Friends Let Friends Eat Them

 timthewolf as Riley

 xsini as Sini



He'd been watching the wolf wander about the woods for hours. Wherever the wolf went, the flicker of the lamp went with him. So it was not difficult for Sini to track him. He kept his distance, silently swooping from one tree to the next, thirty-so meters behind. But always watching. And remaining still when the wolf would look back after he'd hear a sudden movement, or a crack of the tree branch, or the leaves being brustled. Sini's stomach was growling now and he was becoming tired of playing. Any moment he'd make his appearance.

The wolf knew he was being watched the second he stepped into the woods. He nervously shuffled through the woods, lost and having no idea where he was going. He knew that the sun was setting and his small lantern would not keep him warm enough, so he quickened his pace and continued to hurry through the forest. Suddenly, the wolf jumped as he heard a growl in the distance.

"H-Hello? Who's there?" He cried out, taking a step back.

Sini smelled the fear of the wolf below and grinned. Crouching low in the branch of the tree, he prepared to strike then leapt with a swift burst of leaves out at the wolf, landing in front of the wolf then standing tall and menacingly.

“I'd ask ya the same question,” said Sini. “Who are you? And what are you doing in my territory?”

Riley yelped as a large, black and purple mass of scales and claws jumped right in front of him and scrambled backwards a few feet.

"Um.. I-I'm Riley... I'm sorry I'm in your territory! Please, I'll go!" Riley pleaded, hoping that he would get out of the Forest alive.

“Riley, huh?” Sini's toothy grin widened. “Y'won't be leaving so soon. You invited yourself in, after all. Why don't you stay for a while?”

Without waiting for Riley's answer, Sini circled Riley, curling his tail and body around the wolf's torso as hey fell onto his back with the wolf tucked between his tail and belly.

"Please, I just— AAH!" Riley yelped as he was held by the dragon's tail and tucked between his belly. The wolf shivered and curled up, waiting for something bad to imminently happen.

"Please..." Riley pleaded, his voice wavering "Let me go! I'm sorry..."

The dragon slurped the wolf's face, giggling and wiping the drool away with his muzzle. He planned on playing with the wolf a while longer, but was growing impatient. Rather, his stomach was growing impatient and growling louder than it had before.

“What I like about wolfs,” Sini began, “is how cuddly they are. Their furs are so fluffy and taste like cotton candy. That's why I like you, Riley! You're sweet!” He gave the wolf another fat slurp, this time, soaking both the wolf's belly and face in a thick coat of saliva.

“I could let you go,” he said, whispering, “but I'm not gonna. You're the first wolf who's been bold enough to step into my territory for months. I'll much enjoy the company ...”

The wolf whimpered as his furry face was licked "Ew..."

Then Riley heard the dragon's belly growl again he yelped and tried pushing out of the tight tail grasp around his torso. "Please Mr. Dragon sir... Don't do this to me," Riley pleaded sadly.

The dragon picked Riley up by the scruff of his neck, opening his mouth wide, webs of thick saliva parting from either side, as he hovered the wolf above the tongue he hung out excitedly.

“You did say you wanted me to let you go. How about now?”

Riley yelped at clawed at the dragons paw, trying to stay up. "No! No! Okay! I'll be good..." Riley's eyes watered slightly.

"Please don't eat me!" The wolf went limp and hung loosely.

Guiltily, Sini set Riley down on his lap again and stroked Riley's backside. “Sorry about that, buddy. I shouldn't of scared ya like that. I don't want you to be frightened. I just want to eat. And … I'm lonely. That's why I don't want you to leave.”

Riley's body shuddered as he held in his sobs "T-That's completely understandable..." Riley stuttered out.

He shivered as the mysterious dragon stroked him, uneasy as to what the large dragon might do.

“Where d'you come from, Riley? How did you end up out here?”

Riley was silent for a moment before answering, "I went to collect firewood but got chased by a bear … I was so scared, but I got away, making me get lost in your territory."

“Sorry to hear that,” said Sini, frowning at the irony. “Looks like you ran from a bear just to get caught by a dragon, huh? No need to worry. I'm much gentler than a bear.”

He leaned in close, his puffs of his nostrils pounding the wolf's face. “And I'll swallow you as slowly or as quickly as you'd like ...”

Riley's eyes went wide and the mention of being eaten "Please don't eat me!" He tried struggling against the dragon's strong grip, but knew it was useless. With a sad sigh, Riley went limp and looked down "Okay... You win..."

At a slow pace, Sini re-opened his mouth drew closer to Riley, closing it like the shell of a clam over a beloved pearl, gently with care. “I won't hurt you, Riley. I promise,” he whispered into Riley's ear as the maw fell over the wolf's muzzle, warm and moist.

Riley shivered as the dragon whispered kind words that meant nothing to him, and flinched as he was pushed gently into the large and warm maw of the beast that presumably held his fate.

Sini licked Riley's face, rolling the wolf around within the grasp of his tongue to absorb his taste. Sini giggled then tilted his head back, gulping at the wolf. The wolf's head was gulped into the dragon's throat and made a tiny bulge Sini'd tickle from the outside with his paws. Swallowing more, more of the wolf's body was welcomed into the esophagus. For a while, the gulps ceased. He'd play with his food the prey out of his esophagus only so slightly then slurp the prey again. He was savoring the flavor and salivating thickly.

“You're delicious.”

Sini giggled. His stomach growled impatiently. “My tummy can hardly wait!”

Riley whimpered sadly as he was softly tossed around on the dragon's saliva covered tongue. "Please... Let me go..." Riley pleaded one last time after he heard the belly below him growl loud enough for Riley to cover his wet ears.

"Don't do this!"

With one last gulp, Sini swallowed the wolf's entirety and the bulge of his throat relocated to his belly. The belly of the dragon stretched out as he lay on his backside and squirmed as he purred, licking at the sides of his mouth and tasting the residual furs from his paws to a satisfied gurgle of the gut, filled up pleasantly; “Aaah ...”

With a pathetic plop, Riley slid down the dragon's throat and landed in the squishy belly and curled up and his shoulder shook as he held back his sobs. He was jostled around as the dragon flopped around and sighed defeatedly.

“Urrrrrrp,” the dragon belched.

His stomach groaned in its satiation. Stomach fluids soaked the furs of Riley as they swooshed but would be soon found harmless. Innocent, Sini wagged his tail and fluttered his wings in victory. He'd hug his belly and his prey affectionately and nuzzle into his own bulge, and the belly would churn as his nose pressed against it; against Riley's head. Sini asked Riley, “How're you doing in there, buddy?”

Riley whimpered and shied away from the dragon's hug and nuzzling and flinched as the acids flowed in and swirled around him. "N-no..."

“It's okay, Riley. My stomach acids won't hurt you. Though you may feel a slight sleepy once you've nourished me,” he added, “I made you a promise I wouldn't hurt you and I'll keep that promise. Have trust in me. Please.”

"I don't know if I can trust you at all!" Riley shouted and quickly went silent, regretting how he yelled at the dragon that held him captive. Riley shivered and curled up in a ball.

“Heh-heh-heh. You'll see for yourself, then.”

Sini turned to his side and dug his head into his belly, curling his tail around his head. With the absorption process he'd become tired. He told Riley, “Tomorrow, I'll check on you. Anything I can do for ya, before bed?”

"No... I'm fine!" Riley said quickly before curling up and trying to get some sleep himself, thinking that he probably wouldn't wake up.

“Alright then.”

So Sini, with his nose next to the bulge where the wolf's was, eventually stood up at familiarized himself with his location in the forest despite the darkness. He outstretched his wings and took off into the dark night. Seven to eight minutes later he'd land in front of his cliff-side cave. He entered and positioned himself in the center. Then he lay down and curled up again, becoming comfortable. A yawn, with his nose pressed against the bulge where the wolf's was later, the dragon fell asleep.

During all that time, the wolf had fallen into a deep and fitful sleep. He would toss and turn, occasionally shouting out and going quiet again as the dragon flew and landed in the cave and soon also fell asleep.

It was seven or eight in the morning but Sini just woke up. His head was still nuzzled into the side of his belly. He could feel Riley. Thankfully the little guy managed to get some sleep.

“Riley?”

Riley was still sleeping badly. As Sini nuzzled him, he groaned and shouted out in his sleep, tossing to another side of the belly limply.

“Riley, wake up … oh, you poor thing. Riley!” Sini shouted, shaking his stomach with a paw. “You're okay … you're okay … relax …”

Riley yelped as he awoke to the fleshy room around him shaking back and forth and rubbed his eyes.

"What? I'm... I'm alive?!" Riley patted his body down to believe it.

“Yes, Riley. You're alive.” Sini smiled warmly. “You were a wonderful meal as well.”

"But... Why did you let me live?" Riley asked "I don't deserve to live."

Sini's head tilted curiously. “And why's that?”

Riley bent his head low "I haven't been completely truthful with you..." Riley paused and sighed before continuing "I wasn't looking for firewood, I was running from my town because I'm completely useless..." Riley choked back a sob.

“That's not true.” Sini frowned. “Riley, I haven't eaten for an entire week. If it weren't for you, I would have starved … I don't know what anyone else thinks about you, but I'm grateful, to say the least. To repay you with death; I would have never.”

"Yeah, but you just ate me point blank. I didn't have much of a say." Riley paused again to sob. "Don't get me wrong. I'm glad I helped you but I still think it is true."

“I'm sorry, Riley. I didn't have a choice. But I should have told you.”

He pressed his paws against his stomach and cocked his head back. Suddenly, the bulge of the wolf rose up from his neck and the wolf was regurgitated, sliding out to the floor of the cavern beside the dragon in a pool of stomach fluids he quickly wiped from the wolf with his tail.

“If you want to take revenge, I'll let you have it now. Or you could leave. I'll gladly take you home.”

Riley yelped again as he was suddenly pushed on and slid up the dragon's Horst and onto the cold cavern floor. He looked down, not making eye contact.

"Revenge? Just how would I do that? And home... I don't have one anymore... I'll just leave now, I don't want to trouble you anymore." Riley said.

Knowing he could not let the wolf go yet, he bent his head down and stared into the wolf's eyes. “Eat me,” Sini said simply. “Let me return the favor. Let me nourish you as you have nourished me.”

"What?!" Riley's eyes went wide as the dragon offered himself to the wolf. "I couldn't possibly eat you! Even if I tried!" Riley blushed and looked down again. "Please, I'll just go."

“Sure you could,” said Sini. “I'll even help you! Look,” he opened up Riley's maw with his paws, “You'll be able to swallow my head and my neck, at least … and once you start swallowing, the whole process is a lot easier. C'mon. I need to repay you!” Sini laughed.

"No, wai—" Riley is cut off as the dragon open his maw and tried backing away. And finally closed his maw to say "No! Um... I'm fine... No payment needed!" Riley took a step back and held up his paws, showing that it was okay.

Sini sighed. “Okay.” He sat back down beside Riley, figuring the wolf would leave on his own accord.

Riley smiled apologetically when suddenly his stomach gave a small growl and tried covering it with a cough.

“You're hungry,” the dragon stated with a grin.

"N-No! I'm not!" Riley's stomach growls again.

“I bet you've never tasted dragon before.”

"Um... No... But I don't want to!" Riley blushed again and took another step back.

“Suit yourself.”

"Thank y—" Riley clutched his stomach as it growled extremely loudly.

Sini knew it couldn't have been his stomach that growled. He was satisfied. It was the wolf's, without a doubt.

But he's forgiven me, Sini thought. Time to go back to sleep.

"Um... C-Could..." Riley began nervously. "Could I eat you?!" Riley looked away quickly.

Sini chuckled. “Yes. Yes, you may.”

Riley blushed again and his stomach growled "So... What do I do?"

Sini couldn't help but laugh as he stood up and walked up to the front of the wolf, opening the wolf's mouth using his paws then sliding his head inside. “Swallow at me slowly …”

Riley simply let the dragon open his own maw and did as the dragon had said and began swallowing the dragon's large black and purple head.

“Good …” Sini said, as his nose was pressed against the fleshy inside of Riley's throat and a bulge outside Riley's neck began to form. “Swallow me more …”

Riley nodded and began swallowing more and more of the dragon's large form.

Sini felt his neck fall under the roof of Riley's mouth. He helped Riley by pushing himself further with the force of his paws on Riley's jaw thrusting inward. His head fell deeper into Riley's esophagus.

“That's it … you're getting the hang of it …” Sini smiled and purred, beginning to wag his tail.

Riley gasped as the dragon pulled himself farther down his tight and fleshy throat and swallowed the dragon's chest and had to sit down to keep from falling over as the dragon started wagging his large tail.

Sini's grin widened. Riley's throat was swelling as he swallowed the dragon, tightening, and becoming increasingly compact. Compressing his wings, Sini shoved them into Riley's mouth, as he worked his way through the throat toward the belly with the strokes of his arms. “I'll be the best meal you've ever had!” he exclaimed excitedly.

Riley's throat bulge increased in size as his stomach began swelling and worked on the dragon's wings and kept on swallowing more and more. He tried nodding but nearly fell over.

“How's it going up there?” Sini asked. His head was completely inside Riley's belly now, nuzzling against his stomach walls. Sini's wings fluttered happily as Riley finished devouring them.

Riley mumbled an answer and murred as the dragon nuzzled the belly walls and swallowed his back back legs now, taking large gulps to get them down his already stretched throat.

More of Sini entered the belly. He could feel it. He could feel Riley's stomach swelling, growing larger and larger around him, as his chest was downed. His wings were halfway between the throat and belly, flapping gently. The dragon felt Riley's tongue work its way over his backlegs and felt as they were swallowed. Slowly, the maw was closing over him. Riley's belly continued to grow.

Riley continued to gulp down the back legs and long black and purple tail that was waggling back and forth happily and gently closed his maw and sent the tail down his throat with one last gulp and rubbed the small bulge as it traveled down his throat and into his now gigantic belly

“I can't believe I'm in the belly of a wolf,” Sini said aloud, laughing. He snuggled up against Riley's stomach walls, nosing them, and purred softly. “How was I?”

"Me... Me neither!" Riley agreed, amazed that there was a huge dragon in his belly. "You were... You were great! Um... I don't actually know your name Mr. Dragon!"

“Sini.” He giggled, flopping around inside of Riley for the fun of it. “Riley, it's nice to meet you! And—it was nice to eat you too!”

"That's a cool name!" Riley said, feeling better as the dragon flopped around, making his enormous belly shake and jiggle. "The feeling is mutual Sini... Um... Could we... Could we be friends?" Riley asked hopefully.

“Thanks, Riley. And sure! We could be friends!”

"Great!" Riley hugs his extremely large belly.

“And you can keep me in here for as long as you want,” said Sini. “I know you were a hungry little wolf earlier—er, big wolf I should say—and you're gonna need lots of energy!” Sini chuckled, stretching Riley's bulge by the poke of his muzzle and nuzzling into Riley's face.

"Thank you so much Sini! You're the greatest friend ever! Would it be too much to ask to stay with you?" Riley asked hopefully as Sini nuzzled his face and Riley nuzzled back.

“Haha. Not like I could say no in this situation … but truly. You're welcome to stay in my cave for as long as you'd like, whenever you'd like, buddy.” He curled up into a ball and enjoyed the warmth of Riley's gut. “I think I'll be staying in here for a while myself.”

"Oh... Thank you so much! You're the best dragon ever! Sleep well in there buddy!" Riley hugged the huge stomach bulge and rested against the cavern wall and snuggled his belly happily.

That morning Sini decided he could use some extra rest. It was also an excuse to sleep in for the day. Being eaten by a wolf wasn't a frequent happening for him and he wanted to enjoy it for as long as possible. Thought there was the occasional belly-gurgle it generally was quieter than even his cave. So that's what he did. He slept in.

Fin