by L. M. Brown
Kit sighed contentedly as they watched the ground fall away and slowly rose along the cables.
“I thought you didn’t like flying?” Logan asked.
“I don’t, but this isn’t flying,” Kit replied. “We’re hanging from the cables, which is far more secure than those horrible vehicles on Halor’s planet.”
Logan gave a dubious look through the roof window. “If you say so.”
Kit chuckled and concentrated on the baby in his arms. “I know the difference, even if you don’t.”
Finally, Rae finished feeding and Kit wiped the babe’s chin with a cloth. Beside him, Harry made a soft gurgling noise.
“Swap?” Logan said.
Kit nodded and handed Rae to Halor, so he could take Harry from Logan. As Kit fed Harry, Logan watched Halor with Rae and saw the clear love he had for the child that wasn’t of his blood. He made a soft cooing sound that seemed more befitting for a budgie than a hawk.
Logan felt warmth deep in his chest and his heart beat furiously. In that moment he realised he didn’t just love Kit. He loved Halor, too. His lovers had already figured out that he did, but even when he had seen the evidence with his own eyes, he had remained unsure of his feelings, at least until now.
He didn’t realise he was staring until Halor frowned in his direction. “Is something wrong?”
Logan smiled. “Not at all. Everything’s perfect.”
Carefully rising from his seat beside Kit, Logan moved over to sit beside Halor. He quietly took Rae from Halor’s arms and passed the baby to Darcy. “Would you mind holding your nephew for a moment?”
“Of course not.” Darcy swooped in to take Rae, crooning and singing a lullaby that Logan vaguely recalled from his own childhood.
With Rae safely in the hands of his sister, Logan gave Halor his undivided attention. He took his face in his hands and leaned in to kiss him. They had kissed before, mostly in the heat of passion, but Logan had never kissed Halor quite like this. He ran his tongue over Halor’s lips, coaxing them open and seeking entrance. Halor responded slowly, but Logan persisted and deepened their kiss. He didn’t move his hands from Halor’s face, even though he knew if he touched the front of Halor’s kilt he would find the familiar bulge of his erection. This wasn’t about sex or seeking release. He just wanted Halor to know how much he meant to him. He needed him to understand that it wasn’t only Kit who had stolen a part of his heart.
“What was that for?” Halor asked after Logan had drawn back.
“I love you,” Logan replied, before giving Halor another peck on the lips.
Halor wrapped his arms around Logan and hugged him. “When did you realise that?”
“Just now,” Logan admitted. “I’m sorry it took me so long.”
Kit chuckled from across the other side of the conveyance. “That’s probably my fault. I’ve been so greedy, hoarding all of Logan’s affection for myself.”
“Rubbish,” Darcy interrupted. “Logan’s just a slow learner.”
Logan glared at his sister, though he couldn’t keep it up for more than a couple of seconds. He was too happy to even pretend to be annoyed with her.
Halor took Logan’s hand and raised it to his lips, kissing the knuckles. “I’m glad you have finally seen, and accepted, what Kit and I already knew. Thank you for telling me. And in case you didn’t already know, I love you, too.”
“You do?”
Halor smiled. “Yes, I do. I realised how much a while ago.”
“When you saw the recording of the flight deck?”
“No, before then. The first time we visited Hawkri, when you stood up for Kit against my brother. It wasn’t only gratitude that I felt. It was the first stirrings of love for you. I could see you were developing feelings for Kit, and watching you come to care for him sparked the same feeling in me, but for you. I always knew that only one who loves my Kit as much as I do could ever hope to earn my love, as well.”
“But that was ages ago. Why didn’t you say anything?”
“I didn’t want to put any pressure on you. Your species is different to mine and Kit’s. I wasn’t sure whether you were capable of loving more than one man. There are some who can’t. The canines in particular are noted for their ability to love only one, as are some avians—those who evolved from swans, for example. I could see you loved Kit, and I told myself that was enough for me. But I still harboured the hope that you might one day come to have such feelings for me, too.”
They kissed again and Logan sighed in contentment as he let Halor take the lead.
Logan thanked his lucky stars that it was Kit and Halor who had purchased his cryogenic pod.
The journey to Kit’s village went smoothly and more swiftly than Logan had imagined it would. Although the village was some distance away, the cable car-like conveyance was quick and efficient. When they disembarked, Kit led them on the short walk to his childhood home.
The felines didn’t live in houses like those on Earth. Instead, their homes were carved out of the land, the entrances almost completely hidden from view until you were almost upon them.
“To hide them from predators,” Kit explained in answer to Darcy’s question about the camouflage.
“Do you get many of those?” Darcy asked, staring up at the sky as though something might swoop down and attack them from the clouds.
“No, not any more. But these are the same kind of buildings we’ve lived in for thousands of years. They’re comfortable and my people see no reason to change them to something more visible.”
“They’re quaint,” Darcy said.
Kit pointed ahead of them. “This one is my mama’s house. It looks like she’s home.”
As they approached, the door swung open and a female feline with similar colouring to Kit appeared in the doorway.
Kit turned to Logan and passed Harry to him. Logan took the baby without question. Darcy still had Rae, leaving Kit free to hurry into his mother’s welcoming embrace.
“Mama, I’ve missed you so much,” Kit cried as they hugged in the middle of the garden path.
His mother set him back a pace to look him over. “You’re looking so much better than the last time I saw you. I don’t need to ask if you’re getting enough to eat.”
Kit grinned. “I’m getting plenty. Now, come here and let me introduce you to a few new members of the family. Halor you’ve already met. Try and be nice to him this time. This is Logan, a human who’s joined Halor’s nest. And the female is Logan’s sister, Darcy. She’s a medic who’s been travelling with us. And these little ones are our babies.”
Kit’s mother approached the group with a wide smile of joy. She took Rae from Darcy and purred at him with delight. Unaccustomed to the strange woman who held him, Rae whimpered and opened his mouth to cry.
“Here, Mama. Let me have him. He’s probably hungry. You know how babes are at this age, and Rae here is notoriously greedy.”
Kit’s mother passed Rae over. Kit held him securely as he unhooked the top of his toga.
“What are you doing, Kit?” his mother whispered, her gaze flitting about the street. “You should come inside to feed them.”
Kit shook his head and guided his son to his breast. “No, Mama. I’m not hiding any more. You fed me and my siblings wherever you were, just as all our people do.”
“Not all of us,” his mother argued. “Those like you don’t.”
Kit smiled at Rae, sucking enthusiastically. “I won’t hide, Mama.”
“You intend to flaunt what you are in front of others?”
“It’s not flaunting. I’m merely caring for my babies the same way the female parents do.”
“But you know how your kind are treated.”
“I know.” Kit gave his mother a grim smile. “It isn’t my fault I’m dual-gendered. I’ve done nothing to be ashamed of and I won’t act as though I have. I want my children to be proud of their papa.”
“They will be,” Logan said as he stepped closer, “just as Hal
or and I are proud of you. But it is starting to rain, so perhaps we’d better go inside before we all get wet.”
Kit shivered as he looked up at the darkening sky. “Yes, I think that would be best.”
They all stepped inside the home that was surprisingly large inside.
“I’m Katra,” Kit’s mother said as she waved everyone to the large comfortable sofas that took up a large part of the main room. “Can I get you some refreshments?”
“That would be good, Mama,” Kit replied. “You know what Halor eats, and if you have some fruits for Logan and Darcy, that would be good.”
“I’ve been keeping a fresh supply of berries and nuts in case you and Halor came to visit. I’ll check if any of the neighbours have some food suitable for the humans.”
“Thanks, Mama.”
Logan sighed in contentment as he sank into the cushions.
Halor chuckled. “The felines do have the best seating of all the species.”
Kit gave a haughty sniff. “Just because we like our comforts.”
Logan patted the spot beside him. “Come here.”
Kit curled up beside him and purred happily. Logan held Harry with one arm and used the other to hug Kit, still holding Rae, to his side.
Halor stepped towards the sofa opposite them.
“Where are you going?” Logan asked. “There’s plenty of room over here for you.”
Halor smiled and took a seat beside Logan. “I guess there is.”
Darcy dropped onto the sofa Halor had initially been moving towards. “I could stay here forever.”
“Why don’t we?” Halor suggested. “While this planet is the feline home world, other species have settled here, too. The avians are the ones who built the transportation system.”
“But what about your own planet?” Kit asked.
“I don’t think I’m going to be heading back there any time soon. My nest is not what my parents would wish it to be, and I’m not going to change that. I believe a little distance might be in order.”
“And your work?” Kit pressed. “You love travelling. That’s why you wanted to be a courier in the first place. I don’t want you to give up what you love for me.”
Halor shrugged. “Kit, you, Logan, and our boys mean more to me than any job. Besides, I think it would be best to raise our children on a planet, rather than confined to a spaceship.”
“You’d give up your work to stay here with me?”
Halor reached across Logan and took hold of Kit’s hand. “In a heartbeat.”
Kit sniffled, but he had no free hand to brush away the tears in his eyes.
“I have everything I could ever want, right here in this room.”
“I like the idea of staying here,” Logan said. “This planet reminds me a lot of Earth and I think we could be happy here, providing Kit is comfortable amongst his people.”
Kit nodded. “I am. I know not everyone will accept what I am, but as long as I have my family, I’ll be happy.”
Logan looked at Darcy. “What do you think?”
“It’s up to you.”
“You’re my family, too,” Logan said. “I want your honest opinion.”
Darcy smiled. “I think you’ll be very happy here.”
“And you?”
“I lived with you right after college. Never again.” Darcy’s laugh took the sting from her words. “But maybe I could find my own place here.”
By the time Katra had returned with the food supplies, the decision had been made. They would stay with Kit’s mother while they looked for a new home.
Then, once they were all settled, they would visit the Jupiter and inform the captain of their decision. Logan and Darcy would still do what they could to help the rescue teams, but they both knew that in the grand scheme of things, neither of them was crucial to the mission. They would be there when they were needed, but they couldn’t put their lives on hold and he didn’t believe the members of the missing crew would want them to.
* * * *
Kit rested on the soft moss, staring up at the stars. It had been so long since he had been on the planet he had grown up on. He felt a sense of belonging as he recognised the formations in the sky. The scents of the forest that he’d almost forgotten now brought a smile to his lips.
There were other smells, too, closer and even more enticing. His lovers’ arousals made his mouth water and his cock twitch in anticipation.
Logan and Halor were on either side of him. The twins were just inside the house, watched over by their grandmother but close enough for Kit to be there in a moment if he was needed.
“What are you thinking about, Kit?” Logan asked.
“Sex,” Kit replied.
Halor chuckled beside him. “Did anyone ever tell you that you have a one-track mind?”
“Yes, you did, many times.”
“True,” Halor agreed.
“It’s been two months,” Kit reminded them. “Darcy checked me over this morning and she said I’m all healed now. I think I’d like you to touch me—you know, there.”
Logan turned onto his side and stared down at him. “Are you sure?”
Kit nodded and smiled. “I need to claim you both again, too. There are far too many felines here who are staring at the two of you with desire. I want them to know that you’re both off limits.”
“I think they already know that,” Logan replied. “The incident at the market is the talk of the village.”
“He shouldn’t have touched you,” Kit snarled. “And if I’d claimed you before we left, he’d have known not to.”
Logan gave Kit a quick peck on the lips. “You know I have no problem with you claiming me. All you have to do is ask.”
“I’m asking now,” Kit said with a smile.
“And my answer is yes,” Logan replied. “Whatever you need from me—from us—you only have to say the word.”
“Logan’s right,” Halor said as he eased open Kit’s kilt and revealed Kit’s body to the moonlight. His stomach was flat again, though it still needed toning a little to return to what it had once been. His breasts didn’t seem any different and were still far more female than male. “So beautiful.”
Logan kissed Kit softly on the lips, teasing him with his tongue.
Halor took Kit’s cock into his mouth while Logan moved lower, sucking Kit’s hard nipple between his lips.
Kit writhed and moaned as Logan and Halor lavished attention on him.
Logan’s cock nudged Kit’s thigh. He continued to suck one breast while fondling the other with his hand. Kit bucked his hips when a finger—he didn’t know whose—stroked around his entrance.
He watched the two men, one on either side of him, as Halor nudged Logan and beckoned him lower, so he could join him at Kit’s groin. Kit let the two of them spread his legs as wide as they could go, and he watched them bury their faces between his thighs, licking at his testicles. Halor kept a firm grip at the base of his shaft, keeping him on the edge or his orgasm.
“Aaah,” Kit cried as they teased him mercilessly.
Kit was desperate and aching for release, but neither of them seemed to have any intention of letting him come, at least not yet.
Kit bucked his hips and felt someone’s hand slip behind his balls, finding the slick opening that hadn’t been breached since the birth of the twins. Kit was ready and he groaned as he felt Logan slip two fingers inside with ease. Logan didn’t break his rhythm and he continued to lick at Kit’s testicle, moving his fingers in the same slow rhythm. Beside him, Halor seemed to be doing the same thing, and Kit felt another digit enter him. Halor’s expression told Kit the additional finger was his.
His two lovers licked and sucked his balls while deliberately ignoring his cock. They finger-fucked him with the sole purpose of driving him to the brink.
Kit reached down to take himself in hand, but Halor and Logan, seemingly of one mind, used their free hands to stop him from stroking himself.
It didn’t matter. Kit h
owled as he climaxed from the stimulation from his lovers’ fingers, though his cock remained stiff and his balls ached with fullness.
Logan and Halor didn’t halt their movements, and a few moments later, Kit bucked again, his hole pulsing around their fingers as he came for a second time.
Halor pulled his mouth away, just far enough to speak. “Enough, Kit?”
“Never,” Kit gasped. “More… I need more.”
Logan drew back a little as well and grinned at Halor. “How many times do you think we can make him climax without touching his cock?”
“A few more yet,” Halor replied conversationally. “I’ve been reading up about dual-gendered species and felines in particular.”
“You have?” Kit asked. This sounded ominous.
“Yes, and it made some interesting reading.” He turned back to Logan. “Did you know that while his female hormones are dominant, Kit can experience multiple orgasms, but is unable to spill his cream without direct stimulation of either his cock or his prostate?”
Logan smirked up at Kit. “I didn’t know that. I wonder why Kit didn’t mention it.”
“I suspect because he thought we’d never find out,” Halor replied. “We are, as you know, very fond of Kit’s cock, so we do tend to take it in our hands, or mouths, or arses.”
“True,” Logan agreed. “Kit mentioned that those who are female dominant with male sex organs have to take supplements to assist in using their male organs.”
“Yes,” Halor agreed. “Kit can’t take them now, though, or he would stop producing milk. His female hormones are dominant, but as a male, Kit is desperate for his cock to be played with, which means we have a unique opportunity here.”
Kit growled and glared at them. “You are evil.”
Halor moved his fingers inside him, causing Kit to orgasm again. “See?” he said to Logan.
“Fascinating,” Logan replied with a quick glance up at Kit.
“I can still have multiple orgasms when my male hormones are in charge,” Kit said, still breathless with pleasure.
“I know you can,” Halor said. “I’ve fingered you often enough to know that. That wasn’t my point.”
