What's the Selfie For, Big Brother?

Story by Joshiah on SoFurry

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We're back on track, and we have a sensual (but not quite sexual) commission ready for your viewing enjoyment, this time for FA: shy001.

In his commission, Duo the dragon is having trouble carving out a social life for himself in a foreign world, and he simply doesn't feel that he fits in with other people as well as his younger brothers do. When he becomes fed up with his daily routine, he makes a daring decision: he'll start an adult dating profile, complete with several nude pictures of himself!

It isn't until Dragor happens upon his older brother, mid selfie, that Duo gets the advice that he needs to approach the dating world with a new sense of confidence.

Both characters belong to FA: shy001 , please don't use them without the proper permissions.

The thumbnail artwork is the original artwork the story is based on, a fantastic piece by the talented FA: vallhund. Please go favorite the original: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17756488/

As always, read, comment and enjoy!


Royalty usually has a hard time fitting in with the commoners of their kingdom, no matter how kind and benevolent they are to their subjects.

When they're trying to fit in on an entirely different planet, calling it a "hard time" is a little too generous.

Duo didn't have quite the good fortune with social skills that his brothers did, and for a dragon simply trying to make friends in another world, having a way with words was a huge benefit. Duo was an eloquent speaker to say the very least, but when it came to actually applying those verbal skills to social interaction, he faltered, and often times, he found himself envious of his brothers for not having the same issues.

He was the oldest of four brothers, and on their own agreement, they all did their best not to tell anyone that they were royalty on their home world, though it sometimes slipped through in conversation. Duo was a modest member of the royal family, and tried harder than any of his brothers to keep his royalty a secret, not wanting to use it as a form of leverage to make friends; he wanted people to like him for who he really was, even if he was often too shy to divulge the true nature of his personality.

"Maybe I'm the problem...maybe I'm just a little too boring," Duo suggested to himself, as he kept his pencil flying across the notebook in front of him with all of the dexterity of a master author. A classical dragon of green, his scales were vibrant enough to light up any room that he entered, but he often kept his personality as subdued as possible, in contrast. Though he'd become accustomed to having to wear jeans and t-shirts when he was out in public, he preferred to dress a bit more scantily in his own home, wearing nothing more than a loincloth to contain his bulge, and a small garment of red and gold around it, a harking back to his royal heritage. When he wasn't busy studying, spiked gauntlets adorned his wrists, but all too often, Duo could be found with his muzzle in a book, or, just like he was now, a notebook.

His family would have been proud of his studious nature, but he couldn't ignore a painful truth about it.

It isn't really making me a whole lot of friends, Duo thought, And it certainly isn't making me any more popular.

As much as others might see him being one dimensional, that wasn't nearly the case with Duo. It was only up for consideration because he often studied and kept to himself, even when he was out in public. His body, however, told the story of a very determined and powerful dragon, one who kept his body in peak physical condition, and perhaps, that imposing figure, with a seemingly brooding nature, were part of the factors that kept him from branching out to meet other people. Shoulders that could carry the world flowed seamlessly into biceps and triceps that stretched his scales to the very limits; they weren't show muscles, but strong, real muscles that could only be obtained through years of conditioning. While some might expect him to be a little bit over-sized, he was actually in perfect balance, and took as much care of his core and legs as he did his massive arms, giving his body an attractive sense of balance that most exercise enthusiasts simply lacked. If Duo had the confidence is his personality that he had in his own body, there was no doubt that he'd be a little bit more popular, and a lot less lonely.

He was determined that it was high time for all of that to change.

The routine of daily life was starting to grind on Duo, and he'd had enough of waking up to the same schedule every day: Wake up early, eat a healthy breakfast, study for an hour, workout for another hour, have lunch, study again, keep an eye on his younger brothers, fit in a second workout, eat dinner, and go to sleep. It was a wise way for a young man to live his life, but Duo needed more excitement than that, and he wasn't going to find it with his muzzle stuck in a book. In fact, it was his computer that finally lead Duo to think of another way that he could possibly branch out and meet new people, but it wasn't going to rely on his study skills or his personality.

He was going to show off his body, and already, he was nervous about it.

Glowing, golden eyes with black irises were staring into a mirror, as Duo had given up on his studies for the day and retreated to the bathroom. Part of him couldn't believe what he was doing, but another part of him found it the perfect way to break out of his shell, without putting himself at too much risk of getting hurt or making a bad impression on someone. He knew that he had at least one asset that people admired, and that was the body of a solid tank.

It didn't hurt that he was well endowed, either.

"Can't believe I'm really doing this..." Duo groaned at himself, as his clothes left a small trail back towards the door of the bathroom, which Duo had carelessly left open. Wanting to take the best picture that he could, hoping to show off as much as possible, Duo reached down to the white flesh of the shaft of his member and wrapped his paw around it, giving it a couple of soft, curious strokes. Slowly, it started to come to life at the attention, and the gentle pink tip of his cock began to rise. Moaning quietly and wincing his eyes closed for a moment, Duo gave in to a quick, hidden moment of pleasure, letting his paw glide back and forth over the flesh of his shaft, pulling it gently away from his body until his blood was rushing through to his crotch, propping his member up proudly on the edge of the sink. Still growing and stiffening, the draconic length throbbed against the cool laminate of the bathroom counter as Duo readied his smart phone, glancing into the mirror and trying to feel every bit of confidence that a dragon with his body really should.

Green, vibrant scales, patterned over with smaller stripes and streaks of dark green.

A white underbelly that highlighted the rippling muscles of his abdomen and his pectoral region.

Yellow flesh that highlighted each of his four wings, and made the definition of his body stand out even further as the camera started to flash.

And finally...

"Now just what do we have here?"

A blue and white distraction that couldn't have had worse timing if it tried.

The sultry expression that Duo was trying to force for the picture quickly faded into a twisted look of shock and fear as he whirled his head around, looking away from the camera right as it took the shot. Over his shoulder, he could see Dragor watching him with a gruff smirk, almost the exact look that he was trying to pull off for the camera.

" DRAGOR! Haven't you ever heard of knocking?"

"Haven't you ever heard of closing and locking a door?" the younger dragon replied, chuckling quietly as he gazed over his brother's body. "I mean, if you're going to do that, it's usually a good idea to give yourself a little privacy..."

Duo didn't know if the fact that he'd been caught in the act was worse, or the fact that his brother might have seen him masturbating, if even just for a moment or two. He'd completely forgotten to contemplate why Dragor was naked himself, but he could hardly worry about that when his younger brother had been known to parade around the house in the nude, on occasion. For Dragor, it was a liberating and enjoyable experience.

For Duo, it was a harrowing one that left his face completely flushed with a bright, cherry red blush that only grew worse as Dragor started to chuckle at him.

"I thought I was going to be home alone for a while," Duo grumbled, even as Dragor leaned against the door frame and crossed his arms, unable to keep from snickering at the sight. "If I'd known you were coming home early..."

"I didn't figure you to be the type to take such a risk!" Dragor admitted. Having known his brother for such a long time, whatever was going on was out of the realm of expectation for Dragor, in regards to his older sibling. "I mean, seriously...doing that, with the door open?"

Duo put the phone down on the counter and covered his face with a paw as he felt his scales might burst into flames. "I wasn't doing what you think I was!"

"Just saying, I came in and happened to see your paw-

"And you didn't walk away, because...?"

"Sheesh, everyone does it!" Dragor reminded him, rolling his eyes in a moment of exasperation. "But...not everyone takes a picture of themselves while they're doing it. Does my older brother finally have a little fling on the side?"

As shy as he was about what he was doing, Duo figured that it would only end the embarrassment faster if he explained what was really going on, and his logical brain was starting to get control of the situation, once again. "W-well...no, not exactly..."

A blind man could see just how uncomfortable Duo was, and while Dragor always had fun tormenting his older brother, he had tact enough to realize when something serious was going on, and being able to see a soft pink blush through green scales was a bold statement in itself. "C'mon..." he mumbled quietly, offering Duo one last smirk. "I'll throw some boxers on or something and we can talk about in the living room."

Duo nodded silently and watched as his brother left the bathroom. Every bit as chiseled from stone as Duo was and even a little bit taller, it was no surprise that the exotic, blue scaled dragon that was Dragor had no trouble fitting in wherever he wanted to, and with whoever he wanted to. If I had even a scrap of the social skills that he had, I don't think I'd ever have a moment to myself! I still don't know how he does it, Duo pondered, as he reached over to the wall and grabbed a towel from the heated towel bar. He wrapped it around his waist, but the stiffness of his cock refused to go easily, poking out a tent and causing Dragor to chuckle once again, even as the younger brother went to throw on a pair of boxers rather quickly.

"So you weren't just pulling your rod for no reason," Dragor suggested, as the tight, silken underwear covered up his backside and his own rather impressive member. He stepped over to the sectional sofa that Duo so often studied on and sprawled out on one end of it, leaving the other end open for Duo to rest upon. "If you aren't taking pictures for just one person, what's the deal?"

It would likely only be a matter of time before someone stumbled on what Duo was doing anyway, and now that he'd been caught in the act, this wasn't going to go away anytime soon. "Well...you know those adult friend finder websites?"

"...You can't be serious. Duo...why would you resort to those?"

"Because I just can't get over making the first move. I feel like I'm way too socially awkward..." Duo admitted, resting his elbows on his knees, and his muzzle in his paws. He glanced down between his thighs, wishing that his covered erection would simply go away, though, there was a truth inside, one that he couldn't hope to deny...that he was highly_aroused at the thought of sharing such a lewd picture with a total stranger. "But on a website like this, I feel like maybe I could find someone who would look past all of that, and see that I'm really worth, well...y'know. _Something."

"You're worth plenty," Dragor reminded him, giving his brother a more genuine smile. "And you're really not _that_socially awkward. I think you just have a harder time loosening up than Arnold, Donell and I do. If you could just learn to relax a little bit in a social setting, I'm sure you'd have some cute little thing crawling all over you and just begging to be leaned over this sectional for a good, hard fuck..."

Duo couldn't deny that he was a little jealous of his brothers for that trait. They were much better at easing into any social situation, and sure enough, each one of them had at least a couple of friends that were friends with benefits, not to mention the kind that they could call on whenever they wanted. It was rare that the oldest brother was also the most timid, but it was entirely true of Duo. "Maybe that isn't the right approach for me, though. Maybe I really should give one of these websites a try...I've done a lot of research, and they all seem pretty safe, not to mention there's a whole bunch of eager participants on them...people looking for short term and long term, people looking for relationship and one night stands...I feel like there has to be someone on there who's compatible with me!"

"Judging by the looks of it, you'd better look for someone with experience, if you want them trying to take all of that," Dragor teased, gesturing at his brother's massive length, still refusing to go all the way back down. "But if you've done the research on it, I've got no reason to doubt you, I guess. You always were the most dedicated student out of all of us."

Still a bit shy to be discussing something so sexual with his younger brother, much less when they'd been naked together a second ago, Duo couldn't help blushing again at the mention of his cock, but when it came to sexual interactions, he took Dragor's opinion very seriously. His younger brother knew how to get around, and if there was someone to go to for sexual advice, Dragor was definitely the one. "I just hope it works out for me, finally..."

"Well, if you really think that's the way to go..." Dragor paused, standing up off of the couch and stretching up toward the ceiling, letting each of his tensed muscles expand as he took in a breath, "How about I help you set up a profile so we can wrangle a couple partners for you? If you're gonna do this, you might as well have a little help from the master."

Dragor was full of himself on occasion, but when it came to getting laid, he had every right to be, and Duo knew his advice was invaluable. "You'd really help me out with that?" he asked, and as he looked up into the soft, sky blue eyes of his younger brother, Duo could see that the blue and white dragon was serious about helping him.

"What are brothers for?"

"Oh, thank you so much, Dragor!" Duo smiled wide and hopped up off of the couch so rapidly that his towel fell from his body and his erect member stood up once again. If he hadn't noticed it at the last second, Duo would have embraced Dragor that way, but his better conscious kept him from doing so. "Uhm...y'know. Thanks."

Dragor simply chuckled again and gestured to the end of the hall. "Maybe take another picture or two of yourself like that, and meet me at the end of the hall. We've got a little work to do."

**

Given enough time, Duo's cock finally did come to relax and rest limp against his body again, but before it did, he took a couple more pictures of himself in the mirror, and took a couple shots directly of his own member, and the ripped abdominal muscles that made up an attractive avenue to lead potential partners right down to his crotch. He took five pictures in all, and in each one, he did his best to put on a rather deep, sultry look, trying to allow the focus to fall on his body and his sexual organs, rather than his expression.

"I gotta say, I think you might have a talent for this. Ever consider finding work as a male model?" Dragor asked, stroking Duo's ego to help him along with the process of putting pictures of himself online, but to be fair to Duo, Dragor wasn't overextending his compliment. He knew that his brother would have hits in seconds with the pictures that he'd taken.

"Never thought I'd hear that kind of flattery from my own brother ," Duo admitted with a sour groan, though he knew that was just part of Dragor's personality. "...But...do you really think those shots are that good?"

"Let's just say that if you weren't my brother..."

"All right, all right! I get it..."

Dragor snickered again as he plugged Duo's smart phone into their personal computer and started to upload the pictures. There were a number of different adult sites available on the net that Duo could have chosen from, but Dragor thought it was best that he started on just one of them and went from there. He started building the profile for Duo right away, and using all five pictures that he'd uploaded, Dragor let Duo take the wheel at the computer, so to speak.

"I think that's a pretty solid start. I'll let you fill in the fields talking about yourself...no one better than you to describe yourself, after all," Dragor explained. "I'm glad you're finally taking a step to kind of branch out and meet other people, Duo, and I wish you the best of luck with all of this. I've just got one more piece of advice for you."

Duo would have liked a lot more than one piece of advice, but he smiled at his younger brother and tilted his head curiously. "And what is that, exactly?"

"Just be yourself, Duo. You've got a lot to offer if the right person comes along, and don't ever forget that..." he offered, smiling rather genuinely at Duo for once. "I'll leave you to it, at that. Just don't get carried away when the private messages start rolling in, okay?"

"Heh. Whatever you say, Dragor..."

The blue and white dragon stood up out of the small office chair and gave Duo a small tap on the shoulder as he walked past him, perhaps knowing a little bit better than the green dragon just what Duo was about to get into. It was certain that Duo had his doubts in his own success on the website...

Ping!

But only two minutes had passed since Dragor left the room, and already, Duo could hear a private message being received on his computer.

"No way..."

Duo was beside himself in disbelief as he nearly dove into the small, cheap office chair, the back rest whipping into the span of his wings as his eyes glossed over the screen with anticipation. Given his timid nature and his slight lack of confidence, Duo hadn't expected to see any kind of a response the first day, perhaps not even in the first week...but now, he had one in the first five minutes, and Duo was quick to find that the interested parties on adult social websites were not afraid to be aggressive, and in fact favored that approach to get their points across.

He actually found it a little bit disappointing.

"Five minutes in and I've already got two messages...but..."

Duo felt his excited grin fading into a frown. Simple, blunt messages of "Hey hot stuff, wanna fuck?" and "How's it going, sexy, bulging dragon?" weren't exactly what he was looking for. The grammar in their messages was appropriate, at least, and they took the time to spell things out properly, but there was a hint of disappointment in that none of the responses so far were based on anything but sex appeal.

"Maybe I should flesh things out a bit more," Duo said to himself, as he sat upright at the computer desk and rested his pawtips on the keyboard. There were a number of different fields for him to fill out, from a simple autobiography to a whole list of likes and dislikes, mostly relating to sexual preferences. It didn't take him long at all to fill out all of the fields, and before he'd even finished, he already had three more messages, but again, none of them had anything beyond a basic greeting, and a quick, sad attempt at either begging for sex, or simply demanding it. Duo didn't need to be wooed, but he wasn't exactly impressed with what he was getting so far, and what was initially a wealth of excitement was already dwindling down into disappointment.

Duo sighed as he looked away from the screen and rested his chin in a paw once again. "Looks like this week won't be so different after all..."

The week did indeed carry on just as so many others had before it. Duo was doing his best to try and make a positive out of the situation, and he did find himself enjoying the extra attention that the website was bringing him, so much so that he downloaded the mobile app onto his smart phone, but it didn't change the way that he was being approached. Tuesday was almost exactly the same as Monday, with Duo's profile on the adult social site simply getting flooded with pointless and mindless requests for sex, and Wednesday was almost exactly the same. Thursday, he never even looked at his profile, opting instead to try and go back to his usual routine of early to bed and early to rise, with a full day of studying and hitting the gym, but he couldn't resist the temptation to come back and check on his profile Thursday evening. Throughout the week, Dragor had seen the changes in his brother's mood, as it fell into a downward spiral, and he couldn't help but blame himself for the fact, as he'd encouraged Duo to take that rather large step into trying out the adult websites. Frustrated and close to giving up hope at that time, Duo opted to have a second workout on Thursday evening, but when he went back to the gym, he turned off his smart phone to try and drown out the distractions from the app.

What he couldn't drown out was the fact that so many people around campus had seen his profile on the website, now, and there was no way for him to hide from what he'd posted. Duo had no idea that so many of his fellow students were going to be on the website, and perhaps even worse still, he couldn't control the way they reacted when they saw him out in public, now. It was rare that his attire did anything to hide his muscular body and impressive bulge anyway, but now, there were a couple of people who frequented his gym that looked at him as if he were nothing more than a piece of meat to be taken and eaten whole, and a few others that would immediately blush and walk away whenever he approached a machine or went to exercise next to them.

It's like I've ostracized myself... Duo mentally lashed out at himself, starting to regret the decision even more, as it was getting in the way of his exercise routine. It's like those people know about my profile and they're judging me even more than they used to, just from having looked at it...

Sweat was just starting to bead down Duo's forehead when he finally grunted in frustration. He'd been resting on a flat bench, pressing dumbbell weights high into the air in a proper bench press, when he cast the weights down to the floor and sat up, his head whirling around on a swivel. Even if he wasn't being judged as heavily as he thought, his mind was now his own worst enemy, and Duo picked up his weights to return them to the rack. It seemed that his home residence was the only place that he'd find a mental solace, but in his haste to leave and his negative attitude, he didn't notice a pair of males that had been smiling at him since the moment he walked in, and their distraught appearance when Duo left in such a whirlwind of frustration.

I'll delete it tonight, Duo thought, hammering the front door to the gym open in anger. How could such a great idea turn out so terribly for me...?

With his phone still turned off, Duo never heard the small beep that would have come from the speaker, and if he'd only known, it would have been exactly what he needed to see at the end of a long, frustrating day.

**

"How was the workout?"

Dragor knew all too well what Duo would be doing out and about late on a Thursday, even if he wasn't sweating nearly as heavily as he normally would be. He was lounging around on the grey sectional once again, thumbing through his own smart phone and looking at a short list of text messages, carefully deciding which ones to reply to so he could decide who he'd prey upon that night.

" Awful," Duo grunted, slamming the door shut behind him and marching right down the hall from the living room, right into his own bedroom without another word. Dragor winced as he heard the bedroom door slamming just as hard as the front one, but at this point, he was hesitant to offer any further help or advice to Duo, mentally paralyzed by the thought that he might have been the linchpin to all of this anguish.

Duo hadn't expected Dragor to follow, of course, but he also didn't really notice his younger brother spying on him as he was already sitting down at his computer, furiously hammering his pawtips at the keyboard and logging into the website for what he thought would be the last time. There was almost nothing to give him any inclination that anything would be different this time around, but floating around in the sea of generic messages that were prying for sex and pictures of his cock, Duo saw a message with a headline that was a little bit different.

"Pair of guys who want to chat and meet up...?"

Dragor listened closely through the door as Duo felt his anger subsiding. His eyes, once overflowing with rage, were suddenly soft and subdued as he decided to give the website a final chance. He was expecting nothing more than the usual message when he clicked on the title, but as it opened up to him, there was actually a real, thought out note inside, one that started to turn his angry scowl into a soft, curious smile.

Sorry that we haven't really been able to approach you directly, but we've seen you wandering around the college campus. We wanted to talk to you tonight at the gym, but you were in such a hurry to leave that we didn't want to stop you from going wherever you had to. You're...really, really attractive, and we both think you're a really nice looking guy. You're quiet, and different from all of the other guys on campus...and we'd really like to get to know you sometime, if we could. Sorry if this is a little confusing, but we do share a profile...hopefully you don't mind meeting both of us, if that's okay. If you think you're up for it, would you like to meet us by lifeguard post #4 at the beach? It'd be the perfect place to get to know you better...

Sincerely, Tai and Luke.

Duo could feel all of the tension leaving his paw as it rested on the mouse, suddenly burdened with the choice of how to reply to the message that he'd really been waiting for. It was the first time that anyone had actually treated Duo like a person in a message on the website, and as a bonus, it was two males sharing a profile, instead of just one. Duo could feel his mind starting to race as he contemplated his different options, and he did his best to approach everything like the level-headed, logical scholar that he was. He clicked on the shared profile and gazed over the pictures, finding that only a couple of them were as revealing as the pictures that Duo himself had posted, but what he was able to see was more than enough to physically entice him...especially the one of each male bent over the side of a bed, their tails raised and completely unspoiled, waiting for another male to come along and leave them both with creamy messes to show off.

"This...this can't be real...what should I do?" Duo spoke to himself once again, taking his paw off of the mouse entirely and leaning back in his chair. These were the kind of partners that he'd been looking for, and as disappointed as he'd been throughout the week, it almost felt surreal to think that he had the opportunity he'd been looking for, after experiencing such frustration in trying to find it.

Sure, I'm on my way out there right now. I should be there in twenty minutes, Duo typed in the reply field. Sorry that I was in such a rush earlier. I'd love to talk to both of you a bit more, in private.

Nervously, Duo clicked "reply" next to the field and sent the message. The gravity of the step he was taking came down upon his shoulders heavier than any weight he'd ever lifted, but it was a pleasant feeling, even more satisfying than coming up from the ground to complete a heavy, record setting lift.

Dragor was so curious was Duo was saying on the computer that he almost fell in the doorway as Duo pulled it open, leaving Dragor to blush this time and tap his pawtips together as he tried to look innocent, completely caught in the act.

"...Can I help you, Dragor?"

"You can tell me where you're going," he quickly replied, a cheesy, faux innocent grin played across his muzzle. "Especially dressed like that."

Duo was still dressed in his workout gear, having been so eager to get going that he nearly forgot to change. "...Thanks for the reminder," he replied, quickly ripping off his tight compression shirt and tossing it across his bedroom. He went into a panic, his claws tearing through fabric as he scampered back across the room and got into his closet, trying to find the best combination of a nice looking shirt and casual jeans to compliment his vibrant, green scales.

"Still doesn't answer my question," Dragor demanded, crossing his arms impatiently as his brother stripped nude in front of him. Even Dragor had to flush slightly as Duo's rump came into clear view, with his tail lifting to expose his tailhole, and the back of his tight, taut sack. It was a short lived show, however, as Duo slipped into a tight pair of boxer briefs of emerald green, covered them up with a pair of light khakis, and tucked in a plain white t-shirt, covering it up with a plaid button-up. Even though it wasn't what Dragor was used to seeing him in, it actually looked very nice on him, and the blue and white dragon gave a thumbs up of approval. "But you look good, wherever you're headed."

"I finally got a message worth answering!" Duo called back with excitement, closing his closet hastily and nearly blowing past Dragor. He certainly would have, if the younger dragon hadn't caught his collar. "D-did I forget something?"

"Not a thing..." Dragor replied with a grin, stroking the soft, blue hairs of his beard as he looked his brother over. "You look ready, Duo. Just try and have fun, okay?"

Duo broke away from his brother and actually looked back at Dragor with a grin. "I definitely will."

The green dragon was nearly out the door when Dragor finally called out to him, "Remember to be careful out there!"

It was perhaps an unnecessary warning for someone like Duo, who always was a little bit cautious, but the well wishes were just the boost of confidence that he needed as he made his way out the front door and headed to the beach, guided to the soft sands by the light of a bright, silvery moon.