{"sf1_id":1226,"sf2_id":"ZeqOyvBn","title":"Beginning","author":"lokidragon","words":2675,"posted_at":"2003-11-18T22:12:00.000Z","tags":["Dragon","Lion","M/M","No-Yiff"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1226-beginning","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/ZeqOyvBn","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=1226\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"#1 of Crossroads","content":"\\\u003c--authors note---\\\u003e  \nThis 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.  \n  \n\\\u003c--end--\\\u003e  \n  \n  \n  \nCrossroads PT.1  \n  \nIt's difficult to be a young dragon; these day's standing at the crossroads of life. So many  \nchoices to be made, always unsure which ones are the right ones, he thought to himself as  \nhe filled out his college application getting ready to start on his path to adulthood. He  \nlooked around, his mind in a dull haze from a day of filling out applications.  \n  \nHe chuckles lightly to himself as he mused at the difficulty of the other decision that has  \nfilled his mind these last few months. A short experience with a young virile male tiger  \nwho, suddenly made 'the moves' on the dragon that subsequently made him question his  \nsexuality. You see, young Loki was never really had much self esteem, always very shy  \nand always kept to himself. He never had the consideration of liking other males that is,  \nuntil that party where that anonymous Tiger crawled up to him in a drunken haze and  \ngave him a passionate kiss that would ignite the night's sky. After that moment his mind  \ndid almost nothing but buzz about the possibilities about being bisexual or even gay. He  \nshook his head looking at his almost blank application and picked up his pencil again,  \nthinking to himself. \"Ok, back to this\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; He picked up the pen, and started to fill out the application, the only thing filled out so far  \nhis name: Loki. Looking down at the application, the dragon decides to start choosing  \nthe class's he felt would not only give him a taste of the what the Junior College would  \nhave to offer, but would also be compatable with his his work schedule. Mostly forced to  \nchoose the 101 class's due to his excess of slacking off back in the olden days of high  \nschool.  \n  \nBeing 3 years out of school and just starting to learn again was a big challenge for him,  \nbut one he wanted to overcome in order to obtain a better job, more money which would  \nlead him to fulfill his dreams.  \n  \nThe young dragon sighed as he looked over his application and handed it into the student  \nworker. A young cute cheerleader type of vixen who chuckled a bit as she looked over  \nhis choices of class's. He hung his head in shame and embarrassment blushing softly as  \nhe was given a receipt, and confirmation of class's quickly stuffing both into his  \nbackpack almost embarrassed at his choices of class's.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; This small activity ending his current day's objectives, Loki decides to go back home and  \nenjoy the online realm, where he is not laughed at for being a bit less intellectual then  \nsome snooty vixen slut working at the junior college registration, but a safe place where  \nhe is smart, cute, and even sweet at times.  \n  \nDropping his backpack in the back of his black pickup he speeds off (as is his fashion of  \ndriving, which some refer to as 'just flying low'). He quickly and pads down the  \nburbandy white carpet to his small dank cave of a room in his parents somewhat suburbia  \ndomical and boots up his cream colored pc, with a server case which he built himself. He  \nrun's to the bathroom as he hears the fan from the computer whirling as he rush's into the  \nnearby bathroom. He takes a quick wiz in the unfinished bathroom (which seems to be a  \nresidual birthday gift for the last 3 years). As he wash's his claws he looks into the  \nmirror, and sees a ruby colored scaly dragon with emerald green eyes (that he has been  \ntold are very soul-full) staring blankly back at him. He sighs a bit into the mirror as he  \ngoes back into his room and logs into his online world of friends.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; The golden aol messenger pops up with a few quick instant messages here and there, he  \nlays in his bed, the monitor from the pc lighting his room. Chatting to the various wolfs,  \nfelines, and fox's (among others) that seem to ether want to get in his pants since his  \nrecent announcement to them of his sexual status, or that want to whine about there  \nproblems.  \n  \nHe boots up the online role playing world and as he waits for it to load, He thinks about  \nhow he feels conflicted about so much lately. A sharp contract to when he was a young  \ndrake. There was no misconceptions back then, about whom he was, what he would  \nbecome. No underlying worries about how his current decisions would affect him or  \nothers in the future, no worries about bills, chores, or other 'grown up' things.  \n  \nAs the muck program connects to the servers he sighs a bit longing for the small embrace  \nof someone that would be like what that tiger had initially showed him. A flair of  \npassion; if, even for a short while.  \n  \nConnected at last, he quickly goes to his usual hangout, a seethly bar, waving to a fur  \nhere and a fur there, chatting for a bit, responding to instant messesages now and again.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Offering advice to people he has never met in real life. Growing more disconnected with  \neverything and everyone the more he stays online talking with others, listening to how  \nmuch fun they are having or pretending to have online with each other. How everyone is  \nmadly in love with each other online,  \n  \nNever knowing true love himself he wrinkles his snout and blahs watching everyone  \ninteract with each other all playfully and gleefully, staying out of it, as every time he tries  \nto interact everyone eather yells at him for grammatical errors, or just tries to boink him.  \n  \nGrowing a bit bored with this he looks at the clock and realizes that quite a few hours  \nhave passed. He stretches out on his bed and sighs a bit, feeling malcontent with not ever  \nseeing anyone anymore since his discovery of online friends and mucks. He looks up at  \nhis ceiling and seeing the glow in the dark stars he had put up as a kid. Grinning stupidly  \nto himself, he pops in a movie.  \n  \nHe reach's over and logs off the worlds and says his good by's to his online friends.  \nDeciding to spend his attention, on the currently playing movie.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; He had used to always want to be a famous film director (or just someone famous for that  \nmatter). Someone people would remember. He flicks his tail enjoying the film smiling.  \nA short movie that depects this epic struggle for love, and the pride and duty of ones  \ncountry. He then quickly jumps up after the movie runs it's course, and yawns deciding  \nhe needs to get out of the house. He picks up the cordless phone and calling a few friends  \nwho are predictably busy  \n  \nThe dragon thinks to himself and says \"fuck it\" and decides to head to the mall and read  \nfor a bit. As he throws on his leather jacket, wearing one of his many video game t-shirts  \nhe had gotten for free at a job at the local video game store, and a pair of black wore out  \njeans. The dragon sighs again as he pulls up to the mall, \"really wanted some company  \ntonight\" he mutters to himself as he turns off the ignition. He parks , and heads for the  \ncenter court. A place called 'the pit'.  \n  \nThe pit is a central place; with blue carpeting, and different sections of rows where you  \ncould sit, or where the mall could put on some elaborate show in order to draw more  \nattention to the mall. There was also a large glass elevator that would take people too lazy  \nor dehabilitated to walk up one flight of stars from floor one to floor two. On Friday and  \nSaturday nights it seemed to be a thug hangout with packs of wolfs and hyena's seemed  \nto enjoy hanging out and acting cooler then he ever could act. But being Monday they  \nwere unlikely to show up.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Loki pulls out his book, Tonight's selection would be an old book by c.s. Lewis. Resting  \nhis back along the steps to read it.  \n  \nFor some reason he always didn't' feel alone when he read in public. Perhaps it was that  \nthere were people around him shopping, grinning, and having fun, shopping and such.  \nFor some odd reason just seemed to rub off on him.  \n  \nAs he opens his book to read he looks up his ears twiting as he hears the various sounds  \nthat accompy any mall. Sounds that were all too familiar to him as he had worked in a  \nstore in the mall for well over 6 years now. Wearing the stupid uniforms smiling to the  \nstupid customers and getting his paycheck that always seemed smaller then he feel he  \ndeserved. But that is why he wanted to go to college. To begin his journey on becoming  \na better dragon.  \n  \nHe is upto his fourth or fifth chapter when he hears someone sit next to him. He doesn't'  \nlook up as he figures it is just someone ether wanting attention, or just someone who  \nwants to mess with him, or perhaps someone who just someone who wanted a quick rest.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; He feels a tap on the shoulder, The dragon looks back over his shoulder to the source of  \nthe tapping and he sees a young lion smiling at him shyly on the row just above his \"um,  \nexcuse me, I don't mean to prod, but I had just go that book last week and haven't started  \nto read it yet is any good?\" He ask's with a sincere tone.  \n  \nThe dragon pauses. Looks up at the feline and raises one eyebrow as he responds in a  \nhurried manner \"yea it's good\" and goes back to reading, feeling satisfied answering the  \nfelines question and that he must even now be on his way to do whatever he needs to do.  \n  \nThere was that familiar tapping again the dragon looks back more quickly this time  \nalmost annoyed \"excuse me, I don't mean to bug ya, but are you waiting for someone?  \nyou seem to have been here for a bit\" The dragon a bit more surprised answers cautiously  \n\"no, I'm just reading\"  \n  \nThe lion ahhs his eyes wide and nodding, the dragon waits for a second before trying to  \nturn around before the lion hops down to join him on his row not saying anything at first,  \nbut just looking at the dragon. The dragon opening the book back up \"I'm sorry I'm just  \nbored, and my ride is late\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; The dragon looks up with a fake smile this time \"oh no it's fine, I know how that is\".  \nThe feline smiling a bit \"I work here at the mall, and my parents always take forever  \npicking me up, I can't wait to drive\" The dragon laughs a bit \"where do you work?\" he  \nasks' not putting down his book this time, staring at the words, but not really reading  \nthem when the lion responds \"oh at EB\" .  \n  \nThe dragon's ears twitch a bit and he finally puts down his book and chuckles a bit  \nrealizing it's feutal trying to read his book with this feline by him. He shakes his head a  \nbit realizing what the lion just said \"wait did you just say EB?\" the lion nodding in  \nresponse.  \n  \nLoki just giggles a bit, the feline with a seemingly confused look on his face. The dragon  \ngrins \"oh it's nothing, I used to work for Satan too\" he says with a warm grin and a wink.  \nThe feline's tail then started to wag like it just woken up to an electrical shock. \"really?  \nWhich one? Who was the manager? How long ago?\"  \n  \nThe dragon answered all of the felines questions, and more. The two chatting more and  \nmore . The two talking about everything from video games, to computers, to movies, to  \nhow much school sucked as they both were out of it (the feline who seemed to have been  \ndubbed Brad not quite out of senior high quite as long as Loki). Loki suddenly looks at  \nhis watch and realizes that time has flew by way of a couple of hours.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"What happened to your ride?\" he ask's the kitten, who seemed to have almost forgotten  \nabout getting home, his face dropping a bit. \"shit, I completely forgot about that\". He  \nstands up \"be right back, gotta call em\". Loki reach's in his leather jacket and offers  \nBrad his cell phone to which brad accepted and dialed the number, yelling to the person  \non the other end \"you forgot? What do you mean you can't do it now? But I'm stuck  \nhere\" his face growing more and more discontent and pathetic \"I guess I can wait till you  \nget done\" the feline says the dragons ears flickering a bit, as he was eavesdropping on the  \nconversation. \"I'll give ya a ride if you want\" the feline quickly ends his talk on the  \nphone, his mood seemed to have quickly shifted \"no it's all right I got a ride now, never  \nmind\" with those words the lion snaps the cell phone shut \"awesome you're a lifesaver,  \nstupid parents forgot about me, they are out at the bar and won't be done playing pool for  \nanother couple of hours, and I just got the new final fantasy that I've been dying to check  \nout.\" Loki perks up as Brad holds up the new game in all its' glory \"dude. you gotta show  \nthat to me\" brad nods \"payback for the ride, you ready?\" Loki ask's to which brad nods  \nagain quickly. The pair get up and walk out to the truck.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; The drive to brads house was short. The two chatting away non-stop. Loki couldn't help  \nbut grin at this funny, and cute lion that occupied his passenger seat, dressed in a black  \nhoodie, and jeans with his tail sticking out the back. His fur was golden, and very soft  \nlooking. The lions eyes were powerful, and yet soft with a hue of brown. Loki seemed  \nto blush a bit as they were driving, for admiring this feline, hoping that Brad didn't notice  \nand think he was some kinda perv, or 'fag'  \n  \nAs they arrived at the house brad lead the way into his small delapadated house, which  \nseemed to be under some sort of construction. As they both ran to Brads room, the duo  \nflopped down on the floor, tore open the packing of the poor game case, and booted up  \nthe game they were both infatuated with. Loki, however seemed to grown more  \ninfatuated with Brad then with the game, and was also growing more uncomfortable with  \nthis. The dragon thought \"Brad isn't gay, and even if he is, he wouldn't like me. I just  \nmet this guy, I know almost nothing about him I should go\". \"well I should be getting  \ngoing thanks for showing me the introduction I might pick that up from your store later\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Just as loki put his arms back to get up and leave he accidentally put his claw on top of  \nBrads paw blushing a bit, time seemed to have froze as he looked over to brad, caught  \nlike a deer in headlights, he heisted for just one second. Never feeling such soft fur. He  \nsnaps out of it as he sees brad muzzle coming towards him. He closes his eyes as he feels  \nbrads lips on his own, a soft purrr rumbling through the air.  \n  \nWhat is going on? He wonders to himself.  \n  \nPt 2 might be commign soon  \n  \n  \n  \n\n"}