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His fur was a soft orangish-pink color, his hair on top of his head being a dark purple, and a bit messy. ‘Guess he already packed up and headed out.’ The puma thought silently to himself as he pushed his chair back, grabbing his bag from underneath the seat and stretching a little as he slipped his paw into his pocket and pulled his phone out. “Not even a text, huh.” He shrugged and pocketed it again before he made his way out of the classroom, seeing students going to and from different rooms and locations, the last day of the school day was always busy on campus, the puma sometimes wondering why he chose this college since it was more study oriented and not so much a party campus, which was more his style, having a more laid back and carefree nature. As he made it to the door leading outside of the building, someone caught his attention. “Ryan! Wait up!” Turning his head, he saw a husky, a few years older than himself, approaching.\n\n“Oh, hey Felix. Whatcha need?” Ryan asked as he stepped outside and had the older anthro follow him. The husky, Felix, smiled as he walked behind the smaller individual and stretched as he took a deep breath. “Oh, nothing particular, just wanted to say hi. Ever since you guys enrolled, I feel I haven’t had a lot of time to see you both.” The husky explained, heading over to a small stone bench that sat along the wall, motioning him along. “Where’s Roy? Didn’t you guys have the same class today?” Felix noticed that Ryan was alone, as if that were an oddity to him. Ryan shrugged a bit as he slipped his paws into his pockets and went to sit beside the man, leaning forward a bit as he did so.\n\n“Uh, honestly…?” He shook his head as he thought about it, Felix raising a curious eye at that as he leaned forward as well, resting his arms on his knees and turning his head towards the puma. Ryan sighed softly, before he managed to think of what to say. “He’s been acting really weird lately, he comes and goes without a word, he’s been staying up super late studying, I hear him in the kitchen until almost three in the morning most nights now. Even today I thought he was in class, but he didn’t say a word and I didn’t ever actually catch a glimpse of him.” Ryan sighed a little once more when he got that out, Felix resting a paw on the stone bench and leaned on it some. “Well that’s not like him, now is it?” Felix muttered a little. Felix had known these two since they were in elementary school, so Felix wasn’t immediately lost on how odd that seemed to Ryan, but he didn’t want to push too much immediately. “Is this a new development? Or has he been doing this since I graduated?” Felix asked, the question was a bit out there, but Ryan knew what he was getting at.\n\nSitting up a bit, the puma gazed out towards the fountain in the courtyard that wasn’t far from them. “Honestly, I’m not sure when I’d say it started exactly. I know for a while when you graduated high school, he got a lot more serious in his studies. But it didn’t ever seem like he was overdoing it, exhausting himself y’know?” Ryan explained, leaning back similar to how Felix sat as his head leaned one way, more towards the husky. “I know he was always trying to follow you and how you worked. It’s why he took some of the classes he did after all.” Ryan chuckled a little when he said that, it was kind of funny in retrospect, and it wasn’t lost on him. Felix smirked a little when he heard that, crossing his arms as he leaned against the wall and glanced down before shutting his eyes. “True. I remember when I first met you two, you guys were, what? Fourth grade, maybe fifth? And I remember you both were always trying to come and hangout with me and my friends.” Felix chuckled softly.\n\nRyan was surprised when he heard Felix begin reminiscing. He rolled his eyes a little with a soft chuckle. “Yeah, I remember. Roy thought you were like, the coolest person ever, but I guess it makes sense. When you’re an only child, I can imagine he found someone like you to be a point of interest.” Ryan remarked with no simple subtlety, which made Felix smile, but it did make the husky think more and more. “True. And honestly I never minded. I appreciated that from you two, especially during high school when you two always came asking me questions.” Felix had a tender smile, almost gentle and caring in feeling, and that wasn’t lost on Ryan as he sheepishly chuckled and glanced away.\n\n“What can I say, you always knew what to say. I guess that’s why I’ve got no issues telling you what’s going on, honestly.” Ryan found his kind wandering once more as he sighed, his shoulders slumping a little as he did. “Probably hoped you’d have an answer, truthfully. I worry about him.” Ryan explained, looking back towards his childhood friend, the husky listened intently to what he had to say in the moment. “I understand that. Tell you what, you guys are in one of the apartments just outside of campus, right?” The husky pulled out his phone and slid it over to him. “Put your address in, you should already be under your contact. I’ll drop by tonight after I get off work, and I’ll talk with him.” The husky offered, albeit being a bit upfront with his request, but Ryan didn’t have issue with that as he carefully took the older man’s phone and started typing.\n\n“I know he’d appreciate it… even if he might be too busy to say.” Ryan sighed a little, finishing typing and returning the phone to the husky, who raised an eye at that last part, but he could tell it was eating away at Ryan, and he was worried for his best friend. “Don’t worry, we’ll figure this out. College is rough and does a number on some people physically and mentally, he just needs a little help figuring it out. I’m sure of it.” Felix assured him, but deep down he wondered if there was more to it, but he wasn’t about to worry Ryan more. “I gotta get going, but I’ll be there as soon as I can, just try to enjoy your weekend, alright?” He stood up, offering a hand to Ryan. The puma took his paw but was surprised when Felix pulled him up and pulled him close, giving the younger male a hug. Ryan was surprised as he let it happen, but relaxed into his arms for a moment and returned it with a nod, feeling his hair being ruffled a little as Felix hugged him, for a brief moment remembering a few years back.\n\n“I will.” He nodded softly as he pulled away from Felix. “And… thanks. Even now you somehow always know what to say. I’ll see ya later, Felix.” Ryan waved as the husky smiled and took off in the other direction, heading towards the library to get busy. Ryan started walking down the path, his head sticking low as he didn’t want to let on how he was feeling. \n\n—\n\nHaving taken his time, a couple of hours would pass before Ryan finally returned to the apartment, the sun already getting ready to set as he stretched and grabbed his key. Letting himself into the apartment, he saw the kitchen light on which already told him what he needed to know as he set his bag aside and slipped his shoes off. “You in there, Roy?” The puma asked curiously, calling out to see if he was correct. “Yeah, just studying.” A bit of a gruffer voice remarked, Ryan looking in to see Roy leaning over a book on the table, a notebook opened to his side. The German shepherd was hard at work, his fur was well kept and neat, brown and black like a typical member of his species, his blue eyes showed hints of fatigue as he worked, wearing a simple gray shirt and jeans, from where he was sitting showed they hugged a rather plump, curvy backside, something not lost on Ryan as he glanced down before focusing on his friend. “Did you even come to class?” Ryan asked, seeing the hound not even looking up.\n\n“I was. But I had to leave a couple minutes early, had a phone call.” He remarked, not giving Ryan anything to work off of which only made it more questionable, but he shook his head and kept pursuing what he was hoping for. “Okay, that aside, why’re you even studying right now, you have all weekend.” Ryan questioned, crossing his arms as he leaned against the frame of the entryway to the kitchen. Roy wrote a couple things in his notes, sitting up as he heard that. Ryan watched, and noticed he was stifling a yawn, hiding it as the hound glanced over. “I’d rather get it out of the way so I don’t have to do it, personally. Why do you ask, did you have something in mind?” He asked, if only to be polite, but something made it clear that he would rather be left to this.\n\n“No, but I did run into Felix after class, and he said he was wanting to come over after work. So I had figured you’d want to be doing something other than studying while he was here.” Ryan remarked, a brief moment of silence between them happening as Roy stopped writing, hearing the name of their old friend. His tail swayed a little, very briefly, before it stopped, and he nodded. “Fine, I’ll work on this until he gets here. Can I have some peace for that at least?” Roy asked, rather bluntly at that. Ryan sighed softly hearing that but nodded gently, and turned to head towards his room, leaving his bag by the door. Roy nodded as he got back to his work, but kept thinking about that as he looked towards the door every few moments, before shaking it off and keeping focused on his studying.\n\nRyan entered his room before shutting his door, making his way to his bed before he huffed and plopped into it, resting his head on the pillow as he took out his phone from his pocket, noticing he had gotten a text from Felix. “Hey, the library was slow so they said I could leave. Going to my place to grab some stuff then I’ll be over.” The message had been sent a few moments prior, and Ryan nodded as he sent back a thumbs up and set his phone on a small table next to his bed. “Maybe I’ll just hang out here and let Felix do his thing. Whatever that may be. I just hope he can help Roy.” He sighed once more, wrapping his arms behind his head as he stared at the roof in silence, thinking about what he and Felix had talked about earlier. ‘Was it really as early as when you left?’ Ryan wondered if what Felix asked had deeper meaning.\n\nOut in the main area, a knock was heard on the door, Roy raising an eye when he heard it as he set a marker in his book before shutting it. As he did, it wouldn’t be long before another knock rang out. “I’m coming. One moment.” He sighed a bit as he stacked everything and started making his way to the door. Felix stood outside, having heard Roy call out and waited patiently, hearing the door begin unlocking. As the door opened, Felix smiled gently seeing the German shepherd standing in the doorway. “Hey Roy, it’s been a while.” He watched as Roy looked him over, his expression was stoic, almost unmoving but his tail gently wagged as he stepped aside. “O-oh, Felix. It’s… good to see you again, it’s been a while.” He practically parroted what the husky had said as he watched him enter the apartment. “What brings you by? Ryan said you’d be paying us a visit but didn’t say what was up.” Roy asked almost immediately, shutting the door behind him, before he walked alongside Felix to guide him towards the kitchen.\n\n“I had run into Ryan outside one of the lecture halls, he had mentioned a few things so I decided I’d come and see what you two had been getting up to. It felt better than just texting you again, since I know we do that on and off.” Felix didn’t immediately let on what he was doing there, but he wanted to ease Roy into the discussion, his eyes noticing the stack of books on the table. “I see you’ve been keeping up with your work. How has college life been treating you?” Felix asked him, going to take a seat as he watched Roy go and grab a few glasses from the cupboard, the husky noticing that the German shepherd bottom had a bit of a bounce to it when he stood on his toes to grab one, which made the husky smile before leaning back in his chair. “It’s been alright. A lot of homework, but otherwise it’s… manageable.” Roy had taken a brief pause when he said that last word, not fully believing himself, which was a far cry from when he spoke to Ryan. Felix noticed and sighed, making sure it was silent as he didn’t want to make it sound like he was questioning nor judging that.\n\n“I see. Nothing too strenuous I hope?” Felix continued, watching the hound fill the glasses with water. Roy thought about it as he watched the glasses fill, stopping near the top before he stared at them, not having much to say, thinking about what he should follow up with. “Yeah, it’s fine. Honestly I’d said it’s easier than high school, nothing to it.” He put on a smile, turning to Felix as he went and joined him at the table, but that smile was almost empty, the same expression didn’t reach his eyes and Felix could tell. “What about you? I know you’ve been here a couple years now but new semester, it’s still early, things are going well for you?” He desperately attempted to try and get the focus off of him, taking a sip of his water as he sat across from Felix. The husky took his glass and took a long drink from it. He wanted to leave the question lingering, if only to show Roy that he wasn’t quite believing it, but he didn’t leave it forever.\n\nSetting his glass down, he returned the smile, but like with Ryan, it was that same, tender smile. Roy glanced aside, unable to make eye contact when he noticed it. “It’s been alright. I’ll tell you, it starts easy enough but once you start getting through more of your determined classes, you’re gonna have to really pace yourself. It’s a lot of work.” Roy nearly choked on his water when he heard that, pulling the glass away and looking at him with surprise, Felix raising an eye at that as he did so. “Are… you okay, bud?” He asked Roy, surprised at the reaction, at least on the surface. ‘I knew it…’ he thought to himself, having used that phrasing to see what unfolded. Roy wiped his mouth of any water dripping off his muzzle before he sighed, shaking his head. “Sorry, just went down the wrong pipe, is all. But I’ll keep that in mind, thank you. I’m sure I’ll be fine.” He commented, looking down at the table. Felix nodded gently, realizing that this might be a breakthrough, but he didn’t know everything so he had to take it slow. \n\n“Good. What about any activities? Have you looked at any of the clubs around campus? Or gone anywhere with Ryan? This place has a lot to offer, so I’m sure you guys could find something to do.” Felix asked, his gaze occasionally shifting to the stack of books beside him, using his control not to just jump right to it. Roy shook his head, still not making eye contact. “No, not really. Nothing really caught my eye honestly, and truth be told I’ve been spending my time studying. I’m wanting to do my best.” Roy explained, trying to sound confident, but fatigue shined through more than he realized as he let out a small yawn. “But maybe after this semester and everything is settled down, I’ll start taking a look. Better to get yourself in order now, right?” Roy looked up, hoping that answer cut away any tension, he could tell Felix was thinking about anything else right now. Felix leaned forward when he heard that, resting an arm on the table as he looked towards him.\n\n“Well, no.” Felix gave a blunt, abrupt answer, which caught Roy by surprise, but Felix didn’t give him much room to say anything about that. “From my experiences, it’s commendable you want to focus on your studies, but if you do that and nothing more, you’ll only find yourself becoming distant to the world outside. College is a time for you to both study, but also work on your social skills, your drive, and put what you know to the test.” Felix explained to the younger canine, his eyes locked on Roy, who found himself shrinking down in his seat, and despite his best attempts he wasn’t able to hide that fact. “I-I see…” Roy didn’t have an answer, he didn’t have an argument, he just shut himself down for the moment, and Felix could tell. The husky sighed a little, taking one of the notebooks off the stack.\n\n“Roy…” Felix started, lying the notebook down between them, Roy looking at it curiously as he wasn’t quite sure where Felix was going with that. “Be honest with me, how much time have you spent staring into this thing outside of class? You have a normal schedule, I presume, so give me a rough estimate.” Felix asked, slowly getting to the point, a look of curiosity and mild concern gracing his face, but Roy didn’t dare look up at him. “A… a bit, I think.” He silently muttered, barely above a whisper, which only made matters worse as Felix sighed and pushed it forward a bit. “Roy…?” He repeated, his voice growing a bit more serious after that.\n\n“I… I don’t…” Roy shifted on his seat, his paws gripping the sides as he looked down. “A lot, I don’t know the exact number… but I do spend a lot of time studying. But…” he tried to think of a continuation, but he could feel the gaze from the husky bearing down on him, if looks could kill, Felix would be a champion. “Wh-why the sudden questioning…?” Roy tried to push back, but it came out rather meekly, uncertain, at this point he just wanted to know what this was even about. Felix sighed, realizing he might’ve been pushing too hard, and pulled the book back, setting it back where he found it neatly, at least respecting the boy's property and not being mean about it. “I had heard some things, Roy. And I wanted to get to the source of them before I assumed anything. You haven’t been sleeping much, have you?” He asked, leaning back and resting his crossed arms against his chest, the question piercing the younger canine's defenses as he winced, and he turned his head away, his eyes following the patterns of the kitchen floor tiling as if trying to distract himself. “You haven’t been overdoing it, right?” He asked further.\n\n“I’m… I’m sorry.” Roy mumbled, it was practically inaudible, but Felix knew what he said, watching his face as best he could. Felix felt his heart dropped when he made that out though. “What’s going on, Roy?” He asked, firmly, but not unkind. His words were surprisingly soothing despite their firmness, and it seemed to at least bring some alleviation to the tense situation. “You weren’t the type to be studying-only. Did something happen that made this such a big… thing?” Felix wasn’t sure how to word it, it was all a surprise to him just as much as it was to Roy, but he knew he had to follow through. Roy just stared at the table now, his tail drooping a little and his ears flattening against the top of his head, he felt like a child being reprimanded by an older sibling or father, but he managed to keep himself composed to at least try and answer the questions. “I just… I don’t…” his words got stuck in his throat, but it was clear he had something.\n\n“Just tell me, I’m not going to think less or be harsh over an answer. We’re just worried about you, Roy.” Felix softened his tone, and his expression, he knew that the boy was having a hard time, and he couldn’t quite tell if it was fatigue, or something more. Roy took a deep breath, before he finally looked up, his eyes were wet, threatening to release tears, but he was surprisingly calm. “I… came here because I looked up to you. I knew it was a tough school… I… I convinced Ryan to apply as well, and…” he found it harder and harder to keep looking at the older canine, his eyes drifting downwards. “I didn’t want to disappoint you…” he managed to say, his voice was strained, something stopping him from saying it, but he managed to get it out. Felix froze when he heard that, processing the words as he looked at the boy. His look softened, he didn’t know what to say. “Roy…” a third time he said, this time, out of uncertainty.\n\n“Dad was… always unsure when I said I wanted to come here. I never told him that you were one of the best friends I ever had, and that it was the main reason I wanted to follow you out here. I looked up to you.” Roy began speaking, the tears that once threatened to fall started rolling down his cheeks. “When you left, I was dedicated to getting better grades, coming here and showing you what an impact you had… and… and now…” his breathing started to get faster, his paws letting go of the sides of the chair as he brought them to his head, covering his ears as his voice got shaky. Felix stood up immediately, and made his way around the table, kneeling beside the younger male. “Hey, breath, take it easy.” He said a few calm, comforting words as he tried to keep Roy calm, resting a paw on his back as he did so. Felix sighed softly, he didn’t realize what Roy was feeling until now as he shook his head. Roy sniffled and stifled a few sobs, trying to keep himself from crying, but saying that finally seemed to break something, and it got Roy to release what he might’ve felt.\n\n“You don’t need to do all this for me, Roy. Or anyone.” Felix slowly began speaking, looking around as he started helping the boy to his feet and making his way towards the couch in the living room. Roy leaned into Felix a little as they walked, his tears dripping down his face and onto the floor. “Ryan was worried, and when he told me what’s been going on… I could’ve never imagined.” Felix told him as he gently helped the boy sit down, watching as Roy stared at the ground. Felix grabbed a nearby box of tissues and handed it to Roy, watching the boy grab a few and blow his nose slowly, quietly as he wiped his eyes. Ryan was listening from his room, and was surprised at what he had heard, but remained quiet as he listened more to what Felix might say.  “I’m sorry, Felix…” Roy stifled another sob, a hint of guilt was seeping out into his words, Felix noticing that as he slowly took a seat besides Roy and rubbed his back softly. Roy found himself leaning into Felix, the room growing silent outside of the occasional sound of animals outside going about their business, the crying already starting to fade.\n\n“I… I didn’t realize that he was… worried.” Roy managed to form a few more sentences, through tears and a hazy mind. He pulled his knees to his chest as he remained like that, leaned against his old friend. “I was… so selfish.” Roy sniffled out, taking one of the tissues and wiping his eyes again, before tightening his hold around the tissue. Felix nodded softly, letting Roy say and do as he needed as he rocked him gently like that. “You really did have a lot going on, huh?” Felix finally asked, wanting Roy to answer, the boy nodding softly as he didn’t look up at him, he felt comfortable like this, safe.\n\n“Why did I let it come to this… Ryan probably hates me.” Roy muttered, more of his guilt starting to bubble through the surface, but Felix was quick to the draw. “Hey… don’t start talking like that. You know that’s not true.” Felix returned to the firmness he had, but it was surprisingly comforting, calming even as he spoke to Roy. “You made a mistake, but your best friend isn’t going to hate you just because you did so. You know that, right?” He asked, watching as Roy remained still, unsure of how to even answer him. Felix thought about it, and had a thought cross his mind before he glanced down at Roy. “You feel a strong guilt from that, don’t you…?” Felix asked, wanting to have Roy answer for himself. He paused for a moment before Roy gave a gentle nod. Felix sighed when he got that answer. He leaned back for a moment to let Roy relax, before he finally had an idea.\n\n“Well… let’s handle it, then.” He remarked, adjusting Roy so he was sitting him. “We’re gonna take care of that tonight, if you’ll trust me to help you.” Felix seemed sure of himself in the moment, and Roy couldn’t help but feel somewhat guided by it. “Y-yeah… I trust you.” His voice was soft, still barely above a whispering sound, but it was coming through and that’s what mattered.\n\n“Alright. I need to go and grab something from my car. Go wait in your room, alright?” Something about that made Roy tense up, the faint sound of a whine, almost childish in nature, managed to escape, but he didn’t argue as he slowly raised himself from the couch. Felix realized what he had heard, and he felt a bit of sadness in his heart, leaning forward. ‘Poor boy…’ Roy didn’t stay long, Wrapping his arms around himself as he started heading for his bedroom. As he did, his tail drooped over his bottom as he walked off, leaving Felix alone for the moment. ‘Expectations and uncertainty are really dangerous…’ Felix muttered to himself as he departed from the apartment for now, and made his way towards his vehicle parked right in front of the stairwell. Opening the trunk, he pulled out his backpack and nodded, noticing a clear white packaging behind it hidden underneath a blanket, only slightly peeking out. “Heh, forgot I had those… depending on what happens…” he thought to himself, but shook his head and ignored it for now as he had to keep himself on task, making his way back into their apartment and locking the door. Taking his shoes off, he figured he wouldn’t be needing them since it was starting to get late finally, and so he set them aside for the time being. The room was quiet, so Felix headed towards the room he saw Roy enter.\n\nThe door was open, so Felix could see inside and saw Roy sitting on the edge of the bed. The German shepherd stared at the ground below, his feet gently kicking as they dangled ever so slightly above the floor, his mind in a different place right now as he didn’t even notice Felix had returned. Entering the room, Felix shut the door behind him, which finally caught Roy’s attention as the boy looked up and noticed the bag. “Y-you were quick...” Roy attempted to make small talk, but it was clearly more for himself to at least try and clear his nerves. Felix nodded as he went to join him, setting his bag aside and looking over at Roy. “I’m parked right outside, so it was easy. Now… let’s review before we go forward, and you’re able to back out at any point.” Felix was getting to the point, a firmness to his tone, but it also seemed very… comforting, like an older brother to his younger brother almost. Roy nodded slowly as he showed he understood. “Good. First things first, I was called here because Ryan was worried about you. And you know why, correct?” Felix watched to see if he was getting the point, a small smile forming when Roy nodded. “And can you tell me why?”\n\nRoy’s ears flattened against his head again before he managed to say what he needed. “I… was worrying him, and now you… I was staying up forever studying… I…” he froze when he tried to continue, but went silent knowing he didn’t have anything else. Felix accepted it and nodded as he did, resting one of his paws on the boy's knee. “And you understand why that’s an issue, right? You’re not just saying that to get on with it?” He got another nod from Roy, but the boy didn’t want to answer verbally, his paws fidgeting a little with a zipper on the side of his pants where a pocket went. Felix noticed and sighed as he looked around, his mind wandering as he thought about what he was going to do next. “Listen, bud… I have an idea of how to help you, but…” he paused for a moment before he looked at Roy, who glanced up curiously, his look still a bit somber. “You trust me?” He asked again, which made Roy fidget in place but nod.\n\n“Of course I do…” Roy nodded slowly as he spoke, but could tell this wasn’t easy for Felix. Felix took a slow breath before he finally got to the point. “I think a spanking will help you. You’re… familiar with that, right?” Felix knew he needed to be delicate, but something less Felix to take this approach. Roy tensed up hearing that, another faint whine heard when he did. “I… was afraid you’d say that.” He looked aside, but he didn’t push against his choice. Roy slowly began to stand up, an arm around himself as he stood in front of Felix. “I… I’ll take whatever you think I need. I’m sorry…” he looked down again, but was surprised when Felix’s paw gently rubbed against his cheek and lifted his chin so he’d look Felix in the eye.\n\n“No need to apologize anymore, bud. The fact you’re already at this point shows me you’re hearing me. Let’s get this over with, okay?” Despite what was coming, Felix was handling this delicately. Letting the boy go, Felix began moving his paws to the waistband, and began undoing the boy’s jeans, but in a moment his eyes widened as he quickly reached down. “W-w-wait… I-I forgot…” he stumbled over his words when he suddenly had a realization, Felix stopping as Roy whined and lowered his head. Before Felix could pull them down, Roy took a moment before he swallowed hard and he folded the waistband over a bit to show a simple white diaper underneath. “I… I wear these at night… and…” he stammered and jumbled his words, but he was surprised when Felix rested a paw on his shoulder, and even let out a comforting chuckle.\n\n“No need to be embarrassed, I won’t judge you for that. I’m glad you showed me beforehand. Are you ready for them to come down?” Felix wanted to take this at his pace, making it clear he’d be baring the canine's bottom immediately, which made Roy whine and look away. Felix nodded and watched as Roy’s paws moved away from his waistband, raising them over his head a little and shuffled from foot to foot, not wanting to get in the way as a sign of his trust in Felix. The husky smiled as he finished unzipping them and pulling them down carefully, watching as he wiggled his hips lightly to help, the diaper not getting in the way too much as he did so. It was a bit snug of a fit, the front covered well and his backside was mostly covered, with some of the undercheek peeking out underneath. Felix began to move him to his right and kept an eye on Roy’s expressions, wanting to keep him calm as he propped his right knee up some, and carefully guided him over it.\n\nRoy blushed deeply, his face going a solid red color as he lay across his friends knee, part of him lying on the bed as he looked down at the floor below. Felix made sure he was properly in place before he started to slip his thumb into the back of the diaper and carefully threaded his tail out of the hole, the material crinkling a bit as he did. Felix glanced into the diaper as he got the boy bared, carefully pulling it down to join his pants with a nod. The boy wiggled softly, feeling the cool air hit his lower half, the boy's bottom jiggling out of the diaper into the open, showing to be rather chubby in size even without it, explaining how it bounced earlier. It also looked rather well kept showing wearing them seemed to help a little. The brown and black fur was nicely patterned around the cheeks, the black pattern circling around his brown furred bottom, kind of like a little target. Felix smiled softly and rested his paw against the boy's big bottom softly, feeling the cheeks squish a bit against his paw when he did so. “Ready, Roy?” Felix asked, his voice calm, and kind, his focus remaining on the boy who shifted a bit to bury his face in the bed. The boy could only nod, his tail lying to the side so it wasn’t in the way. Felix nodded and eventually raised his paw away from his bottom.\n\nRoy tried to brace for whatever was coming next, closing his eyes as his left paw gripped the blanket. The silence was finally broken by a rather loud slap, the husky’s paw smacking firmly against the boys big bottom, making it jiggle from the spot he struck, the boy wiggling and whining at the stingy smack as he shook his bouncing bottom to try and alleviate it some. Felix nodded before he slapped again, his paw connecting against the opposite cheek in turn, getting the same jiggly reaction once more. He was mindful of his strength as he delivered slow, steady smacks against the boys backside, his paw cupped slightly which was causing the more audible sound. Felix rubbed the boy's back softly as he continued, his paw moving from cheek to cheek in a rhythmic pattern, which was enough to catch Roy’s attention each time, the boy keeping his face buried into the bed as he yipped and wiggled. “You’re doing well bud.” Felix softly praised as his paw continued raining down to deliver the punishment.\n\nRoy blushed at the comment and whimpered, his ears folding back once again as he kicked softly. The diaper crinkled at his ankle as it mixed well with the sound of his bottom being smacked, his cheeks jiggled and wobbling each time, his kicking only causing them to shake as well, but despite it, he felt an odd comfort with every smack. His yelps continued to grow as the only sound the room had in it was the slapping of Felix’s paw, swift and steady as it struck each cheek, up and down his bottom in a jiggling pattern as well. Roy kept his focus on the round, chubby cheeks bouncing under his paw, but kept an ear trained to Roy’s head as he listened for any signs of a request for it to end, knowing that if it became too much, he’d let Roy go. Hearing nothing but whimpering, he knew that he was good to continue, moving his arm down from the boy's back to his waist and carefully wrapping his arm around him, tightening his hood and bringing him closer, a few firmer smacks landing in turn. Roy tried to wiggle around under the continued onslaught of smacks, but he found it to be futile with the position he was in and just kept himself as still as he could.\n\nFelix smiled a bit as he watched the boy's bottom flatten against his paw and bounce back out, making for an adorable target over his knee. He never thought he’d have to take it this far, but he wouldn’t deny how cute the boy looked, especially having accepted it. His eyes occasionally would glance at the diaper though, it was something he hadn’t expected, but it added to a sense of charm, and cuteness to the boy that urged Felix to keep at it. The yelps slowly continued to get louder, mixing with the smacking sound as Felix’s paw moved with precision, almost expertly handling the boy's pudgy rear as it wobbled around. After a couple of smacks, Felix raised his knee and stood it on the tip of his toes so the boy's bottom was more elevated, revealing more spots yet to be smacked, especially the undercurves of his cheeks. Bringing his paw lower, he would smack those said spots, watching as it made the boy jump in surprise and yelp louder as he raised his head from the bed, whimpering back at him as his cheeks jiggled upward. Smack after smack connected, Felix moving his paw slowly towards the boy's head and rubbing it softly. Roy sniffled and raised his head softly to nuzzle his paw when he did, but it calmed him down as he relaxed a little.\n\nFelix would land a smack to each cheek before he nodded, and his foot moved to pull his bag closer. Roy noticed and shifted some but didn’t try to get up, watching the man do as he needed. “You’re doing good, I’m gonna kick it up a little. If it becomes too much, you let me know alright?” Felix spoke calmly, and ensured Roy understood as he started rummaging through the bag. The boy nodded softly and kept his big bottom raised up, he didn’t know what was coming but he at least felt comfort knowing Roy was worried about him, and was making this as smooth as he could. “When I was younger, my old man told me this was an effective way to make a lesson stick.” Felix kinda muttered to himself, but it was enough for Roy to hear, looking back and whining gently seeing a wooden hairbrush having been taken up by the husky. He sniffled a little since his bottom already felt a bit sore but he didn’t say anything as he looked back down, wiggling gently as he tried to get comfy.\n\nFelix secured his arm around the boy once again and rested the brush against the center of his bottom, the boy’s butt smushing against it as he tensed up, the husky patting it gently against each butt cheek to get him prepared for what’s to come. Once Roy relaxed, at least as best he could, the brush would raise off of his backside and smack down sharply, connecting against the center of his big bottom and making the boy yelp, jumping up as little as he could as his big butt jiggled quickly, the brush raising up once more and smacking his left cheek next, making it bounce independent of the other. The brush made a much more noticeably impression on the boy as the next cheek was struck, Felix tightening his hold slightly as a comfort mechanism for Roy, and to ensure he didn’t roll away and make him strike the boy's hips on accident. The brush was like Felix’s paw, swift and direct as it landed expertly against the wobbly cheeks, the boy whimpering and whining as his squirming got a bit harder, yet he never called for it to stop. He accepted the punishment he had earned as he started tearing up, the next smack striking his sit spots as he let out a small howl.\n\nFelix watched his reactions, using that to gauge how far he was going as his arm continued swinging, he had quite the skill behind his punishment and it was showing as the boys bouncing backside slowly took on a nice red color, each smack leaving behind a slightly darker red as the squishy cheek jiggled and bounced from the smack. It wasn’t long before a more notable, prolonged whine escaped Roy’s mouth, the sheets of the bed starting to get wet, and that wasn’t lost on Felix as he rubbed the boys back. Going a bit higher on the boy's butt, he smacked the tops of his cheeks, watching as they rippled and bounced around just as much as the rest of his bottom. “Roy, you still understand why this needed to happen, right?” Every other word was met with a firm, stinging smack, these ones used to ensure the boy got the point loud and clear, making the big pup howl out. “Y-ye-yeheees!” He cried out, the sting starting to bring the tears as his chubby butt continued bouncing up from the ongoing smacks.\n\n“Good, and can you tell me why?” He asked, slowing the smacks down some to give him room to answer. The boy cried out more, tears rolling down his face as he gasped softly and tried catching his breath to answer. “I-I-I wasn’t t-ta-t-taking care of m-my-myself! I’m s-sor-sorheeee!” He sobbed, the boy showing he was indeed apologetic for letting it get this far. Feline nodded softly as he heard that, leaning down some and kissing the top of the boy's head, a sign of comfort as he did, resting the brush against the center of his friend's bottom. “Good boy. Now, we’re almost done. Be strong for me, okay?” He asked as he slowly loosened the hold on his friend's waist and brought his paw around towards the boy's front to let him hold onto it as needed. Roy noticed as he sobbed his eyes out, gripping the man’s arm and pulling it close as he buried his face into Felix’s sleeves, pushing his bottom up obediently as he did. Felix smiled warmly and nodded seeing he understood.\n\nThe brush would raise up, and after lingering in the air for a moment, Felix smacked it down firmly across his left cheek, watching it flatten into the brush and popping back out when he raised it up. What followed was another smack to his right cheek, getting the same response. Roy howled out loudly, crying out apology each time, but he continued to accept what he had earned despite it all. Raising his knee, Felix made sure both his sit spots were revealed and ready, before smacking down the brush twice in rapid succession, bringing it to a close as Roy cried harder, wailing out. “O-o-oooooww! I’m sorreeeeey!” He bawled into the man’s arm as it ended, the boy having lost any fight and energy he had as he lay limping, nuzzling his friend's arm as he blubbered, his face and the sheets soaking wet as the tears continued rolling uncontrollably.\n\nFelix sighed gently and set the brush aside, slowly adjusting Roy so he was on his feet, not once removing his arm from Roy’s hold knowing he needed that comforting weight. Wrapping his other arm around Roy, the boy had shaky legs as he stumbled forward and moved his arms around Felix’s neck, crying his eyes out as he did, taking ragged, weak breaths between sobs as he buried his face in the man’s neck, apologizing profusely. “Hey now, it’s over. You did so well.” Felix praised him gently as his own arms wrapped around Roy, his paw resting on the small of his back as he rubbed his paw up and down, turning his head softly to give him a gentle kiss on the head. “I’m so proud of you.” Felix wasn’t sure why, but he found himself assuring the pup in his arms, his instincts wanting him to make the boy feel safe. The words of comfort rang nicely for Roy as his wailing slowly turned to soft crying in the man’s shoulder, a few shuddering breaths and hiccups escaping as he tried to calm down. “I’m sorry Felix… I’m sorry.” He could only apologize, despite what Felix said, but the husky didn’t stray from his goal.\n\nFelix rested his chin on the younger canine's head and took slow, deep breaths as he rubbed his friends back, occasionally reaching down to his pudgy bottom to help soothe the pain. It would be a bit, but the crying would die down and all he heard was sniffling, sniveling, and the occasional hiccup. “All better?” Felix asked, feeling the boy nod as response, moving his head so Roy could look at him. The boy's eyes were red from crying, and his nose had been running, but he had calmed down enough as he shuffled in place. Felix smiled softly as he reached over for a tissue box and gently cleaned up the sniffling pup's face. “Never think you have to do things to make me proud, alright bud? I’m just happy you know what’s wrong. And I’ll help you.” Felix assured as he discarded the tissue, and felt Roy latch on again, resting his head on his shoulder as he looked up at him. “Y-y-yes s-sir.” His voice was quiet, it was notably less gruff. It reminded Felix of when they were younger. “C-can you stay, t-to… tonight?” Roy managed to get out, cuddling in closer to Felix as he asked.\n\nThe husky chuckled a bit, it was already partially the plan if things went any specific way, but hearing the question warmed his heart. “Yes, I’ll stay tonight. Tomorrow we can talk about it more, you must be sleepy.” Felix chuckled again, seeing the boy's eyes start to droop, a nod coming from Roy. Felix looked around, before he gently tugged at the diaper at his ankles. “If you need these, where are you? I’ll help you get changed.” Felix could tell Roy wasn’t in the mindset of doing anything himself, standing up gently feeling the boy's hold around his neck tighten. Motioning to the closet, Roy started shutting his eyes slowly, Felix gently bouncing him as he tried to keep him comfortable, given their heights aren't that different. Opening the door, he’d see an open pack of diapers sitting behind some shirts, and he carefully managed to yank one free from the packaging and shut the closet.\n\nFelix was about to ask another question, but was caught off guard by the faintest, softest snore in his ear, glancing over to see Roy had already taken off to dreamland. He chuckled softly and decided to just walk back to the bed, taking off the boy's pants and old diaper for now and using his free hand to lie the diaper out on the bed. Carefully, he pulled the boy's arms from his neck and carefully laid him on the diaper, adjusting so he was face down as to not aggravate his still tender, red bottom, which jiggled around slightly from the movements. Roy whined softly and wiggled as he was lying there, noticing the shift, but Felix gently made hushing sounds and rubbed his back as he gently started wrapping the diaper around the boy's waist, adjusting him accordingly as he did. Roy winced in his sleep and whimpered, but slowly relaxed as the fabric rested against his big butt, the tapes carefully being applied to keep it in place. Felix set everything else aside for now and gently spun him around to lie on his back, adjusting the leg holes a bit and making sure the diaper was a comfortable fit on the boy's lower half. Sitting down beside Roy, Felix took a deep breath and smiled before he put his arms under the boy and scooped him up, gently sitting him on his lap and rocking him slowly, the German shepherd almost immediately latching onto the man again, even in his sleep he was aware enough of who he was with.\n\nFelix chuckled a little, and glanced out the window only mostly covered by the curtains. The moon was bright, and it was a peaceful night. Feeling a buzz in his pocket, he grabbed his phone and saw a message from Ryan. “I heard everything… what’s your thoughts?”\n\nFelix sighed a little, knowing that a single night wasn’t going to change anything. He nuzzled Roy softly as he held him and started typing. “I don’t know. It’s late, try to get some sleep, bud. I’ll sit with you both tomorrow and see what we can do. I’m staying in here tonight.” He set his phone down on the nightstand before he went and turned the lights out. Roy nuzzled in more, his head resting gently against the husky’s neck for comfort as they returned to the bed. Felix adjusted the blankets and climbed inside, gently lying Roy beside him and pulling the covers over them, knowing this was going to be the best way to do it for the night. Resting on arm over Roy, Felix kissed his head again and smiled. “Good night, pup. We’ll get through this.” ",
  "writing_bbcode_parsed": "<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'>A yawn escapes a puma&rsquo;s mouth as he leaned back, the final lecture of the day finally ending and leading him into his weekend. His eyes scanned the room as he sat there, a simple white tank top and basketball shorts being the attire of choice for him today. His fur was a soft orangish-pink color, his hair on top of his head being a dark purple, and a bit messy. &lsquo;Guess he already packed up and headed out.&rsquo; The puma thought silently to himself as he pushed his chair back, grabbing his bag from underneath the seat and stretching a little as he slipped his paw into his pocket and pulled his phone out. &ldquo;Not even a text, huh.&rdquo; He shrugged and pocketed it again before he made his way out of the classroom, seeing students going to and from different rooms and locations, the last day of the school day was always busy on campus, the puma sometimes wondering why he chose this college since it was more study oriented and not so much a party campus, which was more his style, having a more laid back and carefree nature. As he made it to the door leading outside of the building, someone caught his attention. &ldquo;Ryan! Wait up!&rdquo; Turning his head, he saw a husky, a few years older than himself, approaching.<br /><br />&ldquo;Oh, hey Felix. Whatcha need?&rdquo; Ryan asked as he stepped outside and had the older anthro follow him. The husky, Felix, smiled as he walked behind the smaller individual and stretched as he took a deep breath. &ldquo;Oh, nothing particular, just wanted to say hi. Ever since you guys enrolled, I feel I haven&rsquo;t had a lot of time to see you both.&rdquo; The husky explained, heading over to a small stone bench that sat along the wall, motioning him along. &ldquo;Where&rsquo;s Roy? Didn&rsquo;t you guys have the same class today?&rdquo; Felix noticed that Ryan was alone, as if that were an oddity to him. Ryan shrugged a bit as he slipped his paws into his pockets and went to sit beside the man, leaning forward a bit as he did so.<br /><br />&ldquo;Uh, honestly&hellip;?&rdquo; He shook his head as he thought about it, Felix raising a curious eye at that as he leaned forward as well, resting his arms on his knees and turning his head towards the puma. Ryan sighed softly, before he managed to think of what to say. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s been acting really weird lately, he comes and goes without a word, he&rsquo;s been staying up super late studying, I hear him in the kitchen until almost three in the morning most nights now. Even today I thought he was in class, but he didn&rsquo;t say a word and I didn&rsquo;t ever actually catch a glimpse of him.&rdquo; Ryan sighed a little once more when he got that out, Felix resting a paw on the stone bench and leaned on it some. &ldquo;Well that&rsquo;s not like him, now is it?&rdquo; Felix muttered a little. Felix had known these two since they were in elementary school, so Felix wasn&rsquo;t immediately lost on how odd that seemed to Ryan, but he didn&rsquo;t want to push too much immediately. &ldquo;Is this a new development? Or has he been doing this since I graduated?&rdquo; Felix asked, the question was a bit out there, but Ryan knew what he was getting at.<br /><br />Sitting up a bit, the puma gazed out towards the fountain in the courtyard that wasn&rsquo;t far from them. &ldquo;Honestly, I&rsquo;m not sure when I&rsquo;d say it started exactly. I know for a while when you graduated high school, he got a lot more serious in his studies. But it didn&rsquo;t ever seem like he was overdoing it, exhausting himself y&rsquo;know?&rdquo; Ryan explained, leaning back similar to how Felix sat as his head leaned one way, more towards the husky. &ldquo;I know he was always trying to follow you and how you worked. It&rsquo;s why he took some of the classes he did after all.&rdquo; Ryan chuckled a little when he said that, it was kind of funny in retrospect, and it wasn&rsquo;t lost on him. Felix smirked a little when he heard that, crossing his arms as he leaned against the wall and glanced down before shutting his eyes. &ldquo;True. I remember when I first met you two, you guys were, what? Fourth grade, maybe fifth? And I remember you both were always trying to come and hangout with me and my friends.&rdquo; Felix chuckled softly.<br /><br />Ryan was surprised when he heard Felix begin reminiscing. He rolled his eyes a little with a soft chuckle. &ldquo;Yeah, I remember. Roy thought you were like, the coolest person ever, but I guess it makes sense. When you&rsquo;re an only child, I can imagine he found someone like you to be a point of interest.&rdquo; Ryan remarked with no simple subtlety, which made Felix smile, but it did make the husky think more and more. &ldquo;True. And honestly I never minded. I appreciated that from you two, especially during high school when you two always came asking me questions.&rdquo; Felix had a tender smile, almost gentle and caring in feeling, and that wasn&rsquo;t lost on Ryan as he sheepishly chuckled and glanced away.<br /><br />&ldquo;What can I say, you always knew what to say. I guess that&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;ve got no issues telling you what&rsquo;s going on, honestly.&rdquo; Ryan found his kind wandering once more as he sighed, his shoulders slumping a little as he did. &ldquo;Probably hoped you&rsquo;d have an answer, truthfully. I worry about him.&rdquo; Ryan explained, looking back towards his childhood friend, the husky listened intently to what he had to say in the moment. &ldquo;I understand that. Tell you what, you guys are in one of the apartments just outside of campus, right?&rdquo; The husky pulled out his phone and slid it over to him. &ldquo;Put your address in, you should already be under your contact. I&rsquo;ll drop by tonight after I get off work, and I&rsquo;ll talk with him.&rdquo; The husky offered, albeit being a bit upfront with his request, but Ryan didn&rsquo;t have issue with that as he carefully took the older man&rsquo;s phone and started typing.<br /><br />&ldquo;I know he&rsquo;d appreciate it&hellip; even if he might be too busy to say.&rdquo; Ryan sighed a little, finishing typing and returning the phone to the husky, who raised an eye at that last part, but he could tell it was eating away at Ryan, and he was worried for his best friend. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry, we&rsquo;ll figure this out. College is rough and does a number on some people physically and mentally, he just needs a little help figuring it out. I&rsquo;m sure of it.&rdquo; Felix assured him, but deep down he wondered if there was more to it, but he wasn&rsquo;t about to worry Ryan more. &ldquo;I gotta get going, but I&rsquo;ll be there as soon as I can, just try to enjoy your weekend, alright?&rdquo; He stood up, offering a hand to Ryan. The puma took his paw but was surprised when Felix pulled him up and pulled him close, giving the younger male a hug. Ryan was surprised as he let it happen, but relaxed into his arms for a moment and returned it with a nod, feeling his hair being ruffled a little as Felix hugged him, for a brief moment remembering a few years back.<br /><br />&ldquo;I will.&rdquo; He nodded softly as he pulled away from Felix. &ldquo;And&hellip; thanks. Even now you somehow always know what to say. I&rsquo;ll see ya later, Felix.&rdquo; Ryan waved as the husky smiled and took off in the other direction, heading towards the library to get busy. Ryan started walking down the path, his head sticking low as he didn&rsquo;t want to let on how he was feeling. <br /><br />&mdash;<br /><br />Having taken his time, a couple of hours would pass before Ryan finally returned to the apartment, the sun already getting ready to set as he stretched and grabbed his key. Letting himself into the apartment, he saw the kitchen light on which already told him what he needed to know as he set his bag aside and slipped his shoes off. &ldquo;You in there, Roy?&rdquo; The puma asked curiously, calling out to see if he was correct. &ldquo;Yeah, just studying.&rdquo; A bit of a gruffer voice remarked, Ryan looking in to see Roy leaning over a book on the table, a notebook opened to his side. The German shepherd was hard at work, his fur was well kept and neat, brown and black like a typical member of his species, his blue eyes showed hints of fatigue as he worked, wearing a simple gray shirt and jeans, from where he was sitting showed they hugged a rather plump, curvy backside, something not lost on Ryan as he glanced down before focusing on his friend. &ldquo;Did you even come to class?&rdquo; Ryan asked, seeing the hound not even looking up.<br /><br />&ldquo;I was. But I had to leave a couple minutes early, had a phone call.&rdquo; He remarked, not giving Ryan anything to work off of which only made it more questionable, but he shook his head and kept pursuing what he was hoping for. &ldquo;Okay, that aside, why&rsquo;re you even studying right now, you have all weekend.&rdquo; Ryan questioned, crossing his arms as he leaned against the frame of the entryway to the kitchen. Roy wrote a couple things in his notes, sitting up as he heard that. Ryan watched, and noticed he was stifling a yawn, hiding it as the hound glanced over. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d rather get it out of the way so I don&rsquo;t have to do it, personally. Why do you ask, did you have something in mind?&rdquo; He asked, if only to be polite, but something made it clear that he would rather be left to this.<br /><br />&ldquo;No, but I did run into Felix after class, and he said he was wanting to come over after work. So I had figured you&rsquo;d want to be doing something other than studying while he was here.&rdquo; Ryan remarked, a brief moment of silence between them happening as Roy stopped writing, hearing the name of their old friend. His tail swayed a little, very briefly, before it stopped, and he nodded. &ldquo;Fine, I&rsquo;ll work on this until he gets here. Can I have some peace for that at least?&rdquo; Roy asked, rather bluntly at that. Ryan sighed softly hearing that but nodded gently, and turned to head towards his room, leaving his bag by the door. Roy nodded as he got back to his work, but kept thinking about that as he looked towards the door every few moments, before shaking it off and keeping focused on his studying.<br /><br />Ryan entered his room before shutting his door, making his way to his bed before he huffed and plopped into it, resting his head on the pillow as he took out his phone from his pocket, noticing he had gotten a text from Felix. &ldquo;Hey, the library was slow so they said I could leave. Going to my place to grab some stuff then I&rsquo;ll be over.&rdquo; The message had been sent a few moments prior, and Ryan nodded as he sent back a thumbs up and set his phone on a small table next to his bed. &ldquo;Maybe I&rsquo;ll just hang out here and let Felix do his thing. Whatever that may be. I just hope he can help Roy.&rdquo; He sighed once more, wrapping his arms behind his head as he stared at the roof in silence, thinking about what he and Felix had talked about earlier. &lsquo;Was it really as early as when you left?&rsquo; Ryan wondered if what Felix asked had deeper meaning.<br /><br />Out in the main area, a knock was heard on the door, Roy raising an eye when he heard it as he set a marker in his book before shutting it. As he did, it wouldn&rsquo;t be long before another knock rang out. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m coming. One moment.&rdquo; He sighed a bit as he stacked everything and started making his way to the door. Felix stood outside, having heard Roy call out and waited patiently, hearing the door begin unlocking. As the door opened, Felix smiled gently seeing the German shepherd standing in the doorway. &ldquo;Hey Roy, it&rsquo;s been a while.&rdquo; He watched as Roy looked him over, his expression was stoic, almost unmoving but his tail gently wagged as he stepped aside. &ldquo;O-oh, Felix. It&rsquo;s&hellip; good to see you again, it&rsquo;s been a while.&rdquo; He practically parroted what the husky had said as he watched him enter the apartment. &ldquo;What brings you by? Ryan said you&rsquo;d be paying us a visit but didn&rsquo;t say what was up.&rdquo; Roy asked almost immediately, shutting the door behind him, before he walked alongside Felix to guide him towards the kitchen.<br /><br />&ldquo;I had run into Ryan outside one of the lecture halls, he had mentioned a few things so I decided I&rsquo;d come and see what you two had been getting up to. It felt better than just texting you again, since I know we do that on and off.&rdquo; Felix didn&rsquo;t immediately let on what he was doing there, but he wanted to ease Roy into the discussion, his eyes noticing the stack of books on the table. &ldquo;I see you&rsquo;ve been keeping up with your work. How has college life been treating you?&rdquo; Felix asked him, going to take a seat as he watched Roy go and grab a few glasses from the cupboard, the husky noticing that the German shepherd bottom had a bit of a bounce to it when he stood on his toes to grab one, which made the husky smile before leaning back in his chair. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been alright. A lot of homework, but otherwise it&rsquo;s&hellip; manageable.&rdquo; Roy had taken a brief pause when he said that last word, not fully believing himself, which was a far cry from when he spoke to Ryan. Felix noticed and sighed, making sure it was silent as he didn&rsquo;t want to make it sound like he was questioning nor judging that.<br /><br />&ldquo;I see. Nothing too strenuous I hope?&rdquo; Felix continued, watching the hound fill the glasses with water. Roy thought about it as he watched the glasses fill, stopping near the top before he stared at them, not having much to say, thinking about what he should follow up with. &ldquo;Yeah, it&rsquo;s fine. Honestly I&rsquo;d said it&rsquo;s easier than high school, nothing to it.&rdquo; He put on a smile, turning to Felix as he went and joined him at the table, but that smile was almost empty, the same expression didn&rsquo;t reach his eyes and Felix could tell. &ldquo;What about you? I know you&rsquo;ve been here a couple years now but new semester, it&rsquo;s still early, things are going well for you?&rdquo; He desperately attempted to try and get the focus off of him, taking a sip of his water as he sat across from Felix. The husky took his glass and took a long drink from it. He wanted to leave the question lingering, if only to show Roy that he wasn&rsquo;t quite believing it, but he didn&rsquo;t leave it forever.<br /><br />Setting his glass down, he returned the smile, but like with Ryan, it was that same, tender smile. Roy glanced aside, unable to make eye contact when he noticed it. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been alright. I&rsquo;ll tell you, it starts easy enough but once you start getting through more of your determined classes, you&rsquo;re gonna have to really pace yourself. It&rsquo;s a lot of work.&rdquo; Roy nearly choked on his water when he heard that, pulling the glass away and looking at him with surprise, Felix raising an eye at that as he did so. &ldquo;Are&hellip; you okay, bud?&rdquo; He asked Roy, surprised at the reaction, at least on the surface. &lsquo;I knew it&hellip;&rsquo; he thought to himself, having used that phrasing to see what unfolded. Roy wiped his mouth of any water dripping off his muzzle before he sighed, shaking his head. &ldquo;Sorry, just went down the wrong pipe, is all. But I&rsquo;ll keep that in mind, thank you. I&rsquo;m sure I&rsquo;ll be fine.&rdquo; He commented, looking down at the table. Felix nodded gently, realizing that this might be a breakthrough, but he didn&rsquo;t know everything so he had to take it slow. <br /><br />&ldquo;Good. What about any activities? Have you looked at any of the clubs around campus? Or gone anywhere with Ryan? This place has a lot to offer, so I&rsquo;m sure you guys could find something to do.&rdquo; Felix asked, his gaze occasionally shifting to the stack of books beside him, using his control not to just jump right to it. Roy shook his head, still not making eye contact. &ldquo;No, not really. Nothing really caught my eye honestly, and truth be told I&rsquo;ve been spending my time studying. I&rsquo;m wanting to do my best.&rdquo; Roy explained, trying to sound confident, but fatigue shined through more than he realized as he let out a small yawn. &ldquo;But maybe after this semester and everything is settled down, I&rsquo;ll start taking a look. Better to get yourself in order now, right?&rdquo; Roy looked up, hoping that answer cut away any tension, he could tell Felix was thinking about anything else right now. Felix leaned forward when he heard that, resting an arm on the table as he looked towards him.<br /><br />&ldquo;Well, no.&rdquo; Felix gave a blunt, abrupt answer, which caught Roy by surprise, but Felix didn&rsquo;t give him much room to say anything about that. &ldquo;From my experiences, it&rsquo;s commendable you want to focus on your studies, but if you do that and nothing more, you&rsquo;ll only find yourself becoming distant to the world outside. College is a time for you to both study, but also work on your social skills, your drive, and put what you know to the test.&rdquo; Felix explained to the younger canine, his eyes locked on Roy, who found himself shrinking down in his seat, and despite his best attempts he wasn&rsquo;t able to hide that fact. &ldquo;I-I see&hellip;&rdquo; Roy didn&rsquo;t have an answer, he didn&rsquo;t have an argument, he just shut himself down for the moment, and Felix could tell. The husky sighed a little, taking one of the notebooks off the stack.<br /><br />&ldquo;Roy&hellip;&rdquo; Felix started, lying the notebook down between them, Roy looking at it curiously as he wasn&rsquo;t quite sure where Felix was going with that. &ldquo;Be honest with me, how much time have you spent staring into this thing outside of class? You have a normal schedule, I presume, so give me a rough estimate.&rdquo; Felix asked, slowly getting to the point, a look of curiosity and mild concern gracing his face, but Roy didn&rsquo;t dare look up at him. &ldquo;A&hellip; a bit, I think.&rdquo; He silently muttered, barely above a whisper, which only made matters worse as Felix sighed and pushed it forward a bit. &ldquo;Roy&hellip;?&rdquo; He repeated, his voice growing a bit more serious after that.<br /><br />&ldquo;I&hellip; I don&rsquo;t&hellip;&rdquo; Roy shifted on his seat, his paws gripping the sides as he looked down. &ldquo;A lot, I don&rsquo;t know the exact number&hellip; but I do spend a lot of time studying. But&hellip;&rdquo; he tried to think of a continuation, but he could feel the gaze from the husky bearing down on him, if looks could kill, Felix would be a champion. &ldquo;Wh-why the sudden questioning&hellip;?&rdquo; Roy tried to push back, but it came out rather meekly, uncertain, at this point he just wanted to know what this was even about. Felix sighed, realizing he might&rsquo;ve been pushing too hard, and pulled the book back, setting it back where he found it neatly, at least respecting the boy&#039;s property and not being mean about it. &ldquo;I had heard some things, Roy. And I wanted to get to the source of them before I assumed anything. You haven&rsquo;t been sleeping much, have you?&rdquo; He asked, leaning back and resting his crossed arms against his chest, the question piercing the younger canine&#039;s defenses as he winced, and he turned his head away, his eyes following the patterns of the kitchen floor tiling as if trying to distract himself. &ldquo;You haven&rsquo;t been overdoing it, right?&rdquo; He asked further.<br /><br />&ldquo;I&rsquo;m&hellip; I&rsquo;m sorry.&rdquo; Roy mumbled, it was practically inaudible, but Felix knew what he said, watching his face as best he could. Felix felt his heart dropped when he made that out though. &ldquo;What&rsquo;s going on, Roy?&rdquo; He asked, firmly, but not unkind. His words were surprisingly soothing despite their firmness, and it seemed to at least bring some alleviation to the tense situation. &ldquo;You weren&rsquo;t the type to be studying-only. Did something happen that made this such a big&hellip; thing?&rdquo; Felix wasn&rsquo;t sure how to word it, it was all a surprise to him just as much as it was to Roy, but he knew he had to follow through. Roy just stared at the table now, his tail drooping a little and his ears flattening against the top of his head, he felt like a child being reprimanded by an older sibling or father, but he managed to keep himself composed to at least try and answer the questions. &ldquo;I just&hellip; I don&rsquo;t&hellip;&rdquo; his words got stuck in his throat, but it was clear he had something.<br /><br />&ldquo;Just tell me, I&rsquo;m not going to think less or be harsh over an answer. We&rsquo;re just worried about you, Roy.&rdquo; Felix softened his tone, and his expression, he knew that the boy was having a hard time, and he couldn&rsquo;t quite tell if it was fatigue, or something more. Roy took a deep breath, before he finally looked up, his eyes were wet, threatening to release tears, but he was surprisingly calm. &ldquo;I&hellip; came here because I looked up to you. I knew it was a tough school&hellip; I&hellip; I convinced Ryan to apply as well, and&hellip;&rdquo; he found it harder and harder to keep looking at the older canine, his eyes drifting downwards. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t want to disappoint you&hellip;&rdquo; he managed to say, his voice was strained, something stopping him from saying it, but he managed to get it out. Felix froze when he heard that, processing the words as he looked at the boy. His look softened, he didn&rsquo;t know what to say. &ldquo;Roy&hellip;&rdquo; a third time he said, this time, out of uncertainty.<br /><br />&ldquo;Dad was&hellip; always unsure when I said I wanted to come here. I never told him that you were one of the best friends I ever had, and that it was the main reason I wanted to follow you out here. I looked up to you.&rdquo; Roy began speaking, the tears that once threatened to fall started rolling down his cheeks. &ldquo;When you left, I was dedicated to getting better grades, coming here and showing you what an impact you had&hellip; and&hellip; and now&hellip;&rdquo; his breathing started to get faster, his paws letting go of the sides of the chair as he brought them to his head, covering his ears as his voice got shaky. Felix stood up immediately, and made his way around the table, kneeling beside the younger male. &ldquo;Hey, breath, take it easy.&rdquo; He said a few calm, comforting words as he tried to keep Roy calm, resting a paw on his back as he did so. Felix sighed softly, he didn&rsquo;t realize what Roy was feeling until now as he shook his head. Roy sniffled and stifled a few sobs, trying to keep himself from crying, but saying that finally seemed to break something, and it got Roy to release what he might&rsquo;ve felt.<br /><br />&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t need to do all this for me, Roy. Or anyone.&rdquo; Felix slowly began speaking, looking around as he started helping the boy to his feet and making his way towards the couch in the living room. Roy leaned into Felix a little as they walked, his tears dripping down his face and onto the floor. &ldquo;Ryan was worried, and when he told me what&rsquo;s been going on&hellip; I could&rsquo;ve never imagined.&rdquo; Felix told him as he gently helped the boy sit down, watching as Roy stared at the ground. Felix grabbed a nearby box of tissues and handed it to Roy, watching the boy grab a few and blow his nose slowly, quietly as he wiped his eyes. Ryan was listening from his room, and was surprised at what he had heard, but remained quiet as he listened more to what Felix might say.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry, Felix&hellip;&rdquo; Roy stifled another sob, a hint of guilt was seeping out into his words, Felix noticing that as he slowly took a seat besides Roy and rubbed his back softly. Roy found himself leaning into Felix, the room growing silent outside of the occasional sound of animals outside going about their business, the crying already starting to fade.<br /><br />&ldquo;I&hellip; I didn&rsquo;t realize that he was&hellip; worried.&rdquo; Roy managed to form a few more sentences, through tears and a hazy mind. He pulled his knees to his chest as he remained like that, leaned against his old friend. &ldquo;I was&hellip; so selfish.&rdquo; Roy sniffled out, taking one of the tissues and wiping his eyes again, before tightening his hold around the tissue. Felix nodded softly, letting Roy say and do as he needed as he rocked him gently like that. &ldquo;You really did have a lot going on, huh?&rdquo; Felix finally asked, wanting Roy to answer, the boy nodding softly as he didn&rsquo;t look up at him, he felt comfortable like this, safe.<br /><br />&ldquo;Why did I let it come to this&hellip; Ryan probably hates me.&rdquo; Roy muttered, more of his guilt starting to bubble through the surface, but Felix was quick to the draw. &ldquo;Hey&hellip; don&rsquo;t start talking like that. You know that&rsquo;s not true.&rdquo; Felix returned to the firmness he had, but it was surprisingly comforting, calming even as he spoke to Roy. &ldquo;You made a mistake, but your best friend isn&rsquo;t going to hate you just because you did so. You know that, right?&rdquo; He asked, watching as Roy remained still, unsure of how to even answer him. Felix thought about it, and had a thought cross his mind before he glanced down at Roy. &ldquo;You feel a strong guilt from that, don&rsquo;t you&hellip;?&rdquo; Felix asked, wanting to have Roy answer for himself. He paused for a moment before Roy gave a gentle nod. Felix sighed when he got that answer. He leaned back for a moment to let Roy relax, before he finally had an idea.<br /><br />&ldquo;Well&hellip; let&rsquo;s handle it, then.&rdquo; He remarked, adjusting Roy so he was sitting him. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re gonna take care of that tonight, if you&rsquo;ll trust me to help you.&rdquo; Felix seemed sure of himself in the moment, and Roy couldn&rsquo;t help but feel somewhat guided by it. &ldquo;Y-yeah&hellip; I trust you.&rdquo; His voice was soft, still barely above a whispering sound, but it was coming through and that&rsquo;s what mattered.<br /><br />&ldquo;Alright. I need to go and grab something from my car. Go wait in your room, alright?&rdquo; Something about that made Roy tense up, the faint sound of a whine, almost childish in nature, managed to escape, but he didn&rsquo;t argue as he slowly raised himself from the couch. Felix realized what he had heard, and he felt a bit of sadness in his heart, leaning forward. &lsquo;Poor boy&hellip;&rsquo; Roy didn&rsquo;t stay long, Wrapping his arms around himself as he started heading for his bedroom. As he did, his tail drooped over his bottom as he walked off, leaving Felix alone for the moment. &lsquo;Expectations and uncertainty are really dangerous&hellip;&rsquo; Felix muttered to himself as he departed from the apartment for now, and made his way towards his vehicle parked right in front of the stairwell. Opening the trunk, he pulled out his backpack and nodded, noticing a clear white packaging behind it hidden underneath a blanket, only slightly peeking out. &ldquo;Heh, forgot I had those&hellip; depending on what happens&hellip;&rdquo; he thought to himself, but shook his head and ignored it for now as he had to keep himself on task, making his way back into their apartment and locking the door. Taking his shoes off, he figured he wouldn&rsquo;t be needing them since it was starting to get late finally, and so he set them aside for the time being. The room was quiet, so Felix headed towards the room he saw Roy enter.<br /><br />The door was open, so Felix could see inside and saw Roy sitting on the edge of the bed. The German shepherd stared at the ground below, his feet gently kicking as they dangled ever so slightly above the floor, his mind in a different place right now as he didn&rsquo;t even notice Felix had returned. Entering the room, Felix shut the door behind him, which finally caught Roy&rsquo;s attention as the boy looked up and noticed the bag. &ldquo;Y-you were quick...&rdquo; Roy attempted to make small talk, but it was clearly more for himself to at least try and clear his nerves. Felix nodded as he went to join him, setting his bag aside and looking over at Roy. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m parked right outside, so it was easy. Now&hellip; let&rsquo;s review before we go forward, and you&rsquo;re able to back out at any point.&rdquo; Felix was getting to the point, a firmness to his tone, but it also seemed very&hellip; comforting, like an older brother to his younger brother almost. Roy nodded slowly as he showed he understood. &ldquo;Good. First things first, I was called here because Ryan was worried about you. And you know why, correct?&rdquo; Felix watched to see if he was getting the point, a small smile forming when Roy nodded. &ldquo;And can you tell me why?&rdquo;<br /><br />Roy&rsquo;s ears flattened against his head again before he managed to say what he needed. &ldquo;I&hellip; was worrying him, and now you&hellip; I was staying up forever studying&hellip; I&hellip;&rdquo; he froze when he tried to continue, but went silent knowing he didn&rsquo;t have anything else. Felix accepted it and nodded as he did, resting one of his paws on the boy&#039;s knee. &ldquo;And you understand why that&rsquo;s an issue, right? You&rsquo;re not just saying that to get on with it?&rdquo; He got another nod from Roy, but the boy didn&rsquo;t want to answer verbally, his paws fidgeting a little with a zipper on the side of his pants where a pocket went. Felix noticed and sighed as he looked around, his mind wandering as he thought about what he was going to do next. &ldquo;Listen, bud&hellip; I have an idea of how to help you, but&hellip;&rdquo; he paused for a moment before he looked at Roy, who glanced up curiously, his look still a bit somber. &ldquo;You trust me?&rdquo; He asked again, which made Roy fidget in place but nod.<br /><br />&ldquo;Of course I do&hellip;&rdquo; Roy nodded slowly as he spoke, but could tell this wasn&rsquo;t easy for Felix. Felix took a slow breath before he finally got to the point. &ldquo;I think a spanking will help you. You&rsquo;re&hellip; familiar with that, right?&rdquo; Felix knew he needed to be delicate, but something less Felix to take this approach. Roy tensed up hearing that, another faint whine heard when he did. &ldquo;I&hellip; was afraid you&rsquo;d say that.&rdquo; He looked aside, but he didn&rsquo;t push against his choice. Roy slowly began to stand up, an arm around himself as he stood in front of Felix. &ldquo;I&hellip; I&rsquo;ll take whatever you think I need. I&rsquo;m sorry&hellip;&rdquo; he looked down again, but was surprised when Felix&rsquo;s paw gently rubbed against his cheek and lifted his chin so he&rsquo;d look Felix in the eye.<br /><br />&ldquo;No need to apologize anymore, bud. The fact you&rsquo;re already at this point shows me you&rsquo;re hearing me. Let&rsquo;s get this over with, okay?&rdquo; Despite what was coming, Felix was handling this delicately. Letting the boy go, Felix began moving his paws to the waistband, and began undoing the boy&rsquo;s jeans, but in a moment his eyes widened as he quickly reached down. &ldquo;W-w-wait&hellip; I-I forgot&hellip;&rdquo; he stumbled over his words when he suddenly had a realization, Felix stopping as Roy whined and lowered his head. Before Felix could pull them down, Roy took a moment before he swallowed hard and he folded the waistband over a bit to show a simple white diaper underneath. &ldquo;I&hellip; I wear these at night&hellip; and&hellip;&rdquo; he stammered and jumbled his words, but he was surprised when Felix rested a paw on his shoulder, and even let out a comforting chuckle.<br /><br />&ldquo;No need to be embarrassed, I won&rsquo;t judge you for that. I&rsquo;m glad you showed me beforehand. Are you ready for them to come down?&rdquo; Felix wanted to take this at his pace, making it clear he&rsquo;d be baring the canine&#039;s bottom immediately, which made Roy whine and look away. Felix nodded and watched as Roy&rsquo;s paws moved away from his waistband, raising them over his head a little and shuffled from foot to foot, not wanting to get in the way as a sign of his trust in Felix. The husky smiled as he finished unzipping them and pulling them down carefully, watching as he wiggled his hips lightly to help, the diaper not getting in the way too much as he did so. It was a bit snug of a fit, the front covered well and his backside was mostly covered, with some of the undercheek peeking out underneath. Felix began to move him to his right and kept an eye on Roy&rsquo;s expressions, wanting to keep him calm as he propped his right knee up some, and carefully guided him over it.<br /><br />Roy blushed deeply, his face going a solid red color as he lay across his friends knee, part of him lying on the bed as he looked down at the floor below. Felix made sure he was properly in place before he started to slip his thumb into the back of the diaper and carefully threaded his tail out of the hole, the material crinkling a bit as he did. Felix glanced into the diaper as he got the boy bared, carefully pulling it down to join his pants with a nod. The boy wiggled softly, feeling the cool air hit his lower half, the boy&#039;s bottom jiggling out of the diaper into the open, showing to be rather chubby in size even without it, explaining how it bounced earlier. It also looked rather well kept showing wearing them seemed to help a little. The brown and black fur was nicely patterned around the cheeks, the black pattern circling around his brown furred bottom, kind of like a little target. Felix smiled softly and rested his paw against the boy&#039;s big bottom softly, feeling the cheeks squish a bit against his paw when he did so. &ldquo;Ready, Roy?&rdquo; Felix asked, his voice calm, and kind, his focus remaining on the boy who shifted a bit to bury his face in the bed. The boy could only nod, his tail lying to the side so it wasn&rsquo;t in the way. Felix nodded and eventually raised his paw away from his bottom.<br /><br />Roy tried to brace for whatever was coming next, closing his eyes as his left paw gripped the blanket. The silence was finally broken by a rather loud slap, the husky&rsquo;s paw smacking firmly against the boys big bottom, making it jiggle from the spot he struck, the boy wiggling and whining at the stingy smack as he shook his bouncing bottom to try and alleviate it some. Felix nodded before he slapped again, his paw connecting against the opposite cheek in turn, getting the same jiggly reaction once more. He was mindful of his strength as he delivered slow, steady smacks against the boys backside, his paw cupped slightly which was causing the more audible sound. Felix rubbed the boy&#039;s back softly as he continued, his paw moving from cheek to cheek in a rhythmic pattern, which was enough to catch Roy&rsquo;s attention each time, the boy keeping his face buried into the bed as he yipped and wiggled. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re doing well bud.&rdquo; Felix softly praised as his paw continued raining down to deliver the punishment.<br /><br />Roy blushed at the comment and whimpered, his ears folding back once again as he kicked softly. The diaper crinkled at his ankle as it mixed well with the sound of his bottom being smacked, his cheeks jiggled and wobbling each time, his kicking only causing them to shake as well, but despite it, he felt an odd comfort with every smack. His yelps continued to grow as the only sound the room had in it was the slapping of Felix&rsquo;s paw, swift and steady as it struck each cheek, up and down his bottom in a jiggling pattern as well. Roy kept his focus on the round, chubby cheeks bouncing under his paw, but kept an ear trained to Roy&rsquo;s head as he listened for any signs of a request for it to end, knowing that if it became too much, he&rsquo;d let Roy go. Hearing nothing but whimpering, he knew that he was good to continue, moving his arm down from the boy&#039;s back to his waist and carefully wrapping his arm around him, tightening his hood and bringing him closer, a few firmer smacks landing in turn. Roy tried to wiggle around under the continued onslaught of smacks, but he found it to be futile with the position he was in and just kept himself as still as he could.<br /><br />Felix smiled a bit as he watched the boy&#039;s bottom flatten against his paw and bounce back out, making for an adorable target over his knee. He never thought he&rsquo;d have to take it this far, but he wouldn&rsquo;t deny how cute the boy looked, especially having accepted it. His eyes occasionally would glance at the diaper though, it was something he hadn&rsquo;t expected, but it added to a sense of charm, and cuteness to the boy that urged Felix to keep at it. The yelps slowly continued to get louder, mixing with the smacking sound as Felix&rsquo;s paw moved with precision, almost expertly handling the boy&#039;s pudgy rear as it wobbled around. After a couple of smacks, Felix raised his knee and stood it on the tip of his toes so the boy&#039;s bottom was more elevated, revealing more spots yet to be smacked, especially the undercurves of his cheeks. Bringing his paw lower, he would smack those said spots, watching as it made the boy jump in surprise and yelp louder as he raised his head from the bed, whimpering back at him as his cheeks jiggled upward. Smack after smack connected, Felix moving his paw slowly towards the boy&#039;s head and rubbing it softly. Roy sniffled and raised his head softly to nuzzle his paw when he did, but it calmed him down as he relaxed a little.<br /><br />Felix would land a smack to each cheek before he nodded, and his foot moved to pull his bag closer. Roy noticed and shifted some but didn&rsquo;t try to get up, watching the man do as he needed. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re doing good, I&rsquo;m gonna kick it up a little. If it becomes too much, you let me know alright?&rdquo; Felix spoke calmly, and ensured Roy understood as he started rummaging through the bag. The boy nodded softly and kept his big bottom raised up, he didn&rsquo;t know what was coming but he at least felt comfort knowing Roy was worried about him, and was making this as smooth as he could. &ldquo;When I was younger, my old man told me this was an effective way to make a lesson stick.&rdquo; Felix kinda muttered to himself, but it was enough for Roy to hear, looking back and whining gently seeing a wooden hairbrush having been taken up by the husky. He sniffled a little since his bottom already felt a bit sore but he didn&rsquo;t say anything as he looked back down, wiggling gently as he tried to get comfy.<br /><br />Felix secured his arm around the boy once again and rested the brush against the center of his bottom, the boy&rsquo;s butt smushing against it as he tensed up, the husky patting it gently against each butt cheek to get him prepared for what&rsquo;s to come. Once Roy relaxed, at least as best he could, the brush would raise off of his backside and smack down sharply, connecting against the center of his big bottom and making the boy yelp, jumping up as little as he could as his big butt jiggled quickly, the brush raising up once more and smacking his left cheek next, making it bounce independent of the other. The brush made a much more noticeably impression on the boy as the next cheek was struck, Felix tightening his hold slightly as a comfort mechanism for Roy, and to ensure he didn&rsquo;t roll away and make him strike the boy&#039;s hips on accident. The brush was like Felix&rsquo;s paw, swift and direct as it landed expertly against the wobbly cheeks, the boy whimpering and whining as his squirming got a bit harder, yet he never called for it to stop. He accepted the punishment he had earned as he started tearing up, the next smack striking his sit spots as he let out a small howl.<br /><br />Felix watched his reactions, using that to gauge how far he was going as his arm continued swinging, he had quite the skill behind his punishment and it was showing as the boys bouncing backside slowly took on a nice red color, each smack leaving behind a slightly darker red as the squishy cheek jiggled and bounced from the smack. It wasn&rsquo;t long before a more notable, prolonged whine escaped Roy&rsquo;s mouth, the sheets of the bed starting to get wet, and that wasn&rsquo;t lost on Felix as he rubbed the boys back. Going a bit higher on the boy&#039;s butt, he smacked the tops of his cheeks, watching as they rippled and bounced around just as much as the rest of his bottom. &ldquo;Roy, you still understand why this needed to happen, right?&rdquo; Every other word was met with a firm, stinging smack, these ones used to ensure the boy got the point loud and clear, making the big pup howl out. &ldquo;Y-ye-yeheees!&rdquo; He cried out, the sting starting to bring the tears as his chubby butt continued bouncing up from the ongoing smacks.<br /><br />&ldquo;Good, and can you tell me why?&rdquo; He asked, slowing the smacks down some to give him room to answer. The boy cried out more, tears rolling down his face as he gasped softly and tried catching his breath to answer. &ldquo;I-I-I wasn&rsquo;t t-ta-t-taking care of m-my-myself! I&rsquo;m s-sor-sorheeee!&rdquo; He sobbed, the boy showing he was indeed apologetic for letting it get this far. Feline nodded softly as he heard that, leaning down some and kissing the top of the boy&#039;s head, a sign of comfort as he did, resting the brush against the center of his friend&#039;s bottom. &ldquo;Good boy. Now, we&rsquo;re almost done. Be strong for me, okay?&rdquo; He asked as he slowly loosened the hold on his friend&#039;s waist and brought his paw around towards the boy&#039;s front to let him hold onto it as needed. Roy noticed as he sobbed his eyes out, gripping the man&rsquo;s arm and pulling it close as he buried his face into Felix&rsquo;s sleeves, pushing his bottom up obediently as he did. Felix smiled warmly and nodded seeing he understood.<br /><br />The brush would raise up, and after lingering in the air for a moment, Felix smacked it down firmly across his left cheek, watching it flatten into the brush and popping back out when he raised it up. What followed was another smack to his right cheek, getting the same response. Roy howled out loudly, crying out apology each time, but he continued to accept what he had earned despite it all. Raising his knee, Felix made sure both his sit spots were revealed and ready, before smacking down the brush twice in rapid succession, bringing it to a close as Roy cried harder, wailing out. &ldquo;O-o-oooooww! I&rsquo;m sorreeeeey!&rdquo; He bawled into the man&rsquo;s arm as it ended, the boy having lost any fight and energy he had as he lay limping, nuzzling his friend&#039;s arm as he blubbered, his face and the sheets soaking wet as the tears continued rolling uncontrollably.<br /><br />Felix sighed gently and set the brush aside, slowly adjusting Roy so he was on his feet, not once removing his arm from Roy&rsquo;s hold knowing he needed that comforting weight. Wrapping his other arm around Roy, the boy had shaky legs as he stumbled forward and moved his arms around Felix&rsquo;s neck, crying his eyes out as he did, taking ragged, weak breaths between sobs as he buried his face in the man&rsquo;s neck, apologizing profusely. &ldquo;Hey now, it&rsquo;s over. You did so well.&rdquo; Felix praised him gently as his own arms wrapped around Roy, his paw resting on the small of his back as he rubbed his paw up and down, turning his head softly to give him a gentle kiss on the head. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m so proud of you.&rdquo; Felix wasn&rsquo;t sure why, but he found himself assuring the pup in his arms, his instincts wanting him to make the boy feel safe. The words of comfort rang nicely for Roy as his wailing slowly turned to soft crying in the man&rsquo;s shoulder, a few shuddering breaths and hiccups escaping as he tried to calm down. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry Felix&hellip; I&rsquo;m sorry.&rdquo; He could only apologize, despite what Felix said, but the husky didn&rsquo;t stray from his goal.<br /><br />Felix rested his chin on the younger canine&#039;s head and took slow, deep breaths as he rubbed his friends back, occasionally reaching down to his pudgy bottom to help soothe the pain. It would be a bit, but the crying would die down and all he heard was sniffling, sniveling, and the occasional hiccup. &ldquo;All better?&rdquo; Felix asked, feeling the boy nod as response, moving his head so Roy could look at him. The boy&#039;s eyes were red from crying, and his nose had been running, but he had calmed down enough as he shuffled in place. Felix smiled softly as he reached over for a tissue box and gently cleaned up the sniffling pup&#039;s face. &ldquo;Never think you have to do things to make me proud, alright bud? I&rsquo;m just happy you know what&rsquo;s wrong. And I&rsquo;ll help you.&rdquo; Felix assured as he discarded the tissue, and felt Roy latch on again, resting his head on his shoulder as he looked up at him. &ldquo;Y-y-yes s-sir.&rdquo; His voice was quiet, it was notably less gruff. It reminded Felix of when they were younger. &ldquo;C-can you stay, t-to&hellip; tonight?&rdquo; Roy managed to get out, cuddling in closer to Felix as he asked.<br /><br />The husky chuckled a bit, it was already partially the plan if things went any specific way, but hearing the question warmed his heart. &ldquo;Yes, I&rsquo;ll stay tonight. Tomorrow we can talk about it more, you must be sleepy.&rdquo; Felix chuckled again, seeing the boy&#039;s eyes start to droop, a nod coming from Roy. Felix looked around, before he gently tugged at the diaper at his ankles. &ldquo;If you need these, where are you? I&rsquo;ll help you get changed.&rdquo; Felix could tell Roy wasn&rsquo;t in the mindset of doing anything himself, standing up gently feeling the boy&#039;s hold around his neck tighten. Motioning to the closet, Roy started shutting his eyes slowly, Felix gently bouncing him as he tried to keep him comfortable, given their heights aren&#039;t that different. Opening the door, he&rsquo;d see an open pack of diapers sitting behind some shirts, and he carefully managed to yank one free from the packaging and shut the closet.<br /><br />Felix was about to ask another question, but was caught off guard by the faintest, softest snore in his ear, glancing over to see Roy had already taken off to dreamland. He chuckled softly and decided to just walk back to the bed, taking off the boy&#039;s pants and old diaper for now and using his free hand to lie the diaper out on the bed. Carefully, he pulled the boy&#039;s arms from his neck and carefully laid him on the diaper, adjusting so he was face down as to not aggravate his still tender, red bottom, which jiggled around slightly from the movements. Roy whined softly and wiggled as he was lying there, noticing the shift, but Felix gently made hushing sounds and rubbed his back as he gently started wrapping the diaper around the boy&#039;s waist, adjusting him accordingly as he did. Roy winced in his sleep and whimpered, but slowly relaxed as the fabric rested against his big butt, the tapes carefully being applied to keep it in place. Felix set everything else aside for now and gently spun him around to lie on his back, adjusting the leg holes a bit and making sure the diaper was a comfortable fit on the boy&#039;s lower half. Sitting down beside Roy, Felix took a deep breath and smiled before he put his arms under the boy and scooped him up, gently sitting him on his lap and rocking him slowly, the German shepherd almost immediately latching onto the man again, even in his sleep he was aware enough of who he was with.<br /><br />Felix chuckled a little, and glanced out the window only mostly covered by the curtains. The moon was bright, and it was a peaceful night. Feeling a buzz in his pocket, he grabbed his phone and saw a message from Ryan. &ldquo;I heard everything&hellip; what&rsquo;s your thoughts?&rdquo;<br /><br />Felix sighed a little, knowing that a single night wasn&rsquo;t going to change anything. He nuzzled Roy softly as he held him and started typing. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know. It&rsquo;s late, try to get some sleep, bud. I&rsquo;ll sit with you both tomorrow and see what we can do. I&rsquo;m staying in here tonight.&rdquo; He set his phone down on the nightstand before he went and turned the lights out. Roy nuzzled in more, his head resting gently against the husky&rsquo;s neck for comfort as they returned to the bed. Felix adjusted the blankets and climbed inside, gently lying Roy beside him and pulling the covers over them, knowing this was going to be the best way to do it for the night. Resting on arm over Roy, Felix kissed his head again and smiled. &ldquo;Good night, pup. We&rsquo;ll get through this.&rdquo; </span>",
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