A NIGHT WITH THE DANCER, PART 2 The evening news droned on as Hans lay naked on the bed, his lithe bunny friend Topaz in front of him. The warmth of their bodies combined with the electric blanket provided a cozy environment for the both of them as they cuddled in the dark room lit only by the television. Topaz reached behind him to stroke the panther's thigh gently before taking his lover's powerful arm and wrapping it around his chest, sucking on the feline’s thumb suggestively. "Mmm that was amazing," the bunny said happily as his tight rump wiggled behind him against the panther's half-aroused parts. Hans smiled as he slid up against Topaz, sliding his cum-covered dick in between the boy’s sperm-soaked ass cheeks and wiggling his thumb around inside of the bunny's pink mouth. "I think you're amazing," the panther said, his other hand caressing the bunny's smooth stomach and tracing it lightly with his fingertips. The lapine groaned as he pressed his ass against the panther, looking up behind him as they locked eyes on one another. "But you're way more amazing than me," he said, his tongue swirling around the digit teasingly and biting on it gently here and there as his chest rose and fell with the deep breaths of afterglow. "Let's just both agree that this is amazing," said Hans, taking his thumb out to lean down and kiss the bunny. Both of his hands worked Topaz's chest roughly as his tongue wandered in, and Topaz responded with a moan as his tongue slid out as well, exchanging their saliva before pulling away to catch his breath. "You know," said Topaz, turning around to face Hans and rubbing their manhoods against one another. "I think I know someone we might be able to have a good time with together." "Really?" asked Hans, raising an eyebrow. He hadn't considered the possibility of involving a third party in their activities, as his past experience with such a thing usually ended with someone getting jealous or overly-possessive. "Like who?" "Mmm Idunno," said Topaz as his hand slid up to grope at the panther's muscular chest. "Me and Jade have some fun every now and then." He leaned forward to lick and suck at the taller male’s nipple, looking up at his lover seductively as he humped against him. "We're quite comfortable with each other, if you would be that is." Hans leaned his head back, purring in pleasure as he felt the bunny’s licks. "Jade? Isn't that the other dancer at your club, the deer?" The scenario of the three of them together entered Hans’s mind for the first time, and it aroused him incredibly. He didn't know Jade, of course, but if he and Topaz could often play casually, then why the hell not? It wasn't like they were dating or anything, just friends with an increasing number of benefits. Then again, he was beginning to feel something stronger for Topaz and he hoped it would be mutual, but he knew not to count on his feelings in these situations. It was best to read his partner as well as he could before suggesting they make any deeper commitments. The bunny's hands worked up and down the panther's chest as he sucked on it and nodded. "I've known him since seventh grade, we always do fun stuff together. But we never like, dated or anything...we just like fooling around." He snuck downward, kissing at Hans' stomach and reaching around his cat member, giving it a few firm strokes to wake it back up. The panther groaned as he felt his cock groped, stretching out as he looked down at his cute bunny lover. "That sounds like fun, actually," he said as he felt a warm breath over the head of his dick before a wet maw around it, grunting softly as he felt it slide down his length. "A lot of fun..." "Good," said Topaz from beneath the covers as he worked his mouth up and down the panther's long dick, stroking it as he licked and sucked. "He's willing to do all sorts of crazy stuff. Like, even crazier than me. He's just a little shy about it at first...but he'll like you, I know he will." His head then slid all the way down his man's protrusion, his spit coating every centimeter as his tongue slid around the length. Not much more talking was done that night, as Hans was busy cumming all over the covers and Topaz's face, and they both soon collapsed in a tired, sticky, kissing mess. ***** Hans awoke with a start the next morning, the rest of the bed around him empty and devoid of his partner. He grabbed the sheets to sniff at the scent of his effeminate lover dreamily, longing for the boy’s presence as his morning wood rubbed against the covers around him. The name of the perfume eluded him, but every time the scent hit his nostrils, he was driven into a horny frenzy. He sat up and yawned, grabbing his undershorts from the dresser drawer nearby and stretching his nude body in the morning light. He slid them up his toned legs and slipped the band over the tip of his erection, the clothing doing very little to conceal it. He turned and walked into the living room, the apartment apparently empty. "Hello?" he asked, receiving no answer. Suddenly the front door creaked open, and Hans dashed over to the kitchen. Damn! It would be another few minutes before he could talk to any visitors, what with his tent pitched and all. He breathed a sigh of relief as Topaz walked in, followed by his cervine dancer buddy, Jade. "Oh, hey," said Hans nervously with a wave, still trying to conceal himself. "This is Hans," said Topaz, introducing the deer to him. "Hans, Jade." "Nice to meet you," said the cervine shyly, looking at the floor as he rubbed his neck in bashfulness. Apparently he hadn't expected someone so nicely put together as their third playmate. "Same," said Hans, turning away to hide his erection as he walked off toward the bathroom. "Well, I'm gonna hit the shower. You ladies get nice and settled." Minutes later, the panther walked out with a towel wrapped around his waist, scratching the back of his neck as he trudged back into the living room area as steam from the bathroom wafted out into the kitchen space nearby. Jade and Topaz were sitting on the couch talking, looking up at Hans briefly as he entered to sit on the chair nearby. "We were just talking about you," said Topaz with a smile. "Really?" asked Hans while leaning his chair back to relax. "What did I miss?" "Well apparently, Jade knows you from school as well." "That so?" asked Hans, turning to Jade. "Sorry if I don't remember you, that was awhile ago." "No, it's fine," said Jade timidly and looking away for a moment. "I saw you on campus once or twice, but we weren't in any classes together. Not that I know of anyway." "Well, that's a relief," said Hans with a chuckle. "I just hate forgetting people." The clock ticked as they all sat there with anticipation, wondering who would break the tension. "So," said Hans upon standing up and turning toward the hall. "You guys want to maybe watch some TV? It's in my room." “Sure," said Jade as he and the bunny stood up, following the panther down the hallway. The shorter, thinner boys eye-fucked the hulking feline in front of them, just like two little kids peering through a store window at toys they wanted for Christmas. He was a catch, there was no mistaking it. Topaz reached over to squeeze Jade's ass teasingly as they walked into the room. They all sat on the bed, Jade under one of the panther's arms and Topaz in the other, some reality program on with ugly people threatening to beat each other up. Hans turned to Jade and broke the ice. "So Jade, how long have you been dancing?" "A few years now," said Jade while twiddling his thumbs. "Longer than Topaz, anyway. I was the one who got him to sign up there." "Oh whatever," said Topaz teasingly as he reached over to give the deer a playful shove. "I'm the one who showed you all of your moves!” "Naw," said Jade, sticking out his tongue. "You just wiggled your ass around and told everybody how to 'work it.' I'm technically one of the veterans, so I'm more experienced." "Oh yeah?" asked Topaz, leaning in to grope at Hans' chest. "Hans dear, who's a better dancer, me or Jade?" "Aw, c'mon," said Hans, glancing at each of them. "Don't make me choose here, you're both really hot." "Yeah right," said Jade as he leaned in to mirror Topaz's gripping movement, looking up at Hans. "I bet you think I'm way sexier." "Na-uh," said Topaz as he slid against Hans, kissing his chest. "You like me more, don't you?" "Guys, guys, chill out," said Hans as his arms slid down both of their backs. "There's no reason we can't just call it a draw." "Oh?" Jade asked in a sultry voice, apparently having overcome his shyness around the panther as he slid his hand down the panther’s stomach to grope at his girth beneath the towel and squeezing the bare shaft directly. "C'mon Topaz, let's see who can turn him on more. I've already got him stiff as a board." The deer licked up the panther's chest to the pit of his arm, looking up at him just like he did on that stage while sliding his thin body up against him. "You're on," said Topaz as his tongue swirled around the panther's nipple, reaching down to grope him alongside Jade as both of their hands began working the panther's already rock-solid rod. Hans groaned as he spread his legs, the towel falling away to reveal his throbbing length in plain sight. "Mmmnnn I like a little friendly competition..." Both of the boys slid down to lick at his cock, their tongues swirling around the tip and meeting while both of them kissed at it, their lips and tongues sometimes meeting each other's as they suckled at it and fought for it. Now and then they broke away from it altogether just to make out with each other directly above his cock and stroke his rod, the taste of his firm meat in both of their mouths as they kissed and moaned softly. The sight and feeling of it made Hans harder than anything he could remember in a long time, and his tongue slid over his teeth as he rocked slowly against their grip. Eventually Jade slid up and kissed his stomach, his hands sliding up and down the panther's well-defined abs as his tongue slipped into the navel while looking up at Hans in horny desire. Topaz's mouth slid around the panther’s dick as he sucked on it hard, sliding his head up and down with his spit dribbling out onto the cat's large balls, his hand massaging both orbs gently as he headfucked him. Jade's tongue licked up the center of the panther's stomach and went to his chest before biting at his chin, his hands groping the panther's large biceps as he worshiped his body. "God, you are both so hot," said Hans, stifled by a firm kiss from Jade as he felt the cervine boy's tongue enter his mouth. At first he was reluctant, Topaz being the only consistent lover he had known in months, but he easily gave into the hot dancer's lustful advances, soon Frenching him back with their saliva dribbling down his neck as they sloppily made out. Jade began sucking on his tongue as if it were a cock, sliding his head back and forth with soft moans as the panther's hips took to thrusting up against the bunny's advances below. Topaz began gargling on his dick, opening his mouth wide and sliding it down to try and swallow his whole length as he choked on it. "Mmm fuck I love your cock," said the bunny after sliding his head off of it and jacking off the soggy length. "I like his tongue," said Jade as he straddled the panther, his short shorts pressing back against his rod as his own erection under the clothing probed at the cat's belly. He leaned in to kiss him hard and Topaz groped Jade's ass, slipping a hand under the band of the deer boy’s pants to teasingly slide them down, exposing the cheeks sitting against Hans’s cock. Jade groaned and looked back at Topaz before finally dismounting the panther, and the bunny leaned over to slide down the cervine's shorts, exposing a pink erect member poking out the top of a thin black thong. The bunny also slid off the deer boy's tight shirt, leaning forward to grope at the cervine's hard throbbing cock. He smiled as he bent down to kiss it and lick up the length, the bunny's smooth stomach rubbing against the panther's dick softly as he orally stimulated his slender friend, and Jade emitted a loud moan as he leaned over to resume making out with the panther. Hans's hand wandered down to wrap around Jade's hard-on, the feline's fingers meeting Topaz's lips as the bunny suckled on the cervine length, sliding them around teasingly as both of them made Jade incredibly hard. Topaz smacked his lips off of the cock before Jade mounted the panther again, sliding his half-bared butt cheeks back against the cat's thick cock. "Do you want this?" he asked softly as he leaned in to kiss the panther, humping back to spread his cheeks around the length while looking into his eyes lustfully. "Do you want to fuck me?" "Nnngh, whaddaya think?" asked Hans with a grin before pressing the tip of his cock between the boy’s curvy butt cheeks, grabbing them to spread them apart. Jade gasped as he felt the thick meaty length press against his sensitive asshole. Topaz leaned down to lick from the base of Hans's panther dick up to the tip, then suckled at Jade's asshole before slipping his tongue in, both the panther and the bunny kneading the deer's ass like dough with their hands. Jade blushed and cried out, humping back against Topaz's tongue as the bunny slowly guided the panther's cocktip toward the hole. "You are gonna love this, Jade," the bunny said as he pressed the panther’s cockhead into the deer's asshole. Jade cried out in ecstasy as he pressed down on it, rearing his head back in pleasure as he felt the pulsating length fill his hole. Hans grunted as it slid in slowly. "Fuck," said Hans as he struggled against it. "That's a tight ass..." Topaz willingly obliged as he grabbed the panther's sensitive dick, pressing it into Jade slowly while reaching up to spank the deer's ass and grab it, then leaning down to suck on the panther's sizeable balls. Hans finally made it all the way into Jade, the tip of his dick nudging the cervine boy's prostate. Jade leaned down and groaned into the panther's mouth, now fully in heat. "Fuck me," he begged, sliding his ass up and down. "Fuck me hard while I ride you!" Hans needed no further encouragement as his hands split apart the deer boy's round ass cheeks, thrusting upward roughly as his firm cock spread open Jade's sphincter far and wide. Jade let out a moan as he bounced up and down, biting Hans' neck as his ass received a good fucking. Topaz licked at Hans's balls and slid down further to wiggle a finger between the panther's mighty ass cheeks, slipping it around the hole. Hans moaned at the bunny's probing, gasping out as he fucked Jade's amazingly tight ass, and Topaz pressed his finger in with a grin. "Well, look what we have here." The panther slid up and down as he felt the finger enter him, breathing harder as the deer latched onto his neck. Another digit entered, and soon the bunny was thrusting two fingers inside of Hans's ass as the panther's powerful body slid up and down. Hans released a loud groan from all of the stimulation, pre spurting out of his cock into the cervine's ass. Topaz reached a free hand around to start jacking off his deer friend, his fingers working up and down the hard length slowly at first, then wrapping around it tight and working faster. Jade gasped out as a bit of pre leaked out of his own cock, sliding down onto the bunny's fingers. Hans groaned out as he fucked Jade harder, standing suddenly and pressing Jade down on top of Topaz. "Oh fuck I'm gonna..." Topaz slid up to spread apart Hans's ass cheeks, licking at the hole and sucking at it before pressing his tongue in deeply, swirling it around inside of him. The bunny's dick pressed against Jade's back as the deer was pressed down, sandwiched between them as they all lay there on the bed. Hans thrust harder and harder before roaring out and cumming hard inside of Jade. Jade blushed as he felt the first torrent of hot panther seed fill him, licking up the feline's neck and working his body with his hands before realizing he was nearing his own climax as well, and he cried out as he also reached his orgasm. The jets of hot panther sperm filled his ass as his own spurts began squirting out between their bellies, the sticky cum flying out onto both of them as they made out in a passionate frenzy. Topaz's tongue wiggled and writhed inside of Hans's asshole as it clenched with orgasm, more and more seed filling up their cervine friend between them, finally filling him up so much that it began to leak out onto Topaz's chest below. The bunny gave a moan of pleasure as his hot breath filled the panther's ass, spreading the feline’s legs apart so that he could taste every inch of the hot hunk's inner workings. He felt Jade tense up above him, turning him on even more as he munched out his lover's ass. Hans finally slowed his breathing, his cock flexing inside of the slippery cum-coated orifice of Jade's rear end. The deer lay out of breath below him, both of them soaked in Jade’s cum. "Am...am I squishing you, Topaz?" asked Jade as he turned around, laughing upon feeling the bunny's cock flex against his back. “Heh, I'm fine," said Topaz, slipping his tongue in and out of Hans's asshole. "I just can't get enough of...eating this boy out...mmm, he's so tasty!" "Really?" asked Jade with a smile, sliding off of the panther's hard cock slowly. A loud oozing sound gushed out as the flesh popped out of his hole, gobs of warm cum dripping onto the bunny's stomach. The sensation turned Topaz on extraordinarily, causing him to munch Hans out even harder as his bunny cock flexed. Jade turned around and sat up, sliding his cummy asshole over the tip of Topaz's cock before pressing the other boy inside of him with a groan. The panther's cum ran out of Jade’s asshole onto the bunny's balls while his ass began slowly closing around the smaller, yet just as hard dick. Jade faced Hans as he began sliding up and down, cum dripping from his deer cock onto his balls as his hands slid up and down Topaz's stomach, spreading the panther’s cum all over his friend's lithe body. Hans slid up and down slowly on Topaz's face, feeling the bunny eat out his ass. The sensation kept his cock hard, still soaked in cum as it drizzled onto the bunny's soft neck. Jade smiled and slid up and down on Topaz, riding him like he had Hans earlier and leaning down to lick the panther's cream off of the lapine's thin stomach with his smooth wet tongue. Topaz let out soft moans as his bunny cock flexed inside of Jade's stretched cummy asshole, bucking up against him as he lapped furiously at Hans's ass tunnel. Jade's licking soon reached the base of Hans's balls, and he licked all the way up the panther’s shaft to suck at the tip, looking up at the feline innocently before speaking softly. "God you are so hot, Hans...I just wanna taste my ass and your cum all over your thick cock..." His mouth slid down over the length as he sucked the cum into his throat, gulping it down and savoring the taste of his own asshole on the firm flesh. The panther groaned out as his privates received oral stimulation from both boys, and he stood up slowly to grab the exercise bar above the bed, now in a standing position as both the boys sat below him. Topaz began fucking Jade in the ass slowly from below as the bunny munched out the panther's toned ass, and Jade slid up and down on Topaz's dick as he sucked Hans's stiff rod firmly while looking up at him. Hans began swaying back and forth, first pressing his spread-open ass against the mouth of his familiar bunny lover and feeling that soft tongue slip around inside of his sensitive hole, then forward to feel his firm cock choked on by the sexy deer boy. The panther's hand reached down behind the deer's head, stroking him softly before groping the skull and sliding him forward. Jade wasn't always so welcoming of a forced throat-fuck, but in this case he felt comfortable enough to oblige willingly; in fact, he was craving it. He was already incredibly jealous of Topaz getting to fuck this handsome mountain of muscle every night. He only hoped that he would be able to do all of this again and again as he opened his throat to comply with his master's forceful movements. Feeling Topaz's dick flex inside of his cum-soaked asshole while he choked on the shaft in front of hin was making him hornier than he had been since that night he’d spent with an entire football team. His ears folded back as he obediently took in as much of his master's dick as possible, looking up at the one forcing him down. Topaz was beginning to fuck Jade harder as he tongue-fucked his lover's opening, reaching up to spread the panther's ass apart as he made out with it. He began moaning loudly as pre shot up inside of Jade, the panther's cum from earlier dripping out of the deer's asshole onto the sheets. The bunny's noise-making was almost feminine in nature as he breathed into Hans's gaped ass, as if trying to resuscitate a drowned victim. His climax neared and finally he gasped out, moaning audibly in an effeminate tone while licking his lover’s tight pucker with everything he had as spurts of cum shot up inside of his best friend. Jade felt the new cumshots begin to fill him and slid up and down harder, fucking Topaz with as much effort as he could give under his current condition. He could barely see straight with that giant panther dick jammed down his throat. Finally Hans let go of the back of the cervine's head, and the deer slid his mouth off to gasp for air, a long thick rope of spit falling between his lips and the quivering cockhead down onto his own firm dick. Hans grabbed the exercise bar and cried out as Jade leaned in to jack off the feline, sucking him hard and coaxing the next set of sticky cumshots into his mouth. Hans let out another roar of orgasm as his legs shook, moaning loudly as a jet of sperm shot out, Topaz's tongue deep inside of his ass as spurts of sticky panther seed filled Jade's throat. The deer-boy swallowed as much as he could, but the rushing jets of hot feline dick milk were too much for him to take in at once. It overflowed and spurted out down the cervine's chin and onto the panther's balls, gobs of it dripping down onto the deer's hard cock. Topaz reached down to jerk off the deer, his own bunny dick cumming hard inside of Jade's asshole as his hands slid over the other boy’s cum-covered cock, still eating out Hans as the panther's balls unloaded into Jade's mouth. The deer groaned out as he choked on the cumming cat dick, and finally all three of them came together as ropes of deer sperm shot out onto Topaz's chest, a bit of it flying onto the panther's legs. Topaz groaned as he felt Jade's tight asshole flex around his flare, breaking the sloppy kiss with Hans's tight ass to lean down under his rod and tug it out of Jade's mouth to force it into his own. The panther continued unloading his seed at a downward angle into the bunny's greedy mouth, Topaz gurgling down the hot cum at a faster rate than Jade while the deer leaned in to kiss and suck on the bunny's soft cum-soaked neck. Jade's slippery cock flexed against Topaz’s stomach as he lifted himself off of the bunny's hard dick, this time a whole load of rabbit sperm oozing out onto Topaz's dick from Jade’s hole as he rose up. Hans finally stopped cumming into the bunny's throat, then pulled his slippery dick out with trails of cum dripping down onto Topaz's face as the bunny smacked his lips, his mouth still filled with cum. Hans grinned wickedly and smacked his hard, sticky cock against the bunny's face and lips tauntingly. Jade leaned in to kiss Topaz, their tongues exchanging the load of hot panther sperm as it flew from one mouth to the other, both of them hungrily swallowing as much as they could as their hands stroked each other's lithe bodies covered with thick white cum. Hans sat down at the head of the bed as the two made out on top of him, his sperm trickling out of their mouths with their spit onto his belly. Both of them began licking it and sucking it off of Hans as they looked up at him, worshiping their mutual god of sex as their hands caressed his muscular body. "So who won?" said Jade with an alluring smile as he kissed Hans's chest, sliding up next to him. Hans laughed, catching his breath as his hands slid around both of them. "God, I still can't decide...we're gonna need a rematch." ***** Later that afternoon Hans woke up from his nap, stretching and yawning before turning to nuzzle the sleeping figure next to him. When his eyes opened, he realized it wasn't Topaz lying next to him, but Jade. The cervine awoke and responded, sliding his nude body up against the panther to nibble at his neck. "Mmm hello gorgeous," said Jade softly, sliding his hands up and down the hulking panther's thighs slowly. "Sleep well?" "Uh, yeah," said Hans blushing, wrapping his arms around his new pal and pressing their hard-ons together. "Where's Topaz?" "Hmmm, Idunno," said Jade, looking around and blinking. "Guess he wandered off while we were napping." "Oh, my God," said Hans as he pulled up the sheet, cumstains all over them. "We are gonna need a shower." "I hear that," said Jade, bouncing up and stretching his naked girly body before dashing into the bathroom. "Where do you keep your towels?" "In the cabinet, across from the door in the hall," said Hans while sitting up in bed. "Damn, you sure you wanna go first?" Jade dashed back in and wrapped a towel around Hans's neck, pulling him to a standing position and staring up at him as their bodies pressed against one another. "Who says we can't shower together?" he asked, then kissed Hans's chest with a smile. "I like your style," said Hans as they walked toward the bathroom, leaving the mess behind them on the bed. The deer bent over in the tub to turn on the faucet below, shaking his ass and exposing his still-gaping hole as the water began running. "Come and get it while it's hot," he said, pulling the lever so that the water began running from the shower head. Hans followed him in and pulled the shower curtains shut as hot water ran over both of their naked bodies, washing the cum from hours before onto the mat beneath them. Jade grabbed a bottle of bodywash and squeezed some out onto a washcloth, rubbing it over Hans's muscular body in adoration. "You sure you don't want to do this with Topaz instead?" he asked. Hans purred as he felt the deer-boy caress his body with the soapy washcloth, looking down into his eyes. "First come, first served." Jade blushed as he tiptoed up to give the panther a kiss while sliding the washcloth up and down his stomach, and Hans returned the kiss with all of the horniness he’d had earlier that day. The feline suddenly grabbed Jade's thin wrists and turned him, pressing his hands against the wall in front of him and bending him over. He pressed the head of his cock in between the slim deer boy's curvy buttocks, forcing the length into the gaping hole with a satisfied gasp. He held him there in that position, leaning over him and beginning to fuck him hard in the shower. His hands slid up to grab teasingly at the deer boy's half-grown antlers, using them to tug his entire body back against his throbbing cock. The deer moaned as he slid back against him, loving Hans's antler-groping as he was forced to fuck him, although he willingly obliged. The feline released the antlers to caress the boy's chest, and Jade turned to suckle at the panther's neck. Hans groped the boy's chest firmly, working his boy-tits as the hot shower water fell over their bodies. His hard feline cock flexed inside of the dancer as it pounded his ass firmly, the panther’s balls making a slapping noise as they hit Jade’s wet rump under the rushing water. Jade spread his legs underneath the hulking panther, giving him as much room as possible and receiving the cock gratefully as his tongue swirled all over the feline’s thick, wet neck. Hans leaned down to press their lips together, kissing him deeply as his hands worked his body while their tongues slowly swirled around each other. "You know, you're a lot of fun to play with," purred the panther as he slid in and out of the deer faster. His hand wandered down to the cervine's hard cock, working the wet shaft slowly to elicit a moan from the boy underneath him. Jade groaned as he kissed up at Hans, flexing his ass shut around the firm rod as his dick quivered in the hulking feline's powerful grip. His entire body shook with shameless pleasure as he blushed at the panther's words, his ears folding back. "You are...too...aaahhh!" His moans continued as he slid back and forth, his tight ass squeezing around that giant thick cock and his smaller deer dick sliding back and forth in the firm grip of that big, black hand. Their kissing soon resumed as steam rose up around them and Hans fucked him harder, jacking off the deer boy as fast as his own cock slid into that plump ass. Topaz was indeed there all along, sitting out in the hallway naked and breathing heavily as he slid Jade's shorts up and down on his cock. He lifted them to his face to sniff at them, taking in the scent of the deer's privates deeply before stroking his cock like mad as he listened to their groans through the door. He could hear them both climax and began moaning himself as he worked those musky pants around his cock, pre squirting out of the tip. The three of them were so great together.