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When Jooheon met Changkyun he had no idea what a roller coaster his life would become. From the six months of slowly getting to know the human through their weekly sessions, to moving in with their pack, Jooheon sometimes had trouble believing any of it was real. Part of him was terrified that he was going to wake up back inside the glass enclosure and this had been a fever dream from lack of eating or something. On the worst of those days, he would wake up from nightmares drenched in sweat and tears with his pack leader next to him. Jooheon was not sure how Hyunwoo always seemed to know when he was in distress, especially in the dead of the night, but it helped to have the bear wrap him up in a tight hug.
As the months and weeks and days passed by in a blurr, Jooheon found they were being filled with emotions that he was not sure what to do with. The deep, comfortable love that he felt for the other members of their pack was one thing. Jooheon was not a stranger to familial love, he had it for his home clutch and even for his previous owners. However the feelings he felt for his mates was new and, if he was honest, scary. Every time one of them drew him into a kiss, Jooheon wanted to find a way to meld their bodies into one or something equally ridiculous.
He could almost handle the feeling of drowning in his emotions whenever he was around his mates. The thing currently testing his patience was the fact that he could not have a single night’s sleep without waking up glued to his bedding. Minhyuk had called them ‘wet dreams’ while calling out the fact that Jooheon was dreaming of Changkyun. The honey badger featured in many of his own dreams, often in the ones that left Jooheon craving the feeling of being dominated - another unsettling but not unwelcome feeling. At least Hyunwoo did not walk in on those dreams. Jooheon was not sure if they could look each other in the eye after that.
However, Jooheon should have known that it would not stop his leader from knowing something was up.
“You’ve been doing laundry a lot.” Hyunwoo leaned against the door of the laundry room with a knowing grin. “This is the third time this week.”
“Mercy, please.” Blushing bright red, he loaded the fabric into the machine. “I’m not doing it on purpose.” He was going to need new bedding if it kept up. There were already sections of the fabric starting to fray.
“There is no shame in dreaming about your mates, Honeybee.” Hoseok leaned against the other side of the doorframe. “We all do it.”
“You’re just not sneaky about washing your sheets.” Hyunwoo winked playfully.
“You’re both so mean to me.” Closing the lid, Jooheon laid himself on the floor dramatically. Maybe if he was extra pitiful they would do more than poke fun at him. “I don’t know how to stop.”
“You could ask them to have sex.” The samoyed shrugged like it was that easy. As if Jooheon had ever done more than occasionally jerk off over the years. “That face says you’re confused.” Jooheon sighed long and aggrieved. “Have you ever seen porn?”
“Porn?”
“I forget how sheltered you were.” Hyunwoo rubbed his hands down his face. Their whole pack got annoyed with his previous home on a frequent basis considering all the ‘normal’ things that Jooheon never got to experience. “Porn is videos of people having sex.”
“Why would I watch other people having sex?” Why did other people watch people having sex? It could not be that exciting. Right?
“It might make it less daunting.” Hoseok had a point but Jooheon did not have to agree with it. “Though you have significantly different anatomy than the people in porn.”
Did he really need a new level of potential body dysmorphia? Was it worth it to avoid some of the shame of not knowing what to do with his hands when making out with his mates? Sure he knew how to kiss now, but what the fuck was the next step? How did someone go from kissing to sex? Changkyun and Minhyuk seemed content to just kiss while Jooheon’s body worked itself into knots. Pun intended.
“Alright. Show me.”
Whatever Jooheon had been expecting for porn was woefully incorrect. Hyunwoo had set him up on the tablet in his room and left Jooheon to wander around. Hoseok had been correct about different anatomy, just as he had been right about it making him feel weird about his body. However. It did its job and gave Jooheon a few ideas of what to do the next time he was kissing his mates.
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It took two weeks and another dozen videos for Jooheon to work up the courage to do anything. Half of his problem was his mates were always up and doing things. Minhyuk was a busybody who was allergic to sitting in one place for longer than a few minutes. Changkyun, despite being an introvert, liked to be outside when the weather was nice. And so did every other member of their pack. Any time Jooheon went looking for a few minutes alone with his mates, they were gone or buried under other pack members while all he could do was huff in irritation.
He was pretty sure Hyunwoo was laughing at him.
Finally someone took pity on him. The sun was out, hidden by a few wispy clouds that kept the air cool enough to be enjoyable. It was predicted to be one of the few nice days before fall would begin to truly settle in with its rain and cold breezes. Most of the pack was curled up in the living room watching a movie, in a dedicated attempt to have a lazy Sunday. Quietly, Jooheon slithered past them into the yard looking for his mates.
“Hi Changkyun.” He found his mate reading on a blanket in the shade of the large tree in the middle of the yard. “Can I join you?”
“Of course.” Changkyun smiled over the edge of the book.
Biding his time, Jooheon trailed his fingers along the warm skin. He knew every bump of Changkyun’s ribs, the dips of muscles and planes of his body. Jooheon had learned all of those long before he learned the shape of Changkyun’s mouth or the taste of his sighs. He had memorized them during all those days he had spent in his enclosure, soaking in skin contact while Changkyun fought to bring him home. If he were to suddenly go blind and his nose stopped working, Jooheon would know Changkyun by the curve of his shoulder. How his ribs expanded with each breath and the slight shiver when fingertips ran along the delicate muscles of his neck.
“You’re being cute today.” Changkyun hummed, placing the book on the blanket. “What are you angling for?”
“Can I have a kiss?”
Jooheon would happily spend all his waking hours kissing, if he was being honest. Changkyun’s fingers gently caressed his face, trailing up into his hair and then down to rest on Jooheon’s collarbones. It still surprised him each time his mates allowed him to kiss them. No one in their right mind wanted to kiss black mambas. Not even other mamba hybrids. He could not think of a single time in their years together that his parents kissed. Yet his mates were always willing to spend hours curled up with him trading touches of lip and tongue.
“Honey.” The rush of heat that came with each breath had Jooheon aching for more. He wanted to make himself small so that he could fit in the warmth of Changkyun’s mouth. “I love you.”
A thousand small winged creatures came to life in Jooheon’s chest. “I love you, too.”
It felt sacrilegious to take the kisses any farther while his heart was so full of adoration. Jooheon kissed and kissed and kissed until all he could do was curl up on Changkyun’s chest in the sunlight. From the cluster of trees Minhyuk emerged from his daily walk, the smell of tree sap clinging to his skin. Jooheon did not have the honey badger’s body quite as memorized as Changkyun’s but it was close. Jooheon knew Minhyuk by the gentleness of the man’s hands and the way he managed to make Jooheon feel protected when they were curled up together.
"This is what I like to come home to." The badger joined them on the blanket, tucking wild flowers into their hair. "How are my favorite boys?"
"I love you." Jooheon smiled up from Changkyun's chest. It was not quite as romantic as his confession to Changkyun but the words pressed up against his chest so hard that he felt like he would die if he attempted to stop them from spilling out. “Welcome back.”
"Yeah?" Minhyuk blinked rapidly but could not quite stop the tears. Their sweet mate was so tender. “Really?”
"Yes." Shifting so he could kiss their mate, Jooheon whispered the words over and over between kisses.
“I’m glad.” Minhyuk’s joy bled into his scent, filling Jooheon’s senses. “I love you too, Honey.”
The sun moved lazily across the sky while the three of them lay in the grass. Changkyun returned to reading his book, sometimes reading out parts that he found interesting to the two of them. The book was, admittedly, something that did not interest Jooheon but he tried to pay attention anyway. It kept referencing events in the world that Minhyuk would helpfully catch him up on while Changkyun continued to read on.
Jooheon woke in the middle of the night, sweating and unbearably horny. Which was normal at this point. What was not normal was how his skin felt like it was boiling off his bones. It was too early for him to be shedding and he had not had a rut cycle in years.
Slithering his way to the deep pool in the corner of his room, Jooheon poured himself into the cool water. The pool was not able to fit his whole form but it was enough for Jooheon to submerge his upper half. Where the water was warm due to the ambient temperature of his room, it felt icy against his skin. It made as much sense for him to be running a fever as it did for him to be in rut. Kihyun cooked their food the same way that he did every day, their meat was fresh from a butcher and frozen so it would not go bad. The weather had not shifted into fall just yet. Even though Changkyun went out into the world, he had not come back sick in weeks nor had anyone else in the house shown signs of sickness.
Slowly, Jooheon changed positions in the tub so that his lower half could cool down. As time ticked toward the small hours of the morning Jooheon’s body took on a deep ache. Heat and pain became twin pulses in his body leaving him crying as quietly as he could against the tile of the bath area. Something was wrong and he could not even begin to think of how to fix it or who to call out to for help.
“Honey?” From the doorway he could barely make out the shadow of Hyunwoo. “What’s wrong?”
“H…hurts.” The word was barely a whisper between gasps of pain. “I don’t know what’s happening.”
“Can I come in?” Hyunwoo took a step into the room but stopped before his foot could finish touching the ground. “Shit.”
Jooheon did his best not to cry out when the door clicked closed. Time stretched further while his body became a single throbbing ache. Just as he was convinced that he needed to start ripping scales off to get some relief the bedroom door opened again. Before he could refocus his eyes, Changkyun was crawling into the tub. In the whole time that Jooheon had known the human, Changkyun had never looked so serious. Or worried.
“Jooheon?” His mate’s hands were cool on his skin. “Can you hear me?” Just the presence of him helped ease some of the pain rocketing around Jooheon’s body.
“Kyunnie.” Minhyuk's voice was low. Gentle. Almost as gentle as Changkyun’s hands on his face. “He’s in rut.”
“Can’t.” Jooheon shook his head which only caused the room to spin. “They said I can’t.”
“That was before you found mates.” Minhyuk yanked off his shirt to pillow it under Jooheon’s head. The scent rising off the material began to relieve the tension in his jaw and neck. “I have to go get a cycle basket for us.” Jooheon whined, reaching out. “I’ll be right back, baby. I promise you I won’t be gone long. Why don’t you go to bed with Kyunnie and get comfortable?”
“Not yet.” Changkyun countered, his face a mixture of worry and examination. “We have to break the fever and it’ll be easier with water.” His mates shared a silent conversation that he was too pained to try to read. “Go get the basket, make sure there is extra protein powder to mix in. This is going to be a long week.”
“Week?” Jooheon whimpered. He had to feel like this for a week?
“Probably, your hormones are trying to rebalance.” Changkyun’s voice was soft. “It’ll be okay Jooheon. Me and Minhyuk will be with you the whole time.”
The promise alone made something inside his body begin to settle down. It would not be like the last time he had a rut where all he could do was sob for days on end while he felt like he was dying. They would help him figure out what the fuck his body wanted.
“I got you, honey.” Changkyun straddled his stomach, using his hands to spread water across his chest. “Can I kiss you?” Jooheon nodded. He was not sure how kissing would help but he would try anything. “Relax, baby.” The lips against his made Jooheon shake. “My mate, my honeybee.” He moaned into another kiss, melting against the side of the tub. “I’ll take care of you.”
Changkyun held his face, slowly kissing him to distract from the ache in his body. Most embarrassingly, Jooheon felt his cloacal start to stretch to accommodate how his dick was filling with blood. When he tried to gently move Changkyun up, the human rocked down making Jooheon moan. The more his mate dragged himself up and down, the more Jooheon tried to follow the movements with his own body. The fire under his skin did not go away but slowly it began to lower in intensity allowing him to focus on touching his mate instead of crying.
"You're both so pretty." Minhyuk cooed, the badger's hands touching them. "I have such beautiful mates." Jooheon had not noticed his mate returning. Not that he had, he wanted Minhyuk closer. He wanted the honey badger in the water, touching him the same way that Changkyun was. “You should know,” Minhyuk whispered in his ear, his voice dropped low, “our Kyunnie sounds so pretty when he moans your name.”
Breaking the kiss, Changkyun’s lips pressed against Jooheon’s other ear. In a breathy moan the human whispered, “Jooheon.”
“Oh god.” Jooheon arched up, tail twisting itself into tight spirals. It was everything that his imagination had been trying to dream up for weeks.
“We didn’t want to rush you.” Minhyuk’s hand trailed down Jooheon’s chest to where Changkyun was resting on his expanded cloacal. “But I’ve fucked our mate while he moans for you.” Like a ratchet line, Jooheon’s body tightened. The images from the porn videos came to mind but the faceless humans were replaced with his mates. “Changkyunnie and I have wanted you so bad.” The moans from Changkyun became deeper, needier. Like a pressure release, Jooheon’s dick pushed itself out of the sheath and against Changkyun’s stomach. "Look at you." Minhyuk trailed his fingers up the length of it. "This is just as pretty as you”
“Honey.” Changkyun sucked hickies along his neck and collarbones. “I want you so much.”
Jooheon was intoxicated from the attention. Everything was so much. Changkyun's thighs closed around his dick. Clever fingers reached between them, massaging the head until Jooheon could not help but thrust up, making the world wobble a bit. Though the best was Minhyuk reaching over to tease the sensitive skin of his cloacal. It left Jooheon unable to do anything but grip the edges of the pool, barely to keep his head up to kiss them.
"Fuck, you're so pretty." Changkyun bit his neck, the blunt teeth just short of making a claim. "Our pretty Jooheon letting us give you pleasure."
"Just wait." Minhyuk kissed his shoulder. "Changkyunnie is so warm inside." Jooheon's whole body shuddered at the idea of being inside his mate. "And so am I." The pressure behind his spine was reaching critical mass. "Our pretty naga, our mate., our Jooheon"
"Soon." Changkyun kissed up his neck, rocking his hips against Jooheon’s body. "Will you take care of me? Make sure that I'm too full to move? Can I have your knot?"
"Yes." The word ripped itself from Jooheon lungs. "I want…i..I want…" everything. Jooheon wanted everything. He just did not know how to ask.
"Say it, baby." Minhyuk murmured into his ear. "Tell us what you want."
"I want to be your mate."
"You already are." Minhyuk licked the side of Jooheon’s face. "So good for us. Kyunnie is so happy right now." Jooheon kept moving, thrusting in and out of Changkyun’s thighs. "Do you want to fuck him? To have Changkyun take your knot and breed him?"
Too much. It was all too much. Jooheon arched back, mouth opening so wide it unconsciously unhinged itself. The image of Changkyun on his knot, his toned stomach with a bump from being bred, was the last straw his fragile sanity could take. Jooheon moaned as he came, knot growing even as Minhyuk pressed some part inside his cloacal that made Jooheon’s vision go white.
"There it is." Minhyuk grinned against his ear. "I found your spot." Jooheon sobbed when Minhyuk rubbed it. "Poor baby, I'll take care of you."
Jooheon was mindless in his pleasure, his body thrashing so much that water was spilling out onto the tiles. The over stimulation of whatever Minhyuk was rubbing mixed with Changkyun putting pressure on his knot. There was little more he could do besides thrust and shake and sob. Jooheon had never experienced anything so good in his life.
“I love you." Changkyun's voice was so soft when the riptide finally ended. "We’ll have to drain the tub and refill it so Honey has a place to cool down.”
"I think I died." Jooheon could not stop shaking, even breathing triggered his nerve endings light up. "Holy shit. Oh my god. Fuck."
“I hope you didn’t die, we would be so sad.” Minhyuk nosed along Jooheon’s jaw gentle and possessive. “We should get you out of the water so Kyunnie can get the responsible things done and I can teach you how to make our mate squirm.” Jooheon was embarrassed at how his dick instantly became hard again. “I also get hard thinking about him.”
“You’re a pervert, that’s why.” Changkyun’s tone was dismissive but it was ruined by the adoring smile on his face. “Go get our nest ready while I get this set up. Grab some fruit or something on your way over.”
“I’m not really hungry.” Jooheon grumbled getting out of the mess filled tub. He was still feeling feverish but at least the pain had subsided.
“Last time I believed that, Minhyuk passed out with his knot still in me.” Changkyun fiddled with the settings on the wall. “Fruit and water.”
On his bed, Jooheon found himself being hand fed by Minhyuk. Jooheon watched Minhyuk mix a thick powder in an apple sauce. The container was different from the protein powder that he had watched Hyunwoo and Hoseok mix into their morning shakes. It tasted different too. If he cared more, Jooheon was sure he could pick it up to read it. No doubt it was a powder specialty formulated for reptiles or nagas, Changkyun spared no expense for their wellbeing. However it was hard to care too much with Minhyuk feeding him bites of food between adoring kisses.
"Honey, are you comfortable?" A bottle of water was pressed to his lips, the liquid cool and sweet. “I know we came in a little aggressive. I’m sorry we couldn’t take it slower.”
"It’s okay." Drawing his mate closer, Jooheon rubbed their faces together. “I’m so happy you’re here.”
"Good." It always made his heart warm that his mates did not flinch from his potentially lethal mouth. “You’ll be going into another wave soon. I know it can be scary, but we will take care of you.”
“What if I hurt you?”
“If you were going to hurt us, you already would have.” Minhyuk promised, taking his own bite of fruit. “Hi, baby.”
Jooheon’s brain did not know how to properly handle his mates on a good day. Today was not a good day, so he could not be blamed for drooling a little when Changkyun crawled onto the bed naked. Jooheon followed the lines of Changkyun’s body, his heart and dick twitching in their respective places. Next to him, Minhyuk continued to nuzzle his face while murmuring gentle words. Changkyun followed his hands with his lips and tongue up the long expanse of scale and skin.
“O-oh.” Jooheon’s breath caught in his throat when Changkyun stopped to kiss along his dick. “Kyunnie.” The scalding hot mouth closed around the tip. “I-i-i-” the heat got more intense as Changkyun took more of him into his mouth.
Jooheon fell limply onto the bed. He could not stop the moans that came through. Or how he bucked up into his mate's mouth. The fever that had been all consuming before fading away began to press up again. Even with Minhyuk’s warning that another wave was coming it still surprised Jooheon how fast it hit.
"Look at him." Minhyuk ordered and Jooheon obeyed.
Changkyun was looking up from under his lashes with those pretty eyes that had haunted Jooheon’s dreams since they met. It was not possible for the human to put Jooheon’s whole dick in his mouth, logistically speaking, but he was trying. Jooheon’s tail curled at the end watching it slide in and out of Changkyun’s lips. Even the sheen of tears gathering on Changkyun’s eyelashes made him throb.
"Keep watching." Minhyuk ordered before guiding Changkyun’s head up and down. At the increased speed, Jooheon clutched at the sheets to keep from trying to make Changkyun take more. "This is what's called a blow job." Minhyuk informed him with a light and airy voice. "It's where you use your mouth to suck on your partner's sex organs." Jooheon nodded, unable to tell him about knowing from watching porn. “Kiss me?”
Pulling Minhyuk down, Jooheon kissed his mate hot and messy. His mind was pulled in so many directions that Jooheon could not keep up. Minhyuk held his face with one hand, tongue fucking in and out of his mouth in the same lazy pace that Changkyun bobbed his head. At least he knew what to expect when Changkyun’s fingers began to feel around the base of his dick. It did not stop his body from rocking up when Changkyun found the same spot in his cloacal as Minhyuk did earlier. All Jooheon could do was shake and gasp into Minhuyk’s mouth.
“That’s it.” The badger fit two fingers in Jooheon’s mouth with his tongue. “Moan for us.”The press of the digits made him choke, just a little and caused a surprise moan to rattle out. “Oh?” The fingers slid up towards the back of his mouth. “Do you want something in your mouth?” Jooheon whimpered at the mental image, his eyes rolling up. “If you’re a good boy and cum for Kyunnie, I’ll teach you how to take care of our mate.”
Jooheon caved instantly. Arching up into Changkyun’s mouth, Jooheon shook apart, each pulse of his orgasm chased away the heat under his skin. It was much less daunting to imagine doing this for seven days than when they had told him in the pool. The fever had been scary when he was alone, but now there were hands wrapped around his knot and Minhyuk calling him a good boy. The single brain cell that remained functional as his body melted down around him wondered how people survived feeling this good all the time. Prying his eyes open, Jooheon glanced down to find his mate staring back at him.
“Good job, baby.” Changkyun cooed, mouth shiny and grinning. “How are you feeling?”
“Fuck.”
“His fever has broken.” Minhyuk kissed across his face with exceeding tenderness. “Now we can do the fun stuff.” Changkyun kissed up the rest of Jooheon’s body until Minhyuk pulled him up to kiss him. “On your back, baby. Jooheon, would you like to try?”
“Yes.” Jooheon was hard again.
Changkyun was smaller than Jooheon which allowed him to fit all of his mate into his mouth. At least until he gagged. Porn had made it look easy. Even Changkyun had made it look easy. It was not fair that he struggled with the most basic things. At least neither of them laughed as Jooheon coughed. Instead his mates offered water, soft hands and gentler words. It helped curb the embarrassment until he was able to shyly ask to try again.
“Take it slow, baby.” Minhyuk’s voice was steady as the rock he was for them. “Taste him, touch him.” Jooheon could feel Changkyun’s thighs tremble at his touch. “Our mate is sensitive, see?”
Minhyuk took both of Jooheon’s hands to slide them along the curves of Changkyun’s thighs and hips. Their mate widened his legs, their names curling out in a sigh. Following Minhyuk’s whispered instructions, Jooheon mouthed at the skin of Changkyun’s balls, along the inside of his thighs and back down. The moans from earlier were nothing compared to the moans now. Moving up, tongue wrapping around the dark red of his shaft, Jooheon watched his mate bite down on his lip.
“Taste him.” Minhyuk whispered, his lips curved into a smile against his ear. “Just the tip right now.”
His mate tasted salty but Jooheon did not care. Changkyun was moaning again. He called Jooheon good and pretty and baby. Every new word went directly into Jooheon’s system. He wanted to be all of those for his mates and more. With a slower approach, Jooheon was able to take more and more until he could comfortably swallow his mate. Outside of his rut, Jooheon wanted to take time to do it more with his mates. He definitely wanted to spend time learning all the ways to give them as much pleasure as they gave him.
"Jooheon." Changkyun was beginning to pulse on his tongue. "I'm…"
"You don't have to let him cum in your mouth." Minhyuk advised, continuing to trail his fingers down Jooheon’s long spine. "If you do, you don't have to swallow it."
But Jooheon wanted to try. At least once. So he opened his jaw as wide as it could go. He took Changkyun as deep as their bodies would let them and began to swallow. Changkyun moaned deeper, his breath getting unsteady. The first shot surprised him but the ones after were fine. Changkyun came, moaning his name while Jooheon took everything given to him. Jooheon was utterly blissed knowing he was the one making Changkyun crumble.
"Let him breathe." Minhyuk reminded Jooheon so he pulled off.
On the bed, Changkyun was pink and panting. His mate's body shook with each breath but his eyes made Jooheon’s scales rise in their half lidded stare. Changkyun had never looked at him like that. The pure want in that gaze was almost predatory. Jooheon raised himself just enough so he could press against the front of his mate, his dick still hard and leaking on Changkyun’s stomach. It was so much better kissing now that they tasted like the other. Extending his tongue, Jooheon licked all the way down into Changkyun’s throat and swallowed the moans. One mate pleasured, one more to go.
“Minnie.” Jooheon pulled the badger closer so he could kiss him too.
“He likes it when I scent him.” Changkyun whispered into his ear. “Try it."
Scenting was easy, it was Jooheon’s second favorite activity. Keeping his mouth engaged with his first favorite, Jooheon brought up his long body until he loosely encased them. Just like Minhyuk had done, Changkyun guided his hands in places to touch. The badger was not as sensitive as their human but he was just as vocal. A brush of his thumb against a nipple made Minhyuk gasp. A twitch of his hip causing their dicks to rub together got him a moan. The most explosive noise was when Changkyun got a hand between them and began to tease both of them.
"See?" Changkyun's hand reappeared and smeared the sticky precut on the badger's chest. "Our Minnie is possessive."
"Just a little." Minhyuk grinned, eyes blown out. The hand in Jooheon’s hair tightened, making his scalp protest and his dick throb. "Just over my boys.” The fact that Jooheon was one of Minhyuk’s boys made an itchy part of his brain shudder pleasantly.
“Would you like to taste him?” Changkyun was back in his ear. “Open.”
The fingers sliding against his tongue filled his senses with the sharp tang. Arguably not the best but it did make his scales rise. It made him want more.
“Our Jooheonnie.” Minhyuk’s voice was close to a purr. “You’re so pretty with your eyes glassy like that.” The badger’s fingers were fiddling with the folds of his cloacal again. “Give him more, Kyunnie.”
Two fingers against his tongue became three, the digits shallowly fucking in and out. Each time Changkyun’s knuckles brushed his teeth Jooheon’s coils shuddered. Instead of pressing against the spot inside his cloacal, Minhyuk found other places to make Jooheon moan. He had not known just how sensitive his body was until his mates. Even with drool freely flowing from his mouth onto Minhyuk’s chest, Jooheon could not think past the white hot thread running from spine to tail enough to be embarrassed.
“More Kyunnie, he can take it.” A fourth finger joined the others causing his jaw to stretch out. Maybe his eyes rolled up just a little. “Suck.” He did. “Good boy.” He was. “I’m going to get our Kyunnie ready for you, baby.” Minhyuk licked a long stripe up his neck. “Lie on your back.”
Jooheon did not lie so much as flopped when the fingers left his mouth. He was lightheaded, dizzy with pleasure and lust and probably lack of oxygen. Above him were his mates, engaged in a long kiss that made Jooheon jealous he could not be part of. Maybe if they were closer he could slip in his long flexible tongue to join. He would have to try it one day, even if it meant missing out on how beautiful they were together. Minhyuk clearly knew all the ways to make Changkyun come undone, just as it was clear that he was making his movements exaggerated so Jooheon could see. Each languid stroke of hand or tongue was met by small noises from their human make. Changkyun might not speak a lot but he expressed himself in smaller ways.
“You can touch.” Changkyun broke from another long kiss. “I want my mates to touch me.”
“Kiss him.” Minhyuk guided Changkyun down. “When you’re not in rut, Honey, I’ll teach you how to do this.”
“Promise?” Jooheon watched curiously as Minhyuk grabbed a bottle from the basket next to the bed.
“I promise.”
The curiosity of what was happening was tampered by Changkyun moaning into his mouth. He could not be blamed for being distracted. His mate guided his hands, showing Jooheon the ways he liked to be touched. Jooheon was so lucky to have mates that were willing to take time to teach him these things. Porn had been helpful to an extent, it had definitely kept him from completely fumbling. It also gave him a vague idea of what was going to happen next. However, it did not teach him how to make his mates moan, or the ways they would make him feel.
“Honey.” Changkyun’s voice was low, breathless. “I want you.” He felt Minhyuk maneuver his dick. “Please.” The heat against the tip made his breath catch in anticipation. “Please. Jooheon, I’ve waited so long.”
His body reacted of its own accord. With Minhyuk’s guidance and whispered directions, Jooheon pressed into Changkyun making both of them shake. Nothing could have prepared him for the intense heat or the pressure. Or the way that Changkyun arched up, mouth dropped open allowing for a shuddering moan to escape. Jooheon panted, eyes screwed shut as his whole world narrowed to the inferno that he was sliding into. Changkyun was hotter than the fever wrapped around his bones or the heat of Changkyun’s mouth. Waves and waves of pleasure came from just the simple motion.
“Slow.” Minhyuk warned both of them. “Take it slow, we don’t want to hurt him, right?” Jooheon nodded, holding onto his control with the scraps of sanity that was left. “Isn’t he warm? Doesn’t our mate feel good?”
“Y-yes.” Changkyun was branding him . How could anyone survive being this warm? “Oh, shit, Kyunnie.”
“Just wait until he gets started.” Minhyuk kissed along Changkyun’s shoulder, eyes critical. One of them had to be level headed and Jooheon was unspeakably grateful it did not have to be him. “Whenever you’re ready, baby.”
Humans could not undulate like snakes, they simply did not have the muscle structure. That did not stop Changkyun from trying. His mate moved up and down, his hips rocking back and forth while Jooheon’s vision wavered. Changkyun had always been gorgeous but it was a whole new level when his body clenched down on Jooheon’s. The dark eyes held Jooheon’s, their intensity stealing the breath from the naga’s lungs. The more Changkyun moved the more Jooheon felt a haze rising in his brain. Without needing to be shown, Jooheon ran his palms up Changkyun’s thighs so he could help deepen the motions.
“Jooheon.” Changkyun shuddered, his limbs trembling trying to keep the slow pace. “Are you going to knot me?”
“Y-yes.” His whole body was throbbing in time with Changkyun’s movements.
“Will you take care of me?” He began to lose rhythm. “I need you.” Fuck, Changkyun knew exactly what to say to make Jooheon’s sanity fray at the edges. “Honey, please.”
Rolling so he could cradle Changkyun in his coils, Jooheon rocked into his mate. He needed more or he would die. More of the heat, of Changkyun moaning his name with pure rapture, the nails digging into his shoulders and leaving welts in their wake. There was so much going on that Jooheon wished he had more eyes to watch. That included Minhyuk who had situated himself on a pile of pillows next to them, slowly stroking himself while watching them.
“Hi, baby.” The badger hooked a leg over a section of his coils. "I knew you'd be pretty with our Changkyunnie." Below him, Changkyun sucked a hickey into his neck between whimpers. "Take it slow, I'm right here."
He could do slow. Curling down to cage Changkyun in his arms, Jooheon shallowly rocked forward until he was flush against his ass. Inch by inch he felt the contracting muscles of his mate pulling him in. Deeper. Closer. Changkyun brought their faces together, holding eye contact that had Jooheon mesmerized. Jooheon was addicted to the way they looked at him. Like it did not matter what kind of body he had, human or hybrid or snake monster, they would accept it as long as it was him. They adored him, scales and venom be damned.
"Honey." The human's fever warm hand cupped his cheek. "I'm so glad we got to meet." Jooheon's traitorous eyes filled with tears. "So beautiful and kind, even though you were lonely. I knew from the start you were special. I knew you were mine." He was and would always be. “Thank you for giving us a chance to love you.”
It was so easy to lose himself with his mates. Jooheon pressed their bodies together, allowing his instincts to take over. Each slow thrust drove him more and more into the fog. He was home, his mates were close and their pack would keep them safe. Leaning over, Jooheon wrapped his mouth around Minhyuk’s dick.
"Baby…" the badger moaned, petting his hair. "You're so sweet."
"Let go for us, Honey." Changkyun caressed his skin with trembling hands. "We'll catch you."
So he did.
Time bled together in what felt like endless hours of pleasure. Sometimes he would come back to his sense and he was being fed by Changkyun while Minhyuk slowly fucked himself on Jooheon’s dick. Other times he would have Changkyun pinned to the bed, both of them over-stimulated even as he rocked his knot deeper. Each bit of lucidity came with both of his mates pressing skin to scale with him offering love and adoration while he cycled in and out of reality.
He slept, probably. And bathed in the deep pool, proven by the fact his body had not dried out. His mates had kept their promise of never leaving him alone to deal with the waves suffocating arousal. Where he had always associated rut with pain, all he could remember was being deeply cared for.
It all culminated to a point where the haze evaporated and Jooheon realized he was no longer in rut. He woke up on his back, both of his mates curled up on his chest. Minhyuk watched both of them with soft eyes while caressing Jooheon’s long chest. On the other side Changkyun lightly dozed. The whole room smelled like sex and sweat, undercut by the scent of whatever Kihyun was cooking in the kitchen. If he was a stronger man, he would have looked to see how much of a lost cause his bedding was going to be. He had no doubt that his rut lasted the full week - and if he did there was a calendar on the wall to confirm it. The next time he spent seven days having a sex-a-thon with his mates, Jooheon hoped that he would remember it.
"How are you feeling baby?"
"Good." He wiggled happily, drawing them closer so he could kiss their shoulders. "Much better than the last time I had a rut."
"I'm glad." Minhyuk leaned up for a kiss. "So, who showed you porn?"
To his immense mortification, Minhyuk held up the tablet he had used to watch videos. On the screen three people were frozen in all their naked, horny glory. Jooheon had forgotten that he had been watching videos before his rut had taken him out during his sleep. Naturally Minhyuk had to be the one to find the damn thing. He had no way of hiding his embarrassment from the badger, not in scent or body language. Since there was no anger or jealousy mixed in with the badger’s scent, Jooheon felt comfortable in admitting it.
"Hyunwoo and Hoseok." He squirmed, trying to hide in Changkyun’s hair. "I didn't like feeling out of depth."
"If you would have asked us." Minhyuk grinned dark and sinful. "I could have given you the tapes me and Kyunnie made."
Being out of rut should have saved Jooheon from a second wave of embarrassment as his dick began to harden. Since his memory was mostly of taste and pleasure, Jooheon could not remember if Minhyuk and Changkyun had gone at each other during his rut. However it was easy to imagine the two together. Minhyuk would use that gentle but firm voice to make Changkyun melt on the bed until their human mate was boneless..
“We’ll have to show you.” Minhyuk trailed his fingers up Jooheon’s dick.
“You’re a menace.” Changkyun grumbled, one eye cracking open to glare. “We haven’t even had coffee yet.”
“Did you hear, Kyunnie?” Minhyuk toyed with the tip of his dick, making Jooheon whine. “Our packmates were nice enough to help Honey feel comfortable with this.”
“I did.” Changkyun shifted to lean up and kiss Jooheon’s cheek and then snuggle back down. “We’ll have to thank them later.”
“Oh look.” Minhyuk feigned surprise at Jooheon’s full hard dick as if he had not been playing with it for the past several minutes. “Is this for me?” The badger threw a leg over Jooheon’s body, sinking down in a single fluid motion. “You, hmmm, you shouldn’t have.”
“Min.” The word punched itself out of Jooheon’s lungs in a long moan.
“Don’t worry baby, I’ll take care of you.” Minhyuk slowly rocked back and forth, eyes closed in contentment. “Lay there with Kyunnie and be cute.”
Jooheon was not able to do more than what was asked. His body was exhausted from the energy expense of his rut. Every muscle was sore from overuse, including his overly sensitive dick that was currently being compressed inside his mate. If he felt wrung out and used, Jooheon could only imagine how his mates felt, especially their human. Changkyun seemed happy to simply lay next to Jooheon offering kisses and praise until Jooheon’s world simply unraveled.
Their first meal post-rut was not nearly as embarrassing as Jooheon expected. After Minhyuk rode him until Jooheon knotted him twice, Changkyun insisted on washing them in the large pool. It had not quite taken out the smell of sex out of their skins but their pack had been kind enough not to mention it. Minhyuk helped Kihyun around the kitchen, offering playful quips during the process as they were caught up on things they missed. Changkyun was reading emails on his phone from the comfort of Jooheon’s coils. Jooheon himself was half laid across Hyungwon as the pit viper cuddled him, offering kisses to his hair and face when Jooheon made pathetic noises. Jooheon was not as warm as Hoseok, but Hyungwon was never one to turn down a cuddle buddy and so Jooheon often found himself curled up under the heated blankets taking naps with the snake.
“At least the next one won’t be as intense.” Hoseok reached across the table to feed him a strawberry.
“It wasn’t too bad.” Jooheon hummed, eyes closed against the sweetness of the fruit. “I think. I don’t have a point of reference for good or bad except when I took it alone.” And those were not bad they were fucking awful.
“No one died, so that’s good.” Hyunwoo accepted a plate of roasted meat from Kihyun to place it in the middle of the table.
“Your study aides helped.” Changkyun smirked up from his phone. “Interesting porn choices though, does Kihyun know you like bondage?”
Hyunwoo turned a shade of red that should not have been possible considering his natural complexion. Hoseok was just as pink under the stare of his mate, though he wisely kept his eyes down. Both of Jooheon’s mates only offered innocent smiles when the room turned to look at them. The bastards.
“You get a man to knot you and he’ll own up to anything.” Kihyun placed another dish on the table. With a kiss to his mate’s burgundy cheek, Kihyun purred, “you wouldn’t believe the secrets I hear while he’s whining about cubs.”
“I regret ever asking.” Changkyun placed his hands over his ears like he was not an incurable gossip. “No breeding kink at the kitchen table.”
“You didn’t mind it when I was two knots in.” Jooheon had no memory of that specific thing but he did remember Changkyun begging for his knot so it was a relatively safe guess.
One confirmed by Changkyun going bright red and trying to climb out of his coils. Tightening his body, Jooheon held him fast. Minhyuk wisely stayed at the other side of the room while he laughed himself dizzy. Jooheon had no doubt that the badger had his own list of things that Changkyun begged for while on his knot. They would need to compare notes now that he was out of rut. After all, Minhyuk had promised to teach him how to take care of their human, and Jooheon was nothing if not an attentive student.
“Why are both of my mates awful?” Changkyun pushed vainly against the section that he was trapped in. It was not quite dead weight, that ran the risk of hurting him, but just enough that his mate could not slip out. The more Changkyun wiggled the more trapped he became until there was an angry huff.
“Aww, does our Kyunnie want…” Hoseok’s head tilted in sudden confusion. “A clutch?” Jooheon pointedly did NOT think about that. There were few things that could get him hard after seven days of sex, however the idea of Changkyun carrying -no matter how impossible- would absolutely trigger the small animal brain.
“Don’t get him started on biology, please.” Minhyuk begged from the stove. “Do you want another lecture about hybrid pregnancy misconceptions?”
Jooheon did his best not to show too much interest. Once Changkyun got on a proper tangent there was no stopping him. Jooheon had never really gotten a chance to learn about the full extent of difference in body types. While he was incredibly interested, he missed Kihyun’s cooking and did not want to wait longer than needed for dinner.
“Snake hybrids have live births, not eggs.” Changkyun nearly escaped so Jooheon added another section just to listen to him huff. “Fuck you, Jooheon.”
“Love you too, babe.” Accepting another strawberry from Hoseok, Jooheon settled more on Hyungwon’s lap. “Any word on Jinyoung and Bambam?”
“The trail ended while we were tied up.” Changkyun absently began to stroke the section holding him down. “Both of them are exonerated and will be going to Youngjae, as well as Bam’s mate.”
“It’s good you were able to give your testimony last week.” Hyunwoo reached across the table to feed Jooheon a raspberry. “We should go visit soon.”
“I have to be able to walk first.” Changkyun flicked Jooheon’s tail before soothing it. “I’ll talk with Youngjae once the three of them are settled.”
Closing his eyes, Jooheon listened to the chaos around him. Kihyun and Minhyuk were sniping playfully at one another trying to finish cooking. Hoseok and Hyunwoo began talking about rearranging a few places in the house to make it roomier now that winter was coming up and they would all be inside more. Hyungwon was quiet, the pit viper petting his hair with a contented smile. Still buried in his coils was Changkyun who no longer fought to get out, instead the human wiggled to make himself comfortable and returned to his emails. It was a complete turn around from his life before. Never again would he be locked away in a box without touch or love. Here in his home, Jooheon got to live in the heart of things with his pack always around to offer hugs and cuddles when Jooheon asked. Soon his mates would be moving their things into his room and Jooheon would get to start and end his days curled up with the two people who he loved.
It was a beautiful life.