A/N: This chapter contains sex scenes, fortunately I have put all the other scenes that are important to the overarching plot at the start so feel free to skip the rest if you don't want to read that.

Chapter 25: Care Bear or Not?

Gift Bear stood still as Eriol held his staff over her, a yellow energy field surrounding her.

"Alright, now change back," Eriol commanded. Gift Bear just nodded nervously before her wings emerged and enfolded her, changing her back into Ruby Moon. Eriol continued his work. "Alright I think that about does it."

"What's the diagnosis then?" Spinel was sitting nearby and watching the spectacle with some bemusement.

"Do I need to stop being Gift Bear? That would be a shame," her voice carried a mild hint of regret, or at least what facsimile she could manage in her true form.

Eriol shook his head and shrunk the staff down to its key form, "Nothing that severe, just an unforeseen consequence of the Care Bear form." He turned to Spinel, "Your disguised form just requires you to shrink down and is more for convenience without reducing your power." He turned back to Ruby, "If you disguised yourself as a human then it would be a simple physical shift, change the colors of your hair, skin and eyes and dress in appropriate clothing, little more than a shell. Turning into a Care Bear requires a more dramatic shift in appearance that is more of a transformation. The other issue is that Care Bears are partly magical creatures, not wholly, like you two, and some more than others like Love Heart's family, but it's enough to cause some unforeseen changes in the form, or to put it simply: the more time you spend as Gift Bear the more you become a real Care Bear. Not only is that form developing the organs to make emotions more physical and your form more well-defined but the Care Bears are creatures of emotional energy so the effect is multiplied on top of that. But don't worry too much, you won't have to choose between your two lives at some point, you'll always be able to reassume your true form, if you want to."

"Too bad, I was hoping someday you'd decide to stay out of my life for good," Spinel quipped.

"Oh I'll never be too busy for you, Spinny," Ruby's voice made Spinel bristle but Ruby just ignored him and continued, "That's a relief, I was worried I'd have to stop being Gift Bear," she smirked, "I'd like to see more of Birthday Bear."

"Go right ahead," Eriol sat down.

"Yes, please go torment them instead of us," Spinel glared at her.

"I think I will," Ruby's wing enfolded her and a moment later she was Gift Bear. She giggled, "Ooh I can't wait to see him again, bye!" She all but skipped out the door and shut it behind her.

Spinel turned to Eriol, "Are you sure that was wise?"

"I meant what I said, she can always change back into Ruby," Eriol picked up a book, "More importantly, I need to investigate that false Clow Card that Love Heart fought and hope it's not who I think it is."

Gift Bear had a wide grin on her face as she skipped through Readington and pulled out the heartphone she had been given when she "joined" the Care Bear Family, sending a text to Birthday to meet her at the portal.

Birthday waved as they saw Gift approach, "You alright?" they called as she came closer, "I was afraid something went wrong after you ran off from Confidence's party."

"I just needed to sort some things out," Gift beamed at them, "And it's all fine now."

Birthday smiled and offered their hand to her, "Happy to hear that, so what did you want to do today?"

"Well…" Gift had to think for a moment, scratching her chin, "Why don't you show me some fun stuff you like to do," she eagerly grabbed Birthday's hand.

Birthday couldn't help themselves and blushed at her eagerness, "Sure, this way."

The impromptu date went surprisingly well as Gift just immersed herself in everything Birthday showed her, ending up at an ice cream shop that had just opened for the year. Gift dug into a strawberry sundae, relishing each taste and shivering at the sensation. Birthday watched her.

"You act like this is all new to you," Birthday commented.

Gift swallowed, "It is. Even since I came here I've been exposed to so much I never even thought possible and…" she paused, "I'm learning to see beyond just my responsibilities." She wasn't sure how much to tell Birthday yet so tried to think of something at random, "Do you have someone special in your life?" she blushed, suddenly realizing what she had asked.

Birthday sighed then finished off the banana split they had been eating before they continued, "Treat Heart and I dated for a while but it fell apart pretty fast, only thing we really had in common was a love of sweets. Nothing serious, just nothing clicked." Birthday saw how embarrassed Gift looked and blushed back, "But that was over a year ago and was just a month or so." They fidgeted for a moment, "This was a fun day, want to go out again some time?"

"Yes!" Gift blurted out then clapped her hands over her mouth as the sudden rush of new emotions overwhelmed her, "I mean yes, please."

They sat there, wordlessly for a few minutes before Gift finished her sundae, "I had a great time, Birthday, see you again." She walked over to Birthday Bear and gave them a kiss on the cheek before bolting, leaving a very flustered Birthday Bear just sitting there, listening to what they could only describe as a 'squee' of joy from the retreating Gift Bear. They touched their cheek where Gift had kissed them, they would like to do this again and maybe next time, they could kiss her.

OoOoO

Love Heart rubbed his shoulder as he peered around the gym, "Loyal Heart? You here?" his voice echoed around the empty gym.

"Over here!" the voice drew Love Heart to the side of the gym where the target range was.

Normally the target range was used for the Care Bears and Cousins to practice aiming with their Care Bear Stares and Cousin Calls with pictures of Beastly magically enchanted to react to them. Loyal Heart had set up the targets at longer range than normal and was drawing arrows on a bow longer than he was tall. He gave no indication that he heard Love Heart coming up behind him as he took a deep breath and, with some effort, drew back the bow, shooting an arrow at the Beastly target. The arrow missed the circular target sign and instead struck the leg. Loyal Heart wiped his brow then turned back to Love Heart, "Hi."

Love Heart rubbed his right shoulder again, "You're doing archery?"

Loyal Heart nodded, "Yeah, been working at it all week, finally hitting the target today."

"Just a week? With a longbow," Love Heart looked the weapon in Loyal Heart's hand and held out his own to indicate he wanted to try it. Loyal Heart passed it to him and Love Heart tried to draw it, barely managing to make it move and wincing as he let go, "How can use that so well? Indy's been training me with a sword since I was a kid and I'm still learning."

Loyal took the bow back, "Yue's helping me." He opened the locket he always wore around his chest to show the mirror with Yue's face in it.

"Indeed," Yue nodded, "With how much we've spoken lately we've been getting more in synch and I've been able to feed Loyal Heart some of my own skills."

"And Champ's been helping with exercise," Loyal flexed his right arm which made Love Heart's eyes go wide as he saw the visible definition on his bicep.

"Stars, you have been working out." Love Heart rubbed his right shoulder again.

Loyal Heart shut the locket as he lowered his arm and finally asked, "What's wrong with your arm?"

"Nothing serious, I just got all my shots from Take Care to get ready for my vacation," Love Heart let go of his arm, "Confidence is getting hers now."

Loyal Heart tested the draw on his bow then turned to shoot at the target again, "I thought we were all up to date on those, since we travel the world every week for caring missions."

"I asked her the same thing, she said there's a big difference in stopping by somewhere for an hour or so to help a couple kids and lounging around another country on a beach for a week around hundreds of strangers, so we need a more thorough round of vaccinations just to be safe." Love Heart watched as Loyal Heart fired and hit the outer ring of the target, "You really don't like Beastly do you?"

"Not especially," Loyal Heart admitted as he drew another arrow, "I guess because he often lives down to the stereotypes of dogs, especially the eating garbage thing… I still haven't forgiven him for kidnapping the cubs on Care-a-Lot's birthday either." This time the arrow struck between the cutout's eyes.

"Yeah, I just try to avoid him." Love Heart watched as Loyal Heart fired another shot, this one hitting close to the one at the outer ring, "You could come on vacation with us, you know." The offer was given without consideration to the complication that might result and that he couldn't take it back.

Thankfully, Loyal Heart shook his head, "I don't want to intrude on your private time, but thanks. I actually want to keep doing this so I don't have to rely on Yue to help you anymore."

Love Heart sighed in relief, "Good luck, Loyal. I should get going, I want to finish some of my magic lessons before we leave on the trip."

"More Clow stuff?" Loyal asked.

"No," Love Heart touched the eight-pointed star on his forehead, "I asked mom to teach me some unicorn magic, or how to use my unicorn magic. Ever since I started transforming the Clow Cards my magic's been getting stronger and I want to be able to do more than just rely on them. Gotta go," Love Heart started to jog away as if he was starting to run late for something.

Loyal Heart just smiled as he watched the bear go then turned back to his archery practice. "I will be strong enough on my own," Loyal Heart's tummy symbol glowed and his arrow was wreathed in white light. There was a sudden flurry of feathers behind Loyal Heart as he fired and the arrow struck the Beastly target dead center, sinking the arrow halfway through its shaft.

OoOoO

The sun was barely up as Love Heart and Confidence loaded their suitcases into the trunk and backseat of the cloud car.

"Got everything?" the voice came from Tori, who had insisted on seeing them off.

"Of course they did, stop worrying," Life Heart Unicorn nudged the human in the leg, "Now make sure you enjoy yourselves."

Love Heart smiled and gave his mom a hug, "I will."

"I'd say don't do anything stupid, but I know you'll ignore that, Squirt," Tori rolled his eyes.

Confidence bristled and stuck her tongue out, "Screw you too Tori."

"Please don't use that term," Tori sighed, "Love you, Cassandra."

Confidence smiled and got into the passenger's seat, "Love you too, Tori." She turned to give Love Heart a kiss before he started the engine and they took off.

Tori and Life Heart watched the car drive to the edge of the clouds then dive towards the earth, "You know what they're going to do right?" Tori didn't look to Life Heart.

Life Heart nodded, "I know, but they're adults now and can make their own decisions."

"Right," Tori yawned, "I should get back to bed."

"Farewell," Life Heart waved Tori off before heading back inside.

Confidence sat back and yawned as Love Heart piloted the Cloud Car down towards earth, checking the GPS periodically to make sure he was heading the right way. Confidence shielded her eyes from the rising sun as they started to dive. "Why'd we leave so early?"

"Because if I didn't force myself up this early I might delay things. Besides everyone else arrives in the afternoon so I want to beat the arrival rush." Love Heart sighed and rubbed his eyes, "We still have to land at the airport and go through customs and I need to let them go over the cloud car with a fine-toothed comb before they'll let us take it through the country. At least they will let us just fly home instead of going back through customs next week."

"Thanks," Confidence gave Love Heart a kiss on the cheek as they flew low and landed at the airport.

Neither of them were happy with customs, especially with how long it took, but finally they were let through and allowed to load their luggage back into the cloud car and gave Love Heart his special permit to fly the car at a certain height while inside the country and to be allowed to leave from their hotel once they checked out. The restrictions caused Love Heart to sweat as he drove to their hotel but he weathered it as he wouldn't be driving anymore until they left, he just wanted to get to their hotel as hassle-free as possible.

Love Heart let his stress evaporate once he parked the cloud car in the hotel parking lot and they were checked in. In comparison, hauling their luggage in was a piece of cake even though it was still early morning.

Not wanting to have to do anything later, both Love Heart and Confidence set about unpacking, sticking their few outfits in the dresser including towels and swimsuits. Confidence checked to see Love Heart putting something in their room's safe before she unpacked something and hid it the dresser drawer she had claimed for herself, smirking all the while.

"What are you locking up?" Confidence asked as she shut the drawer.

"The Heart Book," Love Heart locked the safe and stood up.

"You brought it with you?" Confidence wasn't angry but rather slightly worried, "you think something's going to happen, or Eriol followed us?"

"I hope not but I'd rather have them here than back home just in case, and Loyal Heart and Kero can handle things while we're gone," Love Heart sighed and touched the Heart Key around his neck, "I just don't want them listening in on us or to have to carry that book everywhere while we're just trying to have fun."

Confidence folded her arms, feeling a bit confused, "So how are you going get them if something hits us out of nowhere?"

Love Heart smirked, "That's something I've been working on with mom for a while, watch." Love Heart held up his hands as the eight-pointed star on his forehead glowed white as did the key around his neck. Confidence watched for a moment, intrigued, then jumped as there was a brief flash of light and The Heart Book was in his hands. "See?" he held up the book.

"What was that?!" Confidence's ears had twisted back from the sudden shock but were slowly swiveling forwards.

"Teleportation spell using unicorn magic," Love Heart tapped his star which was still glowing. "I can't do it to just anything, normally nothing that's alive or complex or that big and it's easier if I have a magical connection to it. Actually, I shouldn't be able to teleport the cards because they are alive but because I'm connected to them and the book as long as I have the key," he held up the key from its string in one hand, "I can use it as a conduit to teleport the book to me from… well I tested it from Readington Park to my house so the portal works, and I can send it back but only to where it just was." His star and key glowed again and with another flash, the book was gone. "Just to be sure," Love Heart walked to the safe and entered the code, checking to make sure the book was in there. "Sorry, cards, but we want time to ourselves," Love Heart felt understanding as he closed the safe. "Hopefully I won't have to use them."

He turned back to find Confidence looking giddy, "That's so cool! Can you teleport your battle costume to you, or right on to you?"

Love Heart had to think for a moment, "Maybe, I should try that when we get back home," he tried to smile but then yawned, "It's been a full morning, I need a nap."

Confidence stretched, feeling the energy drain from the effort of dragging herself up so early and all the packing and unpacking. "Same, let's do stuff later."

Both of them stumbled over to the bed on the right and fell atop the covers, not bothering to climb under and almost unconsciously snuggling up together before they fell asleep.

It was just after noon when they finally woke up. Confidence's ears twitched as she was able to hear noise from outside, "Sounds like the beach is open," she gave Love Heart a kiss, "Shall we?"

Love Heart kissed her back, "Yeah, let's get ready."

It only took a moment for them to slip out of the t-shirts and shorts they'd worn on the way in and into their swimsuits. Love Heart just wore a pair of dark blue trunks with odd patterns and he turned to see Confidence wearing a bright blue bikini and had her hands behind her head with a sultry smile on her face.

"What do you think, Love."

"Damn, you're hot," Love Heart blurted out, but he didn't blush.

Confidence giggled as she approached him, "Perfect, then let's hit the beach!"

The pair ran out onto the beach, towels in hand which they used to stake a claim about halfway down before running to the water.

Confidence paused as she saw several people putting on sunscreen, then grinned at Love Heart who was up to his waist in ocean water, "Fur can be a hassle, but at least we don't need to put on sunscreen. Not that I'd mind you rubbing me all over." She waded into the water.

"A lot warmer than the rainbow river and lakes in the Forest of Feelings," Love Heart lay back and floated in the water, "Easier to float too."

"Yeah," Confidence dove into the water, peering at the sand below the surface, then surfaced next to Love Heart, where they were up to their necks, "I can still see the bottom."

Love Heart stood up, "Yeah. Thanks for coming with me," he wrapped Confidence in a hug.

Confidence blushed, "Thanks for inviting me." They kissed as the gentle waves splashed against them. They split apart and started a splash fight before swimming around in the ocean.

After a while, Confidence decided to go lie on the beach after drying off. She lay back on the sand and wiggled happily. Being a desert animal, she actually loved the feeling of the sand and the heat didn't bother her.

A few minutes later she heard Love Heart approaching and opened one eye to see him with snow cones in hand, "Hungry?" he asked, passing a purple one to her.

"A bit," Confidence sat up and took the snow cone, eagerly sucking and chomping on it as Love Heart sat next to her on his towel.

He smirked at her, "Damn you're sexy, did you make that swimsuit yourself."

"Yep!" Confidence devoured the rest of her snowcone, "This and… and… AAAA BRAIN FREEZE!" she grabbed at her head as the pain lanced through it.

Love Heart had to stifle his laughter at her sudden pain, "Careful about that." He had to hold it in enough to finish off his own without getting a brain freeze of his own.

Confidence shook her head, "Right. So what do we have planned for this vacation?"

"Well today we're just settling in, we can order something for supper or get something from the store," Love Heart thought for a moment, "The next two days are free and there's some local places I want to check out. The next day is when we're scheduled to go to the Bob Marley Museum and after that to some surfing lessons at another place for the night."

"You rented two hotels?" Confidence sounded shocked.

"No, it was part of this package." Love Heart stood up, "For now we can just enjoy the beach." He felt his stomach growl, "Or get food."

"Yeah, food sounds good." Confidence jumped up and grabbed their towels before heading back to their room.

"I'll grab dinner then." Love Heart called as he headed for the hotel store.

The Hotel itself wasn't a single building but one lobby office, several small cabins that were the hotel rooms and one store in the middle of the beach where they sold snack food, drinks and various microwavable foodstuffs. Not wanting to wait on ordered food, Love Heart bought a bag full of food and drinks and trekked back to their hotel room.

Confidence had retrieved her hidden package and was in the bathroom when Love Heart returned. He didn't waste time changing out of his trunks and back into shorts and a t-shirt, "I'm back!"

"Good, just wait I'm almost ready," Confidence's voice was sultry from behind the closed door. Love Heart's ears perked up as he put the drinks and food into the mini fridge then lay on the bed to wait for her. He didn't have to wait long.

Confidence slid the door open and emerged, dressed in deep red lingerie that hugged her breasts and waist with thin lacy fabric that accentuated her body almost perfectly. Love Heart's eyes shot open wide, he'd seen her naked before but somehow this was setting his heart afire.

"Damn just… I mean… I thought you were hot before but… damn! You made that?" was all Love Heart could say.

Confidence approached him, swaying her hips and swishing her tail back and forth as she sauntered towards the bed, "Yeah, wasn't easy keeping it a secret. Had to spend all my free time when dad and Tori weren't home," she slid on to the bed and took Love Heart's head in her hand, "So, worth the wait?"

"It was," Love Heart pulled off his shirt before they kissed and pulled close, snuggling close and feeling the heat between them.

They pulled apart and stared awkwardly at each other, "So… now what?" Confidence asked.

"Well… I know the… mechanics but I just… well…" they stared at each other, "I guess I kinda expected instinct to take over."

Confidence couldn't help but laugh, "Sorry just, all this buildup and effort to make this sexy stuff and we've stalled." She felt her stomach gurgle, "maybe we just need food first."

"Yeah, and something to get us going," Love Heart slid off the bed and pulled some stuff out of the mini fridge, passing a canned pop to Confidence as she walked up beside him, "they have a DVD player at least."

"Yeah, and I brought something in case we wanted just a lazy day," Confidence fished something else out of her suitcase, "Tarzan," she popped the disc into the player and turned on the TV, which was mounted high up on the wall so it could be watched comfortably while lying down, then made her way back to the bed closest to the bathroom.

Love Heart had heated up the food by the time the opening titles had started and now they sat on the bed, eating and watching as the opening number played.

Confidence couldn't help but sigh, "All dressed up and going nowhere. I went to all the trouble to make sexy lingerie so I could make the perfect first time and I'm just wearing it while we watch my favorite movie, drinking pop and eating pre-made meals."

"I enjoyed it, even if it didn't really work," Love Heart kissed her cheek then went back to eating.

They watched mostly in silence as the film played on. By the time the song 'Son of Man' started playing they had finished and Confidence had slid over to lay her head on Love Heart's chest, letting him stroke her long ears. It wasn't quite doing it but she loved the sensation.

It was some time after the song ended that Love Heart finally asked, "So why is this your favorite movie?"

Confidence took a moment to answer, "It wasn't always my favorite, just ever since you found me. I remember that day after mom's funeral, I didn't want to be around anyone so I went to the park even though it was a school day so dad just called and said I needed to stay home.

"I was on the swing, wishing she was there to push me when I heard that puttering sound overhead."

"Yeah, dad was driving me to my first solo caring mission," Love Heart stroked Confidence's ears again, "I was nervous but he said it was a big one since a girl had just lost her mother. I jumped out of the car and started looking around for you. You saw me first and you-"

"I jumped up and ran right to you and said 'you're just like me!' and I think I just grabbed you and dragged you home," Confidence chuckled at the memory then shivered at Love Heart's touch. As the next song started up in the movie

"Well dad ran over to see what happened then said I should go with you and he'd be along after he called Noble Heart," Love Heart chuckled and put his hands on Confidence's shoulders, "You introduced me to your dad then my dad came around and had a talk with him, asked if we could take you to visit 'your lost homeland' or whatever you called it."

"Yeah, dad said yes and… I just," Confidence started tearing up, "I remember everything." Then she started singing along with the same song that had started to play in the midst of their reminiscing.

"I wanna know, can you show me?

I wanna know about these strangers like me

Tell me more, please show me

Something's familiar about these strangers like me…"

Confidence was softly crying as Love Heart suddenly started singing

"Every gesture, every move that she makes

Makes me feel like never before

Why do I have

This growing need to be beside her?"

Confidence rolled over so her teary face was looking right at Love Heart, "I sang this song to myself that night, it just spoke to me because I finally found out what I was, or at least I thought I did." She lay her head on his chest, "Ever since then with how that portal was built and all of this I keep asking myself: am I a human or a Care Bear? I know the easy answer is 'both' and I want to be a Care Bear Cousin but I sometimes I still feel so different and dad and Tori are still my family. I was raised human so… do I really fit in up there? I still live on Earth."

"You're a great Care Bear, and a great person," Love Heart stroked one of Confidence's ears again, "but even if you weren't a 'real' Care Bear you'd still be the one I love."

Confidence turned to face right at him, "I love you too."

There was a fire burning inside them now, a passion ignited by shared memories. Love Heart pulled Confidence up and spoke another verse from the song, which had already ended on the actual movie.

"Come with me now to see my world

Where there's beauty beyond your dreams"

Confidence gave a sultry smile,

"Can you feel the things I feel

Right now, with you?"

They finished the verse together

"Take my hand

There's a world I need to know"

They kissed, deep and passionately and Love Heart fumbled for the remote to shut off the TV. Confidence pulled Love Heart's shorts off and Love Heart did the same with her bottoms. Confidence hurriedly sat back and undid her top, tossing it aside as she straddled Love Heart.

"Ready?"

"Yeah," Love Heart was already hard from seeing her strip suddenly as she tried to ride up his dick, she was already moist as she slid up. Then she fumbled and almost fell forwards, Love Heart caught her by the shoulders and the both blushed.

"I got you, and this," Love Heart raised his knees to try and support her.

"No, it's fine, just," Confidence looked down to try and line herself up properly, wiggling back and forth and giving Love Heart a full view, which made him shudder as he was overeager.

"Got it!" she finally managed to slide her vagina over his dick and slid down, wincing as she felt her hymen strike then forced herself down fats, "AH!" the pain was unexpected and she clenched her whole lower body from the pain.

"Ah, haaa!" Love Heart couldn't hold it in and suddenly came while she had just started. "Oops, he gasped."

"Crap, and I'm not done, just hold, uhh." She tried to ride Love Heart's rapidly softening dick but barely managed a couple stroked before it came down too much for her to even try. "Damnit I'm too wound up now! Ugg!" Confidence didn't wait and reached down to try and force something out with her hand.

"Want some help?" Love Heart tried to sit up but was still pinned under Confidence's leg.

"No, I go- AAAhhh!" Confidence relaxed as her release came, then held up her sticky bloody fingers, "Gross…"

"Not the most… erotic thing ever…" Love Heart finally pulled himself free.

"That sucked, sorry," Confidence crawled off the now disgusting bed, "and the blanket's fucked."

"More than we are, anyway," neither of them laughed at the bad joke, "At least we've got a spare," he pointed to the second bed, which was still clean.

"Yeah, but I'm not lying on it like this, I need a shower." Confidence headed for the bathroom.

"Me too, wait up," Love Heart joined her a moment later.

Both were expecting maybe the shower to rekindle their fire and give them a second rush, but all it did was put a damper on their mood. By the time they were scrubbed clean of their embarrassment all the couple wanted to do was sleep, once they tore the soiled blankets and sheets off the first bed and dumped them outside the front door. The cleaning staff might give them hell in the morning but neither of them wanted to smell the nasty mix of first-time post-coitus all night.

They curled up unclothed under the covers of the second bed both red in the face.

"Well that was… something…" Confidence muttered.

"First time, wasn't great. Sorry I blew so fast," Love Heart averted his eyes.

"Nah, just means you were eager, so that's good," Confidence kissed him on the nose, "But we've got a whole week to ourselves."

Love Heart turned back to face her, "Yeah, and I mean practice makes perfect or something like that."

Confidence laughed, "That's cheesy, but thanks."

"You too," Love Heart kissed her on the cheek, "good night, Cassy. I love you."

"I love you too, Love. Good night."

Sometime the next morning Confidence Heart heard some incoherent swearing from outside the door to their room but paid it no mind and just snuggled up closer to Love Heart.

"Morning, Cassy," Love Heart gave her a soft kiss, "sleep well?"

"Yeah, despite the awkwardness," Confidence kissed back, "Ready to try again?"

"Maybe after a shower," Love Heart pulled himself up, "And some breakfast."

"Or maybe during the shower," Confidence got an eyeful of Love Heart's backside before she got up.

Love Heart chuckled, "Maybe." He spotted the DVD case sitting by the player far under the TV, "So why is Tarzan your favorite movie again?"

Confidence didn't begrudge him forgetting what she had told him last night so she answered, "Because I relate to Tarzan, living as the only person like myself for years and then finally discovering what I am but not sure which world I belong in." She picked up the case and looked at the title character on the cover, "Maybe not exactly the same but…"

"I get it," Love Heart had come up behind Confidence and hugged her around the middle, "Were you afraid you'd just be living in the wild once you found out what you were?"

"A little," Confidence set the case down and took Love Heart's hands in her own, "thanks for finding me."

"You're welcome," Love Heart kissed the back of her neck, "Shower?"

"Yes, please!" Confidence perked up and suddenly all but dragged Love Heart to the bathroom.

Now that they were rested, both Love Heart and Confidence Heart had a lot more energy once they were in the shower and they pulled close without lathering up.

"Shouldn't we be washing up?" Love Heart asked.

Confidence giggled, "Not unless you want to wash up twice," she kissed him, "How about we try this again without messing up the bed sheets."

Lover Heart smirked, "I won't say no to that," he kissed her more deeply, his hand creeping up Confidence's body and squeezing one of her breasts.

"Aaaaa, mmm!" Confidence gasped then growled, "That's good," she reached down to grab Love Heart's ass.

Love Heart sucked in air through his teeth for a moment, "I've wanted this for so long." He was getting hard just from being in the shower with her.

"Me too," Confidence nuzzled against his wet neck-fur and shuddering happily. Neither of them noticed the star on Love Heart's forehead start to glow.

Love Heart grinned, "Let's do it right this time, do you trust me?"

"Of course," Confidence kissed Love Heart again then let Love Heart spin her around.

"Thank you," Love Heart stroked up her long ears which made Confidence shudder as she felt Love Heart's dick poking around her ass.

"Careful, this time," Confidence leaned forwards, her hands up against the wall.

"Oh, I'll be careful," Love Heart growled as he reached up around Confidence's front and squeezed her breasts which made her gasp, "but not gentle."

"Don't be gentle, give it to me!" Confidence all but begged, leaning forwards as Love Heart grabbed her sides and guided his dick into her. Both gasped as Love Heart finally plunged in deep, Confidence feeling her breasts press up against the shower wall as he pulled back to thrust again.

There was a flash of light from the glowing star on Love Heart's forehead but neither noticed the light as Love Heart began plowing rhythmically into her. Confidence shuddered as she felt her breasts seem to spread farther against the wall with latest pound, prompting her to push back against him. Love Heart's grip on her sides got tighter as he thrust faster, this time bringing Confidence to orgasm a few seconds before he blew his own load.

Confidence Heart shuddered and supported herself against the shower wall as Love Heart pulled himself free of her, "That was… so much better." She carefully stood up.

"Yeah, now let's get clean," Love Heart grabbed the shampoo and started carefully washing Confidence's hair. She mrrred in response and took the bottle to wash her front, her breasts feeling odd as she rubbed over them.

They scrubbed themselves and each other hard until their fur and skin tingled to make sure they were totally clean. When they finally stepped out of the shower something felt off, mainly their balance.

"Ugg, am I just sore from sex or is something wrong," Confidence turned to get a better look at Love Heart, "Whoa! What the?" she looked down and saw her breasts were noticeable larger, "Hot damn!"

"Confidence- Stars!" Love Heart looked at her squeezing her breasts, which had gone up maybe one cup size and that she looked noticeably curvier instead of the more teddy bear like appearance they usually had. Curious, he turned to the mirror and gaped at himself. Love Heart was by no means out of shape but even his appearance defaulted to the 'cuddly' type they all had, instead now he looked slimmer, not thin but his belly had receded a bit so his tummy symbol was now on abs somehow visible through his fur and his arms looked noticeably muscular. He flexed and arm and saw the bicep bulge slightly, not stupidly grotesque but more than it had been before.

Confidence flexed her arms inwards to see a similar effect and ran her hands over her tummy symbol which also rested on harder belly muscles, "This is nice, but what happened."

Love Heart looked at his reflection more closely and saw the eight-pointed star on his head was glowing. "I think I did this," he poked the star, "Not consciously though. Mom told me that unicorn magic works better if the subject wants it to happen and now it's intertwined with our emotions so it might have changed us because…"

"We wanted to be 'beach body' ready," Confidence smirked and put her arms around Love Heart's shoulders, "Not exactly caring mission appropriate but I like it," she gave him a kiss.

Love Heart smirked and kissed back for a moment, "Yeah, I'm sure it'll wear off before we go home and it's nice to look hotter for a while."

"Well let's get fed and head out to show off," Confidence turned and exited the bathroom, swishing her tail at Love Heart, who eagerly followed her.

Confidence just pulled on a pair of shorts then grabbed her bikini top and tied it on. "Don't wear a t-shirt," she said as Love Heart was picking up one, "Try a button up."

"Huh?" Love Heart looked for one and found a blue one with the same kind of pattern as his trunks.

"We've got the goods now, show them off," Confidence smirked, "Leave it undone."

Love Heart smirked back and pulled the shirt on, leaving it unbuttoned. "What about you?"

"Well… this is a little small now," Confidence pulled her bikini top on and reached back to tie it, with less slack than she had before, "But I like the result, how 'bout you?" she turned to face Love Heart.

Love Heart whistled when he saw the result: her bikini top was about half a size too small now and her breasts were being slightly squished by the fabric and bulging around the edges but not uncomfortably so, "Wow, that's… damn…"

"Lost for words," Confidence approached him, "good." They kissed and wrapped their arms around each other for a minute before heading out.

The town was a treat to look around and every other block there was a local vendor with a barbecue made out of an oil drum selling jerk chicken, as a result they didn't really stop for a meal just grabbing something to eat off a street vendor once an hour or so. With sight-seeing as the goal they were drawn to a number of touristy locations, especially some markets and had to resist the urge to spend at every store along the way. Both noticed they were attracting a lot of looks as they were now half-dressed from the waist up but they didn't mind, they actually found the attention flattering as long as no one tried to bother them.

Eventually they stopped to eat supper at an outdoor restaurant before heading back to the hotel as the sun was setting. Confidence leaned on Love Heart's shoulder and gave a happy sigh as they arrived back and flung herself down on the bed, feeling the new weight of her breasts.

"That was a fun day," she watched as Love Heart undressed and growled seductively, "Feeling frisky?"

Love Heart chuckled as he crawled onto the bed, "After seeing you bounce around town all day, how could I not?"

Confidence propped herself up on her arms, "Well seeing your hot body out there all day has me pretty hot too," she leaned farther forwards and kissed him.

"Want to get started then?" Love Heart was already getting hard as he reached down to pull off her shorts.

She didn't stop him but didn't undo her top right away, "Yes, but first I want you to do something to me."

"For you?" Love Heart was perplexed but interested.

Confidence reached under her breasts and hefted them up slightly, "Make my boobs bigger."

Love Heart was a bit startled, "what?"

"Make them grow, like this morning but on purpose," she squished her tits together then let them fall, "I remember how they felt when you had me up against the wall and they were spreading, it felt soooo goooood!" She shuddered at the memory, "Can you do it again please?"

Love Heart smirked, "I'll try, I think our connection will let it work if you really want it."

"I do," Confidence pushed her chest forwards so Love Heart could easily grasp her breasts.

"OK just," Love Heart took a deep breath and focused, "Grow, grow…" he mumbled under his breath. The star on his forehead began to glow and he squeezed Confidence's breasts, then they started to grow.

"Mmmmmmm yeeeeeesssss," Confidence moaned as she felt her tit-flesh growing, still squeezed by her bikini top. She carefully reached back and loosened her top so it could stretch out as her breasts kept growing. Finally, the loose knot at the back came undone and her top bounced loose. "Oh my," she blushed from the excitement as her now cantaloupe sized breasts were freed.

Love Heart's face was hot too, "W-wow, didn't think I had it in me."

"These feel nice," Confidence shook her chest, watching and feeling her tits sway from side-to-side, "Wouldn't want to carry these around every day, but right here, for us, I love it."

Love Heart growled seductively and leaned forwards, pushing Confidence onto her back. "Let's test them out!"

Confidence gasped as Love Heart grabbed her breasts and squeezed the surprisingly firm flesh, only to back off when she gasped. "Don't stop unless I say," Confidence leered up at him, "Give it to me now!"

Love Heart sighed in relief then dove right back in, grabbing Confidence's breasts in both hands and ramming his now painfully hard dick right into her. Confidence felt a burst of pleasure overwhelm her and briefly wondered how her breasts were more sensitive with increased size, only to lose it as Love Heart leaned forwards and kissed her, pinching her nipple then pressing and kneading her tit-flesh now that he had so much more to work with.

This time, Confidence came much sooner than expected while Love Heart held on much longer, ramming hard into her even as she was going limp under him. Love Heart squeezed her breasts hard as he came and fell on top of Confidence.

"That… was great," Love Heart panted then lay his head on Confidence's breasts, "mind if I use these as pillows."

"Urrgwah, guf heeed," Confidence gurgled, still a bit addled from the pounding she'd received.

"Cassy? You alright?" Love Heart lifted his head up to look her in the eye.

Confidence regained her composure and grinned, "Yeah… you rocked my world." She patted one of her breasts, "Go on, use them. Let's watch TV." She fumbled for the nearby remote and turned on the TV. Love Heart sighed in relief then carefully rolled over and lay his head back on Confidence's breasts.

"How are they," Confidence squeezed her arms inwards to push her tits up.

Love Heart chuckled and leaned his head back farther, "Squishy but fun."

"Good," Confidence giggled and stroked his head.

Eventually they shifted to a more comfortable cuddling position, Confidence's boobs sandwiched between them before falling asleep.

By the time they woke up, Confidence's chest had shrunk back down to the 'beach bod" size they had grown to in the previous day's shower, much to her relief.

"Fun for the bedroom but my top wouldn't stay on with those," she commented as she dressed in her bikini, ready to hit the beach again.

"You want to do that again?" Love Heart put on a seductive tone as he pulled on just his trunks.

"Oh yeah," Confidence ran her hands across Love Heart's chest and tummy symbol, "How does this all make you feel?"

"Sexy," Love Heart kissed her, "But not any stronger despite the muscles." Love Heart flexed a bit, "I mean it's there but I feel mostly normal."

"Yeah, me too, other than the extra weight," Confidence flexed her own arms.

"It's just magic so it's superficial," Love Heart was heading out the door and motioned for Confidence to follow him, "It should wear off before we go home, or I can just remove it."

"Good, don't think everyone would appreciate us coming back like this," Confidence giggled as she imagined what the reactions would be if they did indeed return like this.

Love Heart and Confidence Heart spent most of the morning lounging on the beach and swimming, enjoying the looks they were getting as they lounged and both shooing off people who tried to flirt with them. After lunch they headed into town again to see some other places they had missed the previous day; Confidence took a brief detour to a clothing store and emerged with an opaque bag in hand.

"What did you get?" Love Heart tried to peer in the bag.

Confidence just held it closed, "It's a surprise for tonight, promise you won't peak?"

"I promise," Love Heart kissed her on the cheek, "looking forwards to it."

The rest of the day was fairly uneventful until they stopped for supper before heading back to the hotel. Love Heart was endlessly curious as Confidence disappeared into the bathroom and just told him to lie down and be ready for her. Love Heart got the message and stripped down before laying back to wait for her.

Confidence emerged a minute later wearing only a white button up shirt that was tight enough that the buttons over her breasts were stretched and carrying the shopping bag from earlier. "Whaddya think?" she asked as she sauntered over, tail swishing behind her.

"It's, different. Is that supposed to be sexy?" Love Heart was a bit baffled.

Confidence Heart giggled as she crawled up on the bed and lay back against Love Heart with her head on his chest, leaving the bag within arm's reach, "You'll see," she wiggled her ears enticingly in front of Love Heart, who started stroking them, which made Confidence shudder and lean back farther.

It was a while before Confidence had enough of her ears being teased and she reached up to grab Love Heart's arms, "Make them grow again," she lowered his hands to her breasts, "I want you to burst the buttons on this shirt."

"Ooh," Love Heart grinned as he grasped Confidence's breasts through the shirt as the star on his forehead glowed, "This'll be fun."

The magic was much easier now and both felt Confidence's breasts growing under the shirt, the already strained buttons quickly stretching to their limit as gaps between them exposed Confidence's cleavage. Confidence gasped as she felt the fabric grow tighter until the first button popped and flew across the bed. She gasped and giggled as three more blew in quick succession, leaving her now larger tits exposed.

"No as big as last night," Love Heart mused, "Want me to keep going?"

"Not yet, I've got more," Confidence pulled the shirt off, ripping the last few buttons, and pulled another out of the bag, this one a white t-shirt that was clearly too small for her, especially now. Despite this, Confidence pulled the shirt over her head, grunting a bit as it practically formed around her boobs but not going and clearly straining the cheap fabric but unable to go down to her tummy symbol.

"Round 2!" she leaned back up against Love Heart who immediately grasped her breasts again.

"Fight!" Love Heart joked as they both felt her breasts growing and stretching the t-shirt even tighter. Confidence gasped and moaned as the shirt stretched tighter and tighter over her growing breasts, which had already surpassed their size from last night. Her nipples tented the fabric and she saw a tear forming in between them.

There was an audible shredding sound as the shirt ripped apart, freeing her breast to bounce in front of her. "Boobs win," she giggled then felt them, they were a bit larger than they had been after last night. "Ready for round three?" she pulled the shredded shirt off and reached for the bag.

"Who's the final challenger?" Love Heart watched as she fished out the last item, a large but obviously cheaply made black bra.

Confidence pulled it on and grunted slightly, "A bit tight, but that's good," her boobs were squished out like in her bikini as she fastened the back, making sure the hooks wouldn't come free easily, "There," she leaned back up against Love Heart.

"Hmm, not bad," Love Heart groped her tits through the fabric, "Not as nice as the stuff you made though."

"I'm gonna need your help if I want something like this that's more permanent," Confidence reached up to stroke Love Heart's cheek, "But I don't want to rip something I put that much work into."

"I'd love that," Love Heart kissed the back of her neck, "but let's enjoy this now."

Confidence Heart could already feel his dick poking her from behind, "Go ahead, make me rip this bra a new one!"

"Gladly," Love Heart's star lit up and Confidence's breasts started to grow again.

Confidence bit her lip as even a cheaply made bra was more durable than the shirts had been. Her breast flesh pillowed out from the sides as the hooks and cups strained to contain her growing tits. "Don't stop," she panted, "break it."

"Wasn't thinking of it," Love Heart squeezed her breasts as they continued to grow, the bra cups starting pushing forwards as the hooks strained to hold them in and one of the straps started to tear.

There was a loud 'RIP!' as the strap tore off and the hooks broke, Confidence's huge breasts launching the bra across the room before coming to a rest on her chest. Confidence panted and hefted her boobs which were rather firm and now the size of watermelons.

Love Heart panted and reached down to squeeze her breasts, "Wow."

"Yeah, mmmmm," Confidence growled softly, "How they still so sensitive?"

"Must be the magic at work," Love Heart kissed her on the back of the neck, "Ready for more?"

"Yeah, but I think it's time I repaid you for letting me have theses," she squished her massive breasts together then carefully rolled over, feeling her balance lurch halfway as they swung around to dangle off her chest, "Oof, heavy," she grinned and slid down past Love Heart's crotch where she saw he was erect, "ready?" she didn't wait for a reply as he lay her breasts around his waist then squished them together around his dick.

"Ahh!" Love Heart gasped as the sudden squeezing as Confidence's massive tits squeezed around his dick. She pressed together then released a few times then squeezed and ran up and down, the stimulation getting stronger by the second. Love Heart grit his teeth and grabbed at the covers, trying to hold back his orgasm so he wouldn't ruin the moment and as he felt his dick engulfed and squeezed his star glowed again.

As Confidence continued her boob-job and rubbed back and forth she felt increased pressure from within. Love Heart's already painfully hard dick was getting bigger right up until she saw it poke through her cleavage. "Wanted a size bump too?" she giggled, "Good because now I can do this!" She licked his tip then started to suck as she squeezed her tits around it as they become more comparable in size.

Love Heart bit his lip and was practically ripping the sheets off the bed as he held back as long as he could. But when he felt Confidence's teeth teasing his tip he came and slumped back.

Confidence wasn't fond of the taste and gagged slightly but swallowed, "OK, next time I'll let it splatter." She sat back, grunting as she felt her watermelon-sized tits rest on her chest, "Fun as this is I'll be happy to go back to normal in the morning."

"Same," Love Heart nodded then motioned for her to come closer. Confidence smirked then crawled up alongside him before lying on her side. Love Heart figured the message and rolled to spoon her, his arms wrapping around to squeeze her breasts.

"How was it?" Confidence leaned back against his head.

"The tit-job? Excellent," Love Heart kissed the back of her neck, "wonder what other magic stuff we can do."

"We have time to experiment," Confidence sighed happily then shuddered, "Oof, still sensitive."

"Yeah," Love Heat muttered, he was already starting to get hard again as he squished and groped Confidence's tits.

"My you're eager," Confidence giggled as she shifted her legs to give him better access.

Love Heart wasted no time and managed to guide his dick into Confidence with some effort. "Tighter this time."

"Well you are bigger, it feels good," She pushed back against him as he slowly fucked her.

"Gonna take my time now," Love Heart whispered, "I want us to savor this."

"Like you're savoring my tits," Confidence gasped and murrred as she felt him pound her slowly, already heavily aroused from everything else she now found herself trying to hold back. This only got harder as Love Heart started kissing and nuzzling her neck as well as playing with her huge breasts. This time she managed to hold back long enough to let Love Heart unload in her, nearly synching up with him. Both exhausted from the day and their elaborate sexual play, they fell asleep.

The next day the couple were back just to their 'beach bod' appearance and quickly showered and headed out to get on a bus to go to the Bob Marley Museum. The Museum itself was rather small, converted from the man's original home and mostly open to the air which made it a relief that the weather was good. The tour lasted about an hour before they were back on the bus and heading to another beach. Love Heart and Confidence made out in the backseat on the way.

It was late when they arrived at the new beach so everyone on the tour was given a place to sleep in a communal cabin. Love Heart and Confidence were feeling frisky but managed to just hold themselves back to cuddling so they wouldn't disturb anyone.

The next day they all lined up for surf lessons, spending most of the time just trying to stay on the boards without falling off. Love Heart was able to maintain his balance after a few hours of practice while Confidence struggled a bit.

"Not as easy as it looks," Confidence sat on her board which was floating in the shallows.

Love Heart smirked, but suddenly lost his balance and fell in the water, which made Confidence break out in laughter as he surfaced. Love Heart spat out some water, "It'll be great to show off in summer," he grinned then splashed some water at Confidence, who kicked some back at him.

"Alright, bring it in, time for lunch!" the instructor called from the shore.

After lunch they were back out on the waves and by the time they were to head home Confidence and Love Heart could both at least stay on their boards. Everyone piled into the same bus from the day before and rode back to their hotel.

After a day of staring at each other both on the beach and on their surfboards Love Heart and Confidence could barely restrain themselves and they all but ran back into their room and almost literally tore each other's clothes off and threw themselves onto a bed for a night of wordless and heavy lovemaking.

When the week finally came to an end, Love Heart and Confidence stepped out of the shower on their check-out morning and saw they were back to their normal physiques.

Confidence turned around and glanced at herself in the mirror, "Fun as that was for the week, I'm happy to be back to normal." She turned back to check her front, prodding her tummy symbol.

Love Heart did the same, "Yeah, don't want to freak anyone out more than they will once they figure out what we've done."

"Pssshh!" Confidence waved a hand as she headed back to the room, "As if they didn't know we were going to screw down here." She finished the packing job they had started last night.

Love Heart chuckled as he retrieved the Heart Book from the room safe, "True. Hey sorry I had to keep you in there all week," Love Heart spoke to the book before he packed it away, sensing forgiveness from the cards, "I'm just relieved nothing forced me to bring them out."

"Worry later," Confidence closed both suitcases then turned to kiss Love Heart, "so we can just fly home from here?"

"Once we check out. I cleared it at the airport. Don't want to get caught up with the other spring breakers." Love Heart grabbed his suitcase and followed Confidence who was already dragging hers outside.

They returned the room key, loaded up the cloud car, kissed then took off for home.