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lloyd is sitting on the edge of his bed, kicking his heels against the bed frame
I knock on his door and he gets up to open it, the claws on his dragon-like feet lightly clicking on the hardwood floor
He opens the door ɑ hair, peeking out to see who’s at the door
I wave, “hi, can I come in”
“Yeah, you can come in,” he opens the door further and steps to the side, allowing me to walk in to his room.
There’s ɑ lot of green, of course; plants all over his room, with some fairy lights and old movie posters decorating the walls. He has ɑ window on one wall, opposite the door with airy cream colored curtains that flutter slightly in the breeze coming in through the opened panes.
“So…. Did you need something? Or….”
“Oh! Yeah, I actually have something important to talk with you about, might be best if we sit down for this one,” I walk over to sit on the edge of his bed and he follows suit, hopping onto his bed and sitting down, his tail curling around his knees.
“What is it you wanted to talk about?” His voice has taken on ɑ slightly more serious tone, with hints of concern laced in.
“So, I was doing some research about dragons and oni earlier today, and I came across something you might want to know about”
“Go on..” there’s ɑ hint of suspicion in his eyes, but I continue.
“I’ll just put this bluntly…. How much do you know about sex and the dragon heat cycle”
“I- I uh… what?”
Turns out I had the right idea, sitting down.
“Excuse me? I- I mean I guess it’s what you do to have kids, but I don’t really know, ya know, how it works? Why are you even asking me that?”
Maybe I should have gone about it in ɑ less direct way, but oh well, if I’m gonna be digging my own grave, might as well make it 6 ft while I’m at it.
I sigh “this is gonna take ɑ while” I say to myself
“Alright, sorry for saying it like that, but uh, basically, since you’re part dragon, and dragons go through puberty ɑ quite ɑ bit later than humans, I did the math, and it should be starting pretty soon for you. See, you didn’t really have ɑ puberty because of the tomorrows tea, otherwise you wouldn’t have to deal with the dragon side of yourself, first come first serve type of thing”
“Oh….. So what does this have to do with dragon heat cycles though? I figured something like that was going to happen sometime soon,” he chuckles, “if all this is anything to go off of.” He gestures vaguely to himself, referring to his dragon and oni-like characteristics; the small horns peeking through his forehead, his long pointed ears and small fangs, tail, clawed hands and feet, and the slit pupils in his eyes, something that made them hard to look into for long, aside from the stunning color.
“Do you know what ɑ heat cycle is?” I don’t want to explain this more than I have to.
“I know about heat cycles in cats, is it the same for dragons? And I’m part human and oni, right, so it shouldn’t be that bad,” he says.
“Ok, so I’ll just give you ɑ quick explanation and then,” I say, mentally chiding myself for not bringing this up sooner. “It’s not quite the same for dragons as it is for cats, dragons actually have both sets of reproductive organs, one being retractable and hidden inside the other. When they enter puberty, they experience their first heat, which sort of kickstarts the maturation process. The heat is usually painful and or filled with extreme sexual desire, which, if not taken care of, can result in illness afterwords. Usually dragons don’t experience sexual desire outside of heats, but because you aren’t ɑ fully blooded dragon, you may be able to.”
He stares ɑt the wall as he processes this.
“I just always thought I was intersex,” he chuckled. “Well, I guess it’s good to know, but don’t only females have heats?”
“Because dragons have both sets of organs, ideally both need to be stimulated, which means that if they’re with another dragon for their heat, both of them serve the purpose of male and female. It’s quite efficient actually.”
He nods. “I think it makes sense.”
“Ok that’s great, just ɑ few more things though,” he nods, “dragons also have pheromones, which are largely undetectable to humans, but can still affect them. Usually they don’t start producing them until ɑ day or two before their first heat, during which, they are especially strong. So it’s for your best interest that you stay here at the monastery for the next several weeks at least so P.I.X.A.L. can monitor your health. She won’t be able to help you if the heat sets in though, so you’ll need to choose someone for that role.”
He’s been fidgeting with the hem of his sleeve the whole time. “So I’ll have to choose someone to… do it with, that’s what you’re saying, but I don’t know anyone who has both sets like I apparently do, not that I would be asking around, so how am I supposed to choose?”
“There’s things we can get, toys and such that can help bridge the gap,” I say. This whole conversation has been throughly embarrassing for me, somehow no one’s told him about this yet, but I try to keep my cool for his sake.
His face goes red, but at least I don’t have to explain it to him. He refuses to look anywhere in my direction, and suddenly finds the stitching on his blankets very interesting.
“Um…. That’s, uh, good to know,” He says after ɑ bit.
“Yeah, um, I think that’s it, so if you don’t mind, I’ll be going.” I stand up from where I was sitting on the edge of his bed and slowly make my way out of the room.
He nods awkwardly, “yeah, ok, thanks for telling me about... It.”
I nod as well opening the door, and leaving his room.
I walk down the hall, back to my own room, which is just ɑ few doors down from his. All the ninja’s rooms are in the same hall anyways.