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josh sighed as he packed his bag.
he hated these mundane tasks, he’d rather hunt, but picking fruit had to happen as well.
he grabbed a few hunting knives, just in case, and walked out of his cabin, to the supply tent. he nodded his head towards a few of the banditos, greeting them.
they greeted him as well, most of them referring to him as torchbearer.
the name had once brought him pride… but the battle with dema was over, they had won and josh wanted to shed the moniker and the stark reminder of war and loss that came with it.
he wanted to go back to being josh again.
they had done it without a clancy. the last time they tried, they lost him to vialism and josh wouldn’t risk that happening again. he couldn’t keep putting himself through that pain.
so the banditos did it on their own. and somehow, made it out alive.
the flap of the tent opened with a dull thud as he made his way in, snapping him out of his thoughts. he grabbed a few woven baskets, and a wagon.
there weren’t a lot of luxuries in trench. they still hadn’t figured out how dema had been so modern. for now, they had to make do with what nature bestowed upon them. so, a cart made by some chopped up old logs strung together by straw strands, and some metal forged to look like a nail, would have to be enough to carry the fruits from the orchards.
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the hours had flown by. josh had gathered many different types of fruit, and he only had one last basket left to fill.
he knew of a nearby strawberry field. it was down the hill, along the flower meadow. he decided to fill the last basket with strawberries before heading back to the camp.
he parked the wagon against a tree on top of the hill, and grabbed the basket, ready to walk downhill.
the basket filled steadily as he plucked the ripe berries.
a noise behind the bushes startled him, and he dropped a few to the floor.
he crouched, picking up the strawberries that he had fallen when suddenly, he heard the rustling in the bushes behind him again.
he turned on his heel, still crouched to the floor. he was thankful for the camouflage he was wearing, because whatever was in that bush, was large.
he slowly placed the basket down and reached for the knife strapped to his boots.
a long, graceful tail appeared from behind the bushes, and before josh knew it, he was pinned to the ground.
sharp nails dug into his chest as dirt made its way in his curls.
once the creature saw what it had attacked, it jumped off, sprinting a few meters away, before staring at him.
josh had never seen anything like it.
a human.
but… not?
whatever this was, it had fluffy ears, very sharp nails, and a tail, which at this point was big and floofy. he figured it felt threatened. he? josh wasn’t sure, it seemed boyish.
he sat up slowly, watching as the humane creature arched its back, hissing at him.
he lowered the knife to the floor, “it’s okay… i’m not gonna hurt ya.”
the catlike boy, at least, josh thought it was a boy, hissed once again.
“hey ‘m not a threat to you. it’s alright, kitty,” josh said slowly, softly.
that did something to him. he tilted his head, and lowered his tail.
josh smiled, “you like being called a kitty? you can understand me?”
the boy nodded, crawling a bit closer, and josh got a good look at his face. he had whiskers.
“what are you? you’re so pretty…”
the boy got closer and closer, and josh let him. the boy scrunched his nose, sniffing his scent.
“you really spooked yourself there, didn’t you?”
“didn’t realize you were human,” the boy spoke for the first time.
josh stayed calm, even though he was entranced by his soft voice. “what’s your name?”
“clancy.”
josh’s eyes widened a bit, but he didn’t want to scare him off, so he’d just pretend that name meant nothing to him, “it’s nice to meet you clancy. i’m josh..”
clancy sat down in front of him, criss-cross-apple-sauce, his hands tucked in between his legs, on the ground.
“you’re a little kitty cat.”
“partly. i’m mostly human,” clancy corrected.
josh fawned at him, “you’re so beautiful.” he lifted his hands slowly, stopping it in front of clancy’s face.
out of pure instinct, clancy started sniffing his hand, before lowering his head slightly. josh took it as consent, and started petting him, scratching behind his ears, his oh so soft ears.
clancy climbed onto josh’s lap, all human nature thrown out the window, replaced by his animalistic instinct. he murmured soft noises into his neck, kneading his legs as he made himself comfortable.
“such a sweet kitty. watcha doing out here in the wild, all on your own?” josh asked, a bit worried how someone so small could come by.
“my mama abandoned me, said i was the runt of the litter.”
josh’s heart hurt, “i’m so sorry. how old are you?”
“twenty-four,” clancy said, tilting his head.
“you been on your own all these years?”
he nodded.
“why don’t you come back with me? live at the camp?” josh asked softly.
“camp?”
“yeah, the bandito camp. well, we’re steadily turning it into a village. working on a few cabins at a time,” josh explained with a soft voice as he kept petting clancy.
he knew that the way he was feeling was so wrong, but he wanted to keep him. he began pressing tiny kisses to clancy’s fluffy hair, softly stroking his tabby-like ears.
clancy tilted his head upwards, meeting josh’s gaze.
“hi…” josh whispered, a bit startled by the sudden intimacy.
clancy leaned in and pressed his lips to josh’s. his fingers dug into josh’s chest, kneading slowly.
josh smiled, and pulled away slowly, “you kissed me.”
“you smell nice. sweet,” clancy began, nodding, “it… it’s so comforting.”
josh giggled, “you like my scent? you really are a kitty. so pretty too.”
clancy rubbed the corner of his mouth against josh’s chin, making sure not to scrape him with his sharp incisors.
josh laughed again, “are you marking me?”
clancy’s eyes widened, and he backed off a bit, “i- sorry… i didn’t think you’d realize…”
“i know a bit about feline behavior, you’re scenting me. are you trying to claim me, kitty?”
he nodded, a faint blush dusting his cheeks.
josh’s smile turned bigger. he moved clancy to straddle him, “you’re a greedy little thing, aren’t you? gonna bring me a lot of trouble.” he saw clancy’s tail form into the shape of a question-mark behind him. such a friendly kitty.
clancy moved to kiss him again, josh let him. he felt his pants grow tighter, he could tell clancy was experiencing the same issue.
clancy pulled away after a while, “if i go with you,” he started, “to your camp, do i get a tent close to yours?” he asked, desperate to keep that scent near him.
josh nodded, for some reason, he was willing to give clancy anything he demanded. “you’ll get a tent next to my cabin. hell, you’ll get a room in my cabin.”
clancy narrowed his eyes, “you’re awfully trusting.”
“you’re awfully cute.”
clancy blushed, “yeah? well, you’re awfully hard,” he accused.
“mhm, what about it?” josh asked, “so are you.”
clancy pressed his paws, which josh realized were human hands with short fingers and slim nails, against josh’s chest, pushing him to the ground. he started to nibble at josh’s chin, before giving soft licks.
josh couldn’t help but laugh, he hadn’t expected to be laying in a strawberry field with a boy on his lap who seemed hungry enough to eat him, but life sometimes just threw wonderful surprises at him.
his laughing became more breathy once clancy started grinding his hips into josh, suppressing whines.
“needy kitty.”
clancy nodded, a low rumble coming from his chest. purring? josh wasn’t sure, but he thought it was adorable regardless.
“need me to take care of you?” josh asked as his hand trailed down the back of clancy’s spine, to the base of his tail.
his tail curled around josh’s forearm, and his purring intensified.
“‘m gonna take your pants off, ‘kay?”
clancy nodded eagerly, scooting off of josh’s lap and turning around, kneeling on all fours in front of josh.
josh snaked his arm around clancy’s waist and found his buttons, quickly undoing them and tugging his pants off.
clancy’s purring grew louder, however josh was unsure whether clancy was enjoying himself, or nervous, but when his pants pooled around his knees, his cock sprung to attention, letting him know just how badly clancy wanted this.
josh wrapped his hand around it, making clancy knead into the dirt.
he watched clancy’s hole twitch, eager to have something inside him, but he had no way of prepping him, so that would have to wait until they were in his cabin.
“turn around, kitty,” josh ordered.
clancy turned on his back, pushed his pants further down, and kicked them off. he spread his legs, putting himself on display for josh.
he didn’t quite understand why, but he wanted that man to claim him, as much as he wanted to claim josh himself.
josh gently rubbed tyler’s stomach, before leaning down to place kisses everywhere.
the kisses trailed downwards, until eventually reaching his pubic hair, although it was soft enough for josh to consider it fur.
his lips wrapped around clancy’s leaking tip, bobbing up and down a few times, before sinking down all the way, swallowing around the base.
saliva connected his lips to clancy’s cock once he pulled away. he scooped it up with his index finger, using it as lube while he slowly massaged clancy’s entrance.
he gently pushed one finger in, just one knuckle, but clancy was already purring, rubbing his head in the dirt, getting his pretty hair all messy.
a loud noise escaped clancy when josh pushed in another knuckle deep. the sound was equal parts pleasure and surprise.
“you okay?” josh asked, worried.
“feels- feels so good, i- what- how?” clancy asked, out of breath from merely a finger.
josh lifted a brow, grazing clancy’s prostate with his finger, “this?”
clancy moaned again, “aaah- yeah… that.”
“that’s your prostate,” josh murmured, “have you never… is this your first time having something inside you?”
clancy shook his head, “n-no… my own fingers. m- much shorter.”
“ohh… you can’t reach it on your own,” josh realized, “oh i bet that feels so good.”
“moremoremoremorepleaseplease…” clancy hurried.
josh started rubbing clancy’s prostate harder and faster, making clancy cum embarrassingly hard.
he moaned out in pleasure, shaking as his sperm spurted out of his cock while he barely got touched.
josh laughed softly, “you sure were eager.”
“oh that’s so embarrassing oh my god… i swear i don’t usually cum that fast i… i had just never felt that before…” clancy mumbled, hiding his face behind his hands.
josh tore off a bit of cloth from his undershirt and wiped clancy clean, “don’t worry about it, kitty. i thought that was adorable.”
clancy whined when josh picked his pants up and helped him put them back on.
“it’s starting to get dark, i should head back to the camp, you gonna come with me?” josh asked, hoping desperately that clancy would say yes.
“y-yeah… i… it gets so cold here at night.”
“you don’t need to worry ‘bout that in the camp. there’s always at least one fire, and there’s a bunch of cozy blankets, you’ll never go cold,” josh promised.
clancy crawled back on josh’s lap, purring and kneading.
“domesticated kitties shouldn’t be out in the wild.”
clancy whined, “‘m not domesticated…”
“maybe not yet, but you’ll be my lil’ domesticated kitty in no time, and i don’t think you have an issue with that, you little purring machine.”
“maybe…”
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the walk back to the camp was some of the most fun josh had in years.
clancy kept getting distracted by butterflies and other creatures, chasing them, batting at them, yet never hurting them.
just playing, josh figured.
he sat down on the ground, against the cart, when clancy started chasing a rabbit in the flower meadow.
he picked a few pink flowers as he watched clancy run on all fours with a feline grace. he was breathtaking.
“kitty, c’mere,” josh shouted when clancy got too far for his liking, he didn’t want him to get lost.
clancy ran towards him, jumping on his lap.
josh gently placed the flowers in clancy’s hair, just above his ears, which twitched slightly from the contact. “so sensitive. so pretty.”
clancy rolled his eyes upward, trying to get a glimpse of the flowers tucked away in his hair, “‘m not a girl y’know,” he murmured as the same color dusted his cheeks.
“pink isn’t just a girls colour, clancy. besides, it suits you very much,” josh murmured, petting his cheeks with his thumbs.
clancy purred softly, “are you always gonna be this nice to me?”
“are you always gonna be this cute? if so, yes. but i have a feeling you’re a mischievous little thing.”
clancy giggled and pounced on josh, pushing him to the ground. one of the baskets of strawberries came tumbling down on top of them.
josh laughed, “we’re gonna need to clean that up, kitty.”
clancy kissed him eagerly, before leaning down in the grass and chewing up the strawberries he spilled.
“yep, mischievous kitty,” josh murmured as he started picking up the fruit clancy hadn’t gotten his paws on yet.
clancy enjoyed the sweet treat while it lasted, and josh realized just how hungry he really was.
“oh you’re starving, aren’t you?” josh asked, worried. “here, eat some more, we can go back for more fruit tomorrow.”
he nibbled on the fruit in josh’s hand, loving how gently josh was petting him.
they sat like that for a while, until the sun set, and josh put clancy in the cart, the baskets on top of him, “we have to get going now, but you snack on as much as you want ‘kay? just stay in the cart for me.”
clancy nodded, and did exactly that.
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josh rolled the cart to his cabin and unlocked it, “go on, ‘s your new home. go explore it while i bring the fruit to the supply tent, okay?”
clancy carefully jumped out of the wagon, and stepped inside the wooden building. he looked at josh with wide eyes, unsure of what to do.
“it’s okay, no need to be scared, i promise. just wait here for me, i’ll be back in a little bit,” josh promised.
clancy nodded and sat down on the sofa, waiting for josh’s return, which didn’t take as long as he had expected.
the second josh was back, clancy was on his knees in front of him, staring up at him with the same wide eyes he had when josh had left.
“did you explore?” josh asked softly, knowing full well clancy had not left his spot.
he shook his head.
“do you want me to show you around, or you just want some food and go to bed?”
“bed…” clancy mumbled.
“no food?” josh asked, raising his eyebrows slightly.
he shook his head, “no… i’m sleepy.”
“okay, i don’t have a spare bedroom, but you can sleep in my bed for now, i’m sure we can add a room somehow. ‘s just a few wooden planks anyway. i’ll sleep on the couch tonight.”
clancy stared at josh, a guilty look on his face, “you don’t need to do that…” he mumbled, looking down at the floor.
“it’s okay, it’s a pullout couch, i found it exploring one of the abandoned towns nearby.”
“mhh, are you sure?”
“positive, you need a good night’s rest. besides, my entire bed smells like me,” josh added in a convincing voice.
and that is exactly what it took for clancy to agree, he bounded towards one of the doors, and quickly realized it was the bathroom, not the bedroom. he frowned and tucked his ears to his head, trying to hide how embarrassed he felt.
josh giggled and walked towards the bedroom, opening the door for him. clancy immediately jumped on the bed and started nesting.
josh leaned his head against the doorway, watching clancy with a fond smile. he walked over, and tucked clancy in, petting him slowly, until his breathing evened out, and he dozed off.
he turned on his heel and closed the bedroom door with a soft click. he took his hoodie, undershirt, and pants off, before pulling out the couch, and laying down on it.
he had a blanket covering him, everything was warm and cozy, yet he couldn’t fall asleep. his mind kept wandering back to the boy currently in his bed.
when he finally started to feel drowsy enough, a sound woke him from near slumber.
he heard a rustling noise, and the sound of a door opening. the cabin was completely dark, so he was unable to make out what was happening. his first instinct was to check on clancy, but when he felt the couch dip beside him, the urge dissipated.
“hey there…” josh mumbled as clancy crawled into his arms.
“i couldn’t sleep,” he murmured “i… i was scared… i didn’t want to be alone.” even in the darkness, josh could see the faint rose color staining clancy’s cheeks.
“awh, my kitty. c’mere,” josh mumbled as he pulled clancy closer.
he immediately started to purr, “do you really think i can be domesticated? i- i’m mostly human.”
“i think it’ll be very easy for you to get used to living here. you just gotta do what you feel like, okay? give in to your instincts,” josh mumbled, “without attacking people,” he added with a grin.
“i feel like pouncing on you right now, does that mean that i should?” clancy asked.
josh giggled, “you’re already pretty close to me, kitty. you wanna be closer?”
clancy started nibling josh’s chest, “want you inside…”
“clancy… how much does your body… uhm… like… uh… yknow?”
“are you asking me if i go into heat?”
josh blushed, “yeah… i am.”
“it’s not… exactly that. but i… uhm… will have uhm… more… i’ll be more… needy sometimes.” he was clearly embarrassed by this statement, but josh didn’t want him to feel any type of shame.
“mhm… and you want me to take care of you? hm?” josh asked, just to make sure. he wasn’t sure how he’d explain suddenly having a cat-human-hybrid living with him who he thinks is adorable and also wants to fuck really badly.
“yes,” clancy answered, snapping josh out of his trance.
josh pressed his lips to clancy’s, turning them over so that josh was laying on top of him. he was careful not to use his full body weight on him.
clancy’s purring became louder. he wrapped his tail around josh’s leg, wanting desperately to have some kind of tie, some promise that josh was his.
“‘m gonna take care of you kitty, don’t worry.”
clancy’s breathing picked up, and josh laughed at how it made his purring stutter. josh turned a lamp on, casting a warm yellow glow in the room.
“you look so beautiful.”
“thank you,” clancy mumbled, blushing. “want you inside me,” he admitted with a soft murmur.
“i know baby, you’re gonna get just that.” josh started to take clancy’s clothes off one by one, before he took his own boxers off, leaving them completely bare in each other's arms.
they kissed for what felt like hours, just breathing in each other’s lips. their faces were so close, it made clancy’s whiskers twitch.
“so sensitive,” josh clicked, amused. he placed kisses in clancy’s neck, feeling the vibrations of clancy’s purrs in his throat. “hey kitty…?”
“mhh, yeah?” clancy asked, dazed in pleasure.
his kissed slowed, “you were so surprised by my finger feeling so good… have you ever uhm… have you ever done this before? or just… just with yourself?”
“just- just me, no one else… saved myself,” clancy admits sheepishly.
“you want this, right now?”
clancy nodded immediately.
“you sure? you don’t have to do anything you don’t wanna, kitty,” josh reassured, but clancy wanted this. no, he needed this. he had spent so many lonely nights, trying to fill himself with his fingers, easing the hurt inside himself, but never quite reaching it.
“please- need this so bad,” he begged.
josh grabbed a bottle of olive oil from the nightstand, he hated the thought of hurting clancy, so he had taken some from the supply tent on his way back to his cabin. it was the only thing he could think of to use.
he covered his fingers in it, and gently pushed them inside clancy.
“aah- oh- so- fuck- feels so good,” clancy stumbled over his words as josh rubbed that spot inside him he had never been able to. he was certain he’d get addicted to the feeling.
josh spent a while fingering him, watching the pretty expressions, and hearing the lovely noises.
he leaned down to kiss him once the noises became too loud, and might alert the nearby banditos.
josh gently retrieved his fingers after he made sure clancy was stretched enough, “you ready?”
“pleasepleaseplease,” clancy begged.
he laughed and lined himself up with clancy’s entrance, he slowly pushed in, pressing kisses to clancy’s jaw, “biiiig stretch, good boy… ah- fuck. oh fuck, such a good boy.”
clancy whined softly, “so- so big.”
“i know, kitty… is it too much? am i hurting you?” josh asked, placing a hand over clancy’s head, petting him softly.
he instantly shook his head, “no, so good. please, want more, please.”
josh smiled, breathing into clancy’s neck, “you feel so good, ‘m gonna give you all you need. promise.”
clancy extended his claws, scratching up josh’s back, he didn’t mean to hurt him, but his instincts took over.
josh had clancy folded into a mating press, penetrating him as deep as he could. he drove into him, over and over.
clancy felt himself being split open, josh’s cock rubbed against his prostate over and over, it was rough. a stark contrast to the soft way josh held him, letting him claw at his skin.
josh moved to kiss him again, not being able to get enough of his taste.
his whiskers twitched again, and his ears flattened to his head, “i- i’m cumming,” clancy cried as hot spurts of cum shot between their stomachs.
“oh fuck, you look so pretty. oh- i’m so close kitty, fuck.” josh’s hips stuttered as the coil in his own stomach tightened. “can i keep going, baby? ‘m so close.”
clancy nodded, murmuring soft ‘thank you’s.
josh thrusted into him sloppily, chasing his orgasm while leaving bruising kisses on clancy’s throat. the warmth in his stomach began to grow, before he spilled his seed inside of clancy, filling him up with a warm liquid.
it was a completely new sensation for clancy, and he knew that when morning dawned, he’d ask for more.
that is, if josh would still want him if he told his secret.
josh gently pulled out, and started cleaning them up, as clancy lost himself in thought.
“are you okay?” josh asked softly as he crawled into bed with him, holding him.
tears formed in clancy’s eyes as he made himself comfortable in josh’s arms. he tried to hide them, hiding his face in the crook of josh’s neck, but it wasn’t long before he started shaking.
“oh god, did i hurt you? oh baby… are you okay? what can i do to make it better?” josh asked, his voice soft.
clancy shook his head, “i lied.”
“wha- i… what do you mean?” josh asked, slightly confused.
“my name… it isn’t clancy. i- i wasn’t sure if i could trust you. i was scared… so i used one that i saw on a grave, but it… my name isn’t clancy,” he bubbled out the words along with a bunch of tears. he felt so guilty, but he knew if he didn’t come clean now, it’d be the death of him.
josh nodded, taking a deep breath, giving himself some time to process. he knew exactly who’s grave clancy saw- who… “okay… so what is your name?”
“it’s tyler. do you hate me?” he asked, his ears flattening in shame.
josh shook his head, immediately pressing kisses to tyler’s nose, “no, i don’t hate you. and i’m glad you told me the truth, i get that you didn’t tell me the truth initially.”
“so i… i can still be…?”
“my domesticated kitty? yeah. my lil’ pet,” josh promised, moving his kisses to tyler’s cheeks.
tyler purred in josh’s hold, “‘s really wrong and like… dehumanizing.”
“shh, you like it.”
tyler nodded, his paws kneading josh’s chest once more.
“go to sleep, kitty. i’ll show you around the camp tomorrow,” josh mumbled as he cradled tyler closer, feeling his tail wrap around his leg.
it took mere minutes for both of them to fall asleep, the world quiet, the only noise, tyler’s purring.