Hard Times, Easy Lessons

Story by DJgalven on SoFurry

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#3 of Not Easy Being a Stripper


"Wh... what do you mean we just barely made the minimum for the month? There have been capacity crowds and tips coming in from left and right for me!" DJ cried out, his eyes wider than dinner plates. This was the first he'd ever heard of there being the slightest financial problem...

"That's just it, DJ. Repeat that sentence to yourself. ‘Tips left and right for /you/.' Not for the club, not for drinks, food, or even paying down money to have a private dance with anyone. Just for you" Calvin sat back in his chair, red numbers far exceeding black on the document he had on his desk. "Waiters and waitresses aren't filling their till, other dancers are barely making minimum... I might have to cut into the club salary just to pay for restocking."

DJ sat back in the chair and sighed, rubbing over his temples. Sure, this was the greatest job in the world, but it sounded as if Calvin wanted to push him back from doing certain nights just so the club could make ends meet. That was always the trouble of having a staff of talented dancers, he supposed. Plenty of venues for people to throw money, but not to the club hosting it.

"What if... what if I offered to... to... to quit. To leave this club. Would that help you guys make ends meet any better?" The expression that flickered across the koopa's face and the paw that reached out to touch his own were all DJ needed to know the koopa cared, but to him it wasn't enough. The koopa's eyes flickered along the document at one of the few black lettered areas, all of it in the dancer area.

"Well... there's plenty of money going to you, sure... but we can't afford to lose you, no matter what you think. You train all the new employees, you bring in constant capacity crowds... you're phenomenal at what you do, don't just throw it away for us." The koopa sighed even as he saw the little rivulets of water flowing down DJ's face, having been around him long enough to know what was going through the phoenix's mind.

"DJ... just relax. If I need to, I'll spread your tips over the salary for everyone and that'll clear up our mess. But we will have to find some other way to bring in money to start making up for these losses." Another sigh as the phoenix lay his head down on Calvin's desk, a heavy choking sob rising up from him followed by several shuddery gasps as the phoenix started to cry. "DJ, it's not your fault we're in a little debt. We can pull through this, all right feather butt?" Another heavy sounding sob.

DJ slowly lifted up his head, eyes bleary with hot tears as he looked at the koopa. "C... co... consider this outburst my two week's, Calvin... I need to leave for the good of the staff... I'll be in the dressing room." Before the koopa could say even a word or raise his paw, the bird was running through the door and down the hall, most likely with his face buried in his paws as he ran.

******

DJ sat against a corner of the wall in the shower with his head hung low, even as the soothing hot water poured over his body. He'd left the lights off on purpose, knowing that Calvin would check all the lighted rooms first before checking the dark ones for noise. He had about ten minutes before he'd need to shut the water off. He sighed heavily to himself as he heard Calvin pass by the door and go around the corner, shaking his head before banging his head against the wall.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid... You shoulda known how it would turn out if you started getting all the tip money from the crowd. How would they pay for their drinks and food when you're dancing your ass on the stage for them? Such an idiot bird..." He broke down again, a little quieter with his tears this time as they echoed so easily in the shower. He heard Calvin pass by again, calling his name. If he wasn't found in a couple of minutes, he figured the koopa would assume he'd gone home and just call for an all close, then write up his two weeks on the computer.

He shut off the shower as he heard the door open and saw the lights flicker on, slinking back into a far corner of the shower and as deep into the shadows as he possibly could. He heard the koopa's heavy foosteps as they approached the shower, then saw Calvin lean his head in and look right at him.

"DJ... there you are. I was worried you'd gone home. I would've had to write your two weeks into the computer and be forced to let you go at the end of it... come on. Up you get." Calvin held out a gentle paw, which the phoenix slowly took with an unbearable sigh. Calvin gently picked DJ up and carried him out of the shower and down the hall, forcing everyone to one side of the hallway as he carried the bird to his private office.

Calvin lay the bird out gently on his bed and slowly got in next to him, holding the avian close to his chest with a gentleness about him that spoke volumes about how much the koopa cared for the bird. They lay like that for a good long while, neither of them saying anything as Calvin's paw stroked in slow circles around DJ's damp chest feathers.

After what seemed like forever to them both, it was DJ who broke the silence. "You didn't have to look for me... I've already quit." Another powerful sigh, one that seemed to break the koopa to his heart.

"Shh... just stay with us and I'm sure I can work something out for the company. It's easy to do... just have a night where it's a dance party or something, or even just give them free chips so they're thirsty. Stay and we can work it out, feathers."

DJ sighed again and nodded. "I'm pretty sure that's true. We have pulled out of the debt cycle before, but it wasn't related to me that time. It is now..." He was stopped by Calvin's scaled finger pushing against his beak, silencing him and cutting him off.

"Shhh... I know. Now you relax, DJ. At least for right now. I want you to be on a level head when we go back over this..." The finger lifted away from his face and big hands gently clasped onto DJ's shoulders, massaging them in slow and gentle circles, Calvin just proving his title of a gentle giant as he tried his best to calm the phoenix down. And it seemed to be working, for all the phoenix was gently pushing back into the massages.

DJ gave a small nod and just let those tender fingers dance around his, admittedly tensed up, shoulders as he gave a much less heavy sigh. They both lay there with one massaging the other as the minutes slowly ticked by on the digital clock next to the bed, changing just so subtly that neither of them noticed the passing time until the clock flashed 1:00 AM at them in big glaring letters.

Calvin rumbled softly as he noticed the time, slowly running his paw down DJ's back. "Closing time, feathers... I hope you're still in here when I get back..." Calvin opened the door to leave, looking back at the bird laying so defeatedly on his bed with tender eyes before going about getting the place closed down. The door clicked and DJ rolled over, closing his eyes as he slowly mulled over the situation with his mind in a more calm manner.

"If we really need to get money from somewhere... what'd be wrong with bringing a few contests to the table... maybe have a contest to outstrip a stripper. Entry fees and a prize that comes without strings to the club... tips from the crowd." He nodded to himself. "Yeah, that'd work... it'd work really well." Once again, he lost himself in his thoughts, barely even thinking as he got naked on the bed with the thought that it was his. He climbed under the covers and rested his head on the pillow, slowly falling asleep in the warm and luxurious bed...

******

DJ slowly awoke to the sound of a car motor all around him, heavy metal played at a low volume following suit as the next thing he heard. He slowly opened up his eyes, looking around the interior of the unfamiliar car. A jacket held up his head and provided a little bit of cushioning, while another made a makeshift blanket. Not even thinking about it, he muttered sleepily "Where am I? Calvin...?"

A deep, rumbling chuckle signified it was exactly who he thought it was, even as his eyes focused on the driver blearily. The clock on the dash flared a green 5:00 AM into the pitch black of the car, even as the dull and faint bass in the background gave a subtle rhythm to the buzzing of the car engine.

"Glad you woke up, feathers, I was hoping you'd wake up before we got to my house. I could easily turn around and drive you home if you want, but I think you need the company..." Calvin turned around, smiling gently back at the phoenix as he sat up, buckled in securely in the middle strap.

"No... no... I don't recognize where we are, so just take me to your house... if that's okay." DJ sat back in the seat with a yawn, looking over the horizon of the cityscape as the faintest tinges of gilded rust painted the backdrop of the night sky.

Eventually they pulled up to an apartment complex and parked in the garage, leaving all of their stuff there. As they walked up the stairway, a wolf whistle came from one of the rooms. "GOT YOURSELF ANOTHER LOOKER, CAL! KEEP IT DOWN THOUGH MAN! PEOPLE NEED TO SLEEP!" Came the rude voice of a denizen, shortly before a door slammed shut to uproarious laughter from everyone in the apartment room, apparently having a party with whoever it was.

Calvin chuckled at the exclamation and just waved to them, putting his arm back around DJ's shoulder. "Don't mind them, this whole floor's full of partiers so there's no sleeping." Calvin fumbled with his keys a bit, trying to find the right one. The door was eventually opened and DJ found himself ushered in, Calvin following closely behind.

The lights flared on and DJ was surprised at what was awaiting his vision. Far from heavy metal posters everywhere, there was an ambient... hippy nature to the room. Lava lamps, shag carpeting, tye dye posters and every known hippy ever decorated the walls. Calvin chuckled as he noticed DJ taking in the atmosphere, gently pushing the phoenix further past the door. "Go ahead and settle down somewhere. And welcome to my lair, my den away from the club. Umm... feel free to look around, I guess."

And DJ did just that, walking around slowly and tapping every single lava lamp, examining all of the posters that he could. Eventually he came back to the couch and slowly sat on it, only to have Calvin sit next to him and wrap a paw around him "Feeling any better than earlier? Can I cancel that two weeks' notice?"

The phoenix gave a slow nod and nestled his head gently against Calvin's chest, churring very faintly. "Thanks for coming to find me and just hold me... that was very sweet of you." DJ tilted his face back to smile up at the gentle koopa, only to have his face obscured as Calvin kissed him tenderly. They sat like that for a good few moments before the kiss broke, Calvin smiling as wide as he possibly ever could.

"Can't have my best dancer be depressed, can I?" Calvin rumbled softly as he ran a tender claw along DJ's chest, making the bird shiver and jump a little bit. DJ couldn't help but smile back as he ran a finger of his own along Calvin's stomach, churring softly.

"So... what should I do to make sure you don't even think of trying something like this again, hmm?" Calvin couldn't help but grin as DJ's expression rose up a bit, a red tinge rushing over his cheeks.

DJ didn't even get a chance to respond before Calvin picked him up easily, pulling the bird along to the back of the apartment, a rumbling purr deep in the koopa's chest. DJ was dropped with either great or no ceremony by the reptile, who promptly walked over to a large wooden chest.

"Hmm... let's see... not that, not that... ooh... maybe this... no, not now... ah-ha! Here it is..." Calvin turned back around with a grin, his paw holding up a studded collar with a long leash dangling from it. "Here, put this on... pet..." Calvin tossed it over on the bed, even as DJ found himself blushing deeply. DJ put it on with as much care as possible, looking at the dangling leash with a little hesitation. He didn't have long to think about it at all as Calvin took the leash into a paw, pulling DJ a little roughly down onto the floor.

"Now... you're going to strip off my shorts and underwear... then when I'm hanging out and free, you'll lick along my shaft until it's nice and slick. Then you'll get up on the bed and get your punishment for being so bad about your job earlier. And then... I'll fuck you until we both pass out from exhaustion." DJ shivered as Calvin's personality took on such a... a dominant air about him. He couldn't help but look down to the koopa's shorts and slowly undo the button, his pale pink eyes looking up to Calvin's face and only getting a slow nod of approval.

DJ nodded and pulled down the zipper of it, getting hit with a wall of musky air as the koopa's shaft bulged against the thin fabric of the underwear. The heavy member pressed against it, threatening to break them along the seams. DJ churred softly as he sniffed along the outline of the member, his eyes fluttering just a bit as the pungent smell seemed thickest right at the heavy orbs beneath Calvin's shaft. And slowly, very slowly, he pulled those confining underwear down, revealing that heavy shaft and that lovely foreskin, just barely containing those thick glans.

DJ gently licked along the shaft with a sigh, breathing in the scent of the koopa's arousal in heavy breaths, his ear tufts folding against his head as he worked his tongue slowly along that wonderful shaft. The koopa groaned heavily above him, gently tugging on the leash and pulling DJ further up to lap at the top of his shaft, DJ eagerly cooperating and doing just that.

"Rrr... such a good pet to me... heheh..." The koopa's free paw came down gently and stroked along DJ's cheek, the phoenix nuzzling into it gently. He lapped along the koopa's shaft with a little groan of pleasure, the fat dick responding in kind to his attentions and slowly filling the air with more musky fragrance. Finally it stood at full attention, the tip dripping a bit of musky pre only to be eagerly lapped away by the koopa's paw.

"Good boy... now get on the bed, and bend over... Now." DJ gave a quick nod of acquiescence and quickly got in front of the bed, bending over and lifting his tail feathers on high. What came next was something that he'd never expected from the koopa, even as he heard the loud whoosing sound of the koopa's paw behind him. The paw connected quickly and he whined out as he lurched forward, leaving him gasping and reaching for a pillow with a loud cry.

"Don't ever say that you should leave for anyone's good, it's a terrible idea!" The paw connected again, making the phoenix whine out again as three quicker ones followed shortly after. DJ held the pillow close to his beak, whining out as that heavy handed paw connected over and over again with his backside, leaving him shivering visibly as his rump showed the results of it. His rump felt as if it was cherry red in color, and just as painful as that color sounds when on someone's butt.

And then that paw settled along his rump again, this time in gentle motions along the reddened butt, circling around the area with such tender care. "Now... time for that other thing that was promised... ready for it again, DJ, or do you need a little preparing?" DJ felt that thick shaft press against his tail hole, threatening to enter his body with just a single good push. DJ shook his head swiftly and bit down into the pillow, ready for that shaft to be pushed into him. And push it did, the foreskin parting away from the head of that fat dick as the glans pressed against DJ's tail hole, spearing it open and leaving DJ clutching at the blankets as he moaned.

Both of them moaned as the shaft spread open DJ's cheeks, Calvin's breath already coming out in heavy pants as he shoved the entirety of his meat into the bird. They both sat there, DJ savoring the filled feeling of having the shaft so deep inside of his body with Calvin gripping the sheets and trying to keep from just all out /fucking/ DJ's tight hole. Eventually, DJ gave a little nod only to have it interrupted by Calvin grabbing onto the leash and jerking DJ's head back a little roughly, pulling his shaft out and pumping back in slowly.

Gently, but ever so pointedly, Calvin dragged DJ's head around and pulled him into a deep and passionate kiss, even as their hips met again and again in carnal passion. DJ cried out in bliss as Calvin slammed into his body, his body spreading open for that shaft and squeezing back down around it again as it pulled out, his talons curling and uncurling as his shaft dripped pre onto his stomach feathers and the bed underneath them. Each and every thrust into him was like a fire was erupting in his gut and that fire was burning away the normally reserved bird that was how he lived in his daily life, leaving a creature of passion and lust in its place.

DJ started to press back against Calvin's hips each time they met, their cries filling the room just as potently as the sounds and smells of lust taken to its most extreme of ends. Lewd sounds were the backdrop of their passion as they made love on that bed, Calvin's paw dominantly holding the end of DJ's leash, each thrust bringing out another lewd smack and a cry of bliss from them both.

It was quickly coming to its most logical end, the only end that such wonderfully blissful mating and such close company could bring, both of them knowing exactly what it was but just not seeing it on the horizon. And they never would because for all the preparations they could take, all the steps they could make sure that it would come slower, it would be just that... slower to come, but like a train it would come and hit them both by surprise.

And then both dams burst at nearly the same time, DJ the first to let go of his inhibitions in that final cry of passion, a loud squawk that reverberated through the room. Calvin was soon after, his seed spilling deep into DJ's depths as he /roared/ his own passion, his essence spattering along DJ's bowels and filling the phoenix to the brim.

Both slumped against the bed with a blissful sigh, Calvin rolling them both onto the bed more comfortably and holding DJ against his chest with a murr. "You... you're always fun, DJ... I really hope you weren't truly considering leaving me, were you?"

"No Calvin... I don't think I ever really could. Ever..."