Once Doesn't Mean Always (Straight Furry Story)

41: Family Christmas

Smoke

25th of December,2016

I awake to Cloudy resting her head on my chest. I refuse to get up and wake my little sleepy snow angel. I look past the end of my bed to see a large, triangular shaped box wrapped in Christmas wrapping paper. I smile, knowing exactly it is just by seeing the shape.

I lay in bed for a while, Cloudy refuses to wake up, burying her face I'm my chest fur. I give her a kiss on her head and a small nibble on her ear, trying to wake her. She giggles as she wakes up and kisses me
"OK, OK I'm up already" she laughs as she sits, noticing the box soon after.

The eager fox crawls over the bed and grabs the box, bringing it to me as I sit and watch her gently drop the box on my lap.
"It's for you, from Sandra and me" she says as she watches and wags her tail. I completely adore her as she acts like an amazed little kid waiting for something to happen.

I shred off the wrapping paper to see what I suspected, a Valencia Classic guitar, I open the box to see the instrument, sporting a cool, dark blue. I sit speechless as I stroke my fingers across a few of the strings a few times
"well, now I can stop asking for a guitar" I calmly joke as Cloudy smiles at me, I put the guitar down and get up, dressing myself soon after. Cloudy begins to dig through my drawers, pulling out some clothes, putting them on as I grab of clothes I set aside the night before
"really? You didn't bring clothes of your own?" I ask, laughing, Cloudy chuckles a little before gently hitting me in the arm
"It doesn't hurt to share, I mean you ARE my boyfriend so what's yours is mine" she says playfully before grabbing my paw and dragging me out of the room.

I snag a pair of underwear before leaving the bedroom, making my way to the bathroom shortly after to start my day with my usual shower. I spend minutes washing my fur and enjoying the warmth of the steaming water. I turn off the water and step out the shower, reaching for my town before drying off and brushing my fur and shifting my hair to the right.

I leave the bathroom after getting dressed and feeling ready to make a start to my day, moving down to the kitchen to see Cloudy already seated at the dining room table and Sandra cooking some bacon and eggs.

"Merry Christmas, Smoke, take a seat, breakfast is almost ready" Sandra cheers, signalling me to go and sit down next to Cloudy. I walk over to the table and do as instructed, awaiting for breakfast.

"hey, Smoke, I was just wondering" Cloudy says, gaining my attention "I'm getting a job soon and I have almost $1000 saved up, so I was thinking the 2 of us can rent a place of our own, if you want to I mean" she nervously says. I give her a blank look as I think about her idea, weighing out my options

"are you sure? I mean, do you really think we're ready to move in together, let alone, get our own places at all?" I ask, unsure if we can do it. The fox frowns a little

"does that mean you don't want to?" she sadly asks, I quickly shake my head

"no, no,I do, I just mean, do you really think we could do it? do you really think we're ready? we're still teenagers" I say, a little scared .

Cloudy changes from a down expression to one of understanding

"I do see your point but you forget, Im saying sometime in the future, I at least want to wait till we're both 17" she explains, helping me understand.

"I'd gladly help a little, if you choose somewhere local, help with some bills" Sandra offers as she drops off our food and takes her own seat at the table. I still think abut it before Sandra changes the subject