A Big Shiny Blue Marble Ch. 55

As she looked, she saw their subtle nods of agreement and the very hopeful expression that Theyl wore. She also saw the curious expression on Darji's face.

"We do not mean to be so discourteous, Darji," Shey Lann smiled, "My apologies for us all."

Darji shook his head then, "It's ok. We're back at the language issue, aren't we? I find myself feeling a little aware of how if must be for Theyl to be in the middle of a bunch of conversation all the time, and he can't get more than a few bits and pieces out of it, so you guys go on ahead and say whatever you need to and make sure that he's involved. I won't mind."

Shey Lann and Bryth began to laugh then and Bryth translated for Theyl, who then began to laugh himself. He looked at Darji, who stood looking back and not comprehending and then he stood with his hand over his mouth, doing his damndest to hold in his mirth.

"What did I say?" Darji smiled, "I said something stupid, didn't I?"

"Not at all," Shey Lann grinned, "You have said nothing stupid since we met you -- a trait of yours which sets you apart from almost ALL of the humans which I have ever met. We were only discussing how fine your little bottom there is. Since it is SO sweet to look at, I wondered aloud how it might feel to squeeze a little -- or maybe even bite gently, that was all that was said," she fibbed in a laughing voice while Darji plucked off a few strands of webbing from Theyl's neck and arm which had somehow been missed.

He looked up and smirked, "Sure."

When he looked back to finish washing his legs, he found Theyl in front of him. Darji looked at the faun in curiosity until he saw into those eyes. He knew what he was looking at, but he also found that he no longer had the will to force himself to look away. Theyl's arm came up to rest on his shoulder. When he felt the weight of it, Darji had the thought that he couldn't imagine what this once-soft prince must have gone through -- because he sure wasn't fat and soft now. He was smaller and slighter than Darji was, but that was a matter of age for a faun as well as the fact that they were of different species.

"Darji," Theyl began quietly, "You save ... - my ... life. Spi...der."

"It's ok," Darji said, feeling slightly lost as he stood rooted to the spot.

He watched Theyl shake his head and saw that light hair move over the deep tan-colored skin. He had the thought that if this were a human, then Darji just might have to admit to himself that for once, it was he who was forced to stare and admire the beauty of another boy.

That was when he realized that it was already too late and he was all the way there anyway, deep into wanting this creature as well as the others. Theyl looked at Darji's face and then he looked a little lower to his wide chest, praying that he didn't ruin this. He'd never seen a male like Darji before. Both of the lovers in his young past paled seriously in comparison -- everything paled in comparison to Darji and Bryth.

It wasn't only that he feared failure out of his own relative inexperience, but he also bore the weight of needing this to work for his sweet ewe as well. He looked up again and unconsciously bit his lower lip a tiny bit. The sight of that weakened what little remained of Darji's resolve.

Darji heard his inner voice telling him that for God's sake, there were others here and this wasn't exactly in private. But he knew that he was already too far gone into wanting this to begin somehow.

It hadn't really taken the half-hour that it seemed to take to both of the young males for that one moment. And anyway, however long it might have been to them, it had seemed like twice that long at least to the two females who had stood watching it all happen. Neither one had a thought to want to communicate anything to the other, but each one suddenly knew that what she was watching had made her inexplicably wet somehow and the thought of what looked to be about to happen ...

Theyl threw his arms around Darji's neck and he hugged him tightly. "Thank you, Darji," came to the human in the softest whisper. Darji's arms began to rise, seemingly of their own volition to hold Theyl as well.

A tiny gasp escaped Bryth as she saw it and she offered up a rapid and silent prayer that this could be for them. Shey Lann, who lived with two rams and knew what they did to each other when they were all in their bed didn't offer up anything. She didn't gasp or catch her breath in her throat or anything. She leaned back against the wall and reached for her bare cleft.

If there was one thing which could make her sopping wet only to look at, it was two beautiful males together.

The sight could nearly drive her to her knees every time and she had no idea why. It was just something that she loved to see. She wasn't inexperienced in any regard. By her own admission to herself, Shey Lann had been around. But she'd never seen anything as wonderfully masculine as either one of the brothers that she'd met and mated with that fateful night during the feasting and celebrating of the High Day.

Other than a strangely strong hope to have just a little fun with Darji out of her own curiosity and the feeling that she'd maybe found someone much like herself, what was motivating Shey Lann here was her desire that her best friend Bryth -- to whom she owed so much -- could have the same thing that she herself had not long ago - two virile rams to rut with and be the object of their considerable affections.

And there it was, Darji said to himself as he felt it and the feeling seemed to reverberate through him, far from the place where it was happening on him. He felt the soft kiss which Theyl left against the side if his throat. The horned head was receding from him then, but Darji reached to grab a horn gently and he held on so that Theyl couldn't get away easily. He looked into those eyes again and then he leaned in and kissed Theyl full of the mouth. Both of them groaned very quietly and Darji felt Theyl's body reacting to his, felt the stirring and swelling down there where their abdomen's now touched.

Theyl pulled back after a minute and they looked at each other. Darji looked down in a little shame, "I'm sorry , I didn't ever expect something like this to happen in front of everybody."

Theyl looked up, not comprehending and wondering what he'd done wrong when Darji kissed him again because he couldn't help himself. When he had the breath for it, Theyl called out Bryth's name, "What does he say? Have I done it wrongly? What is the matter?"

Bryth stepped closer and she put her arm around Theyl's shoulders and her other one on Darji's "I do not think that there is anything wrong," she said, and then to Darji, she asked in English, "Has anything been done wrongly? Theyl thinks he has embarrassed you."

Darji looked over, not really knowing what to say for a moment. "I ... uh, ... I've never done that in front of an audience before. I guess I've embarrassed myself and Theyl. I'm sure he was only trying to show me that he cares and I went too far."

When he understood what Darji had said, Theyl was back, holding onto Darji's shoulders and shaking his head. "Sorry. Theyl is sorry."

Shey Lann stepped in then and told Theyl that nothing had gone amiss and that there was nothing wrong, only perhaps that it was a bit much for the moment. She turned to Darji then, "You must tell him that his actions have done no harm Darji. Tell him and quickly."

Darji understood. For Theyl to retreat now, even if what had happened was not wanted would cause the faun a lot of trouble and self-doubt. Darji reached for Theyl's arm and smiled that no harm had been done and that it was mostly the surprise of it in front of the others which had shocked him. Theyl looked over with an inquiring expression and Darji nodded, "This is all new for you and it wasn't expected by me like this. Don't worry about it." Shey Lann led Darji away with her arm around him Wanting to speak with him. As she did, she saw what he had there and felt a bit of a change in her hopes for the evening.

She leaned in to whisper to him, "But it was not unwelcome, was it?"

He shook his head, "No, it was just a surprise to me -- worse because I was having the same thoughts. That's what really shocked me, that he'd be thinking the same thing. I'm not sure how to handle this now."

"Perhaps you should let it handle itself," she smiled, "It might not be clear to you yet, Darji, but you have made three friends in us for your help in our travels. I cannot believe that I was so foolish when we all met. The food you prepare out of little more than what I would have called foul meat is like some magical working for the way that it tastes and you surely must be a mage yourself for the wonders which you pull out of your packs as though they were nothing.

'Oh, here's a little something,'" she smiled as she tried to imitate his deeper voice, "It's just a little trinket that I picked up, nothing at all, you know.' And then you draw rods from your pack which give strange light and no heat."

She shook her head to indicate her revised opinion of him, "I was a brash and proud fool when we met, my friend. I wanted nothing to do with you -- as I am with most humans. Now, I wish to spend an evening with you in an inn. I would buy you a meal only to eat with you and listen as you tell of your travels. But I hope that a fine evening with you is not that far away.

All of us are feeling a little want of you this night. Come back to cook the meal and make us all happy and perhaps the little want will grow larger."

She led him back to the fire. He sat down on one of his blankets and, seeing that Shey Lann looked as though she wanted to sit near him, he shrugged and reached for her hand. "It looks like nobody's gonna want to wear their traveling clothes tonight to me. I've read that elves have a way of holding themselves as though they're very light. Sit here if you don't think you'd mind," he smiled as he indicated his thigh.

To his amazement, Shey Lann smiled right back at him and did it, sitting down and laying her arm around his neck over his shoulders.

"Now what did you mean when you said that you all have a want of me? Did you mean --"

She reached to hold him with both arms around him and she kissed him very softly. Darji stared at her for a moment before he recovered.

"You too?" he asked, a little more amazed now, "I thought you had two -- "

"I did," Shey Lann said sadly, "now I am alone again. All that I would want from a male this night is a little fun and if I had my wish, it would be to have a little gentleness with someone sweet. That would make this elf girl very happy."

She leaned in and kissed his cheek softly then and Darji stopped. He looked into her eyes and he saw the way that she felt. He had no idea what it might be like for a girl to have two large faun rams banging her, but he had a feeling that gentleness wasn't often on the menu.

"If we get a chance, Shey Lann, I'll see what I can do," he smiled, trying to sound like himself again.

"I have spoken with Theyl many times while we travelled," Shey Lann said, "What happened back there was nothing new for Theyl. He has had two male lovers at different times, even as young as he is. It is loving with a girl that is new to him. He loves Bryth so much in such a short time and they like to lie together and trade kisses and caresses, but they have not coupled yet, though she encourages him and I do my best to look the other way so that it can happen. I think that it must for them and soon. I do not care what the king says. Theyl's confidence will fail him if it does not happen very soon. I only wish that I knew what to suggest."

"I think," Darji said, earnestly trying to put himself in Theyl's situation, "that Bryth herself might be an issue, though from what you say, she does her best to coax him. Sometimes the one that you want and need to try for can become an unclimb-able mountain for a young guy. It's not what they do or don't do, the guy does it to himself and unless the other one is really, really patient and understanding, he's bound to fail.

Once he fails -- in any way, or even thinks that he might have not been too good at it, the hill gets steeper and even harder to climb."

"And what of you, Darji?" Shey Lann smiled, "Do you have any girls in your life which cannot be climbed?" She laughed a little then as she looked and saw the two young fauns locked in each other's arms, thinking that this could very well be the night for them, but wondering now of what was said.

"I guess my first one was a little tough for me," he said, and then he grinned, "She must have been. I can't even remember her name now. That's how traumatic it must have been for me."

The elf looked at him and wanted to know what had been meant, but he just waved her off, saying that it was just a bad joke. "But I think that Theyl will need to meet with some success on his first try. I don't know what it's like for girls, but I think the worst thought that a boy can have after his first time is 'well that wasn't too bad.' The best thing, I think, ought to be, "Fuck, that was good!"

Shey Lann giggled a little and nodded.

"That's why I think that you ought to do him first," Darji said seriously.

Shey Lann had been reaching for her waterskin and she hadn't even gotten it open and she was almost choking. As she fought it down, she looked at Darji with wide eyes, "Me? Why must it be me? He is good enough looking to do it easily, Darji, but why not with Bryth?"

He looked at her and smirked, "Who was I talking to just now? I thought it was you. Weren't you listening? For him to try to make love with Bryth right now will likely end in his failure for sure.

Look at him. He's very polite and he's very careful. But there's no bullshit or jokes at all from him. Is that because he can't be like that? I doubt it. It's because he's aware -- painfully aware - that he's the youngest here and he feels unsure enough about everything as it is. I don't think that he was that way back where he's from.

Hell, his girlfriend is even teaching him how to fight and all. Guys don't need to feel in charge all the time, or even some of the time, but I can tell you that one's got nothing familiar to hold onto here -- other than maybe me as a hopeful outlet for his needs. He's even afraid to try me any more than he was. Now that I'm thinking about it, he was pretty far out on a limb even with me -- and I'd at least be a little bit of familiar ground to him, if he's been intimate with guys before.

Nope, it's got to be you. You're familiar and friendly and after the first few strokes, I'd bet that he'd settle down pretty quickly and with some gentle encouragement from you, you could pretty much guarantee him a good first ride."

Shey Lann stared at Darji, but then she thought about it and saw that there was merit in what he'd said.

But the idea of it and the delivery had sure been something of a shock.

"All right," she said slowly and evenly, "I will do it for him. I only need to speak with Bryth first. But if I do this, as you have said, then I want something for me out of it all. I do not doubt that I will like it with him, Darji, but if help him, then you must promise me that I can have you some time after."

He looked over at her and she smiled back at him as she said, "I have been looking at you for all of this time and thinking. I have no one for me anymore and you are alone with us. I am sure that you have some experience at this. So now I want to try with you -- as long as we are speaking plainly like this.

Would you do it? Would you try with an elf girl? I have lain with human males and I did not like it at all. But I do like you, very much so now I wish to see if a man who I like and find very good to look at can give something to me because he wants to. It is my own want now. What do you say to it?"

Darji put his arm around Shey Lann and pulled her to him. "Why do you think that I've been sitting here naked all of this time? Do you think I like roasting my own nuts by an open fire? Sure I'll do it. I'd love to see what it's like to make out with an elf as lovely as you."

She smiled then and shook her head, "So that you understand, I know that all elf girls are pretty to men, but our beauty fades not long after anything is begun between our two kinds. A man might think that he loves one of us, but as soon as he sees a beautiful human girl, we do not compare at all well. That is when our long ears do not look so fetching, and- mmmph!"

Darji held the kiss until Shey Lann melted against him and groaned into his mouth. He pulled back a little and kissed her nose gently, "Shut the fuck up, sweetheart. Are you trying to ruin something beautiful for me or what? Listen, I've had a lot of women and I'm not saying it to brag. I could care less if that impresses you or not, Shey Lann. The point is; that all of them were the same to me.

Every single one.

I knew what they'd say before they said it. I knew what they were thinking before they had the thought that I KNEW would come into their pretty heads. I'm not a mind reader and I didn't used to date only one kind of girl.

Those days are gone because I'm here. Now, I'm here with an astonishing girl perched on my leg. She's never predictable to me -- at least so far.

I never know what she'll say next, either, which I find a very refreshing change, to tell you the truth. I may not even like it what she'll say next, but she amazes me all the time.

He chuckled, "And as long as we're laying out our cards here honey, I love your ears and between you and me, it's already been all I can do not to try to suck them just because.

A guy like me knows that there are different wiggles to the asses of different girls. I've seen them all -- or so I told myself until I saw the way that your butt moves. Even covered and hidden from my sight, I'm lost just watching your ass. I want to get to know you.

Fuck that, I NEED to get to know you. Yeah, your ears might stick out of your great-looking hair and if we were where I come from, you'd probably feel out of place between them and your face and chin.

Well I like the way that you look. I think the way that you look is as sexy as anything. I could get used to seeing you looking back at me just the way that you are now. " He smiled then, "I know this is just a little fooling around, but I thought I'd let you know why I like what I see in you."

"Thank you, Darji, " Shey Lann smiled softly, "I have never gotten so many ... colorful compliments at once before."

He looked at her a little seriously then, "Maybe you've just been hanging around the wrong people, I dunno. So we're a little different. How do you think I'd feel lumbering around and feeling as graceful as a bear among elves who can dance on a pin and run on top of snow? By the way, can you really do that or not?"

Shey Lann was laughing now and she wrapped herself around Darji as much as the awkward position allowed her. "Darji, for a human with what I think must be a foul mouth, I think that I am as enthralled with you as you are with me! You did say some bad words in it, did you not?"

"Me?" he grinned, "Fuck no..."

He laughed himself then and said, "Yeah. I'm sorry. I was just ... I suddenly realized that I love the way that you look when you're laughing and I wanted to see it again."

The others walked over then and the four of them sat down to eat. They talked of many things and none of them seemed to even notice that all of them had nothing on, other than when one of them reached out to touch another with a smile. But unnoticed by them at the time, the dynamic was changing. The two young fauns were growing even closer to one another's hearts and Shey Lann now found that she felt best right then if she could feel Darji against her or at least feel his hand on her somewhere.