*Author's Note: continuing from the last chapter, things start out a little more melancholy and dramatic this time around.*
"Liv... I'm sorry."
Dan stood in intensive care by his wife as the doctor covered her with the blanket.
Rex cursed to himself as he watched the doe he'd known for only one month finally slip away after the last two months in intensive care. He watched her husband, the whitetail buck who'd become his friend through this ordeal, then remembered the last thing he himself said to Livia to cause her heart attack which left her bedridden for the remainder of her life.
Dan whispered his apologies to her, somehow hoping she could still hear him, even though he knew that was no longer possible.
The doctor cleared his throat, "The time is 12:20, A.M. The date... August, 1st. I'm sorry for your loss, Mr. Fredrickson."
Dan sighed, "I'll have to make some calls, set a date for the funeral... um," he brushed a tear before it could show, undercover of scratching his stumps which were starting to grow. "Shit, I'll have to see her family again... they already don't like me... can't imagine how they'll react to this."
Rex stood by the older buck, "I still have some money left over from my old job. I could help with the services."
Dan looked to his right at the young buck by his side, "That's not necessary, but thank you."
...
Meanwhile, in the same hospital, Kelly laid on a medical bed as a kindly, old mouse nurse ran ultrasound over the squirrel's pregnant belly.
The sweet 60 year-old Japanese mouse cooed as on the screen came the image of two growing, wiggling squirrel kits inside Kelly.
Kelly smiled as she realized what this meant.
"Congratulations, Ms. Dalton. You're having twins."
As tears came to Kelly's face, someone else's paw wiped them for her. She smiled and looked to her friend and co-worker, Taylor. "Thank you."
The rat smiled, "Eh, I'm sure anyone else would do the same for you."
She sighed, "Jesse wouldn't."
He clicked his tongue, "Kells, I thought I told you, no more Ms. Negative."
The mouse nurse pinched the rat's cheeks in a grandmotherly fashion, "You must be so proud, sir."
He blushed, "Oh, um, me? Well... I'm not actually the father I'm just a friend."
The woman tilted her head, "Oh? I'm sorry, I just thought-"
Kelly interrupted, "He's a friend; a very good friend. The father... he's not in the picture."
The Japanese rodent nodded, "I see... I won't ask anymore." She stepped out to give the pair their privacy.
Taylor still shined with blush, even through dark grey fur. "I didn't know you felt that way, Kelly."
She held his hand, "You're my friend, Taylor."
When she held him, it turned his knees to jelly and he had to kneel. "Thank you for saying that, you're my friend too. That dark little bar is brighter when you're there." He nuzzled her, coming dangerously close to kissing this beautiful female.
She let him indulge that much before she stopped him. He was a good kisser, she definitely had to admit that.
He shook after they separated, once he'd realized what just happened, "Oh god..."
She quieted him before he spoke up, "Shh, it's okay. It was a good kiss, but you have to keep thinking of Vlad."
He sniffed, "Yes, I have to remember Vlad. Oh, I love him... I can't see me without him, even if it means being with you. He needs me and I need him." He shook his head, shook off the worries that had filled him just then, "Come on... I'll drive you home."
...
At home, Taylor's home, Vlad was no longer a shy, wilting flower of a bat like he'd been just months ago.
The 5'4 tall fruit bat stood in Taylor's gym, lifting weights and building up muscle mass in his winged arms. He was still small, but he wanted to be able to defend himself now. He'd found another outlet to keep his mind from going back to that old klepto bug. Two outlets, actually...
He hummed happily as a female mouse he'd picked up at a local bar eagerly sucked on his circumcised cock.
The mouse was much smaller at 4 feet on the dot. Her mouth barely fit around the bat's glans. Her big-for-her-size breasts jiggled as he pumped weights, then pumped his hips.
He suppressed a squeak when his ears picked up the sound of a car pulling up outside.
The mouse girl in front gulped his pre, oblivious to what was coming.
Taylor had gotten home at about that moment, he kissed Kelly goodbye then jogged up to the front door of his house. He was surprised to find the front door unlocked, but then wasn't so surprised when he found a woman's jacket on the living room couch. He sighed and shook his head. His nose picked up the trail of sex and he followed it to his personal gym.
Vlad stood fully nude in front of a pretty mousette. He had a weight in one hand, the mouse girl's blond hair firmly gripped by the other as she sucked his cock.
The rat was simultaneously aroused and disappointed by the scene, "Vlady..."
The bat chirped happily for his boyfriend, "Tay! Welcome home... um, I didn't expect you back so quick."
Taylor stifled a laugh as he entered the room, "Vlad, baby. I love this new open, bi side of you, but could you at least wait so I can have some?"
Vlad chittered, "I wanted to... but Melody couldn't wait."
The rat nodded as he swiftly got out of his clothes then got behind the mouse, Melody. He ruffled the bat's hair, "You're forgiven, Vlad. Now I don't want your nut sweat on my gear so why don't we take this morsel upstairs, hon."
The bat laughed, "Heard ya loud and clear!"
So Taylor picked up Melody, kissed the mouse directly on her mouth to take back some of his boyfriend's pre, then carried her upstairs to their bedroom.
Once they got in, things got real heavy, she wasn't in heat, but she was ready just the same. She made Taylor use condoms, though. She wasn't taking chances on letting herself get pregnant from a one night stand.
The rat and bat didn't mind her pickiness, she was totally into it the rest of the way. She squeaked in ecstasy when Vlad took her up the ass while Taylor fed her his cock.
When she was tired and couldn't go anymore, she got to watch them.
Taylor made love to Vlad as each laid face to face, the rat buried up waist deep in his lover's tailhole.
Melody fingered herself to another squeaky climax as the males mated in front of her.
When she went to sleep, Vlad and Taylor still had enough energy for each other. The rat and bat frotted and kissed into the night.
Taylor whispered, "I love you, Vlady, even if you have become a sex fiend."
Vlad smiled like a child, "I love you too, Tay, no one else could put up with me the way you do."
They kissed again as each engaged in their intimate swordfight. Taylor eventually rolled onto his back and let the fruit bat take charge in their union.
Vlad held his lover's face and kissed him one more time as their cocks erupted in unison and painted Tay's chest white.
After that, they slept, unaware the mouse had watched and made herself cum to their lovemaking a second time.
"Damn, these boys can sure throw a party."
...
Kelly was about to go to sleep when she heard her doorbell. Since she no longer lived with Jesse, she'd been living by herself in a small one bedroom apartment. This was not easy for a first-time, expectant mother.
Carefully, she climbed out of bed then found a suitable nightgown and some panties to wear, since she wasn't in the mood to get dressed just for someone knocking on her front door. Because she lived alone now, she'd gotten into the habit of going to bed nude, she thought it helped the cubs growing inside her.
She made the trek for the door, in time to hear it buzz again. "I'm coming! God!" She looked through the peephole and her heart skipped, "What are you doing here?"
It was Jesse, "I'm just dropping by to leave some of your things."
