Serpentine
#7 of Venom and Love...
I'm soo sorry everyone! really i am! its just with crystal and i... we've been so busy and what with the holidays and stuff. i just lost track of time and.... ughh... well. :(
But anyway, lets see if i;ve lost my touch or not in this long time off..................
Serpentine.
It was still pitch black out with the golden aura of the sun just barely illuminating the east before she turned over and began to wake. Sleepily she raised her head with a bit of effort and yawned, letting her fangs unfold out. Soon she turned over and bumped into her mate who was still very much asleep next to her. He groaned a little before turning over and finding a more comfortable position. She smiled as she looked over at him. She loved him so much and could only lean over and give him a sweet kiss on the cheek. But unknowingly she found herself gazing over his body, letting her eyes fall onto his hindquarters. As soon as she realized it, she blushed a little but continued to look. Pleasurable thoughts filled her mind. Especially the things that had happened the night before. As she did, her whole body started to heat up a bit, but soon stopped.
How could she be thinking about that right now? After last night.... But still... She could not deny how much she craved him sometimes. And how embarrassing that was to admit to herself.
The night before was nice, but it still had been a long time since they actually mated. What with Razor's injury and such.
All in all Ven just dismissed it for another time and looked outside into the dark morning. Deciding how pleasant it would feel to take a little stroll to the river for a moment.
As she left the cave she noticed a small little twitch on her back. She turned and looked at in only to see a small crack in her scales. Her eyes widened, and she quickly looked over the rest of her body. And much to her dismay, saw just what she expected... all over there were little patches of discolored scales. Some were even falling off. They were sore and hurt to even touch them. This all could mean only one thing...
Ven was shedding...
She bolted down to the river and quickly dipped into the cool waters, hoping it would sooth her already painful scales. When she resurfaced only to realize it was simply no use. The more she looked over her body, the more cracks, patches and discolored scales she found. It was almost enough to make her cry. This all meant at least two to three weeks of nothing but pain, itching and downright suffering. And what would Razor think? Would he still be alright with her if she lost her sexy, sleek look? As soon as that thought entered her mind she mentally slapped herself knowing full well that Razor wasn't like that... but still what would he think? Would he be disgusted? The stress was just too much and she planted her head in her hands.
***
Meanwhile, Razor had begun to stir a bit more in his sleep. His body would always seem to know when the warmth of Ven was not present. Soon enough he woke up, knowing she had left, as she always did in the morning. Getting up he stretched, hearing his spine crack in several places. He was just about to settle back down when something strange caught his eye. Looking down on the ground he saw a cracked, discolored scale. Razor picked it up, wondering whose it could be. Certainly wasn't his and it couldn't have been Ven's, hers were pink... nevertheless his suspicions were raised even higher when he saw a small trail of flaked skin and chipped off scales going away from the cave entrance. He cautiously decided to follow it.
***
Ven's situation had not improved she laid at a sandy bank of the river trying hard to re-moisturize her dying scales by soaking leaves, putting them over her drying patches and rubbing into them. But it was all useless, nothing would stop it, nothing would even slow it, and she knew.
"Why now! Why does it have to happen now! Of all times!"
As her frustration grew she almost didn't hear the snap of a twig nearby. Her head darted over to the direction of the sound, her hood opened wide to try and capture the sound again and pinpoint it. Another snap sounded from the brush on the other side of the river. With a quick glance Ven looked around for a possible means of hiding from the approaching stranger. Her eyes fell upon a very large tree a little ways from the bank of the river. Quickly she hurried to the tree, slithered up the trunk and dived into the branches further up to the top. Once significantly concealed she hunkered down and looked down over the river where she last herd the noise. A few moments passed, but it wasn't long before more rustling could be heard from across the way, followed by the call of her name.
"Ven? Ven you around here?"
Within a few more seconds she saw a yellow horned head reveal itself from the undergrowth. Ven was both relieved and terrified. The question of what Razor would think of her again plagued her already tormented mind. She hunkered further down in her hiding place, desperately hoping to avoid detection from her mate. But at the same time she hated the idea of hiding from Razor... the one whom she could trust with anything. But her body refused to move from its hiding.
Razor continued to look around for her but the small, light trail of flaked scales ended at the river. He looked but found absolutely no sign of her anywhere. But still he could get a very very fain tinge of her scent around about the air. He called again.
"Ven it's only me. Where are you?"
Ven just closed her eyes and covered her face with her tail in disgrace. She was well hidden up in the tree but it still seemed that she was out in the open. She hated the feeling.
Razor just gave the area final glance around before he looked at the ground and walked to the river. He stared at his reflection in the passing waters and saw that which caused him a good amount of fret himself... that scar across his left eye.
Over the past weeks the gash had healed up enough but left a deep trench in his scales from the top of his socket past the eye and down all the way to the bottom of his cheek. He cupped a pawfull of water and rubbed it into his face as if he were trying to wash the scar right off. But of course it stayed. He gave a deep sigh and lowered his head into the river for a drink. Another sigh, as he raised his head and glided over the river to the other side. He started looking around again as if he were searching for something else, something in particular. He walked over to some of the trees nearby the bank of the river. Passing one at a time, the smaller ones, the ones too close the bank. And eventually he had to move a bit more inland to the bigger trees. Ven followed him with her eyes as he walked closer and closer to the tree she was hiding in. Her head darted to see if there were any trees close by that she could cross over to if he had caught on, but he had a look that he wasn't searching for her in the trees, as he kept just looking down at their trunks, not up in them. Still, she was cautious. But for some reason he had to stop at the very tree she was hiding in. He passed around it a few times before setting back and looking around as if making sure no one was there. When he was absolutely sure that there was no one present, he approached the trunk and started whittling into the tree with his claws. Ven couldn't see what he was doing from where she was hiding. He just hunched over the tree's trunk as he kept scratching into the side. After about a minute of anxious wondering, Razor finally seemed to finish as he blew the sawdust and wood shavings away and moved his head out of the way. Ven finally got a good look at what he was doing... and what she saw caused a tear to fall from her eye.
Down in the trunk of the tree there was a heart gouged deeply in the wood, and inside it was the words perfectly printed...
Razor+Ven
As Ven looked down at the carving in the tree, she hardly noticed a single teardrop slide down her face only to see it too late as if fell from her, down to the ground below. She could only stare as the tear fell down... right square onto Razor's snout. Ven held her breath as he lifted a paw to his muzzle and wipe it off with a claw. He looked at it for a second. Then slowly raised his head up... only to be met with a pink blur falling down towards him.
He tried to yell but he was too quickly tackled and all that came out was a muffled yelp. But as soon as he hit the ground he screamed, still lost as to what was happening. Again he could get hardly a sound out before his mouth was sealed with hers. With his eyes shut, all he could feel was a warm forked tongue slowly slide into him, and the orgasmic taste of something going down his throat. And he soon stopped his slight struggle and succumbed to the hot organ overtaking his mouth. His forearms falling limply to the ground and his tail winding around the thing holding him to down.
He moaned into her mouth as Ven's tongue pressed into his own and slid deeper down his throat. She hissed into him, sending short vibrations through her tongue as it eased its way further down. While her fangs gently pricked at his lips.
Razor attempted to wrap his forepaws around her, but the second he tried to raise them they were pinned back to the ground and held firm. The feeling increased the more Ven forced her mouth harder onto his, letting the back of her tongue slide back and forth on the roof of his mouth as it pressed inward.
Razor opened his mouth more for her as she continued her assault on his senses. And Ven gave a cruel smirk of victory as he did so. Knowing there was nothing he could do but submit... and it took a while to realize how much she herself was enjoying his taste as well.
They laid there for at least fifteen minutes. Moaning and further entwining themselves together in the kiss, wishing in the back of their minds to stay like that forever. But Ven slowly broke the kiss, pulling her tongue from his throat and back into her mouth despite her body's pleas not to. As soon as she did they both smelled each other's raw excitement. As Ven had accidently got overzealous and showed her extreme arousal. Razor gave a deep sigh of content, taking in the smell of her. Ven just blushed again. But smiled at the fact that he was the only one that could get her so worked up and vice versa. Razor just laughed and gave her a little kiss as he stroked her back soothingly. But much to Ven's dismay as he brushed over one of her hard dry patches. She winced in pain and Razor quickly took his paw away. He looked over her shoulder only to see the big patch of dead-brown scales, and as he looked over her he saw more and more of them. To the point where her whole back and sides had started to lose their pink color and take on a darkened tint, indicating how much it was spreading and how fast. He looked back into Ven's eyes; she could just look away in disgust.
"I'm sorry Razor...I...I didn't know what to do...didn't know what you'd think. *sigh* Yea, I'm shedding..."
He stared strangely at her.
"Wait, you were TRYING to hide?"
She nodded weakly.
"Ven..."
She looked at him.
"How would you think that was something to hide from me?"
She looked down again but he just lifted her head right back up with a claw under the chin. Ven looked into his warm trusting smile and his gaze that gave her just a small idea of how much he loved her.
She breathed deeply.
"I...thought you would think it was gross...this gets kinda disgusting when I finally take that whole think off... I didn't know what you'd think if I... Ya know, looked like this."
Razor just shook his head.
"Ven. What do you think happens to me every two or three years? I have scales too."
Venoma just covered her face in her hands in embarrassment at her sheer stupidity. How could she be so blind?!?
"It's just that we snakes usually find it rude to molt in front of our loved ones, so we seclude ourselves when we do."
Razor nodded
"I understand it's a snake thing. You do some things different. We dragons like to have some help when we shed."
Ven gave a hopeful smile.
"I'm sorry. I know should know my mate better."
Razor just nuzzled into her face.
"You have not a thing to apologize for Ven. I hate shedding too. How long before you start to peel?"
"About a day or two... but a week for my new skin to stop hurting after I shed the old..."
Razor continued to nuzzle her.
"Do... do you want me to help you...?"
Ven was a bit taken back by the question so it took a while to answer.
"You-you'd do that for me?"
Razor just gave her a look that said "do you really have to ask?"
Ven just wrapped her arms around him and kissed him again.
"Thank you! You don't know what this means to me!"
Razor just hugged her back.
"What kind of mate would I be if I couldn't help you through things like this?"
Ven chuckled.
"I think you filled that part when you tried to kill yourself to protect me."
"And I'd do it over and over if I had to..."
Ven sighed.
"I'm going to be the death of you..."
But just before they got up she grabbed Razor's paw and using his claws carved into the tree just under the heart, the word "Forever."
The two just smiled at one another in bliss
***
Ven was laying on her front down by the bathing pool that they both liked. Her whole 11ft form laid out straight with Razor straddling her, a leaf full of nice warm water clutched in one paw as he slowly poured it over her body from her head, down to her tail. Having to occasionally stop and refill the big leaf until he got to the end, her whole body glistening with the warm water. Razor lost a bit of time just looking at her in front of him...fawning. Even with the odd dead patch of scales, her undying beauty and sleek long body still literally blinded him for a moment.
"Like what you see back there?"
Razor just snapped out of it and stood back over her and quickly got back to work.
He slowly but firmly moved his paws over her scales, massaging and soothing them, daintily picking off the ones he was able to without hurting her.
Ven was in a world of contentment, feeling her mate massage every part of her sore body was enough to make her whine in pleasure. The warm water dripped from her form as Razor's paws worked over the worst areas, letting her pain melt away.
Ven still couldn't believe it. All the other times of suffering that was shedding every year before...compared to this...it was a big deal for someone to care enough.
And at this rate, with Razor pushing and making her scales more soft and wet the time until she could crack the old skin off could be shortened to days instead of weeks. It was enough to make her giddy with anticipation.
Razor just kept at his work, trying to ignore what his body was telling him. After all... His mate...in front of him...soaked in warm water...with him laying over her...he was doing everything in his power to keep himself sheathed and his mind on what he was doing. But despite his best efforts as he moved up her form. He instinctively nuzzled into her neck, and gave her a long lick on the cheek. Tasting the sweet warm water that glistened her scales, it was almost like the worst drug to him. He had to have more...he moved his tongue back to her neck, then up to the back of her hood, and to the top of her head.
Ven loved the feel of her mate's long dragon tongue lapping at her scales. She started to drift away into a half-sleep in content.
Until her touched the very top of her head...
Her eyes shot open as the feeling of a lightning bolt when through her brain. She let lose a loud, defining scream of pure terror. Bunching up her body and using it to hurl Razor of her, throwing him into the pool.
When Razor resurfaced her saw Ven curled up in a ball by the trunk of a nearby tree, shivering in fear. He got out and quickly ran to her; she just further coiled herself up.
"VEN!?! Venoma?! What is it?!? Did I hurt you?!?!? What's wrong?!?"
But Ven just kept staring into space. That image burning in her mind...of Zerkk slowly moving his foul slimy tongue over her head and down her face...her shivering increased dramatically.
Razor peeled himself in, pushing her coils apart and grabbed onto her in an embrace as he realized what he did... what memory he forced back.
"Ven I'm so sorry. I should have known. I just was so carried away...I..."
He held onto her firmly, stroking her gently trying to calm her down as much as he could.
After a moment Ven finally opened her sealed eyes. And grabbed him back, holding him tightly as she buried her face in his chest.
"It's okay...you...you didn't know..."
Razor shook his head.
"No I DID know... I just didn't remember..."
He looked away but kept holding her.
Ven looked up to meet him at eye-level, telling him without speaking.
"It's not your fault."
Razor nodded.
"Ven, I've been really thinking and.... Well it's not safe here...if he IS still out there then we need to get out of this whole area until we can think of something, because neither one of us is ready to fight him again... we need to go elsewhere. But I just don't know where."
"I agree but we have to wait until I, y'know shed... I can't do much of anything in this state."
"Yea good idea...wonder if Zezz will come with us."
Ven chuckled.
"He's always up for anything."
Razor smirked as well.
"Yea, guess you're right."
After a couple of minutes Ven started to itch again, Razor could tell.
"Hey...now where were we?"
"Right about here..."
She laughed as she laid back down on her front.
***
A few days passed of Razor's constant tending to Ven's scales, easing her pain. And it wasn't long before she started showing serious signs of losing the better part of her scales that were continuing to become weaker and start to fall off in one solid piece by the looks of it. As her whole body turned a sickly shade of brown...not one scale had a tint of her former color. But razor seemed to pay no attention to it, much to Ven's surprise. Her mate was definitely not as shallow as looks.
"OW! Razor! Be careful! My skin's getting really tender."
"Sorry Ven, but I have to see if this part is ready or not."
"Well you don't have to rip me to pieces to do it do you?"
"Sorry... when do you think it will all come off?"
"Very soon...today even, I feel like my whole body is in a sock...I just want to get it off."
"So do I... I can't stand to see you in pain...."
She gave him that sweet, loving smile of hers.
"It would have been a lot worse without you. Thanks."
"Don't you dare thank me!"
He snapped jokingly.
The both of them laughed, then settled down. Silence filled the area as Razor ceased his movements. Ven was about to ask when Razor spoke in a worried tone.
"Ven..."
"What?"
"You...you were in heat a month ago weren't you?"
Ven opened her eyes and turned her body to face him.
"When you and I... and when Zerkk.... "
She knew where this was going...
"No Razor...I'm not...I would have been had Zerkk not did what he did. The physical, emotional and mental stress was too much. And my body would have terminated anything that was going to happen...with you or him. And we would have seen the signs had I been..."
Razor gave a look of extreme relief. If it would have been his....but if Zerkk had gotten her...he was just glad neither was the case.
Ven got up and looked him in the eyes.
"Would you want to?"
Razor gave a heavy gulp but soon answered.
"I...uh...I...I...don't know...maybe...but not now...I...I don't think either one of us is ready yet...and especially not with Zerkk still out there."
Ven nodded in absolute agreement.
But swung in closer to him, wrapping her arms around him, and leaning in close.
"Well I won't be in heat for another year soooooo.... we have all that time to ourselves."
She whispered in the sexiest tone she could manage.
Razor's tail slowly slid back and forth as he gave a goofy smile.
Ven just set her head down in her folded arms on her front again and closed her eyes, letting her body be rocked by Razor as he continued massaging.
She had almost fallen into a nap if it hadn't been for a loud crack. And a sharp pain running through her entire back. She bolted up much to her own discomfort. And winced over at Razor.
"It's coming off! Quick, I have to get in the water! If my fresh scales touch the ground it will be excruciating! Hurry, please!"
Without word Razor quickly slunk under her body and picked her up, then waded into the pool.
Once Ven got in she wriggled about under the water. Trying to get herself free of any scales that were still stuck to her new skin. One she knew, she pulled two of her thick underbelly scales apart and started to rip herself free from her 'shell' of dead scales. First getting her tail and lower half out, and then carefully pulling her face away from her. Almost as if she were taking off a mask, and backed out of the rest.
Razor could witness the whole thing from above the surface. He watched as she left her blackened, brown skin float to the top of the water and her familiar pink color return to his eyes.
With one motion she broke the surface of the water and blinded him, her new more brilliant scales reflecting the sunlight right into his face, temporarily stealing his vision. As he tried to pull apart the bright white veil in front of him, the first thing he saw was her beautiful face, like an angel coming through the clouds.
He glanced over her 'new' body, and what he saw stunned him. Her scales had taken of a more dark vibrant shade of pink. Her scales were the darkest pink at the top of her back, following her spine. Whereas her sides retained a lighter shade of color, getting lighter the closer to her underbelly, which was more bleached white than ever.
Razor could only gawk as she seemed to hypnotize him. When he did speak he could only stutter.
"You're...you're...absolutely...breathtakingly beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!! Er...well not to say you weren't beautiful before...I mean...I..."
But he was cut short when she wrapped a slippery-wet coil over his back and yanked him into the water, wrapping him up tight and thrusting her tongue in his mouth.
He ran his paws over her wet new scales, loving the feel. While making sure not to press too hard, knowing how sensitive her skin would be. As she moaned into him clearly telling him how happy she was to be free of her former 'shell'.
They finally went up for air and broke the kiss but not the loving embrace. Razor touched her face and slid a paw down her hood, listening to her as she hissed to approve. He touched his snout to her's, quickly locking gazes.
"So how do you feel?"
She just licked the front of his chest and up his neck in response.
"Beyond wonderful...and its all to thanks to what you did...for me."
He only pulled her into another kiss and continued to feel every possible inch of her new smooth scales.
They eventually decided to get out as the water started to get cold. Ven slid gracefully onto her mates back for the short trip home. Razor felt his sheath stir as orgasmic feel of her scales passed over his own. To the point he had to dig his claws into the dirt to keep him from biting through his lip. Once she was on she just snuggled herself in and nuzzled the back of his neck. Letting her tail play games with his as he started for home.
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