They all remained in the house the next day, but the day after he got dressed somewhere near noon to head to town to "stock-up" as his father had advised him. He had no doubt that his mother would go nuts upon seeing his house guests and make the biggest banquet she could, and be pissed at him if there wasn't enough ingredients. That begged the question however: How would he carry everything home? He had a personal, folding, shopping cart, but that would only carry so much.
His question was answered when Renji walked into his room and began donning warmer clothes. "I'm coming with you. Don't bother arguing," he murmured as he pulled on the largest pair of jeans he could find, as well as a long-sleeve thermal shirt that barely reached his wrists and scooted back when he lifted is arms, and thermal socks. Grimm found him a coat in the closet of the storage room down the hall, and had to disturb the sleeping manbat to retrieve boots from his narrow "room."
"What're you doing? Why are you moving around the house so much?" Ulquiorra asked groggily as he rubbed his eyes.
Grimmjow squatted so that he was nearer to the bat's head. "Me an' Renji are heading to town to get some stuff for when my parents get here. We should be back by 6 or something."
"Why so long?"
Grimm scratched his head. "It takes like an hour and a half to get there, so that's three hours there and back, then we'll take some time in the supermarket, but before that I want to stop at a few other stores for stuff that I just think we'll need, but can't get at the market. I think six hours for all that is a safe estimate."
"Hmm... okay."
"Want to move to my bed? It's warmer than in here." At Ulqui's nod, the bluenet grabbed him and carried him on his hip to his bedroom where he tucked him in and watched him pass out within moments. He chuckled and went to the front where Renji was waiting for him with the cart folded at his side. Renji shoved a hat he'd found into Grimm's hand and glared at him until the human relented and tugged it over his vibrant blue locks. Grimm grabbed the back pack he'd set out earlier and they left for town.
It probably took nearly two hours to get to town with the way the firm snow would cave after weight was put on it. Grimm wished that it was possible for the back road to be salted and shoveled, but a snow truck would just dig up the dirt road with it and make a huge mess, and salting it would be a waste of time without first shoveling it.
The streets were clearer in town of course and they made it to where most of the stores were quickly. Renji lifted a brow when Grimm led the way into the pet store.
Immediately upon entering, a large dog ran at them barking, nearly dragging its poor master to the floor, and Renji crouched and hissed menacingly at it. Grimm yanked the redhead back into an upright position as the dog's owner grabbed its collar and pulled it away, apologizing profusely to them for the mutt's behavior. Renji was still glaring and growling low in his throat as Grimm guided him away, telling the owner that everything was fine.
They ducked into the rodent enclosures before Grimm spoke.
"The dog vs cat thing? Really? I'd've thought you'd be above that kind of thing."
"Don't scoff at me," Renji sniffed. "Werewolves like to rip us cat-types apart whenever they can get us alone. I'll stop growling at the common domestic dog, when dog-types stop attacking us. Now why are we here?"
"Getting something for the twins," Grimmjow answered simply, feeling a bit bad for teasing the kasha. He led the way to the aisle with the pet beds where he picked out a nice-sized, plush, bed as well as a microfiber blanket. He noticed the inquisitive look plaguing Renji's face and responded to the unspoken question. "They're staying in my parents' room right now, and they can't once my parents are here, so I figured they could sleep in this near a vent or something."
Renji nodded in understanding.
They checked out the items and they were put into the backpack with a lot of room left over to spare.
The supermarket was across the street, and Grimm confused the kasha again when he grabbed a basket and headed for the clothing section instead of the grocery section which was near the entrance. Grimmjow answered as he took the foldable basket and affixed it to the cart in front of the child-seat by the shallow hook built on the clever thing. "You guys need clothes. Not for just while my parents here either; you'll be citizens by the end of the week after all. You'll need large or extra-large, and then the twins need a medium, and Ulqui looks like a medium in juniors, maybe even smaller. Shit." He slowed to a stop and looked to his companion. "His wings and tail...should I... get Ulqui girl's clothes? Stuff, like, with the backs cut off and skirts and shorts?"
Renji urged him to continue walking as he thought it over. "Perhaps, though we should try to find things that aren't too girly. And of dark colors as well." He chuckled. "He wouldn't be pleased if he got him bright-colored clothes."
Grimm sniggered at the thought of the bat in a bright pink or bright green shirt. Wanting to get, Ulqui's clothes out of the way first, he headed to the girl's section. The shorts were easy to pick out as Renji had been around the bat long enough to simply look at the article of clothing and know that it would fit. They decided on larger shirts for Ulqui, and found a few sweaters that dipped low in the back; perfect for his wings. For the heck of it, Grimm grabbed a pleated plaid skirt and dark socks.
They went to the men's section where picking out clothes went a bit easier. A thermal and two short sleeve shirts and a long sleeve shirt for each twin and Renji, as well as a pair of jeans, sweatpants, and pyjama pants. They went to get underwear, and that's when another thought popped into Grimm's head.
"Is wrapping your tail around your waist comfortable?" he asked in a hush as there were normal humans milling about.
"For me yes, as it is more decorative than functional when I'm in this form, however Ulquiorra needs his tail out most of the time. Actually, he only wraps his tail when he sleeps upside down."
"Hmm, then you'd be fine with just some regular boxers, huh."
"Yes."
The bluenet snapped his fingers as an idea hit him and threw packs of underwear in the basket for the nagas and kasha. "I got an idea of what to get Ulqui, but we'll have to get it after we finish here. Are those boots comfortable? Not too tight?"
"They're perfect," Renji said and then caught on to Grimm's train of thought. "The twins of course don't need shoes and Ulqui doesn't either because they'd weight him down."
Grimm nodded. "Then I'll just grab some thick socks. A hat and a scarf too for it he feels like flying."
They went to the grocery section, and pretty much shopped like they were about to feed a small army for the next two days. The cart was quickly filled with canned goods, boxed goods, dairy products and other things. Renji offered to go hunting, so that saved Grimm a bit a money he could use for other things. Grimm surveyed the brimming cart before nodding and heading towards checkout.
Crash!
Grimm cursed when he ran into a cart that had peeked out of an aisle. "Sorry!" he called as he round the cart to see who he'd hit. "Are you o-?" Fuck!
Hazel eyes sparkled and a smile blinded him. "Oh it's you again!"
Fuuuck! Grimm glanced at Renji who had only just drawn near. Renji, help! He grunted in surprise when the holstaurus girl walked up and pressed herself against him. It wasn't a hug, but she was effectively smooshing her breasts against his lightly toned pecs.
"I'm so happy to see you! Do you want to go out and get hot cocoa after we're done shopping?" she asked.
He heard Renji growl, and then a heavy hand grabbed him by the shoulder and yanked him away from the holstaurus. He glared at her before swinging the human around and planting a kiss just to the side of his mouth. It shocked him at first, but then he realized that from the angle they were standing it'd look like they were actually kissing to the woman. Renji pulled away and then held Grimm possessively to his chest.
"He's mine, so turn your cart around and go elsewhere."
She looked to Renji and then Grimm. "I thought... you said you were single..?"
Renji's eyes narrowed and he gave Grimm's rump a rough pinch. "You said that, huh?"
Grimmjow wavered, but eventually gathered his thoughts. "Well you stormed out and disappeared for a week! What was I supposed to think?"
Renji, in Grimm's mind, was a great actor. The kasha caressed the bluenet's cheek. "Babe, you know I have a temper. I left so that I wouldn't do something I'd regret."
Grimm looked down. "O-Oh.."
"Aren't you a little old for him?" the holstaurus murmured.
"Older lovers know their way around the heart... and the bed," Renji countered with a suggestive leer and another caress to Grimmjow's face.
"NE-EL~!" A blur whipped by them and stopped before the holstaurus, thrusting a box of cake mix in her face. "I found the cake stuff! What're you- Hey! Blue hair! You're the guy my sister likes!" Dropped the cake mix into the basket and turned to throw out a hand to be shook in greeting. "I'm her brother, Pesche, and I approve your future marriage!" He threw up a thumbs-up and winked for good measure.
Grimm stared at the blond holstaurus male as if he were crazy, but Renji beat him to the punch and told him off.
"There will be no marriage," he growled and slapped the other's hand away. "He's my partner. Besides, they don't even know each other, how is a marriage feasible?" Renji moved Grimm back to the head of the cart, and snuggled up behind him to grab the bar, trapping the human between him and the shopping cart. "I'm ending this nonsense now, we're much too busy to argue with you anymore than we already have." He swerved around the holstauruses' cart and then through the small crowd that had formed around them.
Grimm waited until they were in line to speak again. He turned to face the kasha, but was still trapped between him and the cart. "So... how much of what you said was just acting?"
Renji smiled and kissed the human's forehead. "All of it except that you're mine."
He shook his head. "I don't understand."
"Well, you're part of my pack, and I also see you as the son I always wanted. All of you boys feel like sons to me, but I'm playing favourites."
Grimmjow chuckled as he began setting everything on the conveyor belt. It was all rung up by a large man who turned out to be some sort of friendly, big-grinned, ogre with a weird name. They took their purchases to the bagging tables, where the clothes were put into the backpack, and the other groceries were bagged and put into the personal cart with only to left over that they'd have to carry.
It was about 3:30 by the time they left, and there was one more place to stop before they would head home. They walked ten minutes down the street to a sporting goods store. Renji had to wait at the front with the cart and bags, but Grimm quickly found what he needed for Ulqui, with help from a human staff member, in the back of the store: jockstraps. They were perfect for the bat; it would support him, while not hindering or blocking the movement of his tail. He got them in small and in black and grey. They were quickly bought and put into the backpack with all the other clothes.
After one more stop at a craft store for needle and thread (Renji thought that he could alter Ulqui's shorts as well as some of his own pants since they were of a lighter material) they started their nearly two-hour trek home.
x~x
The twins were awake and roaming about along with Ulquiorra when Grimmjow and Renji got home. After getting over the shock of cold that came over them when the front door was opened they assisted in putting away the food.
"Clothes?" Shiro questioned as they all sat down to wait for the light dinner the resident bluenet and redhead were whipping up. "What for?"
"For when my parents get here. My mom'd have a cow if she saw you two running around in only loincloths."
Renji chuckled. "Interesting choice of words..."
"What?"
"'Cow.'"
Grimmjow didn't get it at first, but made a face when it dawned on him.
"What's wrong?" Ichigo asked upon seeing the face.
"There's a holstaurus vying for the human's attention," Ulquiorra murmured from his seat at the dining table.
"Yeah, and we ran into her and one of her brothers at the market," Grimm muttered. "How many brothers do you think she has?"
"No way of knowing," Renji said simply. "Though I think we've got her thinking twice about pursuing Grimm." Shiro asked how, and the kasha continued. "I pretended to be Grimm's lover, and told her to back off."
Shiro cackled. "Go papa-cat! Way t' get things done."
"So where are the clothes?" Ulqui asked.
Grimm cleaned off his hand and retrieved the back pack from where he'd set it next to the door. He set the clothing out on the dining table for the others to gather at their leisure. The twins were delighted by the new shirts, but were less thrilled by the prospect of having to wear pants and underwear. Ulqui was dubious about his chosen articles of clothes, but Grimm chased away his suspicions by explaining the clothes. The bat soon grabbed an outfit and headed for the bed room to put on the clothing. The twins did the same, but in their room.
Shiro and Ichigo returned first, clad in their new clothes. Grimmjow was pleased with his selection.
Ichigo wore the grey thermal with the dark green graphic tee depicting an abstract ribs pattern with a lush tree at as the heart. The green plaid, flannel night pants fit comfortably on his lower half with enough excess in the legs for it to bunch around his ankles.
Shiro, on the other hand, just wore his vermillion-colored thermal, and black flannel night pants which had a stitches pattern in white zigzagging around the pants legs which fit the same as his brother's.
"I never thought I could feel so warm," Shiro said as he ran his hands over the sleeves of his thermal. "I love clothes!"
"So do I," Ichigo cheered as well.
Grimmjow laughed at their excitement. He looked towards the back when he heard his door creak open and saw Ulquiorra walk down the hall. His eyebrows lifted.
The bat had donned the purple sweater which turned out to be a size too big as there was a lot of slack left around his shoulders despite his wings pulling the woven fabric back. He'd decide to wear the mid-thigh length skirt which went well with the sweater. The black knee-high socks covered his, currently human, feet.
"The strange loincloth you gave me is rather comfortable," he commented as he returned to his seat at the table.
Shiro stepped forward and lifted the bat's skirt, earning a slap by Ulqui's whip-like tail. "Ow! I was jus' tryin' t' see what was so strange abou' it!"
"You know Ulqui's sensitive about his backside, Shiro," the oranget chided with his lithe arms crossed over his chest. "Always has been, it's nothing new."
Shiro grumbled and scrubbed at the welt forming on his cheek until Renji stopped him and gave him a scolding growl. "Grimmjow, check on dinner," he ordered as he tugged the nāga away to put cream on the welt.
Dinner was half done and Grimmjow had a question for Renji when he returned. "Hey," he called for attention as he stirred the ground beef. "Why do you have to take off your clothes when you transform into animals when Ulqui and the twins don't?"
"Well, we'll have to now," Ichigo told him instead of the kasha. "We could change freely without undressing before because our loincloths are made out of layers of shedded nāga skin and... what is you skirt made out of Ulqui?"
"Wing leather..."
"So then if Renji made clothes out of kasha pelts-" He received a disgusted look from the redhead. "-he'd be able to transform without undressing."
Ichigo nodded.
"That's cool," Grimm uttered and began chopping vegetables.
It wasn't long before dinner was done and set out, confusing the housemate. Even Renji though he'd been helping with the meal in the first place.
"It's burritos. They're good," the bluenet explained as he put tortillas in the microwave to warm up. He gave them a crash course in how to load and fold their food before they all settled at the dinning table. Renji had to grab a stool from the island as there were only four chairs.
Shiro began shifting awkwardly in his seat as the others began to eat. Renji shot him a few confused looks but the albino just waved him off. Eventually he stopped shifting and began to eat.
"Gah!" Grimmjow jumped, startling everyone, when something suddenly wrapped around his leg. It squeezed and the chair leg his leg was pinned to dug into his flesh uncomfortably. He glared at Shiro who batted his eyes innocently at him as he took a bite out of his burrito. "Let go," he sighed.
"What're yah talkin' abou', Sri Nila?"
Grimm tried to yank his leg out of his tail's grip and glowered at him. "What do you want?"
He was blunt. "I want t' have sex with yah one more time before your parents come an' we can't!"
Grimm sighed.
"Please?"
"Why are you still so hungry for sex when you're not in rut or whatever?"
"Because it's you, Sri Nila."
He was flattered, but rolled his cerulean eyes anyway and looked to Renji and Ulqui.
"I'm going flying; I want to see how warm these clothes will keep me," Ulqui murmured as he finished his dinner.
Renji shrugged. "I made an area for myself in the basement. It's pretty sound proof, and I can work on Ulqui's shorts before going to sleep."
Grimm nodded and sighed. There was no reason to deny the twins their guilty pleasure it seemed. "Oh, so that's where you went. Make sure you move out of there during spring; it floods sometimes." The kasha nodded his understanding as he stuffed the last of his burrito in his mouth. Grimm returned his attention to the twins who were giving him hopeful looks. He gave them a small smile and nodded.
x~x
Though the twin were at first delighted about their new, warm, clothes, they were even happier when they pulled them off and wrapped around the naked form of their favourite human. Grimm groaned at the tightness of their tails around him, squeezing him as if he were prey they wished to feast on. His arms were trapped in the coils, and he couldn't protest the treatment for the blue tongue in his mouth. Not that he wanted to.
The tip of one of their tails, he wasn't sure whose, pressed against his anus making him hiss and pull away from the invasive kiss. "I bought lube for a reason."
"Ah, sorry," Shiro murmured. "Got ahead o' myself." His set of coils unwound itself from the human's body and he slithered over to retrieve the tube of lubricant from the side drawer. He squeezed a large dollop on his fingers and on Grimm's when he got his arm free from Ichi's tail and held his hand out for it.
Ichigo squealed when Grimm freed his other arm and flipped him onto his stomach. The oranget squeezed the human, but it didn't stop Grimm's fingers from working into him. He moaned when the fingers curled and thrusted into him and morphed he tail into legs so that could give Grimm better access. "Ah-nnh!" he moaned when he was pulled back and his length was engulfed in wet heat.
Shiro smirked as he watched the scene between his two submissives unfold, rubbing his stiff member leisurely with his lube covered hand. A sort of pride came over him as he watched Grimm service his brother. The human had come far from the nervous virgin he'd been only a month ago.
He tsked. "Kanistha, that ain't fair."
The twin's brown eyes struggled to focus on Shiro. "Ha-huh? Ah!"
The albino reached over and gripped his short orange locks. "Don't just lay there and make Nila do all the work." He directed his inebriated brother over to the human's groin before letting go, and watching Ichigo fold his fangs back and swallow Grimm's length with a low moan.
Ichigo made his skill in this particular sexual act known as he quickly had Grimmjow writhing and moaning underneath him. Shiro chuckled as his nudged Grimm's legs open a eased a finger in him. Grimm whimpered around the obstruction in his mouth and arched, accidentally thrusting into the oranget's mouth.
Ichigo giggled and released their human's weeping pride. "Look who's eager now." Grimm gave him a light-hearted smack on his tush. The oranget's laugh turned into a gasp when his member was nipped.
Shiro cackled and in a feat of strength made the pair roll over so that Grimmjow was laying on Ichi. He lined himself up and impaled his lover.
"Aah! Shi-ngh!" he moaned and cursed as he was quickly filled and then teased with shallow thrusts. He tried to thrust back on the instrument of pleasure, but was stopped. "H-Harder..."
"Mm, kamin, you've gotten tight again." He earned another moan when he found Grimm's prostate. Grimm begged a few more times and he heeded his plea, pulling out half way before slamming back in.
Ichigo stifled a gasp as Grimmjow moaned around his length with each thrust his brother delivered. The human's fingers had a mind of their own, giving the oranget pleasure while their owner's mind had long turned to mush. He begged the human to stop so that he could turn around and kiss him while filling himself with Grimm's swollen length.
Shiro reached around and guided Grimm's cock into his brother before slamming it home by thrusting roughly into Grimm. He licked his lips as the music of his submissives moaning to his thrusts filled his ears. Ichigo's higher tones mixed with Grimmjow's lower grunts and pants to make a beautiful melody just for him. They both clawed at the blankets as they sucked desperately at each other's faces.
Ichigo wrapped his legs around Grimm's waist as he grew closer to release. Grimmjow must've noticed through his rapturous daze as he wrapped his muscled arms around the nāga and thrusted into him without the aid of Shiro. Ichi threw his head back in a silent yell. He tightened around Grimm, urging the human into his own climax, and moaning as deliciously hot seed filled him.
Grimmjow stilled under him, and Shiro took that as his cue to finish up. He dug his fingers into the bluenet's hips and thrusted thrice more; Grimm shuddered as he filled him with his cooler seed. He panted as he came back from his high, and opened his haunting eyes to see his human and his brother gazing up at him. Shiro let a breathy chuckle slip and pulled his flaccid cock from the human's hole, and the human pulled his from Ichigo. Shiro transformed his lower half into his black snake tail and gathered them both up. He place a towel down and them on the terry cloth so that they could lay their heads on the pillows while they rested.
Grimmjow took the tissues offered to him and cleaned up his and Ichigo's stomachs, and the other's intimate parts while Shiro cleaned him. He sighed happily as the albino nāga embraced them again with his tail and settled behind him where he gently kissed the human's neck.
"Kamin?"
"Hmm?" Grimm sighed as he glanced over his shoulder.
"You're th' best."
The bluenet snorted a brief laugh. "Tell me something I don't know," he joked.
Shiro laughed and reached over to turn off the lamp on the nightstand before settling down to sleep.
x~x
Thee clothes worked as well as Grimmjow had hoped, and kept Ulquiorra quite warm during his late night flight. His legs had never been a problem on that front though, as he when he made his feet turn into their tapered, three-toed form, thick black fur cover them and his legs from his ankles to around mid-thigh. His torso, as well as his intimate bits, were always vulnerable to the cold unless he fully turned into a bat, but the sweater and jockstrap aided him on that field. He probably could've flown for much longer, but the wind currents were beginning to work against him and the clouds were thickening, threatening another winter storm.
He landed on the frozen ground right in front of the stairs, and quietly padded up to the door where he removed the key from the loose strap around his neck and let himself in. After a quick check to make sure his feet were clean, he hung his hat and scarf up on the hooks next to the door and headed for his "room".
As he drew closer, he heard the signs that the human and nagas were still "going at it". Color came over his cheeks at the sound of a particularly loud moan he was sure came from the human. Ulqui wasn't a peeping-tom, but curiosity was winning over his common decency. He'd never had sex before, after all, nor had he ever seen the act. He'd come close before, but the tribe-mate who was seducing him kindly backed off when he began to tremble in dismay at their ministrations.
The bat eased up to the door and quietly opened it enough to peek in. His face heated more at the sight. Grimmjow was mounting Ichigo, while Shiro mounted him. The pale nāga was directing the lewd dance with his hips, and the other two were his willing dancers. Ulquiorra was mesmerized and fascinated by the entire act in mind, but his body was reacting to it in a different way. One by one, they stiffened as they finished, and after a moment's respite, Shiro helped to clean and settle them.
As the albino nāga reached to turn off the lamp next to the bed he noticed and met eyes with the bat. Ulqui flushed and diverted his eyes, shame coming over him for watching their intimate moment, but Shiro just grinned at him and switched off the light.
Ulqui backed away and closed the door quieter than he'd opened it. He wasn't sure what to do with himself now; he couldn't possibly rest after seeing such a thing. He retreated to the living room where he found some of the few books Grimmjow had on the shelf of the television stand. He grabbed one that he hadn't read yet and settled on the couch to read. Hopefully, the travels of Gulliver would keep his mind off of what he'd seen.
Ugh, so close! I wanted to put this out on Ulquiorra's birthday (Dec 1) but I finished the story two minutes after twelve! Grr!
Anyway! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Pretty please leave a comment for me to read, and have a wonderful "moment-in-time-that-depends-on-what-part-of-the-world-you're-in"! XD
Dictionary: (Sanskrit)
Kamin (KAH-min): Lover
Kanistha (KAH-nis-THA): Little brother
Nila (NEE-lah): Blue
Sri (SREE): Mr