Fluffy Feather Fort [Kodi]

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

You never really realize how much you use one of your hands until its practically taken away and you have to do without. And Gryph hated it - no dancing, no photography, internet browsing is laborious and difficult; it took him forever to type his apology message on his photography blog. In simple terms, this sucked, big time.

And Gryphon had to entertain himself, somehow. I mean, he had homework, and it wasn't like he couldn't do it - being ambidextrous and all - but homework was homework, and he wanted to have fun, not drive himself to jump off a cliff.

The winged boy sat cross-legged on his bed in his pyjamas, a loose top and track pants, the top with rather large holes in the back to account for his eagle wings, which were semi-open behind him, and occasionallly flapped gently. He huffed and looked at his hands, and then glanced around the room. Mmm... blankets, chairs, a considerable amount of room... eh, what the heck! He clambered off the mattress and got to work.

A semi-long amount of time and a lot of struggling later and he was sat smiling in a blanket fort. How long had it been since he'd made one of these? He had absolutely no idea. But he sat inside it, smirking. It was kind of amateur and a bit rickety in places, but that was expected - he was disabled. But this would rapidly get boring, he needed company. And company made him think of Kodi. Mmm... maybe they'd get to actually talk for once or something... probably not. But he still wanted Kodi, so he scrambled out and found his phone.

To: Kodiak

heeeeey! hope u rnt busy, plz come to my roooooom! x

He pressed send and put his phone on his crossed leg, wrapping his wings in front of him and looking at them. Blanket forts were fun, Kodi would like it. Or something.

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Surprisingly, Kodi was actually doing... Homework.

Well, maybe not so surprising. The one class he easily excelled in was literature, and he was currently going about ten chapters ahead on where they were supposed to be in their current novel. It wasn't a bad read, and he could finish the assignment that went along with it without a problem. If not for his misbehavior during the class itself, the teacher might have actually liked him.

Of course, he might be further ahead of everyone else if it wasn't for the boy that kept intruding in his thoughts. That stupid winged moron, getting him to open up and break down over three silly little words. Looking back now, Kodi felt... Okay, well, he was still all in a tizzy about it, really. He wanted to be around Gryphon as much as he could, but he didn't want to seem... Desperate. Even if he kind of was.

So when the text came in, Kodi jumped at the opportunity, quickly scanning over the words as a grin slowly crossed his face.

To: Moron

nope, not busy. be over in a sec.

He flipped the book closed and pulled off his glasses before hopping off the bed and stretching, giving a monstrous yawn as he sauntered over to the other boy's room. He was dressed loosely as well, in a pair of grey sweatpants and an old workout tank, casually showing off the defined muscles of his shoulders. "What.... the fuck," he asked as he popped the door open and was met with what seemed to be a sea of blankets. "Gryph? Where are you?" He snickered and peered down underneath as he closed the door behind him. He'd never build a blanket fort before in his life. "Did you make this?"

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

Gryph's phone buzzed on his lap and he jumped, pulling his wings back behind him and picking the phone up, seeing as it had fallen off of his leg and onto the floor. He smiled at the answer and didn't bother to reply, just glad that Kodi was gonna be able to come over.

After that whole... incident, he felt like he needed to be around the other boy more. He... had no reason in particular. Gryph just... once he cared about someone, his levels of protectiveness shot up.

He heard his door click open and he smirked, and then laughed at what he heard of Kodi's reaction, "Just crawl under the blankets!" He replied, trying not to giggle like a 5-year-old girl.

"Yeah!" He answered enthusiastically, "It's awesome!" OK, he was kind of acting like a kid, but he couldn't help it! He calmed down a bit and explained, "I didn't have anythin' else t'do, so... I made a fort!" He continued to sit where he was, feathers waving behind him, a grin stretched across his features, dimple strongly prominent. He was such a dork sometimes.

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The sound of Gryph's almost immediate laughter had Kodi grinning despite himself. This whole situation was just so unexpected and silly that he didn't know how else to react. "Crawl under them...?" he repeated, shifting his bulky form down a bit more so he'd fit under the edge, and hesitantly came underneath. It felt like... Some sort of fluffy cave. He didn't see Gryph at first, so he scooted around, trying to locate the boy.

"It is pretty fuckin' cool," he admitted with another laugh, feeling like he was ten. "D'you always do stuff like this when you're bored?" Kodi didn't really have any building or art or any other type of skills, at least that he was aware of. He would've given up about two minutes into building something like this.

Kodi finally caught sight of the silly, grinning boy, and immediately shuffled over to him, right over his lap and forcing him onto his back with a smile. "Hey, you," he cooed, giving him a peck on the lips before shifting off and sitting next to Gryph. He gazed around a little longer before looking back at his... Moron. "This's nice an' cozy," he drawled, resting back on his hands. He couldn't help but think of the recent events, the words said between them... Kodi felt a little nervous. "So, uh.... Now what?" he asked. Of course, normally he would ask for hook up in such a unique, intimate environment, but... That wasn't Gryphon's style and he knew it.

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

"Yup!" Gryph confirmed, rocking a little on the spot. He heard the movement and smiled, still. He really needed some hobby which didn't involve his hands, he seemed to have too many and since he couldn't do most of them, he was left to do things like this... not that this was a bad idea, or a waste of his time, oh no - this was fucking brilliant.

Gryph felt like he could've squeaked with happiness when Kodi agreed with him. The question came up and he thought about it. "Not always. This's the first time in ages that I've made somethin' like this, but..." he trailed off. Sometimes he would make sets for his photography, but it was usually just adding a prop or something generally; if he actually needed anything constructed, he would as his arty or techy friends. They usually made it better than him.anyway.

Shuffle shuffle shuffle... there he was! Gryph felt his heart go up, down, left, right and his smile stayed strong. Until of course, the boy was on top of him - Kodi really liked doing that, didn't he? He was glad his wings had been flat against his back, any more injuries would kill him. His smile was softer and when the kiss came, it grew again, "Hey." Gryphon watched Kodi sit down next to him and continued to look as he glanced around... he wasn't sure how to talk anymore, apparently. He nodded in reply and wondered what was stopping his words.

Now what? A mischevious little grin planted itself onto Gryph's face, "We could play a game?" He suggested, "There's one I used t'play," (they were mucking around like kids anyway) "Called Truths - like truth or dare, but only the truth part." He tilted his head, as if asking if it was alright. He'd known for ages that they needed to know more about each other... maybe this was the perfect oppurtunity?

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"An' you managed t'do it with only one workin' hand?" Kodi replied, whistling. "Fuck, you got more skill in one limb than I do in my whole body." He snickered a bit self-condescendingly. "I'll probably wreck it on accident." Still... Kodi was glad Gryph had asked him over. This was just the sort of thing he needed in his life - silly, childish fun. Even if he wasn't used to it, didn't mean it wasn't enjoyable.

He never would get tired of pinning Gryph under him, though, and it showed in his giddy grin. Although, if he were honest, he liked it just as much, if not more, when Gryphon did it to him, too. Mmmm... Kodi had to shake his head to snap himself back to reality. Gryph seemed a little quiet, now that Kodi was there, and the southerner smiled to himself; at least he wasn't the only one.

"A game?" he repeated, raising an eyebrow. He listened curiously as Gryph explained his idea, tilting his head as though pondering. "Yeah, sure, why not?" he agreed, shrugging a shoulder. It was about time they talked a bit more anyway, right? Still, a nervous thrill ran through Kodi's body. "How do we start?" He idly ran his fingernail over the back of Gryph's hand, letting his eyes trace up his arm and drink in every line and bulge of his musculature. Mmmmm... He hoped he would be able to concentrate.

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

Gryphon laughed - it hadn't been easy. He'd used his wings as well, to an extent. They weren't fragile, persay, but tended to break a lot easier than all the other bones in his body, so he had just used them really to brush things out of the way (and at one point, the dust made him sneeze, and they curled in front of him). About mucking it up? "Doesn't matter, we can just build it up again." He told Kodi - that was the great thing about blanket forts, they were temporary and you could change them.

"Awesome." Gryph was happy that Kodi was up for it. He hoped that it didn't turn sour and stab them in the back, but he would take his chances for the sake of finding out about Kodi.

He giggled at the touch of the nail on his hand, it tickled! Eeeheh, but concentrate. "One of us has t'ask a question, and the other answers it, and then they ask a question and... yeah." Gryph hoped that was clear enough. But all the questions he could think of were really crap and cheesy, like 'What's your favourite colour?' (Which was important but y'know) and 'What's your favourite animal?'

This was gonna be silly. Good silly, but silly all the same.

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Hmm.... Sounded like a good getting to know each other deal. It seemed good to Kodi. He nodded, understanding the gist of it (though there wasn't really a lot to understand). "Alright, let's do it," he agreed, smiling mischievously. "But first..." He leaned over and gave Gryph another kiss, this one a little longer than before... Just because he wanted to. Why not? Gryphon would probably have to put up with a lot of them during their time under here... Kodi just couldn't help himself.

Once Kodi pulled back, he pondered his first question. "Okay... Um, if you could have any ability other than your own, which would ya want an' why?" he eventually asked. Seemed as good a question as any, right? Not too invasive, but not boring. He wondered just how personal this might get, though.

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

Gryphon smiled when Kodi agreed to play, this would be fun! And... mmm, he had raised his eyebrows at first, but once Kodi's lips were against his, he melted, kissing back for the time it lasted, then pulling away with a sigh. If they kept doing that... he would faint from happiness before 10 minutes was up. He already had a fuzzy feeling building in his chest, and Kodi wasn't doing much to get rid of it... not that he wanted it to (ever) go away.

That was a good question. Interesting... he usually thought out loud when no-one else was around, but seeing as he didn't really have anything to hide, "I've never really considered what it would be like without wings... I mean, I didn't have them at first, they grew, but..." Dang, this was difficult. And it wasn't even really strictly personal or anything, just a case of opinion, "...I guess, Aerokinesis." It was relating to the wind and the air, yes. It was practically hard-wired into his head that he loved the outdoors and the fresh air. "Being able t'control the air would be pretty fuckin' awesome."

Gryph shuffled on the spot, "Um... urmm... hmm." He struggled to think of something half decent. So he decided to go with cliché and boring, rolling his eyes at his own choice of question before he even said anything, "So, what's your favourite colour?" He might as well know anyway!

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Gryph wasn't the only one that might faint from happiness - Kodi was feeling giddy too. He didn't know if it was the atmosphere or what had happened between them or what, but he didn't want those butterfly feelings to stop. Ugh... How had he managed to land someone that wasn't just gorgeous, but... So incredibly accepting? Kodi wondered if he'd been dreaming this entire time...

Kodi mused over what he'd choose if he had to pick another ability. Well, honestly... He might've chosen not to be a meta, so his family wouldn't reject him, but... They would have anyway, when they found out about his sexuality, so maybe it was better this way. "Aerokinesis sounds pretty cool," he agreed, with a tilt of the head. "You could blow people away if they were irritatin' you," he snerked. "Mmm... I think... I'd like storage dimension, or whatever it's called," he snickered. "Hide all my books an' get 'em whenever I want." If that didn't make him sound like a nerd, he didn't know what did. Sigh.

Favorite color? Kodi... Had never even really thought about it before. "Uhh..." He started to lay down with his head in Gryphon's lap as he tried to determine his answer. ".... Red's nice," he finally decided. Seemed like it was probably the favorite color of a lot of violent people... Urgh. "Uh, lessee.... Biggest celebrity crush?" he asked, peeking up with a playful smirk."

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

You know when you woke up from a dream, and it was just getting to a good part, and you realize it was all completely a lie? And you have that feeling of annoyance and wanting to go back? Yeah, if this was some sort of sick dream, Gryphon would have that feeling, times 20. And then would probably go out and try to find Kodi anyway. Ugh... feelings.

Gryphon chuckled - trust Kodi to think of it like that. Gryph was going more along the lines of the fact that he was around the air so much, it felt almost like... a part of him. With Aerokinesis, he'd still be able to feel that. He smiled at the boy's choice though, it was sweet. "Fair enough." he replied. He didn't share Kodi's adoration for books, but being able to get things whenever you needed them would be useful as hell.

The winged boy adjusted his seating position so it would be easier for Kodi to put his head down, when he realized what he was doing. And... Red. Strong colour. Bright, represented a lot of things, that Gryph couldn't be bothered to list. For himself, he wrapped one of his wings nearer and pointed at one of the darker brown colours, "Mine's this one." It was earthy, and literally a part of him. It was a bit dark, and to some, probably boring, but he thought it was nice.

Celebrity crush? He blushed a little, he had celebrity crushes on loads of K-Pop singers, as well as some random actors here and there... "Kai, from Exo." He smirked at laughed at his own reasoning, "He's an amazing dancer."

"Favourite... book?" Hey, this was Kodi we were talking about. He was bound to have a favourite book.

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Hrmph... Should Kodi have said that? He felt like a complete nerd now, and although he trusted Gryph not to judge him, it still made him feel... Weak. Exposed. He was opening up to the older boy in ways he never had with anyone before, and it was weird and a little unnerving. He was doing his best to get used to it, though. Because if he wanted to... Make whatever this was work... He had to trust the boy wholeheartedly. Right?

"Mmm..." Kodi felt Gryph shift underneath him and turned to nuzzle his cheek more comfortable against the boy's legs, humming with content. He looked up curiously as Gryphon pulled one of his wings forward and pointed out a feather. "That's a nice color," he agreed, reaching up to gently run his fingers over the fuzzy bit. He liked dark colors. And he liked Gryph. So... Of course he liked it. "Does this... Tickle?" he mused, poking his fingers into the mass of feathers and running them downward. Seemed like it might, maybe.

Argh, why had he asked that question? Now Kodi was going to have to hunt down pictures of this guy and make sure he wasn't all that hot! "Never heard of him," he grumbled, pouting at the 'amazing dancer' bit. "I could dance... If I wanted to." Kodi grumped, crossing his arms over his chest and averting his eyes. "..... I like Hugh Jackman," he admitted after a few moments, still scowling lightly. Sure, he was an older guy, but hot, especially when he was all ripply and violent as Wolverine.

"Right now?" It only took a moment of thought. "The Fault in Our Stars," he mumbled. It was sort of a sappy book, but... Well, he related to the main character, sort of. And no one had to know he cried at the end. "Uhmm..." Kodi gave a broad, devilish smile. "Secret kink?" He had to ask.

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

This game was gonna involve a lot of trust, really. That was especially true for if this started to get more personal, because that probably meant more secrets. Gryph trusted Kodi, and it even to some kind of fault, which almost surprised him. Almost.

"I'd like t'think it is." If Gryphon didn't like it, there would be problems because he couldn't change the colour of his feathers. Just touching the fuzzier part of the feather sent a tingle through his senses, and Gryph shivered a little. And then... Gryphon tensed, surpressing his laughter, "...yes...yes it d-uh-oes." He started to put his wing behind him again, no more tickling.

Gryph nodded knowingly, Kodi wasn't going to know who he was. And then he laughed, rubbing Kodi's arm, "Sure you could." he teased. And Hugh Jackman... not a bad choice. He didn't really go for those that much older than himself... but there was no denying, that man was good looking. "He's fit." He agreed - now this was just starting to sound like a conversation between two teenage girls, and while they were teenage, they were not girls. Time to move on.

The Fault in Our Stars? He didn't wanna be a bum and say he'd never heard of it, but... "Never heard of it." WHY DID HE SAY THAT? He had... kind of heard of it, something about a movie coming out soon? "I don't really... read." He admitted, fiddling with the fabric of his sling. Kodi seemed like a pretty strong book lover... hopefully that wouldn't be some kind of shock to the system.

Gryphon's eyes went wide and he took an awkward breath, feeling his cheeks blush a little. "I-I... don't, um," Oh, what was the point of lying? It was directly against the rules anyway. He took another shifty breath and rubbed the back of his neck with his hand, looking anywhere that wasn't Kodi. "Bein' gagged." OK, he was a virgin, but was he not allowed to think about it? "I talk too much anyway." He added, trying to rid himself of the awkwardness that filled him up.

But it was something he was gonna have to get used to, right? Talking about sex? "Um... do you - did you do one night stands?" He didn't know... why he changed the tense of that. It was almost a subtle form of possessiveness - in his eyes, at least, Kodi was his and no-one else's. Which freaked him out so he looked at the fluffy blankets and thought about something else.

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"Oooh, it does tickle, does it?" Kodi asked, grinning like a demon. He quickly shoved his hand further into the feathery mass and did his best to get as much laughter out of Gryph as he could managed, scratching and tickling the area despite Gryph's attempt to get it away. "I'm gonna use that t'my advantage," he promised with a snicker. Oh yes, he would remember it alright.

"He is fit," Kodi replied with a gleam in his eye. Those muscles in the latest Wolverine movie... Mmmm. But he, too, realized how much of a girl he was being, and dropped the subject after that.

Kodi pouted slightly as Gryph admitted to having never read the book, but he wasn't surprised. Judging by how he'd acted in the library, how inexperienced he'd been... Kodi didn't even need the admission to know. Still, he laughed a bit, patting Gryph's stomach where he lay. "S'okay," he cooed. "I didn't agree t'go out with ya for your literacy." And he knew he was sort of extreme when it came to books.

He laughed again (wow, he was sure laughing a lot) at the look on Gryphon's face after Kodi had asked his question. Though, his answer (and even the fact that he had answered) surprised Kodi, and he gave an impressed raise of his eyebrows. "Wouldn't've expected that from you, Featherbutt," he teased, grinning up at the boy. "I'll remember that." Oooh, he so would. "I personally like, uh... Well, you know what, I'll leave that for when you get some experience under your belt." He winked coyly; no need to go there quite yet.

The next question caught Kodi off-guard, and he blinked, slowly drawing his gaze away from Gryphon. Fuck... Why did he feel guilty? "Uh.... Yeah. Yeah, I did," he admitted, swallowing awkwardly. "But... Not since..." He thought back to his last time... Fuck, it felt like forever ago. With Oriel, too, before Phen decided he wanted to put a collar on his boyfriend... "Before our first date." And that was the truth. He hoped... He really hoped that didn't change anything. He quickly tried to think of a new question. "Uhh... Favorite thing about me?" Kodi grinned cheekily. Okay, that was a selfish one.

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

Gryphon's suppressed mirth burst out, making him laugh loudly, "Kodi-i!" He let out a few more laughs, "Stoooop!" As he tickled the area more, the wing opened out more, making it even easier for Kodi to reach the area. He couldn't tuck it back until he stopped. Once he had, Gryph's wing was against his back and a few last chuckles escaped, "Please don't." He asked; he didn't say it in a harsh way, more joking. He liked laughing, but being tickled... OK, he enjoyed that too, but the inability to breath wasn't fun.

Something twisted uncomfortably in his stomach at the sound of Kodi complimenting someone else, even if it was a celebrity. Hm. He tried to ignore it.

"I'm glad." He replied, chuckling, seeing as Gryph's literacy didn't really exist. It kind of urged him to try reading, seeing how much Kodi did so and how big a part of him it seemed to be... maybe he would like it if he tried it?

Gryphon didn't mind all the laughter really, he needed to do so more often anyway. But it was aimed at him, so he flicked Kodi's arm. It wasn't nice! Gryph was allowed to retaliate - besides, the boy knew by now that the topic made him uncomfortable, and he brought it up. He deserved it. He laughed this time, though, at the reply, "Not sure I wanna know what you were expectin'." And... he was gonna remember it. Gryph didn't know if he was gonna determine that as a good or bad thing, so he - hey, that was cheating! "Hey, no fair!" he shoved the boy's shoulder a little. He'd said his!

Gryphon didn't know why he asked that question. It was a terrible question. He didn't really know what the answer was gonna be either, until it limped out of the boy's mouth. It wasn't... so bad. He'd only done it before they started going out, and he seemed kind of... like he felt bad about it. So, "Alright." He said simply, merely acknowledging that it happened and letting it go. He didn't want to know details anyway.

"Someone in need've a confidence boost?" He joked, before tilting his head and looking at the boy, trying to come up with something. "Only... one thing?" he mumbled, not meaning to actually say it out loud. Because it was difficult. There was too much to choose from. "Can I just say all of you?" He asked, half teasing, half serious. He liked Kodi for who he was, not any specifics. The specifics built up the person he was... it was difficult to explain.

He thought for a moment, but now he was curious, "...ok, what about me? He raised his eyebrows and gave a smirk, "Favourite thing about me?"