pet palace (mafia AU)

warm

When red woke up he felt warm. He shifted slightly and groaned, curling his knees into his chest. The back of his head was pulsing with dull pain. His body was covered in something soft; thick heavy fabric was wrapped around him like a hug. He slowly opened his eyes, grateful that the lights were on. As he came to, red riggled one of his hands free, reaching up to rub his head. The edge of his hand lightly bumped into something small on the back of his neck, sending a shock of pain down his spine. He yelped, pulling his hand away quickly and rolled onto his stomach. Relaxing slightly he pulled the blanket off himself, sitting up. He was acutely aware he was naked.

Gently this time, he lifted his hand and tapped the back of his neck. Another ream of pain shot through him, but he had felt something small and cold. Shakily, red slipped out of the bed, trying to balance on shaky legs. With a bit of effort he made his way to the tall mirror near the dresser, trying to twist his head enough to see the back of his neck. There was a small silver 'button' on the middle of his neck; the bone around it was bright red and small beads of blood were crusted around the edges. He whined softly as he stumbled back to the bed. He pulled the blanket over his shoulder; it was weighted, he could feel the heave beads in the fabric. It was nice. It felt safe.

He laid down slowly, resting against a pillow. Now that he was more awake, he was more aware of the heat of his body. His eyes started to flutter closed, and he pulled the blanket over him, he wanted to just go back to sleep. As he lay there, the memories of the night before flooded back. Tears pricked the corner of his eye socket. Oh god, why did he not do anything? He barely tried to stop it. He just laid there and moaned while he was violated. What was wrong with him? He hated his body. He always hated his body but this was worse. It was one thing to be strapped down against a cold table while eyes and hands scrutinised every bone. It was another to feel wanted. It was another thing to have warm, gentle hands caressing his body; feeling every curve of his ecto, holding him close and exploring his most sensitive parts. And it was another thing for it to feel good.

He whimpered, pulling the blanket over his face. It smelled like lavender. He heard the door slowly creak open then close. Light footsteps came closer and a hand rested on his back, making him jump. "Are you awake baby?" blue whispered, rubbing his back. Red whined and blue pulled down the blanket, stroking his cheek. He frowned a bit. "You feel a bit warm," he said pressing the back of his hand against his forehead. Red nodded slightly pressing his face into the hand. Bleu perked up a bit "oh! Are you in heat!?" he exclaimed excitedly, ripping the blankets off of red, frowning when the bones weren't flushed red. Red whined and grabbed at the blanket, trying to cover himself back up. Blue sighed and laid down behind red, wrapping his arms around his waist and pulled him close. "I'm sorry you're not feeling well" he said massaging reds shoulder "you must be hungry. I have some food coming down".

Red shook his head "i'm not hungry" he mumbled, curling up. He was hungry, but he wasn't eating. He felt like if he tried he would vomit. Blue frowned "you need to eat something" he cooed petting reds skull "when was the last time you ate something? When was the last time you drank something?". Red shook his head again "im not eating" he said trying to wriggle out of blues grasp. Blue took his chin and jerked his head to face him. "If you don't eat, I will make you eat" he hissed. Red whimpered and blue let him go "will you at least drink something for me?" he sighed, and red hesitated, nodding slowly. Blue smiled "good boy" he said, planting a kiss on his forehead.

Red pulled the blanket back over his shoulders, trying to cover himself. Blue hugged him from behind, slipping a hand down the front of the blanket and started drawing circles on Red's sternum. He closed his eyes and leaned into the lulling touches and relaxed into blues hands.

A light knock on the door blued away blues attention. He slipped away from red and went to the door, pulling it open. He whispered to the person on the other side for a minute then reached through and grabbed something. He closed the door and went back to the bed, setting a cup of juice on the side table. "Alright baby" he said and carefully lifted red into a sitting position "i got you some apple juice". He took the cup and handed it to red. Reds stared at the liquid; he could see a faint reflection of his face on the surface.

Shakily, he lifted the cup to his mouth, drinking the cold juice. It was sweet and gave him a rush of energy.  After he finished it he slowly layed back down, blue taking the cup from his hands. His head was going fuzzy as another rush of heat flooded him. Blue frowned and ran the back of his hand over reds forehead. "you really are hot," he said softly as red rolled his head, closing his eyes. "Hmm, i'll set up an appointment with boss" he muttered, mostly to himself. Red whined at the statement, blue pulling the blanket back over him. He kissed his cheek and stood up "i'll let you rest for a while" he said, making his way to the door.  He opened it slowly and locked it behind him. Red whimpered and curled up. He was tired.

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i just kinda want to clarify that this isn't really a complex story. it was requested by a few people, and it's pretty much just slightly coherent mini-stories. its not a full story so don't judge my storytelling from this lol