COTTAGE KITCHEN

Arlian's cottage

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"Well...this is the kitchen, and seeing as I can't cook It probably nwon't be used much..."

"I can cook." Chipetsua said with a shrug. He looked around, rummaging through the cupboards and fridge like any canine would when in a new environment.

"You don't seem very happy....do you not like it here?"

"I like it here, why, don't you? I'm just curious as to see what is all in the drawers..." He meeped and jumped out from one of the cupboards, smacking the back of his head on the wood. "Rat! Fucking rat!" He whimpered out, rubbing the back of his head. "It scared the living shit out of me."

Arlian recoiled back slightly "There's a rat?!" He cried out

"Don't worry..." He reached in and grabbed the rodent by it's tail, easily opening the window and chucking it out. "Nasty little thing."

"Aww no he's lovely" Arlian stood up with a stretch.

"I had people come in here to check there was no vermin in the place...." He looked sad.

"It probably got in afterwards... Don't be sad.. I can recheck if you wish.." He was about to reach up and caress the male's cheek but rethought the idea and instead washed his hands.

"No...it's ok..." He looked to chipetsua "I dont think your happy being heer with me"

"No, I am perfectly content and a bit happy here.. Do I seem as though I am not? If so, I am sorry..."

"I dunno why i think it...just...maybe Imcoming on a bit too strong?"

He laughed quietly and dried his hands when he ran them through Arlian's hair, pulling him gently closer and planting a kiss on his lips. "No, Arlian, I like it here."

"Good because I have already bought it..."

"Mhm." He nodded. "As I figured form your little slip up."

Arlian crossed his arms across his chest "You don't seem to approve"

He smiled and shook his head. "Please sp worrying. This is a lovely place and you don;t need my approval to own it. I will lovwe it so long as it is yours."

Arlian smiled "Well...feel free to wander around the place"

"Show me around, Arlian..." Chipetsua gestured, heading back towards the cottage front room.

"Wait - the stairway is here that leads to the rest of the rooms"

He stopped and turned around, gesturign with his hand to lead the way.

Arlian giggled as he went round to the wooden stair case, he began to climb the stairs "Theres only one bathroom and a small guest rtoom and the bedroom up here"

"Well uh, Arlian... No offense.. But I don;t think we will need a guest room.. Unless you wish me to live in it."

"What should we use it for then?" He asked as he got to thew top of the stairs.

"Hm... perhaps you could get a pet and that could be it's room?"

"A whole room just for one pet?" He cocked his head to the side.

"Just tossing out an idea.." Chipetsia said, patting the air.

"Hmm...ok" Arlian walked along the landing "Bathroom or bedroom?"

"Bedroom."

Arlian nodded and opened the door to the cottage bedroom letting Chipetsua walk in first.

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Chipetsua sighed softly as he made his way down the stairs, his gaze pointed at the ground. He made his way back into the kitchen and pulled out a chair at the table, sitting down into it gently and placing his elbows on the table top. Having left his coat up and wrapped around Arloian he had nothing to hide his slightly glazed over eyes, so instead angled his head so that his bangs were covering them like a natural curtain, his ears disappearing into his hair.

Arlian made his way down the stairs quietly into the kicthen, he stopped at the bottom of the stairs as he saw Chipetsua "Do you remember what I said to you earlier?" He asked him quietly.

"Do you remember what I told you earlier...?" He asked just as quietly, his arms falling to lay on the table. His tail, too, disappeared back into his form with a neaseating crack of the spinal, he not even realizing it.

"I just...dont want you to uncomfortable around me when we talk about that..."

"I am sorry." He said out of habit, his head angling a bit more to look down at the part of the table that his elbow was restng on.

Arlian sighed "I just...don't know what you want me to do"

"I don't want you to do anything, that's the point. I just have to get over such a petty feeling."

"Please...just...I don't want you to feel uncomfortable about anything you say to me...especially that kind of thing y'know?" He walked over to Chipetsua putting his hand onto his shoulder.

He reached his hand up and placed it over Arlian's, his head turning a bit to peek at him out of the corner of his eye. Even under the shadows covering his eyes the water line was visible going down and outlining his nose, the tear having started at the brige of his nose. "I know."

Arlian wiped the tear away "No tears!" He smiled.

He turned his head away after Arlian had wiped the tear away, a small smile on his face." Fine.. no tears.."

"I'm sorry for upsetting you..." He kissed his cheek.

"You don't have to be my Arlian if you don't want to be." He said, shutting his eyes when he was kissed.

"I always want to be yours" He pulled Chipetsuas face towards him slightly.

Chipetsua reached up and grabbed the slender arm, pulling it and in turn making Arlian come closer and fall into his lap. He reached his arms up and wrapped them gently around his form, his head placing against his shoulder.

Arlian giggled as he was pulled onto the males lap "You still sleepy or do you wanna order some food?"

"Niether." He answered simply, shrugging a bit and kissing his soft pale skin.

"Well...we could just sit here then? seeing as there is nothing in the house yet?"

"How about we go back to the agency and announce your departure?" He suggested, poking him in the stomach softly.

Arlian pondered this for a moment "Oh my gosh!" He exclaimed "Im gonna be unemployed!"

"Well, love. You could always be a stripper... or waiter... or work at a bar.. I mean, quite frankly I would not mind seeing you grind down a poll... And no, I do not feel uncomfortable right now, so don't ask."

"You want me to grind a poll?" Arlian looked at him rather amused.

"I would not mind seeing it... Hey, maybe I could buy one and have it put in right in here, a few feet away from the table. Hmm.. Dinner and a Show."

"hmm." He laughed. "Well...I wouldnt get paid anything for just doing you shows would i?" He smiled "I would have to do it for other people aswell!"

"I didn't say that." He corrected him softly, purring a bit.

"Well you said i should be a stripper"

"And I also didn't say you still couldn't be a stripper. I just proposed you got a pole to put right in here so I could have dinner while watching a show."

"Arlian tutted at Chipetsua "What would people think when they came over for dinner!"

"They would know you are pleasing your man. And I'm guessing the only people that would be is Saki and Jackie, hm?" He asked quizically, quirking a brow slightly.

"Oh god they would probably want to use it" Arlian laughed.

"Hell, they would probably break it." He said, sighing a bit at the thought. "And there it goes, money down the drain just because the somehow living dead and the overly hyper and excitebale jack rabbit are too horny to hold back."

"I'm actually worried about contacting Saki incase I interupt anything...they should know that if you have sex like all the time it becomes less exciting"

"Well, basically, the more you do anything the less exciting it becomes.. Like killing people. Holding their life right in the palm of your hands and just discarding it like it was nothing used to be so exillerating to me.. Now it isn't.. Unless I am already excited and riled up, like when Kotani had grabbed you like that... I would've loved to kill him."

"Well my love killing people is a bit different to sex hmm? Especially for the person who is actually being killed"

"Meh, same rush." He muttered flicking his wrist rather gayly.

"Do you think that lady will find us here?" Arlian suddenly asked, the thought cropping up in his mind.

"She's in jail... or a mental ward.. or something I presume... Don't worry, I promise you won't be hurt by her ever again."

Arlian gave a weak smile "I dont want her hurting you either...I dont know what i would do if you got badly hurt"

"To me, badly hurt is a puncture in a major organ accompanied by my head being sliced off.. Don't worry, I'm never injured too badly."

"Having your head chopped off is a bit more than an inujry..." Arlian frowned "I suppose when you come back all bloddied and ill I will be yuour nurse hmm?"

"But still, that is a badly hurt to me." He grinned at this, his hand slipping up the front of Arlian's shirt to rub his stomach and then his chest. "Depends... Are you going to wear a skimpy little outfit for me? Hm?"

"Hmm maybe" He giggled as chipetsua ribbed his stomach.

"Perhaps I can pick your skimpy little outfit out for you before I leave.. I'll make sure to get really banged up before I come back." He smiled and nuzzled his face into the crook of his neck, kissing his soft skin.

"Now don't you go getting yourself hurt deliberatly!" Arlian scolded him in a playful way.

"It'll be worth it."

"Hmm no I don't think that it will" Arlian giggled kissing CHipetsuas cheek.

"Well, I think so, sweetheart." He murred out, nipping at the pale flesh of his neck.

"Seriously though I think I might look silly in a skimpy outfit!" He smiled.

"Hm. You wouldn't mind wearing a skirt, would you?" He asked, kind of just shrugging off his last comment.

Arlian looked at him for a moment "Would you want to see me in a skirt?"

"Nice and short. Perhaos even a thong.." He purred out, his body shuddering a bit.

"There isn no way I'm gonna wear a thong" Arlian said bluntly, poking Chipetsua lightly.

"Aw, you take the fun out of everything." He laughed and flinched back a bit from the poke, readjusting Arlian on his lap a bit.

"I would wear a thong if you wear a thong" He laughed.

"My ass just wouldn't look as sexy in a thong as it does in a pair of briefs. But yours, on the other hand..." He said, sliding one hand down to the boy's bottom, squeezing a bit. He murred softly, smiling and pulling him a bit closer.

Arlian smiled at the other male "Nope, I will wear a skirt but not a thong"

"Go underwearless, then?" He asked, giving him a sort of puppy dog pout look.

"Don't you give me that look" Arlian poked his nose "Besides, you might come back without a scratch on you"

"But... but... but...!" He sniffled a bit and reached up, grabbing Arlian's wrists lightly and pinning his arms to the table. "I promise I will... But not something you won't be able to make me forget when I see you in a skirt.. Please, no underwear?"

"I guess you will just have to wait and find out" He smiled as he was pinned back to the table.

"You're. So. Evil." He said slowly, standing up from his seat in the chair and pushing him back against the table, connecting his lips to the boy's in a passionate kiss. He drug the arms he was holding up so that they were above Arlian's head instead of at his sides.

Arlian returned the kiss deeply, allowing Chipetsua to drag his arms upwards.

Chipetsua spread Arlian's legs with his own and situated his right between them, his chest holding Arlian's form against the table. He licked the soft lips with his tongue, a purr coming from this throat and rumbling in his chest.

"So being evil makes you kiss mh hmm?" Arlian giggled as he broke away from the kiss for a moment before bringing his lips back to the otehr males.

"No, the image of you in a skirt and a corsette top does." His tail wagged behind him, it had somehow come back out without his knowing of it, obviously too distracted by such an image. His dark ears seemed to be the only things that did not reveal themselves once more.

"Hmm you trying to make me into a girl?"

"Well, you're beautiful enough to be one, but no... Just a sexy nurse."

"Good, I wouldnt like to be a girl" He kissed the male again.

Breaking the kiss once more, Chipetsua looked down at the male and tilted his head a bit, a smile on his face. "Hm. If you were a woman then you would be the one on top, most likely. You would like that, no?"

Arlian simply smiled and shook his head slightly before pulling Chipetsua back into the kiss.

So cute. He thought when he was pulled back into the kiss. He pulled awyay from his lips and trailed his kisses down to his neck.

Goosebumps ran down his body as Chipetsua kissed down his neck, he ran his fingers through the other males hair.

Hands ran down the pale arms and past his sleeves, his claws tearing the cloth a bit as they trailed down along his sides. His hands went back up the male's sides under the slightly torn shirt, his lips connecting with the bite mark he had given to Arlian.

"Hey these are designer clothes" He laughed, letting out a small sigh of pleasure as Chipetsua kissed his wound.

"Oh cry about it." He mumbled out, angling his head up and smiling at him.

Alian gently took Chipetsuas chin and pulled him cloer to his lips.

Chipetsua smiled a bit and kissed his lips softly, his fingers digging into his sides a bit, only enough to cause a few droplets of blood from pin sizes holes from his nails.

Arlian let out a slight whimper when he felt the nails dig into his side, he kissed Chipetsua deeper.

At once the nails removed from his skin from the whimper. He licked hs lips once more in a quiet plea for entrance.

Arlian opened his mouth slightly kissing Chipetsua more passionatly.

Chipetsua's apendage swiped over the other's tongue in a loving greeting, a purr coming from his chest.

Arlian let out a slight moan kissing Chipetsua, his hands running down the other males chest.

I'm definately falling for him... He thought, letting out a content sigh in the kiss. The hyena's hands ran up his chest and caressed him fondly.

Arlian pulled the hyena back onto the table with him so they were laying down, he continued kissing him deeply, his hands pulled around the other neck.

He pulled back from the table and took Arlian into his arms, picking him up bridal style as heheld the kiss, his tail finally stopping it's wagging and slowing to a slight twitch of pleasure.

Arlian held his arms around Chipetsuas neck, still deeply engaged in the kiss.

He broke the kiss slowly, pulling his head up and away from the pink-haired male and smiling softly. He let out a shaky sigh and shuddered a bit. "Oh, you don't know what you do to me, Arlian."

"I dont?" Arlian giggled.

"Not in the least."

"Then tell me my love what do I do to you?"

He smiled and held the boy a bit closer in his arms, a rumbling murr coming from his chest. "I could just as easily show you as I could tell you... but.."

"But?" Arlian kissed his lips lightly.

He bit his bottom lip back after the kiss, his canine showing just barely. "Nevermind." He finally said.

Arlian smiled "Whats the matter Chip?"

He gave a lopsided smile and shook his head. "Nothing is wrong. Everything is going right."

"Good" Arlian grinned "And youre not uncomfortable are you?" Arlian poked his cheek.

"No. I actually ain't uncomfortable." Chipetsua released his locked limbs and gently set the boy down on the floor, his ears once more popping out from under his mop of blonde hair and twitched a bit. "I'm gonna go out and look around, you don't mind, do you?"

Arlian's eyes widened "Nope go take a look around"

"Hm.. What's with that expression?"

"What expression?"

"Your eyes widened a bit, why? Did I say somethign or ask something I shouldn't have?"

"Sometimes my eyes do funny things..." He stood up off of the floor brushing his clothes down a bit "The garden isnt very big, and its very overgrown"

"It's okay. You gonna come with me, or am I to go alone?" He asked, looking back at him fm his new spot that the entrance of the kitchen.

"I'll come" Arlian re adjusted his clothes slightly.

He let out an amused scoff as he headed into the Cottage Front Room humming quietly to himself.

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Arlian giggled as Chipetsua took him and pip into the kitchen, the little dog letting out a bark of excitment.

Chipetsua hurried up the stairs and let his tail wag with excitement as he headed to the [cottage bathroom@wiki]

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Chipetsua ran through the kitchen, hardly noticing the dog behind him as he enter into the cottage front room.

arlian set the places down at the table and waited for Chipetsua to get the door.

Chipetsua came back into the kitchen, the dog still at his heels, and set the tweo bags of food down, a low rumbling coming form his stomach.

"Ok what bits are for Pip?" Arlian asked peering into the bags.

"The almond cookies, of course. A sugar bun, half of my order of Gralic chicken and some shrimp. The rest is for us to split however you please to."

"I dont think he needs that much" Arlian looked down at the puppy for a moment.

"Just give it to him, he'll scarf it down and pack it in somehow, I'm sure. Don't worry so much."{ He reached into the box that was holding the sugar buns and almond cookies, opening it and tossing a cookie down to the pup. "Here you go mini satin." He said, smiling when the puppy began to nibble at it and eat it happily.

Arlian handed Chipetsua the bowl "We cna put his food in here so he dosent have to eat off the floor?" he then sat down at the table.

He nodded, pulling all the white boxes out of the two bags and setting them down on the table. He opened up the one with the garlic chicken in it and dumped spooned half of it into the bowl, then some shrimp and placed it onto the ground for the small dog.

Arlain smiled as the little dog began to eat his food before returning his attention back to Chipetsua. He took the box of rice and put a small amount of it on his plate, he did the same with the chicken.

Chipetsua grabbed the box with the shrimp and shrimp sause in it. He purred quietly as he shoved some shrimp into his mouth. "Yummy!"

Arlian smiled before he took a mouthful of rice "umm...it is nice isnt it?"

"You haven't eaten all day, have you?" Chipetsua asked, turning his gaze from the breaded shrimp to look at Arlian.

Arlian shook his head "I dont eat much anyways..."

Chipetsua fingered a set of chopsticks that had come with the meal, a small frown on his face. "Yeah, I know." He sighed softly and looked down at the dog, a small smile forming on his face.

Arlian took a few more mouthfuls of the food before settng his knife and fork down and getting up to kneel on the floor next to the puppy.

"You okay?" He asked after swallowing the last of the shrimp and placing the container onto the table.

"Yeah, I just wanted to make sure Pip was alright with his dinner"

"I'm sure Mini Satin is just fine." he said, grabbing his Garlic chicken and using the chopsticks to dump it into his bowl.

Arlian stood up with a stretch, revealing his stomach slightly "Its getting dark already"

Chipetsua looking up at Arlian and nodded. "Aye, it is. Anyways, this was all tasty and everything, but I'm tired Arlian. I'm gonna head up and go to bed." He stood up after eating a few mouthfuls of his food and began to start putting the food back into the bags. "Are you still going to eat?"

"Nope" Arlian patter his stomach "Im all full" He picked up Pip and hugging him "We should put him to bed first no?"

"Yes, if you so wish it." He said, putting the bags of food into the fridge. He went back to the table and grabbed the bowl of rice and dumped it out into the trash can.

"Should I just use the blankets off the spare bed for him to sleep on?"

"You know, since he is clean and smells good now, he could sleep with us." He shrugged.

"I would rather snuggle up to you myslef tonight without this little pup getting in the way" Arlian smiled.

"Oh? Now he's just 'This little pup' and not Pip?" Chipetsua questioned, poking him in the stomach softly.

"It seems weird calling him Pip" Arlian pondered for a moment "I still dont feel as if we are on name terms yet"

"We can call him Erubeus for the time being, if you'd like, Eru for short."

"What does that mean?" Arlian looked at Chipetsua quizzingly.

"It means something like Demon, I forget. I heard it a long time ago when I was on a job."

"Hmm even if it does mean Demon Eru sounds cute....lets take him to bed?" Arlian took the puppy in one arma dn Chipetsuas hand in the other.

"Yeah yeah. Bed sounds good." He gripped Arlian's hand softly and lead him up the stairs and into the cottage bedroom.

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Arlian hurried down the stairs and into the kitchen, picking up his keys from the side table.

Kirill came down the stairs behind Poncho and looked at Arlian, quirking one brow slightly. "Arlian, you act as though I'm going to hurt you.. You are not well enough to drive, so don't try. If you try to go anywhere I will blow your tires out. Chipetsua would not like it if you were hurt on my watch. Drink your beverage." He held out the bottle to Arlian, tilting his head a bit.

"I Will go where I want to go and drink what and when I wish to drink - not you or Chipetsua control me"

"No, but you as a human being are limited in those decisions because of your illness. Chipetsua told me what happened to you, and I am infact sorry. Chipetsua was really upset when he called, and I'm presuming it had to do with that. Please, I don't want him mad at me. Here, I'll tell you what. I'll let you take posession of Poncho, his fate is in your hands, so that if you feel I am going to hurt you or try to kill you in any way you may kill him. Just tell me when you are feeling uncomfortable with my presence, and I will leave the room or the house if you so wish, but I will not go far." He wiggled the bottle a bit in a gesture for Arlian to take it.

"Why are you even here? Is Chipetsua paying you?"

"No. but since he was so close to Khan and since Khan fancied him so, I obey him from time to time if I feel it is not troublesome or if I feel Chipetsua would be hurt deeply if something happened that made me fail my "mission" so to say. Please, take the beverage."

Arlian took the drink reluctantly and took a small sip, his nose crinkled up at the taste "Was there anything between Chipetsua and Khan?"

"Master servent. He taught Chipetsua, taught him how to bear pain, how to fight... stuff like that. When that was not going on, it was more of a father son relationship."

Arlian nodded lightly "But I seriously don't need a babysitter, I've only known Chip for a few days...It dosent mean anything..."

"Be that as it may, you still should take it easy." He pulled out a chair for Arlian, gesturing for him to sit down. "Are you hungry, Arlian? And perhaps your pup wants some food."

"Stop it! ok?" Arlian shouted "Now would you please just get out of my house I dont need or want you here"

"If that's what you wish." He bowed his head and walked off, through the front room and out the front door.

Poncho chirped and looked up at Arlian from his perch on the back of the chair that was pulled out, flaring his wings out slightly and seemingly smiling with his eyes.

Arlian looked at the bird before Eru started jumping up and barking at it, tryingto bite its tail.

Poncho flicked his tail feathers about quickly before flaring out the feathers around his neck and on his head and sqwuaking at the pup. He jumped down from the perh on the back of the chair and landed on his back. "No way! No way!"

"Eww" Arlian exclaimed at tyhe bird flapped around "And you can fly away aswell, go with your master!"

Poncho looked up at Arlian and let out a small whistle, runnign his eyes over Arlian's form. When he spotted the spot where the wounds were he flew off of Eru and landed on the shoulder that the injured arm was conncted to. He leaned down and ran the smooth surface of his black beak over the wound gently, whistling a song he learned.

Arlian lifted his arm up qhere the bird had landed quickly, sending it flapping into the air, Eru began to jump up at it barking again.

"Poncho good boy! Poncho good boy!" He whistled out, flying down onto the table and licking up a drop of the beverage that had flicked out when the cap was taken off. "Yummy!" He cooed out, looking at the orange beverage in Arlian's hand now.

"Ergh" Arlian picked up Eru and made his way to the bedroom, shutting the door before the parrot could follow him in.

Poncho let his head hang a bit and let out a low, sad whistle. "Poncho good boy..." He heard the chuckling of Kirill in his mind and instantly perked up, heading up the stairs and landing on the door knob. He whistled a tune through the key hole, which his beak was near since he was bending over the golden knob and leaning into the key hole.

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Arlian went to the cupbaord and got the new box of dog food he had bought out, he poured some buiscuits into the pink dog bowl he put it on the floor and smiled as the puppy began to eat it.

"What kind of dog is that? I've never seen that type of breed before, Arlian. Is he a mix of some sort?" Kirill asked, grabbing Poncho out of the air by his claws so he could not get to Arlian.

Arlian jumped at the voice "I dint even know you were back!"

"I only went out front for a moment to let you calm down a bit. I'm not leaving until Chipetsua tells me to."

"Oh" Arlian laughed slghtly "And there was me thinking I had been all brave and asserted my power by making yuou leave"

"You do have power over me for the time being, Arlian."

"IS that so? Does that mean you will do anything I Say?"

"So, what kind of dog is he?" He asked once more, turning his attention back to the small pup.

"Oh, I dunno...he justr showed up we didnt buy him or anything..."

"So he's a former stray? Does he had any diseases?" He asked, taking a few steps back from the dog and leaning agaisnt the wall. He did not want to take the chance of getting sick because of his naturally weak immune system.

"I dunno, doubt it, Chipetsua talks to him and stuff, he seems fine...I miss him already...I hope he dosent get hurt...I love him so much"

"I see. Well, most puppies that are found on the streets are more than likely going to have diseases that osculate into much more when they get older. You should take him to the vet's.... And you should finish your beverage." He gestured to the still full glass bottle of orange drink on the table.

Arlian smiled slightly and took the drink from the table, he began to drank it beofre gaging slightly "Its disgusting"

"You'll get used to it." He said simply with a shrug.

Arlian shook his head "Umm myabe...so...tell me about yourself" He sat down at the kitchedn table.


"There's nothing to tell, young one." Kirill let the bird hop up onto his finger and stroked his head gently, smoothing down the ruffled white and light yellow feathers.

"Oh ok..." Arlian took another sip of the drink screwing his nose up "Well...theres a spare bedroom upstairs you can stay in, I have no bird food but theres a pet store near here if you need any"

"He doesn't eat bird seed. He eats bread and these treats." He pulled a treat out from a small plastic holder at his hip, sort of like that of a paintball holder but smaller, and handed one to Poncho. "Why do you not like Poncho?"

"Hes a lovely looking bird, so its not that I Dont like him...Its just birds creep me out a bit"

"I would ask why but I feel I would be prying into your personal feelings. You wouldn't happen to have any meat around here, would you? I'm afraid I did not get a chance to eat when I was called."

"Me and Chipetsua have only just moved in here, so no, no food yet im afriad"

"Bugger. And I suppose you are not hungry so you do not wish to leave, hm?"

"IM...a little scared to go out right now. But I have some take away leaflets if you need food"

"No thanks. I'll just go hunting a little later when you are asleep, that way I do not have to leave the house unwatched."

Arlian looked at the other male "Please....no dead animals in here"

"I will eat outside. Besides, if I were to come in in that form than I'm sure your pup would bark and howl and bite at me."

"You're a hyrbid like CHip?"

"Mhm. I would've thought he told you I was a Komodo Dragon, oh well. Not harm no foul."

Arlian hit his head lightly "Yeah he did tell me - sorry my memory is terrible!"

"Hey, no worries. Everybody has one of those days where you can't rmember things."

"Yeah, although 'those days' are usually everyday for me...so how long have you known Chipetsua? Is he usually so sweet?"

He chuckled and placed the bird back onto his shoulder, letting his hands fold on the table. "Sweet? I suppose you could say that, good way to describe him a lot of th etimes. He is really hyper, never wants to stay in one place for long. He gets restless and sometimes wakes up and runs around for a bit in the middle of the night just because he get's bored with sleep. He gets these uncontrolable blood lusts, though, so you might wanna watch out for that from time to time."

"Oh I kinda know, hs asked me to wear cherry scented stuff to put him off me" Arlian giggled "But he has yet to run around in the middle of the night, that I know fo anyway"

"You must have some sort of spell over him to cease his midnight runs for the time being. And you know, he asked Khan and I to do the same thing, buy some cherry scented or flavored lotion or cologne to put on so just incase that did happen when we were around he would not hurt us."

"This may sound weird, but you know him better than me, does he play aorund?"

"Of course, I've known him since Khan took him in when he was about eighteen or nineteen. And of course. Any canine likes to play around a lot. You may have noticed, but he gets a kick out of squeaky toys."

Arlian smiled at this "Yeah I have noticed, he played with the toys i bought for Eru!"

Kirill chuckled a bit and sat back in his chair, eyeing Arlian for a moment. "Really now? That's actually kind of cute"

"I know" Arlian smiled "I still cant believ he is mine..."

"By the way he sounded on the phone it seemed to me you were upset that he had to leave?"

Arlian nodded "I didnt want him to go..."

"Chipetsua called me a few days ago and told me why he had to leave. Khan's request for him to kill that son of a bitch. He had to go, and nothing was going to stop him."

"He said if he gets hurt he wants me to dress as a nurse and make him feel better" Arlian luahged, thinking of when Chipetsua would get back.

"He told me not to get any ideas, whatever that meant." Kirill rolled his eyes a bit at the thoguht, but looked back to Arlian with a small smile playing at his lips. "And I suppose you do not have a nurse outfit?"

Arlian shook his head with a smile "I was gonna get one at the mall...but...I didnt"

"Oh? Why not, Arlian?" He asked, reaching over the table and flicking the hand that held the glass bottle in it. "Finish drinking that."

"Oh right yeah..." Arlian drank down the rest of the drink "I got distracted"

"I should not have distracted you. Now, you're going to have to have another in two hours, right?"

"I dont know...Chipetsua spoke to the doctors not me"

"I think that';s what he said. Damn, the only time I did not record a phone call." He said rather sarcastically.

"You could call him back?" Arlian suggested with a cute smile "I Would but my phones not...working"

"No, he would give me an earful for not listening to him and listening to my bird instead. I've already had that lecture many times."

Arlian frowned "Cant you just call to see if hes ok?"

"No, but you can." He grabbed the phone from his pocket and held it out to Arlian, staring at him.

Arlian took the phone lightly from the other male "You dont mind?"

"Nope, you obviously need it more than I do right now."

"Thanks!" Arlian smiled warmly as he began to dial Chipetsuas number, holding the phone eagerly against his ear"

The phone ringed a few times before Chipetsua answered the phone. "What do you want Kirill?" He asked in an obviously annoyed tone. There seemed to be the sound of snoring in the background and the girnding of teeth at the speaker of the phone.

"Its not Kirill its me..."

"Arlian!" Chipetsua perked up impecablly, his teeth grinding stopping for a moment. "Ah! You're using his phone, and I thought it was him. What's up?"

"Are you sleeping with someone?"

"Yes.. well, no.. Uhm, well, I picked up one of my partners that I have with me on occasions and he had just finished a job, so he's pretty beat and so he's fallen asleep in the back seat of the car.. So, I guess you could say someone is sleeping with me. He's a noisy snorer, can you hear him?"

"Yeah...I can hear him" Arlian looked away from Kirill for a moment.

He chuckled quietly. "So, what's up? Why'd you call? Did you kill Kirill and steal his phone?"

"No" Arlian smiled, his voice sounding happier "He leant me his phone so I could talk to you"

"What'd you wanna talk about sweetheart?" He hesitated for a moment before asking, "Did you drink your medical beverage?"

"WHat is it with yu guys and the word beverage? And yes I did"

"'You guys'? Is it annoying you? You shouldn't have released such information to Kirill, he will work you over with that word now."

Arlian laughed slightly "So...any idea when you will be home?"

"A couple of days. You'll to put up with Kirill for a couple of days, and you'd better go shopping for that nurse outfit, Arlian. I will not be a happy patient if you don't. And listen, if you ever try to call me and I do not answer it simply means the phone is on silent and I can't answer, okay? I'll be alright, I promise."

"Just make sure that you come back to me"

"I will, honest. Ah! Arlian, I've got to go. Dan's waking up and I don't wish for him to interigate you." He laughed a bit on the other end. "I love you, talk to you later!" he hung the phone up.

Arlian took the phone away from his ear "Bye then..." he muttered beofre giving Kirill back his phone "I think I'm gonna have an early night..."

"Turning in already? Alright, just expect me to be up there every couple of hours to give you your beverage." Kirill took the phone and slid it into his pocket. "Need any help up to your room?"

Arlian shook his hand "N-no, Im fine I can get there myself" He smiled as he got up from the chair.

"Alright, have a good rest, Arlian."

"Yeah...listen please dont wake me up, I really need my sleep tonight" He made his way up the stairs, Eru closely following him.

"As you wish it." Kirill nodded.
***


The next morning came rolling around rather quickly, Kirill having stayed up all night to make sure nobody entered the house uninvited. He pushed himself up from his chair and strode into the front room to grab a bottle of the medicine, made his way up the stairs, yawning as he made his way to Arlian's bedroom.

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"Iw would make me happy" Arlian called after him "I feel guilty keeping you in here with me"

"Don't worry about it." He called form the front room. "Make sure you drink those D.O.'s."

"I Will take them - I promise" He smield as he put some food into Eru's food bowl.

"My my, I suppose I really am a lucky dog, having found my little play toy while looking for food." Asa said with a menacing grin as he looked in at Arlian.

Arlian turned around quickly at the sound of the voice "h-how h-" He stuttered as Eru barked loudly at the stranger.

"And look at this! You've even got a little pup! How darling. Looks cute enough to eat!" He cooed out, hurrying to the pup and dropping down onto his knees. He pet the pup's head and smiled down at him.

Eru barked and bit at the males hand before running around to Arlian's legs "I have someone here who will be back any minute so you best leave" Arlian looked down at Asa.

Asa laughed softly and slipped his sore finger into his mouth. "Feisty little thing, aren't you?" He chuckled out. "And, I doubt it... He has already left.. That is not chipetsua, is it? If so, then you must need glasses to confuse me with him."

"No, Chipetsua is out..." Arlian backed his way along the kitchen counters, away from the male "Now get out".

"Aw, see now.. If you would have just cooperated you would not have a sore and scared up arm."

"Cooperated?" Arlian said in shock "You raped me!"

"I told you not to scream, and when you called Chipetsua it sent me over the edge. That's the same as screaming, only worse because someone is sure to come."

"And he did come, and he will come again if you dont leave here right now" Eru began barking at the stranger and pulling at the leg of his trousers.

Asa bent down and picked the pup up, smiling at him and petting his head. "Oh really now? Call him." He inquiered, grinning at him since he knew he had no cell phone to do so with.

Eru began to whimper as he was picked up by the stranger "What do you want?" Arlian whispered out.

"Aw, I would never hurt a pup such as yourself, little guy.. So cute.." He flicked his own white ears and smiled widely at him, chuckling a bit. "And, like I said... I came in search of food."

"Well take what food you want and leave" Arlian quickly took Eru out of the other males arms.

"Oh, stop being so mean to me, love." He murmured, flicking his wrist and sighing.

"How else do you expect me to be around you?" Arlian could feel himself beginnning to tremble with fear.

"Okay.. Sie haben mich dort, you've got me there. But, you shouldn't be mean to someone stronger than you, it only provokes them, you know?"

"Ok...but there really is no reason for you to linger here"

"So, where is this Chipetsua hick?"

"That is none of your buisness" Arlian almost whispered, feeling weak from standing up for so long.

Asa smiled and kicked a chair over to him, making his way over to the fridge. "Stop being so timid, if I was going to do anything to you I would've already done it, don't you think? This is all you got? Chinese food, better hope thi is not dog or some crap." He mumbled after pulling the bags of food out of the fridge and setting them on the table. He rummaged through them and pulled out some of the left overs in the whitebox, opening it and sniffing it a bit.

"Its quite old food...it might make you ill..." Arlian put Eru back down onto the floor.

"There's nothing my stomach can't handle. Don't worry. Is that shrimp? Yum!" He pulled the breaded shrimp from the box and popped one into his mouth, wagging his tail happily.

"You and Chipetsua are so alike" Arlian said, feeling strangly comfortable around the male.

"Well, from what you say, and if what you say is true about us looking exactly alike, 'cept for the eyes and hair, we might be twins. But, I don't have a brother." He shrugged and sat down in a chair, grabbing a piece of cold chicken from the box and eating it.

"You must be related somehow...but you dont have his kind nature"

"I'm sure. I'm gonna be stealing your couch." He muttered. "Maybe your bed later on, don't try to stop me." He flicked his wrist and grabbed up the small white box and stood up, walking out into front room
***

Kirill came down into the kitchen and opened a cupboard, grabbing Eru's food and a bowl. He set the dog bowl down and filled it with the food. "There you go boy, enjoy. I'll be back a little later." He pat the pup's head and set the bag of food on the table as he walked out of the kitchen and the house.