Flanked(Benton, later Kodi)

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Kodi had not been in his room for some hours, having decided that he shouldn't lock himself in his room to read like the nerd he secretly was and instead stalk down some new prey, leaving Benton in his room despite the want to continue to torment his poor roommate. He knew he couldn't constantly get after the kid, otherwise he might just go to the authorities despite his threats.

And so he returned triumphant, tickles filling his chest as he gloated over making a few lives miserable for the day. However, as he prepared to head back towards his room and sink into some deep reading, he heard voices coming from behind his roommate's door.

Curiosity perked, he made no hesitation to bust the door open, swinging it wide with absolutely no concern for privacy. "Who ya talkin' to, B-"

The Southerner's kohl-lined eyes narrowed as he caught sight of his lab partner, stretched quite seductively around the boy, who was looking (unsurprisingly) uncomfortable about the situation.

".... Forget the note book and just... Have some fun."

"The fuck're you doin' in here?" Kodi growled, stepping inside and shutting the door behind him. It was actually coolish in the room for once, but he paid no heed as he stared down at Oriel's lounging figure.

His fingers twitched, as though itching to either wrap around the other predator's neck or pull his Benton away from him, he wasn't sure which. Benny was his prey. And Kodi did not approve someone else trying to mess with what was his.

"Y'better watch yerself, Oreo," he continued, uncaring for the fact that Oriel had threatened him if he used that dumb nickname again. He took a few steps closer, his lumbering form raised and hackled with irritation. "Wouldn't want t' make a mess in Bent's room now, would we?"

[Benton Barrett]

He was glad he had a half-decent grasp of the situation. He didn't know how amazing it was in the grand scheme of things - but it was cool enough for Benny. Plus, not lethal. that was always a nice thing to see, in this school of potential disasters. 

Unfortunately, his attempt to focus on the book was thwarted - the hand that had been making notes was now on the opposite side of him, and he could feel how close the other boy was, now. This was terrifyingly reminiscent of what had happened with Kodi - except... less. Kodi had startled him, and though he was not exactly comfortable now, he wasn't immediately freaking out. He would just make a gentle protestation, and that would be the end.

However, before he could say anything along those lines, his door exploded, and Kodi's voice was audible. If his face hadn't already been warm, it felt on fire. He let out a little noise that was definitely not as manly as he wanted it to be - it had been completely unintentional. But that didn't matter, now, Kodi was here, and he was looking none too pleased with Oriel. He tried to scoot back on his bed - there was a Kodi and an Oriel to navigate if he wanted to escape through the door. 

There was more to this. Benny hadn't realized it - and still, he was only just figuring out the edges of whatever this was - but there was more than he'd realized. He hadn't had a fun thought about Oriel, but... had he? No. His lower lip would be raw with as much as he was nibbling on it. 

"I don't..." Don't what? He wasn't exactly in control of this situation. His personality was forward, but this was a bit further down the line. Kodi inspired something other than courage in him - Kodi made him vulnerable, and he hated him for it. He tried to latch on to that hatred. 

"Oh great. Kodi's here. He can... help you with your... uh... homework." He said, though it was the weakest attempt to get them both out of his room. "In his room." He added, in case the other boys didn't realize that's what he was angling for. 

Tonight was going to be another sleepless night.

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Oriel was hoping they might have more alone time together, Bunny was just a precious little thing, before Kodi returned, but that, however, was not to be. But then again, Oriel couldn't possibly have timed it better himself. The look on Kodi's face to see Oriel practically mounted over his roommate was absolutely priceless!

Oriel didn't bother to withdraw himself from leaning over Benny and instead brought his other leg up, crouching on the bed with his legs straddled over the nervous boy, the two of them facing sideways to the door. Oriel's true, wicked smile flashed over his face as he imperiously lifted his chin to scoff at the sudden intruder.

"Oh...Is this your room? Steve? I thought it was Bunny's." Oriel made no effort to hide the scorn in his voice nor did he bat an eye at presenting Benny's new name. "Guess I was mistaken," he said, running his hand through his hair, peering though his eyelashes at the new arrival. "That must be why you can just barge on in like you own the place…or is it that…" he looked down at Benny then back at Kodi, pointing with a mocking finger at their "prey", "...Is...is this yours?"

This was the most amused Oriel had been in a long time. Oriel was already having himself a grand time just playing with Benny by himself, but to find out that Bunny had already been claimed by the psycho-dick, seeing Kodi's face twist about in rage, hearing the pointless threats he made to try and scare Oriel off…they just sent tickles straight through Oriel's cockles. As Oriel always said, there was more than one way for to get his kicks, and stealing the prey of another predator was definitely one of them. Now, if only he could force this wolf to the floor and make him cry out, make him howl, begging at the top of his lungs "Fuck me!".

Well, Oriel could dream, couldn't he?

Oriel turned away from the raging idiot and back to his Bunny. "Go away, Steve. You're bothering us." He tiled his head, smiling down at Bunny who was so adorable blubbering as he tried to divert his attentions. "But, we were just getting to the fun part," he complained with a mock whine in his voice. He snorted, his predator smile returning in an instant. "I'll tell you, I'm a lot better than that senseless hyena over there," he chided indirectly at Kodi. "A lot nicer too. What do you say?" Oriel licked his lips again. "It'll be fun," he temped the obviously uncomfortable boy.

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Kodi felt like a wolf whose prey had been stolen by another alpha male, the other boy's voice taunting and teasing, sending jolts of fury through his veins. He took a moment to force himself not to already charge into an all-out attack, ripping the other predator from Benton's bed and smashing him against the floor, making him writhe and scream under his barrage. Oriel reminded him far too much of himself, and there was already enough of him to go around - there could only be one alpha here, and one of them was certain to beat the other eventually.

The veins in his forearms stood out as his fists clenched and unclenched. He had never been good at subtlety - that, at least, was something he and Oriel had different. While he rushed into things like a bull, causing chaos left and right, Oriel was sneakier, more manipulating, but no less effective.

He ignored the initial questions, his glare saying enough, before he let out a guttural huff when Oriel asked if Benton was "his". "Damn straight," he replied, ignoring the small pleas that the younger boy was making. "And I don't like sharin' my property."

Even as they continued to stare each other down, Kodi, too, felt his arousal spike at the taste of violence in the air, the threat of a fight for dominance getting him all hot and bothered like nothing else did. Poor Benton was in the middle of two very dangerous animals; it would be a wonder if he didn't get hurt.

And then... Oriel was chiding him on, making Kodi's blood boil with suppressed rage.  Well, not so suppressed anymore.  "You little shitface," he growled, fury spiking as he lashed out and grasped Oriel's collar, forcing him off of the tiny boy and yanking him back, trying to throw him onto the floor where he could get a better angle to try to force him into submission. "You've gone too fuckin' far!"

[Benton Barrett]

If either of them had heard the boy, neither of them gave any indicator as to such. There was tension in here that Benny could never be a part of voluntarily. While Benny was willing to fight, he never got in to what amounted to power struggles. He didn't have a place there - he wasn't a predator. No - right now, he was just a cornered boy, caught between two different forces, neither of which seemed to care who got hurt by their antics. 

And this was supposed to be a safe place to learn?

Benny was pulling back, trying to get a better assessment of the situation. That was when he realized - with no small help from Oriel, that the power struggle was about him. They were somehow, animalistically, trying to lay claim to him. 

"I'm not--" But before he could protest that he was no one's, Kodi simply affirmed that he was already spoken for. This was ridiculous, and it was frankly quite scary. Whether or not Kodi was actually a werewolf was currently besides the point - he was something. Something with teeth. 

"This isn't funny." He said, startled by the sudden shift. He hadn't even noticed he was being effectively straddled by Oriel until he realized he couldn't go anywhere but back. But whether he found it amusing or not, Oriel was making a move. 

He was jerking back, as Oriel was forcibly yanked away from him. No. This wasn't cool. This wasn't right. Kodi said it right. He'd gone too fucking far. 

"Stop it. Both of you." He practically hissed, though of course, it would probably have the exact same effect as before. As in, no effect whatsoever. He wanted to get the hell out of there. He glanced to the door - he was ready to give up his room.

In fact? He did. He practically bounced off of the bed, carefully avoiding the ball of limbs that was Oriel and his... savior/tormentor. He hit the door hard enough to cause problems - snatching the handle, he threw open the door, and darted out of the room. They'd hear the door to the common room slam open, as well.

Let the wolf and the lion figure out this mess. The rabbit was running away from this fight.

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Benny had just been incredibly unfortunate in his room arrangements. Some all powerful controller of the universe was apparently playing a game and wanted to see just how much torment they could get out of Benny by placing him in the same room as Kodi. Kodi who was a psychopath all by himself and who clearly made enemies easily with other psychopaths. The poor boy didn't deserve this.

A fact which Oriel would realize later when he wasn't have a figurative pissing contest with the other dominant in the room.

The Bunny was smart to flee and never look back.

Oriel let himself be pulled from Benny's bed and properly fell to the floor like Kodi intended. Of course, the agile little shit he was, Oriel managed to tumble backwards and back onto his feet, crouching like a mad monkey, cackling out his pleasure at having made the other boy lose his head. "As much as I'd like to stay and fuck your ass," Oriel taunted as he started taking crouching steps toward the door, "I have an appointment to keep." Luckily the fleeing bunny had left it open and Kodi had stupidly thrown him towards it. "Ciao!" Oriel said with a wave before darting out the door himself.

As fun as he'd been, Oriel had no intent on pursuing their prey any further.

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Kodi was too intent upon beating the shit out of Oriel to really pay attention to what it was they were actually scuffling over - before he knew what was happening, Benton had nimbly leaped from his bed and made a beeline for the exit, disappearing out of it without a glance back. Kodi had no desire to chase after him - even though it was Benny that had made them start this mess, he wasn't about to go and drag him back into what could turn violent and dangerous.

Or so he thought.

Before he could get a better grip onto Oriel in order to start beating, the wicked fiend popped back to his feet and was taunting him once again. "You fucking-" Kodi swiped out at him, but Oriel was quick, darting out the door and leaving Kodiak alone, heaving and furious about the fool he had just made out of himself.

He stood there for several moments, trying to calm his panting breaths, before furrowing his brow in fury and stalking out of the room. Two could play at this game - and that skinny Korean druggie was going to pay for what Oriel had done.