The only option is to wrassle

[kit_kat]

Zane knows his sister's got pretty good reasons for not coming to school much anymore, but he does genuinely miss her. There's no one to tease about the upcoming dance, or to beg for notes on the latest thing in class, or just someone that's reliable conversation. She shows up to math class sometimes, but Zane isn't even in that one, and Adanya's long stopped showing up to the others. Busy, and all.

But Zane isn't. And there is a dance coming up. He wants to go, but doesn't have a date - it's time to fix that. Unfortunately just asking people hasn't seemed to be working. He's been doing it a while, but either his personality, his daemon, or his sister have been putting them off and Zane continues to be without a date. That's cool, he's not going to get broken up about it, it's just kind of annoying. Because really, he's super fucking gorgeous, who the hell wouldn't want to go with him to a dance? Whatever.

School lets out, and Zane is expected to walk home, but he is of the opinion that he needs to let off some steam first. Staying indoors in classrooms for hours is bothersome, and he dislikes it immensely.

"Hey, Kit-kat," he says, to the jaguar beside him. "Want to wrassle?"

"Are you kidding?" snorts his daemon Nakitarine. She flicks her tail. "Of course I do."

And that is how Zane ends up wrassling his jaguar daemon just outside of the school, both of them laughing all of the while. Yeah, this probably doesn't help him get a date, either.

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[aeskhyne]

"Well, that's sweet of you," says the human.

"I figured it's more fun if I'm fair," chirps the leopard, subsequently a tiger. "At least the first time. No promises - " wriggle, pounce " - if we do it again!"

[kit_kat]

"I try!" says Zane, with a flourishing bow.

"Ooo, I'll hold you to that!" laughs Nakitarine, tumbling on the ground with the now-tiger. "Because that sounds fun. But yeah, first fight, let's be fair, I haven't done this with another cat in ages!"

[aeskhyne]

"How long's ages?" giggles the tiger.

The human also giggles. "Have I mentioned you're adorable? You're fucking adorable."

[kit_kat]

"And you," he laughs, "are really cute. Are you going to the dance with anyone? 'Cause if not, you can go with me if you want."

"Kerixan - my person's sister's daemon - settled years ago, and he's a tiny bird now, but before then I could sweet talk him into taking a cat form and wrassling. Since then," She swats at the tiger with a paw. "regular daemons to fight have been few and far between."

[aeskhyne]

"I'm pretty irregular!" says the tiger, who is now a lioness again. The paw hits. She bites playfully at it.

"I wasn't planning on going, but I could totally change my mind," says the human.

[kit_kat]

"And it's awesome!" cackles Nakitarine.

"If you do," says Zane, grinning, "let me know. Or not, no hard feelings if I'm not your type."

[aeskhyne]

"Dances aren't really my thing," says the human. "You seem like you could definitely be my thing."

Meanwhile, there continues not to be a clear winner in the cat wrestling. The unsettled-and-then-some leopard-tiger-lion is holding his or her own.

[kit_kat]

"Ooo," says Zane. "Well, then, in that case, don't worry about the dance unless you want to. Want to go on a date? Dunno where yet, somewhere fun?"

Nakitarine is also holding her own, adapting quickly to her changing opponent, but not well enough to manage anything more than keeping it at a solid stalemate. A really, really fun stalemate. She is giggling.

[aeskhyne]

"We could totally go on a date! What do you like to eat? Bet you I can take you out for dinner to someplace awesome you've never heard of. I like walking around looking for new restaurants to try."

[kit_kat]

"I'm good with just about any food, long as it's not rotten or anything. New restaurants I've never heard of sounds like a lot of fun! I'm Zane, by the way, is there something I should call you besides, 'handsome as fuck' or should I stick with that?"

[aeskhyne]

"Well, I'm not gonna object to you calling me handsome as fuck, but my friends call me Rava." He points at the wrestling cats. "That's Mahal."

[kit_kat]

"Not objecting's not the same thing as wanting me to," points out Zane. "And if you don't want me to, I won't. That's Nakitarine. I call her Kit-kat."

[aeskhyne]

"I was right, you are adorable. Wanna make out, or do you save that for after the first date?"

[kit_kat]

"By all means," laughs Zane. "Let's make out right now!"

[aeskhyne]

"Awesome," says Rava.

Mahal's attitude towards the catfight changes abruptly. Now he is simultaneously wrestling and expressing affection. Snuggle attack!

[kit_kat]

And then Zane gets right to kissing Rava. Because kisses!

Ooo, simultaneous wrestling and affection. Kit-kat can do that, too. She cackles at the snuggle attack, and then presents the option of nibbles to the table. Hey, it's still wrestling, even if it's affectionate wrestling!

[aeskhyne]

Ooh. Mahal was expecting to probably lose the fight, but nibbly snuggle-wrestling might be even more fun. He's completely on board.

Rava is likewise pleased with the situation at hand. So, so pleased. Pleased and affectionate.

[kit_kat]

It's less snuggly on Nakitarine's end, but there is definitely affection there. Nibbly, purring affection. That is still wrestling Mahal.

Oh, good, pleased and affectionate is what Zane is aiming for. Kisses, kisses, kisse-

"Get a room, you two!" snorts someone nearby. Oh, right. They are in public, aren't they.

"Get your own!" says Zane, brightly, flipping the someone off.

[aeskhyne]

Rava snickers. He doesn't even bother flipping anybody off; kissing Zane some more seems like a better use of his time.

[kit_kat]

Zane agrees enthusiastically. It's not like they're even naked or anything, why should people care if they're kissing?

[aeskhyne]

Exactly!

Not that Rava would object to kissing in private, if Zane were to bring that up as a possibility. That would be fun. But it seems like they are having too much fun kissing to get much talking done at the moment.

[kit_kat]

Zane is not emotionally invested in privacy. Talking is secondary to kissing, now that there isn't someone being rude to them. So he will just stick to kissing as Kit-kat sticks to affectionate, nibbly wrestling.

[aeskhyne]

If they did some of the things Rava is currently contemplating in a context as public as 'out front of the school just after school ends', they might get arrested. But hey, kissing. Kissing continues to be cool. (Mahal continues to be snuggle-pouncey.)

[kit_kat]

Well, Zane would be perfectly happy to go be in a non-public context to go do those things, but talking continues to be a problem. Kisses, kisses, kisses.

[stars_and_sky]

A witch lands, nearby. Rava and Zane would be quite forgiven for not noticing her, considering how they're busy.

She looks at the couple, and then laughs. "Well, that answers the question of where you were," she says wryly. "I'll just - call dad and tell him you're busy."