To say that Kenya Adaeze was beautiful would be stating the obvious.
To say that Ben Twist was seriously in love with the werepanthress would also be repeating known facts.
That Ben was flabbergasted when he picked up Kenya at her aunt and uncle's home to take her to Moon Lake's annual Halloween Dance would be a serious understatement.
Ben, a teenage werewolf, was dressed as Marc Anthony at his girlfriend's insistence, complete with laurel leaves across the top of his furry head, a long but more formal toga than what Harold Jenkins and his fiance Virginia McCoy were wearing*, and even a fake plastic sword at his side.
But when Kenya opened the front door, Ben felt like one of those cartoon characters he remembered as a child, thinking his jaw dropped open as his eyes bulged at the sight before him.
The werepantheress was in a form fitting gown made of a sheer fabric that left NOTHING to the imagination. Every curve of her body was accented to the fullest.
Ben could even make out the outline of her nipples jutting out proudly from her ample bosom.
If he could have removed his eyes from her face and looked further down, Ben would swear he even saw a hint of the pleasures that awaited him between Kenya's furry legs.
If Ben Twist wasn't in love with Kenya Adaeze before that moment, he was totally lost now as she smiled at him.
"You look quite dashing tonight my werewolf," she cooed, staring at the handsome figure before her.
"You... That is... WOW!" was all Ben could manage to get out of his muzzle as Kenya stepped forward and closed the front door of her aunt and uncle's house behind her.
"Shall we go?" asked Kenya, holding out her arm for him.
"LET'S!" Ben said with great enthusiasm, as he walked Kenya to his car.
Ever the gentleman (gentle wolf?) Ben held the door for Kenya both getting into his vehicle, and out of it once they arrived at the high school parking lot.
"Kenya, I—" began Ben.
"You don't have to say it, beloved. I can tell just by the look on your face," replied Kenya with another smile. This was her first Halloween Dance. In fact, her first formal event of any kind in Moon Lake outside of pride meetings.
Tonight there was just the two of them, and neither Ben or Kenya would have it any other way.
A quartet of were-raccoon teenagers dressed as cowboys ran out of the gym** as Ben held the side door open for his girlfriend/date.
Then, as they entered, two familiar voices shouted in unison, "Hail Caesar!"
The couple looked and saw Nate Anderson and his boyfriend Alex Ramsey ahead of them.
Nate was somewhat dressed as a chef, while Alex was wearing what he could of a formal tux, considering both were in their werewolf fursonas.
"Actually, I'm Marc Anthony," began Ben, "and this is—"
"Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt," said Kenya, bowing her head slightly before her 'subjects'.
"Well your majesty. Anyone who says you're not beautiful is in serious de-Nile," quipped Nate, which earned him a playful jab from Alex.
"And you two are supposed to be...?" wondered Ben.
"Actually, we wound up dressing as each other," answered Alex, grabbing Nate's paw in his while giving him a quick peck on the cheek of his muzzle.
Just then, Ben and Kenya heard a voice behind them say, "Excuse me. Can we pass through?"
"Oh. Sorry," said Ben, stepping aside to let another werewolf couple enter the gym.
"Who are they?" asked Nate. Having only moved to Moon Lake right as the new school year started, he didn't know everyone, let alone every werewolf, in town.
"I know I've seen the white furred she-wolf before," replied Alex, trying to remember her name.
"That's Amy Howler. She's part of our pack. But I have no idea who the guy is***," admitted Ben, as they watched the couple head out to the dance floor and begin dancing together.
"I saw one in a movie once, but I didn't realize a white furred she-wolf was possible in real life," commented Nate, not even caring how ridiculous that statement would sound outside of Moon Lake.
"Remember where you are Stud," Alex reminded him, while calling Nate by his pet name. "Say, there's your brother and Julie Stovall talking to some other couple at that table****. Let's be polite and go say hi before we hit the dance floor. Besides, it looks like they've saved a table big enough for all of us."
"We shall join you later, if that's okay," said Kenya, as she grabbed Ben's paw and led him out to the dance floor.
There, she held her boyfriend close and said, "Shall we shag a carpet?"
"I think you mean cut a rug," replied Ben, before kissing his werepanthress on the tip of her nose.
Then Ben started enjoying a very close and slow dance with his girlfriend.
Kenya laid her head on Ben's furry shoulder and whispered, "I meant what I said my darling werewolf. Before this night is over, we shall shag too."
Realizing what that meant thanks to the Austin Powers films he'd seen, Ben simply let out a low growl of pleasure as the happy couple deeply in love continued to dance.
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*In the Halloween Dance episodes of our companion series Moon Lake, Jenkins.
**As seen in the recent Moon Lake, Jenkins episode: "Raccoon Cowboy Confrontation".
***The guy is Tad Decker, and the couple are regulars in our companion Moon Lake, Tad series.
****Melissa Jenkins and Trevor Tyson, from the Jenkins series.—tmw.