Big Bros Need a Rest, Too
featuring Jay, Cobalt, and Soon the Bear
by Jay


Cobalt eagerly bounded up the steps towards Jay’s place. The purple fennecat felt like giggling at the thought of being babied by his friend. He’d had a long and tiring week, and the kangaroo rat had promised him at least a day to unwind and relax. He was so eager, in fact, that he’d gotten all padded up even before leaving his home, risking potential discovery on the way over just so he could be padded a bit more. Maybe Jay would tease him about it, and make him blush and squirm. Ooooh, this was gonna be so much fun…

He closed and locked the door behind him, and now he actually did giggle. “Jay? Jay?” he called out. He dropped his backpack and shoes off at the door, and was already undoing his belt to drop his pants. “I’m here!” he said as he kicked his way free of the offending garment, leaving himself clad in only his t-shirt and his thick crinkly diaper. He wiggled his tail just to listen to his butt crinkle unimpeded by his pants, and that only made him giggle and blush some more. “Come on, bro, I wanna play!” he teased childishly. Then he walked into the living room, and stopped.

Jay was lying facedown on the little brown couch, his head buried in his arms, his glasses carelessly tossed onto the coffee table. His tail lay limp across his body and the couch, whereas usually it would be idly twitching. Coby could also see the characteristic rounded poof under Jay’s shorts that told him the roo rat was diapered, which Jay rarely did on his own. The fun was gone now. Cobalt rushed over to his friend.

“Jay? Are you okay?” he asked worriedly as he gently shook Jay’s shoulder. Jay stirred, and then lifted his head to look at Cobalt. He immediately felt even worse: Jay looked terrible, like he hadn’t slept or that something was really stressing him out.

“Oh, Coby, I’m… I’m sorry.” Jay pulled himself up into a sitting position and rested his head on his hands. Cobalt sat next to him and wrapped an arm around Jay’s shoulder.

“No, I’m sorry. What’s wrong? Do you want to talk about it?”

“I just… it’s been a really long week, sweetie.” Jay actually leaned into Cobalt’s hug, drawing strength from the embrace. “A lot of friends with problems, a lot of stressful stuff coming up, all sorts of stuff and it just sort of happened this week…”

Cobalt felt terrible. “And I’m one of those friends with problems, aren’t I?” he asked quietly.

Jay snapped up and looked at his friend. “No, Cobalt, please, don’t blame yourself, your stuff is real and it’s important to me and I’d never ask you to stop talking to me about them, it’s just… there’s a lot going on and I’m so tired…”

Cobalt nodded. He knew what he had to do. “Okay.”

“Okay, what?” He was confused.

“It’s your turn,” he said with a smile.

“My turn for what?”

“Just wait here, okay?” Cobalt untangled himself from Jay, and patted Jay’s tired head, and then rushed off to Jay’s room. He knew Jay had a secret stash of babyish stuff somewhere in here, they played like that sometimes and he knew Jay liked it even though he denied it. It took a few minutes, but Coby finally found what he was looking for. He also grabbed Jay’s old cow from its characteristic resting spot on his bed before rushing back to Jay, who still looked really tired and confused.

“Lie back on the couch for me, bro,” Cobalt gently ordered. Jay did so, and Cobalt got to work undoing Jay’s belt and shorts.

“Coby, what’re ya…” he didn’t get another word out before Cobalt slipped Jay’s light blue pacifier into his mouth.

“Hush now, baby, let your big bro take care of you now.”

Jay finally got it, and began to suck on the pacifier. He just let Coby tug his shorts off, revealing the thick diaper he’d had on underneath his clothes. It was a lot thicker than the one Coby was wearing. He patted Jay’s poofy crotch, making it crinkle. “Such a big baby you are, huh?”

Jay made a sound very much like “mrfl,” and blushed, making Coby giggle and Jay blush even more. Coby took Jay’s wrists and tugged him up into a sitting position again. “Make uppies for your bro.”

He was still blushing, but did as he was told, raising his arms up. Coby tugged Jay’s t-shirt over his head, leaving him in just the diaper and pacifier. Before Jay could lower his arms and try and cover himself, Cobalt lifted up one of the other thing’s he’d grabbed: Jay’s navy blue onesie. “You wanna wear this?”

Jay gave a little nod. Cobalt smiled, and tugged the onesie down over Jay’s body. He took Jay’s arms again and gently pulled him off the couch, and then went between Jay’s legs to grab the onesie’s back flap and pull it forward. With a few snaps, he had the onesie secured around Jay’s padded butt. Coby patted Jay’s face. “There, isn’t that better, baby?”

Despite his embarrassment, Jay gave a little smile. “Good boy,” Coby said as he handed Jay his cow. The kangaroo rat cuddled the cow close to him, nuzzling it as he did so. His long tail twitched from side to side. Cobalt let off an internal sigh: it had worked. He continued.

“You’ve been such a good big bro, Jay, taking care of your friends, but even big bros need a rest, too.” Coby hugged his friend, gently rubbing his back as their babyish padding was forced to rustle against them. “Now it’s time for someone to take care of you.” Jay returned the hug as best as he could, resting his tired head on his friend’s shoulder. Even as tired as he was, Jay was already looking a bit better, and given what Coby had planned for him he was sure this was exactly what Jay needed.

Cobalt sat back down on the couch, and then gently got Jay to lie down with his head in his friend’s lap. Jay blushed, but squeezed his cow in close. Coby began to gently stroke Jay’s hair.

“Just close your eyes, baby. Take a little nap. We can play when you’re done.”

Jay nodded, and did as he was told, cuddling up close to Coby’s leg. Between his tiredness and Cobalt’s gentle ministrations, it didn’t take long for his exhaustion to overtake him, and he soon dozed off, his mouth slowly opening and his pacifier almost slipping out of his mouth. He shifted, making both his own diaper and Cobalt’s diaper crinkle a bit, and soon he was completely out cold.

Cobalt smiled, and continued stroking his friend’s head. Yeah, this was what they both needed, he thought as he felt himself relax. Just a nice relaxing day… two baby bros unwinding… he felt his own eyes start to droop, and soon, he himself had dozed off, his hand still idly brushing at Jay’s head, the two crinkly friends dreaming their happy dreams with all their cares melting away…

And still, the unnoticed evil teddy bear watched over all. Soon…




So… yeah, that story ended up being a bit longer than originally intended. 1,200 words, jeeze. Sorry about that, folks. But thanks for reading it, if you did. If you didn't, you should go read it, I put a lot of work into that. By which I mean, two hours or so of writing.

So, um, when Cobalt commissioned this piece, at the time, I was having a really stressful couple of weeks (as the story alludes to), and I commented that I could actually use the cuddles and care for once. So, Cobalt obliged me by commissioning this piece from Chu, and I absolutely love it. *hugs my coby kit* Thank you, sweetie. *kisses your forehead* And thank you for drawing it, Chu *hugs a chu* I love it. Even though you had to draw something that covered the padding. :p Actually, I don't think you've ever drawn padding that thick… not that I'm complaining. *blushes*

PS: Before anyone asks, yes, my plushy is a cow. That's actually based on a picture of it, so it's really close to what he looks like. I've had him since I was a baby, and he's kinda dirty but he's really soft and cuddly.
PPS: Also, I want a Soon the Bear. Seriously, I want a teddy bear with that facial expression. He's adorable.

Art by  lilchu and original here
Commissioned by and featuring  xcliber
Story by and also featuring Jay
Soon the Bear lies dreaming…