Bou was sleeping curled up in the middle of the bed he and Seth shared. It was warm, the comforter fluffy and the bed soft, so Bou had no problem falling asleep under the soft covers.

He was missing Seth...the lion had been busy between pride business and his music that he was normally gone before Bou woke and didn't return until the small leopard was already asleep. But this time Bou hoped that an afternoon nap would help in stay awake late enough to at least see Seth. To at least kiss him and say "good night" before they both fell asleep.

Seth stood in front of the door to his apartment giving his weary muscles a chance to unwind from the long road trip before he walked into the home he shared with Bou. He had missed the Snow Leopard alot and even his Lion had been more twitchy than usual without the presence of his mate. A smile light up the tired looking face of the lion before he opened the door using his key. He slipped into the unlight room making sure to close the door behind him.

After sitting his bag on the couch Seth started to head to the kitchen before the smell of leopard had him retracing his steps. He turned in a 360 heading to the bedroom both cats shared. Peeking in though the open door Seth spotted the blonde curled up in the middle of Seth's huge bed. He stepped out of his shoes making his way silently to the bed wondering if Bou would be able to hear him or not. He made his way onto the bed and crawled over till he was next to the sleeping cat. He snuggled up to the leopard taking in huge breaths so that he could enjoy Bou's smell.

Bou purred softly when he felt the bed dip behind him followed by the pressure of a warm body at his back. He had heard Seth enter the apartment, but had refrained from his normal excited greeting and settled for some good nap-snuggling that they were both overdue for. The small leopard turned in Seth's arms so he was facing the lion before he allowed his brown eyes to open and stare up at him.

"Hey...good roadtrip?" Bou asked, his voice a soft whisper as he curled his pale arms around Seth's waist, "I missed you so much...so did my leopard..."

Seth rubbed his nose against the tip of Bou's when the leoaprd turned around to face him. He place a soft kiss there as he snuggled deeper into the circle of Bou's arms.

"It was decent enough. Playing Gigs and free room service at the hotels we stayed at". Seth shrugged as he slipped a hand under Bou's shirt. "Abbi seemed to have fun."

Seth pulled the blonde closer to him as he smiled."My Lion has gotten touchy without you...We missed alot". He sighed as he took in another deep breath of Bou's scent.

"Well, I've been mopey and depressed," Bou replied, purring as he curled more tightly against Seth, nuzzling under his jaw and along his neck, "So Abbi better appreaciate her fun." The small leopard smiled and kissed his mate softly, feeling his heart flutter a bit at the merest touch of the lion's warm body.

"And my leopard's been downright inconsolable," he told Seth, "Not even the pard could keep him from just moping around. He missed you and I missed you, and I hope you plan on making it up to me time and time again." Bou's voice took a bit of a teasing tone as he spoke to Seth, fingers grazing lightly over the fabric of the lion's shirt.

Seth sighed as he relaxed in the bed with Bou. He had only been gone for about two weeks but it had felt like much longer than that. He enjoyed the feeling up being close to his mate and returned the soft kisses that the leopard gave him. Wiggling till the was no room between the cats Seth wrapped one leg around Bou's waist.

"Think of it this way. Now that I spent all that time on the road I won't have to do it again for awhile." Seth rubbed his hands in slow circles on Bou's back just under the t-shirt he was wearing. "You didn't spend all your time here by yourself did you?"

"No, I've been seeing the pard," Bou replied, "Going there and meeting with Rachel and Quinn mostly, but it's been something to do. But I just missed you, we both did." The small snowleopard purred softly and nuzzed his lion mate's jaw. "Mmmm...Love you so so so so very much...missed you so so so very much..."

Seth laughed happy with the fact that Bou hadn't spent all his time closedy in the apratment. It was good that he was hanging out with the Pard, having a family helped calm the beast and made it seem not as bad to be a lycan. He hadn't seen the Pride since he had gotten into town but would make the effort in another day or two.

Ruffling Bou's hair Seth placed a kiss firmly on his pale pink lips.He tucked his arms around Bou's waist and rested his face against the Snow Leopard's shoulder. Sighing in happiness he relaxed in Bou's hold.

"I miseed you lots and lots too.I love you" Seth glanced into his mate's face smiling.

"Mmmm...so, how was your roadtrip?" Bou asked, looking up at Seth from where he was curled up with the lion, "Did you meet a lot of people? Did the girls throw themselves at you? Did Abbi prance around onstage and make an almost-complete fool of herself?" The small snowleopard really wanted to know how Seth's road trip had gone. He loved the lion and only wanted him to be happy.

Seth rolled over pulling Bou with him so that the blonde rested on his chest He didn't think he would miss the cuddling as much as he had. The roadtrip started out well even after getting lost on the way out of Florida. Being as broke as they the couldn't afford anything better than a small bus.

Threading his hands behind his head Seth looked down in to Bou's face. He actually seemed really interested in how things went so Seth decided to not leave anything out.


"Abbi had a blast, specially in New Orleans. Don't think the Rock scene there is ready for someone as active as Abbi though.No girls threw their selves at me...Might have been the Pink shirt I was wearing that says 'My boyfriend is hotter than yours'." Seth cracked a smile at thought and the look on Abbi's face when he got the shirt out of his suitcase.

"You actually wore that?" Bou asked, he had been with Seth the day the lion purchased the shirt and had almost died laughing, the small leopard giggled and then smiled at his mate, "Well, I wouldn't care if they did toss themselves onto you. You're my mate, so no matter how hard they try, they can't have you because I already got you first." The snowleopard smiled at the lion and leaned in to kiss him softly, balancing easily on Seth's chest as he laid there on his mate.

Seth threaded his hands though Bou's blonde locks purring lightly as the leopard leaned forward and gave him another kiss. He had missed just hanging out like this and vowed to make up for lost time. Keeping his fingers moving slowly he tilted his head to the side as he looked into Bou's face.

"That's true. Plus there's always the fact that they'd freak about me being a lycan." A odd look passed over the lion's face as he said this. "The group decided it'd be better if I 'stay in the closet' about being a Lion".

"You'd be surprised how many people think of lycans as 'exotic'," Bou replied, "Might make them want you more, you never know." The small leopard sighed softly and shook his head as he looked at Seth in a contemplative manner. "I'm really gonna have to make you tattoo: Property of Bou Kazuhiro on you ass..."

Seth snickered a oddly innocent look on his face. He tugged Bou closer and kissed his forehead. With his face still next to his mate's he grinnned impishly.

"You know the only way they'd see the tattoo then would be if i had no pants on". He blinked slowly waiting for a reaction from the cat on his chest. "Not that I'll be doing anything like that of course" he added after a lengthy pause still smiling.

"It would be so cute, though," Bou giggled softly, nuzzling his mate as Seth held him against his chest, "You go and moon the crowd and there's my name branded on your butt. Then all the fans could stare in gut-wrenching jealousy."

Seth snorted softly as he relaxed against his pillows.It had never occured to him that there'd be a time when he missed his own bed but here he was more than glad to be back. While the trip was really as that Bad besides the Hecking Abbie had gotten in North Florida he couldn't wait to get back. The reason for this was currantly resting on his chest.

"You know me..I'm not excatly the mooning type. In fact if i could shift with my clothes still on I would try". Seth started to braid a peice of Bou's hair. He was starting to think about Dinner even though he had eatten once the crossed the border back into Floirda. He really had eatten that much.

"But you have such a cute butt," Bou grinned as he balanced on top of Seth before leaning in and kissing his mate softly on the lips, "Ah, well, I guess I do have to keep some parts of you to myself and refuse to share them with anybody. Shame the world can't see them." The small snowleopard giggled softly and flicked back Seth's hair with a hand, trailing his fingers down his mate's cheek. "Love you, Seth...Very much."

Seth brushed a kiss across Bou's lips as he eased out from under the leopard. He stretched out feeling the joints in his spine pop and looked back at the blonde still in bed. H had put off eatting long enough and even know he could feel his stomach growling softly.

"I love you lots too" Seth smiled reaching his hand out to Bou to help the cat off the bed. "You hungry as I am?" He asked heading for the doorway of the bedroom.

"Yes, I am hungry," Bou smiled as he took Seth's hand and followed the lion into the kitchen, "I really didn't eat much while you were away. Just found myself not to be very hungry." Bou didn't want Seth to be worried about him, he just hadn't been hungry this week.

Seth paused just outside the door to the bedroom looking back at Bou. He tighten his grip on his hand wondering why Bou wouldn't want to eat. Everyone knew that one of the ways you controlled your beast was to make sure you weren't hungry. Bad things often happened to Lycan that went days without food.

He pulled Bou closer to him letting his lion drift up to the surface. It nuzzled the tiny leopard before licking it's neck. Seth exmained Bou with a careful look and to the plain eye it didn't seem like Bou had lost alot of weight.

"Why didn't you eat?' He asked his voice clolored with worry. He tugged Bou's hand once more making his way to the kitchen. He now had a sence of purpose other than his own hungur.

"I just wasn't hungry," Bou replied, blushing slightly as he walked behind Seth, hand happily clasped within his mate's, "It wasn't that I wasn't eating, because I was. I just didn't eat much because it seemed to fill me up quicker." The small cat smiled and covered his stomach, which rumbled softly. "But now I'm ravenous."

Seth laughed quietly as he ran a hand though bou's blondeir. He pushed the other cat in the direction of the table as he made his way to the Fridge. Pulling open the door he stood in the cool air glacning around the half full box before calling over his shopulder.

"You have anything special in mind?" Seth had seen there was a couple different dishes he could whip up but wanted to see if Bou had a prefence.

"No preferences," Bou replied with a smile as he sat down at the table to watch Seth work on their dinner, "Just so long as it won't eat me first and contains no lethal amouts of radiation, it'll be all good." The small leopard purred as he watched the lion. He had missed Seth puttering around the house, making dinner for the two, just being there.

Seth laughed as he pulled out some chicken and laid on the counter next to himself. He reached back in to pull out some greeb Veggies and sat the m on the counter as well.

"I think I can manged that" He said closing the door with the back of one elbow. He started setting up pans and turing the eyes of the stove on. In seconds the smell of warm chicken filled the air and Seth felt his stomach growl.

Bou purred softly and slipped up behind Seth, wrapping his arms around the lion, kissing along his shoulders and nuzzling the back of his neck.

"Maybe after dinner I can give you some really good dessert," Bou purred into the lion's ear, "I've missed your touch so much..."

Seth rested one hand on the arm curled around his waist. He kept his eyes on the chicken not wanting to burn it. Rubbing his back against the front of Bou he settled into the circle of his arms.

"I missed you too...Dessert sounds like something to look forward too". Seth reached around and placed a kiss on Bou's lips before turning his attention back to the pan. A buzzing sound caused him to look around before he remembered that his cell was still in his pocket. He pulled it out and pressed it to his ear while still stirring the chicken around in the pan.

Bou again kissed Seth's shoulder, then stepped away from the lion so he could take the phone call. He grabbed a couple of plates from the cabinet and began setting the table, trying to give his mate some privacy to take the call. Seth had been so busy with his music, but Bou didn't mind. This was the lion's dream and the snowleopard was more than happy to be the quiet support Seth needed.

Seth answered the phone wondering who would need to take to him.He had just send the band ont even ten hours ago so he knew he wasn't missing a practice or anyting. He never got calls from the Pride unless something bad happened so he mentally crossed his fingers hoping for the best on that front. He was worried for nothing though and seoncds later he Mom's voice came across the line.

He half listened to her chat away about little things as he kept an eye on his mate. Bou had drifted to give him some room to talk but he found himself missing the warmth the leopard gave off already. the clink of plates took his attention fully away from the phone call for a moment.

"Hey Mom. I'll have to call you back. I just got back home and I'm cooking dinner for me and my Roomie" He listened for a few more moments before finally getting off the phone. "Sorry about that Sweet." He told Bou stuffing the phone back into his pocket.

"It's okay, Seth," Bou smiled as he finished setting the table and walked back over to the lion, leaning up and kissing him, "Moms have priority. I can wait forever for you." The small cat smiled and kissed Seth again, cuddling into the lion's side, nuzzling his shoulder. "Mmm...I love your smell..."

Seth wrapped a arm around Bou;s waist as hcame to a stop next to the Lion. He returned the kiss then moved forward to turn the heat off on the stove. Snuggling into Bou's side he looked over before mentioning what his Mom had called about.


"My Mom wants to meet you" He waited wondering what Bou's reaction would be. They had only been dating for about Two Months and he wondered if Bou would be comfortable meeting his parents. He had mentioned the Leopard to his Mom two weeks ago and he had been hearing about it off and on since then. It was rare that Seth had a steady boyfriend so his Mom was interested in meeting Bou.

"Meet your mom?" Bou blinked a bit as he looked up at Seth, arms still wrapped comfortably around the lion's waist, then smiled up at him, "I'd like that. I dunno, it just feels right. Guess you're getting me all nice and comfy settled in." The small leopard smiled and leaned up to kiss his boyfriend, purring into the kiss softly. He was nervous about meeting Seth's mom. What if she thought he wasn't good enough for her son? What if Bou somehow completely embarassed Seth? He hadn't been around a mother figure in so long, he didn't know how to act around one anymore.

Seth could sense the unease that was rolling of off of Bou so he made sure to wrap his arms extra tight around the Leopard. He returned the kiss and smiled down at the blonde in his arms.

"I'm sure Mom will love you. She might try to get all Mom like on you. She loves to baby everyone".

"I've never been mothered before," Bou replied, "Well...not for a long, long time." Except if you considered a cane mothering...but Bou didn't say that. Seth had heard enough of his past. "But I'll try my best to make a good impression on her. I'm glad I get to be the boyfriend to meet her."

Seth had to smile at the thought of him Mom trying to feed Bou. It was something she kept trying to do to him, saying that he looked like he never ate at all. He had given up on trying to tell her he just burned though food fast and ate as much as he could while around her.

Looking down at the food he moved away from bou grbbing the stuff of the stove and heading towards the table. He took his time filling the plates up before setting the hot pan back where it belonged. After that was done he looked over at Bou.

"Ready to eat?"

"Yeah," Bou smiled as he let Seth slip from his arms to get the food on the table. The small cat moved and sat down in front of his own plate, picking up his fork and taking a bite. "It'll be interesting to see your mom, Seth. Does she know you're gay?" To Bou, who had actually been conditioned to be gay, it was no big deal to tell people. But he also knew that some people kept it hidden from their families.

Seth slipped into his seat about the same time Bou did. He had started to cut up his chicken when Bou asked him if he had come out to his parents. He paused as hs carefully choice his words. "It took me awhile to come out". His Mother hadn't seemed to care but his Father seemed more upset about him being Gay than his being infected and turning into A lion for the rest of his life. "Mom was great about it, that's why I know she'll love you".

"Good," Bou smiled, reaching across the table and running his hand over Seth's, "I hope I'll live up to any expectations that she has." That meant Bou'd have to hide all the crazy. He'd have to try to keep his nightmares down, not get panicked and hide, and try to kee the anxiety attacks down to a minimum.

Seth started to dig into his meal relazing as he enjoyed being around his mate once more .It was something that he had missed while being out on the road for the last couple of weeks and he was determined to make up for lost time. He chewed slowly keeping an eye on the leopard.

"Aren't you hungry?" He asked pointing at Bou's plate with his fork. There was an almost thoughtful look on Bou's face and he wondered if he was worried about meeting Seth's Mom. He would have to make sure that the pair went on a day that his dad was sure to not be there. He didn't think Bou would be able to handle his mate's father. Seth could only handle him on his good days as it was.

"I guess I'm just nervous," Bou replied as he pushed his food around on his place, "I mean...what if I have a nightmare or panic attack while your mother's here. She might think I'm crazy or too dangerous for you. And I don't want her to think that."

As Seth listened he ate. He chewed slowly wanting to give Bou plenty of time to voice excatly why he would be unease about meeting his parents. Not something that happned everyday but once a couple got serious enough there was usually the normal meeting of each other's parents. He didn't think he would meet Bou's parents. He wasn't totally sure that they were still alive. He had never asked Bou about his past thinking it might be a touchy subject. If he had a rough childhood he'd only be bringing up bad memories anyway.

Once he was sure that Bou was finished speaking for the moment he tapped his fork against his plate again. That was a bad habit and he stilled his hand trying to get himself to stop. He picked up a couple of bad habits while touring, one of the downside's to being on the road alot.

"It'd be a day trip so I doubt we'd be staying over night" Seth explained hoping to sooth the leopard. " And as tiny as you are I doubt she'd think you were dangerous in any sort of way."