“Rudy! Ruuuuuudy!” Holly had been trudging through the snow for about 10 minutes now looking for her stupid lion friend. She growled under her breath, a frustrated red appearing on her white tufted cheeks. Despite being a polar bear, she hated the snow, and really anything cold, too spoiled by the mild climates she grew up in.
She was looking forward to spending their snow day off in the warm comfort of her bedroom, but then Rudy called her house, at 7 am, demanding she meet him at the park to go sledding unless she’s ‘laaaaaaaame!’ Holly didn’t care about sledding, or playing Rudy’s stupid games, and she certainly didn’t care about being ‘laaaaaaaame’. But, she showed up anyway. Just so he wouldn’t be lonely…and she wanted to wear her purple quilted jacket that matched her eyes. Yet, his dumb ungrateful butt couldn’t even be bothered to show up to his own plan! Oh, when they go back to school tomorrow, she’s gonna-
	“Holly!”
	“Aaaah!” A yelp slipped out of her as a pair of gloved paws slammed down on her shoulders. She spun around and saw Rudy’s snickering tan maw peeking out of an orange hoodie. One second later, and all she saw was red. “You’re so stupiiiiiiid!” She threw jabs that were mostly cushioned by his thick winter coat.
	“Your baby punches don’t hurt!” Rudy said, despite shielding himself.
	Holly growled. “I was, freezing, waiting for, you!” She shoved him in between her words, though she didn’t manage to push the bigger cub very far.
	“I thought polar bears don’t get cold!”
	“I thought lions weren’t so stupid!” She threw all of her weight into another shove, only for Rudy to hop out of the way at the last second. “W-woah!” She stumbled forward, just barely staying upright. “Hey! You almost made me f-augh!” A flying snowball to the face rudely interrupted her. 
Rudy cackled. “‘You almost made me faaaugggh!’” He mocked in a high pitch.
Holly didn’t quite find it so amusing. Snow fell from her face as if her burning expression melted it off. “I’m gonna kill yoooooou!” She charged at him, successfully knocking Rudy into the soft snow-covered ground, and began barraging him with pawfuls of snow.
“Hollyyyyyy-hehehe!” Even with snow piling into his hood, Rudy still laughed with snarky joy. It only made Holly angrier, she wanted to wipe that smile off his dumb face. “Okaaaaaay, Ok!” Rudy sat up and wrapped his arms around her, immediately extinguishing the fiery little bear. “I’m sorry I took so long…” Rudy apologized in a droning voice that didn’t sound apologetic at all.
Holly blinked, her pouty maw suddenly resting on his shoulder. She was still mad, she was still cold, and he wasn’t even sorry! A little hug wouldn’t make her feel better! …Ok it did make her feel better. She still jabbed his side though. 
“Ow!”
“Ha!” 
“But I’m only late ‘cause I brought you a gift!”
“Really?” Holly’s purple eyes softened. Though, he clearly wasn’t holding anything. “Where is it?”
	“On my sled,” He pointed to the plastic, blue boat-shaped sled between the trees behind her. A lone paper cup stood tall in its center. “It’s hot chocolate.” She also took note of the footprints leading from the sled…must’ve been from when he snuck up on her.
	Her eyes narrowed again. “You better not hit me with a snowball when I get up.”
	“I won’t, promise.” 
“Hmmm…” Holly rose slowly, and flinched when he jerked a snow filled paw over his shoulder. “Rudy!”
	“Jeez Holly, I’m just kidding!” He let the snow fall out of his gloved palm. “Don’t be such a baby.” He snickered.
	“Grrrrrrr!” She bared her teeth. Holly continued in a sideways crab walk, keeping her eyes on him all the way to the sled. Even as she kneeled for the cup, she didn’t let his dumb kitty grin out of her sight. “It’s empty!”
	“That’s ‘cause I drank it all!” Rudy shouted back.
	“You jerk!” She hurled the cup in his direction, it barely flew even half the distance.
	“Nah, just kidding again.” Rudy picked himself up and shook off the snow. Straggling flakes trapped in his orange head tuft sparkled, it was kinda pretty…eugh. ‘Rudy’ and ‘pretty’ in the same sentence, Holly’s losing it. “It’s actually behind the tree.” He walked over and squatted next to the base of a tree, his older footprints apparent. He dug into a disturbed patch of snow and pulled out two thermos bottles. “Here you go.” He offered one to Holly, who accepted it with a suspicious squint.
	The metal was cold to the touch, yet the liquid inside was hot enough to steam when she took the top off. She brought the lid to her mouth for a careful sip, and a wondrous twinkle sparkled in her eye. Sweet, creamy, rich and chocolatey with a buttery undertone, it was perfect. “It’s really good!” She piped with an excited smile.
	“Well yeah, hot chocolate’s always good.” Rudy replied, before taking a gulp of his own.
	“Did you make it?”
	“Nah, I filled it with a bunch of cups from the store.”
	“Oh.” Holly envied Rudy’s freedom to buy whatever he wanted. At the so-called ‘mature’ age of 9 years old, his parents had started giving him an allowance. It wasn’t fair! Sure, she was two years younger than him, but she’s way more mature than him! She’d buy way better things than dumb comics, or shooty games. But this time Rudy went and bought something for her. That…that felt nice…and kinda weird. “Thanks Rudy.”
	“Your welcome buddy.” He replied, rubbing her head.
And there goes that nice feeling. “Don’t pet me!” Holly hissed.
That mischievous glint came back to Rudy’s green eyes. “Why not? Don’t like it?” He asked, patting Holly’s face until she snapped her teeth. He chuckled, moving to rest his arm around her far less bitey shoulder. Holly glared up at him, Rudy took a long draw from his canteen like it was nothing. He had some nerve, just cause he’s all tall he thinks he can do whatever…but she’d let it slide. Just this once. Only because he brought her hot chocolate…and he’s warm…and it was kinda cool how when she leaned her ear close, she could hear his heartb— “EEERRRRUP…ahhhh.” Rudy interrupted her thoughts with a gratuitous burp. Stupid boy… “So where’s your sled?”
	“I don’t have one.”
	“But you’re a polar bear.”
	“What? What does that have to do with it?!”
	“Ohhhhh yeah, you guys just slide on your belly.” Rudy couldn’t hold a straight face at Holly’s scrunched scowl. “Oh come oooon, you never tried it even once?”
	“No!”
	“Laaaaaame…” Rudy took another drink from his thermos.
	“I’m gonna bite you…”
	“But it’s Ok, we can share mine.” Rudy reassured, using the paw hanging off Holly’s shoulder to pat her face. The little bear gave him about 3 seconds to change his course of action. And to be fair, he did, changing instead to pull on her cheek with a snicker. “My mom was right, you do have a baby face.” He wasn’t fast enough to avoid her teeth this time. “Owww!”
“Hhhhhhhhh!” Holly gloated with a full maw. Winter gloves tasted like vengeance.
“You’re a little weirdo, you know that? Ow, ow!”
* * *
Holly begrudgingly followed the lion across the park to the ‘perfect sledding spot.’ He kept reassuring her complaints that they were ‘almost there,’ and ‘it’s gonna be fun,’ and the occasional ‘don’t be a baby!’ She nursed sips from her thermos to keep warm until all that liquid weighed heavy in her belly, making the walk feel like even more of a burden. There was still so much hot chocolate left, she had no idea how Rudy finished his so fast.
The trek at least showed Holly the beauty of the winter parkscape. Pure white snow blanketed the ground like the softest bedspread, the center fountain was elegantly frozen into magical icicles, and the sunshine made everything sparkle. It was like something out of a princess movie! The setting made her feel so pretty in her purple coat…if only she had a better ‘prince.’
“Would you rather…eat toeclaws, oooooor…sniff a skunk’s butthole?” Rudy asked, in yet another horrible attempt at conversation. 
	Holly grimaced, much to the joy of her companion. “I don’t wanna do either! Are we almost there yet?”
	“I’ll tell you when you pick one.” Rudy replied gingerly, a satisfied flicker in his tail.
	Holly growled, he just loves this. “I guess…the…t-toe thing.”
	“Ewww, you wanna taste feet you little weirdo?”
	“S-shut up!” That self-conscious red sprung to her face so easily. “And you wanna sniff a skunk’s butt?!”
	“Nah, I’m eating the claws. Lions have sensitive noses y’know.”
	“Then why am I weird?!” Holly jabbed his side, Rudy barely flinched.
	“Cause you’re being weird about it!”
	“Ugggggh, are we there yet?!”
	“Ummm…nope.” The pair continued along for a few moments in silence, nothing but the crunch of their boots in the snow. “…Never mind I lied, we’re here!” Rudy announced. 
“You’re so stupid!”
They found themselves at the top of a large hill. The decline down was covered in a beautiful sheet of clean snow, with gentle rolling humps traveling along its long 200 or so feet. “This is where the park gets all hilly and it's super fun to sled down! Doesn’t it look cool?” 
“No!” The steep angle, and the multiple trees along the way down put an ominous feeling in Holly’s stomach.
“Aww, you scared?” He asked in a patronizing tone.
	“Yes! What if I hit a tree and die?!”
	“Don’t be a baby, you’re not gonna die.”
	“How do you know?!”
“Cause I know everything.” Rudy kneeled to stick his empty thermos into the snow. “And I hit a tree before, only hurts for a few hours.” 
“Hours?!”
“Hey did you finish yours?” Rudy asked, pointing at Holly’s thermos.
	Her eyes flickered to the bottle in her paws, her mind still focused on her impending doom. “No.” 
	“You still want it?”
	Holly felt herself shrink with guilt. Rudy spent his own money on it, but it was just too much for her…and now the hill had her on the verge of throwing it back up. “…No.”
	“Can I have the rest?”
	The hopeful—greedy—smile on his face was a relief to see. “Sure.”
	“Thanks!”
Holly watched in awe as Rudy hastily finished off her canteen, she couldn’t believe he still had space left in him. She started to feel some of that liquid finally leave her own stomach and drip lower. She’ll have to go to the bathroom soon… Though, she was even more surprised that he put his lips to the lid. “My mouth was on it…” Her germs were on there. But also…her lips were on there…and he put his lips on there…it was almost like he…kissed her…
	Rudy let off the thermos with a quick belch and jammed it in the snow. “So?”
	“You’re so gross!” Those thoughts from moments ago now made Holly shudder.
	“At least I’m not a toe-licking baby.”
“Shut up!” Holly punched his shoulder, but it only made Rudy giggle. She hated how unbreakable that jerkface was…but she kinda liked how silly he was. It made her punch him harder.
	“If you’re done trying to beat me up with your baby paws,” Rudy slapped the sled board. “It’s time to go!”
	Holly’s knees went numb. “I’m not getting on that!”
	“C’mon, it’s easy! Just hold on to the side, and lean to steer away from trees.”
	“W-what if I fall off?!”
	“Uhhhh…I guess you’ll roll around until you hit the tree.”
	“Nooooo!”
	“Ok, Ok, you don’t have to cry,” Rudy plopped himself down on the back. “I’ll go with you on the first time, sit here.” He pat the open space before his legs.
	“Mmmm…” Holly whined, trading looks between the steep hill, and the lunatic lion goading her to go down it.
	“Oh my gooooood, you’re such a bab-”
	“Shut up!” In that brief spite-fueled adrenaline, Holly promptly sat herself on the sled to show him who’s a baby…and…looking down the hill, she realized it was indeed her.
	“I knew that would work.” Rudy chuckled, rocking her shoulder.
	“Y-you’re, s-so s-stupid.” She trembled.
	“I’ll steer for us, all you gotta do is just hold on. You ready?”
	“No!”
	“Uh-oh,” The sled started to inch forward. “Holly it’s slipping!”
	“What?!”
“Hold on, hold on!”
	“Rudy, Rudy, Rudy!”
	Rudy burst into laughter, leaning onto Holly’s trembling shoulders. He pressed his foot down and the sled came to a stop from its measly speed. “I never heard you scream like that before!”
	Holly’s heart threatened to burst out of her chest. “You’re so meaaaan!” She twisted around and pounded her fists on Rudy’s shoulders, genuine anger threatening to make tears flow.
	“Ok, Ok, I’m sorry…” Rudy hugged her from behind, leaning his chin on her shoulder. Holly stiffened, the anger vanished from her soul like magic. “I’ll warn you when we actually go, and I promise it won’t be scary, Ok?” He reassured her in a cheery tone that sounded like a teacher, with a sweet head-tilted smile to match. Hmmmph…it had to be fake.
	“Ok…” Holly mumbled, looking away.
	“Ok! …Three-two-one gooooo!” Rudy kicked the sled forward.
	Holly flailed her arms as the force pushed her back. She knew his smile was fake! “Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Ru-”
	“I got you, I got you!” Rudy wrapped his arms around Holly’s waist. “Hold on to the board!” Everything was happening too fast. The wind rushing by, the feeling of gravity tossing her insides, the terrifying approach of that tree! Holly closed her eyes and held on as tight as she could. “Lean right!” Rudy shouted, before promptly shifting their weight right.
	She felt them swerve and tried to scream, but fear kept her mouth shut. She then felt the shudders and jolts of the humps in the snow, the gentle leveling out of the hill and…they stopped. She was still alive.
	“See? That wasn’t scary!” Rudy rocked Holly as he laughed. “We didn’t even go that fast!”
	“Rudy!” Holly screeched, shaking like a leaf. Everything still felt all frizzy from the ride down, especially in her bladder. Gosh, it made her thighs tense. “We almost died!”
	“No we diiiiidn’t, I know you had fun too, you’re just being a little baby!” He jabbed her cheek with his finger and just barely avoided her teeth again.
	“Shut up!” 
“You wanna do it again or are you lame?”
	“…I-I wanna do it again.”
* * *
“You ready?”
“No!” After a few more terrifying—and only a little bit fun—rides down the original hill, Rudy dragged Holly to an even higher and steeper one nearby. Just looking down it made her shiver…or maybe it was all that hot chocolate finally making its way down.
“That’s the spirit!” Rudy let the sled flop down. “C’mon, we’ll go together again.”
“If I die, I’ll haunt you forever!”
“Even when I’m in the bathroom?”
“Uh-” Several images flashed before Holly’s eyes that made her brain glitch. “Except there!”
An impish grin spread across Rudy’s face. “You thought of my junk, didn’t you?”
“Shut uuuup!” Holly screeched, burning pink. She covered her eyes, but even that couldn’t block out those sights.
“Aw jeez,” Rudy sat himself down on the back of the sled. “I gotta pee.” He remarked, looking at his crotch as if surprised at his own body.
“Grrraaaaah,” Holly groaned, reminded of both Rudy’s bits and her bladder’s needs in a one-two punch. It wasn’t quite an emergency, but all those liquids were getting uncomfortable. “It’s ‘cause you drank so much!”
“Oh yeah, that hot chocolate was goooooood.”
“Aren’t you gonna go to one of the park bathrooms?” She asked, thinking of using the excuse to go too.
“Nah, they’re all locked ‘cause of the storm.”
Oh. “So…what are you gonna do?” What is she gonna do?
“I dunno, I guess I’ll hold it.”
“No! We should head back before you pee your pants!” An annoyed motherly tone seasoned her voice. It bothered her how stupid Rudy could be even more than her own needs. He had to be near bursting after drinking all that.
“I’ll be fine, I don’t have a little baby bladder like you.”
“Shut up!” Suddenly, Holly felt like she could hold it too.
“Are you gonna get on or keep nagging at me?” Rudy drummed his paws on the board.
“Hrnnngfh!” Holly groaned, a cubby pout on her face as she begrudgingly took her seat on the board. She made sure to keep from looking down the extra steep hill, but the anticipation of it made her shiver.
“You don’t have to cry again, I still got you.”
Holly flinched as Rudy tightened his grip around her waist, pressing the pair together. With all their playing around, she forgot how strong he truly was…dumb jerk. She’s not a baby, he doesn’t have to go easy on her! …But she didn’t want him to let go, even as he put a squeeze on her bladder. “Y-you better!”
“And if I pee my pants, you’ll soak up most of it!”
“Ewww!” Holly wriggled in his grip. In their positions, his privates were pushed up right against her backside. Eugh, many thoughts made her cheeks burn.
“You better hold on, we’re gonna start moving!”
Holly yelped, she felt the sled inching forward and snapped to grip the sides of the board. “I hate you!” She hissed.
“You loooooove me.” Rudy kicked the sled forward, and they were off on another roller coaster. “Yeaaaahhhhh!” Holly’s breath caught in her throat, but she managed to keep her eyes open for the plunge down. They were already going so much faster than the first hill. “Lean left!” Rudy shouted, and thrusted their weight into a turn with a strength that scared Holly more than it impressed her.
“Rudy!” She screeched over the howling wind. It felt like he almost threw her off!
“Yeah?” He responded without a lick of concern. “Lean right!” He shouted, another tree in their path. Holly was forced to the right before she could even brace herself. Her stomach dropped, she could feel the sled start to slip from under them as they leaned too far. “Oops, oops, oops!”
“Rudyyyyyy!” They both shouted just before tumbling into the snow. She couldn’t even scream, she was being thrown around so much. The soft snow gradually ate up her momentum and she slid to a surprisingly painless stop, panting face up into the air, and staring aghast at the sky above. She was still alive…
“Wooooo, that was awesome!” Rudy laughed somewhere nearby.
All of Holly’s shock, fear, and relief turned into rage. “Rudy!”
“Yeah?” He responded, chuckles and panting broke up his voice. “You Ok?” Holly could hear the crunching of snow as he approached.
“No!” Holly popped up on her knees. “You almost killed me!”
“Oh come on, the snow’s all soft, you’re fine.” 
“‘Fine?!’” Sure she wasn’t physically hurt, but she was traumatized, and he didn’t even care! She latched onto Rudy’s legs and pulled back.
“Holly, Hollyyyyyy!” Rudy giggle-cried as his knees bent and he crumpled to the ground. “Oh my god, I almost crushed you! Ow, ow!”
	“There’s, snow, in, my, ears, you, jerk!” Holly threw a punch in between every word.
“Stooo-ho-ho-op!” Rudy cackled as if it tickled. “I gotta pee-hee-hee!” He cried, stuffing his paws into his crotch and curling away from her barrage.
	Holly’s fist froze midair, feeling a sudden empathy take over. “Oh! Sorry, sorry!” Her cheeks warmed as her eyes fell on his crotch. His black jeans were too dark to tell… “Did I make you…a-are you Ok?” Her knees shifted in the snow, feeling the tingle of her own bladder flare up.
“Oh my god…” He leaned up, the end of his laughter rolling out of him. “I already had to pee kinda bad and that almost made me pee my pants.”
“You should’ve stopped earlier like I said! Now what are you gonna do?”
	“Well du-uh,” Rudy rose to his feet with a slight jitter, Holly couldn’t tell if it was desperation or if he was still shaken from their tumble, but it still put a worried pit in her stomach. “I’m gonna go pee.” He said casually, walking over to the nearest tree.
	“Wha…what?” Holly blinked. It took her a moment to realize it, but when Rudy stopped at the tree and unzipped his jacket, she gasped. “Are you gonna…”
	“Uh, yeah.” He took off his gloves and stowed them in his armpits. 
	“B-but, you can’t!”
	“Why not? No one’s around.” Rudy lifted the edge of his shirt to just below his chest. “Whew, it’s cold!”
	“Wha-” Holly went wide eyed. She only saw a peek of his bare belly in profile, but it still made her heart flip. He’s really doing it. “Rudy!”
	“Heeeeey, don’t look! Babies aren’t supposed to see this!” He chuckled, shamelessly unzipping his fly.
	“Rudy nooooo!” Holly covered her eyes.
	“Rudy yeeeeesssss-haaaaaa…” Rudy’s self-congratulatory cry shifted into a throaty groan of relief. 
	“Oh my god.” Holly mumbled behind her clasped paws, her face burning pink. She could hear the pattering hiss of his stream as it melted through the snow and gave the tree’s roots a hot shower.
	“Ahhhhhhh, it’s so much peeeeeeee.”
	“S-shut up!” Ugh, those sounds of relief triggered the first urgent pangs out of her envious bladder. Yet, that wasn’t the only urge burning away in her crotch. She was old enough to know what boys had down there, she’s had the talk, and she prided herself on having that mature, forbidden knowledge, and the restraint to never do anything naughty with it. But…she had never seen a boy’s private parts before. And…right now there was one quite literally in sight, just behind her cupped eyes. She’s not supposed to see it, not yet at least, but it’s not her fault dumb Rudy’s going right in front of her…one peek would hurt…
	Holly swallowed, her heart in her ears. She spread her fingers just enough to let her wide eyes peek through…woah. It was hard to see from his distance and the paw covering his shaft, but when Holly squinted, she could see the tan flesh on the final inch or so of his penis tip. Just an inch exposed, but it held her captivated. 
Rudy’s stream shot out of him in a strong, steaming arch, and it turned the snow at the base of the tree into steamy yellow slush. He watched his work with a content smile, it was kinda cute. His kitty grin looked completely innocent for once, it must feel really good for him…mmph, Holly’s belly trembled over her bladder. She wished she could feel good too. Uuuugh, s-stupid Rudy!
	“Ahh…mmph…oh yeah…” Rudy gave exaggerated grunts with those last few squirts. Holly flinched as he gave himself a final shake, exposing more precious area of his penis. She didn’t expect it to be so floppy! She bit her lip to hold back a giggle. “Ok, I’m done.” He tucked his length back into his briefs and zipped his pants, everything was finished so quickly. Boys don’t know how easy they have it…oh! Holly flinched once more when he turned to face her, closing her fingers back over her eyes. Rudy paused, his own eyes going from a stunned wide to an inquisitive squint. “Did you…watch me p-”
	“No!”
	Rudy gasped, a shocked and impressed smile growing on his face. “Oh my god, yes you did!”
	“Noooo, no I didn’t, I didn’t!”
	He snickered. “You’re such a bad liar!”
	“I-I’m not! You took your…t-thing out in front of me!”
	“I told you not to watch, not my fault you’re such a pervert!”
	“But, y-you…” Holly's throat tightened. A mix of guilt and a feeling she couldn’t quite identify burned on her cheeks. A feeling that liked what she saw but didn’t like that she liked it. “S-sorry.” She mumbled, looking down.
	“Haaaaa, I knew you peeked.” Rudy walked over and gave her shoulder a sympathetic pat. “But it’s Ok, plenty of other girls like me too.” He smirked when Holly’s expression switched to bewilderment. “But I can’t really have a baby as my girlfriend, you know?”
	“What?!” Holly jumped to her feet. “No…no! I don’t wanna be your…ewww!” Her whole body shook, she felt ready to explode.
Rudy laughed. “Suuuuuure.” He pet her head. “C’mon, let’s go back up the hill, I promise we won’t die this time.”
	“Hrrrrraaaghhhh!” With that final unintelligible noise, Holly’s blood flow returned to its normal pace. “…F-fine.” 
	“Alright! I’m gonna get the sled and meet you up there.”
Holly headed back up the hill with. It gave her some peace to see Rudy be cavalier about it. Maybe he’s just so dumb he doesn’t care if a girl sees his privates…or maybe he wanted her to see. Maybe…maybe he’s the one with the crush…d-does that mean he wants to see her’s too? 
Hrmmmph, Holly jittered, turning her step into an awkward twist. Thinking about it more brought that urgent pang back to her crotch, stupid Rudy. She reached the top of the hill moments later and found it hard to keep still. All the adrenaline from earlier had worn off, and she was left with that blaring tightness in her bladder. Mmfh, it made her panties feel uncomfortably stiff and warm around her crotch. The fabric just teased her to release, rubbing and bunching as she meandered around. 
Mrhmmm, Rudy better hurry up. All he has to do is take his ‘little’ thing out and pee wherever he wants, not everyone has that luxury! Though…to be fair, she didn’t get a good enough look to see if it was little or not. But he’s so dumb it probably is small, tiny even, like a little baby carrot…oh wait, that would be kinda cute. She hesitated on that thought, taking an extra twisty step to grind her thighs together, it felt really satisfying right now…oh wait. Rudy himself is kinda big, maybe more than half a foot taller than her, would that mean…his thing is big too? A light gasp escaped her, what if he was like…as big as a…as a hotdog?! Or, or, one of those long twisty donuts?!
Holly froze, she heard the sound of snow crunching and panted breaths approach. She turned to find the subject of her thoughts returning with the sled.
“Alright, you ready for…” Rudy trailed off, his eyebrows rising.
“W-what?” Does he know her thoughts? His dumb butt seems to figure out everything!
He snorted. “You’re all pink! Aww, I didn’t know you had a crush on me this bad.” Rudy pulled her into a teasing hug.
“Eugh, get off me!” Holly threw off his grip, shaking like she was rabid. She couldn’t stand that horrifying notion…she also really didn’t want to risk being squeezed right now.
“It’s Ok, you won’t be a baby forever. Maybe in a few years you can be one of my 20 girlfriends.”
20, it made Holly laugh. “Ha! I only like boys who are cute! And nice! And, and, big and strong!”
	“Like me?” Rudy flexed an arm and winked with his tongue out. 
	“Shut up! Eugh…” Holly turned away to hold herself. Stress only intensified her needs. “Can we leave now?” She asked, her voice suddenly quieter. 
	“What? We only did like, 3 hills! Is it ‘cause we fell off last time?”
	“No.”
	“Is it ‘cause you watched me pee? I was just joking, I don’t care.”
	“No!”
	“Why do you wanna go home then, you were just starting to like it!”
	There was genuine disappointment in his voice, that pit of guilt in her stomach didn’t feel very good on her bladder. “Because…I-I have to pee too.” She said, the end of her sentence petering out with friction.
	“Oh…” Rudy chuckled. “Jeez you’re such a baby, just go by a tree.”
	“‘Duuuuuh, just go by a tree.’ You really don’t know anything about girls!”
	“Pffffft, I know everything, all you gotta do is pull down your pants, spread your legs and-”
	“Aaaaaaah, shut up, shut up!” Holly’s paws hovered in horror, not knowing whether to cover her ears or hold her crotch. How does he know that?! “I’m not doing that!”
	“Why not? There’s no one around, I won’t look. I’ve already seen what girls got.” Rudy said with a prideful chuff.
	“B-because…I can’t.” Holly flashed back to her early days, the very few years she spent in her sparse, snowy homeland where neighbors were far apart, and passersby were unheard of. Little Holly would excitedly waddle out into the front yard, her pajamas and soon-to-be-gone pull-ups around her ankles, her bare bear bottom then invulnerable to the cold. She’d circle around to a nice clean patch and squat to douse the snow yellow, proudly showing off her fresh potty-trained skills to her even prouder household. The first time, the inexperienced potty cadet soaked through the crotch of her bottoms and droplets of a different kind ran down her face. But with trial and error, she learned the perfect squatting form and became an unstoppable potty-pro. At least until her family moved, and her potty talents were repressed by contiguous suburban norms. It’s been too long now, she’s too used to the private, warm comfort of her bathroom. She just couldn’t do it, especially not in front of Rudy, she doubted she could even squat correctly.
	“Laaaaaame, if I was a girl I’d be pulling my panties down everywhere.” Rudy snickered at the likely perverted image in his head.
	“Rudy, I wanna go home.” Holly mumbled, defeated to herself.
	“Aww, can we pleeeeeeeease do one more hill?” Rudy dropped to his knees and clasped his pleading paws together. “Just one more. We’ll skip this one, cause I know you’ll love the next one even more!”
	“Hmmmph…” Rudy’s dumb, sure, but Holly hated to disappoint him. It wasn’t at all because his stupid exaggerated begging kitty eyes were cute…which they aren’t. Though, she had to admit, something about Rudy wanting her to have fun was really nice. That sweetness took some of the bitter sting out of her sore bladder. “Will it be quick?”
	“Yeah! And if you pee your pants, I promise to buy you a new pair!”
	Holly groaned and turned a deeper red. “I’m not gonna…f-fine. We can do one more.”
	“Wooooo!” Rudy pulled her into a celebratory hug.
	“Rudy, Rudy!” Holly shoved her paws between her thighs. She felt all the liquids inside of her surge like a balloon ready to pop.
	“Oops! Sorry.” Rudy released the shaking bear. “You didn’t pee yourself, did you?”
	“No!” Holly screeched, nearly curled into a ball.
	“Whew, good! Now let’s goooooo!”
	“I hate you so much…”