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'Come on already,' did he ever stop talking?

'It's been like two months or so.'

It was really starting to get to him, the constant talking in his head.

-Days,- he replied in his thoughts.

'What?'

-Two days, not months, you have been with me...two...days,- and Joshua had barely had a second to himself during those two days.

'Really?! God, you're so boring even my sense of time is falling into a coma.'

-I'm not boring, okay? I just have a lot to do...besides, what do you want me to do anyway?-

'Well you're supposed to have fun, i was promised fun should you find me.'

-Fun... that...that helps a lot, mind defining fun?-

O.J., he had to find something shorter than "other Joshua" even if it only was in his head, grinned. Joshua couldn't see it, there was no

mirror in the hallway, but he could feel it and it sent a shiver down his spine.

'You know, fun... messing around with the boys here, like that one,' and while he couldn't see the pointed finger either he knew who was meant.

A young donkey, maybe a bit older than Joshua himself but not by much, lean, still nicely defined, a speedster maybe.

But even as he saw him, even if he wouldn't mind seeing the other student in one of those skintight spandex costumes before ripping it off him...

He shook his head.

-Stop that.-

'What do you mean?'

-You were messing with my head... more than usual i mean.-

'Well how else am i supposed to get some action here, and it's not like i'm doing anything you don't want.'

-So what, you're just some weird voice in my head trying to lower my inhibition so i can finally do what i really want to do?-

'See now you're getting the bigger picture here,' and again Joshua could feel the creepy grin of his astral twin.

He sighed, this was starting to get to him and he didn't like that. It was already weird that he hadn't told anybody about it.

Joshua knew he should at least let Noxfire know, but everytime he tried to bring himself to do it he felt... weird.

Like he had tried it before, some other time that he didn't clearly remember and that time it wen't horribly wrong.

And again, he knew that should be all the more reason to tell someone but he just couldn't get over the exact opposite feeling at the same time.

-And how do you propose i start this... fun? I hope you don't think everybody here would be down for a night with a chubby guy.-

'Bet they would be if you gave them a nudge in the right direction.'

-It's not like i can just snap my finger and tell them to find me attractive.-

There it was again, that grin, even wider and he swore he could even feel O.J. pressing against him, grinding his hip against Joshuas backside.

'Wanna make another bet?'

The next thing he saw were several pairs of eyes fixed on him as he could feel his ears getting hot with embarrassment.

Did he just moan? God he did, here, in the hallway and probably the entire campus had heard it.

But for a strange reason, while embarrasment was still the strongest feeling he had right now, all those eyes fixed on him felt good.

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The rest of the day went by almost normal. He took his classes, got something to eat for lunch in the canteen, even talked to some of his fellow students.

For a time even O.J. seemd quiet and for some reason that was worse than all the talking.

-Okay, how...if i were to give you some action...how would i do that? Not saying that i'll do it,- he said as he walked into his room, sitting down on the couch

looking at the mirror built into his wardrobe.

O.J. was wakling, not sitting like Joshua, was he nervous? Contemplative? He wasn't showing his teeth in an almost smug grin as he would usually.

-Well?.-

Slowly the colour swapped foo-dog sat down, looked at Joshua and he could see the grin returning.

'You mean it, don't you?'

-I... well... we're in the same boat, see? And... i think we should both be on the same page, so..if it gets you to be quiet once in a while, sure.-

He wasn't quite honest, not in the slightest, and O.J. probably knew that, but the astral twin didn't care, for him it meant fun, if his twin had to put up a show

to avoid a guilty conscience, sure, it worked for him.

'Okay, let's give it a try then. You know that stuff you do in your eso-what-not class?'

-The meditation?-

'Exactly, it's like that just...concentrate on yourself, on your weight.'

-Hey!-

'Not like that, you know what i mean, your aura, charisma, your presence.'

Joshua took a deep breath, it meant going back to normal, a bit at least, so he did it. He closed his eyes, concentrated on himself, already tried to project a little,

tried to turn his presence into something tangible. He didn't know why, where the feeling that he had to do it this way came from, but it seemd to work.

Joshua could feel a strange tingling washing over his body, making his fur stand on end, but it felt good, he felt important, like he had...weight.

'See? You get it, now look at me,' could he hear O.J.'s voice coming from the mirror.

Slowly Joshua opened his eyes, took another deep breath. This time the mirror showed his normal reflection, weird, but it got weirder, took a few seconds for him to process.

-My eyes,- Joshua was up almost a split second before the words had escaped his muzzle.

'Will get the attention of a few people i'm sure.'

And indeed, his eyes had changed, glowing in a soft pink, almost pulsing.

-That's not permanent is it?,- he was kinda shocked, it was weird looking at himself with his eys obviously not fitting the picture.

'It's not, no worries. Should only last a few minutes if you stop concentrating on it, but it should help you get some fun.'

O.J. was grinning, Joshua could feel it, the same smug grin the other foo-dog had almost the entire last two days.

'It probably won't work on everybody.'

-What exactly does it do?,- he knew in a vague kind of way already.

'Basically it's a way to hypnotize people.'

He should tell that someone, Noxfire maybe, he should but... he didn't want to, it was this weird feeling again, the same as when he thought about telling someone about O.J. .

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-So, what do you think about him?,- Hammer sat in his armchair as he looked at Noxfire.

'Well Brian, if i have to be honest... i'm not sure.'

The lion looked honest at least, even if Hammer could never really tell what the feline was thinking.

'He has potential, big potential, i'm sure of that... maybe he just needs a little more time to find the right outlet, i told you before, magic isn't as simple as other powers.'

The large canine sighed before taking a sip from his tea cup.

'As soon as something changes i'll let you know, promise.'

-I know you will,- he said with a smile.

-Guess i'm still just not used to the whole magic-thing. Honestly, how many students with that kind of talent did we have since we started this? Ten? Twenty?-

'Twentyfive,' came the short reply.

Noxfire had thought about that quite often, sure, Earth wasn't the most common place for magic wielders these times but he had expected a few more over the years too.

But here he was, the only pure being from an arcane plane that he knew about and almost no one with at least a subconscious link to it.

Sure, there were a few villains who could use magic too, but still, with this many people on one planet there should be more than just a handful who'd be able to.

-Well, thanks for the status update. Anything else?-

'I think that's it for today,' Noxfire looked at the wallclock, they had talked a lot longer than he had planned to, not that it was unusual and with a slight chuckle he shook his head.

-Did i say something funny?-

'No, not at all. I've just thought about something silly.'

The rottweilers brow furrowed slightly but then he shook his head too.

-Let's call it a night, okay?-

'Sure, sleep well,' with that the lion got up and left Hammers room.

A soft sigh escaped his muzzle as he closed the door, he almost missed the good old days everytime the rottweiler got as friendly as he did when they talked in private.

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-You can do this Josh, just...a bit of cuddling and O.J. will be silent for a few hours, nothing big and no one will remember it.-

He was nervous, sure, it wasn't the stuff supervillains were doing but he still wasn't sure it was right.

'Come on, we've been through this, just sweet talk him into it, give him a nudge with your special talent. If it makes you feel better ask him how he feels about it,

i'm sure he's just as thrilled to do it as you are.'

O.J. tried to sound calm but he obviously wasn't, something about his voice was just not right, like he was a predator ready to kill his prey.

-Just give me a second to breath okay? I mean...it's not that easy.-

It probably looked a bit weird, the foo dog standing in the hallway of the student quarters, a pizza box on his left.

After a few deep breaths he finally knocked on the door before him.

A few moments later a rather perplexed looking Tiger looked back at him. Nick, short for Nicholai if he recalled correctly.

'Heh, at least you're not aiming low.'

Nick was rather attractive, his fur had a healthy shine to it, he was slim but defined, wore a tank top which only helped emphasizing his stature.

"Evening, you looking for someone?," Joshua made a mental note that he even liked the Tiger's voice, his slight slavic accent giving it a pleasant rumble.

-Uhm, well, this is probably a bit sudden but i don't know many people here and thought, well, maybe we could get to know each other over a pizza.-

The foo dog grinned to hide his tension as Nicholai tried to figure him out. After a few moments of silence he nodded although he still seemed a bit unsure.

"Why not, come in," and with that he took a step to the side, opening the door completely to let Joshua in.

The room wasn't too different from his own, at least when it came to the furniture, there were details of course that set them apart.

Posters showing a russian superhero, CD's on the coffee table, a few books Joshua had never heard of, still, all in all it looked pretty normal.

"Take a seat, want something to drink?"

-Yeah, sure,- he nodded before sitting down on the couch, getting some of the CD's out of the way before putting the pizza box down.

-You have it nice here, that's Tesla, right?,- Joshua was pointing at one of the posters, he knew the hero from a few interviews he had seen.

"My idol. Was the first big, russian hero after the cold war," the tiger rambled on a bit while getting them a soda each.

-Yeah, i read some of the interviews he was in, seemed like a nice guy,- at least this part was going well, they had something to talk about.

"I met him once," curiously Nicholai opened the pizza box, simple salami pizza, nothing fancy, but he didn't seem to mind.

"He helped me when my talent showed for the first time."

-You can manipulate ice, right?-

The tiger gave him a nod while taking a bite from his slice.

-So...uhm, how does it work? I mean, we're in the same class so i guess it's magic, right?-

It took the tiger a few moments before he finished his slice and, as he grabbed his soda he obviously tried to find the right words.

"Well, it's like... i pull it out...just dunno from where is all."

-Huh...don't know if i understand it.-

"Hmm, ever had that feeling someone was behind you and when you looked nothing was there? I think i get the ice from that, like, theres a portal in some shadows."

Joshua looked a bit confused at Nicholai, tried to wrap his head around the description but then shook his head as he resigned.

-Sorry, i don't think i get it, maybe it's different for everyone.-

"Yeah...so...what's your power?"

-Heh, i can summon a doppelganger. Nothing big, i know.-

But Nick seemed to think otherwise, he at least looked impressed.

"Nothing big? You could try and learn to conjure more, bet you could really confuse someone or support others with that."

-Well...uhm, thing is don't know if i could make one for another person and so far he's only as strong as me.-

"At least you can't be countered with a match and a can of deodorant."

After an awkward moment of silence the tigers eyes lit up as he started to grin.

"Can you show me?"

-I guess, it shouldn't lead to an explosion at least so i guess it's okay.-

He knew there were rules to the use of some powers, but as far as he remembered nothing was wrong with a little demonstration of his own.

A little part of Joshua was even excited as the foo dog tried to concentrate, seperate the two powers he knew about until he could get it right.

It was a weird feeling, a bit different from usual not in the fact that it was weird, but in how it felt.

There was a familiar feel to it of course, like a tingling on his body as if a scanner was trying to pick up every little piece of information, and even if it made his fur stand on end, it was nice.

But then there was the other part, the unfamiliar side this time, but it was too faint and conjuring his doppelganger only took a second so it was over pretty fast as well.

He blinked a bit, looked at Nicholai before smiling a bit, nervous as if he was afraid the tiger had changed his mind about his power.

"Huh," came the slightly stumped reaction, a mixture of being impressed and unfazed at the same time.

-Something wrong with it?-

"Well, you got everything right except...the eyes."

-What do you mean?-

But even before he looked at the clone himself he could tell something was... different. Nicholai sounded different, a bit distracted and even though it looked as if he was watching Joshua,

the foo dog could tell that his gaze was elsewhere.

"Dunno but...yours...yours don't glow like that...it's kinda pretty."

And slowly a smile spread on Nicholai's lips, he seemd a bit more relaxed then before and the smile seemed sincere, as if he was looking at something beautiful.

-Glow?,- he slowly turned to face his doppelganger and then saw it himself.

The illusionary foo dogs eyes indeed glowed, a soft, almost pulsating pink, a smile that almost felt like it was the blue print for Nicholai's on his face.

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For Nicholai the whole experience was like a magic show, how the doppelganger slowly seemd to manifest itself from invisible smoke. It was reminescent of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.

Slowly the body was formed and then it came, the face, so far the doppelganger really looked like Joshua the tiger had to admit, but a split second later there was that one detail that stuck out, the eyes.

He wasn't sure what it was exactly in the first few split seconds, and it may not have been there at first, but slowly a pattern seemd to flow into them.

It was oddly clear to him, as if his own face was right before the other, complex but somehow simple, multiple rings flowing into each other and then outwards again from the pupils, yet still there seemed to be more, as if it all was part of something bigger.

"Huh," he couldn't muster any other reaction, it wasn't what he had expected but it was a pleasant surprise.

-Something wrong with it?-

Was there something wrong with it? He tried to look at Joshua, but it was weirdly hard to detach his focus from those eyes, after a few seconds though he was successful.

Nicholas still felt weird, he tried to focus on the foo dog before him, but it was like someone had put an amateurish video in front of him.

His vision was slightly unfocused when it came to Joshua himself, even as he tried to look directly into the foo dogs face, and at the corner of his vision he could still see the patterns, the soft glow.

"Well, you got everything right except... the eyes."

-What do you mean?-

"Dunno but...yours...yours don't glow like that...it's kinda pretty."

He could feel the smile spreading on his muzzle, it felt right to smile, good. Slowly the tiger had begun to relax without even knowing and his gaze returned to Joshuas illusionary twin.

There was a pleasant warmth growing in his head, slowly, steadily growing, as if someone was caressing his thoughts.

-Glow?-

Nicholai didn't answer this time, the voice sounded distant and he wanted to relax some more, unsure when exactly he had started doing exactly that.

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His thoughts were racing and he could feel his head hurt a little from it. What was he doing here? Sure, he knew that, just now, he essentialy had hypnotized a fellow student but it was still the biggest question in his head: What am i doing here?

'Well, you promised me some fun for starters and he seems pretty much ready to listen to some ideas.'

-You do realize this still isn't THAT easy for me, right?-

'Take it slowly then if you have to,' he could already hear O.J. sigh, almost see him shake his head before returning his gaze to Nicholai.

-Nicholai? You still with us?-

"Huh? ...with...with you?," the tiger clearly was pretty far gone. A few deep breaths later Joshua tried again.

-You can hear me, right? I...just want to talk a bit.-

"Talk a bit...okay...sure..."

He could almost feel his heart jump into his throat. Why was he so nervous? Or was it something else? It was there again, this weird familiar feeling that still seemed to come right out of nowhere.

While he still felt nervous, or maybe just excited, there was this growing certainty that what he did was...right.

-Why...why don't we get a bit more comfortable,- Joshua said with a bit more assurance in his voice as he stood up to make some room on the couch.

-You could get a bit closer for starters, to see those pretty eyes a bit better. Does...that sound good?-

Of course Joshua knew the basics, well, what he assumed the basics were at least. Hypnosis, so far, was something he only knew from comics or TV shows so it was a bit weird again that he actually felt quite confident in what he did. It just felt right again.

Meanwhile Nicholai really budged up to get a bit closer to Joshuas clone, and as he got closer he really looked more relaxed, smiled a bit more. Joshua simply sat down behind him again which already brought up enough fantasies involving the tiger to make him blush furiously.

-Take it slow,- he reminded himself, took another breath before getting back on track.

-Nick...,- for a second he paused, took another deep breath, mainly to focus, trying to distance himself a bit from the weird déjà vu like experience.

"Huh?"

The tiger gave only a short, dazed repsonse, and it didn't really seem as if he was reacting to Joshua, more as if he thought he had heard something.

-Nick, i'd like it if you would take off your shirt... it... would help you relax,- he swallowed a bit after the words left his lips. Joshua felt like he was taking steps over a boarder.

'Finally we're getting somewhere.'

This time the foo-dog simply ignored O.J., kept his eyes on the tiger before him.

Nicholai meanwhile looked a bit confuzed, not that Joshua could see it, his slowed thoughts tried to process what had been said. Would it help him relax if he took his shirt off?

He wasn't sure, it didn't seem to make sense but his thoughts didn't seem to go anywhere, circling around the question more often than not, like his brain was stuck on repeat.

All he did in the end, seconds after Joshua had spoken, was nod as his hands already started moving, grabing his shirt and slowly pulling it up.

"Relaxing...sounds nice," he said, slowly, as his mind moved slower and slower, not really alowing his thoughts to go anywhere.

To his surprise, he did feel more relaxed as the simple tank top left his body.

Joshua couldn't do more but bite down on his lower lip, while Nicholai was looking more lean than someone would expect from a tiger there was some definition to his frame.

It was quite obvious that Nick was genuinely trying to train his body and the foo-dog was tempted to touch him, feel the muscles beneath the fur.

But no, he shouldn't, not now at least.

Slowly he stood up, swallowed a bit as he looked at Nicholai who still was completely entranced.

-Nick? Do you have a pair of dumbbells?-

The tiger gave a small nod, still smiling, looking at the foo dogs doppelganger before him.

"Yeah... i use them every evening..."

-Would you do me a favor when you use them?-

Another nod, for a second it even seemed as if the tigers smile grew wider.

-I want you to train to be relaxed.-

This time the tiger rose an eyebrow, his thougths still almost at a standstill but it sounded weird enough to make him try and think harder about it.

"How...would i train that...?"

For a second Joshua looked around, the room was similiar enough to his and another second later he had confirmed that the tiger had a mirror built into the wardrobe just like he had.

-You...sit down on your bed, take of your shirt and do your normal workout Nick... but...i want you to imagine that the tiger in the mirror is just relaxed and gets more relaxed the more he trains...when you do that your dumbbells will get heavier, as your thoughts do until you are really...really relaxed...and then you'll go to sleep. Can...you do that?-

Obviously Nicholai tried to process the whole thing as Joshua descriped it to him. Since he already was in a dreamlike state it actually started to make sense as he saw himself sit on a bed, doing some simple workout with the dumbbells while looking at the mirror were a similiar tiger was, just with this enchanting glow in it's eyes, the same glow that had brought him here.

"Yeah...can do that..," he said as his smile returned.

-I'd like to show you my power again... how about...next week,- slowly there was real confidence building in Joshua, he felt more strength in his words, still only taking small steps but he took them.

"Okay...next week... ."

-Good...just...relax a bit more, you should train when i'm gone,- and with that Joshua left the room, his clone still there for a few minutes before it faded.

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Nicholai came to a few moments after the clone had faded, only the pizza box on his table as evidence that someone else had been here. He still felt a bit hazy, shook his head as he stood up.

Why had he removed his tank top?

He wasn't sure, there was a small voice in the back of his head that told him that he had wanted to relax...

After a few seconds he felt that must've been reason enough, even with another student in his room, why should he hide his body. As long as it was just his tank top there was no harm in relaxing.

Again he shook his head, although with more of a smile, clearly a bit amused by it all.

The voice returned, not really heard, more felt, as he moved through his room, throwing away the pizza box, picking up his tank top.

His movement was almost automated only to bring him to his bed, the two dumbbells in his hands, he couldn't even really say how he had gotten here.

"I'm really out of it today," he mumbled to himself, shaking his head before looking at the mirror as he started his workout.

It felt weird at first, but soon there was a strange calm as a smile came back to his muzzle. Nicholai had started looking at his reflection in the mirror and while it was only in his mind, the other tiger had a soft, pink glow in his eyes as he lifted one dumbbell with his right arm, switching after a certain number of repeats.

A soft, warm haze crept back into his mind, not as strong as before but enough to make him feel his muscles a bit more.

With each passing up and down of the dumbbell he felt as if his body was more present in his mind, his breathing became more steady, but at the same time the weight seemed to grow more heavy.

He switched arms again, his eyes locked on the reflection, his eyelids already growing heavy, it felt good, he wasn't even halfway done with what would be a normal workout for him but already it seemed to work, even if he wasn't sure what exactly seemed to work.

It had been ten minutes when he slumped back, the dumbbells giving a soft thud as they fell to the ground.

His chest slowly rose and fell, a soft smile on his lips as he could still see the other tiger in his dreams, training, relaxing.

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As Joshua walked into his room he already felt beat.

-Hff...i... i don't think i should do that again any time soon.-

'Wha... you're joking, right? We didn't do anything today.'

Joshua let himself fall onto his bed, trying to take a few deep breaths.

-I feel like i just ran a marathon...-

'Well, train then... i want some fun already.'

-You sound like a little child sulking because he can't get a toy.-

For a few seconds O.J. was silent, did he get him with that? It seemed like it.

'Just train some, you have enough free time,' was this the same O.J. that had bothered him for days now? He almost sounded... nice.

-Everything okay with you? Besides, how should i train this, it's not like i can go around hypnotizing people in the hallway.-

'Just conjure a clone here and have him use the spell, hold it for as long as you can... '

He didn't really hear more...

Just like the tiger in his room Joshua had drifted into some much needed sleep.

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The next week was pretty normal, Joshua finally acclimated to his surroundings.

Sure, some things would probably feel weird still but he asumed that even super powers or the lack of such in some would find it's way into his mindset.

He even had some calm conversations with O.J. as the astral twin seemed to settle in, slowly accepting that he couldn't push the foo-dog as hard as he did before.

After a few, little talks he even agreed to training his powers although he could feel the thought of keeping it secret grow.

-Why am i keeping this secret all the time?,- he had asked, more or less himself, during one of the training sessions as his clone simply sat there with it's glowing eyes.

'What do you mean?'

-My power... this hypno-stuff, i mean... if it comes out people could get the wrong idea.-

'Maybe that's why you don't wanna talk about it.'

He just nodded, it didn't make sense but it was clear he wouldn't get far talking with O.J., and it wasn't like he tried to take over the world or anything, just... a little fun.

Joshua didn't even question the slight change in his thought process, tried to concentrate on his training.

-At some point i probably should try improving the doppelganger.-

'Huh?'

-Well... like...making one of another person or trying to conjure more.-

'Oh?'

-Oh come on, you were the one talking about fun the whole time... i mean, it would be interesting to see people hypnotize themselves basically.-

He looked at his mirror, O.J. was standing there, the grin on his muzzle that Joshua almost hated just a few days before but now, he wasn't sure it looked that smug or annoying anymore.

-Maybe that gets them to relax a bit earlier so... i have it easier to... well... get to the... fun.-

'Where's this coming from all of the sudden? Not that i'm complaining.'

The foo dog would have liked to know that himself. It was rather sudden but he couldn't explain it, and for some reason he didn't even try to blame O.J. for it, he hadn't felt like his astral

twin tried to manipulate him for, well, the whole week.

-Dunno... just... trying to get used to it all i guess,- it was the best answer he could give.

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"Nicholai? Is everything alright?," Noxfire looked at the tiger with a bit of concern in his eyes.

It wasn't that the young man had done anything wrong, truth be told, his energy had been more in synch than ever before, but such a sudden change just wasn't normal.

-Uh, yeah, everything's okay so far... why?-

"I'm just surprised," the lion forced a smile as the other feline looked at him.

"You were pretty good today and it's a rather sudden change in your flow, that's all."

-Oh,- was the only response the tiger brought forth at first.

-Training just went well for the last few days, maybe that's it,- he smiled now too, a lot more honest than his teacher.

"Well, whatever you do it seems to be working, keep it up but...don't overdo it, alright?"

-No worries. I should be going, see ya Mr. Noxfire,- he smiled again before leaving the classroom.

Something still didn't feel right to Noxfire, the change was... too sudden and Nicholais energy flowed too smooth today for someone like him.

He probably would have to look into it more thorough.

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-There you are,- the tiger could hear someone call out to him before a smiling foo-dog caught up.

"Oh, you... ," he tried to remember the face, the name, before it hit him.

"Joshua, right?"

-That's me, i was thinking... want some pizza later? I thought maybe we could talk a little again.-

For some reason Nicholai felt like smiling, he was a lot more at ease lately and somehow the feeling increased with Joshua beside him.

"Sure, if you're buying."

A soft nudge with his elbow.

-Alright, i'll see you later then.-

And with that the canine moved on, gave a small wave to the tiger. He seemed nice, and having Joshua over again seemed innocent enough, even if he didn't remember

what they were doing exactly last time...

The thought, strangely enough, didn't really bother him.

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Later that evening Joshua walked down the halway, a pizza box on his left, soon he was knocking at Nicholais door.

He had to wait a few moments, music was playing, from what he could hear it was russian. Soon it was quiet and the door opened, a smiling tiger behind it.

"Come on in, was just doing a bit of homework."

-Thanks. Pizza, as promised,- the canine said, slightly nodding toward the carton.

As he walked over to the couch he noticed that the room felt different, it was no visible change, just something in the air.

Nick meanwhile sat down, stretched a bit before looking at his visitor.

"So, anything in particular you wanna do?"

-Talking mostly, maybe we could watch a movie.-

A simple nod was the response he got, although he could tell that the tiger seemed a bit flustered. It was nothing big, just the way the felines tail swayed, his ears twitched.

-Everything alright?-

Nick nodded a bit again.

"Yeah, sure. Hand me a slice, will ya?"

Joshua smiled a bit, opened the carton and did exactly that, took another slice for himself. After a few bites he decided that he couldn't wait forever, he only got here but for some reason he was getting anxious.

-So... i've been training my powers a little.-

Nicholais ears twitched again as he looked up from his slice, swallowing the bite he had taken.

"Uh-huh? Did you get anywhere with it?"

-Think so, yes... i mean, i'm still not done improving but, if you want, i could show you the results.-

The tigers face lit up almost instantly, he didn't know exactly why but the suggestion sounded like a lot of fun.

"Sure!"

Joshua still needed to take a deep breath, this step maybe wasn't bigger than the last but still.

-Okay... here we go.-

He closed his eyes, another deep breath, and tried to focus, but not on his own image, not this time.

Nicholai was pretty excited as he saw the body form, he remembered seeing something similiar the last time Joshua had been over, but it seemed different this time.

Soon enough he could see why, last time, he remembered, the one showing up was a doppelganger of Joshua, this time...there was a tiger forming, he already could make out the striped fur on the arms.

Slowly, steadily it continued to build, like as if someone was blowing away smoke to allow a mirror to be seen.

Before long a second Nicholai was there, sitting there, smiling. Joshua opened his eyes, blinked a bit before smiling too.

-So? What do you think?-

Nick still took in the sight of himself sitting there right in front of him.

"It's...uncanny, a bit creepy honestly."

-Well, it's not like he can hurt you or anything,- he rested on of his hands on the cloned tigers shoulder, smiled again.

-Wanna see the coolest part?-

"You can do even more now? But...well, yeah, show me," such progress, it was a bit weird for someone who didn't even have a good enough grasp of the matter to understand his own powers

to suddenly learn so much about it, but Nicholai was curious.

Joshua couldn't help but grin a little, patted the cloned tigers shoulder a little before closing his eyes. A few deep breaths, Nicholai left confused since nothing seemed to happen.

Before long however he did notice something, his mirror image changed, slightly at first but he changed.

Slowly and ever so slightly the mirrored tigers muscles grew, just a bit at first, but after a few seconds there was a sudden burst of growth, and the illusionary tiger grinned with self-confidence as he flexed a little.

Almost every muscle seemed to have doubled in size and despite what Joshua had said before, that the cloned tiger couldn't hord Nicholai, the russian feline felt intimidated.

"W...Woah...i...uhm...is he really stronger now or is it just for show?"

After catching his breath Joshua opened his eyes, patted the big tiger in front of him a little.

-Honestly, i'm not sure... but i think i have the hang of it now.-

"I say!," Nicholai still was quite in awe, stood up to try and get a good look at the changed illusion, even going so far as to touch the other tiger.

"Even feels real."

-Say, Nick, do you remember what else i showed you last time?-

The feline shook his head, his clone had reclined into the couch as the slimmer original stroke his firm abs a little.

This time he didn't even need to focus, not as much at least as he had to change the already formed tiger.

It happened just as it did so often before, slowly a soft, pink glow started creeping into the eyes of the illusion, a steady, gentle pulse taking it to the pupil but not dying down when reaching it's destination.

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At first Nicholai was only surprised, the other tiger felt so real, could he look like that with enough effort? He sure wanted to.

But as he practically groped himself, the only reason he felt comfortable with his almost lewd actions so far, telling himself that in essence it was his own body he touched, he noticed something.

Slowly his gaze wandered up, until he saw the other tigers handsome face.

"Huh?"

And there it was, the soft, pulsating glow in his eyes. Had Joshua changed something again? The more he continued looking into those captivating, pink depths, the less sure he was.

After a little while it didn't matter anymore, Nick couldn't say when exactly, but at some point it had gotten a lot more important to be close to the other feline.

Slowly, a bit unsure still, he got onto the couch, sitting down on the stronger tigers lap.

He smiled at Nicholai, purred with a deep rumble in his voice as his own hands began moving, slowly up and down the smaller felines back.

Nick couldn't help himself, he purred too, leaned against the soft furred chest of his former mirror image, his lips forming a content smile as a warm haze spread inside his head.

This... this was okay, he was only touching himself after all, that's what he told himself with the last few thoughts he really had for a while.

-Nick? Can you hear me?-

A voice slowly fought it's way into his thoughts, he still smiled, purred, the other tigers touch felt so good. Was it his voice? He wasn't sure, but it didn't matter, did it?

Still, he nodded, he could hear the voice after all.

-Do you feel good? You seem happy, relaxed,- the voice seemd slightly strained, not as if it would crack up or anything, just not as relaxed as the tiger felt it should feel.

"Yeah... ," was the single worded response he gave, a soft gasp escaping his muzzle as the strong paws that held him moved over his rump a little.

-Maybe you should thank the big, strong tiger for making you feel so relaxed, i bet he would like that.-

While Nicks eyes still were looked with his opposites, he could see that the other tiger nodded a bit.

"Thank you... ," the words were carried by a soft, relaxed sigh.

One hand slowly moved to the back of Nicholais neck, gave him a soft massage as the distant voice spoke again.

-Don't you want to thank him properly? You could kiss him, it's okay Nick... it's only your reflexion after all.-

Nick almost moaned a little, everything was so strange at the moment, good, but strange. The haze in his head kept him from really thinking, the voices words more or less cycling around.

But soon enough he nodded slightly, sure he could kiss the other tiger as a thank you, it seemed proper.

He slowly moved closer, the warm hand on the back of his neck supporting him, before his muzzle pressed gently against the other tiger's one.

It was a weird feeling as their lips touched, he almost feeled a tingle, resulting in him leaning more against the stronger male.

Yeah, this was a good way to thank someone, it felt good, not that he had too much of a comparison.

Slowly his tongue started to move, pressing against the others lips a little before slipping between them. Another moan escaped him as he felt the rough surface of the other tigers tongue grinding against his.

The hand that still lay on his back slowly moved down again before getting a firm grasp of his rear.

Nicholai blushed, not sure why, as his tail rose under the sensation, his tongue still playing with the other before he slowly broke the kiss.

"Thank you...," he sighed again, biting his lower lip a little.

The voice spoke again as Nicks illusionary twin kept caressing him.

-I could let you see him more often Nicholai. Could let you two enjoy each others company, it's nice...isn't it?-

He ground his hips against the other tiger, moaned a little again. Why did he do that? He wasn't sure, but it felt good and that was all that mattered at the moment.

"I'd like... to see him more often... he's nice," the tigers voice was unusually soft, still with a soft, slavic rumble to it, but soft.

-Then we should see each other more often as well, right?-

Nicholai just nodded, biting his lower lip again as he felt an all to familiar tingle in his loins.

"....ooooooh...," another soft moan the only response he could give.

-And don't forget to train relaxing, you want to become big and strong like him, right?-

It was obvious that the voice was talking about his mirror image, another nod, just before he slowly moved in for another deep kiss.

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-Till next time, was a great movie.-

"Yeah.... yeah it was."

Nicholais head still was hazy, he smiled, his body felt warm and relaxed. Without thinking about it his right hand moved down to adjust his pants a little, they were somewhat tight yet

the tiger didn't seem to notice the tent he was pitching.

"See you saturday, right?"

Joshua nodded and smiled, leaving the tigers room to get back to his own. He needed some sleep now, almost an hour had he kept up the illusionary tiger and that wasn't the only reason he felt exhausted.

Maybe next time he could make a move of his own.

'See? That's already some fun'

-I think i start to see what you're talking about,- he answered in his head while walking down the hallway.