Chapter 85 - Alone Together

After their sexcapades, they proceeded to get in the shower once more and clean each other off. It wasn't long before they were out and dry.

"Should we leave the candles...lit?" Legosi asked.

"I really enjoy the atmosphere," Louis answered.

The wolf nodded. He watched the light dance off his and his partner's fuzzy bodies. He walked over to the bed and pulled up the covers, slipping in and sighing.

The deer crawled in and joined him after he grabbed the remote. "Mmm, home."

The big warm canine nuzzled up to him, their fluffy fur meshing together. "Home."

Don't get used to this, Louis...There's still the matter at hand... He sighed.

Legosi watched as Louis turned on the TV and navigated to the Zulu menu. He suddenly had an idea. "Hey...do you think there are any shows about animals like us?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Like, shows with or about animals that are gay or in interspecies relationships?" the canine explained.

"You think society would allow that?"

"Well, maybe?"

Louis began the search for the LGBT section on Zulu.

Surprisingly for the deer, the selection was more than barebones. However, the selection seemed to be mostly short films, and all of them had same species gay couples. "It's better than nothing..." He constantly looked at the summaries of each short film to see if anything interested him.

Legosi shifted next to him. "These all seem sort of boring," he observed.

"Really?"

"They all have the same plot, it seems."

"Oh. I guess that's true. And they're all same species, same gender."

"Well, same gender is the point, right?"

"I'm just surprised there's almost no interspecies..."

"Maybe there's interspecies stuff that's not gay?"

"Eugh."

Legosi let out a small laugh. "Let's find something else, hm?"

"Alright, what else, then?"

He snuggled up to Louis even more. "Do you like anime?"

"I've never seen it, to be honest," Louis admitted.

"I like a few. Maybe see what Zulu has."

Louis handed the remote to the bigger animal, sitting back, his feet sticking out of the blanket.

Legosi navigated through the menu, going to the animation section. He scrolled through the shows. "Any of these look good?"

"I have no idea what I'm supposed to decide or choose."

The wolf leaned up and kissed him. "Take a plunge. What jumps out at you? There's no right answer."

"You sound like the host of a game show..."

"Pff, imagine me as a gameshow host..."

"I've seen you in a suit. The sexiest host."

"That's not all there is to it, Lou!" Legosi laughed.

"Sexiest voice!"

The dog giggled, then cleared his throat, trying to make his voice sound as smooth as possible. "Hello, everyone, and welcome to...Cherryton Academy Trivia Showdown!"

"Oh?" Louis raised a brow.

Legosi smiled shyly after the strange display. "Uh, that was my gameshow host voice?"

"Give me some trivia."

Legosi blinked. "Oh, uh, th-the show isn't real."

"You don't have any questions to ask?"

"Hm? Like...ask you a question?"

He nodded.

"Umm, what...is your favorite thing about me?" Legosi nestled into Louis after he asked.

"Quite the trivia. How much you love me...every time I think about it I get excited."

"Oh, so it wasn't my voice, then." The wolf gave that crooked smile.

"It's not as prominent as your love and it's your voice that you use all the time, so that's really saying something."

Legosi retreated more into his fiancé. "Mmm, I like your voice. It's pretty...You're pretty."

"No I'm not." He hushed him.

"You're so beautiful, you take my breath away."

"And yet you're breathing just fine~"

Legosi scowled and dug his face deeper into Louis' neck, nibbling and licking.

"Hmm~ Weren't we gonna watch something?"

The wolf retreated, licking his own nose cutely. "Um, yeah. I guess I'll pick something."

Louis settled back, waiting.

The wolf scrolled through a few shows, and picked an anime about a cat samurai. As soon as he did so, he returned to Louis' neck, licking and nipping.

The deer blinked, thinking it was funny the large animal wasn't watching the show he just put on.

Said large animal continued to lick and moan softly. It was strange how comfortable he was. If he were any other carnivore he'd be seconds away from devouring his prey. Hell, he was even biting him lightly. But the act was wholly romantic. The thought of eating Louis didn't even cross his mind. He wished he could tell his past self that he could get to this point. It was even more reason they had to live and have a future together.

Louis wrapped an arm around him and rubbed up and down his back. "Can it get more comfortable? There's no way."

The wolf's back arched at the touch, causing him to bite a bit harder.

The cervid kept rubbing up and down. "No. Way."

Legosi looked up, drool falling from his mouth. "I could, uh, try to make you more comfortable, maybe."

"Ooh. I'd like to see you try!"

"Mmph." Legosi grabbed Louis and turned him on his side, wrapping his arms and legs completely around the smaller animal from behind in the process. He put his snout over the deer's shoulder, out of the way of his antlers, and licked at his jawline, rubbing up and down his torso with his large hands while also rubbing their legs together.

"Oh wow..." Louis blushed at the intimate position. "What about the show...?"

"I like the background noise..."

"I thought you wanted to see it!"

"Yeah...but you're right here..."

"But I'm just sitting here."

"But...it's still been so long since we could do this in bed..."

"We share the bed every night, sweetheart."

"But not naked cuddling like this." Legosi wrapped him up tighter, sniffing his scent deeply, intoxicated by how it coalesced with the smell of their previous intercourse. "Any other herbivore in your situation right now...they'd be scared for their life..."

"Would they? Really?"

"They would. How do you feel, though?"

"I don't feel anything but my love." He moved his hand back to feel Legosi's cheek. "And my love."

Legosi held still for a second, trying to parse the words. "...wait."

"Huh?"

"You just said the same thing twice?"

"No. I meant my feelings 'my love' and you, my love."

His fiance paused to think again. "...Oooooooooh." He gave the deer another lick. "Clever."

"Aren't I, though?" He smiled, listening to the animated cat show in the background.

"Mhm." Legosi looked over at the television. "You'd look pretty cool using a sword, hon."

"You've seen me use a sword!" Louis laughed. "During Adler."

"Oh..." Legosi blinked. "Wow, that seems so long ago. I didn't remember. But...it was pretty...sexy."

"Even at the time when you looked terrified?"

"I mean, looking back on it.", Legosi chuckled. He ran his fingers through the deer's chest fur. "You remember that night, right? When you stopped Bill from hurting me more..."

"I do remember that night. Clearly."

"Remember when you helped me up, and you clung to my hand. Neither of us let go..."

"I...I do remember that."

"Why did you hang on?"

"What...do you mean...?"

"That was when you...didn't like me. I was surprised that you saved me, and that you willingly held my hand...and didn't let go."

"You didn't let go either," Louis muttered.

"Yeah, but I liked you then..."

"I bet..."

Legosi nuzzled in more. "Mmm, maybe you liked this wolf earlier than you realized..."

"I just...remember your hand being so warm and I had never really touched anyone like that before..."

"Oh..." That was a lot sadder than Legosi was thinking. "I'm so glad...we got to where we are. We've done a good job..."

"I wouldn't trade it for anything."

"Not even a truckload of celery," Legosi joked.

"Not even a planet full."

"Hmmm." The carnivore rubbed his deer more, thoughts he had previously in the night resurfacing. "Louis...I...do think I want to...have sex with you. Like...top you..."

"O-oh?"

"Like...holding you like this...I feel like you're safe. I'm protecting you. I'd like to have that same feeling...during sex."

"With you..." He cleared his throat. "In me...?"

"Uh, y-yeah. I mean, it might not work. It's just a nice thought."

"What? Of course it will work...it's us!"

"We're like a...team."

"Oh.", Legosi reacted quietly. His tail started thumping underneath the covers. "Y-yeah. We are!" He leaned forward and kissed Louis on the cheek.

"...Yeah." A team that could change if something happens...But I can't talk about it...

"...Uh, but I'm not saying that would replace the way we have sex now, of course."

"I never said that, either. I thought you were apprehensive, though."

Legosi sighed. "I am. You know how much I don't want to hurt you."

"I feel like you'd do some pretty crazy things JUST to avoid hurting me."

"Heh." The television suddenly got louder, and Legosi's head jerked to watch it. It was some action scene, which his canine genes were fixated toward. His eyes flicked back and forth with all the colors and lights.

Louis looked and watched, grinning at how easily distracted his partner was. Everything was perfect. If only they could be like this forever. If only...