The Heart of a Human

 

The Heart of A Human

Paired Couple: ZakXPips/SLASH!/Lemon

A/N: Again, the disclaimers are as always. Now shut up and read! Or if you're not a fan of this pairing, yaoi, boy-on-boy romance, or sex, then suck a freaking duck! And yes, you read right. A DUCK! QUACK!

Crysta motioned for the two to step forward. "Is this what you really want, Zak? Do you wish to see your family again?"

Zak looked at Pips next to him, smiling softly. "Yes. But more than anything, I want Pips to be able to see my world."

"You do realize that it'll only be a visit."

"I understand." The blond nodded, looking back at the raven haired faerie.

"On the seventh day, you have to return to Ferngully for my magic to affect you and return you back into a faerie. However, if you so much as wish to be back in the human world, for any reason, all you have to do is not come back on the seventh day. Because Pips was born a faerie, his would be a temporary transformation. He would not be able to stay with you if you decided to go back to your world. His inner magic would not allow it. Pips would cease to exist if he were to not return to Ferngully on the seventh day."

Zak looked deep into Pips' eyes, seeing worry and sadness within the green depths. He gripped his hands tight, mouthing, "I'm not going anywhere."

"Do you wish to resume?" Crysta asked.

Both faeries nodded to her.

Closing her eyes, the lead faerie of Ferngully concentrated on the magic within herself. "What was done... Now undo... Return you to the form that's true..."

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The first thing that Zak noticed upon awakening was the feeling of lethargy as he sat up from the forest floor. The night had turned around to daylight.

Have I slept through the celebration?

He looked around the clearing, slightly sore and confused. No one was in sight...

Except for Pips, who laid next to him on his side, facing him. The red head seemed to have drifted off into sleep as well.

Zak shook him. "Hey, wake up."

Pips sat up, stretching his arms over his head and yawning.

"Is it morning already?"

The blond gave a startled gasp, his eyes transfixed on his lover.

"What?"

"Y-You don't have wings."

Pips reached around his own back, scrabbling at smooth skin, devoid of the silken fabric of wings. But then, he stopped as his green eyes grew large while looking at Zak. "Neither do you..."

Sure enough, Zak looked exactly like the human he used to be the day he first showed up in Ferngully, albeit the loincloth, long hair, tattoo, jewelry, and vest. Pips reached out towards Zak's ears, feeling the round shape of human ears whilst Zak did the same to Pips. After a quick inspection of each other, they broke out into wide grins and raised a chorus of jubilation.

"Crysta did it! I can't thank her enough for this!" Pips cried with overwhelming enthusiasm, jumping up from the ground. "I'm an actual human!"

Zak reached over to his right, noticing something he hadn't seen in three years. He smiled, remembering. His jeans and blue shirt sat in a neat, folded square, with his pocket knife, sneakers, walkman, and wallet sitting on top. The items were slightly dirty from being buried for three years. He stood up and pulled off his vest.

Pips looked back over his shoulder, cocking an eyebrow and smiling. "Well, Zak... I didn't think it'd be that part of the day already..."

"Pips..." Zak blushed, embarrassed, but continuing to pull off his loincloth.

"What? No one's here." Pips set his hands on his hips, walking over, his devilish smile giving the blond goosebumps along his spine. Pips had Zak backed up against a tree at this point."It's not like anyone can see..." He hooked a finger into the lip of Zak's loose loincloth, pulling it free.

The seductive growl to his voice made the blond quiver. Unable to resist such a temptation, Zak leaned into the inevitable kiss and wove his hands into the fiery locks. Forgetting to pull the loincloth from his lover's body, Pips concentrated on the passionate, heated wrestling of tongues and pinned Zak to the tree.

"Actually, there are some of us that can still see all of this," said a tiny voice in Pips' ear.

He jumped, startled. Zak did likewise, having heard the voice too. "Fuck!" The blond cursed. "Crysta, is that you?" He inquired less harshly.

They looked at a tiny figure with black hair, a red outfit, and wings with green energy trailing from her like glitter. "Who else would it be?"

"I just thought we were kind of left on our own."

"You are. I just wanted to remind the both of you to come home after seven days. Otherwise you won't be able to be changed back into a faerie and all memories of us would be erased from your mind. But I would like that Pips especially make it back since he's not exactly supposed to be a human. I don't know what would happen if he were to wait longer than that. It could very well negate his magic and do something awful to him."

"Okay, Crysta. We'll be home." Zak smiled. Crysta hugged the side of his face. She zoomed to Pips and hugged him in the same fashion.

"I'll see you in seven days!"

As soon as Crysta zoomed off farther into the forest, Pips immediately crashed back into Zak and kissed him deeply, reaching eagerly for the green loincloth that was coming undone at Zak's hips.

A/N: And so, without further ado, I shall be bringing more your way, and hopefully, the next chapter will be longer and more action-packed! Stay tuned, as always!