Chapter 2: Open questions

About an hour passed after Alina greeted her mother. She was playing switch and her ears twitched when she heard the front door again. That had to be her father then. She put the game on pause and put the switch aside. Just as she was about to get up, Nico ran past her door and jumped around his father's neck in greeting. A loud laugh sounded and a rumbling could be heard. Alina came into the hallway and looked at the front door where her father sat with Nico on the seat of his pants and laughed. "You are also getting stronger and stronger my son" said her father laughing to Nico. Alina blushed because her brother was walking around the house without a top. She looked at the floor and shook her head barely noticeable and mumbled something indistinct in her lips. Nico and her father just looked at her questioningly and she just waved them off. "Hi dad" she said then and looked at him with a smile. She avoided Nico's looks. She was still wondering why Nico was the only one in the family with a different last name.
Was he adopted? That was a question only her parents could answer. Meanwhile, her mother made dinner, which smelled excellent. Her mother was a wonderful cook. Each of her menues she made always tasted very good. There was very little that Nico and Alina disdained. Spinach, for example, neither of them liked that at all. Their mother's voice rang out from the kitchen: "Dinner will be ready in ten minutes! Get ready I'm about to set the table!" Alina then turned around and was about to go to her room when she felt a hand on her well-shaped butt. She stood stiffly and slowly turned her head to the left but saw no one. Suddenly a second hand gently massaged her ass followed by a low humming sound. It was Nico, who was having fun as he often did. At least that's what Alina thought and poked him with her elbow backwards. However, he had probably reckoned with it and dodged it and pushed her into her room and then turned her face to him so that he could look at her.

"Did you tell Mom something earlier when you greeted her?" he asked her normally and quietly since the door to the room was open.
"What? No I'm not crazy" she replied shaking her head.
"Thank God" he said softly "They would tear our heads off. After all, we are siblings" he added. He seemed visibly reassured.
"What was going on with you when you collapsed in my room this morning?" he asked her still sounding worried.
"I can't tell you exactly what it was. But when I saw you shooting that white milky sticky..." she faltered and searched for a suitable word "cream out of your willy, my slit started to tingle extremely and I thought I was going to pee. I never had that before. But it was incredibly exciting" she explained calmly and then bit her lower lip.
"Oh then um... we had the same thing I guess? For me it also felt like I was peeing only much nicer and in spurts." he answered her quietly stammering.
"I think we should get to the table." She growled softly at him. "You go ahead I have to go to the bathroom." She said as she made her way to the bathroom.

A little later, everyone sat at the table and ate. They had fried fish with potatoes and light sauce. They talked about how their day was and what they had done. Nico and Alina were a little silent, the day of the two was pretty unspectacular. After they had almost slept together.

"Alina," her father said suddenly, and she shrugged. "Tell us how was the day? What did you do while we were at work?" he added, grinning as Alina shrugged.
"What do you want me to say? I slept until I woke up." she thought for a moment so as not to say anything wrong. All of a sudden she felt a light kick. She looked at Nico and he gave her a slightly admonishing look while shaking his head carefully. "I've been playing with the switch most of the day," she grumbled, even though she knew it was a lie.
"Well," said her father, "I'd like to have another vacation like you kids. And you Nico? How was your day?" he then asked him.
"What? How was my day?" he looked down and wrinkled his lips "I was playing with my Foxstation 4 today and when I kept losing I threw the last controller against the wall" he said and put his ears back in shame. Alina exhaled in relief when the topic was over. Her father grumbled a bit with Nico because he had once again lost a controller on his conscience.
"Alina, you have a question," her mother suddenly interjected. Everyone's attention was now on her and Alina searched for the appropriate wording for her question.
"So mom, dad I've been asking myself for months why Nico is the only one here who has a different last name than us." She asked without a bad conscience.

"Why do you want to know? Asked her father.  "Dad, I'm old enough to know why my brother has a different last name. Is he adopted?" She blurted out dryly. And you could hear Nico gulping and whooping all at once. She subconsciously reached over to Nico with a paw and put it on one of his legs.

"No he's not" laughed her mother and then sighed. "I guess it's time to explain to you that you're not actually siblings. At least not physical ones." her mother expanded before her father continued, "You two are step-siblings. That means you are part of a family but not related to each other," her father explained. "Alina you are my daughter" said her father "and Nico you are mom's son but not my own. And that's how it is with Alina at Mom's." He put on his ears explaining.

"So I am your daughter dad. But mom is not my own mother?  And Nico has his mom but not his dad? Am I understanding this correctly?" she asked explaining while Nico just stared at the table.

"Exactly." Answered her parents. "When Mom and I met, you were both not out of diapers yet. Alina, your mom didn't survive your birth." Said her father with his ears laid back.
"And Nico.. Your dad just left us both sitting for a younger one" growled his mother.
"But then mom and I met and fell in love. When you were a little older, we got married. But unfortunately Nico couldn't take our last name because his father didn't want him to," her father told her, grumbling. "And yet you are "BOTH MY" children," her father emphasized loudly. Alina and Nico looked at their parents and smiled.
"Thanks mom and dad that answered my question." She grinned and continued stroking Nico's leg. Nico puffed at Alina and took her paw and pushed it towards his crotch so she could notice what was going on. Then he pushed her paw completely away. She looked over at him and he literally begged her to stop so that no one would notice. And that only with a look and a shake of the head without words. She nodded to him and put her paws on the table where Nico could see them.
They talked and laughed for a while. Finally, everyone got up and cleared the table together. After that was done, Alina and Nico stood in the hallway for a while and kept silent, listening to what their parents were saying. With a topic the ears of the two became sharper than they were allowed to be. They heard every word that their dad said to mom:
"You know, honey, I'm afraid now that they know they're not related to each other..." he was interrupted by her "That they'll fall in love and end up in bed?" she asked him. "Yes, that's exactly what I mean." he said sounding scared. "It wouldn't even be forbidden. They are not relatives in the actual sense. They would even be allowed to marry and make puppies." she said in response. "What was it like with you and your deceased wife?" She asked him. "You were also from the same family and not related to each other, you got married and then Alina came. A beautiful picture pretty young confident fox girl" said her mother and Alina warmed up and she blushed.  "You are right darling. But they are still too young we mustn't forget they are both eleven almost twelve years young" he said "Even though nature is very strong as far as our instincts are concerned. I slept with her for the first time when I was ten" he added softly. Alina and Nico were puzzled by the conversation. The two looked at each other, went quietly to Nico's room and sat down on his bed. Nico suddenly got up and went to the door again to close it, since it was still open. His sister first thought he was going to lock it, but then she saw that he just closed it normally and went back to her. He sat down right next to her on the bed and sighed. She felt somehow strange and also guilty and had a guilty conscience.

"I'm so sorry." she said with a guilty conscience, lowering her head. Nico looked at her and noticed a small tear forming, which ran down the back of her snout when it was big enough and finally dripped off her lip. But he didn't let it come to that, closed his eyes and gently licked the salty tasting tear from her lips. "It's all right, isn't it?" he said softly, hugging her gently. "You don't have to cry." he added.
"I... I'm afraid you'll hate me now after I asked mom u.... and dad about our last names earlier." she sniffled, wiping away more tears before looking at him.
He shook his head, "Why would I HATE you?" he looked wryly. "I've been thinking about this myself. And now I know why I wasn't even really embarrassed this morning and it doesn't feel wrong when we kiss," he said softly to her and tightened the embrace. This Alina returned and laid her head on his shoulder humming and just quietly pleasantly grumbling enjoying the moment. "Do you know that your closeness and warmth is really good for me right now?" she murmured softly and strengthened the embrace towards Nico. Saying nothing, he began to nuzzle her neck, turning his head into position so that he could press his muzzle against hers. As he did so, he took a long, deep breath, absorbing her body odor. For him she smelled like a mixture of forest and meadow flowers, which were just about to open and stretch their blossoms towards the sun. He was blown away by her scent. At the same moment he lifted his head and looked deep into her eyes. When their eyes met, it was completely over him. He started to get lost in her eyes. He could see a sparkle in her eyes, which was visible in a starry sky at deepest darkest night. There were but millions of stars and one seemed to sparkle extremely brightly only for him. He felt a deep connection to Alina, as he had never felt before. Was it love? In the next moment he licked with his warm, soft tongue more than tenderly and lovingly slowly over her lips, closing his eyes. A firework of feelings shot through his whole body. The tingling rose from the tips of his toes slowly up to his ears and his thoughts were fixed solely on Alina. She, on the other hand, was just melting away. She had not received such tenderness and affection even from her boyfriend at the time. Sometimes a smooch here and sometimes a smooch there. More was not there. Now, however, like her brother, she had an explosion of feelings which simply overwhelmed her. She just gave herself to the actions of Nico and enjoyed it.

There was a knock at the door and the two lovebirds shot apart like two startled ferrets in the dark. Alina just held a finger in front of her muzzle as she looked at Nico and then nodded at him.
"Is open!" said Nico then loud audibly. The door opened slowly and Nico's father looked in.
"Is everything alright with you guys?" he asked quietly and they both nodded with smiles.
"Well then it's fine. Don't take too much longer it's late and we're going to bed now." He winked at the two and closed the door again. "Good night!" they both called after him, but there was no answer. A soft sigh murmured softly through his room. Alina looked up and looked her brother in the eyes. "Did our parents realize we were eavesdropping?" she asked him, and he shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. Although you can usually guess. Because they didn't talk quietly," he replied.

Nico and Alina remained silent for a moment and just looked at each other. Then a long sigh escaped her.... "Do you know what I think?" she asked him, to which he raised his eyebrows questioningly and tilted his head inquiringly.
"I think we should let the situation cool down a bit first." she added. "It seems to me that they suspected something and that's why they were talking so loudly about it exactly." she then put on her ears sadly and looked down. Nico slid up to her and put a paw on her shoulder. "I agree with you there" he said softly in a calm voice. "Besides, we're on vacation and our parents aren't around during the day." he added, giving her a kiss.
Out of the blue, her arms shot forward and she hugged him tightly. "I...I... love...you Nico" she whispered in his ear and returned the kiss. But it was not a normal kiss. It was intense and intimate. Alina was about to guide her tongue into his mouth and extend the kiss to a French kiss, when Nico pulled back. She looked at him indignantly and a bit miffed when he answered her: "I love you too Alina."  Her heart did a somersault with joy. They cuddled together for another good half hour, talking about this and that, before Alina got up and told Nico once again that she loved him and said goodbye to him with a kiss. She left his room as quietly as possible while a murmur and moan could be heard from the direction of her parents' bedroom. She giggled softly and indicated to Nico that he should come to the door. "Nico.....come here and listen."  He stood up and listened and also heard the sounds from the parents' room. Both of them giggled and Alina just hopped out dryly. "There's mom and dad fucking." Nico thought he didn't hear right and gently gave his sister a slap on the ass. She grumbled softly and grabbed his crotch. "Hey!" he whispered and giggled while Alina said that was yours, grinning cheekily. Finally she went quietly into her room which was diagonally opposite her brother's and quietly closed the door behind her.

Nico waited until Alina had disappeared into the room and closed his door just as quietly so as not to wake his parents. Thereupon he undressed and lay down naked as he was in bed, covered himself, thoughts fixed on Alina he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Alina, visibly happy, strolled from her door to her closet and took out a nightgown. She took off her top, leggings and panties, carefully laid everything over her desk chair and put on her nightgown. The nightgown only went to just below her belly button. It was light blue and resembled a t-shirt more than a nightgown. You could see her entire private parts. Finally sighing, she lay down in bed, covered herself and smelled her blanket, which still smelled of Nico. Inhaling his scent deeply, she snuggled with the blanket, and sighed softly, "I'd like to be with him right now. I miss him." She then closed her eyes and fell asleep thinking of Nico.