The rain was still pouring quite hard, and the streets were dark, illuminated only by the moon. Susie has left the premises of the dreemur household, far enough to lose sight of it. Soaking wet, and exhausted, she walks the streets of hometown all alone after the harrowing adventure she went through. And, the almost traumatic sight she witnessed after coming back home to her friend's house.

She feels bad for her human friend, because if she felt horrified at that sight, she could only guess how much worse it must be for Kris. Seeing their mother, non-chalantly party with practically a stranger while her child is going through a life-or-death trial.

It was all too much for the reptilian monster girl. And as she approaches a crossroads. One leading to her actual house, one leading to the diner and pizza restaurant. And the last road leads back to the school, the one with the closet, the one with a Dark Fountain.

Therein lies, castle town... What Susie could consider her 2nd... No, 3rd home. A town filled with all sorts of unique and kooky characters, brought to life by creativity and darkness. Some of them are even Susie's close friends she and her allies recruited along her adventure. 

She had nowhere else to really go at this point... No place to rest her body and mind. So she decided to sneak into the school to stay the night in her 3rd home, or 2nd home away from home. Luckily, the windows were open, allowing her to sneak her way in, past the locked front doors.

She slowly approached the door to the closet at the end of the hallway... And opened it with a dramatic sound. Without hesitation, she leaped into the dark void of the closet and spun in circles, like a hedgehog from a video game. Her rather basic Light world attire starts to transform, from a simple shirt, jeans and jacket; into a much more elaborate outfit, with far more vibrancy in dark and purple colours, along with spike bands all over.

She lands gracefully, or rather, 'cooly' is what she'd probably prefer it be called. And quickly walked up north to the town. Immediately, she was greeted by a familiar sight.

"Susie!? What are you doing here? At this hour? And... are you alone? Where's Kris-?"
A barrage of concerned questions from a small-statured, white-furred goat-like darkner was thrown at Susie the moment she entered his sight.
"Calm down dude!" Susie stopped the darkner's questions "Y-yeah, I know it's late and... Well, it's a lot to explain..."

Suddenly, sliding towards their direction. Like, literally sliding with a static pose.
"Susie! You're here early" The pointy headed boy elated at the surprise presence of his friend.
"Hey Lancer... Yeah, I know... Bit of a surprise, right?" Susie pointed out her unusual visit. "I just needed some time away from... The Light World..."
"But where is the blue sblurf?" Lancer also pointed the absence of he human companion.
"Kris is uhh..." She is conflicted on what to say or how to even explain the situation that is happening to the gloomy human.

"They've got to be there for their mom you know..." She isn't wrong
"What's a mom?" Lancer asked
"Uhh... Moms are like, what Queen is to you" Susie explained
"Ooooh, so basically a 2nd dad, got it" the silly boy doesn't have the word Mom in his lexicon.
"So, why do they have to be with her?" Lancer pried further

"Uhhh" Susie was put in a difficult situation, so she tried to dodge the question. "It's a pretty complicated situation... You wouldn't get it. Just know, Kris has to be there for her."
"Okay, well, what do you wanna do this fine morning?" Lancer moved on from the topic quickly.
"Honestly... I just wanna go to bed... Sorry Lancer, not today." She admitted her tiredness
"I see, well maybe next time then. Sleep tight Susie" Lancer wished her a good night
"I'll explain what happened to Kris in my room" she told the bystander of that entire conversation, Ralsei, in a discrete fashion.
"Uhh... Okay" he simply responded.

And so, they moved up to the 2nd floor of the castle, in Susie's, and Kris' recently conjoined room. There, Susie explained the whole situation of Kris' house invader.
"I see... That is quite the awful situation to walk into..." Ralsei felt conflicted hearing the story.
"I understand why you wanted some time away... I suppose I'll give you some space if you need it." Ralsei generously offered her some peace and solitude.
"Nah, it's fine, you can stick around." Susie casually declined backhandedly. "It's actually nice being able to open up about your problems... Uh, sorry for dumping all this by the way" 
"Oh, it's no problem..." Ralsei didn't mind sharing her burden, but a comment of hers perked his ears a bit.

"...I'm sorry about keeping the prophecy from you" Ralsei said with guilt after a brief pause
"Huh? Where'd that come from?" Susie surprised at the sudden apology
"You're right... Being open about yourself is a much better and healthier thing to do..." Ralsei explained his sudden tone shift. "The baggage, the burden I carried, by keeping that secret from you two... It was almost crushing..."
"Ralsei..." Susie said concerningly.
"As sad, and painful it was getting yelled at by you, when you found out... It did lift such a massive burden in my chest." Ralsei continued "It was like, ripping a band-aid off as they say. Not that I've ever used a band-aid before..."

"Heh... Well, as long as you don't keep anymore secrets" Susie responded with a smile
"Right, of course!" Ralsei answered also with a smile.
Their conflict and any friction they had was absolved for that moment. But a comment the Goat boy made caught Susie's attention.

"...okay so... You really never used a band-aid before?" Susie got curious.
"Yes, never... I usually heal myself and others with Magic of course..." Ralsei answered logically, having the convenience of magic.
"Oh yeeeah" Susie realized the redundancy of a band-aid in this world. But she continued
"Well that just got me thinking. You've also never even eaten your own cooking before we came along. And of course, you've never seen any movies or TV, or played any video games until we were on Tenna's show." Susei explained her thoughts about Ralsei's experiences.
"R-right... What about it Susie?" Ralsei nervously agreed
"Makes me wonder, just What else haven't you tried?" Susie asked

"I... Well... There are quite a lot of things of course" He answered
"Yeah, I bet, like what?" Susie pointed out the obvious non-answer he gave
"Like, I've never attended school before." His first example
"Okay, well, Light world stuff aside. Obviously, you've never done light world stuff... What else?" She immediately shot down the massive list he also obviously has never experienced.

"Hmm... I'm not sure then... The biggest thing would probably be... Having friends... Like you, and Kris, and Lancer and everyone in castletown." Ralsei confessed his lonely life before the fateful day.
"Jeez, that sounds depressing..." She replied "So... That means you've never had a sleep over before, right?" 
"Of course, not... I suppose that's something we can try here... Now that I have you..." Ralsei timidly responded
"Heh... Then move Kris' bed over here, let's make tonight your very first sleep over." Susie announced
"Aww Susie... Thank you very much" Ralsei smiled in gratitude

Ralsei moved over to the other side of the double sized room, and began trying to pull the human's bed... Pathetically. The darkner was never physically gifted, and Susie felt bad watching his futile attempt.
"Ugh... Never mind, I'll move the bed" Susie stopped him before he could do anything more. And with a few pulls, the beds have become a bigger queen-sized bed. They both then jumped onto their beds and lied down to relax.
"So, uh... What do you usually do in a sleepover?" Ralsei asked
"Actually... I dunno myself. Probably play games or talk about dumb stuff." Susie admitted, she doesn't do sleepovers often either... Considering her first one was with Kris yesterday.

"Oh... Well, the games we have would probably be in the castle town courtyard... I guess we can just talk about... Silly stuff then?" Ralsei thought about it
"Yeah, I'm not in the mood of getting out of bed either... So, let's just lie down and talk about stuff" Susie agreed
"All right then..." Ralsei paused, struggling to think if a topic for conversation "Uhh... Nice weather we're having?"
"...Dude, you suck at this" Susie bluntly points out Ralsei's dry topic "How about I start"
And so, Susie brainstormed the dumbest topic he could think of.
"Do darkners poop?" She asked casually

"SUSIE!" Ralsei yelled at her crude question
"What, I told you it'd be a dumb question" Susie brushed off his concern
"Sigh... We... Don't. Dark world food doesn't result in any... Waste..." He reluctantly answers, but "Shouldn't you know this already? You're a monster, and monsters don't... Don't use the bathroom either." He immediately claps back
"Heh... Yeah. I was just curious if it was the same or not with you... Always wondered how that'd feel you know... Probably should ask Kris that instead." 

"Can we please not talk about this again... Going... Number 2 is such a... Dirty topic" Ralsei tried to move on in disgust.
"Hey, c'mon, it's just a bodily function. But if you insist... Hmm what else can we talk about?" Susie pondered
A devilish thought came to her mind when she said bodily functions.
"You ever jerked off before?" Susie asked

"...Susie!" Ralsei exclaimed again in exasperation. 
"Sorry, but I'm pretty sure you could at least do that right?" Susie confidently holds her stance on the question
"Susie... That is a very inappropriate thing to ask... And such a personal and indecent thing too..." Ralsei refused to engage in the question in anger.
“All right… I’ll stop… Sorry for asking…” Susie surrendered her pursuit. “Okay, what else… hmm…”
Both were silent, ruminating on different things, Susie on a new topic, while Ralsei was still caught up at Susie’s question.
“Oh… you ever thought about playing an in-” Susie’s question was suddenly cut short when Ralsei suddenly asked; “Do you think… Kris does it…?”

“...” Susie was surprised and speechless at the goat boy’s question. 
“What? Yeah probably… What brought this up?” she finally could answer
“Agh… I’m sorry, that was very inappropriate to ask… It was very rude of me” Ralsei began to recoil and retreat in shame of his very, selfish question.
“Hey hey, it’s fine… you just caught me off guard a little.” Susie reassured him “I never thought you’d be interested in Kris and if they jerk it.”
“No… it is wrong… it’s an invasion of privacy… it’s so indecent… its-” Ralsei’s excuses were cut short when he saw how Susie was staring at him. She looked at him with a smuggest smile.
“There’s a reason why you asked that in the first place, isn’t there?” She was on him

“What… I uhh… I don’t…” Ralsei stuttered, unable to find any other excuses. Susie simply continued to stare.
“Sigh… yes, you’re right” Ralsei admitted defeat. “I asked because…”
“Because?” Susie pressured him
“Because… I like Kris” Ralsei confessed
“Heh, I knew it,” Susie snorted at being right, “Well, go on.”
“Being around them… I just… It’s weird…” Ralsei struggled to get his words out “I like you two, but somehow… being with Kris, whenever they get close to me… They make me feel all… fuzzy inside.”
“Really? Is that all? Just a fuzzy feeling?” Susie teased him further
“I… I also get all hot and… my heart starts to race… Something about how… weird they can be, yet so kind… I… I don’t really know…” Ralsei struggles further to explain his feelings
“Yup, I get the picture. They’re pretty fun to be around, no matter how weird and gloomy they get” Susie agreed “But you don’t just like them, you like like them, don’t you?”
“I… I guess I do…” The goat sheepishly agreed.

“Heh, no shame in that. It’s fine dude.” Susie reassured him “You coulda picked a lot worse, that’s for sure.”
“Right… thank you for being supportive Susie” Ralsei felt relief at Susie’s approval
“But why’d you asked if they jerked off?” Susie then circled back around to that initial question.
“Eep… I uhh…” Ralsei was once again speechless
“Do you get hard when around them?” Susie very bluntly teases.
“Susie!” Yet another yell of her name, this is becoming his new catchphrase.
Susie stayed silent, simply staring at him with a shit eating grin.

“Sigh… if you mean my… privates… then yes…” Ralsei reluctantly confessed.
“Hahaha, so you like them in more than just one way huh?” Susie roared a deep laughter.
Ralsei’s face was so pink from the massive blush, you might even mistake his fur color to be the same as his horns. He was still very fidgety, completely embarrassed at his confession.
“Hey… Sorry if I went too far asking… It’s fine, there’s no need to be ashamed about liking someone, even sexually” Susie once again had to reassure him.
“I… suppose…” Ralsei paused for a moment “...Sometimes… it gets pretty unbearable how long it’d last… especially when I can’t get them out of my mind…”

“Well, I guess that answers my question from before… Now the question is… why not?” Susie was able to deduce it all from that single sentence of Ralsei’s status.
“Because… I…” Ralsei struggle to speak
“Don’t tell me you don’t know how to do it or something?” Susie made a quick assumption.
“No, of course not… I just…” Ralsei continues to stammer
“What? ‘It’s indecent’? ‘You can’t be doing such an inappropriate thing’?” Susie makes several other other assumptions
“No No… well, yes that, but also… I… do you remember the conversation we had in my room?” Ralsei asked back
“Yeah… about how you always thought you never deserved to be happy? Wait… is that also why?” Susie made a connection

“That’s right… aside from seeing it as; crude and inappropriate… I didn’t think I deserve to… relieve myself of the burden…” Ralsei explained his reasoning
“Dude…” was all Susie could say
“But not anymore, after what we talked about… and after your words of encouragement… I think… maybe… fulfilling my wants and needs isn’t so bad…” Ralsei quickly followed up, explaining the mindset he holds now.
“Heh… that’s better” Susie smiled, hearing Ralsei’s growth.

After a short awkward silence, and a scratch on the back of her head, Susie chimed in again;
“Heh… Man, how did these conversations get to pretty heavy topics when it started about dumb shit. Literally”
“Hehe… Maybe it’s just, the atmosphere that led us to these conversations” Ralsei tried to answer
“Nah, you’re just such a big nerd” Only to be shot down jokingly by Susie.
“Well… all this heavy stuff got me in a better mood, but also reeeally tired…” Susie yawned a monstrous roar.
“Thanks for letting me stay over again dude.”
“No problem, it’s always nice having you around Susie” Ralsei replied
“Heh, well… I’m gonna hit the sack… Night Ralsei!” Susie went into a deep slumber instantly
“Sweet dreams Susie” he said to the now slumbering monster.

Ralsei as a darkner didn’t need to sleep… he would only be doing it out of obligation if he did stay around… and yet he did. To stick by his friend, who has gone through so much these past few days. But when he snugged himself in Kris bed, where his crush would sleep, his mind could not rest. In his head, he wandered and wondered all night about Kris, about being in their bed… and being on their bed, naturally; “*Sniff* Hah… it still smells of them…” it caused him to pitch a tent under the blanket. He becomes restless once again as his erection becomes unbearable.

But this time, having promised to be selfish for once, to look after his own wants and needs, Ralsei chooses to not just ignore it and silently suffer. He discretely gets out of bed, and sneaks out of the bedroom. He climbs up the stairs, to the one room in the castle he knows would give him absolute privacy. Past Queen’s and Tenna’s now abandoned rooms, onto a door within the shadows, his own room. Last time, it was completely empty, save for a single plushie of himself, and by process of elimination, the best thing in his room, an ICE-E statue. But now, it is decorated and furnitured, complete with a bed to call his own. Ralsei filled it on his own to truly prove that he finally values himself, that his happiness truly is worth something.

But now, in this room alone, he can finally act on the carnal desires he’s held back for days, ever since he met Kris. He lifted his robe to let his penis breathe the Dark world air at last. It wasn’t the biggest, it was a modest 10cm (4’), purely white like his fur, but a bit of pink was peeking out of his peeling foreskin. Ralsei still hesitated, looking at his member so intently. It was the first time he thought of going through with doing it. But he is also excited, being able to experience something he deems taboo.

“Phew… Okay…” Ralsei readies himself, he reaches out to his crotch with his right arm, and takes a firm grip of it. He wanted to take things slow, so he had a feel of his own member first with his hand. Its stiffness, its warmth, he felt somewhat comforted as well having it held somehow. After that, his hesitation slowly eroded. He went straight to stroking it up and down slowly. It’s what he knows about masturbation, the stroking of your own privates for your own pleasure. His only expectation of it was that it’s supposed to feel good, however no other specifics beyond it.

“Huff… Huff… So… this is how it feels…? It’s like a ticklish sensation… It does feel nice…” He comments on the new sensations he’s experiencing. His pace sped up, the stroking became faster. He was truly enjoying himself, for the first time in his life, he was life, he was doing something truly selfish, and he loves it. The stroking stopped being so long and he began to focus much more on his tip that is so much more sensitive. His self-exploration led him to his personal favourite spot to stimulate. 

The thing that kept him going, aside from the new pleasures, was his fantasies and imagination. His selfish fantasies, of being close to them, of doing so many fun and intimate activities with the human he fell in love with. 
“Huff… Kris…” He called out their name pointlessly. But it felt right for him.
“Hagh… This feeling… I think…” He was getting close, reaching the relief he never thought he’d ever get in his life. He stroked harder and faster, trying to force out the building pressure in his loins that’s asking, screaming for release to him. Until at last;
“HAAGH!?” his hips jolted up, as a spurt of semen shot out of his modest penis. All the while it throbbed sending a pulse of pleasure to the darkner that he had never felt before. 

It was short but sweet, barely 5 seconds of a full-on orgasm, but the slow petering away of the sensation practically knocked him out. The pleasure and sensation were a bit too much for the first timer. It took him over a minute to finally get back to his senses, and looked and his hands covered in his own mess. When he stared at his own dirtied hand, his mind was filled with conflicted emotions. Of embarrassment, yet pride, Shame, yet relief, Guilt, yet joy. So many conflicting emotions from a selfish act… but he promised himself and to his friends, to no longer feel the shame or burden of devaluing himself… 

And with one deep breath, he shoved all those negative feelings down. And all that was left was…
“...I need a tissue… or maybe we should install a sink…” a way to clean himself of his mess.
For now, he tried to walk down to find any piece of disposable cloth he could use to wipe his hand, all the while, hiding the soiled hand as discretely as possible. When he got out of the room, he felt he had seen a shadowed figure run down the stairs quickly. He wondered if he was followed… but there were more important matters at hand.

After finding some old rags in the basement, he headed back to where Susie was sleeping, trying to get back to his place as if nothing had happened. Quietly he slipped in bed, back to his spot before he left. Susie was looking away when he got back into the bed, but she wasn’t actually asleep.

“Heh… and that’s one more thing off the list” she whispered to herself quietly.






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HOW ODD

NONE OF THAT
WAS SUPPOSED
TO HAPPEN

THIS CHANGE 
IN DIRECTIONS
WILL BE
VERY
VERY
INTERESTING