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I open my eyes. Bruno is there, arms wrapped around me and vice versa. Jai is on the other side of the cabin, snoring like usual.

"Hey there, cutie," Bruno says.

"Good morning," I say, "How'd you sleep?"

"Ok. You?"

"Just fine." He gives me a kiss.

"That's nice to hear. What's the plan for today?"

"Not sure. Why don't you text Wendell and Todd and ask?"

"Oh. Right." Bruno reaches back and grabs his phone under the pillow. I don't know exactly why he does that, he just does. He flips it open and types quickly. He hits "send" and puts it between us. "Now where were we?"

"This." I kiss him on the nose. Bruno wraps his arms around me again and hugs me tighter. If it weren't for the blanket covering us, my tail would be wagging like crazy.

The phone vibrates and the kiss ends. For now.

"They said we all should meet out at The Clearing later on." Bruno says. You ever seen one of those places at camp where there's a bunch of tables under a supported roof? I'm not talking about a building since there's no walls. Anyways, that's what we're all calling The Clearing.

"Alright. We should get redressed through." I say. Before you ask, I'm not saying we're both naked. We both just took our shirts off since we all know it's warmer with fur-on-fur.

I dress in a light pink shirt. Bruno gets his brown shirt with eyes pointing in different directions with the word "crazy boyfriend" on it. Again, no idea why he has it.

"Hey, Jani," I toss a balled up shirt at her and she wakes up. "Time to get up. Todd and Wendell want us all to meet at The Clearing."

"Uhhh..." the bear groans.

"Fine. Don't come. Whatever." I grab Bruno's paw and we walk out the door.

"Have you always done that to wake her up?" Bruno asks.

"Sometimes. Mostly I do it just to mess with her." I say. As we head towards the Clearing, my tail swishes back and forth. I'm excited for what's going to happen next.

When we get there (it's only a five minute walk); Todd, Wendell, and Dexter are already here. Me and Bruno sit next to Dex with me in front of Todd.

"Hey guys." Todd says.

"What's up?" Bruno says.

"Nothing." Todd says. Wendell just looks at the table and snickers. What's that wolf laughing about? I can't take not knowing. Soon enough, he breaks into a full-out laugh. I look at him like he's crazy. Probably because he is crazy.

"What's so funny?" I ask. I had to raise my voice just for him to hear me.

"N-Nothing... HAHAHA!!!" Wendell won't stop. He even pounds his fist on the table. Even Todd joins in. That's when Toby comes over.

"What's so funny?" the doberman asks.

"You sure you want to know?" Wendell asks, laughter tears forming in his eyes.

"Yes."

"Ok." Wendell takes out his phone and opens his photos. He gives it to me. The photo that he shows me, shocks me. After I see it, I join the laughing. I mostly feel bad for Dexter, but it is kinda funny.

"What is it?!" Toby grows impatient. I give him Wendell's phone, somewhat excited for his reaction. "Dexter, what the hell?!?!"

"What's wrong?" Dexter asks.

"This." Toby shows the photo of Dex cuddling with Toby. Immediately, Dex blushes and looks down, his tail going limp.

"I'm sorry, Toby." the embarrassed tiger says.

"Why were you cuddling with Toby?" Bruno asks.

"I was just..." Dex's too scared to finish his thought. "I didn't mean to. It just... happened."

"Dex, you're not in love with me, are you? I'm 17 and you're 26." Toby says.

"I'm not in love with you."

"Then why spoon with me?"

"This is probably a bad time to bring this up, but he was also purring." Wendell says.

"Was I?"

"Yep."

"You have a lot of room to talk Toby." Todd says.

"What do you mean?" Toby says.

"While Dexter was cuddling with you, you didn't object to it."

"It's true," Wendell says, "You weren't arguing at all."

"I was sleeping! What was I able to do?"

"Look, Toby, I'm really sorry. I'll try not to do that again." Dexter says. Toby heavily exhales.

"Fine. Just, don't do it again."

"I won't." After that, Toby calmed down. But I do wonder, why would Dex cuddle with another male? He told me he was asexual. Unless... he does have feelings but is too scared to reveal them. But Toby's right, Dex is 9 years older than him. It would definitely not work out.

***

Bruno, Dexter and I decided to head off on our own. Today is Thursday. In two days, we'll be back home. The three of us went to take a hike in the woods. Thankfully, there's reception out here in case something bad happens.

Bruno and Dexter casually talk while I hold my boyfriend's paw. "So, how long have you known Angie?"

"Two years," Dex says, "What about you?"

"Nine months."

"That's it?"

"Yep. Pretty much."

"You from Tennessee?"

"Of course. Same as Todd and Wendell."

"How long have you known them?"

"Seven years."

"Really?"

"Mhm. Wendell introduced me to Todd on our first day of 4th grade."

"Huh. That's a long time."

"I know. What about you? Any childhood friends you have?"

"They moved all over the country. I still get to see them since I drive a truck all over the place but, rarely."

"That's awesome. What's it like being a trucker?"

"Well, your legs get cramped easily, but other than that, it's pretty awesome." I would join in, but I don't really want to. Boys will be boys, you know? I may be Bruno's girlfriend but, he needs some guy time too.

All of a sudden, the woods open up to a clearing, with a giant lake in the middle. There's a white fur in a fisherman's outfit and hat sitting on the edge of the water. Hold on, we've seen that one before! He turns around and sees us.

"Oh, hi there!" Tom says.

"Hey, Tommy," Bruno says, "What're you doing out here?" We take a seat next to Tom.

"Well, sometimes I like to come out here and just... look at the scenery."

"I do gotta admit, the scenery is beautiful." I say.

"So, what were you laughing about?" Tom asks.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"I heard you and your friends laughing as I passed by to head here."

"Oh, well Wendell showed us-" Bruno starts out.

"Don't tell him!" Dexter yells.

"Don't tell me what?" Tom asks.

"Dexter was cuddling with Toby and Wendell took a photo." I swear, Bruno is just as ornery as my cousin.

"You were cuddling with another boy?" Tom asks.

"Yes." Dexter's blush comes back and he looks down again.

"Oh. That's nothing to be ashamed of."

"Really?"

"No. There's nothing wrong with two men cuddling each other." I look over and notice Tom has put an arm around Dex. I think I even see him give Dex a slight caress.

"They were technically spooning." Bruno mutters under his breath. I elbow him in the stomach, telling him to shut up.

"So, Tom, what makes you believe that?" I ask. Just out of curiosity. I think we all know Tom is gay. We just want to hear it come out of his mouth already. Seriously dude! Open up! We all know it!

"Because I've cuddled with men before," Tom takes his arm of Dex and instead wraps both arms around his midsection with his head resting on his chest. Dex lays his paws behind him on the grass, unsure of what to do. Tom just snuggles with him and murs.

"Um, Tom?" Dexter blushes a deeper shade of red.

"Yeah?"

"This is kinda... embarrassing."

"Oh. Sorry." Tom keeps the smile on his face, but lets go of Dex. Both of them sit back up.

"So, Tom are you really gay?" Bruno asks.

"Bruno!" I yell.

"What?"

"You don't say that to someone!"

"I'm sorry, Ange!"

"Angie, it's ok." Tom says.

"Really?" I ask.

"Yes. Your friends is right, I'm gay. I wasn't sure if you guys were ready to know but, after seeing you're friends with that gay couple in Cabin 12, I figured that it's ok."

"Oh. Well, I'm still mad at you." I turn to Bruno again.

"I'm sorry, Angie. I don't know how many times I have to say it."

"A lot."

"Angie, it's really no big deal. No one has to apologize." Tom says. I roll my eyes.

"Fine. But I'm not sleeping with you tonight Bruno." I say.

"Why?" he pins his ears down.

"Because you didn't keep your mouth shut. I'm sleeping with Jani tonight."

"What? What about Friday?"

"I'll do it then, but not today."

"Oh. You guys are fighting," Tom says, pinning his ears down, "I'm sorry. This is my fault. I should go." He stands up to leave, but Dexter holds his wrist.

"Hold on, you don't have to go." Dexter says.

"Yeah. This ain't your fault." I say, "It's this brown canine's fault."

"Hey now!" He says.

"No. I really should be leaving." Tom gets out of Dex's grip and starts to walk off.

"Wait1 I'll some with you!" Dexter gets up fast and catches up to Tom, both of them walking off into the woods together.

***

"Did you notice what happened?" I ask.

"What do you mean?" Bruno asks.

"Back at the lake. Did you notice Tom cuddling up to Dex and caressing him?"

"Um... I know he snuggled up to Dex just to make a point, but I didn't notice any caresses made." I sit on the edge of Jani's bed. Bruno's laying down on his own. I told him I wasn't going to sleep with him tonight because of the comment he made. Lights out should happen any minute now.

"Well, I saw Tom caressing Dexter. You think that maybe-?"

"You think Tom's in love with him?"

"It's possible."

"How? They've only known each other for two days."

"I don't get it either. But, it's obvious to me that he likes him. The question is: Does Dex like him back?"

"Don't know, Ange."

"But you saw the way he quickly got up to follow him into the woods. Why would you want to do that for a person you haven't even known for 40 hours?"

"I don't know. Why would you cuddle with a boy when you say you're asexual?"

"Good point. I don't get the Toby thing either."

"Look. Why don't we just sleep on it?" Bruno asks, "We've had a long day."

"I know." I say, "Did you know Todd and Wendell had sex today?"

"Really? How'd they do it?"

"They went beyond property lines and had sex in the woods. By technicality, they can't get banned for that."

"Wow. That's pretty crazy."

"I know. Just wait until the owner finds out about it." I cover myself in a second blanket. Janelle already took the entire first one. Not that she's fat, she's actually pretty slim for a polar bear, but she's one of those furs who toss and turn and take the whole blanket.

" I don't think he'll care, though." Bruno says.

"Why's that?"

"Because he's gay."

"Bruno?"

"Yeah?"

"Please stop saying that. It's comments like that that'll prevent you from sleeping with your girlfriend."

"Ok. Fine."

"Thank you."

"Angie?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

"I love you too, Bruno." It's one minute until lights out. Jani's already fast asleep. Bruno and I cover ourselves with our blankets and are getting ready for the lights to go out, when I hear a knock on our door.

"Who could that be?" Bruno asks.

"I don't know." I get out of bed and grab a water bottle from the table. I'm thirsty after all that walking. I go up to the door and open it. Our friendly tiger is standing right there.

"Hey Angie." Dexter says.

"Dex? What're you doing here? Shouldn't you be at your cabin? It's almost lights out." I open my water bottle.

"I have to tell you something."

"What is it?"

"You remember when me and Tom when for a walk after we talked at the lake?"

"Yeah." I start to take a drink. But I do a spit take right after Dexter says something that completely changes things around here.

"I kissed him."