So here is chapter 13 if anybody is still interested in this story.
Big thanks to RedLiteAlexi for his help!
Beastars – Into the spotlight 2.0
Chapter 13 – Same poison, different taste
POV Julian
"W-why?!" she asked, yelling more at her screen than at me, "Why would she do that?"
She turned the phone towards me and let me read, it appeared she´s had a little bit of a fight with Lucy just now, and her last messages pretty much said she had told our parents where we are.
When I thought Bailey was unstable earlier, this was really alarming right now. She had tears in her eyes, she looked furious and scared at the same time and she looked like was about to totally lose it very soon.
The quagmire I saw myself in began closing further and further around me now, I almost saw no way out of it anymore.
As much as I wanted to stay on her side, I thought that they were all just plain right about it in the meanwhile. It was time we stopped hiding.
Not knowing what else to do, I pulled her into another tight hug once again, not letting her escape while kissing her onto the forehead gently. She seemed to be relaxing for a moment now, but it didn´t last as long as I had hoped.
"Now they know we´re in Tokyo" she said with sad eyes.
"Yeah…" I sighed, "…but even so. Tokyo is a big city…the biggest one in the world even."
I hadn't really thought about it when I said that out loud, but I just noticed what I´ve done when I saw it on her face a moment later.
"That´s it!" she said, suddenly being very enthusiastic once again for some reason, "We need to get out of here!"
"…w-where do you want to go?" I asked, still struggling to comprehend what was going on inside her head right now, "I…I mean-"
"Doesn't matter! Let them worry for a while! Screw Lucy, screw what she thinks!"
"Bailey" I tried to stop her.
"Come on!" she said with a really convincing, almost inspiring chuckle, "What do we have to lose?"
She grabbed me by the hands and already pulled me with her.
"W-what? What are you…"
She didn´t give me an answer; and she was not to be stopped. She just pulled me out of the backyard onto the sidewalk of this very busy street. Moments later it felt like we were surrounded by hundreds of people once again, but that seemed to be concerning her far less than it did me.
Bailey wasn´t stressed out about being in this crowdy street, she wasn´t busy where we were heading either. It was like a fire was lit under her tail all over sudden, and I was totally unable to do anything about it. I just followed her blindly once again, unable to hinder any of her mind-blurred spontaneous plans and intentions, unable to come up with anything more reasonable than just running away again.
But at least we were not alone in each other´s company, so what´s the worst that could happen. We would find our way back eventually.
POV Leon
"I´m thinking they both just wanted to get away from their homes" he explained, turning his head quickly, looking out for a free parking spot, "And I can understand them well."
"What, why?" I asked, still not quite following him, "Because Julian´s dad is a dick?"
"Leon…" he complained about my language.
"What?" I asked, "You even said it yourself yesterday! …Julian said it himself even!"
"Well, yeah…" he sighed with a little smirk now, "He is kind of a dick."
I slightly shoved his shoulder with a content chuckle, trying to spot a free parking space as well as we were running a little bit late already.
Our night train to Tokyo would be leaving in 12 minutes and we still had to find the right terminal and get our luggage there.
"There is one!" I pointed out. My dad immediately put on the signal and drove in.
We quickly got out of the car, grabbed our suitcases from the trunk and then went for the exit of the carpark that would lead us to the train station.
"Wait?" I asked, reading one of the signs as we passed it, "It´s really 1500yen a day to park here?"
"That´s nothing compared to the prices in Tokyo" he said with a chuckle, "Now come on, we have a train to catch!"
I still couldn't quite believe he shrugged that off like that, but as I didn´t have to pay for that myself I wasn´t too bothered anyway. This would not ruin my mood in the slightest right now, I was so excited we went towards Tokyo today already.
No matter what the reason was, I would see Lucy again and that was all that mattered to me.
Having boarded the train just in time and found the seats in our private cabin, my dad immediately got out his phone and started searching for something.
"Can you ask Lucy for her dad´s home address?" he asked me, taking his gaze of the screen for a short moment, "And can you search us a hotel close to it?"
"Yeah, sure" I said excitedly, truly loving to hear everything he just said, "I´m on it!"
POV Ookami
It was like I was in a tunnel. I was running through this hospital like it was an absolute maze with no exit. I asked everyone I came across for directions, but it felt like I hadn´t actually listened to what they said.
The colorful lines on the floor didn´t really help either, I wasn´t even completely sure what I was looking for.
The hallways were mostly empty at this hour, every crossing looked just like the one from before and everyone I asked if they had seen another maned wolf just shrugged their shoulders at me. Most of the people I met where from the cleaning crew anyway, mopping the hallways and emptying the trash-cans in quite an impressive pace. This was a big building after all, so they probably had a rather tight schedule.
It seemed absolutely hopeless for me, until I just by a lucky chance came across a floorplan that pointed out where I was and where I would find the psychiatric facilities.
It wasn't that far to go, and when I entered the seemingly correct hallway, I already saw her waiting on one of the seats.
Even though I was really out of breath already, I sped up my steps a little once again, making sure she wouldn´t run off on me again before I had the chance to talk to her.
"Lucy!" I panted, just as I was about to approach her, "Have you…have you found-"
In that moment I slipped on the wet and really slick marble floor, tried to catch my fall but got tangled up with my feet and faceplanted right before her. It went so fast there was no way I could have caught myself in time.
I had fallen onto my side, not seriously hurting myself but not exactly landing comfortably either. The tunnel vision still blurred my senses, the only thing I wanted was to finally tell her about the truth.
"Ouch…" I said, my pulse being even faster now, "…have you found-"
"Dad" she sighed, getting up from the seat and helping me getting up again. Her left hand was holding mine and her right one she placed on the side of my face gently. She was shaking her head a little bit, but she couldn´t hide a small little smirk either.
I took a deep breath, my blurred mind was calming down a little bit.
"…you really need to stop embarrassing yourself whenever you meet me somewhere."
I knew she probably had a point there, it really wasn't the first time something like this has happened. The cleaning lady who was still mopping the floor further down the hallway was looking over towards us as well after my fall, but I didn´t care about that right now.
It still hurt a little bit in different spots on my body, but that wasn´t of my concern either. I just went a step closer towards Lucy and hugged her tightly, no matter what her opinion of me was right now. I needed her to know nothing else was more important to me than her right now.
"I´m…" I stuttered, "I´m so sorry I didn´t tell you about Vera before!"
"It´s okay."
"And I´m sorry I didn´t know she was in Tokyo!" I added, "I really didn´t know! I hadn't seen Vera in quite a while and I had no idea she knows about Laureen!"
"Dad!" she chuckled again, "I said its okay."
I let go of her again now, she actually had a little bit of a smile on her face even.
"I´ve just talked to the doctor taking care of her. She just went on her way to check if she´s still awake and ready to see me."
"Oh?"
She nodded silently, then she slowly walked over towards her chair once again. I followed and took a seat next to her.
"It seems to be true what you told me. She has been in this hospital ever since she gave me to the foster home. The doctor told me she´s unstable and often can´t tell what´s real and what´s not."
I nodded slowly. This made absolute sense to me.
We left that statement off with a short pause, my pulse and my breathing slowly but surely calmed down a little more.
"So…" she said after that short moment of silence, "What happened between you and Vera so she wouldn't tell you things like this anymore."
I now took a short look around the hallway and the waiting area, no one was in earshot right now.
"She…" I began lowly, "She´s a nymphomaniac…"
"Oh that much I could tell already" she chuckled, "She wasn´t trying to hide that."
"Before Fenneko…"
I still tried to find a better way of telling this, but it wasn't really possible to talk around the truth.
"…I used to sleep around quite a lot myself."
Her smile just widened a little now, it seemed like Vera hadn't tried to hide that either.
"Her uncle owns that club you met her at today. She´s there almost every night, I guess her body count must be way in the four digits in the meanwhile…"
"You stopped fucking her when you met Fenneko, right?" she asked, not being the one to beat around the bush as usual, "…the way she talked about this makes me think she´s still sore about this to this day."
I nodded slowly.
"I remember that we talked about her before. The day we opened the letter."
I nodded again. "We didn't talk about everything though" I sighed, "About ten years ago, I was at the club with Fenneko and two office friends of mine. Vera was there too, and she tried flirting with me just as usual. But I blocked her off quite distinctly. I was really serious with Fenneko then …like I still am today… but she just didn´t understand that."
"You didn't want to be her toyboy anymore?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah. Later that night she knocked me out with a towel drenched in chloroform, pulled me into the drinks-storage in the basement, undressed me and tied me to one of the shelves."
"What?!"
"Yes" I affirmed with a nod, "I was really glad Fenneko found out in time and asked Kai for help."
"So…she tried to rape you?!"
I nodded slowly. "I believe you can call it that, yes. …bet she didn´t tell you about that earlier, did she?"
Lucy slowly shook her head right now, just like I had expected.
"Damn…" she said lowly now, "I guess you did have a reason to keep your distance."
I just nodded slowly, finally finding the courage to look her in the eyes again.
"…and I guess there was a good reason for her to go to therapy as well."
I just remained nodding to that as well, I was aware those must be some quite shocking developments for her.
I was glad I had finally told her about this, but I also really didn't want to talk about this topic any longer than necessary. There were more important things right now.
"…anyway" I then said, "You ready to meet your mom?"
"Honestly" she whispered, tilting her head a little bit, "I don't know what to expect. I´m a little scared…"
I just carefully put my arm around her shoulders now and pulled her a little bit closer, resting my head on hers gently. I was a little scared too, but I wanted her to know that I would always be there for her and that she could always count on me from now on.
I wanted to keep no more secrets of this kind, I wanted nothing else but for her to be able to trust me.
She now rested her head against mine as well gently, the whole world seemed alright for a moment.
"I think it´s gonna be fine" I told her, "You´ll be glad you did it in the end, no matter what happens."
She nodded slightly, I could feel her relaxing a little bit as we were waiting in this silent hallway.
My thoughts drifted back to my time with Laureen for a moment, it was hard to imagine what she would be like today, but I still had a somewhat positive feeling about it.
After everything else that I imagined that could be going wrong tonight, this actually was one of the things I was less worried about. This would play itself out, I wasn´t quite so sure about everything else that was going on.
POV Julian
The mood had swung around since we left the club. Bailey was a totally different person all over sudden. Happy, energetic and free, almost as if she had forgotten about all the other troubles totally and completely.
She pretty much danced through the crowds now, apparently feeling like the princess of Tokyo, being able to do whatever she wants.
We came across a few street musicians on a big square, Bailey took her time and listened to them in great delight.
She grabbed my hands and pulled me with her this whole time, I still wasn't able to do anything else but follow her lead and stare.
Her ecstatically good mood had been somewhat contentious on me, we laughed and giggled about almost anything, the whole world seemed just so perfect and beautiful for a moment.
Tokyo blue lights illuminated the busy nights streets of Tokyo, vendors here and there yelled what they sold at their stalls, street artists gathered little audiences around them.
It almost seemed too good to be true, and that was the thing that worried me a little bit.
We got ourselves some sweet treats from a stand, it was some kind of pastry freshly pulled from the oil and covered in sugar, it surely wasn´t healthy but it tasted so good we didn't care about that. That little snack gave us lots of energy.
We kept on walking through the city, even though we had no idea where we were heading and even though the streets were getting a little less crowded and touristic slowly but surely.
Eventually, we calmed down from our constant streak of giggling and laughing, reality slowly but surely crept back into the picture.
We had eaten all of our sweets in the meanwhile, there was nothing left but the sticky packaging I carried around in one of my pockets now.
"What…" I asked her, reaching out for one of her hands, "What do we do now?"
"I dunno" she giggled, giving me yet another kiss.
"Wanna go back to the club?" I suggested, "I´ve pinned it on maps earlier, we could just follow-"
She now quickly pulled me with her once again, heading straight towards the little alleyway between two multi story houses we just walked by. Having arrived at a rather quiet and shielded spot behind a little dumpster house, she pulled me into an even longer and more intense kiss than before. Her hands slid under my T-shirt with great purpose, she started touching me in various spots on my torso.
Although I originally didn´t want to let her get away with it this time, the look on her face was just too cute to withstand. She made me feel free, she made me feel alive and she made me feel like I wanted this.
The moment she grabbed the sipper of my pants and slit her hand into my boxer shorts, something clicked in my head and I stopped caring about the world around us altogether.
I slowly but surely began pushing her backwards against the wall of the house, still kissing her passionately while beginning to move my hands further down her body as well.
I was rock hard in a matter of moments. I freed my boner out of my boxers with my hand and tightly sandwiched it between our bellies while I kept on pushing her against the wall behind her.
She didn´t stop me when I reached out for the zipper of her pants, she just kept on kissing me passionately when I began fingering her already wet sweet-spot.
I was just about to lift her up by her thighs, take aim and slide myself into her, when the both of us suddenly heard a noise close to us.
Our ears perked up, we took a look towards its source and noticed that somebody was leaning against the same wall we just attempted to start having sex at.
She was just a couple of feet away, standing in the shadows behind a rain-pipe, and it appeared neither of us had noticed her there before.
The sound that gave her away was the metallic clink of a Zippo lighter, she was just about to ignite herself a cigarette, apparently well aware of what we were doing.
"Oh shit" I whispered lowly.
I put Bailey back down on her feet quickly, tucking my dick back into my pants, suddenly feeling really ashamed about what we were doing here.
Bailey did the same of course, and we both were just left staring at the unknown woman stupidly.
"You sure about this fox?" she asked dryly, apparently talking to Bailey, "You know the pretty guys always cause the most trouble…"
We were both a little perplexed about that statement. I was a little surprised that she wasn't even complaining about us having sex in her back-alley, but that didn´t even seem to be her issue here.
She now turned towards us, taking another slow breath of nicotine, raising one of her eyebrows a little bit.
She was a Labrador as well I now noticed, but her fur was a lot brighter than Baileys. It was almost as red as mine, but it was more golden instead of deep red. Her voice sounded smokey and rough but still somewhat warm and charming. She seemed oddly familiar for some reason, but I couldn't tell why.
"H-he´s my boyfriend" Bailey told her lowly, "He´s very sweet."
She nodded with a little smile, it almost seemed like she was nothing but amused by this. I guessed her about thirty years old maybe, she was dressed in rather short and tight-fitting clothes, it fit her wide hips and rather large breasts quite well, so I guessed she wasn´t too much of a wallflower.
Since Bailey and I wouldn't just continue where we had been interrupted, and she was still looking in our direction as well, we kinda just stood there awkwardly.
"Why…" I said after another short moment of staring at her, "Why do I feel like I´ve seen you before?"
That question suddenly made her grin even wider.
"Probably because you´ve seen me in some of the porn you jerk off to."
"Uh…" I said, now suddenly feeling very busted. I had a reason why I liked Bailey from the first moment I knew her, I always had a reason why I found her so hot and desirable, and now that I saw this other Labrador girl before me I just got reminded of it once again. I just never believed I would ever meet her in person. I knew who she was, now that she mentioned it, it was as plain as the light of day.
"What?!" Bailey now asked me in slight disbelief.
I just shrugged my shoulders with a dumb grin, I just wasn't able to deny those claims the other Labrador made, I knew exactly who she was.
"Told you he´s trouble" she now told her with a little laugh, "Still thinks with his dick even when he´s not using it."
"I-I-"
"Can blame him though" she interrupted my stuttering, "He´s just a guy after all."
"You know who she is?" Bailey asked me in great shock.
"I…I mean…"
"Say my name, boy" she grinned at me now, "She´s not gonna believe you anyway if you say no now."
Bailey now just looked at me while raising an eyebrow, I really just wanted to sink into the ground right now.
"W-whiskey Golden" I stuttered, telling her the name of the really famous canine porn-actress she was known as online.
"There you go" she grinned with a contented smile, "Now be a good boy and go tell your girlfriend she´s the cutest and most precious thing you´ve ever seen in your life."
I couldn't help but smile about this right now. Bailey still seemed in great disbelief right now, but I kissed her once again anyways, making sure she knew she was the very only one for me.
"Are…are you serious?" she asked.
"Girly" Whiskey now told her, "He was just about to fuck you against a house wall in a Tokyo alleyway. You were the one who animated him to do so, he already had his dick in his hands just now. He had nothing else but you and pleasuring you on his mind."
I was just left staring in awe. I could only nod to every word she said, I liked how she made it sound so casual yet so wise. I knew how weird that whole situation must be for Bailey as well, but what the other Labrador told her just now was nothing but the truth. Getting reminded about Whiskey actually made me love Bailey even more right now. I loved her, and I loved her more than anything else in this world.
"…I´m pretty sure he wasn´t thinking about some porn-actress he´d seen online, probably way before he even got to know you."
She raised one of her eyebrows at Bailey once again, then she threw her cigarette on the floor and put it out with one of her shoes.
"This is not a good place to make love though" she then told us with a shrug of her shoulders, "I would invite you in, but I got work to do."
We both just waved it off of course, I found that a very strange offer to make anyway. I was glad she was so chill about it though, I guess one must have seen a lot of shit already working in that business.
"You kids have fun" she told us, giving us one last little smile, "Stay careful out there."
Then she entered the back entrance of the house and the door fell into its lock behind her.
"What the…" Bailey asked lowly, shaking her head a little bit.
I couldn't help but still smile stupidly. "I guess we´re about even with causing trouble now?" I asked her with a little smirk. She just rolled her eyes a little bit right now, it appeared she still couldn´t quite believe what just happened either.
"Wait!" it suddenly came to me, "Her name is Whiskey, your name is Bail-"
In that very moment she had already slapped me in the face. "Don't you dare!" she giggled. Then she suddenly slid her hands back into my pants once again, pulling me back towards that spot by the wall we´ve been at before we got caught.
"Just what is up with your right-"
"Shh…" she giggled, giving me a deep kiss once again, "You better make sure she was right about what she just said! Listen to the porn-star and show me how much you want me."
POV Lucy
"She was very surprised of course" Penelope the doctor explained while we followed her through the hallway, "But she seems stable and she has agreed for me to introduce you."
"O-okay" I said, now increasingly becoming more nervous with every step we took.
"You´re her father I presume?" she then asked Ookami, whom she had noticed right away but not really addressed earlier.
He just nodded silently.
"I can´t promise she´s ready or willing to meet you as well" she told him dryly, not really sounding sorry about it either.
"That´s fine" he agreed, apparently not even mad about her suspicions, "I just want Lucy to be save and happy."
The rest of the way we didn´t exchange one single further word. It seemed like ever since Penelope had found out who he was, she suddenly became a little more nervous about this as well.
It seemed like he had been a topic here a couple of times already, and I wasn't surprised by that. Even more because it was pretty clear that Vera must have been telling the story very differently here as well.
The doctor opened another secure looking glass door for us, we followed her down this next hallway as well until we finally arrived at what seemed to be the door to her room.
Next to the door was a little monitor. It had been turned off when we arrived, but the Doberman quickly flicked a switch on its side and it suddenly showed the inside of the room.
She was sitting upright on her bed, reading a book with great interest as it seemed like. She didn't seem all that nervous right now, I guess she hadn't even fully realized what was about to happen in just a moment.
She looked pretty. A little tired and lonely, but definitely pretty. I noticed our similarities from the first moment. I was just as sure about her being my mom as I was about Ookami being my father. There was just no doubt about it.
"Go for it" Penelope encouraged me after a short moment of hesitation, "Just don't expect her to believe you right away, she usually is a little shy around new faces. And she´s really clever, so she probably has some suspicions."
I nodded understandingly, then I gripped the door handle with my hand and started pushing carefully.
"Hello, Laureen?" I asked her lowly after opening the door.
I assumed she finished the paragraph she was been reading, but a moment later she closed the book in her hands and turned her gaze towards me.
"Hi" I said nervously, "My name is Lucy and…and I´m pretty sure I´m your daughter."
Her expression didn´t really change initially when she heard it, she just focused her gaze even more on me as it looked like, examining me very closely.
"Y-you…" she said lowly, her eyes now wandering off to the floor, "You can´t be Lucy. She was so small, so…precious. I could hold her in my arms."
"But…" I said a little perplexed and with a slight chuckle, "…but it´s been over seventeen years since then."
"L-Lucy isn´t in Tokyo" she now told me, "I gave her away before I came to Tokyo, I…I couldn't take care of her like I should have and…"
Her breath was getting quicker now, it seemed like she slowly but surely began to realize it.
"I know…" I told her slowly, holding one of her hands, "And it took my quite a while to find out. Ookami found me by a real miracle."
"Ookami?!" she now asked, her ears perking up a little bit, "You know Ookami? He…he was such a sweet and lovely man! I feel so sorry I left him, I wish I had told him…I…"
My smile just widened a little bit, it was all coming together right now. Mentioning his name had changed everything as it seemed.
"He still is" I told her slowly, "And I´m glad to hear that he told me the truth as well. He was worried about you, he had tried to contact you!"
Her gaze now went to the floor once again, a sole tear was running down the side of her face. I could tell this must be hitting her quite hard, I could tell that she meant it when she said she feels bad about it, even after all this time that had passed. I wasn't judging her for it though, I still believed it all must have had it´s reason.
I took a quick look over to Penelope, she just silently watched in what seemed to be great fascination.
"I…I…" she stuttered lowly, "I know he tried to call me. I always looked at the screen, but I didn´t have the guts to pick up…"
I still hadn´t let go of her hand, it felt shaky and kinda sweaty, but I wanted to hold on to it no matter what.
"He gave me such a beautiful daughter…" she said lowly, "…I always wanted to show him, but I…I couldn't bring it over my heart. I…I told him I used protection…I didn´t want to make his life so-"
"Laureen" I stopped her softly, "It´s okay! He found me eventually! And I´m glad I´ve found you!"
She looked me right in the eyes once again, she still didn´t seem to entirely believe it.
"I still have your letter at home" I told her, trying to think of anything that could help her remember, "It said you were sorry, it said you-"
"It´s….It´s really you?" she asked lowly, "You´re Lucy?"
"Yes" I told her again, clutching her hand even a little bit tighter, "And you´re my mother!"
She now slowly put her feet on the floor and stood up from her matrass, it seemed like she finally started to believe me.
I took a careful step forwards and hugged her gently, giving her the chance to get used to my presence first.
It seemed like she fully took in my scent now, I was glad it didn´t make her feel uncomfortable. Hugging her felt just right to me as well, it was just like the first moment I hugged my dad for the first time.
"You´ve grown so big!" she now told me, "You´re so pretty!"
I didn't let go of her for a little while, it felt like she really needed a hug like this for a long time, and I really liked the feeling of hugging my mom as well.
It was clear she hadn´t had an easy life either, it was clear that not having seen me grow up must have left quite a big hole in her heart, but I thought this might be a good start to fix it.
"But…" she now asked lowly, "How did you find me?"
"I…" I said, feeling a little weird since the answer to that question was so strange, "I met a grey wolf named Vera in a club earlier tonight. She told me she´s met you here before…"
She now just nodded understandingly, it seemed like she remembered meeting her as well.
"You know…" I sighed, "It seems like she´s had a little bit of a story with Ookami as well, I guess that´s why she told me she remembers a maned wolf named Laureen."
She now slowly took a seat on her matrass again, all this information seemed to be quite a lot to take in right now.
"I…I…" she stuttered, "I don't think I could look him in the eyes anymore. I don't think he even remembers me."
"Oh yeah he does" I told her with an honest smile, "And he´s really glad to hear from you again, even after all this time."
"Where is he now?" she asked lowly, almost sounding a little fearful.
"He´s in Tokyo" I said lowly, he´s been living here for many years.
She just looked at me with big eyes right now.
"Actually…he´s right outside that door. He just wasn't sure if you were ready to see him right now."
"I…I…" she began stuttering once again. I already placed a hand on one of her knees gently, trying to keep her calm.
"You don't have to see him" Penelope now told her calm but distinctively, "I just allowed Lucy in because I thought you might wanted to see her."
"I…I…" she said slowly, now looking quite stressed out indeed, "I can´t…I think this is too much for tonight."
Her hands and knees were shaking and her gaze went from left to right and all around the room nervously.
"It´s okay!" I told her, holding on to one of her hands once again, "Sleep a night over it, we can come visit you again tomorrow if you feel more comfortable. I know this is a lot to take in. It is a lot for me too, believe me!"
She now nodded with a thankful smile, I thought she looked very sweet while trying to sort her emotions right now.
"I´m so glad I got to meet you tonight!" I told her, giving her another short little hug.
"You´re so brave and beautiful" she told me, "I never thought I get to see you once again."
"I´m so glad I finally get to know you" I told her softly, "I hope I can get to know you even better soon!"
"Can you come again tomorrow?" she asked with almost childish excitement in her voice.
"Sure!" I told her with a smile, "I´m on vacation, I´m free all day! Do you have a phone I can reach you at?"
"Well…no" she said lowly, taking a look over to her doctor quickly. She nodded calmly and with a little smile, signalizing that we could surely work something out.
"I can also just come visit you tomorrow. When´s a good time for you? After lunch maybe?"
"Y-yeah, sure!" she agreed with a nod, "That would be great!"
"Alright" I said with a happy smile, giving her another gentle hug, "It´s a deal!"
"Thank you so much for finding me!" she whispered, I believed she even had tears of joy in her eyes, "I never thought I would ever see you again!"
I just kept on hugging her for another moment, I could tell how happy it made her and how much she needed it as well.
I waved her with a warm little smile when Penelope politely asked me to follow her back out of the room, she remained sitting on her matrass, waving back at me with a happy and totally awestruck expression. It was a good decision to come here tonight after all, no matter what else I had to sacrifice, no matter what else inconveniences this spontaneous decision had caused.
POV Bailey
It seemed like the spell had worn off now. Earlier, when we were strolling through Tokyo without a goal and without a worry, it had felt like nothing and nobody could ever stop us.
It had still felt like that when we went into that alley-way we thought we were alone in, and somehow it still had felt like that after that golden Labrador porn actress had caught us, but when we were done and he finally was able to untie himself from me, it quite suddenly began to not look all that rosy anymore.
I felt hot and bothered after putting my clothes back up again. It hurt a little bit and everything felt really sticky. Normally I really enjoyed that after he had pumped his load inside me, but now I wished we had used a condom this time. He truly had pounded me like a jackhammer just now, I had felt that wall behind me with every thrust, it wasn't all that enjoyable after all if I was totally honest with myself.
Having closed his pants back up as well, he now took a careful look around the backyard too, curious if anyone else had noticed us.
It seemed all quiet for now. I took a look at my phone and it was the same story here. But it did feel very different right now. It felt like I was seeing much clearer now, it felt like I might have been a little reckless with my decisions and statements earlier today.
Now that all that adrenaline was gone and all that sexual tension was dealt with as well, I felt kinda bad about how I had been treating Lucy earlier. I gave it another quick thought, but I just came to the same conclusion. I should apologize.
"Hey, about earlier…I´m sorry about the stuff I said, I was-"
I had already begun crafting a message on my phone, but then I suddenly got interrupted by the arrival of a little group of people. I looked up from my screen, it appeared to be a group of four male foxes who now began surrounding us from all sides.
"You kids got lost or something" one of them asked us with a mean and dirty chuckle.
"Hey!" Julian told him when he already got shoved a little bit, "What gives?"
"Don't make a scene and we won´t harm you" the one who appeared to be their leader told him, the others were coming really close as well now, "Yell for help and we´re gonna fuck you up."
"W-what do you want?" I asked, now feeling very frightened indeed. My pulse began racing, I was finally beginning to understand what this was.
"Phones, wallets, anything valuable. Go! We won´t ask you twice!" another one told us.
"Oh fuck off!" Julian told him under his breath, "Do we look like we have anything valuable?"
"I´ve seen worse dressed bitches than you two walking around here. Now stop wasting my time and-"
In that moment Julian used one of his feet and kicked the gangster right between his legs into his pelvis.
"Julian!" I yelled at him, wanting him not to cause any more trouble indeed, but he didn't listen.
"Ahh what the fuck!"
He immediately went for a punch into Julian´s direction, but as that kick in the balls really must have weakened him, Julian effortlessly blocked it off and sent a return punch right into his face.
The guy stumbled backwards a few steps, collapsed into one of his mates who was not able to catch him in time and then landed on his back quite uncomfortably.
I wanted nothing but for this to stop, but neither those gangsters nor Julian seemed to share that opinion with me. There was a lot of aggression in the air, the fist fight was pretty much inevitable at this point. I had a little bit of a déjà vu already, and I didn´t like it one bit.
They all focused their attention on Julian now, raising their fists and coming closer towards him.
The next attacker tried to hit him with a swing, but Julian was faster once again. He hit the guy right in the mouth, it gave a really disgusting and painful sound of teeth grinding, maybe even something worse.
Before Julian could take cover again, one of the other attackers hit him in the shoulder, not causing much harm though. They were kinda baffled by his agility as it seemed, I was surprised as well yet once again.
He had told me about the fighting training Legoshi had given him, but I didn´t believe that it was actually that effective.
Two of the four foxes were down on the floor, Julian by some miracle was still unharmed and ready to take them on.
"Come on, stop playing with this kid and fuck him up already!" one of them yelled in pure disbelief, the remaining two guys actually seemed rather afraid right now.
Julian on the other hand wasn't trying to get away from the fight. He waited for them to attack him once more, then he took a really high leap into the air, charging them from above with a really powerful punch yet once again.
He took one of them with him on his way down towards the floor, landing a really solid blow yet once again, but before he could get up that last fox lunged towards him and went across his back with all four claws pretty heavily. It ripped through his shirt and also through his skin, drawing quite a bit of blood in the process.
"No!" I yelled in total horror and helplessness, "Stop it!"
Julian initially didn´t even seem to notice, I guessed the adrenaline blocked most of the pain for him.
He still wasn´t listening to me though. He managed to free himself from the claws of the last attacker somehow, but now one of the others had managed to get up again and was coming a few steps closer in the meanwhile.
A short scream escaped my lips as I noticed the knife he was holding in his hands now, I already saw our lives flashing before my eyes.
Julian now was more careful as well, it seemed like this finally was too much of a threat for him as well now and he stopped resisting.
It was a matter of moments until the two other foxes had overpowered him, pushing him down onto the floor with their leader holding his knife against his throat, pinning him down with one of his knees pretty harshly.
"Come on you little bitches" Julian growled underneath his breath, "Four against one and you pull a knife? You pathetic little-"
"Shut up" the one with the knife told him coldly, still panting quite noticeably, "You don't mess with us like that, there is by far more of us and we can make your life a living hell boy."
"Yeah!" his partner affirmed what he said loudly.
"Shut up, Ray" the one with the knife told him dryly and in great annoyance.
Then he turned towards Julian again, "Phone and Wallet. Now. I won´t say it again. Otherwise, we might do something to your little girlfriend you really wouldn't like."
"You touch her and you´re dead" Julian growled at him angrily.
The other guy now came over towards me and signaled me to hand him the requested Items with his hands. I fearfully pulled them out of my pockets and handed them over to him.
"You two, karate kid" the other one told Julian.
He now reached for his pockets slowly, having a look on his face that promised a lot of hurt if he should ever get the chance to.
"Fucking pussies" he told him while handing him the phone and his wallet.
The leader now slowly removed his knife from Julian´s neck while getting back up onto his feet again.
"You´re a good fighter, kid. We could actually use someone like you."
"Come on…" one of the others growled, now finally getting back up from the floor after getting hit from Julian´s fist earlier, "He just got lucky. Little punk with anger issues."
"Shut up you goddamn crybaby. He would have fucked you up in a 1v1. You never won anything against anyone. The kid at least has some balls and he knocked two of you idiots down like fucking cardboard figures! You probably could learn something from him."
"Come on!" Julian said loudly and in great frustration, "Leave us alone, give us our stuff back, it´s not worth much anyway! Have some respect, you just said it yourself that it wasn´t a fair fight!"
He just chuckled a little bit about that request, still holding his loot in his left hand while holding the knife in the other. "Come and get it back" he told him with a rather pitiful smirk.
Then he spat onto the floor right before his feet.
"Come on you jackasses" he told the rest of his gang, "Let´s bounce before the neighbors see us!"
One of the others tried getting up from the floor now, he actually did seem to be in slight pain, holding on to his ribs a little bit I just noticed. But he managed to stand and so did all the others eventually.
Then they all moved off, partly limping a little bit, partly with great frustration in their body language.
"Oh these fucking bitches!" Julian growled lowly, probably loud enough that they could still hear it though.
"Ahh fuck…" he now seemed to have noticed the wounds on his back.
I now finally went out of my gaze and began to fully realize what just had happened. We had been mugged just now, we practically didn't have anything on us anymore.
I went towards my boyfriend and carefully examined the damage on his back. It looked kinda bad right now, but it wasn´t something that wouldn´t heal anymore. Thank god, he wasn't hurt more than that.
"W-what do we do now?" I stuttered lowly, "We don't have anything anymore! We´re completely lost and-"
We now heard something behind us. It appeared to be coming from the staircase, somebody was stomping down quite angry- and stormily as it seemed.
The door to the backyard swung open, out came a very angry resident.
"Who is causing all that racket at this time of night! We´re doing a film-shoot up there!" The fennec fox guy with the headset told us loudly.
More steps were coming down the stairs behind him now, it seemed like those gangsters made a good call leaving before the neighbors looked outside what was going on.
"W-we just got mugged" I tried to explain the situation, "There was a group of foxes and they took our phones and our wallets!"
I was almost in tears right now, this situation just kept getting worse and worse for us. He
I now noticed that the Labrador lady from earlier came outside as well. It seemed like she had just hastily dressed herself again, but that didn´t stop her from going outside.
"They did what!?" she asked in shock, walking past the angry fennec without any hesitation.
She quickly came closer, inspecting the wounds on Julian´s back as well.
"They held a knife to my throat" Julian said lowly, not sounding shameful or scared in anyway though, "They surrounded us like little pussies and then took all our stuff and left."
"Shit" Whiskey cursed lowly, "I told you this is not a good place to stay…"
"We…" I began, "…we don't live in this city actually. We don't have a hotel, the only place we can stay is a friend´s dad´s place who lives here."
"How far is it from here? Can you make it?" she asked, taking a short look around the backyard.
"N-no. We´re totally lost without our phones. I have no Idea how to find that place again."
She took a quick look around the backyard, then she waved us to follow her. "Come on inside. Get those wounds cleaned up, have a glass of water."
I nodded thankful about that suggestion, I believed Julian really appreciated it as well.
"But…" the little fennec guy said in pure disbelief, "We just got the set ready to go, you cant just-"
"I´m not just gonna leave them out here" she told him harshly, "My flat, my rules, Finn!"
He just dropped his hands in pure disbelief once again, shaking his head with a deep sigh, Whiskey waved us to follow her inside.
"Let´s go" she told us with a friendly smile, "Come inside, maybe we can work something out."
POV Lucy
My dad and I left the hospital side by side, we didn´t exchange a single word until we had left the building behind us.
"You…" I began, still trying to find the right words for this, "You weren't lying. She was scared of meeting you, you have been trying to call her back then."
He began nodding slowly, looking me right in the eyes. "I would never lie to you and I would never lie about something like that. But I haven´t been telling you the whole truth either, and I´m really sorry about that."
"Eh…" I said with a shrug of my shoulders and a little chuckle, "Can´t really say I blame you. Must not be easy to be a hearts-breaking fuckboy and then leave that life behind you like that…"
"Come on, Lucy" he sighed with a little smirk, "Cut your old man some slack, okay?"
I just bumped him with my hips a little bit now, I was pretty sure he knew I was just teasing right now.
"How are you feeling about meeting her again tomorrow?" I then asked him, "She was kinda nervous about it…"
"She seemed just as sweet as I remembered her" he said, now even a little lower, "But I still think that also could change pretty quickly if you´re not careful."
"Yeah…" I sighed, "I know. We gotta take it slowly."
"Let´s get back to the club" he now suggested, "Don't want Bailey and Julian to get lost on us either…"
"Ah…" I said, now scratching the back of my head a little bit, "About that…"
He now looked at me slightly concerned, "I think Bailey and I have had a little bit of a fight tonight and she might not really want to see me right now."
He nodded slowly, then he pulled his phone from his pocket.
"Legoshi and Leon are on their way here by the way, I think they´re on the train already."
"What, really?" I asked, my tail now starting to wag a little bit.
I checked my phone while we walked, there were a couple of new messages from Leon, he had sent me a selfie of him sitting in a train already.
"Have you heard anything from Bailey and Julian lately?"
He had asked me in one of his messages.
"Neither of them is answering their phones, I´ve tried calling them a couple of times, just wanted to ask them if everything is okay…"
I wrote him an answer, explaining everything that had happened between me and bailey shortly, and while writing that message out I suddenly had a really bad foreboding about this.
"They might have turned their phones off" I wrote him a second message, "We´re going back to the club right now, I hope they´re still there."
"Oh shit" Ookami besides me suddenly said, showing me a message he had received from Kai just a moment ago. It said that he checked the backyard and the youth club as well, he couldn't find them anywhere.
"Goddammit" I cursed, "These idiots!"
"We should tell Legoshi about this" he suggested right away, "He knows about it already anyway, they should be aware this could become a really long night."
I nodded in agreement, almost walking over a pedestrian traffic light that had just switched to red in front of us while typing away my phone.
"…maybe they´re just in a toilet stall together" my dad suggested now for some weird reason. "You know how it is if you can´t find any privacy. Maybe that´s why he couldn't find them…"
"What?" I asked in slight confusion, then I understood what he meant, "Oh."
"It´s the sort of thing I would have done as well…" he said with a little self-ironic chuckle, "And in this case, I´d even prefer if it actually was like that."
"Let´s hope for the best" I sighed, not having too much faith in that theory though. This smelled like something bigger. Like something really dumb and unnecessary.
"Come on" my dad told me, suddenly stopping by a stand we were about to walk by, "Let´s get something sweet for our nerves. You like white chocolate?"
"What is all this stuff" I asked, looking at the displayed foods in front of us. I´ve never seen anything like this before, but it looked really delicious already.
"Fruits covered in chocolate" he explained with a chuckle, "Pinned onto wooden sticks so it´s easier to eat."
He turned towards the vendor now, "I´ll have an apple with white chocolate, please."
"I want a banana" I quickly picked my choice as well.
Ookami paid the man quickly, he handed to both of us our requested fruits.
I was so fascinated by this right now, this was such a fun way to have a snack.
We went on our way again, I tried my banana with white chocolate and the first bite put me in a slightly better mood already. It was really delicious and the sugar was just what I needed.
"Better?" he now asked, contentedly snacking on his apple as we walked across the next big crossing.
I nodded contentedly. "Yeah, much better!" I affirmed while chewing, "Let´s find these dumbasses."
POV Julian
It took a little while until the rage cleared away, but when it did our evening continued to be just as adventurous as it had been before.
We were in the flat of a porn star right now, a porn star that had a professional film-crew in her living room and pretty obviously also had this evening planned out differently as well.
"Your shirt is ripped up" Bailey told me lowly after I had taken it off in the bathroom to examine the damage myself.
I took a look at my back in the mirror, the scratches where well visible, but luckily they had stopped bleeding already. It seemed like they didn´t go quite as deep as I thought.
I shortly examined the damage on my shirt as well, it was pretty much ruined. But it was better than nothing, so at least I didn´t have to go topless through the entire city.
"What do we do now?" I asked her, "Those dicks took all our stuff, we have no idea where we are and how to get back to Lucy´s place."
"Maybe we should go to the police" she suggested lowly.
"Yeah, but they won´t find them anyway, will they?"
Whiskey now joined us in the doorframe of her bathroom once again, it seemed like she wasn't all that in a rush to get back to her job.
"We´ve had problems like this before" she told us, "Tourists aimlessly walking around in these streets are just loot on a silver platter for these gangs."
We both just nodded slowly, feeling very dumb about it, but it was pretty clear she didn´t just tell us that to mock us.
"I know a pretty good private investigator, maybe I can still get him on the line at this hour and find something out. He helped me out a couple of times already."
"You think he´d be able to help us?" I asked with great interest.
"For now you should probably shift down a gear or two, Hercules" she told me with a chuckle, "You´ve just been threatened with a knife, you´re lucky you didn´t get injured any worse."
I nodded once again, there wasn´t a whole lot I could say against that. I had been pretty reckless yet once again, I was pretty sure Bailey would really want to have a word about that with me later.
"Maybe you should rest for a minute and drink a glass of water" Whiskey suggested, "I also have beer in the fridge if you want…"
"I´m sixteen" I told her with a smirk.
"You´re also lost, in the flat of a porn actress, beaten up and probably really tired," She listed with an amused chuckle, "I think that one should be the least of your concerns right now. But it was just an offer anyway."
Although she did make a fair point there, I didn´t really feel tired or beaten up right now.
I still was kinda scared we wouldn´t find our way home again, I was in fear we couldn't make it because we didn´t have our wallets or our phones anymore, but I was not tired.
Whiskey now left us alone for a moment, heading towards her kitchen as it looked like, when she came back, she handed us a glass of chilled water each.
I began drinking contentedly, I hadn´t even noticed how badly I really needed some hydration in the meanwhile.
"Well, you two surely messed up my schedule for tonight" she told us with a little sigh but also with a warm little smile, "Was it at least worth it?"
"W-what do you mean?" Bailey asked in slight puzzlement, I already had a slight foreboding coming up what she was talking about. She could probably even smell it on our bodies.
"What could I possibly mean, sweetheart?" Whiskey grinned at her.
"When you caught us out there earlier…" I began, "…did you really see…you know…anything?"
Now Bailey was aware of what she was talking about as well, but I wasn't sure if that made it any less uncomfortable.
"Kid, I´m a porn-actress…" she said with a light hearted smirk, "You don't really believe I´ve never seen a dick before, do you?"
"I…guess not?"
"Nothing to be ashamed about" she told me with a little wink, "You´re not doing too badly anyway, are you?"
I was just left smiling stupidly about that comment, coming from her that was a lot more flattering than awkward for some reason.
She now slightly nudged Bailey with one of her arms, whispering: "Just look at that proud little smile. Men are so easily contented with a small compliment every now and then."
I still couldn't help but smile dumbly.
"Telling them how great they are every now and again keeps them a lot healthier, let me tell you."
Bailey couldn't hide a little chuckle as well now, I guessed that was just what Whiskey was trying to reach with that statement.
"Come have a seat in my kitchen if you want" she now offered to us, leading the way, "I´m gonna make a call, maybe I can find something out. Also, you can use my landline if you want to call someone you know here."
"Thanks" I told her with a genuine smile, "That´d be really great."
I wasn´t sure if any of that would really help us in our situation right now, but I still appreciated her trying to be helpful and being nice to us.
"Heads up, kiddos" she chuckled as she led the way, "You´ll be laughing about this story one day."
POV Louis (by RedLiteAlexi)
My heart was pumping extremely fast as the rattle of a phone vibrating on the wooden bedside table reached my ears. I think I managed to close my eyes and sleep for a few hours but as most herbivores, we had evolved to respond to potential threats and could be startled awake very easily. My vision snapped to and I grabbed the phone with a quick grasp. Glancing at the screen I saw that it was 00:32 AM. I guess I was asleep for about three hours. The screen displayed a mobile number I haven't seen in quite a while. This was a work phone and very few had access to its direct line. I could trust that it was someone I knew. I cleared my throat as I spoke.
"Yes?" I said dryly
"Louis, I´m glad you´re awake!" a voice that sounded familiar but I haven't heard in quite a while greeted me rather loudly. I pulled the phone away from my ear. I looked over to the other side of the bed before returning to the phone.
Though I had no idea why that wolf would be talking to me at this line.
"…I´m awake now" I muttered tiredly, "It's way past midnight, Legoshi. What's going on?"
He sighed on the other end. "I'm sorry Louis, I know it's really late but I need your help." He said with a tinge of shame and regret in his voice.
I sighed as well. "Okay then, tell me what you want."
"Long story short, two of my son's classmates ran away to Tokyo. They were with a friend but they both just ran off when no one was looking" he explained the situation, "They both have trouble in the family and just wanted to get away."
"So you called my private eye line to ask me if I could track down some runaway teens?" I asked, my words dripping with slight annoyance.
"I know it seems extreme but it's very important." The wolf said.
"Have you considered just talking to the police?" I said.
"Listen, these kids are in a bad spot right now. Her parents are getting a divorce after what must have been quite a long marriage, and her boyfriend´s family doesn´t think very highly of him."
"And that is your problem…how?"
"They´re good friends of my son and his girlfriend. They won´t answer their parents phone calls, they won´t tell anyone where they are. Tokyo is a big city and I´m concerned, I somewhat feel responsible too. I really need your help on this Louis."
I sighed and rubbed my eyes. My left hand missing a pinkie beneath the first knuckle.
"Fine, I'll help. I wasn't getting much sleep anyway. Text me the details of the runaways. Pictures and links to social media and the address of last known location." I yawned and stretched my neck.
"Well, what else do you need? We can arrange a price later if you want."
"Forget it, I have a weakness for helping missing animals. Consider it payment for everything you've done." I smiled.
"Nah, nonsense! I still owe you for calling at this hour. Anyway, what has life been like for you?"
"I'm flattered you care to ask but I thought this was time sensitive, send me what I asked and we can go from there." I said hanging up. I let my head hang low and I grumbled. My eyes closed for another fleeting moment before getting up.
"Are you getting up already?" A soft sultry voice cooed from the other side of my bed. I turned and saw that the other animal in my bed had been woken up by the call. Cosmo's large brown ears twitched as she roughly opened her eyes.
"Sorry, I took on a job." I said standing up. The glow of a large neon sign outside our bedroom lightly illuminated my body as I did so. My back to her revealed my numerous scars in my fur. My tenure as a private investigator had made itself known on my body.
After my small stint in prison, only being let go because I had a Beastar in my corner of support, I thought I would be on the road of destitution. My father turned me away. Having a criminal son would've embarrassed him as well as the conglomerate so he sought to sever ties with me.
At my lowest and in spite of all my transgressions against him, Legoshi never abandoned me. Heading into the role of a private investigator made it seem like I could still belong in society. I could take all my street smarts and my proclivities as an actor, retooling my former lives into a new one. Another thing that without Legoshi's help, I couldn't have possibly been licensed for with my record. And this guy still talked about the price for my help.
While I wasn't much for believing in heaven and hell, I have to admit every now and again, serving animals in need did bring me joy. Even though it wasn't a free service, I did use my services to do things such as track cheating spouses or roughing up low level criminals for information. I did try and do a fair bit of free service to track down missing animals. Either finding them or being able to bring closure to their surviving family. My scars and missing finger were my badges of honor, a living testimony to my new life.
Cosmo and I had reconnected a few years back. I guess like myself she was seeking to start a new life in Tokyo. By chance we met again and I think we both sought comfort in a friendly and familiar face. We shared this apartment and while we spent much of our time outside the house, we could count on the other to share the bed for brief moments of sleep and sex.
"You sleep so little, you're going to break your body punishing yourself like that." She said, reaching out to my hand. I stood in my underwear, stretching my back. I looked back at her and saw that her large voluptuous breasts were peeking out from the covers. It was easy for her to continue stripping, although I believed her when she said she was done with prostitution. Even still her desireable body would have made it very easy to slip back into her embrace.
"I'll be okay, I'll get a hotel and sleep if nothing breaks in this job right away."
I put on my pants and a dress shirt.
"You sure I can't convince you to stay for another hour or so?" She said as she ran a soft hand over one of her milky white boobs, her pointer finger twirling on the nipple.
I giggled. It's gonna take more than one glance of your body to convince me to get back in bed.
"Hey, these big tits convince dozens of guys to abandon hundreds out of their paychecks almost every night."
"So I just have to see your show?" Maybe I can swing by sometime." I chuckled.
"Well you could do that except you're the only one that gets to touch them."
"For free?" I laughed.
"You brat!" She said laughing as she threw a pillow at my back. I reached into my drawer and pulled out a small black shimmering revolver pistol and put it into a little holster on my right ankle.
"You think you'll need that?" She asked.
"Probably not but I don't wanna lose more body parts because I didn't have it." I said as I slipped the phone and a leather badge into my pocket, letting my severed finger wag.
"Awww you mean I'm not the only one that's taken part of your body in their mouth and swallowed?" Cosmo said with a sarcastic cry.
I picked up the pillow and threw it back. "Don't sleep too hard without me." I slipped on a leather jacket and walked towards the door.
"Hey Louis please be careful." The okapi said, her voice ringing more sincere. I stopped and smiled at my girlfriend.
"I'll be back before you know, how hard could it be to find some stupid runaway teenage dogs?"
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