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Meeting the Brothers

"What the hell?!" It was the first words to escape from either of the two teenagers, Ter who moved a lot faster in his response time then his older brother. The other could only stare for the moment. Both had been introduced to the little girl that was sitting down on the couch watching them with wide lavender eyes, eyes that got far wider at the word 'hell'.

"Ah! H-He said hell..." She breathed, sounding in shock as though those words weren't supposed to be said by anyone and most definitely not by younger people!

Ter's eyes narrowed as he turned to look at the girl, "And you just said hell as well." He informed her.

She starred up at Ter and then squeaked, hands covering her mouth in shock when it was pointed out to her that she said the bad word as well. She hadn't meant to said it. She turned her worried eyes to look at her new Daddy as though he were afriad that the mere fact that she had said such a bad word would upset him.

"Ter! Do you see what your teaching her already?" Ligeia squeaked, his dark eyes going wide before he moved to kneel down in front of the little sister that had come into their family suddenly and yet he was already smitten. The idea of having a little sibling that was sweet and cute easily winning him over, "Hello there, my name is Ligeia."

Purple eyes went from worried to soft when she looked at her pretty, oldest brother and reached out to run a fingertip over the freckles on his cheek, "My name is... Ma... Mar..." She looked over at Orpheus for help.

"Maria." He told her, giving her a soft smile. The children were given asigned numbers, Ligeia for example was AV01. As such she had been in need of a true name, the one he'd picked for her was Maria, it meant 'beloved' or 'loved' a name he thought would be perfect for her, to show that she was truly wanted by the family, "Don't mind Ter, he has a bit of... a colorful vocabulary." He glanced over at the snake boy.

Ter gave a snort then a shrug, "Pft, not like anyone cares if I say a curse here or there." He said then looked at Maria, "You should remember that too, our Dad doesn't care."

"Ter!" Ligeia squeaked again, "Don't listen to him."

Maria couldn't help but stare at her brothers in rapt fascination, they were... not at all what she expected when she heard she was getting a pair of brothers. She wasn't exactly sure what she had been thinking she would get but not this... not that they were bad, they were very, very interesting. She couldn't help but like them both. The one with the scales that was called 'Ter' seemed to be so... daring! While Ligeia was so gentle and pretty and made her want to hug him, she couldn't help but clap her little hands in a delighted manner completely awed.

As Ter and Ligeia spoke to one another about who their sister should or shouldn't listen to her purple eyes turned to look over at the other two figures in the room, ones that seemed to fill the place. There was a large blue one with four legs, two wings, shiny scales, and a fluffy mane while the other was a brown similar to her own scales, two legs, two wings, and a lot of spines! The answer came to her in a snap, "Dragons." She breathed, turning on the couch and climbed up onto the back of the couch where she could get a better look at the pair. She knew dragons, she seen one of them before a luminous silver scaled beauty with shining golden eyes.

Both Vorel and Baroness turned their heads to look at the little girl, starring at her... they seemed to understand that this girl was different then some of the other students. This one wasn't here for a visit, wasn't here for a class... she was staying and both were a bit curious about her appearance.

The little girl turned to look up at her Daddy and two brothers with wide, hopeful eyes before she turned to point at the dragons, "Please?" She murmured to them, wanting to meet the two dragons.

Cold Weather Crew

Ligeia takes Maria to the park where they and Vorel meet up with a boy Maria's age named Leonard.

Frog Catching Time?

Magic Practice

(( Min-req version of the final Magic Class Part 1 ))

For what had to be the first time in a while Ligeia and Vorel were on their own, heading up to one of the Terrain Rooms so that the owl boy could work on his magic skills. He wanted to work in a place that he knew would be safe to practice without having to worry about anyone else being nearby other then Vorel who was pretty tough and mostly immune to his spells since he used the same element in his breath weapon.

"I wonder what we should work on today." Ligeia murmured as they headed into one of the classrooms, the one with the freshwater pool in it. It had plenty of water in it that would give him a lot of that element to work with. He wanted to work on the use of ice and not as much the summoning of it.

Vorel trotted along next to him, turning to look over at the owl as he spoke before the dragon seemed to be debating over what it was that the owl should work on. As they stepped into the classroom he seemed to space off on what they should be doing and instead started over toward the pool, speeding up as he got closer and then lunged forward... and splashed down into the deep end of the pool.

Ligeia blinked a couple times before he walked over to the edge of the pool and and looked down into the watched as his partner swam about through the water. He blinked a couple of times before he knelt down next tot he pool and reached out to run a fingertip along the surface of the water, watching as it froze over under his touch. He blinked a couple times before a thought came to mind, "I wonder..." He murmured to himself as he pushed to his feet and reached a foot out touch it against the water and concentrated on the water and after a moment it froze under his foot.

He gave a grin and flapped his wings rapidly to keep himself up right as he lowered his second foot down to the water and let it freeze under that foot too. He gave a bright smile as he found himself standing on the surface of the water, "Look! Look Vorel! I can water walk!" He called through the water at the Frost dragon that was swimming around under him. It seemed to be a rather bad idea as a moment later the dragon was breaking the surface to come and see what his boy had done that he was so proud of.

The moment he broke the surface it caused a wave that broke the delicate concentration that Ligeia held. He flailed his arms and wings before he fell over backwards with a bit splash as he went under. The owl flailed about under the water until Vorel swam up under him and pushed up so that he was able to surface and breath again, "Ligeia?! Is ok?" The Frost gasped, shocked over accidentally knocking his owl over into the water and looked quite worried that he might have gotten hurt.

Ligeia had a coughing fit as he rid himself of the water that he'd breathed in before looking down at Vorel, "Ahh... yes... I'm alright." He patted a hand against the dragon's head before looking across the water, "Bad idea... water walking without being able to swim..." It would seem that even he had bad ideas from time to time.

"Other magics then." Vorel told his boy with a nod, not wanting him to practice something so dangerous as walking on water if he weren't able to save himself from it if he fell in. He moved to swim over to the edge of the pool to let the owl climb off onto the edge.

"Yeah, probably the best thing I can do right now." He said as he rose to his feet nad set to shedding his soaked, dripping clothing down to his shorts and laid it out over the branches of a nearby tree that was growing in the terrain room. He lifted his hands up to squeeze out his long hair before turning back to the pool, "Alright, let's try this again."

Swimming Lessons

(( Watch Out: Boys Kissing. ))

Geia looked across the pool in a thoughtful manner, sizing up the distance between one side of the pool and the other. Going the short way would be the best way to start this... he also told Vorel to stay on edge of the pool and out of the water. If the water stayed calm he should be able to do this... he'd only fallen in the first time because Vorel came up out of the water and knocked him in.

Not that he would ever tell the Frost that since he was already pacing back and forth at the other side of the pool, awaiting the worst...

Geia open his wings up, giving them a flap before he reached one bare, fluffy foot out to rest it on the surface of the water and slowly but surely the ice appeared under his foot. He gave a flap of his wings as he stepped out with the second food, and flailed his arms to maintain his balance, "Ah! Look, Vorel! I got it!" He called out, standing letting himself steady out and the ice that he stood on spread a bit giving him a better perch.... okay... he could stand on the water... now for the next step... which would also be his first step from ice to ice... he lifted a foot moving it forward and the moment it touched the water it froze over under it.

The owl felt his heart skip a beat as he move to take the next step... the ice formed under his foot but ended up a bit to thin, shattered even under his light weight and there was a giant splash as once more Ligeia ended up in the pool.

Chath and Keir had come to the pool mostly for a change in scenery, Chath himself was getting tired of the same old routine of battling it out ni the backyard and honestly...he wanted to swim. Keir on the other hand though this a good chance to practice his attacks on the newt boy just like at his last lesson. He stepped into the pool area a towel draped across his shoulders when he noticed at first the large shape of Vorel, his gaze then flickered around the room to find the boy who was undoubtedly with him. His boyfriend Ligeia. He spotting him...floating? A few feet from the edge of the pool, he gaped a bit not noticing the ice under his feet. Raising a hand to say something to the owl boy his words were chocked in his throat as suddenly the boy plunged into the water.

Alarmed he tossed his towel to the ground and rushed forward, diving into the pool seamlessly. Even if Geia wasn't in trouble it didn't hurt to act quickly. The second lens dropped over his eyes to protect it from the water and he looked around for the owl hoping against all hope that Geia was already swimming to the edge. He couldn't recall if the owl could swim or not.

Keir on the other hand moved to the edge of the pool to watch the going ons. Great...the blue one was here which meant that Chath's mate was here....wonderful..no training was going to get done at all today.

Vorel had been about to dive into the water when.. something else was suddenly diving into the water instead. He starred, wide eyed before he lifted his gaze over to where Keir was. Vorel relaxed then, it was Chath that had gone into the water which meant that Ligeia would be fine. The newt would take good care of his mate after all. None the less the frost watched the water closely, just in case the newt were to slow...

Geia gave a mental curse as he found himself sinking into the water once more and set to using his arms, legs, and wings to attempt to right himself in the water though he was really... bad at swimming, many limbs and none of them very coordinated it would seem. He wasn't the deepest part of the pool but even being able to right himself and find the bottom was proving a little tough... he was sure that Vorel would help him if he ended up in a lot of trouble though so he wasn't as worried as he should be.

Chath spotted him quickly enough and though he was flailing about he didn't look as if he was...drowning yet. Using his tail to propel himself forward he may not ever be as fast as a dolphin based child but it would do well enough.

Soon he was beside Geia and he reached forward using his hands to grab the owls arm to help right him and lead him up towards the surface. He noticed though the owl weighted...a LOT. The soaked feathers and hair was dragging him down. Slipping in closer he wrapped an arm around Geia's waist. And with a thrust of his tail helped to move the boy to the surface.

The owl boy was... a bit surprised when he felt someone catching hold of his arm, dragging him up toward the surface. His eyes went wide when he realized who was there and half wondered if he had been under the water to long and started to hallucinate? He started to kick his feet as they moved toward the surface to help bring himself upward and gave a gasp and a cough as they broke the surface of the water and was never happier to have air.

He gave a bit of a flap of his wings before looking toward the edge of the pool, so close yet so far he though as he tried to maneuver his way in that direction.

Chath took a breath out of habit when he broke the surface while in water he barely needed to breath...since his skin could gather the oxygen from the water through osmosis.

"S..stop flailing." He laughed as he felt water spray from the wings and he helped guide Geia to the edge of the pool. Dimly he was aware this was the first time he was able to get so close to Geia... without needing to resort to sprays or worrying about his sensitive skin. The moisture made him fine...and when he got Geia to the edge he only released him when he felt the boy had a firm hold on the ledge.

Ligeia caught hold of the edge of the pool, giving a little cough before he looked over to the side, blinking a couple times, "Ahh... Chath?" He murmured, starring at him then his face went red as he felt the urge to sink back under the water. How embarrassing... to be caught looking like a drown rat, "Good... afternoon." His voice was much quieter now, sounding a bit shy over it and he lifted one hand to attempt to push his hair out of his face.

Chath only looked over Geia his own hair plastered to his head as he offered the owl one of his goofy smiles.

"you know learning how to swim is usually done in the shallower end first." He teased as he kicked off and away from the wall enjoying the feel of the water on his skin. He seemed at home in the water.

Keir grumped as nothing exciting happened and he lay down at the edge of the pool glowering at his boy.

Ligeia watched the way Chath moved so easily in the water before giving a little pout, "Not exactly learning swimming." He explained, opened his wings up and set to flapping them rapidly while he pulled himself up out of the pool. It took him a couple of tries before he was able to pull out himself out and sat down on the edge of the pool.

He lifted his hands up to squeeze out his hair of the water once again before he looked over to Chath, watching him as he swam, and found himself starring at him. He didn't mean to but he couldn't help it...

Chath watched as Geia pulled himself out of the water he blinked a couple of times before smiling again.

"Well whatever your doing don't scare me like that. Do you even know how to swim?" He asked with a tilt of his head as he swam backwards his tail propelling him backwards through the water. He wanted to chuckle...poor Geia looked so sodden and soggy wet. It was insanely cute.

The owl opened his wings out wings to let them drip dry, "I am... getting better at the spell but... no. I can't quite swim." He said before giving a bit of a laugh, "At least I wasn't fully dressed when I fell in this time." He blinked a couple times as he realized telling Chath that he had fallen in before didn't fall under the category of 'not scaring him'... oops.
"It was alright though!

Vorel fished me out of the pool pretty quickly." He assured the newt.

Frowning he looked Ligeia over and switching position swam back to where Geia was sitting.

"You shouldn't be doing something like that if you couldn't swim. I know Vorel can help you but...what if something prevented him from helping?" He stated in a scolding manner. He then noticed that Geia was...only wearing swimming shorts. It was the first time he had ever seen him with so little clothes on. His face flushed slightly as he leaned on the edge of the pool with his arms. His skin sensitivity was way down since he was hydrated. Looking away a bit embarrassed by his lingering gaze he coughed.

"You know I could teach you to at least treed..."

Ligeia glanced over to where the Frost dragon was sitting, watching him quietly before he lowered his gaze back down to Chath, "Ahh... I didn't exactly think that far ahead." He said, flushing a bit. He kicked his feet in the water a little bit, "I was just thinking about how I wanted to figure out how to walk on the water."

His eyes widened a bit at the offer, "Really? You would help me with learning that?" He gave a happy flutter of his wings and nodded, "That would be neat."

Neat wasn't the word he would of used but he smiled at his enthusiastic reply.

"Well you said you would help me with my magic...so its a n equal trade." He chuckled as he then pushed away from the edge and waved for Geia to move towards the shallower in.

"Come walking in instead of jumping in. I think the problem is your wings get so heavy so quickly when you drop in you get thrown for a 'loop'." he commented eying the large wings warily.

Ligeia nodded, pushing to his feet and walked from where he was sitting down to the steps that led into the shallow end of the pool. He lifted his wings up above the water as he walked into it not wanting to get them to wet again since they weighed a lot wet... though his hair was the same. For a moment he found himself considering a hair cut but he didn't want to do something so drastic as he loved his hair.

He looked over to where the newt was then moved toward him in the water. It was far different walking in then it was just taking a tumble into the pool, less stressful as well, "Alright, what is step one?" he asked, head tilting to the side.

Chath swam until he was close enough and then righted himself and let his feet plant themselves on the ground. Standing up he let the water drop over him freely as he smiled at Geia.
"Well first the best thing to learn is how to 'float'. Your pretty light as it is, but...surface area is what will save you. So ..." he looked at the wings, "I am thinking if you lay on your back and spread your wings you would be pretty buoyant." He suggested.

Ligeia looked at the water before he nodded his head before nodded, "I... alright, I will try that." He gathered his hair into a bundle over one shoulder so that it wouldn't try to weigh him down when he was attempting to float. The owl opened his wings wide before looking at Chath, "No laughing at me if I sink." Chath was so good as swimming that he was afraid of looking silly.

Chath motioned with his hands a cross his heart gesture before he half sank into the water to help support Geia if he needed to.

"Don't worry just try and relax. Fighting the water makes it your enemy."

The owl gave a happy smile before he leaned back in the water when he felt the newt helping to support him. It was an odd feeling to float on water in this manner even though not long ago he was trying to walk across it. He did his best to remain relaxed though he felt as though he should be doing something. When he was flying his wings needed to flap unless he caught a good air current to glide on... so just laying there to float seemed odd and it took everything he had to keep from flapping his wings.

Chath was glad he was ...welt built in the muscle department, Geia's body sank a bit in the water but it certainly wasn't enough to cause him to drown.

"remember to keep your wings spread out.." He added as he moved slightly so that he could spread his wings without worrying of hitting him.

The owl nodded, looking up at Chath and gave him a smile. This was made a lot easier with someone else there to help him and more so when it was Chath. He blinked a couple times when he realizes he was thinking more on the fact tat he was with Chath, being held by him, and tried to do as he was told by spreading his wings out farther. Concentrate, Ligeia... this is something important that your learning here he told himself mentally.

He let his arms and legs both rest on the water as well as spreading out the feathers of his tail as though that would help in making more of him to float on the water then waited for Chath to let him go to see if he were able to float on his own.

The newt slowly released the pressure on Geia's body lowering his arms until Geia was floating of his own. He stood there smiling at his boyfriend his tail swishing in the water behind him.

"Good good, now see how long you can do that for sometimes you may need to readjust your body to keep yourself floating. But don't do any sudden movements...you may sink." He warned the owl.

Ligeia would have nodded but didn't want to risk sinking because of that, he smiled when he realized that he was floating on his own, "Wow." He murmured, enjoying the feeling, "This is nice." It felt somewhat like flying when he let his eyes sink closed he thought to himself. He then tried to concentrate on adjusting as he was told here and there to keep from sinking under. He was able to keep himself up for a good span of time before his shifted a bit to much and lost the floaty feeling and started to sink... of course the moment he started to sink his wings instinctively started to flap which didn't help him at all.

Chath reached out to help steady and lift Geia into a standing position. He laughed as the flailing wings and the water it spread everywhere.

"You ...haha..can't do that..it will just make you sink faster." He said with a smile.

"But it was a good try." He continued as he held Geia's hand.

"Perhaps learning how to kick would be good, I think the frog kick or the breast stroke may be better for you since your wings would only get a bit wet rather than soaked." He continued with a nod of his head.

Geia felt himself relax when Chath helped him back to his feet, giving a sighing sound of relief when he was back on his feet once more. He looked up at the newt, finding himself feeling even shorter now that he was without his shoes and standing this close to the other teen. He blinked a couple times wanting to push up on his tips toes but resisted the urge. He was shorter then Chath and he was sure that he wasn't going to have some sudden growth spurt any time soon... he wasn't going to get to much taller.

He nodded his head when the different types of swim strokes were suggested to him though he wasn't sure what the two things consisted of, "Umm, alright..." He said, "How does one do a frog kick?"

Chath smiled down at him using a free hand to tuck some wet strands of hair behind his ear tufts.

"Its kinda hard to explain.." he started as he then released Geia and thought a moment.

"hm...not sure if you would like it since it would require you dunking your head under water....we may have to get you use to that first." He murmured.

"You don't have any fears relating to that do you?"

Geia wings gave a little flutter as Chath's hand tucked his hair back and he gave a little smile and flushed slightly... then blinked a couple times when Chath released him, "Huh? Oh, no. No fears of the water." He said, it was a bit of a problem really since he had no fear of the water which made it so he didn't fear trying to walk across it despite no good swimming experience.

"Why do I need to dunk under the water?" He asked of the newt boy, wondering what it had to do with frog kicking or the other stroke he'd talked about.

Chath moved a couple steps back and then a few paces to the side and turned.

"here its easier if I show you." He explained as he then went about demonstrating the frog kick. It...seemed like a strange stroke. His head coming up and out of the water where he would gasp for breath before sinking back under completely immersed, his back legs kicked out in a circular whist his hands did a similar motion. It was easy to see why it was called the frog kick. When done he swam back under the water and circle around Geia liking that he could be near him in an element he was so at home with.

The owl watched as Chath showed off what a frog kick was and he did his best not to giggle as he watched, it was a strange sort of way to swim wasn't it? Strange but it seemed to be a good way to get around in the water he thought to himself, turning around slowly to watch as he was circled. He highly doubted he would get that good at swimming but even enough so that he would be able to recover after falling in when testing out his random spells that he came up with would be good enough for him.

Chath was a bit impish as he reached out to stroke one of Geia's legs with a webbed hand before he came up and out of the water shaking the water from his hair. He was still smiling a bit goofily.

"Its a bit harder than the breast stroke...but we should first work on making sure you don't flail when under the water."

Geia gave a little jump at the touch to his leg, not expecting it when the newt swam closer. He gave a chuckle when Chath came out of water, shaking off like a dog and he grinned, "Your so good at swimming, I'm jealous." He said with a smile then flushed when he said the first thing that he had to work on was not flailing about under water. He gave a flap of his wings and glanced at them.

It was hard to keep them from flapping when he was doing things since normally they did a lot of the work, "I will do my best not to flail." He assured Chath.

Chath nodded his head and placed a hand on Geia's shoulder. His skin was a bit slick to the touch.

"Well there are plenty of birds who can manage it...though I am sure its a bit more natural to them since they would be water fowl." He said with a chuckle.

"Don't be jealous...I am just in my element. I am sure I would be a mess trying to learn how to fly if i had wings." He continued with a nod of head.

He smiled and nodded, "That's true." He murmured, he'd seen ducks swimming around rather easily before when he went to the park. He looked at his wings for a moment before closing them to his back wondering if he would do better at swimming if he kept them closed. He looked down at Chath's hand for a long moment before giving a bit of a smile. Was it just him or did Chath seem to be getting closer to him while they were in the water? He wondered if it were because he didn't have to worry about overheating, drying out, or fainting so it made him able to do so? He looked up at the newt then gave a smile, "Heh, that's true... even more of a mess if you were take one of my Dad's flying classes." He said with a laugh, having seen and help in many of those disastrous classes. He took a step closer to the newt, tilting his head back a bit so he could continue to listen.

Chath unconsciously was aware that Geia was getting closer to him, and his body responded by him taking a half step in turn towards Geia. It wasn't until he looked down he noticed just how close they were together, and he noticed Geia's face looking up at him, those lips just begging to be kissed. His face went ...red as the thought crossed his mind, he quickly looked away a hand running through his wet hair.

"L...llike anything...y..you will get better with practice." He managed to stutter out. He then coughed and tried to think of something else to say but was finding his brain...shutting down.

Ligeia tilted his head to the side as Chath seemed to suddenly get embarrassed over something and he gave a bit of a smile and a flush as his mind went racing through possible reasons for it and he did his best to ignore his creative imagination, "I... will do my best." He said, he had access to the pool anytime he wanted to use it so long as there wasn't a class going on so he would have plenty of time to practice.

Chath swallowed and then looked back to Geia...there were so many things he wanted to say...to explain... he was about to explain how they could get Geia to practice the breaststroke instead since it was the easier method to learn when he found himself leaning in to kiss Geia. He..was being very bold...but that could of been attributed to the fact that he was relaxed, while in the water he didn't have to worry about being dehydrated or overheating.

The owl boy's eyes got a bit wide then sank closed as Chath kissed him suddenly. He took another step in closer to the newt, hands lifting to rest lightly against Chath's chest as he returned the kiss in an enthusiastic manner, forgetting about swimming lessons in the light of something far more pleasant. His wings gave a flutter behind him, his cheeks pinkened, and he felt his heart beat quicken as well, all from Chath's kiss.

Chath seemed to catch himself as they parted, realizing what he had done he went pink as well and tried to chuckle awkwardly, oh god...he wanted to hide under the water for a while. Geia had said they had wanted to go slow right? But..perhaps it was because he felt so comfortable in the water he felt bold enough to do it.

"Ah..." he coughed a bit noticing how close Geia was he then patted his head lightly as if trying to move past his embarrassment.

The owl boy blinked a couple of times as Chath patted him on the head and he lifted his hands up for a moment to hide his reddened face, "Ahh.... Umm..." He wasn't sure what he should do or say, his mind going a bit blank. He chewed on his lower lip as he watched the newt. He had no idea what he should do or say at the moment, especially given all he wanted to do was pull Chath down to him for more kisses...

Chath shifted a bit also embarrassed so he took Geia's hand his face still blushing as he lead him to the shallowest part of the pool, he swallowed a bit as he turned and looked down at Geia. Noticing his own flushed face he felt like he needed to cool off. So he released his hand offered him his goofy smile and then slipped into the water. Feeling immensely better as soon as he was submerged, the shallow end only came up to Geia's waist there wasn't a lot of room to swim but he managed as he slipped closer to reach up a webbed hand to lightly clasp Geia's hand. He hoped he understood...

Geia watched as the young man sank down into the water. His wings gave a rapid fluttering as he tried to cool himself off with the air it was creating from the movements of them. Between that and the water he hoped to cool himself off... then looked down at the water when he felt Chath's hand on his. He blinked a couple times before he looked down at him. He tilted his head to the side before he took a deep breath and sank down into the water. Were they... going back to swimming practice then he found himself wondering. The cold water might help if nothing else.

Chath blinked as he watched Geia sink into the water beside him. Wow...he felt a bit overwhelmed with all his long hair swirling around him he looked...close enough to be an angel. He pulled Geia closer to him, the smile he gave him was a bit different than his normal goofy one, this one seemed..most...loving. He cupped Geia's cheeks in his hands and then leaned in and kissed him again.

The owl was a bit surprised when instead of more swimming lessons instead he got more kisses... something that he preferred far more. He moved closer to the newt so that he could hold onto him carefully as he returned the kiss. It was something he had to get used to, kissing under water as well as being careful not to inhale any water through his nose, and continue holding his breath. It was tricky but a skill worth learning he thought to himself, wings fluttering behind him.

Chath...found this experience quite ...interesting. He didn't flinch or feel any sort of pain when Geia touched him under the water of course...he could breath underwater...whilst Geia couldn't . Sometimes he was so use to what he could do ..he forgot others couldn't. He carefully kissed Geia....and at some point pressed his mouth quite firmly against his and breathed out the oxygen that he had stored in his lungs. His skin could gather more for him through the water. So it wasn't like he needed it. He just wanted to linger under the surface with Geia longer.

Ligeia's body gave a jump at the breath that Chath gave him and then gave a happy sound in his throat. Well now... that was a helpful trick now wasn't it? He flushed a bit but found this to be the most wonderful thing ever, Chath was able to help him to breath and make it so they could stay under longer. Given how pleasant it was and how the newt didn't have to worry about any of the out of water problems he was all for staying under as long as he could.

Keir grumbled and got up and paced back and forth on the ledge...this was no longer training ...this was...a make out session! He was outraged..he had only allowed Chath to rescue and help the other brat learn how to swim because it was still some form of training. Still...he couldn't bring himself to dive underwater to teach his boy a lesson...something held him back he ground his teeth together trying to figure out what it was.

Chath wondered briefly how well Geia could make him out, he was clear as a bell...perhaps even better than he saw on land. But he wrapped his arms around Geia continueing to run a hand through his boyfriends hair as he continued to give him kisses.

Vorel watched his boy with swimming but once it went from swimming to something more friendly he lifted one of his wings and let it be a curtain to give the others their privacy having no real desire to spy on such things. It did make him a bit curious though, wondering why they were playing in the water but... given the look on Keir's face he wasn't about to ask anything of him.

He would ask Geia later.

Blue Prints Arrive

Orpheus was smiling brightly as he walked into the small apartment that he shared with his two sons, one daughter, and two dragons. He had an envelope in his hands that was a long time in coming, good news from those out there had finally delivered. He had the letter saying that the house had built for his family not to far from the D-Corp Facility was finally finished. He moved to sit down on beat up couch that had seen much use since he'd taken up sleeping on it after he'd adopted Ter and took out the plans that came along with the letter. He spread them out on the coffee table, running his fingers over it in an interested manner before his eyes fell upon a room that he couldn't help but smile over, "Master Bedroom." He murmured to himself, grinning.

A room that was all his own, one where he would be able to have a bed of his own, a bathroom he didn't have to share with three other people. He couldn't help but grin. He looked the rest of it over before he turned to look over his shoulder down the small hallway that led to where his three children were hanging out, "Ligeia, Terpsichore, Maria! Come here please!" He called down the hallway.

Maria was the first to arrive, coming rushing out of Ligeia's room at a dead run and gave a jump and landed on the back of the couch, she scrambled for a moment before plopping down next to her Father, "Hello, hello." She chirped up at him, looking pleased that she had won the race to be the first one to her father though it was only a race in her mind now that she had already won it.

Ligeia was the next to arrive with Vorel following after him, both of them coming to stand behind the couch, and a moment after that Ter slithered into the room with a none to please Baroness following after as she didn't really like the idea of being cramped in the room with the rest of the family. The owl boy moved to sit down on the back of the couch, perching there to look at what their father was looking at in such an interested manner before his dark eyes went wide.

"Dad... are those blue prints?" He asked.

Ter slithered forward quickly, hands on the back of the couch to look at it before he slithered over the back of it and to the coffee table. He looked it over before a grin spread over his lips, "Look at this place, damn... you thinking about buying it?" The cobra asked, looking over at his father with a rather hopeful look on his face.

Maria set to giggling, giving her brother a little push with her hands, "Hehe, you said damn Ter!" She told him.

Ter rolled his eyes, "So did you just now."

She gave a little 'eep' sound, her hands lifting up to cover her mouth with them before she looked up at her Father but he didn't seem all that concerned, no doubt having to hear Ter's mouth constantly run away from him with random curses and none to brilliant statements. When it appeared she wasn't going to get in trouble she climbed up her brother's back to look over his shoulder, "We are gonna live in there?" She asked.

Orpheus gave a nod, laughing a bit, "Yes. In fact the place is ready for us. We will need to move our stuff there, probably get some more furniture to fill it out but yes. That is our new home." He said, running a hand over the blue prints, "Its not to terribly far from here and we can all still get there easily enough. I just knew that we are a bit crowded and none of you are getting any smaller."

Ter gave a hissing sound and a nod, "No joke." He murmured, looking the blue prints over closely to inspect them. Lots of rooms, big kitchen, lots of bathrooms, lots of room to stretch out and for the dragons to be able to lounge about... he couldn't imagine staying in this place after Maria got her dracling he thought to himself before looking over at Orpheus, "So, when we moving?"

"As soon as we get packed we can start bringing stuff over. Between my car and the dragons I don't think it will take to long."

Baroness gave a huffing sound as she found herself given such a task, she had to help to move?! She gave a growling sound until she looked over at Ter who was shaking his head, "If you help out there will be plenty of room for us and you will have a bigger place to hide your horde if these plans are to be believed."

She perked up a bit at this, a bigger place for her horde? That meant being able to have a bigger horde if there was more space to fill. She gave a nod of her head to show that she would in fact help out if it were for such a good cause.

Vorel on the other hand had just nodded his head when he was told that he would be helping to move tail wagging, a smile on his face. Anything that made his owl as happy as he looked was good by him he thought and he would do anything to help so long as it meant he remained that happy. He leaned over to catch hold of a lock of his hair, chewing lightly on it.

Orpheus rose to his feet, "Alright, lets go and find some boxes and get to work packing." He told the five that were gathered around him. There were a lot of nods before they were heading out of the small apartment as a group.

Shirt Please...

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The house was rather impressive even from up high, a sprawling set up that was a huge upgrade from the cramped apartment that they had been staying in as a cramped group. To the north side of it there was even a good sized pool that was fenced in for the family to make use of. The house had three different decks as well but one in particular Baroness seemed to be heading toward, her deck by possessive claiming. She was spiraling down in tight circles to land in the grass next to it. Once they were on the ground she turned to look over at the mantis, "Door there, head inside." She said in rough, guttural English that she rarely used in place of draconic except when talking to Ter about things.

Zyan was a bit surprised by the sheer size difference int he home compared to the small apartment they had been living in. She slipped off of Baroness a bit chilled from the flight over since she was still damp from the hose soaking.

"Thanks Baroness. I'll get you a big shiny I promise." She stated with a nod of her head as she hurried into the house to try and warm up.

Stepping inside she ..felt overwhelmed all of a sudden and very lost. Wanting to dry off she hurried around until she found a vacant bed room with a bathroom attached and slipped in and undress wrapping a towel carefully into her hair as she then set about drying herself off. She had no idea who's room this was... but oh well.

There was the sound of heavy foot steps from the room outside of the bathroom as the double doors that led to the smallest of the three deck were opened up and Vorel came tromping in through them, moving to the sitting area of the room that was 'his' before he laid down, ~ That was fun! We need to swim together more.~ He told his owl in cheery draconic.

Ligeia nodded, squeezing the water out of his hair on the deck before he set to wrapping the long, white braid in a towel that he set up on his head, ~Agreed, I rather like having a pool just outside the room.~ He said back in the same language, having it down now so he could speak with his dragon and any other he might happen across in their native tongue. He gave a smile as he shook off his wings and headed inside to pad, bare foot toward his bathroom so he could get himself a second towel to dry off with, having no idea that the room had been invaded by unexpected company.

Zyanya heard the voices though she recognized the..tone the words were beyond her. Still she didn't hurry or move from sitting on the edge of the bath tub as she figured Geia would be smart enough to knock on the door before barging in. She was stark naked wringing the water out of her underwear her boots discarded on the floor.

Ligeia didn't even think twice as he went into his bathroom, not really expecting anyone to be there since this was his room, his bathroom, and because everyone else had a bathroom of their own, well aside from Ter and Maria who shared one. He was two steps into the room, turning to open the tall cabinet that contained the towels when the bright and out of place colors that belong to Z caught his attention. He froze in place, starring as he found a... naked girl in his bathroom. That was the absolute last thing that he was expecting... and he gave a cry of surprise, hands and wings coming up to block his view.

Zyanya's own wings snapped open mostly at his cry of surprise. She had...never anticipated it would be his bathroom. ******** great. Not that she cared if he saw her naked. Gods he was more girlier than she was.

"Yo, sorry I needed a place to dry off." She started off allowing her wings to go back down. she then continued to wring out her clothes as if nothing was out of the ordinary.

Geia turned to face the cabinet, keeping his wings up as he reached up for a towel and grabbed it pulling it down, "Ahh... ummm... alright." He said, "Sorry, nobody is ever in here but Vorel and I so I didn't expect you to be... well... here." And certainly not in such a state of undress. He found himself suddenly mentally complaining about his completely lack of luck, why couldn't it have been Chath and not Z that was randomly standing around in such a state in his bathroom? His cheeks colored at the sudden and unexpected thought and he started toward the bathroom door.

Zyanya perched on the edge of the bathtub looking at Geia curiously.

"Geeeze you act as if your straight being so red faced...you are gay aren't you? Or does my brother need to worry?" She stated in a sarcastic manner completely unashamed at her current stage of undress.

"so this shouldn't turn you on at all...or does it? " She inquired with a smirk.

"Your the one that decided to label me as 'gay', Zyanya." He said to her, pausing as she spoke but he wasn't foolish enough to look her way again, "As for that, I can't really say that it does. I was thinking that I am unlucky as I would have preferred that I walked in on a naked version of your brother instead." If she wanted to be a brat he would respond in turn he thought to himself as he wrapped the second towel around himself then reached to the side to scoop up his brush and a fresh, dry ribbon off the bathroom counter.

Leaning on her hand her elbow being propped up by her knee she looked at Geia and then snorted a laugh.

"oho you claiming your NOT gay? Your the girliest looking guy I have ever met or ******** you probably even have more of a chest than I do." She moved to stand up slowly going to pick up her clothes.

"Want to compare breasts sizes Geia?" She snorted again before shaking her head. Though she never would of guessed the owl boy would of had..such thoughts in his head about seeing her brother naked.

"I would say that is your problem, not mine." He told her, looking down for a moment as if to check but was relieved to find that he did in fact have nothing in the way of a chest... so it seemed more as though she were insulting herself then anything. He gave a shrug of his shoulders, "I love your brother, Zyanya. It doesn't instantly label me as anything." He started out into the bedroom then. He could have fallen for a girl, knew a lot of them actually, but it had ended up that the one he met and fell for was a guy. It shouldn't be something that should be so shocking or taunt worthy, or at least that was what he thought.

Zyan rolled her eyes as she hung up the rest of her clothes and then walked out of the bathroom a towel draped over her arm as a modest attempt to cover herself. It wasn't like she could wrap it around herself...her extra legs got in the way.

"Lend me some clothes," She announced her request as she spotted Vorel. She gave him a wave.
"Yo Vorel."

Ligeia looked over at her cautiously and seeing she was only some what covered so he looked away nodded, moving to where his large closet was located, "Most of it is in here or in the dresser, take what you need." He told her, giving her a bit of a smile, seeming unable to stay mad at irked in the least and couldn't help but to help when someone asked for things. It was his weakness.

Vorel turned to look at Z, looking a bit surprised before smile, ~Hello there, Zyanya.~ He greeted her, only the name being something she might understand unless she knew parts of the language

She raised an eyebrow at Vorel only catching hello and her name. Ug...draconic was annoying to understand and each dragon spoke it weirdly.

She moved to stand beside Geia and she poked at a few things...that were in his dresser frowning.

"don't you have anything...dark?"

He shook his head, "There might be something gray in the closest but aside from that no, most of what I have is blue or white." He had a great liking of 'cool' colors and as such most of what he wore was that color though there were other colors here and there, again mostly bright colors. He moved to let her explore as she liked and leaned against his dragon's side. He was quiet for a while before finally asking, "So... how is your brother?" It had been a little while longer then he liked since he'd seen the newt last... though that had been a rather nice meeting.

Zyanya frowned as she found NOTHING she liked. Half tempted to just go about naked but knowing that she'd better not. She couldn't bring herself to put on a tank with a ...cute image on it. So choose a dress...of sorts that was white.
"Ug....your going to have to help me into this.." she muttered crossly.

Geia pouted a little when he got no information on Chath then turned to look over at her before he gave a nod of his head, "Ahh... alright." He said, moving over toward her, "Here." He took the dress from her and gave her a quick once over, "If you can press your extra arms in closer to you it will be easier for you to get this on." Though she did have a lot of spiny bits... he found himself mourning as he didn't think the dress was going to fair to well against Zyanya. He stepped closer to help to pull it down over her head, "Arms up." This was no different then helping out Maria he decided, well aside from the fact that currently Maria's choice of dress was pretty random.

She did as instructed lifting her arms up so the dress could slip over her head easilly enough. It felt weird...putting on Geia's clothes that were totally not her choice of tastes. part of her mildly worried that Ter wouldn't like how she looked the other part of her said she'd beat on him if he teased her. Once the dress was on...of sorts she refrained from looking in a mirror.

"I probably look like an idiot." She mused out loud to mostly herself.

"And if your curious about my brother phone him..I am not his messenger girl."

"You do look different, but not bad." He said, "If you want I can bring your things to the dryer for you." He offered, ever the helpful one.

His wings gave a bit of a flutter and he gave a nod, "I know I can call, I was just... curious..." He trailed off and flapped his wings again, "Ah, never mind." He felt silly asking her such a thing anyway. He would just call the newt and talk to him first hand instead of asking someone else about him he told himself. He fiddled for a moment with the silver bracelet he wore before he turned to browsing through his clothing and picked out a couple things for himself.

Zyan fidgeted in the dress trying to get herself to feel comfortable in it. With narrowed eyes she watched Geia as he fiddled with the bracelet and then she snapped her wings open as if testing them. There was a mild rip sound but nothing serious she figured she crossed her arms over her chest before finally sighing.

"He is fine. He's been having...problems with Keir but asides that he is the same happy go lucky idiot as always." She spoke in an exasperated tone. "You two just make me buggier...either your together or not half the time I can never tell between you two." She snapped mostly to herself before she went to turn to leave the room and then stopped herself as she realized she didn't know where to go.

"Ter's room is where?"

Geia felt a little worried, she couldn't tell? He wondered if Chath felt the same way... did he worry they would break up again? He shifted on his bare feet and hugged the clothing to his chest before looking at Zyanya, "Ahh, yeah... his room, sorry." He motioned, "Its this way." He said as he moved to lead the way from his room, through the house to where Ter's room was located. He lifted up on his tip toes to reach the lock and undid it to let her in, "Its... a mess in there, though I am sure your used to the chaos of his room." He found himself thinking about it, had he ever been in Chath's room? Had Chath ever been in his? It had him worrying even more... what sort of couple were they?

"Ter knows where the dryer is even though he has no use for it, so he can help you find your cloths when you need them." He said, turning on his heel and wander off in a thoughtful if worried manner.

For a split second she regretted the harsh words she had spoken to the owl earlier but she shrugged it off. Not her problem. she pushed open the door and though she had expected it she was quite amazed at the amount of stuff scattered about. With a shrug she went to find a mirror.

An Owl's Worries

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Geia opened his eyes and wings as he went down and he gave a sound of relief as he saw Chath, it was a strange sort of déjà vu moment. The first time they had really met Chath had tried to catch him when he was playing around with Vorel jumping off the roof of D-Corp. It only pained him more and he lifted his wings up to catch another updraft to slow himself in his decent. He hadn't thought to far ahead in his plan passed moving passed the Black Dragon and he realized that Keir was following him, something that caused his heart to race rapidly in his chest. His landing wasn't as smooth as normal, something he blamed on his roiling emotions, and as he touched down he took a couple rushing steps before he tripped up and then fell toward the ground with a squeak.

Vorel seemed confused as to what exactly was going on, he'd missed something... what the pair were saying while they were up in the air and it irked the Frost greatly to think that Keir, who he'd thought was a friend, had been being mean to his owl... that couldn't be the case, surely? But the proof was there... just look at the concern that Chath had shown when the two had stayed in the air overly long. He gave a shake of his head before trotting forward in a rush to put his bulk between Ligeia and Keir and seemed to puff himself up to looking as big as was possible before turning his gaze on the Black.

If the black had had any intentions of actually hurting the Geia it was hard to tell as he brought his wings out to stop his decent. He landed a few meters away bringing his wings in rearing his head up in a defiant manner. He made no attempts on Geia though the glower he gave the owl was probably enough cause some doubt in that.

Chath was at Geia's side instantly he went to help Geia back up, his hands moving around to make sure nothing was broken. After his first aid class at least he knew what to look for now. He then wrapped his arms around Geia tightly despite the fact every cell on his body protested in pain.

"Don't ever do that again." He whispered in the Owls ear as he continued to hold him reluctant to let him go.

There was silence from the Frost as he sat down on his haunches to watch Keir in an unblinking manner. Keir was... one he would mark as a friend, one of few aside from Ligeia and now that feeling was disolving. Keir, he was a danger he found himself thinking on the big black dragoness Aullol as another example of their kind, of that little black that had egged her on that day... and it seemed to only cause his hackles to rise a little, that entire family was dangerous, wasn't it? He'd been blind not to see that Keir was the same but felt as though his eyes were forced open and he didn't like it.

Ligeia blinked in surprise as he found himself wrapped up in Chath's arms, he sat there dazed for a moment before he started to shake all over and lifted his arms up to wrap them around the newt, leaning against him, forgetting for a moment that without the water to help such things were a bother to him, "I'm sorry, Chath... I... just... needed to see you..." He murmured, he squeezed his eyes close to hide them and the emotions hidden in them as it was a whole, confusing mix of them, "I don't mean to... to interfere and get in you way..."

Chath went to stroke Geia's hair as he felt the boy shivering and shaking in his arms. He kissed Geia's forehead lightly and continued to hold him despite that face his body really wasn't enjoying it.

"Shhhhs..." He murmured feeling really awkward, what exactly had Keir said to him to make him so upset?

"Your never in my way..." he reassured after a moment trying to figure out how else to comfort the boy. "I'm glad to see you too...but don't do that again...you nearly gave me a heart attack.." He continued feeling his beating heart finally starting to settle back down. He was ...too warm. The dizzying sensation was starting to overwhelm him, but he continued to hold Geia...he felt as if he needed to..

Keir didn't take note or if he did didn't show that Vorel's opinion of him had changed. As far as he was concerned he had nothing against Vorel. Geia was a nuisance. His tail flicked back and forth in annoyance watching them continue to hug.

Ligeia let his eyes slowly open so that he could stare up at Chath for a moment before he flushed, "I... seem to do that often, I'm sorry." He murmured again, he was always upsetting Chath, seemingly always needing saved. Was it because he was weak that Keir thought so badly of him? Was that why he didn't want him around? He didn't want to be a bother and surely didn't want to be a damsel in distress sort. He felt a little better now that he had obtained his own, felt... good and warm, forgetting for a moment that he had been poking at a Black and out right challenging him, stupid idea at best he thought.

His mind seem to suddenly cue into something, that he was wrapped in Chath's arms and warm, he blinked a couple times as he realized that he was also wrapped up in his arms in a hug. Ahh... wait... he lifting a hand up from his back, murmuring something quietly to himself, hand making a motion, drawing forth some water from the air. He didn't want to over heat the newt he thought, not again... he'd done that once already. It took a little longer then he would have liked given his currently state but a moment later it started to sprinkle though it would become quickly obvious that it was only in a contained area.

Chath felt relief flood him as sprinkles of cool water landed on his skin. He felt his body relax a bit, though he was feeling sleepy from being so warm the dizziness was passing at least.

"Thanks ," He hated he couldn't hold his boyfriend like a normal person...give him hugs and generally other things he needed due to his sensitive skin.

"Good thing I have a strong heart huh?" He chuckled, "I learned that newts can regenerate pieces of their heart...but..lets hope it never comes to test that out ok?" He chuckled trying to lighten the mood.

"What's wrong Geia? You seem.." He trailed off looking for the right word, "distraught...what did Keir say to you?" He inquired as he shot his black a glare. The dragon only snorted and then opening his wings took flight he didn't need to be around for this.

Ligeia drew back some from Chath, to allow him his space as he didn't want to hurt him by hugging him to hard. He looked up at him for a moment before dropping his gaze, "I... its not just Keir." He murmured, not wanting for all of the blame to fall upon the Black even though the dragon hated him. He looked down at his gloved hands for a long moment, flexing them, "I... what do I need to do, Chath? I don't think I am really worthy of you... and I worry about it. Z... Z came over today to hang out with Ter in his room. I don't think we have ever done anything like that... and I don't want to lose you again but I worry that maybe I am not who and what you want or whats good for you... because I am weak and girly." It was all said in a jumbled, breathless rush.

It felt like a anvil landed on his head, and by the rather dazed expression on his face he shook his head slightly to clear it. He was too warm he put a hand to his head as if it hurt...and in a sense it did. What was Geia going on about? True they had broken up ...before because the didn't see enough of each other but they were both so busy.

"Wait what?" he tried to figure out what Geia was saying and what he wanted.

"Y...you want us to hang out like....Ter and Zyanya do? do...you know what they do alone together?" He inquired his face going bright red. He then tried to figure out the rest, "Wait a minute...your not..weak...and..well..yeah i guess your girly.." he rubbed the back of his neck...being a blatant lie if he had said Geia looked like a boy. Since well the first time they had met...he had thought he was a she.

"There is..nothing wrong with how you look, it doesn't bother me that you dress like a girl.." He continued honestly. "Whats really bothering you Geia? You've never ...been so unsure about yourself before.."

The owl looked up at Chath for a long moment before glancing away, "I... know what they do and... is that a bad thing? I mean I guess it is since touching hurts, is that why you don't want to just hang out? I promise that I can keep my hands to myself." There were times when he didn't want to but he had self control for the most part, today just seemed not to be his day for keeping his emotions in check. He pushed himself up to his feet, allowing the spell to fizzle away as it was a bit of a drain to have it going constantly.

"I... this is how I am, really. I seem to think on stuff to much even small comments which was probably just her taunting me to feel better about wearing a dress but when she said we didn't even seem like a couple..." He trailed off and seemed to be shifting in place in an uncomfortable manner. He was acting silly wasn't he? One comment and he'd gone racing out of the house, battling black dragons, and making suicidal dives because he was panicked over losing Chath? It made absolutely no sense why would he...

Geia's dark eyes went wide all of a sudden, "O-Oh..." He breathed, sounding a bit surprised as though something had clicked.

Watching Geia a bit nervously he went to join him in standing staggering a bit though managing to catch himself his hand already on his spray bottle as he pulled it out and sprayed himself in the face. After a moment or two the feeling passed and he felt better his face..was still reddened though by Geia's earlier comment.

"Well...no..but...I thought you said..you wanted to wait...to..do that.." He fidgeted on the spot feeling panic creep like ice in his veins. Of course the stories he heard from his sister were widely exaggerated.

"Zyan is a lot like Keir... " He started realizing just how stubborn the pair were...

"Take her words as a gain of salt..as they say. IF your happy with how you look and how you are then I am too..." He continued with a nod of his head before he tilted his head wondering why Geia had that expression on his face.

"You okay?"

Geia looked up at him, "I didn't say 'Chath take me now' but... I... did like your kisses when we went swimming and... and you seemed more at ease then as well. We have a pool at our house now... If you ever wanted to come over to hang out you could swim there, as much as you want. I know I swim like a rock but I would try again."

He relaxed a bit as he explained about his sister and Keir being alike in their thinking before nodding, that was true enough. Both of them were so strong and in a way he envied that, he was to weak, to delicate and he had only his magic to make him seem stronger but even that he'd never really shown anyone the extent of as there had yet to be a reason to do so.

The owl chewed on his lower lip as he looked off to the side and his face colored, "Yeah, it just... it all suddenly seemed to make sense to me. All the panic I felt by her words, wanting to see you, even going as far as to so foolish tell Keir off to get to see you." He murmured, sounding a little on the breathless side as he spoke.

Chath's face reddened despite himself at the description that Geia gave even as brief as it was, he looked away afraid Geia would notice his uneasiness on the subject of being intimate. Of course he was interested...but...there were so many things about himself that made it seem impossible to get close. At the mentioning of the pool though he nodded his head, "Yeah sure...if you don't mind getting wet...I'll make sure you don't drown." He agreed remembering the kissing they had tried whenever water was involved. He then gave Geia a astounded look.

"You...did what? You t...told Keir off?" Chath's surprise was borderline amusement. No wonder the dragon had been so pissed off.

"I'll talk to him later...we've been...having some disagreements about things lately..so this isn't anything new.." He stated with a sigh before he tilted his head to look at Geia again.
"Don't really follow you...what makes sense?"

The owl shifted back and forth on his feet before he looked at Chath, his cheeks a deep red now and he couldn't help a sort of shy smile, "I... ahh... Chath I... love you." He murmured, looking as though for once he might be the one to over heat as his wings opened opened up and set to quickly flapping as he tried desperately to cool himself off. It was the reason he felt so mixed up about the next, why he worried so much, why the need to see him and make sure things were alright had taken hold of and driven him to do things that were rather dangerous as well as foolish. What a powerful and intimidating sort of emotion.

Chath stared at him blankly absorbing the information a moment or two before his own face darkened he then broke into his friendly goofy smile.

"You silly I already knew that." He replied as if some part of him deep down had known it. Perhaps not acknowledge it but he always kinda knew. And in his own heart he knew he loved Geia back.
"I....know I have tried telling you in the past...and I feel a bit foolish now to be the second to say it but...I love you too Geia."

The owl seemed more then a little delighted by the newt boy's words and he gave a happy sort of bird like sound in his throat as the admission of love was returned to him, "W-Wow... I feel so much better saying that." Not to mention being able to finally put a word to what he had been feeling. He took a step closer, pushing up on his tip toes, and carefully leaned up to brush his lips over those over Chath.

Chath was about to reply when suddenly he was being kissed. The..height difference was a bit of a drag but he didn't care...swallowing he returned the kiss gently. It often made him wonder how they came to be...as a couple they could be no more different. Geia was from the sky and he the water...in nature the owl would probably eat the newt...

There was a happy sort of sigh that escaped Ligeia's throat and he quickly clasped his hands behind his back so that they could continue to kiss and he could keep his hands from clinging to him as he felt the urge to do. He had to be careful with Chat and he would be sure to do just that, he didn't want to hurt his new after after all. It felt nice to be able to do that again, it felt like to long since they had last kissed... and he decided that he rather liked Chath's kisses.