The Great Dickening

Feeling antsy in his bird body, Ty shifted from foot to foot on Levi's shoulder, anxious to make it back home to where his clothes were. Wanting Levi to walk faster, he leaned forwards, still a little irritated by the comment about not being cute. Of course he was cute - he was the cutest person on the planet. He managed to refrain from pulling more hair, though, figuring that he might get fed nice things if he behaved.

Thankfully, the walk home hadn't been a long one, and they made it to the dorms rather quickly. The pair had attracted quite a bit of attention, a tiny little winged creature with a large and rather angry looking bird attached to his shoulder. Growing closer to their designated room, Ty outstretched his wings in his excitement, temporarily forgetting that he had a perch to think about. After delivering a blow of feathers to the side of Levi's head, Ty immediately apologised by running his beak through Levi's salty hair, preening it gently as he waddled closer to nest in the crook between shoulder and jaw. He was cute, he could be the cutest goddamn bird the world had ever seen.
Though he hated to admit it, that comment had taken the weirdest blow to his ego. The entire walk home, he couldn't stop thinking about how Levi didn't think he was a cute bird.

Puffing out his feathered chest momentarily, Ty scolded himself to allowing Levi to pet him. He had never been petted before, and Ty wasn't entirely sure how he felt about the whole thing. At least they were back inside their room, and Ty immediately felt his stress leave. Whenever he left the safety of their dorm, it just seemed so much more stressful out there. Perhaps that was why he was such a recluse.
Not a hundred people, but it was one person in particular who he was worried about staring. Offended, Ty made an ugly noise before tugging rudely on Levi's hair. Launching himself off, Ty landed a little awkwardly on the bed, teetering on the bouncy surface before regaining his balance with stupid little hops.

Thankful that he had left out a handful of clothes before leaving for the beach, he hopped to it, dragging out the pair of sweatpants. He didn't feel like worrying about a shirt, and eyed Levi before hopping to the edge of the bed. Puffing his feathers out, Ty squirmed as the transfiguration took place again, his feathers falling out and his skin and bones thickening back into human skin. The stretching was most uncomfortable, as was the hair. After a few long seconds, his body was returned to his normal angry self, and he slipped on his pants, gasping faintly as he realised just how much he had gotten burned. He could feel it on his arms, the way the skin was taut and painful with every movement. Gently, a hand rested on it, and he winced unhappily. "How badly did you get burned?"

Was he alright? He wasn't entirely sure at the moment. His back hurt like a bitch, and he was reluctant to move around to inspect it further. Gingerly edging off his bed, Ty moved to where Levi stood in the mirror, twisting to see his own back. He whined softly as the skin pulled painfully, the burn remaining inflexible and hot.

Gently, his hand touched the crisp burns on Levi's shoulder, making a face at it. It looked pretty bad, but he'd say it would heal in a few days if they put a good amount of aloe on it. He hoped he had aloe in the dorm somewhere, or any kind of lotion would work right now. His back hurt and he didn't like the feeling. "It hurts." Kneeling by his bed, he pulled out a small basket and sifted through it. All the things he didn't know where to put were just tossed in the basket, and he latched onto a small bottle of aloe lotion. "Here. This will make it go away for a little while. We'll need more, though. The burns are ... Pretty bad." Edging himself back on his bed, he paused for a moment, staring up uncertainly at Levi. "Here. Sit with me, I'll put this on your back."

"It's not that bad. But you should get a little bit anyway." He would feel bad if he used the majority of the aloe on his own burns and have Levi be stuck until they could go get more. It didn't look like Levi would need a whole lot anyway, and Ty scooted back behind Levi to examine the sunburn. Gently, he touched the base of Levi's wing, fascinated with the leathery body parts. Snapping himself out of it, Ty spread a bit of the cool liquid on his fingers, rubbing his hands together before gently touching it to Levi's shoulders.

His hands glided across the red skin, careful not to go too fast or irritate the burn. "Is that feeling a little better, at least?" Gently, his hands made their way down his back, sliding down the centre and curling over his hips, coming back up to the boy's shoulders. He fidgeted in his spot a little, feeling some type of way about rubbing things into someone else's body. Shaking his head, Ty rubbed off the rest of the lotion on his own arms, nudging Levi and moving so he could get the boy's front as well. His face determined and just a little pink, he frowned hard at the sunburn, staring as he spread more cream into his hands, gently massaging the lotion onto Levi's chest, his fingers working it easily across the burns. As his hands slid lower, his face heated up more, feeling a little awkward as he stared fiercely, trying very hard to avoid eye contact. "Uh, good or .... More?"

Ty trailed his hands across Levi's skin just for the sake of the sensation of skin on skin contact. It wasn't very often that he willingly touched another human, after all, and he had forgotten how unique it felt to have someone sitting so close to you, wanting you to touch them. Of course, this was nothing that was supposed to be sexual, but Ty couldn't help but squirm at the thoughts that slid into his mind without permission. An uncomfortable feeling of attraction left him feeling nervous and jumpy, and Levi answering his question startled him more than he would have liked to admit.

"It does smell good, doesn't it?" Bringing a hand up to his face, he inhaled it tentatively, his nose twitching at the strong natural plant scent. "No, you probably need it more I think. I can handle a sunburn, but you've never had it before, have you?" He didn't mind suffering through it for another day or so before it started to reside — Levi would probably be in far more discomfort than he would be. It wasn't like he hadn't ever had to push through a sunburn, he could manage. There was still over half a bottle left, and Ty scooted in closer to Levi, taking one of his arms and slathering the cream all over his arms and shoulders. "I'll be fine, but you should get more."