Although consensual sex between teenagers DOES happen, social and legal issues have arisen over depicting such events. Considering I don't want to get anyone (especially myself) into any trouble, I hope this episode satisfies everyone while not creating any additional problems...
Once breakfast was finished and Erik still had not returned home, the family decided to split up and search for him.
Besides having their cellphones, each carried a bag with a change of clothing for him since, if Nate's situation was any example, even an accidental exposure to Lunar Ecstasy would have worn off by now and Erik would find himself naked wherever he was.
Each member left the house on foot and took off in a different direction.
It was almost a full half hour before Nate neared the public park and heard a voice yell, "Nate!"
He looked around and at first didn't see anything.
Then the voice called out, "Over here!"
This time, Nate saw Erik's head sticking out from a row of bushes.
He ran over to his brother and said, "Are you all right?"
Erik was nude and dirty, but otherwise looked okay. "Am I glad to see you. Where's mom and dad?"
"Out looking for you too. Here, you'll need these," said Nate, handing him the bag of clothing.
"Thanks," said Erik, grabbing it before going back behind the bushes to get dressed.
"What happened?" Nate wondered.
"Oh, man! I had a GREAT time last night!" exclaimed Erik happily.
"Well, don't tell mom and dad that. I'm in enough hot water already over this."
"You are?"
"Yeah. You, not so much since your exposure was accidental. But you were saying..."
"I met this sexy lioness and—"
"I get the picture. So my little brother isn't so little any more, huh?"
"NOPE!" Erik said proudly.
"But how did you wind up here?"
"We said goodbye at the crack of dawn and I started running toward home. I was doing okay until suddenly I started changing into plain me again, so I ducked back here to hide, considering I now had no fur or anything else on."
Then Erik said as an afterthought, "I hope she made it home okay."
"Hopefully," agreed Nate, "but there's something I don't understand."
"What?"
"Lunar Ecstasy. I thought it was only for creating werewolves, like I've always wanted to be."
"Don't know what to tell you about the hows and whys," admitted Erik, coming out from behind the bushes now dressed. "You've had a werewolf fixation for as long as I can remember. Me? I've always liked cats, but never longed for changing or ever expected to actually become any variety, let alone a tiger."
Then Erik looked down at his feet and asked, "Socks but no shoes?"
"They didn't give me any. Sorry," said Nate, reaching for his cell to let their parents know he had found Erik and was bringing him home.
As the brothers started to walk back home, Erik turned to Nate and said, "When they ask what I've been up to, I'll say I don't remember or something like that in hopes that they'll go easy on you."
"Thanks, but I don't want you getting in any hot water too," said Nate. "Mom and dad aren't happy that you changed as it is, but that's on me."
"Hey, it was totally unexpected, but I'm not gonna hold it against you. I've got to tell you though, while werewolves aren't my thing, I totally get this transformation business now and why you're so fascinated with it."
"It is pretty neat, isn't it?" asked Nate. "The thrill of your body changing, let alone the things you can do afterward that you can't as an ordinary human."
"Man, it sure is. That lioness..." happily recalled Erik, as a smile crossed his face. Then he turned to his older brother and asked, "There is one thing I'd like to know though."
"What?"
Erik took a quick look around to make sure they were totally alone on the sidewalk before asking in a low voice, "When can you get more of that Lunar Ecstasy? I want to be the tiger again!"
Nate just smiled and hugged his brother before they resumed walking home.