A Hero's Reward Part VI: Emo Does Not Exist
Kyle was perched on his bed, in his boxers, his furry head pushed into his knees. He had been plunged into a deep depression ever since Raj was shipped off to the Middle-East to join the army. The panther-boy wept in his room, afraid to show his tears to anyone but his older brother, who was not there for him this time. In his head, he replayed Raj's last words to him before he departed, 'Don't cry for me, brother. I'll be back... I promise' Every repetition of the phrase made a fresh fall of tears pour out of his closed eyes, drenching his knees.
Kyle was furious with himself, having no control over the situation, having to watch openly as his brother was sent to his doom in the war-zone. There had to be something he could do. If he was to take such initiative, it would have to be now, during his spring break. Ever since Raj left, Kyle was depressed. Thoughts of hopelessness and abandonment poisoned his mind, causing his to squeeze his own legs all the harder. The only time, Kyle recalled, that he was not unhappy was when he was with Nikki. Her bright, optimistic face seemed to be enchanted with an ora of hope for a blind cave bat.
The panther wiped his tears on his arm, and walked over to his desk window where Nikki had sucked him off just a month before. Kyle blinked, and rubbed his eyes again. Heaving a heavy sigh, he slowly turned his head to see the clock on his nightstand. The glowing face of the digital alarm clock read 12:45 A.M. He walked back over to his bed, wiping his hand over the LCD screen of the clock, as if he expected time to bend for him. In an instant, Kyle's deep depression transfigured into burning rage. With a sweep of his great paw, the glowing clock was sent spinning across the room, shattering at the opposite wall, leaving the room now completely dark.
The stairway outside his room creaked as someone wearily padded up the extent. A light knock came on Kyle's door. The panther did nothing as to answer it, simply allowing his visitor to enter.
"Son, please don't hide your tears, it is not good for you," came the emotive voice of Kyle's father. He was a tall, thin man, with neatly trimmed hair and whiskers. Kyle's dad placed his hand on his son's shoulder.
Kyle growled threateningly, pulling the covers of his bed over his head.
"Kyle, Raj will come back, please don't worry about him. Leave that to your mother and me," Mr. Eighly said soothingly, worried for his son's health.
"You don't understand! He is my brother!" Kyle countered, showing his teeth.
"I do understand-" Kyle's father started, but was cut short by his angry son.
"No! You don't, you could never understand! Go away!" Kyle said diving back into the covers of his bed and weeping into his pillow.
A tear rolled down Mr. Eighly's face as he witnessed his own son in so much pain. "I am sorry son. Hear me, if I could take the pain for you, I would, but sadly, I can only help you."
His father's words made Kyle weep even more, sending him into a feeling of self pity. "Go away, please," the young panther wept, more calmly this time.
"Before I go son, please listen to me. Do not hide your tears, there is no need," Kyle's father began, "It takes a man to hold back his tears, but an even bigger man to show them."
Kyle pushed his own head farther into the pillows.
"Good night, son," Mr. Eighly concluded, quietly shutting the door to his son's room.
All Kyle thought about for the next six hours was the image of his brother's body half-buried in sand, bullet holes dotting his face.
It was about seven O' clock A.M., and Kyle instinctively reached for the snooze button on his alarm clock. He sighed heavily, remembering that he had smashed it. Turning out of bed, the panther stretched, and wiped the dried and caked tears from his face. His nose was congested from having his face in a pillow all night, every night, since his brother had left for the war. Instead of opening the door to his room, Kyle opened the window and stepped up onto his desk. It was Monday, and his parents were at work as usual, leaving Kyle lonely, home alone. He reached out on his toes for the nearest branch of apple tree on his side yard, swinging his body up onto the branch, and phasing through the rest of the thing twigs onto the soft grass ground. The panther padded through the fluffy side lawn into his back yard.
The long grass felt good against his bare feet, though it tangled into his fur. Kyle decided to blow off some steam in his favorite way. Throwing stuff. He reached into his pajama pocket and snapped up his older brother's set of shurikens, which Raj had given to him anyway.
"Ah!" Kyle yelled out, hurling the little piece of steel at the front door of his father shed, the missile's path ending in a deafening THUD. He squinted his eyes, feeling the adrenaline build up in his arm. "Ahh!" the panther yelled again, primly throwing the next star into the wooden door of the shed across the yard. An unprovoked anger built up behind Kyle's face, his slit pupils widening. The shed door was his worst enemy now. "Ahh! Damn you!" Kyle roared, catapulting his third and final throwing star at wooden door. CRACK! The steel star was now shoved half way into the door, sending webbing cracks up its length. The weakened shed door creaked its last bow, and fell from the hinges.
"Woops..." Kyle said, walking across the yard and yanking all three shurikens from the fallen door.
"Hiya Skyle!" came the skanky annoying voice of the girl who lived a few houses down and across the street from Kyle. The panther looked up at Riku, his eyes ablaze.
"Damnit! Stop calling me that!" Kyle said, holding the three throwing stars between his fingers and in front of his face.
"What-evuh Skyle," Riku, the most annoying fox in all the world replied, hopping over the fence.
"Can you leave me alone for once?" Kyle asked, embarrassed, buttoning up his pajama top a few notches.
"Your never gonna forgive me for this, but its way worth it..." Riku said evilly, grabbing Kyle by the collar, pulling his down to her face level and kissing him on the lips.
"Kyle, Riku? You back here?" came Nikki's voice, as she walked around the side yard. She gasped at the sight of her boyfriend making out with her best friend. Putting her little hands to her mouth.
"Mmmpff! Get away!" Kyle said, pushing Riku back. The fox smiled wickedly, seeing that her plan had worked.
"Kyle, how could you?" Nikki squeaked, backing up a few steps.
"Your lucky Kitty, we were just finishing up," Riku said, making the situation as terrible as possible.
"But... I... that bitch set me up!" Kyle said, wiping Riku's saliva from his face. "Nikki, I swear!" he said, shooting a hateful glance at the fox, who was trying to hold back laughter.
Nikki did not look reassured.
Kyle smiled, a little light bulb turning on over his head. "I don't usually do this to girls... but I can make an exception for you Riku," Kyle said, walking behind the fox. He reached into the back of her jeans, and pulled her panties up, out, and over her head. The fox looked a fool, her tail stuck in a upward position.
"An atomic Wedgie... that felt good," Kyle said, dropping Riku and clapping his hands together. Riku whimpered and blushed, tears rolling down her furry cheeks.
"Run home, ya' hoser!" Kyle said, stretching out his palms, causing his razor-sharp claws to slide out.
Riku nodded, and ran around the corner of the house, rubbing her aching ass.
"I just knew it, Kyle," Nikki said angrily, her hands of her hips, and her little fangs showing over her bottom lip.
"N-Knew what?" Kyle asked, wringing out his paws.
Nikki's face lit up instantly. "I knew you would never cheat on me!" the Neko squeaked, running at Kyle and jumping into his arms. She curled up and purred in his arms, her tail winding back and forth. Kyle nuzzled her, feeling content for the first time since Raj had left.
Kyle sat down on the steps from his back porch facing the shed that he had defaced. Nikki straightened up to a seated position with her back pressed against Kyle's chest. Her hand wandered down to Kyle's hip, and she caressed his curve, while rubbing her cheek against his soft, fuzzy neck.
"You're not trying to get fresh with me now, are you Nikki?" Kyle asked, massaging the Neko's shoulders playfully.
"What if I am?" Nikki mewed, pinching Kyle's hip through his pajama trousers.
"I'm sorry, Nikki. I'm not really... in the mood," Kyle whispered into Nikki's cat ear, his own flattening on his head.
"Oh Kyle, what's wrong?" Nikki asked, concerned. She felt and noticed that her boyfriend did not even have an erection.
Kyle was going to weep, hearing Nikki's soft, soothing purring song. "I... I'm worried about Raj," he said, his voice diluted with the dry-throat one might get whilst crying.
Nikki turned around so that Kyle's waist was between her legs, and she faced him directly. "Please don't be sad Kyle," Nikki began, still rubbing the top of her head along the tuff of hair on Kyle's chest. "Raj is very smart, he will make it," she continued soothingly, wrapping her arms up under his.
Kyle wept over Nikki's shoulder, her attempts at comfort truly touched him. "I love you Nikki," he whispered, watching some tears drip onto the back of Nikki's shirt-skirt, before his vision went blurry with water from his eyes. The two of them remained in this warm embrace, swaying a little to the rhythm of the wind howling over the apple tree leaves.
Kyle lifted Nikki off of him, and turned to open the porch doors and walk inside. He wiped the tears from his eyes, and ushered Nikki to follow him. He had a question brewing inside of him, that he wished to ask Nikki for so long, as they had been in love with each other for almost a year.
"Nikki?" Kyle asked, opening a closet and reaching inside.
"Yes Kyle?" Nikki replied, walking through the doors.
"Can you play the violin?" Kyle finished, handing Nikki a light, ornate case.
"Oh, Kyle! That's so romantic! I will play for you!" Nikki squeaked, opening the case and applying rosin to the bow.
"Do not play for me. Play along with me," Kyle said, walking over the piano and lifting the key guard.
Nikki smiled, her eyes sparkling with tears. She brought the small instrument to her neck and placed the frogue to the string.
Kyle began to play the opening of Moonlight Sonata, closing his eyes and feeling Nikki's presence with a sixth sense.
Nikki promptly joined in, played the sad, yet romantic notes of the chorus of the international "walking away" song. The music was beautiful. Kyle could not have been more proud of Nikki's skill on the strings, as the sound harmonized perfectly with his bounding chorus tempo. They both played on through the verses, playing the song that would jerk tears from the eyes of even the proudest military drill sergeant. The song slowed to an end, more gradually repeating the tell tale D chord that Beethoven favored in many of his compositions.
The second the song ended, Kyle let his face fall into his arms over the piano. He lifted his head once more. "Nikki, why didn't you tell me you could play like that?" he wept, his tail not knowing which emotion to convey.
"I thought that you might think I was a... nerd," the Neko replied shamefully, lowering the instrument.
"Nikki, that was beautiful! You are beautiful!" Kyle exclaimed, turning around and taking his girl full in his arms. he lowered his face to hers, and there eyes met. Each pair of glimmering orbs wet with tears. Nikki lowered her gaze, blushing.
"You love me, even though I'm not... you know... hot?" Nikki asked, pulling her flat chest away from Kyle.
"Why do you ask such ridiculous questions? You are my girl, and I love you!" Kyle replied, pulling Nikki close and hugging her very tight. The two cats purred in this embrace. One could almost see the little red hearts floating about the couple as they hugged and murred at the piano stool.
Kyle was happy with Nikki, as if it was a momentary escape from the grief that he felt for his brother. His brother... Kyle pushed Nikki away softly. "I'm sorry, Nikki. You are welcome to stay, but I am a little..." he did not want to say 'blue', as he was indeed blue, so he said, "down right now."
"I will stay, if you don't mind. I can't stand to see you so sad, and I will fix that," Nikki assured Kyle, her tail still swaying back an forth in a hypnotizing motion.
"Thanks, I would really enjoy that," Kyle said, stroking Nikki's little arms, and standing up. "I am kind of tired, I will be upstairs," Kyle finished, yawning, "If you would like, help yourself to some lunch in the kitchen, or the *yaawwn*"
Kyle walked past the short Neko and padded up the stairs to his room, dragging his furry feet with every step.
"I am going to stay with you, Kyle," said, Nikki. She was worried for Kyle, but she did not want to sound like a nuisance. Deep down, she knew that she was the remedy for Kyle's heart-sickness. She took off her shoes and followed the panther upstairs to his room with her tail between her legs. Kyle lifted up the covers to his bed, and crawled under their warm sanctuary.
Nikki gazed curiously at the smashed alarm clock on the other side of the room, but decided to let it go for now. She looked at Kyle who was laying in the bed with his eyes closed, almost asleep already. She pulled her shirt-skirt off over her head, leaving her clothed only by white socks and panties. She crawled into bed with the panther.
For a few hours, Nikki watched Kyle sleep. Se caressed his chest and shoulders occasionally to comfort him, causing him to purr loudly. Compared to Nikki's soft song, Kyle's purr was a rumble of thunder. Soft and continuous, yet gradually climaxing.
The Neko spent a good long time scanning over her boyfriend's body, eagerly leaning over him, her eyes darting and her fangs showing innocently over her bottom lip.
"Kyle," Nikki whispered, nudging Kyle in the shoulder.
"Wh-what... is it?" Kyle replied, rolling over, though still mostly asleep.
"I'm really horny," Nikki said, grasping his shoulder and caressing his chest.
"That's nice..." was all Kyle said, and fell instantly back to sleep.
Nikki frowned, then laid back down at her boy's side.
The minutes rolled by as the two of them, though different in size, cuddled in warm comfort. Kyle was fast asleep, while Nikki lay awake at his side, purring and rubbing him in various places. The Neko's soft skin felt great against Kyle's dry, furry side, so he subconsciously wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close.
Nikki purred a little louder and curled up. Her tail and ears twitched slightly as she fell into blissful sleep.
One of Nikki's eyes popped open as a beam of morning light from in between the blinds of Kyle's desk window swept over it. She was happy to see that Kyle had made himself quite comfortable, hugging Nikki like a Teddy bear and rubbing her chest. She tilted her little head up over Kyle's, eyeing the alarm clock, which was in pieces on the floor, and wondered what time it was. It could not have been past seven A.M., as Nikki had come to the house bright and early around five, when Riku called her.
The Neko, naked except for socks and panties which glowed in the morning light, decided to try and arouse Kyle by arching her back toward him.
Kyle shifted a little and groaned, "Mr. Snuggles, why are you moving?" then opened his eyes slowly. He blushed, as it was not his old Teddy bear 'Mr. Snuggles' but his Teddy bear-sized girlfriend Nikki.
"Hey Nikki," Kyle groaned his signature call to her.
Nikki smiled, her eyes closed, and her cute little fangs peeking out brightly. Kyle's eyes opened wide as she rubbed her soft, flat chest against his, and gently caressed his lap with her knees.
"Er... Nikki, I-" Kyle began, but Nikki placed a little finger onto his lips.
"Shhh, let me do the work," she said, putting her arms then around Kyle's head and kissing him deeply on the lips. Both of their rough tongues swirled around in their mouths, which were now one. With her feet, Nikki pushed down the front elastic of Kyle's pajama trousers, revealing his soft, pink penis. She began to caress her little feet around Kyle's member, which hardened instantly at the soft touch of her socks.
Kyle gave a little spasm, and a short gasp which sounded like a hiccup. The Neko wriggled her toes, and rubbed her heels on Kyle's meat, making his thrust his pelvis slowly, and repeatedly.
The panther was about to cum already, but he held it in as to not seem lewd. He held his orgasm with all his strength, but gave up. Nikki's socked feet felt so great against his member, and her tongue softly tipped off the roof of his mouth. Kyle took in a deep breath, and thrust his dick forward, harder onto the Neko's soft feet, and sent ropes of sticky cum onto her socks. Kyle pulled away from Nikki's sighing and panting. He rolled onto his back, unbuttoning his pajama top to avoid creeping claustrophobia in the dimly lit morning room. His fluffy chest raised and fell as the panther breathed heavily, recovering from his orgasm, and closing his eyes tightly to avoid Nikki's reviewing stare.
"Why are you doing this, Nikki?" Kyle panted, now completely removing his purple button-up pajama shirt.
"I don't like to see you sad, Kyle," Nikki mewed, crawling up and rubbing her cheek on Kyle's fuzzy chest.
"Please, don't worry," the panther pleaded, feeling rather uncomfortable with the amount of attention that Nikki was giving him. He gently lifted the Neko's purring head from his chest, and lay her down at his side.
Nikki was ,however, persistent. She removed her cum-soaked socks, leaving her naked save the small pair of panties that she wore. The Neko leaned over Kyle's lap, and began to lap up the excess cum off of his bobbing unit.
Kyle closed his eyes, not even moaning or purring as he usually did. He was deeply depressed, and Nikki was determined to cure him of that, no matter what it took. She held her head up, and licked the cum off of her cheeks. The Neko looked over to Kyle, eyeing his figure, and the look of spiteful despair on his face.
"Is there anything I can do to make you happy?" she asked, rubbing her cheek on Kyle's cock and purring loudly.
Kyle smiled, his eyes still closed. "Yes."
"Please, tell me what I can do!" Nikki begged, annoyed of Kyle's constant pessimism.
"Will you play another song with me?" Kyle asked, smiling even more warmly, his eyes still closed. "Hearing your beautiful music again will put me back in the old mood."
Nikki laughed gleefully, her tail shifting back and forth. She slipped on her shirt-skirt, though remaining barefoot. Kyle pulled up his trousers and stood up out of bed. Kyle wriggled his digits over the soft carpet of his room, rather glad that anthropoids did not need to wear shoes. Nikki skipped down the stairs, eyeing the lock on the hallway wall, which red half past nine A.M.
Once downstairs in the den, Kyle sat himself down on the piano stool, and Nikki plopped down on the leather couch, sprawled out comfortably with violin in hand. Kyle began to play 'Pachelbel's Canon', treasuring the ascending arpeggios in the opening sequence, which are later accompanied by softer chords. Nikki played the chorus along with Kyle's rhythm, rolling her fingers to accent the sound of the bowing on the strings in a method called tremolo.
'Canon in D', the song itself, was a happy melody along with a steady rhythm, making it quite variable to the player's liking.
Nikki smiled, as this was one of her favorite songs to play. She knew it completely by heart, as her violin tutor had a degree in these works. Her tongue poked out from between her lips as she sawed out the fast yet slow melody that made up the canon. Kyle, seemingly conducting the song, brought it to an end by striking the final chords at just the right time. Nikki went one more step, and played a little lick on the last note, bowing two strings at once.
This time, Kyle was not left crying at the end of the song, but laughing with honest-to-goodness fun. Both of them stood u and bowed to each other politely, that is, before making out. Kyle lifted Nikki to face level and slid his tongue between her lips, purring softly.
"Everyone loves a happy ending, eh?" said Riku comically, who was standing outside the screen door on Kyle's back porch.
The couple in the room jumped, rather startled by the sudden pollution of sound. Both of them turned their cat-heads to see the fox, standing in the door way in a sexy pose, her hand on her hip. She was wearing a slutty outfit, that one might see in Tokyo during the 1980's.
"Riku, remember the talk we had earlier about leaving Nikki and me alone?" Kyle said, hugging Nikki tighter in his arms.
"Yes, too well... I actually just wanted to talk to Nikki," the fox replied, sliding open the bug-screen.
Nikki hopped down, looked up to Kyle, then followed her friend around the corner of the deck and out of earshot.
"I'm so sorry about what I did earlier to Kyle. I heard about the problem he's having with his brother gone and all..." Riku started, kneeling down to Nikki. "I thought I might want to make it up to him, but I'll need your help."
"How do you plan to do that?" Nikki asked, folding her arms over her flat chest.
"A three-way, how else?" Riku replied, revealing to Nikki that she was not wearing a bra.
"Sounds like fun! But what about Alex?" Nikki asked, exclaiming her whisper.
"He's over in Louisiana for spring break..." the fox replied, putting her hands on her lap and leaning over. Nikki could not help but gaze into her friend's cleavage. "Should we get started?" Riku asked, standing up straight and smiling.
Nikki nodded, and returned her smile.
Kyle stood in the den, next to the couch, just gazing out the open screen door, the breeze blowing his neat, short hair back. He raised an eyebrow as he watched Riku slowly enter the room, followed by Nikki. Both of the girls were rather excited looking, their hands covering their mouths.
Kyle almost knew what was about to happen, a small erection slowing to a stop in the front of his pants.
"Go ahead, pull 'em down Kyle!" Riku said in her annoying voice, both she and Nikki advancing on the nervous-looking panther.
Kyle hesitated at first, looking to see if Nikki was making any objection to this. The Neko only gazed eagerly at his crotch. Kyle took that as an 'ok' to pull down his trousers. Riku pulled off her tight shirt and vest, revealing her large furry breasts.
The fox had been waiting for her chance to lay Kyle flat for months, and this was it. She remembered then, that she had to share the pleasure with Nikki.
Riku knelt down to Kyle's fully-erect dick, and slid it between her beasts. Kyle tried not to moan in front of Nikki, or at least wait until she was their. Nikki crawled between Kyle's legs from behind, pulling off all of her remaining clothes, as well and Riku's, and grasping the fox around the waist with her small legs, looking up to see Kyle's testicles. The Neko began to nibble on Kyle's sack with her tiny front teeth, while at the same time massaging Riku's tits and cumming into her lap. She eventually slid her rough yet soft tongue between her softly biting teeth, caressing the shape of Kyle's balls.
Riku wrapped her arms around Kyle's waist and grabbed his tail, pulling her plump tits farther around his swollen member. Nikki switched to massaging Kyle's inner thigh with her small soft hands, at the same time tongue-bathing his balls.
All of Kyle's muscles tightened as his entire penis area was overwhelmed with pleasure. Both girls moved in closer. Riku began to lick the head, while at the same time letting him tit fuck her. Nikki wrapped her entire mouth around a good portion of Kyle's ball sack and began to lick up the beginning of his meat with her small tongue.
The panther moaned and purred loudly, his grunts eventually turning into screams of pleasure. His legs both went weak, and he was forced to thrust out his pelvis, and lean his elbows back on the couch for support.
"Ah! I'm gonna... ahh!" Kyle howled, just before a foot-long rope of cum squirted out of his unit, all the way over Riku's head, dripping down onto her calves. Riku backed away to allow Nikki access to her boyfriend's action area.
Kyle, delirious with pleasure, fell back onto the couch jacking himself off and letting all of the cum coat his hand. He continued his pumping while Nikki began to assist him with her mouth, which instantly started overflowing with the panther's warm juice.
"Oh God Kyle! I didn't know that you had that much juice in you!" The catgirl gurgled, cum flowing out of her tiny mouth like a white waterfall.
Riku sat back on the floor, her knees together. She stared to arrogantly finger herself, expelling juices immediately at the site of Nikki and Kyle. She moaned and whimpered a little, eventually poking and pricking at her clitoris.
Kyle had passed out from pleasure, his arms and legs sprawled out in his nudity.
"He's so cute when he's asleep..." Riku said dreamily, gazing at Kyle's slender form and shapely cock.
"I'm just glad that he's happy now. Thanks for your help Riku," Nikki said, hugging her fox friend and gently licking her muzzle.
"Any time. And I mean Any time again. But you owe me Kitty!" Riku teased, winking at the Neko, and strutting out the screen door, her shirt wet with sweat and showing her nipples through it.
Nikki lay her head down onto Kyle's crotch area, next to his cock. The warm cum felt nice against her face before she fell asleep.
Once the both of them woke up from their nap on the couch, they put on their clothes, and proceeded in doing some things that friends might do.
Kyle and Nikki enjoyed trash-talking each other over various shooter video games, and cat-wrestling in the back yard. They hardly even seemed to notice that the hours had gone by too quickly, and Kyle's parents arrived home promptly at Three P.M.
Mr. and Mrs. Eighly stepped in the front door, seeing Kyle and Nikki playing chess at the coffee table.
"Hi mum, hi dad!" Kyle said without looking up from the game.
The two parents walked into the hall quickly, looking back at the Neko and their son, who were apparently home alone. Girl plus teenage boy to the third exponent of 'in the house alone' equals something nasty.
"He had a girl over while we were gone?" Mr. Eighly hissed to his wife in the hall.
"Her name is Nikki, and he is happy with her. Besides, don't you remember the days when we were back in school?" Mrs. Eighly said, placing her furry hands on her husbands shoulders.
Mr. Eighly looked up dreamily. "Ninth grade, you slept with me for the first time, and did not tell me that you had fleas. It was worth every bite..." he said, nuzzling his wife lovingly.
"Let them be together Zach, our boy needs someone to care for while Raj is gone," said Kyle's mother, soothingly rubbing her husbands fuzzy neck.
"I guess you're right..." Zach Eighly said, smiling.
"You know I'm right," Fiona Eighly replied, kissing her husband romantically.
"Yes dear... saw something..." Kyle's father said closely, walking through the den onto the back porch.
"Sweet mother of God! What the hell happened to the shed?" Zach Eighly's thunderous angry voice boomed.
Kyle's mother, Fiona eyed her panther son accusingly.
"It was an accident, I swear!" Kyle said, his ears flattening.
Nikki giggled, moving one of her game pieces forth and taking Kyle's king.