This is a short work of erotic fiction containing furry, or anthropomorphic, characters, which are animals that either demonstrate human intelligence or walk on two legs, for the purposes of these tales. It is a thriving and growing fandom in which creators are prevalent in art and writing especially.
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Demon's Lust
Chapter Three
She didn't see the cougar the next day, or the one that followed. Kao paced the house like a caged animal, alternating between spending more than the expected amount of time in her bedroom and slipping on her running shoes to pound the sidewalk.
Had she done something wrong? Maybe he hadn't wanted her all that badly, after all. She clenched her jaw and snorted, the faintest puff of smoke tingling at her nostrils. No way! She was a catch and if the damn cat couldn't see that, it really was just his loss. He could come back around her way or not and he'd just be a fling to her, nothing more than that.
At least, that was what she told herself, minutes stretching into hours and boredom clawing at the most desperate corners of her mind. Running wasn't boring -- not with the cougar running through her mind. She only had to close her eyes for the briefest of moments to see his smile again, that quirky little grin that set her heart beating so. Oh, he was divine, a specimen of his species that she just longed to see in the flesh and preferably without anything to hide his masculine beauty from her adoring eyes.
She'd thought he looked at her with the same eyes, but perhaps she'd been wrong. He would have called by, called her, if he'd actually done so, surely? There was no way to tell, only frets and worries and snarls that bounced off the inside of her skull. Everything had been perfect, so why didn't he contact her? Kao flushed, breathing harshly as she forced herself onwards, driving herself to an ever-increasing pace that set her blood racing, heart pumping to fuel her body. Last time it had pumped that hard, she'd been pounded into the bed.
So, she'd had him. It was what it was. Now what? The damn cat wasn't going to even show his face around her? Gritting her teeth, Kao drove herself on, head down into the rising wind. It always caught the area at that time of year. But that cougar... What was he playing at? Was it some kind of mind game, his avoidance? Even Fyr had started to notice! And that drake never was the most observant of them too!
"Have you said something to him?" He teased when she'd gotten home, having duly showered the sweat off as he lounged with his hind paws slung up casually over the arm of the sofa. "He's been here most nights lately, whenever we've been off. I was starting to think he didn't have a home with how often he was over here!"
Kao tensed.
"Oh?" Perfectly casual -- she could do that. "I thought he picked up different shifts. Was he really around here that often before?"
Fyr nodded, changing the channel on the TV with an absent-minded tap of his fingers on the remote. He frowned and Kao stifled a smirk. Accidentally changing the channel was one of his "favourite" tricks back when they'd both being dragonets in their childhood home. It was nice to see that some things never changed.
"Oh, yes, he was round all the time. Don't know why he doesn't like his place, I know it's in a nice enough place. Must be nicer than this place."
"Why don't you move if you don't like it here?" Kao rolled her eyes, the dragoness slouching against the cushions. "You're always complaining. Frankly, it's getting annoying."
"Miss you too, sis."
"Right back at you."
They fell into a companionable silence, neither of them really watching what was on television as the day ticked by a few more minutes, each one of those minutes seeming to stretch out into a greater length of time. Kao pursed her lips.
Bored.
"Are we going to pick up the tree today then?"
Fyr groaned.
"What is it with you and that tree?"
She sat up straight and folded her arms, throwing him one of her trademark glares. There was something about her brother that simply seemed to call for them.
"It's Christmas! You can't have Christmas without a tree!"
"In some places, you can't have Christmas without snow, but you don't see me out there with a snow machine now, do you?"
"I don't see you out there with a tree either."
Fyr sighed and pressed his forearm over his eyes as Kao scowled.
"Do we really need one?"
She nodded vehemently.
"Definitely. And decorations. Aren't there some up in the loft?"
He grimaced and half-shrugged.
"Dunno. I claimed some from mom and dad's place, but I don't know what. You can go up there and have a look, if you like. There's a step ladder out the back that'll do you."
"Aren't you going to help at all?"
Good lord, it was like trying to get the drake to do chores all over again -- or at least his share of them! Tapping her hind paw on the carpet, Kao shook her head and pointed up towards the ceiling.
"There is no way in hell that I'm hefting that great, big, fricking stepladder all the way up to the first floor."
The dragon shot her a look, but she was ready and waiting to return it with a pointed one of her own.
"Fiiiiine," he grumbled, dragging out the word. "I'll help."
Crowing, Kao leapt to her feet, already running through all the things she needed to get done. She'd had a few days relaxing -- now was the time to get busy! She was not always the most productive of dragoness' (if the truth was told, she was often the one to put off her assignments to the very last minute), but, when it came to fun -- well, that was a whole other matter entirely! Something like Christmas deserved her utmost attention.
"That'll be at least some decorations then! And the tree? What about that?"
She didn't get an answer to that one -- at least not immediately. Someone rapped on the door, using their knuckles instead of the knocker, and both heads turned immediately to the hallway.
"Since you're up..."
She huffed and rolled her eyes, but, amenably enough, went to the door. But the shape she found there set her heart racing, mouth suddenly dry, far, far too dry.
Hold it together!
Opening the door with a flourish to find a very familiar feline on the step, Kao smiled. Just a little. Not too wide.