Thirdly

Yep! Thus the warnings, ha ha. Yes, if I'm not mistaken, the next chapter we'll follow these two to zane and pip.

Well, at least Kevin didn't sleep with Jonathan. The rest can be water under the bridge for me, ha ha ha. Josh is definitely different now, though. Kevin has to tread carefully.

At this point, it was a Three Kings Day present!

“Kells. Have you then? And, oh, Owen says hello.” - Oh hohohoho, he tossed that right up in his face. And now I've reached the current chapter. *paws at the screen for more*

*rolling around in the angst*

“Oh I'm Maris, Josh's best friend. Aha, I see from that face you aren't a totally stupid bastard. Or are you? Since you've not said a word to him in a month. You slimy piece of…how fucking dare you!” - Yessssssssssss that is what best friends DO. I did EXACTLY this for a friend once. I can see my hip bones. This is new. - Fuckity fuck fuck. He's starved himself. Goddammit. drinking most of a fifth of vodka, chasing it with some opiate painkillers leftover from an old injury, and half a bottle of Tylenol. - Damn it, Josh! That is NOT a good way to go. Granted, so are all other forms of suicide.

Dagnabbit, I had a feeling something like that would happen. I was hoping Josh would have just been like "hey Maris, can I bring Kells with me and make it a double date thing?" but of course he didn't. *SIGH*

For craps sake I couldn't even hold a conversation with the man, yet here I was attempting to unlock the secrets to wild passionate fucking with his golden body in mind. - LMAO! I turned and nearly bowled over a couple who could have been my grandparents which wow I did not want to think anymore about that in my haste to exit the store. - Wait, what? No! At least grab some lube and condoms! Oh well... “Car trouble Joshy? Or is there something else going on here” I hear his deep voice inquire from behind me. Really baby Jesus, really? Not cool. - *endless laughter* And hell yes, yes will I give it to him. I'll give him whatever. Even apparently my self respect... - *can't breathe at this point laughing* OG : so it's a date. meet me at the Buzz, 4:30pm tomorrow. I'll be the blond with two cinnamon lattes - Yesssssssss. I approve. Also, I see what he did there, "OG" his "Officer Goodbody." Bitch better back the fuck up. Right now. - *more laughter* Woo! Go Josh go. Kells doesn't hear however, wrapped as he is in conversation with the twink that shall not be named. - Oh lordy, I just can't...I love how it goes from "Jonathan" to "Slutathan" to "twink that shall not be named." “you need yours….nonfat….right?” - Oh no he didn't...jealousy is NOT a good color on you, Jonathan. He waits until I unlock and get in before driving away with a wave and a grin. - LMAO! Gotta make sure Josh doesn't lock himself out of the car again. And, yep. I couldn't resist continuing to read. My assignments are going to have to wait a while longer, dagnabbit.

Success!

Oh man, I just knew I should have finished my work before starting to read this. Now it's going to be hours before I find out what happens next. One of my favorite parts was when the barista got all huffy when Josh so unwittingly stole Officer Kevin's attention away. 🤣

Well, I'm sure he didn't deserve a lot of it, but the fact that Munklad's able to have a better handle on him is an infinitely good thing!

Yes, considering that Fin's never had any real crushes before or interest in dating prior to the story's beginning, that jealousy was a seed that grew the more attached he became to Alistair. To this day, Finian does not like Simon enough to full befriend him, but he has grown to trust him around Al.

Yes, I think Fin handled it pretty well.

Yes, I'm glad your worries were settled in that regard.

You really caught many details in the story to have come to that harrowing thought! It's amazing.

Yes, exactly. Synan is pretty much the yin to Finian's yang.

Yes, in this tale, we did a bit of a spin on how Unicorns and Nightmares are perceived.

Yes, there's no one quite like Lee'en. He's something else, ha ha.

You'll have to forgive my late responses to your comments. Things have been quite chaotic in the lives of both writers recently. If you would be so kind to send me your candid thoughts when you reach that rape segment (even if in a private message), I would be much obliged.

Yep, that's totally what I meant but wasn't able to express as well as you just did. As do I.

We're glad you've been enjoying both KIAO and Cuddlefish so far. We have not seen the last of any of these characters.

He's loads more timid than Phen, but then again Phen did become bolder as the story went along...imagine if they met.

So would we!

I’m sure no one would mind if Nubra and Sepida existed in real life.

They’re still not able to communicate very smoothly, but it’s a start!