Chapter 5: Squirrel for a Date (written on September 4th, 2015)

Answering the calls of Kate's howling, Humphrey made his way to his girlfriend's den. Inside was Kate who didn't look too happy with a flower in her hair, next to her ear.

"What? What is it?" he asked her. She stood in the center of the cave, tapping one of her front paws on the floor.

"Don't you play that with me!"

"Play what?"

"Don't you remember?"

"Remember what? Did I miss something?"

"Our date, Humphrey!"

"Date? Oh, right! I forgot we had a date at sunset!" He slapped his face. "I'm such an idiot. I'm so sorry."

"Don't you realize how long I've waited?!"

"I know! I know! I'm sorry, Kate. It won't happen again."

"It better. You almost had me worried sick. It's not you to miss out on me, so I was about to go get someone. Then I heard you from a distance yelling or something, so I howled to see if it was actually you. Sure enough, it was... What were you doing anyway?"

"Uh, I was talking to Erika."

"Why were you yelling? I heard you say, 'this is a trick'!"

"Umm... uhh... yeah. We were playing around and she came up with this uhh... joke that I fell for."

"Hm. Well, you know what this means."

"Oh, goodness. Don't tell me I have to..."

"Oh, yes. You remember the day after I got hit in the face by a caribou when we made a deal that if either of us misses any of our dates, we have to do anything that the other wolf tells us to do for wasting their time?" Humphrey sighed.

"Do I have to, really?"

"For wasting my valuable time where I could've been helping out around the pack, yes. But I'll make it easy for you since it is the first time."

"Okay. What is it."

"Well, you know how you like all meat except squirrel?"

"You're gonna make me eat a squirrel?!" She nodded and smiled.

"Yep. And it's not gonna be dead. You're eating it alive." Humphrey almost threw up to the sound of those words. He hated eating squirrels ever since he was a pup. Everything else was fine to him, but squirrels always seemed disgusting to him. Usually, when given the opportunity to eat one, he would often give it to someone else, most notably to hungry Alphas. Squirrels weren't usually hunted as food unless there was a shortage. But even when starving, Humphrey still wouldn't eat one. However, today, he had no choice. Humphrey had never eaten one alive so this he especially dreaded.

"Dang it... Okay... Let's get this over with..."

"Okay. Good thing I come prepared." Kate went to the back of the cave where she had trapped a male squirrel by putting a heavy rock on its tail. The squirrel itself was pleading for its life.

"Don't eat me! Please! Please!" After lifting the rock and grabbing the rodent by dangling it by the tail, she brought it over to Humphrey who was disgusted by the fact he had to eat it while it was still moving and squirming around.

"Enjoy," said Kate happily. Kate had loved eating squirrels. She too had never eaten nor seen someone eat one alive, so she thought it was going to be interesting. "Remember, Humphrey. Eating it alive means you don't chew. It goes in whole."

"Please! I'm begging you!" the rodent went on again. "I have a family! Please! I'll do anything!" Kate ignored him.

"Ugh. Do I get to close my eyes?" the Omega asked.

"Sure." She put the rodent right above her boyfriend with her paw as he opened his mouth wide, his tongue sticking out. And in one second, Kate dropped the squirrel into his mouth. Humphrey closed his jaws immediately. The rodent was squirming inside his muzzle. The Omega could feel it punching his teeth and uvula, trying its best to get out.

"Better swallow now," said Kate. "And put it out of its misery." She kept a close eye on his throat to make sure he swallowed. Sure enough, she saw a big squirmy lump move down his neck as a loud swallowing squishy sound filled the air.

"Ugh! That was horrible! Egh!" Humphrey spat out a bunch of hairs. "I don't ever want to do that again."

"Good. Hopefully, you've learned your lesson."

"Egh..."

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah... It's just my lunch is really moving inside me. It feels so weird."

"I used to eat mice alive. Don't worry. It'll go away by tonight."

"I hope... *gag*" Humphrey held his mouth as his lunch was crawling up his throat. Kate noticed the lump moving up his neck.

"Oh, no, you don't!" she told him. "If you puke, you're eating two more!" That was enough to cause him to swallow the squirrel back down.

"Egh! This is gonna be a long day for me..."