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Post by ElliBleu on Jan 26, 2009 16:08:41 GMT -6
Haziel laughed quietly at he other Shifter's inability to hold still. "Disguised, sure," the puma agreed, "But apparently incapable of playing the disguisee." Watching the tiger continue to shift and twitch Made the tip of Haziel's tawny tail hypocritically flick in agitation. He dropped his attention from Daiyu to aim an annoyed glance at the offending appendage and mutter out, "Damn." before glancing quickly around the place.
The people here must have been incredibly distracted or incredibly stupid to have yet noticed anything suspicious about the two males. Confident and generally cocky, Haziel still had little desire to be identified as non-human. People were so easily frightened and riled, after all.
"C'mon."
Without another word the cougar grabbed one of the tiger's arms, tugging lightly to pull him off the wall and lead him up the stairs Haziel had descended not too long ago. Height always put the feline a bit more at ease, and the landing on the second floor gave a reasonable view of the party and almost all it's guests. After reaching the top Haziel released Daiyu, stepping into the nearby hallway and unabashedly shoving the first door open.
A quick inspection found it empty, and the next one. No unwelcome eavesdroppers or people to stumble through, then. Satisfied with the relative privacy, he closed both rooms again and returned to lean on the wooden banister. Another smile was spared for the tiger, almost apologetic for his odd behavior. The cougar let himself drop down to sit on the floor, back against the bars, and playfully wiggled his ears and lashed his tail along the floor.
Haziel leaned his head back and to one side to clearly see Daiyu through his bangs, grinning broadly. "You can fidget all you want now," he purred, "And I won't have to worry about you blowing our cover. Since you kinda suck at this whole subtlety thing."
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Post by Hawk on Jan 31, 2009 23:48:10 GMT -6
Being dragged off in no way bothered Daiyu. He'd almost invited it with the teasing twitches of his tail, unable to resist baiting the other. For someone so seemingly cocky, he thought as he was being pulled up the stairs, it was interesting how easily he could be made to feel threatened.
It had taken a fair amount of struggling on Daiyu's part not to start laughing the moment he realized that Haziel was slamming open bedroom doors to ensure their security. It was a college party. Honestly, if there was anyone in those rooms, they'd be distracted enough already. He'd almost thought he'd be able to keep his amusement in check, slowly widening grin hidden by a hand raised to cover it. But, the puma's words after finally relaxing against the banister made it impossible to contain.
"'Blowing our cover'?" Laughing enthusiastically, he slid down to the ground slowly, coming to rest against the opposite wall and letting the now-pointless hand fall from his face back to his side. "You make it sound as if we're on the run. Are there werecat police running around these days that I don't know about?"
Shaking his head slightly to knock the hat still covering his ears off-balance, he caught it as it fell, taking a minute to suppress his laughter once again. Looking back at Haziel, he added, "Honestly, are all shifters as fascinatingly cautious as you are? Because if they are, it's probably good I haven't ran into any until now. I don't think I'd be very welcome."
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Post by ElliBleu on Feb 2, 2009 23:37:55 GMT -6
Haziel's own hears perked forward as the tiger started laughing, rather enjoying the sound. Who would have known the jumpy feline he'd confronted not long ago would prove to be such enjoyable company? The puma wasn't quite sure what was so entirely hilarious about his care, and was quite surprised to find himself amused in turn by Daiyu's amusement. Most anybody else and Haziel was convinced he would have been offended.
Though these 'werecat police' Daiyu joked about didn't exist, Haziel knew there were rings where a Shifter would be worth a hefty amount. Be it for experimentation, observation, or merely to possess such an outrageous collectible. The superstitious might pay for extermination even. He'd heard stories, Shifters killing humans and humans killing Shifters. If Daiyu hadn't, Haziel hardly intended to be the one to ruin his good mood and share the news.
He let the thoughts die, turning his attention back to the much more pleasant company. A quiet laugh bubbled up as the tiger spoke, the puma's ears again hypocritically bobbing. "'Fascinatingly cautious?'" he mimicked with a grin, "I do believe I'll take that as a compliment. And yeah, sure, I am cautious. Maybe I just don't want anyone else to flirt with you."
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Post by Hawk on Feb 3, 2009 15:34:54 GMT -6
Daiyu took a quick breath, surprised to hear such a blunt insinuation from his new companion. He was even more surprised at how pleased he was to hear it. "At least the first part was meant to be one," he said in response to Haziel's first comments.
He took a moment to think before responding to the second. This was the first cat he'd run into that he hadn't been directly related to, or known since he was a child in... Ever. Was that the driving force behind his attraction to this virtual stranger? After considering, he came to the conclusion that it wasn't. The man had a bite to him, but then would do such childish things, and the unpredictable mix was what demanded the tiger's attemtion more than anything. The matching ears and tail were simply a convenient bonus, letting Daiyu drop his common dodges in favor of straight honesty.
Content with his conclusion, he covered his pause with a catlike stretch, eyes sliding closed automatically. Settling back against the wall more comfortably, he let his knees slide to the side and come to a rest on the carpeted floor. Once comfortable, his eyes slipped opened again, looking back at Haziel with an amused grin still in place.
Letting his tail snake out slowly from its former place at his side, he brushed the very tip along the side of the puma's leg, all the while keeping his gaze locked on the other's grey-green eyes. "And who said I was interested in flirting back with anyone else?"
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Post by ElliBleu on Feb 3, 2009 23:45:26 GMT -6
Haziel's smile stretched, probably childishly but he didn't much care. The tailtip flicking along his leg made him shiver, the chill shooting down his spine and making the fur on his own tail ripple. In all honesty he hadn't expected Daiyu to react so-- favorably. And here Haziel was worried about coming on too strongly. The success would surely do wonders for his already impressive confidence.
Daiyu made eye contact, and Haziel was more than happy to hold it as long as it was offered. It wasn't often he felt comfortable meeting someone's eyes, too wary his own would eerily reflect any change in light. It was new, alluring, to catch and be caught in another's gaze. Especially another who happened to be so thoroughly charming. "Nobody's speaking for you, saying you wanted to flirt with someone else..."
Slowly- not wanting to push his apparent good luck too incredibly far but quite bolstered by the apparent acceptance- Haziel arched forward until his palms met the rough carpet and slid onto his knees. He reigned in the rampant, excited grin a bit as he stretched himself across the hallway, thick tail curling above his back and ears pricked forward attentively.
He inched forward until he felt his fingertips brush Daiyu's pantleg, unconsciously leaning just the tiniest bit closer at the sudden proximity to the attractive Shifter. He purred quietly, unable to keep the pleased sound form rumbling quietly in his chest. "But I gotta say that might be the best news I've heard all week, Daiyu."
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Post by Hawk on Feb 4, 2009 1:48:17 GMT -6
Tail curling back in as its target came closer, Daiyu's grin widened considerably. He was glad to see his return advances were appreciated. The muscles in his leg tensed slightly where he felt the attractive cat's hand brush against his leg, continuing to tingle pleasantly even after the initial reaction faded away.
Placing a hand on the ground to keep balanced, he leaned forward the slightest bit himself. He was drawn towards the eyes practically glowing up at him. They were so familiar, and yet still so different. Intoxicating. "Seems to me you've spoken for me, actually. Or at least claimed my attention for the night," he returned with quiet amusement. A purr accompanied the statement, matching the puma's with one of his own.
Lifting his free hand, he reached it out towards Haziel slowly, to be sure he didn't startle the cagey cat. Fingers eventually found one of his tawny ears, brushed against it once experimentally. Keeping his eyes locked on the other's irresistable ones, he slid a finger slowly along the ear's furry edge, speaking in passing, "Only might? That's unfortunate..." Stopping at the tip, he carressed it quickly once between his finger and thumb.
"...Very unfortunate, since you're one of the most..." he paused, transfixed expression insinuating a number of descriptors in place of words, "...interesting people I've met in a long time."
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Post by ElliBleu on Feb 4, 2009 12:41:17 GMT -6
Haziel froze when the tiger's hand moved, unafraid but not wanting any movement to be taken as a rejection of whatever he was doing. It was more than welcome, after all. Another shiver trickled down his back and fluffed the fur on his tail when the fingers ran along the edge of his ear, his purr deepening happily.
His eyes slid half closed at the attention, wanting to shut completely at the rare affection to the usually hidden ears but unwilling to lose the tiger's eye contact. Daiyu mentioned something being unfortunate, the puma finding it very hard to believe anything could be unfortunate enough worth mentioning while he was so very close to such a gorgeously fascinating feline. Who was staring back with as much interest as Haziel was, now rubbing his ear.
Daiyu looked momentarily lost, the puma watching a bit more lucidly as the fingers stopped. He seemed to find his words again, bringing another sly grin to Haziel's face and a low chuckle interrupting his continuing purr. "I already told you I was potentially the most interesting person here. Excluding you, of course."
He stretched a bit more, pressing closer until his bangs tickled against Daiyu's. Haziel was a puma, a fearless beast with ancestors used to spending much of life leaping haphazardly from rocky crags and dead tree branches, competing with bigger, fiercer animals for survival. It was far from the most risky thing he'd ever done.
Still, the mountain lion felt that instinctually familiar rush as he brushed his mouth quickly over Daiyu's, minutely drawing back with a smugly pleased expression. "And to think I almost bailed out of here. How lucky you were blocking the doorway."
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Post by Hawk on Feb 4, 2009 18:11:19 GMT -6
As the enchanting feline continued to move closer, Daiyu let his hand fall from the ear to settle comfortably on Haziel's lower back. Inviting the advance, he let his eyes finally slip closed as warm lips brushed against his quickly, pulling back much too soon.
Humming tunelessly in pleasure, his eyes opened again to appreciatively take in the apparently irresistable cat half-sprawled in front of him. The position looked almost uncomfortable, but Haziel seemed content and the weretiger wasn't about to risk saying anything that might deter further advances. That quick kiss had been more satisfying than many he'd had in his life, and surely more enjoyable than a simple brush of lips should have been. Not that Daiyu was about to complain. "Well...if you had, that would've been even more unfortunate," he continued to purr.
Now confident he wouldn't be turned away, he closed the minute distance between them again, lips pushing against Haziel's just a bit more insistently, for just a couple seconds longer than the last time. Then he pulled back enough to add, half in response to the puma's last comment, "Happy to be of service."
Feeling himself slipping against the wall, Daiyu reluctantly let his hand slide off the other's back slowly, placing it on his leg to steady himself. In its place he once again made use of his tail, so often a hinderance around others, running it casually along Haziel's back. "So am I now on equal footing with you interest-wise, then?" the tiger teased quietly.
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Post by ElliBleu on Feb 5, 2009 1:57:42 GMT -6
Haziel reflexively closed his eyes when Daiyu moved forward, unable to keep his ears from flicking with his surprise. Though he's been confident in his actions, he really hadn't expected such a bold, obviously positive reaction so quickly. After a second of silent, but appreciative, silence the puma hummed happily and pressed back into the kiss.
Second kiss. Haziel grinned.
Daiyu pulled away and spoke, the puma watching with hazy fascination and a pleasantly absent expression. A Halloween party, of all places. A stupid, boring gathering of people and their superstitions... somehow managing to offer up the beautiful Shifter sitting inches away.
The welcome, warm pressure of Daiyu's hand left his back, bringing the puma's ears swiveling forward and his expression sobering. It was soon replaced with the tiger's tail hooked over his back, reassuring Haziel that the other had as little intention of moving away as he did. It brought back a small grin and made him curl his own tail up around the other to encourage the action, still reeling a bit from the overwhelming fortune of the whole thing.
Straightening momentarily, the puma shifted closer until he was kneeling in front of the tiger, again leaning in close and wrapping his arms loosely around the other's shoulders. Brown bangs mingled with black-and-orange as he pressed their foreheads together, again purring softly. "I think you were never even remotely less interesting than me. Couldn't be. Or else I wouldn't be so completely charmed."
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Post by Hawk on Feb 5, 2009 17:18:02 GMT -6
The slight shifting of the other had him questioning momentarily what he might have done wrong, but his worries were almost instanly quelled as Haziel took the chance to sit more comfortably. And also move closer. As arms wrapped around his neck, he took in the words being spoken as attentively as he could manage. His purrs deepened partly at the compliments, and partly at the suductively pleasing tone the puma's voice had gained in the last couple minutes.
Leaving their tails intertwined as they were, Daiyu shifted his legs so they rested on either side of the alluring cat in front of him. Doing so freed his formerly occupied arms, and he quickly took advantage of this freedom, wrapping them around the waist of the other. "I would call you charming too, but you're something else entirely. A very attractive something else entirely."
He tightened his hold, and pulled Haziel forward just a bit more. It effectively illustrated his comment, and brought the puma even closer. A positive in both cases.
It was oddly pleasant how well they seemed to fit together. And not just because they were both shifters. Haziel seemed just as attracted to him as he was to Haziel, and they'd been flirting on equal footing since he'd been caught by surprise at the bottom of the stairs. And now here they were, only a few minutes later, acting as if they couldn't get enough of each other. Admittedly pretty impressive. And wonderful, in his opinion.
Throwing caution to the wind, he tilted his head slightly and brought their lips closer together, but not quite touching. After all, he was a werecat, and cats very much loved to play. Or tease, as it were. Choosing to speak quietly instead while oh-so-close, he further teased by purring, "So, this hallway isn't really the most secure spot in the world. What happened to your diehard caution? Decided my costume idea was better after all, Haziel?"
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Post by ElliBleu on Feb 6, 2009 14:13:02 GMT -6
Another muted laugh left the mountain lion as Daiyu spoke tantalizingly against his lips,- his name had never sounded so good- not sure if he should be irked or enticed by the sudden game of hard-to-get. The arms twined possessively around his waist and the proclamations of attractiveness swayed his opinion heavily towards the latter. He let his eyes slide closed, listening to their breathing and trying to force his brain into coming up with an appropriate response.
The tiger wasn't helping much, so distractingly close and infuriatingly distant. He would have very much liked to close that minute space between them and kiss him into silence, but wasn't sure if that would mean he'd lost this apparent new game. To occupy himself, Haziel let one hand drop from the tiger's shoulders to trace up and down the ridge of his spine.
Daiyu, Daiyu, Daiyu... Some small part of the puma's mind was amused at how completely taken he was. He couldn't rightly recall ever being on the receiving end of such treatment.
He opened his mouth, closing it again upon realizing he still had nothing to say. He could only purr along with Daiyu and thread his other hand up into the tiger's hair to keep him from moving any further away, lightly flexing his digits against the other's scalp. "I think..." he muttered, shifting his tail against the striped one wound with it, "I think you are a better idea than my usual wariness."
Sliding forward, he pressed a soft kiss against the corner of the tiger's jaw, still purring. "I could always go back and attempt more subtle tiptoeing..."
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Post by Hawk on Feb 7, 2009 1:41:07 GMT -6
As the silence stretched on, Daiyu couldn't help the grin that widened slowly. Inability to answer even a joking question meant Daiyu must have done something right. However, any thought of his next move was interrupted by Haziel's distracted response, making the tiger's mind go pleasantly blank.
The hand running slowly along his spine made his back arch automatically to allow the pleasing ministrations to continue, the tip of his tail twitching in enjoyment. It was met with the movement of the other's tail, such a unique feeling, and so amazingly distracting. And then there was a hand threaded through his hair, making his ears bob slightly, following the hand's every movement....
It had been foolish to start and expect to win a game of cat-and-mouse with another cat, he thought to himself absently. And couldn't find it in him to complain, as losing was a new experience, and an entirely enjoyable one.
He realized suddenly that the exhales from the puma's lips - temptingly so very close, how had he resisted just a minute ago? - had changed, that he'd finally come up with a response. He caught none of the words, just the general sentiment, and then those lips were brushing against his jaw. Everything Haziel did felt so good...
Which made his implication of moving away something that had Daiyu locking his hands together behind the ravishing feline's back. "Wouldn't dream of it. This is much, much better than subtlety..."
And then he'd found Haziel's lips with his own and pushed hungrily against them, unable to resist any longer. Wasn't sure how he'd been able to in the first place. The other cat seemed like a drug, one so much better than the bit of liquor he'd had earlier. One that he could definitely stand to have more of.
Finally forced to pull back when he had no air left, he so very reluctantly freed Haziel's lips. But not before he had taken the puma's bottom lip between his own, dragging his fangs ever-so-lightly along it as he shifted back. And after a moment, he suggestively mumbled out between quiet gasps of air, "...So, I have this great apartment, real close to here..."
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Post by ElliBleu on Feb 8, 2009 7:43:17 GMT -6
Haziel's purr-turned-soft-moan wavered as Daiyu pulled back and spoke, the puma falling into a fit of helpless, breathless laughter. A short while ago they'd been practically hissing and spitting at one another, and now they were making out in a strange hallway and passing out very apparent- and very pleasing- invitations. When the tiger freed his mouth Haziel leaned to rest his head on the other'd shoulder, taking a few deep breaths until the sudden deluge of mirth let his shoulders stop shaking.
He moved his fingers through Daiyu's hair again and ran a few small, apologetic licks against the suddenly convenient neck in hopes of appeasement for the laughing. It was all just too overwhelmingly amusing, too natural, too surreal. Yet both were so very obviously pleased if the continuous purring and muted, needy mutterings were any indication. "Isn't it so incredibly convenient how 'great apartments' are always 'real close to here'? And people say luck's a bitch. I think I'll have to kiss her if I meet her."
Slowly he pulled back and straightened, unwinding their tails and sliding his hands free until he knelt, grinning, before Daiyu. "Provided I'm not otherwise occupied." It was remarkable how much clearer he felt having some distance from the beautiful tiger.
Liking the distance was a completely different story. That would almost assuredly be revised later. Soon. Hopefully.
Haziel was going to be very complain-y if that great apartment wasn't actually so close.
He offered a hand to help the tiger up, already trying to persuade his tail and ears to sit still so they could at least make it down the stairs and out the door. The dark outside would help the cause. Another low, quick purr would hopefully spur Daiyu into moving faster, stretching his fingers towards the tiger leaning against the wall. "Let's get going then, huh?"
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Post by Hawk on Feb 8, 2009 17:22:11 GMT -6
Chuckles weren't exactly the response he had been searching for, but the tongue running against Daiyu's neck easily distracted from that. The words said against it were just as pleasing, and he couldn't resist a chuckle of his own, battling against the low rumbles running through his chest. Taking another breath, he managed to whisper, "...Where I'm originally from tigers are lucky, you know..."
Apparently not lucky enough though, as Haziel started to shift away. It took at least a couple seconds for his attraction-fogged mind to register that the movement was something he'd encouraged himself. So unfortunate that relocating required actually moving. It took a sizeable amount of restraint not to reach out, pull him back forward, catch the lips grinning tauntingly at him with his own again.
But, the other flirtacious feline's veiled acceptance made him resist, just barely. 'Otherwise occupied' he would most definitely be, if Daiyu had anything to say about it.
Very 'occupied'.
Reaching forward to take the offered hand, he flipped it over instead. Unable to resist further teasing in response to the other's purposeful purr, he placed a quick kiss to the palm, followed by a light lick. Then he released it, making sure to grab the witches hat that had fallen, forgotten, minutes ago.
After standing he took a quick step closer to Haziel. He couldn't stop himself from taking the still-twitching, tan tail in his free hand and threading it through his fingers momentarily. "Careful, Hazy," he murmured, finding the nickname fitting to both his name, and how distracted he'd become. How distracted Daiyu had made him, the tiger thought exhilaratingly. "I'd really hate to get stopped and questioned about realistic appendages now. Wouldn't you...?" Realizing he himself was about to become quite distracted again, he reluctantly let the tail go free, and raised the other hand to place the hat he was holding back on its rightful owner's head. He also couldn't resist letting that hand trail along Haziel's side as it fell, eventually returning to his side.
Then, with great effort, he turned and made his way to the stairs. Making sure that he kept at least his ears still, he seized his own tail with his hand this time, holding back twitch after pleased twitch. And as he tossed back a comment about his car being only a couple blocks away, he hoped to god that he was being followed by his exciting new acquaintance. New fascination, possibly even obsession, he corrected. Because if he was, he had no doubt that this Halloween, and possibly even more than that, could only get better from here.
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