After a while, Zack soon slowly woke up. He opened his eyes, his vision trying to adjust. "Wh-where am I?" He mumbled to himself; he doesn't seem to know where he is right now.

The last thing he remembers is he was told Flare was in heat due to heat season and was asked to help. His face turned bright red, remembering what happens next with how he helped her out with her heat problem. He had some crazy dream about him and Flare with her in heat, or so he thought.

He did feel something warm against his body. He slowly looks over to see something that shocks him. It was Flare, peacefully sleeping next to him. She had her paws wrapped around him, holding him close, sharing her warmth with him. She was cuddling with him.

Zack blushed deeply; soon he realized it wasn't some crazy dream and it actually happened. He couldn't believe it, but he looked at Flare and saw her smiling in her sleep. She made a soft purr as she cuddled close to him. He did shyly smile a bit, seeing she was happy, probably due to him getting rid of her heat for her.

He did wonder what time it was; he needs to return home when the sun sets. He wasn't sure how long he was asleep for, but he figured he should return home before they got worried for him. He tries to slide out of her grip, but she has a good grip on him, not wanting to let go. As soon as he tries to move, she begins to cuddle him tighter. "Mmm~" She purred in her sleep.

He made a soft squeak and blushed, unsure how to get out of her cuddle grip. She was quite strong, and getting out of her grip would be tricky to do. He decided to stay still for a little longer, blushing and shyly cuddling back. Once he cuddled back, her purr grew louder, and she started to nuzzle him.

He blushed, feeling her cheek rubbing against his face; his cheek feels warm due to him blushing so much. She feels the warmth on his face and nuzzles him more. He could feel how warm her cheek was as she nuzzled him. He then shyly nuzzles back and shyly purrs. Her happy purr grew, and she smiled more as she kept him close to her and nuzzled him in her sleep.

He enjoyed her embrace, feeling his eyes slowly begin to close. He soon drifts off back to sleep while cuddling her. The two lay on the couch, snuggling and purring in their sleep. Later, Flare finally begins to wake up, opening her eyes and seeing Zack cutely cuddling with her. She smiled softly before nuzzling his cheek and leaning to his ear.

"Zackie~" she whispered; his ear soon twitched before he slowly opened his eyes. She sees him wake up and smiles at him. "Had a good nap, Zackie?~" she asked. Zack blushed and shyly nodded, making Flare giggle softly by his cute reaction. "That's good~" she says, smiling. "I slept very well~ I had this amazing dream~" she told him.

Zack couldn't help but look at Flare. After what happened between the two, he couldn't help but blush by looking at her. He did sort of have a little crush on Flare while being friends with her. She was kind and fun to talk to; he also did find her pretty. But he didn't say anything or confess due to how shy and scared he was.

He did love being friends with her and figured maybe he shouldn't say anything. But now after the heat season situation, he couldn't help but think about it when he looked at her. His face was bright red as he didn't expect their friendship to do something like that.

Flare looked at Zack and wondered why he was staring at her. "Is something wrong, Zackie?~" she asked him. He snaps out of it and shyly shakes his head. "N-no, I-I'm fine." He nervously told her. "You sure?~" she asked, her face slowly leaning close to his. He blushed and quickly nodded, "M-Mhm." She grins a little before she sneaks a quick peak on his lips.

He made a small squeak by the quick kiss from her; his blush turned a dark shade of red. She giggled at his reaction. "You're so cute, you know that?~" she teases him a little. He gulped a little and shyly looked away. She giggled a little more. "What's the matter, Zackie?~" she asked him. He wasn't expecting that kiss from her. But then he remembers something before looking back at her.

"Wh-what time is it?" He shyly asked her. Flare begins to look over at a clock hung on the cave wall. "Hmm, around the evening~" she told him. He made a soft gasp and slowly got up. "I-I must get going!" He told her. A frown soon slowly formed on her face; hearing Zack say he has to go made her a little sad.

"Why?" She asked, making a sad face. "I-I have to return when the sun sets; I-I don't want them to worry for me." He explains. She sighs a little, "Oh, alright." She said before she finally lets him go, letting him stand up and get off the couch. He looks over at her; her sad face is still shown. He did feel a little bad seeing how sad Flare was, but he shouldn't worry his parents back at home.

"I-I promise to come back tomorrow." He told her, trying to cheer her up. Soon a small smile grew on her face, hearing he'll come back tomorrow. "I'll see you tomorrow then, Zackie~" she giggled a tiny bit. He blushes but shyly smiles a bit, seeing her happy side slowly returning. He then begins to rush out of the cave, Flare watching him leave, still sort of wishing he didn't leave.

He made it out of the cave and sees the sun setting outside. "O-oh, I hope I make it back in time." He mumbled to himself before he started rushing back home. He was sweating up a storm as he ran all the way over to his home. Soon enough he managed to make it to his home in time. He catches his breath and is sweating a lot.

He did sort of forget that he didn't practice with Flare today since he was busy helping her with something. He blushed and tried to shake his head, trying not to think about it right now. But his long run might make up for it since it was like a little workout for him. He entered his home and was greeted by his parents.

But they begin to point out some strange smells coming from him and some stains on his fur. He was confused a little but then blushed when he remembered while helping Flare he got his fur all messy with her cum. He nervously thinks of a way to explain and then decides to say it was his sweat when he ran all the way back here. They managed to believe it, seeing some sweat on him, but told him to take a quick shower before dinner.

He nodded quickly and rushed over to the bathroom and closed the door behind him. He sighs in relief; he did feel guilty about lying back there, but he didn't wish to say what happened to his parents out loud. He went over to the shower and began to turn on the water. He tests the water before he gets in, feeling the warm water on his fur. He relaxed a little in the warm shower before he started to drift off into his thoughts.

He starts to think about Flare, mostly about how pretty she was. Her lovely, beautiful eyes, her great and fun personality, and how strong she was. He was so in his thoughts he didn't notice his fur being fully wet while the shower was still running. He soon thinks about how warm she feels when he cuddles with her and how he enjoys cuddling with her.

He soon snaps out of it and blushes; he was unsure why he was thinking such thoughts before he noticed his wet fur. He reaches for some bottle of soap and starts to pour some on his paws before rubbing them and starting to wash his fur. He tries to get the stains off his fur, washing up his collar fluff deeply.

While he was washing the stains off his collar fluff, his mind drifted off into thinking about Flare some more. He starts to imagine back what he saw earlier. Her lovely rear end and pussy lips, a sight he didn't want to admit out loud but loved. He gasped and shook his head, trying to not think of such thoughts like that, and finished up washing his fluff collar.

He washes up his neck, face, back, and so on before reaching down to his crotch area to wash down there. But he soon noticed his cock was poking out; it was all harden and exposed. He blushed as he did sort of blame his thoughts in his head for making him hard. He sighed a little as he wondered how he's going to hide this from his parents. He then starts to wash down there, trying to get the stains off his crotch area.

Once he was washing up his crotch area, his cock twitched a little. He blushed a bit; he knows he should hide it from his parents. He didn't want to see them hard; he would be embarrassed if that happened. He thinks a bit and decides to slide his paw over to his cock and touch it.

He made a soft gasp, blushed a bit as he felt a bit guilty, but he needed to take care of it. He soon slowly starts to rub his dick; he begins to moan softly as he rubs himself. His paw feels soft against his cock; he did enjoy it a little bit and couldn't help but continue rubbing it. While he was rubbing himself, he began to think about Flare, mostly her rear end and pussy lips.

He blushed as he did feel bad thinking about her friend like this, but it seemed to work as it helped make him rub himself some more. He continues moaning and rubbing himself while thinking about her lovely round rear end and her leaking pussy lips. He pants a little as he starts to rethink the memory of what they did back then.

He keeps on rubbing his cock as he recalls the memory of him sniffing her pussy lips, remembering what her heat scent smelled like. He rubs himself even more as he remembers he started licking her pussy lips, hearing her moaning his name and remembering how warm and tasty it was. He moans some more as he imagines when he started eating her out and her moans grew louder.

He kept rubbing his dick and moaned a lot more; the shower was still running. He imagines Flare moaning his name out loud before cumming all over his mouth and face. He could still imagine the taste of her sweet cum. He then begins to speed up his rubbing, making him gasp a little loudly. He does hope the shower was loud enough to make his moans unheard since he doesn't want anyone to know he was doing this.

He rubs a little fast; his moans grow a little loud as he imagines Flare licking his cock with her very warm tongue. He imagines his soft paw as Flare's tongue as he rubs himself; it does make him want to rub fast. He then remembers how she licks all the way up to his tip before sliding his cock in her mouth and starts to suck him off. He starts to rub faster when thinking that as he moaned out loud.

"A-ah~ ah~" he moaned under his breath while panting. He remembers how warm her mouth was around his cock and how much she was sucking him off. He keeps the speed up and moans so much, imagining how she bobs her head up and down on his cock while sucking him off fast. He remembers him cumming inside her mouth and how much she loved the taste of it.

He rubs himself faster and faster as he remembers her getting on top of him and beginning to slide her pussy down on his cock. He moans louder and louder as he rubs himself at a fast pace. He still remembers how hot it was inside her pussy; he couldn't help but rub even faster after thinking that, trying to imagine his cock being inside her hot pussy.

He felt his climax building up inside, but he didn't stop rubbing faster as he moaned even louder. He imagines Flare riding his cock and moaning how big he was inside her. He soon felt himself at his limit; after all that rubbing he gave his cock, he knew he was going to cum soon. But he kept going fast and thinks about Flare riding his cock at a fast pace while they're both at their climax.

He rubs himself for a few moments before he lets out a loud moan and starts to cum all over his paw and all over his lap. A lot of cum came out of his cock; he imagines the moment he and Flare cum together while he was cumming. He soon lies there, panting heavily. He catches his breath and looks to see his cock and paw covered with his cum. He was thankful he did this in the shower as he let the water wash the cum off him.

He grabs the soap bottle and begins to wash his cock clean along with his lap and paw. He does hope he wasn't too loud to be heard doing what he was doing in the shower. But he didn't hear any knocking or anyone asking if he was alright, so he sighed in relief, assuming no one heard him.Once he manages to wash any of his cum off his body, he starts to wash up the rest of his body.

But then he heard a knock on the door; he gasped a little and was worried if they heard him moaning in the shower. But he soon heard them asking if he was alright in there; he sighed in relief once again. He felt his heart racing back there in fear before calling out he was alright and finishing up. They soon say to hurry up before their dinner gets cold before walking away. He begins to wash up the remaining spots on his body quickly since he didn't want them to think he's doing something else in the shower.

He finishes up washing himself and letting the water wash the soap and bubbles off his fur. He then turns off the shower, stopping the water. He then begins to shake his fur to dry off; once he is done, he gets out of the shower and begins to grab a towel and uses it to get any remaining water left. After he was down, his fur begins to puff out. He sighed a little, "Every single time." He mumbled.

He then grabs a brush to try to quickly brush his fur down before getting out of the bathroom and goes to the dining table to eat some dinner. After he ate, he decided to head to bed, going to his bedroom and getting in bed. Once he got comfy in bed, he began to return to his thoughts once alone. He tried to not think about it back at the dining table while he was eating and his parents were asking about his day.

He starts to think about how Flare has been acting lately. He noticed how she was sort of teasing him and gave him a little nickname, 'Zackie'. He didn't mind the teasing and liked the nickname, but she didn't act like that before. He wonders if it has something to do with her heat, but he did get rid of it, didn't he?

He begins to get up and crawl over to his window that was next to his bed and sat down. He looks out to see the forest at night and the dark sky with the stars and moon shining above. He continues to think about Flare, wondering if things would change after what happened or if things would return to normal soon.

His mind then begins to drift off some more, remembering what words she said to him. "I love you, Zack~" Her words echo in his memory. A dark blush appears on his face; his heart beats a little fast. He wasn't sure if she said it due to her heat or if she meant it, but he couldn't help but feel his heart beating quickly and his tail wagging behind him.

He did feel happy to hear those words and wished it was true. He then remembers him saying he loves her back at the moment. He blushed, surprised he managed to say that to her. He thinks he probably said it without any second thought and fainted afterward. He looks at the time and notices he should try to get some rest before returning under the bed sheets.

Once he got comfy in his bed, his mind still kept thinking about what Flare said. His mind then images the memory of her suddenly kissing him deeply on the lips. He blushed dark red as his heart beats very fast. He did enjoy the kiss from her, even if she was badly in heat and just did it as a thank you. He looks down and places his paw on his chest, feeling how much his heart was beating before he realized something. He still has a crush on Flare.

-To Be Continued-