What's Your Point (A Gay Furry Story) [On Hold]

Chapter 17: A Blaze

Luke's P.O.V.

I woke up to a warm feeling in my side. I slowly open my eyes to see Zach next to me shirtless in bed with me. His breathing was slow and rhythmic indicating that he was still asleep. It put a smile to my face.

 A few moments later I remembered what happened last night, a house was on fire on the news reminding me of my past. 

I started to shiver from the memories flooding back. I could feel Zach wrap his arms around me and kiss the top of my head. "You're safe with me pup, I promise." His voice was so caring and loving. I believed every word he said.

"What you want to eat for breakfast?" I asked him. "Umm.. Some pancakes and bacon please." I got up and found I was shirtless as well. I didn't mind so I went to the kitchen without a shirt and quickly found the stuff for breakfast.

I started to cook and as soon as the bacon started to sizzle Zach came out of his room. "How'd you find everything so fast?" "I have my ways" I said with a smirk. I finished cooking and served us pancakes and eggs for breakfast.

"This is so good, where'd you learn how to cook?" "I learned how to cook from my broth-" my ears went down and started to shiver. Zach was sitting next to me so he put his arms around me. It took a minute for me to calm done. "I think I should tell you why I'm like this. No one knows about this but me." I part my chest fur revealing a scar that ran at a slight angle down toward my right side and ending with it wrapped around to my lower back close to my spine.

Zach's eyes were wide with worry, concern and bewilderment. He had many questions but all he could ask was, "How?" I looked him in the eyes with pain in mine. The pain was not physical, but mental from the memories. "It's the same reason why I acted like I did last night."

Flashback

"Where are you Jake, you know I can sense you." I said finding him behind a tree. "NO FAIR!! I can't sense you. You're no fun." He turns and pouts. I pick him up and put him on my shoulders. "You're so sure that I'm not fun?" Jake is laughing while on my shoulders.

I was pretty young at the time. I don't remember how long ago due to the accident, but I do remember what happened before, during and after it happened.

Jake is one of my younger siblings. I had 2 little brothers and sister. I had one older brother that would hang out with me all the time. I was half his age. I did have an older sister but she passed due to a brain tumor. We made the best of all the time she had left. And don't forget my parents.

I took Jake in and found everyone in the living room with the news on. "What's happening dad?" "The storms are coming closer and getting stronger, but it will avoid us. We're too far inland for it to reach us." I told them all I was going to my room.

As I got into my room I locked the door and pulled out a box that said 'Luke's property'. Everyone knew not to touch my stuff unless I said so. I was the fastest fur in my household (and school). The box contained stuff from everyone in the family, including pictures from my older sister.

On one of the inside walls of the box was a note. "Hey Luke, hope you don't mind that I added some things to your box. I didn't look through it so I wrote this letter to tell what I did.  -Lucius." My older brother, I didn't mind. I was going through the stuff and saw recently taken photos. Well, at least there's more to my collection.

I could sense something was off at that moment but I shrugged it off. It was a faint feeling so it didn't matter, right? I left the room after I put my box next to my window. Everyone was doing their own thing. I went to Lucius's room to see what he was up to.

"Hey big bro, what ya doin'?" "Nothing much shorty, how you feeling?" He ruffled my head fur as he said that. "DON'T CALL ME SHORTY!" I yelled at Lucius while jumping on him. He swiftly steps aside and I fly passed him. He quickly picks me up and throws me to his bed where he starts to tickle me.

"D-don't tickle me!" I said in between laughing. He didn't stop till I pushed him off with great effort. Lucius stopped and just sat next to me on my bed. "We all love you very much and try to keep you happy all the time. Have an amazing childhood, ya know what I mean?"

I did, I was very intelligent for my age and I have noticed that everyone would try to keep me busy. I liked it but that's why I also have my "stash". Everyone needs their alone time.

"Want to go out somewhere, just you and me, have some brother bonding time?" I immediately said yes with my tail waging at a high speed. Lucius grabbed his keys and headed down stairs to his car. Telling our parents that Lucius was taking me out to have some brother bonding, they said yea and not to stay out too late.

I ran down the stairs and met Lucius at his car. I was the fastest in the family  so by the time he was climbing into his car I was bounding toward the passenger seat. As he closed his door, my door closed seconds after.

"Are you trying to make this a speeding competition?" He asked with a challenging tone. "You know I'm faster than you and anybody else in the family." I said nonchalantly. "How good are you at bowling?" He said with a devilish chuckle.

That spiked my interest. "Where're you going with this?" "Wanna bet against your older bro?" I thought about it for a bit. "What's the catch?" I was curious as to why he all of a sudden wants to bet against me.

"We will play a game of bowling. If I win, you have to give me something that you cherish from you stash. If you win, you will get my pendant that I cherish." Now I really thought about it. Risk something I cherish or get his pendant. I didn't want to bet, but it was a tempting offer.

"You're on big bro!!" I said with much confidence. We pulled up to the bowling ally a few seconds later. I could't WAIT to beat Lucius at bowling. I wasn't very good, but last time I checked I was better than him.

We got our shoes and found an open lane and started our little competition. We were both better than we expected. We were both hitting strikes or spares most of the time. Other furs were gathering around to see who would win.

It was my final bowl with me going last. Lucius was 16 points ahead. If I could get a strike and 6 pins or more I would win. I like to win with more than a 2 point difference. 

I got a strike for my first bowl. Everyone around was on their toes seeing if I could beat my brother. I took the shot and got 3 pins. I need 1 more to beat Lucius. I heard Lucius getting antsy so I chuckled and said with a cocky tone, "Looks like someone just lost." I took the last shot and got a spare.

We finished off at the bowling alley and went home. By the time we got to the door mom called us saying dinner was ready. We got ready and ate dinner with everyone. I got the same feeling as before. I pushed it to the back of my mind.

I went to my room and fell asleep. I dreamt of an orange light all around me. I woke all of a sudden with Lucius in my room. He grabbed my box of possessions and picked me up. He ran to his room and set me down.

He went over to his dresser and grabbed a necklace. "Keep this with you at all times. I love you." He says as he puts it on my neck and throws me out his bedroom window (which is on the second floor) and I land on the front lawn. 

Not a second later my house, with my whole family in it, blew up and burst into flames. My neighbors came running out. They looked at the house and then to me. They ran over to embrace me as I started to cry. I blacked out.

I woke up in a hospital room pain all over my body. Bandages were all over my torso. I couldn't move. I later got the information that as I landed onto my lawn, a sharp rock along with the blast caused damage to me.

Present

"Now you know why I act the way I do." I go to sit down. Zach follows and sits next to me. I lay down and he does the same. "I am glad you're with me, I love you" I tell Zach as he just lays there comforting me. "I love you too" Zach says as I slowly fall asleep against him.