Learning to Swim - Part XIII

Story by OttersGonnaOtt on SoFurry

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#13 of Entropy Series

The twins celebrate a special day in style.

First off, I have to apologize for the length of this entry guys. I wanted to find a place to split things up that made logical sense, but just couldn't nail down a way of keeping a coherant point going without it being an awkward cut. On the other paw, there's a lot to read, hehe. This was still fun to write and considering there's a bit of a party next entry, I think I'll never get tired of writing about the gang. :3

As always, this story contains adult content and explicit sexual imagery. If you aren't legally able to or can't handle reading such content, please stop reading immediately. To all the rest, have fun! Comments and critiques are always welcome!


"How many times am I gonna have to say it?" Robyn squeezed Ilaria tighter in her arms and nuzzled her neck from behind. "Wake uuuuuuup, Ottah!"

Ari snapped open her eyes suddenly, consciousness coming to her quickly and causing her to jerk awake. "Alright, alright... I'm up, silly."

"You sure about that? I've been at it a while now, haha." Robyn leaned deeper into her snuggling and moved to give Ari's tits a playful honk or two. "Time to get up and at 'em, birthday girl."

"Wait, what?" huffed Ari in disbelief. She reached over to her nightstand for her watch and checked the date for herself, flopping limp when she confirmed it. "Damnit, only I would forget my own birthday..."

"Yeah, you would. Not the first time if I remember correctly." The little squirrel pressed up to her elbow, put her weight on Ari's upper shoulder, and kissed her as she turned over. "But that's what I love about you."

Ilaria jolted upright and looked about her bedroom suddenly, sighing in relief when there was no sign of Sprite in the area. "Uh... Sorry, just... Shit, I need a present for Yoyo."

"You've been recovering, love." Robby sat up as well and slumped against her otter's arm. "I'm sure he'll understand. And if he's anything like me he'll be content with you up and about on your birthday."

"Yeah, but you know how we are. Each year one-ups the last." Ari twisted her waist so her hindpaw touched the floor, noticing a bit of general weakness in her muscles that shouldn't be present after a night's rest. "Besides, I have a favor to repay..." she added as she examined her paw, the glow all but absent from her flesh.

"You mean the... surgery?" Ari jumped a bit as Robyn flopped over and wrapped her arms around the otter's waist. "Ottah... Being here with us is reward enough, I'm sure."

"I..." Ari started, pausing to place a paw on one of Robyn's. "We... should get ready for work, right?" She sat still for a moment, listening to the birds outside and expanding from there. "Hey, is that Dee... downstairs?"

Robyn perked her ears towards the door and quirked an eyebrow. "Yeah, I think it is. Isn't your mom here though?"

"That's... sort of what I'm worried about. I mean..." Ari looked down and found her prosthetic, strapping herself into it briefly before continuing, "...he doesn't know what my parents do and don't know about me..."

Robyn sat up and bopped Ilaria on the head. "Shush. You'll get there one day. Sooner than later with what's happening though. I mean, you are sort of glowing orange now." She slid off her side of the bed and gave a little stretch. "You alright though? You look a little... dim. Not sure what that means."

"Same here. I'm guessing that's what Dee wanted from Yoyo yesterday, a way to fix that." Ari tapped the power button on her socket's vacuum pump and stood up as well, soon walking over to her dresser for a fresh pair of blue jeans. "Well, I could use a cup of coffee in any case. We can ask about it downstairs."

"Yeah, I could go for that. Waffles too! Your mom makes awesome waffles!" Robyn found her clothes from the other day and quickly threw them on herself. "Ick, I really need to grab a fresh change of clothes and a shower..."

"Oh, you gonna drop by your place then?" Ilaria found a sports bra and a white tank top, loosely throwing both over her head and pulling them down at once. "I'm sure I can sneak a ride with Yoyo, so that should be alright."

"We're late anyway. Not like I'm in a rush." Robyn walked over to the door and cracked it open, peeking out to make sure Dee was downstairs rather than his sister or a family friend. "Sounds like Dee and Yoyo down there. Maybe your mom's out getting groceries?"

"This early? Nah. I just hope there's no surprises waiting for us down there." Ari walked over to Robyn and out into the hallway, leaning over the railing of the stairs. "Ugh. Well, let's find out." She waited for Robyn and then headed down the stairs, drooping her head when she spotted three otters drinking coffee rather than just the two. "Morning guys. And happy birthday, bro."

"Birthday?" Iolvin mumbled to himself as he checked his watch. Squinting at the date on the thing, he looked up like a deer in headlights and added, "Well, shit."

"Definitely twins," Robyn chuckled as she stood at the end of the counter. "She did the same thing. Happy birthday, Yoyo."

Adrian furled his eyebrows and made a generally pouty expression. "I should have remembered this. Graaaaah." Taking a long sip of his coffee and then chasing that with a deep breath he amended, "Happy birthday, you two. And sorry, sweetie," while resting his head in Yoyo's side.

"Good. That brings me to my point then. What kind of cake would you like me to bake for you two?" Cathy asked as she brought over the pot of coffee and some cups. "Oh, or are you and Adrian planning something yourselves?" she added as she looked to Yoyo.

"Oh gods, you didn't...?" Ilaria walked over to her brother, sitting down carefully in one of the high chairs next to him.

"Yeah, sis. She knows about us. And the treatment, actually." Yoyo slid one of the fresh cups of coffee over to her and whispered, "Left out some details. That's your call."

Ari looked over to Robyn questioningly, receiving only a large smile and a nod in return. "Well while we're at it... Mom..." She hesitated, not sure if her mother was truly attentive. "Robyn and I... are sort of dating too."

Catherine silently poured a cup of joe and placed it in front of Robyn, emotionless despite what was just revealed. "Well, I guess I'm never having grandchildren. But if you're happy then that's what's important, sweetie."

The room went eerily silent at those mixed words, Dee breaking the calm with, "Uh... So maybe a classic chocolate cake would be nice?"

"Y-yeah... maybe a pudding cake or a lemon cake?" Robyn added to the mix, hoping to restart the conversation in a new direction.

"...Mom, you uh... you never know..." Ilaria ducked her head down and took a sip of her coffee, not even caring it was still black. She spoke into the lip of her mug to avoid eye contact saying, "I'm not entirely a girl..."

"Lulu..."

Cathy looked at her daughter curiously, head cocked to the side a tad. "What does that mean, honey? I don't follow..."

"Just know, I'll always be your little girl..." Ilaria sighed a deep breath as she reconfigured her words in her head. "I've got bits of both sexes, mom. Bits that technically work like they should..."

"Wait... What?..." Cathy nearly dropped the pot of coffee just thinking about her daughter's words. "Does that mean...?"

"I have a penis, mom. It sort of grew at the start of high school," Ilaria informed her mother, immediately regretting her bluntness once she saw the baffled look on her face. "I mean, I have the rest and all!... Just more that you never knew about!"

"Lulu, maybe you should--"

"Do you know why, or how? I mean, have you seen a doctor about it?" Cathy placed the coffee pot back on the hotplate and went back to her daughter, suddenly finding her gaze heading south of her belt line. "I mean, there's got to be complications, right?"

"Mom, eyes up, please..." Ari scooted forward so she couldn't be seen too well and took a sip of coffee. "The whole reason I needed this crap done to me was because of that. Dee's sister looked into it for me. You have to know Ellie by now, right?"

"Y-yeah..."

"I don't know why I am like I am, but this is me..." Ari hunched over her mug and let the steam bathe her face in a soothing way. "Just... please don't make it sound like there's something wrong with me, okay?"

"I'm sorry, Ielunschra..." Cathy found her own cup of coffee and brought it to her muzzle, taking a few seconds to clear her head and let the emotions around her settle. "A lemon rum cake would be fun. How's that sound, baby girl?"

Smiling at her mother's choice of words, Ilaria slipped her back a warm, "That sounds great, mom."

"Good," Yoyo spoke up as he gave his sister a well-deserved hug. "And no, we don't have any plans mom. Let's forget all this and have a party, alright?"

"Well, there's still..." Ilaria cut herself off as she thought about Sprite, deciding it was probably better to let someone like Dee have a look before showing the more reaction-prone furs around her. "Uh, never mind. It can wait."

"Silly Ottah." Robyn found the creamer and started mixing some into her coffee. "Now let's clear our heads and eat something yummy already!"

"Ooh, yeah! We should cook up something tasty! Heeeeeee..." Adrian downed a fair amount of his drink and came off it with a gasp. "Can't go back to work on an empty stomach after all."

"Don't tell me you're gonna drag her along too?" Yoyo whined. "It's the girl's birthday, after all. Can't you just let her take the... Hey, you alright Lulu?"

"You're not feeling off still, are you hon?" Robyn asked as well.

"Nah, just... thought the coffee would help," answered Ari as she put the cup to her mouth for another sip. "Mmn... Just out of it still I guess."

"Yoyo, hon... Could you go grab one of those capsules?" Dee chimed in as he tapped his own chest. "There's a bit of a power problem we still need to sort out, Ari."

"Power problem?" Robyn repeated, a tinge of concern in her voice.

"I'm one step ahead of you. Got one right here." Iolvin reached into his pants and pulled out a fresh chemical canister, placing it on the counter next to his twin sister. "It uh... goes in your chest. I'm sure you can figure it out..."

Ilaria picked up the module and took a look at it, the glowing white liquid inside catching her attention. "Yeah... I'll put it in after I take a shower. Anything I should know?"

"Don't forget to take off the hermetic seal first," Dee spoke up. "Oh, and it twist locks sort of like one of your bolt-action guns at the lab."

"Oh, that explains the grooves," Ari thought aloud as she looked the battery over. "Okay, I think I've got it."

"...So, waffles anyone?" Robyn queried as she stepped around the counter into the kitchen proper. "I'll help..."

"You and your waffles, haha." Ari finally grabbed the creamer and mixed some into her cup, taking a large gulp when she was done. "Sure. Waffles, a shower, and work. Sounds like a solid day."

Cathy went to help Robyn, her eyes still fixed on her daughter. "Just take it easy if you're going off, sweetie. Don't push yourself."

"I'll be fine, mom." Ilaria sat up in her seat and brushed her messy hair out her face, giving her mother a very clear view of how serious her next words were. "As long as you don't tell dad any of this yet, anyway. You know how rough he can get sometimes."

"Don't worry, hon," Dee chipped in with a grin. "We already swore her to secrecy earlier. Though you do have to let him know sometime."

"Tomorrow's Friday. We'll let him get work off his mind first." Yoyo nudged his shoulder against his sister's as he finished, "We'll enjoy our birthday and tell him tomorrow, okay?"

"Yeah, but AFTER he's back from card night..." Ari smirked as she explained, "He takes bad news better with some vodka in him."

"Am I the only one starving around here?" Robyn whined as she set up the waffle iron.

With a hearty laugh Ari stood up, pocketing the canister and dragging her coffee mug along for the ride. "For you, squirrel girl, I'll cook those myself."

"Nope! Birthday girls and boys get to relax!" Dee got out his seat and danced around Ilaria, forcing her to sit back down out of sheer harassment. "Heeeeee, I like to cook anyway."

"Gods help us," mimicked both the twins at once, enticing more giggles and laughs.


"Ah, good to be back," squeaked Dee as he searched the lab for his coat.

"Yeah, well..." Ari found her coat draped over he back of a chair and frowned at the spatters of dried blood she found on the sleeves. "Looks like we have a bit of a mess to clean up. Oh, right! Be careful; Yoyo found broken glass somewhere."

"Found it, by the center tables. I'll get it in a minute." Dee sighed when he found his lab coat in roughly the same condition as Ari's, tossing it back over his desk chair to wash later. "You uh... ick... You don't need to stress with your leg, hon."

"Yeah, well I was just going to do some bookkeeping today anyway. Get us back on track and all." Ari paused as she saw the boxes Yoyo erroneously grabbed from shelves and added, "Maybe make up excuses for compromised inventory too..."

"Uh, yeah... Might be a good idea to stop the suits breathing down out necks." Bringing a sweep pan and broom to the broken beakers, Dee kneeled down and went to work cleaning up the mess. "What after that, hon? That's maybe an hour's work."

Ilaria stepped over towards Adrian with her tablet out of her bag. She typed a quick <You here with us?> to the address Sprite used earlier this morning and pinged Dee, "I've got something else to check out. I'd like you to have a look too if possible."

"What, doing actual work today? I mean, sure I'll help if I can though." Dee stood up and placed the pan of broken glass on the table, leaning the broom on the edge as well. "So what's it you need to test?"

<We are present, mistress. We hide ourselves as commanded.>

"Something you'll probably freak out over when you first see it," warned Ari as she put down her tablet next to the collected debris. "I need you to be cool about this. No screaming, nothing. I know how you lose it sometimes."

"Y-yeah..." Dee stood up straight and adjusted his blouse, his basic way of readying himself for whatever came next. "Ari, what's this about? You rarely get like this, hon."

"Just get ready, okay?" Ilaria looked around a bit and sighed when she couldn't spot her little nanite friend even in the support beams above. "Sprite, can you show yourself? Slowly, please."

The table directly in front of the two otters clacked suddenly, the lighter objects on the surface rattling as well. Looking carefully one could spot a light glow in the center of the table as well a a soft shadow of some kind. As Sprite moved closer with further click-clacks, it appeared as if a perfectly-reflective action figure was walking their way. Then as it sat down on the edge of the table with crossed legs, Sprite slowly lowered its reflectance until it appeared in its normal translucent amber glass form. There was one difference however. It appeared that Sprite chose a distinctly female representation, one completely in the nude.

<As commanded, mistress.> the tablet suddenly chirped.

"Right. Dee... This is Sprite. It can only talk through devices it seems, so you might want to look at this too," Ari informed as she held out her tablet for both to see. Then she asked, "So what's with the new body, Sprite? Still working on it?"

The device lit up again with another chirp. <We have deliberated on mistress's directive. We wish to thank mistress by taking a similar representation.>

"Thank? What's all this about?" Dee looked back to Sprite and leaned in closer, bizarrely curious rather than disturbed. "And what exactly is it, anyway?"

"Sprite is actually a bunch of nanites. I'm guessing ones we spilled the other day..." Ari looked over to the broken glass and then back to Dee. "I think it's... uh, she's... made some sort of AI out of her individual units."

"Oh, a collective hive mind! Fascinating!" Adrian reached out to touch Sprite, the AI allowing him as much access as he wanted. "Ooh, cold... But I guess she's not exactly warm-blooded so..."

<We apologize for not being able to fully replicate our creators' detailed forms. If it pleases mistress, we can attempt a more faithful duplication once our main directive is completed.>

"Maybe, just focus on us for now, please. We can worry about your appearance after our safety's established." Ari stressed her last words as she looked to Dee, clarifying, "We still have some work we need done. Sprite, could you explain?"

"Work? As in, on us?"

The tablet chirped rapidly, a cascade of images being sent followed by a message. <We have confirmed our designs. Our sisters will attack your natural cells once their orders are completed. Estimated time of attack: thirteen days, five hours, eight minutes for the smallest creator. Assembly and installation of correction devices should scheduling permit: Eight hours, forty minutes.>

"Wait, we're still screwed up? Ugh, this is getting to be a pain in my ass." Dee huffed as he took the tablet to look over the designs, amazed by their complexity but also concerned at one element. "There's thousands of inputs and outputs. That's... not something we can hook up during one surgery session." He looked closer at the schematics and blinked blankly at one of the images. "What are those for, anyway?"

<Creator, they are the linkages for passing your nervous system through the devices. It is not possible for one as large as yourself to make these connections safely. We offer our services in this regard.> As the tablet chirped, Sprite bowed forward in servitude.

"But we'll need a professional to supervise, I'm sure. Sprite here was learning the English language just this morning." Ari took the tablet and looked over the schematics herself, adding a very astute, "We'll need Ellie, a neurosurgeon. I'm guessing these go near our spines. Could you explain, Sprite?"

<Mistress is partially correct. The device for reprogramming our sisters replaces the C6 and C7 vertebrae. The power distribution and motor control device replaces the L$ and L5 vertebrae. Both devices articulate and support properly and will be individually sized to fit, if the creators are concerned.>

Dee stared at the little being and softly mumbled, "But that's not possible. There's no way to remove those safely..."

"Dee, you're talking with a solidified mass of molecular robots. I think she has a way." Ari reached out and offered her paw to Sprite, showing her trust. "She doesn't want to hurt us. Quite the opposite, actually. So how will you do this, Sprite?"

The pixie stepped onto Ari's paw and was lifted up to Dee's eye level, allowing him to see her small but fully meaningful expression of concern. <We cannot harm others. Mistress has commanded it. Our actions will be to use ourselves to dissolve the bone as well as bridge the gaps once the nervous plexuses are severed. This should allow normal brain function while inserting the replacements.>

"That's... sort of amazing if you can really do that..." Adrian huffed a sigh of concern as he thought things over. "Prove to me you can handle that with some analogs and I'll do it. Ari, we still have any good target analogs left?"

"Yeah... I think we have a spine and ribcage, actually. Not sure what species the donor was though." Ilaria worked around her tablet's interface and brought up their storage database. "Oh, doesn't say. A spine's a spine though, right?"

"I guess. Better get it out and let it thaw." Dee looked to her and then to Sprite, another sigh washing over him. "Right, let's get to testing."


"Rooooobby-boo..." Ilaria cooed as she scoured the cubicles until she came to Robyn's. "Hey, beautiful. Ready to go?

"Am ~I~ ready?" she coyly responded. "Oh, the question is if you are, missy. I've got something special planned for you."

"Oh really? And I guess I'm not gonna find out what it is?" Ari sat on the edge of Robyn's desktop and smiled back while she waited for the squirrel to finish closing out her day.

"No..." Robyn clicked a few times with her mouse and then sat back, folding her arms in front of her chest. "...I'm no good with secrets but I took precautions, hehe."

"Gods, why does that send tingles down my back?"

"Hey Ari," Adrian spoke up as he caught up to her, "I called my sis. She'll help out in a day or two, wanted time to do something first." He turned to Robyn and grinned. "I got the text too, hon. This should be fun, heeee."

"Aww, you told him though?" complained Ari.

Robyn stood up and grabbed her purse, then headed toward the front door. "Hey, Dee needed to be in on this for Yoyo. Now no more questions! Time to gooooo!"

Ari sighed and followed the little squirrel to her car, only to be shoved a handkerchief. "What's this for?"

"Just put it on. Wouldn't be much of a surprise otherwise, silly." Robyn hopped in the driver side and fiddled in her purse for her sunglasses. "We'll get going once your brother gets here."

"Ooh, heeeee!" Dee squeaked as he spotted his man already in the parking lot and ran over to give him a kiss. "Move over, birthday boy. I'm driving."

"Woah, what's this about?" Iolvin protested as he was all but forced into the passenger seat by the persistent otter.

"Close your eyes and no peeking, sweetie." Dee took a second to get his bearings with the foreign controls of the jeep and then backed out of the parking space. "We're taking you guys somewhere fun." Pulling up behind the others he honked the horn twice and waited for them to pull out as well. "Don't worry, you'll like it."

"Yeah, I'm sure I will. But I didn't know you could even drive..."

"Eh, been a few years but you never really forget..." Dee pulled up to a light and hit the brakes a bit hard, chuckling at the way Yoyo tried to keep his balance. "Sorry, sorry!"

"If I'm not dead by the time we get... wherever... I'm at least gonna lose my lunch." Yoyo slammed backwards into his seat as the car sped up again and found himself laughing while putting a paw over his eyes. "Easy on the pedals, haha!"

"Oh, shush. It's just 'cause you're closing your eyes." Dee's smile sort of waned as he looked over to his laughing mate. "Besides, things could have been worse." He reached over and kneaded Yoyo's shoulder a little adding, "Let's enjoy ourselves, alright?"

Yoyo himself lost a bit of vigor in his chuckling when he sensed the sentiment in Dee's voice. "Hon, what's wrong? You've got something on your mind, and we can't exactly have fun like that can we?"

"We aren't..." De hesitated, waiting until he came to a stop at another intersection to retool his words. "There's still work that needs to be done on us. You too this time. And I... I don't like the idea that one of us could lose the other..."

"That's... understandable. There's always a risk with medical crap." Yoyo peeked under his paw at the otter next to him, covering up again when he received a stern look in response. "But I trust you. You can get us through anything with all this. So stop pouting, babe. Enjoy yourself and we'll tackle that when it comes."

The vehicle lurched to a stop again, then reversed and turned a bit as Dee parallel parked the jeep. "We're here... Alive, I might add."

Yoyo lifted his paw, not once taking his eyes off his mate. "Don't fret, babe. Just be your cute-ass self and we'll be fine." He smiled and gave Dee a solid kiss, backing away to bask in the blushing otter's expression.

"Yeah... Um..." Dee spotted the others waiting outside Robyn's car and he shook himself of his daze. Taking the keys out the ignition and snatching up his purse Dee reminded, "We're here, hon. Oh, but eyes closed until we're inside..."

With a nod and a paw back over his eyes, Yoyo fumbled for the door latch and made his way out to the sidewalk. Dee happily grabbed onto his arm and led him to the door of the mysterious building, Robyn doing pretty much the same with Ari except for having to help her keep balance every other step. Dee got the door for the two as they went inside screaming and laughing. Then with a chuckle himself, Dee led his man through and positioned him so he could see the whole room.

"You guys ready?" Dee asked as he saw Robyn steadying Ari.

"Yeah, we're good," answered Robyn as she forced herself to calm down her laughter. Then with a nod the two counted, "Three... Two... One..." and pulled the cover from the twins' eyes.

Upon finally taking a good look at their mystery location the twins were speechless. They found themselves in a shop, as evidenced by a cute leopard girl shaking her head behind a cash register nearby. The one side of the shop looked sort of normal at first, shelves of items and clothing racks littering the floor. Looking closer would reveal that all the inventory was of a naughty variety, sex toys and lingerie filling the room. Then in a sort of fitting mood, the other side of the shop housed what appeared to be a tattoo or piercing parlor, perhaps both.

"You took us..." Ilaria looked back to her squirrel with a quizzical smirk and finished, "...to a sex shop?"

"Yup!" Robyn gave Ari a slight hug from the side and tickled her a bit as well. "I've heard good things about this place and thought we could try something together."

"All of us, actually." Dee pleadingly looked up to his baffled mate and pulled his muzzle so they met eyes. "Not sure how you feel about it, but I'd like to try... uh..."

"Don't tell me you want to tattoo a marking about us..." Yoyo looked over to the parlor and squirmed inside. "That's a bit permanent, you know?"

Robyn smiled and pointed to the back, at a curtained-off area at the back. "Nope! We were thinking matching piercings." She looked over to the leopard girl sporting more than enough over her face and elaborated, "I've always wanted to get something other than my ears."

"Wait... You mean all of us?" Ilaria looked over to the girl as well, then back to Robyn. "I thought you were bad with stuff like this, needles and pain and all."

"Which is why I think it's cute," mentioned Dee as he rubbed Yoyo's chest. "So what do you guys say? No pressure if you're against it."

Yoyo stepped towards the receptionist and calmly stated, "I'm doing it. I think it's sexy." He then looked back to his sister as he leaned on the countertop, raising an eyebrow knowingly.

"Damnit, why do you have to raise the stakes every year?..." groaned Ari as she made her way over as well. "I'm game. But nothing too... uh..."

"Intimate?" Robyn finished for her. "Well something like a lip ring could work I guess..."

"Yeah, but I sort of don't want a speech impediment," Yoyo commented.

"Nipples! Heeeeee..." Dee took his paw and moved it to rub on one of Yoyo's nipples through his shirt. "That's not too bad and you don't need to show it to everyone..."

Watching the two otter's Ilaria made up her mind. "And that would feel a lot better, too. Left or right?"

"Which one's your free paw?" Robyn giggled, the others taking a second to get her joking hint.

"Four left nipples, please!" Yoyo shouted to the leopard girl with a wide grin.

"Rings, bars...?" the girl asked as she led Yoyo and Dee to the back.

"Uh... Bars?" Yoyo looked back to shrugging shoulders and nodding heads. "Yeah, barbells I guess."

"Wow, Dee's excited about this," Ari stated as she watched the otter clap his way behind the curtain. "Don't worry, I'll hold your paw for yours hon."

"Oh, I'll be fine." Robyn perused the aisles briefly and turned back to face her mate. "I'm doing this to show I love you, so I'll be just fine."

"No fair. How can you be this cute right now?" Ilaria wandered over next to Robyn, straight up laughing at an item she picked up. "Hon, I don't think you need giant horse dildos. Fun color though."

Robyn put the box down and grabbed Ari's ass. "I've got pretty much the real deal already, haha." A squeak of pain cried from the back room and both girls' heads snapped to the curtain. "I hope that was Dee."

"If Yoyo ever made that noise I'd never talk to him again," Ari joked, leaning down to kiss her squirrel's forehead. "Now you on the other paw..."

"Hey, that wasn't half bad." Yoyo stepped out from the back with a large smile beaming towards the girls. "Your turn, ladies."

"Wait, let me see bro," Ari cooed as she walked over and pulled the bottom of his shirt.

"It's got a pad over it for my shirt, sis. Gonna have to wait 'till it's done bleeding."

Ari frowned and stopped trying to lift her brother's shirt, instead focusing on the other otter exiting the back that was rubbing his nipple softly. "Does it still hurt, Dee?"

"Nah, just... different," he answered with an unsure groan. "I think it's mostly in my head, anyway."

"Next..." the shop girl said as she peeked around the curtain and removed a set of latex gloves.

"Come on, Robyn. Let's get this done." Ari walked through to the back room and smiled briefly to the leopard, noting she was already reaching for a fresh pair of gloves. "I don't suppose these things come in colors, do they?"

"Yeah, the anodized ones. The ends come in all the basic colors," she informed as the gloves snapped on her paws. "Your friends got some, actually."

"I just..." Ari paused as Robyn entered the area. "I wanted to have options... Hey, which of us goes first?"

"Uh, you should," Robyn forced out. "I want to see how you take it first."

Sitting in a large reclining operation chair Ari simply squeaked out a happy "Alright!" She lifted up her shirt and then scooted her sports bra up to expose her breasts. As the leopard girl reached forward to prep her left nipple Ari mentioned, "Two things. First, you pick the color of this thing sweetie. Second, how the hell does this work with my nipples?"

"Ah, I've dealt with inverted ones before. The bar is a good pick for that, by the way." The girl pinched Ari's areola in a specific way and poked a clamp inside, pulling out her nipple like it was nothing. "See?"

"That's pretty good. Takes me forever, haha." Robyn looked at the colors as the girl pointed to them and eventually asked, "You have brass ones? I know she likes brass..."

As the girl nodded and reached for a different shelf Ari looked over and smiled to her mate. "You know me too well, haha."

"Ready?" the leopard asked as she prepped the piercing and a little tube held by pliers. "This'll sting for a second, but that's pretty much it."

Ari nodded with a smile as the tube was pressed to the side of her nipple. The girl quickly jerked the sharp tube through and pressed a gauze pad over it immediately. Ari only flinched for a second, the pain not really any worse than a large syringe. The leopard girl removed the clamp and diligently fitted half of the barbell through the tube, pulling the tube free quickly and diligently afterward. The other end of the bar was quickly screwed into place, then a fresh gauze was placed and fastened with a bandaid.

Lowering her bra and then her shirt very gently, Ari sat up and forced a smile upon locking eyes with Robyn. The anxiety on the squirrel's face drove her to jut out a very simple, "It's not that bad..."

"Really?..." Robyn took a look at the leopard as she threw away the quite-saturated first gauze and replaced her gloves. "I still want you to hold my paw though."

Ilaria hopped out the seat and helped Robyn trade places with her. "Sure, hon." She looked to the shop girl and then to the selection of colors available. "I think I'll have you get an orange one. You know, so we uh... match," Ari mentioned as she held out her orange-glowing paw.

"You know, the guys out there did the same thing," the leopard mentioned as she opened up a few sterile replacement items. "Where can I get that done to me, by the way? It's pretty sweet."

"It's uh... proprietary. Sorry..." Ari leaned closer and helped Robyn undo her button-up blouse, both of them only having one paw each with Robyn latching on to Ari's for dear life. "Calm down, sweetie. It's really nothing."

Robyn squirmed as her nipple was prepped, the sudden cool air making her squeak in tension. "What did it f-feel like?"

"Like a flu shot, you'll see." Ari put her other paw to clasp around the others as the clamp went on, causing Robyn to tense up further and whimper softly. "Shhhhhhh, it's just to keep things steady."

"That wasn't it!? Oh shit!..." Robyn started breathing faster and faster, unsure what to expect or when to expect it.

"Ready?" the girl asked again, everything ready to go on command.

"Noooononononono!..." Robyn whined, her head thrashing left and right in protest.

Ari gripped her paw a bit tighter to distract her and gave the leopard a pair of nods. The needle poked through and caused Robyn to yelp, but before she knew it the barbell was being locked down and a pink kitten bandaid decorated her bust. "See, that wasn't all that bad... You alright, Robyn?"

A few soft nods were Robyn's response as she wiped the beginnings of false tears from her eyes. Eventually she loosened her death grip on Ari's paw and sat up straight, buttoning up her blouse and saying, "That was worse than a flu shot, meanie."

"Yeah, but c'mon... You know it wasn't as bad as you thought," Ari replied with a kiss to her cheek.

"No..." Robyn stood up and finished correcting her attire, a chuckle making its way to the surface. "You better appreciate this, Ottah."

"Oh, I'll never forget this, hehe."

"That it, girls? I'll ring you up if it is," the shop girl spoke up, snapping off her gloves and holding open the curtain.

"I think so..." Ari said as she adjusted her leg and walked through the curtain. When she saw what the boys were up to however, she turned back and corrected, "Yeah, actually... I think we'll need a little more time."

The girls walked over to them with toothy grins spread wide across their muzzles. Yoyo spotted them first and hinted for Dee to turn around, the otter doing just that while holding a hanger of lingerie over his chest. Once they got close enough, the girls outright laughed at the number of hangers the two were holding in their paws.

"Wow, seriously?" Ari spoke up first, barely fighting the urge to keel over in laughter.

Iolvin sighed as he handed his hangers over to Robyn. "I'm just shopping for you, actually. Thought you might like something nice..."

Dee added in, "Yeah, and I was helping him decide. I'm not too good a model though..."

"Oh, well..." Ilaria stood still for a moment, not quite sure how to respond to her own brother buying nightwear for her.

Taking the hangers in her one paw and Yoyo's shirt in the other, Robyn made her way to a changing booth in the back. "Come on, I'll model for you. We can get whatever you pick in her size after."

Once they were across the room, Dee pressed to his tippy-toes and whispered, "Hey, you can get me something for Yoyo too, heeeee. I'm sure something here would fit me."

"Sure, that... That's really sweet, actually." Ari looked at some of the clothing racks nearby and added, "Yeah, maybe a bustier..."

Meanwhile, across by the changing booths, Robyn was busy undressing to start showing things off. She cracked the door open a bit and reached out a paw calling, "Give me the first... That black one looked nice."

"Yeah... Here." Yoyo slipped the hanger into her paw and watched the door shut, then immediately noticed Robyn's skirt and panties falling to her hindpaws in the gap of the door. "Th-thanks for doing this. I want Lulu to like it but still keep it a surprise until later..."

The door popped open again and Robyn popped her head out, first looking to the others and then to Yoyo. "Hey, can you help me a sec? I can't tighten a strap..."

Yoyo found himself speechless a moment, barely letting out a light, "Uh, yeah..." Then with another look to the others to confirm they weren't looking Robyn popped open the door and yanked the otter into the booth. "H-hey! Woah, what's that for?"

Robyn shut and locked the latch and then turned to Yoyo, paws on her hips to give him a good view of her lace teddy. "Mmm... You like what you see?"

"I uh..." He tried to look away in his confused state, but Yoyo found himself eventually staring at the squirrel's scantily-clad body. His eyes trailed down the sheer garment from her plump tits slowly down to her clit, eyes locked on the foreign body. "You're a lot... prettier from the front..."

"Oh? So is it that you only know what I feel like then?" Robyn raised a paw and pushed Yoyo onto the bench in the back of the stall, sitting over his legs with a giggle. "Because I can refresh your memory if need be..."

"Robyn... I don't think this..." Yoyo stopped himself as Robyn tugged on the button of his jeans. "Dee's right outside!--"

Robyn reached up and pulled Yoyo's muzzle down for a deep kiss. "Mmm... So be quiet and enjoy yourself, silly..." She unzipped his fly and reached inside, pulling out the otter's hardening member. "Part of you's having fun at least."

Trembling and finding it hard to suppress his heavy breathing as Robyn stroked him to full stature, Yoyo leaned forward into the attention and rested his forehead against hers. "Just... why are you?..."

"Because..." Robyn raised herself a little, pulled the crotch of the teddy to the side, and sat right back down on Yoyo's cock. "...I want you, shaking and scared and all." Giving him another long kiss and intertwining her tongue with his, Robyn lifted upward again and sat down hard.

"Fuuuck..." groaned out the otter, his paws clamping around Robyn's hips out of pure instinct.

Robyn ground her hips into Yoyo's groin, gyrating around his cock so he pressed all around inside her. "Oh yeah... Now stop whining and fuck me."

Iolvin huffed a few times at the searing hot pressure over his manhood, deciding to give in with his paws sliding back to grab Robyn's plump ass. He pulled her up, the squirrel getting the hint and pressing upwards herself. Then the two started working for each other by fighting against each other, Robyn slowly hopping up and down in opposition to Yoyo's deep, pistoning thrusts.

"Faster!" Robyn growled under her breath. She started rolling her hips back and forth, allowing her to move faster along that thick piece of meat in her nethers. "Ooh, yeah... I'm almost there..."

"Shit... really?..." Yoyo sped up in bursts, trying to find a rhythm that worked for the two of them. When he couldn't quite get what he was looking for, he groaned and started jackhammering into the squirrel riding him. "Just cum, babe. Go ahead..."

Robyn bit down on her lower lip and adjusted her movements such that Yoyo hit just the right spots deep inside her. It didn't take long for the squirrel to lose her sense of privacy and let out a few soft squeaks, causing her to bite down softly on Yoyo's shoulder to muffle the noise. She did so just in the nick of time too, her body spasming and jerking suddenly as her peak washed over her. Yoyo slowed down just a bit, but kept slamming into the girl to prolong that heavy orgasm as long as possible.

Eventually Robyn calmed down, gasping into Yoyo's chest while babbling out, "S-so good... I... Damn..." She tried to cool herself off, forcing her breathing and latching her arms around Yoyo to signal him to stop moving. "That was... perfect." Robyn looked down at their sloppy joining and then up to the otter's eyes. "Aww, you can't stay like that..."

"No, it's... It's fine." Yoyo rubbed his paws up and down Robyn's back, feeling her aftershock tremors softly shake the girl. "We need to get back to the others. They'll be--"

"Ahn!..." the two heard softly from the both next to them.

Robyn perked her head to the side and slowly stood off of Yoyo. "You hear that?" she whispered, moving to stand on the bench. Once up she peeked over the top of the stall into the next, spotting the leopard girl with her paws up her skirt. Robyn hopped down and whispered, "That girl up front," only to correct herself when she saw Iolvin's throbbing cock bobbing in the air, "...I'll be right back"

"Wait! You're still--"

Robyn peeked out the door of the booth, popping her head back in briefly to say, "Coast is clear!" She then quickly hopped out and rounded the door to the other stall, pulling the latch carefully and hopefully. When the door opened sans a lock she quickly popped inside and smiled at the girl. "You don't just have to listen, dear."

"Robyn?" called Yoyo from the cracked door. Then suddenly it opened wide and not one but two warm bodies passed through the threshold. "Woah, woah!..."

"Shh... Just sit back and we'll take care of you..." Robyn guided the girl to sit with her back to Yoyo, pulling off her lacy red panties so things would go smoother. "Alright, hon. Keep quiet and he's all yours."

"O-okay..." the leopard whispered as she positioned her petals over that hard otter cock. Then as she started to ask, "Is this really alri--!?" Robyn sped things up and pulled her hips down so she was impaled by all but Yoyo's knot.

Robyn stood up and watched the two start to bump ends as she started removing the teddy. "Oh, come on Yoyo. I thought you wanted to get back to the others..." she teased as she stepped out of the garment. Kneeling to grab her underwear, she stopped and spread the two furs' legs. "Here, let me help things along..."

Yoyo stumbled in his pacing at the movement of his legs, but soon understood what the squirrel was planning. He soon felt a warm tongue lapping at his knot as well as the occasional squeeze of the leopard's pussy. Robyn was liberally applying the use of her tongue, but soon focused on the girl's little nub of nerves. She immediately hunched forward when Robyn's lips and tongue suckled her clit, only managing a pawful of seconds before clamping down on Yoyo in climax.

"Woah, shit!" Powering through the increased tightness, Yoyo started to grunt and squeak as his limit neared. He tried to slam his knot into the girl without thinking of the consequences, but luckily Robyn had clamped her paw around the top of it to prevent such a mistake. However the squeezing around his bulb set him off with a huffed, "Cumming...!"

Robyn smirked when she felt Yoyo pulse in her paw, gush after gush of his seed filling this stranger of a girl. As his glowing goo started overflowing over her paw she pulled it back, licking herself clean while standing. "Looks like you needed that one..." After stepping into her panties she leaned forward and gave him a kiss, finding the leopard deserving one a moment later for being such a good sport. "Thanks for the help, dear. And no worries, he's shootin' blanks."

The squirrel snatched up her clothes and dressed herself quickly as the other two basked in the afterglow of their deed. She adjusted her blouse and her hair so nobody outside the booth would know what happened, then slowly and quietly cracked the door just enough to exit without revealing the others inside. When she looked around for the other two Robyn found them near the front desk by a case of trinkets and jewelry.

"Hey guys. Yoyo's putting everything back on hangers, but I think he made a decision." Robyn found herself perusing the aisle of dildos again out of curiosity, her eyes locking on a double-ended one with a strap harness. Grabbing a box with a purple one in it she looked back and smiled out, "I think you'll like it, sweetie."

"Oh, well we should finish up here before he spots his gifts." Ilaria looked around the room and then back to Robyn only to ask, "Where's the cashier?"

Robyn had to suppress a giggle as she walked over with her new toy and the leopard girl's panties hidden behind her back. "I think she and Yoyo are cleaning up together."

"What's that?" queried Adrian as he noticed she was hiding something.

Robyn smiled and answered, "Just a little something extra for Ilaria. No peeking."

"Yeah, add that to my tab," Iolvin stated as he walked over from the back. "I sort of feel like I owe you more this year, sis. Don't ask why."

Dee immediately scrambled to hide what he was holding, a squeak slipping out in surprise. "Th-that's nice of you..." As his eyes met Yoyo's the two chortled out a few laughs at Dee's rigid reaction. "Hey, I want mine a secret too, heeeeee..."

"That's it," Robyn commandingly stated as she reached the counter, "the birthday twins go outside. We'll work out who owes what later."

Ilaria faux pouted to the squirrel but complied anyway. As she headed for the door she snagged Yoyo and pulled him as well. "Okay, you heard the girl. Outside."

As Yoyo followed with a playful sigh he spotted the shop girl wobbling away from the changing stall with two garments in her paws and couldn't stop a little chuckle. "Uh, sorry... It's just great how they want to surprise us."

"The way Dee sounded getting his piercing was priceless," Ari mentioned as the door shut behind them. "They went out of their way, huh?"

Yoyo headed to his jeep and paused when he realized the keys were still in Dee's purse. "Yeah, I'd rather a moment to remember than a gift to sit on a shelf. I'm glad Robyn knows us so well."

"Yeah, benefits of dating a girl you've known since elementary school." Ari leaned back against the jeep and looked into the shop at smiling, laughing faces. Then she immediately regretted her decision to touch flaming hot metal and popped off the vehicle with a, "Fuck!"

"Yeah, we've been in there a while. That'll be hot, sis." Yoyo rubbed her shoulder and smiled back to her unamused expression. "How's the rest of you holding up?"

"Mostly well enough. There's some... changes." Ari looked down to her prosthetic a second, Sprite having hidden herself around the normally baggy area of her jeans. "I'll let Dee explain... but we need more work done. Nothing nearly as pressing as before though, so it can wait a few days."

"Aww, you guys need more crap in you?"

"You too, actually. But don't worry about it now." Ari hugged her brother and kissed his cheek. "Have a happy birthday and enjoy yourself."

"Yeah..." Yoyo ran a paw through her hair and returned her kiss in kind. "We could use some recovery time, mentally at least."

"D'awwwww!" Dee cooed as he walked over with a bag in his paw. "You guys are way too cute together, heeeee."

"Okay, all done here," Robyn said as she walked out in turn. "So, who's up for some of your mom's delicious cake?"