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A few days later, Daniel was leaning on R'kan's shoulder as they both sat beneath the big tree in their clearing, soft morning sunlight warming them both as R'kan stroked his human's hair lovingly. Daniel hummed in approval, closing his eyes and snuggling up to his partner.

“It's a beautiful morning," R'kan commented blissfully.

“I've seen better," Daniel murmured. R'kan was about to scold him for spoiling the moment, when he realised the human was waiting for the obvious reply with a big grin on his face. R'kan sighed and played along.

“Like what? What is more beautiful than this morning?"

“You!" Daniel yelled, tackling the Lahzid to the ground and sitting atop his stomach proudly. He traced his fingers over the creases in his scales, never growing bored of the alien body, eyes showing how engrossed he was with his lover's form. R'kan jabbed a claw into his side accusingly.

“How very cliché of you," he remarked. Daniel yelped and jerked away, which was curious, because there was no way R'kan hurt him.

“Stop that! That tickles," Daniel pouted.

“Oho! It seems I have discovered the great Daniel's weakness!" R'kan exclaimed, redoubling his efforts to assault Daniel's sides. Daniel squealed and shielded himself with his hands, only for R'kan to switch to attacking his armpits.

“S-s – aha! – stop! Aah you bastard!" Daniel slapped R'kan's tail and the Lahzid backed off amusedly.

“Ooh, he's getting angry~" R'kan taunted him, dancing around just beyond his reach. “Catch me if you can~" R'kan took off, jogging fast enough that Daniel was always too far behind to do any damage, but slow enough that he wasn't leaving him in the dust. He spotted another clearing ahead and gave an extra burst of speed so as to allow him time to hide from his human, becoming beyond eyesight as he burst into the clearing, grinning like a madman. His eyes landed on two figures who had been, until recently, snuggling together under a tree. A female human soldier and the Lahzid Stacy had rescued.

The Lahzid had a pistol aimed right at R'kan's head.

“Crap," the human whispered. “Is-is he…?" R'kan opened his mouth to try and talk, but he received a jab of the gun in his direction and a barked order from the Lahzid.

“DON'T say a word. Hands up, on your knees." R'kan gulped and nodded, doing as he was asked. The Lahzid was shaking slightly. “Oh no oh no…" she whispered, “This wasn't supposed to happen. They can't know…"

“What are you going to do?" the human whispered back. R'kan tried to speak again, but was cut off once more.

“I don't want to hear your words of contempt!" the Lahzid yelled.

“I'm n – " The Lahzid's arm shook with anger, her finger almost pulling the trigger.

“Not another word!" R'kan knew he was dangerously close to being shot in the head, and decided against trying to speak again unless spoken to. “This is why you were sneaking out all the time, isn't it? You were spying on me for them… don't answer that! I know it's true."

Then, with a flurry of leaves, Daniel stumbled into the clearing with them.

“Aha! There you are you scaly bastard!" he announced loudly, failing to notice the other occupants of the clearing. He was slightly confused as to why R'kan was kneeling down with his hands raised above his head, but then enlightenment flickered in his eyes. “Wha-what is this? Oh, is this some kind of kinky roleplay you planned out? Er…" Daniel cleared his throat, and put on a ridiculous-sounding deep 'masculine hero voice'. He made a gun from his thumb and index finger and pointed it at R'kan while jumping into an action-ready pose.

“It seems you have been thwarted by I, Captain Daniel Awesome! You have made the wise choice in surrendering to me, Demon! For if you had not, I would have had to use my super awesome and very masculine hero-ness… ness… to do awesomely scary, er, action-packed… action! ...y stuff." Even under the circumstances, R'kan couldn't help but raise his eye ridge in a 'really?' expression. “This is why I said no to roleplay yesterday," Daniel informed him, breaking his oh-so-carefully-constructed persona for just a second, before getting back into it.

“But that is of no relevant importance! For now that I have captured you, all that is left is to interrogate you! Mwu hu ha ha ha!" He paused and scratched is chin. “… Wait, I'm supposed to be the good guy. I think…?" Daniel heard giggling from across the way and suddenly turned to see two females, one human and one Lahzid, having a laugh at his expense. Daniel blushed bright red and began shaking in embarrassment. “R-R'kan! You didn't tell me you invited friends, you butt!" R'kan laughed in relief more than anything as he noticed the gun had been put away and the two others seemed more at ease. Daniel sure had a unique way of saving the day. The Lahzid female, still giggling, mimicked Daniel's finger gun and marched her girlfriend over to them.

“That's right!" R'kan's kinswoman stated. “I have simultaneously foiled your plans and turned the tables by capturing your associate, Captain Awesome. Drop your weapon or I'll be forced to shoot!" R'kan didn't know whether to be more surprised at the fact that the two ladies had decided to play along, or the fact that Daniel had gotten over his embarrassment and laughed, put his hands up, and kneeled in front of R'kan. He seemed to genuinely be enjoying the little game. R'kan silently thanked the two women for changing his lover's mind about roleplaying and stood, standing next to the Lahzid as the human female took her place next to Daniel.

“What's your name?" R'kan whispered.

“Laeina, and this is Amy," she whispered back. “Sorry about, ah, that…" R'kan shrugged and cleared his throat, gaining the attention of the two humans.

“Now, ape-like creatures, you shall face our wrath! As our prisoners, we shall elicit information out of you in all manner of kinky ways!"

“Revolution!" Daniel cried, leaping and tackling R'kan around the waist. He floundered about, desperately seeking any ticklish spots, but unable to find any before R'kan rolled them over so he was on top. His sheathed claws, instantly found all the right places and the merciless tickle-assault resumed. Daniel was shrieking with involuntary laughter – along with plenty of 'no's 'mercy's and 'stop's – and he struggled to roll away, but was unable to go anywhere while pinned beneath the physically-superior Lahzid. R'kan let up long enough to lean down so his face was inches away from Daniel's.

“You want me to stop?" Daniel nodded, red-faced and with a massive grin on his face, chest heaving as he got his breath back. “Then go ahead and tell the ladies exactly what you want me to do to you once we've gotten those pesky clothes off." Daniel threw a glance over at their giggling observers and shook his head. R'kan grinned, knowing that the human was secretly enjoying this, and redoubled his efforts, fingers dancing in all Daniel's most sensitive places until he couldn't produce any more sound other than:

“I yield! I yield!" R'kan gave him a moment to slow his breathing, letting it all out in whooshes. “I'll tell you what I want you to do to me… I want you to get down on your knees and beg for my delicious ass!" And right back to tickling.

Amy snuggled up to Laeina as they watched the boys roughhousing.

“They seem okay," she observed. Laeina nodded.

“I honestly never guessed R'kan had been sneaking out to see a human just like me," she admitted. “He's a really great guy, I should have seen it coming. His words actually carry a fair bit of weight back at the base, even if he doesn't know it, and to hear him say that he despised me for loving you… I…" She hung her head. Amy quickly moved in to comfort her, giving her a gentle kiss on the cheek and a back rub.

“Help! Help! Help!" Daniel screamed, and Laeina shook her head with a wide smirk on her muzzle. R'kan straddled the human's waist and rubbed his cheek with a careful talon.

“I've revised my offer!" he announced. He whispered something into Daniel's ear, and the smirk that split his muzzle dwarfed every other smile the two ladies had seen today.

“No I'm not –" R'kan jabbed his side.

“Aaah! Okay!" He turned his head to Amy and Laeina. “Hey there ladies, any chance of a foursome?"

“Hmm…" Laeina tapped her muzzle cheekily as if considering it. “Four's a bit much… how about three? R'kan, you don't mind sitting this one out, do you?" R'kan spluttered indignantly and Daniel stuck his tongue out at him.

“Now get off me fatty," Daniel ordered. R'kan huffed and stood up, holding out a hand for Daniel, which the human accepted.

“Fatty? Oh yeah, real mature Daniel. I think you might be getting it all mixed up. You see, awesome muscles like mine weigh more than fat. That's where all my weight comes from." Daniel made a cute grabby motion with his hands.

“Carry me." R'kan rolled his eyes and picked Daniel up like a newborn child. “Humans aren't made to laugh that much… I'm exhausted."

“So, what position are we trying tonight? Doggystyle sounded quite exotic."

“Sex? You'll be lucky if I let you suck me off after that spectacle!" R'kan and Daniel seemed to have forgotten all about the other occupants of the clearing and began drifting off into their own little world. Amy quirked an eyebrow but decided not to burst their bubble.

“Boys," she said simply. Laeina grunted in agreement. There was a short silence as they watched R'kan stoop down and give Daniel a long and passionate kiss.

“How 'bout now?" Daniel shook his head.

“Get me some chocolate and I'll consider it."

“Chocolate? Where the hell do you expect me to get that?"

“That's your problem."

“I'll give you a problem in a couple of minutes!"

“So, if R'kan has got this whole human thing going on too, what does that mean for us? Can you tell your people?" Amy asked finally. Laeina 'hmm'ed, tapping her muzzle with a single claw.

“It may not be wise to do so. If R'kan has not told anyone, he has reasons for it. We should discuss it with him and Daniel first."

“Really?" Daniel exclaimed suddenly, luring their attention back to the two males. “Well, I would probably start waving guns around if somebody burst in on our private time too. But how didn't she recognise you? Didn't she see us lying naked on the ground, fucking like raunchy animals, before the fight broke out?"

“Daniel, it's rude to talk about people when they're five metres away. Talk to people, not about them," R'kan scolded him.

“Hey Laeina!" Daniel yelled, unnecessarily loudly.

“Okay, okay," R'kan grumbled, trotting over and depositing the human at the girls' feet.

“Why were you scared of R'kan? I mean, we were having sex right in front of your eyes!" Daniel asked again.

“I wasn't actually apart of the original firefight; I was out scouting for some decent kindling when I heard the sounds of a fight. By the time I showed up, you weren't there, and Amy – the person who sent me on my way once I was done healing – was never told about it either. It seems you're keeping your relationship on the lowdown, yes?" Daniel nodded. “Then there you have it. This is all very new information to me." Daniel nodded again, but there was obviously something on his mind. “Is… is there something else?"

“Honestly? Yeah," Daniel answered. Laeina motioned for her to go on. “So like, were you serious about the threesome, or…?"

“Daniel!" R'kan looked mortified and gave him a playful punch on the shoulder. Laeina scoffed at him and watched as R'kan swept him back up in his arms and began hauling him away.

“Catch you later!" R'kan called back to them as he carried his human back home.

“Call me!" Daniel cried, before laughing hysterically.

“Look at that, you've still got some laughter left in you!"

“Don't you da-ahahahahahaha!" Amy smiled as their voices faded into the distance and lay back on the soft grass with a whoosh of breath.

“Man, those two are really something."

“So um, just a quick question." Laeina tapped two claws together nervously as she searched for how to put her request. “Er, don't answer if you don't want to, but… mmm… when, do you, think… we should… give sex a go? I mean, it obviously works for them, so it's not as if we're not compatible or anything – although honestly I've never actually thought about how two females are supposed to have sex anyway I mean neither of us have a penis so do we only do oral or do we just have to use toys all the time, but wouldn't that mean that only one person gets pleasure out of it? Regardless I'd totally be the one on the giving end because I always want to see you happy and I'd never make you work hard for my sexual pleasure while getting nothing in return because that would make me a terrible mate – and it's not as if I don't enjoy what we're doing now I just think that sex could be a pleasurable experience for us both and I could… maybe…" Laeina realised that she'd just let out the mother of all ramblings and blushed as she shut her muzzle.

“When the time comes, I'll teach you a few tricks, then we'll experiment from there. But for now, the internet's your best friend. Now, I'm gonna squeeze in a quick chat with Daniel before he stows himself away in his room, so I'll see you tomorrow." They kissed briefly, before Amy gathered her rifle from the ground and ran on back to the outpost.

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Daniel paused outside Lieutenant Dover's room as he saw Amy jogging over to him.

“Hey Daniel, is now a bad time?" she asked.

“Not at all," Daniel told her cheerily. “In fact, you can do me a real favour by coming in to see Dover with me."

“Uh, actually I –"

“C'mon," Daniel said as he pushed her through, following close behind.

“She another sympathiser?" Dover asked, right off the bat. Daniel, Dover and Judo had all been collectively making an effort to subtly reach out to human soldiers to see if they would support a push for peace, before briefing those who they deemed 'sympathisers', effectively creating a miniature army to take over with. While Dover was the active commander of the military in the region, that didn't mean the military were incapable of mutiny if they got orders they didn't agree with. Dover could easily be written off as 'rogue' or a 'rebel'.

Daniel was less involved in the military side of things and more the researcher, gathering information and investigating suspicious activity – which was made much easier with a certain lieutenant's access codes to the UNDF servers. Daniel was impressed and quite confused as to why a hardened lieutenant was acting like Dover was, but refrained from asking for fear of touching upon a sensitive subject. High-ranking military officers always had hard roads behind them. Well, maybe that was just Daniel's nerdy movie-watching logic. He wasn't in the military, and never wanted to be, so therefore never bothered to look into how things worked. He would guess that somebody would only reach the rank of lieutenant through exceptional service however.

“Better," Daniel answered Dover. He turned to Amy. “It's okay; you can trust them. I – and by extension R'kan – have been working with them for a while now." He shifted his gaze sheepishly. “Well, three days. But Corporal Judo here put a bullet in a guy's brain with a freaking fifty cal to save our lives, so I'd say it's pretty reasonable to trust them." Amy nodded and took a deep breath.

“Ma'am, I'm currently in a relationship with an enemy soldier of the female gender," she reported stoically.

“Oh, at ease for Christ's sake," Dover muttered with a wave of her hand. “So, do Lahzids only do homosexual interspecies relationships, or is this just a freak coincidence?"

“Why, you interested?" Daniel asked with a wink. Dover rolled her eyes.

“It's almost as if some really uptight novelist wanted to avoid gender stereotyping or something," she remarked. “This is indeed a good sign if more couples are popping up in just this region alone. If we could reach out to the rest of the world, we may be able to convince others to start scheming too."

“Oh, and uh, there's something else I need to tell you." Dover waited for him to continue. “You see, R'kan and I got talking, and we thought seeing as you've got another couple here, it won't be such a tragedy if R'kan and I were publicly executed for blasphemy or whatever…"

“I don't like where this is going," Dover grated out, giving Daniel a very intense stare.

“I'm going to R'kan's camp. We already know how humanity will react, but if we earned the support of the Lahzids…" Dover narrowed her eyes, as if trying to concentrate her gaze into an immobilising beam. Daniel shuffled awkwardly and stood slightly taller, trying to retain a confident outward appearance. I am decisive, I am firm. I have made up my mind. I am not waiting for her permission to do this, Daniel told himself. Yeah right. You're almost pissing yourself and all she's doing is looking at you funny.

“R'kan approves of this idea?" she queried. Daniel nodded. Dover sighed and softened her glare. “Well, if he thinks they'll take it well, I suppose we can afford to take a little gamble." Amy watched the exchange intently, wondering if maybe she should have helped convince Daniel to stay. But the young man's mind was clearly already made up, and he smiled, then vacated the room.

He left them to get each other up to speed and quickly began stuffing belongings in his backpack. He'd acquired a laptop as a gift from Kenzy for helping out around the outpost, and also to support the cause (Kenzy was a sympathiser), which was quite a powerful piece of technology and would definitely allow Daniel to keep up his research. He carefully wedged it into his pack. Blankets? Nah, R'kan surely had a bed he'd be willing to share. He picked up his walkie-talkie.

“I'm on my way – just packing my things now. And maybe a quick toilet break afterwards, then I'll be ready."

“Thanks for the excessive amount of information," R'kan chuckled.

“You want excessive? I can tell you how much care I take to ensure that you have a nice, clean hole to fuck."

“Aw, gross Daniel! I don't need that mental image! You're such a turn-off sometimes!" Daniel laughed evilly, then switched off his radio, shoved it in his bag and zipped it closed. Now for that toilet break…

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Daniel took R'kan's hand in his as they stood atop the hill. Before them was a large block of concrete that was so covered in vegetation that anybody would have glanced over it had they not been looking for it. R'kan brushed aside a large fern and knocked on the metal hatch he revealed.

“It's R'kan. I've brought a human – please, do not harm him, he is my lover." The hatch opened a touch and the barrel of a gun was rammed out, then a pair of glowing green eyes swiftly followed. Seeing no angry mob of enemy soldiers, the Lahzid opened the hatch fully and silently motioned for them to climb inside. They did so, the sentry Lahzid leading the way with R'kan and Daniel following behind, still connected at the hand. “As far as we can tell, these used to be sewers or some bunker complex, but were forgotten about a long, long time ago. We made a few improvements, and now it's real comfy. Surprisingly spacious too. The best part? It doesn't even smell. Well, apart from the occasional damp and mouldy patch, but that's not the worst smell a nose can get a whiff of in sewage tunnels." Daniel smiled uneasily and pressed himself closer to R'kan, his grip tightening slightly.

“Wait here," the sentry ordered gruffly. They were on the threshold of the base it seemed; a metal gate was all that separated them from the thrum of activity Daniel could see through the bars.

“There's a few hundred Lahzids down here," R'kan whispered as they waited. “Our leader's name is Iotan. He's an alright guy once you get to know him, lost his son to humans though, so forgive him if he's an ass to you." Daniel nodded, suddenly wondering if this was really the wisest course of action. But then he took a glance at R'kan's loving face, beaming a soft, supportive smile just for him, and all his doubts were washed away. He trusted R'kan. R'kan would never let him get hurt.

Iotan strode over, eyeing Daniel suspiciously, with Alph, Laeina, the sentry and two others in tow. The Lahzid leader nodded to the two anonymous Lahzids and they seized Daniel, dragging him off to the cell block while roughly cuffing his hands behind his back. “Take it easy!" R'kan snapped angrily at them. “What's the big deal?" he demanded.

“R'kan, you brought a human to our sanctuary. You have jeopardised everything! What the hell is the meaning of this?"

“It's okay R'kan, I got this. Go see to Daniel," Laeina assured him. R'kan thanked her, then shoved past the small crowd and sprinted to where Daniel was being thrown into a small tent. The two Lahzid soldiers hammered a rung into the plank of wood that served as the floor with their fists, using it to anchor Daniel's handcuffed wrists to the ground. R'kan snarled at them as he passed them, one of them swinging a key ring around his finger before shoving it in his pocket. Looked like those handcuffs weren't coming off until Laeina smoothed things out.

“Sorry about that," R'kan apologised, yanking the rung out of the wood with his raw brawn. “That didn't go quite as I expected. Are you hurt?" R'kan cupped his cheek and stared into his eyes searchingly. Daniel shook his head.

“I'm fine. Nothing some good company can't fix." Daniel awkwardly manoeuvred himself so he could bring his arms underneath his feet, effectively stepping over the cuffs' chain and bringing his wrists up in front of him. With his newfound freedom, he placed his hands on R'kan's chest, leaned in close and whispered huskily: “Some really good company."

“Er, Daniel?" R'kan fought to keep his excitement contained, but Daniel's hands were trailing down his belly, tugging at his belt. “Is this really…?"

“I'm going to cum all over their precious prison, and you're gonna help me." R'kan's pants had been pulled down now, revealing his growing erection to the cool air. Giving in, R'kan let out an animalistic growl and began reciprocating, tugging down Daniel's pants and briefs, allowing the human's rock-hard manhood to spring free.

“Are you always hard, or am I just that arousing?" Daniel kissed and sucked on his neck scales in return, so R'kan just resolved to ask again later, instead allowing his senses to be driven crazy by Daniel's passionate ministrations. He felt cold metal against the back of his neck, and realised that Daniel had put his arms over his head and down, locking them together in a handcuff-induced embrace. This could be interesting…

Daniel coaxed R'kan down until he was lying on his back and Daniel was lying atop him, and the human gave him a rewarding kiss for his compliance, before unhooking his cuffs and sitting up straight upon his partner, grinning mischievously. He lifted his rump up and reached behind him until his hand got a firm grasp on R'kan's waiting cock, making him hiss at the warm appendage being wrapped around his shaft. Daniel angled the cock and slowly let himself back down, with the tip of R'kan's dick pressing against his sphincter. With a sharp gasp from Daniel, R'kan felt his rigid meat penetrate him, Daniel's gradual descent sliding more and more inside of him. R'kan moaned and relaxed, both intrigued and excited at this new turn of events. He'd never thought of this position before.

Daniel placed his palms on R'kan's chest, taking a short break as his rear rested against R'kan's crotch, every single inch of his endowment safely tucked away within his warm, tight depths. Using his hands as leverage, Daniel leaned forward and lifted his ass, making R'kan's cock slowly glide out from his experienced hole, before letting gravity take control and letting it slide all the way back in. His own shaft twitched and deposited a dribble of human precum on R'kan's stomach. Daniel raised himself again, the disappointing emptiness soon to be eradicated by the exquisite feeling of that alien pole filling him to the brim with hot, throbbing meat. R'kan was having a ball of a time, eyes closed in pleasure as he simply relaxed and allowed the human to pleasure them at his own pace. He let out a soft moan as Daniel's soft rump thumped down on his lap again, burying his shaft slightly rougher than before.

Daniel picked up speed, eventually just bouncing on his partner's lap, that hot member only sliding out a few inches before being thrust back in with every downwards motion. Daniel arched his back and moaned softly as he twisted his body, getting R'kan's hard dick to rub his prostate with every motion.

“Oh yes…" he moaned hoarsely, a steady string of precum flowing freely from his piss slit as he rode his lizard-like lover. His eyes snapped shut and he bit his lower lip to stifle the cry that bubbled forth as he ground his own prostate with R'kan's erection, gyrating his hips in small circles to get all the right angles. “O-oh fuck – right there…" he muttered.

“Mmmm…" R'kan agreed, his hands wandering their way up Daniel's thighs until he was firmly grasping the human's hips, using his upper body strength to help Daniel along as he kept steadily bouncing on the blissful shaft buried within him. He pushed R'kan's hands away.

“L-let me do the work… just relax…" R'kan groaned but did as he was told, secretly loving every second of his partner's exotic dominant streak. Daniel pressed himself forward and began riding R'kan with full force, smashing his prostate with R'kan's dick with every violent downwards thrust. R'kan let out a choked cry of pleasure at the unexpected surge of tempo, hands creeping back to Daniel's hips despite his order, unable to resist assisting the human with slamming their hips together, bucking his pelvis forward to meet his every downwards thrust.

Daniel just moaned and accepted it, too lost in the sea of bliss to object. His hands finally left R'kan's chest to begin masturbating furiously as his prostate was milked thoroughly, gasping and panting with his tongue lolling out – he knew R'kan was on his last leg and sure enough, R'kan's claws dug into Daniel's sides as he grunted loudly and rammed his cock deep into Daniel's ass, holding him there firmly as jets of Lahzid cum began pumping into the human's bowels. As the heat spread through his lower region, Daniel moaned and collapsed, all attempts to pleasure himself forgotten as his anal ring clenched around the spasming member buried inside him.

Daniel barely felt the shift of weight as he was rolled on his side. His arms were wrapped around R'kan's shoulders by the Lahzid himself, and he felt a warm, scaly hand grip his rock-hard member and begin pumping gently, even as his own prick spurted its last drop of alien semen. Daniel made a strange noise halfway between a gasp and a moan as he achieved his own orgasm, spraying his thick cream all over the tent wall, floor and R'kan's chest. R'kan chuckled, not even a little miffed about the drops of human spunk that seeped into his shirt. Then he held his human tightly in his arms, keeping his spent cock buried in Daniel's ass as he knew the human liked. Daniel's eyes were closed and he was panting softly, head lolling as sleep claimed the exhausted human.

As R'kan stroked the unconscious human's hair, the tent flap burst open and Alph charged in.

“R'kan we got – oh, for Christ's sake, really?" R'kan put on his best innocent face even though he was still connected to his lover by the hips.

“What? Is something wrong?" Alph glanced around the tent with a raised eye ridge, muttered something under his breath, then tossed a set of keys on the floor next to R'kan and retreated from the disaster area.

“Just… get yourself cleaned up and come see Iotan when you're ready." R'kan chuckled at his antics and snuggled down closer to his partner, resuming his loving caresses. He could feel his cock slowly shrinking back into its sheath and sighed, retrieving the keys from beside his head and unlocking the handcuffs that bound Daniel. With an evil grin, he tucked both objects away into his vest pocket for later use. He jostled Daniel slightly, but the human didn't show any signs of waking, so R'kan simply pulled both their pants up, scooped Daniel up into his arms and stepped outside.

“Muuhrrr…" said Daniel as he curled up and hugged R'kan's neck subconsciously. His head nuzzled the bottom of R'kan's jaw cutely; making a huge grin split his muzzle. He knew full well where Iotan's 'room' was located, and saw himself there confidently, despite the numerous distasteful glares that were pointed in his direction as he crossed the underground's hub. A wall made from a curtain draped over a chain-link fence marked the area that had been set aside as Iotan's residence. R'kan nudged the curtain aside with his tail, having both of his hands occupied by his human, and stepped over the threshold into the privacy of Iotan's dwelling. Iotan peered at them with harsh red eyes.

“Not too bruised I hope? No? Well, as long as he's relatively unharmed." R'kan recognised those words, and realised they had come from Daniel's own mouth during the call the human had made to set R'kan free before setting out for the outpost. R'kan's eyes narrowed.

“He's never hurt anyone…" R'kan growled, before adjusting the accuracy of his words. “He's never hurt any Lahzids anyway." Yeah, the memory – no matter how hazy – of Daniel trying to bash Lauren's skull in was an unforgettable one.

“Hmm? Why come my clothes are on?" Daniel slurred dazedly, his head lifting off R'kan's chest as his bleary eyes blinked at the bright work light that lit up the small area. Daniel was too weary to even blush as he realised there was somebody else in the room. “You c'n put me down if ya like…" Even as he said so, Daniel looked around the enclosed area for a comfy place to sit down. The only furniture in the room was a heavy desk with a mismatching padded chair and a bedroll tucked into the corner, excluding the construction-site-worthy light that was plugged into an extension cord that ran down the length of the wall, deep into the tunnels, anchored to the concrete wall by small metal rungs.

R'kan placed Daniel down in the only chair and stretched his scaly limbs, unintentionally showing off his rippling muscles in the process. Daniel hummed dreamily then face planted on the desk. Iotan furrowed his brow.

“I didn't order them to drug him," he explained defensively. R'kan chuckled.

“As I'm sure Alph and Laeina explained; he's my mate now – er, boyfriend. We haven't quite gotten to the 'bonding for life' part yet." Iotan narrowed his maroon eyes and noticed the fresh spots of unidentifiable liquid that stained three tiny dots of his uniform.

“You had sex in the prison tent, didn't you?"

“You're terrible at pillow talk," R'kan commented with a chuckle. “See; the trick is to say what you mean without using blunt terms to describe it. Like the word 'sex' is right out." Iotan kept a straight, unamused face for about a minute before a smirk emerged.

“You're such a charmer R'kan. But you know my feelings on humans, are you absolutely, one-hundred percent sure he actually loves you, and that coming here wasn't his plan all along? Because we won't live long enough for me to say 'I told you so' otherwise."

“Actually, he pretty much sparked a miniature civil war amongst the local garrison. We have a human lieutenant gathering followers and preparing to take over the nearby outpost as we speak."

“Just one more question: Laeina has been sneaking out recently, like you have been doing. Is she fucking a human too?"

“Tsk tsk, your pillow talk is terrible. Take it up with her." With that, R'kan retrieved his human and left the room, managing to catch a glimpse of Iotan shaking his head and rolling his eyes before he started for his own room.