Ding!

Max pulled his
phone from his pocket. There were several messages. Did he take that long to
dress up? He put it back in his pocket and put his shoes on. “I'll be back
later tonight, or maybe I'll stay over."

“Gotcha. Don't
forget your keys." His roommate replied, not moving from his spot on his bed.

“Sure." The dog
put his cap on, took the keys and beer bottles, and walked out of the room.

Tonight was Friday night. He had several assignments to be done but he
had tomorrow to do it. Besides, he'd contacted some of the vendors for next
month's intercultural festival already, in which he was the one in charge of sponsorship
division. The football guys had had some plans to go to Harry's or The Pinthole,
however they ditched it because few were going to show up. So, Nathan suggested
that they just spend the Friday night somewhere else, maybe in one of their
dorm rooms. Andy's house was their top spot, but his family was having some
guests tonight.

After some
talking, they were going to spend the night at Octo's student housing, since
his housemates were out of the city for the weekend and it was quite large. Although
it wasn't as big as Andy's house, at least it wasn't as cramped as their dorms.

Well, it was a
student housing unit.

The dog made a
gesture to the dorm manager as he walked by her in the hall of his dorm
building. He pulled his phone out to read the messages as he walked outside.
There got to be some weird shenanigans, he was sure.

Andy Horny Kitty: “Hey where r u guys? Me n Octo r
rusting here ????"

Octo Bad Kitty: “Ignore Andy, he's not even here yet."

Tom Bad Wolf: “M8s looks like I and Martin will be
late, Ellie has some problems with her laptop,"

Nate Oversized Lizard: “Oh come on tom! Just bring her here????"

Martin Who: “Honhonhon."

Tom Bad Wolf: “It's a boy's night, Nate. And shut up
Mart XD wkwkwk"

Nate Oversized Lizard: “Hey im at the front door w Kevin"

Yohan Santa's Deer: “Smn really gotta change this
group's name from football disgrace '15 to campus' hottest bangers"

Kevin Horny Wolf: “I agree ????"

Tom Bad Wolf: “I feel somewhat left out by that."

Yohan Santa's Deer: “We're celebrating u tom!"

Kevin Horny Wolf: “yup we're celebrating u Tom!???????? go wag that tail woof!"

Tom Bad Wolf: “Piss the heck out of here, Kev???? and how much have you drunk njir smh it's still half
to 20"

Max chuckled a
little at the messages. He then typed his reply, “I'm omw. Anyone want me to bring something?"

John Daddy Doggo has changed the group's name from
“Football Disgrace '15" to “Campus' Hottest Bangers".

John Daddy Doggo: “Ur welcome"

Octo Bad Kitty: “Your stupidity amazes me."

Nate Oversized Lizard: “John what the fuck! Your
supposed to fight them not join them!"

Kevin Horny Wolf: “LETS BANG EM BOIS"

Literal Gym Rat: “Wait y is the groups name like
that?"

At Octo's last
message, he laughed.

He stood next to the
stop sign and tidied up his jacket. Octo was staying at a student housing unit instead
of a student dormitory unit, which was why he had a bigger place and had to
share it with 5 people instead of 1. It was a bit far from the dorms so he'd
like a ride.

Andy was supposed
to pick him up here. He sent a message to Andy that he was in front of his dorm,
and the lion replied almost instantly.

Several moments
later, he arrived. Max quickly got into the car, and they drove away.

He was about to
put his phone back when Andy said while giggling, “Check the group, really,"

Octo Bad Kitty: “Eh Max bring some more beer if you
can"

James Tiger: “Ffs can't a tiger play his Logarnsquest
without his phone buzzing round here?"

James Tiger: “OH RIGHT SORRY GUYS I FORGOT IM GONNA
GET THERE QUICK"

Octo Bad Kitty: “I got that chocolate snack you want
and you forgot about tonight? No snacks for you"

Yohan Santa's Deer: “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT"

John Daddy Doggo: “For “fuck's" sake indeed lol"

Martin Who: “Eh guys anyway the baguette has to wait"

Nate Oversized Lizard: “MARTIN NO"

Literal Gym Rat: “I can't believe you just called your
vice captain out like that john xD"

Kevin Horny Wolf: “I look forward to Octo vs James????"

Nate Oversized Lizard: “GET BACK HERE MART"

Nate Oversized Lizard: “also kev octo is literally
sitting in front of you shaking his head"

Kevin Horny Wolf: “OR MAYBE TOM OR MAX VS ME PLS GUYS
HELP ME MAKE IT HAPPEN"

Yohan Santa's Deer: “kev ur too horny for your own
good lmao"

Max laughed and
put his phone in his pocket before the newer messages could make him laugh
harder. Oh, for a good measure he sent another text, “Kevin go bang a tree
or something lol"

They arrived not
long after. Max took the beer bottles from the backseat and waited for Andy to
park the car. There was also Nathan walking when they got out of the car.

Max gave the
crocodile a fist bump. “Where's Stephan?"

“Not coming. He's
got a remedial test tonight."

“That hurts." Andy
said.

“Doesn't hurt as
much as our baguette-less party." Nathan slumped a little. “That little brat."

Andy kicked him,
“Just get the fuck in!"

Max chuckled.

Several bottles of
beer, a few video games wins, and many bad decisions about beer and wine combo later,
Max threw himself to the sofa. He was already getting quite dizzy, but
fortunately nowhere near that new year party at Andy's. Fuck Andy and his
schemes.

“Gotta say, John
had the right idea for changing the group's name." Yohan the deer laughed and
slapped the dog's arse.

“Shut up." Max
covered his ears. “I knew I shouldn't take that mix Andy created."

Said lion perked
up. “Hey! I worked hard on that!"

“Fuck off."

Octo put his cards
down smugly, making James, Andy, and Kevin groan and throw their own in
frustration. “So, any ideas? We could always watch horror films."

“And let you cling
on me? Hell no." Nathan said.

“Isn't it the
other way around?"

“At least I didn't
grop—fuck it, Yan! The fuck did you have to trip all over me?!" replied the
crocodile, but he barked when Yohan's car on the game flipped on his own and
made it explode.

Yohan just
laughed. “Maybe you gotta get back to Intro to Driving." Then his own car hit a
building and exploded. “Fuck!" he threw the controller.

“Watch the
antlers!"

Max sat up on the sofa
and took his phone, only to find it wasn't in his pocket. Right, he was
charging it next to the console. Instead, he looked at the clock.

“Since Octo has oh
so graciously beaten me four times and your cars exploded, how about we play a
game instead?" said Andy, already collecting the cards he had played and tossed
them away, making Octo roll his eyes.

“For your
information," the panther corrected him. “I only won twice, both James and
Kevin won once."

Max's ears drooped
a bit. “If this is one of your stupid games, then I'm not joining."

“How about the
winner gets to see everyone's porn stash?" The lion continued with a grin, his
mane waving around. “I know you guys want to see mine."

“No thanks."

“Not interested."

“I'm not getting
off to girls."

“You got some
crazy kinks, lion."

The lion threw his
hands. “Oh, come on! At least are you interested in seeing what Octo got? The
straight part, that is."

“What th—"

Max's ears went up
slowly. “That's… a bet."

“What game are we
playing?" Kevin leant back, curious about Andy's idea.

“We're playing gay
chicken!" Andy lightened up as if the game was his best invention. “The last
one standing gets to see every loser's porn stash."

“Yes!" Kevin swung his hand, contrary to
the disgust on Max's face as his ears drooped. “What?!"

“Only straight
guys allowed."

“Aw!" Kevin's hand went down.

“I'm sure you
already knew how this one works." Andy sat in the middle of the room and beckoned
the others to join him. Nathan and Yohan shrugged and joined him while Max lay
back down on the sofa in disbelief. “Only straight guys allowed, so piss off
Kev, Oct."

Kevin grumpily
stood up and sat on the sofa next to Max. Octo just shrugged and went with him.

“Max, get your ass
here!"

Unenthusiastically,
Max did so, though with his ears flattened down.

“Eh, Oct, why're
you sitting this one out?" asked Kevin as he took a slice of the pizza and
another beer bottle.

Octo leant back on
the sofa and shrugged. “I'm bi."

“You're bi?!"

“Yep. You're bi
too?"

“I'm gay." Kevin
looked at him with a predatory grin on his face. “We should bang sometime."

“We'll see." Octo
grinned back at him.

“I know you're
planning to fuck each other, but hey listen up." Andy said, making them
turn to look at him. “You guys be the judge, 'kay?"

The red wolf
nodded with interest. “Sure."

“Okay, so!" Andy
went back to the group. They were having different kinds of expressions. James
was neutral, while Yohan looked interested. Nathan was slightly unnerved but
fought it and Max looked like he didn't want to be there.

“Just…" Max said,
his ears going up a little. “Just don't make us do crazy things to each other,
okay?"

Andy laughed, “I'm
not, I'm not! You already know the rules, right? Only kisses and gropes are
allowed. No blowjob, no fucking. Is handjob okay?"

“Uh…"

“Fuuuck no."

“The hell?"

“Lion, stop
drinking beer."

“Okay, so only
kisses and gropes are allowed. No groping dicks. And no cheating, if you're gay or bi you're gonna be on the receiving
end of Kevin's dick…"

Said wolf looked
delighted.

“…though I doubt
that's going to be a punishment. If you want to take more beer then go ahead."
Andy took three bottles from behind him. “We're out of wine, though. So, let
the bottle spin!"

The lion spun an empty
bottle in the middle. They all watched with intense eyes while Octo amusedly
watched them. Kevin lay back on the sofa and checked his phone.

When the bottle
stopped spinning, it pointed at Max. Max looked like it was his first bone and his
ears went straight up. “Ha! I fucking
choose Andy!"

Everyone except
Andy laughed.

“Ah, come on!"

Max gave the
bottle to Andy who spun it lazily. “Gotta make sure you don't fuckin' chicken
out from this, heh, Andy?"

The bottle turned
to Nathan, who was surprised. James looked relieved, while Yohan seemed glad.

Max took a gulp
from a new bottle. “I command you losers to kiss!"

“Thank god it's
just a kiss." The crocodile said. “Come here, Andy!"

“Tch, fine."

The lion leant
forward and closed his eyes. Max looked at him with mirth in his eyes. Then
Nathan leant forward too. Their lips—or Nathan's front teeth—touched for a
brief moment, then Andy pulled back quickly and gasped for air.

“Fucking hell!"

“HA! Andy loses!"

“Hey, we fucking
kissed!"

Yohan held back
his giggles and turned to Octo and Kevin. “So, how was that?"

Kevin looked up
from his phone. “How was what?"

“They did kiss, so
both win." Octo shrugged. “As long as they kiss."

Max was still
guffawing like a madman. Nathan slapped him. “Get back to the game."

“Ha ha ha sorry
sorry!" Said dog took another shot. “Okay, Andy, spin the bottle."

Spinning the
bottle, Andy gave it a bit more push. He hoped it could end up on him so he
could get his revenge on Max. Unfortunately, it pointed at Yohan who was eating
a slice of pizza.

“Eh, me?" He took
a gulp of the beer. “I choose… uh, James."

“What! Why me?!"

The deer just snickered
and gave the bottle to James to be spun. When it stopped at him, he groaned. “What
the fuck?!"

“Oh, the irony!" Nathan laughed.

“Karma's a bitch,
isn't it?"

Yohan's ears
drooped and he hissed in annoyance. “Come on, James, let's… let's fragging
kiss."

The tiger went
ahead and leant forward. “You owe me for this."

Their lips met for
a moment longer than Andy and Nathan, but they eventually pulled back. There
was no sharp pulling back, instead, James' face looked drained of colour while
Yohan nervously looked away.

Kevin gave them a
thumbs-up with a laugh. “This is more amusing than I thought."

Octo chuckled.

“James, um, spin
the bottle."

“O-Okay."

The tiger spun the
bottle sloppily, hoping the game to end quickly. When it stopped and pointed at
Andy, he had to cover his ears.

Andy roared. “Yeeeah baby fuck yeah I fuckin' fraggin'
choose Max!"

“You just want to
get back at me, don't you?" The dog said, not amused.

“Spin the bottle, Max,
spin it!" The lion continued. “Heh! Let's see!"

Meanwhile, Octo
said to Kevin as they played. “Hey, Kev, if you haven't noticed, Andy is the
only one in the team who constantly asks for punishment from Max."

“Max's the
captain, right?" The red wolf asked him, eating another slice of pizza.

“Yup, but he never
bosses us around, well, except Andy. That lion pretty much begs to run across
the field every day. You should be there when Max literally barked at him to run
twenty laps around the field for slacking off in practice." The panther
chuckled. “Andy was laughing too hard to be offended."

Max huffed but
spun the bottle nonetheless. It spun for a while, then it stopped while
pointing at the door, just at the right moment when Tom walked in. “Hey guys,
sorry I'm late. Here're som—"

The grey wolf was
cut by Andy's loud guffaw echoing in the room. Max's ears flattened. Great, why
the fuck did Tom have to come at the exact wrong moment? Now, Andy was going to
make sure he wasn't going to forget this night.

“Um, what is it?"
the grey wolf asked confusedly.

“Max," Andy
started, making Max facepalm. “I command you to kiss Tom!"

The shepherd took
a glance at Tom. The wolf's face was mortified and he almost dropped the
plastic bag he was carrying. “Apa?!"

Max wanted the
earth to consume him.

“See, Tom, Andy
has this idea of playing gay chicken. Now it's Max's turn, then you showed up
at where the bottle was pointing, so, well, yeah." Octo explained with a shrug.

“What?!" Tom put the plastic bag next to
the beer bottles. “I'm not even playing!"

“Come on! Just
fucking kiss already!" Andy pulled him, making him sit right in front of
Max.

Max stared at Tom,
surprised. They looked into each other's eyes, laughter echoing around them. He
could even pick up Kevin's intense glare across the room.

Fuck, Tom's eyes
never ceased to amaze him. It was so bright yet so pale. Small parts morphed up
to create such a unique colour that he had never seen before. There was
uncertainty in those eyes, maybe a little fear.

He wanted to calm
the wolf a bit; it was just a game, a simple kiss was enough. Yet he realised
that he was the one who was shaking a little. Never had he thought he was going
to kiss one of his best friends, his buddy. Fuck Andy and his schemes.

Tom let out a sigh
and looked away, closing his eyes. “Max, it's just a game, right?"

He trembled a
little. Wait, why did Tom seem calm? “Y-yeah."

“I'm sorry." Then
he looked at the dog and his demeanour changed a little bolder. If he were
still standing, Max would take a step back, maybe three.

Tom's hand reached
up to caress his snout so softly. Max was surprised at the contact but did not
shy away. The hand slowly moved to his chin and pulled it. Max's hand went
forward and touched Tom's chest, wanting to push him away but ended up just staying
there.

The grey wolf
closed his eyes and leant forward, and Max let himself be manipulated to do the
same.

When their lips
touched, Max's ears flattened and his eyes were wide.

Tom then licked
his front teeth, which surprised him and made him open his mouth, only for the
tongue to go deeper. When it touched his tongue, it instinctively pulled back.
Yet Tom's tongue didn't go deeper. Instead, it waited at the entrance, so Max
summoned every willpower he had and joined their tongue.

“Um okay guys
you've proven yourselves."

There was a sense
of disgust up his gut, but he quenched it down. This… this actually felt pretty
nice. Tom was gentle with him; he didn't rush anything and it made this… pretty
enjoyable. Max grunted a bit when Tom's tongue invited him into his own mouth.

Tom felt warm,
nothing different from a woman, until his hand dropped a little and didn't feel
the breasts there. But the kiss was nice, warm, nothing turning him on.

Eventually, they
pulled away. Max looked at Tom, his eyes a bit hazy. There was a shy smile on the
edge of his muzzle which was still connected with him with a string of saliva.
He himself was sure his eyes were hazy too.

He gasped for air
a little. Tom's hand left his chin and pushed him a bit.

Everything around
them was dead silent.

Max looked around.
The guys were watching him intently, some with disbelief, others with a heated
look. Andy, especially, looked struck and disbelief was all over his face.

“A week… of
pizza." He said to Andy, who just nodded in return.

“Shit, that was
hot." Octo said, making everyone turn to look at him. “Seriously, that was hot.
I'm getting hard."

“I am hard." Kevin added next to the
panther. His gaze was heated as he looked at them. “I'm so fuckin' hard right
now."

“I don't know if
you're that gay or if you're just really good at this game." Yohan said to them.

Nathan looked
uncomfortable.

Max allowed
himself to grin a little, but his insecurity caught up with him. He had just French-kissed
a guy and he enjoyed it. He had just French-kissed
a guy and he fucking enjoyed it.

“Okay, um, yeah,"
Andy nervously cleared his throat. “Spin the bottle, Tom."

The grey wolf
moved aside and spun the bottle.

“Uh, I need to go to
the bathroom." Max said, getting to his feet. He needed to get away from there
as quickly as possible. He even almost missed the deeply apologetic look on
Tom's face.

He nearly slammed
open the bathroom door. This… this was too much. He closed the door and leant
on it, going limp as soon as it closed. His legs were shaking a little and his
tail was curled up in anxiousness.

Calm down, calm down. No one is 100% straight.

But I'm not gay either.

He washed his face
and stared at his reflection, as if expecting he'd turn blue or some other anomalies
to appear. The reflection only stared back, showing him his troubled face.

Max let out a
quiet sigh. This was just a game… nothing more. That was just a mouth, both men and women had them.

He wiped his face
with the towel. He took longer than necessary, but that was okay. As he put the
towel back into place, he heard the bathroom door open.

“Uh, Max, um… s-sorry
about that. I'm… I'm really sorry."

Letting out
another sigh, he turned around to look at Tom. There was an apologetic look
there, almost guilt at his own self.

Right, that was just a kiss in a game.

“It's okay." Max
said, more to calm himself than to calm the wolf. “That was just a kiss in a
game."

“Yeah. Just a kiss
in a game." Tom blushed a little and looked away. “That was my first kiss,
actually."

Max's ears
straightened up in surprise. “What?! Really?! That didn't feel like a first
kiss."

“I… I guess porn
taught me a few things. But really, that… please," He chuckled nervously. “don't...
please don't make that... change anything between us."

Max looked at him.
Tom seemed anxious, like he was afraid he'd lose him. Sure, kissing one's own
best friend was amongst the weirdest and grossest things in existence, but he
wouldn't do that. “Yeah, nothing's gonna change between us. Just…" he trailed
off. Tom was his best friend and he intended to keep it that way, kiss or not. “Just
keep that to us and the gang."

Tom looked up and
smiled grimly. “Again, sorry about that."

“You don't need to.
Seriously, that freaked the fuck out of me, Tom, but that… that felt nice,
actually, felt nothing different from a girl." He shrugged. “I didn't know you
were quite a kisser, Tom."

“Max stop," Tom
laughed a little, but the blush on his face and his tail wagging gave away his
embarrassment.

“So, no sexual
stimuli intended?"

“No sexual stimuli
intended." Max patted his shoulder. “Let's get back there."

“Uh, I really need
to go."

He shrugged, “Go
ahead. Need me to wait here?"

“You can go ahead.
Eh anyway I brought some rice wine, the same stuff Lucy brought a week ago.
Martin couldn't come so he... uh... asked me to bring the baguette."

“Sure. Thanks."
Max opened the door, “I really enjoyed that, and that freaked me out, Tom.
Otherwise… well… it... it felt nice." He then went away with a blush on his
face.

Fuck Andy and his
schemes.