Shaidon could feel that his time was running short. A cold shudder ran through him as he looked at Jamie and Iyano. As fun and pleasant as his time with the charming Azar had been, it didn’t change the fact that he was going to be lunch in a matter of moments. All the things they’d shared forgotten. Well not by him, he’d never forget something so wonderful, but Azar probably would…<br/><br/>Still… he didn’t regret it at all. Azar had been all he’d dreamed of as a first lover. Jamie would have been fantastic too though.<br/>Jamie… a lump formed in his throat, making it rather hard to breathe. He’d have to say goodbye to his dear friend soon, knowing that not much behind him, he’d get eaten too. His heart ached at that, knowing that because Jay had wanted to save him, he was going to get killed too.<br/><br/>He took a deep breath and tried to strengthen himself. Jamie would be upset if he saw him cry. No, he’d say goodbye to his best mate and accept his fate like a man, as horrible as it was.<br/><br/>“W-what?!” he said incredulously when Azar didn’t want to let Jamie say goodbye to him.<br/>He swallowed nervously, but nodded when the naga reassured him again, still he could say goodbye to Jay, couldn’t he?<br/>“Please let me say goodbye to him. I promise it won’t take long.” He begged, but Azar just continued to taunt his friend cruelly. Why was he doing that? Was that his idea of a game?!<br/>Shaidon couldn’t understand how someone could enjoy someone else’s misery like that.<br/>He looked at Jamie, his sad eyes meeting with his, and opened his mouth to tell him that he’d be alright, that Jay was stupid to even think this was his fault, that he loved him…there were so many things he wanted to say, but before he could say anything, Azar had engulfed his head.<br/><br/>In that moment, he forgot all about his vow to accept and take it like a man. The sudden movement had caught him completely off guard, and he started to struggle in panic.<br/>“N-no please don’t do this! I need to say goodbye, I-I need t-to! J-Jay! I-I want to say goodbye to him!” he sobbed out, but his every sound came out muffled. He started to cry, but knew that pleading wouldn’t help him any further. He couldn’t possibly say goodbye anymore now and nothing was worse than that, so he just gave up, sobbing his heart out.<br/><br/>The naga’s tongue running over his skin while he was going down, felt very strange, but not altogether unpleasant he supposed. To know that he was going to die was what made him panic though. How could he even believe Azar now? Maybe the naga had just told him not to be afraid to keep him calm… How could dying like this be painless?!<br/>Going down the tight throat, he tried to keep his breathing under control. If he started to hyperventilate now, he’d surely suffocate.<br/>This was the end, he thought…feeling his head enter a slightly bigger space. He had expected to be overwhelmed by the foul smell of digestive acids, but he smelled nothing bad at all.<br/><br/>As he steadily entered the stomach, he steeled himself for the pain, but nothing came. So Azar really hadn’t lied. Now he felt kind of bad for having thought that. His feet arrived in the stomach last, and he tried to get himself more comfortable by curling up a bit and moving around a little. He was still crying, but the soft flesh around him was oddly comforting and warm.<br/>Yeah typically him, trying to find a ray of sunlight in every dark cloud…<br/><br/>“Your friend was delicious,”<br/>he whimpered a little as he heard that. It was so surreal. If he didn’t know any better, he would have thought he was still sleeping. That he could wake up any moment now, and that all of this was nothing more than a bad dream.<br/><br/>He frowned as he heard what Azar told Jamie. Why?! Wasn’t it bad enough that his friend thought it was his fault that they were going to die!<br/>Sorry, that was a game Shaidon didn’t want to play. Jamie would know he was okay, right? If he told him now. Maybe if he yelled loud enough… He could hear Azar, so why wouldn’t Jay hear him?<br/>“J-Jay, I’m alright!  P-please don’t worry about me! I’m not being hurt, I’m just scared! Please believe me!” he yelled as loud as he could, with tears streaming down his cheeks. Jamie had to hear him! He just had to! He couldn’t bear to think what Jay must be going through right now “It’s NOT your fault!” he yelled desperately “It’s NOT!”<br/><br/><br/><br/>Iyano saw the scene unfold, and had to admit that he was a bit doubtful of what Azar had in mind. Of course he knew that they had two stomachs, but who wasn’t to say that Azar wasn’t going to push poor Shay through to the second one? The way he was talking…<br/><br/>Then he heard what Azar whispered to the boy and breathed a sigh of relief. As fun as it was to make someone scared sometimes, he really wouldn’t want to agonise anyone.<br/>Speaking of agonising… he looked at Jamie and coiled around him gently, but firm.<br/>Now the question was… would he play the game along with Azar, or would he reluctantly go along with it? Jamie was strong…He could handle a bit of taunting, couldn’t he?<br/><br/>The smile Azar was sending him promised a lot of fun, but he wasn’t sure if he wanted that fun at the expense of the two boys.<br/>Still…he’d never let Azar down before, so he wasn’t about to start now.<br/><br/>“Come on brat.” He cooed pulling Jamie closer. “Let’s enjoy the show, shan’t we?”<br/>He brought the tip of his tail up and wrapped it around his head once, so that it covered his mouth. If they’d been playing, he might have shoved the tip in his mouth, but they weren’t, and he didn’t want to hurt or scare his little human even more right now.<br/><br/>He didn’t like the fact that Azar had gulped the boy down without letting them say goodbye to each other… That’s the least they could have done, but it was too late now. It made Iyano wonder if his friend knew that he wasn’t only hurting Jamie with that, but Shaidon too.<br/>And he hadn’t even gotten the chance to tease Shay a bit! That could have been fun, he thought pouting. The boy started to blush so easily. It would have been great to see how many times he could have made him blush.<br/>Hmm too bad…<br/><br/>He got hungry too just by watching Azar eat. Licking his lips he said “Mmm would you look at that! That’s going to be you soon.” He pointed out excitedly. Well at least once he’s eaten Jamie, the boy would know that Shaidon was safe and sound in Azar’s first stomach.<br/>Glancing at Azar, his gaze showed that he thought his friend had made the boy suffer enough. He had to eat too, and he’d rather have some fun while eating, than having to fight to get his meal down.<br/><br/>He uncoiled the tip from around Jamie’s head. Now that Azar had finished eating, the boy didn’t need to be gagged any longer.<br/>“It’s okay, it’s over…” he said soothingly. Okay, so he wouldn’t reveal that Shaidon was safe, because he was going to find out anyway, and to do Azar a favour. But he was going to talk that misplaced guilt out of his head! Nobody should die believing that they’d gotten their best friend killed.<br/><br/>Besides, in Iyano’s mind, with hurt came comfort. He never hurt anyone without giving some sort of comfort afterwards. Unless they’d really deserved his wrath. Jamie hadn’t done anything wrong, except being quite the tease of course, but Iyano had loved that. Jamie was fun.<br/><br/>And not only that. What would Sefii say if he knew they’d treated his human friend like that?! Iyano had no qualms about eating the boy.  He’d explain that to Sefii. Sefii would understand that, but he probably wouldn’t be able to understand how they could have been so cruel!