“So, like I was saying, man,” you say to your friend as you two sit in front of the Greek restaurant. “His landlord just served him papers. Just, frickin, out of nowhere. They claimed that they saw “smoking tools” in the apartment, but how could they have? They haven’t even been in there?” You’re discussing a bogus legal issue that your friend is in the middle of.
Suddenly, there’s a tap on your thigh. You peek over to see who or what is touching you. To your surprise, it’s a fox. Not a wild fox, but this fox is standing on two feet! Something about this fox is rubbing you the wrong way. Not the fact that it’s standing like a human, surprisingly. Perhaps it’s the blue, featureless T-shirt and the pants that are a shade darker. It has a large, smug expression on its face, like it knows something you don’t, but damn well should. “Can I help you?” you ask nervously.
It’s orange ears with brown tips lowered as it raised its brown mittens toward you. “Hug?” it asked in the sweetest, most cartoonish voice possible. It’s started to glisten like an anime girl when she was sad. Oh my god, this thing was trying to bait you into a hug. Why though? Was this one of those weird TikTok videos? But who the hell had or looked like this?
You groan and tell him no. “Not a chance, dude.” You turn and return to the conversation with your friend. “So, they basically invaded their space and, WHAT?” You turn to the fox again as it pokes you in the thigh once more.
“HUG!” Its tail was wagging wildly, trying to entice you.
“Awww, c’mom, dude. Give the guy a hug,” your friend says. “He’s so cute!”
“No, you didn’t see that smug face he had!” you reply. “No. Hug. for you.” You point at the creature, jabbing your finger toward it with each word.
“Alright,” the fox said casually. “I tried to warn you.”
He poked your thigh once more, but this time it was different. Your body started to tingle, like you were listening to the most intense binural ASMR. Then suddenly…
POOF!
Everything was so tall. The iron garden table was a foot taller than you! Your friend was looking down on you in panic! “Wha?” You look around, seeing the fox again, this time by your side, and the same height as you. The smirk on his face felt different now. His empty, black eyes gazed into yours, locking on. “What did you do!?”
“I didn’t do anything, bro,” the Fox said. “Name’s Finley, by the way. What’s yours?”
You don’t know why, but you feel compelled to tell him. “Yeah, well. Mine’s dsjflkskfsj,” your lips flutter, making what you can only imagine is the sound of a sub keysmashing. “My. Name. Is.” You try to say, clenching your fists. But something doesn’t feel right. You look at said fists. They’re not human hands… Brown furred paws await your gaze. Your mouth falls open, completely in shock. You inspect the rest of your body, afraid of what you’ll find.
The same blue outfit.
The same paws.
The same fluffy tail.
And the same perky ears!
You start to panic, but your mind is resisting. “My name is FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF,” you try to fight back. What was your name?!?!?!?! You can’t remember! One comes to mind; you’re not sure if that was it!
But, that’s gotta be it, right?
If that’s the only name you can remember, then that’s your name…
“My name is Flynn,” you say as calmly as can be. Everything feels so
So…
Smug.
A smug crosses your face, just like your brother, Finley. “Hey, Finley,” you say to him. “It’s pretty lonely with just the two of us, don’t you think?” You side-eye the human that’s watching you. If they were saying anything, you completely ignored it.
“Yeah, I agree,” Finley replied. He also side-eyed the human watching the two of you. “Why don’t we get a family reunion together?”
“That’s a great idea!” You shout. “Starting with…” You pause, turning to face the human who has been watching you this entire time. “YOU!” You pounce on him, poking them with intent.
POOF!
Another orange fox in blue clothes stood before you two. You watch him struggle, head in his hands, attempting to resist exactly the mental turmoil you had gone through. It wouldn’t last long, though. You knew that very well. You waited for a bit, savoring the former human’s resistance, slowly turning to smugness. “So, what’s your name?” You ask as a smug grin crosses their face.
“My name is Freddy,” he said smugly.
“Well, Freddy,” Finley continued. “We’re trying to put together a family reunion. Think you can help?” Freddy smiled and, without words, ran off. “I’ll take that as a yes.”
“You go that way?” You asked, pointing west. “I’ll go North. Cover the most ground.”
You both nodded and darted off. You saved the best for you—the business district.
“Can you believe it?” You asked another family member. “No one wanted to give me a hug.” You sighed sarcastically. “A shame, really. I really wanted a hug.” You snort.
“Oh, please,” Francis replied smugly. “You know that’s a ploy.”
“But what if some of us really do what hugs?” Florian asked smugly.
“Then they’ll be our hug slaves,” Fletcher shouted smugly.
“WAIT! THERE’S ONE MORE!” Fabian said as he dragged another Fox to the crowd. “And we’re out of F names.”
“WHAT?!” The crowd shouted in unison, the sound echoing to the skies.
“Hold on,” Finley said, making way into the center of the crowd. “You really mean we’ve worked through all the names that start with F?”
“YEAH!” Fabian said. “I can’t think of any more!”
Finley crossed his arms, holding out his digits. “Ferris, Finnegan, Fitz, Faux, Fisher, Fraser, Fritz, Fenn, Forest, Fennec, even Francisco?” His smug face partially gave way to frustration, a potential F name given the circumstances.
“Yeah!” Everyone with that list of names raised their paws smugly.
“Shoot,” Freddy said. “What are we gonna do?”
“Uh…” the unnamed fox raised his hand. “How about Fug?” he asked nervously.
The crowd was silent.
Smugness so thick you could cut it with a knife.
“Sorry,” he said. “Just a dumb idea.”
“THAT WORKS!” FInley shouted. The crowd of foxes cheered.
What would YOU do if a short, cartoon fox came up to you and asked for hugs? Certainly give him hugs, right? Right? You better...
I was yakking with a friend of mine, you may know them as :iconaxolotlthon: here on FA, and they shared This pic here that they shared on Bluesky and I felt the urge to write a quick, silly little story about them. Enjoy this general rated story, with a bunch of FOX TFs. Go check out their stuff on FA. They're SO GOOD!
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