Adrian felt so weird. This had never happened before-- not even with a pretty girl. He guessed he'd never really had the chance to flirt, or have crushes. He was a hard worker, so he had focused almost purely on that when he was at home. Maybe he missed many, many signals and hints. He wouldn't be surprised. And then when he moved away, he had Liya so that left no room for dating. Little Liya took all his attention and love. Now that he was getting older, he was relaxing, and now that he didn't really have a job... he didn't have that to focus on. He never figured himself the time to get all anxious and fidgety and turn into the guy who'll fiddle with anything as he's trying to talk and not mess up. Except he didn't even have a shirt, or pants, to fiddle with right now-- he'd brought clothes in a couple bags, but he'd left them for their trip to Drifter Bay.
This was just... not right. It was so unlike the Russian man to be so... boyish. So nervous, and flustered. He was normally cool and calm and level-headed in most situations(unless you threaten Liya-- then he'd end you without hesitation). Maybe... maybe there was just something wrong with his hormones. Or something. There had to be some excuse for this weird behavior. And Ash was acting nervous too, but not in the same way-- at least not to Adrian. Adrian felt like it was completely obvious that he was literally almost fawning over him and he was nervous because he was getting some kind of invisible boner for him. After like, two seconds of knowing him. Iliya continued to just pester him until Adrian patted him down and shifted his weight from one let to the other nervously, his tail taking up some nervous action all it's own and twitching awkwardly behind him.
He began fiddling with his fingers, glancing down at them before returning his pinkish gaze to the lithe male. He knew religion, and understood it, but didn't find himself religious in the least. Why did he ask that? He couldn't even respond in a smart way, like "Oh, I'm semi-religious myself!" No, instead he stood there literally twiddling his thumbs before he figured that was too obvious a nervous reaction and began rubbing his arm instead. Because that was much more subtle and casual. As he awkward glanced around, trying not to look at the really feminine male. Iliya was freaking out and nibbled his tail stubbornly, pulling back on him and whining a little. "Liya, I'm okay," he said, again he was casual and calm talking to him, but when it came time for him to turn his attention back to Ash, he got all nervous again.
Adrian didn't get a chance to respond about his stupid religious question before the young guy took a step forward as he introduced himself. Ashbrooke. Oh god, he even had a gorgeous, feminine name. Invisible boner boost. Ash came forward quickly, tripping nervously; Adrian caught him as he came forward, not wanting him to fall down onto something that could hurt him. In the process, he felt Ash's hands brace himself against his stomach and he reached out and grabbed his arms to make sure he didn't go tumbling. But he was instantly incredibly flustered; visibly so, even. His furry cheeks puffed out and the fur on his neck and chest puffed out in a clearly not aggressive way, but he didn't just rip himself away from Ash. He wanted to make sure he wasn't going to fall and wasn't willing to cause it to happen by backing away now, and making the situation more awkward and embarrassing. Instead of doing that, he tried to speak casually like he wasn't puffed up like some.... fluffy thing that was embarrassed.
"I'm, ah... Adrian..." he trailed off painfully. He tried not to let some awkward silence grip them again and introduced Iliya while he was at it. "And this is Iliya." Who had placed himself weirdly between the two's legs, like some jealous dog who forced his way between two people who were hugging because he wanted to be a part of it, too. His tail was wagging and he looked up at the two of them with a grin on his face. Adrian was acting so weird, but he was obviously not gonna tell him what was wrong, so he stopped bugging the huge man. "Um... you okay?" He finally asked. This hurt so good.
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