[Closed] @eidxiety 🐉🐉🕊️

[winterbolt]

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[dyn4m0]

Have you not had them normally? That’s just what they taste like.

[Add makes a muffled sound, which is Wolfwood punching him in the arm. Don’t you have something to say…?

The purple dragon huffs, poking at a potato with his claw.]

…I’m sorry for scaring you, or whatever. I’m used to humans making fun of us when they find out what we are, so I thought you were patronizing me.

[eidxiety]

[Munch... chewing contemplatively...]

...oh... no, I wasn't doing that. I just wanted to talk to someone, I guess, that's all. [Ain runs his hand back through his hair, finding that it comes off expectedly dirty and sweat-soaked. Coooool. Maybe when the rain stops he can dunk his head in water and clean off. He's sure he can't take a bath because of the stitches, but... yucky.] Thanks for saying sorry. And for patching up the wound. You didn't have to, but I appreciate it.

...sorry. It's just that you guys are larger than me, and I'm sort of just a squishy little human, so it's hard not to be scared sometimes. I'll get over it.

[dyn4m0]

[As he eats, Add does happen to look over (he’s hanging on Ain’s response here, despite trying to make it seem like he doesn’t care), and he notices the way he touches his hair and seems bothered by how dirty it is.

>Add will remember that

Wolfwood is grabbing portions of the rest of the food from earlier kept warm by the fire, pouring the last bowl of stew that he places by the berries for Ain to eat if he wants. This was more for him anyway, since they can just go hunting.]

Is it better when we’re like this?

[Wolfwood asks, which kinda gives away the fact he probably made Add shift with him before they came back inside, soaked with rainwater as they are.]

[eidxiety]

[Yeah he's onto you— the apology and the shapeshifting have clued him in. Hm hmmm...

They're making an effort, so Ain will try his damnedest to calm down. It's fine, they're not hostile (possibly)...]

You're less scary, and wayyyy easy on the eyes. [Please GOD are you SCARED or HORNY.] Haha, I'll calm down about you guys being big lizards soon, I promise. Just give me a couple days. I have to grow to trust you more, I think.

[So scared-horny. Scorny.]

[dyn4m0]

[Every time Ain says something like that- how they're easy on the eyes, for example- Add goes from his usual pale purple to a DEEP red. He's finished his food by now, but like...that fluster hasn't gone away.

Mrhrhrhghg.]

Just tell me when you're finished eating. I'll bring you to where we bathe so you can wash your hair.

[eidxiety]

Oh, you saw that, huh... haha, I've never actually been this dirty. Um, is it okay to bathe with the wound?

[He honestly doesn't know. He might be giving himself a whore bath instead of submerging his lower body, but that's fine. They're dragons, so they probably don't care as much about nudity... Ain, though, very much does. Just because he's gone into objectification mode now doesn't mean he won't be super flustered when his head is clearer later. Like, you guys have got to put your nuts away.]

I'm almost done, though. Promise.

[lupusxylem]

Take your time. Ain't like we got anywhere to be.

[Wolfwood is gathering up bowls and utensils as he says this, clearly intending to clean them when they're done. Seems like these dragons have SOME standards, standards they've undoubtedly come to learn in their attempts to get a Princess to stay with them. Time and again, they'd recoil at their hygiene, or their lack of cooking, or...clothes. The clothing isn't something they've seem to caught on to just yet, it seems.

But it's clear they're trying, in their own weird dysfunctional little way.]

You can't. You'll have to wipe yourself down, but you can still hold your head over the waterfall just fine.

[eidxiety]

Okay, that makes sense.

[He'll eat, then, and when he's full sigh and stretch and ow ow ow okay no stretch stretch is bad— and then look over at Add and offer his most Polite, Nice Boy smile.]

Will you help me get to the waterfall? I don't know how badly I'll limp when I get up.

[dyn4m0]

[Wolfwood and Add exchange a brief, wordless glance. Wolfwood just kindof looks at him and smirks in a way that is just...inexplicable as he continues gathering up stuff to wash. He'll just take it outside and rinse it with rainwater, let's be real. Meaning that this is all on Add...

Add's tail curls behind him as he gets up and makes his way over to where Ain is laying, looking down at him for a moment. Instead of leaning down to pull Ain's arm over his shoulders to help him walk deeper into the cave, as Ain probably expects, the dragon instead just

scoops Ain up. Completely. He pushes his arms up underneath his back and legs and scoops him into his arms against his chest before he turns and makes for deeper into the cave.]

It's not far, but it's also not close enough that you'd be able to make it with an injury like that.

[eidxiety]

[Ain squeaks like a little mouse when lifted, suddenly having to cling around Add's neck to actually feel like he won't suddenly pitch forward and fall. It's not like he expects to be dropped, but he's never been lifted...

Hot man picking him up aaaaa A A A a a A fd fhdffkl—

Ain, whose face is burning hot right now, is pretty sure he's dying.]

[dyn4m0]

[Yeah Add is feeling pretty flustered too, don't worry!! But at least he doesn't have to carry him THAT far...

The cave, as it turns out, goes deeper than just the main entrance, though it does require a short trek through a tighter corridor that's only just barely lit up with some naturally bioluminescent plants and fungi growing on the damp walls. Add has no trouble seeing regardless because dragon as he carries Ain to a secondary chamber, one that Ain will hear before he sees it.

There's a waterfall that opens up to another entrance on what must be a different side of the mountain edge, falling across the opening like a curtain. It's fresh spring water, making it safe for bathing in, and alongside it is a flat pool that sits within the cave for soaking in, if one were so inclined. Ain can't use that right now since he shouldn't be submerged, but perhaps some other time.

This is where Add will bring Ain, carefully sitting him down on some soft nesting material that the dragons laid down all around the pool to absorb any wayward water (it probably gets changed out a lot to prevent molding). Despite everything, it's all weirdly warm.]

You can wash here. Just don't get in the pool right now.

[eidxiety]

Whoa...

[It's so beautiful, Ain thinks. There's a natural spring in here? Fresh water and everything? Are there little fishies who have fallen over the edge of the waterfall, he wonders? He really wishes he could swim in it, but that's for another day, when he's not injured and bandaged. Although he doesn't know what to wash off with, if he's honest, but maybe just scrubbing down with his hands will do for now.

He sits there, on the edge of the pool, wondering how it's warm in here versus the rest of the cave. Maybe the bedding, or the spring has something going on, he doesn't know. He's not a man of science, he's a man of flowers and music.

Slowly, he starts to unbutton his silk shirt, the one that's currently blood-stained and would be better off forming rags if he didn't lack clothing entirely.]

It's pretty, especially with all the glowing plants. I've never seen something like this before...

[dyn4m0]

This room was why we decided to make this our territory. We'd never seen anything like it either.

[Add sits down nearby, intending to supervise so Ain doesn't fall in and drown. In this AU, he has no qualms about nudity whatsoever, so he's sitting there cross-legged with his sheath and balls still Out, not thinking about the fact Ain might want privacy here.

Ain may notice there are indeed little fish in the pond, though they're mostly tiny minnows and the like. The water itself is warm because the spring itself is just warm naturally, so he won't have to worry about contracting hypothermia while bathing here.]

This spring is both our drinking and bathing water. If we didn't have it, we wouldn't be able to stay here.

[eidxiety]

I get it.

[Pretty and functional... And full of cute little fishes which Ain happily squeals over before he finishes undressing. It's... Awkward, maybe, having Add there — but dragons lack his hangups, so Ain will have to get over that, too. He just has to strip down...

Ow his side.

...he does, eventually, get undressed fully and start to scrub himself down with his hand cupped and his nails scratching off any stubborn dirt spots. Annoying compared to using a cloth, but that's the outdoors for ya.]

[dyn4m0]

[.....................oh.

As Ain undresses, Add...can't help but notice his cock just kindof...flopped out there? He's NEVER seen this before, on any creature human or otherwise. So maybe, hopefully, Ain doesn't notice him full-on staring at his crotch for a few seconds before he decides whether or not he should say something. Like, maybe it's a birth defect? Is he deformed...?]

......where is your sheath?

[Hi he's been looking at your dick sorry]

[eidxiety]

[Hi????]

Oh— uh, humans don't have... ...whatever you guys have.

[He's Noticed, obviously. Ain is no stranger to objectifying men. He used to visit the knights just to Stare at them, although they thought he was being So Nice And Sweet making sure they were happy, but uh. No it was because he wanted to watch them walk around topless. Add and Wolfwood make that... Much easier, because they don't care.]

[dyn4m0]

[Oh Add looks Very Distressed suddenly-]

All humans are like that!? You don't have some kind of deformity???

[You know just declaring that with his full chest nbd.]

A sheath protects you from injury!!

[eidxiety]

Unless I'm sorely mistaken about other humans... yeah. We do. We're not deformed, we just look like this. It's, um... otherwise functional? It works??

[He squeaks those last two statements out, thinly-veiled as questions like he's not sure how else to explain this, and swiftly turns back to face the water. Y'know.

Away from Add, who is now getting a full view of Bubble Butt.]

[dyn4m0]

[His butt...well not being able to see his cock anymore does make Add's mental notes he's taking harder to, well, take, but he did get plenty of an eyeful a moment ago. Ain has the same parts they do, he just...1) lacks a sheath for protection and 2) only has. Uh. ONE of them. Among other things.

He frowns, folding his arms over his chest.]

Not only is that incredibly inefficient, it's impractical for survival. How is it supposed to function if you're freezing cold all the time?

[Dicks don't work as well when it's cold, ask him how he knows!!!]

[eidxiety]

[Ain is red from the tips of his ears to the tops of his shoulders right about now. It has nothing to do with the spring and everything to do with the hot man interrogating him about if his dick works.]

It functions. And that's what clothes are for...! Humans don't have a lot in the way of body hair or scales or anything, so we have to wear clothes. [And, because Ain isn't considering what the results of this next question could possibly be, he blurts out:] How is any of this inefficient?

[dyn4m0]

[Lol lmao even...

Add sighs, pressing his fingers to the bridge of his nose while Ain keeps himself frustratingly turned away. Like come on why are you so shy about your dick, it's-

Okay it's a LITTLE weird, maybe that's why he wants to cover it up actually-]

For one, as I mentioned, you could easily have your penis injured or worse with one wrong move or accident. Then, you'd never be able to mate again. Never mind the fact the cold makes gaining and keeping an erection much more difficult than if it were kept warm by your own body heat. You also lack natural lubricant. Yours is incredibly dry.

[eidxiety]

[He's turned away from you because he's worried that he's gonna get a stiffy with you raking your gaze over him like that!]

I assure you, when I'm covered up, I'm actually pretty warm! It's warm!! [it's warm right now because they keep talking about it] So it's not a big deal for humans! And it's not like I've had sex anyway!!

[Just. Blurts that out. Somehow he gets redder, and he goes back to scrubbing.]

[dyn4m0]

[Add is getting so many mixed messages here...and now he's looking at the back of Ain's head like ???]

What do you mean you haven't? Aren't you the Prince?

[That's like, the human equivalent of being an Alpha. EVERYONE wants to have sex with you because you're strong and have a lot of power and stuff??]

[eidxiety]

I— it's outlawed in my kingdom to be gay! Who would I have sex with?!

[Squeak squeak squeak Wolfwood is definitely gonna hear this conversation with how much the pitch of Ain's voice rises, even despite the waterfall likely muffling 95% of it. He's a nervous little mouse. A flustered baby bird. Chirp chirp.

Help.]

[lupusxylem]

[Yeah Wolfwood absolutely hears this, and it gets to the point where he ends up coming in there because from his perspective, he's worried Add snapped and is attacking him or something-

He walks in to see Ain bathing at the waterside with Add sitting nearby looking bewildered. It's a very confusing sight, considering.]

What's goin' on in here?

I was trying to figure out how his penis could possibly function-

[Wolfwood's brows furrow.]

Add. You can't say that.

He doesn't have a SHEATH, Wolfwood!!

[Aaaand then suddenly the black dragon is stomping over, here he comes-]

What!? Lemme see-