Spots (mxm)

Chapter 26: Leaving

(Another photo I liked. This is how I see Tayn. I think Arron had too much sugar before this chapter started lol.)

Larro held him for awhile longer until the thunk of bags right next to them brought Arron's attention up to Larro's friends. Pask and... Tayn? He wasn't great with names. Seeing one of them shifted up close was actually pretty cool, though.

Arron squirmed free of Larro's arms, then hesitantly walked up to the huge dog-like creature. It looked like a mix between a lion and a wolf. The hyena leaned over and bumped Arron's little nose with its own, cackling quietly with interest. He could feel Larro's eyes on him so he knew that he was safe to interact with the bigger animal. When the hyena leaned back, Arron couldn't help but swat at its nose lightly, getting a grumble and a head-shake from it in response as it backed up a step.

"Tayn isn't really a playful guy. He might just end up pinning you down and nipping a few times so that you'll leave him be." Larro said.

Arron glanced over his shoulder at him, but his kitten seemed fixated on bothering Tayn. With a determined mew, he bounded over to him where he had retreated farther and tugged on his left ear with a playful growl. At first, Tayn tried to step on his feet and pull him off, but he just ended up hurting his ear more, which his kitten refused to release.

The hyena glared up at Larro, who snickered and unfortunately to Arron's kitten's dismay, walked over and detached him from his friend's ear.

"You got everything packed, guys?" Larro asked as he held Arron in his arms.

Thanks. My kitten gets a little crazy sometimes... I think I've had too much sugar recently. He thought to Larro.

Tayn nodded as he swatted at his slightly-bleeding ear. Oops. His kitten had actually been going for the earring that was in it.

Pask stepped forward in his human form with a big backpack on his back and a duffel bag in each hand.

"Yup. We were already planning to split town soon anyways, so we had most of it packed."

Arron was lifted up slightly as Larro spoke to the two. "Did you get his stuff, too, by chance?"

"Yeah, packed all of his clothes and an extra toothbrush." Pask replied with a shrug.

He knew that he didn't have much, even though they had just gone shopping. He was grateful that he got to keep the items, though.

Larro smiled and pressed a soft kiss to Arron's fuzzy head before setting him down.

"Alright! Looks like it's time to get the hell out of this hole." He said as he smirked over at his friends, then down at Arron before grabbing the two extra bags and heading for the door. Arron was glad that he had let him walk, because his kitten had quite a bit of energy he needed to get out before the car ride or he'd likely be after Tayn's earring again.

He ran around Tayn while he sauntered outside and down the steps of the building, still in his hyena form. As long as Arron didn't trip him or try to bite he seemed to tolerate him running around his feet. Arron's overly-energetic kitten even got Tayn to chase him once. The weather outside was so nice, too, making his kitten even more uncontrollable. Larro just ginned over at him as he continued loading up his car.

Don't worry about it. He must be feeling better since I haven't seen him very hyper before. He thought into Arron's mind. He had a point, but it was frustrating.

"I can tell that you want to run about more, but we really should be heading out. We may be able to stop and run around somewhere once we get out of town a good ways, though maybe not till tomorrow."