A Valentine's Mishap [for Cleverfox]

[Brat Prince]

Valentine's day... a day that, in modern times, humans set aside to buy their lovers and mates gifts to show their romantic feelings towards each other. For weeks the television had been blathering about everything from flower bouquets to fancy chocolate strawberries and expensive jewelry, and Sephius' attention had been instantly snared. He'd been in the human world a few months now, most of that time kept as a captive pet by the fallen angel he knew as Skye, and he took every opportunity to learn their strange ways. True, as an incubus he had flitted into the human realm in spirit form for ages, but that was only to slip into dreams and feed on the erotic energy he could stir up. He'd never thought to find out anything about the human's world at that time; beyond the fact that it was beyond fun and exciting and would temporarily get him off Belial's leash in the underworld that is.

Irony of ironies, he was now the pet of a fallen angel here instead.

Sephius subconsciously reached up one delicate hand to finger the wide golden collar at his throat; it was plain but pretty, and the elegant loop hanging in the front left little question as to what it was. He was lounging in the armchair he had long since claimed as his favorite, his slender toned legs languidly dangling over one of the overstuffed arms while his catlike scarlet eyes watched the television without really seeing it. The little incubus was preoccupied. In a fit of festiveness he had decided to get his feathery master a present for Valentine's. True, they weren't romantic with one another, but being master and pet was a close bond of some sort surely? As such it was appropriate to get him a little something. Sephius smirked. Rather than go with flowers or chocolate he had decided on a more... entertaining gift. The demon had it sitting on his lap, wrapped up with shiny red heart covered paper and a bow.

Before he could bring up exchanging his Valentine present after lunch however, Skye had excused himself and gone to the master bedroom. When Sephius had tried to trail him, carefully hiding the package under the back of his shirt of course, he'd been told briskly not to. After a brief pout the demon teen had backed away into the living room and collapsed onto his chair dramatically (after taking the gift from his shirt of course). Now that several minutes had gone by the little pet was itching to know what the white haired older teen was up to that he didn't want him to see.

[CleverFox]

Valentine's Day was something that Skye was aware of but there was little more to it than that, it was simply another of those days when humans acted even more abnormally than was typical for them. The thought that it was a day when he should actually do something special or out of the ordinary had never even really occurred to the fallen angel and it was only because of a chance conversation with the man that was in charge of managing the day to day operations at Euphoria that he had done anything at all. After a brief meeting to go over special entertainment for the club on Valentine's Day the man had asked Skye if he had gotten his pet something special to mark the occasion, the man of course not aware of their relationship, or the lack of a physical relationship in the normal sense of the word, so it was just a casual question.

It was however a casual question that had caused Skye to start thinking on the matter.

When the day itself rolled around Skye did have a few things up his sleeve, the fallen angel walking around the apartment that he shared with his demonic pet and looking for all the world as though it were just another day. After getting some things arranged for the club Skye moved to make his way toward his bedroom, excusing himself from his pet who was lounging around and for the moment behaving himself, which was something that Skye always liked to see. He turned when Sephius tried to trail after him, shaking his head slightly and brushing his white hair out of his face. "You can stay where you are, I'll be back in a few minutes," Skye told him, his tone making it clear that this wasn't a request even though he sort of phrased it as one.

After that he made his way to the bedroom where he fished out the box that he'd had one of the waitresses from Euphoria wrap for him since he really was hopeless when it came to such things. Taking the white box with the big red bow on top Skye smirked slightly as he thought about the 'outfit' that it contained, the fallen angel amused by that one though the slight smirk was the only sign of that he displayed. Taking the box and concealing it behind his back the fallen angel made his way back to the living room, Skye sauntering toward Sephius with that smirk still in place.

"I have a little gift for you," Skye told him, offering him the box that he produced from behind his back.

[Brat Prince]

Waiting on his own out in the living area was proving to be both incredibly dull and making the demon itch to know just what his master was being so secretive about. Surely it wasn’t possible for the angel to have gotten him something as well? If he had what on earth could it possibly be? Certainly not even a fallen angel would have the poor taste to get him something like chocolates? That wasn’t to say that he disliked chocolate of course, but honestly if he had to pick something he would have had to go with jewelry or even clothes. Sephius fingered the colorfully wrapped package on his lap as he mused on the current state of his wardrobe. That serving to occupy his curious mind and keep him from getting in trouble by following Skye after being told not to. He had been doing a good job of behaving himself recently and he didn’t want to jeopardize that (or his backside) by misbehaving now out of simple curiosity.

His current wardrobe was definitely not something that he liked. He only had his one truly good outfit that he'd been able to take from his own apartment, the decorative waistcoat with its silken tunic and arm cuffs and matching dark gray trousers. Currently he was wearing a dark brown pair of khakis with a hunter green shirt, certainly nothing that looked bad perse, but far from the flamboyant and colorful styles that he had come to love. Sighing softly and collapsing bonelessly and allowing his head to fall back onto the arm of the chair behind him, Sephius stared up at the ceiling and tried to continue to occupy his mind and keep it off Skye and what he was or wasn’t doing alone in that bedroom. Good grief but this waiting was going to be the death of him!

All of a sudden his master spoke up right beside him, apparently having snuck up while he was staring at the ceiling. The incubus jumped, half sitting up and looking at the smirking fallen angel in complete surprise before lowering his scarlet eyes to the white box wrapped up with the red ribbon. When he looked back up at Skye’s face he was once more struck by the look there. It seemed… smug? No that wasn’t it. Mischievous; yes that was it exactly. His master was quite clearly up to something that he thought was clever of him. Sephius took a moment to stare, arching one slim eyebrow in return at the older teen, before relaxing back into the chair and smiling back. It was the smile of a cat with a secret.

“What a surprise Master,” he purred, shifting slightly to allow his velvety blue tail with its thick black tuft to show, swinging the appendage smoothly. He held up his own gift towards the fallen angel sweetly, “I also have a gift for you. It would seem the mortal holiday got ahold of the both of us.” Sephius handed his own wrapped gift to his master, easily taking his own in exchange. He wouldn’t have admitted it, but now that he knew the surprise was a gift for him the little demonic teen was actually excited to see it, and even touched that Skye had thought to do anything for him at all. He sat up properly in his armchair, swinging his slender khaki clad legs in front of him and placing the neatly wrapped gift on his lap before looking up at the white haired angel. “I suppose you should open yours first hmm?” he suggested, trying not to forget his place as a pet even in the face of his excitement. The little incubus was sitting with his delicate fingers petting the pretty red ribbon wrapping the present he held, knees jittering slightly as he looked up questioningly.

[CleverFox]

Were it not for the manager that had mentioned something to him in regards to his submissive, whom the man no doubt thought that Skye had a relationship with though that was of no matter, the fallen angel likely would not have even thought to do anything for Valentine's Day. Even with the prompting Skye hadn't had a clue what to actually get, at least not until he was shown a very interesting web site, once again by the same manager that had planted this idea in his head in the first place. After that it had been a simple decision to make and the gift that he had got left Skye with a bit of a smirk on his face both when he received the package and when he went to retrieve it from his room so that he could give it to Sephius. That smirk remained in place as he made his way back to the living room, pleased to see that his pet had obeyed him when he'd told the teen to stay put though he wasn't really surprised by this since the incubus had been trying to behave as of recent.

Not that Skye blamed him because a perpetually red and sore bottom wasn't really something that anyone would want to deal with constantly.

Holding the box behind his back Skye walked over to the chair where his pet was lounging and he was amused by the way that Sephius jumped when he spoke to him. "A bit jumpy are we?" he asked in an amused tone before presenting the wrapped box that he had in his possession. It seemed as though Sephius was definitely interested in what he had in his possession and that amused Skye, the white haired teen handing it over to his pet and taking the gift that was offered to him, Skye wondering if this was something that Sephius had sought to do on his own or if he had been given some prompting as well. He didn't dwell too much on that thought however and instead just watched as Sephius fidgeted while at the same time speaking up and saying that Skye should open his first.

It was clear that the wait was a bit hard on the demon and after a short thought Skye decided that they could break with propriety this one time.

"That would typically be what was done but I think this one time we can make an exception," Skye told him calmly, rather enjoying the way that Sephius was fidgeting but he wanted to see the look on the teen's face when he opened his gift and so he was going to skip propriety this time. "Go ahead," he added, gesturing toward the box so that Sephius would know for sure that he had explicit permission to proceed.

[Brat Prince]

Skye asking him if he were jumpy made the incubus narrow his scarlet eyes and raise one brow with a smirk, "Yeah you wish. I just didn't notice you sneaking up on me Sir." He then immediately took notice of the box the angel held, his look going from mild annoyance to wide eyed excitement almost instantly. Sephius sat up with no further complaints, holding his present for his master on his lap and looking bright when his master informed him that the present was in fact for him. Perhaps the older teen had taken note of his good behavior and decided the holiday was a perfect opportunity to give him some kind of reward? The demon certainly hoped that were the case. Especially since the gift the pet had gotten for the fallen angel was a rather playful one.

It didn't take him long at all to exchange his gift for the one Skye was holding, setting the new and slightly larger box on his knees, fingering the ribbon with no small amount of excitement. If he'd had to judge by the size and shape alone he would have guessed that it was clothing, but the fashionable little incubus didn't dare to hope for that. After all it had been the angels decision that he be wearing the rather plain and mundane wardrobe he currently had; even forcing him to wear... jeans. Surely his master wouldn't give him any sort of reprieve from his little lesson in humility, not even for a holiday? Still... sitting with his slim fingers feeling the box and shifting its weight on his lap he could not help himself from hoping just a little. It was only his training as a pet that kept the demon from giving in to his urge to open the present as soon as he had it. Gifts and Valentines was no excuse to forget his place under his master, or who gave permission to do things.

When he asked if Skye would open his present first he expected the angel to say yes. Surely the older teen was curious about his Valentine as well, even a little? The thought made Sephius smirk slightly himself, fairly sure that it would be... surprising, to say the least. When he was told that they could make an exception the raven and white haired teen looked up sharply, first with shock and then excitement. "Really Sir?!!" Getting his white haired masters go-ahead was all that he needed. The little pet sat back, slowly undoing the ribbon to savor the moment, before letting it fall away and tugging up the lid gently. There was, of course, pink tissue paper inside obscuring the box's contents; not for long though. Sephius folded them out of the way as his round eyes went wide.

The pleased shock on his pretty face was almost comical, his slitted catlike pupils dilating as he observed the contents of the box. Slowly, carefully, (as though it might disintegrate or something) the younger teen lifted out a slimly cut waistcoat like garment. It was in a dark and vibrant red with brighter red pinstripes and a black tie band in back at the waist. Loose white silk sleeves were actually attached to it, with the lower sleeve going back to the fitted pinstriped fabric, it gave the illusion of being two separate garments. Sephius lifted it out of the box carefully, feeling his face flush and not caring as he hugged it and looked under where it had rested. There appeared to be something black there; he'd felt it and expected it to be tights, but was surprised to see it was actually a sleeveless unitard. If it was worn with the vest it would certainly look like just tights... though it couldn't be pulled down of course.

Rather than be suspicious the little incubus was just thrilled to have something that was actually going to be dressy and even sexy to wear. Still hugging the outfit he slid the box aside and stood to wrap one arm around his master, giving him a fast squeeze and a brief friendly peck on the cheek. "Its wonderful Master! I love it!" He said, taking his seat again while his blue tail was swaying happily beside him. "Thank you, I hope you wind up liking your gift as well." He added, tucking his feet up and starting to look mischievous himself. "Go on and open it."

[CleverFox]

Skye snorted when Sephius said that he wasn't jumpy and just hadn't noticed that he was there, the fallen angel thinking that the incubus had proven his point rather than arguing against it but he refrained from saying as much. Instead he simply handed over the box that he was carrying, confirming that it was a gift for Sephius and taking the wrapped gift that the demon offered to him in exchange. This whole thing seemed a bit weird to the fallen angel but he kept that thought to himself and instead just sort of pondered the situation when Sephius suggested that it was only proper for him to open his gift first. As far as master/pet etiquette went the demon was right and it was only proper for Skye to go first however he was sort of looking forward to the reaction that he was expecting to get from Sephius so he decided that for once they were just going to skip propriety and do things backwards.

Telling Sephius as much Skye watched as he looked up in shock and then the excitement returned to his face.

Amused by that Skye nodded his head in confirmation when Sephius asked him about that, thinking that it was sort of cute that he was so surprised that he had to double check. "Really, go ahead," Skye told him, once again gesturing toward the box that the incubus was holding and still caressing the ribbon. His blue eyes remained raptly focused on his pet as Sephius removed the ribbon slowly, seeming to be enjoying the moment, Skye watching intently as Sephius opened the box and then folded back the tissue paper that was inside. This was the moment that he had been waiting for and Skye once again had to smirk at the expression that appeared on Sephius's face when he saw the contents of the box. Skye watched with that same amused expression on his face as Sephius slowly removed the contents of the box, taking as much care as an art historian might have when uncovering a long buried piece of fragile artwork. That was rather amusing to Skye and it seemed that Sephius hadn't discovered the ulterior motive behind the little gift as he hugged it to him as though it were the most precious thing in the world.

"I take it that you like it?" Skye asked needlessly when Sephius stood and wrapped an arm around him for a hug and a slight kiss on the cheek. It was a needless quesetion, everything about the demon brat's body language told Skye that he liked it but he couldn't resist. "You should wear it tonight when we go to the club," he added before looking at the package that he was still holding in his hand when Sephius told him that he hoped he liked it and that he should open it. Even though he was still holding it Skye had all but forgotten about the gift but he looked down at it again when his attention was drawn to the wrapped gift. "Very well," he said, moving to open the oddly shaped gift and he smirked when he removed the paper to reveal a heart shaped paddle. "I believe this could come in handy tonight as well," he said with a mischievous look in his blue eyes, meaning of course a play spanking but he didn't come right out and say that, instead expecting that Sephius would get the implications of his words.

"Thank you," he said quietly but his voice was still sincere.

[Brat Prince]

Sephius was so pleasantly surprised at his little gift that he simply wasn't paying attention to the smirk on his masters face, or the way he was being watched by the angel, so intently. Surely if he had the pet would have known something was up, and that this gift wasn't exactly as it seemed, but for now he blinded with happiness. The incubus was quick to stand up and give the older teen a hug and even a small kiss he was so excited to have some more clothing that was in line to his rather flamboyant tastes. Being asked if he liked it had the teen smiling and nodding while he sat back down with his prize in his lap. Convinced that it was a reward for his good behavior of late and thinking of nothing but good things towards the angel he called master.

"Of course! I love it Sir! I just can't wait to try it on for you. I hope you'll enjoy it on as much as I will." He added, still flushed with pleasure. Sephius was absolutely positive now that he'd gone with the right type of present for the older teen. When he'd sat at the computer, looking for a playful gift that they could both enjoy as master and pet he'd been stumped; at least he had been, until stumbling across a Valentine themed site. True, he worried at first that it might be taken wrong by the teen as they hadn't had many playful encounters thus far, but the little demon figured that there was no time like the present. He was quick to suggest that the fallen angel take a look at his own present as his master seemed to have forgotten he was holding it. Perhaps Skye hadn't expected him to do anything? True the white haired angel was not what he would have picked in a master; actually, truth be told he'd been looking for a break from masters in coming to the human world. Still, it didn't mean he loathed him.

It was sort of hard to dislike someone who was such a good cook and who allowed him to cuddle when he wanted or needed it.

Sephius watched with his scarlet eyes and a mischievous little smile as Skye ripped off the paper and opened his box to reveal the hand tooled leather of the heart shaped paddle he'd bought. True the older teen had literally a wardrobe full of various implements, but this one would be just from his pet, and he hoped could be something that was only for play. He flashed his white teeth when Skye gave him a teasing look in return and said it could come in handy that night as well; it was easy to see by those bright blue eyes that he meant it in fun. Sitting with his legs crossed the slender demonic teen was suddenly squirming just a little in his seat under that gaze.

"You're very welcome Master, I'm glad you like it." He said, giving his tail a flick before making it disappear. "Although... do you really want to wait till then?" He asked sweetly, arching his brows. True, dinner was only a few hours away, but for the incubus that just meant there was plenty of time before they had to get ready to go down to the club.

[CleverFox]

It was pretty clear by the way that he was acting that Sephius liked the gift that he had got for him but even so the fallen angel asked the question and was then subsequently amused by the reaction that he got from his pet. "Well I am glad that I could make your day in such a manner," Skye told him, meaning the words or else he would not have been able to say them seeing as he was incapable of lying. Of course he was still thinking about the part of the outfit that Sephius seemed to have not discovered yet and he was looking forward to the expression that the little incubus would have on his face when he realized just what sort of outfit it was however he was pleased that the other teen liked the gift.

He was not cruel enough to begrudge him the pleasure he got from the gift.

Skye opened the gift that Sephius had given to him after that and he was a bit amused by the paddle that he was holding in his hand once the wrapping paper was torn away. For whatever reason he hadn't been expecting something like this but was amused none the less and told Sephius that they could use it later. His blue eyes shifted to his pet and he gave him that teasing look, saying that it could come in handy and not really meaning anything bad by that little comment.

When Sephius said that he was glad that he liked it Skye smiled slightly but that turned to another smirk when he was asked if he was sure that he wanted to wait until then. He could tell where Sephius was going with this and he looked thoughtful as he pondered that particular question, wondering if they had time for a little game before he had to go and attend to the club. He had his manager to take care of things but Skye still took a hands on approach to that simply because the club had belonged to his master.

Still they might have a bit of time.

"I might be able to arrange a little game," he said in a teasing tone that matched the look he'd given Sephius earlier.

[Brat Prince]

Blissfully unaware that his new outfit was anything other than what it appeared to be Sephius smiled up from his chair as the angel told him he was glad to have mad his day. He'd never known the fallen one to be untruthful about anything, so his bright mood remained, thinking that his Master had just used the holiday as an opportunity to treat him. If he'd known what the outfit was really designed for his enthusiasm might have been curbed a bit, but thankfully for the little demon Skye didn't do anything to burst his bubble.

Watching Skye open his own gift was almost as enjoyable for the incubus, certain now that he had chosen well and even more so when judging by the look of amusement the older teen wore. He'd even suspected he had managed to surprise the other, which was good, since that was the point of a present like that to begin with. Sephius was smirking when those bright eyes shifted to his with some humor in them as the white haired angel said that it could come in handy later. That was in fact the point of it after all. After so many thoroughly punishing sessions with his new master the incubus was hoping to finally have some actual playtime with Skye even if it was just of the spanking variety. It would be more than enough, and soaking in the sexual energies of the club patrons on their little holiday of love would be a big treat as well.

Deciding to take a chance when it was obvious his master liked the gift, Sephius suggested that perhaps they shouldn't wait too long to play with it after all. The younger teen squirming in his seat as the fallen one fixed that playful smirk on him again before looking thoughtful. He's actually thinking it over! The demon realized with no small amount of excitement, forcing himself to loose his tail and take his more fully human appearance, though his bright red eyes remained. The raven haired pet was sitting cross-legged and leaning forward, waiting to see what the answer would be and hoping it was a yes. Surely there could be no better way to kick their evening off early? He knew it was better than simply lounging around upstairs while his master tended to the club affairs below.

When Skye looked back up and said he might be able to arrange something the slender demon felt his face flush pleasantly, grinning back. "I do love games Sir." He said slyly, waiting to see what the angel had in mind.

[CleverFox]

The thought that his pet would purchase a paddle and give it to him as a gift had never even entered into Skye's mind so yes, he was taken by surprise by the gift that he had been given. He was a bit amused that the demon that he had so thoroughly punished on so many occasions would actually give him an implement to use on his backside but he didn't say anything about that. Skye had been naive when he first came to the human realm what seemed like a lifetime ago however he had learned a great deal in the time that he had spent here so he did realize to what purpose Sephius intended for the paddle to be used.

It was not meant to be used as a punishment device but rather as a source of amusement.

Just who was going to be getting the amusement from it remained to be seen but for the moment it seemed that they were both at least somewhat amused by it. Skye mentioned that it could come in handy and when Sephius asked why wait the fallen angel actually gave that some thought and decided that they might have time to try out the gift that his pet had so thoughtfully gotten for him, Skye telling him as much and watching as Sephius offered him that flushed look. "I enjoy a nice game myself at times," Skye said, making his way over to the couch and sitting down, looking over at Sephius and patting his lap with the paddle that he was still holding.

The look in his eyes coupled with the gesture could leave no doubt as to what it was that he wanted his pet to do.