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"Well, that's good. I'm glad he was there for you." That was why he'd given Milo to his brother anyway. A companion for someone he was sure didn't get along with most people. Honestly, Epimetheus wasn't sure if his dear brother had many friends at all. He guessed not everyone could be him and liked by everyone. It was just a natural gift that he'd been blessed with. Nevertheless, Milo being there for Prometheus was the best case scenario. "Building your own place? Well, you have to make sure to give Milo his own little area. I can..." He paused for a moment. "I can help you. If you want. We can hang out, you know?"

"I'd like that," Prometheus admitted, unfiltered relief and joy on his face despite his tiredness and the adrenaline still coursing through his veins. For just a brief, fleeting moment the avariel felt like a child. That long ago youth inflated with hope which left no space for negativity. The type of feeling that he only had as a little one who played with his twin and all the other demigods and elves of Hyperborea. He exhaled that wonderful feeling, but some small part of it still remained within his smile as he put an arm around his brother and steered them away from the bustle. "Tell me about something. Anything." 15 years felt like centuries without hearing his brother's voice. The nonsensical talks and over-excited animal babble that sometimes annoyed him - he would have given anything to hear it all again. Maybe he'd regret this request in a few hours time, but Prometheus couldn't imagine that just yet. "Just talk to me... All day if you like."

"I don't think it's weird. Lots of people wait for the right person. I think I'm maybe too dumb to know who the right person is though." Lorenzo had really thought his first would be his last, but here he was, definitely not with her right now. "So was I your... first kiss?" Lorenzo could kind of tell that Epimetheus didn't have much practice, but he was getting better at it. Much better. So good that Lorenzo just wanted to do it all the time. He wasn't one of those weirdos who got off on being someone's first with anything sexual, but there was a part of him that liked the idea that maybe it'd be something they could experience together. If they did that. Enzo wasn't sure how he could justify having gay sex with someone as straight, or how he could even think about gay sex with someone as straight. The acrobatics his mind would be doing over the next couple of weeks would have smoke coming out of his ears, but he'd so totally get there because while he was so not gay he so wanted to have sex with Theus. "Would you want to maybe um, like uh. You know, like, maybe sometime we could, like, maybe uh- I just thought like, you have like, soft lips, and I have um... Soft lips, so maybe like we could... Do it. It. Like, not right now! But you know, maybe um, sometime. If that's something you'd want to do, like, with me." Lorenzo had been looking up at absolutely nothing because he wasn't sure if he could look at Theus in the face right now. Especially not when all the blood had already left his head and gone to his other head. He managed to look at him now. "Because I'd like to that. It. You know, with uh, with you."

Oh, that was good. Yeah, very good. Epimetheus half wondered if the lycan would be saying the same if he knew how old Epi actually was. It felt king of embarrassing to say out loud, but, well, he'd never really took the time to think about it before. "You're not dumb. You're like super cool and smart." Then again, he wasn't really sure if he was the right person to judge people on how smart or not smart they were. His mind was only filled with facts about animals ninety percent of the time. Past that? Well, he didn't even really know until after he said it. Or thought it. "Uh...well...yes?" That had to be a compliment, right? Because, if Enzo didn't really know that the avariel hadn't ever kissed anyone before, then clearly he was doing something right. Right? Oh, he shouldn't have thought about that now. Now that was all that was in his head. Was he really bad at the kissing? It wasn't like Enzo was going to tell him he was bad. The lycan was far too nice for that. But still. He had the thought in his head now and it was swirling around in there until Enzo started talking again.

Kissing Epimetheus had quickly become his favourite thing to do, so much so that one of his pillows had a permanent slobber mark from the nights he'd been spending imagining putting his tongue in the other's mouth. Obviously Lorenzo was good at this because he'd spent so long making out with girls in an effort to getting out of having sex with them... Not that he didn't... Or even that he didn't want to! They were just not as interesting to him- not that they weren't interesting though! The idea of kissing them wasn't as appealing to him as kissing Epimetheus was. "No- at least, not with a guy, but I mean, like, we have the same plumbing, and I've looked at many videos, so I'm like, kind of an expert by now." Did having gay sex, watching videos of gay sex, or thinking about having gay sex make you gay? No, maybe... Probably. Lorenzo swallowed because this was a lot of information to compute at once because not only was Theus talking about having sex but Enzo's wiener was getting hard. "Have you... Ever... you know?

Epimetheus really wasn't sure why he had asked that question. It wasn't like he was planning on doing it anytime soon. Didn't people usually have to find the right person and stuff? Not that he thought Enzo wasn't the right person. He'd only ever kissed the lycan so there was a first there already. He was just very nervous about literally anything else. The avariel hadn't ever done anything before and he was ancient. It was a surprise that he hadn't yet, but he spent so much time with animals that he'd never even really bothered. Just completely sexless Epimetheus. That was him. Not that he cared much about that, but...whatever. "Oh. So you have...done it before. Like with a girl." Was he supposed to do the same? That didn't seem right. Enzo was different from him though. His straight friend that he kissed sometimes. His straight friend that he thought about kissing all the time in his head. His straight friend that had had so much sex that he was an expert. Now Epi was even more nervous and he didn't know why. He'd been worried about kissing. Sex was something else entirely. "Um..." He just shook his head before continuing. "Is that...weird?"

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"I think anything is lucky if we do it together." Anything. Enzo felt warm, warmer than usual which was already pretty warm. Did everyone who had a special uncle furry get this hot? Maybe. Were there even others like him? That was a whole other worm of cans that Enzo didn't want to dig up though; especially when Theus was laying there next to him. The field beneath them, the stars above them, the cat videos playing between them; wow, was this like, really romantic? Was this a date? It was, wasn't it? Enzo was so smooth he didn't even notice he'd been putting the moves on ol'Thrussy boy. "We're gonna watch so many videos together," Zootopia was still on the horizon, that was going to be a gamechanger. Enzo wanted to strike while the iron was on fire though so he leaned in and pressed his lips to Theus' again, just for luck; he used a little tongue too, just for luck obviously.

"I think so, too." Epimetheus couldn't help the smile on his face at Enzo's words. It was true that he really liked hanging out with the lycan. He liked when they talked or when Enzo did some really cool flip to try and impress him. Epi felt like he needed to do more to impress the other, too. Usually, the animals worked, but the lycan was always doing something cool and he was just doing nothing but standing there and smiling all the time. He had to think 'What would Nettelia do?' Oh man, what would Nettelia do? Why was he so nervous? Were his palms sweating? That was so weird. What if they felt clammy? His fingers laced together just as Enzo's lips met his own. And then there was tongue and Epi also stuck his tongue out slightly. He was totally good at this now because Enzo was good at it. Maybe they should practice so much more and they had all night and everything. His hand landed on the lycan's shoulder to try to pull him in closer. With the small breathing room he had, he decided to speak for a moment. "Have you ever...you know? Not that I want to right now, but you know."

"... Yeah," Prometheus replied, hesitantly. Then he relented with a sigh, as Epimetheus would eventually remember hedgehog lifespans and frown about it all alone. So he smiled wryly and nodded, adding: "For his whole lifespan he stuck around." But since Milo was magically alive again, that couldn't be bad news. 5 more years for the little guy to give him silent attitude.

"Well, that's good. I'm glad he was there for you." That was why he'd given Milo to his brother anyway. A companion for someone he was sure didn't get along with most people. Honestly, Epimetheus wasn't sure if his dear brother had many friends at all. He guessed not everyone could be him and liked by everyone. It was just a natural gift that he'd been blessed with. Nevertheless, Milo being there for Prometheus was the best case scenario. "Building your own place? Well, you have to make sure to give Milo his own little area. I can..." He paused for a moment. "I can help you. If you want. We can hang out, you know?"

"I heard that kissing is good luck too." Oh no he was totally lying, this was another thing he was going to have to confess to his priest about on Sunday. Obviously he'd have to leave out the part where he was thinking about Theus' wiener at the time, but he'd definitely say that he'd lied about kisses being good luck as a way to get more of them. Was he thinking about wieners again? That was so- yeah that was just so not what he should be doing right now, except it kind of was because here they were. Close, like, really close, cuddling close and there Theus was looking him ead in the face and- oh no. Enzo cleared his throat as he actively thought of that time he'd seen his tito's open bed sore at the home to keep the blood from going where it definitely, definitely should not be going right now. "Theus," baby, "they've got so many animal compilation videos. But hey, what if I kissed you again?"

"Really? I thought it was just holding hands, but you'd probably know more than me. We can both be pretty lucky if we do both though." Yes, very lucky for sure. He really wanted to watch those cat videos though. This really separated the men from the boys. How was he supposed to decide which one he wanted to do more. Epimetheus obviously really loved animals, but he also really liked Enzo. Maybe they could do all three. Hold hands and kiss while watching cat videos. Was it okay to keep his eyes open while kissing someone? It felt like he was supposed to close them from what he had seen, but he wasn't exactly experienced in anything. The first person he'd ever kissed was Enzo after all. Either way, he was excited for at least one of the three options to actually happen. He looked the lycan in the eyes as he waited for Enzo to say what he was going to say. His name sounded really nice when Enzo said it. Maybe one day he'd just call him Epimetheus. That seemed like a pretty big step though. "They do? That sounds so cool. Can you show me all of them?" It took him a second to actually acknowledge the question that had been asked to him, but he nodded his head. "Yeah, we should definitely kiss again. Maybe it'll make us more lucky in finding more animal compilation videos."