I can’t stay out here much longer… how long has it been? Even Nomius was starting to give me funny looks when he put the fire out. Now I’m sat in the darkness… fuck’s sake… what is wrong with me? In fact, don’t answer that.

  I’m too scared to just talk to him… why am I so scared of him? Maybe I don’t need to… maybe I can just continue like everything is normal… maybe it was just a fleeting thing. Yeah, maybe it was just a fleeting thing… I got overly attached to him because he was looking after me during a difficult time… that’s all it was. I don’t need to let it ruin our friendship… we can just keep going as we are.

  I gathered myself and I went over to the tent. As I crawled inside, I realised that it absolutely was not just a fleeting thing. Feiffer was sat in the corner of the tent, providing a light glow that allowed me to see everything in the tent. Kiyui lay on his side next to Tadwick. He was lightly stroking the side of Tadwick’s face as he continued to hum the tune that he had started humming all that time ago. He was so consumed with comforting Tadwick that he hadn’t even noticed me come in.

  Even with Tadwick asleep, Kiyui still feels the need to comfort him. He cares about others so much. He has a truly beautiful soul. Granted, he has an absolutely terrifying side too… but I admire him even more for that. Given his demon side, it would be easy for him to embrace his inner demon and become some deranged psycho… but he keeps it under control and dedicates himself to helping others in his own way.

  Dwynfel: “Umm… Kiyui… can I talk to you.”

  Kiyui: “Hmm… oh hi, Dwyn. Of course you can.”

  Dwynfel: “How’s Tadwick doing?.”

  Kiyui: “He’ll be ok. He’s quite resilient. The important thing is that he knows we’re here for him.”

  I crawled over next to Kiyui. I could see Kiyui’s body lying there as I crawled closer. Tadwick was between Kiyui and the wall of the tent so I crawled right past Kiyui’s behind… oh gods… this is in no way just a fleeting thing, is it…

  Dwynfel: “Can I talk to you about something else?”

  Kiyui turned to face me.

  Kiyui: “Is everything ok Dwyn? You look nervous.”

  Oh gods… do not look down… do not look down… fuck… what do I say… I didn’t think this through. I can’t back out now… I need to do this… I need to say something to him.

  Dwynfel: “Kiyui… umm… you know back on the farm?”

  Kiyui: “Is this about the whole…”

  Kiyui lifted his arm and pointed at the place on his arm where… by all rights… there should have been a scar… but there wasn’t… he really does heal incredibly fast.

  Dwynfel: “No, no, no… not that.”

  Kiyui smiled.

  Dwynfel: “Its… umm… about us.”

  Kiyui: “What do you mean?”

  Dwynfel: “Well… umm… ya know… I…”

  He gently placed his hand on my shoulder.

  Kiyui: “Breathe… you don’t need to be so nervous… you can tell me anything.”

  Dwynfel: “I… feel like… umm…”

  Fuck… I didn’t think it would be this hard… I don’t know how to say it… what am I even trying to say?

  Dwynfel: “…we shared a lot… and… I got really close to you… and… you made me feel some things that I didn’t think I’d ever really feel… and I… I don’t know what to say…”

  Shit… did I say that last part out loud… shit… he’s going to think I’m an idiot… why is he still smiling at me? Why isn’t he saying anything… why is he just looking at me and smiling?

  Dwynfel: “Umm…”

  Kiyui: “I feel close to you too. You are the only person, other than my father, who has seen a certain side of me. You didn’t run; you didn’t hide. You looked after me, you talked to me, you understood me. That means more to me than I can say.”

  He leaned in towards me and lightly kissed my lips. It was brief kiss… barely a peck really… even so… I could taste the salt on his lips from the food earlier. I could smell the apple in his hair… odd, really, given that he hasn’t used that hair stuff in days… it must have an incredibly powerful scent to still be in his hair.

  That is the first time that anybody other than my parents has kissed me. My heart is racing… I feel like it’s going to jump right out of my throat. What do I say now… I don’t even think I can speak… how do I even speak right now?

  Kiyui: “Dwyn, are you ok? Should I not have done that? You look… paralysed.”

  Dwynfel: “Umm… no… no, no, no… it was absolutely fine… it’s just… I never thought anybody would ever do that to me. I always thought that once people knew what I was, that I’d have to live a life of isolation. I was just… a bit stunned… and excited… and happy… but mostly stunned.”

  Genuinely can’t believe he just did that.

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  Kiyui: “I understand how you feel. I always figured that anybody who saw my… other side… would run for the hills. But you’re still here. Can I ask you something?”

  Dwynfel: “Of course.”

  Kiyui: “Why are you so nervous around me?”

  Dwynfel: “Umm…”

  Kiyui: “It’s because of what happened at the farm isn’t it?”

  Dwynfel: “Well, yeah…”

  Kiyui: “I knew it would be. I knew I scared you. I’m so, so sorry…”

  Dwynfel: “No, no, no, no, no… not that!”

  Kiyui: “Huh?”

  Dwynfel: “It was… what happened in the bath!”

  Kiyui looked at me with an absolute look of confusion.

  Kiyui: “I don’t follow.”

  Dwynfel: “In the bath… when you were helping me… and bending over… and doing that acrobatic stuff… and massaging my feet… and getting really close to me… I kinda realised something?”

  Kiyui: “Which is?”

  Oh gods… I need to say it… why can’t I find the words to say it… why do I keep panicking.

  Dwynfel: “I realised that I like you… but… not in a friend kind of a way… I mean… like… in a romantic kind of a way… if you know what I mean… and I know you aren’t going to like me back… because I’m ugly and awful and green and…”

  Kiyui grabbed my head and moved towards me… he kissed me… but not a delicate little peck like last time… I can feel his tongue in my mouth… gods I can feel his tongue in my mouth… it’s so… squishy… it’s rubbing my tongue… oh so gently… it’s a bit tickly actually… fuck… my heart is gonna explode… fucking hell… I think I’m gonna pass out… I can’t cope with this… what should I be doing?

  What the fuck do I do with my tongue? Should I rub his tongue back? Would that be a bit too much like tongue wrestling? Would that be weird? Should I just let him take control? He’s the one who knows what he’s doing? But then does it seem like I’m not into it? Oh gods… I have no idea what I’m doing?

  The kiss ended and Kiyui looked me in the eyes and smiled at me. With such a beautiful, sweet, adorable smile… oh gods… I rolled onto my back and closed my eyes. My arms fell by my sides… my entire body stiffened… oh gods… I can’t move.

  Dwynfel: “I’m sorry… I don’t know how to do that… it was probably awful… I’m so sorry…”

  Kiyui leaned in closer to me… I could feel him right next to me ear as he whispered to me.

  Kiyui: “You really need to learn how to relax.”

  Kiyui’s placed two of his fingers on my chest and he started walking them down my chest and across my stomach.

  Kiyui: “Just breathe…”

  Oh gods… I can’t breathe… I can’t… his hand is heading towards my… oh gods… I was so distracted by the kiss I hadn’t even noticed how hard it was… oh gods… is he going to touch it… fuck… think about something else… I need to calm down… I’m way too excited… and nervous… and excited… I can’t breathe… fuck… I can’t breathe… how the fuck do people cope with these situations?

  Oh fuck… he’s cupping my balls… fuck… what do I do? Do I open my eyes and look at him? Do I try to kiss him? Fuck no… if I kiss him, I’ll explode… fuck, if I look at him, I’ll explode… shit… think about something else… I can’t think about anything else… literally everything else has gone from my head right now… all I can think about is him… fuck… is he turned on? Should I look at his… no… I can’t even open my eyes… if I look at him… fuck… he’s sliding his hands up the shaft now… fuck… I can’t hold on anymore… fuck… oh fuck… nyehaww.

  Oh gods… shit… it’s on my chin… I can’t move… I’m paralysed… I can feel it on my chest and stomach… fucking breathe damn it… try to calm down… I need to calm down… fuck… I can’t move… it’s still on my chin… I can’t open my eyes now… he touched me and I just exploded… I can’t look him in the eye… I’ll never be able to look him in the eye again… fuck… I’m going to have to drown myself in the waterfall… fuck… what do I do now? I can feel it pooling in my belly button… oh gods… it’s still trickling out…

  Dwynfel: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry… I’m not used to being touched… I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

  Kiyui: “Don’t apologise, I’ll take it as a compliment.”

  I can feel him moving… what’s he doing? I need to open my eyes… why can’t I open my eyes? Huh… did he just lick the semen off my chin? Oh fuck… breathe… breathe… he’s licking his way down my chest… is this a feline thing? Is he cleaning me? I orgasmed already… why am I still rock hard… is this normal? Normally it goes down in seconds afterwards… fuck… it’s him… it’s him… it’s what he’s doing… even after ejaculating he still turns me on so much that it isn’t going down. Oh gods, he's sucking the semen out of my belly button.

  Dwynfel: [whimpering]

  Shit… did I do that out loud… shit… was that a good noise… or does he think I’m hating this? He isn’t stopping… oh no… no, no, no… he’s reached my penis… oh gods… he’s touching it. He’s rolling my foreskin back… he’s slowly circling his tongue round the tip… oh gods… did he just kiss it? He’s rolled the skin back up over his tongue… he’s still circling it… but so slowly… it’s so sensitive, yet he’s doing it so gently that it still feels nice… fuck… it’s so warm… I’ve never been so turned on in my life… fuck… can you ejaculate twice in quick succession? Is that a thing? He’s sliding his tongue out of the skin now… he’s moving. I can feel him next to my ear again.

  Kiyui: “You don’t need to be so nervous. It’s fine, you’re fine, everything is fine.”

  Dwynfel: “I’m sorry…”

  Kiyui: “Stop apologising.”

  Dwynfel: “I’m sorry… I’m not used to this. I’m just… nervous.”

  Kiyui: “I noticed that. Did I go too far?”

  Dwynfel: “No! No, no, no, no, no, no. Honestly, that was absolutely the highlight of my life. Even though my nerves nearly killed me… seriously… you’re great… this is great… that’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

  He's leaning even closer to me now… I can feel his breath on my ear.

  Kiyui: “I like you too.”