"Oh yeah? I would take a chance." He spotted Suni and the other guy, just after Jas did. "I guess you don't have that many friends huh." Connor teased. The placed seemed a little rundown and dark. It wasn't the ideal place to hang out, but even so it was still something. As this point Conner had subconsciously moved slightly behind Jas. Not in search of protection just for comfort. The place was eerie and he wasn't too much of a fan per se.
"they're most likely inside." He laughed, gently brushing his thumb along the back of Connors hand. He stopped a few feet from the the two guards and shook his head. "Are you two supposed to guarding the entrance?" He asked with a grin, watching as Suni startle awake and the other, Hasho, glare up. "Cuz not one would survive if they managed to get in anyways. The others are inside." Suni shifted and rubbed the sleep from his eyes, "what he said, they can go in. Doesn't mean theyre coming back out." He let out a snicker and nodded to Connor. "You're positive he won't tell his higher ups?" He asked, glancing towards Jas as they approached the warehouse doors. "Yes. If you're so worried, vixen, you can stay out here on watch."
Connor gave a small laugh from the interaction which helped him loosen up a bit. "It seems like you have some control." He said lightly. He gave a squeeze to Jas's hands. He took a deep breath in and decided to relax and to let his guard down. Hopefully this is something he wouldn't regret. " I guess you do come here quite often. I've seen you come to this place before when I was keeping an eye on you, but everytime we checked it no one was there. Maybe there are just lot of placed that looked like this…" he shrugged his shoulders. "You're very good at hiding I'll give you that."
Jas arched an eyebrow as he guided Connor inside. "You watched me?" He asked, glancing up as they entered a large room, bugger than what it looked like from the outside of the building. Large windows above allowed breaks of natural light to enter the room. Along the walls was something like an ibsitacal track course, consisting of rockwalls, balance beams and various things to avoid. The ground was mostly covered in safety mats save for the a small cozy corner with chairs and a fireplace to relax in. "Am I good at hiding? Or are you bad at finding me." He teased, nodding his head as a few people in the corner turned to look at the new arrivals.
"Don't make it sound so perverted. I only did it because I had to. You were always all over the place with your crimes. It was hard to keep tabs on you." Connor ran a hand through his hair, resulting in his hair looking combed back. "A little bit of both, kitty. I mean, think about it someone who can teleport. It's tough to find you after you magically disappear." Connor's jaw closed shut, and he squeezed Jas's hand. He froze in front of the others and gave a pathetic wave before swallowing the lump in his throat.
"Mhmm, not because you definitely wanted to watch me, surre." He teased, pressing a kiss to Connor's temple. He chuckled softly "what can I say my love? I love a good chase." Jas gaze flickered up when Connor's squeezed his hand towards his friends lounging in the chairs. He gave a slight night if his head, indicating that Connir was safe. "This is Connor. Connor, these are my friends, Sasha, Conan, and Rowan." He introduced, waving to a white haired girl with striking blue eyes, a tall, lankey man with blue hair and dark makeup, and another older man. "They're the ones who raised me." He said, gently rubbing the back of his hand, hoping Connor would go along with his story for this life.
"I'm telling you it wasn't, honestly you're so mean sometimes kitty." He laughed hitting his arm softly. Connor followed each person with his eyes as Jas said his name. "Hey, guys." He gave a confused look from the story he gave but just went with it anyway. "You guys probably know everything about me already. You know being a hero and all." Connor resists the urge to change his face. It was reflex whenever he didn't know someone. To block them off before they get too close. He looked back up to jas, letting himself smile before leaning on his shoulder.
Has smiled proudly at Connor for saying hi and wrapped an arm around Connor's shoulder, tucking him close to his side.
"Ah so this is the one Sunil told us about. The one you quote 'wont shut up about' and quote 'would lay the moon and stars at his feet for him' unquote." Rowan said with a grin, offering a scared hand to Connor in greeting.
Jas huffed a small laugh to hide his embarrassment.
"Oh so it's true? The cat bows to the bird, huh?" Sasha trilled, nudging Jas' shoulder. Jas hissed at the girl and picked her side. "Shush, you'd the same for Conan." He winked at the man in the corner, hiding his face in his turtle neck.
"Of course I would." She giggled, waving at Connor before bouncing back to Conan's side, pressing a teasing kiss to his cheek
Connor took Rowan's hand with a blush. Connor looked back to Jas with a grin. "You said that about me." He huffed. Connor kissed Jas's cheek, wearing that same smile. "That's cute, kitty." Connor waved back, chuckling at Sasha's actions. "I've only heard about Suni and maybe Sasha, but not the rest of you. I'm guessing Sasha and Conan are together. Just a small guess I don't know." he joked. "I know Suni is single as a pringle. As for Rowan, I have no idea." Connor played with Jas's hands as he spoke, still being quite nervous.
Has only blushed more but managed a nod.
Rowan laughed and waved to the chairs, offering the two a seat. "He's said far worse. But we'll save him the embarrassment for now." Rowan winked and settled down. "Suni's my brother. Jas too but in the stray cat kinda way." She teased, glancing down as Conan cuddled up beside her.
Jas rolled his eyes and settled in a chair across from Rowan, gently tugging Connor down with him. He gently rubbed Connor's back and pressed his lips close to his ear sononky he would hear. "Let me know when you want to leave. We can always come back when you're more comfortable." He offered softly, pressing a whisper of a kiss to his ear before breaking away to listen to his sister and father.
Connor squeezed his hand when Jas whispered. He shivered at the sensation before looking at Jas a mouthing that he was okay just nervous. He also told him not to whisper in his ear as he did. Connor leaned back in the chair letting Jas's warm frame wrap around him. "You should tell your brother not to pop up at people's places unannounced. It scares me every time he does it, Rowan." He was curious what else Jas said about him, but he left it alone. "I hat that I didn't notice sooner that he liked me. Maybe he wouldn't have had to suffer as much. Anyway, what exactly do you guys know about me? Based off of what Jas said of course."
Has chuckled lightly but reluctantly nodded, not wanting to embarrass him in front of his family.
"Suni has a tendency to be in places he shouldn't. Habit of his since he's more of a theif. But he usually means well." Rowan replied, giving Connir an apologetic glance.
"Oh he definitely suffered. Poor thing called out your name in his sleep and moped about in his teenage years."
Has huffed a light but said nothing, knowing he had been head over heels for Connir long before this life.
"Not much, actually since has never really went into why he loved you so much. We knew the basics. That you were a hero and that you were a shapeshifter. Not much else."
He gave a sigh of relief. "I was just wondering. Since he hasn't told you that much. I like music a lot and dancing, but only when I'm alone so I get embarrassed when people watch me. I hate my job. It's not that I don't not like being a hero it's just so boring without Jas there. It's just chasing this, arrest him, bring in her, etc. With Jas it's more of like jump of a building, shift, try to find out where he goes, hold him at gunpoint only to have you hesitate, and he disappears. You know?"
"he kept your life interesting, whether you liked him at the time or not." Conan piped up from his spot beside Sasha. Sasha smiled down at her partner and gently pet through his hair with a proud smiled.
Jas purred softly and nuzzled Connor's cheek. "I'm glad my life threatening stunts brought you Joy, love." He teased, smiling at his beloved. He couldn't have been more happy with the reaction his family has with Connor, despite him being a hero and Jas' family being comprised of criminals
Connor giggles in response to Jas's nuzzle. "You and your crazy stunts keep me alive." Connor joked. He sighed, relaxing more. "I was pretty scared to meet you guys. The funny thing, right. Not because you were criminals or anything like that. Mostly because I didn't want to screw it up completely, and I don't exactly have friends either. Usually, when I'm not looking at Jas, I sort of have the expression that Jas has seen since forever until recently, so I didn't want that to happen either."
"ah so you have a resting don't-mess-with-me-or-you're-fucked face." Sasha nodded with a smug grin as she caught Jas' glare. "Jas clearly never got the memo, considering he was always secretly turned on by that look, isn't that right, Tom cat?" Sasha ducked and covered Conan as Jas threw a nearby pillow at his sister. She snickered and lightly pulled away to check on Conan's well being.
"You're one to talk. One look from Conan and you're begging on your knees for his love." Jas muttered, huffing a small sigh to calm his flustered heart.
"But of course. How could I not?" She giggled and gently traced a light finger beneath Conan's jaw.
Has smiled softly at her sister and brother in law.
"I guess we are the same, in the sense that we would do anything for those that we love." He murmured, gently squeezing Connor close to his form. "Now if only our vixen could learnt he same." Jas sighed, looking over at Suninas he slunk over in his fox form
"Yeah, pretty much-wait-" Connor couldn't help his ears turning red as he tried to process what was explained. There was a big loading screen in the center of his brain where he used to think. "I-…" he slowly turned his head to Jas. "Does that really…you know. I mean it's fine if it does I'm not saying I'm opposed to it or anything. Nor am I really uncomfortable with it…you know let's change the subject!" He laughed awkwardly. "It's very nice to meet you all and you are all really cool, but why does Suni hate me so much. Besides the fact that I'm a hero?"
Jas rested his chin in his hand and gave a signature cat grin, hair obscuring his features, making him appear more roguish. "But of course it did. It still does, though less often since it's not always directed at me." He brought Connor's hand to his lips and placed a tender kiss to his knuckles, all the while maintain eye contact.
He breathed a laugh and glanced over towards Suni, reaching over to scratch the Fox's ear. "He doesn't hate you, he's just jelous you're taking all my attention away from him. He did the same with Conan she Sasha and he first met."
Suni snapped his teeth at Jas' hand and meandered over to Rowan, but not before giving Jas a knowing look. His aversion towards Connor ran deeper than jelousy but he knew better than to expose has and Connor out to their family so he kept his mouth shut. Jas gave an apologetic look to his brother and sighed. "Love, didn't you say there was someone you wanted Suni to meet back at your job? That chef?" He asked, smiling again when he saw Suni's ears perked up
Connor looked away, covering his mouth. "Don't look at me like that. I didn't know that you like that…" He nodded along to was Jas was saying in response to his question from earlier. He took a deep breath. "Well, I'm glad he doesn't hate me, and yes, I do have someone that Suni would like to meet." He pulled out his phone, trying to find a picture of him. "I know you don't like heroes that much, but he works there to cook food for us and things like that. Despite the was he looks compassionate and just a big softy when you get to know if. If you want to know him." Once he finally found a picture, he laid his phone down on the floor so that Suni could see. The man had messy blond hair but was quite muscular and looked like someone you wouldn't want to mess with. "I'm pretty sure he's Russian," Connor added. He was in chef's wear while holding a three-layer cake and standing next to three other heroes.
Jas chuckled lightly and pressed a kiss to Connor's temple. He watched over the other's shoulder and nodded his head, remembering back to the food he had had while in the prison.
Suni barked softly and trotted over, curiousity peaked. He sniffed at the phone and examined the photo. He would have been lying he said the man in the picture didn't interest him. He shifted back to his human form and handed the phone back "he's cute." Suni admitted, settling in a nearby chair. "Call me when you want me to meet him." He said simply, glancing around the room to find Sasha, Rowan, and Jas Al staring at him. "What?" He bristled slightly and crossed his arms over his chest. Sashes pulled herself away from Conan and sat on the arm of suni's chair. "Nothin, it's just surprising to see our little brother fall for someone like a chef." She teased, ruffling Suni's hair. Suni glared at her and shoved the girl off the couch. "I'm not falling for anyone. I'm merrly interested in this person, that's all." He argued, watching as Sasha stood and go back to Conan.
"Of course, I'll text him right now. How does Saturday sound to you? He works every day and Saturday is his shortest day. If that's okay with you I don't want to make anything of it. I'll be gone so I won't be there when you two meet." He hummed texting Damion about meeting Suni. "I'm glad you find him cute though. I'm sure you two will get along well. I think." Connor yawned and groaned softly. "He's a very open guy, so he won't have a problem with it."
Suni shifted uncomfortably in his chair, the idea if actually being set up with someone to potentially go on a date with truely hitting him. "Uhm, y-yeah. Saturday works fine." He replied, glancing around the small circle of family surrounding him, a light blush on his cheeks when he found his father and siblings smiling proudly. "Great, hopefully I won't mess things up." Suni muttered, walking over to Connor to look over his shoulder as he texted Damion. "His name is nice." He noted softly, swallowing nervously. "I-im not great at this. When and where would we meet?" He asked, taking the hand Jas offered and squeezing it. "Do I need to wear anything fancy?"
Jas laughed softly and shook his head. "You're fine the way you are Vixen. You'll win this guy over just with your charm." He reassured, gently nudging Connor's head with his own. "We should probably get going soon. I didn't realize how late it was."
Connor closed his eyes and hummed leaning into the nudges. "Alright…" he sighed like a little kid. He stood up and couldn't help but smile at Suni. "Great Saturday it is! There will be no need for fancy outfits. Dress as yourself, I'll tell Jas where to meet so he could tell you. Trust me you'll be fine. You'll get to know a lot about him." He looked over to Jas and waved his hand for them to go. "Let's get home so we can sleep. Cuddles may or may not be involved." he joked.
"they always are," has teased, standing and stretching. He smiled at his family and hugged Rowan and Sasha. "Thank you." He whispered softly, breaking away to embrace Conan. While only recently becoming his brother in law, Jas truely felt Conan belonged in their rag-tag family more than any other individual Sasha had dated in the past. "Thank you." He whispered to him, giving Conan a small wink. Other than Suni, he was the only other one who knew about who Jas and Connor really were. Conan nodded slight before they let go of each other. Jas walked back to to Connor and Suni and pulled his younger brother into a tight hug. "You're gonna do great vixen." He murmured, ruffling suni's hair as the other lightly hit his arm. "Yeah, yeah. I know. Just nervous." He admitted, hugging Jas back and sighing. "I don't wanna scew it up."
Jas shook his head "you won't. From what Connor has told me, Damion seems like your type."
Suni's hugged a laugh "what, problematic, two faced duche bags?"
"No." Jas replied, gently pulling back and retreating back to Connor's side. "Someone who will actually care about you, vixen. In a living and soft way." He smiled softly and gently pulled Connor into a walk towards the door, leaving suni's blushing but with a smile.
Connor waved and smiled as well. "I assume from what he said he hasn't had the best luck with relationships. I'm glad I helped him out just a little. He may dislike me, but he seems like a sweet guy. Kind of like you, you always say you're some bad guy, but that's not the way I see you. Yes, you murder people, and yes, you are sometimes problematic, but you care. To that makes anyone worth loving." Connor kissed his cheek. "Let's go home. I'll be leaving early tomorrow because I'm leaving for Florida, so I'll text you where to tell Suni to go to meet up with Damion."