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"So, this is where you'll be working, the Achievement Hunter offices. You'll be mainly working here with these five guys," Burnie gave the short man beside him a small smile and patted Geoff's shoulder. The bison hybrid handed off the rest of Ray's introduction to the sleepy-eyed man before he waved and headed out of the office, needing to get back to work.
"Well, I'm Geoff. And Burnie probably just scratched the tip of what we do here. At first we can put you in a few Let's Plays and gradually you'll be in even more, maybe quickly depending on how you fit in. Today we're going to be recording an AHWU, which you can probably star in, and a Let's Play, you can probably be in that too. I'll let the guys introduce themselves," the tattooed man said, a small smile under his mustache. He gave his curled ram horn a quick scratch before sitting back down.
"I'm Ryan." Ray nearly jumped at the sudden introduction, the man had a nice set of horns and was seemingly a cow hybrid. Ray waved a little. "You sit by Jack and Michael."
"Hey, I'm Jack," a slightly booming voice came from the red-haired, bearded man beside Geoff, his small furry ears twitched and Ray smiled nervously. "You got that empty desk right there next to me." Ray nodded and scampered the last few feet to his seat, sitting down and sighing in relief his stuff had been set up over the weekend.
"I'm Michael," as soon as Ray sat down a voice to his right made him jump slightly, he met eyes with an annoyed looking cat hybrid. "And then this asshole next to me is Gavin." Michael pointed a thumb over his shoulder to Gavin who was standing up and stretching out his wings a bit.
"Hi, new guy!" Gavin squawked happily before plopping back into his seat.
"Uh, I'm Ray," he tried not to sound too nervous. This was big for him though, much like a rabbit he was a bit skittish.
"Well, Ray, we're recording AHWU now and you need to be on it! Show the fans the new addition!" Gavin's voice seemed to raise to an unimaginable octave, Michael rolled his eyes at that. Ray found himself looking over to where Jack and Geoff had gotten up, setting up for an AHWU recording.
As Gavin rolled his chair over to Ray and happily babbled to him, Jack and Geoff recording their parts in AHWU. During Jack's recording Gavin grinned to himself and grabbed Ray's arm.
"Come on, Ray, let's go to the green screen!" The bird hybrid pulled Ray over to the couch, both of them soon standing on it as Jack mentioned the shirt. The camera was then turned to the two young men on the couch.
"There's the shirt right there." Jack chuckled to himself as Gavin waved his arms, gesturing at the wall. Ray smiled to himself and did as Gavin did, it had been only ten minutes but he felt damn welcome. "We also have the new guy, Ray, showing off the shirt!"
Ray could easily say that these guys accepted him easily and made him smile easily. He didn't feel his usual nervousness too strongly and as they day went on he found himself smiling and joking more. However, he never did pick up the way Geoff would brush his hand by Ryan's while at their desks. Or how Gavin kept throwing huge grins at Jack. Or how Michael always stood close to Geoff.
He also didn't notice how Gavin seemed to let his hand linger on the rabbit hybrid's shoulder, or how a light blush tinged his cheeks when they met eyes.
Who knew rabbits could be so oblivious.
"Hey, Ray, want to grab lunch with me and Geoff?" Gavin got up out of his chair, the office was mostly cleared out besides Jack who seemed busy at work.
"Uh, sure, why not." Ray gave a shrug and pulled his beanie over his head, smiling at Gavin a bit.
"Let's go then, you can pick what we get," the taller said, giving his wings a stretch before heading out of the office, Ray in tow, to where Geoff was waiting.
"Come on assholes," Geoff said, a grin spreading over his face as he walked out to his car. Gavin took the passenger seat and Ray really didn't mind sitting in back.
Thirty minutes, six tacos, and another car ride later Gavin was getting a bit frustrated. Every single flirty thing he said went over Ray's head or was turned right into a joke. He knew he should probably talk more with the other guys but Ray was damn cute and pretty funny so why not make a move before anyone else? Gav didn't disregard his boyfriends though, they had all spent their share of time that morning checking out Ray. He'd be a perfect addition to their relationship. So impulsively he tried to recruit him.
Even getting Ryan in on their relationship hadn't been too hard. The older man was pretty secretive about his life outside of work. But now he lived with Geoff in a nice little house that Jack was currently moving into. Gavin himself shared an apartment with Michael and they planned on moving in after Jack was settled.
The Brit shook off this train of thought and sighed, following Geoff and Ray back into the office. For a guy with four boyfriends he was shitty at flirting. He sighed a bit as he plopped into his chair, leaning his elbows on his desk, feathers ruffled with a slight annoyance.
"What's wrong boi?" Michael glanced over at Gavin who made sure Ray hadn't returned from the bathroom.
"It's bloody Ray! I'm trying to flirt him up, see if he'd be good for us. But damn, nothing's working!" The taller huffed and pouted a bit, this received an eye roll and the flick of an ear from Michael.
"It's been one day Gav, maybe give him some time, holy fuck. He needs to settle in."
"Fine, if I don't achieve anything by this Friday then you can try."
"Fine, asshole, I don't think you'll get anywhere though."
"Is that a challenge?" Gavin's eyes glinted and he smirked a bit at Michael, his tone dropping a bit lower. Michael swore Ray had to be blind or death because damn, when he wanted to Gavin could be a seductive motherfucker. The look faded quickly as Ray finally walked back into the room, ears twitching a bit. The Brit just flashed Ray a grin before he turned to his computer, everyone ready for the Let's Play.
And Michael narrowed his eyes because hell if he didn't want to know whatever the fuck Gav had planned.
Friday rolled rather quickly and Ray made quick friends. The young man had managed to get all their numbers, frequently texting Gavin as he seemed to currently be the most talkative. So by Friday night he found himself at home waiting for Gavin to come over for some sort of game night sleepover. His long ears twitched as he smiled to himself. The whole ordeal in itself was a bit childish but he really didn't feel all too grown up so he just allowed himself the quick smile and set up his Xbox.
Gavin showed up by nine that night, carrying a small backpack that couldn't easily be on his back due to an impressive wingspan. After Ray invited him in and they had walked to the living room Gavin had set his bag beside the couch, flopping down comfortably.
"So X-Ray," the bird hybrid comfortably used Ray's new 'superhero nickname' that had been put into place on Tuesday, "you got Halo?"
"Yup, Vav." Ray grinned a little, using Gavin's nickname without missing a beat. Putting in his Halo 4 disc before handing the Brit a controller and holding his own as he sat next to Gav, a good six inches between them.
Throughout the evening Gavin edged in as many questions as he could. Got a girlfriend? No. Boyfriend? No. Single? Yes. Eventually he got a bit risky with questions as he grew tired. Thoughts on polyamory? Do you plan on dating anyone soon? He didn't really get conclusive answers and Ray took the whole session as a 'get to know you thing', asking Gavin questions in return and by the time he was falling asleep on the couch he felt he'd gotten nowhere.
Ray himself had waved off the prying nature of the Brit's questions, writing it off as something that was probably just Gavin. But as he removed his glasses and lay down that night he couldn't help be a bit curious of Gavin's motives. As he fell asleep though he forgot all about Gavin and questions and just thought about a nice weekend where he could pick up the apartment and relax after a wild first week.
Achievement Hunter was going to be one hell of a ride.