled something. Jay sniffed at the air discretely, making it look like he was thinking.
"Good, everything went well. Excuse me."
Jay left his son's room, walking down the hall and out of sight.
"What's dad's issue?"
Asked Heartz, not understanding why his dad had just walked away. Tigress leaned against the door frame, crossing her arms and shrugging.
"Did dad give you that necklace?"
Tigress nodded, smiling.
"Yes he did, and..."
Tigress heard something break down the hall, followed by fast scampering paws. They both heard claws scrap against the floor and carpets, then a feminine yelp. Jay came back to Heartz's room, walking straight to his son's bed. Jay quickly laid down in his stomach, looking under Heartz's bed and smiling.
"You can crawl on out of there, or I can take you out like I just did both your sisters."
Su's heart was bearing fast, and her eyes locked with the older tiger's and she nearly screamed in terror and fury.
"Dad..."
"Enough from you Heartz, now come out or get ready to fight me."
Su crawled out the other side of the bed, Heartz now in the middle of the two.
"Jay how did you..."
"The smell Tigress, I knew they were here the house stinks. Plus, she's been shedding in Heartz's bed, the sheets have grey fur on them."
Su ran over the bed and charged at Jay. As was just about to claw at him, Jay rolled his eyes and pinched her neck, rendering her unconscious. She fell, and Jay caught her, setting her down onto the floor gently.
"People these days Heartz, they think their strength is endless, it simply isn't."
"Susie?"
Heartz got out of bed and ran over to her, crouching down and felt her pulse.
"She's very much alive son, and at the very least this-" Jay waved his paw over her body, "-this warrants a pretty big conversation."
Theresia had heard something break faintly in the library, so she made her way up the stairs and to the hall on the second floor. She saw Wan and Wing, unconscious in the hall and she saw her mother looking over the bodies as well.
"I've acted entirely within the law dad."
"Incorrect, these two owe me one hundred yuan bail and four days in jail for disturbing the peace. They owe me an additional six for evading arrest."
"Ten days?"
Jay nodded.
"You owe me five hundred yuan for aiding these girls in hiding from me, you're lucky I've got money son."
"That's not the law..."
"Tell me Heartz, what is the law?"
"Asylum, they're here on asylum, we're protecting them from the factions who want them dead."
"The government?"
"And Lord Shen's guard, I've spoken to their commander and the pursuit is over."
Jay nodded.
"You're lucky son, the emperor is dead, you needed that to happen didn't you?"
"Yes."
"I bet you filled out the paper work too."
"It's in my desk."
Jay walked away from his son, who was lifting Su off the ground and putting her in his bed. Tigress looked on curiously.
"Heartz is she..."
"Yes we're very much together mother."
Jay went over to the desk, opening the drawer and pulling out a government scroll. He opened it slowly, looking through it and seeing it filled out.
"It's not signed, this application is in triplicate for each girl yet none of them are signed."
"Dad..."
"Answer the question Heartz, why aren't they signed?"
"Jay calm down..."
Tigress looked at him the way a woman does when she sees something she doesn't like. Or more specifically when she sees something that makes her upset. Jay relaxed a little bit, having a silent conversation with her eyes.
"She can't write dad, none of them can read or write. They've never been to school and they were homeless up until I let them hide here."
Jay stood, silent, not knowing how to go on.
"Say something dad, mock her, I dare you."
Jay stayed quiet, not knowing what to say at all. It's much harder to yell at someone when you know they don't know what's happening, these three girls are troubled, that much was obvious.
"Ten days in jail for them, and when they're out I want to have them over for dinner, if you like this one like I think you do, I need to talk to her."
"Can I visit?"
"It's the law Heartz, you can visit."
Jay left the house to go and get deputies, and with all three of them unconscious the constable service dragged out the girls. Theresia and Heartz watched nearly in tears as the people they so desperately tried to protect were taken away and put somewhere they wouldn't want to be.
The girls were taken through a back alley, void of people so no one would see them. There was only one way into the station that would lead to the jail, so for a brief moment the girls had to be brought around and through the front door. Pricilla smirked as the girl she saw with Heartz being dragged unconscious to the jail, and when she heard the cell doors open and close Pricillia smiled to herself, feeling like the devil.
"Good afternoon constable."
Jay stopped to see the lioness behind the reception desk, surprised she'd spoken to him. Pricilla backed away slightly when she saw his face, angry and concerned.
"You're new aren't you?"
She nodded.
"I'm with your son now. I'm glad to see you took care of that problem he was having."
"With him?"
She nodded again.
"I think you're mistaken, he's very much with that problem."
"He is?"
Jay nodded.
"Go talk to them, get down all there information and have them sign this, read it to them and then sign their name for them."
"Yes sir."
"And no fighting, if they tell me you antagonized them we'll have a problem."
"Yes sir."
Pricilla nodded, talking the scroll fem the constable and grabbing the necessary paperwork that needed to be filled out on them. She reached for it, grasping it in her paws. He held it tightly, not letting the girl take the papers just yet.
"They're in for ten days on disturbing the peace and evading arrest. They also owe fifty yuan bail each. The youngest, Wan, she's free to go. Send her to my house when she wakes up."
Jay gave over the papers and Pricilla nodded with a fake smile.
"I'll wait for them to wake up."
"Do that, I'm going home."
Jay left the station, walking back to his house. He was thinking, each step symbolic of a new thought. His son had been harboring a crook right under his nose, in his home. She was a pretty girl, Jay saw this, although she was no Tigress. Jay wondered if she were stubborn, if she were strong, how she spoke and how she moved. What made this snow leopard better then any other girl? She had pretty eyes, Jay had only seen them when they were angry, teeth and claws barred rushing at him; she was an oddity, and maybe that's what made her so fantastic. The constable was so consumed in his thought her walked past his home, and was standing outside Mr. Ping's noodle shop. He looked inside, and saw his oldest daughter, her muzzle locked with a wolves. Jay stood with his eyes wide, and behind him a deputy approached.
"I'm sorry sir, I would have stopped them but its not illegal to... you know."
The deputy figured the constable wouldn't appreciate such action, and he was right. Jay patted the deputy on the shoulder, eyeing Mr. Ping behind the noodle counter, who shrugged his shoulders and went back to cutting vegetables. Jay walked into the restaurant, sitting down at his daughters table. She didn't notice at first, and neither did the wolf because he only had one eye.
Constanze opened her eyes first and pushed him off of her, sitting back and smiling shyly at her father, blushing.
"Hi daddy."
He smiled at her too, speaking in an intimidating whisper.
"Hi 'stanze, who's your friend?"
Jack sat up, smoothing out the fur on the back of his neck, smiling weakly.
"My name is Jack, sir."
The wolf held his paw out, and it hung in the air like the stink of rotten flesh. Jay did not shake it, he didn't even look at it. Jack lowered his paw and his smile crumbled further. He felt weak and worthless in the presence of a retired military mastermind.
"Lord Shen's commander correct?"
"Yes sir."
"How old are you?"
"Mid twenties."
Jay nodded, excepting the answer, specific number beside the point.
"Why did Shen send you?"
"To reconnect with you, he wants you to help him. Lord Shen is also under the impression that you've got many friends and supporters. He'd like them on his side."
"I'll write to him."
"Thank you constable, you won't regret it."
Jay stood up, buttoning his coat and giving a look to his daughter.
"So you're her boyfriend now?"
"Well I..."
Constanze hit his shoulder with her elbow, and he changed his tune. Jack held his hurt elbow with one paw, looking at her and seeing the look he was getting.
"Yeah, I'm her boyfriend, sir."
Jay nodded again.
"That a girl, but a wolf? I don't know about that part. I just arrested your brothers girlfriend, and she'll be out of jail in ten days. At that point I'd like to have a dinner party, and Jackie boy better be there? Yes?"
Constanze nodded, Jack just sat there, awestruck. Jay walked away and left the two in the restaurant, now going home.
"He put Su in jail? He found her?"
Said Jack, in a state of disbelief that the ex colonel had found her so quickly. Constanze sat back, a smirk on her face.
"You're scared of my daddy aren't you?"
Jack nodded.
"I see how he and Lord Shen are so close, they're both scary."
Her smirk grew wider.
"So I'm your girlfriend now?"
"I wasn't going to use that word but... hey feel my clothes!"
He held out his arm, and Constanze felt it with a raised eyebrow, looking at his one good eye.
"Ok."
"That's boyfriend material."
She smirked, hitting his shoulder again and letting him wrap his arm around her. Constanze couldn't wait to get home and talk to Theresia about her first date.
Back at the constable station Pricilla heard scratching from the jail cells, so she decided to go and get the paperwork done then.
"Which cell has the girl with the crazy eyes?"
She asked the deputies, and one of the three opened up a cell, revealing Su sitting down on the meager bed, her back against the wall. Pricilla walked in, taking a stool with her and sitting on that. The door to the cell closed and with a click was locked.
"Su Wu."
"That's me, your name?"
"My name-" she sifted in her stool to a more erect and powerful position, "-is Pricilla."
Su nodded.
"Didn't Heartz tell you about me?"
Asked the lioness, feeling slightly offended that she was never mentioned.
"He did, I just didn't remember your name."
"Ok, so, I'm here to fill out paper work with you but..."
"You want to talk about my boyfriend?"
Su completed her statement, and Pricilla nodded with a high pitched huff.
"I'm sorry he used you as a cover to protect me, he lead you on."
Pricilla nodded.
"It wasn't that bad, he was sweet and now I have a better place to sleep and real food everyday. He helped me, I was in a camp out in the farm district and he found me a room with Mr. Ping, the noodle shop guy."
Su nodded.
"That was sweet of him."
"He's a nice guy Su, you got there first so I'll stay away from him while your in here. Ten days and fifty yuan fine right?"
"Yeah, there's no getting me out of this one."
"Seems not, so what the constable wanted me to do is give you this, read it and fill it out."
"He used those exact words?"
Said Su, hoping that Heartz had told his father about her inability to read or write.
"No, he wanted me to read it for you and fill it out myself, as well as sign your name."
"How long is it?"
"Three pages."
"Just read me the fill-ins and I'll tell you the answers alright?"
"Sure."
Pricilla and Su sat there filling out the paperwork, and after a few minutes they stumbled across the box of sexual orientation. They laughed a little, knowing full well who Su was getting into bed with, they stopped for a while, talking about Heartz and how far Su had gotten into their relationship and how much he liked her, and Pricilla knew from Su's words that Heartz was way beyond the vulnerabilities of cheating.
Pricilla never even liked him, he was handsome and sweet, but she wasn't really even her type. Pricilla, she wasn't normal, Su wasn't normal either, but Pricilla was extra special.
"That's all Su, I signed your name so we're all good."
"Pricilla, you're at the front desk right?"
She nodded, standing up and putting the paperwork under her arm.
"If Heartz comes, let him visit me, he'll pay you, anything just let him see me."
"If he comes, I'll pretend I didn't see him, free of charge."
Pricilla left the cell, then going to the next one.
"Your name?"
"Wan Wu."
"Are you youngest?"
Wan nodded.
"Your sisters have ten days, but you're free to go alright? I just need to sign this for you."
Pricilla signed Wan's papers, ripping off a thick piece and handing it to Wan.
"It says you're a free girl, go to the constable's house, that's where you're expected."
"I can go?"
Pricilla nodded again, the cell door opened and Wan left. Pricilla pointed her in the right direction, and she left the station to go to the mansion. Pricilla moved to the last cell, walking in and closing the cell door behind her. It locked.
Wing perked up when she saw Pricilla, she was a pretty girl and it had been a long time since Wing had seen, let alone spoken to, a girl that wasn't a sister of hers.
"Hi my name's Pricilla."
"You're beautiful Pricilla, my name's Wing."
Pricilla smiled, sitting down with a slow thank you.
"So I need to ask you a few questions so this can get filled out..."
"Did Su fill it out?"
"I asked her the questions and she cooperated."
Wing nodded and Pricilla continued.
"How old are you Wing?"
"Eighteen."
"I'm sixteen, you're gender is female, snow leopard, where are you from?"
"The Imperial City."
Pricilla felt choked up. She'd heard those words uttered by Su, but when Wing said them they hurt all the more. Pricilla sniffled her nose, putting the scroll on the floor and itching at the corners of her eyes. That only made it worse because Pricilla started to cry. She sat back in her chair, giggling as she wiped her eyes.
"Pricilla what's wrong honey? Come here."
Wing opened her arms and Pricilla stood up and sat on the bed with her, leaning into Wing who was more then happy to hold her. She was small and thin, lacking any muscular definition but very attractive. Pricilla felt cold, but Wing was always warm. Pricilla put her paws just above Wing's chest, and the snow leopard held the lioness' back, rubbing her, offering soothing words.
"I lived there too, they... they kicked me out because I didn't have any family... all I had was a sister but she died. They told me I had to leave because I didn't have a job, I wanted help but no one was there for me."
Wing could relate.
"I was homeless Pricilla, me and my sisters. We lived there and we stole everything, no one would help us either."
Pricilla looked up at Wing's eyes, and they both caught each others sorrow and relief. Wing leaned forward and quickly stole a kiss from the lioness. Their muzzles touched and Wing tried to hold her close, and for a moment it worked. Pricilla pushed her off, looking at Wing wildly.
"What was that?"
"I thought you wanted me to kiss you..."
"I... I guess I wanted a kiss I just didn't expect..."
"From a girl?"
Pricilla nodded.
"You fall in love with the soul not the body."
Pricilla hugged Wing, smiling as her tears stopped and dried.
"That's beautiful Wing."
"So did you like it?"
"I don't know Wing this is so strange. I had no idea you were into girls."
"You're beautiful Pricilla, you seem so sweet and we're a lot alike you know?"
"I... thank you Wing."
"Don't you think I'm pretty?"
"Yeah Wing you're a gorgeous girl I just... I need to think about all of this it's too much I'm sorry."
Priscilla stood up and ran for the door, grabbing her stool and the scroll and rushing out, leaving Wing alone to feel bad about herself.
"Something wrong miss?"
Asked the deputy, seeing Priscilla in a fluster.
"No, I'm fine thank you."
She walked down the hall quickly, dropping her things at the front desk and then rushing to the women's bathroom. Priscilla dipped her hands in cold clean water, splashing it onto her face and thinking.
At the mansion, Wan was walking back in while she heard a conversation occurring down the entry hall to the right, in the library. She snuck down to the doorway, listening.
"Dad if the emperor is dead they're safe."
"I don't think so Heartz, they have no honor."
"And we do? Dad be honest, why aren't you a colonel?"
"That's..."
"Relevant, and you will respect me as I do you, answer my question please."
Jay sighed, he'd raised his son a little too well.
"I'm not a colonel because I love your mother and I chose her over everything else."
"And I'd give everything for Su, that doesn't mean we're dishonorable for acting under our own beliefs. She was poor dad, they weren't stealing for fun. Su didn't even go to school, and not for lack of trying."
"So, how long had she been in my house? since I caught her sister I suspect."
Heartz nodded.
"They were injured dad, her paws were swollen and bleeding, it's amazing Wan can still walk, her back was severely damaged."
Jay nodded.
"Thus the screaming."
Heartz nodded back, smiling.
"So, tell me about it."
"What?"
Heartz shifted in his seat by his elbows, looking at his father curiously.
"You had a girl under your bed- maybe in it- for the past few days Heartz, tell your father about it!"
Jay leaned forward, swishing around the tea in his glass, sniffing in the steam with his eyes closed. His brown eyes were revealed again a moment later, looking to the younger male tiger.
"What's to tell, I took her out a few times, once to the palace where we could be alone and the second time we had dinner here."
"That's boring son, you're not a boring man are you? You can't tell me two eighteen year olds when left to their own devices did nothing notable."
"We kissed..."
"Did she sleep in your bed?"
"The first night I let her have the bed because of how bad her paws were. Both sisters were tired so I slept in a chair."
"The following nights? I'm not mad Heartz, tell me I want to know these things. Tell you what, I'll share my romance with your mother, with you, ok?"
"Dad..."
"Too late, I'm doing it. So I was the sexy hero I am in my uniform, you're mother was stubborn. Anyway, I needed a new tent, but Viper made sure we were one short alright? So when night time came I had to share a tent with your mother. I'd known her for a few days, she sort of liked me. It was nice, now you tell me."
"We spooned."
"Ha! I knew it! At her request correct?"
Heartz nodded, covering his mouth with his paw to hide his smile.
"No sex though, you know how I feel about that."
Said Heartz quietly, wanting to confirm that much.
"I could tell you about me and your mother. Top floor of the biggest private building of the capital."
"Dad! Gods don't tell me this!"
"I owned that building too, three of them, we scratched the head board so bad it was insane."
"Stop, stop... Wan?"
Heartz peered around the corner, and Wan peaked around too.
"Hi."
She waved to them, smiling and walking in. She sat down next to Heartz, but the room still felt hostile.
"Nice to see you back in good health Wan, I found you unable to walk on the streets and look at you now."
"Thank you constable, but the credit is not yours. It's Heartz's."
"I made no such claim, and you should count yourself as fortunate that I'm going to protect you from Lord Shen. I'll be writing to him later today, and going to prostitute my services to him in exchange for you and your sister's safety."
"You are?"
Neither Heartz nor Wan knew this, but now they did. The sisters and their relationships were safe, and it was all because of the tiger they had been fearing for so long.
"Of coarse I am Heartz! You believe in karma and so do I. This is my good deed extended to some misfortunate and beautiful girls and to my son."
"Thanks dad."
"We need to go and tell Su and Wing!"
Said Wan, grabbing Heartz's arms and pulling him up with her incredible strength. The two ran out of the library, leaving Jay alone.
"So Heartz, care to explain 'stanze's sudden relationship with a wolf? A wolf! I need to talk to Tigress, Tigress!"
Jay stopped talking to himself and stood to go after his wife, who probably knew nothing about their oldest daughters sudden attraction to a non-feline. Jay walked upstairs, passing the second floor and going to the third. He looked in all the rooms, but did not find her.
"I'm up here."
The call rang down the small private staircase from the roof. Jay walked over, hunched and looking up the stairs. Light from outside shun down into the stairs, and Jay walked that way. On the roof he found Tigress, running her paw over the tabletop, a chair pulled out behind her.
"Look Jay, our son found the dinner table on the roof, he must have had a date up here."
Tigress smelt the food, and she could see that the table had been freshly disturbed.
"She might be a good girl Tigress, it's 'stanze we need to worry about. I just caught that girl face locked with a wolf, a wolf Ti, what horror."
"Who is he?"
"An officer of Lord Shen's, I guess he's rogue now because he listens to me."
"What about Theresia?"
"Pure and clean and everything beautiful. She's still our little girl, no one will take her from us yet."
"I like this Su girl, when can I meet the wolf?"
"His name's Jack, he's staying in the house so you'll see him at dinner Tigress."
"Maybe we could teach those cubs a thing or two about love."
Tigress walked over slowly and alluringly, hugging him close and nestling into his neck. He hugged her back, sweeping Tigress off her paws and sitting. She rest in his lap, her arms wrapped around his neck.
"I talked to Heartz, when his girl is out of jail I'll talk to him again, and you can meet her then too. I'd prefer you wait, seeing her locked up does no justice."
Tigress nodded, still sitting on his lap. She yawned, her mouth seeming to unhinge and open wide as a soft tiger roar rose from her throat.
"You should talk to 'stanze Ti, give her boyfriend advice."
"You're going to let them be together?"
Jay shrugged.
"He's a really nice guy, I like him, I can smell it on him that he's a good kid. I remember his father from long ago, also a very good wolf. It's a little strange but I trust him, as a man."
"As a man?"
"Meaning if he does anything that upsets our daughter he realizes I'll beat him up until he's almost dead."
Tigress smiled, kissing him and squeezing his torso as they sat alone on the roof, looking out over the valley and the lands beyond.
Jogging down the street was Wan and Heartz. She was pulling him, but soon enough he matched her pace as they made their way to the station. They made their way inside, and Wan rushed back to the jail area.
"Come on!"
Heartz stopped, hearing something Wan obviously couldn't hear.
"Deputy, keep her on a bench for a few minutes alright?"
Asked Heartz to one of the cell guards, who signaled for Wan to sit down on the bench behind her. She did so, unsure why he was suddenly so serious. Heartz took several steps back, entering the women's bathroom and closing the door behind him. Inside he found exactly what he was expecting, someone crying.
"Pricilla?"
She turned to look at him, wiping her eyes and sniffling into a piece of crumpled tissue paper.
"This is the women's bathroom, get out."
"Tell me what's wrong, I can help you."
She shook her head.
"Go away and let me think."
"Pricilla, I'm sorry I used you to protect Su. I really love her and I wanted to protect her, it was selfish."
"It's not that, you love her and that's fine, I understand completely, it's something private."
Heartz walked over to her, and she let him but her. It wasn't passionate or loving, a gesture of friendship. Heartz cared about her, she was a beautiful lioness and she deserved something good, but that thing wasn't himself.
"You can talk to me Prissy, I listen and I want to help you, let me be your friend."
"I think... what can you tell me about Wing?"
Heartz sat down on the clean floor, Pricilla sitting down with him.
"She's strong, street smart and good looking, if she's anything like Su or Wan she's really special. Wing is most quiet out of the three so I don't know what else to say. Why do you ask?"
"She and I are... Heartz don't tell anyone, I'm serious Heartz please. This is really heart-retching to me and I need a friend."
"I'll be here and I won't judge, tell me."
"She said she liked me and I don't know what to do."
"Sexually?"
They were both sitting down, their backs to the wall. She was looking at the ceiling and he was looking at her curiously. Pricilla nodded.
"I like her as a friend but I don't know if I could love her, that's so weird, she kissed me too."
"Well, did you like the kiss?"
"I.. yeah i liked it."
"If she likes you and you like her, give it a try. This is strange to you so Wing would never judge you for being hesitant. Let her try and have a romantic relationship with you, and see if you like it."
"But the sex, she's a girl and so am I."
"Pricilla, to be blunt, you're a girl aren't you?"
"Of coarse I am you can see my breasts can't you?"
They both chuckled, and Heartz blushed at her banter.
"So if you were to touch yourself sexually, don't you know what you want? How to please yourself?"
"Heartz!"
"Just answer."
She huffed smiling and shaking her head, raking her paws through the thick creamy fur.
"Yes, I know what I like."
"Ok, now since Wing is also a girl, wouldn't she know what you like because she's got the same anatomy as you?"
"I guess."
"That said, the sex would be better."
Pricilla smiled.
"So what's your final decision?"
"Let her date you, I know she'll be sweet to you and make you feel good."
"Thanks Heartz."
He stood up, facing her and helping her up by both of her paws.
"Are you going to talk to her?"
Pricilla nodded.
"Here."
Heartz lifted his paws to her shirt and undid the top two large shiny buttons, opening it up a little to reveal the top or her chest.
"That's better, more flirty."
She blushed, taking his paws away from her uniform. He smiled their, cupping her chin and holding her head up for a moment, smiling at her and then walking away. Pricilla liked him, he was a great guy but sadly he was taken. She didn't know if she'd be able to date another girl, the shame that might come with such action, the destruction of any hopes to ever be pregnant, just to name two. It was worth the risk though, if someone would love her what was the difference?
Heartz left the bathroom and walked back to Wan, helping her up and standing outside of Su's cell.
"What was that?"
"Nothing Wan, let's go."
Heartz looked to the door and a deputy stepped over fumbling through a ring of keys and then opening the door. Su looked up, smiling when she saw her sister and boyfriend. The two walked in and the door closed again, Heartz picked Su up, holding her close and spinning her around once. She squeaked with bliss, and when he sat her down she kissed him passionately. They'd only been away for a short while, but she missed him.
"What happened Heartzee, your dad knew everything!"
He sighed, sitting down on her small bed. She sat beside him, and Wan leaned against the door, her paws behind her back.
"He just sniffed you out Su, you leapt at him like you were going to kill him!"
"Sorry."
"Don't be Susie, he invited you and your sisters and Jack over for dinner in ten days when you're out of here."
"Dinner?"
He nodded.
"He likes you Su, he likes the idea of us. We're a strange couple but that doesn't matter. My dad excepts us and that's the best thing that could have ever happened."
"Wan, could you..."
She nodded, rolling her to the over her teeth and smiling. Wan knocked and the door opened, she walked out and was gone. The door was thick as were the walls, no one could hear or see them.
Su started kissing him, her tongue extending into his mouth, wrestling him in a battle of love. He leaned forward, laying her down on the bed. Su held his paw and put it on her chest, and he groped at her chest blindly, his eyes closed. She held onto his lower back, moving his hips closer to the open area between her spread legs. They were both dressed, but that meant nothing. Su was grinding her hips against his, and Heartz actively participated. He kissed her continuously in the dominant possession, smiling between exchanges. Su giggled, tossing her head back and letting him kiss her neck. Su's legs wrapped around his butt, forcing his hips into hers comfortably.
"Heartz that feels so good.."
She purred, feeling his muzzle against her neck and her paws roaming across us strong muscular back. His hips pressed against hers made the moment all the more heated.
"I love you Susie."
He leaned up, moving back to her face and starring into her different colored eyes. He tracked from her face down to her chest, wanting to take her as his right then and there.
"This is so hot, we're making out in a jail cell."
Heartz chuckled, rolling onto his side so he was beside her. His back leaning against the wall. He was facing her, his paw on her chest and her lying on her back. She turned her head to face him, blushing at the smirk on his face.
"What are you grinning about?"
"You're just so beautiful Su, I can't believe you're real."
"Stop it Heartz you're lying!"
He shook his head no, letting her move closer to him and wrap herself up in his arms.
"I'd never do that, you're perfect."
"Thank you Heartz, I love you too."
He hugged her, and she nestled into the crook if his shoulder.
"Su? Has Wing ever been in a relationship?"
"No, no she hasn't."
"Do you know if she likes girls?"
"What!"
"She made a move on Priscilla, she kissed her."
"No way."
Heartz nodded.
"Priscilla didn't know what to do or how to feel, she was crying in the ladies room."
"Oh gods Heartzee I had no idea."
"I talked to Priscilla, I told her to give it a try, love comes from the soul not the penis."
Su smiled.
"That's sweet Heartz."
"I'd hope it was."
"In our case the love does come from the penis a little, this is the second time I've gotten you hard."
"I'm a boy, it happens, besides, you like it."
"I want it."
"Too bad, marry me and then we'll talk."
Su looked at him curiously.
"The girl doesn't ask the boy Heartz."
He kissed her once softly, she cupped his cheek and they looked into each others eyes with longing and bliss, living in the shear beauty of the moment.
"I know, I just need you to say yes."
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