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Chapter 44: Birthday Wolf Part 1

Hunter read the article about Keanu's experience on flight 8085 and the personal struggles he had endured recently and was touched by how he mentioned that their romance helped him to cope a bit with his struggles. They were one for each other and bonded well, no matter how hard the obstacles they faced head-on.

He lay lazily on the bed and texted Keanu about his article. He texted, "I read the article, I was touched about you mentioning me and our romantic relationship. You poured your heart out well to this interview."

Keanu replied to him a short while. "Thank you. It felt good in the end like the last time we talked. Remember?"

"Yeah, I remember. Thinking about it makes me wanna hug you more for comfort."

"XOXO."

Hunter chuckled.

Keanu texted. "Hey, your birthday is coming up soon. What can I get for you?"

Hunter thought carefully. He and Keanu knew they had exchanged plenty of gifts these past months since Christmas and Valentine. So he concluded and texted, "Nothing much, no more gifts, ok?"

"How about a nice birthday cake?" Keanu added a smile emoji and a cake emoji.

Hunter decided to call him in voice. Keanu answered. "Keanu, uh, I'm okay with a simple cake it's just that I'm not the kind who celebrates birthdays, you know, but I tend to keep it simple. Okay?"

"Oh, okay. A simple cake then? It's just that I'm looking forward to celebrating it with you like a date or something."

"Yeah, we can go out and have fun, but my birthday is on Tuesday, and we have homework to do and it's a school night."

"A birthday date with you sounds nice. How about we go to the movies on the weekend?"

"Sure, that sounds nice. I'll check what movie I want to watch."

"Oh, right, you're the wolf of the week I want to spend time with. What movie do you want to see?"

"I'll let you know, and I'll make sure is one you can enjoy, too, okay?"

"Sure, I'm cool with that. We can discuss it later. I'm going to bed. Love you~."

"I love you, too." Hunter hung up and put the phone away on the nightstand. He settled snugly on the bed and yawned before turning the lights off.

Hearing his voice all cheery and lively made his heart melt, Keanu was making a fine recovery from his past, and saying things like "I love you" more confident and vibrantly let Hunter feel at peace that everything had come to a conclusion, and he had been more opened and comfortable, not only around him but also his friends. Keanu's new chapter of his life turned around bright and better all thanks to him.

And that helped Hunter to sleep soundly well tonight. If only the teasing session they had in the changing room would stop bothering him in his mind, giving him an arousing sensation that reached his lower region.

Hunter had to do something about it and counted to fifty. That worked and snoozed like a peaceful wolf under the moonlight.

...

At Xavier's and Sergio's dorm. The odd pair were working on their homework for different subjects and could not help one another on this occasion due to their dedicated majors. The parrot-man occasionally glanced at the studying coyote-man on his desk from his bed and had wondered about what Sol said to him about him being the reason why he convinced him to join the soccer club under certain selfish motives reasons that he apparently did not know about much.

Xavier had a conclusion on what Sergio had in mind when he wanted to have the dorm all to himself so he could have a nightstand during Xavier's soccer practice, but he could not be sure as he, while not good at sensing smell, there was an absence of that for the most part during last semester.

He had enough and picked up his phone to text Sol. "I cannot bear the stupid secret of yours and Sergio; do you have any hints?"

He put it away and assumed that Sol was determined to keep it to his grave as he recalled how Sergio profusely wanted to keep it at bay and alone.

Sol replied and sent him a video. "Here's your hint. A short clip." Following a winking face emoji.

An exclamation mark popped over Xavier's head and played the video clip. Xavier's eyes widen and boggled at the semi-explicit content on his phone. Good thing Xavier was listening to music with his headphones, or all the lewd sounds would rouse suspicion across the occupied desk.

The one-minute edited video showcased everything in general about Sergio's whereabouts.Este coyote se la pasó bien cabrón, Xavier thought. Sergio had definitely crossed the line... having a weird, good time, depending on Xavier's phrase. Apparently, Sol had collected all videos before Sergio would have deleted them.

Xavier tapped and swiped about and sent the video to Sergio where the phone was on his desk. It notified and Sergio absentmindedly picked up his phone and didn't bother it was Xavier who sent it to him at a close distance and curiously played the sent video.

This time Sergio jumped from his seat and watched in horror at his now embarrassing work and once he noticed it was Xavier who sent it, he turned at the resting parrot propping his crossed arms on the bed with a resting-bitch-face.

"So, this was the reason you wanted the dorm all to yourself, so you can make some porno of your bicho on the internet?" Xavier said ominously.

"I can explain!"

"Oh, really?" he moved on the bed to sit across, "Now I'm wondering if everything you said was true from your heart to convince me to join the soccer club."

"Yes! Everything I said was true, honest! Please, Xavier, please calm down."

"I am calm," he crossed his arms, "you're panicking, and you think I'm gonna peck you to death. All I'm feeling right now is a betrayal that this was you doing this behind my back. I, at first, assumed you convinced me was to get yourself a hookup with a girl in bed but... but this!" he showed the video, "This is mortifying, I know it's not as taboo to make graphic videos such as this, but I never thought and never saw you as the kind to do this kind of thing. Jesus, I thought you changed your ways from our first year together. Didn't you remember? Dealing with your pranks constantly to the point that I had it, then you stopped doing it and you make amends with me thanks to your sister, and I gave you a chance to start over again and hoped that this year we could be better as roommates and friends. And now this?!"

"I'm sorry! Okay!" Sergio cried. "I didn't mean to lie to you like that, but please, go easy on me. Sol had already found out and he gave me a lecture, too, so, please. Please go easy on me."

"Sol was nice enough to tell me just now since I couldn't bear the fact that I had something to do with you without knowing what it actually was."

"Sol told you?"

"Mhm, just now."

"Could you at least let me explain everything?"

Xavier rolled his eyes and listened. Sergio told everything from the start of last semester. His mild case of lack of physical confidence and his odd exploration tendencies was by showing it anonymously online. Sergio knew Xavier liked soccer, so convincing him to join the club was a quite lucky hand effort. Xavier remembered it well like yesterday and it sounded like a true friend who believed in him he could do it and make his dream into a reality. Xavier was upset that everything was based on lies that lead to his dream coming true.

Sergio finished to the end after Sol found out of his own accord. "So, Sol had a similar scandal video in high school and convinced me to delete the videos and after thinking thoughtfully, I shut down the account and the videos, but I know some people had downloaded them in their free will after announcing my goodbye message, so it was no surprise there and..." he shrugged, "you know. I'm now totally over it."

The green parrot sighed. "You're full of surprises, Sergio. You know that?"

"I... I've been told I'm kind of special in specialty specials... specialist?" he awkwardly said.

"Okay, but I'm glad you stopped doing that, so there is nothing I can do but scold you. Now, I'm wondering if I should be mad about this because you practically lied to me as if this was the biggest prank you ever pulled without pulling it, and you convinced me to pursue my dreams based on lies and that made me feel so conflicted right now. On the other hand, I'm glad that you encouraged me to try out a sport that I couldn't get around all because of a former bully who said some things that made me lose interest in playing. I told you this before, right?"

"Yeah, Milagros told me about your past. Man, that sucked so bad, especially being bullied by a girl."

"Verbal abuse is a deadly weapon, and I'm a victim. You can see where I come from. It takes a lot of guts to encourage me to go and play soccer and I'll never forgive you for that. You're a good friend, Sergio. No one has ever said things like that to me, aside from my parents, of course."

Sergio saw a smile from the parrot's curling cheeks and eyes happily narrowing from the lower lids.

"So, you're not mad at me?"

"What else I can do? Just scolding you and move on. I'm not your dad, Sergio. Just promise me don't do anything stupid such as this. It could have cost your career or worse--getting expelled."

"I know, I know." Sergio groaned embarrassingly on the chair and slumped. "I'll do what I do best."

"Thank you. Maybe we can do something next weekend together if you're up for it."

"Cool, I'll look forward to it." Sergio smiled and his tawny tail wagged at ease.

The parrot and the coyote chatted a little bit before resuming their homework and later to bed. Sergio prayed he wouldn't get more surprises such as this one. He didn't want more people finding out, but it seemed almost inevitable. It would better be his last.

...

Today was March and it was Hunter's birthday on the first day of the month. All Keanu could do was give him a birthday kiss and his friends congratulated his twentieth birthday. Keanu did all the trouble to reserve a cake from his uncles from the Winters' Sun Café and asked Hunter during lunchtime what kind of cake he wanted but he wasn't very specific, so by default, Aunt Sophia made him a chocolate cake. It was Keanu's favorite so Hunter wouldn't mind the calories that this cake contained and shared Keanu's favorite kind of cake.

In the evening, Keanu brought over the cake inside a box toward Hunter's family residence across the street. Keanu wasn't sure who would answer the door, so he could not just shout a happy birthday surprise until Rylan answered the door. It was the first time Keanu would meet the second oldest sibling. Knowing their history, it all sorted out in the end. He gave a small welcoming smile and said, "Hunter, your boyfriend's here!" He gestured him inside where the Montana family had gathered in the living room for dinner.

Kendall could not come to join dinner as he had night shift patrol, so Keanu mingled alone with Hunter's family for dinner and saved the cake for last. Good thing Hunter white lied to his mother to not buy him a birthday cake this year and quietly let Keanu do it for them, much to Mary's dismay.

Dinner was nice and Keanu met and chatted with every family member present at the table, complimenting Mary's dinner, talking video games with River and Rylan, talking about his studies and major in Uni with Dylan, Sally asked about how they met, and finally singing happy birthday to Hunter after dinner. The eldest sibling blew his twenty candles before cutting the cake for everyone.

"Now I know what I want for my 15th birthday," said River as he ate his slice of cake. "I wanna go to Jake and Bumper's!"

"Again?" Sally said.

"I love their food!"

Keanu said, "My cousin been in one once and only won a piece of candy."

"I bet he sucks at gaming," River threw his tongue out.

"Don't say that in front of him or he'll get mad." Keanu cut a piece of his cake and ate it.

"Does he have anger issues?"

"Kinda, he's a handful. But he's not a bad gamer though."

"Sounds like someone I know..." River smirked at Rylan who was quietly enjoying his cake.

"Get off my hair, will ya? I'm not a handful nor do I have anger issues."

"Well, you were~."

"Ugh, stop it, let's not bring up my past."

"Heh, I'm happy that we're back like old times." River smiled.

Rylan sighed with a chilling smile. "Yeah, me too."

Keanu said to Hunter next to him. "Maybe going to Jake and Bumper's for your birthday is a good idea to go before or after seeing a movie."

"Oh~, good plan!"

"Aw, I wanna go." River gave them begging eyes.

"Sorry, River, but this is a birthday date between me and Keanu." He poked River's nose.

"Birthday date?"

Hunter smirked. "Yeah, we're going out, so that means we're gonna be hanging out more than just being friends and there is going to be a lot of kissing involved and I don't think you're gonna like seeing that all the time."

"Ew, too lovey-dovey!"

Hunter and Keanu laughed, including Rylan who felt satisfied with getting his little brother on what to expect them to do.

"Don't worry, River," Sally said, "I'm getting diabetes from hearing them getting all fluffy and romantic."

"No, you're not, you're hanging out with Richard, so that doesn't count!"

"We're not official..." she looked away. "...yet."

"Everyone knows childhood friends are a win-win, but that's another story."

Sally shrugged and ate her cake in peace. "Y'all wanna play a board game?" hopefully that would shut their mouths off for the rest of the evening. So a family game night it was.

...

On Friday weekend, Keanu and Hunter went to the movie theater as a date and to celebrate Hunter's birthday. Hunter knew this was special as this was his first birthday with a new boyfriend. They were going to have fun this Friday night.

They went to Rexville Mall where the movie theater was located. Predictable, there was a big line for tickets to see the most popular movie selling this weekend. They waited in line patiently.

"Have you ever watched more than one movie in a row?" Keanu said.

Hunter placed his hands on his hips and laughed. "Oof, that sounds like someone who claims to have plans, but actually spends it on watching three movies in a row to look like you have been hanging out this weekend. Heh."

"I'll feel bad for the next guy, but at least you watched some movies, right?"

"Heh, if they were good."

"So, what movie we're watching again?"

"Uh," Hunter looked at the posters on the walls, "that one, K-Nine League: The Rise of the Cyborgs. It's an action superhero movie."

"Cool, I saw the trailers, it looks good."

"Hopefully the trailer won't fool you when we see it."

Keanu smiled and looked it up on the phone. "It seems the movie is getting a lot of good praise. We should see it."

"Heh, I bet you saw Alaster Timberwolf all shirtless in the trailers." Hunter teased with a wink. "I saw the trailer, too, and you said so, so don't lie to me."

"Well," Keanu chuckled, "I can't deny that, but he does remind me of you if you wore a superhero outfit."

"Well, I'm your hero and you're my damsel in distress so I could romantically rescue you in my heroic arms."

"Oh, stop it, you're embarrassing me." Keanu lightly shoved him playfully. "But yeah, I'm a bit of a fan of Alaster. He has done some good movies in the past."

"And he was your first celebrity crush. Am I right?"

Keanu quivered a smile. "I can't deny that, but yeah, he was one of my few gay awakenings after I watched him in The Player."

Hunter's ears twitched. Hunter lowered his voice but wanted to express his exclamation. "The Player? That movie's homoerotic as fuck!"

"I know, and I don't know how I got to see it, but all I remember is seeing him mostly..." he snickered and spoke quietly, "...mostly shirtless in his jockstrap and made me feel things. The camera angles were ogling at him all the time whenever he's naked." Keanu blew a chortle. "That was back in middle school."

The wolves laughed in their time in line until it was their turn to purchase the tickets. Hunter had coupons for two people and some food and snacks to buy before going into the theater. They bought a bag of popcorn, two cups of ice cream, and drinks. There was a sense of excitement in walking through the corridor where they glanced at every upcoming movie poster on the walls as they searched their respective theater room.

Movie theaters had changed throughout the years and now had comfortable seating with reclining chairs and foldable tabletops for their food and snacks to enhance and stay competitive against online streaming. People were taking their seats and the wolves sat next to each other and shared the bag of popcorn as they waited for the movie to start.

"It's been a while since been to see a movie in theaters," Keanu said softly. "I always get nostalgia as a kid when my parents took me to the movies."

"Is it still there?" Hunter grabbed a handful of popcorn in his maw.

"I guess is still there." Keanu picked some popcorn and the silver screen stared projecting movie trailers and commercials.

This two-hour movie was gonna be exciting.

...

The moviegoers exited the theater after being entertained for two hours of action-packed, non-stop, heart-stopping, blockbuster, thriller movie of K-Nine League. It was very entertaining.

"That was great," Keanu said and threw the empty cups and bags of popcorn into the trash can. "They even announced a sequel."

"I'm glad you like it," Hunter said as they walked together out of the theater. "Better than Superjock?"

"Superjock is a parody, Hunter." Keanu grabbed his lover's hand, "but, yeah, better than Superjock. Alaster's sexy as ever~."

Hunter laughed. "I'm surprised the movie showed some hot shots of him shirtless."

"That's the selling point and I'm not complaining." The wolves ceased their good laugh into chuckling. "So, what's next? Jake and Bumper's?"

Hunter smiled with enthusiasm. "Yes, siree, we're gonna party."

They walked out of the movie theater and walked a few yards to the arcade and restaurant complex. The night was still young, and the games were still playing. They first decided to play games together from first-person shooters to rhythmic games and racing games. Then the other half was spent on ticket-winning games, playing the wheel roulette, the claw machine, basketball, and skeeball.

They ran out of tokens and collected their winnings at the price section. They came out with not so much as a few candies, Hunter won a key chain of a translucent orb with a sparking galaxy inside it and Keanu won an eggplant-shaped emoji pillow that Keanu chose by default as there wasn't anything that caught his attention as they were too expensive if they were any.

"I cannot believe you bought an eggplant pillow." Hunter laughed.

"Well, I asked the staff if there were any watermelon emoji pillows in the back, but there weren't any, so..." Keanu shook the purple pillow. "I picked this one."

"Why did you want a watermelon pillow?"

Keanu grinned toothily. "Just to complete it with Zorion."

"The plushie I gave you?"

"Yeah, I heard he likes watermelons, so I thought it would..." Keanu shrugged, "you know."

"Heh, you know what an eggplant means in texting, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, I know, it means to cook it in a pot of hot water and boil it for an hour to tender the eggplant."

Hunter laughed but knew Keanu would not dare say it in public. "Come on, let's go back home." He ruffled his lover's white furry head as they left the mall to the tram station.

The ride was quiet as the night. The wolves arrived back home safe and sound on Oasis Boulevard. Keanu stared at the stairs where it would split them up to their respective homes and end their date tonight. He wondered now what Hunter was thinking now but it wouldn't hurt to ask before they go their separate ways.

Before the wolves reach the first step, Keanu spoke while looking in the eye, "Hunter, uh, do you want to stay with me for a while?"

They stopped ascending and Hunter thought. "Sure, no problem, but..."

"Well, my dad won't... come back much later tonight, and..." Keanu squeezed the purple pillow in his hands and blushed nervously. "I thought we could, you know, it's still your birthday and..."

"Wow, how forward of you~, alright I'll hang out with you tonight." Hunter winked and wrapped his arm around his shoulders and went to the left after climbing the stairs to Starlight Plaza. Of course, Hunter had to text his father he was going to stay with Keanu tonight and let them know they were safely back home.

Hunter knew how quiet Keanu's home was when his father wasn't around during night shifts and had occasionally come to visit for breaks and see his son's wellbeing. Hunter had developed how lonesome it was to find out when Keanu was by himself most of the time as he studied for university but hanging out with him from time to time helped to fade out the lonesome aura in the house.

They hung out on the living room couch and watched some shows and played some video games. Hunter knew it was to calm Keanu down after asking him to stay with him a little longer and wondered if he meant to spend an all-nighter together.

After finishing one episode, Keanu said, "It's nice we could do this together. Last exams were hectic."

Hunter leaned back on the couch with hands behind his head. "Yeah, me too." He winced. "Oof, I got a C minus in Calculus, I better ask Xavier for some help."

"I'm sure you'll do better next time. So, how are things going with Rylan?"

Hunter gave him a smile. "We're doing well, we're fixing and catching things up. You remember the other day; Rylan had been very chilled and opened around us. He's usually the quiet one but he is good."

"I wonder what they think of me?"

"Heh, we treated you like you were our fifth brother."

"Aw, stop it, but I like that feeling, you know, it's like having a second family."

Hunter moved and rested his right arm on top of the couch near Keanu's shoulders. "So, you see me as a big brother or a lover, which one?"

Keanu smiled and tried to think if Hunter wasn't leaning his face closer. "Why cannot be both? I love you for who you are, you're now my boyfriend and I love your big brother personality. You're caring, considerate, and... you have been friendly with me since day one. That was... like a gift that I have longed for a long time."

Hunter kept smiling optimistically. "Well, the wait is over, and I'm here now." He leaned for a kiss on his cheek. Soft and warmed it felt on his lips.

Keanu gazed his gray eyes to Hunter's green eyes and gently reached for Hunter's left hand that was resting on his thigh, fingers entangled playfully with care. Keanu scooted closer and let Hunter embrace him with his arms.

"Happy birthday, Hunter," Keanu whispered.

Hunter huskily whispered, "Thank you, Keanu. I love you."

"I love you, too. I don't wanna know if we never met."

Hunter shrugged through their embrace. "Beats me, we live across the street, and we're somewhat bound to meet at some point."

"And I'm glad we did on the first day of the semester, this is our story we're writing, Hunter, and wouldn't trade it for anything."

"That's very sweet of you, same here," he leaned closer again, noses touching, "let's write our story together."

One thing simply led to another, but they knew the next step and let each other's lips meet in contact. They were so confident and comfortable with each other to pursue their wishes and intimacies. They never had been tired of kissing together as it always made their hearts flutter and melt. When every time they would go for a little private make-out session it always got better than the last and this one was even better.

Their bodies warmed up as they held their lips together while Hunter held his wolf. Keanu's hands reached for his furry cheeks and caressed through his fingers and felt Hunter's tongue brushing his own to deepen the kiss.

They eventually needed to breathe and both gasped as they parted their muzzles away. Keanu had his hands cupping his lover's cheeks and tongue lolling a little and panted, staring a little goofily at Hunter who looked very manly and tensed as he breathed heavily as if working out very hard.

"Do you want to?" Hunter was the first to speak.

"I want to if you want to," Keanu replied, "it's your birthday after all."

"My birthday was last Tuesday, but I know what you mean. But are you sure this is okay with you?"

"My dad won't come back until tomorrow," Keanu stated, then licked his nose before separating their embrace and standing up from the couch. He grabbed one hand and Hunter automatically sat up. "Let's get busy."

Hunter's doubts went out of the window and lifted his lover like a bride. He heaved as he held him with the strength he could muster and beelined to Keanu's bedroom. Keanu laughed and enjoyed this silly romantic gesture, being held like it was the most fragile thing in the world and could stare all day up closer to Hunter's handsome features. But the ride didn't last long as Hunter walked through his room and made it to the bed. Hunter almost dropped him, but the bed cushioned his fall and bounced a little. Hunter hovered over him with both clothed bodies pressed together and initiated a loving, romantic, passionate session.

This time, they went all the way. Keanu was ready and trusted Hunter to deepen their love to another level. Their clothes were scattered all over the floor throughout their make-out session. Their bodies warmed up into one and let them share their desires to perform on each other. Their pleasures grew more sensitive and their breathing more labored until everything turned into pure bliss.

"AWOOOOOOO!!!"

When it was all over, Hunter carefully disconnected from Keanu and rolled onto his back on the bed next to his wolf, heaving sexually exhausted. Keanu stared up at the ceiling as he caught his breath. "That was amazing, Hunter..." Keanu panted, "That howl, wow... Hah... oh fuck..."

"Hah," Hunter huffed, "I sometimes howl when I cum, but I always keep it quiet when I'm jerking off in room."

"Same, it must be hard."

"Yeah, it is." Hunter chuckled and fought what was left of his energy and carefully pulled out his condom, he tied it up like a balloon and showed it to Keanu. "Heh, look at this."

Keanu looked; it was quite a lot. "Wow, how long have you been saving it?"

Hunter shrugged. "Beats me, but I know I shoot a lot." Hunter leaned on the nightstand and found a small trash can. "Can I throw it here?"

"Sure, there's plenty of trash to hide it. I'll deal with it later."

Hunter dumped it and sank into the small pile of papers, tissues, and wrappings from snacks and candies. Hopefully, Mr. Winters wouldn't find anything suspicious there.

The wolves rested there for a while, staring at the ceiling tiredly. "So, this is how it feels to lose my virginity, huh?" Keanu said calmly.

Hunter scoffed. "You define gay virginity by sodomy?"

Keanu turned on his side to face Hunter and laid a hand on his chest, petting it. "Kinda."

"Not everyone is into anal, Keanu, some prefer how they define their own virginity in their way."

"I see," Keanu started to play with one of his nipples with his index finger in circles, "well, it's nice to just do simple ones like how we did it last time."

"Yeah, doing anal requires a lot of work like we did tonight."

Keanu sighed as he realized something. "Tomorrow is going to be a pain..."

Hunter's ears perked. "Yeah, that's something you should know. Are you feeling sore?"

"Yes, quite sored, but don't worry, Dad has a donut cushion to sit on for the occasion."

"Huh? Your father bought you one?"

"No, he has some hemorrhoid problems, he's doing fine though. Now, I'm going to borrow it."

"Don't forget to buy some ointment for that," Hunter added as advice.

"Oh, I need to get one at the store. I hope we don't do anal very often, or it'll get in the way of our normal way of living, you know?"

"Yeah, sure, I understand. We can keep it simple how we did it before... though..." Hunter crossed his arms behind his head, "I hope I get a turn being bottom~."

Keanu widened his eyes, stopped petting Hunter's chest, and looked at him surprised. "What?"

Hunter turned at him dismissably. "What? I enjoy getting plowed."

"You're versatile?"

Hunter nodded confidently, smiling at the priceless look in Keanu. "Yeah, I have experience, so that means I done bottom before."

"I guess, it should be expected then."

"What? You thought I was some macho alpha wolf that only tops exclusively?"

"You look the part, yeah..." Keanu looked away embarrassingly.

"There's nothing wrong about that, it means I like to go both ways. And don't worry, I won't pressure you to try it but it's something you might want to give a go."

Keanu thought and accepted it. "I guess I should give it a try," he shrugged, "do you think I can satisfy you?"

Hunter assured him with a smile. "You have a nice cock I want inside my ass."

Keanu held a burst of laughter, but it blew out of proportion. "Oh, stop it!"

The wolves went to take a shower and came back to bed with cleaned sheets for the bed. They decided to sleep naked and embraced each other romantically. Keanu and Hunter couldn't sleep so they chatted for a while as they comforted one another. Hunter petted his lover on the chest and belly slowly, helping Keanu to fall asleep peacefully. Hunter snuggled him and watched him sleep before he laid down to sleep soundly. But not too long, Keanu moved and laid on top of him with his head resting on his warmed chest as a pillow, and together followed to catch some Zs.

Hunter felt a kiss on his muzzle and heard a whisper. "Happy birthday, Hunter."

Hunter smiled and mumbled, "I love you, too, Keanu."