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Spraying his hung

up polo shirt dangling from a cabinet handle, Jordan brushed out the wrinkles

from his one-size-too-small mentorship uniform. The polyester absorbed every

mist as his hands swiped down the material. The student lounge was empty, the

only lights on in the whole area were in the student government cubicle where

Jordan and Caine prepared for the new student orientation today."What makes you

think I can't?" he squeaked.Caine, a grey

husky, scoffed as he finished binding the freshmen welcoming flyers with a

rubber band. He kept his eyes fixed on aligning the papers as he tapped them on

the desk."You're too..." Caine carefully searched for his

words before getting interrupted."Charming?""Cocky?"Jordan returned

the scoff, craning back his neck in disbelief. "I know you are.""Oh, please,"

Caine sassed. He let out a chuckle and tilted his head towards Jordan's exposed

back. "Are you flexing right now with your shirtless body standing a foot away

from me?"Jordan bit his

bottom lip as he silently relaxed, letting out the hot air he'd been holding in

to puff out his chest and keep his abs creasing the white patches of fur. He did

take pride in his lupine genes, with his strong hourglass physique. Instantly

catching his breath, Jordan spun around to present himself, put his hands on

his waistline and forced a nonchalant "No".Caine let out a

comical sigh. "Yeah." He pushed away from the desk, taking a rubber band with

him as the chair rolled back against the metal cabinets. "It's okay, though," Caine continued right before

shooting the rubber band at Jordan's left nipple, which made Jordan flinch

and let out a weak groan. "Those muscles can win anyone over."Jordan rubbed the

sensation away from his chest. "Hey!" he whined with a frown. "I can be

charming.""Like a snake

charmer." Caine joked. "The only thing you can do is serenade people into your

pants."With a gasp Jordan

sprayed a few shots of water at Caine, with the husky immediately guarding his

face with the flyers. "Hey! If you ruin these, you're running new prints!"

Caine scolded with a giggle as he peeked around the papers."It's all I'm good

for, isn't it?" Jordan retorted and forced a chuckle, with slight genuine

offence in his voice.Caine forced his

own chuckle. "Oh, come off it, Jay."Putting down the

spray bottle on the desk with a thud, Jordan's tone sounded more desperate.

"Really, though, what makes you think I'm not charming?"Caine took notice

of the wolf's change in voice and twitched his head in thought. "Maybe not the

word to use.""Was I not

charming enough for your taste?" Jordan asked quickly and coldly.Caine's face

crinkled. "Jordan..." he said blankly."Hey, come on!

You're perfect, you would know how a perfect guy should be like."Caine let out an

involuntary chuckle, but immediately shook his head in apology. Jordan felt his

face tingle with embarrassment, the recollection making his throat tighten."Sorry," Jordan

quickly spurt out to avoid an awkward silence."You're fine."But the awkward

silence came. Jordan pursed his lips and peered down at his bare torso. He

desperately occupied himself during the dead air by smoothing out the fur that

rumpled under the waistband of his jeans. His eyes couldn't help but glance up

at Caine, who he saw was leaning back in the chair, watching his fingers swiping

left and right of his V-cut."Jay...?" Caine finally

spoke over the wind of the air conditioning.The bare Jordan

said nothing and resorted to biting his bottom lip again as he turned around to

grab his polo shirt off the hanger. Flapping out the damp shirt, he routinely

fit his arms through the sleeves. He obviously struggled to fit his first bicep,

which encouraged him to flex, stretching out the material. Before he could try

for the other sleeve, he felt hands grip his shoulders, making him tense up."All right," Caine

began, his voice bouncy to counteract the mood. "Let's make a little game."Jordan always

liked a good competition, and Caine knew that. He gave Jordan's shoulders a

light shake. "Let's see who can score first."Jordan tilted his head,

his eyebrows scrunching together. "What do you mean?" Caine chuckled. "Come

on, you know what kind of game this is! If you can get a guy by the end of

today, you're much more charming than I thought you were."Jordan felt a

smile creep across his face, his shoulder muscles flexing against the warm

husky hands. He could never pass up anything to impress Caine, his man crush

since the day they've met. This is my

chance, Jordan thought to himself."You're on,"

Jordan growled.Caine released the

wolf's thick shoulders and began helping him with the other sleeve. Jordan

eventually found himself turned around again, facing Caine with only his broad

chest and crisp abdomen displaying right before the husky's eyes. The bunched

up material kept his arms flaring out, which caught Caine's attention."Shit," the husky let

out. "I think I might just lose against your tiny shirt. Cheater."Jordan laughed,

making his pectorals dance for Caine a few times. Just before he could gather

himself and pull down his uniform, he could feel the warm hands on his chest

now. He gave a quick look up at Caine, watching the husky's eyes gazing at his

chest. The soft ocean blue eyes darting left and right, as if hypnotised.

Jordan breathed in slowly, his chest puffing out once again to accompany the

husky's exploring hands. He was just about to bring up his own hands to hold

Caine's when the warmth slid away and began loosening the bunched material."We should get

going," Caine spoke quickly. "We gotta finish setting up!" The husky clumsily

shoved Jordan's tight uniform down, the wrinkles disappearing against the

strain of the wolf's muscles.***Jordan and Caine

were in mentor mode; their fob of keys clanged against their nametags as they

walked, their heavy black boots tapping, not dragging, against the pavement.

Coming out of the student lounge and stepping into the sea of reality made the

intimate moment in the cubicle a silent recollection as crowds of people rushed

around the campus. Caine and Jordan took turns stapling the flyers on

billboards and taping them against glass windows and noticeable pillars. The

noise was familiar, with students laughing and squealing as they met up their

friends. As they strolled around the campus and watched the college newbies,

the two occasionally exchanged jokes about when they used to be freshmen, almost

disgusted by how they acted similarly just a couple of years ago."You'd think more

people would be less excited to be back in school," Caine scoffed.Jordan let out a

loud sigh of pity. "They'll learn the truth soon enough."The bulk of the

flyers had dwindled finally, and it became difficult for Caine and Jordan to

find places to display the remaining flyers. The frantic meandering was

interrupted when Caine received a phone call."Hello?" Caine

answered, plugging his other ear to hear against an obnoxious group of female

squirrels sitting on a long bench just across from them."Hey, Janet! What's

up?" he greeted, a smile naturally appearing on his face. Jordan immediately

nodded at the name. Janet was the mentorship supervisor of the college, a gorgeous

white rabbit with a bubbly personality. Even when Jordan wasn't the one in the

call, just hearing her name put a smile on his face as well. Jordan continued

to stare at Caine, whose face was acknowledging and twisting as he listened."Yeah, we just

finished. I'll be there in just a bit. Okay. Bye!" Caine hung up and turned his

attention to the wolf."Jan needs help

finishing the setup for the speakers," he explained. "You think you can take

care of the last of these?"Caine had already

pushed the flyers towards Jordan. He had no choice but to accept. The

orientation was about to start soon. "Yeah, no problem.""Great, see you

there!" Caine quickly replied as he struggled to put his phone in his back

pocket. Jordan watched Caine jog away until he disappeared around the corner,

uncaring to his standing alone in the seemingly endless crowds of freshmen. He

eventually snapped out of it when a squeaky voice called out to him."'Scuse me?" the

voice said. Turning around, he saw that it was one of the squirrels Caine

wanted to drown out earlier.The squirrel was obviously

trying to look sexy, pushing up her small butt with her miniskirt puffing out.

Her tail wasn't fit through the tail seam, which showed off her rump. Her

mobile phone jingled with a small acorn keychain."My friend was

wondering how old you are." Her voice was even more annoying up close, which made

Jordan tense up. He drew his attention towards the only other group of

squirrels in the area, seeing the only squirrel covering her face in

embarrassment, with the rest of her squad doing a terrible job at acting

natural."Too old for you,

sweetheart," Jordan teased her with a much deeper voice, adding a subtle yet booming

chuckle through his nose as the cherry on top. The tiny squirrel went from

confident to bashful, her little round ears drooping behind her head."O-okay," the squirrel

struggled to answer as she peeled herself out of Jordan's view to go back to

her group. Jordan rolled his eyes, overhearing another high-pitched voice curse

all her friends, followed by an awful giggle fit from several other squirrels.He refocussed his

attention to completing his task, although making sure to keep his back to the

girls, and made his way towards the entrance of the campus. He found the

decorated sawhorses facing the entrance, with only a blown up picture of the school

map for anyone to peruse it. It was a perfect spot, he thought. Seeing there

were a perfect number of flyers left, he took one flyer to each sawhorse,

taping them neatly on the upper left corner of the display.He sighed with

relief as he had just one more sheet to get rid of, this time giving up on making

it look nice. Rubbing against the tape to secure the flyer, he felt a heavy

thump hit his back."Whoa, hey!" he

growled, annoyed thinking he needed to scare more young squirrels.He twisted his torso

to look over his shoulder, only seeing a brownish-red furry forehead."S-sorry!" a

little voice stammered. Jordan watched the little guy finish rubbing his face,

revealing himself as a short fox, although with a look of terror on his face.

The soft features made Jordan smirk. So

adorable!"No worries,

little man!" he said plainly as he turned around completely. The scared little fox

made him chuckle to himself. He watched the fox's eyes, which was darting left

and right at his chest. The eyes were focussed on the left side, which had the

college logo stitched on his polo shirt.Trying to snap the

fox out of his silence, Jordan extended out his hand, low enough for the short

fox to grab it. "Good morning, little man.""Oh," he heard the

fox spit out. "Good morning!"Jordan wrinkled

his forehead. He jiggled his fingertips to make the little brown fur ball look

down. It worked somehow."Oh!" the fox said

again. "Good morning!" Jordan finally felt the handshake complete.It was an awkward gesture.

He let the fox do the shaking, which he observed was robotic and rhythmic. He's so scared, Jordan teased. The weirdness began to grow on him, so he decided

to speak. "Where're you headed?""Oh, I'm--" the fox

tried to answer. "I'm headed to the orientation."Duh, Jordan thought. Before he could

respond, the fox spoke again."Do you know where

the cafeteria is?"Ignoring the huge

map of the school on the sawhorse behind him, he put his hands on his hips. "Of

course, little man. In fact, I'm one of the leaders of the mentorship program

here."He watched the

surprise flash onto the fox's face. Whether it was genuine or not, he took pride

in his answer."I can take you

there if you'd like," Jordan continued."Oh! Yes, that'd

be great!"The cute fox

adjusted his backpack. "I'm Kai, by the way!"Cute face, cute name! "Jordan," he answered

giddily. "Nice to meet you, little Kai!"As Jordan led Kai

the fox up the campus, dodging the somehow endless number of students, he

couldn't help himself glancing back. It wasn't to make sure Kai was behind him,

because the loud dragging of his footsteps were a good indication, but he

wanted to get a good look at the young man's face. The first time, he saw bubbly

cheeks; the next he saw almond-shaped eyes; and the last time he saw beautiful hazel

irises complementing his fur...which were glued staring at his butt.The cafeteria finally

came into view. Jordan jogged forward to grab the door to the entrance, briefly

acknowledging the cacophony inside with a wince. Turning around, he now had all

the excuses in the world to stare at the fox's face."Go on in and we'll

start the orientation soon, okay?" he informed Kai."Sure. Thank you!"

the fox answered.With the whole

time admiring Kai's features, Jordan almost forgot about the little challenge between

him and Caine. He put his wit to the test. Charm,

he commanded himself hastily.He panicked and flopped

his hand on Kai's shoulder just before he walked through the door. He leaned in

close to the fox's ear. "You'll love me as your mentor, little man," he

whispered, using his deep lupine growl.Kai tilted his

head away from the wolf's muzzle with wide eyes. Jordan felt his face flush and

quickly slipped his hand off Kai's shoulder. He let the door go, forcing the

fox to scuttle forward into the cafeteria, the noise quickly silencing again as

it shut.He let out a sigh.

"That was smooth, idiot."