The Angel of Yiff Chapter 10
The Angel of Yiff Chapter 10 --
Guardian Angel (Part 1 of 4) How To Say It
Riddick came in through the door a bit later than usual for a school day, but it wasn't his first time home this January afternoon.
Hanging on his shoulder was Luke's duffle bag, unzipped just a little and shuffling about on its own.
"Would you settle down?" He muttered at it.
"Sorry..." The bag got still again.
The Panthion walked through the living room and down the hall, but turned to his left instead of his right. Thanks to their little stunt a month before, Chris had punished them, by making Luke actually sleep in his own room for a while. So, instead of turning right into his own room, Riddick turned left into Luke's.
He opened the door, "Hey Luke." He sat the bag down carefully.
Luke looked up from a coverless book and smiled, "Hey Riddick!" He cocked his head and flattened an ear, "What's in the bag?"
The panthion held out his arms and ignored the question, "Come 'ere and give me a hug! I barely saw you at all, at school today."
Luke chuckled and hopped up, wrapping his arms around the panthion and nuzzling his neck.
"I know I've already apologized a lot..." Riddick nuzzled back, "...but I'm sorry, again, that I got you exiled back to your room."
The raccoon giggled and took a step back, "No worries. It was fun!" He stuck his tongue out playfully, "Besides...he tasted good."
Riddick couldn't help but laugh at that, "Still...I kinda' pushed you to do it..." He rubbed the back of his neck, "...and now he's acting all weird and you're being made to sleep over here. So..." He smiled deviously, "I thought I should do something nice."
Luke cocked his head and smiled, "Something nice?"
The panthion took a step back, "Well, yeah." He smiled as he moved his tail tip up in front of himself, "You said you liked this right? The rainbow dye?"
"Yeah!" Luke smiled and swatted at the tail tip, nodding.
Riddick swished his tail about to avoid his 'coon's swatting paw, "And...what's your favorite color, again?"
The raccoon maintained his grin, happy just to be with Riddick, "Green!"
Riddick held his finger up as if to say 'one second,' and then used it to push Luke back a few inches. He smiled and turned around, unzipping the duffel bag, "Come on..." He hoisted something up and turned around, holding a big ball of lime green fluff up in his paws.
The fluff wiggled its nose and smiled wide, "Hi Master Luke! I'm green!"
Luke stared blankly for a moment, and then blinked, his jaw dropping, "Rei...?"
Rei shook himself about a bit, "I'm even brighter than before!! I'm pretty!"
Riddick looked over Rei, at Luke, with a smile, "White fur is always the best canvas!"
Luke took hold of the little green fluff ball and held him out, his jaw still open as he stared at his pet in disbelief.
Rei tilted his head, every bit of his white fur was green; his ears, face, tail, paws, and even his underbelly and sheath, "Do I look good, Master Luke? I picked out this...sh..." He bent his head to look back at Riddick, trying to remember the word the panthion used, "...shade...of green myself!"
Luke blinked at the rabbit and twitched, laughing quietly and still a bit in disbelief.
Riddick walked around Luke and sat down on the bed, pulling his raccoon down into his lap by his belt, "I was just gonna' go with his head fluff and his paws...y'know, like accents? And I'd picked out a more normal green." He chuckled a little, "But he wanted it ALL green, and lime was his favorite!"
Luke laughed a bit louder and hugged the rabbit, "You LOOK like a lime!"
Rei licked lightly at his master's neck as he was hugged, "You like it? I'm pretty?"
"Yes Rei," Luke chuckled, "You're pretty."
Riddick hugged Luke close, too, "You were worrying me there for a second. I thought you didn't like it."
Luke smiled, "I like it just fine..." He blinked and looked over at Riddick, his eyebrow cocked, "...this comes out, right?"
Riddick coughed, "Uhm...when he sheds? Maybe?"
Luke sighed and shook his head, "Well, I hope you like that color, Rei! You'll be that way for a LONG time."
"Silly Master Luke!" Rei looked up, "I don't have to like it! I can't see myself unless I have a mirror!" He paused then smiled wider, "Do you think Sirrus will like it?"
Luke held up the bunny and turned him around a bit, "Uhm...well...I have no idea! I'm sure he'll think you look more like food or a toy now, though."
"If he even recognizes you..." Riddick added.
Rei started squirming, and dropped out of Luke's paws, onto his master's lap, then hopped down onto the floor, "I'll go find out!" He bounded off.
Luke smiled and leaned on Riddick, still in the cat's lap, "It's cute."
"Only because he is." Riddick nuzzled his boyfriend's neck and cheek, "I think it would have been much cooler as accents -- paws and such -- but he wanted all green."
The raccoon snuggled in closer, "Ah well, he seems to like it just fine." He startled lightly and laughed as he heard a yelp, far off in the house, "I guess he found Sirrus!"
Riddick laughed as well, "That he did..." He nuzzled Luke's neck again, "I've really been missing having you in the bed with me."
"Me too." Luke nodded and wrapped his arms around his cat, pushing him onto the bed and nuzzling into his chest, "But Chris isn't home yet, and Matt's on the other side of the house. And I think I could use a nap." He stuck his tongue out playfully and smiled up at Riddick.
"Just a nap, right?" The panthion ran his paw through the raccoon's hair, "Not that I'm not missing the other stuff too...but, right, now I just kinda' want to lay here."
"Yeah..." Luke closed his eyes and burrowed into his boyfriend's chest fur, "...a nap would be just fine."
Riddick used his free paw to push them farther up on the bed, his head on the pillows, and kissed Luke on top of the head, "I love you, Luke."
The raccoon smiled inwardly, feeling himself brushing across sleep and surprised how comfortable this was, "I love you too, Riddick."
"Now you two know," Matt's voice came out from behind them, as he leaned against the door frame to the guest bedroom. "...especially you, Riddick...that Chris wouldn't like this at all."
Luke jerked his head up and sat up quickly, Indian style, on the bed, with a nervous grin, "Matt! I-I thought th-that I heard something..." He looked around, "...uhm...in his chest...?" He trailed off.
Riddick frowned and sat up, too, "Come on Matt! It's been like," he looked at his wrist like he had a watch, "...three months!"
"It's been one month, and you know it." Matt chuckled, "But it wasn't my decision, anyway, boys. Remember, I laughed when he told me what you did! HE'S the one that punished you." The ottercoon stood up straight, "But regardless, kids, that's not what I came in here for. You," He pointed at Riddick, "have a guest! He's waiting at the front door for you."
Matt turned on his heel and left the room.
Luke cocked an eyebrow, and grinned jokingly, "Aww, you got me that dragon I wanted, too?? You're so sweet!"
Riddick chuckled and hopped out of the bed, stretching, "No. I asked my hair-boy, Mitch, though. He's a bisexual dragon, but he said he'd only take money to dye fur, not have sex with me and my boyfriend."
"Why would a dragon work with fur?"
"I think they bleach & dye scales too."
The raccoon flattened an ear and cocked an eyebrow, "Well, I wonder who this is, then?"
"I haven't a clue! Maybe Duncan?" Riddick winked, "But probably just Alex, or Jasyn needing something from me." He walked toward the door, "You wait here. I'll get rid of whoever it is and be right back. We're getting that nap in before Dad gets back!"
Luke smiled and nodded, "Okay!"
The panthion wandered down the hall and into the living room, past Rei & Sirrus on the floor rolling around, and past Matt on the couch, before turning and looking toward the entry way and open front door.
"Holy shit!" He jumped back, trying to catch his suddenly-lost breath, "Kevin!?"
A striking fur; a thin-built, thick-furred, and colorful red panda stood in the door way, facing out and away from the house. He shook very slightly, obviously nervous, before turning, a happy grin across his muzzle, "Hey, Riddick!"
Not believing who he was seeing, Riddick trudged slowly to the door, and once finally in reach, he put a paw on the red panda's chest, touching it, to make sure it was real, "You...you...how did you...?" Without another word, he dived forward, throwing his arms around his visitor.
Kevin stumbled back, wide eyed and smiling, as he wrapped his arms around the Panthion, breathing him in deeply, "You have no idea how worried I was that I wouldn't find you here."
The panthion was hardly able to think straight and buried his muzzle in Kevin's shoulder, "How?"
"Dad & Cheyenne being careless." Kevin chuckled and hugged Riddick tighter, "I found some papers about Chris, and I used them. Still took a while, though."
Riddick pulled away from Kevin and looked at him, his ears flattened and his eyes watering, "I...I..." Embarrassed, he laughed as he wiped his eyes, "Look at me! I don't act like this anymore." He shook his head with a soft smile, "I don't even know what I'm trying to say...let alone HOW to say it." He looked down and then back up slowly, getting a good look at the red panda he hadn't seen in nearly a year, "Fuck, Kevin. Is it really you?"
The red panda took in a deep breath and smiled back, leaning forward and kissing the cat very softly on the lips, "I told you I'd find you someday."
Riddick closed his eyes as he was kissed, and then leaned forward to kiss his visitor back, but stopped an inch away, turning his head.
Kevin smiled, not taking it to be anything other than nerves, "It's okay." He nuzzled the cat's cheek, "It's been a long time."
The panthion smiled, but couldn't life his head, and kept looking down. He'd been happy over the last year: happy with his father, with Luke, and with his new friends. And he'd been sad to the point of sickness: when he saw Luke cry, when he thought Luke didn't want him, and when he worried his father hated him. But he was feeling something now -- a quivering mixture of happiness and sickness -- that he hadn't felt in nearly a year. It was a feeling, a beautiful and uncontrollable anxiety, that only Kevin could make him feel.
"I..." He finally looked up, "I've missed you so much, Angel."
Kevin reached out and grabbed onto Riddick again, holding him close and trembling. He thought he remembered how this felt, how his black kitten felt in his arms, but only now did he realize he was wrong. No memory did it justice, "I missed you too, Kitten."
Riddick finally bit the bullet; he just had to. It wasn't like Luke was around to see. He pulled away, put a paw on the back of Kevin's head, and leaned in quickly. He kissed him on the lips as forcefully as he ever had, and pulling him as close as he could by his shirt.
The red panda kissed back, passionately and lovingly, and then separated their muzzles as he clasped his arms around the panthion, his trembling yet to subside, "God, those lips. I've missed those lips." He kissed Riddick's neck, "This fur...the way you smell...fuck, Riddick, it's been too damn long."
Riddick was just trying not to think about anything but this moment, but it was a futile attempt. He leaned against the red, black, & white fur from his past and sighed. He'd wanted this again for so long, and he was going to take it while he could, before he had to deal with the complications on the other side of the door behind him.
"So much has happened." He lifted his tail up into view and moved his head back an inch, "But I've never forgotten you. I never stopped missing you, Kevin. No matter what, don't forget that."
Kevin leaned back, smiling at the cat, then looked at the tail and laughed, "I see you've made some DRASTIC changes, too." He sniffled slightly, but kept smiling.
The panthion grinned his toothy grin, one Kevin remembered well, "That I have!" He let out a breath, "You wanna' come in and meet Matt and Luke?"
Kevin chuckled, "Well, I've met Matt, who's Luke?"
"You'll see." Riddick stepped back, holding Kevin's paws in his, "Come on, you can see Sirrus and Rei too, might even get to meet Dad, and the other guys!"
The red panda could only laugh as he was dragged along, "Alright, then!"
Riddick kept his right paw wrapped tightly around Kevin's left as they stopped in the living room, "Luke! Come out here!" He yelled and then turned to Matt as he waited for Luke to show, "Matt? Kevin says he already met you?"
"Of course!" Matt raised an eyebrow, almost mockingly, "I met him years ago! During the divorce."
"You did?" At that, Riddick immediately go of Kevin's paw, with a startled look on his face.
"Yeah?" Matt eyed their separating paws curiously, "You wouldn't remember. You were just three. But Kevin was...what...?"
"Five, sir." Kevin answered, nervously rubbing his paw.
Matt's head tilted slowly as he watched how nervous the two were, and all of the sudden, all the pieces lined up in his head. Every vague mention of Riddick's ex with no name, and, even when pushed, only a pet name: Angel...his reluctance to even mention the ex's species in front of Chris...and a passing fourth-hand reference or two from the boys about a 'Kevin' he'd never connected with this one...
...all of it suddenly made sense, as he watched the two rub their recently intertwined paws.
"Wait. Kevin?" Matt asked, eyes and smile both wide, "THIS is the red panda you mentioned? Your EX??"
Riddick & Kevin just averted their eyes and gulped.
"Oh!" Matt laughed aloud, barely able to contain himself, "This is nice! This is REAL nice! Priceless, boys. Priceless!"
"What is?" Luke stepped in from the hallway right at the end of Matt's animated realization, and then raised his eyebrows when he noticed the red panda, "And who's this?"
"Luke," Riddick paused, "Uhm...this is Kevin! Not sure if you recognize the name or not," he eyed Matt, who obviously DID, "...but I've mentioned him before."
"Hi, Kevin." Luke had heard the name, but couldn't place it at first, "I'm afraid I don't remember who Riddick said you were."
"He's...uhm..." Riddick looked over at Kevin and then back down, "...a friend from back home."
Matt sat down with a laugh, "Among other things."
Riddick glared at the back of Matt's head and then continued, "Uhm...Kevin, this is Luke."
Kevin stepped forward and extended a paw, shaking Luke's with a grin, "Nice to meet you."
Luke smiled back and nodded, "Same." He cocked an eyebrow and looked at Matt, though, the ottercoon still chuckling.
"Luke," Riddick nodded toward the hall, "Why don't you lead the way back to my room? We should probably sit down, in there, and talk."
Luke blinked and nodded, "Yeah...? Okay." He turned and padded down the hall, glancing curiously over his shoulder before walking into the room.
Kevin smiled at Riddick as he followed along, "He's cute. Friend of yours?"
"Among other things." Riddick repeated Matt as he walked on into the room. He waited inside for Kevin to come in too, and then closed the door behind them, "I think that this is one time Dad'll let us be here in the room, together."
Sitting on the bed, Luke blinked and cocked his head to the side, "Riddick? What's this about?" He looked over at the red panda, then back at Riddick.
"Well..." Riddick leaned against the door and closed his eyes, he hadn't been one to be nervous in a long time, why start again now, "Okay. Just gotta' say it, right? Luke, this is Kevin: my first boyfriend." He sighed and looked up at Kevin, "And Kevin, this is Luke. He's my current boyfriend." He's head dropped, unable to look at the two after that.
Kevin just blinked touching his lips as he remembered the now-suddenly-inappropriate kiss on the porch, and on the bed, Luke just sat moving his mouth without making a sound. After a pause, they both finally spoke at almost the exact same time, the only thing they knew to say, "Oh."
"I...I know I mentioned Kevin to you before." Riddick looked back up, "I talked about him with Dad, and with Jasyn once, too, I think..."
Kevin looked over at Riddick, and seeing his nervousness, immediately fell back into old habits. His first instinct was to do something, anything, to make things more comfortable for the cat.
He smiled very softly before taking a deep breath and padding over to Luke, looking him in the eye with a wide and friendly smile, "Well, my-MY! You found a cute one, didn't you, Riddick?" The red panda reached up, lightly petting the raccoon on the head, as Luke blushed and smiled, albeit timidly, at the stranger's friendliness.
Riddick looked back and forth between the two, "Two cute ones, actually. Though really, you found ME, right, Kevin?"
Kevin chuckled and smiled, looking away from Luke and at Riddick again, "Yeah, I suppose I did just that."
Riddick looked back at Luke, waiting for the raccoon to say something. He knew he hadn't done anything wrong. It wasn't his fault Kevin showed up, but a big part of him was worried Luke might be hurt, and he felt like he had somehow betrayed the little raccoon. Luke though, just shuffled his feet and smiled over at Riddick, not entirely sure what to say.
The panthion reached up and rubbed the back of his neck, walking over to the two of them slowly, "Come on, Luke. Say something."
Luke looked at the two furs and rubbed his hands together. Riddick was so nervous and Luke could only think of one reason why RIDDICK of all people would ever be this nervous, "Do you still love him?"
Riddick just looked down, knowing that neither answer would help the situation, but wasn't about to start lying now, "I do. He..." The panthion paused and looked back up, but at Kevin, "You were everything to me Kevin." Then he looked back at Luke, his paw reaching up to the red panda's arm, holding it gently, "I still love him a lot Luke. I don't...don't mention him all that much...but I've missed him just about every day for nearly a year and a half. He was my best friend. He was my lover, my guardian angel..." Riddick sighed, knowing that that was probably the last thing Luke needed to hear, but he pressed on. Thanks to Matt, everyone would know soon anyway, "...and before all of that, he was my brother."
Luke smiled more weakly now, "I see." He stopped and blinked, then looked up. He stared at the cat and their visitor for a long moment, as he rolled the last word over in his head, "Wait...Brother? That's like...a metaphor, right?"
Riddick looked at Kevin, then back at Luke. "Uhm...I guess I should explain."
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There we go! The soap opera, Forbidden, continues!!
* Starring: F. R. Borealis as Riddick Dumar Eden Eric Matthew Cameron and Reinao Cecil B. North as Lucas Joseph Trammel and Kevin Michael Terrence *
Cecil was a writer here as well, back in the Yiffstar days. If you want to check out the stuff he wrote back then, go ahead and look him up. His username on here is: Cecil_88
Oh...my...god! Rei is green now!? How will he and Sirrus adjust to the change? Will he be made fun of? Will it make him annoy Chris even more now that he's so brightly colored? What will the other boys think? Will it wear off before it's entirely ruined his poor little life? Oh yeah, and also, what's this about Kevin being Riddick's brother? That's silly. He's a Red Panda. Whoever's writing this needs to learn how genetics work.
Anyway, thanks for reading!
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See you for the next 10 chapters of Forbidden! ^.^