A blue sedan pulled up to the curb in front of the local elementary school, in it sitting a proud mouse father named Chip waiting for his little squeaker son. The chubby, white-furred rodent watched the front doors open up before an avalanche of excited students flooded outside. “SUMMER!!!” he could hear the many cubs shout through the crack in the window on the passenger’s side. As the students diverged and ran to their respective parents’ cars, Chip could see his son running towards him with his eyes shining bright through his glasses and an excited smile on his muzzle.


        “Hey, Ben!” Chip said as he rolled down the window farther and unlocked the car. “How was your last day of 3rd grade?”

        “It was great!” Ben responded with palpable enthusiasm. He opened the door, took off his backpack, and sat in the passenger’s seat with it on his lap. “We signed yearbooks, and got a ton of our projects back, and played games, and...and...it was fun!”


        “Sounds like you had a good time, sport!” Chip smiled at his son, proud of his achievements. “I’ve got a surprise for you, by the way.”

        “A surprise?!” Ben squealed, clenching his paws and nearly shaking in his seat.

        “Easy, big guy. You’re gonna wanna save your energy for the pool.”


        “The POOL?! They finished it?!” Ben squealed again, bouncing up and down.

        “Yep, they officially opened it today. And I brought your swimsuit along so we don’t have to stop at home. If we get there early, I’m sure we can beat all of your friends to the diving board!” Chip said. Suddenly, Ben’s excitement visibly shifted to nervous excitement. “Is something wrong?”


        “Um...well...do they have changing rooms there? I don’t want anyone to watch while I…”


        “-Oh! Yes, I’m sure they’ll have a private space for us to put our swimsuits on, so don’t worry about that. Just try to focus on having fun, alright? It’s the first day of summer, after all!” Chip assured.


        “R-Right! This is gonna be fun!” Ben smiled again, thinking of all the fun he was about to have in the new neighborhood pool. His dad pulled into the parking lot and grabbed a bag from the backseat before stepping out. He noticed that the parking spaces around him were already filling up. Looks like lots of dads and moms had the same plan he did about heading straight for the new pool!


        “You ready?” he asked Ben. The small mouse hopped out of his side of the car and rounded the front to join his dad.


        “Yep! Let’s go in,” he said, confident that things would go off without a hitch and that he’d be having fun before he knew it. Ben was typically a very shy mouse. He wasn’t very good at things like sports or socializing, so he tended to keep to himself. Today, however, was a big day for him and his classmates, so he carried the first-day-of-summer confidence with him into the pool. Little did he know, that confidence was about to be quashed.


        “Hi there, welcome to the grand opening!” a kind-looking female otter lifeguard said to the father and son when they entered.


        “Thank you!” Chip replied, looking around to see that the pool area was slowly but surely filling up with families looking to enjoy the summer atmosphere.


        “Of course! Also, because everything’s new and we’re expecting lots and lots of critters, we need everyone to shower before entering the pool area,” the otter explained.


        “Sh-Shower?” Chip asked. He felt himself suddenly get nervous and looked down to Ben, who was now wearing a very troubled expression. 


        “Yep, just in those locker rooms behind you!” she pointed to the new building over Chip and Ben’s shoulders. “And we’ll be checking your fur to see if it’s wet, so don’t think about skipping it!”


        “Uh...understood,” Chip said in a defeated tone, worried about how his son was going to feel. Sure, he had showered around other guys plenty of times in his life (and had gotten somewhat comfortable with the less-than-amazing size of his mouse equipment), but Ben? This might be too much for him! He grabbed his son’s paw and led him over to the male’s entrance.


        “Dad? Are the showers gonna be...separate?” Ben asked nervously. Chip could feel Ben’s paw shaking as he held on tightly.


        “I think that they would be, given that this place is new, right?” Chip guessed as he and Ben stepped into the white tile hallway and rounded the corner into the locker room proper. “Ohhh boy…” Chip sighed. His guess was wrong. In front of them was a completely open dressing area with shiny new benches and lockers along the walls, but no real dividers. Sure, it looked very nice and bright, but it was completely...exposed. A few of the animals who had gotten there before Ben and his dad were already undressing. Ben watched nervously as a small fox and his father walked over to the shower area at the back of the locker room without a shred of clothing on them. And they hadn’t even noticed the shower area yet! It was a classic communal locker room shower with removable spraying heads positioned along the wall, but nothing to help with privacy.


        “I wanna go home,” Ben requested in a flat voice. He was way too scared to even consider stripping naked, let alone shower where other animals could see him...washing himself. Chip considered turning around and leaving with his son just as he requested, but he thought for a moment. Ben’s going to need to learn how to deal with situations like this. He can’t go running away from showers all his life! Plus, if we leave now, he won’t have any fun swimming in the pool. Alright, time to be a tough (but loving) dad!


        “Ben,” Chip said, squatting down and meeting his son at eye-level. He put a paw on his shoulder and spoke warmly. “I know you’re feeling nervous right now, but situations like this one might come up in your future, and I don’t want you to be a mouse who scurries away. I promise that we’re going to make this quick, and it’s best that we do this before the locker room really starts filling up. Are you with me?” he asked, holding his other paw out. Ben thought for a second, glancing around the room anxiously. He could see a couple other animals around his age getting undressed and looking a bit uncomfortable about it. Their bouncing butt cheeks and partially obscured privates at least made him feel like he wasn’t alone with his fear.


        “O-Okay...I can do it…” Ben submitted reluctantly.


        “That’s my boy!” Chip praised his son, giving him a hug and standing back up. He led Ben over to an open bench and set his bag down. “Alright, first thing we’ve gotta do is undress.”


        “Like...everything? Can’t we wear our swimsuits into the showers?” Ben suggested. Chip recalled a few incidents from his youth where he tried to wear a swimsuit into the shower and was ridiculed for it. He figured that although it might be a bit uncomfortable, it would be better to blend in with the other naked showerers. 


        “Yep, everything. We have to clean every part of our bodies, right?” Chip pointed out.


        “I...guess…” Ben said, slowly removing his shirt and opening a locker in front of him, watching his father do the same. He was about to move on to his lower half, but the little mouse was startled after hearing a familiar voice enter the locker room.


        “So this is the new locker room, huh?” a confident, young Tabby cat said, his father following behind him. “Let’s change over here, dad.”


        “Sure thing,” he said. “Let’s hurry, now, the pool looks like it’s starting to fill up.”

        Crap! thought Ben, that’s Milo’s voice! Sure enough, when Ben looked over to the bench on his left, Milo and his dad were putting their things away in the lockers. “What’s wrong, Ben?” Chip asked, noticing his son’s discomfort.


        “That’s...the cool kid in my class,” Ben whispered to his dad. “Milo.”


        “So? Are you nervous to change in front of him?” Chip asked. Ben nodded silently. “Well, you’re both gonna be naked in a second, so it’ll be an even playing field.” That’s not how I see it, Ben thought, glancing nervously between his legs. Under his shorts and underwear, he was hiding an embarrassingly small mouse penis and balls. He would spend a lot of time at home examining himself, and the close attention he’d been paying to his small size had stirred up many anxieties within him. What if someone pointed and laughed at it? Would they tell their friends about him? Was he smaller than other mice his age? He measured almost an inch long, and that was only if the conditions were just right! Although his thoughts were racing, Ben knew he wasn’t getting anywhere by just standing there. Slowly, he unbuttoned his shorts and pulled them down, revealing his tighty whities to the room.


        “Ben? Is that you?” Ben suddenly heard from his left. It was Milo, looking right at the mouse in his embarrassing position. The Tabby still had his pants on, so Ben felt awfully naked standing with his undies in full view of the cool kid in his class. He didn’t have any other clothes on either, and with how his underwear blended in with his fur, it honestly looked like he was already naked! Milo looked down at Ben’s underwear and snickered. “I didn’t know you wore tighty whities, haha!” Ben’s cheeks turned red, leaving him embarrassed and unsure how to respond.


        “Heheh, yep...just regular old...tighty whities,” he barely managed to say. He tried looking away and keeping to himself, but he couldn’t stop from glancing in Milo’s direction as he pulled down his own shorts, revealing a red pair of boxer shorts. “Dad?” he whispered up to his father. “I dunno if I can pull my undies down…”


        “Ben, there’s nothing to worry about. This is a locker room; everyone gets naked in here! I’ll pull down my underwear right now if it’ll help you feel better,” Chip said, stepping out of his shorts and hooking his paws into the waistband of his briefs. Ben watched his dad pull his underwear down to his knees, allowing them to fall lightly to his ankles. His eyes widened at the sight of his own dad’s mouse penis and balls flopping out into the humid air. He hadn’t recalled seeing his dad naked before. It was usually his parents seeing him naked around the house, not the other way around. Looking closely, he saw an uncut penis that looked very similar to his, nestled on top of a velvety, white ball sack. Even their sizes were similar, though his dad was certainly larger than him (not by very much, though). “Uhh...Ben? How long are you gonna sta--”


        “--Sorry!” Ben interjected, embarrassed by his lack of awareness. Okay, your dad just did it, and his thingy is small too! You can do this! Ben grabbed his undies tightly with determination and yanked them down, huffing from the mental exertion.


        *Snicker* Ben swiveled his head to the left in reaction to the contained laughter he just heard from Milo. The feline was staring directly at Ben’s exposed button with a slight grin. “So that’s what a mouse’s looks like, huh?” Milo teased, pulling down his own boxers and revealing an above-average orange-furred penis and balls. The Tabby seemed fairly confident about his private parts, though a cat compared with a mouse was a bit unfair for the latter party. Milo’s father caught an earful of what was going on and looked over to see the naked mouse cub on his son’s right looking embarrassed.


        “MILO!” the young Tabby immediately stiffened up, staring straight ahead. “What did I say about making fun of other animals? Especially in the locker room?!”


        “That it’s not fair to make fun of the way someone’s body looks…” Milo reluctantly played along, reciting his father’s teachings.


        “That’s right!” his father said, stepping out of his boxers and revealing his own kitty parts. Ben was looking over at this moment and was surprised to see that Milo’s dad was...puny! He might’ve even been smaller than his dad, and that was saying something! “I’m sorry about him, he can be a little smart-mouthed sometimes,” Milo’s father apologized to Chip.


        “Oh! It’s quite alright,” Chip smiled bashfully and scratched the back of his head. “My son was just talking about how he recognized your son from his class! I’m sure it was just a bit of friendly teasing!” Ben blushed and held his pink tail over his winky and sack. He stole another curious glance at Milo’s bits; thankfully, the kitty was still staring regretfully at the floor.


        “Why don’t you join us in the shower area?” Milo’s dad offered, grabbing his son’s hand and leading the way.


        “S-Sure!” Chip replied, waiting for Ben to step out of his undies before they followed behind them. Ben watched Milo’s thin tail swish nervously over his bare butt, catching glimpses of the delicate pouch between his legs. When the four pool-goers reached the shower area, they were surprised to see that all but two of the shower heads were taken.


        “Jeez, these sure filled up fast. It looks like we’re gonna have to share, Milo,” his father said, making the young kitten groan in annoyance. “Hey, at least there’s complimentary shampoo!” Ben scanned the room and saw bottom after bare bottom getting soaked with warm water, occasionally catching glimpses of soap-covered privates. He stood next to his dad and shivered after initially getting splashed with cold water.


        “Sorry, Ben. It’ll heat up in just a second,” his father assured him, squeezing some shampoo out of the dispenser attached to the wall. “Hold out your paws!” Ben was reluctant to take his paws off of his naked private parts. Milo was still standing right next to him and could make fun of him again! He took a deep breath and tried not to think about it, lifting his paws and holding them out. Chip dispensed a dollop of shampoo and Ben went to work scrubbing it into his fur. He rubbed the scented shampoo all over his torso, scrubbing his arms and eventually making his way down to his legs. He had gotten most parts of his body, but was a bit embarrassed about scrubbing...certain areas.


        “Dad?” Ben nudged his father’s pudgy side. The little mouse blushed a little as he noticed his dad scrubbing the shampoo over his chubby penis and balls. “I have to wash...everything?”


        “Yep,” Chip said, glancing down between his son’s legs for a moment. “Even you know where.” Ben sighed and bit his lip. He glanced around again at everyone else taking showers, making sure nobody was staring him down.


        “Okay, here goes nothing,” Ben declared, gathering the remaining shampoo from his fur and grabbing his sensitive mouse parts. He lightly fondled his penis, getting the soap around every inch of his inch. He lightly pinched and rubbed his little foreskin, shivering a bit at the nice feeling, but quickly realizing that it was a bit naughty to be doing in a public shower. Feeling satisfied with his nub, he moved down to his balls. Familiar with the pain that came with mishandling them, he was very careful about being gentle with his little berries. He scraped a bit more shampoo from his fur and scrubbed the fur on his butt, making sure to stand in the water so the soap on his privates could be rinsed off. It was getting a bit hard to see with all the water droplets splashing onto his glasses, but he did make out something unusual to his left. Milo was...staring. At his penis.


        “Uhh…” Ben said, trying to snap Milo out of his trance. The kitten suddenly looked up at Ben’s face and blushed.


        “Sorry! I...didn’t mean to stare, haha…” Milo said. He tried to be suave and laugh it off, but ended up seeming unusually awkward for his typically cool self. 


        “It’s okay,” Ben said. “I stared at yours too, so...now we’re even!”


        “Hahahaha! You know, Ben, you aren’t too bad!” Milo said with a smile. “Hey, since we’re all washed up, let’s race to get our swimsuits on and see who can get to the diving board first!” Ben was surprised. He didn’t expect Milo to turn around and be nice to a nerdy kid like him.


        “You’re on!” Ben said enthusiastically. Milo was off to the races, scurrying out of the shower and towards the lockers. Ben followed right behind, but he wasn’t quite as coordinated as the quick kitty. One moment, his paws were slapping on the wet tile, the next, he slipped and was flying through the air. Things went black for a few seconds, but when he came to, he saw Milo standing over him...along with everyone else in the locker room.


        “Hey, you kinda slipped,” Milo said, reaching his paw out to Ben. “Grab on. And you might wanna use your other paw to cover up...down there.” Ben saw Milo motion to his exposed mousey penis and balls, on display for not only the whole locker room, but also his disappointed looking father. He stuffed his left paw into his crotch, tightening his thighs and grabbing Milo’s helping paw. The Tabby pulled Ben up to a standing position, who blushed after noticing that Milo was still naked as well.


        “Thanks, Milo,” Ben smiled nervously at his new friend.


        “I hoped you learned a lesson about running around in a wet locker room, young mouse,” Chip said in a stern voice. “Now, go and have some fun. And you boys better be sure to put on your swimsuits before you go out there.”