Love's True Path

Zane finished cleaning up the dishes, glancing at Nicky. "You didn't have to help..."

"It's ok. I'm used to a few dishes. Emiko hates doing them."

The leopard laughed, "Ah, I see. Where as Nathaniel's just like... Mr. Mom- he cooks, cleans, et cetera."

"Yeah. He seems really great."

"Yeah." Zane flicked on the radio. "I'm just gonna sweep the floor- it'll take me five minutes. You can sit down."

Nicky pulled out one of the chairs and sat down. He watched Zane as he swept.

"Sweet Cherry Pie" by Warrant came on, and the blue haired man grinned, dancing to it as he swept, his skills as a stripper apparent.

"You move very well." He commented to Zane.

He didn't pause in his dancing as he looked at Nicky. "Thanks. Been dancing for a while, so I'd better." He grinned shamelessly.

"I take a lot of dance lessons from one of my clients. That's why I noticed." Nicky told the cat.

"Oh?" Zane bent at the waist, sweeping the dirt and debris from the floor into the dust pan in a manner that happened to show off his ass.

Nicky couldn't help but look. "Yeah. She's a good teacher."

"That's cool. Maybe I'll take you dancing while you're around." Zane dumped the dust pan, then put it and the broom away.

"Sure. Sounds like a plan." He smiled at him.

"Cool." Zane grinned. "Alright... ready for bed?"

"Yes." And for more, he thought as he stood up.

"Alright. My rooms are this way." Zane stepped out of the kitchen, holding the door for Nicky.

Nicky's hand brushed Zane's leg as he passed by.

The muscle jumped to attention, and Zane paused before leading him down the hall.

He glanced at Zane as they walked.

Zane met his gaze, smirking. "So.... you sleep on the left, right, or middle?"

"All of the above. I move around in my sleep."

"Hmm... I'll make a note of that... and I should warn you that I cuddle in my sleep." Zane opened the doors to his rooms, glad he'd cleaned earlier.

He snorted. "So does Emiko." He muttered.

Smirking, Zane opened the door to his bedroom, displaying the huge bed. "Oh?"

"Yeah. Sometimes it's just too hard to sleep alone so we'll share a bed." He shrugged as he sat down on Zane's bed.

Zane tugged off his shirt, displaying smoothly rippling shoulders and a pierced nipple. "I understand that one."

Nicky let his gaze wander over Zane. "Doesn't that hurt?" He asked as he saw the nipple piercing with what had to be a silver bar through it.

The leopard glanced down at his chest. "It burns a bit, but you get used to it. It's nothing painful, not really."

"I see." He began to unbutton his own shirt. He shrugged out of it revealing scars from the night he'd nearly died.

"Jesus..." Zane moved, running a hand lightly over the marks, "Nate didn't say what happened..."

Nicky met Zane's gaze. "I survived. It's in the past now."

The leopard backed off, sensing that this topic was not up for discussion. "Must be fun for your lovers at least. Give's them something to tease with their tongues."

He snorted. "I haven't had too many lovers. And not everyone is turned on by the scars." He began to undo his pants.

Zane skimmed off his own pants, revealing his lack of underwear before padding back over to his dresser, looking for lounge pants or something to wear.

Nicky stood up and pushed his pants off. One very big scar disappeared under his boxers.

Seeing it in the mirror, Zane licked his lips. He didn't know what caused it, frankly, the thought of whatever had pissed him off, but... damn. He wanted to taste Nick.

He closed his eyes and stretched unaware of Zane's gaze on his body.

Zane tugged on a pair of silk, sleepy pants, the green a bright jade. "You know... Scars aren't a bad thing, Nick." Nicky. Erm... no. Nick. He wasn't calling a man he wanted "Nicky".

Nicky just shrugged and crawled into bed.

Fine. Blow it, Zane. Great job. You know people are fucking touchy about such stuff, and you poke at it. Rolling his eyes at himself, Zane turned off the light and curled into the bed.

He felt Zane's warmth next to him and couldn't make a move. He hadn't had a lover since his last one hadn't been able to stomach the scars.

The leopard was quiet for a minute, then swore. "Look, I'm sorry. I should have kept my mouth shut."

"About what?" Nicky asked him.

"The scar thing. If you want, I'll sleep on the couch." Zane sat up, grabbing a pillow. Fuck, he felt like an ass.

"It's not your fault. It just my last boyfriend...kind of freaked out on me when he saw them." He said. "And I won't kick you out of your own bed."

"I offered, you wouldn't be kicking me out... and your last boyfriend sounds like a piece of shit. We all have scars. Some are visible to the naked eye, some aren't."

"I guess so and he kind of was." He told Zane.

"What do you want, Nick?" Zane's tone was blunt.

"You, I want you."

The leopard blinked, tilting his head. "Why?" Shit. Was he turning into a woman?!

"I like you Zane and you didn't run screaming when I took my shirt off."

Zane shifted his hips slightly. "You'll have to meet Asher. He's... one of the sexiest vampires you'll ever meet... and one of the most physically scarred."

"Not everyone feels the way you do about scars." Nicky looked at him.

"You'll have to let me know what you think of him after you see him." Zane shrugged, tossing the pillow back onto the bed, then lining it up perfectly with the other. OCD, yeah, but he was a cat. It came with the ears, tail, and paws.

Nicky raised an eyebrow at him. "OCD much?"

Zane actually felt himself blush slightly. "Comes with being a cat..."

He smiled. "It's cute."

The leopard stared for a moment. Shit. He was hot when he smiled. Zane bit his lip, feeling himself start to harden.

"So Zane, what do you want to do?" Nicky asked as he laid back on the bed, stretching a bit as he did so.

"You want an honest answer, or a 'safe' one?"

"I prefer honesty."

"I want to lick your entire body, kiss you, suck your cock, and feel you come in my mouth. I want to know what your want, in anything, and I want to give it to you... and I want to show you just how sexy scars can be." Zane purred the words, watching Nick for his reaction.

Nicky's eyes darkened with passion. "I want to give you all that I can." He smiled. "You purr like a cat."

"I am a cat." Zane shrugged. "Part of the package and parcel. You get the purring, the tail, the paws, the OCD-... and if you're forced into the form long enough... fangs."

"I like your fangs." He said. "They're kind of sexy."

Smirking, Zane tilted his head. "That's a new one." He moved closer to Nick.

Nicky looked over at him. "They hint at things, dangerous things. It's a turn on."

"Dangerous things? Like...?"

"Like being bitten."

Running his tongue over one of the fangs, he smiled. "I see..."

Nicky shivered. "Be gentle with me."

"Biting is rough, Nick. But if you're ever uncomfortable with anything I'm doing, you say stop, and I'll stop. It may kill me, but I will." Zane reached out, stroking a hand up Nick's side.

Zane's hand brushed over his scars. He froze a bit, but soon relaxed under the cat's hand.

Leaning forward, Zane stilled, his lips just above Nick's. "Kiss me, Nick, if you want this... let me taste your mouth on mine."

Nick closed the slight gap between their mouths and kissed him.

Zane moaned, kissing him back, slowly at first.

He ran his hand down the cat's arm as they kissed.

He shivered, parting Nick's lips with his tongue.

Nick moved his hand up to Zane's hair. He ran his hand through it as Zane's tongue brushed his own.

Zane purred, running a hand over Nick's chest again, teasing everywhere.

He brushed his other hand across Zane's chest. He ran his finger across the cat's nipple piercing.

"Nick..." Zane half growled the name, kissing the human again.

Nick returned the kiss. "You taste good."

"You taste sweet." Licking along his jaw, Zane shook slightly. Shit. This was intense... more intense than anything else he'd ever felt.

He moaned. God Zane's tongue felt good on his neck. He shifted his hips slightly.

"Damn. I feel like a virgin." Zane kissed nick again, his fingers teasing the other man's nipple.

"What do you mean?" Nick moved his head so Zane had better access to his neck.

The leopard paused for a moment, meeting Nick's gaze. "My entire body is shaking, because I want you... I'm nervous, scared, and hard as a rock."

He smiled. "The last part I knew." He brushed his leg over the other man's erection.

Zane groaned. "Nick..." He leaned down, tracing Nick's collarbone with his tongue.

Nick moaned softly as he rubbed against Zane again.

Carefully, Zane scraped his teeth over Nick's chest, shifting so he straddled the other man's leg and could rub himself against Nick's hardness.

He gasped and thrust up against Zane. "I want you." He said, huskily.

"You'll have me." Zane smirked. "We're just getting started."

"I know, but I'm horny." Nick told him.

Laughing softly, Zane kissed him. "Patience, Nick." Leaning down, he sucked Nicky's nipple into his mouth.

"How can I be patient when you do things like that?"

"We'll have to practice."

"I suck at practicing." He smiled. "I'm more of a hands on kind of a guy."

Zane laughed. "Isn't that practice?"

"Not if you just jump in."

Tracing the muscles on Nick's chest with his mouth, Zane nodded. "I see..."

"Do you?" Nick managed to say as Zane's tongue did wonderful things to him.

"I see... that I'll have to teach you patience." Zane traced Nick's navel with his tongue, dipping it inside before tracing along the top of his boxers.

"Sounds more like torture." He closed his eyes.

Zane dragged his teeth along the skin, purring. "You'll learn to like it."

Nick cried out as Zane's fangs brushed over sensitive skin. "God..."

"I just go by Zane, normally." The leopard teased, then traced the other man's hard cock with a single finger.

"Not...funny..." He pulled Zane down for a long, hot kiss.

Zane purred, kissing him back. "Why not?"

"Because I want you too much for it to be." He growled.

Serious suddenly, Zane looked down at him. "I'm having you more than once, Nick. And not just tonight."

Nick stared up at him. "I wouldn't have anything less."

"Good. Tell me..." Zane smirked, "Are you a quick recoverer?" He ran his hand over Nick's hardness.

"Depends on what you wish to injure."

The leopard blinked. "Care to explain that one?"

"Well sometimes the area around the scars doesn't heal as fast as other areas." He shrugged.

"I'm still not grasping this, Nick..." Zane sat back, watching him.

"I have a lot of scar tissue." He rubbed a hand over his chest and stomach. "So if you were to bite me there, it wouldn't heal as well. It'd probably scar."

"Nick..." Zane kissed the other man's hand, "I meant... if I give you a blow job, when will you be able to get it up again? I'm not into permanently scarring my lovers."

Nick chuckled. "I may be scarred down there, but trust me, I am not lacking in the sexual department."

"So... I can have you come in my mouth, and go back to teasing you?"

He nodded. "Yes, I'm not that badly damaged."

"It's not even that. Some guys just can't get it up that soon." Zane shrugged, kissing him.

"I guess I'm just good then." Nick returned the kiss.

"Mm. Looks like it." Zane purred, easing his hands into Nick's shorts.

He thrust up against Zane's warm hand.

Slipping Nick's boxers off, Zane gasped, but he didn't see scars. "Shit, Nick... You're..." Lowering his head, he licked along the other man's length.

Nick arched his back as he moaned. It had been a very long time since he'd felt such pleasure.

Licking the wetness from the tip of Nick's cock, Zane slowly worked his mouth and throat over him, taking him deep. Flicking his tongue over him, he purred.

"Fuck." He cried out as he watched his cock slid into Zane's mouth.

Sucking, Zane began to do so with his mouth, working him in and out as he established a steady rhythm, his hands teasing the other man's testicles.

"It's been two years since anyone has done this to me," Nick panted, "I won't last long."

Pausing, Zane smiled, "Don't care. I want to taste you." He licked Nick's scrotum, then took his testicles into his mouth, purring around them.

He closed his eyes and tried to think of other things just so he could last a bit longer.

Licking behind Nick's sac, Zane teased the sensitive area there with his mouth for a moment, then his entrance before finally taking his cock back into his mouth.

Nick dug his nails into Zane's shoulder as he began to come. "Zane..." He moaned loudly.

Zane purred, swallowing as fast as he could.

He laid back on the bed, temporarily spent.

Licking Nick's cock clean, the leopard let his head rest on Nick's inner thigh.

"Wow." It was all he could think to say.

Laughing softly, Zane grinned up at him. "Wow? That good, huh?" He trailed his tongue over the soft skin where Nick's thigh met his body.

He snorted. "Leave me alone. Brain...not working."

"Hmm... sorry." Biting softly, but not breaking the skin, Zane marked the other man.

Nick ran his finger across the mark.

Zane leaned up, "May I kiss you?"

He smiled. "You don't have to ask."

"Some people find it nasty." Lowering his lips, Zane kissed the other man deeply.

Nick licked along Zane's lip. "You taste so good."

"I taste like you." Zane let his hand run over Nick's chest again.

"Are you a top Zane?"

"I'm a switch. I'll do top or bottom. You?"

"I like to top, but it's fun to bottom sometimes."

Rolling, Zane laid on his back, purposely stretching in a manner that showed his body to its best. "Ah... sounds like lots of fun..."

Nick watched him with hungry eyes. "I love the way you move."

Zane bit back a smirk, "How do you mean?"

"The way you move... it's just sexy." He ran a hand down Zane's chest.

The muscles tightened. "Ah... thanks."

"You're welcome."

"Hey, Nick?"

"Yes?" He asked looking at the cat.

"Kiss me." Zane licked his lips, meeting Nick's eyes.

His eyes flashed with desire and he leaned down to kiss Zane.

Moaning softly, Zane kissed him back, pulling Nick so that he leaned over him.

Nick rubbed himself across the silk of Zane's pants as he slid his tongue into the other man's mouth.

Pushing his hips against Nick's, Zane purred, unable to stop himself. Damn, but he felt good.

He ran a hand down Zane's clothed leg and then across his groin.

"Nick..." Zane shivered, his hardness throbbing in desire.

He began to pull down the cat's pants.

"There's uh... lube... in my night stand..."

"It can wait." Nick replied as he licked Zane's hip.

He moaned, "Oh?"

"Do you like to be bitten?"

"Yes...?" Zane looked at the other man.

"I'm a biter." He admitted with a slight blush.

Smiling, Zane leaned down, kissing him. "Good. Cause I love the feeling."

Nick bent his head down to Zane's hip. "Panda." He said. "That's the safe word I use." He sank his teeth into Zane's hip.

"Oh fuck..." Zane moaned, arching into the pain, his cock throbbing.

Nick stopped just before he drew blood.

"Nick..." Zane writhed, wanting that sweet, sharp pain back.

He moved down to Zane's thigh and bit him again.

The leopard slid a hand into Nick's hair, groaning.

Nick moaned against his leg and switched to the other leg. He bit down hard, drawing blood. He swallowed without thinking. He moved away and grabbed the lube out of the dresser drawer.

Zane moaned, reaching down to stroke his own cock. "Damn, Nick..."

Nick pour the lube over his fingers and slid one slick finger into Zane.

"Oh fuck..." He pushed against the other man's hand.

Nick slid in a second digit.

"Damn, Nick... just do it, I don't care..." Zane rolled his hips.

"Be patient." He teased the cat.

Zane forced the growl at rose in his throat back, arching his back. Fine. Patient.

Nick removed his fingers and coated his cock with the lube. He moved over Zane and slowly began to slid into him.

Writhing, Zane arched into him. "God..."

"You feel so good." Nick moaned as he thrust into the cat.

"Ditto..." Zane pulled Nick's mouth down to his own kissing his lips briefly, then along his jaw.

He moved to Zane's neck and bit down on the tender flesh as he thrust into him again and again.

"Oh, damn... yes..." Zane stroked his own cock, panting with desire.

Nick found the spot that he knew would drive the cat mad and hit it.

He screamed, and unable to stop himself, came. He was nearly embarrassed, but it felt too damn good to protest.

He licked along Zane's ear as he thrust a few more times before he too came.

Gasping, Zane laid there. "Shit..."

"It's been far too long." He sighed as he laid down next to Zane.

Zane moved, resting his head on Nick's chest. "Mm."

Nick wrapped his arms around the cat.

"I'm glad you like to cuddle." Zane smiled.

"Your so warm and soft."

"Soft, huh?" The leopard smiled.

"Mmm, yeah." He buried his face in Zane's neck.

Zane laughed softly. "I guess I am now, huh?"

Nick snorted.

"What?" The cat asked innocently.

"Nothing." He let his eyes drift closed.

"Night, Nick." Zane purred, close to sleep.

"G'night." He muttered.

Cat cuddled with human, neither one thinking anything out of the ordinary had transgressed as they both fell deeply asleep.