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#1 of Crossroads
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This is my first story ever submitted to anything please be kind, and let me know of your comments and suggenesetions and such. If i hear lots back i'll write sooner, but i hope you enjoy it. No there is not much yiff, but i figured there is enough of that on here.
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Crossroads PT.1
It's difficult to be a young dragon; these day's standing at the crossroads of life. So many
choices to be made, always unsure which ones are the right ones, he thought to himself as
he filled out his college application getting ready to start on his path to adulthood. He
looked around, his mind in a dull haze from a day of filling out applications.
He chuckles lightly to himself as he mused at the difficulty of the other decision that has
filled his mind these last few months. A short experience with a young virile male tiger
who, suddenly made 'the moves' on the dragon that subsequently made him question his
sexuality. You see, young Loki was never really had much self esteem, always very shy
and always kept to himself. He never had the consideration of liking other males that is,
until that party where that anonymous Tiger crawled up to him in a drunken haze and
gave him a passionate kiss that would ignite the night's sky. After that moment his mind
did almost nothing but buzz about the possibilities about being bisexual or even gay. He
shook his head looking at his almost blank application and picked up his pencil again,
thinking to himself. "Ok, back to this"
He picked up the pen, and started to fill out the application, the only thing filled out so far
his name: Loki. Looking down at the application, the dragon decides to start choosing
the class's he felt would not only give him a taste of the what the Junior College would
have to offer, but would also be compatable with his his work schedule. Mostly forced to
choose the 101 class's due to his excess of slacking off back in the olden days of high
school.
Being 3 years out of school and just starting to learn again was a big challenge for him,
but one he wanted to overcome in order to obtain a better job, more money which would
lead him to fulfill his dreams.
The young dragon sighed as he looked over his application and handed it into the student
worker. A young cute cheerleader type of vixen who chuckled a bit as she looked over
his choices of class's. He hung his head in shame and embarrassment blushing softly as
he was given a receipt, and confirmation of class's quickly stuffing both into his
backpack almost embarrassed at his choices of class's.
This small activity ending his current day's objectives, Loki decides to go back home and
enjoy the online realm, where he is not laughed at for being a bit less intellectual then
some snooty vixen slut working at the junior college registration, but a safe place where
he is smart, cute, and even sweet at times.
Dropping his backpack in the back of his black pickup he speeds off (as is his fashion of
driving, which some refer to as 'just flying low'). He quickly and pads down the
burbandy white carpet to his small dank cave of a room in his parents somewhat suburbia
domical and boots up his cream colored pc, with a server case which he built himself. He
run's to the bathroom as he hears the fan from the computer whirling as he rush's into the
nearby bathroom. He takes a quick wiz in the unfinished bathroom (which seems to be a
residual birthday gift for the last 3 years). As he wash's his claws he looks into the
mirror, and sees a ruby colored scaly dragon with emerald green eyes (that he has been
told are very soul-full) staring blankly back at him. He sighs a bit into the mirror as he
goes back into his room and logs into his online world of friends.
The golden aol messenger pops up with a few quick instant messages here and there, he
lays in his bed, the monitor from the pc lighting his room. Chatting to the various wolfs,
felines, and fox's (among others) that seem to ether want to get in his pants since his
recent announcement to them of his sexual status, or that want to whine about there
problems.
He boots up the online role playing world and as he waits for it to load, He thinks about
how he feels conflicted about so much lately. A sharp contract to when he was a young
drake. There was no misconceptions back then, about whom he was, what he would
become. No underlying worries about how his current decisions would affect him or
others in the future, no worries about bills, chores, or other 'grown up' things.
As the muck program connects to the servers he sighs a bit longing for the small embrace
of someone that would be like what that tiger had initially showed him. A flair of
passion; if, even for a short while.
Connected at last, he quickly goes to his usual hangout, a seethly bar, waving to a fur
here and a fur there, chatting for a bit, responding to instant messesages now and again.
Offering advice to people he has never met in real life. Growing more disconnected with
everything and everyone the more he stays online talking with others, listening to how
much fun they are having or pretending to have online with each other. How everyone is
madly in love with each other online,
Never knowing true love himself he wrinkles his snout and blahs watching everyone
interact with each other all playfully and gleefully, staying out of it, as every time he tries
to interact everyone eather yells at him for grammatical errors, or just tries to boink him.
Growing a bit bored with this he looks at the clock and realizes that quite a few hours
have passed. He stretches out on his bed and sighs a bit, feeling malcontent with not ever
seeing anyone anymore since his discovery of online friends and mucks. He looks up at
his ceiling and seeing the glow in the dark stars he had put up as a kid. Grinning stupidly
to himself, he pops in a movie.
He reach's over and logs off the worlds and says his good by's to his online friends.
Deciding to spend his attention, on the currently playing movie.
He had used to always want to be a famous film director (or just someone famous for that
matter). Someone people would remember. He flicks his tail enjoying the film smiling.
A short movie that depects this epic struggle for love, and the pride and duty of ones
country. He then quickly jumps up after the movie runs it's course, and yawns deciding
he needs to get out of the house. He picks up the cordless phone and calling a few friends
who are predictably busy
The dragon thinks to himself and says "fuck it" and decides to head to the mall and read
for a bit. As he throws on his leather jacket, wearing one of his many video game t-shirts
he had gotten for free at a job at the local video game store, and a pair of black wore out
jeans. The dragon sighs again as he pulls up to the mall, "really wanted some company
tonight" he mutters to himself as he turns off the ignition. He parks , and heads for the
center court. A place called 'the pit'.
The pit is a central place; with blue carpeting, and different sections of rows where you
could sit, or where the mall could put on some elaborate show in order to draw more
attention to the mall. There was also a large glass elevator that would take people too lazy
or dehabilitated to walk up one flight of stars from floor one to floor two. On Friday and
Saturday nights it seemed to be a thug hangout with packs of wolfs and hyena's seemed
to enjoy hanging out and acting cooler then he ever could act. But being Monday they
were unlikely to show up.
Loki pulls out his book, Tonight's selection would be an old book by c.s. Lewis. Resting
his back along the steps to read it.
For some reason he always didn't' feel alone when he read in public. Perhaps it was that
there were people around him shopping, grinning, and having fun, shopping and such.
For some odd reason just seemed to rub off on him.
As he opens his book to read he looks up his ears twiting as he hears the various sounds
that accompy any mall. Sounds that were all too familiar to him as he had worked in a
store in the mall for well over 6 years now. Wearing the stupid uniforms smiling to the
stupid customers and getting his paycheck that always seemed smaller then he feel he
deserved. But that is why he wanted to go to college. To begin his journey on becoming
a better dragon.
He is upto his fourth or fifth chapter when he hears someone sit next to him. He doesn't'
look up as he figures it is just someone ether wanting attention, or just someone who
wants to mess with him, or perhaps someone who just someone who wanted a quick rest.
He feels a tap on the shoulder, The dragon looks back over his shoulder to the source of
the tapping and he sees a young lion smiling at him shyly on the row just above his "um,
excuse me, I don't mean to prod, but I had just go that book last week and haven't started
to read it yet is any good?" He ask's with a sincere tone.
The dragon pauses. Looks up at the feline and raises one eyebrow as he responds in a
hurried manner "yea it's good" and goes back to reading, feeling satisfied answering the
felines question and that he must even now be on his way to do whatever he needs to do.
There was that familiar tapping again the dragon looks back more quickly this time
almost annoyed "excuse me, I don't mean to bug ya, but are you waiting for someone?
you seem to have been here for a bit" The dragon a bit more surprised answers cautiously
"no, I'm just reading"
The lion ahhs his eyes wide and nodding, the dragon waits for a second before trying to
turn around before the lion hops down to join him on his row not saying anything at first,
but just looking at the dragon. The dragon opening the book back up "I'm sorry I'm just
bored, and my ride is late"
The dragon looks up with a fake smile this time "oh no it's fine, I know how that is".
The feline smiling a bit "I work here at the mall, and my parents always take forever
picking me up, I can't wait to drive" The dragon laughs a bit "where do you work?" he
asks' not putting down his book this time, staring at the words, but not really reading
them when the lion responds "oh at EB" .
The dragon's ears twitch a bit and he finally puts down his book and chuckles a bit
realizing it's feutal trying to read his book with this feline by him. He shakes his head a
bit realizing what the lion just said "wait did you just say EB?" the lion nodding in
response.
Loki just giggles a bit, the feline with a seemingly confused look on his face. The dragon
grins "oh it's nothing, I used to work for Satan too" he says with a warm grin and a wink.
The feline's tail then started to wag like it just woken up to an electrical shock. "really?
Which one? Who was the manager? How long ago?"
The dragon answered all of the felines questions, and more. The two chatting more and
more . The two talking about everything from video games, to computers, to movies, to
how much school sucked as they both were out of it (the feline who seemed to have been
dubbed Brad not quite out of senior high quite as long as Loki). Loki suddenly looks at
his watch and realizes that time has flew by way of a couple of hours.
"What happened to your ride?" he ask's the kitten, who seemed to have almost forgotten
about getting home, his face dropping a bit. "shit, I completely forgot about that". He
stands up "be right back, gotta call em". Loki reach's in his leather jacket and offers
Brad his cell phone to which brad accepted and dialed the number, yelling to the person
on the other end "you forgot? What do you mean you can't do it now? But I'm stuck
here" his face growing more and more discontent and pathetic "I guess I can wait till you
get done" the feline says the dragons ears flickering a bit, as he was eavesdropping on the
conversation. "I'll give ya a ride if you want" the feline quickly ends his talk on the
phone, his mood seemed to have quickly shifted "no it's all right I got a ride now, never
mind" with those words the lion snaps the cell phone shut "awesome you're a lifesaver,
stupid parents forgot about me, they are out at the bar and won't be done playing pool for
another couple of hours, and I just got the new final fantasy that I've been dying to check
out." Loki perks up as Brad holds up the new game in all its' glory "dude. you gotta show
that to me" brad nods "payback for the ride, you ready?" Loki ask's to which brad nods
again quickly. The pair get up and walk out to the truck.
The drive to brads house was short. The two chatting away non-stop. Loki couldn't help
but grin at this funny, and cute lion that occupied his passenger seat, dressed in a black
hoodie, and jeans with his tail sticking out the back. His fur was golden, and very soft
looking. The lions eyes were powerful, and yet soft with a hue of brown. Loki seemed
to blush a bit as they were driving, for admiring this feline, hoping that Brad didn't notice
and think he was some kinda perv, or 'fag'
As they arrived at the house brad lead the way into his small delapadated house, which
seemed to be under some sort of construction. As they both ran to Brads room, the duo
flopped down on the floor, tore open the packing of the poor game case, and booted up
the game they were both infatuated with. Loki, however seemed to grown more
infatuated with Brad then with the game, and was also growing more uncomfortable with
this. The dragon thought "Brad isn't gay, and even if he is, he wouldn't like me. I just
met this guy, I know almost nothing about him I should go". "well I should be getting
going thanks for showing me the introduction I might pick that up from your store later"
Just as loki put his arms back to get up and leave he accidentally put his claw on top of
Brads paw blushing a bit, time seemed to have froze as he looked over to brad, caught
like a deer in headlights, he heisted for just one second. Never feeling such soft fur. He
snaps out of it as he sees brad muzzle coming towards him. He closes his eyes as he feels
brads lips on his own, a soft purrr rumbling through the air.
What is going on? He wonders to himself.
Pt 2 might be commign soon