"Buddy, you're alive!" Steempy squeezed me tight, making the wind escape from me a second time--wait, I'm still alive? Well that explains the park right in fronta us.

I struggled, then popped my arms from his grip, breathless and confused. I blinked and said--

Wow...heh, guess I am. You saved me...you saved my life!

Steempy saved my life!

I hugged him so tightly--

THANK YOU STEEMPY! OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU, WITH ALL MY HEART! 

MMMMMMMMMWWWAAAH~!

You are my friend~! My one and only friend, I don't deserve you!

I felt tears sting my eyes...I felt his warmth cradling me, his heart pounding against my leetle body~ Who knew, we coulda died together, but we didn't! Steempy saving my life is one of the best presents I never thought I wanted, til now~!

That's it--when we get back home, I'll do it. I'll give Steempy what he always wanted--my dick inside his fat, bleethering, gelatinous ass~

I felt Steempy soften his bearhug on me, and he planted his lips on my cheek several times~

"I love you too, my lovely puppyman~"

Mm-hmmm....say, pal....are you digging your claws into me?

"Oh heavens no, that would be so mean of me to do that! We're in the bush, anyway."

Oh. Yeah...well let's get out of here, my calves are getting preecked!

But as I said that, I felt dread wash over me...was this the moment where everybody will know? The moment I get out, there will be some noisy bastards snooping on our business, I know it, oh yes, they would do such a nefarious thing.

Steempy exited. I tried to move, but everything in my body was frozen still. God, the shame felt as though it was going to CRUSH me--

"Come on out, buddy! Look at all the beautiful people having fun!"

I started to calm down...maybe it wasn't so bad, right? Like what the pussy said, 'who cares', right? Was he right? Were I right agreeing with him? ...But then I thought--what if he was too stoopid to notice onlookers looking at him?

Then I saw those gloved hands open a gap in the rustling darkness, revealing the cat from the nose down. All I can see of his face is his big blue nose, and that giant smile of his, and that wet tongue showcasing such absolute eenoncence.

He reached back into the bush, like an angel willing to pull me out of the preeckly darkness.

"Come on out, buddyyyyy~ Please, don't be scared. In fact, I'm scared you'll get hurt in there! Let me help you."

I gulped. Tenderly, I rested my scrawny hand into the palm of his, and in an instant, I felt much more content as he gently helped me out of the bush.

The brightness reentered into my eyes. I grunted, holding my eyes from the bright light, til my vision seemered down. I darted my head around, looking for any ogling weirdos...I didn't find any. Then, I joined Steempy's gaze, as ours were both set on the persons of many blissfully enjoying themselves in the jovial venue.

Everybody looks so happy, here...I mean, I can understand why.

The bright sky, the bits of clouds, the birds chirping, the leaves rustling, and that tree...

HOH, THE TREE--

Ooh! Ooh! Steempy! Let's go to that tree over there--that one's our FAVORITE tree, remember? It was always the talk of the town, at least for us two! You wanted to sit by it, I wanted to sit by it! We could play patty-cake, he-loves-me he-loves-me-lots, gaze at the clouds...and later on, we could frolic in the--

What the fuck did I just do? Did I just have a silly, happy moment again? Was I not just hopping up and down, shouting out all that heartgushing drovel like some love-crazed lunatic? This was how low I've decided to stoop, huh? To think I already had a happy outburst in the bush, not too long ago...what the hell, man.

I'm glad I stopped...what a fucking eediot, I am...drawing attention to myself...my leeps went soft and drooped, like they always do when I knew I was in trouble. I slouched, stuffing my hands into my furry pockets, and uttered nary a sound.

In my pereepheral, I saw my friend lean his head to the side, folding his hands, sighing dreamily. Just stop it, you eediot~

But he couldn't read my thoughts...or maybe he could, I'm not even sure, anymore--

I felt his shoulder huddling up to mine. Then, one of his fat, fucking feet when to plop its soft, warm self upon my long, stoopid doggy foot.

My chest was beating its sentimental efforts into my ears again. I can't with you, Steempy. So...so...such a....haaaaahhhh, this eediot....

I just realized my eyes were darting side-to-side. It was like my body got possessed whenever my thoughts of love kept jabbing themselves into my brain.

Something within me compelled me to raise a hand...and to gravitate it towards that damned glove.

Our palms touched, and our fingers folded together as smooth as butter~

I felt his hand tremble in mine.

Then, something brewed up inside, and I let it all out--

Ehehe...I...I love you so much, baby~

I said it in a meek, low baritone, not giving him eye contact, rubbing a thumb across his hand. My body was starting to feel like a warm shower.

"MMMMMmmmmm~ My forever valentine~" my friend told me quietly.

I couldn't even look at him...okay, I just glanced at him...

Oh man, he's SO FUCKEENG HOT....okay, okay...I'm breaking the handholding, now--

God, I'm so n-nervous!

I just said that out loud, having stumbled over my words, with my body hunched low, trembling.

This was too much--it was my birthday, my best friend's back to normal, it was a bright blue day, my best friend saved my life, and I was in love~...

"Ren, it'll be okay. It's no big deal that we're in lov--"

SHHH! SHHHHH!

Eediot nearly gave it up! Fuck, I'm sweating...god, calm down, god, calm down, god, calm doowwwwwnnnn....

Musn't look too obvious, don't look suspicious...uh, uhhhh, I was slouching too low, that was it. Yeah...finger in front of my mouth, leeps donuted, teeth closed, blowing air through 'em, obviously shushing him, oh man that was TOO MUCH OF A CLUE AS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON...uhhh, uhhhh, lemme put my hands behind my back, and...and WHEESTLE, yeah, wheestle, wheestling...nowwww I looked convincing....yeah...normal...I was all perfectly conformed and normallllll....

DAMMIT--my hands settled on his cheeks...my feet clenched on his sides, and my chest rested on his big schnoz.

I looked side to side...FUCKKKKKK...I brought my forehead against his, looking so deeply into his eyes that one could say our onlookers were magnetized~ We were seemply mutually ogling as I stroked his soft, cherubic cheeks~

Ohhhhhhhhh, how I OBSESS over you, Steempy...how I wanna sink my leeps in yours right here n' now~...I need your soft, wet, creamy, steenky, white pussyleeps~

He started sneefing me...aaaahhhhhhhhh~ I clenched and spread my toes over and over, enjoying the sweet sensation~

Steempy thought the same, half-lidded like me, oh yesssssss, together, we were feeling so good, so good together, touching and squeezing and staring and clenching and sneeffing and--

OH--

S...Steempy's...t...t...TONGUE...T-T-TOUCHING my...my CROTCH~

O-oooouuuughhh~

I groaned quietly. Then, I said--

P-please, when we're outside, don't call me nicknames other than 'Ren' or 'buddy,' okay Steempy?

I climbed off of him, feeling the rush start to dissipate. Although he tonguetapped my crotch, I was more in a romantic-lovey mode than a full-on sensual-lovey mode. I just loved him~

But it soured the mood to see him frown a bit, but then I saw him smile~

"Okey-dokey buddy!" he responded in that chipper tone.

I nodded, then went off towards the park--

"But Ren..."

What is it nowwwwww....?

Ohhhhh, look at the seempleton twiddling his fingers like a bashful buffoon~

"No one will ever know if I call you by your OTHER nicknames, once we're under the tree," his face brightened as his eyes became bedroomy.

Hnnnnnnmmmmmmmppphhh, why does he DO THIS to me?!?! I LOVE YOU STEEMPY~ I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I TELL YOU~!

I breathed through my nose, and I heard that familiar, squeaky whistling whine through my nasal cavity, all while I was fiercingly...or maybe fleetingly rejecting the urge to publicly smooch him all over.

Fuck it, just kiss him.

No....NOOOOO, DONT DO IT, MANNN!!!!

He's right there, what harm is there?

A LOT OF HARM...HAVE YOU NO SHAME?????

Just poocker up your leeps...

No....

Give him the message...

NO....

Lurch forward...

NOOO...

As you both ki--

NOOOOOOOOOOO!! YOU'RE GAYYYY! YOU'RE SO FUCKEENG GAY, YOU GAY THOUGHTS!!! SHUT UP, SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP, GAY THOUGHTS! GET OUT OF MY BRAIN!

...I'm glad that was all in my head, just now. My hand rested on my chest. My racing heart was trying to leap out of his tiny body.

Oh God...everytime I closed my eyes, I dreaded...yet anticipated, to find myself jumping into my friend...BOYfriend's arms, with my eyes closed....s...s...SLURPING ON his gums.

God, just do it now...

Make it right...

Get it over with...

Give in.

OR maaaaaybe WAIT until we got to the tree....yeah, wait until we get to that ginormous tree, right there...nuzzling in the bushses, where no one can see us jacking off together...or even better--69'ING~

...GAAAAAAAHHHDDD, I just wanted to do it ALREADY! BE OPENLY GAY, RIGHT NOW!

But what was stopping me?

Them.

It was them. Them, as in the others. The others, as in the public--too many sneaky voices...too many nosy eyes...too many intrusive thoughts...too many fucking questions...what would they think?

Will I see hate in their eyes? What if they talked bad about me? Talked bad about Steempy?

Fucking...fucking eediots, talking Steempy...MY Steempy--man...whewww....

That last thought nearly enraged me. I couldn't act so uncivilized at a time like this.

Deep breath...deeeeep breath, I did. Then, I drew it out of me.

I felt a bit better.

That's right, Meester Hoek...now's not the time for stoopid, innecessant anger, no sirree.

Finally, after what seemed to be an eternity inside my lost, insipid mind...I broke out into the real world again.

Be cool, Ren.

I just pep-talked aloud to myself, looking up at him, staring at his trademark, jubilant smile.

B-be cool...

I struggled to say it again. And the more I stared at him, the more my resistance was crumbling away...and it excited me so that it was crumbling away! I bit my lip, blushing. FUCK~

"So, whaddya wanna do, buddy?"

Do you know I wanna slap you so bad? I wanna pick up my hand, and throw it so hard against your plush, cushiony cheek...I want to watch all my pent-up energy be wrought upon you... and before you even realized what had happened, I would already be toiling away, tonguefucking your mouth. And I'll be rough with it, too. I will explode my everything unto, onto, and into you. Don't make me use this, pal. Don't make me use the wrath of Ren upon you. You'll be sorry....oh, with your heart racing, tongue twirled and arms wrapped around me, that would mean my wrath finally broke you. One word more...one minute longer of staring at you...and you'll get it.

Fuck it...one second of longer of me--

THAT'S IT, I--

Brushed my palm over my head, rubbing the sweat from it into the three wirey strands of hair on my head, licking my lips. FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK...this is so DEEFICULT~!!!!!!

I started making noises with my mouth, letting out 'uhhhs,' releasing 'ummmms,' but they were not quite articulate translations of my thoughts to words--

Let's walk across...to uh, our favorite tree, finally! Yes, that gigantic, tall tree with the giant trunk.

Finally, I had uttered something sensible. I'm surprised Steempy wasn't mad at my rampant hesitance, today. Then again, he is stoopid....or maybe my mind runs a mile a second. What was even sense, anymore--

"Sounds wonderful, buddy," he held my shoulder, making me tense up. "I can't wait to play our...GAMES...beneath the tree," Steempy squeezed my shoulder, biting his lip with so much excitement!

Welp, time for me to try and destroy all excitement out of this moment by thinking about that hellscape you created through your Happy Helmet.