Tropical - Chapter Six
Rye and Cloud got out of the car at the same time. "Looks like the whole school is going to be here," Cloud observed nodding toward the parking lot entrance where of the students' cars piled through. "We're lucky to have the pool so big then," Rye...
Tropical - Chapter One
"Senior year," sighed an anthropomorphic bat walking down a high school hallway. "This is going to be a long year." Walking beside the bat, a light blue otter named Rye nodded in agreement, but otherwise didn't respond. "One last year and then it's...
Tropical - Chapter Thirteen
The months went by, and the otters' troubled minds didn't lighten up, but only worsened. Their relationship started to fall silent because neither of them wanted to talk about it, no matter how inventible it was. Their friends recognized that Rye and...
Tropical - Chapter Twelve
The drama at school dissolved during the next several weeks, and the two otters kept themselves busy between homework and working at the pool. Cloud moved in with Rye, which Rye was even surprised when Nate, Ariel and Patrick came to help Cloud move....
Tropical - Chapter Eleven
Right on with Cloud's prediction, many more people came up to the couple and asked about, or gave their comments on, the new relationship during the next several days. Diane, and her friends, didn't approach Rye and his friends but there was tension...
Tropical - Chapter Ten
Early the next morning Cloud woke up before the sun rose above the horizon, which left the sky a dull grey-blue, proving that it was only dawn. Cloud looked down at Rye, who was sleeping peacefully in his arms and Rye's own arms lightly around...
Tropical - Chapter Nine
A bird tweeting outside the open window caused Rye to wake. With the haze of the dreams still covering Rye, he felt despair, thinking that last night was all a dream. It only took him a couple seconds to realize that his face was buried in white fur...
Tropical - Chapter Eight
Normally when walking to the pool, their conversations were light and in a joking manner but while Rye and Cloud walked toward the pool, the excitement about the midnight swim alone was easy to detect. Walking at a faster than normal pace, Rye was soon...
Tropical - Chapter Seven
"Wow," Cloud commented looking at the house in front of the driveway that Rye drove into, which was already crowded with parked cars. Rye parked and looked up at the scene. Ariel's house was obviously one of the most expensive in or near the city, and...
Tropical - Chapter Five
Throughout the week Rye and Cloud often hung out with each other, in school, at the pool and occasionally at Rye's apartment. After school, Rye would always give Cloud a ride home, and sometimes Rye would pick Cloud up on the way to school, if Rye woke...
Tropical - Chapter Four
Sleeping restlessly, Rye woke up a little irritated the next day at six in the morning when his alarm clock went off. Rye cursed his restless mind for keeping him up while he dressed and drove to school. He was always one of the first ones at the...
Tropical - Chapter Three
"You were amazing," Cloud again complimented Rye on his save. "That pool, Beach Lagoon, is lucky to have you as their lifeguard." "Thanks," Rye again said, blushing beneath his fur. "I had a fun time today, thanks for coming along. Otherwise it's so...