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Jack entered the dorm’s shower room. He had just spent 5 hours in a cramped bus, coming back from a visit at home. All he wanted was to wash away all the travel sweat and get some sleep. Jack was taking off his hoodie when he heard the door opening behind him.
All of a sudden, he felt a hand moving across his lower back.
"Huh?" The dog turned around. His gaze was met by the blue eyes of a black labrador.
"W-what are you doing here?" he asked, shocked by the unexpected touch.
Amy caught her own chuckle coming out her throat, hanging her head before regaining eye contact and tentatively licking her upper lip.
"Hey baby! Are you back already? The showers in the girl dorms are out. I thought this one would be empty, this late at night..."
"Yeah, missed you! I'll wait outside for you to finish up!" Jack replied with his usual cheer. He turned around sharply as he felt his cheeks blushing up.
"Oh, that won't be necessary, Jack," Amy wrapped her arms around him, stroking his chest fur. "We've been together for a few weeks already."
“Yeah…” Jack replied a little confused.
"I see you wanted to take a shower as well. Come on, we'll make it fun!" Amy started to undress herself while asking Jack to follow. "You aren't going to shower in clothes, aren't you?"
Jack was absolutely dumbfounded, staring sheepishly at the girl taking off her top. Was she for real?!
“I- uhh…” he shot a desperate look towards the shower's exit as the nerves started to drench him a lot like the shower was about to, but with water.
While Jack was looking at shower's exit, he noticed familiar silhouettes that surprised him. Was that Miguno and Durham? What could they be doing so late in the showers... together?
Oh my god this is going to be so embarrassing!
Without hesitation, Jack lunged towards Amy, grabbing her by the hand. "We've gotta hide!" he hissed.
He pulled her into a tiny walk-in full of towels and locked the door behind them.
"Jack, what the—" She couldn't finish because Jack firmly covered her mouth with his hand.
"Shh," he looked around distraught. "Listen."
Voices of two boys were to be heard outside the door.
Amy struggled, but stopped to watch when the door was pushed open, her floppy, black ears perked up in curiosity.
Durham peaked his head through the door first, swiftly looking around the shower cabins. A big smile crept up his face when he believed it to be empty. He turned around and pulled an equally smiley Miguno in.
"Finally, it's been forever!" the coyote exclaimed happily.
"I know, right?" Miguno’s voice was full of tenderness. Durham took the hyena by the waist, smiling gently and closing the eyes while both of them were leaning in for a kiss. All of a sudden, Durham pulled away.
"Wait, aren't you smelling someone?"
"The only one I'm smelling is you..." Durham felt himself get lost in Miguno's eyes. He moved closer.
"Do you know why I asked you to come here?"
"Uhh, for fooling around again?" Miguno looked puzzled.
"Not this time, man."
The coyote dropped to one knee, pulling out a little black box from his pocket, slowly opening the lid.
Miguno's eyes sparkled, wide open in disbelief. He raised his arm to cover his gaping mouth.
"So, Miguno... Do you want to marry me?"
"Y... You took me to the showers to ask me to marry you?!" Miguno shouted in shock.
Meanwhile in the closet, Jack had his eye glued to a small crack in the door. He let out a quiet "aww" as Durham spoke out his proposal. He always suspected those two to be more than just friends and now he couldn’t feel anything but happy for them both.
"What's happening? Let me see!" whispered his bare-chested companion.
"Yeah, sure," Jack pulled away from the crack. Amy sat in his lap and looked into the bright room on the other side of the door.
She witnessed Durham and Miguno standing in awkward silence. Durham looked down at the tips of his boots and sheepishly nodded.
Amy turned to Jack. "Aren't that your roommates?” she smiled, thinking of Jack’s most recent picture on Beastbook.
"Yeah, uhh, they are," Jack replied awkwardly.
Only now noticing her naked chest and given her position in his lap, he felt his pants getting tighter.
Oh boy, not now. Please, dear Rex, not now, he thought. We are in this tiny closet, she is sitting in my lap half naked. This is going to get awkward.
His racing mind was interrupted by Amy’s whisper.
"They are so adorable. Just look at them Jack. A shower room really feels like an odd place, though," Amy noted.
Jack only could answer with a nearly inaudible "mhm" while trying to fight his slowly growing erection but to no avail.
"What’s wrong, baby?" Amy shifted around to face Jack, who felt intoxicated and mesmerised by the girl sitting in his lap. Her beautiful blue eyes contrasting with the black fur covering her shapely body, now dimly lit by the sparse light coming through the cracks in the door. “I can feel you poking me,” she whispered in Jack's ear with a sly smile. "Let me help you with that."
Amy looked deeply into Jack’s eyes and leaned in for a kiss, fumbling around his t-shirt, trying to take it off.
"Miguno? You haven't said yes yet...", Durham's voice started wavering in disbelief.
Miguno sat down on the tiles. "I... I... Need to think. It's all so sudden.
"Durham, I-I... I love you," Miguno started, struggling to think. "But we are still in school!"
"And?"
"Have you even thought what everybody would say?! They'd point fingers at us and call us fags! Remember what happened when Ernie from the music club came out?" Miguno covered his face with his palms. Durham squatted next to him and stroked his head.
"I don't care Mig. Fuck them. All I know is, that I love you," He hugged him tightly and kissed his forehead. “If you want to say no, do it. But please, not because you are scared of the others.” Miguno lifted his head up and pulled Durham in for a kiss. Their lips connected in in a moment of passion, their tongues dancing ardently. It felt like the world stopped existing, nothing mattered in the heat of the moment. Durham pushed Miguno to the ground and got on top of him. Without breaking the kiss, he started unbuttoning his lover’s shirt.
"You don't need to worry about anyone. I will be here for bo—"
A voice came from the direction of a closet, interrupted by a yelp and a quiet “Shut up Jack! Really? While I’m going down on you?”
Both Durham and Miguno was rooted in place, unable to move or speak from the shock. Then slowly, the closet doors opened and after a few seconds Jack stuck out his head.
"H-hi guys!" he greeted them awkwardly
"Jack! What are you doing here?" The couple yelled at the same time.
"Hi..." Amy's head peeped around the doorframe next to Jack's. "Jack, what the hell made you think it was a good idea?" she whispered in annoyance.
"Sorry," the boy uttered sheepishly. “You know—”
“Just stop talking, honey,” she put a hand around his muzzle, gently stroking it and holding it closed. "Sorry guys, the showers are broken in the girls' dorm. I didn't think anybody would be here so late, but there he was," she pointed at Jack, who now realised how awkward the situation has become because of him. "Then you came in, so we hid."
"And, uhh," Miguno scratched the back of his head, "What did you hear?"
"Everything..." Jack looked down. "But don't worry! I won't tell anyone!"
“Can I excuse you for a second?” Amy’s head vanished inside of the closet where she threw on Jack’s t-shirt. She then opened the door and pulled Jack out of the closet. The girl put an arm around him and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Thank you!" the boy couple replied in unison.
"We know you can trust you, you are a great friend Jack." Miguno continued. “But... who is she?”
"Oh sorry, I forgot to introduce myself! My name is Amy," she began to fidget with Jack’s ear, “I’m Jack’s girlfriend.”
“Nice to meet you, Amy! I’m Durham and that’s Miguno. We’re Jack’s roommates.”
“Don’t worry boys, I won’t out you either. Pinky promise!” she held up her free hand and put up her pinky finger. The boys giggled.
"And when did you planned to introduce her to us?" Durham pointed at Jack’s chest with a smirk on his face.
“Looks like someone’s on the fur sweeping duty!” Miguno added with equally wide smile.
"Well, uhh, you know…” Jack awkwardly looked around. “Next week?”
“Bullshit, we know how shy you are when it comes to that,” he turned to Amy, “You’d have to drag him to our room yourself!”
“Yeah…” Jack awkwardly smiled.
“That’s why I love him!” Amy smiled and kissed Jack on the cheek. The boy-couple let out a long “aww”.
“Soo…” Jack started, trying to change the topic. ”Was there a yes?”
Durham looked at Miguno expectantly. The hyena gulped and looked down. He then lunged at his boyfriend, wrapping his hands around his neck.
“Yes, Durham! Yes!” Miguno pushed durham against the wall and kissed him. When he broke off the kiss, Durham took out the small box out of his pocket and opened it. Inside was a beautifully carved, wooden ring.
“I made it myself,” said Durham quietly. “From a branch of the tree you first confessed to me and we carved our initials at.” He took it out and slid it on Miguno’s finger. It was a perfect fit.
Watching the “spectacle” play out, Amy began to feel a little out of place.
“Jack? Let’s go. They need some privacy right now,” she whispered to Jack looking at Miguno, pinning Durham against the wall and passionately kissing him.
“Yeah, you’re right,” Jack nodded. “Let’s grab our things and go.”
He quickly picked up Amy’s bra and top from the floor and they both quietly exited the showers.
Outside, they stood in silence for a while before starting to run down the dark hall. They stopped in front of Jack’s room.
“That… Was… A… Lot… To… Unpack…” Jack uttered between the breaths.
“Yeah,” she hugged Jack and placed her head on the chest. “We have it easy.”
“Amy?”
“Hm?”
“Want to stay the night here?”
Amy just nodded and let go of him. Jack quietly opened the door and took her by the hand.
“Now shh ,” he turned to her, “I don’t want to wake up the boys.”
They slowly entered the room, being careful not to make all too much noise.
Jack helped Amy make her way up the ladder leading to his bunk and followed her into the bed. He pulled the curtains shut and turned to her. He put his arm around her and pulled her closer.
“I love you,” Amy whispered in a sleepy voice.
Jack didn’t answer. Instead he leaned in for a kiss. She put her arms around his neck and kissed him back passionately.
Even though they were dating for a few weeks now, Jack still couldn’t believe what was happening. He was kissing the girl of his dreams in his bunk bed. Was it a dream?
Jack broke off the kiss and turned on his back. “Amy? Is this a dream?”
“Of course not, silly,” she laid her head on his chest, stroking his belly with the hand. Jack gently petted her head.
He closed his eyes and fell asleep in no time.