Disclaimer: I do not own Star Fox. This series was created and published by Nintendo. All respect and copywriter ship goes to Nintendo and whoever is in part of making Star Fox.
Author comments beforehand: The reason why I chose 23 for Lucy and 31 for Wolf is this:
Lucy seems like she would be in between Fox's and Krystal's age. Just slightly older than Krystal but younger than Fox.
Now, with Wolf, I think he's way past his twenties but not in his forties. His build and his maturity makes him seem like he just hit thirty or a bit above. 31 is nice because it's not 30, but not 32. Get it?
This chapter is more juicy than the last. Now we get to see Lucy try to make a friendship but also develop sexual feelings as well, to put it bluntly. Eventually, I will make Wolf seem like he's falling for her, but stories have build up and this is the build up. Tell me if I do not pace it enough!
Beauty and the Beast
II. Waking Up at Three A.M. Sucks More Than You Can Think
Lucy's ear flickered and she turned over. Her body was now conscious, but her eye lids refused to open. She knew she had to, or at least her body screamed to get out of her bed. So, she slowly opened her eyes, preparing herself for the glare of sunlight.
Except there was none.
Lucy sat up confused and she looked at her clock on her portable music player next to her. It said three o'clock A.M.
AM
Lucy groaned and wondered why she was up now. Her question was soon answered with running water. She looked around and then remembered the events of yesterday. But shouldn't he be asleep? Lucy questioned. She decided the best thing to do was get up and investigate. Now that she was up she was determined to try and see what was up.
The pink hare crept down the black hall and stopped right in front of the bathroom. Her ear flickered and detected the running water from here. She leaned in and pressed her body to the wooden structure and listened carefully. It was the shower. I guess he's bathing, she thought, but why at this hour?
Oh right, she reminded herself, he's a mercenary and assassin. He has to get up before daylight so he can get right out of the planet that he's on. Lucy at this moment would go back to bed, but she stayed put to the door, trying to hear what Wolf's bathroom habits are. This is very stalker, Lucy's mind told her. The shower water stopped and she jolted. Her heartbeat accelerated as she heard him step out from the shower and put on the towel she left for him last night.
"This is for you, Mr. O'Donnel. For when you shower, that is."
She recalled he only grunted in response before going into the guest room. Lucy had washed his clothes before she gave him the towel and found something he could sleep in. She made sure that there was a spare toothbrush that he could use as well. The hare the night before was proud to do such humble things for a creature that needed it.
Lucy was snapped out of her thoughts when the door opened on her causing the hare to fall to the floor with a yelp. She looked up to see a half naked Wolf O'Donnel, standing over her with nothing but unbuttoned black pants and a grin plastered on his face.
"So, the truth behind the manners is that you like to hear people shower?"
Lucy shot up, her face completely red. "N-no!" she protested, waving her hands in front of her like she was a seven year old refusing spinach, "I just w-wondered why you were showering at three A.M. is all!"
Wolf drank this all in as pleasure. He continued to smile as the poor girl was trying to explain her innocent actions. Then suddenly, he lifted his hand to her face, lifting her chin with his index finger.
"Do you know what happens to hares who are trying to spy on a wolf?"
Lucy's eyes widened as she stared up with fear. Natural instinct of predator and prey played a role, but Lucy's heart was not beating like a humming bird's wings over that. No, it was pulsing over the fact that this sexy adult was holding her chin up with an intention of kissing her. Her mind and her heart whirled with two opposing outcomes.
Lucy gulped and then felt his muzzle against the side of her head. She closed her eyes tight as he felt his breath on her neck, making her shiver.
"I eat them whole when they do that," he replied in a wicked whisper.
Lucy felt her knees go weak as he stood away from her smiling devilishly. "Now," Wolf replied as if that scene never happened, "Don't peek on a man bathing." Lucy nodded in response, her head bowing and her face as red as ever. See?! Her sub-conscious yelled, just as I predicted! He is up to no good and he will eat you in a matter of days! No, she retorted as the wolf walked past to the main room, it's not the past, he doesn't hunt rabbits anymore.
Or does he?
Regardless, Lucy had to get herself up and treat her guest. She slowly got up and then dusted her white tank top and matching mini shorts and followed him. When the hare got there, she found that he managed to make a hot mug of coffee. Lucy blinked with surprise as she watched him take a slow sip of the black liquid while listening to classical music. While she didn't approve of him sitting on her couch while having the drink, she noted that this was a very peaceful scene compared to the "steamy" one.
"I-I see you figured out how to make the coffee pot work," she said, still trying to get over the previous moment, "It was broken for so long, I just stopped using it."
Wolf looked up quickly from what he was reading and then looked back down before answering. "Nothing really significant, just a minor tweak of the circuitry and it was running again."
He grinned and looked up again, this time keeping his gaze. "And I thought your Daddy taught you how to fix coffee pots."
She gave him an irritated look. "It's not nice to question other's intelligences, Mr. O'Donnel!"
Wolf merely chuckled and went back to whatever he was reading. Lucy huffed and decided to waltz next to the wolf and sit next to him. She then picked up a fashion magazine and began reading it. After awhile, the infamous silence came and they sat there, enjoying the presence of each other while doing their own thing.
The smell of coffee, the sensation of another being in this room…it makes it all seem like life does have its purposes, Lucy thought. She glanced up at Wolf as he turned the page to continue his article. I want to know more about this misunderstood man, she suddenly thought, I want to know everything about him and become friends with him.
Maybe if he had just one friend he would be able to see the world in color instead of black and white.
"Mr. O'Donnel? Can I make you breakfast?" Lucy said, breaking the silence to go with her plan. "Breakfast," Wolf answered back, "You want to make me something? Unbelievable…" Lucy got up and stood in front of him so he had no choice but to look. She smiled a bit and placed her hands behind her.
"What would you like? I am a pretty decent chief! I even know how to make meats!"
Wolf's ear flickered in what Lucy could translate as something he would like. He took another drink from the mug and decided on a breakfast choice for himself.
"Bacon."
Lucy blinked and then realized that he seemed a bit nervous. The white fur on his cheeks seemed just the slightest bit of pink. She giggled at that and smiled. "Alright, bacon it is!"
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Wolf soon found a plate with bacon and eggs in front of him with Lucy sitting next to him with a plate of assorted fruit. He looked at her as she poured him another cup of coffee while she had a mug of raspberry tea with honey. She smiled his way and got out her fork. "I hope you enjoy your early breakfast," Lucy replied.
Wolf picked up his fork and dug into his pro-carnivore diet. He savored the juicy taste of the meat in his mouth, chewing slowly so that the grease from the bacon could stay before he swallowed. He had to admit that the hare's meat cooking skills were supreme to what he's had so far, and it was a herbivore who made it. He took another piece and bit into it, slowly chewing it like the last. Lucy peered over at him as she ate sliced banana pieces and blinked.
"Like it?"
Wolf swallowed before answering. "Yes; surprisingly. Who knew a hare could make a decent meal for a wolf."
Lucy smiled at the awkward comment. "Thank you very much!" And so, the breakfast continued on like most things in quiet, with the occasional crunch from Wolf's bacon and an apple from Lucy's meal. Each paused to take a sip of their drink as well. Slowly but surely their meals were complete and each was happy with a full stomach. Wolf got up and stretched while Lucy cleaned up after themselves.
"Now, I should get going." The wolf gruffly replied, walking back to the guest room to get whatever he left in there.
Lucy knew this was going to happen, but it was painful to see a companion leave. In that short time they spent together, Lucy found that she really did want to make friends with this man. She wanted to show the world that Wolf O'Donnel wasn't a bad creature. She sighed and walked into the hall to find Wolf putting on his last boot. He was dressed the way they met yesterday and the same rough exterior shined through. Lucy smiled a bit.
"Be careful out there. It's probably cold."
"Hell to the cold," he replied, "I'm a wolf after all. I'm used to this. I think you have forgotten what breed I am. Do I have to remind you again?"
Lucy shook her head. "No, no, that's quite alright!"
They paused and they looked at each other. The daughter of the Cornerian General and the leader of Star Wolf. He gazed at her with a level of tenderness that wasn't friendship, but not stranger either.
"Thank you."
She blushed a bit at his formality. "You're welcome…" Then, she grabbed something from the closet. She stood on her tip toes to reach his neck and wrapped it in something. He narrowed his eye and then saw the cream colored scarf from yesterday around his neck.
"Just in case you get too cold," Lucy said.
Wolf stared and did nothing. Not one smile or anything. He turned to the door, opening it letting a gush of cold air hit the two.
"See you around, Lucy."
And with that, the leader of Star Wolf left Lucy Hare to her lonesome.
Weeks past by from Lucy's encounter with Wolf. She did what she did before he came. Cleaned her apartment, graded the mid term exams, post the final averages and calculated the rankings, ate, bathed, slept, hung out with Francesca, called her father.
But, Lucy couldn't help feel that something was missing. At times, his words came back to her. Sometimes chilling her to fear and other times, exciting her to know that he came close to her in almost a kiss. Wolf O'Donnel is one interesting creature, the hare mused.
And soon, college classes started up again. Lucy waited as her students came into her classroom and class began. She spent her time giving lectures about the speed at which it takes for a force to accelerate the propulsion of a rocket during hyperspace. It all seemed monotonous as it was before. The same old.
Until one day someone burst into her class.
The students looked up startled while Lucy ranted on writing an equation on the board. The young adults murmured as the recognizable figure came behind Lucy and just stood there as she finished.
"Alright, now that I've written this equation on the board, can anyone tell me the kinetic energy of an Arwing if the potential energy is eighty seven point four three zero light years per hour?"
"It would be nothing," replied the gruff voice, "because no matter what a Wolfen would be much faster than that piece of shit."
Lucy turned and shrieked loudly at the thing who gave the answer. She placed a hand over her heart and felt her ears go behind her head in shock. Then, she registered the figure as the one who left her apartment four weeks ago.
"M-mr. O'Donnel," she managed to get out, "H-how..?"
"Easy," he replied with a smirk, "I held the main lobby captive and forced them to tell me if they knew a Lucy Hare."
Lucy sighed and looked at him. "That's not very nice you know."
Wolf leaned in causing her to blush and students to whisper. "I'm not a very nice person." He replied back.
Then, Francesca burst into the room with her glasses half off her tiny muzzle.
"Are you alright, Lucy? I heard a scream and-- OH MY GOD!"
Francesca had to rub her eyes and step back to see if she actually saw Wolf O'Donnel leaning close to her best friend.
"L-l-l-l-l-lucy," she said, her voice quaking like she was facing her greatest fear, "I n-never knew you were dating Wolf O'Donnel…"
Lucy screeched and for that moment, forgot that she was still in a class. "I am not! We're just acquaintances is all!"
"Not by that picture it's not!" Francesca protested.
Wolf was now thoroughly enjoying himself now. He placed a paw on the blackboard closing Lucy and himself in making the students and the biology teacher gasp.
"Oh now don't be like that," Wolf cooed with a deep voice, "You can tell all of your little friends and students of our relationship."
Lucy's face grew red. "W-what are you doing?!" she hissed in fear. He brought his face to her cheek and grinned at the pale blue mouse. "I'm teasing you," he replied before licking her cheek.
Lucy couldn't take much of it any longer, so she passed out with her students loudly questioning what happened while Francesca yelped and Wolf grinned.
The next place the pink hare woke was not at college, not at her apartment, but somewhere unknown. She jolted up with a start and looked around and recognized it as some kind of base. Then, she put two and two together to figure out that Wolf must've brought her here. Maybe he felt bad for what he did, Lucy hoped. She looked at her watch and it said she missed the rest of her classes. I hope he made a good excuse for me… Lucy thought with a sigh.
"Ah, little miss. Professor is up?"
She turned to the voice and saw Wolf enter the room with two other recognizable characters.
"Mr. Powalski AND Mr. Caroso?"
Panther purred at her and sat down on one knee beside the bed in which she was in, offering the rose he was holding. "Ahh, a sweet young lady such as yourself must have a rose to compliment your beauty."
Lucy smiled a bit and declined the rose politely. "I appreciate the offer though," she said. Leon rolled his eyes at the "ladies man" and slunk off to the corner to lean his back against the wall and cross his arms. She could feel his uneasiness and looked away. Wolf stepped next to Panther and gave him a death glare. Panther smiled and purred again before leaving the lady hare's side and next to Leon.
"Welcome to my base. I hope you enjoy your stay here, because I have come to return the favor from those weeks ago."
Lucy didn't like the sound of that one. Not even a tiny bit. Now's the best time to listen to me, mind said. Heart replied with something else. M-maybe he wants to bond with you! Lucy pushed both away and sighed. This certainly will be interesting.
CHAPTER TWO END
So that was chapter two. Not as interior descriptive as the last, but showing a budding relationship on Lucy's point of end. Looks like Wolf at the moment is taking advantage of Lucy's kindness, but he does appreciate it. This chapter happened to be shorter than the last.
Hope you enjoyed this one! Not much to say but have fun reading this!