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This time, I thank Avon for his proof-reading!

Second part of the story.", "writing": "1 :04 pm\n\n\tArmand had taken the lead, and was guiding Garrett between the stones, herbs and flowers, following an almost erased trail winding its way up the cliff. The wolf was impressed by the place: His nose was assaulted by a thousand scents, his fur was brushed by a bit of cool wind, and his eyes were delighted to see several butterflies. The sun was high in the sky, the weather fine and the air still a bit salty. Garrett loved it all and breathed in a large amount of pure air. And he also contemplated his lover, climbing his way up over the stony path.\n\nArmand was wearing a pair of indigo baggy pants and a black waistcoat, a set of rather light clothes. And he was still wearing his wooden pearl bracelet and his red bandana wrapped around his neck. The fox pushed away some branches overloaded with yellow flowers, and walked over a plane surface. They were arrived, and the smiling fox turned around to greet Garrett. The wolf soon stepped in right after and found a grassy headland, well protected from the wind by some trees on one side and a bunch of boulders on the other. The white wolf entered this refuge at the top of the cliffs and, from there, had a splendid view of the landscape.\n\nThe cliffs, the birds nonchalantly flying over the warm air inside the gulf, the white beaches, the shiny sea, the small village made of snow-white, round houses near the water…\n\n“Whoa…”\n\nGarrett couldn’t think of anything better to say. He moved towards the edge of the escarpment and crouched down, soon followed by Armand, and they both lost themselves in the sight. \n\n“It’s magnificent”\n\n“Isn’t it? I used to come here often, to write, draw or simply watch the waves and birds…”\n\n“I can see why… It’s really… Appeasing.”\n\nArmand nestled against his big burly wolf, contemplating the spectacular sight with him for a bit more time. They shared the silence, the sea and the wind in the leaves. Soon, the wolf left the sight and kissed his fox’s forehead.\n\n“I have a present for you, Armand…”\n\n“Yip? A present?”\n\nWith a mysterious smile, Garrett rummaged in the pocket of his jeans, and produced a shiny red envelope, closed with a sticker adorned with a stylized black dragon. Armand recognized the brand of a jewelery.\n\n“But…”\n\n“Hush. Take it. And open it…”\n\nThe fox took the envelope with both paws. He looked up to the white wolf whom invited him to open the present, smiling warmly. Armand removed the sticker and apprehensively looked inside, and blinked, surprised. He slipped a paw inside and picked up a thin leather strap with a round, shiny silver medallion dangling. Armand lifted the pendant to his eyes as it rotated around itself, revealing its carvings: A crescent moon, filled with Celtic interlacing. The fox, muzzle agape, was unable to say anything. He looked at his wolf, with watery eyes, and the lupine returned a loving gaze.\n\n“When I saw it, I knew it would perfect for you…”\n\nGarrett smiled broadly, pleased with himself. Armand wore the strap around his neck, and took the medallion in his paw, scrutinizing it carefully. And then, he threw himself in his wolf’s arms, crying with joy. The wolf was bemused by his fox’s antics and hugged him tight, gently stroking his head. Eventually, Armand recovered and rose to his knees, wiping his eyes dry.\n\n\t“You big lummox… giving me such a present… and you dare pretending not to be the romantic kind…”\n\n\t“Well, you know how I am… I’m no good with words, that’s more of your thing.”\n\n\t“Oh, I still remember a certain letter…”\n\n\t“Hum, well, yeah…” The wolf interrupted ears flat on his skull and blushing a bit.\n\n\tArmand was sticking out, before leaning in closer to his wolf to kiss him. The wind rustled through the leaves of the trees, allowing a few golden rays to pass, illuminating the small refuge atop the cliffs…\n\n\tThe fox broke the kiss and lovingly gazed into his wolf’s eyes, the lupine returning the affection by licking his cheek. Then, the white furred wolf pulled his fox against him and laid him down over the grass, covering him with kisses and licks. The vulpine smiled and closed his eyes, squeezing his silver medallion tight in his paw, close to his heart. The wolf deeply kissed his lover, nibbled on one of his ear and tenderly caressed his body, his paws slipping under his waistcoat, the tip of his claws brushing against the skin and combing the orange and white fur, eliciting shivers from his partner. Armand let the wolf did as he pleased, moaning from time to time, his paw still fiercely closed around his silver treasure. Garrett lowered his muzzle and licked the fox’s torso, nibbling here and there, turning his fox into a moaning and shivering fur ball, reacting to every touch of the lupine’s paws or tongue.\n\n\tGarret smiled, his paws moving over the fox’s flanks before slipping just under his waistband, hooking Armand’s pants and slowly descending, undressing the fox and revealing the white fur over his belly, crotch and sheath… Garrett took the opportunity to nibble the space between the neck and the shoulder of his lover, all those sensations making the fox to moan, his body trembling with excitement.\n\n\tPassion and ardor taking their toll, the fox released the medallion, now using his paws to stroke his wolf’s fur, as this one kept undressing him with successive caresses. Armand then helped his wolf getting out of his own pair of jeans, rendering the canines naked and excited. The wolf growled lovingly and took the leather strap of his golden medallion and wedged it between his fangs. Armand watched his wolf and let his tongue sticking out, caressing his wolf’s white furred flanks. The wolf growled and leaned over his fox, placing his lover’s legs over his hips. Armand trembled and whimpered when he felt his wolf so close to him, and stifled a cry when Garrett entered him, the wolf growling, eyes closed, lost between reason and desire. Forcing himself into control, the lupine opened his eyes, staring at his lover, trembling with pleasure and slowly penetrating him.\n\n\tArmand whimpered, opening his muzzle wide, tongue lolling out, panting as he felt his wolf deeper and deeper inside him, he moaned again and squeezed Garrett’s muscled arms with his wrists, barely noticing the golden medallion dangling from the lupine’s muzzle with each move of his body, the light reflecting over its shiny surface. The wolf growled again, leaning against him and feeling his fox’s member warmth over his belly, making the wolf rubbing it with each strike of his hips, eliciting even more passionate moans from the fox. Garrett smiled, satisfied, the leather strap still wedged between his fangs, preventing him from getting too noisy, a trick he invented in order to make love to his fox more discretely. Growling, the wolf took his rhythm up a notch, going deeper, making the fox squeezing his wolf tighter as a result.\n\n\tThe wolf gained in strength and speed as time passed, the fox grabbing him, his gaze locked with his lover’s one. The fox, smiling, took the strap of his medallion and wedged it between his jaws. Garrett smiled, softened by the fox. Softened and aroused and he doubled up his vigor, to the fox greatest pleasure.\n\n\t The wolf’s hip thrusts increased, stroking even more the fox’s member trapped between the two augmenting both their pleasures, Armand strongly feeling his wolf inside him, pleasure radiating throughout their bodies and drowning their minds… Garrett growled more and more frequently, Armand panting and tightening his grip around his wolf, eliciting even more pleasure in him. Losing more and more control, Garrett became more feral, the fox shivering and moaning, feeling closer and closer to ecstasy. The wolf got quicker, however, binding himself to his fox, raising his head to the sky, his howl stifled by his jaws strongly shut tight over the leather strap of his medallion. Armand felt himself being filled with warmth, as the whole of Garrett’s member pulsed inside him, the wolf still humping in his climax. All those feelings overwhelmed the fox, and with a deafened scream by the lace of his own silver medallion, he joined his lover, soaking both their bellies…\n\n\tCalm settled back in the refuge, the two canines breathing hard and panting, stroking one another tenderly, lost in their happiness. Armand lifted his muzzle towards Garrett’s ear and whispered two words.\n\n\tThe wolf blushed a deep red, and lovingly kissed his fox.\n\n\t\n\n4:22 pm\n\n\tGarrett watched his asleep fox nestled between his arms, while stroking his head gently. Armand squeezed his silver medallion in his paw, with fervor. It made the white wolf to smile.\n\nSlowly, the fox opened his eyes and smiled back at his lupine.\n\n\t“Oh, and angel…”\n\n\tThe white wolf chuckled and deposited a soft kiss to the white and orange fur ball’s cheek.\n\n\t“Silly. You’ll make me blush…” \n\n\t“That’s the idea, you know… You’re such a cutie when you blush.”\n\n\tThe white wolf flattened his ears over his skull while blushing a little, to Armand’s greater amusement. Garrett groaned and nibbled on one of his vulpine’s ear as retaliation. The fox sighed with pleasure and stroked his wolf’s head. Garrett lingered in for a long moment before rising up to his elbows and glanced down to the village in the gulf.\n\n\t“That’s quite a nice place. How is it called?”\n\n\t“Caerligh”\n\n\t“Er… Kerliff?”\n\n\t“Almost… Put more stress on the first syllable. Caer-ligh…”\n\n\tGarrett tried several times to pronounce correctly the name of the village, the fox helping him and correcting him gently. Armand was bemused and chuckled under the sometimes clumsy efforts of his wolf.\n\n\t“Caerligh… it makes me feel a bit nostalgic.”\n\n\t“You lived there for a long time?”\n\n\t“Yeah… Sometimes, I think it has been way too long…”\n\n\t“Aroo?”\n\n\t“Yeah. The sooner I would have left it, the sooner I would have met you.”\n\n\tGarrett laughed heartily, and tenderly kissed his fox.\n\n\t“You show me around?” \n\n\t“Hmmm, maybe…”\n\n\t“Pretty please?”\n\n\tGarrett whined softly, looking like a begging pup for a moment. Armand hid his eyes, laughing.\n\n\t“Aaaaah, stop it, stop it! I’ll do everything you want!”\n\n\tThe white wolf chuckled and rubbed his fox’s head.\n\n\t“Let’s go, then…”\n\n\t“Alright, just give me enough time to put on back my clothes… oh, I know!”\n\n\t“What is it?”\n\n\t“I’ll show you one of my hideouts in the old town.”\n\n\tArmand let his tongue sticking out, looking like a tricky imp for a moment and all the while wearing up his pants. Garrett simply smiled while finishing buttoning up his pair of black jeans.\n\n\t“That’s good to me. Lead the way, critter!”\n\n\tThe fox assumed again the role of the guide and the two of them climbed down the cliffs, before taking an excursion trail and reaching the outskirts of Caerligh. Armand led his lover towards the trails in the woods, taking a detour and avoiding the village main entrance. They passed away from the round houses; often half buried in the hills and covered with grass. Finally, the two canines slipped in and entered the old town, by an aperture in the village wall made of stones diluted by the sun and the rain. Garrett was taken by the atmosphere of the place, silenced under the sun, golden dust dancing in the light, plants invading the houses and roads pierced here and there by solitary herbs.\n\n\t“This part of the town is almost abandoned. Ancient inhabitants fled or disappeared during the epidemics that plagued Caerligh a couple of centuries ago… What was left was deserted, first because of superstition and then, by tradition. Generally, squatters are stay there a couple of nights before leaving.”\n\n\t“Why do they leave?”\n\n\t“It’s customary. They are tolerated a few days around here. Ghost Hospitality, as they say…”\n\n\t“Charming.”\n\n\t“I’ll show why tonight. In the meantime…”\n\n\tArmand guided the wolf in the streets until they arrive in front of a house half crumbled. The fox slipped in, soon followed by Garrett. The inside of the house was clean, and holding a few pieces of furniture: A small table, an armchair, some wobbly racks. The wolf looked around, intrigued.\n\n\t“There you are!”\n\n\t“That’s one of your hideouts?”\n\n\t“So to speak… that was where the local gang of village kids gathered. We were reading comics, listening to music, and, globally, avoiding the grown-ups.”\n\n\t“I see. The gang’s headquarters…” \n\n\t“That’s it. When we grew up, the others scattered over the country. Me, I stayed behind watching the old stones… and, then, well… I have other memories…”\n\n\t“Hmmm?”\n\n\t“That’s where I brought my first boyfriend…”\n\n\tGarrett smiled broadly, bemused.\n\n\t“Oh, I see… heheh…”\n\n\tArmand blushed a crimson red. The wolf laughed and came to his fox hugging him strongly and reassuringly. The white and orange fur ball smiled and rested his head over his lover’s chest, enjoying his warmth. Then, he lifted his muzzle and licked the wolf’s snout.\n\n\t“We will be back tonight. I’ll show you other parts of town. You okay with that?”\n\n\t“Of course.”\n\n\t“Perfect! Let me show you a chocolate bar!”\n\n\t“I beg your pardon?”\n\n\t“Hush, no question! There, this way!”\n\n\tGarrett followed his fox, intrigued but smiling nonetheless. They left the fell down house and crossed back the old town, towards the center of the village.\n\n\t\n\n5:19 pm\n\n\t\n\n\tGarrett was slowly sipping his dark chocolate, under the approving and careful eye of his fox.\n\n\t“So?” He asked when the wolf finished his sip.\n\n\t“Hmmm… Excellent! The orange aroma makes the chocolate all the more delicious!”\n\n\tArmand smiled broadly, his tail wagging softly. He took his own drink, a white chocolate with hazelnut aroma and sipped it slowly, savoring the thick and delicious beverage. When he put back the cup, his muzzle was decorated with a fine white mustache. Garret smiled and leaned over, licking his fox’s muzzle clean and, before he could move away, Armand slipped his tongue inside his wolf’s muzzle, leading him into a tasty kiss full of a mix of chocolates. The two canines kissed for a long time, oblivious of the passer-bys and of the external world in general.\n\n\tGarrett broke up the kiss and sat back on his chair, his lips widened by a big smile. He hungrily licked his lips, staring at his fox.\n\n\t“Hmmm, fox with chocolate… I’ll need to remember that recipe…”\n\n\tArmand answered with sticking is tongue out, taking another sip of his drink.\n\n\t“Armand?”\n\n\t“Yes, Garrett?”\n\n\t“Thank you.”\n\n\tThe fox raised an eyebrow, watching his turning a bright red by the second.\n\n\t“The whole of it… It’s almost too much.”\n\n\tArmand smiled softly.\n\n\t“And? I wanted to show all of this.”\n\n\t“Yes, but…”\n\n\t“Hush. This is our holidays, we are enjoying them as we see fit. And, besides…”\n\n\tArmand placed his paw over the silver medallion dangling from his neck.\n\n\t“This one is worth everything else.”\n\n\tGarrett smiled mysteriously, an air of bittersweet reverie all over his face. Then, he shook his head and took another sip of his chocolate.\n\n\t“Can we order something to eat?”\n\n\t“Of course. They have quite good waffles.”\n\n\t“Sounds good! Let’s go for waffles! Covered with whipped cream and molten chocolate!”\n\n\t“Sweet tooth…”\n\n\t“Absolutely! I totally assume that vice!”\n\n\tArmand laughed heartily and called in a waiter, ordering four waffles and fresh drinks. While waiting their order, the two canines discussed many things, swapping memories, short stories, jokes and episodes of their lives.\n\n\tDrinks and waffles came, and the two lovers wolfed them down, still talking between two bites and long after their plates and glasses were empty. Then, an affectionate silence fell upon them as Armand watched his wolf licking clean his plate of the last remnants of chocolate.\n\n\t“Garrett?”\n\n\t“Hmmm?”\n\n\t“I suggest we get back to the villa and watch a couple of movies. I’ve brought some with me.”\n\n\t“Sounds like an idea. What did you bring?”\n\n\t“Oh, many different things. Let’s go!”\n\n\t“Fine, give me just time to pay…” \n\n\tThe wolf took some money and placed it over the table.\n\n\t“They can keep the excess as tip.”\n\n\tArmand smiled and took his wolf’s big paw, nonchalantly leading him back to the white villa.\n\n\t\n\n7:09 pm\n\n\tGarret was comfortably sat down in the sofa with his fox sprawled over his lap. The movie has just finished and the end credits were rolling out on the screen. The white lupine seemed to be lost in his thoughts…\n\n\t“So?” Armand asked.\n\n\t“That was… Really bad…”\n\n\t“Wasn’t it?” The vulpine chuckled.\n\n\t“I mean… The main actor must have three expressions at best! And two of them are really close to one another!”\n\n\t“That’s still better than the rebel androids…”\n\n\t“Argh, the worst costumes in all of cinematographic history!”\n\n\t“In par with the space queen hair dress…”\n\n\t“Arf, I definitely need to find her hairdresser’s address! I want to talk with that extra-terrestrial!”\n\n\t“At least, the trees were good actors.”\n\n\t“The cardboard ones?”\n\n\tArmand simple smiled.\n\n\t“I deduce you liked it?”\n\n\t“Definitely! A gem among bad movies… I eagerly put it in my collection!”\n\n\t“I knew you’d say that.”\n\n\t“Where did you find such an awful thing?”\n\n\t“Praised be the internet! You can find quite odd things when you look online auctions…”\n\n\tGarrett smiled and lovingly rubbed his fox’s head. Armand enjoyed his lover’s paw before standing up.\n\n\t“For the next part of our show…”\n\n\tArmand leaned over the discs box he brought with him and rummaged inside for a moment. He produced a small pocket and brought it to Garrett. The wolf’s eyes widened when he saw the title.\n\n\t“It cannot be!”\n\n\t“Yes it can… As I said, you can find quite odd things on the internet.”\n\n\tThe white wolf smiled and took the pocket, opening it carefully. Inside was resting a purple disc that he looked incredulously. \n\n\t“The First Journey… My all time favorite when I was young… But…”\n\n\tGarrett looked at Armand, perplexed.\n\n\t“That’s quite the rare item! It must have been awfully expensive!”\n\n\t“Well, you see… Let’s say I took the opportunity to do some spring cleaning among my stuff…”\n\n\t“Armand!”\n\n\t“Hush! I dare you to say you don’t like it…”\n\n\tThe wolf looked the pocket inn his paw, and his expression eventually softened, his heart melting again. He lifted his head and smiled warmly at his vulpine companion.\n\n\t“Ok, ok… Sorry for overreacting… It’s just that… It’s embarrassing…”\n\n\t“I know, I know… But that was quite the opportunity. How long have you been looking for this movie?”\n\n\t“Years…”\n\n\t“Then, we will sit down, put that one in the player and watch it. Deal?”\n\n\tGarrett answered with a lick over his lover’s snout, before kissing him and pulling him over the sofa. Then, he opened up the player, removed the previous movie with a flick of his paw and carefully placed the purple disc.\n\n\tAfter that, the wolf returned to his previous sitting position, his fox nestled between his arms. The movie started and both canines watched it, soon absorbed in his peculiar atmosphere.\n\n\tTime passed, the clock over the wall counting it away…\n\n\t\n\n8:47 pm\n\n\t\n\n\tWhile his wolf was still absorbed by the movie end credits, Armand was getting prepared for the night to come, having an idea and wanting to set it up before nightfall. The fox bagged in some stuff before dashing back in the living room, where Garrett was still trying not to cry.\n\n“Get up, Garrett! Off we go!”\n\n\t“Wait, what?”\n\n\t“No questions. Follow me. Quick! We return to enjoy the Ghost Hospitality!”\n\n\t“Aroo?”\n\n\tCompletely lost, Garret stood up and followed his fox, grabbing his black waistcoat on the way. Armand waited for his wolf to get ready and both them scampered over the stony pathways.\n\n\tSun was beginning to set, falling in the sea and coloring it with, orange and yellow. Garret followed his fox, taking the same detour as before, took the same aperture in the stone wall, the whiteness of the stones now replaced by the sunset colors. Armand guided his lover quickly towards the abandoned part of Caerligh and then to his own hideout. Once there, he opened his bag and took out a bunch of candles that he then placed all over the place, in the cracks of the stone. Garrett was looking at him, without really understanding. When the fox finished installing the candles, he handed over a lighter to his wolf.\n\n\t“Lit them up while I finish!”\n\n\tThe white wolf obeyed, intrigued and bemused. He moved from one candle to the other, and Armand placed over the table in the middle of the ruined house, a disc player on batteries, a pair of small speakers and several discs. In the meantime necessary for the fox to install his stuff, choose his discs and plug the whole, Garrett had finished lighting up all the candles, bathing the house with warm, trembling light. The white wolf looked at his fox and smiled when the music started to fill in the silence. With a mischievous grin, Armand started dancing in the middle of the room, before turning towards Garrett and bowing graciously before him.\n\n\t“Would you like to dance with me, Mister?”\n\n\t“With pleasure” The wolf answered.\n\n\tTaking his partners paws in his own, Armand guided him in a slow and sensual dance, following the music rhythm. Their steps were naturally coordinated and they danced in the dusk as the darkness grew deeper.\n\n\tAnd the music stopped on a move of Garrett holding his fox by his hips, bent over, his muzzle close to his vulpine lover’s one. A second passed by in the silence, before the wolf leaned his muzzle forward in order to kiss his fox, tenderly.\n\n\tOnce the kiss broken, a smiling fox ushered a few words.\n\n\t“I’ll put on another disc…”\n\n\tGarrett smiled, lifted up his fox on his feet, making him to yip and let it change the disc in the player. Soon, the music began anew and the two canids danced again…\n\n\t\n\n10:04 pm\n\n\tArmand and Garrett were both resting down on the ground in the middle of the house, laughing and sweating. Discs played one after the other and they tried different dances and rhythm. The night finished falling, and the only lights remaining were those of the candles brought by the fox. This one turned his head toward the dark sky. Yipping, he leaped on his feet.\n\n\t“Garret, it’ll begin!”\n\n\t“Aroo? What will begin?”\n\n\t“Come and you’ll see!”\n\n\tThe fox pulled his wolf out of the house, and sat down on a crumbled piece of wall from the house. The wolf crouched down at his feet, and tried to ask his fox what was that all about, but the vulpine motioned him to stay silent. Garrett obeyed, and looked in the same direction as Armand.\n\n\tHe blinked when he saw the first white-yellowish light.\n\n\t“What the...?” \n\n\tOther lights came up, from pure white to blue or green, lighting up the old town, filling it with ghostly colors. The small lights danced in the freshly fallen night. Armand looked at his wolf, whom was staring at the dancing lights, awe-struck.\n\n\t“Let me introduce you to the Small Ghosts.”\n\n\t“The Small Ghosts?”\n\n\t“Aye-up. It is due to their presence that this part of town has not yet been destroyed. They are fireflies, a really scarce species. Apparently, occasional visitors do not bother, quite the contrary, actually… They have intrigued and fascinated people for years…”\n\n\tGarrett extended a claw towards one of the firefly and the small luminescent insect landed on it, coloring the white wolf’s fur with faint blue reflections. Then, the bug lifted up, turned around the wolf two times and flew back in the night, joining its brethren. Armand talked again with a sweet voice.\n\n\t“At the beginning, people were scared of them. They thought they were the ghosts of those that died of the epidemics. Hence, only pariahs, rejected ones and fugitive criminals came here, to enjoy the Ghost Hospitality… With time, it became a sanctuary.”\n\n\t“They are magnificent…” \n\n\tArmand smiled and stroked his wolf’s head, whom had quite a marveled expression on his face. The fox bent over and kissed his lover tenderly. Garrett returned the kiss, closing his eyes for a second. Then, the fox stood up and walked to the center of the street, surrounded by the Small Ghosts flying around him. One of the insects landed on the silver medallion around his neck, lighting the jewel with ethereal light. Garret stood up, too, and joined his fox between the houses, taking him in his arms and beginning a few slow dancing steps, in the middle of the Small Ghosts. The white wolf kissed his fox with a passion, the vulpine moaning with delight. Eventually, Armand broke the kiss and walked away a few steps, towards the ruined house, passing through the colored fireflies. He stopped and turned around, looking at his wolf that was still in the middle of street and unsure of what to do.\n\n\t“Join me back in a few.”\n\n\tGarrett nodded, and let his fox enters the house, waiting outside with the living lights. He lifted his gaze to the sky, contemplating the stars. He briefly thought by which kind of magic some of them descended to earth... The wolf lost himself in a sweet reverie before walking back to the abandoned house. Garrett passed his head by the hole in the wall and saw the feeble but warm light of the candles lighting up sparsely the living room.\n\n\tArmand was stark naked, wearing only his silver medallion. He was sprawled over a simple bed covered with satin sheets. Garret smiled and entered fully inside, groaning softly and getting closer to the bed. The fox rose to one elbow, waiting for his wolf, his tongue sticking out and a mischievous expression over his face. The white wolf went closer to the fox, whom prevented him from going any further by putting a paw over his pants. Silently, the fox rose and caressed his wolf’s legs in a sensual way. Garrett opened his muzzle, tongue lolling out, and began panting. Armand caressed his way to the zippers of the wolf’s pants and started opening them carefully. Then, he slipped a paw inside, eliciting a shiver and a moan from Garrett. The fox could feel his wolf’s warmth as he stroked his sheath. Continuing like that, the fox made the pants to fall in a puddle at Garret’s feet, and the lupine kicked himself free of his pair of black jeans, rendering him utterly naked from his waist down in front of Armand.\n\n\tThe fox smiled and kept caressing his wolf, arousing him. Garrett panted quicker and louder, eliciting a satisfied smile from the fox, whom, seeing the results of his efforts, moved his muzzle forward and giving a quick lick over his lover’s hardening member. The wolf moaned and shivered a little, an ear twitching. He was trying hard to keep himself under control despite Armand’s talented efforts. After a moment, he put a paw over the fox’s head, stopping him.\n\n\t“Yip?”\n\n\t“Not like that… Wait…”\n\n\tArmand was quite perplexed when the wolf took him by his paw, making him to stand up and making him walk a few steps away from the bed. Then, Garret placed himself between the fox and the mattress, lovingly staring at the vulpine. He smiled and removed his black jean waistcoat, letting it slip to the ground. He was now wearing nothing but his golden medallion. Carefully, he went on all fours over the bed, turning his back to Armand. He raised his tail and looked at his fox over his shoulder.\n\n\t“Aroo?”\n\n\tArmand blinked several times, before a mischievous smile crept up his lips. Garrett blushed and flattened his ears over his skull, quite embarrassed. The fox joined his partner over the bed and began hugging him tight, comforting him. Then, the fox pushed the wolf, leaning him over the mattress, making him comfortable, stroking his flanks, licking his neck. Garrett shivered with pleasure, not familiar with that kind of situation. He whined when he felt the fox leaning on his back, his weight and warmth covering him in such an exotic way… The wolf felt the coldness of his fox’s silver medallion on his back and then, his fox tenderly nibbling on one of his ear, and it made the wolf to moan. Then, Armand’s fangs passed over his neck and the wolf melt down with a long, heavy sigh of pleasure, whining several times and trembling just a little. Armand chuckled at this and did that again, nibbling lovingly, before teasing his lover’s rump. Garrett jumped a little when he felt Armand’s member so close to him, but soon, the fangs over his neck and the paws over his flanks all helped him to calm and relax. Armand then started whispering sweet words to his ear, further reassuring his wolf.\n\n\tAnd then the fox entered… Garret tensed for a second, stifling a pitiful whine. He panted some while the fox kept caressing his flanks, licking his head, nibbling his neck and ears. Armand took his time, giving to Garrett the opportunity to get accustomed to his presence inside him. Step by step, the wolf relaxed. Armand waited a moment more before resuming his progress, burying himself slowly inside his wolf, said wolf breathing raggedly, feeling invaded. All those new sensations made him quivering, and he whispered but one word.\n\n\t“Again…”\n\n\tArmand smiled and nibbled his wolf’s neck before pushing again. The fox moaned when he felt himself fully inside Garrett, whom clenched his paws over the sheets covering the bed. Then, the fox retreated slowly, eliciting a moaning of intense pleasure from his lover. Groaning and clenching teeth, the wolf forced himself to relax, enjoying the feelings and sensations given, to him by the fox, his own lupine member trapped between his belly and the bed. Armand began to hump quicker, panting over Garrett’s back, forcing himself into a leaning position in order to still be able to nibble his neck, making the silver medallion to rest against the wolf’s white fur.\n\n\tThe lupine felt lost in his pleasure, as the fox quickened his pace yet again. Garrett couldn’t have thought it could feel that good. He closed his paws into fists, opening his muzzle wide to moan, pant and whisper encouragements. Armand answered them, putting more strength and speed in his moves, feeling already close to climax. In order to delay it a bit, the fox switched to deep and long thrusts, to his wolf’s greatest pleasure.\n\n\tGroaning with pleasure, the white wolf suddenly threw his hips upwards, making his fox deeply penetrating him and tying him down. Taken by surprise, the fox yelped and stopped for a second.\n\n\t“Keep it up, Armand, keep it up… I’m so… Close…”\n\n\tMotivated, Armand humped his wolf as far as possible, forgetting all about self-control. Garrett whined and approved noisily, his claws turning the bed sheets to shreds, his member pulsating…\n\n\tAll of a sudden, Armand screamed and tensed. Garrett felt the fox filling him with burning seed. It was all too much for Garrett, the whole of this making him hit a powerful climax and he howled to the moon for a long moment…\n\n\tAnd then, the two lovers collapsed, panting, sweating but happy. The fox stroked his wolf’s flank. The lupine was smiling happily. Armand leaned close to his half-unconscious lover’s ear and whispered two words.\n\n\t“I love you…”\n\n\tThen, he leaned atop the wolf’s back and closes his eyes, squeezing tight his lover in his arms.\n\n\t\n\n11:50 pm\n\n\tArmand opened his eyes and spotted Garrett contemplating it with tenderness. He was now nestled against the wolf’s belly, facing him. The fox smiled and swiftly licked the lupine’s snout. The candles weren’t burning anymore, the Small Ghosts have departed long ago and silence reigned in the abandoned house.\n\n“That was marvelous…”\n\n\tThe fox grinned and softly kissed his lover’s snout.\n\n\t“A nice day, wasn’t it?”\n\n\t“Well, sometimes you went too far… Ingredients as required, the romantic sanctuary…”\n\n\tGarrett chuckled, smiling broadly.\n\n\t“That was perfect.”\n\nThen he yawned widely.\n\n\t“It’ll soon be time…”\n\n\t“Hmm… Not now…”\n\n\t“I do not decide. Don’t worry. We’ll meet again. Won’t we?”\n\n\tArmand nibbled his lips, squeezing his wolf tightly in his arms. He nodded.\n\n\t“We’ll meet again. Promised…”\n\n\tThe two canines shared a kiss, as the sleep crept up upon them. Then, they fell asleep.\n\n\t\n\nMidnight\n\nThe fox woke up and opened his eyes.\n\n“Here we go… That’s the end of those virtual love dates… Farewell, splendid AI…”\n\nHe removed the helmet, sighing, and switched the light on in the plastic tank in which he was enclosed. A synthetic voice gave a warning about the opening of the opaque tube. Seconds later, the fox heard the specific sound of the mechanism whirring.\n\nAs soon as possible, the fox went out of the tube and landed on his feet, stretching himself for a moment. He then looked around. The other rows of tanks were all unoccupied except for a few, maybe because of the time. It was still the middle of the afternoon, usually a rather slow time. Armand sighed and walked away from the tanks, going to the clerk in order to recover his stuff at the cloakroom. The sad fox took back his bag and said goodbye to the bear at the counter.\n\nThe vulpine contemplated the city, gloomily. His studies forced him to choose between spending time trying to get his diploma, or spending time with the guy he loved, even if he were virtual. Parents, friends and teachers pressured him, and he finally chose to give up his fantasies. The fox had wanted to join his imaginary lover one last time, before abandoning it.\n\nArmand went back to his home, intent on resuming his life…\n\nA few days later…\n\nThe fox was leaving the university, and was beginning to think about his studies program for the evening. Due to slacking so far, he’d have quite some work. The vulpine sighed heavily, and fastened his pace in the street, heading towards his home, looking at his feet and lost in his thoughts.\n\nRaising his head, Armand spotted the sign of the Dragon Jewelry, on which was painted a stylized black dragon. Purely moved by a sudden inspiration, he walked towards the jewelry, determined. Once inside, he went straight to the vendor, a black scaled lizard.\n\n“Good evening! Do you have silver pendants?”\n\nThe lizard nodded and started rummaging through the jewels exposed; looking for those that might be relevant to the fox’s question. Armand stayed at the counter, his fingers drumming over the blackened wood, getting prepared to have to explain this new whim to his parents.\n\n“Aroo? Excuse me, do you happen to have leather straps?”\n\nArmand blinked, his ears twitched with incredulity, recognizing the voice. He turned around quickly. A massive white wolf was behind him; a massive white wolf wearing a golden medallion, a black pair of jeans and a waistcoat of the same color. The two canines stared at one another for a few seconds, stunned. Then, they both said in surprise:\n\n“But… You’re not an AI?!”\n\nThe wolf and the fox blinked. Then, the big wolf blushed and smiled, a bit embarrassed.\n\n“Err… Well… Would you like to go take a drink…? Armand?”\n\nArmand stayed silent a moment, before smiling broadly.\n\n“With pleasure, Garrett… With pleasure.”\n\n", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "1 :04 pm

\tArmand had taken the lead, and was guiding Garrett between the stones, herbs and flowers, following an almost erased trail winding its way up the cliff. The wolf was impressed by the place: His nose was assaulted by a thousand scents, his fur was brushed by a bit of cool wind, and his eyes were delighted to see several butterflies. The sun was high in the sky, the weather fine and the air still a bit salty. Garrett loved it all and breathed in a large amount of pure air. And he also contemplated his lover, climbing his way up over the stony path.

Armand was wearing a pair of indigo baggy pants and a black waistcoat, a set of rather light clothes. And he was still wearing his wooden pearl bracelet and his red bandana wrapped around his neck. The fox pushed away some branches overloaded with yellow flowers, and walked over a plane surface. They were arrived, and the smiling fox turned around to greet Garrett. The wolf soon stepped in right after and found a grassy headland, well protected from the wind by some trees on one side and a bunch of boulders on the other. The white wolf entered this refuge at the top of the cliffs and, from there, had a splendid view of the landscape.

The cliffs, the birds nonchalantly flying over the warm air inside the gulf, the white beaches, the shiny sea, the small village made of snow-white, round houses near the water…

“Whoa…”

Garrett couldn’t think of anything better to say. He moved towards the edge of the escarpment and crouched down, soon followed by Armand, and they both lost themselves in the sight.

“It’s magnificent”

“Isn’t it? I used to come here often, to write, draw or simply watch the waves and birds…”

“I can see why… It’s really… Appeasing.”

Armand nestled against his big burly wolf, contemplating the spectacular sight with him for a bit more time. They shared the silence, the sea and the wind in the leaves. Soon, the wolf left the sight and kissed his fox’s forehead.

“I have a present for you, Armand…”

“Yip? A present?”

With a mysterious smile, Garrett rummaged in the pocket of his jeans, and produced a shiny red envelope, closed with a sticker adorned with a stylized black dragon. Armand recognized the brand of a jewelery.

“But…”

“Hush. Take it. And open it…”

The fox took the envelope with both paws. He looked up to the white wolf whom invited him to open the present, smiling warmly. Armand removed the sticker and apprehensively looked inside, and blinked, surprised. He slipped a paw inside and picked up a thin leather strap with a round, shiny silver medallion dangling. Armand lifted the pendant to his eyes as it rotated around itself, revealing its carvings: A crescent moon, filled with Celtic interlacing. The fox, muzzle agape, was unable to say anything. He looked at his wolf, with watery eyes, and the lupine returned a loving gaze.

“When I saw it, I knew it would perfect for you…”

Garrett smiled broadly, pleased with himself. Armand wore the strap around his neck, and took the medallion in his paw, scrutinizing it carefully. And then, he threw himself in his wolf’s arms, crying with joy. The wolf was bemused by his fox’s antics and hugged him tight, gently stroking his head. Eventually, Armand recovered and rose to his knees, wiping his eyes dry.

\t“You big lummox… giving me such a present… and you dare pretending not to be the romantic kind…”

\t“Well, you know how I am… I’m no good with words, that’s more of your thing.”

\t“Oh, I still remember a certain letter…”

\t“Hum, well, yeah…” The wolf interrupted ears flat on his skull and blushing a bit.

\tArmand was sticking out, before leaning in closer to his wolf to kiss him. The wind rustled through the leaves of the trees, allowing a few golden rays to pass, illuminating the small refuge atop the cliffs…

\tThe fox broke the kiss and lovingly gazed into his wolf’s eyes, the lupine returning the affection by licking his cheek. Then, the white furred wolf pulled his fox against him and laid him down over the grass, covering him with kisses and licks. The vulpine smiled and closed his eyes, squeezing his silver medallion tight in his paw, close to his heart. The wolf deeply kissed his lover, nibbled on one of his ear and tenderly caressed his body, his paws slipping under his waistcoat, the tip of his claws brushing against the skin and combing the orange and white fur, eliciting shivers from his partner. Armand let the wolf did as he pleased, moaning from time to time, his paw still fiercely closed around his silver treasure. Garrett lowered his muzzle and licked the fox’s torso, nibbling here and there, turning his fox into a moaning and shivering fur ball, reacting to every touch of the lupine’s paws or tongue.

\tGarret smiled, his paws moving over the fox’s flanks before slipping just under his waistband, hooking Armand’s pants and slowly descending, undressing the fox and revealing the white fur over his belly, crotch and sheath… Garrett took the opportunity to nibble the space between the neck and the shoulder of his lover, all those sensations making the fox to moan, his body trembling with excitement.

\tPassion and ardor taking their toll, the fox released the medallion, now using his paws to stroke his wolf’s fur, as this one kept undressing him with successive caresses. Armand then helped his wolf getting out of his own pair of jeans, rendering the canines naked and excited. The wolf growled lovingly and took the leather strap of his golden medallion and wedged it between his fangs. Armand watched his wolf and let his tongue sticking out, caressing his wolf’s white furred flanks. The wolf growled and leaned over his fox, placing his lover’s legs over his hips. Armand trembled and whimpered when he felt his wolf so close to him, and stifled a cry when Garrett entered him, the wolf growling, eyes closed, lost between reason and desire. Forcing himself into control, the lupine opened his eyes, staring at his lover, trembling with pleasure and slowly penetrating him.

\tArmand whimpered, opening his muzzle wide, tongue lolling out, panting as he felt his wolf deeper and deeper inside him, he moaned again and squeezed Garrett’s muscled arms with his wrists, barely noticing the golden medallion dangling from the lupine’s muzzle with each move of his body, the light reflecting over its shiny surface. The wolf growled again, leaning against him and feeling his fox’s member warmth over his belly, making the wolf rubbing it with each strike of his hips, eliciting even more passionate moans from the fox. Garrett smiled, satisfied, the leather strap still wedged between his fangs, preventing him from getting too noisy, a trick he invented in order to make love to his fox more discretely. Growling, the wolf took his rhythm up a notch, going deeper, making the fox squeezing his wolf tighter as a result.

\tThe wolf gained in strength and speed as time passed, the fox grabbing him, his gaze locked with his lover’s one. The fox, smiling, took the strap of his medallion and wedged it between his jaws. Garrett smiled, softened by the fox. Softened and aroused and he doubled up his vigor, to the fox greatest pleasure.

\t The wolf’s hip thrusts increased, stroking even more the fox’s member trapped between the two augmenting both their pleasures, Armand strongly feeling his wolf inside him, pleasure radiating throughout their bodies and drowning their minds… Garrett growled more and more frequently, Armand panting and tightening his grip around his wolf, eliciting even more pleasure in him. Losing more and more control, Garrett became more feral, the fox shivering and moaning, feeling closer and closer to ecstasy. The wolf got quicker, however, binding himself to his fox, raising his head to the sky, his howl stifled by his jaws strongly shut tight over the leather strap of his medallion. Armand felt himself being filled with warmth, as the whole of Garrett’s member pulsed inside him, the wolf still humping in his climax. All those feelings overwhelmed the fox, and with a deafened scream by the lace of his own silver medallion, he joined his lover, soaking both their bellies…

\tCalm settled back in the refuge, the two canines breathing hard and panting, stroking one another tenderly, lost in their happiness. Armand lifted his muzzle towards Garrett’s ear and whispered two words.

\tThe wolf blushed a deep red, and lovingly kissed his fox.

\t

4:22 pm

\tGarrett watched his asleep fox nestled between his arms, while stroking his head gently. Armand squeezed his silver medallion in his paw, with fervor. It made the white wolf to smile.

Slowly, the fox opened his eyes and smiled back at his lupine.

\t“Oh, and angel…”

\tThe white wolf chuckled and deposited a soft kiss to the white and orange fur ball’s cheek.

\t“Silly. You’ll make me blush…”

\t“That’s the idea, you know… You’re such a cutie when you blush.”

\tThe white wolf flattened his ears over his skull while blushing a little, to Armand’s greater amusement. Garrett groaned and nibbled on one of his vulpine’s ear as retaliation. The fox sighed with pleasure and stroked his wolf’s head. Garrett lingered in for a long moment before rising up to his elbows and glanced down to the village in the gulf.

\t“That’s quite a nice place. How is it called?”

\t“Caerligh”

\t“Er… Kerliff?”

\t“Almost… Put more stress on the first syllable. Caer-ligh…”

\tGarrett tried several times to pronounce correctly the name of the village, the fox helping him and correcting him gently. Armand was bemused and chuckled under the sometimes clumsy efforts of his wolf.

\t“Caerligh… it makes me feel a bit nostalgic.”

\t“You lived there for a long time?”

\t“Yeah… Sometimes, I think it has been way too long…”

\t“Aroo?”

\t“Yeah. The sooner I would have left it, the sooner I would have met you.”

\tGarrett laughed heartily, and tenderly kissed his fox.

\t“You show me around?”

\t“Hmmm, maybe…”

\t“Pretty please?”

\tGarrett whined softly, looking like a begging pup for a moment. Armand hid his eyes, laughing.

\t“Aaaaah, stop it, stop it! I’ll do everything you want!”

\tThe white wolf chuckled and rubbed his fox’s head.

\t“Let’s go, then…”

\t“Alright, just give me enough time to put on back my clothes… oh, I know!”

\t“What is it?”

\t“I’ll show you one of my hideouts in the old town.”

\tArmand let his tongue sticking out, looking like a tricky imp for a moment and all the while wearing up his pants. Garrett simply smiled while finishing buttoning up his pair of black jeans.

\t“That’s good to me. Lead the way, critter!”

\tThe fox assumed again the role of the guide and the two of them climbed down the cliffs, before taking an excursion trail and reaching the outskirts of Caerligh. Armand led his lover towards the trails in the woods, taking a detour and avoiding the village main entrance. They passed away from the round houses; often half buried in the hills and covered with grass. Finally, the two canines slipped in and entered the old town, by an aperture in the village wall made of stones diluted by the sun and the rain. Garrett was taken by the atmosphere of the place, silenced under the sun, golden dust dancing in the light, plants invading the houses and roads pierced here and there by solitary herbs.

\t“This part of the town is almost abandoned. Ancient inhabitants fled or disappeared during the epidemics that plagued Caerligh a couple of centuries ago… What was left was deserted, first because of superstition and then, by tradition. Generally, squatters are stay there a couple of nights before leaving.”

\t“Why do they leave?”

\t“It’s customary. They are tolerated a few days around here. Ghost Hospitality, as they say…”

\t“Charming.”

\t“I’ll show why tonight. In the meantime…”

\tArmand guided the wolf in the streets until they arrive in front of a house half crumbled. The fox slipped in, soon followed by Garrett. The inside of the house was clean, and holding a few pieces of furniture: A small table, an armchair, some wobbly racks. The wolf looked around, intrigued.

\t“There you are!”

\t“That’s one of your hideouts?”

\t“So to speak… that was where the local gang of village kids gathered. We were reading comics, listening to music, and, globally, avoiding the grown-ups.”

\t“I see. The gang’s headquarters…” 

\t“That’s it. When we grew up, the others scattered over the country. Me, I stayed behind watching the old stones… and, then, well… I have other memories…”

\t“Hmmm?”

\t“That’s where I brought my first boyfriend…”

\tGarrett smiled broadly, bemused.

\t“Oh, I see… heheh…”

\tArmand blushed a crimson red. The wolf laughed and came to his fox hugging him strongly and reassuringly. The white and orange fur ball smiled and rested his head over his lover’s chest, enjoying his warmth. Then, he lifted his muzzle and licked the wolf’s snout.

\t“We will be back tonight. I’ll show you other parts of town. You okay with that?”

\t“Of course.”

\t“Perfect! Let me show you a chocolate bar!”

\t“I beg your pardon?”

\t“Hush, no question! There, this way!”

\tGarrett followed his fox, intrigued but smiling nonetheless. They left the fell down house and crossed back the old town, towards the center of the village.

\t

5:19 pm

\t

\tGarrett was slowly sipping his dark chocolate, under the approving and careful eye of his fox.

\t“So?” He asked when the wolf finished his sip.

\t“Hmmm… Excellent! The orange aroma makes the chocolate all the more delicious!”

\tArmand smiled broadly, his tail wagging softly. He took his own drink, a white chocolate with hazelnut aroma and sipped it slowly, savoring the thick and delicious beverage. When he put back the cup, his muzzle was decorated with a fine white mustache. Garret smiled and leaned over, licking his fox’s muzzle clean and, before he could move away, Armand slipped his tongue inside his wolf’s muzzle, leading him into a tasty kiss full of a mix of chocolates. The two canines kissed for a long time, oblivious of the passer-bys and of the external world in general.

\tGarrett broke up the kiss and sat back on his chair, his lips widened by a big smile. He hungrily licked his lips, staring at his fox.

\t“Hmmm, fox with chocolate… I’ll need to remember that recipe…”

\tArmand answered with sticking is tongue out, taking another sip of his drink.

\t“Armand?”

\t“Yes, Garrett?”

\t“Thank you.”

\tThe fox raised an eyebrow, watching his turning a bright red by the second.

\t“The whole of it… It’s almost too much.”

\tArmand smiled softly.

\t“And? I wanted to show all of this.”

\t“Yes, but…”

\t“Hush. This is our holidays, we are enjoying them as we see fit. And, besides…”

\tArmand placed his paw over the silver medallion dangling from his neck.

\t“This one is worth everything else.”

\tGarrett smiled mysteriously, an air of bittersweet reverie all over his face. Then, he shook his head and took another sip of his chocolate.

\t“Can we order something to eat?”

\t“Of course. They have quite good waffles.”

\t“Sounds good! Let’s go for waffles! Covered with whipped cream and molten chocolate!”

\t“Sweet tooth…”

\t“Absolutely! I totally assume that vice!”

\tArmand laughed heartily and called in a waiter, ordering four waffles and fresh drinks. While waiting their order, the two canines discussed many things, swapping memories, short stories, jokes and episodes of their lives.

\tDrinks and waffles came, and the two lovers wolfed them down, still talking between two bites and long after their plates and glasses were empty. Then, an affectionate silence fell upon them as Armand watched his wolf licking clean his plate of the last remnants of chocolate.

\t“Garrett?”

\t“Hmmm?”

\t“I suggest we get back to the villa and watch a couple of movies. I’ve brought some with me.”

\t“Sounds like an idea. What did you bring?”

\t“Oh, many different things. Let’s go!”

\t“Fine, give me just time to pay…” 

\tThe wolf took some money and placed it over the table.

\t“They can keep the excess as tip.”

\tArmand smiled and took his wolf’s big paw, nonchalantly leading him back to the white villa.

\t

7:09 pm

\tGarret was comfortably sat down in the sofa with his fox sprawled over his lap. The movie has just finished and the end credits were rolling out on the screen. The white lupine seemed to be lost in his thoughts…

\t“So?” Armand asked.

\t“That was… Really bad…”

\t“Wasn’t it?” The vulpine chuckled.

\t“I mean… The main actor must have three expressions at best! And two of them are really close to one another!”

\t“That’s still better than the rebel androids…”

\t“Argh, the worst costumes in all of cinematographic history!”

\t“In par with the space queen hair dress…”

\t“Arf, I definitely need to find her hairdresser’s address! I want to talk with that extra-terrestrial!”

\t“At least, the trees were good actors.”

\t“The cardboard ones?”

\tArmand simple smiled.

\t“I deduce you liked it?”

\t“Definitely! A gem among bad movies… I eagerly put it in my collection!”

\t“I knew you’d say that.”

\t“Where did you find such an awful thing?”

\t“Praised be the internet! You can find quite odd things when you look online auctions…”

\tGarrett smiled and lovingly rubbed his fox’s head. Armand enjoyed his lover’s paw before standing up.

\t“For the next part of our show…”

\tArmand leaned over the discs box he brought with him and rummaged inside for a moment. He produced a small pocket and brought it to Garrett. The wolf’s eyes widened when he saw the title.

\t“It cannot be!”

\t“Yes it can… As I said, you can find quite odd things on the internet.”

\tThe white wolf smiled and took the pocket, opening it carefully. Inside was resting a purple disc that he looked incredulously.

\t“The First Journey… My all time favorite when I was young… But…”

\tGarrett looked at Armand, perplexed.

\t“That’s quite the rare item! It must have been awfully expensive!”

\t“Well, you see… Let’s say I took the opportunity to do some spring cleaning among my stuff…”

\t“Armand!”

\t“Hush! I dare you to say you don’t like it…”

\tThe wolf looked the pocket inn his paw, and his expression eventually softened, his heart melting again. He lifted his head and smiled warmly at his vulpine companion.

\t“Ok, ok… Sorry for overreacting… It’s just that… It’s embarrassing…”

\t“I know, I know… But that was quite the opportunity. How long have you been looking for this movie?”

\t“Years…”

\t“Then, we will sit down, put that one in the player and watch it. Deal?”

\tGarrett answered with a lick over his lover’s snout, before kissing him and pulling him over the sofa. Then, he opened up the player, removed the previous movie with a flick of his paw and carefully placed the purple disc.

\tAfter that, the wolf returned to his previous sitting position, his fox nestled between his arms. The movie started and both canines watched it, soon absorbed in his peculiar atmosphere.

\tTime passed, the clock over the wall counting it away…

\t

8:47 pm

\t

\tWhile his wolf was still absorbed by the movie end credits, Armand was getting prepared for the night to come, having an idea and wanting to set it up before nightfall. The fox bagged in some stuff before dashing back in the living room, where Garrett was still trying not to cry.

“Get up, Garrett! Off we go!”

\t“Wait, what?”

\t“No questions. Follow me. Quick! We return to enjoy the Ghost Hospitality!”

\t“Aroo?”

\tCompletely lost, Garret stood up and followed his fox, grabbing his black waistcoat on the way. Armand waited for his wolf to get ready and both them scampered over the stony pathways.

\tSun was beginning to set, falling in the sea and coloring it with, orange and yellow. Garret followed his fox, taking the same detour as before, took the same aperture in the stone wall, the whiteness of the stones now replaced by the sunset colors. Armand guided his lover quickly towards the abandoned part of Caerligh and then to his own hideout. Once there, he opened his bag and took out a bunch of candles that he then placed all over the place, in the cracks of the stone. Garrett was looking at him, without really understanding. When the fox finished installing the candles, he handed over a lighter to his wolf.

\t“Lit them up while I finish!”

\tThe white wolf obeyed, intrigued and bemused. He moved from one candle to the other, and Armand placed over the table in the middle of the ruined house, a disc player on batteries, a pair of small speakers and several discs. In the meantime necessary for the fox to install his stuff, choose his discs and plug the whole, Garrett had finished lighting up all the candles, bathing the house with warm, trembling light. The white wolf looked at his fox and smiled when the music started to fill in the silence. With a mischievous grin, Armand started dancing in the middle of the room, before turning towards Garrett and bowing graciously before him.

\t“Would you like to dance with me, Mister?”

\t“With pleasure” The wolf answered.

\tTaking his partners paws in his own, Armand guided him in a slow and sensual dance, following the music rhythm. Their steps were naturally coordinated and they danced in the dusk as the darkness grew deeper.

\tAnd the music stopped on a move of Garrett holding his fox by his hips, bent over, his muzzle close to his vulpine lover’s one. A second passed by in the silence, before the wolf leaned his muzzle forward in order to kiss his fox, tenderly.

\tOnce the kiss broken, a smiling fox ushered a few words.

\t“I’ll put on another disc…”

\tGarrett smiled, lifted up his fox on his feet, making him to yip and let it change the disc in the player. Soon, the music began anew and the two canids danced again…

\t

10:04 pm

\tArmand and Garrett were both resting down on the ground in the middle of the house, laughing and sweating. Discs played one after the other and they tried different dances and rhythm. The night finished falling, and the only lights remaining were those of the candles brought by the fox. This one turned his head toward the dark sky. Yipping, he leaped on his feet.

\t“Garret, it’ll begin!”

\t“Aroo? What will begin?”

\t“Come and you’ll see!”

\tThe fox pulled his wolf out of the house, and sat down on a crumbled piece of wall from the house. The wolf crouched down at his feet, and tried to ask his fox what was that all about, but the vulpine motioned him to stay silent. Garrett obeyed, and looked in the same direction as Armand.

\tHe blinked when he saw the first white-yellowish light.

\t“What the...?”

\tOther lights came up, from pure white to blue or green, lighting up the old town, filling it with ghostly colors. The small lights danced in the freshly fallen night. Armand looked at his wolf, whom was staring at the dancing lights, awe-struck.

\t“Let me introduce you to the Small Ghosts.”

\t“The Small Ghosts?”

\t“Aye-up. It is due to their presence that this part of town has not yet been destroyed. They are fireflies, a really scarce species. Apparently, occasional visitors do not bother, quite the contrary, actually… They have intrigued and fascinated people for years…”

\tGarrett extended a claw towards one of the firefly and the small luminescent insect landed on it, coloring the white wolf’s fur with faint blue reflections. Then, the bug lifted up, turned around the wolf two times and flew back in the night, joining its brethren. Armand talked again with a sweet voice.

\t“At the beginning, people were scared of them. They thought they were the ghosts of those that died of the epidemics. Hence, only pariahs, rejected ones and fugitive criminals came here, to enjoy the Ghost Hospitality… With time, it became a sanctuary.”

\t“They are magnificent…” 

\tArmand smiled and stroked his wolf’s head, whom had quite a marveled expression on his face. The fox bent over and kissed his lover tenderly. Garrett returned the kiss, closing his eyes for a second. Then, the fox stood up and walked to the center of the street, surrounded by the Small Ghosts flying around him. One of the insects landed on the silver medallion around his neck, lighting the jewel with ethereal light. Garret stood up, too, and joined his fox between the houses, taking him in his arms and beginning a few slow dancing steps, in the middle of the Small Ghosts. The white wolf kissed his fox with a passion, the vulpine moaning with delight. Eventually, Armand broke the kiss and walked away a few steps, towards the ruined house, passing through the colored fireflies. He stopped and turned around, looking at his wolf that was still in the middle of street and unsure of what to do.

\t“Join me back in a few.”

\tGarrett nodded, and let his fox enters the house, waiting outside with the living lights. He lifted his gaze to the sky, contemplating the stars. He briefly thought by which kind of magic some of them descended to earth... The wolf lost himself in a sweet reverie before walking back to the abandoned house. Garrett passed his head by the hole in the wall and saw the feeble but warm light of the candles lighting up sparsely the living room.

\tArmand was stark naked, wearing only his silver medallion. He was sprawled over a simple bed covered with satin sheets. Garret smiled and entered fully inside, groaning softly and getting closer to the bed. The fox rose to one elbow, waiting for his wolf, his tongue sticking out and a mischievous expression over his face. The white wolf went closer to the fox, whom prevented him from going any further by putting a paw over his pants. Silently, the fox rose and caressed his wolf’s legs in a sensual way. Garrett opened his muzzle, tongue lolling out, and began panting. Armand caressed his way to the zippers of the wolf’s pants and started opening them carefully. Then, he slipped a paw inside, eliciting a shiver and a moan from Garrett. The fox could feel his wolf’s warmth as he stroked his sheath. Continuing like that, the fox made the pants to fall in a puddle at Garret’s feet, and the lupine kicked himself free of his pair of black jeans, rendering him utterly naked from his waist down in front of Armand.

\tThe fox smiled and kept caressing his wolf, arousing him. Garrett panted quicker and louder, eliciting a satisfied smile from the fox, whom, seeing the results of his efforts, moved his muzzle forward and giving a quick lick over his lover’s hardening member. The wolf moaned and shivered a little, an ear twitching. He was trying hard to keep himself under control despite Armand’s talented efforts. After a moment, he put a paw over the fox’s head, stopping him.

\t“Yip?”

\t“Not like that… Wait…”

\tArmand was quite perplexed when the wolf took him by his paw, making him to stand up and making him walk a few steps away from the bed. Then, Garret placed himself between the fox and the mattress, lovingly staring at the vulpine. He smiled and removed his black jean waistcoat, letting it slip to the ground. He was now wearing nothing but his golden medallion. Carefully, he went on all fours over the bed, turning his back to Armand. He raised his tail and looked at his fox over his shoulder.

\t“Aroo?”

\tArmand blinked several times, before a mischievous smile crept up his lips. Garrett blushed and flattened his ears over his skull, quite embarrassed. The fox joined his partner over the bed and began hugging him tight, comforting him. Then, the fox pushed the wolf, leaning him over the mattress, making him comfortable, stroking his flanks, licking his neck. Garrett shivered with pleasure, not familiar with that kind of situation. He whined when he felt the fox leaning on his back, his weight and warmth covering him in such an exotic way… The wolf felt the coldness of his fox’s silver medallion on his back and then, his fox tenderly nibbling on one of his ear, and it made the wolf to moan. Then, Armand’s fangs passed over his neck and the wolf melt down with a long, heavy sigh of pleasure, whining several times and trembling just a little. Armand chuckled at this and did that again, nibbling lovingly, before teasing his lover’s rump. Garrett jumped a little when he felt Armand’s member so close to him, but soon, the fangs over his neck and the paws over his flanks all helped him to calm and relax. Armand then started whispering sweet words to his ear, further reassuring his wolf.

\tAnd then the fox entered… Garret tensed for a second, stifling a pitiful whine. He panted some while the fox kept caressing his flanks, licking his head, nibbling his neck and ears. Armand took his time, giving to Garrett the opportunity to get accustomed to his presence inside him. Step by step, the wolf relaxed. Armand waited a moment more before resuming his progress, burying himself slowly inside his wolf, said wolf breathing raggedly, feeling invaded. All those new sensations made him quivering, and he whispered but one word.

\t“Again…”

\tArmand smiled and nibbled his wolf’s neck before pushing again. The fox moaned when he felt himself fully inside Garrett, whom clenched his paws over the sheets covering the bed. Then, the fox retreated slowly, eliciting a moaning of intense pleasure from his lover. Groaning and clenching teeth, the wolf forced himself to relax, enjoying the feelings and sensations given, to him by the fox, his own lupine member trapped between his belly and the bed. Armand began to hump quicker, panting over Garrett’s back, forcing himself into a leaning position in order to still be able to nibble his neck, making the silver medallion to rest against the wolf’s white fur.

\tThe lupine felt lost in his pleasure, as the fox quickened his pace yet again. Garrett couldn’t have thought it could feel that good. He closed his paws into fists, opening his muzzle wide to moan, pant and whisper encouragements. Armand answered them, putting more strength and speed in his moves, feeling already close to climax. In order to delay it a bit, the fox switched to deep and long thrusts, to his wolf’s greatest pleasure.

\tGroaning with pleasure, the white wolf suddenly threw his hips upwards, making his fox deeply penetrating him and tying him down. Taken by surprise, the fox yelped and stopped for a second.

\t“Keep it up, Armand, keep it up… I’m so… Close…”

\tMotivated, Armand humped his wolf as far as possible, forgetting all about self-control. Garrett whined and approved noisily, his claws turning the bed sheets to shreds, his member pulsating…

\tAll of a sudden, Armand screamed and tensed. Garrett felt the fox filling him with burning seed. It was all too much for Garrett, the whole of this making him hit a powerful climax and he howled to the moon for a long moment…

\tAnd then, the two lovers collapsed, panting, sweating but happy. The fox stroked his wolf’s flank. The lupine was smiling happily. Armand leaned close to his half-unconscious lover’s ear and whispered two words.

\t“I love you…”

\tThen, he leaned atop the wolf’s back and closes his eyes, squeezing tight his lover in his arms.

\t

11:50 pm

\tArmand opened his eyes and spotted Garrett contemplating it with tenderness. He was now nestled against the wolf’s belly, facing him. The fox smiled and swiftly licked the lupine’s snout. The candles weren’t burning anymore, the Small Ghosts have departed long ago and silence reigned in the abandoned house.

“That was marvelous…”

\tThe fox grinned and softly kissed his lover’s snout.

\t“A nice day, wasn’t it?”

\t“Well, sometimes you went too far… Ingredients as required, the romantic sanctuary…”

\tGarrett chuckled, smiling broadly.

\t“That was perfect.”

Then he yawned widely.

\t“It’ll soon be time…”

\t“Hmm… Not now…”

\t“I do not decide. Don’t worry. We’ll meet again. Won’t we?”

\tArmand nibbled his lips, squeezing his wolf tightly in his arms. He nodded.

\t“We’ll meet again. Promised…”

\tThe two canines shared a kiss, as the sleep crept up upon them. Then, they fell asleep.

\t

Midnight

The fox woke up and opened his eyes.

“Here we go… That’s the end of those virtual love dates… Farewell, splendid AI…”

He removed the helmet, sighing, and switched the light on in the plastic tank in which he was enclosed. A synthetic voice gave a warning about the opening of the opaque tube. Seconds later, the fox heard the specific sound of the mechanism whirring.

As soon as possible, the fox went out of the tube and landed on his feet, stretching himself for a moment. He then looked around. The other rows of tanks were all unoccupied except for a few, maybe because of the time. It was still the middle of the afternoon, usually a rather slow time. Armand sighed and walked away from the tanks, going to the clerk in order to recover his stuff at the cloakroom. The sad fox took back his bag and said goodbye to the bear at the counter.

The vulpine contemplated the city, gloomily. His studies forced him to choose between spending time trying to get his diploma, or spending time with the guy he loved, even if he were virtual. Parents, friends and teachers pressured him, and he finally chose to give up his fantasies. The fox had wanted to join his imaginary lover one last time, before abandoning it.

Armand went back to his home, intent on resuming his life…

A few days later…

The fox was leaving the university, and was beginning to think about his studies program for the evening. Due to slacking so far, he’d have quite some work. The vulpine sighed heavily, and fastened his pace in the street, heading towards his home, looking at his feet and lost in his thoughts.

Raising his head, Armand spotted the sign of the Dragon Jewelry, on which was painted a stylized black dragon. Purely moved by a sudden inspiration, he walked towards the jewelry, determined. Once inside, he went straight to the vendor, a black scaled lizard.

“Good evening! Do you have silver pendants?”

The lizard nodded and started rummaging through the jewels exposed; looking for those that might be relevant to the fox’s question. Armand stayed at the counter, his fingers drumming over the blackened wood, getting prepared to have to explain this new whim to his parents.

“Aroo? Excuse me, do you happen to have leather straps?”

Armand blinked, his ears twitched with incredulity, recognizing the voice. He turned around quickly. A massive white wolf was behind him; a massive white wolf wearing a golden medallion, a black pair of jeans and a waistcoat of the same color. The two canines stared at one another for a few seconds, stunned. Then, they both said in surprise:

“But… You’re not an AI?!”

The wolf and the fox blinked. Then, the big wolf blushed and smiled, a bit embarrassed.

“Err… Well… Would you like to go take a drink…? Armand?”

Armand stayed silent a moment, before smiling broadly.

“With pleasure, Garrett… With pleasure.”

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