Wrapped in Your Coils (Naga!Katsuki x Izuku)

[LovelyBones]

It was no easy task, getting to the deepest parts of the rainforest that were yet to be explored. Izuku, however, was doing his very best to accomplish that task-- and, hopefully, make a grand discovery he can come home to tell about!! Sure, he was a younger scientist, working with the grant money given to him, but so far, everything was going well!! He's found a few new fungi, ferns variants and even a purple moss!! Naturally, he took only small samples, hoping not to disrupt nature as he examined the new environment he wandered. He also took a great many pictures, enthralled by the beautiful flora and fauna he was able to find.

Of course, he packed well within his means to carry, including items for self-defense. Now, he hoped he wouldn't have to use any of his equipment for such a thing, but he was no less prepared. After all, this was a solo excursion-- only bearing a satellite tracker and a radio for periodic check-ins. He hated the thought of being hindered or pushed forward too quickly-- he liked to take his time, and didn't want anyone else to make him lose any important information nature could provide. Of course, being by himself, he could only notice so much.

Like how he had an observer his third night in.

Naturally, Izuku was human-- so he had no true way to tell he was being followed at a safe distance by a creature built for stealth, and an intelligence similar to his own. Sure, he found what he presumed to be a rather large snake shed in pieces in his travels, but he had no idea that the body it belonged to was massive, beautiful and yet also deadly. Of course, Izuku did everything he could to keep himself safe from an unwanted, scaly visitor-- checking his tent for holes every night before bed, zipping up securely, and always checking his belongings for any slithering guests in his baggage before taking off once more. It was a process, sure, but so far, it has proved effective!!

Though, it would only work for so long against his.... "admirer" of sorts. After all, the large, slithering being had watched Izuku for so long now, surely he could be able to work certain shelters and tools at the scientist's disposal.

It will be quite the startling first meeting, especially as Izuku will be easing into a deeper sleep, exhausted from his studies in the lush, humid environment.

[cryptidchalupa]

Watch the human he had.

From the moment the two legged invader had wandered into the stretch of rainforest that he had deemed his own. He wasn't hurting anything, which was curious. A while back a few humans had traveled through and ended up taking a carcass with them, which he wasn't too happy with but... there wasn't much he could do by the time he had discovered them and their catch to begin with.

This one was different. He was keeping to himself, poking around the flora and Katsuki knew he was taking things but when he went to investigate it was like nothing had happened to the plants at all. The more he watched him, followed him, studied the little human like he was studying the plants... it made him curious. And the golden opportunity to really get up close with a human and it's belongings came a lot sooner than he had anticipated. He was far from likely to back down from any sort of challenge or chance to explore.

It was easy to circle the tent, curiously following lines and curves of its shell with a deft touch. He had watched the human enter and exit this little shelter more than once, he just had to find the spot that-- ahah~!-- opened the side wall. The noise it made was different, at least up close, and he may have tugged the little metal piece back and forth over the teeth a few times before giving a solid good tug to pull it open. It was a loud, abrasive noise that made him go stock still and wait to see if the human was on alert or not. When nothing came flying at him, items, fists or the like, he pushed onwards. Parting the now open door flap to peek into the shelter, just a bit until he was sure it was okay to continue.

Sure this was pretty rude, to just go invading the personal space of a relatively harmless person but it was hard to resist. Humans didn't stay out here, and he would never travel closer to the bigger camps or areas where they were. He wouldn't be able to fully enter the little tent, the rest of him was just too long and too large to fill the space without literally filling the space. His upper half fit okay,and that was fine. Even just that much gave him enough to root around through the bags along the one wall of the tent, touching along the padding of his bedding as he went to reach for it. This was interesting, almost like an animal den. Warm, soft to the touch in comparison to many other things in the rainforest. The pack had many of the annoying little noise making strips on it, though none as loud as the one for the shelter. Opening them gave him access to all the goodies inside, one mysterious item after another that he had yet to see, this far out and away from the human population that is. He had no idea what any of the items were until he reached clothing. At least this was familiar looking. All the humans wore this stuff.

[LovelyBones]

When that zipper had let out its harsh sound, all Izuku had done was let out a soft, and rather adorable little grumble in his sleep before rolling over in his cot, hugging his rather plush pillow closer. For someone bold enough to go adventuring on their own, he really should be a lighter sleeper than he was. However, with the consistent rustling, soft tinkling of plastic sample containers, and the general feeling that he wasn't alone made him stir groggily, and mumble incoherently into the darkness. "What's going on....?" His voice was rough with sleep, though not the same pitch he would have whilst awake-- it was almost faintly higher in pitch, unguarded.

Patting around in the dark, he managed to find a small battery-powered lantern, and pulled it open to shine light into the small space, only to drop it when he saw the rather large demi-human creature sharing the space, even if only partially. A deep expression of confusion, denial, and even a little bit of fear filled his chest as his mouth stammered for words that refused to come. Mind you, he knew damn well wandering about on his own was risky-- after all, there were villages a good day's walk away, it wouldn't be hard to find him, and catch him off guard, vulnerable. However, the fact the larger male bore a scaly lower half that continued out of his tent was throwing him for a loop, Izuku's poor head spinning in his lucid state. Without a second thought, he snatched up his pillow and threw it at the large, scaled man with a rightfully startled yell, before other loose objects followed.

Man or beast, Izuku was not willing to be attacked tonight, in any sense. He'd like to keep all his limbs and blood, thank you. He didn't care that he was making a scene, a mess-- he didn't even notice the already present mess littering his tent floor-- he just knew that in most cases, making enough ruckus, and proving to be more trouble than it's worth normally drove would-be assailants away easily enough. "GET OUT!! OUT YOU BIG BASTARD!!" he cried out when words finally came, before finally picking up his other pillow, brandishing it like he was going to attempt a swing at the larger being in his sleeping space. "I'M TRYING TO SLEEEEEEEEEP!!" He screamed then, chancing a swing at the other, only to slip on a rain poncho the other had pulled out, and landed on his ass.

He may be small and sorta mighty, but he was moreso clumsy, it seems.

[cryptidchalupa]

He had gotten pretty far into the contents of his picked bag before getting caught. The sleepy mumbling had made him freeze, but being illuminated suddenly was worse. A few seconds of absolutely stock still staring with various little items belonging to the human in his hands. Busted. And also kind of blinded by the light because that little lantern packed a punch when he was accustomed to the dark, when he flinched back, most of the things in his hands dropped to the ground. Most.

The absolute chaos that erupted after the blank moment left him confused. Not because the little human was clearly defending his territory (even if his temporary territory was in Katsuki’s actual stomping grounds), but because he was so… bad at it. Was he unarmed? He didn’t stick around to find out, distracted by the yelling and knowing damn well it was time to leave. He backed out as fast as he could, scales catching awkwardly on the bottom lip of the tent in a way he was sure was going to be sore later. But he got out, as demanded of him.

Funnily enough he was back into the safety of the brush when he realized he still had one of the human’s belongings in his hands. A funny little flesh colored thing, soft and giving under the tight grip he had on it. But most importantly it smelled like the human, and while having his scent could help him find him no matter where he went from here it was also. Nice. He enjoyed how strong it was on… oh. Oh? This couldn’t be normal could it? He wasn’t aware humans could detach their genitals. Or maybe… hm.

He could return it. But then the human would probably leave if he had all of his belongings. And Katsuki was still curious, he couldn’t let him leave just yet.

[LovelyBones]

Izuku, while relieved that he had scared his unwanted visitor away, was no less confused than before. What was that? Who was that? How long were they there, possibly watching him, and rummaging through his things? He didnt know, and it made him even more exhausted than he felt. Seems as if his adrenaline has wore off faster than he had hoped it would. Dragging himself off of the floor, he found his zipper padlock before closing his tent, and securing the zippers closed. He was even cheeky enough to add a bell, in case any determined zipping didnt wake him right off the bat.

Tent secured once more, he picked up his bedding, and turned off his lamp once back in his cot. He can handle the mess in the morning, when daylight came. However, it was safe to say that the young man had a hard go at sleeping, despite his weariness. The thought of another man-beast in the forest so close by made it hard to silence his mind so he could get much needed rest.

When daylight came, it felt like he hadn't slept at all, sadly. The once cheerful scientist looked tired, bags under his eyes, skin pale with rightful worry. Izuku took stock of the mess littering his floor, before letting out a drawn sigh, and got to work on cleaning it up. As he did so, he took inventory-- luckily, nothing had been broken. However, in a certain bag, he was missing something. Unloading that bag again, but more neatly this time, dread washed over him.

"WHERE'S MY DICK?!?!" his voice cracked as he cried out from inside his tent, loud enough that some birds were unfortunately spooked out of their roosts. He let out a despondent wail as he bowed hi.self over on the floor, and hit it with a balled fist. "He stole my dick...." he whined, and genuinely tried not to cry. While it was possible for him to get a new one if he so chose to, it took so long to get it, and it was perfect. Though, there was the problem of potentially being tracked with it, too....

Great, his dick would probably find it's way home but for unfortunate reasons.

Sighing again, he put his back back together, before he got himself ready for the day, then began the process of breaking down his tent once more so he could continue onward after eating. Luckily, nothing had been eaten, at least. He had enough for only a week out here, and it would be a shame if he had to leave early, or resort to fishing in the nearby river. He'd been following the water as a land marker so he wouldn't get lost, for the most part, and luckily with how clear and quickly it flowed, he was able to use it for drinking water after appropriate preparation. Plus, he'd noticed animals drinking from there at times, allowing him to catch some rather nice photos for documentation.

Unlike the earlier portion of his adventure, the poor young man surely looked unwell, jumpy as he made his way through the forest. He was far more vigilant, and had his dominant hand in his pocket a good portion of the time, signaling that he actually did have something for defense. It wasn't a gun-- his colleagues had fussed and badgered him about being ill-prepared-- but it was a knife, at least, and he even had a can of bear spray along too, just in case. If he could avoid killing things he wasn't going to eat, he would. It wouldn't be right to kill needlessly, after all.

By mid-day, Izuku took a break near the river, letting the breeze blowing over it cool his skin, help ground him before he splashed himself with cold water. He needed a nap, but unfortunately, he didn't feel safe to. Not with a potentially big assailant in the forest with him. Izuku still denied that the other existed to a certain extent-- after all, the bastard was ENORMOUS, and had a serpentine lower half!! After another splash, Izuku continued on until sunset, even if he had nothing to show for progress beyond gaining distance.

Izuku was quick to set his tent up once more and put his belongings inside after building a much-needed fire. He had some marshmallows to eat, and dammit, he earned them!! Of course, he had padlocked his tent again-- he didn't want to be caught with his stuff seeming available again, after all. Warm, sticky, sugary treats devoured, Izuku finally made his way back to his tent, his body screaming for proper rest. He pulled the key out of his shirt, hung from a length of cord, and crouched down to unlock his tent, back to the properly put out flame, but also the darkness. He fumbled with the lock, his hands refusing to work properly in his current state, but he had finally gotten the lock open.

Except, he wasn't alone.

[cryptidchalupa]

His quick escape certainly left him with more than one physical reminder. The clearly phallic thing he had absconded with, and the sore pulled abdominal scale. The part was what kept him a littler further back as he continued to follow the human, wary about what else could happen but far, far too curious and territorial to just leave him be. Besides, he had a score to settle now. That scale would likely only get worse since it was in a high use spot on his bodytail.

He had spent time resting, half considering keeping his little trophy as a return for the ache he felt when going over something less than smooth. Which... out here was everything. Roots, vines, even the leaf litter was coarse and uncomfortable, sometimes crawling with something biting or stinging. Those parts didn't bother him, the small insects that did anything couldn't bother his scales. But gliding over a few too many arching roots or the usually pleasant rough texture of the winding vines and other plants that grew... he was glad when the human stopped for the day.

Katsuki didn't always track him step for step like this, but after the night prior he wasn't letting the boy out of his sight. And personally, he couldn't tell if that was because the human clearly couldn't, or didn't know how to, defend himself (pity), or if he was offended by the outburst and having things thrown at him.. The nerve of this one. Or some weird combination of both. Maybe he just wanted to...eat him. That idea had crossed his mind many times, he would be a filling meal. He reflected on this, while testing the give and such of the stolen squishy item, pulling at it and twisting while the human had played in the river, once or twice he may have let his curiosity really win and tasted the weird textured thing... scenting the air around it to find it unmistakably unique to the human. He had smelled it from his other items, the clothing especially, but this was much stronger...

The gap in traveling was long enough for him to bask in the sun and catch a decent nap.

His target may have ventured on a bit before he had decided to trek back after him again, letting the distance grow to be generous just in case. He watched him make up his camp again, rather discontent with the fire, after seeing one too many times how easily it could get out of control. The only saving grace seemed to be the humidity logged plants, at he could at least let it slide for the way he built it up. Katsuki may not be a professional with making fires, but observation went pretty far as well. What he couldn't let slide was the golden opportunity that presented itself to him, again when he was struggling with his lodgings.

Now he was positive the human just had nothing for self preservation instinct, and even if Katsuki was undecided on why he was tracking him so much, he didn't hesitate to move in on the chance. If he was quick enough, and let's be real of course he's quick enough, he could ensnare him before he could react. Properly get a look at him, and decide what it is he would do with the little trespasser. It started with the tip of his tail around his ankle, quickly looping around to catch his legs and pinning the tip of his own tail between his calves. He went for his hands too but at least one, already stretched out for the lock, managed to escape while he got him wrapped up to the waist.

The human was very warm in his grasp, and he may not have been any type of constrictor but he could still wrap him firmly and hold him from the sheer difference in size and muscle mass alone. He was positive of that, despite never once coiling around a human before. He gave him a squeeze for good measure, scowling when it meant that he pressed one of his limbs into the sore scale by default...

[LovelyBones]

Izuku was far too tired and honestly disheartened to realize he was being reckless, exposing his back as he was. And, he surely paid for it, when suddenly, he was snatched at the ankle, and soon wrapped in the other's coiled serpentine body, earning a startled squeak from his poor lungs. Fear easily roused him to alertness, and as he saw the blonde from the night before, he grew pale, and teared up. "L-look, I'm sorry for throwing things at you-- I-I thought you were going to hurt me!!" He hiccupped, his free hand trying so, so hard to pry the others scaly body off of him, to no avail. "Please, I don't taste good, promise!! I-I just came here to study the area-- I'm not here to cause trouble!!" He pleaded as he struggled.

When squeezed, he let out a whimper, feeling the other's tail tip just barely brush the edge of his thighs where he was sensitive. God-- of all the times to be stupidly receptive!! And, it didn't help matters that the beast before him was.... startlingly attractive. God, why did his potential killer have to be hot? "P-please, let me go-- I'll leave, and I won't come back again!! Y-you won't have to worry about me looking around anymore!! J-just--" he hiccupped again, honestly scared for his life. He just hoped whatever coming his way would be quick and painless. He'd rather not have the life squeezed out of him, or find out the blonde was venomous.

"I-I don't want to die out here...." Poor, pathetic little thing. He really was harmless, huh? Especially when bound as he were.

[cryptidchalupa]

All that ranting and raving, or whatever it was he was doing. He couldn't understand him but the squirming was a clear enough message until he simply just... couldn't in his coils anymore. Which, really, just made things a little easier on him. Not that he needed him to stop squirming or anything... Far from it. He was amused by the human's attempts to wiggle free until he just got him tight enough to put a stop to that.

His pleas fell in deaf ears, sort of, he couldn't understand the words but he was working on it. Getting him still was part of that, and dragging him closer with sheer muscle so he could grab his face in his hands and ... now the human just looked very small in comparison. Katsuki's hands framed either side of his face, pressing his cheeks inwards slightly with the grip, he was so warm... He gave his captive a good look over like that, complacent despite his words, they only made his tail curl higher up his leg and dig the blunt tip into what felt like the junction of a limb and the rest of his body. Surprisingly gentle with him when he held his head still as well, so he could come in close and press their foreheads together. The contact growing warm, warmer than the human's body temperature for a moment and in sudden, stunning clarity he could understand his last plea.

He almost felt pity for him over it, almost. But he was tense with fear, and it wasn't nice to hold onto except for the nice source of heat.

"Will you calm the fuck down..." That felt weird on his tongue, but at least he could communicate with him now. It wasn't something he did often, at least not since he was much younger and thought it would be nice to talk to the other residents if the rain forest. He hadn't gotten close enough to humans to activate the link for their language. It was very different from the rest of the 'languages' from the fauna. "I haven't decided if I want to eat you or not." Did human's even taste good enough? Curiously he took advantage of the closeness, quite literally tasting him with a quick tongue flick. It was similar to the weird removable squishing thing he had stolen from him. Not quiet as... strong? Interesting? but definitely in the same family. It was his scent. He liked it. A lot. He wanted more, but first he had to figure out why he was even here.. this far out in the more dangerous parts of the woods.

"What are you even doing here?"

[LovelyBones]

Poor Izuku squeaked in Terror as his face was held in much larger hands, even if the contact seemed.... gentle. Though, he squeaked again when he felt that tail rub him further up, just barely pressing against his most sensitive area, his face growing hot.... Only for it to turn a strawberry red as the serpentine man pressed their foreheads together, making the human feel feverish for a moment. What was going on? What was with this sudden gentleness? Was the other trying to lure the poor greenette into a false sense of security?

And then, the naga spoke, and the words made him flinch, both in shock, and slight embarrassment. Didn't stop the hiccup that escaped him, though. He jolted as the other flicked him with that tongue, the action oddly making his core warm further despite the unsettling indecision the other revealed shortly beforehand. Though, when asked why he was here, he swallowed thickly, "I-I came to study the plants and fauna here.... t-take pictures-- uh, that's where an image is saved, but the thing that was pictured walks along mostly unbothered. S-some animals spook wh-when they hear the soft click in the camera...." He explained, before trying to adjust himself-- that tail tip was going to start digging if he didn't, he felt.

"I-if you don't want me here anymore, I-I'll leave, a-and I won't come back-- I didn't come here to start any trouble, I promise!! I just.... N-nature is so pretty, f-fascinating, and I wanna know everything I can, sh-share that knowledge with the world!!" He whimpered, hoping to whatever god that would give him mercy would let him see another day unharmed. "I-I'm curious.... N-not dangerous, I-I promise...." Going alone was more than likely a bad idea on his part, but it's no use to have hindsight in this moment.

[cryptidchalupa]

The subtle squirming made him tighten up on reflex, instincts taking over for the quick second it took to squeeze him and coil further with a low warning hiss. The simple fact that the human was quite harmless to him like this was what had him relax and loosen the larger coils so he wasn't actually going to harm him. Yet?

He certainly smelled appetizing. He had only half listened to the panicked rambling, still looking him over, shifting him in his grip when he wasn't wiggling around. Curious? Yeah he was curious too, never having been this up close and personal with a human before. Did they all smell good or was it just this one? And don't think for a second he didn't notice the way he felt a little warmer all over when he fixed his tail higher, though he wasn't sure if that was a fear response or if it had something to do with.... nevermind.

"You're dumb, more like it." That was no comment on his actual intellect, clearly the human had some higher education or whatever. More so than the few that has passed through before. Studying the area instead of trampling right through it. He had personally seen that much himself. "Alone? Don't your kind travel in packs?" His hands were on his face again, poking at the softness of his cheeks and exploring the different shape of his ear and different over all texture of his everything. He was so soft and squishy, absolutely nothing like himself or others. This human was soft in places Katsuki himself was hard, or at the very least armored with scales. Warm, smelled nice, clearly didn't have a clue how to defend himself... that really got under his skin and pissed him off for reasons he couldn't even explain.

By the time he was tugging at green hair he had decided the human wasn't food, even if he smelled like it.

"You don't smell like a predator." Not to him.

His scent was something he wanted to keep around, especially when it got a little stronger when he squeezed him. Did he excrete it from somewhere? With that thought he was back to invading even more of his personal space, what little of it was left outside of his coils. Starting with his hair, face pressed almost close enough to touch him as he tasted at him with flicks of his tongue as he moved. Not in his hair, though it was nice, and not behind his ear which was a surprise, and his neck wasn't the source either but he certainly found the taste of his skin nice too. Salty. All too soon he was caught up by his own tail, torn between moving to keep searching and risking him getting away, or keeping him held captive. Ultimately the top coil loosened up significantly, the rest lifting him up a tad higher, if just to let him get to his torso.

Pressing his face against him felt like napping in a beam of sunlight. He wasn't going to let him go.