Once Doesn't Mean Always (Straight Furry Story)

40: Cliches

Smoke

Cloudy cooled down after the incident, she sat through her detention and was grounded for just as long, unfortunately, that meant that I couldn't see her much, her mum let me take her out once every few weeks though. Bright side, I got off crutches a few days later and Dylan wasn't too much of a problem after, guess he's a little scared of Cloudy. Things have been improving as well, right now, we're down to 10 days left of school, and only 21 days till Christmas.

4th of December,2016

I basically wake up and go through my usual weekend routine. As I have breakfast, I pull out my phone and open an app that I read stories from. I finish my breakfast and sit on my couch, still reading until I hear a set of knocks on the front door.

I lock my phone and go to greet whoever is at the door. As I turn the knob and open the door, the morning sun reflects off pure white fur, blinding me
"DAH, fuck, I'm blind!" I yell jokingly before receiving a massive hug
"That's not nice, that makes it sound like I'm too ugly" Cloudy laughs. I chuckle before calming down and return the hug
"Or that your fur is too white, either way, your beyond beautiful" I say before breaking off the hug moments later.

"Doing anything today?" Cloudy asks, I shake my head in response.
"Just reading, Sandra hasn't said we're doing anything today and no one's asked if I wanna go out and hang with them or anything" I respond
"cool, well, do you wanna come to mine? I got Final Fantasy 15" she asks, making my eyes widen a little.
"Woman, you know just how to control me" I joke, making us both laugh before I head off to inform Sandra on where I'll be for the day.

On the way, Cloudy finally speaks up and breaks silence
"what have you been reading?" I look at her with confusion "I mean, from that app you spoke about" she adds, making me blush a little from embarrassment
"Ugh, r-romance stories"  I hesitantly answer. Instead of hearing laughter, I am surprised to hear a different response 
"that's something new, didn't think you would like those kinds of stories, what ones?" she responds, sounding rather interested
"You wouldn't know them, they're on a phone app" I respond,
"Wattpad? I have that app too" she says as we reach her front door.
"So, what stories?" Cloudy repeats her question, I open the app on my phone before I pass it over to show her
"got a few, Love Has No Boundaries and it's following stories, A New Start, Everlong, Starting New and tons more" I finally respond, a little calmed by her interest
"I've read a few of those stories" she says as we walk in and head straight to her room.

I walk in to see a game paused on a view of a black and white lion fighting off some weird looking creatures with a sword that has an engine at its hilt
"How far in are you?" I ask as I sit at the edge of her bed, Cloudy sits in my lap with her controller, unpausing the
"well, I got it about a week ago, had to beg mom to help me get it as an early Christmas present, but in the end, she paid off half and I paid the other half" she explains as she beats nearby creatures and walks into a tomb
"damn it, hoped a royal arm would of been here" she says, mildly aggravated.
I sit completely clueless, not really understanding what she's talking about, so I shrug it off , accepting that I'll find out when I play for myself.
"Have any plans for Christmas?" I curiously ask as I watch the gameplay, Cloudy shrugs
"dunno, maybe nothing, " she says as she continues to focus on her game.

I sit and think as I continue to watch Cloudy play the game
"what if we all have Christmas together, the 2 of us, Sandra and your mum, all together" I enquire, Cloudy looks at me and thinks for a few moments
"I'll be back" she says as she pauses the game, gets out of my lap and walks out the room. I start to look around the familiar room, killing time for a minute or 2. Cloudy opens the door with a smile on her face
"Ok, 2 things, 1, mom says hi and 2, she also likes the idea" I smile as she walks back into the room and returns to sitting on my lap.

Cloudy plays for an extra few hours
"Ok, I'd get it if an actual person decided to steal an awesome, legendary great sword, but what the hell does a Jabberwock want with it?" Cloudy confusedly asks as a scene plays and her character (who I found out was named Noctis) had retrieved a chainsaw-bladed great sword, I shrug when she turns to me
"Beyond me, never played this game so I wouldn't know" I respond to the rhetorical question. Cloudy logs out of he PlayStation before looking to me
"So what do you wanna do? You want a turn?" She asks as she hands the controller to me.
"Nah, I'll love to borrow it some time later though, if it's ok I mean" I respond,
I got a smile in return as the controller gets placed on the bed
"Of course, so you wanna go out to the park or something?" She asks, I think for a moment before responding
"It would be a shame to spend all day inside, let's go".

We spend the rest of our day around a local park, talking more about our ideas for Christmas and as well as possible plans for the future. The sun sets as we sit under a nicely shaded tree, Cloudy lays with her head on my bare chest, her face, half covered in my chest fur as our tails wrap around each other and move over the top of my Snow White fox as she naps. I sit and watch the sun go down as I hear some light, gentle snoring, I look to the frost-coloured fox that lays on me before I plant a kiss her forehead.

"So cute, so peaceful, I'm glad I'm with you" I think out loud, making Cloudy's ear flick
"Your adorable too, you big softie" she says as she slowly wakes up, lifting her head out of my chest fur and giving a cute little yawn.
"Sorry, didn't mean to wake you, just sorta thinking out loud" I gently say as I hold Cloudy in place with one arm wrapped around her torso
"it's ok, I didn't mean to fall asleep, just sorta dozed off I guess" she says before shifting her view to the sunset
"It's beautiful" she comments, admiring the bright orange and yellow.
I shift my gaze to her as she focuses on the setting sun
"Yes you are" I mutter before receiving a kiss
"And you call me too affectionate, your the one coming up with cheesy lines, maybe the stories you've been reading are affecting you" she said, causing both of us to laugh a little.

We get up and check the time, I put my white, V-neck t-shirt back on before I pull out a pocket tool I carry around and flick out the knife. Cloudy looks in confusion
"What are you doing?" She asks as I kneel down at the base of tree and carve something. I get up when finished and back up next to Cloudy
"There, may be a little cliche but it's a memory none the less" I say as Cloudy observes, a carving of a heart with 'Smoke+Cloudy, 4/12/2016' written inside
"Guess this is our tree now" she chuckles before dragging me along, "come on, Romeo, before you pull more cliches on me".