Bashful Longings (Title Subject to Change)
an excerpt

:Chapter 1:

Remember the point of Nano is to write, write, write and worry about editing in December. This is full of grammar and spelling mistakes and my inner editor is crying right now.

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The blond haired teenager rubbed his eyes, slowly sitting up in his four poster bed. His eyes fluttered a few times, his bright green orbs finally focusing on the clock across the room. It was still quite early, but Kiki Oliver, as he was known, was a morning person. In fact he wasn't like other feline hybrids at all. The cat hybrid didn't like sleeping quite as much as the others in his breed did.

Sighing, Kiki kicked his legs to the side of the bed, standing up. A soft plop sound filled the air, as his feet made contact with the cold tiled floor. Kiki Oliver had recently turned eighteen a few months back. His mother had decided that her son needed something new in his life; that he needed to get out and learn about how things worked in the world. With that thought in mind, Kiki's mother sent Kiki halfway across the world, from America to a small country named Cyria. Cyria was mostly inhabited by magical creatures, but ever since the truce one thousand years ago, many humans had migrated to the small country.

Kiki was a type of hybrid, part human and part feline; cat to be exact.

So here Kiki was in a new country, in a hotel. Today would be the day he had his first day of school. After school, Kiki would be shown to his dorm room. He was told he'd have three roommates. The hybrid was nervous about the kind of people he would be stuck with. Kiki was painfully shy and timid, so he hoped whoever he was rooming with, he'd be able to get alone with them.

@_@_@

Dressed in a simple blue blazer, black slacks and white dress shirt, Kiki walked up to the large school building, going in the main doors. The school in question was "Damien Malokiki's School of Education." It had been made in honor of two kings who had brought two worlds together. The humans and magical beings.

Getting directions and a pass from the secretary, Kiki walked to his home room, gulping lightly as he pushed the door open. The room went silent, every set of eyes turning on the cat hybrid.

Kiki flushed brightly.

"Hello?" Said a friendly voice.

It didn't take Kiki long to find where the voice was coming from. At the front of the class stood a handsome man; he looked quite young. Kiki figured he must be the teacher, seeing as he was leaning against the desk. The man had long blond hair tied back in a pony tail. His eyes were a very, very dark green. He was quite stunning to look at; you'd almost think he was a model.

"H-Hi," Kiki stuttered, walking over to the man, handing him a slip of paper, that said who he was and that he was a transfer student from America.

"Welcome. I'm Shaden Malone. I allow my students to call me by my first name in home room, since the class is more laid back them regular course classes." The man, Shaden grinned, winking at Kiki, making Kiki's eyes go a little wide. Did the teacher just wink at him!?

"So why don't you tell us who you are?" Shaden said, waving toward the class, all of who was staring at Kiki like he was on display at a department store.

"Okay . . . " Kiki wrung his hands together, looking at the students in front of him, making eye contact with a shaggy red-haired teen. The red head grinned, making the cat hybrid blush, of course. When did Kiki not blush? The teenager was too shy for his own good.

"Hello . . . Umm . . . well . . . " Kiki looked down, feeling quite uncomfortable about the way the red head was looking at him. "I'm . . . well, I come from America . . . I've just turned eighteen . . . "

A couple of students started to whisper back and forth, giggling, well not so much giggling, as snickering. But still . . .

Kiki felt his cheeks grow quite flushed, even more so then they were before, but for a whole different reason.

"I'm Kiki Oli . . . "

"Kiki!" Someone snorted, laughing out loud.

A few other people started to laugh, making Kiki feel like he wanted to die. You could tell from the look on his face that he was hurt. The kid that had snorted didn't seem to notice, but the red head from before did and he looked quite angry.

Kiki looked up, only to see the red head glaring over at the boy who had made the rude comment.

"Shut it," the red head said, "God, can't you think before you speak, Naenro?" It was now that Kiki noticed this red head had a tail, because he was standing up and his tail was standing on end, because he was angry. Kiki blinked a few times, looking from the red head to Naenro.

Naenro was small, probably only a little bigger then Kiki. He had short black hair, pointed ears and brown eyes. From first glance, you'd think he was an elf. Kiki suspected that he was. Naenro looked torn; his face flashed through a few emotions, before it went blank. It was clear the boy had done just what the red head said; he'd spoke without thinking.

The elf crossed his arms, looking down at his desk, drawing a random pattern with his fingers on the surface of his desk.

The red head glared, before sitting back down.

"Thank you, Tarin," Shaden said, rubbing the back of his head. "Next time I'll handle it. Go on Kiki."

@_@_@

As class ended, Kiki stood up, throwing Tarin a glance, biting his lower lip. All throughout class, he couldn't help but stare at the boy who had came to his rescue, so to speak. After Kiki had finished introducing himself to the class, he'd learned everyone's names, being very surprised when he learned Tarin, that is Tarin Donovan had a twin brother, who had been sitting in the back of the class. His twin was named Lensae, and he looked almost exactly like Tarin, except Tarin's hair was longer.

By listening to everyone gossiping back and forth, he was able to learn that a lot of people thought of Naenro Bonese as somewhat of a class bully, even if the guy didn't really look it. He was just so small, but he did have a sharp tongue and he often spoke before thinking. And plus, as Kiki learned he lived with the principle and was his nephew or something.

Kiki stood up, looking over at the twins, who were now talking back and forth about something. Shaden was in the front of the class, talking to a couple of students and Naenro was still at his desk, twirling his pen between his fingers, deep in thought, so it looked.

A look of determination coming over the elf's face, Naenro stood up, grabbing his backpack and walked over to Kiki, grabbing his arm. The elf's face was beet red.

"I'm sorry!" He said, before turning around so quick, Kiki barely had time to register what had happened. And in a dash, Naenro was out of the classroom.

Maybe he's not as bad as everyone says . . . Kiki smiled, turning around, smacking Tarin smack dab in the chest, falling back, but luckily he fell right into Lensae's arms.

"Whoa there, where's the fire?" Tarin grinned, as Lensae steadied Kiki on his feet.

"Eh . . . " Kiki blinked a few times.

"We'll walk you to your next class," Tarin offered, leading Kiki out of the door, before the teen could even say anything.

@_@_@

".... yeah . . . and . . . " Tarin continued to talk as he and his brother walked Kiki down the hallways.

"Hey, Tar, tell him about you know what," Lensae said, "he needs to know from sources he can trust . . . "

Kiki blinked, looking back and forth between the twins. Trust? He was supposed to be able to trust them already? They were nice . . . and they did seem trust worthy.

"Hahaha Kiki, don't look so terrified," Tarin said, clapping the feline hybrid on the back. "You know Lensae and I don't bite . . . well . . . " Tarin chuckled, sending Lensae a look Kiki could not read.

"Hehe . . . " Kiki gave a nervous laugh.

"It's not that big of news; the whole school knows, so you'd know sooner or later. It's just Mr. Bonese is gay and dating, or maybe not dating, doing, Shaden." Tarin said all of this with a straight face and it was obvious he was being serious.

Kiki stopped walking, a loud "skid" sound filling the air from his shoes rubbing the floor when he suddenly stopped. "Say what?"

"Don't act so surprised," Lensae said quietly, sighing dramticly, "quite a few, no a lot more then a few, more like a majority of the students here are either bi or gay."

"It is a all boy's school," Tarin added, clicking a random picture of a boy with a camera he had wrapped around his neck. He saw the weird look Kiki was giving him and laughed, "year book comity. I love taking pictures . . . "

A dark stain freckled across Kiki's nose. "Oh . . . " He simply said.

"Better watch out," Tarin laughed . . . "You're pretty cute . . . "

"Huh?" Kiki exclaimed, just as they came to his first class.

But he didn't get an answer, because the twins were already heading for their own class.

@_@_@

Tarin laughed, wrapping his arms around his brother as they walked down the hallway and away from Kiki. "He's a cutie... don't you think?" He asked his younger brother.

"Hmm, he is cute . . . Tarin what is it with you and kitties?" Lensae snickered, looking Tarin up and down, "they flock to you." It should be noted Lensae was talking of real animals, not of the hybrid variety.

"Who knows," Tarin shrugged, "I'd much rather have Kiki's company then any of the other kittens I've met in my days . . . "

"Pervert . . . "

"You know it . . . "

:End of chapter one: