The Dress
#23 of Bunny Games
How to dress. Written 2021.
It's a beautiful dress. Purple roses climbing up from the hem, reaching for two big, purple bows. The simplicity of it makes it more beautiful than the frilly and poofy dresses displayed in the window beside it. It's almost perfect. The only problem is it's hanging in a store window.
"Hey Gates! Tryin' to pretty up? You'll need a lot more than a new dress."
The group of cat morphs laugh as they walk up the sidewalk.
"First, you should lose the stupid pink coat." A grey tabby yanks the offending coat off the silent rabbit morph's shoulders, making him stumble, and continues to pull it off his arms and then tosses it into the street to more laughter.
"Then this sweater has to go." A black and white cat pulls the old brown sweater up, but Gates fights to keep it and gets tangled as he sits down hard on the sidewalk.
"Now I'll cut off these stupid long ears." An orange cat grabs one of the rabbit's ears and yanks it sideways.
Gates snatches his ear back and holds both down on his head then yells, "I'm shopping for my sister!"
The cats laugh and the tabby leans forward mockingly, "You don't have any sisters left, little baby bunny."
"Your mom stopped with you because she ran out of good genes. All you got were the leftovers." More laughter from the cats.
"Even the jeans you're wearing are leftovers." They laugh until the store door opens with a dainty jingle.
"Come on. He's hopeless." The cats resume laughing and walking as they pass another rabbit coming out of the store, which gets them laughing even more.
The confused rabbit turns away from the cats to see the rumpled Gates getting up and straightening his clothes, leaving his shirt untucked under his sweater, then heading for the street. "Are you okay?" She hesitantly moves closer.
"I'm fine." He picks up his pink coat from the street and looks it over for damage then puts it back on.
"Why were they bothering you?"
"They weren't bothering me. They just said hello the way they always do." Gates walks back to the window to look at the dress again, now perfectly aligned with his reflection, then sighs and walks away.
"Hey!" She jumps to catch up with him. "You like that dress?"
"It's pretty." He keeps walking, trying not to encourage her.
"Then let's go get it."
"I can't." He grumbles, mostly to himself.
"Sure, you can. I bet your sister would look great in it."
He hunches his shoulders in and keeps walking.
She jumps in front of him to stop him. "I'll even model it for you."
He looks at the doe in front of him in tan slacks and a t-shirt with a picture of a rock and the word STONE in block letters above it. She was the same age, same size, same fur color. Then he remembers the cats. "They're right. I don't have any more sisters."
"Well, is it for your mother? Girlfriend?"
Gates frowns and sighs, "No. I'm the leftovers nobody wants."
She stares at him, "What are you talking about?"
"I'm the last bunny in my family. The forever youngest. The scraps 'cause mom had nothing left. Bottom of the barrel junk." He glares, waiting for her to catch on and leave.
"How many?"
"What?" He blinks in surprise.
"What number are you? How many brothers and sisters do you have?"
"I'm number fourteen. I have six brothers and seven sisters."
"Even split." She puts her hands on her hips. "I'm number seventeen. Six sisters and ten brothers. I'm a last-bunny, too. Do you think I'm 'Bottom of the barrel junk leftovers nobody wants' too?"
His jaw drops and he stutters, "Uh, um, no?"
"Then you aren't either. Now let's go get that dress." She jabs her finger into his brown sweater a couple of times, then shoves him back toward the store.
"Wait. You don't understand." He stops her at the door and whispers. "I'm not getting the dress for anybody."
"Don't worry about the money. I'll get the dress." She scoffs and laughs as she reaches for the door.
He grabs her arm, whispering hastily, "I was thinking about the dress on me."
She stops and looks at him for a second, then leans close to whisper, "Are you... actually a doe?"
"No. No. I'm a buck. I just..." He instantly regrets telling her. "It's a pretty dress."
She considers him for a moment then leans out to look at the dress in the window and leans back to open the door and pushes him into the store. "Okay. Then you're modeling it."
"What? No, I can't!" He objects in a whisper.
"I remember you from school. You're Andrew, right?"
"Audron. What are you doing?" He turns around to look at her as he stumbles into the store.
"Toughening you up, Audron." She smiles and shoves him back.
"Daisy? Back already?" An older skunk morph in a soft yellow dress walks toward them. "Did you bring a second opinion?"
"You're still not getting me in that fluffy thing." Daisy turns to Audron and smiles deviously. "We're going to try on the dress in the window with the purple flowers."
"That's a nice dress, but I think you'll feel out of place." The salesperson waits a moment for a response then gives in. "I'll be right back."
Audron leans toward his new friend. "What did she mean by 'out of place'?"
Daisy scoffs, "Oh. My sister is getting married and wants everyone to wear" she puts quotes in the air, "fancy clothes. Poofy dresses with ribbons and ruffles. I'd rather wear a suit like the guys, but she wants ruffles on them, too."
"What's wrong with ruffles?"
She smirks and looks at him. "They're fine for some, but I'm not gonna be anything but who I am."
"Not even a for a little bit for your sister?"
She winces and groans, "You, too? I guess you're right. She's family and it's a special occasion. It's not like I'm hiding who I am every day."
Audron looks down at his jeans as the skunk returns.
"Here we are. You can put it on in the dressing room, then I'll adjust the fit." She presents the dress then walks to a large slatted door beside an alcove of mirrors. She hangs the dress on a hanger inside and holds the door open.
Daisy looks to the buck beside her with a smile.
Audron looks up and notices Daisy watching him and the skunk watching her. He looks at the dress waiting for him and walks nervously past them to the room.
The skunk puts her hand on his shoulder to stop him. "Only one person in the changing room at a time."
"Of course. I'll just wait out here." Daisy pushes Audron into the room, shuts the door behind him, and smiles defiantly at the skunk.
Audron stares at the beautiful dress in front of him with no glass separating them. Not only does he get to put it on, but someone actually wants him to. The wide full-length mirror beside him shows his current mismatched outfit of hand-me-downs, but he focuses on the dress as he sheds them. He takes off his youngest sister's old long pink coat and hangs it on a peg. He pulls his eldest brother's old brown sweater over his head and drapes it on the back of a chair. He slips off another brother's old tie and unbuttons another brother's old striped shirt and puts them on an empty hanger. He stops for a second and considers just pulling the dress over his head to see himself in it, but he doesn't want to cheat the moment. He wants it to be pure and perfect. He unbuckles his middle brother's old belt and pushes down his youngest brother's old jeans. It's not just a beautiful dress. He kicks off another brother's old shoes and steps free then folds the pants neatly and puts them in the chair. He carefully takes down the brand new dress and holds it against himself for a second then pulls it over his head. He stares at himself in the large mirror wearing for the first time something brand new that nobody else had worn, something he picked out himself for himself. The dress is beautiful. The moment is beautiful. He is beautiful.
"Are you dressed yet?"
He remembers that Daisy is waiting for him and is suddenly terrified. He doesn't really know her. Could she be doing all this just to set him up and laugh at him? He brushes the dress down and turns back and forth looking at himself in the mirror. It's worth it. Even if he doesn't get to keep the dress, now he'll have the memory of seeing himself actually beautiful. He takes a breath and opens the door.
Daisy smiles when she sees him, but waits for him to step out of the dressing room before she says anything. "Well, that looks better on you than it did in the window."
The skunk steps up and starts tugging at the dress. She grabs his tail and pulls it through then cinches a purple bow above it and tightens the ribbon lacings up his back. "Hmm, if you're the same size, we may not need to adjust anything. I have a white underskirt and some ruffle sleeves we could add to make it more fancy."
"The dress is for him."
"Oh?" The skunk looks at Daisy then steps back to look at Audron. "I have some pads to help fill out your chest and we can make some other adjustments to help you look more feminine."
Audron looks down at the dress on his body. "Why?"
"Yeah. Why? He looks beautiful just like that. He's not a doe. Anyway, my turn." Daisy grins and disappears into the dressing room.
Audron stares awkwardly at the slatted door then looks down at the beautiful new dress he is wearing and smiles.
The skunk sighs, "Well, I can at least get you some matching shoes. Follow me."
He follows her large black and white tail to a wall of white shoes.
"Pick your size. Flats are at that end. I only stock a few basic styles of these, but I can airbrush them to match anything." She puts on an apron and flips on a small air compressor that roars to life as she searches through small bottles of color.
Audron finds a pair that fits and brings it to the skunk.
She takes them then holds a scrap of paper with a purple spot on it up beside him and smiles. "Now you should head back to the changing room so nothing gets on your new dress."
Audron makes his way back to the slatted door and waits. As he stands by himself, he looks around at the other dresses and thinks about how much more comfortable he feels. He absently starts to sway and twirl to feel the fabric bouncing against his fur instead of hugging it tightly like his usual clothes. The door opens and he stops self-consciously.
Daisy steps out uncharacteristically timid then straightens and smiles. "How do I look?"
At first, he is a little scared to see her wearing his old clothes. He doesn't have a lot, but they are his. As nice as the dress is, comfortable and beautiful, he can't wear it to school, not with those cats there. He needs to get his clothes back, but he can't be rude if she's going to buy the dress for him. "You, uh. You look like me."
She smiles. "Yeah? I like this sweater, especially the big neck; how it shows off the knot of the tie and the thin blue stripes on the shirt collar."
"It's just stretched out because it's old."
"The dark brown goes with my tan pants and it's fuzzy in some spots."
"It's worn out."
"It's got character. Did I get the tie straight enough? I could only remember one knot and I think it's lopsided." She squeezes and twists the knot trying to make it feel straight.
"It's old and wrinkled, too."
The skunk walks up and presents the shoes, now decorated with large purple roses to match the dress.
"Those are perfect! You have to put them on." Daisy takes the shoes and kneels in front of Audron. "Come on, give me a foot."
He lifts a foot to let her slip a shoe on, then switches for the other one.
Daisy leans back to look at Audron then stands up with a grin. "You look so beautiful. Doesn't he?"
The skunk nods, "Definitely."
"Perfect. Put it on my sister's account."
The skunk scowls. "That's not what that's for."
"She told me to get a dress and I got a dress."
"You are supposed to get a dress for you to wear at her wedding."
Daisy waves her hand dismissively. "Maybe I'll borrow it for the wedding, but look at him. It's perfect. He gets to keep it."
The skunk sighs, "Alright. Get changed and I'll wrap it up."
"Don't worry about it. We'll just take a bag for his jeans and shoes."
Audron waves his hands in panic. "No! No no no no no. I'm not going outside wearing this!"
Daisy puts her hands on her hips. "Of course you are. That's why you got it. You want to be beautiful, don't you?"
"Yes, but I'm a buck."
Daisy grins. "I noticed and you're beautiful in that dress."
"What if somebody sees me?"
"Then they'll see you're beautiful, too."
Audron stands with his mouth open, unsure of what to say.
"Here's a bag."
Daisy takes the bag from the skunk and goes to the dressing room to put the shoes and jeans in it. She grabs his pink coat from the peg and tosses it over her arm then heads back to offer her other arm to him. "Come on, you beautiful buck."
Audron hooks his arm in hers and lets her lead him to the door. He holds his breath as they step outside.
A hyena morph glances at them and keeps walking.
Daisy turns to walk them past the window and they stop to watch the skunk put a red dress on the empty rack. More people walk past them without a word. They wave goodbye to the skunk and continue down the sidewalk.
"Gates! You still here?"
The familiar feline laughter makes him freeze in fear.
Daisy looks at her scared friend then at the group of cats coming up behind them.
"You finally bought some new clothes and all you get is pants?"
"And they're brown." The cats crowd around the two rabbits.
"At least your sister looks good in the new dress."
"For a rabbit."
"Yeah, she's almost beautiful, but she's got the stupid-long ears like he does."
"A little cosmetic surgery can fix that. Right, Gates?" The orange cat grabs Daisy's ears and pulls them back.
She drops the bag as she reaches to snatch her ears back.
"Thought I told you to lose this thing." The grey tabby yanks the pink coat from Daisy's arm and starts to run down the sidewalk.
Daisy gives chase and the rest of the cats join in, laughing.
Audron grabs the bag and follows.
The tabby turns down an alley and tosses the pink coat on top of the trash in a full dumpster. "There. That's where it belongs."
Daisy charges at him, but he dodges and laughs as he joins the other cats continuing down the sidewalk.
Audron watches the cats leave then steps into the alley. "I told you I shouldn't have come outside wearing this dress."
Daisy stares at him as she catches her breath and her temper. "Are you kidding? They were harassing me, wearing your clothes, because they thought I was you. They even said you looked beautiful in that dress."
"They thought I was my sister."
"Because they're stupid, but they still called you beautiful."
"Almost beautiful"
"So they're specieist cats." Daisy climbs up the side of the dumpster.
"I'm sorry about this. You don't have to climb in there." Audron hurries closer.
Daisy stretches and grabs the coat then jumps down and shakes it out. "I like this coat. It looked good on you and it looks good on me." She twirls the pink coat around behind her and slips her arms through the sleeves then poses and twirls.
"It does look good on you."
She beckons him closer. "I look good and you're beautiful and these are the only opinions that matter." She takes his hand and pulls him past her then makes him twirl around and back.
Audron laughs. "I do like how this dress feels."
Daisy pushes him back against the wall and rubs her hands over his chest. "I like how it feels, too."
Audron stares at her with his mouth open, unsure of what to say.
She slides her hands down his body until she finds the bulge she was looking for. Then she pulls down the top of his underwear to wrap the fabric of the dress around his erection. She stares into his eyes with her nose close to his. "Does this feel good?"
He nods slowly and moans softly as she starts to stroke his shaft with the dress.
"I like feeling pants tight between my legs, but I bet you prefer all the extra room you have under there." She pushes the dress into his underwear to pull out his balls.
He nods again, staring wide-eyed into her eyes.
"Let's see how much room you have." Daisy slides down his body, still staring at his eyes until she pulls his dress up and over her head. She pulls his underwear down to his ankles then fondles his balls and erection.
Audron shudders in nervous pleasure and looks to the street as a husky couple walks by, then gasps in surprise when he feels her mouth around his penis. He puts his hands on the dress over her head and tries not to moan too loud as she sucks firmly. "Daisy, I..."
She stops when he begins to cum in her mouth, swallowing until he's done, then pulls back to stroke and admire his penis in the filtered light. She pulls his dress off her head and stands up nose to nose with him. "That was my first time. Did you like it?"
He nods.
She looks to the street then back at him and smiles. "Did anybody notice us? Let's find out what else we can get away with." She unbuttons her pants and pushes them past her hips until they fall down her legs then pulls up the front of his dress again to find his penis and rub the end against her furry thigh. She slides her leg up his and wraps it around him, under the dress, then guides his penis into her. Her breath mingles with his as they stare into each other's eyes until she misses him to muffle her moan as she pushes him deeper. She can feel his erection growing inside her as she grinds against him and grunts as her body clenches around him.
Audron slips his hands inside the long pink coat to grab her hips and begins to thrust.
Daisy's excitement brings her a stronger orgasm and she kisses him harder as her body quakes and squeezes him.
Audron pulls her tight and thrusts deep, moaning into the kiss as he pumps his rabbit seed into her.
Daisy feels him filling her and clings to him until he finishes then breaks the kiss to look into his eyes again. "That was wonderful. I just had an idea. You can come with me to my sister's wedding. I'll wear the tux with the puffy shirt and we can go back to the dress shop to get that puffy underskirt so you can wear your beautiful dress." She felt him twitch inside her and knew he liked the idea. "We can get you lots more beautiful dresses to wear and you can model them all for me."
Twitch.
"We'll have to find an extra beautiful one because I'm pretty sure we just made our first bunnies and you'll need a dress to wear when we get married."
Twitch.
"And I'll get you a new dress every year, so you can be beautiful every time we make more bunnies."
Twitch.
"Even when our last bunnies are making bunnies, I'll still think you're beautiful in a dress."
Audron moans as he releases another load of rabbit seed into her.
Daisy kisses his lips as she feels his excitement send more to fill her. When he finishes, she slides her leg down and leans against him. "I hope you're always this excited to have me under your dress."
"What are you doing over there?" A woman in a dark blue suit glares down the alley.
Daisy quickly bends down and pulls her pants up, letting Audron's dress fall. She grabs the bag and his arm and hurries them out of the alley past the disapproving woman and up the sidewalk.
Audron tries to stop her and whispers, "My underwear."
Daisy pulls him back into the dress shop, "Leave 'em. Leave 'em."