One long strange trip: The come up
Today was the day. Today he would try LSD. Liam, a slender, soft and somewhat shy 19 year old catboy, had always been of the curious sort when it came to the unknown and forbidden. Probably because of him being partly feline. That didn't mean though that he wasn't anxious of what was to come. He had read trip reports of other people beforehand and knew that the experience could be terrifying to the point of leaving him with PTSD or depression.
Because of that he had taken several precautions, he would only try 100ug, the staple beginners dose and he had his best friend Caelan watch over him for the whole time.
Caelan was 21 and a green anthropomorphic Dragon, about two meters in height, slightly more bulky and with well defined muscles from regular workouts, though by no means a bodybuilder. He already lived on his own in a small house about half a mile out of town. His house was surrounded by golden fields and huge old trees and had a small creek nearby, during this time of the year it was simply beautiful and would make a very good environment for a first psychedelic experience.
Having his own home had certain advantages for the Dragon. Most importantly for today's event, no nosy parents to question why he got mail without a sender address or barge in on them only to find Liam in a catatonic state staring at the wall. Given the disapproval of his reptilian friend by Liam's own parents, which he still lived with, that would probably mean the end of their friendship, at least for some time.
But now Liam had other problems. For example closing the notoriously creaky front door to his parents house at 5am without them noticing. After all his parent's were cat people just like him and had just as good hearing. Cursing under his breath about his inability to use magic he closed the door as slowly as he could, pushing the handle down at the same time. After a couple seconds of tense listening for footsteps or voices he allowed himself to breath again and was on his way.
After 20 minutes of foot march he arrived at Caelan's house. He made his way around the house to the backdoor which would lead him directly into his friends bedroom. Caelan had left the door open just as promised, but when Liam entered the room he discovered that another promise wasn't as honored as the open door. Caelan was on the bed, partially covered by his blanket, snoring peacefully.
With the barest hint of annoyance but in a playful tone Liam spoke up, "Cal, whatever it is you are doing there, it certainly doesn't look like being awake and ready by the time I come." The dragons eyes snapped open and he tried to sit up. To his embarrassment his blanket slipped the rest of the way down to the floor at his erratic motions, giving Liam a perfect view of his bare crotch, genital slit and erect beet red dragon cock with it's ridges along the length and knot at the base. Embarrassed both looked away, Liam to give his friend some privacy and Caelan out of shame for being naked in front of his protege for the day.
Liam was the first to speak up, "Just get ready. I'm going to use the shower and then prepare breakfast. We'll test the blotter then." They had agreed that Liam would shower at Caelan's house so he wouldn't wake his parents. After he had left, Caelan quickly got up and clothed himself in a pair of briefs, a t-shirt and shorts he went into the kitchen to start preparing the meal feeling lucky that his friend wasn't attuned enough to magic to guess his dreams.
As the two were sitting at the table, both in silent agreement not to speak about the bedroom episode, Caelan got up and quickly fetched a little plastic bottle labeled "Ehrlich reagent" and a plastic bag with some small pieces of paper from the fridge. He cut a small piece of one of the blotters off, placed it on an unused white plate and added two drops from the bottle to it.
According to the reagents manual the should see a color change to pink shortly. When after two minutes nothing had happened Liam nervously asked, "Are you sure you added enough reagent?" "Of course." Caelan answered after a moment, glancing at the increasingly restless catboy's tail which was flying through the air like a whip and wondered if he should bring his dishes on the table to safety. After another tense three minutes Liam suddenly exclaimed , "There, it's a little bit pink isn't it." And indeed there was a little pink layer around the paper. Caelan started to smile, "Well, there is nothing stopping you now from having your first trip."
Said and done, 15 minutes later Liam was sitting on Caelan's bed having one of the blotters under his spiny tongue, while his reptilian trip supervisor had a turn in the shower. They had read online that the effects would need 30 to 45 minutes to kick in and that during that time the tripper should feel as comfortable and safe as possible. After a few minutes Liam decided that he was
bored. He got up and took one of the controllers of the nearby PS2 and went on to playing Jak X a childhood favorite of both of them.
After a while he was joined by Caelan and they played together. After the 12thrace together Liam suddenly started giggling, even though he had lost. "What's so funny, bro?", asked the green Dragon but Liam didn't answer, his giggling having now turned to fully fledged laughter which was borderline hysterical. "Dude, everything alright?" asked the dragon now somewhat concerned at this outbreak. Trying to talk between fits of laughter and gasps for air Liam answered, "Yeah... alright." before losing it again and bumping up and down on the bed in glee.
At this point Caelan had enough and grabbed his partly feline companion by his shoulders, "Hey, talk to me what is it? Is the drug kicking in?" Liam, who had calmed down after being held in place, answered, "How am I supposed to know, I just had to laugh really hard." He took a long look at a painting of waves crashing onto a beach that was hanging above the bed and said, "I think it's kicking in, the waves certainly look like they are moving on their own." "What?!", asked the dragon incredulously. "Yeah", the catboy answered, "the painted water looks like it's flowing."
After the dragon had gotten a bit more use to the strange exclamations and erratic behavior of his protege he suggested a walk in the forest which was only a short way from his home. He packed water and some other necessities into a backpack and told Liam to put on his shoes, which he did. Liam promptly ran outside turned around and ran back in complaining about the brightness of the outside world. Then he ran to the big mirror in the hallway stared into it for a few seconds and then ran towards his friend. "Look into my eyes!", he pleaded, which Caelan cautiously complied with.
Liam's reflective cat pupils were widened to the point of them being round. Caelan went into his bedroom and emerged shortly after with shades which he gave to the catboy. "Here you go, these should help. "he said. Liam put them on and went back outside. Caelan followed him on his paws, his talons slicing into the moist moss of his garden. Meanwhile his protege had found a new point of interest. He was standing mere centimeters in front of one of the trees looking at the bark closely.
"Does it look different?" inquired the Dragon. "Yes", answered Liam, "It almost has a tessellation like look, like you would get in a video game. It looks so much more real." "Let's go into the forest then", said Caelan smiling again at wonder and amazement in the others voice, "you'll have plenty more trees to look at there".
As they were walking Liam constantly told Caelan about what he was experiencing. How the road they were following looked more roundet than normal how incredible the birds chirping in the trees sounded to being amazed about how small the city looked from above once they had climbed a small hill and could look over the treetops into the valley below them. He repeatedly told the dragon that he felt like a child again, experiencing all these things for the first time. After about 2 hours of walking they turned around and began their way back home. Once the left the forest and were out in the open again the catboy began to grow restless, looked behind them and up into the sky.
"Something not right?" asked the green dragon. "I feel exposed. Like I am naked, now that the trees are gone.", answered the catboy. "It's still a bit until we reach the house, will you be alright for the time being?", Caelan asked now slightly worried. "I don't think so, could we please go back between the trees?", the frightened catboy asked. The dragon looked at him, he had his ears folded on his head and the hairs on his tail were standing on edge.
"Come here", he said, "I'll protect you." As Liam came closer the dragon put his arm around the shoulder of the smaller male and folded a wing around him, pressing him closely against his side. "You are safe, there is nobody here to hurt or see you. Let's go home sit down and drink a beer, that should calm you a bit." As they were approaching the house Liam had calmed down but was still a bit on edge. they detached from another and sat down on the porch.
Liam, who was now a bit clearer, apologized over and over again for overreacting when they came out of the forest to which his friend always replied that it was fine and he shouldn't worry about it. The dragon went into the house and came back out shortly after with a portable speaker, his smartphone and two beers. Liam, trying to look at what his friend was doing, moved closer to him and brushed a wing out of the way. Shortly thinking about his actions he started to wrap himself in the wing proclaiming it to be comfortable which gave the dragon a look o his face that was somewhere between embarrassment and amusement.
"What's wrong Cal?" asked the catboy. "I've never been called comfortable before.", answered Caelan. Liam obviously not understanding at the time why being physically close to the dragon wouldn't be comfortable looked at him in bewilderment for a moment before he started purring and rubbing his cheek on the dragons wing, enjoying the sensation of the smooth and warm scales on his flesh. "Everything feels so different", he said, "my skin feels really sensitive." Caelan couldn't deny that he enjoyed the sensation too, perhaps even a bit too much because his pants started to tent. Even though he felt bad for it, he softly began pushing Liam away and folding his wing to his side.
Liam got up and announced with a husky voice, "I feel like I need to lay down for a bit, alone." Caelan felt guilty after that, but he couldn't think of a worse scenario for Liam to find out that he liked him as more than just a friend. He turned the music off and went into the kitchen to clean up what remained of their shared breakfast.
After that he slowly sneaked into his bedroom to see if Liam was alright. It didn't seem so. From what the dragon got he was mumbling to himself, quietly, only pausing momentarily for silent sobs. Casting a quick spell to sharpen his hearing the dragon heard, "...an idiot. Why did I have to snuggle up to him. I suppose I should be thankful he didn't ask me to leave immediately." Not believing his ears Caelan felt a way of joy wash over him. Liam also wanted him as more than a friend.
Quietly he sat down next to the catboy which croaked, "Go away", in the same voice as earlier. The dragon placed one hand on his friends shoulder and asked him to sit up. Liam gave no indication that he had even heard his friend. "Listen", said the dragon, "pushing you away was a mistake, a mistake I made out of fear. I will explain everything once you are sober again. For now just get back into a good mood, if you still want to you can sit under my wing again."
Sitting up and looking at the dragon with big wet eyes and a look of disbelief on his face Liam suddenly hugged him tightly around hist chest. Surprised at this Caelan hugged the soft and slender frame of his best friend back, before taking him out onto the patio to listen to music again. Sitting side by side, with the catboy leaning against the green dragons shoulder with one wing draped across his back, they chatted about nothing in particular until the sun began to set.
"You should be sober enough by now and I still owe you an explanation", Caelan said, looking down onto his friends head. He felt the soft body tense against his side. "I was uncomfortable when you snuggled against me because I have developed feelings for you which go beyond simple friendship. To be honest, I think I am in love with you. I didn't want you to notice because I was afraid that you wouldn't trust me afterwards or wouldn't want to continue our friendship." He made a short pause before speaking again, "But from what you said on my bed you have similar feelings for me." He stopped. Liam, again, showed no reaction.
"I did hear you right, didn't I?" Caelan asked now with slight panic I his voice. Liam suddenly hugged him again, burying his face in the broad chest of the dragon. He started to sob and Caelan started to feel wetness seep through his T-shirt and hugged back as well as tightening his wing around his friend. But this time the sobs coming from the catboy were sobs of relief not sobs of sadness.
"This is like a miracle.", sobbed Liam, "I never would have guessed you liked me that way too." "I...", the green dragon started before pushing the catboy away and kissing him. Momentarily stunned by the kiss Liam started to laugh before suddenly stopping and cautiously asking, "So, does that mean we are an Item now?" "I guess so...", said the dragon smiling before kissing his new boyfriend again.
"Lets head inside." said the dragon, "Grab something to eat and play a couple more rounds of video games?" "Sounds good." Liam answered with a yawn showing slightly pointed teeth and his spiny tongue, "I feel drained though so I think I'll head for your couch pretty soon." "You don't want to share my bed after you snuggled to me the majority of the afternoon?", Caelan asked somewhat taken aback. "Of course I want, I just thought you...", Liam blurted out blushing.
"I would like sleeping next to you very much.", Liam finally said quietly looking up. The dragon hugged him warmly before taking his hand and leading him inside.