Chapter #3Alone...No More by: GeaMeX   "It's been over a month now..."
A lone wolf sits in his chair, his body hunched forward as he lays his head down on his desk. He stares at the framed picture standing inches away. The brown, leanly muscled wolf's face struggles to keep his eyes open.
"It feels like it's been years... I promised myself I wouldn't get like this... But I never knew how hard it was gonna be. I haven't been able to eat... I can't sleep... I can't even pick myself up out of bed in the mornings..."
The poor thing reaches out to the frame, wiping his fingers against the glass.
"Dammit. I'm such a wuss... I even told him I'd be okay. But I've been thinking about him for weeks, Wondering where he would be. What is he doing? And... is he all right?"
The sombre canine picks up his phone, his fingers twitching as they tap against the screen.
"He hasn't even given me some form of contacting him. All he told me was, 'I'll be back, Alex. Just you wait!' But it's already been..."
Alex looks up at a calendar on the wall. A day from last month was circled, but a streak of X's marked all of the days up until today.
"Just how much longer will it be?"
The doorbell rings, but his ears don't pick up on the sound.
"You were always there for me when I was down. And I was always there for you to perk you up, get you motivated."
The doorbell rings again.
"You always said you liked me for how strong I am. Said you wanted to get big and strong, and I was always happy to help you. I wanted nothing more than to see you become strong. But how am I supposed to do that when you're..."
The doorbell chimes once more. The wolf's ears perk up in response. With a grunt of effort, he heaves himself up from the desk.
"...Guess I better get that."
Every step he takes is an effort, but he drags his feet out of his room, closer to the front door.
"If only... If only I could see you again..."
He paces down the steps, running a hand along the wooden railing on his way downstairs.
"If only I could feel that smooth, scaly, skin of yours again..."
Only a few more steps until he reaches the door.
"If only I could hear your voice again..."
Alex grabs the knob and tugs it open, the glare of the sun illuminating the scene beyond.
"If only..."
***
The brown wolf tilts his head up. His eyes squint as they adjust, bewildered by what stands before him. The first thing he sees is a clearing view of a smooth, green set of scales in his sights. Alex's eyes start to water, and his face start to twitch. His gaze slips downwards, the wolf laying his eyes on is the figure's rippling arm. The white shirt that the guy wears fit incredibly snug over the figure's bulging body, his shredded bi and tri about ready to tear the sleeves apart. The wolf's eyes and face start to shake, and a tear starts to drip down his eyelid. His disbelief makes it hard for him to even speak. "... Z-Zeth-...?"
It was, none other, than Alex's beloved, two-legged, reptilian friend. All Zeth does is stand, keeping that same, warm smile on his face that he had since they met. The only thing different about Zeth now... Is that he's now taller than Alex. His muscles were lean, but his thicker frame would be enough to model, or even enter the lowest bodybuilding competition. Underneath he was wearing a pair of light-blue jeans, and a pair of black, leather shoes. His thighs and calves weren't half bad either. Zeth lets out a light chuckle. "Hello, Alex."
That voice... That's the voice that has been ringing in his head for days. But, it sounded lower, gruffer... Even sexier... The wolf's body starts to quiver. He barely manages to hold a hand out to cup his sexy friend's rugged cheek, his mind at a complete loss for words. "... Ah... ah..." His eyes start to flood as tears drip down the wolf's cheeks and to the ground before Zeth's feet. Alex grits his teeth, trying to speak. "Nng... I can't... I can't..."
"It's just me," The snake finishes, catching the canine's attention as he darts his eyes back up at the cobra's. Zeth sighs softly, still keeping his lovely smile, and holds up the wolf's chin. "Alex... I've only been gone a month. I mean, yeah, I haven't been able to contact you, but you promised you would wait for me. And now look at you. You're a mess. You look like you haven't eaten or slept for days." Zeth hisses, while getting a small whiff of his wolf's body odor with his nose and tongue. "Blech. Or bathed." Next thing the guy does is run his hand along Alex's arm, his face showing that he isn't getting very good results in return, "And your body... Have you been slacking on your workouts? You don't even feel as fit as you used to." Zeth lets out another, more disgruntled sigh. He turns his head as he looks away, "Huh. Guess I'm gonna have to go find someone else." Alex's tears were becoming more drizzled. The last thing he would want is to lose his best friend in
the whole wide world. After a moment, the snake looks back at the poor thing, putting on a more amused grin on his face while he sticks out his forked tongue and winks an eye at him, "Just kidding."
That does't stop the brown wolf's waterfall of tears as he grits his teeth, the grinding clear to see. "Nng... NNG..." Alex leaps up and pounces his snake as hard as he can. "Shut up, you asshole!"
The pounce doesn't do much against Zeth's more muscular frame, but all Alex can do is wrap his arms around the reptile as hard as he could. Zeth does the same, letting the wolf's tears cascade down on to his shirt. The cobra's eyes were shut as he smiles, just as happy as his love to just be together again. Zeth looks up, tilting his head up towards the sky. "Heh. You're such a crybaby."
***
Alex walks out of his kitchen, holding a glass of water in his hands. He sits on his couch, right beside his reptilian friend. Zeth pats a hand on the canine's shoulder before asking, "You feelin' better Alex?"
The wolf sniffs, his eyes red from all his crying. "Yeah. A lot better, now that you're here."
Zeth smiles to that. "So, how have you been? What have you been up to? Just what happened to you?"
"Me?", The mutt cries out. "What happened to you?!" Alex sniffs, wipping at his stuffed nose, trying to push away the remnants of what he hopes are his last tears."You've obviously become bigger from when we last talked. You're all shredded all over now, and I know there's no way you can gain that much muscle in one month..." The brown starts swirling a finger around the round edge of his glass, his cheeks starting to flush a rose-like color. "Not, that I'm complaining of course." Next thing he notices, The cobra has his shirt off and wrapped around his forearms. "Hey, what're you doing?"
Zeth turns to the wolf, "What? You know how much you cried on to my shirt earlier? Felt like I got splashed by a water balloon." The well-defined snake tosses his shirt aside. He grabs Alex's glass and pushes it aside on to the table, before then pounces his studly frame against the furry wolf's. "Ah. There we go."
Alex's a little surprised to feel his snake clambering on top of him like this, but he doesn't mind. "It's really nice to finally see you again."
"Likewise," the robust snake replies. He hisses his tongue out and nuzzles his nose against the pooch's snout.
The wolf grins and nudges back in, but his curiosity about the snake's sudden development interrupts his thoughts. Just what happened to create the snake's wondrous body? "So, Zeth, what happened to you? How did you become so big, so fast?"
Zeth chuckles, tensing and flexing his rippled chest to the wolf, "Let's just say I took part in an experiment, and am really proud of the results."
Alex pauses before nodding in agreement.  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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