DIR Return Create A Forum - Home
---------------------------------------------------------
MinyaRPs
HTML https://minyarps.createaforum.com
---------------------------------------------------------
*****************************************************
DIR Return to: Breaking the Cycle
*****************************************************
#Post#: 1584--------------------------------------------------
Hunting for Love
By: Minyaagar Date: February 22, 2026, 11:44 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
When the sound of footsteps began to approach, Tama looked up to
see his mate approaching, giving the man a smile as Yuze kissed
the centaur's cheek before mentioning sharpening his blade.
"Good idea," Tama mused before going quiet again. Only the sound
of blade against wood filled the silence as the pair worked.
When a second set of footsteps approached with Arik asking if
Tama wanted his head or tail done first, the centaur blushed a
little as he thought for a moment. He threw his hair back out
of his face, easily deciding he needed his hair pulled back as
soon as possible. "Head first... I need this mess out of my
face," he answered.
----
Arik had been thinking over what Yuze had told him about Tama
and about himself. He cast a look over at Yuze working,
wondering what his real form looked like.
"Yuze, I'll do your hair too. I may need a break after I do all
of Tama's though," Arik told the ogre as he waited for Tama to
decide where he wanted him to start.
"I gotcha, I hate mine getting in my face too." Arik moved to
stand on one side of Tama and gently brushed through his hair,
sectioned it out and began making different sized tight braids.
Once one side was done, he repeated the pattern on the other
side, finishing by tying the last one off.
Arik then tackled the tail, making several small braids that he
wove around a larger center one.
"These should last a week before I need to do them again," Arik
said admiring his work.
"All right Yuze, your turn. I'm not meaning to be rude, but do
you not feel comfortable to be in your other form? I guess I'm
just curious," Arik admitted moving to stand behind Yuze and
started working on his hair.
-----
Yuze gave a soft smile at watching the two together.”I don’t
mind waiting- mean I’m sharpening my blade for the hunt so take
your time. “ he said with a soft smile. By the end of the work,
His mates hair looking fantastic at the end of the long work.
Yuze had finished his blade to sheath it as he heard it was his
turn. As he was posed the question he answered.”my other form
drives on natural instinct.. I try to not use it often anymore
as it is use to being a leader- I may have to talk to whoever
runs the place and hope they’re strong enough to beat him. It’s
different than having a dominate mate- it’s just how my blood
is.” He explained as he felt his hair being worked on.
----
The centaur straightened his back and held still as Arik worked
of getting all of Tama's long black hair braided. It took ages,
but the feeling of the human's fingers playing with his hair had
him relaxing and zoning out nearly completely. When the man
finished with his hair, and moved onto his tail, Tama resumed
working on his arrows, trying to not think too much about how
much it turned him on to have Arik working in such an intimate
area, at least until he got farther down. It was times like this
that he wished he did wear clothes like other beings.
Soon it was done and Tama looked at his tail with a smile. "It
looks great! I enjoyed having you play with my hair," he mused
as he relaxed against the stone wall behind him as he got
comfortable to continuing to work. Without his hair trying to
attack his face, it was far easier to work on getting these
arrows right. He glanced up at his mate as Yuze explained his
other form. Tama himself had only seen it a handful of times,
one once matting with it to get Yuze to regain his mind. He was
just grateful his mate felt deeply enough for him that in both
forms the man wouldn't hurt him intentionally. Seeing the two
men so close brought a slight smile to Tama's lips, he wondered
how things might work between the three of them.
----
Arik couldn't help but grin hearing how much Tama like how his
hair and tail had turned out. "I thoroughly enjoyed working on
your gorgeous hair and tail." He replied as he continued working
on Yuze's longer hair.
He took a bit longer, creating braids that spiraled around
Yuze's head, gathering it up in the center and braiding smaller
ones from where he'd tied it.
"Well if you go up against Snow, he probably could beat your
other form. But it may be pretty close, even with him using his
magic gauntlets of his. I've seen him use them once against a
Titan, that was an intense fight," Arik explained.
Arik moved to sit down between the two, resting his now sore
hands on his legs.
"There's something I want to share with the both of you about
myself. These tattoos of mine, have magic in them. They enhance
my stamina, boost my natural healing, and my other senses. It
was a practice passed down through many generations of Viking
families. As far as I know, I'm the last. I suppose much like
the both of you."
Arik got a thoughtful look on his face. "If there's anything at
all you want to know about me, just ask. I'll be open and honest
with you both,"
----
“Oh? Sounds like a worthy opponent.” Said Yuze as he felt his
hair being braided.”for a while I had a collar but it was more
for the safety of others. Nightshade is a weakness of my kind
and send us into rages if a wiff is caught of it. Thankfully the
witch helped enough to understand it had to go through its
course. “ he said with a sigh. He checked himself out in a
mirror he had found on his way back- a bit broken, but useable
by his standards. He smiled at how well it looked. He turned his
head hearing Arik to grin.”sounds like you are formidable
yourself. “ he said as he gave a sympathetic look at the last
part. “I have one- what was your toughest fight?” He asked with
interest.
----
When Arik finished Yuze's hair, Tama couldn't help but look up
and smile at how good his mate looked. "That style looks good on
you Yuze," the centaur commented before his eyes went back to
his work as his tail swished to swat a fly that had landed on
him before making a sound at how the new braid stung against his
skin. Clearly he would need to use less force if he was going to
keep his tail braided like this.
Seeing Arik flex his hands like they hurt had Tama taking the
man's hand closes to him once his latest arrow was finished and
slowly began to massage the guys hands to help with the
soreness. "What a fascinating legacy, maybe you can give us a
demonstration of how they work while we are out hunting." He
suggested as he worked on soothing the man's tired hands.
----
"oh he is, I got the opportunity to fight him once. I'd rather
have him fighting by my side," Arik said with a chuckle.
Yuze's revelation of being triggered by Nightshade had Arik go
quiet, trying to recall if he'd seen the plant on his previous
hunting excursions.
"That must have been tough to go through,"
Arik was pleased with how happy the two were over how they
looked.
"I can be," Arik replied, not wanting to come off as cocky.
"Well...other than Snow, there was a mountain troll that I had
to go up against. That fight was pretty damn hard. Took a lot
out of my runes, I had to charge for a full week before they
were up to full strength,"
Arik was taken by surprise when Tama took his hand and began
massaging it gently. He couldn't help the soft moans that
escaped him. "that feels really good, thank you Tama," he
murmured as he enjoyed the other's touch.
After not having any sort of physical affection or touch, he
could feel his body responding and blood rushing to his cheeks.
"I can use my tattoos for intimate things too." He admitted
biting his bottom lip. "But of course you'll see them during the
hunt "
-----
Yuze nodded.”it is for creature type beings..” he said with a
sigh.”though it can have other affects if we have mates.” He
said blushing a bit hard.
He listened to Arik spoke of his fear against a troll. “They are
pretty tough to beat. Think when we were making our way to the
oasis we encountered one. Uppity bastard thought he could beat
me.” He said to laugh.
“Intimate? Like last longer?” He asked with a small smirk.”I
look forward to it- I tune wind mostly, I ended up finding out I
had the ability thanks to a witch of the forest as well- been
training since then.” He said. He felt a small twinge of
jealousy of wanting to be massaged but figured he’d get that if
he just asked. “He’s good with his hands- in more ways than
one.” Said the man with a chuckle.
----
At Yuze mentioning that his other side acted differently towards
mates while blushing got a chuckle out of Tama before it was his
own turn to blush at the noises Arik made and even more at the
mention of the tattoos being used for intimate things they would
find out about on their hunt.
He had taken Arik's other hand into his own when Yuze commented
on Tama being good with his hands in such a suggestive way. Once
he was finished, the centaur let go of the vikings hand, seeming
to have flustered himself over thoughts running through his mind
with what the two men were talking about. It didn't help he was
already feeling needy from when Arik was braiding the top of his
tail. The way the man's hands kept grazing against the man's
sensitive a.ss was still playing in his mind.
-----
With how Yuze spoke about mates and the way his face turned red,
had Arik gulping as some very raunchy images filled his mind.
"They do tend to be arrogant like that," Arik replied in a
rather husky tone.
It felt more than a little awkward talking about what his body
was capable of, especially with both pair of eyes looking at him
like that.
"Uh yeah," he confirmed, his face heating up. His eyes widened a
bit hearing that Yuze was a tuner. "Do you use a stone like
other tuners do?"
Arik shifted at Yuze's mention of Tama being good with his
hands. Especially while Tama was in the middle of massaging his
hand. Another moan escaped him when Tama hit a rather tense
spot.
Once Tama had finished and let go of his hand, Arik rubbed both
on his pants. "Thank you Tama. I'm going to head back to my
place to finish getting everything ready. How early do you want
to leave tomorrow? It's at least a good ten hour walk to where I
set up my campsite,"
-----
----
Arik was up well before the sun rose, getting the last few
personal items packed in his pack. He pulled it on and gathered
up his spears, an axe, bow and arrows and hunting knives. The
knives and axe were put on his belt and in the straps on his
boots.
Arik grabbed his wheel burrow and headed over to Tama and Yuze's
cave.
"You two ready to head out?" He called out as he got closer.
----
“I do.. it’s on my sheath that doesn’t leave me.” He said to
show the thing with the stone embedded.”as early as we can- if
we could bring back the meat- maybe good for a while..“ Yuze
said as he smiled.
When morning broke- Yuze was up early as normal to go clean up
and left his hair alone as he felt the man did quite a good job.
He had gotten his clothes on and just put his sword where it
belonged in his belt. He roused Tama as he got a few things he
felt necessary till he heard Arik’s voice.”I am- Tama you got
what you need?” He asked.
---
The tension in the air between the three men as Arik and Yuze
spoke a little more before the human headed off back to his home
once it was established they would be leaving early in the
morning. Unlike the previous day, it was Tama's turn to sleep
in, worn out from their activities of the previous night once
they were alone in the cave.
The centaur let out a groan as he was woken up by his mate and
slowly got to his feet, moving to the nearest water to get
himself cleaned up before he returned and got some saddle bags
attached to his main body. Sure it weighed him down, but he was
very capable of carrying everything he needed for himself and
his mate.
He was just finishing tightening a strap on himself when he
heard Arik and then Yuze ask if he was ready. He pulled his
quiver of arrows onto his human half's back before giving a nod
as he picked up his bow. "Yes, I have everything, let's get
going." He said, eager to get going. His nomadic nature calling
to him as the need to wander was starting to set in from being
in place place for too long.
-----
"Great, we can eat as we walk, and take a break about mid-day.
We'll be following the river majority of the way." Arik
explained as the trio headed off.
A few hours later Arik pulled out fruit and some breakfast
pastries for their first meal and passed around one of his water
canteens to be shared.
By now they'd gotten through to the meadow where the herds liked
to run.
"So I should warn you, the creatures here are a bit different
than you might have seen before. The one I'm after is the giant
spikey boar, they're tough to take down, but worth it for the
meat and tusks. We won't see those just yet. There's also a huge
land lizard called the komodo dragon that can be dangerous if
you get bitten. So stay clear of it's teeth. Of course we will
go after smaller game for food and maybe furs if we find any
good specimens."
Once they'd gotten a few moments rest, the pressed on, making it
through to the jungle and into the beginning of the hunting
grounds. This was where they saw signs of large clawed feet and
a long tail. "We're in luck, Fresh prints of a komodo dragon."
Arik said with a eager glint in his eyes.
After he'd camouflaged and hidden his pack and wheelbarrow he
led Yuze and Tama off to hunt the creature down.
---;--
“Always did like a challenge. “ said Yuze at the sound of the
boar. He listened more to hear about the Komodo dragons to
follow the man and saw the prints. He made his way as he looked
at Tama. “Be careful- I know sand is hard but try to not get
caught up like I did during that snake we encountered.” He told
Tama softly.
The encounter about shook Yuze, slipping to get caught up in
its wind tuning. Thanks to his own he was able to get out of it.
Yuze waited for Tama to do what he did well. For him to sprint
off once the dragon seemed sufficiently distracted his wind
tuning began as he took off like a shot. His blade scraping
across the back of the things neck to cause a wound. Blood
spurted out as he hit the sand do slide back.
----
A nervous excitement filled Tama as the trio grew closer, mostly
traveling in quiet as they took in the nature around them, only
stopping for a brief rest before they hit the hunting ground,
finding tracks almost immediately. Tama's tail swished in
excitement as he followed his mate and the viking.
"I'm always careful," Tama purred with a wink before he crept
away from the two men, coming out in the clearing on the other
side to try and have some distance between himself and the beast
before he made a high pitched whistle to get the monster to look
at him before it started to charge.
An arrow flew from the centaur's bow only to show the beasts
hide was too thick for his arrows. Seeing he couldn't slow the
thing down, Tama began to run, coaxing the giant lizard away
from the men as they attacked.
It was when Tama was looking back to see how far ahead he was of
the creature and to make sure it was still following him so he
didn't notice the massive rock hidden partially in the sand.
This caused him to take a pretty terrible tumble onto the
ground, straining one of his front legs. He figured that out
when he tried to get up, letting out a cry of pain. His
attention went back to the komodo dragon as it was nearly on top
of him now. Tama lashed out with his rear legs to try and kick
the beast but was soon pinned down by it's huge claws.
----
In hindsight Arik realized he should have prepared the two
better for their first encounter with the lizard. It deceptively
looked like it would be slow, but when fighting could move very
quickly and aggressively.
Tama's arrows were no match for the creatures thick hide. "Try
for it's eyes," he called out, moving quickly to use a hunting
spear to spear through one of it's hind legs.
Yuze's blade managed to wound the lizard, but it only fueled the
creature's aggression and it rushed towards the now hurt Tama.
With a curse, Arik touched a rune on his chest and his speed
increased to get him between the two just in time to cut cleanly
through the lizards neck with his axe.
Cursing under his breath, Arik moved to gently removed the claws
from Tama's back legs.
"Shit, you're hurt," Arik said a very concerned and worried look
filling his face. "How's your front leg feeling? Can you walk?
Should have brought my medic bag along," he fussed.
----
Yuze saw tama had hit the rock to get a worried look- but more
so when he was pinned. He was about ready to shift when Arik
blazed by to take care of what happened. Yuze made his way over
to slide down and got a green stone he carried. He was new to
some healing tuning- but he knew enough to work at tama’s leg.
“Stay still.” He said his hand sliding on his lovers hurt leg.
It would hurt as it mended but would be able to walk
enough.”let’s find a safe place to camp.. he needs to rest.”
Said Yuze looking at Arik as he shifted to his large ogre form.
His skin shifting to black, his lanky form becoming more buff
and muscular to bend and lift Tama. This side seemed 12 feet
tall. And his strength allowed him to carry the centaur to
safety.
-----
Seeing Arik slicing through the monster's neck changed the look
of fear on Tama's face to an impressed awe. His heart was still
pounding in his chest as he was freed from the creature before
Arik began to fuss over him causing the centaur to blush a
little. "I.... I don't think I can walk...." He admitted as Yuze
walked over and began to use a stone to heal him. Tama
understood very little about tuneing and couldn't help the
pained groan that left him as Yuze healed him as much as he
could, obeying the man as he tried not to move. When his mate
shifted Tama was blushing dark, he always found the form both
hot and scary.
"Yuze! I can try to walk!" The centaur protested as he squirmed
but soon relaxed against the male. Being carried felt so
strange, the feeling off his hooves off the ground was always
unsettling.
-----
Arik moved to the side when Yuze came over and used his tuning
to heal Tama's leg as much as he could. He exhaled slowly,
standing up and moved back a step when the ogre shifted to his
other form.
If he hadn't known the caring creature before Yuze had changed,
it might have frightened him.
"Rest your legs for now Tama. Yes, we need a campsite," Arik
agreed and grabbed the end of the lizard's tail to drag it
behind him. The head he left behind, not needing it.
"Best stick together, especially with fresh blood spilled,"
It didn't take too long getting back to his stashed gear. He
used a rope to get the body up in a tree to drain the blood out.
Then pulled out the tent gear and set it up a few yards away.
"I'm sorry you got hurt Tama. I should have told you what to
expect of the lizard and what it's weaknesses were," Arik
apologized. He felt terrible for not being a better teacher.
#Post#: 1585--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hunting for Love
By: Minyaagar Date: February 22, 2026, 11:52 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Once they got to camp did Yuze set down Tama, he shifted back to
his lankier form. “Don’t apologize- we lived in the forest and
hunted enough to know even hunts would be dangerous. I’m glad
you got there quickly- it’s something we will learn.” He told
Arik.”believe at one point I faced a large scorpion on the way
to the oasis- didn’t realize they could tune and got a nasty
shock that laid me out for a few days. Least we got some meat,”
said Yuze as he continued to fuss over his mate being sure
everything was okay, his hands being slow and methodical in a
way.
“There’s just some things you’re gonna learn as you go, and some
that you can learn from others- it’s just the very first hunt.”
He assured Arik,”least we have a third we can work well with..
this is our usual method- Tama is good at distracting- but there
been times where he doesn’t entirely pay attention to his
surroundings.” Said Yuze.”course I’m just as bad- I can rush
headlong into things and be a bit wreckless resulting in some
injury.” He said as he settled against his mate.
----
It wasn't often the centaur felt like he weighed nothing, but he
settled into it as it seemed Yuze had no intention of putting
Tama down until they had the carcus taken care of and a camp.
Tama let out a sigh of relief when he was finally set down,
trying to get comfortable as his mate fussed over him. A frown
came to his lips when Arik appologize to them. "Yuze is right,
you have no need to appologize, I got hurt due to my own
mistake," he explained as he pulled the human closer to plant a
sweet kiss on his lips. "Thank you for saving me, you looked
incredible..." He purred once he broke the kiss.
----
Arik nodded feeling a bit better after the two explained their
normal mode of hunting. Even telling him he didn't have to
apologize.
He wasn't all that sure about using Tama to draw creatures out
though. It seemed far too dangerous for their target animals.
"It might work better to make snares or a pit to trap the boat,"
he said thoughtfully.
Arik hadn't expected to be suddenly drawn closer by Tama or to
be suddenly kissed. His face and chest heated as he flushed a
dark red. Then he melted a bit, and moved his hands to hold onto
the Centaur's neck as he pressed himself into the kiss.
Tama's purred words made him shiver as he stared up into the
other's eyes. "I'd do it again in a heartbeat," Arik replied and
drew Tama down, kissing him again gently.
------
“Probably a pit with the size of these creatures I’ve seen.”
Said Yuze with a chuckle. Yuze gave a chuckle seeing his mate
give Arik a kiss that made him blush. Course when the two
started kissing again he smirked.”those kisses so good that I’ve
been forgotten?” He flirted a little. “I know Tama is really
good with his mouth- how is he Tama?” He asked giving a sly
smirk.
-----
Feeling Arik yield into the kiss before saying what he did
brought a blush to Tama's cheeks before he was pulled down into
another, more intense kiss. A chuckle left the centaur hearing
his mate's words which caused the blush to darker.
He pulled back from the kiss to speak, "he is delicious.... you
know I can never forget about you my love," Tama added before a
smirk of his own formed as he leaned to pull Yuze to himself,
getting the man between himself and Arik. "You should have a
taste for yourself," he purred as he kissed at Yuze's neck,
looking to Arik expectantly.
----
Yuze's questions had Arik flushing even more, and feeling a bit
guilty for giving his attention to Tama first. Though it sounded
like Yuze was eager to get a taste for himself and not that
jealous.
He stepped back to give space for Yuze to be pulled in and felt
his flushed skin grow even hotter at the expectant gaze Tama
shot him.
Arik slide his hand up the other side of Yuze's neck to hold the
side of his face and pressed a deep kiss to the ogre's mouth.
This was followed by another one and then Arik started nibbling
and teasing Yuze's mouth, pressing in closer to the two, his
free hand caressing Tama's chest and neck..
-----
Yuze felt the lull and blinked, “oh Tama your right..” he said
to feel the kiss to his neck, as he waited to see how Arik would
go. He felt the soft glide of the hand against his neck before
the mouth to part for a second before feeling more of a kiss.
Yuze parted flushed.”now you just feel like you’re devouring me…
want more?” Said the ogre with a sexy smirk. It meant he could
enjoy receiving this time- something that he couldn’t with Tama.
But he knew he could take care of Tama in ways where Arik could
not. “Hmm?” He asked. His mind wandering to dirty thoughts as
his hands wandered the Vikings chest, while giving a quick
backwards glance to his lover to egg the notion on.
-----
Seeing Yuze and Arik kiss like that had Tama already getting
turned on, having to move his lover half a little to accommodate
his growing member. A soft groan left the centaur feeling Arik's
hand on his chest and neck. "I know I *definitely* want to see
more," he purred as his hands roamed his mate's body to strip of
the man's clothes before stroking his exposed member.
"When you two are done playing with each other... maybe you two
can play with me?" He suggesting knowing there was not much he
could do outside of take the man and use his mouth on them. The
pair would be able to *fully* enjoy each other in a way Tama
never could.
-----
It wasn't too surprising that a few heated kisses with Tama and
Yuze ignited Arik and turned him on so much. It had been a very
long time since he'd done anything with another person.
Arik was breathing a bit heavily when Yuze pulled back asking if
he wanted more. He shot a look at Tama, shivering at the
other's purr of wanting to see more as he stripped the ogre out
of his clothes.
"Fuck you are both so fucking hot," Arik groaned out, peeling
his own clothes off, figuring that was a good way to show his
intent.
"Hey Tama, you can do more than watch you know. It might not
happen right away, but these healing runes of mine are pretty
strong. If I'm stretched enough, I could take you."
Arik's moved in closer, moving one hand to trail over Yuze's
skin, and the other to pull Tama's face closer so he could take
another deep kiss.
-----
Yuze blushed as the clothes began to strip off him by his mate,
“oh you can play with us.. and you know I’ll make you sing
tama.” Purred Yuze. The man made a noise of suprise at Arik as
the clothes being slowly taken off were swiftly taken off the
rest of the way. His eyes flickering to the Viking that was now
naked, hearing that this man could take on Tama made him blush.
He knew he couldn’t take tama but now it had him curious as his
skin felt on fire of need,with the touch that trailed down
tickling his skin. His back pressed into his mate as his chest
with the Viking as he saw the kiss.”god that’s sexy..” he said
as he blushed.
----
A wide eyed shocked expression crossed Tama's face as Arik
claimed he could take the centaur before being pulled into a
deep kiss by the viking, earning another groan out of him.
His tail swished at the idea of his mate claiming him as well.
It seemed, despite getting hurt, the trio were going to
celebrate this successful hunt by officially taking Arik into
their bed. Well, figurative bed, Tama didn't exactly fit on
furniture like that.
The blush on Tama's cheeks darkened when the kiss broke. "I, I
don't want to hurt you Arik, you would have to be a masochist to
enjoy that... you don't have to try something like that for
me..." He said feeling far more shy than he had previously.
----
Arik let his mind go blank as he focused on the two in front of
him, letting out a moan as he and Tama came up for air.
His hands moved to wander down Yuze's body, exploring it a bit
boldly. One hand wrapping around Yuze's member and moving over
the length.
His gaze went back to Tama as the centaur spoke almost shyly
about his earlier suggestion.
"I guess you're just going to have to see my runes in action.
The pain lasts but a moment, then it's just immense pleasure,"
Arik explained. "If I can take Yuze in his other form, I could
take you as well. But we really don't need to rush into that
just yet,"
----
Yuze joined in the same sentiment as his mate. He didn’t want to
hurt the guy.. but hearing the man say abruptly about taking his
other side almost had Yuze worried as it wasn’t the size he was
worried about.. it was the state of mind. Arik was new.. and he
wanted to make sure a good bond was formed before even letting
that side out in sex.
His thoughts vanished with the hand moving more on him.”I’ve
never been bottom.. it’ll be new for me if you do… “ groaned
Yuze as he made a buck with his hips, his head leaning back to
make tama dip for a hot kiss from him. Their mouths molded in a
way that was passionate before grabbing another after taking
air.
----
As Arik took over stroking Yuze, Tama felt himself pulled into a
hot passionate kiss by his mate, before taking a shirt breath to
dive right back in, his arms wrapping around his love as he
enjoyed the passion they shared.
Soon the Centaur broke the kiss to move down until his mouth was
level with the two men's hard members, taking one into each hand
and he stuffed them both into his mouth to moan around them
enjoying how full his mouth was now.
----
Arik could tell the two were reluctant to try anything that they
thought would hurt him. He'd just have wait, and show them just
how powerful the healing runes were. They'd saved him from dying
more than once in the past.
"I'm up for that," Arik murmured back to Yuze, his hand picking
up speed as it moved over the ogre's member. He couldn't help
but admire the two as they kissed, and embraced.
Arik was more than a little stunned by Tama moving and taking
them both into his mouth.
He let out a gasp and then a moan, "oh gods,"
Arik trailed one hand up Tama's shoulder and stroked down his
human back as more soft moans fell.
#Post#: 1613--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hunting for Love
By: Minyaagar Date: February 23, 2026, 7:26 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Yuzes hand was in tama’s hair as he groaned.”didn’t think you
could fit that many tama-“ he groaned hotly. His other hand
dragging Arik for another hot kiss as his free hand wandered the
Viking form.
-----
The cheeks of the centaur brightened as the pair moaned for him,
Yuze even groaning out a comment of surprise before the two men
began to make out. The sight turning him on even more as he
pleasured the men, finally letting go with a pop as he continued
to lick over them and stroke the two together. "Gods you two are
big..." He purred as he licked up the side of the two members in
his hands.
----
Arik had never felt so turned on before on his life. He let out
a deep moan at the hot mouth and hand working on him, his eyes
closing in pleasure.
Yuze's bold kiss had him getting a little more aggressive as
they made out, adding in small bites and nibbles to Yuze's lips
and jaw.
"Fu.ck...so close," he gasped out feeling his body getting
closer and closer to coming.
----
Yuze smirked, to get the man to kiss him more as his hands
gripped Tama’s hair as he felt himself getting close. He felt
himself on the edge of his release as he came undone at the
feeling as he gave a bit of a cry.
----
Arik's hands found a grip on each of their necks, his fingers
digging in a bit as he exploded into Tama's hit greedy mouth. A
muffled moan filling Yuze's mouth.
He pulled his mouth back to pant a bit as he caught his breath,
his body still quite flushed from the amazing experience.
His hands slowly relaxed as the lightheaded feeling faded.
"Let me get a taste," Arik replied and moved to down to claim
the centaur's mouth in a very deep kiss, his tongue sweeping to
get what he craved.
"We do taste good together," Arik said in a husky tone.
He couldn't help but notice the centaur's position and his
aroused state. "I think Tama may need our hands so he can get a
release, Yuze,"
---
Yuze went in for his own kiss. The man seemed more than ready at
the idea.”think so too— be nice to have another pair of hands
hmm.. tama?” He purred hotly. With a bit of aid and with ariks
help began to pleasure Tama.
-----
The hot deep moan that came from each man had Tama even more
needy than he even thought he could be, so when they moved to
start playing with *him* he couldn't help but fully lay down on
his side and back, giving the two men all the access they could
want.
----
Once Tama had gotten into a comfortable position, Arik knelt
down to join Yuze in stroking over the centaur's long member.
The thing was massive, and silky smooth. Arik spat in one hand
to keep the friction from chaffing the centaur too much.
"Definitely going to take a lot of stretching to take this
monster," he couldn't help but say, getting rather turned on by
the thought.
----
Yuze continued as he heard his lovers noises to blush at Arik.
His face hidden with his own disappointment of being unable to
satisfy the centaur the same way to continue.”come on tama..” he
said with a groan.
----
With the attention of both men's hands rubbing on him, it didn't
take much longer for the Centuar to start cumming quite hard as
his whole body shivered at the release. "Gods your hands feel
good on me," he purred feeling quite satisfied with his release.
He couldn't held but grin at the mess he had made of the two
men.
"Might want to find some water to clean up," he teased before
stretching, a flinch from the pain in his leg causing him to
stop mid stretch before letting his body relax on the ground.
----
Arik was quite amazed by the amount that had come out and just
how much had ended up on him.
"Well, next time maybe one of us should just lay under you and
get properly covered," he suggested with a rather dirty grin.
"The river's not too far, but first pants," Arik replied moving
to get his back on. He got a concerned look seeing Tama sitting
back down after stretching.
"Is your leg still hurting? Let me get my healing salve, it
should help,"
Arik moved to look through his pack and found the jar and then
handed it to Yarick.
"I'll go bring some water back, I won't be long," he said.
Arik grabbed his axe and knife for protection and a bucket for
the water and headed to the sound of the moving water.
He made it there without any problem, though he noticed hoof
prints nearby. They were similar to Tama's but much smaller. He
made a thoughtful sound and headed back to Yuze and Tama.
"I think we've got some company out here, not bad company
though. One of the herd must be out on a hunt," he announced and
started to clean up himself and then Yuze with the water.
----
Yuze was grateful for the water as he removed himself from
fussing over his mate. He cleaned himself up and began on his
mate to hear ariks words.”the herd?” he questioned lightly.
He blushed at the idea of possible others to finally get
dressed. “Want something to eat? I can cook some of the kill
easily.” Said Yuze thoughtfully.
-----
A smile crossed Tama's lips as Arik suggested next time the
centaur make a proper mess on him making him blush a little.
Then the man started fussing over him after the centaur had made
a pained noise.
He accepted the salve before Yuze began to fuss over him as well
as Arik went to get water for them to clean up. A slight look of
concern came to Tama as the man mentioned they may not be alone.
"Hopefully we are lucky and it is someone friendly..." He said
as he once against tried to get to his feet as the pair worked
on getting clean.
He made a pained noise as he managed to stand, holding up one of
his front legs as he gingerly tried to place it down before
flinching and picking it back up.
"I wouldn't say no to food." He said as he worked on taking the
harness off of his body to drop the extra equipment he was
carrying and let his body shake a little. "I can gather some
wood for a fire while you prepare the meat," he suggested, not
wanting to just sit idle while the men took care of everything.
-----
"Some of Deidre's mixed herd from the Oasis. Some do go out
alone, although not usually," Arik answered Yuze's question and
Tama's. "They're all pretty nice, some are a bit rough around
the edges. Hopefully whoever it is isn't in any trouble,"
"Oh I could eat," Arik replied with a smile and went to pull out
supplies from his wheel burrow for Yuze.
"Just don't go too far Tama, " Arik said and then offered his
axe to him. "Here, this might come in handy,"
Then he moved to grab his butchering knife out to start working
on the lizard's body.
-------
Yuze went to get to work on the meal as he looked at tama.”just
be careful okay?” He asked. He worried a bit.
Once he saw him go he began his work. He gutted and skinned the
kill to wrap up what he could in the leaves in the supply bag.
Once that was done he began to cut the meat into strips. Once
done he found the rice to start washing them as they
waited.”have you ever had stir fry?” He asked Arik.
---
"I'm always careful," Tama answered with a sly smirk as he took
the offered axe and some rope so he could tie what he found to
his back. Once he checked his bow, the centaur was off, slowly
limping along at a slow careful pace as he slowly gathered
branches of varying sizes until he had a good arm full and tied
the bundle securely on his equestrian back before continuing on,
adding more and more sticks, even a few longs had become secured
to his back.
The limp brought back memories of when he had first met Yuze,
when the orge first saved him from his human masters. He had a
poorly healed leg back then. He had traveled through the forest
with the man for a while before they had met Luna, Echo and all
the others. The witch had been the one to heal him. Thankfully,
this was just a minor injury that would heal with time and rest.
The centaur paused when he heard a strange noise and began to
look around anxiously, he had wandered much farther than he had
planned and was just realizing there was no way the others could
hear him if he needed help. He slowly picked up the branch he
had been reaching for and began to back away in the direction he
had come from.
His eyes widened when he noticed a large wolf-like creature
appear from the bushes, growling at him before it lunged,
getting Tama to rear at it.
----
Arik worked with Yuze getting the lizard butchered and wrapped
to take back. He poured out some of the bucket water to clean up
his hands. It was actually rather nice having someone to work
with, even without speaking.
"Yes it's one of my favorites, you want me to help prep some
veggies?" Arik asked already pulling out a wood cutting board
and a clean knife. He set up a work area on a nearby stump.
"There should be fish sauce and soy sauce in the food supplies,
we can use those and some garlic in the stir fry,"
***++++++++++***
Elyion had been out on his own in the wilds for the past few
days communing with nature. His magical abilities came from his
connection to mother Earth, and had to come reconnect every
month or so.
The golden haired centaur tended to prefer crowds or small
groups so being out alone was always tough on the cheerful over
talkative male.
The sound of a wolf growling had him snapping out of his
meditation and trotting to the sound. When he spied another of
his kind rearing over the timber wolf he let out a gasp.
He shook his mane, the long hair catching the sunlight and
glowing brightly as he let loose a spell, chanting in a lost
tongue.
The timber wolf jolted back with a whine and rushed off after
getting hit by the spell.
"Are you okay?" Elyion asked, approaching the handsome older
centaur. "He didn't get you did he?" He asked as he moved to get
a better look.
----
A new sound filled Tama's ears as the wolf snapped at him, the
sound of hooves approaching. Still standing on his back legs,
Tama tried to back up more before he watched the golden haired
centaur cast magic to chase the wolf off. A huff left the black
and white centaur as he let his front hooves hit the ground
again before making a pained sound and lifting his hurt leg that
he had landed far too hard on.
"No, it didn't manage to get me... thank you for your
assistance... it... had been a long time since I've seen someone
like myself..." He admitted, unable to take his eyes off the
stunning golden stallion as he approached.
----
Hearing the pained sound from the older centaur brought a
concerned look in Elyion's hazel eyes. "Were you hurt before?"
He asked moving to the front leg the other was favoring and
keeping weight off of.
"I'm glad to be able to help. Those timber wolves can be pretty
nasty," Elyion sighed and knelt down and ran his hands gently
over the leg.
"It's been a long time for me too. I barely remember what my
mother looked like. You pulled a muscle pretty badly, let me
heal it for you,"
Elyion didn't wait, chanting a healing spell to mend the muscles
and strengthen them. "There good as new," Elyion beamed up at
the older centaur and slowly got back up.
"I'm Elyion, what's your name?"
----
Yuze looked over at Arik who was cleaning his knife as he heard
his question.” Yes please, long strips, think onion, some
zucchini?” He seemed to think. The only thing he felt would be
missing was the egg- but he could manage.
----
A blush grew on Tama's cheeks as the golden haired centaur
approach him, "I hurt my leg a few hours ago... I... I'll be
okay..." He began to protest before the man knelt down to touch
the injured leg before using magic to fix it. It got a pained
sound out of Tama as he was healed but when the centaur finished
he was able to put weight back on it.
"I um... thank you... that feels a lot better, I was taken from
my herd a long time ago... I don't have many memories of them
myself..." He found himself commenting, unable to take his eyes
off of the handsome younger centaur. "My.. name is Tama. Are
you... out here on your own?" He found himself questioning.
Having not seen one of his own kind in nearly three decades. It
was hard to not want to get to know him.
----
Arik nodded with a smile and got to work. "Could add in some
thinly sliced carrots as well."
He got peeling the onion and washing the other vegetables before
he got to slicing them.
Arik started to wonder what was taking Tama so long, if they
wanted to eat, they'd need the wood for their fire.
"Do you see Tama anywhere?" He asked, getting an odd tingling
sense of unease go through him. "Maybe we should go look for
him,"
-------
Elyion gave Tama a soft look of empathy, Knowing the pain the
centaur must have gone through was much like his own.
"It's what I do, so no need to thank me. That must have been
hard to go through. My story isn't much different," Elyion
replied.
"It's nice to meet you Tama," he said moving to touch the
other's arm a bit eagerly then pulled back realizing how handsy
he had been.
"Yes I am. I usually do when I need to recharge. My magic comes
from mother Earth, so I kind of have to get away from others to
reconnect myself through meditation. I kind of get super
distracted if others are around," he explained his face flushing
a bit.
----
“Not yet.. but given our location wood be a bit harder to find:”
admitted Yuze. His own anxiety wore at him knowing the man was
hurt but be why he was taking his time.
----
The blush on Tama's cheeks didn't get any better when Elyion
reached out to touch his arm. "It's... nice to meet you too... I
suppose I should stop distracting you... though... my group is
working on dinner... would.... you want to join us?" He found
himself offering as he flustered himself at the question.
"Either way... I should head back, I wandered off farther than I
meant to." He explained.
He then began to turn to bead back, pausing briefly for the
stallion to answer him before he continued on his was back to
camp to his worried lovers.
----
"true," Arik agreed, still feeling a bit odd. Like something
might be watching them. He shrugged it off and finished up his
task.
---
Elyion wasn't sure why he was having all these crazy feelings
going through him. He tended to get intense feelings and
emotions and sometimes got overwhelmed by them.
"I really want to, but I've got at least two more hours to get
fully charged. Would it be okay to join you later? I'm sure
you'd need time to tell your friends anyway," Elyion said, his
tail swishing and body shivering ever so slightly.
"Oh wait, take this," Elyion moved to take Tama's wrist and
slide one of his protective bracelets onto it. "There, that
should help keep you a little safer on your way back,"
-----
"I'll see you... later then," Tama stammered out as he bid the
stranger goodbye before he headed back to camp. He could almost
taste the tension in the air and feel the relief his livers felt
when the pair finally caught sight of him. "Had to go farther
out than expected." He told the pair as he pranced into the
clearing of their camp and worked on untieing the ropes and
began to work on getting a fire started so the two could start
cooking.
Once the fire was going, Tama settled. Clearly no longer having
trouble with his leg any longer. "I think I found the... herd
member you mentioned earlier Arik... he... might be joining us
for... dinner later..." He said as he gazed at the bracelet the
centaur mage had given him.
----
Yuze began to work on the cooking after seeing tama with relief
on his face. He took note of how the centaur was walking more
properly.”leg feeling better?” He asked.
Of course when he finished to start plating saw how tama was as
he spoke about a man, Yuze felt his heart drop a little as his
face was hidden in what hair that was loose.”so what’s his
name?” He asked trying to keep the small pang out of his voice.
-----
Arik was still feeling antsy though he was relieved when Tama
arrived back into camp.
"Looks like you got a good load. Thanks," Arik said with a
grateful smile.
He too had noticed Tama was walking normally. Arik was more sure
he knew who Tama had run into when he spied the bracelet on the
centaur's wrist. Seeing Yuze's reaction and question had Arik
move to squeeze the Ogre's shoulder.
"It was Elyion I'm betting. He's a young centaur mage. He can
take some getting used to. He's a bit of a chatterbox, but has a
good heart and is pretty good with defensive magic,"
---
"Yes, my leg is feeling much better... Elyion was his name, like
Arik said... quite chatty... but... sweet..." He mused as he
moved to get a plate of food when it was ready, his mind off on
the centaur he had met and not what was going on in front of him
as he ate his dinner.
"He healed my leg, after saving me from a wolf, I would have to
agree he is good with defensive magic," he agreed.
----
Yuze felt the squeeze to his shoulder. He was fine with Arik as
they had talked about it.. but an unseen face that seemed to
have tama smitten affected him in a profound way.”I’m glad..
you’re feeling better.. “ said Yuze as he continued to eat. His
appetite felt as if it had vanished but he knew better- on the
hunt they needed to eat. His face went in alarm about a wolf now
regretting agreeing with Tama going alone. “Glad he was there..”
he said as he looked at his half unfinished plate. He saw Arik
was done to let him eat the rest of his.”I’m going to scout a
little- if there was a wolf involved there might be more..” he
said with a serious look.
---
Arik was glad to hear that Tama's leg was better. He felt a
little jealous that Tama seemed already smitten. Though having
met Elyion and spent time around him, it wasn't all that
surprising. The kid was sweet, generous to a fault and often
seemed a bit naive about some things. Then again, Elyion chose
to see the brighter side of things despite the pain he'd gone
through. Not many people could do that.
"Wolf?" Arik echoed recalling his earlier sense of eyes
watching. He glanced around the perimeter of their camp, feeling
a bit more on edge than normal.
Arik accepted the rest of Yuze's food and finished it off.
"That's for certain, if that was a scouter, it will bring the
rest of the pack," Arik warned and moved to add more wood to the
fire. "We'll want to take turns keeping watch tonight,"
--
-----
Unknown to the three hunters, they were surrounded by a pack of
8 timberwolves. The fierce predators were watching and waiting
for the signal from their alpha to attack.
When one broke off from the others, one of the betas followed,
stalking the ogre.
----+
After Elyion had finished his meditation, it was much later than
he had thought. It had been difficult to get his thoughts off of
the older handsome centaur and his excitement of learning more
about their kind.
He packed up his campsite quickly and activated a guide light to
help him see where he was walking. He hadn't gone all that far
when the hair on his neck stood up and a shiver went down his
spine and down his legs.
A moment later a howl of a timber wolf filled the air.
"Oh no! Tama! They followed his scent back to their camp!" He
exclaimed realizing too late the mistake he'd made earlier.
Elyion burst into full speed, galloping as fast as he could
towards the magic he felt from the bracelet he'd given the older
centaur. He arrived moments after seven huge timber wolves had
moved in to attack Arik and Tama snarling and leaping at them.
Elyion yelled out a magical spell, stamping his front legs down
on the ground. The magic swept through the ground making a
barrier of stone erupt around Tama and Arik knocking the wolves
back and stunning them momentarily. Elyion raced forwards,
flying up and over the barrier and landed nearly breathless
between the two.
-----
Noticing Yuze not eatting all of his food brought a look of
worry for his Mate. "Please be careful..." Tama requested,
feeling how distant his love was at the moment. He mentally
stressed over this sudden mood change. He watched was the orge
left the camp and sighed before he started to clean up.
The hairs on his body suddenly stood on end when something in
the air didn't smell quite right. "Arik! Grab me my bow!" He
called to the man as he was no were near his weapon but Arik was
near it. The Centaur moved to get closer to his new lover when
the wolves showed themselves, howling in rally to attack.
Tama couldn't help but rear up when the wolves began their
attack, leaping out at himself and Arik. It seemed as if the
forest spirits had sent for the golden centaur when Elyion
leaped from out of the forest before casting a powerful spell,
stopping the wolves with a barrier before leaping over it to
land between the black and white centaur and viking.
"Elyion!" Tama gasped in surprise and relief, though the worry
over his mate quickly came to the forefront of his mind. The man
hadn't gone far, at least, he hoped he hadn't.
-----
Yuze was making his way around his eyes scanning a little of the
area till he heard what sounded like howls. His brows furrowed
to move in regretting leaving them behind to see what looked
like a few wolves headed his way.
He lowered his head a little as the smaller one made the mistake
of attacking as his stone activated to slice the head off. He
turned to the beta that got close shifting to grab as it was too
close to swing as he felt a bite to give a yell. His ogre side
took over as it body slammed the beta holding it tightly till
the jaw broke as it dug its teeth in his shoulder. Once it died
did he shift back. He took his blade in a battle high he was
feeling. It wouldn’t be long till the small man would appear
seeing the barrier and the two safe before turning his gaze to
the wolves that were left. The tuning of his wind taking a rip
around him as the weaker ones fell to face the alpha. The two
circled slow as Yuze made a breath or two out in pain. The
battle seemed to be a clash till he got smacked to a wall to
shift to his ogre form again to slam into the alpha wolf. His
fists flew in that form before he took another hit of teeth. He
shrunk to get the wolf to loosen its hold to get his blade off
the ground. He briefly looked at Tama as he chose to run off
letting his blood be the reason the alpha went after him he
managed to let off air tuning like blade to slide it in half. He
shook as he saw the wolf fell. He stood there to walk a little
back before the adrenaline began to go and he collapsed as a
result.
-----
Having been tense and on alert had Arik reacting quickly,
tossing Tama his bow and grabbing a spear and quickly sliding
his axe around his belt for easier access.
He moved close to Tama's left flank, knowing the centaur would
need protection on his backside from attack. There was a little
bit of worry in the back of his mind for Yuze, as he had yet to
see the ogre in action.
He was about to unleash his spear when he saw a flickering light
bobbing towards them and seconds later a massive stone barrier
rising up to throw the wolves back.
Arik was more than a little impressed by seeing Elyion flying
over the high barrier and landing in the middle of them.
"Nice thinking there Ely," Arik said turning to the be on guard
at the exposed area behind them.
The wolves would more than likely try to get them from there, as
well as try and scale the stone barrier. "Got anymore in you
kid? This fight is far from over,"
Elyion panted rather hard, and turned at the sound of a pained
yelp from outside and battle reaching his ears. "Just how many
people do you have with you?"
From the sounds, you'd think there were three other fighters.
"There's only one other, Yuze," Arik replied.
Elyion seemed amazed by that, and let out a cry and unleashed a
fireball at the appearance of a wolf. Arik followed up by
wounding the creature. Amidst Yuze's fighting and them defending
against the wolves that got close, the fight was finally over.
Arik led the way out his eyes widening at the carnage that Yuze
had done. Then saw the ogre start to crumble to the ground.
"Yuze!" He yelled rushing over to pull the ogre into his arms
and cradled him close.
Elyion rushed over as well, and began chanting and running his
hands over the ogre, healing up his wounds.
"He should be okay now,"
-----
The fighting was intense as Arik and Elyion worked at keeping
the wolves at bay. One getting a nice sharp kick to the snout
instantaneously killing the beast when Tama lashed out in a
harsh buck. He aimed his arrows, trying to at least slow them
for Arik to have an easier time fighting. Soon enough, the
fighting stopped and the trio came out from behind the stone
barrier.
The centaur's eyes widened when he saw Yuze in such a state
before Arik ran over to the orge before Ely joined the him
trying to heal Yuze. He wanted to rush over himself, but held
back as he watched the pair fuss over his mate to stabalize him.
When the golden centaur backed away, saying Yuze should be okay
now, Tama slowly walked over to lay mostly behind Arik as he
wrapped his arms around both men as he gazed at Yuze's
unconscious face, worry in his eyes as he waited for the man to
wake up. "Yuze is tough... he... he will be fine..." He said
softly, more trying to comfort himself.
----
Yuze could hear the muddled voices though he knew not which. He
slowly woke up, the smell of iron still hung in the air of his
own and the wolves. He saw Tama worrying and repeating some
words. “I’ll be okay..” he said as he laid there.”just need some
rest love..” he told Tama. “I’m sorry.. seems I’m just off
today..” he mumbled. The ogre feeling majorly out of his
element. He was use to being the one to fight and defend.. his
feelings murked with the ones that made him feel insecure and
wishing for Tama to be truely happy.”need water..” he mumbled
softly.
----
Arik shifted as Tama settled behind him. The Viking stroked
Yuze's head gently as they waited anxiously for him to wake.
"I'm sure you're right," he said to Tama.
Seeing the ogre's eyes opening and speaking had relief fill
Arik. He'd not expected to feel so deeply for the two so
quickly.
Elyion could tell the others needed a moment alone after what
had gone down. "If you've got a bucket or something to carry it
in I can go get some water," he offered and glanced around the
destroyed campsite.
"There are canteens or should be around the wheel burrow. We
shouldn't really split up right now. There's likely to be other
creatures that could come because of the blood,"
Elyion paused at this and gave a small nod. "I can deal with the
blood and bodies,"
He trotted over to search the now busted wheelbarrow and pulled
out two canteens and brought them over. Once Arik had them, he
helped Yuze get a drink, and offered it to Tama.
Elyion slowly moved through the campsite, using a spell that
incinerated the bodies and blood. Then he busied himself by
rebuilding the fire and collecting the scattered tools and
dishes. "Looks like they destroyed most of your kill and food
supplies," he mentioned as he finally settled to rest nearby.
-----
Seeing Yuze wake and try to reassure him had Tama taking one of
the orge's hand as he stroked it with his thumb gently. "You
always end up being okay, you know I just worry about you my
love, drink and get some rest... I'll get something ready to lay
you down on..." He said softly, his eyes not moving from his
lover as Elyion got water while Arik convinced the centaur it
was a bad idea to go off alone.
Once the orge got some water in him, Tama pulled away, leaving
Arik to fuss over the man as he worked at getting several nearly
destroyed blankets and other bedding materials to make a nice
place for his mate to rest.
Once done, he walked over to Yuze to pick the man up with a bit
of effort before bringing the man over to the prepared bed. Once
he had him laid down, Tama settled next to him, worry still
written all over his features.
----
#Post#: 1614--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hunting for Love
By: Minyaagar Date: February 23, 2026, 7:29 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Yuze felt his hand taken to smile. And finally done with the
water leaned into Arik accepting the fussing to see Tama and put
an arm around the Centaur. He laid back as he closed his
eyes.”so different from the forest..” he admitted. “But I’m glad
you’re safe Tama..” he said his hand running up on the side of
his lovers face.”failed seeing the danger..” he said with a sigh
as his insecurity showed.
----
Hearing what his mate said, Tama leaned his forhead against
Yuze's, "you didn't fail at anything, I am safe, *because* of
you my love... if anything this is all my fault for wandering
too far when I was already hurt... there is a learning curb for
new environments, we both knew that when we left the forest...
hush now and get some rest... once everyone has recovered we can
salvage what we can of camp and move to a more secure spot and
try our hand at hunting again. It will take practice." He
soothed as he leaned to kiss his mate.
-----
Yuze heard his lovers words to give a smile.”your right.. just
stay close for now?.. you always seem to help me rest easier
when you cuddle me.” He said as he kissed back. How he loved the
centaur. His sweet smile and gentle words always seem to give
him peace.
*****************************************************