Summer Heat [Corvus, Invite Only]

[Jouhnin Takanami]

Jouhnin flinched, he hated bees, he swatted at one furiously. His large hand almost hit it but instead just seemed to maker the bee angrier. Jouhnin let out a growl of frustration as the bee started attacking him. He flapped his arms like crazy, he looked insane swinging around in mid-air. He yelled furiously, not real worse but it was obvious that he was angry from the noises he made. The Takanami estate was right next to the edge of the orchard, but the Cherry Blossom tree that the Takanami family had planted before Jouhnin was even born. He tree had already bloomed of course, but Jou was out in the little Takanami vegetable garden, and this is where he met this damned bee. Jouhnin had been sleeping until late morning like normal and then he got up and bathed and dressed and combed his long black-blue hair. Then he smiled at the boogie living with him and made some tea and then decided to go outside and pick some vegetable garden and get some things to make some salad for lunch. He had left his lover inside of course, saying that he might possibly get a sunburn or some other excuse.

Jouhnin was obviously over protective. But he was the greatest lover ever.

Jouhnin yelled out like a little girl after a minute or so, it was loud as hell too, and Jou started to jump and run away from the bee that was now chasing him. He screamed a long string of words in the Old Tongue of the boogie world, it was probably vulgarities but only old boogies like Naelona would know. The bee had apparently stung him and now he regretted swatting at it. he turned to run backwards and tried to fight back against this bee as he hollered like a child, something about stinging and bees. He finally, once he was on the steps of the long porch of the Takanami Estate, caught the bee in his right hand. He held it and crushed his fist around it and whined loudly, since it stung him again. He sighed and shook his hand once he opened it and the bee fell off into the grass at the bottom of the wood steps. The Boogie Elder looked at his hand which had two red spots on it that really stung. They were starting to swell when he felt something behind him. He turned on the spot to see that Corvus, his wonderfully short lover had been standing there.

Jou smiled sheepishly in his light blue kimono with Koi fish on it. His hair was tied at the nape of his neck and tossed over the front of his shoulder. " A bee attacked me..." he said and held up his hand, " I apologize if I worried you."

[Corvus "Raven" Hunter]

Corvus had been sitting inside avoiding the heat, but not avoiding his Jouhnin. When it came to summer the young Boogie was always a little irritated. Heat meant he couldn’t wear his favorite clothes, and heat made his neck hot so he had to do his hair up, which he didn’t enjoy that much. At least he had the wonderland’s coolest cutie to cuddle up to as the case may be. Speaking of Jou, sitting in their room reading for a while, Cor could have sworn he heard the man yelling and shouting something in a tongue he vaguely knew. With a mutter of “What the hec--” the younger man peered out the window.

Another thing about summer heat he wasn’t fond of: bugs.

With a gentle sigh and a amused smile Corvus placed his book on the windowsill and started toward the door to the back gardens. Heat immediately set upon him, earning the sun a slight growl, as he meandered up to find his much taller lover looking at his hand? His brow furrowed. Had he gotten stung? Shit. The answer was confirmed as Cor was noticed and shown the two red sting marks on those pretty pale hands. “Ouch,” Corvus mumbled and took a few steps closer, cupping Jou’s hand in his own with care.

Without his signature cloak he was in his normal Chinese-cut white top and loose black slacks. His hair was up in a half-assed ponytail and kept from his eyes with a white barrette. “Doesn’t look too bad, I don’t think the stinger’s actually in you.” His gentle smile turned up to look his lover in the eye, “Want me to kiss it and make it better, Jouhnin-chan?”

[Jouhnin Takanami]

Jouhnin smiled when Corvus walked closer to him, he always thought Corvus looked good in less clothes, which is one of the reasons he liked summer. But he mostly liked summer because it was indeed, warm. Jouhnin was known for his vampire-like coldness and so the heat made him kind of like a lizard. He liked basking in the sun since he's cold blooded. Jouhnin was only wearing a one layered kimono instead of his usual bundle of kimonos for the winter. Normally Jouhnin would wear layers of 6 or 7 because of his cold blood during the winter, but now that it's summer he shed those layers like the snake he is and wanders outside often. he likes to sit out on the porch in the sun a lot, but not to tan, no he'd most likely burn, he's so pale. But the Boogie Elder loves that suns heat, and the vitamin D makes him happy. So while Corvus was inside reading, Jou made an attempt to be at least a small bit productive. Though his new life as an Elder, a position he certainly deserved, cut into his time with Corvus.

Jouhnin was in an even higher position of power. Before his new Elder job the Takanami name was high-class, very much on the high end of the food chain in Boogie-world. But now that Jou was an Elder it was like that times a billion. And being and Elder meant secret meetings and bossing people around and jobs to handle and sometimes he didn't get to see Corvus from early morning to late night. It was hard for Jou, considering the giant is really attached to his beloved midget. But today Jou had nothing planned, except for his plans to make a nice salad for lunch, except the bee stings hurt pretty bad. Jou smiled when Corvus told him it wasn't that bad, a chuckle came form the taller boogie, " Of course it's not that bad, if it was really bad I'd actually be in pain."Sure it stung but to the tall boogie it was merely an annoyance, not a pain. Jouhnin held his non stung hand in Corvus's but let his stung hand just rest there, in Corvus's gentle hold. The Elder smiled softly down at his love when Corvus asked if a kiss would make it better. Of course, Jou took the opportunity to lean down and kiss Corvus passionately. His wounds didn't hurt so he felt no need for them to be kissed. He wasn't 5 anymore, he could handle a little pain.

Jouhnin pulled away from the kiss after it seemed like forever and that odd smirk was on his face, that smug look, saying 'screw that stupid blond! I have Corvus now!' except without Jou actually saying it. " Yeah, a kiss did make it a little better... but... only a little..." he said softly with a small chuckle.

[Corvus "Raven" Hunter]

With a little roll of red eyes, Corvus squeezed his lovers hand a little. “Says the one I could hear from inside a minute ago,” he mused and rubbed his thumb along Jouhnin’s cool hand. It was a little warmer, just a little, but it was still that chill that he liked about Jou. Of course living with an Elder did have its difficulties, considering his beloved was always away and leaving Cor to sit in the big, empty house which only felt bigger and emptier when it was only him and Aphrodite. Speaking of that plant she would be around the garden too. He’d un-potted her for the warmer weather.

Cor blinked. Why was he being kissed out of the blue? Was he complaining?
Nooooooooooooooooooooooope.

That blush was a bit of a problem though as Jouhnin pulled away, Cor lifted both bare hands (his normal gloves were too hot to wear) and smacked his own face a couple times. “Ehehe…um, th-the heat must be getting to me,” he mumbled and focused on Jou’s chest rather than looking right at him. It was easy considering he was practically eye-level with it. Damn height. Damn heat. Only Jouhnin was able to make him go red like this and that he would complain about, if he wasn’t simply smitten with the man. Oh well, if one must bite his pride for love then so be it.

Suddenly he caught the sound of a cool, distant female laugh that could only belong to one person. Thing. Plant.

“Oh, lookit the love birds…” Aphrodite cooed from a patch of dirt, right by the bush Jouhnin had been stung by. Corvus rolled his eyes again. “Try not to be so dirty in the garden dears…I don’t need the 'spectacle'…one can hear it enough as is...~”

Corvus' blush got much worse. Damn plant.

[Jouhnin Takanami]

Jouhnin smiled softly, " I did yell quite loud... I just don't like bees, that's all..." he said. Jou let his hands trail up Corvus's arms and Jou kept his face close to Corvus's. When he pulled away the kiss Corvus got all flustered and it made Jouhnin lean back and chuckle lightly. Corvus had somehow turned into such a cute little boogie. Long ago Corvus was the cruel lover that used Jou and then hurt him. But for some reason Corvus had grown up and turned into this easily embarrassed being. Jouhnin didn't mind, it just made topping the dark-haired man easier, but it was an odd feeling. Of course this whole thing was sort of odd, because Jouhnin never imagined being with Corvus again, hell, he thought Corvus would hate him. But it seemed like him and Corvus were destiny or something. Jouhnin didn't care what it was that had gotten them together again, so long as he had Corvus he'd be a peaceful elder boogie.

Jouhnin felt so amazing when Corvus got all flustered and acted like Jou didn't have an effect on him. Jou smirked and leaned down to kiss the much shorter boogies neck, then let his cold breath linger on the boogie mans skin. He laughed, " I think you meant the cold right? I don't think the heat is making you act like that... " he whispered. He let his cheek brush Cors as he cupped his loves face with his cold hands. " There!" he announced proudly, " Now the heat won't bother you! My hands will keep you cold!" he said with that cheery and almost naive voice.

“Oh, lookit the love birds… Try not to be so dirty in the garden dears…I don’t need the 'spectacle'…one can hear it enough as is...~”

Jouhnin froze in place, he looked over slowly at the plant and watched it sway for a second before his eyes narrowed into little slits. Cors familiar had always made Jouhnin so very angry. It somewhat odd since Jou's familiar Kit (the dog-sized fox) got along with the plant well. Jouhnin didn't get along with the plant very much, mostly because the plant always said things that made Jouhnin very angry. Like right now, that comment was something that snapped Jou from cheery happy gay-boy to cuts-em sadist in a few seconds. " Listen here you bedraggled slew of half-witted insults! You better watch that trap of yours before I up-root you and use you as leafy greens in today's lunch!!!!" he snapped to the plant. Though, familiar-salad doesn't sound too appetizing does it?

[Corvus "Raven" Hunter]

Cor jumped a little as Jouhnin leaned down and kissed at his neck, taking the opportunity to have it exposed because of the heat. As if the kiss hadn’t caused the younger man to blush enough now he was getting molested. With a shiver, either from the kiss or the cold breath on his skin, Corvus flailed his arms and clenched his eyes shut. Dammit, tall person! But when his lovers hands incased his blushing face the red-eyed man stopped his flails and inner-spasms. Instead he just gave him a half-assed pout. “Th-thanks, Jouhnin-chan…”

…you damn handsome tree.

Of course Aphrodite just had to spoil the moment with her all-to-usual bites. She was fly-trap of course, biting just came with the territory. And of course she just had to piss Jou off. The plant itself seemed unfazed by the threat and swayed to the warm summer breeze. “Talk tough, tall tranny. I think eating me would kill you…so go on ahead,” her cool voice caused Corvus to facepalm before he started towards the plot of dirt she was currently planted in. He kneeled over to flick her right in the bud.

Aphrodite hissed.

“Mind your manners, Aphy. We live here now, so you better be polite.”

After a moment of silence the flower shook itself out and leaned toward the sunlight as if she hadn’t heard Cor at all. The man sighed and stood back up to glance sheepishly at his lover. “Sorry, Jou-chan. She’s just…” …a fly-eating bitch… “…still a little frost-bitten.”

[Jouhnin Takanami]

Jouhnin was often too silently stubborn to admit things he really should. He was a guarded man, there were lots of things Corvus didn't know, even with the shorter boogies power, some things Jou was able to keep secret and to himself. The extent of his love for Corvus was often one of those things. Jouhnin really would give his right arm and leg for the shorter boogie. He was loyal and would give everything, his money, even his life for Corvus. It was extensive yes, but that was how Jouhnin was, he wasn't a whore or anything at all. Jouhnin only had one being in his heart and it was the one that owned that damn... plant. The only thing greater than his love for Corvus was his hate for that damn familiar. Jou was happily holding his hands to Corvus heated face when he returned his glare to that damn plant. Wait, did it just call him a tranny?! How dare that--!?! He was gonna kill that thing so quick it wouldn't even know what hit it. But then Corvus moved and Jouhnin let go of Corvus's face.

If that plant didn't belong to Cor-kun, I'd have killed it long ago...

Jouhnin let out a loud huff, and turned away, looking to were that basket of vegetables was. How dare that plant call him a... Tranny... He never dressed as a woman! Ok... well, there was that one time--- but he was very drunk!!! That ever counts!!!

Jouhnin looked over at Corvus as he was bending over to grab the basket of vegetables off the ground. " That's a huge understatement..." he said bitterly. He sighed and ran a hand across his face, brushing some stray black bangs from his face. " And I'm NOT a tranny... No matter what that thing says!" he said in the most defiant voice he could muster and he walked back to the porch and looked back for Corvus. He held out his hand, beckoning the man to come with him. He make lunch... and maybe do something else... It was too hot to be outside anyway. And when one is cooped up inside there is a variety of... thing... one can do. Especially if they have a short little boogie man with them.