Winter Sorrows
#2 of Strawberry Kisses
The very next morning, Mike was positively glowing. Even if his ass hurt like Hell, and he was starving, it was as if he could only feel how in love he was with Anthony. That freakin' adorable grizzly bear... as if losing his virginity to the sweetest guy in the world wasn't wonderful enough, they were to have a date later in the day. They'd been dating for a year now, and he was getting butterflies in his stomach. Of course, Anthony must be going crazy, given that he wanted everything to be perfect for Mike each time they had dinner together. All the kitty had to do was wait for Anthony to get home, and they'd go out to celebrate their anniversary. His ears perked up when he heard the sound of the door knob turning, quickly followed by the door being gently opened. However, the paw was not big, brown, and furry. It was orange, striped, and rather feminine. NOW, he was intrigued, as in stepped a beautiful tiger, who seemed as lean as Mike, himself. Oddly enough, this kitty had a pair of boobs that happened to be in perfect proportion to the rest of her body. The long fur at the top of her head had been dyed a bright pink, and her sapphire eyes worked wonders with her fiery, orange fur. Following her inside, thank goodness, was his burly lover. "Anthony, cutie, who's your friend?", Mike inquired, hoping he wasn't offending her by not asking her directly. She didn't seem to notice, though. She was busy eyeing the pictures in the cozy little dorm. Her glittering eyes seemed to be caught on the picture of Mike with his little brother. "This", Anthony replied, approaching his classmate, "is Tabatha. She's a friend of mine from class, and she's agreed to watch the dorm for us while we're out" Mike's own eyes began to sparkle as he looked at Tabatha. She must barely have known his Anthony, but she was going to take care of their tidy home while they were celebrating their one-year anniversary. She was an absolute angel. Willing to watch "the fags'" dorm (a nickname given by the assholes next door) that happened to be in between the most homophobic group of guys and the most over-zealous soccer mom's houses. He really couldn't explain what happened next. All Mike knew was that he was on the floor, and his arms were around Tabatha. "Uh... Dearest, we're going to be late if we don't hurry" ***** "Nice to meet ya', Mike", Tabatha called from the door, as they headed toward Anthony's car. They really were a sweet couple, and they even let her know that they'd just stocked up on food, junk and thensome. However, she returned to the sitting room, and looked at the pictures upon the wall. She looked over the family photographs of Mike and Anthony. In each one, they were smiling, with parents, siblings, grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles. Their families didn't mind who they were, or the gender they prefered. Their families accepted them, they didn't deny the fact that the two ever existed. Tabby's parents wouldn't even let her near her own baby brother... The beautiful tigress fought hard to choke back the tears that were quickly coming to the surface. In this moment her cell phone began to ring. "Dana...", she whispered, a smile forming upon her face. She really needed to talk to someone, and her girlfriend's mother was just the person. Answering the phone, Tabatha waited to hear what her "in-law" wanted. "Tabby, is Beth with you?" "Uh... no, actually. I'm house sitting for a friend" "Tabby, is something wrong?" "What makes ya' ask that?" "You sound like you're on the verge of tears!" This woman was wonderful to her. Tabatha couldn't possibly keep secrets from Dana, who'd connected with her the instant they met. Yeah, Dana deserved to know. "Y'know how my family thinks that being related to a lesbian damns 'em to Hell?" "Um... Yes, I seem to remember you saying something like that" "Well... they've removed me from their lives completely, and it turns out, I've got a baby brother that doesn't even know I exist. He thinks I drowned before he was born...", Tabatha continued, her voice becoming unsteady. "And if that wasn't bad enough, they've got the rest of the family in on it. There's gonna' be a Tabatha-free generation back in Arizona" "Oh, Tabby... I had no idea..." There was a slight silence, broken by Mike's voice. "Uh... I-... I forgot my... my jacket", he stammered, choking on tears of his own. Tabatha was slightly startled, and the accent she tried so hard to keep out of speech reared it's ugly head. "I guess ya' heard all that, huh? Uh, Dana, I'm gonna' have to call ya' back. Beth 'oughta be back at the apartment" After the clicking, Mike started sniffling. "I... I didn't mean to snoop. I'm sorry, it wasn't any of my business... but... if it's any consolation, something like that happened to me. My closest friends in highschool... they couldn't deal with the fact that I'm gay. They all turned against me, started spraying graffitti on my house, and throwing rock with death threats tied to them through the windows" Tabatha shook her head, and smiled, seeing just how lucky Mike and Anthony were to have found each other. "Tell ya' what... you and Anthony go, enjoy your evening, and have all the butt sex ya' want. Tonight's your special night, and I don't want my mum's an' dad's misgivings to ruin it for ya'" "If... if you say so" Mike left without another word, obviously not completely certain that she was feeling better. Well, not until he saw the glitter in her eyes again. It seemed she simply needed to get that off of her chest. The tiger smirked as she heard the car pull away for a second time, knowing full well the surprise that awaited her fellow cat. Her sexy lioness would hear about this when she got home...
Sorry if this is too emo-tastic. ^.^;