100 Puppies and Dragons

Falling

Seto remembered falling. He couldn't quite remember why he'd been falling—just that he'd been resigned to being crushed upon the rocks below him.

That hadn't happened, though. He'd been caught by something—someone?—and had blacked out, but there was something warm and comforting about the way he was held that he didn't mind.

Peeling his eyes open slowly, he flinched as they were met by bright light and immediately shut them again. "Ugh."

"Your eyes hurt, huh?"

He felt a cool hand cup his cheek and leaned into it unconsciously. "Mm…"

"Poor thing. I knew usin' my magic on ya would leave ya with a huge headache." The cool hand on his cheek moved to brush over his forehead. "You'll just hafta tough it out, 'kay?"

Seto groaned and forced himself to open his eyes again, finally seeing tan skin and golden hair. Just before he began to close his eyes again, they were arrested by deep brown eyes that made his breath hitch. "You—"

The blond smiled and rested his fingers on his lips to keep him from talking. "You had quite a fall, love. Those villagers were ready t' stone ya." He leaned down to kiss him lightly. "But how'd ya know I'd catch ya when ya jumped, Seto?"

"Hmm?" Thinking back to what happened, his brows furrowed together. They relaxed as the other boy began to massage his temples. "…I didn't."

Joey leaned back, blinking in surprise. "Ya jumped off without knowin' I'd come and catch ya?"

"I didn't jump. …I tripped."

"You… trip—pffft!" The blond chuckled and leaned in to kiss him lightly. "Only you would run t' the edge of a cliff and trip off of it. Lemme guess—you were makin' a last stand and were gonna take out as many of those other humans as ya could before ya went down. You're silly, Seto."

Seto grumbled and closed his eyes, scowling. "Go away."

"Fine. I'll let ya rest." He leaned down to kiss him again, black scales shimmering over his skin for a moment, before he stood up straight. "I'll have somethin' finished for ya t' eat when ya next wake up. You'll feel better then." He glanced back at the brunet and grinned. "Hopefully you'll be up for somethin'… else after ya eat."

"I just fell off a cliff and you want me to have sex with you?"

"…Well if you're gonna be grumpy about it, never mind!"

The brunet placed his arm over his eyes and sighed. "We'll see how I feel after I wake up." He paused, then muttered, "Thank you for catching me, Joey. I only remember falling and being caught, but thank you for being there."

Joey tilted his head and smiled before he closed the door to the room and allowed him to fall back to sleep. "You're welcome, Seto."