Zayn: The Fall/ Chapter 1: After The Fall

Chapter 1: After The Fall
'''Arnet City, Kaminoz. October 17th, 1 AFF, 6:35 AM'''

Dawn had just broken over Kaminoz, and the sun was slowly making its way over the horizon, bathing the city's buildings in a warm orange light and lighting up the inky blue sky. The bright rays of light fell upon the face of Zayn the Hedgehog, and he turned around in his sleep, but another ray of light was enough to wake him up. The blue-grey hedgehog woke with a start and rolled out of his bed. A warm light was spreading over the dim room and Zayn stood up, taking it in. He was sharing an apartment with his friend Hunter, after Zayn's house was destroyed following the battle that led to the fall of the Kaminozian Federation. Speaking of that, it was hard to believe that the event was already almost a whole year ago. To him, it felt like yesterday.

Zayn walked out of the bedroom and into the joint kitchen-living room. He turned on the coffee machine and made himself an espresso with cream. He knew he should wait until he was fully awake to drink it, but to him, it was a way of waking up. Sitting down on the sofa, he turned on the TV and started sipping his coffee. Carelessly, he flipped through channels until he came across the news channel. Interested, he turned up the volume. He instantly recognized the person behind the podium. It was Agent Carter, a former worker of the Federation. The dirty-blonde tom was giving a speech about riots that were breaking out on the streets.

"Never have we seen such large scale attacks" the cat said to the public gathered in front of him, "Countless members of the general public have been assaulted by people who are unhappy about the fall of the Federation. Get over it people, it was a year ago!"

Zayn sighed and shook his head, before switching the channel. He trusted what Carter had said, as he was quite a close friend of the cat, but he still couldn't believe the fact that people were still unhappy about the fall of the Federation. He drained the rest of his coffee and put the mug in the sink. At that moment, Hunter entered the room and yawned. The brown wolf was Zayn's best friend and now roommate. Sometimes the two argued but most of the time they had civil conversations like normal people.

Hunter nodded at Zayn and stretched. The sunlight gave a warm hue to his fur, and his muscles were noticable under it. Zayn tore his eyes away from Hunter's muscular arms and went into his room. He let out a quiet sigh and collapsed on his bed. No matter how hard he tried to hide it, the truth always managed to dig itself out. There was no denying it. He was attracted to Hunter. To be fair, he had known it for a while now. Hunter was nice, and Zayn loved the way he smiled at him in the mornings, and the fact that his smooth, slightly growly voice made him feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Zayn blushed just thinking about it.