Randy did a fast walk around of the house as his sister made dinner. He came back in after finding nothing out of sorts and helped the kids cleaned up. They all ate, and then Sandy and her brother went to work at washing up a bit of clothing and laying them out to dry from a wire hanging for different porch beams. After they were done Sandy started drawing on her map again as Randy worked at carving out more small blocks, from twigs, for the kids to play with. After a few hours Sandy pushed her brother to help her get the kids ready for bed. Randy told the kids another story from their childhood than both adults kissed them goodnight before moving back to living area to do a few more chores before going to sleep as well, just as they did every night. Only they were both very aware after everything they had dealt with in the day that this was far from a seemingly normal night... even in this new world.
"What do ya got fer me?" Randy asked awaiting his tasks for the night.
Sandy looked at him as her body went limp as if she was barely able to stand up before turning away and making her way back to work on her map. "Just pick out our rations fer tomorrow and relax. I need ta work on this." She slumped down in her chair and started looking over her rough drawn notes and starting drawing on the larger paper again.
"Alright." Randy agreed as he looked over the food stash on their "use soon" shelf.
"We're gonna need ta make a few more runs while the weather is still nice. I just hope there will be enough at those two close stores take keep us going until next Spring." Sandy finally stated showing her worried mood.
"It'll get us by." Randy reassured her as he tried to shake off the worry he had about making runs now that he knew those monsters found their way to their area, even as they were staying in the middle of nowhere.
"The closest town from here is gonna take us three times as long ta make a trip, and we don't even know if there is anything dar ta take... or anyone protecting it." Sandy set her head down on her map trying to hind from their current predicament.
"I can head out in a few days and clear out the last of the stuff from dem shops. It'll like take me a month, and then maybe I can check out that town a bit before da first snow fall." Randy suggested as he placed his handds on her shoulders and started to calm her by giving her a back rub.
"Shadow and I were gonna split up." She blurted out with her head still on the table, causing Randy to stop rubbing her back for a moment as he went into shock.
The male adult squirrel started rubbing his sister's shoulders again absolutely dumbfounded by her statement and even more confused about why she had just admitted it at this moment. "Oh." Was all Randy found himself able to say as he continued to try to comfort her.
"Well... separate fer a while... but I knew it was da start of da end." She corrected herself while pushing herself up and stand while turning to face her brother. The dim candle light held back their full expressions but the tensions was easy to feel between them due to many matters.
"I'm sorry." He managed standing feet away from her but unable to see her true expression as they kept looking at one another mostly in shadow.
"No. I'm sorry. Since this whole thing started, I was waiting fer Shadow ta show up and save us. Ya know full well I ain't the type of woman to say I need a man, but with four little babies I can't do it all alone... especially now. But even after ya showed up, and helped save our skin I was still longing for him ta come and make things better." Sandy closed her eyes and let out a light sob before opening them again and looking at her brother pleadingly. "I didn't need saving, 'cause you already saved us."
"We saved each other, Sandy!" Randy's throat clenched to hold back tears. "Anyone would be fucked alone with four little kids. We saved each other, and dem. And that is all dat matter ta me." He then blindly grabbed out before finding her hands and clenching them. "I need y'all ta be safe, and I know he'd want da same, but he's likely..." Randy gulped heavy before pressing the side of his face against his sisters." He loves y'all even if he don't show it proper... he'd be here if he could, and you know it."
"I'm not so sure." Sandy finally stated pressing her head more forcefully into the nook of her brother's neck. "But it don't matter. I just feel bad that I haven't given ya all da credit ya deserve."
Randy started to laugh a bit nervously. "Sandy. Um... heh, you gave me so much more den I'd ever thought I could get today, and... I... um... I'll be thanking ya fer the rest of my life just fer dat." He kissed the side of her forehead and then moved his hands up her arms to the back of her shoulders and started to rub her back again. "Thank ya. That was da best moment of my life. I've always wanted ta..." Randy bit his lower lip in shame as a few tears escaped his eyes before he was able to go full macho again. "I love you." He managed to mumble as they both tightened their embrace on one another.
"I love you." Sandy moved her head up to whisper in his ear while she ran her hands slowly down his chest before stopping on his large belt buckle that he had won from back when he was a teenager in the rodeo. She started fussing with his belt in an attempt to unbind him causing him to laugh again uneasily.
"Are ya sure ya really wanna... again?" He almost didn't want to question as he prayed for her to reconfirm his deepest hopes.
"Please..." She whispered lightly into his ear taking his semi erection to a fully hard-on in under 5 seconds.
Randy started slowly kissing her check and neck as his hands now became less timid at exploring her body. The burst of lust and fear he had felt just a moment ago was now just his lust alone, overcome with worry as the adrenalin had long gone away. "Yer so pretty." He could barely speak as he kissed her neck bone as he became a bit more careful finally moving his hands up to lightly touch her covered breasts. She moaned a little in approval at his exploration of her more female parts, but he still found himself worried and moving in slow. He finally got so caught up in himself after a minute of touching her cheats her blurted out what he was truly thinking. "I love yer tities, Sandy!" He gripped her a bit harder and to his shock she quickly pushed him away.
Her face was completely red as she tried to cover herself with her arms and pull her legs up into herself after she went to sit on the couch. Randy looked at her feeling like an ass, as he should. He let her have a few moments before he tried to save face... He never truly understood her, but only knew he loved her and would do whatever she demanded. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean ta be a jerk... I just..." He sighed. "I just love yer body... all of it." He tried to apologies as he sat on the ground away from the couch she now held as a fortress against him. "I really didn't wanna be a jerk I just... sorry... I'm dumb." Randy now looked down seeing that he had killed another love making session with the woman he loved just because he was a love drunken almost illiterate asshole when it came to sweet talking. "I'm sorry." He said softer feeling like crap that he had hurt her, and also about not being able to fulfill both of their sexual needs.
"I..." Sandy started a bit shaken. "I've seen dem women you've dated before so... I don't want ya ta lie ta me like dat. It hurts." She stated still looking away from him curled up on the couch.
"Fuck, Sandy!" Randy now roared in anger. "I'd never lie ta ya! What da hell?!" He crawled up to her on the couch and put himself on top of her to pin her down. He continued to look down in her face as she tried to look away hurt. "I love yer breasts... I love yer butt, and yer pussy. And oh Gawd how I love to kiss yer lips." He then pulled her in forcefully to a full-on kiss that she only fought against for a brief moment. " I need ya to save me..." He started to cry despite how much he tried to hold his emotions back. "SAVE ME!" He pleaded again as he kissed her.
He couldn't even recall when they both became undressed and he started making love to her again. He didn't want to think to much on it as he enjoyed the feeling of her and the voice pleading him to continue. He could never go back the any sort of the time before this.
(Well that was fucking gay.)