Forgiving you
Chapter 6
AN: It's gonna go a bit M from here so I warn you XD
It's been a day since the two canines did something they couldn't forget. Fox was happy, but still felt the faint second thoughts try to convince him, this made him very uncomfortable, should he risk his whole life for Wolf? That wasn't the only thing Fox was worried about, he was worried about Krystal. The Vixen was clueless, and the result of lying always hurts someone. Fox hated lying but he had no choice. He didn't want to hurt her. Wolf sometimes couldn't believe Fox returned his love. He laughed at himself when he thought he was in a dream, he felt lighter, like he cleared himself, like he was finally in redemption. He thought about his past self, seeing how corrupt and dark he was. The two don't know where this will be headed, will it both make them happy?
Wolf rolled on his bed for a few hours but couldn't sleep. He looked at the time to see 2:00am. He pressed his face into the pillow and gave a long sigh. The thought of Fox kept him awake, he still couldn't believe that Fox felt the same. Did that mean that he was his boyfriend? He thought he should confirm that before saying he is. He shifted in the bed again and stood up. He wanted to sleep with Fox, he thought that his warmth would be the only thing to make him stop thinking and let him sleep. He stood up from his bed and decided to go over to Fox's house.
He parked his car on the usual spot he usually parks on and opened the car door. He went over to Fox's door step and paused. Would Fox get angry when he wake him up early in the morning? He motioned his hand towards the door and froze again. Maybe this wasn't a good idea. Fox might think he was one of those clingy people. Which are the annoying ones right? He dropped his hand to his side and groaned, maybe he should go home before something bad happens. Suddenly the door opened, Wolf was startled to see Fox standing in front of him. They both jumped from surprise.
"Wolf? What are you doing here?" Said Fox with a confused tilt of his head. Wolf was still in shock, where was Fox going at a time like this? He gathered his courage to speak, Fox loves him right? There is no point in being nervous.
"I was just wondering...If I could sleep over." Wolf tried to hide his nervousness through words. Fox looked a bit surprised with what Wolf just said, but his expression changed into a smile.
"Sure Wolf." The vulpine gestured Wolf to come in. Wolf gave a relieved smile and walked in. It felt good being in Fox's house again.
"So...uh..." Fox sounded pretty nervous, Wolf turned around to see him blushing.
"I..." Fox paused again. Wolf thought it was pretty cute to see Fox so flustered, Fox was usually the brave type.
"...I'll take the sofa again." Fox gave a sigh and walked towards the furniture, but was stopped by a warm grip on his wrist. Fox turned to see Wolf looking deeply into his eyes.
"No...Sleep with me..." Wolf gave a handsome smile which made Fox blush even more. Wolf tugged the vulpine's arm inward, pulling him into a warm embrace. Fox loved the warm feeling. He loved feeling Wolf's strong chest against his cheek. Fox rubbed his muzzle onto him and looked up.
"Sure.." Said Fox with a dazed look, he couldn't think properly with the strong manly scent entering his nose. Wolf smiled again, his tail began to wag, which ruined the serious romantic moment. He watched Fox snicker as Wolf smiled sheepishly. They both walked upstairs into the room and lay themselves. Wolf took his shirt off and threw it on the ground. He thought it felt more comfortable to sleep shirtless then sleep with one. Fox quickly wrapped himself around Wolf's torso to nuzzle the warm chest fur. Wolf smiled and hugged him back, finally feeling the warmth he was craving for, and began to feel himself dozing off, this love thing wasn't so hard after all. A slight nudge got Wolf's attention.
"You know...I was about to go over to your house.." said Fox with a drowsy tone as he stroked the fur on Wolf's cheek. Wolf intensified the stroke by rubbing his cheek against Fox's hand. He smiled to the words, so thats why Fox tried to go out, it made Wolf's heart pound in a different way, not the intense pound when you get flustered, just a loving beat lays within his heart. Wolf felt even more comfortable with Fox that he could just dance happily infront of him. Wolf leaned in and kissed Fox on the forehead. The vulpine smiled back and resumed to lay on Wolf's chest. Wolf relaxed, and closed his eyes as he thought of his Fox.
The next day Fox woke up, and smiled, he was getting used to the new warmth. He turned his head to see Wolf sleeping peacefully. He thought he looked so adorable when he's so innocent looking. Fox drew circles on his chest fur causing the lupine to make a lazy groan. Wolf looked down to see Fox smile at him. He smiled back and yawned.
"Morning pup." Said Wolf with droopy words, he wrapped his arms around Fox, feeling his hard body press onto him. Fox's eyebrows went up when he felt something solid in Wolf's boxers.
"M-morning Wolf." Fox's second thoughts came back for a moment which made him feel uncomfortable. He struggled a bit to make an attempt to break free.
"Something the matter?" Wolf looked down with slight concern. The vulpine shook his head and moved a bit so he wouldn't be pressed too hard onto him.
"N-no." Wolf smiled to see Fox's face red. He rolled over ontop of him, startling the Fox.
"Did I ever tell you how cute you look when you're nervous?" Wolf grinned and slowly bent down to connect lips. Fox felt slightly uncomfortable. He could feel Wolf sliding his hand farther down his waist. Just when Wolf's mouth was about to touch his, he felt like he shouldn't do this, and it was wrong. Something inside Fox wanted to break free he was afraid. He broke out of Wolf's weight and sat up on the bed. Wolf tilted his head and frowned.
"Whats wrong?.." Fox was just silent. Wolf crawled over and hugged him from behind.
"I see...Sorry, guess it's too early to be doing that..." Wolf rubbed his cheek against Fox's shoulder. He knew Fox wasn't ready. He felt impatient but tried to wait for Fox, he didn't want to hurt him. He held Fox in his arms for a good couple minutes. After the vulpine calmed down and stroked Wolf's arms, with his muzzle pressing onto it.
"I'm sorry...I couldn't.." Fox whimpered and rubbed himself into Wolf's arms for comfort. Wolf felt bad. He shouldn't have made Fox so uncomfortable, Fox was suppose to feel safe with him..
"Thats alright...When you're ready pup.." Wolf let go of Fox then stood up from the bed. Fox felt bad. He felt like a coward. This was the first time he felt so cowardly.
After a few hours they all went to the Great Fox. They both entered the bridge together. Fox was wide eyed when he saw Slippy. The toad turned around and made a surprised jump when he saw the two at the door. Fox remembered that Slippy witnessed the kiss and told almost the whole team. Fox felt ashamed, Slippy probably thought it was very weird, because it wasn't normal. He looked away to hide from that look Slippy gave him. Wolf walked over and wrapped his arms around Fox and shot a glare at the toad. Slippy gave a guilty frown and exited the bridge.
"Don't let it bother you Fox..." Said Wolf as he tightened the hug.
"It's hard..Wolf.." The vulpine whimpered, burying his muzzle into Wolf's comforting chest.
"Shh...It's ok pup..I know.." The lupine rubbed his back trying to comfort his sweet Fox. They're going through this together, Wolf will always be there for him.
After comforting they went off to the kitchen. They haven't eaten breakfast yet so they decided to.
Wolf sat beside Fox and handed him a plate of bacon and eggs. The lupine cooked it for him to cheer him up, even though he's bad at it. The bacon turned out ok but not the eggs.
"Eat up pup" Wolf said as he watched Fox look at the plate. Fox stared at the burnt eggs picking a fork at it, he picked up the lightest part of the egg and put it in his mouth. Wolf saw the slight disgust when Fox was chewing on the burnt food.
"Ugh.. It's terrible!" Said Fox sticking a tongue out. Wolf frowned and scratched his head.
"Ouch. It's made with love, AND you should be honoured because it's made by Lord O'Donnell!" said the lupine as his face sagged.
"Ohhh well how much do you love me? and is that some name you want me to call you?" Fox said with a sarcastic laugh. Wolf's mouth slide up into a smile and couldn't help but to laugh too.
"You can call me that if ya want, I'AM the top after all." Wolf said with a sharp grin. Fox stared back with a squint. He smiled after a few seconds and laughed.
"Don't flatter yourself." He grinned. Fox felt happy again forgetting his problems, he suddenly felt love lift in his heart again, he inched closer. Wolf inched closer too.
"I'm not, just..encouraging you." They suddenly ran out of words. They closed the distance between them and shared another kiss.
Suddenly the doors opened. They broke apart to focus their eyes on the figure at the door. They saw the blue bird wide eyed with his jaw dropped. Wolf growled, the bird once again annoyed him.
"Whoa there lover boys, so sorry" Falco laughed, he fully walked into the kitchen and headed for the fridge. Wolf scratched his head and sighed.
"Don't we ever get any privacy?" The bird turned his head to Wolf and squinted.
"Hey Einstein, I'm on YOUR side, not some scared homophobe." Falco said with a frown. The bird opened the door to the fridge and pulled out some pudding. Wolf turned his head to Fox seeing that he was looking down with a deep blush. He guessed that Fox was still uncomfortable with people knowing. Wolf gave a sigh and put an arm around Fox. Suddenly the doors slid open again. Wolf quickly withdrew his arm and looked at the door. Krystal was at the entrance. By what Wolf saw, she was looking at Fox who was shocked to see the vixen, she looked like she was in a good mood. She smiled and walked over. Fox began to sweat he glanced back and forth between Wolf and Krystal.
"Fox I need to tell you something in private." Fox felt himself shiver a bit. Did she know? Did Slippy tell her already? Fox needed to find something quick.
"Sorry I can't...I." He looked at Wolf and looked back at Krystal.
"I'm gonna go get proper breakfast..with Wolf right? Fox turned to Wolf to see him look unprepared. Wolf sat up straight and looked at Krystal.
"Oh.. Right so you wanna go now?" Fox gave a nervous smile and nodded his head. They both stood up and walked towards the elevator. Krystal extended a hand towards Fox.
"But.." She said as Fox looked back.
"Sorry...later.." The vulpine walked into the elevator with Wolf. Once it closed Krystal looked down with a sigh. The bird just stood quiet witnessing the scene, it was a bit painful to see a lie in action.
The two canines walked to a near by resturaunt, as they were walking, there was silence in the air. Wolf turned his head to see Fox in his own world, with a face that could make anyone frown. Wolf really didn't like seeing Fox upset. He tried to comfort him by putting an arm around him. Suddenly Fox shoved Wolf's arm away. Wolf was surprised and felt a bit hurt from the sudden action. He remembered Fox didn't want any hint in public, who knows if a reporter could be watching their every move. Fox turned his head to Wolf to see him hurt. He sighed and spoke.
"I'm sorry...I'm just...I think i'm still not comfortable with this..." Fox's eyes began to shine. Wolf wanted to hold him in his arms and tell him it's ok. He couldn't stand seeing Fox in pain. But He couldn't do that becuase it was weird. People would point and be disgusted. Hero or not, it was still wrong. Wolf hated the fact.
They arrived and sat down in a two seated table. Fox glanced around, ducking his head, seems like he was being cautious. Wolf sometimes couldn't help but feel insulted. He stood up from his seat and pointed towards the counter.
"I'm going to buy our food.. The usual right?" Wolf began to walk after seeing Fox nod. The vulpine felt bad for making gay seem like a bad thing. For all these years he thought it was weird himself. He used to laugh at jokes about these things, and thought everyone of them were just flamboyant girly men. He planted his face into his palms and groaned. He wasn't girly or anything the stereotypical gay is. He was himself. He froze to think to himself not noticing Wolf walk over with two trays. He set the tray infront of him and sat back into his seat.
Wolf felt useless. He was suppose to be a good boyfriend. He froze and bit his lip. Boyfriend? Was he allowed to call him that? It seemed obvious with how they were acting with each other so far, but Wolf couldn't help but feel like he should get permission. He doesn't want to ask now because Fox would get upset, and this whole gay thing is bothering him so he decided to wait till he calms down. Or what if Fox didn't want to him to be, and go back to lying to himself, the thought made Wolf cringe. Wolf kept staring at Fox with concern as the vulpine eats.
Fox noticed Wolf staring and stared back. Wolf looked away to dodge his eyes, but still can't help but to look worried. Fox's ears wilted and set his burger down.
"sorry...I'm trying to get used to this..." Wolf turned his head to look back at Fox. Wolf nodded, not knowing what to say. He wasn't much of the person who cheers people up. He opened his mouth, attempting to speak.
"It's ok Fox...just take your time.. If you need me...I'll always be availble for you.." Wolf gave the vulpine a serious look which made Fox blush again. He always thought it looked attractive when he does that. Fox nodded and smiled at Wolf. Suddenly Fox's com rang. He looked at it and saw the Great Fox number. He pressed the button to answer it, hearing Krystal's voice.
"Fox we have another mission." She paused and spoke again.
"Can we talk after?.." Said Krystal, Fox didn't know what to say. He couldn't keep this up. He'll end up hurting Krystal just like how he hurt Wolf. He didn't know what to do.
"Sure…" He lied. Krystal gave a relieved sigh and spoke.
"Ok then come back to the Great Fox." After she finished her sentence she hung up. Fox closed his com and looked at Wolf.
"We have a mission. Lets get back to the Great Fox."
Once they came back everyone looked at their direction. Fox winced when he saw Slippy and Peppy. He still didn't get Peppy's reaction. But assumed it was bad, seeing the look in the hare's eyes. He looked away then walked over to the captain's chair. He pressed the button to open up communications. The blood hound's hologram appeared then gave a confused look.
"Why does everyone look so gloomy today?" Fox cleared his voice and spoke.
"Nothing…Whats the mission?" Pepper nodded his head.
"Alright, well this is a recon mission so it won't be tough." Fox shook his head and listened.
"This mission acquires two people only, it won't be necessary to have to bring your whole team just to go on recon, but just in case theres trouble call back up." Pepper cleared his voice and looked at Fox.
"We found some life forms on Titania, and they weren't just any common life, they were from a different planet, we couldn't gather enough info to see their figures because they jammed our radar. So I'm sending you to check it out. Before we start, pick someone to accompany you." Fox nodded and turned to the team, his ear twitched to heard Pepper talk again.
"I suggust you pick Krystal. She's skilled with sensory right?" Pepper said as fox turned his head to look at Krystal, the smile she gave him made him sweat. If he picked Krystal she might wanna talk about that thing she wanted to talk about.. He shouldn't risk anything. He looked back at the hologram hound and cleared his voice.
"Sorry sir..I can decided for myself.." The hound gave a disapproved grunt but nodded his head.
"Very well." Pepper said, watching Fox make his decision. Fox was sweating, he glanced at everyone. The three who knew about him, probably guessed that Fox would pick Wolf, it made him feel like he should prove that he isn't like that, but when he looked at Wolf he changed his mind, he really wanted to pick him. He looked back at Krystal who gave a confused expression. Fox clenched his eyes shut and held up a hand to point. When he opened his eyes, he looked up to see he was pointing at Wolf. Wolf gave a small smile while Krystal gave an upset look. Fox turned his head to Peppy and Slippy who looked like they didn't support the choice. Fox's ears wilted. Pepper gave a confused raise of his eyebrow.
"Fox? Whats the matter?" The hound said. The vulpine turned his head and shook it. He turned his head back to Krystal who looked heart broken. He cringed and walked over to the door to exit the bridge.
"Come on...Lets go Wolf." The lupine nodded and walked by his side. When they got to the hanger Wolf put a hand on his shoulder.
"Fox...You alright?" Fox turned around to look at the lupine to see a concerned expression. Fox could really use one of Wolf's comforting hugs, but he felt like he should control himself, it was mission time.
Wolf could see how much Fox was hurting so he wrapped his arms around him, feeling the vulpine press himself into his chest. After a short while the vulpine pushed himself off him and backed away. He winced and looked down.
"Fox..." Wolf was worried, the sudden push concerned him. Fox looked up at him and then looked back down.
"Lets get on with the mission..." He walked over to his Arwing, leaving Wolf to get to his ship. Once they got into their ships they both flew to Titania.
When they dived through the atmosphere something happened. Their ships began to lose it's power. Fox kept pressing the power button but it didn't turn on. Wolf tried too but his Wolfen didn't respond. They were gonna crash. They both prepared them selves for the impact. Once they hit the ground the beak of their ships sank into the sand. They opened the roof of their cockpits and jumped out. They recieved a few cuts and bruises but they'll be fine. Fox looked at his ship and thought. Maybe this has to connect with the Fortuna mission since they failed. There IS someone here, along with the aircraft disabler. Fox checked his com and it seems to be broken from the crash, so did Wolf's, they couldn't contact anyone. They had no choice but to walk and Fox knew where they should look first. The ruins of the Titania base, the one captain Shears used to command.
They walked for hours, feeling the sweat slide through their fur, the heat from Solar felt intense, Fox was feeling dry and thirsty so he took out a flask of water and sipped from it. Wolf was more sensitive to the heat then Fox, as he began to feel drowsy, they walked for a few feet till Wolf stopped and knelt down. Fox turned around and put a hand on his back.
"Wolf?.." said Fox with worry, Wolf began to pant heavily, not responding. It was slowly getting dark, so they decided to rest there for the night, maybe the cold night would make things better for Wolf. As the night covered the sky, vision was getting dark, Fox took out a lighter and burned some dead tree wood he picked up nearby, he turned his head to Wolf and watched him sleep peacefully. He smiled and put his hands over the fire, he was beginning to feel cold, he never knew Titania can be so cold in the night. He hugged himself shivering from the air passing through the holes in his clothes. He looked at Wolf laying on his item bag, remembering how warm Wolf was, he could really use that warm touch. He cringed and shook his head. He suddenly felt insecure again, he felt confused. Did he really love Wolf? He said he did. He growled, feeling stupid. He shouldn't have said that, there won't be going back from there... He looked up and made a small nervous smile. Maybe he can go back, they didn't go that far did they? He shut his eyes and remembered that time when Wolf encountered him and Krystal together. Fox thought he was nice to him that day because he felt sorry and wanted to cheer him up. But that was a lie.. He loved Wolf. Everything was a mess in Fox's head that it began to hurt. He whimpered, just wanting things to be easier. Fox picked his head up and opened his eyes. He was feeling warm, it was nice and comforting, he saw two big arms wrapped around him. Wolf was embracing him from behind. Fox wanted Wolf to let go, but wanted it at the same time. The fight with his feelings continued.
"You cold pup?.." Said the gruff voice from behind. Fox was still fighting himself in his mind and shook his head.
"I..I'm ..not cold…L-let go.." Fox's words and his actions didn't match, as he found himself stroking his cheek onto Wolf's arms. Fox was a mess he can barley fight this. This must be the hardest thing he's ever fought. Evil scientists, giant space monsters. Fox was starting to think that this was more difficult. He began to whimper again. Wolf tightened the hug to comfort him, Fox planted his muzzle into Wolf's arms as they both closed their eyes and began to sleep.
Wolf woke up to see Fox left his arms, and saw him sitting away from him hugging his legs as he stared into the fire. Fox was zoning out till he felt a hand on his shoulder. The grip on his shoulder felt nice and affectionate. He made a small purr as he rubbed his cheek on the warm hand. He noticed he was giving in again so he stopped. He tried ignoring Wolf, maybe he'll fall asleep. But he couldn't ignore him when he felt his strong hands rub his shoulders. Fox couldn't help but feel pleasured. He loved massages, and Wolf was very good at it. He felt so relaxed that he just had to lay on his back. Wolf was now rubbing his stomach, chuckling to Fox's silly grin and his leg twitching.
Fox was enjoying himself, he closed his eyes, letting his tongue hang out. He forgot about trying to conceal his feelings. Suddenly he felt another tongue in his mouth. He opened his eyes to see Wolf kissing him again. Fox kissed back but more hungrier this time, seems that holding it in makes him crave for the love even more. After a long mintue of kissing, something clicked in the vulpine's head. He broke out of the kiss and turned away from Wolf.
"What am I doing?..." Fox said as he cringed. He gave in again. He wonders how long he'll have to deal with this. Wolf frowned and put a hand on Fox's shoulder.
"Fox…" Wolf stroked his shoulder but felt his hand repelled off with a shrug.
"Don't…touch me..." Wolf's ears wilted from the words he just heard.
"I…I Don't understand Fox…I…I thought.." Wolf was really upset. He felt his heart cracking. He set his attention to Fox who gave a growl.
"You thought what? That WE were BOYFRIENDS?" Fox yelled which made the lupine back up. Wolf looked down and whimpered. He just took the damage in his heart.
"I shouldn't have let you on the team...If I didn't, everything would be the way it was!" Said Fox huffing with stress, the anger on his face began to slowly fade when he saw Wolf with a pained look in his eye. Wolf was heartbroken. He enjoyed that time when he first bonded with Fox, It was the first happy thing that ever entered his life. He couldn't believe that Fox wanted to erase that. His ears wilted, he turned and walked over to a distant spot to sleep on.
"Wolf…wait.." Fox's words barley escaped his mouth, he felt regret and wished he shouldn't have said that. He hurt Wolf again. Wolf was so happy when he told him that he loved him. It must hurt to just drop him like that. The thought of it made Fox cringe. He looked at Wolf who was just sitting down with his back facing him.
Wolf thought he made a mess, he screwed up, now probably Fox wanted him to leave the team. He thought to himself. Maybe he should leave? All he wanted was Fox to be happy. Wolf was a burden to Fox's life. He'll ask to resign after they're done the mission. Wolf hated himself so much. He yelled at himself that he didn't deserve love. He began to whimper but held up a hand and bit it till he bled.
Fox heard the whimper from where he was at and felt hurt. He shouldn't have said that. He layed on the rough ground and tried to sleep.
Wolf woke up with sand blowing at his face, he shook it off, patting the sand off his clothes and stood up, the planet finally rotated back to facing solar, the hot planet made Wolf sweat feeling the tense heat burn his skin. He turned his head to Fox who was still sleeping. He sighed and remembered last night. Fox didn't want him around. He replayed the words Fox said in his head.
(You thought what? That WE were BOYFRIENDS?)
(I shouldn't have let you on the team...If I didn't, everything would be the way it was!)
Wolf began to think about when he first bonded with Fox. Fox saved him, he made him feel happy for the first time, and welcomed him in his home with a smile. Fox let him sleep in his bed, let him eat his food, laugh and play with him in some sport. Fox was so nice to him that Wolf began to like him, he used to hate Fox. He wanted Fox to stay out of his life, but now he didn't want that. He wanted Fox, but now Fox wanted him to stay out of HIS life. Wolf's lips began to tremble he shed some tears and walked a bit further away to deafen his whimpers and cries. When he reached a sound proof distance he howled.
Fox opened his eyes and swore he just heard a faint howl. He automatically thought about how much he hurt Wolf last night. He rolled over and saw Wolf in a farther distance then before, sitting on the sand. He stood up and walked over. When he reached him Wolf didn't bother to look up at him. Fox was speechless. He wanted to cheer him up but it would be hard, because of the damage he's done.
"Wolf..Lets continue the mission.." said Fox with a small voice. Wolf nodded, not bothering to look into the vulpine's eyes. Wolf was a bit angry that Fox would reject like that. He didn't forget the time when Fox said he loved him. Was that a lie? It can't be. Thinking it was a lie made Wolf furious.
They continued their journey to the base, feeling the same heat from yesterday. Fox was panting heavily from the intense heat, and felt thirsty. He took out his flask and unscrewed the cap. He put the nozzle in his mouth and felt a drop. He looked in the hole and turned it upside down. There was no more water. Wolf noticed Fox was thirsty. He was still kinda angry but even though he was, he still loved him, he took out his flask of water and walked up towards Fox. The vulpine saw something in the corner of his eye and moved his head to it. Wolf was handing him his flask of water. Fox was tempted to take it but he thought he didn't deserve it after what he did. The vulpine shook his head and looked away. Suddenly Wolf took his hand and placed it in his palms.
"Take it..." Said Wolf as he turned his head. Fox gripped it and looked at Wolf. He gulped and stared at the water, he took the cap off and drank some. After he drank some he put the cap back on and handed it back to Wolf. The lupine looked at the flask and looked away.
"Keep it..." Wolf said with a stern face. Fox's eyes brows were raised, then sighed.
"You need to drink too..." Fox gestured the water to him and saw the lupine shake his head. Fox was speechless. He was thankful for Wolf still being nice to him, even though Fox was cruel to him. He felt like he was teasing Wolf, holding love above his head. He put the flask in his pocket and they continued to walk.
After they walked a few miles, Solar began to dry them off again. Wolf was feeling thirsty, but he fought it, he forbade himself to drink, he felt like he didn't deserve it. Once they walked another mile Wolf's legs began to feel unstable, and collapsed. Fox spun around and quickly ran to him.
"Wolf! ?" Fox shook him, Wolf opened his eyes with his chest heaving. Fox took out the flask and opened the cap.
"Drink this..." Fox put the flask against Wolf's mouth. Wolf turned his head away and groaned.
"Wolf...You need to drink too..." Fox tried to make Wolf drink some water but the lupine moved his head away from it. Fox saw that Wolf was slowly being dehydrated. Fox whimpered and put his head on Wolf's chest.
"I'm sorry about last night...Please… If you don't drink you will..." Fox couldn't bring him self to say the last word. He didn't like to think of Wolf being dead. He let a few tears which wet Wolf's chest. He didn't want Wolf to leave him. He was sorry. The lupine was just watching, his frown slowly turned into a smile. He rubbed Fox's back and took the flask from his hand. He drank some and sighed. He sat up and looked at Fox. Fox looked back with relief, he sniffed and rubbed his eye, Fox hugged him as the lupine hugged back. They both stood up and continued their journey. They were gonna be stranded here for who knows how long. They should at least be thankful they have each other. As they walked they talked small talk, they shared laughs and stories about missions they went on, at nights they cuddled for warmth to sleep through cold nights. Fox was beginning to love Wolf fully again, he forgot about insecurity and just relied on what his heart says, it seems to make him feel better then trying to fight it. They've been walking for a week, enjoying each other's company.
The planet began to rotate again as it slowly went dark. They found a cave not so far from them, so they went to rest there for the night. Fox got ready a fire and sat down, he took out two strips of jerky from his pack and handed one to Wolf, the lupine took it and sat down beside him.
"How far do you think we have to walk till we'll get to the base?" Said Wolf with his mouth full. Fox smiled and looked at the ground.
"I got the map memorized in my head, I think were getting close." Fox circled his finger on the dirt. Wolf chuckled and drew a scribble on the spot Fox was drawing on.
"You think? If we get lost It'll be all your fault." Wolf said with another laugh. Fox looked at him and laughed too.
"If that happened, then I wouldn't mind at all, actually..." Fox smiled at the Wolf as the lupine smiled back. Wolf just noticed something sparkle under Fox's scarf.
"Hey..whats that?" He pointed at the shining metal. Fox looked down and revealed it.
"Oh this?.. Krystal gave it to me. Pretty cool right?" Fox said with a grin. His grin disappeared when he saw Wolf with a serious look. His expression was unreadable but he could tell he was upset.
"You alright?" Said Fox as he planted a comforting hand on Wolf's back. Wolf was staring at the blue metal pendent then moved his eyes to Fox.
"Do you...Love her?.." Wolf's ears wilted when he said that, he couldn't forget the time when Fox slept with her. The vulpine's eyes widened and recalled the memory of Wolf encountering him and Krystal together. He looked down and shook his head.
"No…I…I love…" He put a hand on Wolf's, gripping it firmly. Wolf looked into Fox's eyes. He could see the reflection of the fire mixing with the green shine, It looked beautiful. They both inched closer and began to kiss. Fox stroked Wolf's back, soon turning it into a massage. Wolf began to relax Fox brought his hands up and began to rub his shoulders.
"Time to return you the favor..." Fox slowly pushed Wolf down on his back rubbing his chest and stomach. Wolf just gave happy groans as he closed his eyes. Fox chuckled, watching how cute Wolf looks. Fox loved making Wolf happy, he wanted to pleasure him more. Wolf felt Fox's hand sliding further down, he opened his eyes when he felt pressure on his crotch. He stood up and looked at Fox who was just staring back with a dazed look. Fox began to rub it, feeling Wolf get harder.
"Fox..." Wolf said with a whisper." Fox bent towards Wolf and kissed him. He continued to rub Wolf's sensitive spot while giving him a loving kiss. He moved his hands to the button on Wolf's pants and unbuttoned it. He looked at Wolf before going to the zipper. The lupine nodded. Fox began to unzip, after unzipping he was left with Wolf's bulging boxers, Wolf was big, he couldn't believe how big he was.. Fox felt aroused, he brought his nose against it and sniffed. He could feel the manly aroma making him dizzy. He inched lower till his muzzle made contact. Wolf moaned, feeling Fox's muzzle dig into his bulging hard on. He stroked the fur behind Fox's head as the vulpine enjoyed himself. He looked up at Wolf with his hand on the lupine's boxer belt. Wolf's heart was beating fast, Fox was serious about this. He began to pull it down. Wolf closed his eyes. He opened it again to see his revealed member in Fox`s hand. Fox looked at Wolf and smiled. The vulpine moved him self to Wolf`s muzzle, giving him a kiss. Wolf kissed back, and used his hands to take Fox`s shirt off. Once he did he moved quickly to Fox`s pants. Wolf was feeling that excitement again. His heart was racing and his skin was covered with sweat, he unbuttoned Fox`s pants and pulled it off. He saw that Fox`s aroused member was bulging through his boxers too. He looked up at Fox and kissed him. They rolled over to change positions. Wolf was now ontop, he could feel Fox's hands tug onto Wolf's muscle shirt, he took it off to show his muscular body. Fox stared at it and began to kiss his chest. He was always impressed by Wolf's body, he couldn't help but touch, he inhaled his scent and pressed his muzzle harder into him. Fox looked up to see Wolf give him an aroused eye. They kissed again to taste each other, not getting enough. After they broke apart, Fox looked down to see Wolf's solid member poke at his leg. Fox sat up, so did Wolf. The vulpine moved his head to Wolf's waist till he was inches apart with it . He held his meat firmly which made the lupine whimper. He poked it with his muzzle and began to brush his tongue against the head. Wolf clenched his fists and grunted.
"F-Fox!..." Howled Wolf, he began to quiver, his heart raced, and excitement swirled in his head. He was enjoying this so was Fox, he loved the sexy sounds coming from Wolf's mouth.
Fox was glad Wolf was enjoying it. He heard his moans get louder when he began to put his mouth around Wolf's member. He motioned his head up and down to intensify it. Wolf shot his head up and howled. Wolf tried to calm himself down and gripped the ground, but the excitement still made him shiver. He let Fox go on for a minute or two and stopped him.
"F-Fox...wait.." Wolf didn't want it to end yet. Fox looked up to listen to his lover.
"Yeah?.." He stared back with dazed eyes. Wolf stroked Fox's fore arm and blushed.
"Let's try something else..." Wolf glanced and Fox then looked away, feeling embarrassed.
"like what?.." Fox planted his muzzle into Wolf's chest and looked up at him. The lupine put both hands on Fox's waist and looked into his eyes. Fox raised his brows and smiled. He knew what Wolf was thinking. He was nervous but wanted to do it. He arched up and slowly set him self ontop of Wolf's hard cock. He whimpered when he felt it poke his tail hole. He slowly set himself till it entered, he yelped locking his hands with Wolf's and tried to let it in.
"You can do it pup...You're a strong Fox.." Wolf wrapped his arms around Fox and kissed his chest. Fox finally let himself take it. He slowly motioned himself up and down, watching Wolf moan in pleasure. Wolf heard Fox moaning too, and pulled him close to silence him with a kiss. They continued till they can feel it.
"W-Wolf!..I'm.." He pressed his muzzle into Wolf's broad shoulder and prepared for it. Wolf stroked his Fox's back and panted.
"Me..Too...L-lets do it together..." Wolf gripped onto Fox's hard member and stroked it. Fox howled and shot his seed onto Wolf's face. At the same time Wolf released his inside Fox. They both began to huff, resting on each other for support.
"Good...job...Wolf.." Said Fox as he huffed. Wolf smiled and looked into the emerald eyes.
"You did a great job too pup..." They just continued to stare, they inched their muzzles closer and made contact with their lips. Fox pulled back and licked his cheek.
"Hehe...You're so messy.." Said Fox as he licked his own semen off his lover. Fox didn't have any doubts anymore and he was certain. He couldn't lie. He loved Wolf. He loved him so much, he never wants to be apart from him. Was this fate? Or broken fate. They were destined to battle, but now the cycle has stopped. Star Wolf and Star Fox finally made peace. They lay their selves down on the rocky ground and looked at each other. They hugged for warmth. Fox began to feel guilty with how bad he treated Wolf before.
"Wolf...I'm sorry I said...what I said before. When I said I shouldn't have let you on the team?...I'm very Sorry about that...I never want you to leave..." He pressed himself hard onto Wolf and tighten the embrace. Wolf smiled and stroked his back.
"I forgive you pup...I don't want you to leave me either..." He kissed him on the forehead and rubbed his cheek onto him. They closed their eyes, to sleep.
Solar began to rise, highlighting every scape of Titania. Wolf opened his eyes to find Fox sleeping in his arms. He smiled and nudged the back of the vulpine's neck with his muzzle. He heard him groan, and guessed he was awake. Fox rolled over to focus his sleepy eyes on his mate. He smiled when he got to see Wolf's handsome face clearly. He pressed himself onto him and whispered.
"Good morning." He said with a small smile. Wolf held him tightly and licked his forehead.
"Mornin pup." Wolf whispered in his ear. They both sat up and chuckled when they noticed they were still naked, Wolf picked his clothes up and began to put them on. Fox did so as well while watching Wolf change, he couldn't help but watch, but he shouldn't distract him self with sex driven hormones. They had a mission to continue.
Once they finished changing they walked out of the cave. The familiar heat hit their fur, and quickly got to their skins. They continued their path from the cave to search for the base.
After a few miles, They looked at each other. They still didn't talked yet, not because last night was awkward it was becuase they were happy. They looked away with smiles on their faces and slowly turned their heads back to face each other, still smiling like fools. Wolf snickered and nudged Fox with his shoulder. Fox flinched with a grin, and nudged back. Wolf laughed and nudged again but with a harder push. Fox flinched back from Wolf's big frame and tried to return the push with equal strength, but Wolf ran away playfully. Fox chased him, laughing. They ran around for a bit till Wolf ran out of air. Fox tackled him to the sand with him ontop of the tired lupine. They laughed with heavy breathing mixed. They calmed their selves and stared into each other's eyes. They paused their breathing and kissed.
Suddenly they were launched into the air, it appears that something has come from the ground. They fell on their back and squinted to look through the mist of sand. They backed up to see a giant monster. It looked like some living skeleton of some sort of creature.
"W-What is that?" Wolf said with his eyes wide. He looked at Fox and could tell that he knew what this was.
"It's...a Goras!" Fox said as he jumped back from the monster's claw attack. Wolf focused his own problems and dodged an attack from the monster.
"A what?.." Wolf said as he took on the staff from behind him.
"This is the only life form living on this planet, it once took Slippy hostage." Fox dodged another attack and took out his blaster. The monster roared, the two got ready but felt the ground shaking. Suddenly a tentacle came from the ground and grabbed Fox's leg. He was lifted into the air, soon hung against the monster's mouth.
"Fox!" Yelled Wolf. He looked at the beating organ behind the monster's rib cage, and aimed his staff at it. He launched a fireball and watched it catch fire. The monster let out a loud roar, throwing Fox into the air, the vulpine hit the ground and rolled into the fine sand. The Goras set it's eyes on Wolf and swung a vertical attack at him, Wolf stepped to the side and slashed the arm off. The monster roared in pain still trying to hit Wolf with it's tentacles, Wolf dodged the flurry of attacks and cut them all off. The monster was defenceless and too hurt to move. Wolf jumped into the air and drove his staff into the Goras' heart. It let out a screech which slowly faded. It sunk back into the ground as the sands calmed itself. Wolf sheathed his staff and ran towards Fox who looked hurt from the fall.
"You alright pup?..." Wolf said with a slightly worried tone. Fox looked up at him and nodded.
"Yeah.." He attempted to stand but lost balance. Fox cringed and held his ankle.
"Don't move...I'll carry you." Wolf picked him up, giving him a piggy back. Fox wrapped his arms around him and smiled.
"Thanks.." Said Fox as he pressed his muzzle into the Wolf's neck. The lupine smiled which turned into a small chuckle.
"No problem...Sexy" He heard his Fox laugh and felt his muzzle dig harder into his neck.
"Haha..Shut up" Fox grinned from Wolf's silliness. The lupine began to walk.
They saw something in the distance. Their eyes widened when they saw the full view of it. It was the Titania base. They finally made it.
"The base!" Said Fox with relief. Wolf sighed and walked towards it.
Once they were in they rested. Wolf sighed as he set Fox down beside him. He turned his head to look into Fox's green eyes.
"We finally made it.." He flopped his head onto the vulpines shoulder and closed his eyes. Fox looked at him and tilted his head. Wolf was already sound asleep. must be tiring to beat such a big monster. he was impressed, it usually takes a Landmaster or an Arwing to defeat it. Fox held up a hand to stroke the fur on Wolf's head and slowly closed his eyes. They fell asleep in each other's warm presence.
When the morning came, they looked around, seems like the power was working, it was suspicious, so they searched hard. Fox looked into the room where he fought Captain Shears. The scene of him struggling to win with swords crossed his mind, then.. Andross. Something clicked in his head and noticed that the machine to replicate Andross was gone.
"Wolf..." Fox gestured for him as the lupine walked towards his direction.
"What?" Wolf looked over to where Fox was looking at, wondering what he was thinking.
"There used to be a replication machine right here.." Fox said as he walked over to the blank spot. There was nothing there just a tracing of the object that once sat there. He ran his fingers along the floor while Wolf walked closer.
"They replicated Andross..." He winced at the name, remembering the frightening feeling of survival when fighting the ape. Wolf flinched with his good eye wide.
"Andross? Seriously?" Wolf seemed surprised since he never seen it himself. Fox stood up and looked at Wolf.
"Yeah..." Fox said as he was still in his mind, afraid of the thought of Andross coming back from Hell once again. Wolf patted his back to get a look from his Fox. He gave a small comforting smile which changed Fox's frown into one too.
"Lets keep looking around ok?" Fox nodded and they walked into a dark hall.
There was a flash of light, then soon came memories of an unknown figure He was looking into the mirror, a tall muscular Wolf appeared, the flash came again to show a little wolf pup being abused. That Wolf was being trained to be a soldier. The look on the wolf's face looked so stern and so serious, as if he had no soul. The flash of light came again, changing to a different scene. Dogfights, lasers and loud explosions. a small computer screen showed a Fox with sunglasses.
He Opened his eyes letting out gasps of air, swallowed strange liquid, he closed his mouth and looked around, there was a lab, and he was behind a glass tube. Suddenly the water slowly drained it self, disappearing into the holes on the floor, he huffed for the air that entered when the glass tube opened. He walked out and let his knees hit the floor. His eyes widen when he saw the reflection on the steel floor. It was the Wolf he saw in his dream. Was he the one in that mirror? He didn't know who he was. He struggled to stand up, still getting used to the legs.
"Barley remember anything...Don't you?" The voice that entered his ears surprised him. The Wolf spun around to see a computer screen that showed a scaly man in a red formal suit.
"W-who are you?..." His words came out in a hoarse tone, still trying to develop his throat.
"I'm General Scales..I saved you from a crash..." The evil General said with a sharp smirk. The Wolf still had one more question floating in his mind. He put a hand on his head and opened his mouth.
"Who...Am I?..." The Wolf was crushed to not know himself. Desperate for more memories. He didn't feel complete. Scales smiled and pointed toward a lighted up shelf with battle gear and a blaster.
"You are...Rufus O'Donnell a mercenary of the Star Wolf squadron." Suddenly memories of him, doing missions for his clients entered his mind. Assasinations and retrieve, he remembered that killing for money was what he enjoyed most, it almost terrified him to see what he was. The Wolf walked towards the shelf and picked up the jump suit, he saw a head set that fit with one eye. After he put on the gear he looked into the mirror. He looked different, as if he was another person.
"If you want the rest of your memories...Then work for me...I have a mission for you." He thought that no matter what he was he still needed those memories back. Scales brought up a hologram map with two glowing red dots in an area.
"I want you to eliminate the targets.. They are highlighted red." Rufus looked at the map and brought it on his head set. He nodded and turned his head to a door that opened.
"Your mission Starts here...Good luck." The scaly General grinned. Rufus Walked through the door. It closed behind him taking the lights with it. The room he was in now was dark, the place was dirty, the floor had grains of sand, and the metal walls had rust. He continued his walk using the night vision in his head set.
Fox was inspecting the ground trying to find a clue of where and why these people would want the machine. He looked through files on a dusty computer and found nothing. He looked into the recent files of replicas being created, but found nothing. It's like everything was erased to hide something. there should be old disks and files about activity around lab and test subjects, it made it obvious that someone took them.
Wolf was off looking around, he thought they'd find more if they split up. Wolf searched through cabinets and computers but nothing seemed to be interesting.
Rufus walked through the dark halls and turned on his thermo vision. seems like there's sweat tracing foot prints leading into a computer room. He walked over there slowly, not wanting to get the attention of the target.
Wolf looked into the security camera files and found nothing. He groaned and pressed a button to close the window. He was now looking through the active cameras and something caught his eye. A dark figure walking into a dark hall, It couldn't be Fox, he was bigger, and Fox couldn't walk straight with the broken ankle. There's someone else in the base. He dashed out of the room to warn Fox.
The vulpine closed all the windows on the computer and sighed, all he could do now was send a distress signal to the General, he took out a small beacon from his pocket and plugged it into the computer. He typed in the General's Ip address and a message, then waited as he heard a small beep. He heard something and turned his head to see a dark figure shaped like a Wolf.
"Hey Wolf, did you find something? I couldn't find anything, seems like they took everything, files, disks, blood samples, It's like they-" Fox paused when he heard the figure speak.
"James?..." Rufus finally got the name into his head remembering the figure and the face. It's no doubt that it's James McCloud of the Star Fox team. Fox was confused he squinted through the dim light the computer gave.
"Wolf...are you alright?.." Fox extended a hand but recoiled when he noticed a dangerous glow from the lupine's eye.
"Wolf?...That name..." Rufus couldn't force it out but he knew the name. The little Wolf flashed in his head again as he began to cringe to the head ache it brought.
"Wolf..." Fox was worried and frightened by the way he was acting. He walked forward and put a hand on his arm. The sudden touch made Rufus grip Fox's neck. He lifted him off his feet hearing gasps.
"W-Wolf...What are you..." Fox gasped again trying to gather air to talk properly, He looked down to see a devilish glare from the other.
"I..I thought...You...love..." Fox closed his eyes, feeling drowsy. Rufus' eyes widened when he heard the last word. "Love" The word bothered him. He got a flash of James again which entered his mind. He lost his grip and dropped Fox onto the floor. An unknown feeling entered his mind. He suddenly felt upset and motioned himself towards Fox.
"J-James?..." He picked him up and looked at him, Fox was unconscious. Suddenly someone dashed into the room, Rufus turned his head to see a dark figure that looked familiar.
"Fox!" Wolf glared at the mysterious man and shoved him off. He took Fox in his hands and looked at him, Rufus watched the scene with wide eyes, It's like he's out of his body staring at himself.
"Who...are you?..." Rufus said with a confused tone. Wolf slowly turned his head to the figure and eyes grew wide. From the dim light he could see himself. Staring back with the same expression.
"Who the hell are you? W-why do you look like me? What did you do to Fox?" Wolf was in rage he got up and put up his fighting stance. The other Wolf was just standing still watching the unconscious Fox on the ground.
"Fox?..." Rufus whispered to himself in confusion.
"I'll tell you again bastard! who are you?" Wolf growled and lunged a fist at him, the other Wolf blocked it and locked his arm with his and lunged back at him. Wolf flinched and held his arm. Rufus never knew he could have such fast reflexes, but the memories of his skills and experience in battle recovered quicker then his life. He saw that Wolf was launching another attack. He defend himself blocking each chain of attacks. He countered it by making him stagger back with a push, Wolf was off balanced and was kicked onto the ground. Rufus gave a chuckle.
"You're still choppy, Pup." Rufus surprised himself, the words just entered his mouth, not knowing where it came from, He got a piece of his memory of him abusing the wolf pup and said the same line. He held his head and growled.
"S-son...W-Wolf?..." Rufus mumbled the words to himself and looked at the lupine on the ground. He had a surprised expression, also shocked.
"D-dad?...it can't be.." Wolf was trembling by the thought. His father died 10 years ago. James shot him down on Solar. Did he live? That was impossible. He looked like he hasn't aged, he was about his age.
They were both speechless. Rufus heard a voice coming from his head set.
(Rufus withdraw for now, They've contacted Corneria.) Rufus nodded and walked towards the exit. Wolf extended a hand and yelled.
"H-Hey" Rufus paused and turned to him, not saying anything, he continued his walk out the door. Wolf winced and slammed a fist on the ground. The room began to rumble, there was a loud engine noise outside like a ship taking off. Wolf looked out the room to see large amount of light shine in and dashed outside. He saw a huge ship taking off. He quickly took out a tracking device and threw it at the bottom of the ship. Once it was in the air it disappeared in the sandy skies. He winced again and went back in to check on Fox.
He kneeled down to the unconscious Fox and nudged him.
"Fox?...Wake up.." Wolf waited then sighed in relief when the vulpine finally came Fox gave a frightened face when he saw Wolf.
"W-Wolf...Y-You were..." He ran his fingers along his throat, feeling sore from the strong grip. Wolf tilted his head and thought about how that guy looked like him, and was worried Fox got the wrong idea.
"Fox...what happened." He raised a hand and watched Fox back up a bit with that fear still on his face. Fox was beginning to lose his trust. That devilish glare couldn't leave his head. Wolf's ears wilted and motioned closer. Fox was hesitating, but calmed himself when Wolf wrapped his arms around him.
"It's ok Fox...don't be afraid... that wasn't me..." Wolf tried his best to calm Fox down. Fox froze for a bit then digged his muzzle hard into Wolf's chest and whimpered. He loved Wolf but he lost trust, and felt bad. Wolf was hurt from the way Fox was acting with him. He wanted him to feel safe.
They heard multiple engines outside and stood up to walk. Wolf let Fox use him as support as they went out into the sun light and saw Cornerian fighters and the Great Fox. parked on the sands. One of the Cornerian fighters opened, and let out a bull dog with a helmet.
"Bill Gray here reporting for duty!" He gave a silly salute and grinned. Fox recognized the dog and widened his eyes.
"Bill..What are you doing here?" Fox tilted his head as the Bulldog gave his usual energetic smile.
"Ah just incase there was some action. Sounded like something happened. Why'd it take a week for you to recon?" Bill said as he wiped the sand off his boot.
"I'll tell you later.." Fox noticed his team coming out of the Great Fox with Krystal running infront.
"Fox! you're alright!" She simply took the vulpine out of Wolf's arm and hugged him. Wolf groaned in annoyance and crossed his arms. The team seemed to be relieved too that their leader is alright.
"Yeah I-I'm fine Krystal." He turned his eyes to Wolf and sighed. Wolf was different now, he wasn't like the Wolf he saw in the base. His eyes weren't that evil looking, even when they were enemies, he smiled in relief. Guess that Wolf there really wasn't him.
"What happened Fox?..." Said Krystal with a worried tone, Fox looked at her then at everyone.
"Let's talk about it with the General in the Great Fox.." Fox sounded pained from his throat and several injuries.
Once they were back in. Fox was sitting in his Captain's chair, contacting the blood hound. The hologram dog appeared and looked at Fox with bandages.
"Oh Fox great to see you're alright!" The hound said proudly. He cleared his voice and took a more serious face.
"What happened?" The hound waited for the vulpine to reply as he watched Fox shift in his seat before speaking.
"While in the base we discovered that the replication machine to copy Andross has been stolen...Along with all the replica files...Including...Andross' file." Everyone gasped and then began silence. Fox winced then looked back up at the hound who seemed shocked as well.
"I'm afraid they might...Replicate Andross..." Fox said as he clenched his fists. Pepper stroked his chin and grunted.
"This is serious news.. I thought you destroyed the base along with the machine?" Fox was silent and shook his head.
"I guess they made out a new blue print.." Slippy's voice got the attention of everyone and set their eyes on him.
"It's kinda easy to make a blue print in your head as long as you have the broken machine; even if some parts are missing I try to guess. Atleast…That's what I do.. They've must have hired a very skilled mechanic if they can recreate the replica machine!" Fox growled, trying to figure out where they'll be hiding next.
"I've put a tracking device on their ship before it left.." Wolf said as he got Fox's attention. Wolf took out the radar for the tracking device and nothing appeared. Wolf gasped a bit and turned it on and off.
"That's weird…I made sure I made it hit.." Everyone's hope died down, making a big sigh. The general shook his head and made a small cough.
"Well then we'll have every force search for this ship…what did it look like?" Pepper turned his head to Wolf as the lupine began to speak.
"It was black…Strangely black actually…" Wolf froze and remembered the Nox, Is it another machine fused with the Nox DNA? That must be the reason why Cornerian radar was cut off. The general nodded and looked back at Fox.
"If we find anything suspicious we'll contact you right away." The dog disappeared. Bill had to leave too, disappointed that he was summoned for nothing.
Well guys looks like i have to leave. Later!" The bulldog left in a second.
Fox waved and resumed his worry. Andross might come back to haunt him if they let the replica machine stay in the wrong hands. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned his head to see Wolf.
"Hey…It'll be alright.." Wolf said with a comforting tone, slightly massaging Fox's shoulder with a hand. Fox was murring now not realising Krystal was watching. Wolf noticed Krystal giving a glare and took his hand away. He gave a small chuckle.
"So…how was the adventure Wolf? Heard your Arwings crashed." Said Falco. Wolf was glad that the bird was trying to help, and gave a sigh of relief.
"It was great, and tiring.. We had to deal with thirst, hunger, and man it was long! Oh yeah and we had to deal with this monster that came out of the ground… Goras? Was it? " Falco and the team nodded with their eyebrows wide.
"Did you fight it?" Slippy said with a slightly terrified tone. Wolf nodded and smiled.
"Yeah and I'm the one who did! And won." He gave a gloating chuckle as everyone groaned. Wolf turned to Krystal and smiled.
"But guess it was thanks to Krystal's staff, Thanks a lot." Wolf smiled again, Krystal gave a suspicious look, she still hasn't gotten over her jealousy, and thought something more went up during that mission.
"I'm glad my staff was useful." She smiled. Wolf smiled back and looked at Fox who was still worried about Andross' return. Wolf really wanted to cheer him up.
"Hey Fox..Wanna go for a bite? Haven't had anything good to eat in a long while." He rubbed his neck ignoring Krystal's jealous glare. Fox looked up at him and gave a small smile.
"Sure, me too" Fox stood up as they both walked to the door. Krystal still wanted to tell Fox something and walked over to them before they left.
"Fox…wait.. can we talk?" Krystal said as she extended a hand. Fox turned to her and raised a brow.
"Sorry next time ok Krystal?" Fox was too busy and too interested in Wolf to think about her, it made him feel kinda bad. But ever since that happy time on Titania, he couldn't help but think about Wolf more. Krystal looked down, feeling hurt by Fox declining her offer.
"Ok…" She gave a heartbroken look and looked up to see Fox with his back facing her, along with Wolf. She looked at the lupine and glared. She wondered what's going on between the two. She remembered the staff she gave to Wolf. She was impressed by Wolf's skills with it, but couldn't stand that she had to give it to him. The staff wished to be by Wolf. She walked through the halls as the bridge doors behind her closed.
Wolf and Fox were at Corneria park by an icecream stand. Wolf bought one and gave one to Fox. The vulpine was a bit surprised that Wolf would buy such a treat.
"Ice-cream? Seriously? I'm not a pup ya know." He gave a squint at the lupine as the big Wolf laughed.
"Well you remind me of one sometimes, you and your cute face." Wolf gave a teasing grin while Fox gave a slight glare, but laughed. Wolf really sure knew how to cheer him up. He stuck his tongue and gave the ice cream a lick.
They walked around the park, talking about random stuff till they ran into a familiar character, Panther. Wolf's eyes widened when he remembered that Panther doesn't know about him and Fox.
"Wolf?" He turned his head to Fox and blinked.
"And McCloud." The cat sounded suspicious. Wolf calmed himself and tried to make conversation.
"Hey there Panther...err..Whats up?" Wolf blew his concentration to be calm and let out a bit nervousness with Panther. The cat was sharp, even sometimes can read emotions. Sometimes Wolf thought he was psychic.
"Nothing much really..." Panther paused and looked at Fox then at Wolf.
"You know..I talked to Leon weeks ago and he told me that you..." Wolf began to sweat, showing signs of fear. He made stuttering sounds and looked at Fox.
"Ya know..I just remembered..Fox and I have a new mission..So I'll see you later.." Wolf said with fake solid words. Panther nodded a bit in suspicioun as he crossed his arms.
"Very well..Have a good day...and you too McCloud." Panther turned away and began to walk his direction. Wolf sighed in relief and felt Fox patting his back.
"I know how hard it is Wolf..." Fox rubbed his muzzle onto Wolf's shoulder trying to comfort him. Wolf gave a small smile and wrapped his arms around him. Fox hugged back now pressing his muzzle into Wolf's chest. They both stood there sharing a passionate moment but suddenly they heard foots steps heading towards them.
"Whoa...Fox McCloud?.." a voice said which made them quickly break apart. Their faces were red and saw people standing infront of them. They looked quite surprised. Fox rubbed the back of his head and gulped.
"Uh..Yeah?.." He made eye contact with the teenage dog but looked away.
"I was about to ask you for your autograph but...What were you and Wolf doing?.." Their cover was blown, they forgot they were in public. Wolf cursed to himself and looked at Fox with sorry in his eye. Fox looked back and turned his head to the ground. They were silent not wanting to reply.
"Maybe they're in love?.." The female rabbit said. She had a silly smile as if she was joking. The two boys gave an awkward chuckle.
"Whaa? Fox McCloud isn't like that!" The dog said as he nudged his friend.
"Then what did we just see?" The coyote said as he fixed his glasses. The vixen behind him agreed.
"Yeah I think they were havin a romantic time!" She said blushing. The dog stepped back and his jaw dropped.
"H-huh? Fox a-are you gay! ?" The dog said while stuttering. Fox was silent not wanting to reply. He didn't have the energy to lie. Wolf stood infront of Fox and growled at the kids.
" Shouldn't you brats be at home! ?" Wolf growled, trying to make himself look itimidating. The kids backed up with their eyes wide.
" Y-You can't scare me... You can't hurt civillians!" Wolf stepped closer to the dog trying to be brave and glared at him.
"Oh yeah? Try me! " Wolf said with a death glare. The dog began to sweat but tried to push more of his courage.
"Y-you trying to protect your boyfriend?" The dog gave a nervous chuckle. Wolf's face calmed for a bit then looked at Fox who looked away with his face cringed. Wolf looked back at the dog and drove his fist into his face. The dog gave a yelp and fell to the ground. the commotion began to attract attention. People began to surround the scene. The dog stood up putting a hand on his bruised cheek.
"Y-You'll pay for this! M-my dad's a reporter he'll rat you out!." The dog backed up when he saw Wolf walk up to him with anger in his eye. Wolf felt something restrain him and heard a small whimper from behind.
"Wolf...lets just go..." Fox was behind him holding onto his arm. Wolf sighed and turned away from the dog. They left, ignoring the eyes locked onto them.
They were alone now, walking through the dark streets of Corneria city. Wolf looked at Fox who was silent and upset. Wolf sighed and looked at him.
"I'm sorry about what happened there... It was my fault.." Wolf looked at Fox who gave a shake with his head.
"No it's not...Don't take the blame..I was the one who was reckless..." Wolf sighed and brought him close with an arm. But he quickly took it back.
"Sorry.." Fox leaned into Wolf and slowly rubbed his cheek on him.
"It's ok...I don't really care anymore.." He looked at Wolf who felt a bit surprised. The lupine smiled and wrapped him with one arm as they walked.
Back at the Great Fox Krystal entered Wolf's room, she quickly spotted the staff and it's glow. She walked over to it and extended a hand to touch it. After the flash of light she was in Wolf's memories again. She saw Wolf and Fox sitting by a camp fire.
"Do you...Love her?.." She heard Wolf's voice to see him looking upset. She assumed they were talking about her. It was silent for a bit till Fox shook his head. Her eyes widened when she saw Fox's hand on Wolf's.
"No…I…I love…" She watched in horror asthey both began to kiss. The scene broke her heart. She was now in tears. She picked her head up again to see them stripping each other's clothes off. She couldn't bear to watch anymore. she took her hand away from the staff and wiped her tears away. she let out a choked sob and held her mouth. She was feeling sadness and rage. She needed to get answers from Fox right now.
On her way to her room she saw the two canines. It brought large amount of stress to see Wolf looking happy along with Fox. Fox turned his head to Krystal and gave a friendly smile.
"Oh hey there Krytstal, still wanna talk to me about something?" Fox didn't seem to be frightened about what she was about to say anymore. He doesn't even know what it is so he should be afraid yet. The vixen gave a fake smile and nodded.
"Sure...But can WE talk alone?" She gave Wolf a glare, making him turn his head away.
"Sure I'll give you guys some space." Wolf looked at Fox and turned away. Fox watched Wolf walk away then turned to Krystal who looked pained. Fox tilted his head in confusion. She gesutured Fox to follow her into her room.
Once they entered the door of her room, the door closed behind Fox.
"Whats up? you seem-" Fox was Silenced by a kiss. It surprised him, and made him uncomfortable. He broke out and looked into her eyes. She had tears running down her face. She walked up and wrapped her arms around him, and quickly leaned in for another kiss but Fox backed up.
"K-Krystal...what are you doing?..." He was confused but could tell that Krystal was upset.
"I love you Fox..." She buried her face into Fox's chest making a few sobs.
"Don't you love me too?..." Fox was shocked, he didn't know what to say, he couldn't bring himself to hurt her, but he couldn't lie..
"I...Sorry...I...I don't..." She backed up now letting out full tears.
"You made love to me! Y-you have to!" Krystal was now yelling.
"No..You forced yourself on me!..I..couldn't do anything..I was really confused that time and.." Fox stopped to see Krystal staring at the ground silent.
"I-I'm sorry I shouldn't have taken it so far like that..." Krystal looked up and motioned in for another hug. Fox felt her tightening it. He felt very uncomfortable and guilty.
"I need you...We...we have...I'll do anything...Just love me back.." She could feel Fox struggling to break free.
"Krystal...you need to understand." She backed of of Fox and yelled again.
"understand WHAT? That you love Wolf and not ME?" It was silent now. Fox felt intense and began to sweat. Krystal stomped her foot when Fox took long to reply.
"You do! don't YOU!" Fox winced and clenched his fists. He didn't know what to say.
"I..I'm sorry...I didn't have a choice...I.." Fox stopped when Krystal interrupted him.
"We have a future together!..." She let out desperate cries. Fox looked at her feeling guilt run through him. He loved Wolf and he couldn't change it. It was too late to turn back. His mind was set.
"I...I do love him...My future is with him...I didn't choose to love him...I couldn't help it...So please understand Krystal...I..I'm not trying to hurt you." Fox looked at her to see she was in shock, she fell to her knees and sobbed. Fox was beginning to cry too, but he held it and walked to the door.
"I'm...Sorry.." He left in a few seconds. Krystal was devastated. She felt rage and sadness build up. Her hate for Wolf began to strengthen it's self. She hated him enough to kill him. She didn't want to be here anymore. She hated Fox too, but still held love for him. She was a mess. The only way she'll make everything better is to leave.
Fox was at his room crying to himself. He didn't expect this to happen. How did Krystal know? But that wasn't important. Whats important is that he broke her heart. He didn't want the truth to come out like this. He pressed his face into the pillow and continued to cry. He heard a knock on his door and looked up, he kinda guessed who it was so stood still. Wolf was at the door now, walking towards him. The lupine sat on the bed and put a hand on his back.
"Fox...what's the matter?.." Fox's day was such a mess he couldn't stand seeing him like this. He did his best to make him happy. Fox looked at him with shines in his eyes and quickly pressed his muzzle into his chest and cried.
"Sh-she knows...I..It's my fault!" He cried and struggled for comfort, hugging his Wolf.
"It's ok Fox...Don't worry...It'll turn out ok...You just need time to let it.."
"The blue vixen watched them through the window on Fox's door. Glaring at Wolf with Fox in his arms. Wolf looked over at the window and swore someone was just watching them, but no one was there. He turned his head to Fox who was just struggling in to hold in his cries. He couldn't even open his eyes to show Wolf how red his eyes were from the tears.
"It's ok pup...Let it all out.." Fox rubbed his muzzle into his chest and cried.
"I couldn't help it Wolf...I love you... I love you.." Fox said with another sob. Wolf tightened the hug.
"I love you too pup...It's not such a bad thing...So don't think of it to be.." They both stayed in that position for a few minutes till Fox felt better. Fox sniffed and looked at Wolf who gave a relieved smile.
"Get to sleep pup it's late." Wolf stood up and tucked Fox in like a kid and kissed him on the forehead. As Wolf was about to leave Fox held onto his hand.
"Can you stay?..." Fox said with a small whimper. Wolf smiled at him and sat back on the bed.
"Fine, man you sure know how to make me stay, I'm usually not an obedient dog" He chuckled and took his shirt off soon laying infront of Fox, watching the vulpine's mouth slide up into a smile.
"I'm the leader, you have to listen." Fox said with a slight sarcastic tone stroking Wolf's now bare chest. Wolf smiled and poked his nose onto his.
"I'm a good Wolfie." Said Wolf with a smile and poked his muzzle under Fox's chin. The vulpine laughed and kissed him. Fox let his head rest on Wolf's chest and began to feel tired. They closed their eyes and began to sleep.
The morning light shone through the window with the two canines sleeping. They snored peacefully as they held onto each other. Suddenly someone entered the room breathing heavily and yelled.
"FOX! WAKE UP!" The two on the bed jumped. They wiped the sleep out of their eyes and looked to see Slippy at the door. He had a shocked expression again, still not used to seeing Fox and Wolf doing lovey stuff. Fox blushed and motion to his shirt and put it back on.
"Y-yeah? whats up Slippy? Fox felt awkward with the silence and Slippy staring. He cleared his voice and pointed towards the halls.
"Bad news! It's Krystal!" Slippy went ahead of them while Fox and Wolf gave a confused look at each other. They knew it was bad news after what happened last night.
They all followed Slippy to Krystal's room. When they arrived they see Falco and Peppy infront of her bed. They looked at Fox with worry and looked back at the bed. Fox walked up to it to see a letter.
"It's for you...Fox.." Peppy said as he looked down with grief. Fox picked it up and read it.
Dear Fox
If you're reading this I'm already gone. You've broken my heart. I won't forgive you. Enjoy your life with Wolf! You won't be needing me anymore! I want you to forget about me, as I'am forgetting you. We might see each other again but I doubt we'll recognize each other. Farwell Fox.
Sincere Krystal.
Fox noticed dry tear drops on the signature smudging her name. Fox was in shock. It was all his fault. He held his head and growled.
"Wh-what have I done?" He fell to his knees and looked at the letter. They've lost a valuable teammate and a friend. Fox ducked his head not making a sound. Wolf was there putting a hand on his back.
"Fox..." Wolf rubbed his back as Fox just sat there doing nothing. Krystal left the team because of him.