Kevin opened the gym door and tightened his hold on his bag. It was pretty deserted today. The temperature inside was pleasantly warm, a nice contrast from the outside. He walked inside with an easy grin. A rhino looked at him coming inside. The wolf flashed him a snicker, making the rhino turn away and blush.

“Oi, Kev!" Pedro called him.

Lazily waving his tail, the red wolf walked to the reception desk with his arms outstretched. “'Sup, my dawg?"

He exchanged a bro hug with Pedro. “Still lookin' good, eh, vermelho?"

“Tried my best to not let winter catch me." He laughed. “Anything new, dude?"

“Nah, other than the graduating dudes leaving."

“Cool." he walked away and did a mock salute with his hand. “See ya in a bit."

He put his bag down as he took the key to his locker. It was snowing today, but it was not an excuse to miss the gym. Sure, his winter fur made him fluffier, but he knew his fluff made him look hot, especially when coupled with his signature grin. People tended to fall for it.

He opened his coat and put it in the locker, followed by his trousers. He flexed his muscles, his fur bristling. Too bad; he wanted to wear some tight t-shirt today, but he didn't have fresh ones. At least the tank-top he was wearing right now was up to his standards.

Closing his locker, he sat down and tightened his shoelaces. Going to the gym in winter was really a kind of harsh torture imposed upon living beings by the merciless forces of nature, but once he got off his bed, things became exponentially easier. He chuckled a little; the main motivation of going to the gym today was actually to enjoy the sauna and maybe getting someone to get laid.

He was so going to be rekt in the sauna in his current fur, but whatever, it was better than burying himself in a pile of blankets. Or he could ask Octo to warm his bed. Sadly, the panther was graduating.

Speaking of the panther,

Kevin looked up when he smelled the familiar panther and saw Octo walking towards him with Max next to him. They looked at him and gave him an easy smile.

“Kev," the panther greeted him as he put his bag down several lockers away.

“Yo, Kev."

Kevin grinned as he walked closer to the two. “Heya, hot stuff."

Max frowned, while Octo just chuckled.

The German Shepherd put his bag into the locker. “Winter has made you a fuck machine again, Kev?"

“We're all fuck machines, dude." he slapped the dog's arse, making him growl a bit.

Octo warned him. “Kev, spare him the teasing."

“Hehe, sorry, Max. Looks like the weather's got me again. I can't just let an ass this good pass away, though."

The shepherd covered his backside with his tail, making the red wolf laugh.

“Eh anyway, you two up for the sauna later?"

“Sure," the panther said. “Some steam would be nice."

“You wanna blow off some steam later?" he grinned.

Octo waved his tail a shrug. “We could always blow off some steam in the sauna later, literally."

Max chuckled a little. “Lots of steam there, right?"

“Last one who clears the room gets fucked in the ass." said Kevin with a teasing smile.

He then yelped suddenly as Max slapped his arse. “Show some respect! We're still your seniors!"

The wolf turned around. “Yeah? And what if I don't? You wanna punish me?"

“I won't, but Octo certainly will."

"Sure," He said as he looked at Octo, licking the side of his muzzle. “I'd love to get punished by this hunk."

The panther only smiled in amusement.

Often, or maybe almost every time when he and Max worked out together, he'd steal a glance or two at the German Shepherd. Who wouldn't, anyway? Max was really hot, his posture ideal, and handsome, too. He tried not to show his interest too openly, though. He was friends with the dog, and he didn't want to make him go away just because he couldn't handle his lust.

Octo, on the other hand, liked to play hard to get. The panther was equally hot, equally handsome, but a total opposite of the shepherd. He was so damn reserved all the time that even when the wolf knew he was into him, the panther was still playing it cool.

There was one instance when they worked out and had a shower together, Kevin was too riled up to play it quietly, so he began “helping" him have a shower. Even when being groped, the panther simply took his hands away and said, “Can you at least wait for us to get to a room?"

The night after that was… well, they didn't fuck, just sleep together.

Kevin lifted the barbell and looked at Octo on the treadmill. His tail looked awesome, waving behind him as if he were running in a field instead of on a treadmill. He didn't know why, but lately he'd been thinking about the panther. Maybe because winter was messing with his head.

Being gay had one advantage over being straight: he didn't have to limit his options to the same species or genus. Sure, it was still a rather controversial topic on top of homosexuality itself, but guys were guys, and Octo was one hot guy. Of course one could still sleep with whomever they wanted, but, reproductively, one must reproduce with at least the same genus to make sure they were compatible. Outside of one's species was a grey area and outside of one's genus was a black area; society in general tended to frown upon interspecies marriages, even more so intergenus marriages in which they would not produce children at all.

Good thing canis was a large genus.

“You done with that?"

He looked at Max beside him and gave him the barbells. “Yeah."

The dog took them and lifted them. “You know, I've been wondering how your winter fur looks like."

Wiping his face with his tank-top, Kevin grinned. “Wondering how hot I'd be?"

Max didn't frown. “Yeah, like, it's thick, dude. Tom's winter fur isn't really as thick as yours, so I wonder how hot it actually is."

For a second, he thought Max just ignored his teasing, but looking at his face, he was sure the dog interpreted his words literally. The wolf shrugged and leant forward. “It's… well, warm enough, I think." Um, how did his winter fur feel like again?

He tensed a bit in surprise when he felt a soft caress on his back, almost dropping the bottle he was about to drink from.

“Still soft." Max said, “Even softer I think."

Kevin drank from his bottle and let the dog touch him. “You should feel Vilkas' fur. He's as soft as a furball."

“Vilkas? The blue husky, right?"

“Yep." He stood up, his tail wagging a bit and almost hit Max in the shoulder. “I'm gonna do some laps with Octo."

Max just replied. “Sure. Put your clothes on, though."

Walking to the panther, he didn't miss someone staring. He grinned and pretended to flex a bit before using the treadmill.

That someone didn't stop staring.

“So, panther." He said as threw his tank top over his shoulder and configured his treadmill next to the panther's. “Pretty cold today, yeah?"

Octo just looked at him and smiled amusedly. “Drop the pickup lines. You're bad at it."

“Hey, I managed to get laid almost every other week." He said and set the speed to slow.

“Okay, sure." Octo stopped his treadmill and breathed for air. “It's cold today."

Kevin grinned. “You wanna warm up?"

“I'd like to. Too tired to wear coats."

“How 'bout we head to my dorm and warm up, huh?"

Octo rolled his eyes and smiled amusedly. Kevin knew they were just playing, but somehow, it also made him laugh.

“You're really this direct to people? I'm pretty sure you'd scare them instead." The panther said as he picked up the pace again to match the wolf's.

“Dude, I know you want it anyway, so no point in—getting right to the point is better."

“Bold of you to assume I want it." Octo leered.

Kevin slapped his butt.

Then someone slapped his butt.

He looked behind to find Max smiling annoyedly at them. “Shush! You're too noisy."

Octo chuckled while Kevin snickered and wagged his tail suggestively. Max just shook his head and walked away.

The panther wiped his face and turned his treadmill off. “I'm gonna go use the heavyweight machine."

“Sure. Think of me if it's too heavy."

“It'll get even heavier." He said as he walked away, purposefully waving his tail invitingly.

See? Octo liked to play it cool. Besides, he was too teasing whether he knew it or not.

Okay, now he really had to do his laps. He set the machine to a faster speed and started running, leaving the panther to his devices. Maybe the panther wanted him to go after him, but they were still in the gym, and he could just give him a call and he'd come over if he weren't busy.

Maybe power play was another kink of his, Kevin thought. He had been experimenting with power play with Vilkas, and apparently he wasn't totally against it. Heck, he was rather into it. While Kevin felt rather uncomfortable being the submissive one, the husky really took care of him well. Vilkas was a great dom even though he never topped. In a way, he learnt from the husky that reciprocity was damn hot, even more so when the husky was holding the end of the leash and tugging on his tied hands.

Someone then turned the treadmill beside him on. He just ignored them, but out of curiosity, he looked at the newcomer. The newcomer didn't look at him, but he noticed the nervous twitch of his ears. Kevin grinned a little as a Golden Retriever fumbled with the controls.

Smaller, cute, submissive. The way he liked it.

He ignored him and kept running, pretending to not realise he was there. The Golden Retriever glanced at him now and then, but Kevin didn't look at him back. When he felt the glance turned into a stare, he looked at him and smiled.

The dog immediately looked away, almost stumbling on the treadmill.

Kevin almost chuckled, “Cold day, isn't it?"

“Y-yeah…"  the dog replied anxiously.

“Training up for winter?" he continued. “Or just warming up?"

“Umm… just warming up."

He smiled a little, trying to look friendly. “Wanna get some warming?"

The dog stumbled on his feet, almost falling to the ground. Kevin immediately turned the dog's treadmill off and helped him to stand back up.

Hmm, pretty muscled under the t-shirt.

“You okay?" Kevin asked him, letting him go. The dog's fur was pretty soft.

The dog's ears flattened as he awkwardly tried to stand up straight. “Y-yeah… I'm okay… Thanks."

“Don't push yourself." The wolf said with a concerned look as he set his own treadmill to low speed.

The other did the same. “Y-yeah… um… thanks."

After that, they went quiet. The wolf was trying not to laugh at the dog's cluelessness. Maybe the dog was interested in him? Maybe the dog really wanted to use the treadmill but unfortunately had to be next to him? Either way, he didn't look bad.

Just by looking at him, Kevin could tell how nervous he was. The wolf furrowed his brows a bit. While he liked it since apparently it was decided who'd top, he didn't want the Golden Retriever to be uncomfortable.

“You know, I wanted to say you can go to the sauna to get some warming." He said with a soft smile.

“R-right, the sauna." the Golden Retriever sighed, then looked at him and turned red at his smile. “Th-the sauna."

He gave him a pat. “You okay, dude? You look red."

“Y-yeah! I'm okay!"

Kevin laughed a bit. Maybe it'd be nice if they chatted a few minutes more.

Kevin walked to the sauna rooms, naked with fur damp from the shower and a towel on his shoulder. It was mandatory to not wear anything in the sauna except for towel, which made him very comfortable there. Winter was kind of a double-edged sword; he could go to saunas and hot springs all naked but sometimes it was too cold for that.

Winter made the gym quite a deserted place. It wasn't empty, but there weren't many people here. The Golden Retriever from before, he left the treadmill after about ten minutes there, probably because he was turning into a nervous wreck. It wasn't that Kevin was being too forward, mind you, he had been civil and keeping up a healthy, out-of-sex, and decent conversation, but the dog's ears were still turning red.

Eh, okay. It was better… maybe.

Throwing the towel onto his shoulder, he opened the first door and entered. The room smelled like steam and wood and apparently musky dog and leopard. He really liked saunas; the view was always great. Inside were already Max and Octo, with the dog's towel just barely hanging on his waist whilst the panther sat on his folded towel, leaving him nude. As inviting as the panther's sheath was, Kevin wasn't here for anything sexy even though it was right in front of him. He closed the door and smiled, tail waving lazily.

Rearranging his towel, Max's ears went down a bit as he watched Kevin going inside.

Octo just looked up at him. “Took you long enough."

Laying the towel beside the shepherd, Kevin sat down on it. “That dog there was cute." He said as he folded the towel to cover his groin. As much as he wanted to stay nude, he didn't want them to see his dick in case he got hard.

“Guess you'll be going home with someone, then." said Max.

“Nope. He was a nervous bag. Don't wanna hurt him since he looks like a good guy." He sighed as he began to feel the steam.

The panther chuckled. “That's considerate of you."

“Dude, don't wanna get him all lovey-dovey, no thanks."

Max leant back on the wall. “Why not? You're due for a boyfriend, you know."

“Too troublesome. Still enjoying the single life." He said with a shrug.

“See, Max? I told you he's a fuckboy with feelings."

His grin fell and he looked at them. “What the fuck?" he wiped his muzzle. “What's up with the 'with feelings' part?"

“Well, for someone who sleeps with anything that walks, you're pretty cute and mushy and considerate."

“Excuse me!" Kevin replied with a mock offence. “Cute? Fine. Mushy? You wanna grope me and feel how hard these muscles are?"

“That's not gonna work with us, you know."

The wolf shrugged nonchalantly.

“Anyway, right, Oct, you gotta feel just what a softie Kevin actually is!" Max said with an excited smile. “Seriously, here!"

The panther looked at him, then stood up and sat next to Kevin. The wolf grinned when he realised that he was in the middle of two hot guys in a hot room, and his grin only widened when he felt hands on his back.

“Seriously, do all wolves or all canines have fur this soft?"

“Not sure. If I remember correctly Tom has coarse fur."

“Yeah, you're right. But Lucas' fur is also this soft."

“He's a coyote, not a wolf."

“But still canine."

Kevin only put his elbows on his thighs and closed his eyes, enjoying the two hands on his back. If only they would move lower and lower…

Oh well, his tail was wagging happily. Max put it aside, not bothered by it.

“You're a canine, too, Max."

“My fur isn't this long, dude."

The hands then moved away. Too bad.

“Anyway, still up for blowing off some steam?" he asked instead, earning curious glances from the two.

Octo took a container of water and slowly poured it onto the hot stones in the middle of the room.

They all sighed as steam went up.

“You know," Kevin said, putting his arms on the others' shoulders. The inside joke was too good. “the loser doesn't have to be fucked in the ass. It's just for fun." Also, the room smelled awesome. He really wished he didn't get hard from the smell of these two hunks beside him because that would be awkward.

“Wait, are we talking about blowing off some steam or 'blowing off some steam'?" asked Max as he made air quotes.

The wolf shrugged. “Both are fine. Tomorrow is Saturday, dude, and internship's gonna be over soon! Besides, blowing off some steam doesn't just mean fucking."

“In Kevin's case I would consider it to be 'mating'." Octo said with a small smile.

They laughed.

“Speaking of mates, where's Tom? Usually he sticks with you two."

Max slapped his thigh. “Hey, he's my mate, not yours."

“Mmm, 'mate'." The wolf snickered. “Wonder if you guys do threesome."

Max pushed Kevin's muzzle away and broke free from his arm. “Don't you fucking dare violate my mate!"

Octo chuckled; Kevin laughed.

Kevin let go of Octo. “I'm curious, though, is Tom really that smart in class? I heard that he's the only one in our batch to go to a national conference."

“There are more people, you know. There's that Maria from Accounting, she went to a math conference. And don't forget that weasel from English literature."

“I mean to win a national conference."

“Not sure. Probably." Octo let out a sigh. “Eh, we're not in your batch, you know."

“Right, fuck—"

“Octo, punish him."

“Gladly."

Kevin just took a breath. Don't get hard, don't get hard.

“Anyway, yeah, he's super smart in class. Well, not super but still smart." said the German Shepherd. “Actually, Public Relations batch 2016 class A is a battlefield, almost everyone there is smart, including yours truly." He smiled proudly. “But there are two who are considered the smartest: Tom, the ace, and James, the… uh, vice-ace."

“Did you just make that word up?"

“Winter has fucked you up, Max?"

“Hey, fuck you!"

Kevin poured more water onto the hot stones and sighed contently. “Kinda miss Tom in the gym. He's a sight for sore muscles."

Max grunted. “You know, I'm starting to think that I should change Tom's gym schedule so that you won't be ogling him like a creep every time I train him."

“Wow, Tom's gym trainer got angry. Don't worry, I'm not taking him away from you, not much." The wolf chuckled. “How's the report?"

The dog glared at him, but continued nonetheless. “He's actually stronger and has much more endurance than he looks. Really, he does my endurance workout without heaving for air. I don't train him too heavily since he said he only wants to maintain his health, not bulk up. Under that fur, he's actually quite muscled." He scratched behind his ear. “He's been skipping exercises, though. Nothing much, maybe he's just… stressed."

“Endurance, huh?" Kevin grinned suggestively. “So the less buff Tom is now more buff because of you, thank—ugh!"

Octo jabbed the red wolf's side, earning a yelp. “Max's my captain and I won't let you badmouth him."

The dog gave the wolf a lop-sided grin.

“Alright, alright, jeez," Rubbing his abused side, Kevin grunted. “You guys know if Tom's seeing someone?"

Max looked at him curiously. Octo just leant back on the wall. “Yeah, he is."

The two canines sharply turned their heads to him.

“What?" the panther said nonchalantly.

“How did you know?" Kevin asked.

“He told me." The panther waved his tail. “No offense, Max, but it's a very delicate matter. I don't believe that you're gonna tell anyone, but from the way Tom tells me, it's pretty serious."

Max sighed, looking honestly dejected as his ears went down. He took a deep sigh. “I guess you're right. If he didn't tell me then it's okay, I don't wanna push him."

“Please tell me that it's me!" the red wolf instead said with enthusiasm.

Max shot Kevin a glare.

“I would really like to but unfortunately that doesn't appear to be the case." Octo grinned at Kevin who deflated.

At that, Max tapped the panther's chest with the back of his hand with a light chuckle. “That's a mouthful way to say 'no'."

The panther just chuckled. “I told you, Kevin has feelings, too, and it's delicate."

Said wolf stepped on the panther's foot.

“Cazzo!"

“Did he tell you anything about himself, Oct?" Max said.

Octo looked at him curiously, rubbing his abused foot. “What himself?"

“You know, Tom was… y'know."

The panther raised his brows a bit in confusion.

“…pretty moody?"

Kevin just poured more water into the hot stones while looking at Max confusedly. He felt like there was something that he didn't know.

“Um, no, he doesn't. He didn't tell me anything about it." The panther let out a sigh. “And please don't tell anyone about what we're talking about, okay? Let's keep this between ourselves."

“Sure." Max said with a smile. “I'm gonna make sure he's safe."

“Enough about Tom already!" Kevin said, wanting to change the topic. “Can we just start groping each other now?"

He looked at the two studs on his sides. They were really mouth-watering. Hard muscles, handsome faces, strong arms, really, Kevin would gladly bend over right now if they wanted him to, especially Octo.

He wasn't sure about Max, but at least the dog could fuck him and imagine he was a girl or something.

Unfortunately, when he saw Max grinning, he realised he had just given them yet more fuel to tease him. “You're right, Oct. Kevin is a softie."

“I know right." The panther turned to him. “Kev, you dare to tell anyone about what we've just talked about, I will chain you to the bed and make you my bitch for the whole week."

Kevin looked at the panther and gulped. He looked drop-dead serious and drop-dead handsome. While the 'punishment' seemed fun to him, he couldn't see himself not obeying the panther. Octo's handsome, serious face was in front of him, his brown eyes looking at him with such intensity that he could only flatten his ears and obey his words.

Max's words of “Octo's threats are serious, you know." only made him even more submissive.

“Y-yes." He weakly replied.

He didn't see the panther's triumphant smile, but he could tell that it was there. He really was just their junior, wasn't he? Liked or not, he guessed he really was into that power play stuff.

“How did you do that, Oct?" Max asked the panther.

Octo snickered and crossed his arms. “I took his virginity."

“Whoa." Max furrowed his eyebrows. “You two been fucking?"

Kevin took a breath and leant on the wall. “Well, not really 'been fucking'."

“We only did it three times." Octo said.

Kevin didn't miss the concerned look on the panther's face when he glanced at him. Probably at the way he reacted to that threat.

Heh, who was the softie one?

Although, it kind of warmed his heart. It meant that Octo noticed him, even to the small things… or maybe he should not, since Octo noticed almost everything.

He sensed Max moved away from them a little. “No offense, but, uh…"

“It's okay, Max. I'm gonna keep him away from you." Octo said to the shepherd with a soft smile.

The red wolf's ears went up. “Let me chain you, Oct."

“See?"

“Yeah, um… you do you…"

Probably it would be fun to tease the dog. “Wanna hear how he fucked me so ha—"

Octo took his muzzle, surprising him. He looked at the red wolf straight in the eyes and said, “One more word and I will literally chain you to the bed." He then turned to Max. “Don't worry, he's under control."

Max only looked at them, somewhat amused and apprehensive at once.

Putting his lewdest gaze, the wolf purposefully rubbed his abs and pecs, almost taking his towel off.

The panther released him. “You're disgusting."

“But you took this disgusting dude's virginity." he licked the side of his muzzle.

“And you disgust me."

“Hmm yeah say that again when you're eating my ass."

“Oh, you admit you like having your ass eaten now?"

“And you just admit you like eating my ass?"

Max smiled a little. “Looks like I gotta stay away from the couple's spat."

Both Octo and Kevin replied at the same time. “We're not a couple!" Then Kevin looked at the panther with surprise while Octo's ears went down as he looked away.

“Yeah, you're not a couple alright."

Octo rolled his eyes, while Kevin snickered at the dog with a small blush. “Wanna do threesome?"

The dog didn't turn around or look disgusted, instead he gave a teasing smile. “I don't wanna be the third person in your relationship, thanks."

Kevin only laughed embarrassedly as his ears went down.