CLICK! FLASH! SNAP!

I willed my eyes not to blink at the white light cut through the air and blinded me. Seeing little black floaters as I nuzzle the warm python lying across my cheek and shoulder, steadily leaking its venom down my collarbone to pool before overflowing down my chest. Tilting my head more to the side, puckering my lip as I gave a coy look. The python throbbed languidly in response. Camera poised at a different angle.

CLICK! FLASH! SNAP!

Tongue out, caressing the warmth length as it started to move and contract. Shudders rippling throughout its muscled body. The camera found a new spot, the operator deeming it worthy enough, so I took a deep breath. Dazed. Face slack with rapture. A high-pitch involuntary moan made him, or the snake, hiss. I am unsure which.

CLICK! FLASH! SNAP!

The python moved, sliding over the back of my neck and atop my head. Its heavy weight somehow reassuring as its thick drool coated my hair. I turned my head to look up, mouth wide open to catch some of the venom. The camera man smirked at how willing I was. Why wouldn't I be? After all, I am getting paid in exposure! He waited. I grew impatient as more thick strands of venom coated my face, toes curling in indignation.

CLICK! FLASH! SNAP!

Instant relief. I licked up what my tongue could reach, yet when I pressed upwards to kiss the python it pulled away! My pout did nothing as it slid down with a meaty thump to my chest, dragging its body all the way across until I was looking into its glossy eye. Heat radiated from its girthy body. The hue of its skin bright pink, a sign of its virile vigor. An impromptu staring contest evolved into something else as its steely resolve awoke something inside me. My own gaze hardened.

CLICK! FLASH! SNAP!

I lost. My soul was crushed. No remorse was wasted upon me as it moved down my body, across my toned stomach. Always leaving a trail of gooey venom marking where it went. It came across a small viper, no more than a baby. The camera man made sure to bring the camera close to catch what would surely be a brutal display of nature's unforgiving side. The python and viper stared each other down, neither one wanting to make the first mistake.

CLICK! FLASH! SNAP!

Poor viper. Never stood a chance. The python enjoyed its prey, smothering it with its bulk. Copious amounts of venom glazed the poor viper. It spit its own, but the pitiful amount was practically worthless as it drowned in a sea of superiority. Mother Nature is a cruel mistress. The viper started to shrivel up, only making the python harden and grow larger.

CLICK! FLASH! SNAP!

In my awe of its power, I had let down my guard. Only the miraculous skill of the camera man caught the python before it struck my throat. He struggled, the strain in his bulging veins clear as day so I quickly took the camera from him. Its smooth plastic surface easy to manage as I aimed the camera downwards towards the scene. Both hands were now on the python, wrangling it. Up and down. The python squirmed and spat its venom in an angry froth across my face. I did not flinch.

CLICK! SNAP! FLASH!

With a mighty roar the former camera man, now snake wrangler, pulled the python up as it lashed out one more time. Massive spurts of white venom, the most potent of its kind, shot across the small distance between us. My face was plastered, quite literally. Over and over, adding to what could have been the equivalent of those thick beauty masks people pay hundreds of dollars for. Here I was getting one for free, all it cost was some dignity.

CLICK! DING! FLASH!

FLASH.

FLASH...

FLASH...

I ran my fingertips over the smooth unblemished skin of my Luna's side, chuckling to myself as she shivered and snuggled closer to me. I lifted the sheet back over her, my self-indulgacance at an end. Swiping through the portraits on her phone that we had just taken was waking the beast within me again, even though I had just thoroughly used her. Pressing my nose to her hair, breathing in her floral scent calmed my heart. The portrait on her phone was so clear and crisp it was like it was real. Dad's old flip phone looked like those old-timey portraits with Cowboys and Injuns.

The thought drifted as my hand went slack. History is pretty cool. I would never admit that, of course, but it was. Every day I learned more and more, especially when my Luna was around. She sure was a chatterbox, I did not mind. Not. At. All. I always got lost in those emerald eyes, smiling like an idiot as she regaled me about some obtuse fact not many know about. Sure, she punched me more than a few times when she realized I was not listening anymore, yet a few Shakeshoven poeticals made her a blushing mess.

What really was surprising was how much the culture changed after the World War. Our first President was an American General, oddly enough. Erections did not happen until after he died though. Since then, much stuff is different. "Mmm... Alpha...?" I peppered kissed across her forehead as she blinked lazily, staring up at me. "Were you thinking about history again? You got that cute smolder...~" Snorting, I tilted her chin up to kiss her softly.

"Why don't you take that pretty mouth and clean off Alpha, hmm~? He got real drooly while you napped~!" Her cheeks blossomed in rosy red hoo. A cute squeak followed the loud slap of her ass as she snuck under the sheet. My heavenly sighs of relief complimented her greedy slurps. I let her have her fun even though she cleaned up the mess she made after the third swirl. "Come on, sugarbutt, I promised Dynamite we would hang with him this afternoon and it's already 4."

I ignored her needy pouts and desperate suckles. It hurt. It always did. Yet, an Alpha needs to lead even when it does. Using all my Yoichipower I had in reserve, I scooped her up and off the bed in one go. Smattering her with love as I carried us to the shower. It took a knee shaking fingering to calm her down. I was happy to pay the price.

After we dried off and changed, she insisted I do as well. Something about 'Oh Awpha! You cwant wear the swame clothsie-wosies for a whole week!' I gave in, what else was I supposed to do? All her silly rules rarely make sense, but I love her. Dad seems happier about it too. Tch, whatever.

The softness of the shirt kept bothering me as we went to the pier. Dynamite left a note on his side of the cabin telling us slowpokes to meet him there. I still do not know what that drawing was about. Some type of animal I have never seen before.

"There you Dweebs are!" Dynamite was sitting at the end holding a fishing pole. Oh, Gods, no. I spied the two others lying beside him. I kept my grimace to a minimum as I held up my fist. He bumped it, murmuring 'Wolfe' while I 'Dynamite'. I sat on the other end opposite of Taiga so I could lean against one of the support beams to hopefully nap while they chatted. Keitaro took the space between us, a bit squished yet she did not complain. I let my legs dangle over the end as I got comfortable, fishing pole tucked under my arm so Luna could not complain.

With the right amount of grunting whenever she talked, I managed to get away with my eyes being closed the whole time. Letting the sweet music of my Luna's voice mix with the chirping of the birds. Heh, she sure does chatter like one! I drifted off, the last thing I remember was something about stomach aches.

***

"I dunno, go see Aiden if it worries you so much," Taiga shrugged.

"But, but, but...!" He sneered at my pouting face, looking away with a grumpy huff. Fine, be that way meanie!

Minutes passed as Alpha snored away. At first, I wanted to shove him in the water, but then I would be as mean as Taiga! I stuck my tongue out at him. He snorted. Huff! I shifted uncomfortably; the hard wooden surface of the pier did not mix well with the spanking of Alpha's hips. Taiga glanced over, eyes flittering down to the tail poking out of my shorts. He chuckled, not saying anything else. I rolled my eyes with another huff, tugging at the fishing rod to watch the line dance across the water. I knew I would not catch fish that way, yet I was now dying to do something, ANYTHING, besides sit here now.

My mind drifted as the sounds of nature washed over me. Reminiscing over how Daddy would take me fishing while MaMa and Kara sunbathed on the beach. We would always end up going somewhere out of sight as he showed me all the cool animals living in their natural habitat. There was even one time that we saw a whole pack of frogs singing a chorus! I sang along with them until they got tired of it and charged at us! Hop! Hop! Hop! We ran away giggling like mad!

I caught myself, memory brushed away in the blink of an eye. A smile faintly splayed out across my lips. I took a deep breath to settle my fraying nerves, nose twitching suddenly as I held back the years of bottled-up emotions. A splash startled me, looking in the direction right below us! I saw a fishing pole sticking out of the mud! My fingers tightened instinctively around mine and Taiga pulled his back to make sure his line was not tangled in the loose line of the dropped rod. That only left… Twirling my head around so fast it left my vision all swirly, I saw Alpha looking at the pole. "Whoops…" HUFF!

I was too worked up to catch the worried look Alpha leveled at me, HAD leveled at me before he dropped his pole. He humbly accepted a verbal lashing or two before smothering me in his warm musky embrace. Taiga snorted and moved what little he could to the side to prevent me being sandwiched too much. "Forgive me, my beautiful and smart Luna! I was a clumsy brute and disturbed your tranquality!" A small cough escaped me as I tried to hold back my giggles, nuzzling into the side of his neck.

"Heh! I forgive you, my brutey brute brute!" I could feel Taiga's eye twitching.

"Good! Yo, Dynamite? Let's go make some smores!"

"Do you ever think of anything else beside your girl and marshmallows?"

"Tch! Fuck no!" He did not even react to my huffy disapproval of a curse word.

"Fair." Taiga stood up deftly, reeling in his line with clear dexterity. Alpha leaned over and scooped up the dropped fishing rod, holding it up with a triumphant air. He must think its Excalibur! I could not help but smile, kissing his lips softly as he scooped me up as well when he stood. Taiga guided us back to the small shed, putting away the fishing supplies before pausing for a moment. "Do you want to see something?"

Confusion made me tilt my head, yet we still nodded. Taiga nodded back, hesitating for a moment before heading towards our cabin as opposed to the firepit. Sus. We shuffled into the cabin and turned right instead of left, the clean air was only partially tainted with the smell of teenage boy. Taiga definitely cleaned up far better than Alpha! I looked around to see the chalkboard still had some writing on it from when everyone was here last. Hunter's self-portrait of him looking at all the other pictures from on high was most certainly the best! That made my lips tug upward into a beaming grin.

"Huh?" Alpha followed my line of sight yet landed on something else. A quirk of his brow had me following his line of sight. There was one of Eduard's panties hanging from the corner of the opening leading to the bathroom. It was pretty, pink, and lacey. We both thought the same thing. 'I want it'. Naturally, a similar pair, not THAT pair. I elbowed Yoichi when I saw he started to drool. Men!

"Dweebs, eyes over here!" Taiga had a cocky smirk gracing his face, gesturing towards his black and red duffle bag now on his bed. The chibi tiger face stitched on the front was new, Hunter and Eduard worked together on it at school. Lee designed the straps for 'maximum comfort and carrying capacity'. He unzipped the bag, flopped the flap over, and stepped back with a flourish. Sitting there were different bottles of soda and other liquids. Leaning in more, I saw tonic water as well as… Limes? Wait, is that a-

"Lemons too?!" He chuckled at my response, nodding eagerly.

"Yup! All the different stuff for mixing Wofle's moonshine-," he coughed at my glare, "Uh, his totally-not-illegal-stuff for tomorrows party!" Yoichi and Taiga bumped fists again before Yoichi started appraising the different sodas. His taste was very… select, based on the fact his soda consumption was practically nonexistant before I took him on our first date. Who would have guessed him for a Mr. Pib man? I still love him, even if everyone knows Root Beer is the best!

Between what we drank that first night, and a few shots here and there, Alpha was down to three full mason jars of the alcohol left. He wanted a big bash tomorrow night with everyone there, and the Scoutmasters absent til the wee hours of the morning, to finish off what he had. Putting the thought of Scoutmaster Yoshi finding us all dead of alcohol poisoning sobered him enough to just put one jar down for the festivities. The other two would have to wait to be consumed another day. Yoichi nodded to whatever Taiga had just said as the latter zipped the bag back up, my heart breaking as I lost sight of the lemons. Alpha must have noticed as he rubbed my back with a chortle.

"So, Keitaro, got any plans tonight? Aiden is cooking pizza; I could smell it on our way over here!" I shrugged, honestly not having anything on our schedule to do. Well, minus a few things Taiga had no business knowing! "Hmm, if you and Wolfe want to we can go ahead and play Mario Kart again!" I giggled when I saw Alpha's eyes light up in excitement. Taiga snorted playfully, opening the side pocket to pull out his Switch. We grouped up, Taiga to my left and Alpha to my right. It was a strange thing introducing Yoichi to modern technology. He obviously knew some things, but with other stuff? He was about as clueless as the cowboys he and Scoutmaster Yoshi love so much.

After the first few times of trying out a game on my phone or laptop, he lost interest and insisted on watching while I played. I knew he was not doing it for my benefit as he watched the games with wide eyes. So wide sometimes I felt like I could play just watching the reflection off of them! The same thing happened when Taiga brought his Switch over the first- or second-week Camp ended. Yoichi tried it, played a few rounds, then handed the controller to me wordlessly, pressed close against me as he watched with rapt attention. Eyes flickering in tandem with whatever was happening on screen, pupils dilating at cutscenes. It was honestly one of the things that really made me fall in love with fully. He puts on a tough exterior, but he is just a hurt kid on the inside looking for someone to take care of him too.

I, naturally, picked Toad, even against Alpha's insistence I was more of a Peach. Taiga cut him short, "Nah, Eduard is Princess Peach, you know that!" Yoichi conceded.

"Besides, if I was anything, I would be Princess Daisy!" They both chuckled. Taiga automatically chose Wario. Alpha, when he used to play, only played Bowser. He would not test out any of the other characters much to our chagrin. Yoichi squeezed my arm, cheering me on when I lapped Taiga. It was always a little overwhelming at first having your cheerleader literally on top of you, but by the second game it pumped me up. Tongue sticking out the side of my mouth, chewing on it as I mashed at the buttons to send a Bullet Bill at Taiga only to snatch first place by a tenth of a second!

"FUCK!" Taiga tossed his remote in the air, catching it without even looking as he glared at Yoichi. "Dude, I told you to shut the fuck up!" Yoichi scoffed, puffing out his chest as he leaned over me to get in Taiga's face.

"Yeah? What are you going to do about it punk?"

"What am I…? ARGH!" He jumped across, squishing me as the both of them tumbled away. Grasping and grappling at each other. Sigh. This always happened, so I just booted up a solo game. At this point I did not try to break it up, they would have their dick measuring contest and make up like nothing was wrong in a few minutes anyhow. I had just won when Scoutmaster Aiden walked in.

"YO! Wrestling huh? I'm game!" I actually facepalmed. What was going to be a five-minute detour turned into a half an hour one as Scoutmaster Aiden turned the roughhousing into an actual wrestling lesson. I went over to Taiga's duffle and changed out games to Hollow Knight. By the time they finished up Scoutmaster Aiden's smartwatch beeped and he dashed off swearing back to the Mess Hall. I glared at the two dorks until they sheepishly came over and apologized. I only relented when they gave each other a knowing look and the both of them smothered my cheeks with kisses, while their hands tickled my armpits. Yoichi lifted me up onto his shoulders while Taiga led the way.

Ms. Yuri and Scoutmaster Yoshi were waiting at the table, plates set out for the three of us as I slid in next to the bubblegum-haired witch. She gave me a side hug, smiling as she broke into conversation about how she thought she was not going to go on anymore dates with Naoto. "Were just too different ya know?" She waved her fork full of salad around when she said that. "Sometimes you click and other times you don't!" Nodding as I loaded my plate with some salad as well. When it was full I switched it with Yoichi's empty plate and his dirty look made me choke with giggles. He dismally poked the salad with his fork. "Honestly though, I think he and your sister would work well together."

HRRRK-!

"Wh-Whaaaa?!" I looked at her with bug-eyes, a piece of lettuce falling out of my gaping mouth. Even Scoutmaster Yoshi looked confused.

"Yuri, you've never even met his sister!" She shrugged, taking another bite.

"Doesn't mean I can't know things. We've talked on the phone a few times!"

"Wh-Wha when?! Is my life a lie?!"

"Oh hush, Keitaro! You know how girls are! Your sister calls me sometimes when Yoshi is too busy to answer his phone!" A pointed look had him wilting under our combined stares. Scoutmaster Aiden chose that time to come out of the kitchen holding two pizza pans.

"Meatlovers and alfredo!" He gracefully slid them across the table, twirling around to grab the breadsticks and cheese bites. All fresh and homemade, of course. The smell captivated the table, all arguments were put on hold as Scoutmaster Aiden slide in to sit beside Scoutmaster Yoshi. It was an unusually quiet dinner, only the mumbling of Taiga and Yoichi on the far end of the benches disturbed the silence. Aiden was confused, Yoshi bashful, Yuri gloating, and I fearful.

By the time dinner was finished I felt both full and nauseous, the meal was excellent which I made sure to tell Scoutmaster Aiden who took the compliment with a small smile. Yuri bid us all a good night and that Yoshi would come around later to make sure we went to bed at a reasonable hour. He seemed to shrink at that more, rose tinting his cheeks. The three of us bumped up against each other on our way back to the cabin. My eyes watering when Yoichi burped which set off a competition. "GROSS!" I ran ahead of their laughter, and burps, barring myself inside until they were out of burps. Only then did I let them back in.

"Hey, Luna, lets watch one of your animewhohaas." Yoichi suggested. Taiga shrugged and we all laid on the floor after Taiga had put down some blankets. I typed away on my laptop, clicking around until I got to a not exactly legal site. Alpha and I had watched all of Black Butler, it was the first one I pestered him into watching. He quite enjoyed it which made me very pleased as it was my favorite! I had recently found out about another one that made me squirm when I watched the trailer. It was soooo good! The opening scene featuring Professor Moriarty always made my skin crawl as the music was perfect! By the time the end credits rolled both boys on either side of me were clammering for the next episode!

The sun had gone down fully with the moon shining outside by the time we finished all 11 episodes. I let them in on the parts the anime missed that were too dark to have shown, as I have read the manga. I went over to my bag and pulled out one of the volumes to show them. Yoichi whistled, "Damn, Irene has big tits!"

"Hell yeah!" Taiga exclaimed as they high-fived while I glared at them. After a moment I picked up on where I left off. Taiga offered some snacks which we gratefully took.

"I wonder when they are going to release more?" Taiga commented.

"Hrm, well I saw that they were releasing two OVA's later," I shrugged.

"Hey! Let's play a game!" Yoichi sat up with a big cheesy grin.

"I'm down, Wolfe!"

"Let's play… Get the tail from Keitaro~!"