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Out of my Brothers Shadow (Inarifox x Lustfulsins)

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'God this is boring as tar.' Aiden decided then and there that there was nothing more boring then orientation. The speaker, their class president, kept droning on and on about how their year was going to be great and how they were going to be awesome additions to the campus, and couldn't he get on with it already! The fawn's voice was starting to grate on the young kitsune's ears. The auburn appendages folding themselves down against their owners head as Aiden slumped further in his seat.

Next to him his twin brother was sitting with rapt interest. Eyes shining as he took in all the bullshit that was being spewed and tail swaying in excitement. A part of Aiden wished he could be like Andy, naively ignorant and excited for the most mundane tasks, but atlas he wasn't, and he was forced to sit through his boring Assembly. All because he couldn't tell his younger brother no. Finally after what felt like an eternity the speech came to an end with a few closing remarks and the audience was given release to go about the rest of their day.

The two new college students exited the gym, the elder pulling out a slip of paper that held their room arrangement. “Now that that's out of the way we should move onto getting our dorm rooms set up and…” Aiden trailed off as he noticed his brother had fallen behind. The fox-eared young man turned around and found his wayward twin a few paces behind him. Auburn eyes narrowed as Andy began to fidget and refused to meet his eyes. “What?” He asked. Wanting to know what caused his brother's suddenly nervous demeanor.

Andy opened his mouth, thought for a moment, and then closed it. Trying to come up with what he was going to say that wouldn’t make his brother upset. Finally he decided that he was just going to have to bite the bullet on this one. “Um.” he started out nervously. “About that, I actually agreed to room with Callum for the semester.”

Aiden’s eyes widened at his brother's confession. “What? When the fuck did this happen?”

Andy still couldn’t meet his brother’s eyes. “About a week after we got accepted.”

Shock filled Aiden’s system and rooted him to the ground. He should have expected this, Andy had been dropping hints that Callum, his boyfriend, was excited that he had been accepted into the same school and that he should room with him sometime. He had just assumed that it was going to be a few times a week though, and that he and Andy would still be roommates. After all, Callum was two years older then the twins and was able to have his own dorm or even live off campus.

“Wait, so who am I staying with?”

“I don’t know, but I can walk with you to your dorm if you want?”

When the two arrived at Aiden’s dorm the first thing they noticed was that the other bed, the one designated for an older student, was already taken. Books and other personal belongings filled the space. Andy set the boxes he was carrying next to the open bed before slowly walking out of the room. “I better go, Callum said he would help me pack after orientation. Is that okay?”

Aiden just waved his brother away, noticing that it didn’t take long for his brother to hightail it out of there and back to their car. As soon as he was gone the older twin let out a sigh before beginning to open on his many moving boxes.
 
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Venn sighs as he makes his way back to the dorms from the running track behind the campus gym. The first years' opening ceremony should be finished by now, and his new roommate should have enough time to unpack before Venn makes it back to their shared dorm. Hopefully it wouldn't be some pretentious rich kid with a neat freak complex or, gods forbid, a homophobe. Not that Venn would bring guys back to the dorm, but still. He's got one box left to unpack, and it's got some very rainbow items.

Venn sheds his white tee, ignoring the scowls he receives from some guys, and the giggles he hears from girls. So many girls don't care what the species, if a guy is hot, he's hot. But guys, well, they'll judge another guy for anything, from species, to fitness, to how many girls he can attract. And all last year, it was Venn's species.

Venn is a Vemyr, a rare demon species that biologically produces their own special type of venom. This venom can be chemically altered at will within their bodies to suit a variety of purposes, excreted through venom glands in the mouth just behind the upper canines. More like fangs, as they're obviously longer than the other teeth. Vemyr are also very clearly marked by colored striping across their bodies. Sometimes geometric, sometimes resembling tribal lines. Venn's markings are an array of both, in varying shades of gold and bronze, everywhere on his lightly tanned skin. His eyes are also gold, and his hair is as close to gold as blond can get. He keeps it longer, slightly shaggy, mostly to spite his mother.

Eventually arriving back at the dorm room, Venn knocks first, despite it being his room too. He doesn't want to startle the newbie. Opening the door, he steps inside, tee hanging over his right shoulder. And nearly trips in surprise at the sight of his roommate. Well, he certainly wasn't expecting such a cutie. And smaller than his own 6'6 height. Just in case the boy hadn't heard him knock, Venn clears his throat. "Hey, I'm Venn. Second year physical kinetics major, art as a secondary major. Welcome to Redbrook College." Venn's voice is, as might be expected, deep, yet it flows smoothly, like the kind of voice one would expect in a Broadway theatre.
 
Like most Kitsune, and other such types, Aiden had advanced hearing over a lot of other species. However when one is lost in thoughts about ones traitorous brother one tends not to hear things they normal would. Of course the first box he would unpack would be things he packed thinking that he and his brother would be sharing a room. Things from the twins lives that held a special meaning to them that he thought would be nice to add the the room they would be staying in. "Guess I won't need these anymore." He gently put the pictures and and his brother drew when visiting their grandfather for the first time. There was no way he was going to display those train wrecks to anyone but his family, well his anyways. Even for a child Andy had scary good artistic skills leaving his older brother far in the dust.

Because he was so lost in thoughts he never heard the knock on the door and only vaguely registering the sound of the door opening, thus the Kitsune jumped when his roommate entered the room. The sudden action causing him to loose his balance and trip backwards over the box he had previously been looking in. Windmilling arms tried to regain the balance, but is was to late, Aiden fell backwards towards the floor. "What the fuck!" The young college student didn't have much of a mouth filter under normal circumstances and the words flew out of his mouth before he could stop them.
 
Venn moves without thinking, launching himself across the room and stretching out his arm. His tee falls from his shoulder to the floor. Long fingers grab the front of the kitsune's shirt, not quite catching him from falling, but slowing the fall enough that the landing doesn't hurt. The demon looks amused, slowly releasing the boy's shirt. "Sorry, I thought animals were supposed to have good hearing."

Venn offers his hand to help the boy to his feet, pulling him up effortlessly. It's as though the kitsune weighs nothing to the demon. It helps that he's all hard, lean muscle, a runner's slender build. "Didn't mean to scare you, kid. Really thought you heard me come in." Venn steps back, knowing his height can be intimidating to others.
 
Aiden tensed, light purple/brown eyes closed as he felt himself fall and waited for the impact with the hard floor, but it never came. Instead he felt something grab the front of his shirt-halting his backwards momentum-and lowering him gently as one could to the floor. He blinked several times as his brain tried to process what had just happened, and he dazedly looked up at his savior. He was something that he had never seen before, though given that he and his brother were quiet sheltered by their family that wasn't uncommon. Then the other student opened his mouth.

"Yeah well...shut up!" Aiden's face flushed with embarrassment, both from tripping over his own to feet and the other for such a lame response to the older students comments. He did have excellent hearing and he should have heard the other male approaching long before he actually reached their room. Instead he was wallowing in self pity because his brother decided he wanted to live with his stupid boyfriend and not him. Averting his gaze so that he didn't have to look the older student in the eyes, the kitsune began to inspect his shirt for damage. He could still feel the phantom strength his roommate possessed as he lifted himself off of the floor as if he weighed nothing, though he probably didn't considering he probably weighed 125 pounds soaking wet, and he wanted to make sure that his shirt hadn't been ruined in the fall.

"Also, my names not kid. It's Aiden."
 
Venn shrugs, bending to pick up his tee from the floor. Walking to the end of the bed, he kicks off his Nike sneakers, tossing his tee into a small collapsible hamper. "You're a kid to me. Nice to meet you, Aiden." Despite his comment, Venn doesn't offer his age.

Venn's eyes drift to his one unpacked box, tucked under his desk. Better to just ask the question, perhaps offhanded, but still. First, he pulls a towel and washcloth from the bottom drawer of his dresser. Each dorm room is equipped with a small bathroom and shower stall, to reduce the likelihood of possible hazings, since security cameras in bathrooms are illegal. "So. What do you think about the gay pride group flyers on the welcome bulletin board outside the assembly hall?"
 
Aiden bristled at the kid comment. His ears flattening against the side of his head and his tailed fluffed out, swaying from side to side in agitation as he didn't fail to notice that his roommate had not offered up his own age. It wasn't hard to tell that Aiden was a young kitsune, if one had a passing knowledge of their kind that is. Tails were very important to Kitsune as it was a good indicator of the individuals age and power level as they only gained a new tail for every century that they lived. Aiden's ears were slightly overgrown along with his single tail and indicated that he hadn't quite grown into either one.

The sudden change of topic threw the kitsune of balance. He personally hadn't seen the flyers around the assembly hall, him not wanting to join a group after all, but he did remember his brother shoving the flyer in his face after being asked to join by Callum, the dragon being part of the the organizers for the group. "I didn't know there was a bulletin board outside of the Assembly hall, but my brother's dipshit of a boyfriend is part of the groups leaders. His name is Callum and he's a fucking bastard." In actuality Callum was probably one of the nicer people you could meet, if not a little standoffish at first. Andy was just biased against him due to him dating his brother. In the Kitsune's eyes the dragon bastard wasn't good enough for his brother.
 
Venn smirks when Callum is called a bastard. Not what the demon might have used. Venn might not necessarily be part of the pride group, but he helps them out from time to time, and knows many of the members. The he registers that Aiden said his brother is Callum's boyfriend, and his head snaps around. "Wait, seriously? You're that Aiden? I've met Andy a couple times when he was hanging out with Callum at group functions after classes. He mentioned he had a twin brother once. Huh, the luck gods must be smiling on me."

With a grin, Venn walks to the small bathroom, humming to himself. If Aiden has a gay brother, surely he's fine with gay people. Which means there shouldn't be any problems. Venn shuts the bathroom door, or at least, he intends to. It stays open about an inch, and the shower can be heard running. For a demon, especially one with his background, he's got a surprisingly cheerful outlook on life. At least, during the day.
 
Of course. Of fucking course his new roommate knew his brother. Who here hadn't heard of or met Andy before? He was the social twin. The talented twin. The twin everyone liked while Aiden was just an after thought. Without even realizing it the kitsunes hands balled themselves into fists, the knuckles turning white and his nails leaving crescent shaped dents in his palm.

"Luck, huh?" Aiden muttered to himself. He knew that the other demon would come to learn that he was nothing like his brother. Something that many people soon learned when they got to know him, much to their disappointment. So if venn was expecting him to be like Andy he was very much mistake.

Glaring daggers at the bathroom door Aiden then turned back to his boxes, ripping on open and cursing when he cut himself.
 
Venn takes his time in the shower, washing off the sweat from his run at the track. Wisps of steam curl through the slightly ajar door, with a strong masculine scent. No real name to the scent, just something recognizably male. Venn's shampoo and body wash are called swagger after all.

Almost half an hour later, Venn exits the bathroom, blond hair still slightly damp. His towel is tied low around his waist, barely hanging off his hips. Clearly he has no modesty, as he drops the towel to the floor upon reaching his dresser, giving Aiden a full view of his muscled ass and thighs. He's also doing it to see how the boy will react. At least he doesn't linger like that, pulling on a pair of thin cotton, red/black plaid on pants.
 
As Aiden worked to unload his moving boxes, mostly clothes and other necessities, he couldn’t help but be slightly distracted from the smell coming from the bathroom. As a Kitsune his sense of smell was heightened and with the door slightly ajar he was easily able to get a whiff of whatever was going on in the other room. A faint blush started to dust his cheeks as a part of him realized that he liked the smell, though he would never admit it and would likely deck anyone who pointed it out.

Like his younger twin Aiden was very much gay, though he had never been in a relationship. Anyone who was interested in him growing up had assumed that he was like Andy, and when his twin had become unavailable, the people wishing to date his brother turned to him. They all quickly backed off however when they realized just how different he was. For one he was hot tempered, very quick to anger, and cursed like a sailor. Many people told him how unattractive that was in a partner, Aiden happily told those people to go fuck themselves.

When Venn finally exited the shower Aiden made the mistake of looking at him. The demon had no shame! His hand unconsciously tightened around the shirt he was currently unpacking. He was doing this on purpose. He had to be. Suddenly angry he picked up the nearest hard object, an empty soda bottle, and chucked it at his roommate. “What the fuck was that?! No one wants to see your ass as their first thing!” Then he quickly stomped over to the bathroom himself. Slamming the door behind him he slid down the bathroom door, hugging his legs to his chest. It was a mistake coming in here he thought. The bathroom still smelled like the demon. Aiden let out a sigh. This was going to be a long semester.
 
Venn can hear the quiet whizz of something flying through the air and turns just in time to block the can from hitting his chest. The look on the kitsune's face makes him burst into laughter. The boy may be swearing, shouting, and stomping away, but Venn is pretty sure it's not meant in hate. Still chucking to himself, the demon settles at his desk, opening up his laptop to his email.

Half an hour later, Venn has pushed his laptop aside and is sketching in an expensive sketchbook. Even half finished, the image is clearly of the kitsune's angry face. It's a bit off, though. Venn can't seem to get the eyes right. Sighing heavily, he sets the pencil down and stares at the paper, frowning.
 
Why was he hiding in his bathroom? Aiden had asked himself that question multiple times in the past thirty minutes as he sat by the bathroom door. Venn was probably going to think he was a freak, taking such a long time in the bathroom as he was, he Aiden couldn't help it! He could still picture the demons naked body, it was almost unfair how nice of a body he had, and the smell still lingering in the bathroom wasn't helping matters.

The sound of his favorite show theme drew his spiraling thoughts. His brother was calling him. He had to answer it or his brother would worry about him, and then was not an option. Sighing, the kitsune finally opened the bathroom door. He kept his eyes downcast as he quickly answered his phone.

"Hey Andy, what's up?" His voice had done a total 180 from how he spoke to Venn. His voice was light and he even sounded friendly.

"Um, I-I wanted to apologize."

"For what happened earlier. Callum says I should have told you as soon as he asked, and that it was rude to wait until I did."

Aiden's happy mood took a nosedive of a cliff when his brother brought up Callum, though he kept the smile on his face as to not alert his brother to that fact.

"Well you can tell Callum that he is a piece of shit, and that he can mind his own goddamn business." His brother's boyfriend had been right ofcourse, Andy really should have let him know way before now, but he wasn't going to let Callum know that.

"So...you're okay we're not roomates?"

Aiden clenched his phone tighter as he lied through his teeth. "Ofcourse I am. I was just...surprised when you told me earlier."

"So, do you like your roomate?" That was a loaded question. Aiden turned his gaze towards his roommate, noticing he was working on a notepad.

"Yeah, we get along great!" Aiden's gaze said that he would gut Venn in his sleep through if he said anything in that moment.
 
Venn leans back in his seat when Aiden comes out of the bathroom, tilting his head sideways. He's listening to the conversation, having heard Andy's name. No harm in listening, not like he can hear Andy's half. He snickers when Aiden curses Callum again.

Standing and stretching, Venn walks over to Aiden, smirking at him. Venn's an awful flirt, so since Aiden hasn't outright made it known he hates gays, the demon intends to keep flirting with him. As such, despite Aiden's glare, Venn leans down and licks the kitsune's neck. Then, knowing Andy doesn't do much public displays of affection since he's so proper, Venn fake moans loudly right next to Aiden's phone. Get along great? If Aiden doesn't hate him, Venn would like to do more than just get along with the cute Kitsune.
 
The kitsune eyes Venn warily as the demon approaches him. There's a certain gleam in the older males eyes that Aiden doesn't trust and the smirk is definitely not trustworthy. Still the new college student is completely taken by surprise when the demon lick a stripe up his neck. Purple-hued as goes wide as his body simultaneously shivers at the sensation of the others tongue as well as jumping three feet in the air from pure shock. "You motherfucker!" Aiden shouts at the demon. His entire face bright red, and the fox wasn't able to tell if it was from anger or embarrassment.

"Do that again and will castrate you with a fucking spoon!" Aiden seethed at the demon. He could hear his brothers worried voice through the speakers of his phone, though he was unable to hear what he was saying as the device was no longer near his ear. He quickly picked it up before reassuring his brother that he was fine, and that he would call him back later. Once he confirmed that the call with his brother ended he rounded on his roommate. "What the fuck was that?!"
 
Venn bursts into hysterics, flopping onto his rear on the kitsune's bed when he jumps. His arms are wrapped around his ribs. Even angry, Aiden is cute. And so easy to tease! Venn's going to have fun with this freshman. It's a bit before the demon calms down. "You turned so red, Aiden! And for a dirty mouth, you're sure cute when you're angry. I couldn't help myself, people are so easy to tease when they're on the phone."

Venn sighs, running his thumb under his left eye. He had laughed so hard, he made his eyes tear up. Tilting his head, he leans back on his elbows. "A spoon, huh? I can think of far more efficient ways. You know, you're a lot more fun than Andy. He always seemed too polite."
 
Aiden growled at the demon, the sound low and guttural as he aimed his ire at Venn. The man had the indecency to lick him and then had the gall to laugh about it? Aiden imagined sinking his teeth into the soft flesh of the deoms arms, but sadly he had to shake the thought away. He didn't want to get expelled on the first day after all. Though, he thought dejectedly, he was sure no one he knew would be surprised if that were to happen.

"You obviously don't know my brother then." Aiden retorted scathingly. "Also, I don't think same people would considered castrated with a spoon fun. It's not the most effective tool which means you'll suffer linger."
 
Venn shrugs, sitting up again. Then he remembers his sketch, and jumps up, grabbing Aiden's wrist. "Come here a minute." He drags the boy over to his own bed, sitting him on the end. "Stay there, and don't look so angry."

Venn sits at his desk, but turned backwards in his chair to face the kitsune. He balances his sketchbook on the chair back, repeatedly looking up and down as he tries to fix the eyes of his drawing. Almost five minutes later, he's satisfied. "There. I couldn't get the eyes right from memory." Venn turns the sketchbook around, showing Aiden as he was sitting on the floor after Venn had come into the dorm room.
 
Aiden made spluttering protest sounds as he was dragged over to the older college students bed. He glared at the demons comments to sit still and not look angry, bitch that's who he was! However his eyes widened in curiosity when he saw what Venn had grabbed from the desk.

Aiden could recognize a sketchbook when he saw one. He himself had several, and couldn't even recall how many he had completely filled over the years.

"You draw?" The kitsune cocked his head to the side, much like a cat would, to try and get a better look at what the other man was sketching on the page. Then when he finally was shown what Venn had been drawing he blinked with shock.

"You....drew me." The peice was a rough sketch, obviously drawn from the artists memory, but even in that simple drawing Aiden knew the demon was talented.
 
Venn grins, nodding. Then he promptly tears out the page and holds it out to Aiden. "It's not great, could be better. But I wanted to draw my first impression of you. I draw things I like." Once Aiden takes the sketch, Venn closes his sketchbook and sticks the pencil through the spiral binding. He sets it on the desk, then folds his arms on the chair back and sets his chin on them. The gold and bronze markings across his skin seem to move as his muscles do.

"I like drawing people, and I have a photographic memory, but it can be dodgy if I don't get a good look at what I want to remember. Sometimes, it's not such a good thing." Venn pauses, his nose wrinkling at a memory. Then he huffs, blowing a strand of blond hair out of his face. "Art is meant to be shared with the world, not kept in secret. So I don't keep anything I draw. If it's people, I give my sketches to their subjects. If it's landscape, or animals, or something, i give it to someone who looks like they need cheering up. Hey, you never told me what you're majoring in."
 
Wow, he and Venn had such different philosophies when it came to art. The only person that Aiden let view his art was his younger brother, and that was only when he begged him to. He couldn't imagine being so open about his art to just give it away like that, then again his art was personal, a way to help him release his emotions he couldn't get out any other way. Maybe that's what the difference was.

Aiden got off Venns bed and pulled out a binder that he had put away on the desk set aside for him. The binder was filled with art, most of if not all the art in it was done by Andy. He flipped through the protected pages before finding an open space and added the drawing to the binder. The piece was good, and he wasn't just going to throw it away.

As for what he was going to major in..."My major is advertising and marketing with a minor in photography." Aiden blinked when he realized he hadn't asked what his roomate was majoring in, or maybe he did and he just didn't remember. "Um, sorry if you already told me this, but what's your major?"
 
Venn watches Aiden store the sketch, proud of himself for drawing it and glad the kitsune kept it. He listens to Aiden' major and minor, nodding. Then he laughs. "Yeah, I did tell you, but it was right after I startled you. I'm doing a double major, both in physical kinetics and art. It's a big work load, but I'm managing. Can't say I was top of the class, but I was above middle."

Venn tilts his head, his markings changing shades as the light from the window moves across them. "So, I gotta ask, because I gotta know. You weren't exactly giving me firm signs." Venn turns around, pulling the box from beneath his desk. He opens it, then pulls out a rainbow flag and opens it up. "Are you cool that I'm gay?"
 
Aiden's eyes blinked at he stared at the flag. "When did you tell me you were gay?" Aiden tried to rack his brain for when he told him, and was drawing a blank. Then his mind flashed with everything that had happened so far and his face went completely red. Every thing Venn had done was to get his reactions, and Aiden had been too dense to understand that. The kitsune wanted the ground to open up and swallow him in that moment.

Averting his eyes, Aiden all but yelled at the demon. "Why the fuck should I care that your gay?!"
 
Venn yet again bursts into laughter when Aiden turns red. Standing, he happily pins the flag to the wall above his bed. The other items he pulls from the box are smaller. A little handheld rainbow flag on a stick, which he tucks into the pencil stand on his desk. A one foot square black pillow with a rainbow heart on one side and PRIDE in rainbow letters on the other. A handful of different rainbow pride pins that he sticks to the small corkboard leaning against the wall on his desk.

"I just have to make sure you're not going to try anything dumb. Having a gay brother is one thing, that's family. But having to room with a complete stranger who's gay?" Venn shrugs, but his expression darkens, like he's had serious issues in the past. It only lasts a moment before he's smiling again. "I promise I won't bring any boys here."
 
When Venn's expression darkened Aiden couldn't help but relate. He remembers experiences both he himself had of running into others that had issues with his sexual orientation, or just him in general, as well as the issues that Andy had run into coming out. Andy however, at least had Callum to protect him. No one was going to mess with a fucking dragon shifter after all, but Aiden had had no one. The kitsune shook his head, he needed to clear those thoughts before his mind took him down a dark path.

"I have no problem who you fuck." He probably could have phrased that better. "I also don't care if you bring someone back to the room. Just text me so I can make other arrangements." If he was given enough notice he could probably convince Andy to let him stay with them for the night. Callum probably would hate it, but he wouldn't say anything if it made Andy happy.
 
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