Who's the Father? Well, Since You Asked... (Oriel)

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Oriel had done more than his fair share of walking backwards. So very often, especially laity, he'd thought he'd made progress, and then something happened and he felt like he was back at square one. For Tak, he imagined it must have felt the same when she got pregnant. Oriel grinned. "Well, lately it's more like I'm running backwards, I think I've lapped a few losers in that direction." Again, making jokes, but not really saying exactly what it was he meant.

His smile became a tad distant when she spoke of the two, Oriel and Phoenix, helping each other. "Yeah…." his voice had gone soft. "I…I don't think he even knows how much he's helped me." The real Phoenix, the one not zoned out on drugs, was so innocent and childish. Impulsive sometimes, a joy to please, a pleasure to see smile. They suited each other, like several others had said, in that Phoenix needed someone to take care of him and Oriel needed someone to take care of. It wasn't a perfect relationship, it was far from actually, but they were happy.

"What can I say? I see something I like, I got to tag it, one way or another." Shameless to a fault, Oriel was. And he didn't plat on changing that anytime soon. "Moi? Beg!? Do I look like the begging type?" He giggled evilly, remembering the sight of Phoenix doing just that. "Yeah, actually, I'm on my way back up to our room, if you'd like to meet him." They technically had separate rooms and dorms even, but Phen practically lived with Oriel these days, barely spending any measure of time in his own assigned room. "Just give me one sec." He quickly ran back to the vending machine and finished his business there before returning to Tak and holding out his arm for her to take. "My Lady?" Oriel flashed a gentlemanly smile.

[Takchawee Ominotago]

Tak nodded understandingly, her lips twisted into a sad, empathetic smile. "I know how that feels," she told him. "You feel like you just make mistake after mistake and there's nothing you can do to turn it around and..." She trailed off; neither of them needed to dwell on that. "Well, it's just never easy." At least things were getting better for her; she was sure Oriel would continue to get better as well.

Goodness.... He sure did seem happy about this Phoenix guy. Tak was glad for him, really. "You should tell him," she encouraged. "Unless you already do, then I'm sure he knows." She always tried to tell the people she cared about and who helped her how appreciative she was of them now - you never knew when they might be gone. Not that she thought this relationship sounded like it was going downhill at all, though - she'd never seen Oriel look quite like this before. It was... Really nice.

"Yeah yeah, I know," Tak laughed, waving a hand. Why did she put up with this? Silly boy was far too enticing for his own good. "I dunno, I bet you have pretty good puppy eyes," she told him, smirking. "I'd like to see it." She nodded as he offered to take her up, but rose her brow at the word 'our'. "'Our' room?" she questioned, whistling. "You guys're awfully serious, huh?" She chuckled again, waiting for Oriel to get whatever he was getting before turning towards the stairs as he offered his arm. "You're a dork," she snickered, but wrapped hers around his as they made their way upstairs.

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Ugh….No, Oriel hadn't really told him. It was…It was just so embarrassing and Oriel wasn't sure he could say it right and he was certain that once he finally got it out there, it was just going to sound stupid and like Oriel was fishing for reasons why he loved his Phoenix. Half the time Oriel wasn't even sure why himself and so much of what he tried to come up with was…well, it was just way too sentimental for Oriel's taste. It was hard even for Oriel to believe it wasn't a joke. "Don't….don't think I can get it out without sounding like a 50s sitcom."

"Yip!" Oriel exclaimed like a puppy, skipping around the girl with a goofy grin on his face. He put his "paws" up in a begging position and tilted his head to the side. "I can beg if you want me to." Though in reality, Oriel was the one who like to be begged to.

"'Our' room? You guys're awfully serious, huh?"

Oriel looked away, totally not blushing again at the gentle teasing. It was nice to be on the receiving end of such things, especially when there was a genuine lack of malice being them. "Yeah…it don't mean nothing really. I shacked up with lots of people before…."

He grinned again, though at the name. "What, think I ain't heard that one before? I'm sure you can come up with something better." Oriel guided Tak upstairs as he spoke, pressing a gentle kiss to her temple. Was it terrible of him that he wanted to jump her now? Oriel really hoped that Phoenix liked here enough to say yes. It wasn't long, though, that they arrived at his dorm and he ushered her inside.

[Takchawee Ominotago]

Tak could understand where Oriel was coming from - it could be hard to tell someone how much they meant to you without sounding ridiculously cheesy. She'd... Well, she'd never really had anyone she loved that much, except Kouji... And her feelings for him had come easily, flawlessly. It was rough; she was still getting over it, as much as she liked to think she had moved on. "Just spit it out when the moment is right," she encouraged with a smile. "Don't make a huge deal out of it. Just slip it into your everyday life." It was the best advice she could think of.

"Oh God," Tak laughed, watching the ridiculous boy skip around her, pressing her hand against her lips to hide her giggling. "I bet you can. I might just make you beg for me later on," she teased. Now that she knew what she could get out of him... Maybe.

She nodded again, mulling this information over; his words were nonchalant, but his face said otherwise. "Uh-huh," was all she said, teeth peeking out in a smile. "Maybe you've got room for me to stay sometime, eh?" She didn't really mean it, but... It was nice not sleeping alone sometimes.

"I'm sure you're called a dork all the time," she retorted. "Or do you just want me to call you Simba?" It was the best she could come up with, and adorable, in her opinion. She let him lead her up the stairs, eyes crinkling as he kissed her temple. "Softie," she teased, going inside the room as he let her in.

Phoenix poked his head out of the room hearing the approach. He was smiling, but his eyes immediately widened at the sight before him. "Uh... Hi?" he greeted awkwardly, looking to Oriel with a 'what's going on?' sort of look. Tak greeted him back politely, eyeing him up and down, thinking he did look better than she remembered, but he was still awfully thin. And... Oh gosh! Was that a cast on his leg? She decided she'd let Oriel do the explaining - Phoenix was his boyfriend, after all.

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Slipping it out simply didn't seem that simple at all. Oriel just wasn't a person who was casually sentimental. He was affectionate, but sentimental? Oriel wouldn't be able to do it with a straight face and it'd probably be followed by a stream of giggles or a super red face or something else to minimize his confession. "Whatever, I got my own pace….I'll figure something out…."

Yup, Oriel was a goof and the girls frequently brought it out of him, especially his favorites. After all, they were girls, they always had the final say. And Oriel loved putting on a show for them.

He leered a smile down at her. "It's happened before," he admitted, though not with many others(mostly Erik). If Tak stayed with them, then both Phoenix and Oriel could cuddle in her soft womanhood.

"I'll take that, but I must assert that I am not as much of a brat at that lion cub." He grinned, showing off his pearly whites. "And I ain't a cub no more either." Oriel rolled out a low growl.


Once inside his room, he gave a wave to Phoenix. Oriel left Tak behind and immediately went to fawn over his boyfriend, kissing his temple the same way he'd just done to Tak and wrapping his arm around him. "Hi, miss me?" he teased.

He looked back up at Tak, thinking about how to explain the situation. May as well be blunt. "Phoenix, I want you to meet Tak….Takacha…Just Tak works," he concluded with a nod. "She's an old friend and fuck-mate of mine, been gone for a bit, then came back not too long ago. I just met her again downstairs and she said she wanted to meet you." There, that was simple, right? Nothing weird about introducing an old hook-up with your current significant other, right? He hoped this would go well.

[Takchawee Ominotago]

It's happened before. Tak quirked an eyebrow, obviously interested. "Well, just let me know when you make room, and I'll share my boobs," she snickered. "They make great pillows, you know." And she was willing to offer them if it meant sharing a bed with other people for the night. She needed that.

"Mmm, that's up for debate," she teased, reaching up and tweaking Oriel's nose. "You definitely have the mane for Mufasa, though. Maybe I'll call you that instead." She bared her teeth and growled right back, grinning.

She watched the interaction between the two boys, biting her lip and giggling at how adorable it was. Tak stayed back for the moment, not wanting to butt in while the two did their couple-y things. She was happy to just watch.

"I missed you sooo much," Phoenix whined, snuggling up against Oriel's chest. "Those ten minutes were torture." He glanced over Oriel's shoulder at Tak. "I was wonderin' what was takin' so long." He wasn't irritated, just... Curious and confused. As Oriel gave his explanation, Phen studied Tak, who just stood there and offered a warm, friendly smile. "Uh.... Huh," he finally said. His brow was still furrowed, but it was more in bewilderment than anything else. "S-so you guys, um, you're kinda close, huh?" He looked back at Oriel, then offered a faint smile to Tak. "Well, it's nice t'meet... An old friend of Oriel's," he said quietly.

He was glad, at least, Oriel was telling him about this before doing what Phen knew his boyfriend obviously wanted to do. He might as well say it. "You guys wanna fuck again, huh?" he said quietly. He knew Oriel was probably getting frustrated that they couldn't have their normal romps lately; he was surprised, though, that he'd found a girl rather than a boy. "I mean... I... I'm okay with that, but..." He gave Oriel a meek look. "Don't go fallin' in love with a girl on me, okay?" He said this last bit too quiet for Tak to hear; he wasn't too threatened, but any new playmate made him nervous, for good reason, especially since these two apparently had a history.

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"Oh, believe me, I remember." There was just something so much different about cuddling with a woman than there was a man, and those were probably it. Women were always softer. Oriel had remembered the few times he'd joked with Phoenix about him getting a boob job. Not too weird, right? Well, Oriel liked what he liked, couldn't help that.

"Mufasaaa!" he repeated the name like the hyenas had said it in the movie, then ran his tongue over his teeth.

It was easy for Oriel to nearly forget about Tak once finally in the presence of his lovely Phoenix. He could get caught up in babying him all day given the chance. Well, the broken leg certainly had given him the chance. He kept his arms around the korean boy's shoulder's while the introductions took place.

He should probably feel a little bit guilty for going to his boyfriend to ask permission to fuck anyone but him, but Oriel really was starting to feel it. With the injuries that the two of them had been through lately, even vanilla sex was difficult much less the rough stuff that Oriel normally liked to engage in. "I won't," Oriel whispered then gave his boyfriend another kiss. "I love you," he asserted. "But…It'd be nice if you were there too." The last thing Oriel wanted to do was leave Phoenix behind. If Phoenix was there then at least he could join in, participate somehow. And doing anything with his love made the activity 10 times better. "What do you think Tak?" Of course he had to ask Tak as well. If she wasn't cool with it, they'd have to figure something else out.

[Takchawee Ominotago]

Tak looked around for a moment, and took a seat on the nearest couch, crossing her very bare legs over each other as she continued to watch and wait. Watching the two being so adorably intimate with each other was a rare treat - it was obvious from the way that both of them were acting that they were pretty deep in their feelings for each other. She couldn't remember seeing Oriel act that way around... Anyone before.

Phoenix, of course, loved being fawned over. He was rather good at fawning himself (obsessively good, really), but he was a baby bird at heart, and needed that constant nuzzling. And even though he was aware that Tak was... Well, quite stunning, he himself had no interest. Oriel had twisted him into only liking men without even really trying.

He was slowly getting used to this whole Oriel-needs-other-partners thing. It wasn't the most comforting situation in their relationship, but he could manage. Phen was just glad that Oriel always asked permission like this first. Phoenix was just bummed that, in his current state, he couldn't provide Oriel with what he needed. He nodded as Oriel reassured him, meeting the kiss with a sweet one of his own; he... he was alright. He could deal with this. Especially since Oriel was asking him to join in. Phen's eyes lit up. "I'd like that," he said with a shy smile, glancing uncertainly at Tak as his boyfriend asked if that was alright.

She'd been following the conversation, and looked up at the question, shrugging a shoulder with a smile. "I don't know why not," she replied easily. "I just gotta make sure the rules are clear before anything goes too far." Protection and safety were huge for her these days - she didn't want to risk getting pregnant again, and would take as many precautions as she could. Actually... This would be the first time since Tacicala's birth. "It's been a while since my last fuck... You guys better give me a good time." She winked, standing and walking over to them, and wrapped a hand around each of their necks, pecking them each on the lips in turn. "I'm worried about you though, sweetie," she told Phoenix, pointing to his broken leg, and then gesturing all over. "You... You look so fragile, honey."

Phoenix just shrugged and blushed, looking over at Oriel. "I can handle a lot," he reassured her. He'd just be careful.

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This was good. Things seemed to be going well, though Oriel did, kind of, realize how incredibly selfish he was being, asking Phoenix to be ok with his philandering. Before they had become an official couple it had been working out ok with having other partners, not that there were many, but Oriel thought it worked even better to have these things become some sort of group activity that couples do. Only instead of basket weaving or couples tennis, it was sex parties. That was normal, right?

But he wasn't going to do anything that Phoenix wasn't ok with, that's why he would ask like this. If Phoenix found somebody he liked, Oriel would expect the exact same thing. Though, maybe it was unfair to Phoenix a little that Oriel would hook-up with girls as easily as he would with guys….though still, Tak was the first girl he'd considered for a long time, not since Penelope.

Oriel smirked up at Tak. "If you got anything specific you want or don't, best to lay 'em out now so we're clear. I've gotten…a lot more adventurous since we last saw each other." That was as much warning as Oriel was going to give. She'd probably find out how he'd changed in that department after they got started.

Just like Tak, she was sweet as honey, giving her due attention to both the boys even though it was Oriel who sent the invite. "Phoenix is tougher than he looks." Though it was still true that Oriel held back a lot with his lover. He leaned down and gave Phoenix yet another kiss on the temple. "Phoenix, how 'bout this? We make this your show and you can…" he whispered the rest into Phen's ear, keeping it low enough so Tak couldn't hear. "Sound good?" he asked, moving around to pull Phoenix up to his feet. Phoenix knew what kind of toys Oriel had, so he'd make a great commander to the both of them. Oriel was getting even more excited just thinking about it and it showed in his devilish grin.

He peered over his shoulder to Tak. "Shall we?" And he held out an arm towards the bedroom in a "ladies first" gesture.

[Takchawee Ominotago]

Phoenix hadn't really found anyone else that he wanted to do this sort of stuff with Oriel since Erik, and... Well, his relations with Erik weren't all that great right now. If he found another guy he might be interested in, he would definitely go to Oriel first; Phen wanted to keep this sort of communication clear, so neither of them ended up getting upset over something that the other did.

"Adventurous is fine," Tak chuckled, running a hand through her long hair. "Wanted, actually. I just meant I want to make sure you both get condoms on before anything gets too far along." She wasn't sure how they felt about them, but she didn't think it would be a problem. "I don't want to risk it again, you know?" Phen's eyes widened, belatedly realizing Tak was the girl he'd heard about that had gotten pregnant last year. No wonder she seemed so.... Maternal. Yet still incredibly sexy...

"If you say so," she replied to what Oriel said, still looking Phoenix over. He really needed more muscle on that skinny frame, but she supposed it wasn't her business. She watched as Oriel began murmuring something to the other boy, and saw how Phoenix's expression lit up at whatever he said. Tak was tempted to ask, but obviously Oriel wouldn't have whispered if he'd wanted Tak to know what was up, so she refrained. Phen just nodded several times, giving Oriel several affectionate pecks on the side of his face as they got closer to the bedroom.

Tak shrugged, a coy smile playing about her lips, and stepped before both of them. "I'm ready if you are." As soon as she stepped past the threshold, she easily pulled what little she was wearing off and dropped it to the floor. No need for clothing in here anymore.