My Heart Goes Out To You [End]

[FlyingPanther]

Acheron closed his eyes, allowing his cheek to be rubbed, and enjoying the sensation of the unseen sunset fur against his body. It was hard to stay mad at An...or even be disappointed with him for very long. He always seemed to make up for it at some point. An was not the only one that seemed to feed off the affection the two generated. Acher absolutely depended on it to survive. He didn't even want to think about where he would be by now if he was still on the streets. Probably dead. "It was fine." he said simply, licking the wolf's muzzle.

It was when Anatolius' words cut off suddenly, that he turned his head and realized Viviane had seen some of the 'butt massage' action. He blushed just as madly as the snake. They were really very similar in many ways. Their bashfulness seemed to at least be one common trait. A part of him still wished the wolf was touching him when he parted to finally start mixing the drinks, but maybe they would have time for that later. "We are making Kamikazes." Acheron added to what An said politely.

Viviane crawled out from behind the wall slowly, the edges of his mouth slowly turning upward in a smile. "I could maybe have another shot. It would be fun to drink with the both of you." he tapped his chin with the tip of his tail, as if considering what he had just said before amending, "Maybe...a little less alcoholic then normal?"

[Vyn]

Anatolius made a happy sound in the back of his throat after Acher's kiss, his eyes closing briefly and his tail wagging before he managed to force himself to pull away. Lords. His body was still on fire and he desperately wanted to do nothing more than curl up on the couch with Acher and Viv.

Viv's question brought a wide grin to his features as he mixed the drinks, making sure Acher had a hoof-friendly bowl before mixing himself a glass. "Of course, Viv." He grinned cheerfully, remembering the 'challenge' Viv had proposed to him earlier. He was determined to make something that Viv wouldn't immediately notice the alcohol in.

This, of course, required a bit of digging in the fridge, but before long An had two bowls and a glass for himself and was beckoning his friends to follow him back out to the living room. "Two Kamikazes for us, Acher, and something special just for you, Viv-love." The canine flopped back onto the couch, making room for a male on either side of him before reaching for his drink.

[FlyingPanther]

Viviane had to admit, that while his body had calmed itself slightly, as they walked into the living room again, his sensory memory revived the fire that threatened to make him sweat earlier. Acheron walked in first, and sat next to An on his right, eyeing the drink in the animal form friendly bowl on the table for a moment before turning to look as Viviane took his own seat on the other side of the wolf.

"So...you mentioned that we would play a game once Acheron came back?" Viviane said, looking over at the antelope a little before looking back to the sunset colored wolf. Acheron laid his head down on An's sholder. "A game? What kind of game? Like a drinking game?" he said, looking over at his frink a moment before lifting his head off of the wolf to take a lap at it. He made a small content noise. It tasted perfect. To bad he had to bruise his butt to get it, not that it really seemed to matter much now anyhow.

[Vyn]

Nestled between Viv and Acher, Tolius could barely contain himself even as he tried to sip neutrally on his drink. Already his body was aching and needy but he was trying hard to control himself.

Well, that is, until Viv mentioned 'the game'. An involuntary smile quirked across the canine's features and his gaze tilted onto Acher, tail thumping idly against the couch. "Somewhat." He murmured, answering Acher's question first. "We do need to finish our drinks before we can play, but it's not a drinking game."

The canine took a sip of his drink before his gaze swung back to Viv, smile growing and his eyes sparkling with mischievous light. "You too, Viv...and you've got to tell me what you think of your drink as well."

Anatolius couldn't help but enjoy himself. His drink was delicious and filled the pit of his stomach with a delightful warmth, and he was nestled between his lover and his best friend. There was no better place to be, in his opinion.

[FlyingPanther]

An drank from his bowl as he listened, his ears flicked backword in a relaxed manner so he could hear while not directly facing those who were talking. The drink was entirely satisfying. The burning sensation that licked the back of his throat was comforting, and the warm sensation within his stomach was relaxing. But it was quickly over, and his glass bowl was licked completely clean. Not even a small little run on the other side of the glass. It was mildly disappointing, but now he could properly cuddle with An, so he didn't complain, laying his body against the sunset colored wolf. "Well, I'm done..." he said quietly with a bit of a small grin.

Viviane looked at his drink bowl a moment. He had to drink all of it? He looked a bit at Anatolius and Acher, already having finished or was close to finishing. Well, he did ask for another drink. He picked the bowl up with his tail and inclined it into his open mouth. Acheron watched as the snake took a huge gulp, and then another, until the drink was very much gone. Viviane's eyes watered, and Acher was sure that if he had eyelids he might have blinked them...What a strange thought....not having eyelids. Viviane was suffering from the taste of the alcohol...much less then before, but still...very tasteable... "Don't take this the wrong way....but I really need something to take the taste away." he said, growing a little red with the bluntness and urgent sound of his tone.

Acher giggled teasingly. "Why don't i get something from the kitchen...then we can talk about the game." he giggled again as he got off the couch, flicking his tail in An's face, before looking back and winking a bit. With a small spring in his step he went off to go grab something small for the poor snake to munch on.

[Vyn]

Tolius watched as both males downed their drinks, Viv cringing and An delighting in the burn of his liquor. They were both adorable. With a cheerful grin, Tolius knocked back his drink and let out a happy groan as it burned its way down.

Lords, he'd been needing that!

He had closed his eyes briefly and now he opened them to look at Viv, grinning wolfishly. "You really are a light weight, aren't you Viv?" When Acheron offered to go get the serpent a drink, Tolius nodded cheerfully and then turned his attention back down onto his friend, kissing the top of the snake's head. "Acher will make the taste go away. 'Sides, take it this way: the more it burns the faster it works and the less you have to drink."

The canine resisted the urge to kiss the serpent again and found himself laughing instead, pleasantly warm with an increasing tickle in his fingers and toes. He couldn't wait for Acher to come back so they could start their 'game'.

[FlyingPanther]

Viv for a moment let his mouth just hang open, small serpent tongue limply hanging outside his mouth as he let the air try to take away the burning sensation in his mouth that continued to make his eyes water. The snake turned his head only slightly, goofy pose and all, to look at An and simply noded, afraid that speaking would bring the taste back even stronger in his head. It was true...Viv was a cheep date to a bar. He never drank on his own, this might have actually been the first time he wanted to drink willingly. Other times it was because his clients wanted to get beligerant.

Viviane's mouth smiled ever so slightly. He enjoyed his friend's affectionate kisses. He tried to think about what his friend said about the taste. At least he wouldn't have to drink anymore...

Acheron wandered around the kitchen, looking around for the best thing that might take the taste away. In the past, Acheron had found that fruit generally did the job nicely. So that's just what he was looking for. There wasn't enough juice left for all of them. He supposed the only person who really needed it was Viv, but he felt a bit of the drunk munchies coming on, and he wanted something as well. It was then that the antelope found a nice bowl full of dark red cherries. His tail flicked gleefully at his find and he looked at the bowl...trying to decide the best way to carry it. He reared so that he could put his hooves on the counter as he grabbed the bowl with his mouth. The chains chinked against the bowl, but eventually he was able to get a non-painful hold on the bowl and walked with a happy flicking tail into the room where the wolf and the snake waited for him.

[Vyn]

When Acheron returned with the cherries, Toli's ears perked forward and he found himself grinning a bit wider than he already had been. Cherries! Cherries were positively perfect and good for, well, everything.

Toli loved playing with them and they were tasty enough to hopefully cleanse Viv's sensitive palette as well.

As Acheron approached, he took the bowl gently from his lover and flashed a playfully coy and oh-so adorably devious look at the males on either side of him. "Good choice, Acher! Cherries can be so fun." He winked suggestively and looked between them again. "What would you save, Viv-love, if I taxed you for each cherry?"

The canine would've preferred to continue looking devious but he couldn't help but smile and chuckle as he spoke. The alcohol was burning pleasantly through his system and he was simply enjoying their company far too much to be truly naughty.

His gaze flicked back to Acher. "Would you be willing to play too, love?"

[FlyingPanther]

Acheron was glad An had finally taken the bowl from him. His grasp had not been entirely steady, but who could really carry a ceramic bowl full of cherries in their mouth for very long? It's simply just to heavy. Luckily Acheron had some practice in carrying things in his mouth. After all, he didn't have hands, and a mouth was the only substitution for such a thing. In that way he envied both the canine and the serpent in the room. Viviane didn't really have hands either, but he had a rather dexterous tail that could serve as one well enough. He looked back at his own tail breifly as it flicked from side to side uselessly, the chains on his legs and mouth tightening with the movement of his head.

"I thought they would be a rather tasty way to get rid of the Vodka flavor." he said as he looked at the rather comical looking Viviane, whose mouth was still hanging open slightly. He blushed a little at An's suggestive look. Viviane cocked his head slightly at Anatolius. "I don't know anything about taxes." the snake said cutely and with honesty, words slurred slightly from the way his tongue was still hanging out of his mouth. Acheron chuckled slightly, feeling a bit goofy from the drinks already.

The antelope looked at the canine, knowing full well that the alcohol was beginning to effect him as well, but there was some sort of mischief in his eyes. He had an idea, "Sure...what is it that you have in mind?".

[Vyn]

Anatolius couldn't help the laughter that escaped him as he looked between his lover and his friend. The snakes's blush only made the moment better. It was Acheron, though, that Tolius caught in a brief but affectionate kiss: the male's expression was too priceless...as was that hint of knowing that lingered in the antelope's golden orbs.

As he pulled out of the kiss, he lingered near Acheron with their muzzles only a couple inches apart so that the other male felt his hot breath caressing his nose with ever word he spoke. "If Viv wants a cherry, then he has to take it from your -- or my -- lips." The canine's muzzle quirked even further. "The same goes for us as well, Acher. If I want a cherry, someone has to feed it to me." The colorful canine looked back and forth between the two males, his eyes twinkling in curious expectance.

"Well, what do you say? Are you two in?"