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[18+] “Zeke’s Blue Hole” by Televassi (part 2 of 2)
[18+]The husky is left trying to process the implications of his newly discovered feelings for Zeke. Will he actually say anything, though?
Today’s story is the second and final part of “Zeke's Blue Hole” by Televassi, whose work you can find in In the Light of the Dawn and The Heavens Within Our Grasp anthologies from the Furry Historical Fiction Society, and you can find more of their stories on their SoFurry page.
Last time, our narrator was asked by his old friend to join him on a diving liveaboard. He'd never seen Zeke more than a friend, but an awkward encounter in the closed confines of the ship sowed quite an alluring seed of doubt. Now the question for the husky is quite simple - does he make the leap and take a chance, or confine another adventure into another thwarted dream?
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Transcript
Today's story concerns adult subject matter for mature listeners.
Speaker:If that's not your cup of tea,
Speaker:or there are youngsters listening,
Speaker:please skip this one
Speaker:and come back for another story another time.
Speaker:You’re listening to The Voice of Dog.
Speaker:This is Rob MacWolf, your fellow traveler,
Speaker:and Today’s story is the second and final part of “Zeke's Blue Hole”
Speaker:by Televassi, whose work you can find in
Speaker:In the Light of the Dawn
Speaker:and the upcoming
Speaker:The Heavens Within Our Grasp anthologies
Speaker:from the Furry Historical Fiction Society,
Speaker:and you can find more of their stories on their SoFurry page.
Speaker:Last time, our narrator was asked by his old friend
Speaker:to join him on a diving liveaboard.
Speaker:He'd never seen Zeke more than a friend,
Speaker:but an awkward encounter in the closed confines of the ship
Speaker:sowed quite an alluring seed of doubt.
Speaker:Now the question for the husky is quite simple -
Speaker:does he make the leap and take a chance,
Speaker:or confine another adventure
Speaker:into another thwarted dream?
Speaker:Please enjoy “Zeke’s Blue Hole”
Speaker:by Televassi, Part 2 of 2
Speaker:"Diving a blue hole is a once in a lifetime experience,"
Speaker:Zeke grinned, nub tail twitching behind him as he spoke in his best
Speaker:peppy, client engagement tone.
Speaker:"They're formed from caves which flooded
Speaker:when sea levels rose at the end of the last ice age,
Speaker:their roofs collapsing in the process.
Speaker:Their deep namesake -
Speaker:blue - comes from physics.
Speaker:Water absorbs longer wavelengths of the light spectrum first, so the deeper you go,
Speaker:the darker the blue hue becomes."
Speaker:The hyena paused, looking around the mess table
Speaker:at the assembled dive crew. They were a range of species - a motley mix of canids, one very scruffy looking wolf
Speaker:(his fur was absolutely clogged with dried salt),
Speaker:a handful of cats (who all looked immaculate despite
Speaker:the salt), and a tall, buff elk (who'd
Speaker:purposefully cut his antlers specifically for this liveaboard
Speaker:so they wouldn't get in the way when diving any wrecks).
Speaker:"Torvelu's Blue Hole is certainly deep -
Speaker:over 200 metres from our best estimates.
Speaker:There haven't been any technical dives beyond 100 metres,
Speaker:and to date no one has reached the bottom.
Speaker:bottom." Zeke paused, taking a moment to change tone.
Speaker:"Of course, this is well beyond the limits of recreational diving.
Speaker:We won't be going
Speaker:anywhere near those sorts of depths, but there's plenty to see within the first thirty metres of this illuminating blue
Speaker:amphitheatre..." Zeke continued through the usual catalogue of most dive briefings:
Speaker:facts about expected flora and fauna,
Speaker:a note about expected currents,
Speaker:and features of interest along the route he'd drawn on the galley's whiteboard in blue, red, and black marker.
Speaker:I still paid attention,
Speaker:but I'd lost interest in the meaning of his words,
Speaker:instead enjoying the pleasant sound of his voice washing over my ears... "...
Speaker:so remember. Keep an eye on your depth gauge.
Speaker:Set your dive computer to a maximum depth of thirty metres,
Speaker:keep a close watch on your air pressure,
Speaker:and stick close to your buddy.
Speaker:buddy." The hyena made eye contact with everyone in the group,
Speaker:moving on only when they nodded in agreement.
Speaker:I shivered when his eyes found mine,
Speaker:hidden behind the soft, swaying locks of purple and black from his headfur.
Speaker:It took me a moment longer to nod than everyone else.
Speaker:"Good! And with the safety done, remember to enjoy yourself!"
Speaker:He chirped, hopping down onto the dive deck.
Speaker:The rest of the crew finished up their notes for their own logbooks
Speaker:and began their pre-dive checks - testing their
Speaker:regulators, the taste and scent of their air tanks, checking weights, fins, masks, BCDs -
Speaker:once, then once again.
Speaker:I was quiet as I squeezed into my wetsuit quickly,
Speaker:hoping the smell of sea and salt would overpower
Speaker:my hasty attempt
Speaker:to wash away all trace from ten
Speaker:minutes earlier.
Speaker:"How was I?" Zeke asked quietly,
Speaker:his tail gently brushing my side as we went about our own buddy checks.
Speaker:"You forgot to mention you discovered it."
Speaker:"I figured a little modesty wise,"
Speaker:he blushed, looking away as he fiddled with his fins.
Speaker:"Perhaps," I nodded,
Speaker:spitting into my mask and rubbing the saliva across the lens.
Speaker:"But going on a dive with the site's discoverer
Speaker:adds a certain, je ne sais quoi."
Speaker:"Or, alternatively, a whole heap of pressure that the site will deliver,"
Speaker:Zeke said quietly.
Speaker:"I'm sure it will.
Speaker:will." I nodded, patting him on the shoulder.
Speaker:I bit my tongue, trying to avoid voicing my thoughts about his other blue hole.
Speaker:We let the palpable silence hang between us as we clipped into our dive gear and shuffled down onto the
Speaker:RIB. It was a short five minutes as the boat skimmed across the clam sea,
Speaker:the clear, shallow waters shifting to a deep blue hue
Speaker:as we crossed to the centre of the hole. "You ok?" Zeke asked, pulling his regulator from his muzzle as the RIB slowed to a halt.
Speaker:The deep, midnight azure lapped at all sides.
Speaker:It was hard to swallow the silly feeling that we hovered over some otherworldly precipice,
Speaker:and that diving in would result in no way back.
Speaker:"I'm fine," I replied and stuck my regulator in my muzzle.
Speaker:I gave my BCD's inflator hose a quick squeeze,
Speaker:the valves on the back of my jacket hissing as it inflated,
Speaker:and then dumped the excess air.
Speaker:I signed OK and leaned back off the side of the RIB.
Speaker:The splash of the cool water
Speaker:and murmur of bubbles around me heralded my immersion,
Speaker:bringing relief that there would be no more talking
Speaker:for at least sixty minutes.
Speaker:For a moment we were in complete suspense;
Speaker:the movement of our air bubbles bringing any sense of which way was up and down.
Speaker:The surface was distant above
Speaker:and the bottom lost
Speaker:further below. When we reached 30 metres I signalled OK again
Speaker:and swam up close behind the hyena,
Speaker:keeping one eye on my depth gauge and the other on the perfect view of his shapely body
Speaker:encased in black neoprene,
Speaker:grateful for the opportunity to be so close to him.
Speaker:We swam further, until the sinkhole's walls faded in from the gloom.
Speaker:They were sheer, extending deeper beyond our sight in the clear water,
Speaker:but as we slowly rose the corals bloomed, dazzling us with the full spectrum of colour.
Speaker:Vast sea fans stretched out into the open blue,
Speaker:tiny pygmy seahorses delicately clutching at the branches with their tails,
Speaker:while sleepy turtles nestled between cracks in the walls slumbered through our passing.
Speaker:I lost count of the myriad of colourful shoals darting back and forth -
Speaker:the entire rim filled with a rich array of life,
Speaker:sheltered from the rest of the ocean.
Speaker:Sixty minutes passed far too quickly.
Speaker:Soon enough we were back on the surface:
Speaker:a world full of words that I had
Speaker:no idea how to order anymore. ***
Speaker:"That dive sure was something, right?"
Speaker:Zeke smiled and took a swig from the brown beer bottle.
Speaker:The hyena had settled on the topside of the boat,
Speaker:paws dangling through the scupper at the base of the deck.
Speaker:I sat cross-legged in the middle,
Speaker:arms folded over my legs, pretending
Speaker:that I was somehow uncomfortable with the idea of straying into a staff only part of the ship. "It's definitely a change." I sighed, frustrated with myself and my belated reply. I could see how my lack of enthusiasm hurt him - his ears dipped and his neck fluff drooped. "Not a fan?" "I didn't say
Speaker:that,"
Speaker:I replied quickly,
Speaker:but I didn't know what else to say -
Speaker:I didn't know how to say what was really bothering me.
Speaker:"It was just... quite
Speaker:breathtaking. I've never seen anything quite like it."
Speaker:I swung my head to the side and stared across the wide Sargasso Sea.
Speaker:Its beauty stretched uninterrupted in all directions -
Speaker:ribbons of emerald green flanked by azure, crystal waters that extended in all directions against the setting sun.
Speaker:Far in the distance, a few stray slivers of land beckoned, not a single light
Speaker:glowing upon them as the palm trees swayed in tropical idyll.
Speaker:I kinda wanted to jump overboard and swim to their shore,
Speaker:and in their unblemished simplicity
Speaker:return to the natural primacy of being -
Speaker:where there was no fear or doubt for what I felt.
Speaker:"We should probably add some wrecks to future itineraries.
Speaker:Give things a bit of variety still, so it's not all reefs,"
Speaker:Zeke said, once again steering the conversation,
Speaker:clearly thinking about the elk
Speaker:that'd cut his antlers for the trip.
Speaker:"Maybe another time,"
Speaker:I shrugged, ignoring how Zeke flicked his ears questioningly about the gap between us.
Speaker:"But I think you should include that dive.
Speaker:Personally, your Blue Hole is better draw than the one in Dahab."
Speaker:"Oh yeah?" He smirked.
Speaker:I flicked my eyes in annoyance.
Speaker:"Yeah," I persevered.
Speaker:"I know you were worried about people getting in trouble,
Speaker:but that's why you demand experience as well as disclaimers.
Speaker:No one's pushing anyone to take the plunge. In the end,
Speaker:you've got to trust you know what you want, and be able to see it
Speaker:through." Zeke shrugged, ears twitching.
Speaker:Perhaps he sensed the deeper meaning I hid inside, but he remained silent.
Speaker:I felt my next words building on the tip of my tongue,
Speaker:growing stronger
Speaker:despite the sip - then gulp - of beer I took.
Speaker:The hyena meanwhile brushed his purple mane to the side, thick locks quivering alluringly in the evening breeze.
Speaker:Stars, he looked beautiful -
Speaker:at home among the open sea, his movements quick, alive, and free as the elements.
Speaker:I could barely contain my envy. Soon enough
Speaker:I'd be back behind a
Speaker:desk, salt washed out of my mane,
Speaker:sea-breeze in my lungs a distant memory.
Speaker:I didn't even care that it meant my curly tail would be restored to its full glory.
Speaker:"Is everything all right?"
Speaker:Zeke asked again,
Speaker:this time shuffling close to me.
Speaker:"You've been acting all weird recently."
Speaker:Stars, spare me. I thought. Can't he just say it?
Speaker:I took a gulp of beer, practically draining the brown bottle.
Speaker:"I've known you for a while.
Speaker:while." He pressed again. I could feel his eyes searching for my own but I kept avoiding them.
Speaker:He stood up and sighed loudly,
Speaker:grabbing himself another beer from the icebox.
Speaker:He flicked the cap off with a sharp claw.
Speaker:"I'm sorry about earlier, but look, please don't-"
Speaker:"Don't apologise for it."
Speaker:I was giddy, swaying from the erratic beat of my heart.
Speaker:My mouth hung open while I tried to find the words, but all my head could say was fuck it,
Speaker:go for it. "I really liked it...
Speaker:you." I felt like I shrank and grew at the same time -
Speaker:my relative size in the universe thrown into doubt as I finally cast aside the confines of everything I knew.
Speaker:"You... want to see me again?"
Speaker:Zeke asked, flicking an ear.
Speaker:I caught him looking at me out of the corner of his eye.
Speaker:My own strained to hear him; the quiet breeze playing with my mane sounding like a hurricane.
Speaker:"Yeah," I whispered.
Speaker:My heart thudded like it was made of thick wet clay, but my blood
Speaker:still roared as it surged past my ears. I kept looking out to the horizon, watching the sunset,
Speaker:focusing on how he made me feel.
Speaker:How I wasn't just hoping for some fun, or something fun to explore. I wanted
Speaker:to try for something more,
Speaker:something that I'd never noticed or paid heed to in all our time together.
Speaker:"If that's okay." I gulped.
Speaker:Each second passed like agony.
Speaker:Zeke was quiet for a while, but when he did speak, there was an edge of giddy anticipation to his words
Speaker:that made me unashamed of my own.
Speaker:"If not - that's fine - just please, don't make a thing out out it-"
Speaker:"Have you ever... you know?" The hyena
Speaker:tilted his head, nudging me.
Speaker:"No." I spoke quickly.
Speaker:"But I want to try-"
Speaker:The hyena closed the gap between me, his features tinged as the sunset shrunk closer to the horizon,
Speaker:rendering most detail into dark silhouettes.
Speaker:His growl rumbled in his throat,
Speaker:matching my own. I could still see his delicate tongue as his parted muzzle met my own -
Speaker:see the intensity to his eyes as he tasted me on his lips.
Speaker:I let words slip away once more,
Speaker:our arms folding around each other as our bodies sought to match the connection of our kiss.
Speaker:We surfaced from that embrace gasping for air,
Speaker:both of us irritated that our bodies couldn't remain entwined for longer.
Speaker:"You don't hesitate even,"
Speaker:the yeen smiled at me,
Speaker:his muzzle brushing close once again to my lips.
Speaker:I could feel his hot breath on my nose.
Speaker:"I want more," I whispered.
Speaker:"Well," Zeke grunted.
Speaker:"No one's coming up here."
Speaker:He spoke with such surety.
Speaker:My body ached to believe him,
Speaker:but still, the fear of
Speaker:getting caught was strong -
Speaker:enough that he picked it up
Speaker:on my scent on his next breath.
Speaker:"They're doing a night dive in the shallows,
Speaker:skirting the rim of the Blue Hole,"
Speaker:Zeke breathed into my ear,
Speaker:clutching his chest against my own.
Speaker:"You didn't tell me about this..."
Speaker:"I had a feeling that when I handed you that beer and asked you to join me up here,
Speaker:you were interested in something other
Speaker:than a dive. " His strong, firm paw pushed me down against the deck,
Speaker:the tan streaks of his fur
Speaker:gleaming in the final rays of the day.
Speaker:Beneath us and out of sight, there was the final immutable chatter of pre-dive checks, followed by several splashes
Speaker:as the rest of the crew entered the water.
Speaker:I held my breath
Speaker:as I waited for his next move.
Speaker:"What do you think that might be?"
Speaker:I breathed. "I have an idea..."
Speaker:He shifted his position on top of me, sliding out of his shorts with practised efficiency
Speaker:while I wiggled against my own underneath him,
Speaker:finally slipping free of their confines
Speaker:with his helping paw.
Speaker:We took a moment,
Speaker:pausing to appreciate the natural intimacy between us. His bare fur on mine.
Speaker:The gentle breeze between the two of us.
Speaker:If I closed my eyes I could believe we were alone on an island together,
Speaker:the rest of the world and its cares unknown.
Speaker:"I really liked the look of you this morning..."
Speaker:"I wondered," the hyena replied,
Speaker:straddling my stomach with his hips.
Speaker:"And I'm glad." "Was it an accident?"
Speaker:I asked, feeling that familiar tightness in my sheath.
Speaker:"Yes," Zeke blushed momentarily.
Speaker:"What on earth were you doing?"
Speaker:I growled needfully.
Speaker:He shifted himself further up my chest.
Speaker:"I was thinking of you,"
Speaker:the hyena admitted, his ears folding down.
Speaker:"It'd been a week here, and I was starting to wonder-"
Speaker:"Wonder what?" I asked,
Speaker:reaching up to trail my paw down his chest,
Speaker:lingering as I teased his plump sheath, his pointed tip already poking free.
Speaker:"Whether you were into me.
Speaker:Whether I'd just squandered my savings on a dream."
Speaker:His admission cut through the moment.
Speaker:"I thought you said my ticket was free?"
Speaker:"Kinda. I mean, I wasn't going to ask you to
Speaker:pay-" "How much did you spend?"
Speaker:I pressed, trying not to raise my voice further.
Speaker:Even though I didn't know how much he earned, I knew dive guides like him weren't
Speaker:awash with cash.
Speaker:"For a dream like this?"
Speaker:He wiggled his hips. "Enough." The yeen
Speaker:silenced my protests by shifting his position further still,
Speaker:until his ass hovered directly above my waiting muzzle.
Speaker:I couldn't resist -
Speaker:leaning up to press my snout between his cheeks,
Speaker:burying myself underneath that gorgeous nub tail.
Speaker:Heaven, he tasted even better than he smelled.
Speaker:Despite the darkness and
Speaker:blooming stars overhead, the light that flickered behind my closed eyes as I indulged in him was greater still.
Speaker:Zeke's breath trembled as he settled down on me, his weight burying my muzzle against him with a firmness that made my growl long
Speaker:and loud. I reached up and played with his sheath,
Speaker:pulling free his knot and
Speaker:stroking his already slick length as I kept eating him,
Speaker:wriggling in delight underneath him.
Speaker:There was little restraint.
Speaker:My muzzle pressed and stretched his slick ring. My paws squeezed and worked every inch of his knotted cock.
Speaker:My tongue swirled
Speaker:deep inside him, and I pressed my muzzle further against him still -
Speaker:feeling like even my muzzle
Speaker:now slipped inside him.
Speaker:When Zeke came, he quivered like a spring blossom on a resurgent wintry breeze.
Speaker:I felt his every clench, and milked him for every drop I could,
Speaker:wishing that he would last just one moment longer...
Speaker:With a breathless gasp,
Speaker:Zeke rolled over onto his back, lying flat on the deck as we
Speaker:both looked up at the stars.
Speaker:The silence between us was perfect, but soon enough one of us had to speak.
Speaker:"I'll pay you back,"
Speaker:I said, stroking his fur.
Speaker:"I would have come anyway.
Speaker:anyway." "Thanks, but you don't have to,"
Speaker:Zeke sniffed, rubbing his eyes.
Speaker:"I don't want to spoil this...
Speaker:but it was a silly idea.
Speaker:I knew back then you'd have to go back."
Speaker:"But I don't want to go back,"
Speaker:I replied. I actually felt tears well up against my eyelids,
Speaker:but for his sake I didn't
Speaker:let me get further.
Speaker:I didn't want to spoil this moment, and I didn't want it to go back.
Speaker:So I took a leap. "I'm not going back."
Speaker:I reached out and squeezed his paw,
Speaker:rolling on top of him and leaning in for another kiss.
Speaker:"I let the world crush my dreams once.
Speaker:I'm not going to let it do so again."
Speaker:Zeke kissed me back
Speaker:with wordless fervour. "So...
Speaker:are you going to help me explore this blue hole?"
Speaker:I grinned, the image of his smiling face imprinted behind my eyes as my paw teased his rump.
Speaker:The sight was there when I closed my eyes,
Speaker:drifting off to sleep
Speaker:in each other's arms.
Speaker:This was the second and final part of “Zeke’s Blue Hole”
Speaker:by Televassi, read for you by READER, with CALLSIGN.
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