Obligatory Content Warning: The following story involves cubs, nakedness, nappies (diapers) and wetting, and hints at beatings.  If this is offensive to you, DO NOT READ ON.

It was looking like being a rather warm day, so as soon as breakfast was done Beth organised all the cubs for a quick trip to the local shops. There were a few things she hadn't known she'd need to have in the house when she'd done her main shopping the previous day. The drive was a short one, but the shopping centre was already looking busy. Clearly others had also noticed the change in the weather, and decided to get the tedious stuff done as early as possible. She put Adam in charge of pushing the shopping trolley, and Jason in charge of keeping is sisters, who were riding in it, out of trouble.

Adam soon realised that it was best to keep the trolley far enough away from the shelves that the twins couldn't reach anything on them. Jason intercepted one or two of the twins grabs, and applied himself to distracting them. They worked their way around the store, gathering a few items along the way, but Adam didn't pay much attention to what went into the trolley. Then, in an aisle devoted to goods for the care of babies, they came upon a trolley being pushed by a cub about Jason's age, and as Adam steered in order to let the other shoppers pass, Jason recognised the other cub.

"Hi Becky!" he exclaimed.

"Hey Jason! Home from school at last? Going to come round and play?" the other cub replied.

Adam looked about. They were right beside shelves full of packages of disposable items for cubs who wet their beds. Jason's mother was talking to the other cub's mother, and as he watched, she reached for a package of pants Jason's size and put them in the trolley, then added a package of a larger size as well. Then, in response to a request, passed a package to the other cub's mother. Adam looked from Jason to Becky, then at the cubs' mothers, and back at Becky. She caught his eye, glanced down into the trolleys, and shrugged. Jason didn't seem to notice, but Adam felt acutely embarrassed.

To Adam's consternation, Becky was waiting on the doorstep when they got back from the shops. She helped carry in one of the twins, and before all the shopping was unloaded her mother had also arrived. He realised that the day's plans now seemed to involve them all.  The twins were changed, with Becky and Jason doing most of the work. Then they all moved out into the cool shaded patio at the back, and the two mothers encouraged the older cubs to go and play. Becky and Jason clearly had games they played around the garden, and Adam felt a little on the edge in a way he'd not done the previous day.

By the middle of the day the weather was turning from warm to hot. The mid day meal was served at a table on the patio. When it was done, the twins were settled for a nap in the shade, and then Jason suggested a lawn sprinkler might make the afternoon's play cooler.  Both mothers agreed, and hose and sprinkler were soon deployed. To Adam's surprise, both Jason and Becky stripped off all their clothes before running out to play in the sprinkler's spray. For a while he hung back, watching Jason and Becky, but uncertain what to do.

"Not joining in?" Beth asked him. He turned to look at her, and found himself looking at Becky's mother too.

"Too big for games like that?" Becky's mother added. "I don't think you are."

He shook his head, confused. It had been years since he'd last played outside without wearing anything, but the others were having fun.

Beth reached for his paw and drew him closer.

"What are you waiting for?"

He looked from her to the others and back. Gently, she unfastened his clothing.

"No point getting these wet." she said, and removed his clothes piece by piece. He let her do so, and when at last he was wearing nothing she pushed him in the direction of the other cubs.

"Hey! Adam!" Jason yelled, and Adam's uncertainty vanished. He ran to join the game.

Some of the time they played around in the sprinkler's rain, but much of the time they played elsewhere in the garden. On balance, they picked up more garden dirt than the sprinkler washed off them, and when they appeared on the patio after being called in for refreshments they were told to hose the worst of the dirt off each other before they came any closer.

By evening they'd picked up plenty more dirt, and when it was time to come it out of the garden it was also cool enough to make them reluctant to hose each other down again. Instead they were sent straight to the bathroom. It was also time for the twins' bath, and all five cubs shared the large tub. While they were in the tub Becky's mother came into the bathroom bearing a small bundle.

"Here are your night things, Becky." she said.

"Oh! Thanks." Becky replied, and then asked "Please can I stay for a sleepover?"

"Of course you can." Beth replied, sharing a smile with Becky's mother, as they'd already discussed the likelihood of that request earlier.

"When you're all clean, get yourselves dressed for bed and then come down to supper." Beth added as she took one of the twins from the tub and Becky's mother took the other.

Once the twins and both adults were out of the room the cubs set about getting themselves clean in a playful manner, with a certain amount of splashing and tickling. Then, as the rather grubby water drained from the tub they made use of the shower unit's blow drier to get themselves thoroughly dry.

Adam and Jason left Becky to get dressed in the bathroom, and went to the bedroom to find their clean night clothes. The new packages of bed-wetters pants were on the shelf beside them.

They all had supper in the kitchen together, and then the twins were changed and put to bed, and possible activities for the evening were discussed. This time they chose a game rather than another movie. As they arranged themselves around a table, Adam felt his rump being patted, and turned to see Beth beside him.

"Please come with me for a moment." she said quietly, gently taking his paw, and led him back to Jason's bedroom. Once there she sat on the bed and looked at him. Then she took a pair of pants from the larger package.

"I'd like you to wear these tonight. They're easy to take off. You won't have to wet them if you wake up and need to go, but if you wet again like you did last night you won't soak the bed."

Adam froze, suddenly acutely embarrassed again. Gently, Beth helped him change into the absorbent pants, and then to cover them with his normal night clothes.

"Thank you, Adam. You won't be the only cub wearing them tonight." she added, then ruffled his headfur, licked his nose, and encouraged him to go back to the games table.

He soon got used to the feel of the pants, and then became absorbed in the evening's games.  At some point Becky's mother bid them all goodnight, gave her daughter an extra cuddle, and went back home. A little later the cubs also went to bed. There was a brief discussion, and then they all climbed into Jason's bed. When Beth checked on them not much later, they were all asleep.

Adam awoke the next morning to find his pants were wet. The scents in the bed suggested his were the only wet pants. He lay still, quietly dejected, waiting for Becky and Jason to wake up. They were all cuddled together, so he'd not be able to get out of bed without disturbing the other two, and he didn't know what to do about his wet pants anyway.

"You awake, Jason?" Becky whispered very quietly in Jason's ear.

"Yeah. why?" Jason whispered back.

"I think Adam's wet."

There was a pause.

"I am, too."

Another pause.

"And me, now."

"When he's awake we'll all have to have a shower."

"Not yet, though."

The cubs snuggled closer, and drowsed. A little while later Adam yawned, drawing strange comfort from the change in the scents in the bed. He hugged the two smaller cubs gently, signalling that he was awake.

"Think I need a shower." Adam said.

"Me too." both Becky and Jason responded, almost in unison.

Jason was first to climb out of bed. He shed his sleep clothes, except for the wet pants.  Adam and Becky followed his example, and all three made their way to the bathroom. There they shed their wet pants and dropped them into the bin. Jason set the shower running, and they all went in as soon as it was running warm. Becky started to wash herself, but Jason and Adam started to wash each other. Becky interrupted them.

"Hey. Let's all wash each other." she suggested. There was a pause while the other two considered the suggestion.

"Ok." they replied.

"Who's first?" Adam asked.

"Biggest." said Jason, looking at Adam.

"Smallest." said Becky.

"Smallest, then." said Adam. He looked at the other two carefully. "Looks like that's you, Jason. Into the middle?"

Jason complied, and Adam and Becky set about washing him as he stood. He giggled and wriggled a bit as the other cubs found his ticklish spots, particularly when Becky washed under his tail and between his legs.

"You wash him there too." Becky told Adam, and he did so, which made Jason wriggle and giggle more.

Beth awoke and sighed when she saw the time. The twins had woken her in the night, and changing and then settling them again had taken the best part of an hour. Now there were sounds of movement from the older cubs. They were in the shower. She went first to their room, and was pleased to find the bed and discarded nightwear was all dry. Next she peered into the bathroom. There were three pairs of wet night pants in the bin, three cubs in the shower, and no obvious risk of water going everywhere. She was slightly surprised that they'd all woken up wet, but decided they were old enough to get themselves clean, so she pulled the bathroom door closed and went back to bed.

"Becky next." said Jason once the others had finished washing him, and Becky took his place.

"You both missed a bit." she said when they thought they'd finished. She pointed between her legs.

"Oh. Sorry." said Jason, and set about washing her there.

"You too." she told Adam when Jason was done. Adam complied, kneeling down to get himself to the right level to see the parts he was supposed to be washing, and carefully cleaning under her tail as well to give himself more time to satisfy his curiosity. When he was done he stood up and took his place in the middle.

"Now me." he said, and braced himself for the inevitable tickles. Jason was through with washing him quickly, with not too many tickles, but Becky took her time, and gave the parts between his legs and under his tail particularly thorough attention. While tickling him somewhat, it also felt strangely pleasant.

Having washed each other, the cubs set the dryer blowing, and worked at each other's fur in the dryer's blowers until they were all dry and fluffy. Then they went back to the bedroom.  Jason checked the time, and pronounced it a bit too early to wake his mother or the twins up. They looked outside. The sky was clear, and it looked like being another hot day, but this early in the morning the dew was still heavy on the grass, and none of the cubs wanted to get damp again having just got themselves dry. Becky put her night clothes back on, pointing out as she did so that her mother had taken her day clothes home to wash, so she had nothing to wear outside, and it was too chilly to go out un-clothed. Then she climbed back into bed. The other two followed her example, and then joined her in bed, Jason one side and Adam the other. They chattered for a while.

"Adam, how old are you, really?" Becky asked. Adam told her.

"How come Jason's your friend?"

"He's kind," Adam reached over to give Jason a skritch behind the ears, "and he understands."

"About wetting yourself at night?"

"That too." Adam clutched his sheath.

"Do you wet yourself often?"

"Not usually, no."

"Why do you wear night pants, then?"

"Because..." Adam realised he didn't really want to explain all the details. "Just in case."

"Good that you did."

"I guess."

"Do you wear them at school?"

"No."

"We're not allowed to, there." added Jason.

"So what happens if you wet, then?"

"You have to strip your bed, and then Matron changes the sheets." Jason answered.

"So all the other cubs know?"

"Yes."

"Oh. That can't be fun. Do they tease you?"

"Some do."

"What about you, Adam? Do they tease you too?"

"No."

"How come?"

"They don't know."

"How come?"

"I didn't ever wet at night until..." Adam paused, then shrugged. "Until a bit over a week ago, after the headmaster beat me."

"Oh. That's not nice. Why?"

Slowly Becky got the story from the two boarders.

"So you're friends because of the headmaster." she concluded, then added "It sounds like a nasty school. Why do you have to go there?"

"Because..." Adam started, then paused for a while. "Because my dad's at sea a lot of the time and my mum goes to work, and then she goes to visit him at other ports. That's why I'm here now, too."

Becky was quiet for a moment. "Guess I'm lucky my mum doesn't go to work. Your mum doesn't, either, Jason. Why do you go to that school?"

"I got a scholarship, and it's supposed to be a really good school."

"Sometimes it's quite fun."

"Yeah, except when the headmaster's about."

"Nasty old goat."

"Yeah."

The cubs were quiet for a while. Then they heard sounds from Jason's sisters, and Jason announced that it was now late enough to wake his mother up. Becky and Jason headed for the twins' room, and Adam trailed behind.

Beth emerged from the twins' room carrying a twin in each arm, and met the three older cubs coming along the landing. She ushered them all into her bedroom, and they clambered into her bed.  This time Adam was furthest from her, Jason nearest, and Becky between them. She deposited one twin between Jason and Becky and the other between herself and Jason, and they all snuggled together for a while, until the twins began to get restless. Then Becky and Jason carried a twin each to the bathroom for their morning change. Once that task was complete they all went down to the kitchen for breakfast.