Return to the Jungle
Imported from SF2 with no description.
With well-timed finality, the last few percussive notes from his earbuds merged with the click of the door lock. Day in and day out; Luiz Vasquez's life had become a monotonous blur. The crisp air of his apartment rushed past him as he opened the door to the modest flat. The tension and exhaustion were somewhat relieved by the window unit that rattled loudly in the corner. The humid summer had finally bared its teeth. Even for a typical Floridian summer, it was scorching. The sweat seemed to cling to Luis as he stripped. His work shirt smelled of oil and grease; while his undershirt was sickeningly moist and stuck to his olive-toned chest. Haphazardly tossing about his clothes, the young man dashed to the shower. Desperate for a reprieve from his day.
The cool water washed over Luis. Their eyes closed and he brushed his fingers through the locks of his curly hair. Soft, mellow beats played over the stereo; he gently swayed and bounced to the lofi music. Washing away the grime, sweat, and frustrations of the day. The cold shower was just the ticket to refreshment. Relaxed, Luis stepped from the shower onto the shaggy rug below. The fur tickled his feet as he turned toward the mirror. For twenty-seven, he wasn't in terrible shape. A mostly flat stomach with a bit of pudge, lanky arms that showed off a distinct lack of muscle. He was neither the dad bod type that a growing number of guys seemed to be into, nor was he the Adonis of a man that the twinks seemed to swoon over. His skin wasn't the deep caramel that the rest of his family shared. A lighter shade of olive that didn't glow as radiantly as his brothers or cousins. Most wouldn't guess the boy was Columbian. He looked out of place, yet simultaneously almost entirely unnoticeable. Luis never wanted the spotlight, most of the time the unremarkableness worked to his benefit. He preferred isolation. However, he was only human, and the need for companionship, an escape from the loneliness, clawed at him.
Luis checked his phone as he stepped into the living room. Upside to the lack of roommates, he was able to indulge in his nudist tendencies. Fingers tugging and rubbing along his foreskin, he could feel his shaft twitch and throb up. It had been too long since he had let himself relax and get off; let alone share the company of anyone. A deft and practiced flick of his thumb opened an oft-used webpage. The images of anthropomorphic animals in vulgar situations awakened his lust. A soft moan and a tug at his balls as he stopped at a picture of a gorilla roughly breeding a wolf. He wouldn't personally consider himself a furry; however, the art certainly got his motor running. Setting down his phone, Luis shifted into the kitchen. His semi-erect cock bobbed along with each step. His stomach roared. Luis had missed lunch, a fact his body was keen to remind him. He knew he was too tired to cook, opting for the quick and easy TV dinner.
He watched the plastic tray gently spinning. The dull hum ran across his mind. He was empty. Too tired to have any real complicated thoughts. The cheap food popping and gurgling before him. Struggling under the microwaves. Luis looked down at his feet, his hands. He felt the invisible weight that seemed to sit upon his shoulders. Looking back into the microwave, Luis wondered if perhaps the tray was watching back.
Luis barked out a curse and threw the controller to the other side of the couch. He had been working and grinding against the same boss for what seemed like hours. The screen faded to black. “You Died.” Shown brightly in red. It taunted him. He had perished countless times, no closer to beating the boss, he hadn't learned anything. With a growl, Luis stood and stumbled back into the kitchen. Pulling another of the mini wine bottles and almost completely draining it in the first swig. The alcohol buzzed nicely in his veins. With no work tomorrow, the night was his. Pulling up his phone again, he just sat on his lock screen. An image of Kaa the Snake stared back at him. The serpent's eyes spun wildly. Almost tempting whoever was behind the glass, staring at him, to look deeper. Luis wished the snake would slither free of his technological prison. He had been in love with him since his first viewing of The Jungle Book. What was once a simple fascination, was quickly blown up into a deprived fetish. Luis couldn't count the times he had masturbated to the snake. Either through video edits or stories and art. Kaa epitomized his sexuality and yet. It had been ages since he had even watched any of the Kaa and Mowgli edits, let alone the larger film itself. Grabbing another of the mini bottles, Luis slides back onto the leather couch. Picking up the remote and logging into the built-in streaming service. Finishing the first bottle as the jungle symphony gently drifts throughout his apartment. Snuggling in as a wave of nostalgia rushed through his body.
~~~
Luis was confused. Surely, he had been in his apartment moments before. Yet, he was surrounded by heavy green-tinted mists. Everything seemed to be in a dense fog. He was standing in some sort of cleared-out treetop. A pathway made of branches stretching out before him. The noises of the jungle echoed out around him. 'Surely, I've gotta be dreaming.' Thought the young man. Tentatively, he took a few steps forward. The ancient branches easily seemed to take his weight as he walked along. The path stretched on for miles before him. Yet, Luis noticed that the further he walked along the path, the less noise he could hear from the jungle. After an eternity of walking, the birds and animals silenced entirely. Luis looked around to see what became of the noise, when suddenly, in front of him, the mists cleared, and a large treehouse stood before him. Shoddily painted and strewn with drawings and forgotten toys. It all began to dawn on him just as his eyes found the sign.
“Luis' Fortress! Dadz not allowed!”
Memories flooded back to him. Many nights, his father got drunk and abusive. Many more were spent locking himself in his room. Away from the toxicity. Luis could remember being buried deep in his blankets, eyes closed, and picturing himself here. His happy place. Though, it had been much more vibrant and accessible when he was young. Now it looked so rundown, abandoned. He stepped closer. To call it a treehouse was admittedly an understatement. Luis was correct all those years ago. It was more of a fortress. A massive complex, forged of ancient trees and wood. Various rooms and playgrounds within and without the area. He was absurdly more creative when he was younger. What happened to him? Picking up a piece of paper, a heavy sigh racked his body. There he was. Smiling happily. While it wasn't exactly Van Gogh, his art certainly wasn't the stick figures and obtuse shapes of most nine-year-olds. Why had he stopped drawing? Echoes of his father's angered voice and rampant homophobia came flooding sickeningly back to him. Right. Him. He missed drawing, he felt so happy doing it. He let the paper go and picked up another piece. This one had him laughing and riding along the back of a large serpent. One whose infectious smile never left his childhood. Kaa. He was like a secret best friend to the boy. Sure, most found him to be the villain of the movie; however, Luis was intrigued by the clumsy snake. He seemed nice. His finger brushed over the colored pencil drawing of the snake. His childhood friend. Almost as if on cue, a deep, resounding hiss echoed around him.
“Well, well! Issss that you Luissss? Have you returned after soooo long? I had thought you abandoned me. Your only friend. Ssssurely, you never forgot, eh? You came back to me.”
Luis let out a yelp. His skin crawled, and his eyes darted around him. He was sure he was alone. Yet who was this voice? All around him, a noise began to build. Like parchment being shifted around. Yet nothing looked disturbed around him. There was no sign of the voice.
“Aww, no need to be scared, my friend. I'm not here to hurt you, Luisss. I could never. No, dessspite your absssence I never forgot my little man-cub. It's why I stayed. I knew eventually you would be back. I see you've grown, my friend. You look spectacular, really. The cub grown into a man, I'm glad to sssee even without my guidance, you blosssomed. I mussst admit, though, man-cub. You are not the only one who hassss grown.”
Before him, the gate that separated the main courtyard from the outside began to raise. The c** lack-clink** of an old, worn chain started up. Luis watched the dark tunnel. A shape was coming towards him. Slowly he backed up. His heart raced in his chest, feet spread and toes clenched. Ready to sprint off at the drop of a pin. After a moment, the shape took more of a definitive shape. A python slithered toward him. The head was almost as large as Luis' torso. The neck thinning out a little before swelling into a massive, bulky trunk of its own. More and more of the immense frame pushed forth from the tunnel. Coils almost a few meters around at the thickest. Luis recognized him almost immediately. The deep tan scales. Black circles ran down his back. The light underbelly and the smile that genuinely seemed happy to see him.
“K-Kaaa!? It's you!?” Luis sputtered out. “How could you? But, surely, I must be dreaming. You're so big?” Luis stammered more questions at the snake, who coiled into a little tower. As he just gaped in disbelief. Memories of the snake hitting him like a wave. He was never alone in this massive complex. Kaa was always by his side. Albeit, he was closer in size to his film adaptation. Not the behemoth that sat slithering around him.
'He easily has to be three-hundred feet long. He could pulverize me. Th-this can't be safe.' Luis remarked to himself. Yet even as he thought back. Kaa never harmed him. Quite the contrary. He remembered many nights when the snake held him close. He cried into his scaled coils. All the while, the serpent hushed and soothed him. His stomach sunk. Perhaps he was dreaming, this was likely just his imagination. However, throughout his childhood. Through the abuse at home, other kids bullying him. Or any stresses of a child's life. Kaa was always there. Always made him feel better.
The snake seemed to be a mind reader. Lowering himself, his muzzle mere inches from the human. “I promise I would never hurt you Luisss, even at this size. I'm your friend. I'm jusssst here to make sure that mind is at eassse.”
Luis shakily raised a hand, running it along the python's jaw. The snake dipped his head. Nuzzling at his hand like a dog, touch-starved from his master. Kaa once more looked up into his eyes. For a moment, Luis froze. The snake was famous for many things, but one certainly more than others. He shielded his eyes with one arm, letting them close. Kaa burst out in joyful laughter. The wispy, light threads of Kaa's voice echoed in the clearing. He could feel the reverberation under his hand, as the chortles ran along the snake's body.
“Come now!? You really do not remember our time together, do you, man-cub? Without your permission, I would never take your mind. Well. Perhaps a time or two when you were too distraught to see reason. However, no. No Luisss, without your consent your mind remains your own.”
The snake lowered his body to the ground at the human's feet. Gesturing for Luis to sit. He was hesitant for a moment. Yet, a small part of him trusted Kaa implicitly. Perhaps it was what was left of his childhood. Or just foolishness, or even just lust. It didn't matter. The moment he sat on the python's back. Everything clicked. It seemed perfect. Kaa smiled and licked Luis' face. Lifting the little rider, he began to slowly slither back towards his old hangout. Luis heard Kaa humming his lullaby softly, he turned back and saw the little wiggle that was his tail. So far, yet so clearly dancing and wagging away. His hands rested on either side of the powerful neck that held him. He relaxed a little. Leaning in to rest his head along Kaa's back. The slithering motion was almost soothing. So familiar yet, so strange. A soft chuckle broke up the relaxing hums.
“Welcome home, little man-cub.”
~~~
Luis' eyes blinked open. A moment of panic ran through him as he saw what seemed to be an ocean of scaley coils surrounding him. He could barely move. Utterly encased in the snake's body. Kaa's snout lay upon a section of coils nearby. Watching the boy intently.
“Ssssleep well, my friend?” Kaa slithered closer. “You seemed worn out, exhausssted. You can trussst me, you know this. I'm sure you remember my songs vividly.”
Luis couldn't help but blush. Wriggling himself free. He sat upon a length of the massive body. His cheeks reddened darker as he looked down. Clad in nothing but an orange-red loincloth. Glaring at the beast before him.
“Did you change me into this!? What the hell, Kaa? Where are my clothes? When did I fall asleep?”
He saw Kaa smile with bemusement at Luis' confusion. It only helped to anger the young man. Still utterly bewildered as to what was happening.
“Well, man-cub, did I change you? Yess? You always wore one of these ssssilly ssskins when we met. Jusssst like that other little man-cub. Your clothesss are cleaned. You fell asssleep for quite sssome time, my friend.”
Luis stepped free. The cool bark felt smooth, a little cool, a strangely comforting familiarly, beneath his feet. Luis ran a hand along the snake. It was so surreal. If this was a dream, it felt so much more real, more vivid.
“Where are we? Is this real? I'm sorry, Kaa, it's all a blur.”
The snake's ever-present smile faded somewhat. He looked down before a grin retook his muzzle. Quickly nosing up under the human and sliding him down along his back.
“Ah! I know what can help jog your memory. It's been ages since we slithered these hallowed halls together!”
With that, Luis had to hold on tight. The snake bolted forward. Slithering through various halls before poking his nose into a large room. There were a few leather recliners along the middle. As well as couches and cushions. At the back wall, lay a screen larger than most theaters he had been to. Kaa looked back at him as he let Luis slide off.
“This was our little entertainment room! We usssed to watch all of your favourite cartoonsss and television together. You also liked that awful bloody video game. All the fighting, blah.” Kaa made a face at the mention of the game. Luis couldn't help but laugh. Kaa's face lit up as he finally heard the man-cub sound joyous again. “We alsso watched MY debut. I'm certain you remember. If not, you remember the variousss reenactmentsss of courssse.”
The snake's tail wrapped around Luis' neck and pushed him towards Kaa. Nose to snout as the serpent just hissed out a giggle. Then his eyes opened and looked deep into Luis' own. Deep pools of yellow staring back into the sea-green irises.
“I knew you grew up man-cub. However, just because you forgot. It didn't mean I ssstopped existing. I watched over you. Every ssstep of the way.”
Luis felt a slight pang of guilt. Looking around, the memories were flooding back. Faster and faster. He remembered the countless nights he spent with the snake. How the two played. How Kaa took care of him when he was sad or scared. If imaginary, the snake was more of a parent than his real father. Deep inside, Luis knew this was a dream. A fantasy.
“Kaa. This isn't.” Luis sighed heavily. “This isn't real. You're not real. Just an overactive imagination of my guilt-ridden and stressed-out mind. I'll wake up in the morning and these memories will be gone.”
Luis turned his eyes to the ground. He wished this dream would be over already. This was all becoming too much. When he looked up again. The look on Kaa's face. He could see the hurt. The look of a rejected puppy. A pang struck his heart. His own words hit Luis harder.
“L-look man-cub. Let me jusst ssshow you one last place. I promissse. Afterwardsss you can leave, forever, if you sssoo wish.”
The human sighed again. Dreams shouldn't make him feel this way. His emotions tore at him. Shakily, he gave the snake a nod. With that, Kaa lowered himself again. Luis took his seat. Running his hands along the snake's neck. Leaning in, he hugged Kaa. Even if it was a dream. He would make the most of it, he supposed. Unbeknownst to him. A small smile spread across Kaa's muzzle. His slithers slowed to a gentle pace as he left the t.v. room.
“When you first came here. When you projected me. I'll admit. I was surprised. The sensation of life. It was new. I am not the Kaa from the film, of course. We are ontologically different. I have no wish to eat you. Well. Minus the few times, you wanted to experiment.” Soft giggles reverberated through his body. “However. I was molded to be the version of the sssnake you alwaysss held in mind. One who caresss for you, who would always be there for you. Like I sssaid man-cub. Jussst because you stopped believing, didn't mean I went away. I don't exactly understand it, either. However, I've been resssting in your mind. Every day since you created thisss place.”
'He never stopped existing? What the hell is he talking about?' Luis' thoughts raved at the implications. So was he an imaginary friend. Real? Sentient? It all sounded like a bad plot from a poorly written fan-fiction. He looked along the walls. There hung all the drawings he did as a child. Pictures he took. Throughout his life hung various moments. Visiting family in Medellín, his graduation. His license. Where did all this stuff come from? The halls had noticeably brightened since he had arrived. Everything looked so much more alive. After a few moments of silence, they entered a smaller room. Kaa's coils needed to be piled along the wall, so he could fully fit. In the corner sat a bed just piled with every one of his favourite plushes. He ran over. Some of these toys he hadn't seen in years. His hands immediately went to a soft plush Black Jaguar toy. Luis hugged it. It was as velvety as the first day he had gotten the toy. He exhaled shakily. Kaa's head rested on his shoulder.
“Bagheera. Momo, Khan, all of your old friendsss are here man-cub. We never left you. Not when you truly needed usss. I remember I would wake to find you here already. Buried with all of your toys.” Kaa's tail lifted and turned Luis' chin to face him. “I can see the worriessss and ssstressses on your mind. Please, Luis. Let me in. Let Kaa in. Jusst like the old days. Jussst us.”
Luis looked into Kaa's eyes. He was surprised he hadn't already tried putting him into a trance. Apart of him wanted it. A larger part than he wanted to admit, really. Yet, he was nervous.
“You're going to hypnotize me. Aren't you?”
Kaa just nodded, his tail wrapping around the human's shoulders. “I think you need it, my old friend.”
Luis nodded in agreement. With his shaky nod. The surrounding coils shifted. One moment he was standing. The next, he was off his feet and sitting on a coil seat. Kaa deftly handled him as if he weighed nothing more than a piece of paper.
“I knew you'd see thingsss my way, man-cub. Now. Both eyesss if you pleassse.”
Kaa's eyes lit up into an endless, intoxicating show of colours. Green. Gold. Blue. Over and over, they pulsed slowly through his eyes. It took mere moments for Luis to feel the pull. He had forgotten just how irresistible the colors were. Already he was leaning forward. Mouth open and gaping. The urge to stare was too great. A part of his mind was fighting. Trying to see how, and if, perhaps he could resist. He watched Kaa gently sway before him. His pupils growing and shrinking. Little pulses of colour pushed through before the whites of his eyes returned.
Kaa chuckled, watching him struggle to keep his mind. The colours still gently pulsing away. Three and sometimes four rings at a time. Gentle, slow.
“Hehe, are you trying to ressssissst me man-cub? Sssurely, you know it's not worth the effort. You alwayssss wear down. Why prolong the pleasssure you know I bring.”
Kaa slithered in closer. Luis tried to respond, but his tongue felt like a piece of useless rubber. His mind quietly told him to relax. To give in to the hypnosis. The snake was so close. Mere inches from him. Luis couldn't help himself, he lifted closer to Kaa. He needed more of the spirals. His pupils grew less and less with each ebb and pull of his mind. The voice of resistance quieted down. His naturally obedient side wakes up and demands Luis' subservience to the serpent.
“Come now, man-cub. Jusssst relax. Sssssleep. Ssssssleeep.”
Sleep. That was a good idea. He was so tired. Why hadn't he realized it before? His mouth fell open wider. Without realizing it, Luis' shaft throbbed and dripped needily in his loincloth. A fact Kaa noticed. His tail gently stroked along the outline of the human's cock. His smile widened as the pupils finally shrunk away from his efforts. The rings steady in the man-cub's eyes. He was sinking deeper.
“Yessss man-cub. Ssssink for me. Relaaaax for me. Lussssst for me.”
A shudder ran through Luis' body. Everything felt electric. His body was extremely sensitive. It was becoming increasingly harder to think. He didn't want to anymore. He needed to listen to Kaa. The tail teasing his cock wasn't helping. His arousal grew and grew. The snake made him hornier than most things in his life. His cock throbbed with each stroke. He felt close to spilling already.
“Poor little helplessss boy. Little cloth sssssoo wet. You need thisss don't you?” Kaa shifted his body. Laying the man-cub back along his body. His tail tugged the extra skin off and let that eager manhood spring out and slap along Luis' belly. A soft moan escaped the human as Kaa chuckled and shifted himself to look down at the human. Gently, his tail coiled under the human's testicles. Underneath and around the base of his shaft and gently working up his waist.
“Ssssssleeep for me man-cub. Let all thosssse silly worriesss go. You're with me now.”
Luis was completely lost. All that registered was the snake's honeyed words that dripped along his emptying mind. The spirals and the sensation of his dick. Throbbing and so eager to burst. Foreskin pulled back slightly to show off the almost purple tip. He couldn't remember the last time he had cum, though frankly at this point. He was unable to remember anything. Just soft moans and squirms for his snake friend. The quiet voices from before grew into demanding presences in his psyche. He NEEDED to relax. He NEEDED to sleep. Kaa's word was law. He was okay with that. The snake was ancient. He likely knew best.
The coils just circled, higher and higher. Kaa watched as Luis lost almost all resistance. The boy was putty in his coils. He couldn't help but chuckle, leaning in closer. He let his coils begin to gently and slowly stroke the man-cub. Feeling that turgid prick just drooling onto his scales felt wondrous.
“Good boy, such a good man-cub. That's it. No need to worry. Just relax and ressst. Let your friend Kaa take caaare of everything. You have no need to think. Do you?"
A soft gasp of pleasure escaped the boy as he finally notices the coils encircling his body. The tightness. The warmth and safety. His hands trapped to his waist. Meanwhile, his cock was on fire. He could feel his edge building closer and closer. Each stroke felt more pleasurable than the last. His world was that of bliss, and he wanted nothing more. Coos and gurgles of submission, his only statement if thanks to his friend. He was right. This was right. It felt too good to not be.
“Alllllmossst there, little one. Just ssssubmit. You need thissss. It'll feel ssssooo good to sink and be a good boy.”
Kaa's coils circled higher and higher. Up to his chest. His shoulders. Just under his neck. Kaa grinned. He knew the boy loved this part. He tugged tight at his neck. Trapping Luis in a cocoon of his warm body. A scaley massage that rubbed along and soothed every muscle the human had. Kaa felt the human shaft wrapped tightly, become almost rock solid. The human's balls pulled up. Shaft throbbing and twitching in the silken coils. He felt the first couple of ropes hit his tail as it daintily tucked itself under the boy's chin. Luis' “white flag,” of surrender, runs down his coils as his cock spasms uncontrollably.
“You're cumming, man-cub.”
Luis was locked in heaven. He felt the tail tug at his neck, and for a moment, he had clarity. He was bound tightly by Kaa. His cock was being milked by the beast, and Kaa just looked down at him with a smug grin and those pulsing eyes. He knew he had easily won. Then he felt the dam burst, and his body shuddered. Racked with an endless barrage of orgasmic bliss. He could feel his dick throbbing and jumping with each heavy shot that spewed from his tip. His mind was blank, empty. He was cumming, cumming for Kaa. A small smile began to spread on his lips as for a moment his mind returned, only to be swept back under the oppressive waves of Kaa's hypnosis.
“Mmmmfff, sss-sssorrry Kaa.”
Kaa watched the boy finish his climax. Those eyes sealed shut with a wide happy grin. He was already asleep. Lost on a happy dream that he had created for the man-cub. Gently he rested his head on top of Luis' a soft sigh of contentment mingled with a little anticipation.
“Until next time, my friend. When you truly need to escape, you will find me. I'm here when you need.”
Startled, Luis jerked awake on his couch. The last few notes of the oboe playing softly. He had only been asleep for an hour or so. He checked his phone. It had only been around an hour. Yet, he felt so refreshed. He felt like he had slept for days. He sat up and wiped his eyes. His dream had seemed crazy. Had forgotten about Kaa and his little hideout. He smiled softly and reminisced about the times he had pretended to be in the little treehouse. Buried under his covers. Reading a book to his plushies with a flashlight. It seemed a lifetime ago. He stood and shifted. He heard a soft thump hit the ground. Turning, he let out a scream. Before him sat the toy he had lost so long ago. The jaguar was seemingly in perfect condition. In his mind, a voice rang out.
“Find me.”