Wet Space

Chapter 4: Winter
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The weeks passed, and it became colder and colder, until the snow finally began to fall into the forest. It had been nearly six weeks since the Colombus fell from the sky, leaving only two survivors stranded on this planet. It had only taken the two of them half the time they were here in order to fall in love with eachother. Since their first night as lovers, they had spend every possible moment with eachother. Despite their feelings, however, their survival comes first.

In the early hours of their first day of winter, Armec and Kalinya made their way out of their cave in nothing but their fur, having abandoned their uniforms long ago. They both looked shockingly weak from the fact that they had been eating nothing but fruit all this time, and the lack of meat for both predators meant nothing in their bodies could absorb the nutrients of the otherwise healthy liki fruits. They needed to hunt, and they planned to start today. Neither of them wanted to introduce violence to the unusually peaceful system in place in the forest, but they both agreed that they had no choice if they were to survive.

Armec was holding a sloppily-built spear made with a long and brittle stick, and a sharp rock that was held to the end with little more than ground up leaves. It would hold together for a while, but it would likely break apart as soon as he hit something with it. Unfortunately, he did not have the time to make a second one for Kalinya, and he had insisted that she stay behind so that she would not have to watch as he hunted down the inhabitants of the forest. As much as the leopard protested, she was glad to have an excuse to avoid the event. Armec began his trek into the forest, knowing it wouldn't be long until he found a Trinek, as they always seemed to be present in the area.

As he walked through the thin snow, Kalinya watched him from the entrance of the cave, admiring the way his body moved. She would never admit it, but her eyes strayed more than once toward his naked rear end, and the sight only made her wish for him to return quickly for more than just food. She sat down on a nearby rock, shuddering at the freezing sensation on her own uncovered rump, and watched the wolf disappear behind the trees. As she waited, Kalinya felt the first stirrings of a filling bladder deep in her belly, and recounted the fact that she had eaten at least three liki fruits in the last hour. The increased consumption of fruits was an effect of the two carnivores having no meat. Without the protein, they couldn't absorb the rich nutrients in the fruit, so they tried simply eating more fruit until they saw it had no effect. Returning to her thoughts, she decided to hold it in until armec got back, and stayed seated on her rock while keeping an eye out for her mate.

Armec made his way through the trees until he reached the first Trinek nesting area that he and Kal were aware of. They often came here to study the creatures and their behavior. The wolf targeted the Trinek closest to him and approached it, and it made it's odd chirping call when it noticed him. The others looked and watched as Armec grabbed the prey, forcing it to the ground and putting it belly-up. The Trinek in his grasp panicked and went limp, not knowing what else it could do. Armec looked the animal up and down as he felt many eyes watching him. The Trineks of the nest he invaded were watching everything that he was doing, not yet afraid of what was taking place. He knew they had never experienced an attack, as there were no predators in this forest, or at least none that he had seen. No predators besides himself and Kalinya. Finally, he took a firm hold of his spear and kneeled down on the prey so that it couldn't escape. He brought the sharp end to the neck, closed his eyes and held a deep breath. Then he pushed down.

It was almost an hour later before he returned to the cave. He had spent his time attempting to skin the poor creature that he had killed, in order to have an easier time of getting the meat as well as potentially having something to stay warm in. Unfortunately, he lacked both the knowledge and the tools to skin something, and all he got for his efforts was a horrible mess and a headache. He dragged the remains through the snow until he reached the slope leading to the cave entrance, where he noticed Kalinya sitting on the same rock as when he left. Surprised and concerned that she had sat in the same place for so long, he dropped the Trinek and rushed over to her, noticing that she appeared to be in great discomfort.

Kalinya saw Armec approaching her and tried to stand up, but immediately fell back on her butt. She was cold and hungry, but that wasn't what was bothering her. In the hour that her mate was gone, the fruit that she had eaten were relentless in the way they went directly through her system and filled her bladder with their recycled juice. She was absolutely desperate for a pee, but she had not dared to get up and use a tree. She didn't know why, but even as she was close to freezing solid, she would not leave her spot. She simply waited for Armec to return, despite the cold temperatures and her growing urge to urinate. Finally he had returned, and now she really couldn't move due to her legs locking up from the pressure.

Kalinya looked up as her mate approached her and held her paws between her legs. "Kal, what are you doing? Have you been sitting here this whole time?" She nodded gently and looked at the carcass he had left in the snow. After a moment, she tensed up and held her eyes shut as she felt the urge grow stronger, very nearly overpowering her. Armec took notice of her efforts and mistook it for pain. "Hun, whats wrong? Are you okay?" She moaned suddenly and released a long hissing squirt, which Armec's sensitive ears picked up. His worry was quickly replaced by arousal as he realized the problem. He looked down and saw the grey rock slowly turn a light yellow color as her liquids spread down from where she sat. "Had too many fruits, Kal?"

She nodded again as another squirt of pee left her body and soaked the stone. Steam began to rise from below her, carrying her scent with it, which Armec immediately accepted as one of the best scents ever. The highly aroused wolf took her by the arm and pulled her off the rock, causing the surprised leopard to squeal as her bladder let out a strong but short jet of urine from the sudden shock of movement. She somehow managed to get herself back under control and stop the stream, but as her pee-hole clenched shut, her bladder screamed in protest after getting so close to relief. Before anything else could happen, Armec pulled her closer to him and kissed her, causing her to lose another small squirt as her legs went weak. He then took her into the cave, letting himself fall to the ground just behind the entrance and pulling Kal on top of him.

Kalinya gasped as her mate pulled her down to him, struggling to figure out what he was doing without losing the hold on her pent up liquids. She looked down at the wolf underneath her and into his eyes, noticing something different about the amber-colored rounds, almost as if something was missing. He seemed more wild than he did before he left. Her thoughts were interrupted by another strong spasm that snuck up on her and forced a light dribble from her lips, which landed almost directly on Armec's sheath. The warmth spread down to his balls, causing the wolf to let out a low growl of pleasure. This set off a small alarm in Kalinya's head, as she had heard her mate murr and sigh and even grunt as a response to arousal, but never growl. Now that she thought about it, she was always the one to start these moments, pushing herself on him. Before she could consider it further, she settled for the idea that Armec was simply excited that they would eat soon.

She finally let out a long sigh as she allowed her body to relax, which was shortly followed by the sound of liquid splashing on fur. She looked down and watched as the bright yellow water spilled out from between her legs and shot directly onto Armec's groin and lower belly. She moaned from the relief as he moaned from the warmth spreading across his crotch, both feeling their arousals growing. Kalinya stopped holding back as her bladder unleashed it's contents, the stream becoming so powerful that it dug into the wolf's fur and skin like a high-pressure hose. It only lasted for nearly a full minute before she was spent and the last few drops had trickled from her slit. By the time it was done, Armec's fur was thoroughly soaked, and his urine-covered member was fully erect and out of it's sheath.

It was another hour later before they had finished their fun together, and now they needed to start something else. Armec took the dead Trinek from outside and bought it into the cave as Kalinya started up a fire, being careful not to let the materials get wet. The leopard was worried about what this unknown food might do to them, as they had no idea how to prepare it for eating. She had voiced her concerns to Armec, but he seemed to simply shrug it off. As she was making the final preperations for the fire, she noticed her mate making his way to the mouth of the cave. She turned and called out to him. "Hey Armec, where are you going?" He faced her. "Going to take a piss, Kal." "Oh, mind if I come?" The wolf turned away and continued walking. "Didn't you just go?" He left before she could respond.

Kal looked to the ground in both shock and disappointment. This was definitely the first time he had turned down something like this. While they had no real way of telling how long it had been since anything, that was hardly the point of their little bathroom trips. Abandoning the fire, she scrambled toward the entrance and looked down the slope toward the trees, immediately spotting Armec as he approached the tree that was closest to him. Without any hesitation, he took his limp penis, which hung out of it's sheath due to the excitement it dealt with only ten minutes ago, and began letting loose all over the base of the tree. The leopard watched from the cave, growing slightly excited, but more irritated that he did not let her join.

Without watching further, she returned to the fire and finished her work, striking two small rocks against eachother to send sparks into the firepit, creating the light and heat of flame. She set three more sticks up at the sides of the fire so that they would have a place to set the Trinek and cook it without burning it. By now the creature was frozen from it's time spent in the snow. Kalinya took it and placed it on the sticks, causing it to quickly thaw out. As she did so, Armec returned from outside and sat next to her, waiting patiently for the coming meal to cook. She looked at him and tried to think of what was going on. Maybe the stress had gotten to him, or maybe he needed to rest after killing something for the first time.

Twenty minutes later, the Trinek was ready to eat. They both tried not to think about what they were eating as they started on their meal. Kalinya took her bites slowly in respect and in the attempt to not overload her weakened digestive system, while Armec had devoured like a mad man. At one point he stopped only to state the classic line, "Tastes like chicken!" Regardless of how fast either of them ate, they both quickly felt their strength returning. Once they were done, they threw the remains outside and attempted to clean the blood off the ground. With their bellies filled with the meat they desperately needed, they relaxed for the remainder of the day. Kalinya continued to notice differences in Armec's behavior, but she didn't try to confront him about it, as much as she wanted to. She was confident that he would return to normal soon.

When nightfall came, they were already ready to go to sleep. As usual, they had cuddled up together next to the fire for warmth and intimacy. Kalinya was about to fall asleep when Armec asked her a sudden and surprising question. "Kal, do you like it here?" Startled, she opened her eyes and looked at him. He had the look of someone starting to give up hope. It had been too long since they got here, she couldn't think of a reason that the rescue ships wouldn't be here by now. Finally she turned her thoughts to the way they had survived here and if it was worth it. "I guess it's kinda nice..." The wolf closed his eyes, allowing Kalinya to relax her mind again and do the same. It wasn't much longer before they finally fell asleep after a long day.