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Zel/Nyaka. :)
Zelgadiss walked alongside of Nyaka...a young man who had been changed from a normal human to...well, an ABNORMAL one. Zelgadiss gazed at Nyaka warmly...unlike Margi, he understood the young catboy...at least they had had similar backgrounds as far as being turned into monsters was concerned. Zelgadiss frowned...the last thing he wanted to do now was go to a stupid party where he would have to watch Margi fawn over that life threatening Mazoku! He wished he and Nyaka could go somewhere else and just talk about things. He reached out and placed a detaining hand on the catboy's shoulder, saying to him: "Nyaka...do you want to stop and talk for a while? I know where they are going...we can catch up later, okay?"
Nyaka blinked, looking up. He thought a moment, then nodded. "Sure." 'Not like I want to be anywhere NEAR those *explativeExplative* mazoku...'
Zelgadiss nodded, then split from the group and lead the way over to a small clearing with lush green grass, sheltered from the road by fragrant pines. Zelgadiss looked around automatically with his trained eye and paranoid nature for anything that would jump out at them if they let their guard down. Seeing nothing at the moment, he went over to an inviting patch of grass and sat, looking up at Nyaka with a sigh. He said then: "Those damn mazoku would just as soon kill you as LOOK at you...and everybody treats them like they are just very good friends! Don't they understand that as Mazoku their purpose is to destroy the world...and make all life suffer terribly until they do?"
Nyaka sat down with a feline grace. "Margi apparently doesn't," he said dryly, rolling his eyes. "Baka Musume.." he muttered, hands tensing.
Zel frowned darkly, saying to Nyaka: "No, she doesn't. And she doesn't believe me when I TELL her. She thinks I'm just jealous. I...I just don't understand her at all." Zelgadiss raised his head and looked directly into Nyaka's eyes. He said softly: "Now YOU I understand. I wish Margi, and Amelia too for that matter, could act more like you do. Sensibly."
Nyaka smiled. "Unfortunatly, it feels like people have to be hurt before they realize that not everyone is good..." Reaching up he lowered his hood, scratching behind his left ear with his knuckle. He scowled slightly at the sensation of fur on fur, then turned his attention back to Zel. "I'm really glad I met you..." he smiled. "It's really nice to have someone who understands...."
Zel smiled back at Nyaka. He replied softly: "And I'm very glad that I met you. I haven't met anyone changed against their will before I met you...and nobody I know seems to appreciate how much I want to be a normal man again. I ~hate~ being stared at...driven out of towns...called `monster' just because I look different. It must be the same for you...I ~know~ how beastmen are treated...and you don't even have the solace of being one of them...you, too are a transmuted human. We both...are alone."
Nyaka nodded, looking down, face slightly depressed. "There's only so much you can hide... and every time I touch something, I can feel the fur..." He looked at his hands a moment. "And everytime someone touches me..." His voice was a depressed whisper.
Zelgadiss reached out and placed a hand upon Nyaka's shoulder, saying to him: "At least your fur is ~soft~. My skin is stone...hard...cold...untouchable. You would be...wonderful...to touch with that fur." Zelgadiss said that quietly, an undertone of longing in his voice.
Nyaka looked up, eyes wide and blinking. "You...." he trailed off, expresion almost confused and unbeliving.
Zelgadiss smiled at Nyaka, then said to him: "My skin may be stone, but I can still feel. May I?" Zelgadiss moved his hand from off of Nyaka's clothed shoulder and held it out toward his face, wanting to experience the feel of the luxurious short fur there on his smooth cheek.
Nyaka felt oddly nervous. He took a small steadying breath and nodded slightly, eyes vaugly wary, almost expecting Zel to pull back, repulsed at what his hand found.
Zelgadiss' stoney fingers caressed Nyaka's softly furred cheek...then Zelgadiss sighed. He said to the catboy: "You feel so wonderfully soft. I...I wish I could touch you again...would you mind?"
Nyaka blinked, eyes wide, confused at both Zel's reaction and his own inner ones. "I wouldn't..." he finaly said softly.
Zelgadiss smiled warmly at the catboy, then he reached out his hand again and began to caress the boy's smooth and softly textured cheek. Zelgadiss' eyes sparkled with suspicious moisture as he lightly ran his stoney fingertips along Nyaka's jawline...this contact, a touch so needed by the human psyche and so long denied to Zelgadiss, like water on a dying plant!
Nyaka closed his eyes, not understanding the feelings that the touch was evoking. He look a slow shudderly breath, body relaxing slightly as a small shivver ran through him, his lips parting slightly, tinted with a vauge smile.
Zelgadiss continued to stroke Nyaka, subconciously eager for this simple human contact. Conciously Zelgadiss was worried that Nyaka would think him odd or strange, and then reject him. Zel couldn't stand the thought of that, but he saw Nyaka draw in a deep and shuddering breath, his lips parting a little in a vague smile. Zelgadiss smiled back, relief beginning to flood throughout his rocky body. He continued his rhythmic stroking, beginning to allow his fingers to travel a bit further down the cat boy's thickly furred neck.
Nyaka's lips parted a bit more and he unconcously tilted his head, exposing more of his neck. He gave off a small sound like a soft purr, body relaxing further.
Zelgadiss moved his body a little closer to Nyaka, so that he was now facing him. He continued to stroke him, his smile increasing a little as he heard Nyaka's purr. He leaned a bit closer to him, intent on concentrating all his attention onto what he was feeling...and doing his best to ignore the sudden tension in his groin.
Nyaka's eyes opened slightly, a small lazy smile on his face. "Feels nice..." he breathed. He leaned foward and gently nuzzled his head agaist Zel's chest. His tail swished lazily back and forth and he continued to purr softly.
Zel smiled as Nyaka said to him: "Feels nice.'' Zelgadiss continued to stroke him, thrilling to the feel of Nyaka's head as it brushed against his chest. He saw Nyaka's tail swish back and forth as the boy purred...a very pleasant sound indeed. Zel murmured: "I....I'm glad you don't mind. I like touching you...you're so soft." Zel continued his rythmic stroking, enjoying this more then he had enjoyed anything in a long while.
Nyaka smiled, looking up slightly. "You do?" he asked in a soft voice. He gave a soft content sigh, snuggling agaist the other man. "You feel nice as well... you're really not cold at all... I---" he paused, thinking of the words he wanted to say. "It feels like I could curl into your arms and be safe from everything and not need to worry anymore..."
Zelgadiss gazed down into the catboy's trusting gaze, feeling all happy inside as Nyaka snuggled up against him. In answer to Nyaka's remark about curling up in his arms, Zelgadiss stopped stroking Nyaka and leaned forward, enfolding the boy in his protective arms. Something cold and hard deep within him had begun to thaw at the words `you're really not cold at all'...and it continued to melt with the boy's trusting regard. Zelgadiss held Nyaka close and murmured softly to him:
"You never need to worry about anything anymore, Nyaka. I will protect you with my life. Nothing...no Mazoku, no sorcerer...nothing will ever harm you again. This I swear!"
Nyaka smiled happily, snuggling agaist the man, his tail wrapping loosly around the older man. "Thank you..." he said softly, hugging Zel. "Its so wonderful to find someone..." His voice cracked slightly from emotions, dispite Nyaka's near unconcious reflex to hold them in. He hugged the other man tighter.
Zelgadiss held Nyaka close, enjoying the contact, contact that last he had in his Grandfather Rezo's arms...when he was very young, before his beloved Grandfather had...changed. Since Rezo had cursed him with the granting of his most fervent wish, Zelgadiss had been shunned as monster, as freak...and of course NEVER ever touched...unless it was as a blow. Now he was holding someone warm and alive, someone who would not hurt him, someone who was like a brother to him, even in spite of the fact that they had only just recently met. He held Nyaka close to him, his half-gloved hand stroking the cat boy's back gently and lovingly. He said softly to Nyaka: "I know what you mean. I find it wonderful too...to have found YOU. I don't ever want to be away from you. I want you with me always." Zelgadiss' embrace tightened on the younger man, pressing him firmly against his stonelike chest.
Nyaka looked up, eyes on the verge of tears. "You-- you mean it?" he asked in a whisper that held a desprate wish for the answer to be yes.
Zelgadiss raised a wire haired eyebrow in surprize at Nyaka's query, then he realized that Nyaka's history was very similar to his. He murmured reassuringly with quiet conviction: "Of COURSE I mean it. I will never leave you and will always be with you. Please don't doubt me. I....I love you, Nyaka. You are the brother I never had, the family I never knew, except for my Grandfather Rezo. How could you even think that I would abandon you? I would rather abandon my hope of ever becoming human again before I would even entertain the thought of leaving you."
Nyaka stared in shock, almost seeming to even pause in his breathing. Slowly his eye watered and he gave a shaky smile, compleatly overcome and at a lost for words. He hugged the man feircly, burring his face in Zelgadiss's chest and giving into deep sobs of emotional overload and releif.
Zelgadiss began to rub Nyaka's back in a comforting circular motion, saying softly as tears sprang into his own eyes: "It's okay, Nyaka. I'm here. I'll always be here, like I said. You aren't alone anymore...and neither am I. I'll show you what magic I know...you and I will be unbeatable. Then we will find a way to change you back into a human again...and me as well. And I promise you that we'll find the mazoku who did Nyaka looked up again, eyes shining with graditude and emotion as well as tears. "Thank you..." he whispered, voice slightly hoarse. He sniffled, trying to blink free of the tears that kept flowing.
Zel moved back from Nyaka a bit, reaching a hand around to tenderly sweep the stream of tears from his dampened fur. Tears were flowing from his own eyes, running down through the stone outcrops on his face and onto his chest. He replied sincerely in a voice thick with his own tears: "It's I that should be thanking YOU. No one has ever touched or held me willingly since I was changed. And you were able to tolerate my loathsome touch on your beautiful skin. I am deeply grateful you gave me that priviledge."
Nyaka blinked. "But-- you're not loathsome..." he protested sincerely. He slowly reached up, hesatating a short distance from the older man's cheak. "If... if-- if my--" he swallowed a moment. "Can-- can I touch you as well?" he asked softly.
Zelgadiss blinked in surprize as Nyaka raised his hand slowly, and then asked if he could touch Zelgadiss stony face. Zelgadiss looked at the younger boy in disbelief for a long moment...then he answered a bit hesitantly: "Well...if you WANT to...you can. But I don't see how you could stand to touch a...a...well, a living rock."
Nyaka shook his head slightly. "It--- it's more..." He took a shuddery breath, them turned his hand so his palm was visable, showing the cat-pad of tight short fur that covered it like a rug. He looked down, feeling slightly ashamed.
Zelgadiss blinked in surprize as Nyaka took a shuddering breath and then turned his hand over to reveal the catfoot like fur on his palm. Zelgadiss raised an eyebrow at that, then Zel reached out with one hand to take Nyaka's hand in his, and with his other hand he caught Nyaka's chin and lifted it so that the catboy would be forced to look into his eyes. Then he took the hand holding Nyaka's and deliberately and slowly placed it along his own stony cheek, gazing steadily and without the slightest hesitation or reservation into Nyaka's eyes. He turned his face into Nyaka's furry palm and nuzzled it briefly before allowing it to fully press down on his pebbly cheek. He then released Nyaka's chin with his other hand and gazed directly into his eyes, showing Nyaka that Nyaka's touch was more then acceptable...it was desireable.
Nyaka's eyes watered freshly, an almost shaky smile growing more steady on his lips. "I can feel you... through the fur..." he said, voice slightly awed.
Zelgadiss smiled at this. He looked down with a smile, doing his best to forestall any more tears. Then he raised his eyes back to regard Nyaka and said to him: "And I can feel your touch in spite of my stony flesh. Your tender, gentle WELCOME touch. Please...touch me again if you want to." Zelgadiss' expression indicated obviously that he wanted Nyaka's touch with a burning intensity.
Nyaka smiled, gently running his fingers over the other man's unique skin as if touching a precious jewel, expersion slightly awed and near blissful.
Zelgadiss closed his eyes, and if Chimeriac rock demons/golem/humans could purr, he would be purring loudly and clearly. He leaned his head a little into Nyaka's stroking hand, enjoying the sensation of another living being touching him, sharing a basic human emotion with him, one of love and affection. This was one which he had not felt for what seemed like an eternity...not since that long ago day when his Grandfather had last held his young body on his knee and comforted him after a fall.
Nyaka smiled gently, eyes content as his fingers continued exploring Zel's face, his eyes mirroring the actions. Slowly and gently he brushed his fingers over the older man's lips. He paused, then before he could think about it, he leaned foward and replaced his fingers with his lips, eyes closing as he let instint take over and guide his actions as he kissed the man before him.
Zelgadiss closed his eyes in contentment as he enjoyed the sensations of being touched for the first time in a very long time. He felt gentle fingers brush his lips, and he revelled in the feel of them. But then the fingers withdrew. Zelgadiss began to open his eyes when the fingers were replaced by...the gentle touch of lips! Zelgadiss was so surprized he opened his eyes...and then he returned the kiss, the ache in his groin flaring into a burning tension.
Nyaka melted agaist him, not pausing to think about his actions, only knowing that his emotions towards the man before him overroad all concious thought. Finaly, he pulled away, eyes opening to look at Zel, slightly unsure what the man's reaction would be.
Zelgadiss' arms went around Nyaka as the catboy melted into him, surprized at the intensity of his own feelings at this unexpected turn of events. Zelgadiss had long been celibate, not through his own choosing, of course, but because of his monstrous form. But now...now here was Nyaka, holding him and kissing him. Zelgadiss was a bit uncertain about this...they were both men after all...but the WOMEN in their lives weren't exactly anything even resembling reliable!!! Zelgadiss had a quick flash of a vision of Margi in Xelloss' arms. He quickly suppressed it, then looked down at Nyaka as the catboy pulled away. Zelgadiss smiled at Nyaka, then looked down for a moment, thinking. After a few moments, he raised his head and opened his arms, saying softly to Nyaka: "Please...if you want to...I...well...I...LIKED that. I hope that you did too." Zelgadiss regarded Nyaka inquiringly, wondering what the catboy was going to do in reaction to his invitation. The affection and wonderment at Nyaka's touch suddenly blazed into a beginning metamorphosis into lust...a lust that Zelgadiss carefully controlled lest he frighten or disgust the catboy.
Nyaka smiled in releif. "I-- I did..." he blushed vaugly. "I-- I really don't know what I'm doing..." he admitted. "I just--" He took a deep breath. "I-- I like you... alot... and I-- I just kinda-- I just let--" he took another breath. "I've just been repressing everything for so long, that I--- I really don't know what I'm doing... I just don't want to hold it in anymore..." he finished in a soft voice.
Zelgadiss smiled at Nyaka, his arms open invitingly. He answered readily: "I understand that completely, Nyaka. I, too...well...have been repressing...ah....things too. I don't want to hold back either...if you're SURE you don't...mind? I don't. Come to me if you will...please?"
Nyaka snuggled agaist Zel's chest, eyes closing. "Zel? Do-- do we have to go back? We-- we can stay here a while... right?"
Zelgadiss held Nyaka close, lowering his head a bit to lay his stony cheek against Nyaka's soft hair. He murmured in reply: "I would rather stay HERE then go to that L-Sama forsaken party anyway...and we can always catch up to them later." Zelgadiss then buried his face in Nyaka's hair, one of his hands beginning to rub up and down in short but gentle strokes on his back.
Nyaka relaxed agaist Zel's chest, purring softly. He adjusted himself slightly in Zel's lap, breifly wondering what the strange lump he was sitting on was.
Zelgadiss reveled in Nyaka's purr, and in the solid feel of his warm body pressed so trustingly against his own. When Nyaka repositioned himself in his lap, Zelgadiss shivered and quickly suppressed a gasp at the electrical jolt that sent through his rock-formed body. If Zelgadiss had any doubts as to his Chimera's body being able to respond to such feelings, they were assuaged then and there. A soft groan escaped him then, and he had to stop himself from digging his stone fingers hard into Nyaka's back. Instead he forced himself to continue to stroke him, but his breathing had definitely quickened. He wondered if Nyaka would notice.
Nyaka looked up, blinking. "Something wrong?" he asked, voice conserned and slightly worried.
Zelgadiss blinked and managed to focus his eyes on the worried catboy. He swallowed hard, then gazed into Nyaka's eyes. He then took a few moments to think about what to say, then he told Nyaka in a soft tone of voice: "I...I hope that you don't think that I'm STRANGE or anything but...I...ah...well...I...am very ~attracted~ to you." Zelgadiss all but held his breath as he waited for Nyaka's reaction...his heart joined the rest of his body and started to turn to stone at the thought of losing Nyaka and being alone and despized once more.
Nyaka blinked, eyes wide, then he blushed brightly, looking down. "You--- you are?" he asked in a very small and hopeful voice. "Should-- should I move?"
Zelgadiss blinked again at Nyaka's question, then replied hurriedly: "No...please...when you...ah...just kind of move around like that it...well...feels GOOD." Zelgadiss' face turned darker as he blushed at this guilty pleasure. He added: "I...I just like HOLDING you this way...it's been so long since I was able to hold anyone...let alone someone who means this MUCH to me. Please...stay..."
Nyaka remelted agaist Zel. "So... I shouldn;'t move much?" he asked with a small smile, blushing. "I-- I don't want to make you uncomfortable..."
Zelgadiss once more enfolds Nyaka's firm yet softly furred body against his rocky body. His grip tightens as though he is trying to prevent Nyaka from even thinking about leaving again. Zelgadiss murmurs in reply to Nyaka's query: "Move all you want to. It feels good..a ~good~ kind of uncomfortable. I like it. And...I don't want you to go. So move all you want. I don't want you to be uncomfortable. I...I hope you are enjoying this as much as I am."
Nyaka blushed again. "I-- I'm not uncomfortable..." he smiled, gently nuzzling the other man. "I just-- I-- I don;t know if-- I mean--- with-- with what-- what that leads to...."
Zelgadiss nuzzles Nyaka's soft hair, enjoying his scent. He murmurs: "Nyaka...it doesn't have to lead ANYWHERE if you don't want it to. I..I would be happy just to sit here and hold you. It's been so LONG...I...I love you, Nyaka...I never want to be apart from you..." Zelgadiss' voice drops in emphasis for his next words: "Never...ever...again."
Awwwww!!!!! Zel is just so glad to have Nyaka's acceptance and love!!!!:)
"I---" Nyaka blushed more, hugging Zel tightly. "I-- I wouldn't mind... where it would lead... if you wouldn;t.... I-- I love you as well..."
Zelgadiss raises his head and looks down incredulously at Nyaka. A smile begins to steal slowly across his face as Nyaka's heartfelt words sink in, like the dawning after an Arctic sixmonthlong night. He murmurs wonderingly: "You really wouldn't MIND? I would...but Nyaka...not minding and welcoming are two different things...are you CERTAIN? I...I would never want to ~hurt~ you...especially just for my own satisfaction. I...I want ~you~ to be comfortable with it too...and to want it...as much..." Zelgadiss' words trail off, then he takes a deep breath and adds: "What I want most in all this world Nyaka, is to love you and protect you and make you happy. If you feel at all uncomfortable, just holding you...just for now...would be all I need. Just tell me...what you really feel. I won't be hurt or offended if you say `no.'"
Nyaka smiled, snuggling closer. "You wouldn't hurt me..." he said softly.
Zelgadiss' grip tightened on the catboy in his great relief, his breath, which he had unconciously been holding, ruffling Nyaka's hair as he finally allowed himself to exhale. He echoed quietly: "No, Nyaka...I would rather DIE...or be cursed by that horribly unthinkable curse of a spell Xelloss threatened me with then even THINK of hurting you. I...I love you and I want you to be happy...and safe." So sayin, Zelgadiss tenderly kissed Nyaka on his cheek...and then, if Nyaka doesn't tense or pull away, he will kiss him on his soft lips.
Nyaka turned to meet Zel's lips, lightly running his fingers over other man's textured skin, fingers gently sliding under the fabric that Zel hid himself in.
Zelgadiss welcomed Nyaka's kiss, shivering slightly at the trails of fire the catboy's touch ignited on his skin...even through the fabric he was wearing. Zelgadiss couldn't help it...as his lips continued to seek Nyaka's he moaned, a sound of longing from the depths of his heart. He felt his loins begin to ache in ernest, but it felt wonderful...especially since this time there was a hope of sweet release...and even better, the hope of a lasting bond with someone he now loved more then life and existance itself.
Nyaka closed his eyes, loosing himself in the sensations of touch so long denied. He felt his body react and he blushed slightly, but didn't pull away, his fingers wandering under Zel's shirt to play across the man's chest.
Zelgadiss was aware of Nyaka's fingers finding their way to dance across his bare chest, and when one of the catboy's fingers found a rock hard nipple, Zelgadiss gasped and shivered. He also found himself wanting to rid himself of the unwanted `protection' of his cloak and shirt...so he deepened his kiss for a moment before reaching down with one hand and quickly releasing his belt, the other going to his throat and the clasp that held is cloak in place. Then he curled his fingers around the hem of his shirt, pulling it off over his head as his cloak fell away. He now was revealed to Nyaka, and he paused for a moment to see what the catboy's reaction was going to be.
Nyaka looked at Zel's chest in near awe, running his fingers across the surface. "You're beautiful..." he breathed, eyes watering slightly. "I wish I was as pretty as you..."
Zelgadiss blinked in surprize at Nyaka's comment...the ~last~ thing he expected Nyaka to say was that he was ~beautiful~ of all things! He reached up and tenderly cupped Nyaka's chin and informed the catboy with utter sincerity and deep feeling: "Nyaka...you are the most beautiful man I have ever seen! I ~envy~ you that magnificent fur...that elegant tail...your shining eyes so full of life! You...you are ~magnificent~! And I...~I~ am the luckiest man in all the world to have you in my arms right now."
Nyaka blinked, looking up. He thought a moment, then nodded. "Sure." 'Not like I want to be anywhere NEAR those *explativeExplative* mazoku...'
Zelgadiss nodded, then split from the group and lead the way over to a small clearing with lush green grass, sheltered from the road by fragrant pines. Zelgadiss looked around automatically with his trained eye and paranoid nature for anything that would jump out at them if they let their guard down. Seeing nothing at the moment, he went over to an inviting patch of grass and sat, looking up at Nyaka with a sigh. He said then: "Those damn mazoku would just as soon kill you as LOOK at you...and everybody treats them like they are just very good friends! Don't they understand that as Mazoku their purpose is to destroy the world...and make all life suffer terribly until they do?"
Nyaka sat down with a feline grace. "Margi apparently doesn't," he said dryly, rolling his eyes. "Baka Musume.." he muttered, hands tensing.
Zel frowned darkly, saying to Nyaka: "No, she doesn't. And she doesn't believe me when I TELL her. She thinks I'm just jealous. I...I just don't understand her at all." Zelgadiss raised his head and looked directly into Nyaka's eyes. He said softly: "Now YOU I understand. I wish Margi, and Amelia too for that matter, could act more like you do. Sensibly."
Nyaka smiled. "Unfortunatly, it feels like people have to be hurt before they realize that not everyone is good..." Reaching up he lowered his hood, scratching behind his left ear with his knuckle. He scowled slightly at the sensation of fur on fur, then turned his attention back to Zel. "I'm really glad I met you..." he smiled. "It's really nice to have someone who understands...."
Zel smiled back at Nyaka. He replied softly: "And I'm very glad that I met you. I haven't met anyone changed against their will before I met you...and nobody I know seems to appreciate how much I want to be a normal man again. I ~hate~ being stared at...driven out of towns...called `monster' just because I look different. It must be the same for you...I ~know~ how beastmen are treated...and you don't even have the solace of being one of them...you, too are a transmuted human. We both...are alone."
Nyaka nodded, looking down, face slightly depressed. "There's only so much you can hide... and every time I touch something, I can feel the fur..." He looked at his hands a moment. "And everytime someone touches me..." His voice was a depressed whisper.
Zelgadiss reached out and placed a hand upon Nyaka's shoulder, saying to him: "At least your fur is ~soft~. My skin is stone...hard...cold...untouchable. You would be...wonderful...to touch with that fur." Zelgadiss said that quietly, an undertone of longing in his voice.
Nyaka looked up, eyes wide and blinking. "You...." he trailed off, expresion almost confused and unbeliving.
Zelgadiss smiled at Nyaka, then said to him: "My skin may be stone, but I can still feel. May I?" Zelgadiss moved his hand from off of Nyaka's clothed shoulder and held it out toward his face, wanting to experience the feel of the luxurious short fur there on his smooth cheek.
Nyaka felt oddly nervous. He took a small steadying breath and nodded slightly, eyes vaugly wary, almost expecting Zel to pull back, repulsed at what his hand found.
Zelgadiss' stoney fingers caressed Nyaka's softly furred cheek...then Zelgadiss sighed. He said to the catboy: "You feel so wonderfully soft. I...I wish I could touch you again...would you mind?"
Nyaka blinked, eyes wide, confused at both Zel's reaction and his own inner ones. "I wouldn't..." he finaly said softly.
Zelgadiss smiled warmly at the catboy, then he reached out his hand again and began to caress the boy's smooth and softly textured cheek. Zelgadiss' eyes sparkled with suspicious moisture as he lightly ran his stoney fingertips along Nyaka's jawline...this contact, a touch so needed by the human psyche and so long denied to Zelgadiss, like water on a dying plant!
Nyaka closed his eyes, not understanding the feelings that the touch was evoking. He look a slow shudderly breath, body relaxing slightly as a small shivver ran through him, his lips parting slightly, tinted with a vauge smile.
Zelgadiss continued to stroke Nyaka, subconciously eager for this simple human contact. Conciously Zelgadiss was worried that Nyaka would think him odd or strange, and then reject him. Zel couldn't stand the thought of that, but he saw Nyaka draw in a deep and shuddering breath, his lips parting a little in a vague smile. Zelgadiss smiled back, relief beginning to flood throughout his rocky body. He continued his rhythmic stroking, beginning to allow his fingers to travel a bit further down the cat boy's thickly furred neck.
Nyaka's lips parted a bit more and he unconcously tilted his head, exposing more of his neck. He gave off a small sound like a soft purr, body relaxing further.
Zelgadiss moved his body a little closer to Nyaka, so that he was now facing him. He continued to stroke him, his smile increasing a little as he heard Nyaka's purr. He leaned a bit closer to him, intent on concentrating all his attention onto what he was feeling...and doing his best to ignore the sudden tension in his groin.
Nyaka's eyes opened slightly, a small lazy smile on his face. "Feels nice..." he breathed. He leaned foward and gently nuzzled his head agaist Zel's chest. His tail swished lazily back and forth and he continued to purr softly.
Zel smiled as Nyaka said to him: "Feels nice.'' Zelgadiss continued to stroke him, thrilling to the feel of Nyaka's head as it brushed against his chest. He saw Nyaka's tail swish back and forth as the boy purred...a very pleasant sound indeed. Zel murmured: "I....I'm glad you don't mind. I like touching you...you're so soft." Zel continued his rythmic stroking, enjoying this more then he had enjoyed anything in a long while.
Nyaka smiled, looking up slightly. "You do?" he asked in a soft voice. He gave a soft content sigh, snuggling agaist the other man. "You feel nice as well... you're really not cold at all... I---" he paused, thinking of the words he wanted to say. "It feels like I could curl into your arms and be safe from everything and not need to worry anymore..."
Zelgadiss gazed down into the catboy's trusting gaze, feeling all happy inside as Nyaka snuggled up against him. In answer to Nyaka's remark about curling up in his arms, Zelgadiss stopped stroking Nyaka and leaned forward, enfolding the boy in his protective arms. Something cold and hard deep within him had begun to thaw at the words `you're really not cold at all'...and it continued to melt with the boy's trusting regard. Zelgadiss held Nyaka close and murmured softly to him:
"You never need to worry about anything anymore, Nyaka. I will protect you with my life. Nothing...no Mazoku, no sorcerer...nothing will ever harm you again. This I swear!"
Nyaka smiled happily, snuggling agaist the man, his tail wrapping loosly around the older man. "Thank you..." he said softly, hugging Zel. "Its so wonderful to find someone..." His voice cracked slightly from emotions, dispite Nyaka's near unconcious reflex to hold them in. He hugged the other man tighter.
Zelgadiss held Nyaka close, enjoying the contact, contact that last he had in his Grandfather Rezo's arms...when he was very young, before his beloved Grandfather had...changed. Since Rezo had cursed him with the granting of his most fervent wish, Zelgadiss had been shunned as monster, as freak...and of course NEVER ever touched...unless it was as a blow. Now he was holding someone warm and alive, someone who would not hurt him, someone who was like a brother to him, even in spite of the fact that they had only just recently met. He held Nyaka close to him, his half-gloved hand stroking the cat boy's back gently and lovingly. He said softly to Nyaka: "I know what you mean. I find it wonderful too...to have found YOU. I don't ever want to be away from you. I want you with me always." Zelgadiss' embrace tightened on the younger man, pressing him firmly against his stonelike chest.
Nyaka looked up, eyes on the verge of tears. "You-- you mean it?" he asked in a whisper that held a desprate wish for the answer to be yes.
Zelgadiss raised a wire haired eyebrow in surprize at Nyaka's query, then he realized that Nyaka's history was very similar to his. He murmured reassuringly with quiet conviction: "Of COURSE I mean it. I will never leave you and will always be with you. Please don't doubt me. I....I love you, Nyaka. You are the brother I never had, the family I never knew, except for my Grandfather Rezo. How could you even think that I would abandon you? I would rather abandon my hope of ever becoming human again before I would even entertain the thought of leaving you."
Nyaka stared in shock, almost seeming to even pause in his breathing. Slowly his eye watered and he gave a shaky smile, compleatly overcome and at a lost for words. He hugged the man feircly, burring his face in Zelgadiss's chest and giving into deep sobs of emotional overload and releif.
Zelgadiss began to rub Nyaka's back in a comforting circular motion, saying softly as tears sprang into his own eyes: "It's okay, Nyaka. I'm here. I'll always be here, like I said. You aren't alone anymore...and neither am I. I'll show you what magic I know...you and I will be unbeatable. Then we will find a way to change you back into a human again...and me as well. And I promise you that we'll find the mazoku who did Nyaka looked up again, eyes shining with graditude and emotion as well as tears. "Thank you..." he whispered, voice slightly hoarse. He sniffled, trying to blink free of the tears that kept flowing.
Zel moved back from Nyaka a bit, reaching a hand around to tenderly sweep the stream of tears from his dampened fur. Tears were flowing from his own eyes, running down through the stone outcrops on his face and onto his chest. He replied sincerely in a voice thick with his own tears: "It's I that should be thanking YOU. No one has ever touched or held me willingly since I was changed. And you were able to tolerate my loathsome touch on your beautiful skin. I am deeply grateful you gave me that priviledge."
Nyaka blinked. "But-- you're not loathsome..." he protested sincerely. He slowly reached up, hesatating a short distance from the older man's cheak. "If... if-- if my--" he swallowed a moment. "Can-- can I touch you as well?" he asked softly.
Zelgadiss blinked in surprize as Nyaka raised his hand slowly, and then asked if he could touch Zelgadiss stony face. Zelgadiss looked at the younger boy in disbelief for a long moment...then he answered a bit hesitantly: "Well...if you WANT to...you can. But I don't see how you could stand to touch a...a...well, a living rock."
Nyaka shook his head slightly. "It--- it's more..." He took a shuddery breath, them turned his hand so his palm was visable, showing the cat-pad of tight short fur that covered it like a rug. He looked down, feeling slightly ashamed.
Zelgadiss blinked in surprize as Nyaka took a shuddering breath and then turned his hand over to reveal the catfoot like fur on his palm. Zelgadiss raised an eyebrow at that, then Zel reached out with one hand to take Nyaka's hand in his, and with his other hand he caught Nyaka's chin and lifted it so that the catboy would be forced to look into his eyes. Then he took the hand holding Nyaka's and deliberately and slowly placed it along his own stony cheek, gazing steadily and without the slightest hesitation or reservation into Nyaka's eyes. He turned his face into Nyaka's furry palm and nuzzled it briefly before allowing it to fully press down on his pebbly cheek. He then released Nyaka's chin with his other hand and gazed directly into his eyes, showing Nyaka that Nyaka's touch was more then acceptable...it was desireable.
Nyaka's eyes watered freshly, an almost shaky smile growing more steady on his lips. "I can feel you... through the fur..." he said, voice slightly awed.
Zelgadiss smiled at this. He looked down with a smile, doing his best to forestall any more tears. Then he raised his eyes back to regard Nyaka and said to him: "And I can feel your touch in spite of my stony flesh. Your tender, gentle WELCOME touch. Please...touch me again if you want to." Zelgadiss' expression indicated obviously that he wanted Nyaka's touch with a burning intensity.
Nyaka smiled, gently running his fingers over the other man's unique skin as if touching a precious jewel, expersion slightly awed and near blissful.
Zelgadiss closed his eyes, and if Chimeriac rock demons/golem/humans could purr, he would be purring loudly and clearly. He leaned his head a little into Nyaka's stroking hand, enjoying the sensation of another living being touching him, sharing a basic human emotion with him, one of love and affection. This was one which he had not felt for what seemed like an eternity...not since that long ago day when his Grandfather had last held his young body on his knee and comforted him after a fall.
Nyaka smiled gently, eyes content as his fingers continued exploring Zel's face, his eyes mirroring the actions. Slowly and gently he brushed his fingers over the older man's lips. He paused, then before he could think about it, he leaned foward and replaced his fingers with his lips, eyes closing as he let instint take over and guide his actions as he kissed the man before him.
Zelgadiss closed his eyes in contentment as he enjoyed the sensations of being touched for the first time in a very long time. He felt gentle fingers brush his lips, and he revelled in the feel of them. But then the fingers withdrew. Zelgadiss began to open his eyes when the fingers were replaced by...the gentle touch of lips! Zelgadiss was so surprized he opened his eyes...and then he returned the kiss, the ache in his groin flaring into a burning tension.
Nyaka melted agaist him, not pausing to think about his actions, only knowing that his emotions towards the man before him overroad all concious thought. Finaly, he pulled away, eyes opening to look at Zel, slightly unsure what the man's reaction would be.
Zelgadiss' arms went around Nyaka as the catboy melted into him, surprized at the intensity of his own feelings at this unexpected turn of events. Zelgadiss had long been celibate, not through his own choosing, of course, but because of his monstrous form. But now...now here was Nyaka, holding him and kissing him. Zelgadiss was a bit uncertain about this...they were both men after all...but the WOMEN in their lives weren't exactly anything even resembling reliable!!! Zelgadiss had a quick flash of a vision of Margi in Xelloss' arms. He quickly suppressed it, then looked down at Nyaka as the catboy pulled away. Zelgadiss smiled at Nyaka, then looked down for a moment, thinking. After a few moments, he raised his head and opened his arms, saying softly to Nyaka: "Please...if you want to...I...well...I...LIKED that. I hope that you did too." Zelgadiss regarded Nyaka inquiringly, wondering what the catboy was going to do in reaction to his invitation. The affection and wonderment at Nyaka's touch suddenly blazed into a beginning metamorphosis into lust...a lust that Zelgadiss carefully controlled lest he frighten or disgust the catboy.
Nyaka smiled in releif. "I-- I did..." he blushed vaugly. "I-- I really don't know what I'm doing..." he admitted. "I just--" He took a deep breath. "I-- I like you... alot... and I-- I just kinda-- I just let--" he took another breath. "I've just been repressing everything for so long, that I--- I really don't know what I'm doing... I just don't want to hold it in anymore..." he finished in a soft voice.
Zelgadiss smiled at Nyaka, his arms open invitingly. He answered readily: "I understand that completely, Nyaka. I, too...well...have been repressing...ah....things too. I don't want to hold back either...if you're SURE you don't...mind? I don't. Come to me if you will...please?"
Nyaka snuggled agaist Zel's chest, eyes closing. "Zel? Do-- do we have to go back? We-- we can stay here a while... right?"
Zelgadiss held Nyaka close, lowering his head a bit to lay his stony cheek against Nyaka's soft hair. He murmured in reply: "I would rather stay HERE then go to that L-Sama forsaken party anyway...and we can always catch up to them later." Zelgadiss then buried his face in Nyaka's hair, one of his hands beginning to rub up and down in short but gentle strokes on his back.
Nyaka relaxed agaist Zel's chest, purring softly. He adjusted himself slightly in Zel's lap, breifly wondering what the strange lump he was sitting on was.
Zelgadiss reveled in Nyaka's purr, and in the solid feel of his warm body pressed so trustingly against his own. When Nyaka repositioned himself in his lap, Zelgadiss shivered and quickly suppressed a gasp at the electrical jolt that sent through his rock-formed body. If Zelgadiss had any doubts as to his Chimera's body being able to respond to such feelings, they were assuaged then and there. A soft groan escaped him then, and he had to stop himself from digging his stone fingers hard into Nyaka's back. Instead he forced himself to continue to stroke him, but his breathing had definitely quickened. He wondered if Nyaka would notice.
Nyaka looked up, blinking. "Something wrong?" he asked, voice conserned and slightly worried.
Zelgadiss blinked and managed to focus his eyes on the worried catboy. He swallowed hard, then gazed into Nyaka's eyes. He then took a few moments to think about what to say, then he told Nyaka in a soft tone of voice: "I...I hope that you don't think that I'm STRANGE or anything but...I...ah...well...I...am very ~attracted~ to you." Zelgadiss all but held his breath as he waited for Nyaka's reaction...his heart joined the rest of his body and started to turn to stone at the thought of losing Nyaka and being alone and despized once more.
Nyaka blinked, eyes wide, then he blushed brightly, looking down. "You--- you are?" he asked in a very small and hopeful voice. "Should-- should I move?"
Zelgadiss blinked again at Nyaka's question, then replied hurriedly: "No...please...when you...ah...just kind of move around like that it...well...feels GOOD." Zelgadiss' face turned darker as he blushed at this guilty pleasure. He added: "I...I just like HOLDING you this way...it's been so long since I was able to hold anyone...let alone someone who means this MUCH to me. Please...stay..."
Nyaka remelted agaist Zel. "So... I shouldn;'t move much?" he asked with a small smile, blushing. "I-- I don't want to make you uncomfortable..."
Zelgadiss once more enfolds Nyaka's firm yet softly furred body against his rocky body. His grip tightens as though he is trying to prevent Nyaka from even thinking about leaving again. Zelgadiss murmurs in reply to Nyaka's query: "Move all you want to. It feels good..a ~good~ kind of uncomfortable. I like it. And...I don't want you to go. So move all you want. I don't want you to be uncomfortable. I...I hope you are enjoying this as much as I am."
Nyaka blushed again. "I-- I'm not uncomfortable..." he smiled, gently nuzzling the other man. "I just-- I-- I don;t know if-- I mean--- with-- with what-- what that leads to...."
Zelgadiss nuzzles Nyaka's soft hair, enjoying his scent. He murmurs: "Nyaka...it doesn't have to lead ANYWHERE if you don't want it to. I..I would be happy just to sit here and hold you. It's been so LONG...I...I love you, Nyaka...I never want to be apart from you..." Zelgadiss' voice drops in emphasis for his next words: "Never...ever...again."
Awwwww!!!!! Zel is just so glad to have Nyaka's acceptance and love!!!!:)
"I---" Nyaka blushed more, hugging Zel tightly. "I-- I wouldn't mind... where it would lead... if you wouldn;t.... I-- I love you as well..."
Zelgadiss raises his head and looks down incredulously at Nyaka. A smile begins to steal slowly across his face as Nyaka's heartfelt words sink in, like the dawning after an Arctic sixmonthlong night. He murmurs wonderingly: "You really wouldn't MIND? I would...but Nyaka...not minding and welcoming are two different things...are you CERTAIN? I...I would never want to ~hurt~ you...especially just for my own satisfaction. I...I want ~you~ to be comfortable with it too...and to want it...as much..." Zelgadiss' words trail off, then he takes a deep breath and adds: "What I want most in all this world Nyaka, is to love you and protect you and make you happy. If you feel at all uncomfortable, just holding you...just for now...would be all I need. Just tell me...what you really feel. I won't be hurt or offended if you say `no.'"
Nyaka smiled, snuggling closer. "You wouldn't hurt me..." he said softly.
Zelgadiss' grip tightened on the catboy in his great relief, his breath, which he had unconciously been holding, ruffling Nyaka's hair as he finally allowed himself to exhale. He echoed quietly: "No, Nyaka...I would rather DIE...or be cursed by that horribly unthinkable curse of a spell Xelloss threatened me with then even THINK of hurting you. I...I love you and I want you to be happy...and safe." So sayin, Zelgadiss tenderly kissed Nyaka on his cheek...and then, if Nyaka doesn't tense or pull away, he will kiss him on his soft lips.
Nyaka turned to meet Zel's lips, lightly running his fingers over other man's textured skin, fingers gently sliding under the fabric that Zel hid himself in.
Zelgadiss welcomed Nyaka's kiss, shivering slightly at the trails of fire the catboy's touch ignited on his skin...even through the fabric he was wearing. Zelgadiss couldn't help it...as his lips continued to seek Nyaka's he moaned, a sound of longing from the depths of his heart. He felt his loins begin to ache in ernest, but it felt wonderful...especially since this time there was a hope of sweet release...and even better, the hope of a lasting bond with someone he now loved more then life and existance itself.
Nyaka closed his eyes, loosing himself in the sensations of touch so long denied. He felt his body react and he blushed slightly, but didn't pull away, his fingers wandering under Zel's shirt to play across the man's chest.
Zelgadiss was aware of Nyaka's fingers finding their way to dance across his bare chest, and when one of the catboy's fingers found a rock hard nipple, Zelgadiss gasped and shivered. He also found himself wanting to rid himself of the unwanted `protection' of his cloak and shirt...so he deepened his kiss for a moment before reaching down with one hand and quickly releasing his belt, the other going to his throat and the clasp that held is cloak in place. Then he curled his fingers around the hem of his shirt, pulling it off over his head as his cloak fell away. He now was revealed to Nyaka, and he paused for a moment to see what the catboy's reaction was going to be.
Nyaka looked at Zel's chest in near awe, running his fingers across the surface. "You're beautiful..." he breathed, eyes watering slightly. "I wish I was as pretty as you..."
Zelgadiss blinked in surprize at Nyaka's comment...the ~last~ thing he expected Nyaka to say was that he was ~beautiful~ of all things! He reached up and tenderly cupped Nyaka's chin and informed the catboy with utter sincerity and deep feeling: "Nyaka...you are the most beautiful man I have ever seen! I ~envy~ you that magnificent fur...that elegant tail...your shining eyes so full of life! You...you are ~magnificent~! And I...~I~ am the luckiest man in all the world to have you in my arms right now."
*giggle*