Love between friends: Chapter 1
Alright, so this is my first attempt at writing a furry / romance story if you think of any ways to improve it in the later chapters let me know, now on with the story.
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I woke up screaming and grasping my chest my heart felt like it was being ripped from my body I held my paws in front of my face and just stared at them, they were both clean no blood just white fur "it seemed so real..." although it was that very same recurring nightmare I had to check my paws every time to make sure it had not actually happened
_ I stared into the mirror but what I saw was not my own reflection it was a face shrouded in darkness with a face full of large fangs the paw he was holding out was covered in blood ... his blood!, I clenched my paw into a fist and slammed it into the mirror shattering it to pieces I fell to my knees crying, the floor was ice cold but it didn't matter I curled up repeating "it wasn't me...!" when i got control of myself, I got up and staggered towards the shower, I adjusted it and stepped in I grabbed the soap and scrubbed my paws over and over but the blood would not come off it was like my brain was playing some cruel joke on me. Eventually I just got out of the shower and dried my fur I walked out of the bathroom with tears freely falling from my eyes._
I was in the middle of gathering clothes in my closet when I heard I knock on the door I flinched and reluctantly answered
"W-Who is it?
My mom spoke "it's just me Eric; you need to walk to school soon."
"I'll be ready in a second"
"Just don't be too late" with that I heard her walk away
I looked down at my clock and saw the time "shit, I'm gonna be late..."
I raced down the stairs so I would make it in time my mom was standing there "Have a nice day Eric" she smiled at me and walked back into the kitchen
"I will, Bye mom!"
When I walked outside I was hit by a cold breeze after it passed it felt like the fur under my eyes froze I shrugged it off and kept on going School is a good 30 minute walk so I have the time to back up and introduce myself.
My name is Eric, A 19 year old anthro fox, I'm about 5'7"if I had to guess, I have a pretty well-built body I have completely white fur with grey patches on my chest, arms, legs and face other than that there's not much more to say other than I'm one of the many poor saps trying to find the place where they belong in the world.
While I was walking I couldn't help but think about what happened I took another quick glance at my paws and they were clean i sighed 'I couldn't have done it...' a while after I heard the steps of another person I looked up and saw Alex, he is a very close friend of mine and is also the same age as me, he's about 6'1" his body is very well toned and shaped which is one of the many things I like about him, he has orange fur with white stripes on his face, legs and arms.
"Alex!" I yelled
He turned around and smiled at me "Hey Eric, I was wondering if you were coming to school today."
I party grimaced "I was considering not going..." I rolled my eyes a bit and sighed
He stared at me it felt like his piercing blue eyes were seeing into my very soul "So, what happened to you? You're an absolute mess."
"Nothing happened just had a bad morning"
He put one of his soft paws on my shoulder "you're free to talk to me about anything Eric." His voice sounded so tender and caring which made me feel like I was going to melt.
I smiled "Yeah, I know."
He gripped my cheeks lightly and said "hold still will you?" he put his face close to mine and licked the fur under my eyes trying to flatten it down, all the while I was trying my best to keep a pent up murr escaping from within me after he was done a smile crossed his muzzle "There you go" I smiled back at him "thanks"
After that small 'incident' we remained in silence until we got to that hell hole I mean school, Alex looked at me "I'll see you in class" he turned around and started walking away and I just stood there and grumbled for a while, I walked around the school a bit to pass the time and clear my mind of distracting thoughts before I went to class.
As I walked into class a musky scent filled my nose as I inhaled more I felt a stirring down below 'not now' I wandered around trying to place it when I found the source I smiled it was Alex as I took a seat next to him he quickly turned around to see who it was
"Hey, Eric"
"What a surprise seeing you here" I said with fake shock
_ He sighed "you've been in my class for the past 5 years" he mumbled_
I giggled "I know, but I'm forgetful you know?"
My next class was with Mr. Blake for science this was the one class I loved going to, something about blowing things up just took my fancy when I took a look around the room I saw Dante I growled as I took my seat he was the complete bane of my time at school I sighed 'at least this is the last year of torment from him' I also noticed Alex was not here and I whimpered quietly. Most of the class was spent writing notes and reading through text books the rest of the day flew by like nothing else but that was mostly because I slept through all the other classes.
After school was over I found Alex and we started walking home for most of the walk we both remained silent but after a while Alex broke the silence
"Eric, I was wondering if you mind coming over for a while to talk about something"
"Is anyone else going to be there? Or have you already told them?"
"No one else is going to be there just you and me; also I don't think I'm ready to tell anyone else"
At that moment my mind filled with curiosity he never usually asked me to come over and what further more increased my curiosity that he wanted to talk to me and me alone. He was not that into talking with people a lot so it made me wonder why.
_ "Sure, but why can't you tell me what it is right now? "_
He fidgeted a little "I-I don't know I don't think it's the right place to say it"
I sighed "Fine"
On our way it was freezing I growled regretting that I forgot to bring a jumper I looked at Alex "Its bloody freezing!"
He smiled and held me against his warm, furry chest "is that any better?"
I sighed with happiness "Yeah, thanks Alex." Once again trying to keep a murr from escaping my muzzle
When we walked into his home my body was filled with an overwhelming amount of warmth 'how do they put up with so much heat?' I thought, Alex let go of me and yelled out to his parents.
"Mom I'm home and I brought Eric over is that ok?"
His mom walked out from the kitchen and over to us "It's alright but he can't stay to long ok?" "Yeah, I know mom"
"That's good if you two need anything I'll be in the kitchen oh and don't have too much fun up there will you?" she winked at us and we both flinched at the comment 'what did she mean by that?' I'm sure we were both thinking the exact same thing.
"So, what did you want to talk to me about?"
He motioned me to follow "its best if we go to my room and talk"
As we were walking up the stairs he seemed a bit more depressed than usual which gave me something to think about but I was guessing it was because of the 'thing' he had to tell me making me wonder even more what he wanted to say when we got to his room he sat on the bed and I followed him and sat down he was staring at the ground & I heard him mumbling something along the lines of 'how should I say put this...'.
"Alex you know you can tell me what it is" "Well I don't know what you're going to say about it so..." he trailed off and started looking even more depressed
"I promise I won't be angry with you Alex, so can you please tell me what's wrong?" He sighed and said "Well...ok I don't how you're going to take this but, when I see you my whole body fills with joy, you're the one person in my life that completes my world, I just like being somewhere close to you all the time and I never want you to leave me, I just guess the simple way to put it is, I think I love you Eric"
I stared at him in awe and disbelief when I tried to speak my muzzle opened but nothing came out something was holding the words back, as I got up I felt a stabbing pain in my heart making my whole body go numb I remember seeing Alex get up and breaking my fall and the last thing that came to mind was 'he loves me?' before my world faded to black.