After Dark: a side story, Part Four

Story by NaurelFirestar on SoFurry

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#4 of After Dark world


{{Female furries falling in love, allusions to BDSM and ownership, enjoy}}

Cathrine woke up slowly and lifted only her head with a soft grunt. Something had woken her, but the barrier was closed and the rest of the bed was empty. She wiggled her way into sitting up, then looked down and grunted at the tangled robe around her. At the moment it was tight enough to be a straight jacket, and she started squirming to get out of it since she didn't have anyone in the bed with her, namely a certain bear. She sighed as she finally managed to twist herself completely out of the robe, though pulled it around her again when she was reminded that she was nude underneath. She huffed softly and wiggled around, scooting to the edge of the bed, chewing lightly on her lower lip.

Cathrine reached for the partition and made to pull it open, breaking the noise cancelling barrier, but she froze when she heard Rebbecca's voice, leaving the barrier where it was with a blush. She heard the door open and close, then Serenity's voice after a moment, in low murmured tones mixed with Rachel's. She couldn't hear exactly what they were saying, until she heard Rachel's chuckle and the comment "Yeah.. Still hot as hell though." Cathrine blinked and strained to hear, who where they talking about? Her thoughts where interrupted by Serenity's voice, "I knew it! You've got the hots for her don't ya, I just knew it when I saw how you looked at her, you want her." A low but clear laugh followed, and Rachel's voice pipped up "You think so hm? By the goddess Ser, can you blame me? Don't think I've ever met a girl quite like her, plus she's sexy to boot."

Cathrine turned red hearing this and swallowed, making to pull the barrier closed, she didn't think she should be hearing these things. Then again they were about her, she thought... her thoughts were interrupted again when she spied a sliver of movement, Serenity was getting ready to leave, stopped by Rachel's question. "Ser? Do you believe in love at first sight?" Cathrine froze, her eyes wide, staring dumbfounded at the partition, "Love? oh Goddess..."

Cathrine closed the barrier again as slowly as she could manage with a pounding heart, before she could hear Serenity's reply, and backed up against the wall, clutching at Rachel's robe. "Goddess.... she loves me? wants me..... why...we just met...." Cathrine swallowed, falling over to the side and reaching out to snag Rachel's pillow, curling up with it, "It still smells like her.... smells good" Cathrine smiled a little, burrowing her nose into Rachel's pillow, getting a good whiff of that smell. She closed her eyes, curling up a bit more and hugging the pillow to herself, still feeling dumbfounded by what she overheard, "She reminds me of Vanessa... caring but not afraid to go after what she wants. And she wants me..." Cathrine closed her eyes, flashing back to her last night with Vanessa before she'd left for the university.

They'd been laying on the couch watching TV, talking about going off to college... well, she'd been laying on the couch, Vanessa had been sitting up with Cathrine's head in her lap, toying with the hybrid's hair. "You'll find someone else Cat" Vanessa smirked, tugging on Cathrine's hair softly, "I know you will, you're too hot not to get noticed." Cathrine blushed tilting her head back with the tug, "You.. you really think so? I don't want to replace you Vanessa, I don't even think I could replace you." Vanessa gave a grin, an almost predatory looking one, Cathrine had always thought that for a human Vanessa had always had some very strong features, and even stronger personality, "You will, you'll find someone even better then me, someone who will treat you right, turn your world upside down... and make you scream as you do oh so beautifully."

Cathrine blushed hard and squirmed, earning herself a tug on her ear for her troubles, she squeaked softly and mewled, turning and pressing herself against Vanessa's leg, shaking her head again, "There's no one better then you 'Nessa, I'm gonna be all lonely over there without you." Vanessa laughed softly, leaning over and picking a small wrapped up bundle off the side table, "Really, is a challenge then, I already made this anyway...." She handed Cathrine the bundle, but kept a hold of it a moment, "Don't open it, this isn't yours to open" Vanessa grinned when Cathrine looked confused and fingered the bundle, which wasn't much larger then a tightly bundled t-shirt. Vanessa grinned and ran her hand down into Cathrine's shirt and though the girl's chest fur, "Give it to my replacement, if you come back without that opened, then we'll be back to the way things were.... I've a good feeling it'll be opened by fall break" Vanessa grinned, running fingers further down teasingly, "You'll have to bring my replacement home for a visit if that's the case. Just make sure you trust them like you trust me Cat"

Cathrine blushed red, wiggling and arching into the hand that had pushed it's way down between her breasts, whimpering softly while she tried to keep focus on the conversation, even though Vanessa was making that rather difficult as was her habit, "F-fall break? 'Ness you really don't think it'll be that fast do you? Even if I do find someone, I mean it'll probably be maybe like a year or two, if not more, I'm not going to find someone to replace you in that short a time." Vanessa only laughed, tugging the slightly shorter girl up into her lap, grinning as she rubbed against Cathrine's lower stomach softly, "You kidding Cat? you'll probably be snagged up the first day, you'll see, trust me girl." Cathrine curled up on Vanessa's lap whimpered softly, but nodded, mumbling softly, "Course I trust you.. Mistress..."

Back to reality, Cathrine opened her eyes, staring at Rachel's pillow for a long moment. She sighed, pondering on everything that had happened to her, thinking, "Goddess and it's only been the first day..." She laughed at herself, echoing Vanessa's words said only a week ago. She sat up and looked around rubbing her eyes, sighing softly as she scooted her way over to the edge of the bed, taking a breath before opening the partition slowly. Rachel was sitting at her desk flipping though a book, and looked over with a calm smile, "Morning Sleeping Beauty, was starting to wonder when you'd wake." Cathrine blushed and clung to the robe she'd wrapped tightly around herself in, rubbing her cheek to hide her blush and pretend she was just sleepy, "Coulda woke me."

Rachel chuckled softly and shrugged, "Eh, could have, but you were out pretty good, didn't feel like disturbing you. You hungry or just wanna stay around here a bit?" Cathrine debated on that a moment, standing carefully as to not trip over the robe she was still wrapped in, then sighed, "Food sounds good actually... whens the cafeteria open? and the pool for that matter, with what Serenity said it's probably not a good idea to go for a jog huh." She tried to keep her voice casual and calm, despite the fact she was only wearing a robe, and someone elses robe at that, while she made her way over to her dresser to pull clothing out and get dressed properly, hiding behind the edge of the bed and the over sized robe she'd left draped over her shoulders.

Rachel grunted from behind her and nodded, attempting to not watch the hybrid dress, "Cafeteria's serving in about an hour, Pool's open weekdays till 11 and weekends only till 5, unless you talk to coach and get a special pass then you can get in whenever." Cathrine chuckled softly, "Well, I hope he'll give me one then. I usually swim once a day if I can manage it, keeps me in shape and it's rather relaxing at the same time." Rachel couldn't help herself and mumbled, just loud enough for the girl to hear, "If swimming gave you that ass, he'd better." She grinned when Cathrine gave a hair of a pause, certain she'd gotten her to blush again, though with her back turned, the ursine couldn't be completely sure.

Cathrine had heard, and her face was predictably beet red. She stifled a cough and went on dressing in a pair of jean shorts and a tank top, trying to pretend she hadn't heard. She spied that bundle Vanessa had given her tucked away in the corner of her drawer, and actually eyed it thoughtfully. Maybe she'd give Vanessa a call later.... maybe she'd actually get up the courage to find out what was in that bundle. Was she crazy to be thinking of giving that bundle over in one day? Maybe Vanessa was really right... She turned after getting her shirt pulled down correctly, and offered Rachel her robe back shyly, "Thanks..."

Rachel grinned to her, reaching for the robe, making sure her fingers brushed against Cathrine's gently as she took the robe back, "You're welcome cutie, anytime." Cathrine flushed a little, but smiled back to the bear, even if it was a timidly shy smile. Rachel was surprised, but smiled a calm smile and tossed her robe onto her bed. "So then, how about I give you the grand tour while we wait for the cafeteria to start dinner? I can show you where the pool is and we can check back in tomorrow to see if Coach is around, see about getting you that pass." Cathrine nodded and smiled, "I'd like that, I'm still feeling all sore from that darned trip anyway, walking around a bit sounds nice"

Rachel stood and stretched a bit, pulling a light jacket over her t-shirt, making sure she had her phone tucked safely into her pocket, then headed out the door, followed by Cathrine. Cathrine's mind was still on that bundle, and she actually found herself watching Rachel walk while they got themselves out of the dorms. Rachel was larger then her, both in height and in size, though the bear admittedly didn't look overweight, she looked like she was meant to have a little extra here and there. Even though Cathrine didn't weigh a whole lot, considering the fact that Rachel had been carrying her around rather easily earlier suggested the bear had quite a bit of muscle hidden around her frame.

Rachel pulled her from her thoughts by starting to speak as they exited the dorm, and started on the tour, Cathrine mostly just listening, though asked questions here and there about the various buildings they walked by. Cathrine's interest perked however when they reached the gym, and she got to see the indoor pool for the first time, she squealed and bounded over to the windows that over looked the pool, peering in excitedly, "Oh it's full sized! deep enough to spin and has diving boards!" Rachel couldn't help but to chuckle softly at the girl's enthusiasm, and said playfully, "Yes yes, you can't wait to strip down, get into your suit and get in the water yeah?" Cathrine barely even noticed the teasing, enraptured by this indoor pool and hoping she got that pass, "You kidding? having an indoor pool at the ready? I'm in heaven! I love to swim."

Rachel grinned more, rather enjoying the thought of this lithe little thing in a swimsuit and chuckled as she pulled her phone to check the time, "Come on my swimmer girl, dinner's on and it's time to eat." Cathrine whimpered but pulled herself away from the windows, playfully pouting and crossing her arms with a flick of her tail, giving a whine, "But I wanna swim!" Rachel blinked at her in surprise, before laughing loudly, smirking, "Tell you what, We'll come spend all day tomorrow at the pool, how does that sound?"

Cathrine blinked and bounced her way over to Rachel, peering up at her, "You mean it?!" before catching herself and going wide eyed, flushing a bit and trying to curb her enthusiasm, coughing and rubbing the back of her neck a bit, "Um I mean... you don't have to come if you don't want to, I can swim by myself" Rachel chuckled softly and grinned, reaching up and patting the shorter girl's head, "and miss out on you swimming to your heart's content? not on your life little missy, now come on, let's go grab some grub." She turned to head to the cafeteria, playfully adding, "Sides, if I let you come by yourself someone else might try to snag you up"

Cathrine flushed deeply but followed Rachel to the cafeteria, where they got themselves a healthy little mix of food, though Cathrine's was admittedly heavy on meat, she did get some balanced things in there as well. They sat over at the edge of the large space, though Cathrine couldn't help but to notice she was being checked out by male, female, human and fur alike, which only made her blush a bit and curl up on her chair, even though most the looks were casual glances. Rachel chuckled softly and patted the hybrid's hand with a smirk, "Hybrids like yourself aren't too common around here, not too shocking that you're getting looks from all around." Cathrine blushed lightly, but chuckled as she tried to be casual about what was being said, "Oh come on, with how long the virus has been around there's got to be other hybrids around."

Rachel grinned toothily and waved a finger at the younger girl, "Ah but not many natural born, and most definitely none as sexy as you are my kitten, especially with that lovely pure white fur of yours" grinning again as Cathrine's cheeks turned a brilliant shade of red. Cathrine coughed softly and picked at her food, curling her long tail around herself as if for protection. Rachel smirked a bit and leaned over, patting Cathrine's shoulder and murmuring gently, "Relax baby girl, won't let nothing happen to ya." Cathrine blushed harder, squirming a bit, dipping her head a little before nodding, mumbling something. Rachel smiled innocently, "What was that?" Cathrine coughed softly and took a deep breath before saying louder, "Thanks Ursa" she flushed, but looked up at the taller bear with a shy smile.

Rachel grinned back and pulled Cathrine's chair closer to her with one hand, resting her arm over the back of Cathrine's chair. The younger female flushed deeply but didn't object, actually felt rather comfortable. The rest of their meal was eaten in silence, except for the occasional comment from one to the other about something they were eating. Cathrine finished off her meal first this time around, and leaned into Rachel's side softly, watching the older woman eat. Rachel could tell that the hybrid seemed to be lost in thought, and didn't pester her, just providing quiet companionship until their meal was finished and they walked back to their room. Catherine murmured something about taking a shower and disappeared into the bathroom again, once more taking her time with getting washed up while she considered everything that had happened to her since she started this journey.

"Goddess what am I thinking... is this love or is this just lust? She is beautiful.... she's smart, funny... she cares for me.... she wants me... Do I trust her?" Cathrine paused her thoughts, sighing as she pulled her hair out of her braid, finger brushing it before starting to wash the thickness, "I think I do.... It felt nice when she was holding me in her arms... It felt good when she was holding me down like that... it felt right... felt just as good as when Vanessa used to do the same thing... Maybe even better... I wonder what was in that bundle that Vanessa didn't want me to see..." Cathrine laughed at herself and rinsed her hair out carefully, making sure to get all the soap suds out of her hair, "Vanessa gave me plenty else, nearly all the other things she's used before... she's really serious when she thinks I'll find her replacement here, could Ursa be it? Would she even want to be? She calls me her kitten..."

Cathrine flushed a little thinking of the box in her bottom drawer, hiding under the water a long moment to get all her fur wet, "What would Ursa think if she saw the contents of that box? just because she pinned me down doesn't mean she's into things like that..." Cathrine paused a moment tilting her head, staring at the wall before she started to wash her fur idly, "I don't even know what she's into.... I just met her... I barely know her... but I want her, Goddess do I want her" Cathrine blinked as she admitted that to herself and felt herself go red in the face, her fingers clenching her own fur as she stared at the water disappearing down the drain. "I really do want her.... want her over me again, I want her to do what she wants with me...." Cathrine shivered at that thought and slumped against the wall limply, just letting the water flow over her body, slicking her fur down in it's path. She stared at the opposite wall, flabbergasted with herself and the words that had just echoed in her head.

"I want her... Goddess I just met her... But I want her... I want her to want me.... I want to surrender to her.. I want to give myself to her... I want her to take me..." She closed her eyes and went back to earlier, picturing what it'd looked like to have the larger ursine over her. She shivered at the memory, stifling a groan by biting her lower lip again and hugging herself tightly. "I_t startled me but... I liked that... her hand on my stomach... felt like it belonged there.... She said she wanted me... I'm starting to think Vanessa was right..._" Cathrine laughed softly at herself and shook herself to fluff her fur up, then wet herself down again to make sure all the suds where out of her fur before hitting the controls that would turn off the water and flip on the dryers.

Rachel watched Cathrine disappear into the shower, noticing how distracted the girl looked. She chuckled to herself, thinking, "Even distracted that girl's sexy." Rachel grunted softly and flopped down onto her desk chair, tapping her fingers on the surface briefly while she considered things, "can't push her too hard too fast, even if I might want to, this is more up to her then it is to me..." the ursine sighed and chuckled weakly at herself as she pulled up one of her books to get in a little bit of studying, "I want to, I admit, would not mind just throwing her down and taming her, but won't do that... That wouldn't get her trust, it would only get her service.. If it didn't just scare her off completely.."

Rachel huffed and started flipping though her book, reading the first chapter, but her thoughts kept creeping into her mind, "I've had other lovers before.. other girls but... None that intrigue me quite like her... I want her badly, but I want her to trust me..." Rachel stared at one of the words on the page before grunting at tossing the book back onto her shelf, pulling her keyboard over to boot things up. She stared at the screen briefly, taping the keys idly and not even really paying attention to where her fingers where leading her as she kept thinking, "The trust can't be forced it has to build up on it's own..." Rachel chuckled to herself, shaking her head, "Well as the old saying goes, patience is a virtue." Rachel blinked as she realized where her fingers had taken her, a bondage supply site she'd gotten things from in the past. she chuckled and smirked at herself, keeping a wary ear out to the bathroom door as she flipped to one of her favorite sections of the site, grinning again, "Oh to see my kitten in one of these... " then blinked, laughing softly, "What would she think of me if I asked her to wear a harness like this?" the one on the screen was touted as being a self securing bondage harness, able to be bound to itself without pulling at the fur of it's wearer, flexible enough for felines to wear and strong enough for 'tougher breeds of pets'.

Rachel laughed softly, but grinned just picturing that smooth white fur broken only by the black stripes of the harness. She mmm'd at the picture forming in her mind, but then chuckled again and flipped over to harness ties, "I have a feeling the real thing would be even better then what my mind can come up with... but I wouldn't want to scare her off, that would come later on." Rachel pouted a bit, and closed that screen, but then paused and pondered, "Cat did seem to like it when I had her pinned down... maybe we can get to that eventually" Rachel smirked again, starting to picture the ways that she'd be able to coax that lithe little body into harnesses and tie downs over time, squirming at the thoughts that were coming into her mind. She chuckled again and flipped over to a game to pass the time, wondering if Cathrine would be brave enough to share a bed again or if the kitten would want her own bed tonight.

Cathrine shook herself again, twisting and turning as the air blasting from all sides worked on drying her fur. She leaned out and snagged a brush and started brushing while the air continued blasting, sighing happily that the showers were equipped so well. She half spun, curling her tail up and focused on the long fur that lived there. She gave a silent thanks for her flexibility as she brushed, arching her tail this way and that as she worked, making sure everything was dry, especially the fur on her back and her tail before starting work on her hair. She gave a brief passing thought at cutting it off, before smirking a bit and coiling it into a thick braid as Vanessa usually preferred her to wear it.

Cathrine sighed softly and watched herself in the mirror a moment, before tying her own dark green robe on tightly. She stepped towards the door, before pausing and biting her lip. "One way to find out if she's really interested..." she flushed darkly, but untied her robe, letting it loosen before tying it back on so it exposed her chest fur, quite nearly loose enough to fall off her shoulders. She took a deep breath, then another, forcing herself to calm down before she stepped out of the bathroom, pretending to be casual.

Rachel had her back turned when Cathrine first got out of the bathroom, but as she walked to her bed, that ursine gaze lifted from the game she'd been playing, and moved over to Cathrine. The hybrid attempted to keep the blush off her cheeks, but Rachel's reaction made it pretty hard. The bear seemed quite unable to keep her eyes off the younger female, glued to the visible streaks of white peeking out from under that dark robe. Cathrine swallowed and flushed a little, but moved over to the dresser, trying to act like she hadn't noticed the look. She opened her drawer and pulled out undies, boxers and tank top, pulling the bottom two on below her robe before pausing a hair, chewing her lip. Her gaze and thoughts went to the bundle that was tucked away in the corner of the drawer and she stood there a moment before letting her robe drop completely.

She heard a stifled hard breath taken behind her, but attempted to pretend that she hadn't heard while she pulled her tank top on, knowing full well she'd given the bear quite a show. Her face was red and she took her time putting her clothes from today into her basket, till she was certain most of her blush had faded. By the time she turned around again, Rachel had turned back to her game, and Cathrine was briefly disappointed. At least until she noticed that Rachel wasn't actually playing the game, and she had a somewhat dazed look on her face with a small little smile. Cathrine flushed and started to move to her bed, before pausing and pulling that bundle out and moving over to the bed with it. She sat down and pondered briefly before mumbling her goodnight, getting a breathless sounding "Night my kitten" in return. Cathrine flushed a little and pulled the partition closed, sealing herself off into her own little den.

She lay there fingering the bundle in the dark, trying to guess what was inside. She honestly couldn't figure it out though as the bundle was both hard lumpy and soft, with no real defining characteristics, there was even a bit of it that seemed like it crinkled like paper. She sighed and rolled the bundle around a bit before putting it to the side, tucking it into a small cubbyhole in the wall. She pulled her blankets up and tucked under them, pulling her pillow against her body, curling up and looking towards the partition, pondering over what she'd just done, "Ursa certainly seemed to enjoy that little glimpse I gave her... maybe she really does want me..." Cathrine sighed and rolled onto her back, grunting and looking up to the ceiling of her little den, "But would she really want to own me? She might want me but she might not want to be my Mistress... She did say she wanted to really make me her kitten..." Cathrine flushed lightly but sighed, closing her eyes and letting herself drift off into dreams of Vanessa and the things she used to do, but as her dreams continued, Vanessa's small figure was quickly replaced by a larger one, one with thick brown fur and strong arms....