30 Day OTP Challenge-Day Ten

With Animal Ears

“Concentrate, Spicer,” the dragonlord softly ordered his apprentice.

“I’m trying,” Jack said with the slightest whimper to his voice as he held his hands over the unlit wick of a candle. “It’s just so hard…”

“Focus all your energy on lighting the candle,” Chase reminded him. “Picture the flame in your mind and build on that.”

Jack grinded his teeth together as a bead of sweat poured down the side of his face. His eyes were narrowed as he squinted at the tiny wick, trying with all his strength to accomplish the task until finally he exhaled roughly.

Realizing that he’d lost his concentration, he let out a snarl of anger and raised his hands to his hair, tugging at strands in frustration. Immediately, his master came up behind him, wrapping his arms around the teen’s waist and pressing his face up against the back of his neck.

“It’s alright, Spicer,” his lover tried his best to soothe his mate. “The lighting of the candle is a very difficult lesson to master. Once you complete this, magic will come much easier to you.”

“But I can’t complete it!” Jack protested, his arms falling to his sides as he leaned his body against Chase’s.

“You will complete it,” the dragonman insisted. “Just give it some time, my love. You will find your center and once that is unlocked, this will all be much easier.”

“But what if I can’t?!” Jack questioned harshly.

Chase managed to turn Jack’s body around, so that they were nose to nose, but kept his arms wrapped tightly around the goth’s slender waist. “You will, Spicer. Learning magic at this age is very difficult. Were you taught it when you were younger perhaps it would come more naturally to you, but since that is not an option, you have to try a little harder is all.”

Seeing that his lover wasn’t convinced, Chase un-wrapped his arms from the red-head’s waist and pulled him away from the unlit wick. “Here. Let’s try a different exercise. Perhaps this one will be more your speed.”

He led the teen over to a corner that seemed to be filled with nothing but dusty, old books. The dragonman pulled out one of them, causing a cloud of dust to erupt. Jack coughed roughly at the filth and took a few steps away. “I already don’t like it.”

Chase pulled him back as he opened the book. He glanced back up at his apprentice and looked him square in the eye. “Do you trust me?”

Jack immediately nodded. “Of course I-”

“Then do as I say.”

Jack grumbled, but said nothing in reply. He peered over his master’s shoulder, trying to see what he was reading. Unfortunately, it all looked like complete gibberish to him. “What’s this?”

“I will ask you to read these spells out loud,” the dragonman explained as he flipped through the pages. “Many of the ancient tongues that were used to create these spells are sometimes a little hard to pronounce. Even though you can’t harness your magic yet, it’s very good to get a head start on enunciation.” Chase handed the book to his apprentice, pointing to a line. “Try to read that spell out loud.”

The goth cleared his throat and focused on the words. It still looked like complete gibberish. Nevertheless, he felt stupid enough for not being able to light a damn candle, so he absolutely had to find something to prove to his lover that he was capable of learning magic and not just a lost cause.

“Animal andar í heiminum, ég beckon fyrir þig að heyra kvein mitt. Gefðu mér bragð af krafti þínum og hjálpa mér að heyra hvað þér heyrið!”

The pronunciation was a bit difficult, but Jack felt he didn’t do too awful of a job. He smiled proudly and glanced up at his master. His eyes widened as he noticed his beloved now had an extra set of ears.

Rabbit ears, to be precise.

Jack stifled a giggle, biting his lower lip when one of Chase’s bunny ears twitched slightly.

Furrowing his brow, Chase demanded, “What’s so funny?”

“Umm…” Jack bit his lip, slightly considering not telling the man about his new appendages, but decided Chase would be pretty angry if he remained silent. “Babe, I think I made a mistake.”

“What do you mean?” Chase asked, the other rabbit ear twitching. “You pronounced the spell quite well for a beginner.”

“Yeah, but…uhh…you’ve got…” Jack gestured to the top of his own head.

Curiously, the overlord raised his own hands to his head and as his gloved fingers touched the ears, his eyes widened in realization. “Oh, my gods…”

Jack officially couldn’t handle his mirth any longer and burst out into peals of raucous laughter. His master growled furiously at him and snatched the book away from his hands. Before Jack had calmed himself down enough to become more aware of the world around him, Chase began to chant the same spell.

Once Jack had relaxed, he glanced back at Chase, who was smirking that evil, sexy smirk Jack was so fond of. However, he wasn’t entirely sure why his lover was smirking.

“What?” the red-head asked.

“Why don’t you see for yourself?” Chase asked, exposing his fangs as he grinned wider.

Without question, Jack rushed over to a nearby mirror and gasped loudly.

Now he had a pair of cat ears perched on the top of his head. He whirled around, growling in frustration as his hands balled up into fists. “Fix. This. Now.”

“Really, Spicer?” Chase said, his smile never wavering. “I happen to think you look rather cute.”

Jack grinded his teeth together furiously. “No fair! Mine was an accident; you did this on purpose!”

“What an astute observation, my little kitty-cat,” Chase chuckled and as Jack made to argue, he began to scratch one of the goth’s furry ears.

The goth response was cut-off as he shut his eyes and actually purred at the wondrous feeling.

“Hmm, I wonder if I should transform you into one of my cats, Spicer. Not permanently, but a temporary change. Perhaps only a quarter of feline attributes with your human body. Then, you would have a lovely tail for me to play with, too~”

Reveling in pleasure, Jack moved up against his master, still purring with enjoyment. On the inside, Jack was positively fuming at Chase for taking an advantage of him like this! Then again…ooh, if Chase scratched just a little more to the left—ah! Yes! Right there!

Chase chuckled softly at his mate’s reaction to his scratches, his own rabbit ears twitching with excitement as he watched the technophobe turned mewling feline paw at his chest.

“Hmm…maybe I was a bit too cross with you for your little error, Spicer. After all, it was just a tiny mistake and I know how sorry you are.” The warrior said these words in a mocking tone of condescension, but Jack seemed entirely unaware of his lover’s words and only whimpered more as he leaned into the man’s touch.