Running from the Gnolls

Story by tronntronn on SoFurry

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#1 of Adventurers Big and Small

An adventurer duo of kobold and dragonborn find a newfound appreciation towards each other after a brush with death...

This one is a longer piece than I usually publish, and was made in collaboration with Ballad39. The cover art was drawn by the talented Tamlin123, check out his FA at http://www.furaffinity.net/user/tamlin123


Dry pine needles scattered as Liske ran down the steep hillside. The muscular dragonborn was wearing dark clothes and a hood making him look like a professional in shady business, but for the time being he was concerned only about staying one step ahead of his pursuers. Behind the ridge of the hill he could hear canine yelps and howling, then a series of dull thuds as the smoke bombs he had rigged were triggered. He made a sharp turn and threw himself to the ground, hiding behind a pine tree on all fours and waited. The midday sun shone warmly on his back, and the smell of dry soil, sun-baked rocks and pine trees all around him mingled into a pleasant fragrance in his nostrils, but he did not dare to relax for even a moment. His broad chest rose and fell along his tense breathing, but otherwise he stayed as still as possible, as a black blotch of shadow cast by a crooked tree trunk and a mound of earth.

After what felt like a small eternity the sounds started to grow distant--the gnolls had been thrown off track, at least for the time being. Liske rose up slowly to a half crouch, then stretched out to his full height and brushed dirt off his shoulders.

"I think it's safe now, you can come out", he said with his raspy, burnt voice sounding like a smoky night, and looked up to the treetops where his smaller partner hid.

As he craned his head upwards his hood fell down, revealing a reptilian face with a blunt snout, heavyset jaw and row of spines along his jawline and cheeks. His scales had a metallic shimmer to them that he liked to think resembled gold, but in truth was closer to a bronze. He narrowed his yellow, slitted predator's eyes and huffed.

"Oh come on, are you still mad at me? I said that I'm sorry!"

"Mad at you? Why should I be mad at you?", came the reply from above.

A figure stirred on the branches and slid down the trunk of the tree. What landed next to Liske was a small creature covered from head to toes in thick pelts of various-coloured furs.

"Should I be mad at you for losing your head during a job? Should I be mad you for making your escape and leaving me behind?" The creature now rose to its full height, which came about waist-high to the taller reptilian. "Or maybe I should be mad at you for leaving me with those beasts for THREE. FUCKING. DAYS." The small creature shot the last three words as if trying to stab Liske with them. "Do you know the shit I had to do to earn their trust?! I'm practically a gnoll now!"

"You're alive and that's what matters", Liske said while picking some pine needles off his smaller friend. The small creature shoved his hands away and glared at him.

"It was their mating season, Liske. I had to join in their mating rituals, Liske." The fur-covered person somehow managed to make the name sound like the worst insult. "I had to survive on raw venison and fight in displays of dominance. You don't know what all this does to a person, Liske".

"Well, Kheru, at least you got to experience gnoll culture first-hand", said the dragonborn flashing a toothy grin. Kheru muttered something unpleasant, and untied the leather cord securing the animal pelt to his face, revealing a stubby snout covered in green scales.

"I say we cut our losses and move on to another target", the dragonborn continued. "I scouted a den of trolls half a day's walk from here whose hoard could use an inspection. What do you say?"

"I say we can afford a couple of days of rest", said the kobold, rummaging through his satchel. "A couple months even."

At that moment a large crash was heard from somewhere deeper in the woods, followed by the sound of something approaching fast and not caring to conceal its presence. Liske was immediately on his heels, crouching low, his knife flying to his hand.

"What did you do?", he shouted at the kobold.

"I made a win out of our loss".

Liske licked his lips nervously, his pink sharp tongue flicking across the scaly ridges of his mouth like a small frightened animal. "I know that you're a resourceful guy", he spoke quickly to Kheru, "and I appreciate that, I really do. It's just that I really, really would like to know what kind of win is loud and heavy and coming directly at us!"

The kobold busied himself with taking off the heavy furs he was wearing and tossing them to the ground. His voice was muffled by the hairy rug he was pulling over his head as he replied.

"Well, the gnoll tribe had a guardian drake guarding their treasure..."

He finished disrobing and stretched out, enjoying the feel of fresh air on his skin. The kobold was a lithe creature with long slender legs and arms and a whiplike tail, smooth moss-hued scales, and a willowy body whose light and springy movements told of hidden sinewy strength. Underneath the furs he had worn his usual clothes, a pair of knee high trousers and a sleeveless tunic.

"...so I let it loose, which means their treasure isn't guarded any more."

Liske gulped. "While that's great news, I can't but help to notice that after you set it free, the drake has followed you here. Where we are. Right in this spot."

"Why do you think I was hiding in a tree in the first place?"

"Kheru, I can't climb! I have fear of heights!"

"Ehh, we'll think of something as we go. Let's get a move on!"

Below them the trees shook, and a large reptile emerged from the forest with a crashing sound. It looked like a squat wingless dragon, a brutish thug with none of their charm but all of their strength and cruelty. It tasted the air then noticed the duo with its beady eyes, locking its gaze at those two tasty morsels. It grunted and started picking up speed as it half crawled half slithered up the steep hillside.

Liske was about to run away but Kheru's voice, who by now was already halfway up his tree again, made him stop in his tracks. "Wait! Which way to the river?"

Liske was perplexed for a moment but then realization dawned on him with an almost audible 'click'. "Oh. Clever!", he said with an excited voice.

But by then the large beast had almost reached the dragonborn and lunged, its open maw as large as his torso and full of sharp teeth the size of daggers. Liske jumped towards it with no hesitation, swung from a branch above and launched himself over the beast's head. It snapped its massive jaws in the air, narrowly missing taking a bite out of Liske's tail as he flew overhead. He landed on the beast's back with a thud, rolled off it and hit the ground running.

"Follow me!", he half yelped half laughed.

The drake skidded on the pine-needle covered dirt and bellowed in anger. It whipped its massive tail in irritation and started its pursuit again, smashing whatever obstacle laid in its way. Kheru dashed from branch to branch, gripping, swinging and jumping for his life. He could see Liske below him, weaving his way through overgrown roots and fallen logs, not daring to look behind him despite hearing the drake's crunching footsteps in hot pursuit.

"Ever notice how half the time we're running away from something?", Kheru shouted.

"Occupational hazards!", came the reply from below.

"This is not a sustainable lifestyle!", he shouted again.

"Maybe! There is some deep-seated! Psychological! Reason! For it!", the dragonborn shouted back, pausing in mid sentence whenever he had to clear an obstacle.

He was clearly having fun with this, and Liske's level-headedness reassured Kheru. They had been through worse after all, so surely they could make it through this one too.

"This is just like the time with the--" Kheru started but there was a loud crunch and the footing below him gave way. He grabbed at the nearest branch but then realised that the entire tree that was falling, its branches snapping loudly against their neighbours.

The pine crashed on the ground and Kheru fell with it, landing hard on the dirt. He heard a sickening sound from somewhere in his body and pain shot out through him like lighting. He gave out a loud yelp. His vision became brighter. He looked back at his pursuer and saw the drake--far too clearly now--only a few strides away, its hungry eyes fixed on him and approaching fast!

Kheru made a little yelping sound when he was suddenly snatched up by his collar and whisked away. His body jostled against Liske's as they ran, the larger male carrying him under his arm, feeling every leap and bound the dragonborn made as he navigated the hillside down as fast as could. Behind them the drake thundered in hot pursuit, hungry maw slavering and snapping angrily at its prey, crashing through bushes and small trees like wet tissue.

Half of the time Liske more fell than ran, sliding in the thick mat of needles and loose soil, jumping over roots and tree stumps with little regard for landing safely or even on solid ground. He was laughing wildly, eyes shining with fear, heart close to bursting as it was pushed beyond its limits by the desperate need to survive for even one moment longer.

Their descent was cut short by a steep ravine, its other side at least a stone's throw away. Far underneath a river glistened and churned, its stream rapid and cold.

"I can make it", Liske yelled, and Kheru could feel his muscular body tensing under his clothing. He showed no sign of slowing down.

"Stop, you're gonna get us killed!"

"I'm gonna get us saved!"

Then it was too late to argue. Liske braced his powerful legs and flung himself through the air. Kheru clenched his teeth and hugged him tighter. Behind them the drake skidded and tried to turn, but its heavy body crashed over the edge shrieking and flailing. Time held its breath and stood still for the two...

They traced an arc in the air, Liske's body stretching and pushing against ground that was no longer underneath them, trying to propel the two just a few precious steps forward. They crested the ravine but the edge before them was rising faster than they were getting near it. They would not make it, Kheru thought and peeked down at the dark foaming waters, the jagged rocks and their impending doom. They were going to slam just short of the ravine's lip, bounce off it and share the drake's fate, their limp bodies being washed away by the rushing waters. Kheru shut his eyes.

They had a good run, he thought, and at least he would go out with a friend by his side. He made peace with that.

Suddenly, he felt Liske's strong grip on his arms and he was flung upwards. He opened his eyes and saw his friend sinking beneath him, looking him in the eyes and smiling with an expression that was unmistakably a farewell. That fucker.

"Oh no you don't!", Kheru shouted and threw his satchel over his shoulder, whipping it towards Liske's outstretched arm. The leather cord tangled itself around Liske's forearm, and Kheru stretched out with his free hand, ready to grab something--anything--that could be held on and braced for impact.

Kheru's stomach lurched as he was swung in the air like a clock's pendulum. His arc ended in the ravine's wall, sending a cloud of dry soil flying as he smacked against it with a loud thump. Spitting sand and dirt from his mouth he looked around and saw that Liske had grabbed with one hand some tree roots that were sticking out of the cliffside, and dangled the satchel and kobold from his other one. The dragonborn held his head stiffly upwards, eyes tightly closed.

"Can you climb on my shoulders?", he shouted, the panic crawling in and fraying the edges of his voice. Kheru nodded but realized that Liske could not see the gesture, and made a shallow yelp instead.

His body ached and he felt the dizzying height hanging below his feet, but he willed himself to start moving. He tried hoisting himself up but felt a wincing pain jolt through his body, like knife separating his flesh from his bones, and he relapsed back into swinging uselessly from the satchel's strap. His arms burned from supporting his entire weight, and he knew he had not much strength left to save himself.

With a stifled groan he clenched his stomach and doubled over, locking his knees around Liske's ankle. The roots they were hanging from protested, snapping and shaking off sprays of loose dirt that rained over them. He hurt like trying to tear himself in two, but giving up was not an option any longer. Working through the pain he made a sit-up in midair, pulling himself up until he could latch his hands around the dragonborn's thigh.

"Come on come on hurry up...", Liske muttered, his entire body shaking in a primal, wordless prayer to be anywhere else than here.

It was not difficult for Kheru to climb over Liske's back and onto his shoulders, his light body moving swiftly on the solid block of dragonborn under him. Standing on the tips of his toes he could just reach the ravine's edge, and pulled himself up on firm ground. Kheru did not waste any time to catch his breath. He loosened the strap from the satchel and wrapped one end around his wrist, sat on his butt with his feet firmly braced on the ground, and tossed the other end to Liske. It bopped the tip of his snout.

"Come on! Get up here you big lunk! Climb! Now!", he barked over the edge on all fours, afraid that his friend was too frightened to help himself.

Liske fumbled for the strap, eyes closed, and a moment later he snatched it in his large fist. He let go of the roots to climb up, making the kobold huff from the strain of supporting his entire weight, eyes bulging and knees buckling, but he held on without intention of ever letting go. Inch by inch Liske pulled himself upwards and Kheru towards the edge. The small lizard's feet dug deep grooves in the soil as he struggled against the gravity's inexorable pull, getting dragged ever closer towards the free fall over the ravine's lip and oblivion waiting below. He was as tense as a tightly wound piano string, full of desperate hope and desire to see Liske's face appear before he would lose the final stretch of footing left for him...

A clawed hand shot up from the ravine and dug in the dried grass, then another. Kheru bounced up and took hold of Liske's wrist, then half pulled half fell backwards until the dragonborn was lifted onto the solid ground. The two of them collapsed instantly, laying side by side on their backs and breathed wordlessly. Kheru's chest burned and he could taste coppery blood in his mouth, but he was flooded with gratitude that Liske was safe--well, not for long because he would kill that stupid lunk for scaring him so badly--but for the time being it felt good to just be alive by his side.

When Kheru felt his breathing even out he raised his head and turned towards Liske.

"You know-"

Liske rolled over and kissed Kheru.

Both of them had their maws ajar when the larger male touched the smaller, their jaws locking together, teeth scraping on scaly lips, pink sharp tongues embracing in a warm, moist caress. Kheru made a muffled sound as he was crushed under Liske's weight, felt his breath on his cheek, eyes half closed... and then it was over.

Liske pulled back and sat on his knees, looking embarrassed and lost. "I-, I'm sorry, I don't know what was I thinking! It was, it was a, I don't know! It felt right at the moment..." He fiddled with his sturdy hands, deathly afraid to meet the kobold's gaze. "It won't happen again, I swear! Let's not ever talk about this again, okay...?" He shuffled around and turned to leave, pulling his hood down to cover his eyes.

Kheru's hand shot out and grasped Liske's forearm. "I... Ah..."

He tried to articulate a sentence but all he could manage were different types of heavy panting, his chest rising and falling. His lungs were full of hot air, his heart was beating madly. He gave Liske's thick forearm a tight squeeze. Liske's eyes darted between Kheru's hand, his eyes and the ground. A nervous grin was creeping its way across his face which--despite his intimidating scaly complexion--made him look very goofy.

Laughter rose from somewhere in Kheru's belly, fluttering through his chest as it flew out, slowly at first, then loudly and steadily. Liske tried to suppress a chuckle, which then became a chortle and finally evolved into roaring, bellowing laughter. Their eyes were locked, freely sharing in each other's delight. Kheru pulled Liske closer by the front of his cloak until their faces were just a breath away.

"Mm, I'm not sure what happened there either", Kheru spoke softly but with a coy smile, "I think we better try again just to make sure."

Liske hugged the kobold, lifting him up easily and propping his slender body on his strong arms so their faces were level. The larger male nuzzled his snout, nostrils touching as they breathed in unison inhaling the air from their partner's lungs. The dragonborn felt warm, his heartbeat resonating on the kobold's body.

They kissed again, jaws touching softly, their tongues coiling together like mating snakes.

"You taste good", Liske said breathlessly, his husky voice thick with welling emotion.

"And you talk too much", Kheru replied, and nuzzled the other male's jawline. He tasted the saltiness of fresh sweat on the large lizard's skin, and the faint musty reptilian aroma underlying it. It was not unpleasant at all, to him.

"Doesn't it bother you that I'm a guy?", Liske rumbled and craned his neck to let Kheru explore easier.

"It doesn't bother me that you're a dragonborn either." Kheru dug his fingers on Liske's shoulders as he moved downwards to his neck and throat, giving it little licks and kisses as he went.

Liske rumbled contendly and sighed, tension leaving his body entirely. Kheru could feel the bulging musculature of Liske's arms move under his butt as the dragonborn relaxed and shifted posture to lean backwards.

Kheru paused and looked into him with curious eyes. "How long you've felt like this about me?"

"Since day one", Liske replied and tried to snatch another kiss from the kobold, but Kheru was quick to dodge.

"Fool", he said as he returned the gesture and bit the dragonborn's neck, not hard enough to break the skin but enough to make the large creature flinch.

"Think of the money we could've saved by taking a shared room, if you had just told me."

"Mmm, we could try sharing a room from now on...?", Liske said with raised eyebrows and a hopeful look.

"Dunno about that, a large dragonborn like you sharing his bed with a small kobold like me doesn't sound like good times for me..." Kheru laughed and winked playfully, letting his tongue peek out between his lips.

"Only one way to find out", the dragonborn said and gave the kobold's butt a squeeze.

Kheru found himself quite enjoying that. He gazed into Liske's golden-rimmed eyes as if searching for something, noting the complex patterns of ridges and ravines that made up it's perimeter, reflecting the colors of the setting sun behind them. He stretched up for another kiss and Liske met him halfway. Their muzzles touched, not quite pressing against each other, their heads tilted, jaws just barely open, their tongues meeting, exploring, trading touches. He felt Liske's hot breath mingling with his, inhaling it deeply, thirstily. Liske gave out a rumbling sigh and squeezed Kheru tighter against him. Kheru's hand quested the back of the dragonborn's thick neck, feeling the--

Suddenly Kheru felt something poking him on his bottom that was most definitely not Liske's hands. Panic took over him, his eyes snapping open.

He pulled back from Liske's mouth with an "oOHkay", the tone of someone that suddenly remembered something urgent. He slithered out of Liske's embrace and hopped down, facing away from him.

"M-maybe we should ha-", he started saying but his voice died to a pained whisper as he took a step on his bad leg--the left one, he was now certain. He tried taking another step and had to stifle a cry, holding back tears.

"Oh.. uh, was it something I did?", Liske said, his clawed hands hovering just above Kheru, not daring to touch him but not knowing what else to do either.

"Nono, I'm fine, I'm fine", Kheru rushed to say.

"Let me help you?"

"I'm fine!", he said pushing Liske's arms away.

Kheru attempted another limping step forward and felt sharp pain, like a someone jabbing a very long, very thin needle into his ankle and then running it through his body, all the way up to his heart. He squeezed his eyes and inhaled sharply.

"Kheru... I just need some rest is all." His breath was quivering, tears welling on the corners of his eyes. He would not have Liske see him cry, godsdamnit. Not him.

He counted to three then took another step forward, determined to fight through the pain. The moment his right foot left the ground, his other leg buckled and he collapsed, falling forward. Liske was there to catch him in an instant. He hoisted Kheru over his shoulders and into a piggyback ride.

"Liske I-"

"It's okay" Liske cut him off, his voice almost a whisper, deep and reassuring.

Kheru made as if to protest but then decided better. He wiped a tear from his eye and wrapped his hands around Liske's neck. He closed his eyes and rested his cheek atop the the dragonborn's jagged-scaled neck. He gave a sniffle. He felt the dragonborn begin walking. Both of them stayed silent for a while.

"Don't forget the satchel...", Kheru muttered.

--

Kheru's satchel hung from a hook on the cozy inn room's wall, along with Liske's coat and their other gear. Their journey back to the civilization had been uneventful one, and at some point the kobold had dozed off resting on the dragonborn's back while he trudged on without complaints.

They had arrived to a small village close to the edge of wilderness late in the afternoon, and the townsfolk were used enough to adventurers that no-one paid the strange duo any undue attention. The town healer had examined Kheru's leg, and discovered that it had just been sprained. After wrapping up his ankle tightly with bandages she had ordered him to rest for a couple days, before sending him away with a pat on his head.

Now Kheru laid on his back on the bed, fully clothed, hands steepled on his stomach and stared at the ceiling. The room was small but clean, and the sound of crackling wood in fireplace gave it a homely feel and a faint smoky wood aroma. The healer had offered him some herbs to dull the pain, but Kheru had turned them down. He was used to hardship, and the throbbing in his foot wasn't that bad. Besides, he did not want to feel sleepy for what would follow.

Liske entered wearing just a plain undershirt and his black leather pants, and clapped his hands cheerily.

"That's settled then, I paid for our room and meals for the next three days. The innkeeper said there would be no refunds, so we're stuck here until then."

He flashed a grin towards Kheru, but the kobold did not say anything. Instead he spied the other man from the corner of his eyes as the dragonborn paced around tending the fire, then kicked off his boots before settling down on the bed next to him.

Liske laid by Kheru's side, his head propped on one arm, and watched him as the glow of fire danced on his dully shimmering scales. Up close he could see how intricate the patterns on the kobold's face were, alternating scales small and large set in swirling mosaics that started from his nose tip and followed the contours of his delicate bones. Liske laid his hand on Kheru's chest and let it rest there, as heavy and coarse as his entire body.

"You're beautiful", he whispered with his low, raspy voice and smiled.

Kheru sighed and wrapped his hands around Liske's, and moved it slowly yet with determination, slipping it under his tunic and against his smooth, bare chest. His heartbeat thump-thumped on the warm skin of his palm.

"Thanks."

Liske shifted slightly, laying his head on the bed. "I was wondering about the earlier...?"

"Go ahead, I don't keep secrets from you", Kheru replied but still did not meet Liske's intrigued gaze.

"You got suddenly scared... so I was thinking, have you ever been with someone? I mean, physically?"

Kheru drew breath and sighed heavier this time. "Yes. No. It depends on the question." He played with Liske's hand, pinching its chubby parts and sliding his fingers between his.

"If you're asking if I have had sex before, then yes, I have slept with kobolds, and other people too. But, if you're asking if I have been with someone before... then no. I haven't loved anyone before." He turned to look at Liske, eyes glistening softly. "Not before now."

"So what's the problem...?" The dragonborn furrowed his brows in confusion.

"Liske, you're my friend--no, more than friend, much more. I'm afraid that if we... do it, then everything changes and you'll just become another one night stand for me. We have a beautiful thing here, and I don't want to risk it."

"Ah." Liske looked around, searching for words. "Buuut...you've thought about it, right?" He nodded towards Kheru's crotch, where the cloth had risen up in a tent-shaped bump while they had been speaking.

Kheru cleared his throat. "Hrm. Maybe once or twice, yes."

He looked at Liske who had a content smile across his face, not seeming to be in a rush about anything. In a polar opposite Kheru was more scared than he had been when falling to his death, his heart thumping louder than the crackling hearth across the room. He had to act fast before he lost his nerve, and regret it for ever. He struggled out of his pants clumsily and threw them away.

"So uh let me show you what I learned from the gnolls. You should take off yours too. Gnolls don't wear pants. What most people don't realise is-"

"Shh", Liske put his forefinger across Kheru's lips, "you babble when you're nervous."

The rest of his fingers curled around the kobold's snout and pushed him on his back, followed by the bed creaking when Liske crawled on him, looming over him as he was propped on his knees and other elbow. Kheru could sense the entire weight of his bulk hovering mere inches above his slender body, ready to crush the breath out of him, and his woefully unattended erection twitched. His cock was pink and tapering towards its tip, not much longer than his finger, protruding from a slit between his legs curving delicately upwards.

Liske drew close and whispered into his ear, hot breath burning on his cheek. "I quite like that."

The dragonborn chuckled and pulled back to a kneeling position. Without saying anything he pulled off his shirt over his head, and tossed it aside. The dragonborn's toned body glistened in the firelight. He had clearly defined abdominals, wide meaty pectorals, and noticeably bulging bicep muscles. His skin was smooth, with patches of rough scales where humans would have hair, and a thin sheen of sweat on it as if from some light exercise. Kheru rose up and set his hands on Liske's thighs.

"What's this for?", Kheru asked with a curious voice and prodded Liske's belly button.

"It's a mammalian thing. It doesn't do anything."

Kheru probed deeper, then sniffed his finger. "Then it's pointless if you ask me."

He leaned in to give it a quick lick, dipped in his sharp tongue tip and gave it a little squirm, then continued upwards the muscular crevice on Liske's belly.

"But it tastes salty so it's okay I guess."

Liske made deep, guttural grunts like a simple beast being petted, but when the kobold pinched his nipples he flinched and grimaced.

"What about these?" Kheru held the dark, proudly protruding nipples between his forefinger and thumbs and squeezed them again.

"They're very sensitive...", Liske huffed between clenched teeth.

"Oh? I shouldn't touch them?" Kheru gave them another pinch.

"No...I quite like that...", Liske snarled, showing off his row of white, sharp fangs, then smiled again when Kheru relaxed the pressure on his chest.

"You're weird." The kobold shook his head, but could not help smirking.

Liske took hold of his wrist. "Why don't you try here next..."

His hand was guided towards Liske's crotch, and the tight bulge where something thick and hard was straining against the leather. Kheru stroked the dragonborn's malehood, and could feel its throbbing heat even through his pants. Liske started to pant, and grinded his hips against the kobold's touch. The dragonborn's hand found its way to Kheru's cock, and brushed its underside gently with his rough fingertips. At the same time his other hand pulled at the waistline of his pants, revealing bit of his lower belly and smooth pubic mound, leaving his goods tantalizingly out of sight.

"Go on, dig in...", he croaked with thick, raspy voice, his breathing growing ever more rapid.

"Actually", Kheru said and gave a dry gulp, "I might have oversold my.. uh..." Kheru stared at the bulge before him with a mixture of fear and awe, like a savage entering a cathedral for the first time, "...experience."

Nevertheless, he tugged Liske's pants downwards and could see a heavy weight shifting under the thin layer of clothing. The tiny scales on his cheeks stood up. One final tug and the intimidating presence revealed itself, springing out of Liske's pants and pointing at him like an executioner's blade. It looked surprisingly like a human's, only decorated with the same smooth, metallic scales that covered the rest of Liske's body. And more importantly, it was huge--gods, Kheru had seen sword handles smaller than this.

"I might need you guide me through some of this", he said straining to keep his voice cool. He flicked out his tongue to give it a little taste, like a man at a dinner table trying out a dish out of courtesy.

The heat and size of Liske's cock in Kheru's hand was undeniable, its musky scent a heady mixture of his male aroma and fuck lust. It tasted salty, much milder than Kheru would have expected, but it lingered on his tongue and nostrils pleasantly, like afterglow of Liske's body heat.

"It's okay", Liske said gently, and petted Kheru's head, stroking his cheek with his thumb. "Take your time examining it...", he rumbled, and the kobold nodded.

The dragonborn's malehood was a bit longer than his hand, fingers extended, and thick enough that Kheru had difficulty closing his fist around it. It had the same metallic sheen as his skin, its head throbbing with a deep shade of purple, and thick veins snaked under its delicate skin. The cock's entire length curved steadily upwards, so much that Kheru had no trouble touching Liske's belly button with its hot tip when he pressed it up and against the dragonborn's body. Below the shaft hung a pair of heavy balls, plump and tangerine sized, nestled snugly in their snug pouch.

Liske started stroking his own cock slowly with the same hand that had held the kobold's, pulling back the foreskin with each stroke and playing the cockhead with his thumb, spreading around the clear, gooey precum that bubbled from the slit at its end. He cupped his balls in his other hand and rolled them slowly in his palm, taking them out front for display.

"Would you like to... would you like to take it in your mouth?", he asked with a warm voice, smiling hopefully like waiting for a meal.

Kheru nodded once, eagerly, locking eyes with Liske briefly then returning his attention to the work that laid before him. Yes, he did in fact want to take it in his mouth, Kheru realized. His hands travelled upwards from the dragonborn's muscular thighs to his buttocks, pinching them gently and pulling himself forward. He hid his snout in the warm, soft spot under the base of Liske's cock, drinking in the aroma, and felt his own erection give a twitch as he did so. Kheru craned his neck to push Liske's member up, pressing it against his belly and drinking in the body heat it radiated. His tongue wrapped around Liske's shaft, coiling around it like a curious snake, and gave it a loving squeeze. He heard the dragonborn exhale a vowel that was half-surprise, half-chuckle. He quested further up with his tongue, recruiting the aid of his hand to hold the cock firmly in place as if it would squirm free if he let go. He marked his passage on Liske's dick with thick, warm saliva, that slowly dribbled its way down to the dragonborn's balls.

The subject of his attention was now between his jaws and Kheru was suddenly reminded of the way dogs carry sticks in their mouths, making him very mindful of his teeth. Was he doing this right? A warm exhale at the back of his head and a strong twitch in his mouth was confirmation enough, and he continued upward, leaning back until he was face-to-face with the tip. He cupped his mouth around it, tasting the salty clear liquid on his tongue. The warmth in his mouth was intoxicating, making him exhale short staccato breaths. He pressed it against the inside of his cheeks, first on one side, then taking his time sliding it sensuously to the other. He started stroking it with his hand, his tongue prospecting the inside of his foreskin, and he could hear the low rumbling sound from Liske's throat rise in volume.

Liske placed his hand on the back of Kheru's head, stroked his neck and pulled him slowly closer. His thick, stiff cock throbbed in the kobold's hungry maw who lathered it with a mixture of slobber and precum, eager to please his large friend. To Kheru he tasted magnificent, the warm masculine aroma of a full grown dragonborn filling his mouth and seeping into his belly. Liske closed his eyes and pushed himself slowly deeper, all the way in until his glans pressed against the back of Kheru's throat, and to his surprise he found out that kobolds did not have a gag reflex.

"Huh, it's true what they say then...", he murmured to himself, then gasped as Kheru's tongue reached out to lick his sensitive balls, heavy from being so overfilled with seed. Liske pulled out with a wet smack and tossed the kobold on his back on the bed, then tugged at his tunic until the lithe lizard slithered out of it leaving him completely bare. The dragonborn made a gruff sound as he descended on the smaller male, leaving his upper body propped up on his arms while pressing his large erection against kobold's smooth belly. Kheru spread his legs and moaned in pleasure as the large beast on top of him grinded their hips together, feeling the entire weight of that muscular body crushing him as their wet cocks slipped and slid against each other.

"Back in the woods", Liske whispered with a husky voice into Kheru's ear, "after you had saved my life... it made me rock hard. I wanted more than ever for you to have me."

He emphasized his words with a thrust of his hips, his wet malehood pressing into Kheru's belly. It reached almost from his crotch to his sternum, that fat, juicy piece of man meat throbbing on the kobold's slick skin, and Kheru could not help letting out another moan of pleasure.

"Give it to me Liske!"

Liske rose up, his cock leaving sticky trail of precum as it detached from the kobold's skin, and grabbed his ass roughly. His clawed hands squeezed the small creature's perky buttocks, and then he lifted Kheru's butt on his lap. The kobold's tail laid between his feet and wagged happily on the bed as the bulky dragonborn grinded his blunt cockhead against its base.

"Hrmmm....", the dragonborn grunted, a primal mating rumble rising from the pit of his stomach and reverberating in his wide chest.

Kheru could feel the wetness being spread by the member prodding him, seeking entry blindly, and he turned his head to the side and bit his knuckles. He gazed up at the tall dragonborn about to enter him, panting, and ground his hips against Liske's cock, inviting him in. Liske touched his anus, and even a soft prod against that sensitive spot made the lizard twitch. He increased the pressure, putting more of his weight behind his insistent desire to mate, the thick glans making wet, squelching noise as it tried to squeeze itself in that hot, tight hole.

"Rrrrrgh, I don't think it's going to fit....", Liske huffed between clenched teeth, but did not stop trying.

Suddenly his cock slipped off the shallow groove between the kobold's ass cheeks, and bopped against Kheru's inner thigh like a meat tenderizing club. The dragonborn stood still for a moment, breathing heavily and looking frustrated. Kheru felt a mixture of relief and frustration. His cock throbbed and oozed clear liquid constantly now, and he was more aroused than he had ever been, but a pulsing within his taint supported his hesitation. He could not help his pucker clenching involuntarily when he imagined Liske's entire girth being rammed inside it.

He made as if to stand up. "Let's uh.. try again" he said, still out of breath, looking at Liske.

"Yeah, let's", Liske said hastily, impatience welling up along his aching cock.

He set Kheru on the bed and rolled him on his side, then curled around his body from behind, his snout between Kheru's butt cheeks, hands on his hips, and his majestic erection resting on Kheru's shoulder. He kissed the kobold under his tail, nuzzling and licking his taint before moving over to his secret spot. He breathed in the kobold's musk, then tasted him, exploring his tight passage, his tongue snaking in like a muscular worm. His claws kneaded the kobold's sides softly, like a playful cat, and he could feel him tense and relax, gasp and moan. Kheru's eyes glazed over, working through this new feeling. A movement from somewhere in him sent a spasm up his waist, all the way up to his cock, throbbing and dripping.

"Mmyeah I like that", he huffed and wrapped his legs around Liske's head, shoving him in closer. "Do that more."

He turned to busy himself with the member hanging over him, licking and massaging it, but his attention was taken up by the feeling in his taint. He felt himself being stretched and prodded, caressed from the inside. He breathed in quick wordless sighs. Liske made muffled moaning sounds as he licked and slurped the kobold's hole, its taste mild yet intoxicating, his slimy appendage searching around in the pink, velvety folds of Kheru's sensitive insides. Without thinking about it he was already stroking his own cock, spurting little droplets precum on his partner's cheek and chest. His breathing grew more labored and he pumped his cock faster, digging in his claws into Kheru's soft side as he squeezed him harder.

"Ah, I'm...I'm about to...", he panted out, eyes closed, his body tensing up for a grand release.

"Let me help with that", Kheru said and pushed Liske out of him with his legs, the tongue parting with Kheru's taint with a wet smack. He turned around so he was face to face with Liske's cock. He wrapped his mouth around it, grabbed the dragonborn from behind his waist and pulled, forcing the thick, succulent appendage down his throat. His eyes squeezed shut from the sensation of his passage being stretched by the girthy member going all the way in his chest, and he tried to swallow reflexively making his throat contract even tighter around the dragonborn cock.

For Liske feeling his cock in Kheru's caress, enveloped by his hot body was too much, and he climaxed with a throaty moan. His cock twitched, shooting a jet of thick, rich dragonborn cum down Kheru's throat and into his belly, its solid mass pulsing and throbbing in his mouth. Again and again his muscles spasmed as his balls were emptied into his partner, his virile member pumping salty, sharp tasting semen into that eager toothy maw. Kheru took an entire load into his mouth before he could swallow, and it spilled over his lips, dribbling between his teeth and onto his chin and chest. The dragonborn's seed glistened on his skin, translucent and pearly white globs of rich, thick sperm, the faint glow of his body heat still lingering to the gooey fluid.

Liske panted heavily, spent and basking in the afterglow of his release. Kheru pulled the cock out of his mouth with a wet, slick sound and gasped for air. As he caught his breath his tongue flicked between his lips, licking the warm, gooey liquid. He turned to face the dragonborn, clicked and clucked his tongue on the roof of his mouth and took on the expression of a food critic, but his wide grin sabotaged the impression.

"My compliments to the cook", he said, out of breath and full of merriment.

Liske nodded breathlessly, having no sense for clever replies left in him. He felt the heat growing from his belly into his body, primal and instinctual, and despite just climaxing the need to mate and be mated only grew stronger in his lust-filled mind. He turned around and got up on all fours presenting himself to his partner, showing off his firm, round buttocks, and the soft loose hole under his lifted tail. His heavy balls hung between his legs, swaying slightly as he breathed, and his still erect cock squirted little droplets of clear fluid on the bed. Liske looked over his shoulder and nodded at Kheru, biting his lip in a coy, submissive gesture.

"Please... I want you inside me." He growled, and curved his back like an animal in heat.

Kheru's expression of happy playfulness slowly faded to puzzlement, then a flustered expression verging on panic, which was promptly assassinated and succeeded by a greedy smile. He stood up on Liske's dense calves, placing the dragonborn's tail over his shoulder, touching the base of it with his erection.

"I'm sorry, I don't think I quite heard you?"

"Fuck me with your hot kobold dick!", Liske snapped, panting and growling, and wiggled his butt.

His thick tail swayed back and forth as if he was ready to pounce, but instead he planted his knees firmly on the bed, face down ass up.

"I want to feel your tiny body slap against my ass cheeks as you thrust into me again and again...", he snarled as he bit into the mattress.

Liske's anus gaped then close shut, showing off a glimpse of his pink glistening insides. The grin on the kobold's face grew even wider, like in the midst of a very good prank. He slid his smooth erection up and down the crevasse between Liske's cheeks, pressing against the dragonborn's hole but not sliding in.

"You sure I'm not too big for you?", said the tiny kobold.

"Please fuck just fuck me already please...", Liske spat between clenched teeth, and pushed back with his ass trying to trap the kobold's member, but in vain.

"If you insist." Kheru shrugged and pressed the tip of his smooth penis against Liske's puckered hole, then slid it inside of him, hugging his tail as he did so. "You like that?"

For reply Liske made just a throaty exhalation, his face smiling in bliss. The kobold's short length slid into him, stretching him and pressing against just the right spot inside his lower body.

"Mm... you're good, you're really good...", the large male purred and panted.

His plump, muscular ass brushed against kobold's crotch and thighs, bouncy and juicy meat ready to be used, needing to be used. Kheru slid himself slowly in and out of Liske, delighting on on the dragonborn's rumbling feedback almost as much as the warm pleasure around his cock. Kheru had never seen his friend like this, but then again neither he had seen himself like this before. He slapped the thick, plump butt wrapped around his dick, commanded by some primal part of him.

"Do you like my cock in you Liske?", pumping gently in him.

Liske gasped as he was smacked but then smiled. "Oh yess I love your hot cock in my hot ass, fuck me raw with your sexy kobold fuck stick!"

His own member started stiffening again, as throbbing and needy as before, his body showing off the legendary dragonic stamina that made him ready for round two with little need for resting. He was being teased and toyed with, constant stimulation of his nether region driving him wild with lust, pliable, obedient, large stud to be used for breeding as his master saw fit. Kheru slapped Liske's asscheek again--harder this time time--and ploughed into him.

"Flattery won't get you anywhere here. We do things my way now", he said, pulling back and shoving into him slowly but firmly.

Was he making fun of him? For now he was enjoying himself too much fun to care. He placed a leg over the dragonborn's butt and picked up the pace, digging into Liske's warm body greedily. Without thinking, he bit hard into the tail that rested on his shoulder, letting out a cute little growl as he did so. The large male was like putty in his hands, submitting to his nibbles and bites, having his booty slapped and fucked as the kobold saw fit. He was warm, smooth, his anus clenching around the kobold's dick as he pushed in creating sweet, sweet friction.

His scaly hide slid like finest leather against the kobold's, the two reptilian creatures locked in an amorous passion, rutting like two beasts locked in a timeless dance. The world disappeared around them; they only heard each others aching, pleasured moans; they only felt each other's warmth. Kheru felt himself getting closer. He made Liske turn over by shoving him by the waist, and Liske complied without hesitation. Kheru lied atop him, much like how his friend did only moments--ages--ago. Liske grabbed the bed's headboard with his clawed hands, his eyes squeezed shut, and moaned deeply.

"Look at me", Kheru commanded between gasping breaths, "look into my eyes".

Liske did as told, eagerly. He held his breath as he locked eyes with his kobold, seeing only him and him being the center of his world. There was little need for words, for he just smiled and nodded yet both of them understood what was being conveyed. The bed creaked as Liske grabbed it harder, tensing his body as he was ready to accept Kheru's seed, the dragonborn's nostrils flaring as he rode the wave of passion, his lungs burning and heart hammering, his much teased prostate turned into a tender knot of pleasure. Kheru could not hold it any longer. He grabbed Liske by the waist and thrust in him, threw his weight behind it to get as deep as he could. He gazed into the pair of golden rings reflecting firelight back at him. He tasted blood somewhere in his mouth, and did not care.

He let out a wordless cry and felt the ecstasy explode out of him, sending waves of joy travelling through his body, making his legs shiver. His breathing burned with pleasure, his friend tight around his cock making the scales on his head stand on edge, and he made a strangled little yelp as he climaxed. The elation washed over him and suddenly, it was over. Kheru collapsed atop Liske's chest and stayed still with his cock inside him.

Liske hugged Kheru in his muscular arms, his chest rising and falling steadily as the kobold rested on it. He could feel a sensation of being filled with something wet in his ass and he relished it, clamping his thighs around Kheru's hips so not even a single drop would spill out. Some of Liske's semen was still on his chest, and the droplets glued them together in a sticky embrace. Liske petted Kheru's back, sliding his hand across it and finding its way under his tail, where he toyed with the kobold's moist anus with his fingertips, casually as if it was something he always did.

"You're beautiful." Two words, heartfelt, Liske's voice reverberating in his chest and into Kheru's body.

Kheru could feel the dragonborn's heartbeat through his chest, settling down. He felt the heat emanating from their bodies, wafting upward in waves. His friend's--lover's--heavy arms, pressing gently on him, exploring him, his hot breath caressing his face. Kheru wanted this moment to never end. He was overwhelmed, he felt tears well up in his eyes and shut them. He suddenly wanted nothing more than to kiss his friend. He craned his neck out towards him but he was nowhere near close. He made a move as if to pull out of him, but Liske stopped him.

"Shh, shh, not yet." Liske tightened his grip on him. "Let me savor it."

Kheru relaxed and laid on his large dragonborn contentedly. The fireplace crackled and popped cheerily, the two laid together in the firelight's embrace and started to drift to sleep, the only sound they made the snuffling of their relaxed breathing. Without saying it aloud both of them realized that their greatest adventure had just begun...