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Mydei was destined to die today; He had come to terms with such a fate, long long ago.

A sacrifice foretold by prophecy, and as the sirens got bolder, more desperate in their war with the sailors of their small kingdom - food dwindling; Mydei's life was to come to an end. A sacrificial lamb being ushered into the slaughter as his body tilted along each passing wave. 

His hands bound, tightly, rope burning into his skin, and marking him in a deep crimson to match the tattoos along his body. It didn’t matter anyway that he was completely tied up - He was forbidden from water his entire life so that he may never learn to swim before this day regardless.

The pile of jewels on top of him didn’t aid any desires to swim either - It would hasten his sinking even if he thrashed.

No.

His life would end today - Either claimed by the sirens as a worthy sacrifice, or left to rot at the bottom of the ocean and consumed by the creatures there; Forgotten by all beneath the rolling tides.

He could do nothing more than sit there and let the waves rock him to sleep, the crash of waves against the vessel his last quiet lullaby.  

He had no idea how long he slept, ebbing in and out of the clutches of slumber constantly until one of the couriers to his doom spoke to him loudly; “We’re nearing your last stop, boy.”

Rasp, gruff, and hoarse sounding voice. A sorrow that it was one of the last voices Mydei would ever hear, yet, Mydei could only stare at the man in reply due to the makeshift gag of rope in his own mouth, golden eyes blinking rather slowly over the news. That was fine. The quicker it happened, the faster he would truly be able to fall asleep eternally. He would be home soon; Tucked away at the bottom of abyssal depths for forever lull him to sleep.

Golden eyes moved to stare at the wooden walls inside the ship’s captain’s quarters, it wasn’t much to look at. The vessel was tiny, purposefully so to avoid any and all eyes focusing on the fact they had the crown prince sacrifice aboard it with jewels and gold attached to him. The inside was scorchingly hot, no windows lest someone see Mydei, and the inability to move had only aided in his sweating.

Being drowned could not come fast enough if sitting here sweating piles was the other option.

The next time the door slammed open to allow the smell of the sea into the room two hefty men latched onto Mydei at the side of the entrance, lifting him with practiced ease. As if the jewels and his own body weight were nothing to the both of them; A waste of their space and time, even though he was quite sure his father was paying them handsomely for this.

“It’s your lucky day,” Mydei really doubted that. He was wearing extremely heavy jewelry all over, tied with ropes, didn’t know how to swim at all, and was being thrown into the ocean. Most people would argue that’s the opposite of a lucky day, in his experience and opinion. 

“A siren is waiting nearby. Maybe it’ll have mercy and bite your head off before you drown!”

Ah. 

They were mocking him. 

Everyone here knew he was going to die, anyway.

Mydei could do little more than huff out one of his last breaths of air in his annoyance as he knit his brows, staring at the wood beneath them as they unceremoniously carried him to the edge of the boat. 

“Look ‘ere. It’s watching us.”

Mydei did look up at that, eyes scanning the ocean waves curiously to see what a ‘siren’ even looked like. He could only blink over the sight he found, translucent scales that lined his cheeks, fins on the side of his face replacing ears of a shiny pale blue, eyes sharp - Almost predatory as they met Mydei’s. 

Mydei could only blink at the horrific sight, the terror that was a ‘siren’, and the fact they were so very pretty. Mydei had never seen one, due to the whole ‘forbidden to go near pools of water so he doesn’t learn to swim’ thing, but now he couldn’t quite grasp the way everyone wrote them as terrifying monsters. 

If anything, as Mydei stared in pure wander over that creature - It looked petrified staring right back at him, Mydei even swore it opened his mouth at him as if to say something before he tore his eyes away from it. Perhaps it was going to sing a song that would burrow into their minds and haunt them - It mattered not to Mydei, however.

“Well, off you go then.” 

Mydei felt himself scoff at that, as much as he could through rope as he fully lowered his gaze from the almost panic-stricken appearing siren, instead faltering to watching the wood rock by. Watching it almost in a trance as they swung him back and forth a few times for momentum, before flinging him off the railing easily.

The sharp pitched shrill noise that rang into his ears as he was thrown overboard almost immediately made his head feel as though it was threatening to crack open. That worry faded swifty, anyway.

As Mydei crashed into the water, and sank beneath the tide easily - terribly fast due to the practical weights on him, that terrible skull-splintering headache became his last issue. Instead he couldn’t help but notice how nice it was beneath the waves - Eerily peacefully silent as he fell to the ocean’s depths.

Mydei held his breath - He wasn’t sure why, but he did. Maybe it was simply so he could watch the passing of sea life he had never seen before. Taking in the sights as it all quickly passed him by, not even caring for his intrusion.

Minus one.

The siren who was lurking on the surface from before swiftly followed after him like a hungry wolf on the prowl, quickly circling Mydei to give him a few look overs. 

Mydei could only watch with owl-wide eyes, taking in how beautiful the creature was even in his clear distress on his face over Mydei’s arrival. Snow white hair, pale skin with just the slightest dusting of gold flaking his cheeks as if they were freckles before breaking into those pale scales he had easily seen before, a small black leather collar on his neck, deep blue piercing eyes that were focused on the ropes binding Mydei, webbed scaled fingers that were lightly dancing around him - removing pieces of jewelry abruptly quickly as well and tossing them to the side.

Mydei didn’t understand it.

If he didn’t know better, he could think the siren was trying desperately to save him from this unfortunate yet fated death.

He felt a pang of guilt as the siren almost looked elated with a smile and a twinkle in his eyes as he quickly cut away the last rope, which should easily have allowed Mydei to swim.

Only Mydei willed himself to look away from the siren and upwards at the now extremely distant sun. 

He had no idea how to swim - And even if he did, his lungs told him it was too late for that, and there was nothing to return to anyways. If anything - He would be branded a traitor for not allowing death to take him, for not allowing himself to be sacrificed for the ‘greater good’ of their people.

The siren on the other hand, did not seem to comprehend that, still appearing rather excited and bubbly as he fluttered about Mydei, moving to be in front of him and pointing upwards; As if he was directing Mydei to go get some air. Mydei instead only moved his hand forward, gently placing it onto the creature's head and petting the hair there that drifted in the ocean’s gentle current. Somewhat hoping that translated to a ‘thank you’ easily.

Apparently, it did not, instead he looked furious over the action, a quiet tone escaped his lips - Melodic, peaceful, and almost soothing compared to the noise from before. It completely betrayed the actions he was currently showcasing as he seemed to thrash his tail angrily. 

At least Mydei assumed that was a look of fury, Mydei wasn’t quite sure with his lack of air making it hard to think straight now and his lungs screaming for air. Mydei was very aware of the way the siren seemed to nudge at him in anger over that before circling Mydei again - Like he didn’t comprehend Mydei’s refusal to swim upwards.

Mydei wasn’t sure himself why he didn’t try very hard, honestly. He should have. 

And yet, as the siren moved towards his face, appearing utterly despairing in their expression; The creature swiftly forced something slimy into Mydei’s mouth, choking the last amount of air out of him and instead swallowing whatever that was. 

As his vision became spotted and blackening, he knew fully well his long-awaited fate had come.

Or well, that’s what he assumed as his lungs willingly sucked in water, craving it like it was air. Even as he lulled his head forward and continued guzzling down water, he couldn’t help but blink his eyes, attempting to rectify the blurriness within them - Realizing it was in fact acting like air somehow to his lungs.

“If I didn’t know better, it’s like you actually wanted to die.”

Mydei couldn’t help the way his head slowly turned towards the voice; Towards the siren to his right that was beaming at him, almost gleeful as he met Mydei’s gaze. He couldn’t even help the way he was steadily breathing in the water - no different than he would air. 

“I always thought this tradition was kind of cruel to the human.” 

The siren continued in such a tone that Mydei could only place it as pitying towards him, before placing an ice-cold, scaled, and webbed hand onto Mydei’s cheek, completely ignoring the way Mydei closed his eye on that side as he did so. The siren’s thumb slowly moved, and Mydei slowly made the realization he was tracing Mydei’s tattoo slowly.

“But you do have the markings they put on their sacrifices.. So pretty..”

Being told that almost made Mydei choke out a laugh - He probably would have if he wasn’t so utterly stunned by the creature. He knew his tattoos were given to him as some part of a ritual, but he had never figured they were the sign to the sirens of what he was for them. A branding of sorts it seemed.

“That must have been terrifying for you.. I’m sorry.”

Mydei’s eyes drifted at that, focusing on the translucent yet shimmering tail the man had - The base of it was white before breaking off into a light blue that glimmered and sparkled when the light from above reached it. A dazzling thing to see, and Mydei wasn’t quite sure how he was still alive to even see it.

The siren must have noticed his gaze on it, because the siren immediately moved it in front of himself, fanning it about almost like he was showing it off proudly to Mydei. 

“I’m Phainon! What’s your name?” The creature told him a bit too happily, still idly waving his tail there as he blinked expectantly at Mydei - Wide and gleaming, now completely almost lacking the predatory nature he had once gleaned from them. Some dark emotion still seemed to lurk the ocean-blue eyes there, something Mydei couldn’t place.

“.. Mydeimos.. Mydei.” 

Phainon seemed to beam at a whole new level beneath the depths as he flipped onto his back lazily, upside down as he stared at Mydei - And Mydei was unsure when the last time the creature had taken his eyes off of Mydei at all.

“Mydeimos.. Mydei… That’s a good name!” The happy trilling noise that left Phainon at that made Mydei almost huff out a laugh, almost. “Let’s have a good life together, Mydeimos Mydei!”

That laugh was stuck in his throat over that, those words were.. Odd. Mydei had come to terms that today was the day he died. That there wasn’t a day beyond this one, and now this siren was slowly circling Mydei again, making Mydei only able to watch him by turning his head slowly as he stayed in place. 

“Life.. Together?” Mydei echoed hollowly. 

“You’re my mate, after all!” Phainon’s tailfin at that wrapped around Mydei’s legs quickly, locking them together before Phainon abruptly pressed his head into the crook of Mydei’s neck. Like Mydei was supposed to actually understand what was happening here and not just stiffly trying to take everything in.

Those words didn’t really compute in his head at all - He had come to terms with dying. 

Yeah, sure.

He had not come to terms with.. Being a siren’s.. Mate?

“.. I’m your..” Mydei parroted, trailing off in utter shock and at that the siren only gave a loud bubbly laugh against the sensitive skin of Mydei’s neck, amused beyond belief over his confusion it seemed. 

“Oh!” Phainon broke away again at that, moving away with such a practiced ease that Mydei couldn’t help but be mesmerized with the way his body moved - The way his scales on his chest glimmered before snaking down into a long tail. Mydei would stare more, if not for the way Phainon clearly kept noticing and tried to appeal to him. It was somehow more embarrassing than Phainon already calling him his mate.. 

“So humans really don’t know why we demand someone, huh?” Phainon teased as he rolled a little, his tailfin spreading into a dazzling array of sparkled colors as he stretched himself, eyes tracking Mydei to make sure he was still watching - That predatory glint lingering within them again as he stared at Mydei, unblinking.

“I am Phainon, in human terms, I believe I am referred to as a ‘prince’.” Phainon continued his explanation, along with his clear flaunting of himself - obviously trying his best to keep Mydei’s attention solely on him. Which was remarkably easy, nothing else was near them and Mydei wasn’t exactly going to swim away from Phainon..

“We only pick a mate once, and our life spans are extremely long, as such the royal bloodline requires a human mate to keep the bloodline balanced, or something.” Mydei could only feel his jaw tense at that ‘or something’, noticeable by Phainon who laughed light-heartedly over it, still attempting to show off like some sort of peacock to Mydei. 

“.. Honestly, I kind of ignored that class, all I know is you’re my mate who I will have lots of spawn with!” Those words made the most sense to Mydei, at least the part of him in class, Phainon already did give off the type of vibes to zone out when he found something uninteresting..

It was still baffling to Mydei, however.. 

“Wouldn’t.. I just die and leave you alone for the rest of your life then, with that logic? Also I’m.. A man, I cannot give you ‘spawn’.” 

Many issues here. 

Many. 

Many issues..

Phainon seemed amused by that, making a show of his tail as he swished back to laying on his back in the sea’s water, eyes still keeping that dangerous tint to them as he focused wholly on Mydei; “No, no. You’ll turn into one of us too. The whole turning into a ‘siren’ thing will fix your lack of eggs, as well!”

Though Phainon said such words in a convincing and rather gentle tone - Mydei couldn’t quite believe him with how he watched the man roll his tongue against his lips while staring Mydei down. He was like ninety percent sure Phainon wanted to devour him whole, but the other ten percent remaining was completely befuddled by how Phainon was clearly trying to show off to him.

“.. Huh?” Was all Mydei managed instead, still in a daze and he somewhat stayed there suspended right where Phainon wanted him. At least, that’s what he assumed Phainon wanted from him as he seemed keen on fluttering around him. 

“Which part has confused you?” Phainon inquired sweetly, batting his eyes innocently as if he was more than willing to take all the time in the world to explain this to Mydei if he needed. Even readjusted himself to be laying on his stomach, staring at Mydei with his arms crossed in front of them - Head plopped on top of them as he stared holes into Mydei’s skull curiously.

“.. All of them?” Mydei painfully conceded, his eyes only blinking at the display before him as Phainon’s tail continued to flare out, doing his best to retain Mydei’s attention on it - Which well, embarrassingly it was working very well. Mydei mainly was staring at it out of pure confusion on if this was just his normal mannerisms, however.. 

“Oh..” Phainon mused in a tone that didn’t sound disappointed at all, instead still remaining staring at Mydei. Who.. Could only translate that as a sign to continue asking;  “How.. Am I going to turn into a siren?”

Phainon gave a small quiet hum at that before lashing his tail slightly, an action Mydei would have thought was akin to an angry cat if not for the way Phainon looked beyond pleased over Mydei asking that question. “Well. The kelp I made you eat let's humans breathe underwater, I did it to stop you from willingly drowning yourself to death - I would have been extremely upset at you if you had done that, by the way!” 

“But the longstanding side effect of using it does eventually turn humans into one of us and allow you to understand us! That’s why I tried to get you to the surface for air before force feeding you.” Phainon waved a hand languidly as he talked, causing bubbles to rise where his hand went, “Though, I wasn’t really sure how I was going to get all of that across to you without us speaking the same language, honestly..”

“So.. Sacrifices.. Aren’t killed.. And eaten?” Mydei felt beyond stupid, but he was still really stumped here - With the way Phainon was staring at him, every single bone in his body screamed that he was in danger. That this creature was luring him into a false sense of security before being eaten alive. 

Phainon looked almost taken aback by that before giving a small laugh however, one that was incredibly light for the topic; “What? No, You’re my mate!”

“I.. Am finding this hard to believe.” Mydei mumbled, his eyes drifting away from Phainon and towards the surface of the water - Towards the distant sun and merely blinked at it. “So it’s.. Basically an arranged marriage between kingdoms?”

“Yes!” Phainon hummed out, seeming extremely pleased over Mydei puzzling it together finally, albeit slowly, “Exactly!”

Mydei heaved out a deep sigh towards the sky above, a sigh he didn’t even know he had in him due to well.. Being under the water, and the fact he just had six hundred other current thoughts to try to figure out; “How do you know I’m actually from the royal bloodline and not some random man?”

“Easy!”

Phainon grabbed Mydei roughly at his spoken word, keeping his chin firmly held between clawed webbed hands as he forced Mydei to look back at Phainon - A crazed look just beneath the surface of those eyes was noticeable before Phainon immediately dove in for a rough and brutal kiss. There was no grace about it as Phainon thrashed his tail behind him, teeth clacking against Mydei’s, sharpened teeth grazing at his bottom lip as a tongue shoved its way into his mouth.

And well, Mydei had never been kissed underwater - The fact he found himself unable to breathe shouldn’t have been that odd, but his body had already grown used to swallowing down the water like air that his mind was reeling.

That feeling was only worsened as Phainon made sure to deepen the kiss like his life depended on it as his strange cold tongue roamed Mydei’s own mouth mercilessly - And Mydei had to fight the urge to gag over how far his somehow piercing cold tongue was reaching into him. The strangest part was how salty it tasted in his mouth as Phainon pushed into him. 

Mydei winced over it, moving a slowed hand in the waters to wrench at Phainon’s wrist - Gripping onto it firmly and that seemed to have done enough as Phainon immediately withdrew his tongue and released his chin, leaning away to only watch Mydei cough weakly. Even as Mydei fought to regain himself, he wasn’t blind to the way Phainon looked so proud while licking his lips, as if he had just claimed victory in some sort of competition over Mydei. 

“You’re their prince!” Phainon chirped happily, and Mydei could only take in breaths of.. Water, as he slowly met Phainon’s gaze. 

“.. How did a kiss tell you that?” Mydei wasn’t sure if his voice was actually hoarse beneath the noise of the ocean - Or if he only thought it may have been with the burning embarrassment on his cheeks over such a brutal and abrupt kiss. 

Phainon gave a warm chuckle at that, flaring at his tail again towards Mydei teasingly; “It didn’t! The kelp just would have killed you if you weren’t of their royal blood.”

Mydei could only knit his brows over that; “It was going to kill me?”

Phainon stared at him, twisting a bit in the murky blue waters before giving a small nod, but only innocently blinking at Mydei - Not understanding how he could have possibly have done anything wrong here. “Well. You were going to drown regardless - You would have died one way or another, worth a shot, right?”

“The kiss was just because I wanted to taste you while you’re still human!” 

Mydei could only feel his hand twitch as he motionlessly stared at Phainon - Wholly unsure of what he should even say to such a thing. Either things. 

He had expected to die.

He came to terms with it.

And now this.. Siren, was saying they were now ‘mates’ while shoving his tongue practically down Mydei’s throat.

What the hell was he supposed to think about any of it?

“Do you want to go to your new home?” Phainon asked in that same sing-song tone, chirpy, wholly unaware of Mydei’s inner turmoil, light and airy as he flicked his tail behind him. A movement that drew Mydei’s eyes immediately - Almost making him wonder if it was a way for them to distract prey before pouncing on them.

“My.. New home.” Mydei only echoed out slowly as his thoughts were already ramping up on the verge of being utterly baffling. Mates, and a new home. He was supposed to have drowned ten minutes ago, he was pretty sure of that much. 

“My home. Your home. Our home.” Phainon energetically nodded to him as he spoke, and Mydei had to swallow the fact that this creature really was somewhat cute - If he managed to ignore the way his eyes seemed to darken when Mydei so much as seemed slightly uninterested in him for the briefest moment. 

“.. Ah.” Mydei said rather dumbfoundedly, looking to see where Phainon was pointing to and well. He saw not a single thing but the fish floating and swimming within the depths. If anything, the sand seemed to slope downwards; As if Phainon was telling Mydei he was taking him even deeper into the abyssal depths of the sea. 

And that.. Was strange to Mydei to consider.

He would eventually turn into a siren like Phainon, and never walk on ground again.. Granted. That was better than dying, but it was still beyond baffling.

“It’s this way!” Phainon happily told him as he flapped his tailfin easily, a terrifying force of strength seemed to be behind it from how the current changed the way it was gently rocking Mydei. 

And well, Mydei could only stare after the man who had so abruptly pushed himself towards their destination, blinking wide-eyed at the space he had so effortlessly made between them both.

Mydei felt guilt bite into him over the way Phainon turned to make sure he was following him, only hesitating as he realized Mydei hadn’t moved at all - Not even a single attempt to follow. Not like he could even if he knew how to swim, was the siren insane? There was no way any man could keep up with him while swimming..

Mydei disregarded his own thoughts with a heavy sigh, eyes moving back to the waters that shimmered above distantly to avoid looking at those big pouty blue eyes; “I.. Do not know how to swim, Phainon.”

Phainon immediately moved to close the gap again, only confusedly tilting his head at that; “Huh?”

Well. That probably was a strange thing for a literal siren that only swims around and sings sailors to their doom and devours them to hear..

“I was.. Specifically kept away from water so that I would never learn how to swim.” Mydei explained easily, giving a deep sigh however over the way Phainon only seemed to inch ever closer at those words - Almost appearing very concerned over them.

“.. What?”

Mydei could only shrug and look away, not very willing to look at how increasingly distressed Phainon was appearing over this news. Mydei really didn’t get why he seemed so upset for Mydei’s sake, when Mydei himself came to terms with it many years ago. Though. Maybe the idea of being banned from the sea was a beyond heartbreaking concept for a creature that well, lived there.

“As you said.. There was a different expectation from me being thrown in the sea today.”

Phainon moved slightly, directly into Mydei’s line of sight with that same weird emotion buried within his eyes that Mydei couldn’t accurately read as Mydei felt an ounce of awe over how desperate he seemed to keep Mydei interested in him. 

“I see.. So those were indeed not just the ugliest ribbons I had ever seen adorning you..” Phainon muttered a bit darkly, quietly compared to his normal tone, almost as if he was saddened over the news.

But it was barely news, Mydei thought they already went over the whole ‘wanting him to drown’ thing earlier.

“The.. Ropes?” Mydei couldn’t help his small scoff he gave over that, something about the confusion was endearing even if Mydei didn’t think it added up quite correctly..

“I assumed due to the gold..” Phainon trailed off, his eyes still holding Mydei’s eye contact unblinking as he seemed to consider something.

“The jewelry were also offerings if I didn’t suffice.” Mydei told him before tearing his eyes away from those eerie piercing hungry pupils that seemed to desire to burrow into him. 

“How cruel..” Phainon mumbled before quickly moving, and Mydei almost assumed he was once again going to try to buy Mydei’s attention, only he swiftly moved himself through the water and to Mydei’s back. “Well! You’re perfect for me, Mydeimos Mydei! Let’s go home!”

“But-” 

Mydei tried to raise his complaints, only Phainon was already shuffling him around with his arms needily. Gentle in his ice cold touches, yet forcing Mydei into his arms in the style of a bridal carry, one that Mydei only allowed to happen. Mainly due to the whole ‘underwater’ thing. He wasn’t quite sure what else he even could do. 

Even if he refused Phainon carrying him like this or messing with him in general, what else was he to do? Swim up? But Phainon claims whatever he force fed Mydei would turn him into a siren eventually?

Thus.. Mydei only obeyed and allowed himself to be pliant and crumpled against Phainon’s chest and shoulder, almost shivering over how unnaturally cold he was for someone smiling so warmly at Mydei.

“I don’t know how to swim with those legs either, I’ll just carry you!”

Phainon was much too delighted as he said that; a sharp sounding noise akin to a purr quickly left his throat as Mydei’s head slapped into his shoulder. Mydei could only huff out lowly as Phainon immediately knocked his own head into the top of Mydei’s seemingly rubbing their heads together. 

“You smell good.” 

Mydei felt himself go rigid over that - For one; He wasn’t even aware sirens could smell underwater, secondly, he wasn’t even aware he would smell of anything but seasalt and sweat from being bound together in a hot room for so long. 

“What? Really?” Mydei asked, genuinely baffled by that as Phainon was quite obviously sniffing at him, tucking Mydei just a bit higher to sniff at him better as well. Something Mydei could only watch, completely flabbergasted over it. 

“It’s foreign to me, but you do smell rather nice. Sweet, even.”

“..Huh.” Mydei had no idea what to say to that, only blinking widely over how shameless this siren was. Or maybe they were all just this shameless - How was he to be able to say?

“Regardless! Let’s get you home, yes?” Phainon beamed at him as he said that, arms tightening Mydei closer to him if that was possible, and Mydei only found he had no idea what to ever say to this creature that had so quickly seemed to attach himself to him.

“.. Alright.”

“Feel free to hang onto me however you desire if you want, I won’t bite!” Phainon told him, rather obviously giddy in his voice over the mere idea of that; “In fact, I’d heavily prefer it if you did cling onto me.”

“.. I’m not doing that.” Mydei mumbled quietly, he wasn’t sure how much face he could save by this point - But he was taking what he could.

“Awe..”

Mydei did however turn his head facing his own knees as Phainon lashed his tail and propelled them onwards at a high speed. Too fast - Much faster than he had ever moved by far, and it was simply powered by that lone, long tail fin. His eyes only trailed Phainon’s neck slightly, taking in the sight of the sun tattoo on his neck that seemed to glow faintly - Mydei found that rather humorous for a siren to have.

They certainly didn’t see the sun down here.

He didn’t even know how to tell the time anymore, only vaguely aware of the way the waters seemed to change hues - darker, deeper into the unknown to him.

The only thing he would know here is Phainon, and that sounded extremely worrisome to him.

Mydei could only blink as Phainon slowed himself, at least he was pretty sure he did with the rate of water brushing against his skin slowing dramatically - With that, Mydei turned his head to focus on whatever Phainon was taking him to. 

“A reef?” Mydei blinked at it, it was vibrant. So very full of life and colors deep below the waters yet still glowing - the way it was beyond giant was baffling to him. 

“Mhm.” Phainon hummed out, still diving towards it; And Mydei didn’t miss the way his hold on Mydei tightened. “It’s quite deep, humans die coming this deep so it’s very safe.”

“Er..”

“You’re not quite human anymore, Mydeimos Mydei.”

“Right.. It’s just one of those, by the way.”

Phainon cocked his head to the side at that, not stopping his movements however, “One of what?”

“Mydeimos or Mydei. Mydei is just a nickname my friends call me, Mydeimos is my full name..”

Phainon stalled at that for a second before giving a warm laugh, one that vibrated Phainon’s chest and Mydei could feel it; “Alright, Mydei.”

Mydei couldn’t help the way his head tilted upwards at the first sign of another fin passing by in a hurry - A flash of color as it passed. Another flash to the side drew his head again, still blinking as Phainon effortlessly weaved past coral, not so much as even giving a glance to the other sirens quickly passing by.

“There’s.. A lot of sirens, huh?” Mydei found himself dumbly asking as his eyes followed another that met his own gaze - Only to quickly turn away abruptly, as if avoiding his eyes at all costs. 

“Yep!” Phainon’s voice was clipped, no longer light and chirper, now rough around the edges and bordering on darkened. Mydei had to suppress the desire to question him on that directly, instead opting for a second route. 

“.. They don’t seem happy to see us - Or is it just me they're unhappy to see?”

Phainon gave a warm chuckle over that question, still diving even lower into the depths beneath the coral, and Mydei couldn’t help but look upwards past Phainon at the vibrancy they were leaving behind; “Both of us, probably.”

Mydei clicked his tongue at that, eyes moving to meet Phainon’s, for once noticing the way his face didn’t seem as happy-go-lucky nearly at all anymore. A full blown scowl had replaced it.

“You’re an unpopular prince? They’re.. Avoiding looking at you.” Mydei inquired, drifting his eyes away from it. There was clearly a reason for the sudden switch of emotions. 

“It’s not really that, I’ll just snap their fins for looking at you. They know this.”

Mydei felt himself go rigid in Phainon’s tight grip on him, mulling that answer over in his mind before landing on the most useful question he could come up with in this scenario; “.. Huh?”

“You’re mine, after all.” Phainon said remarkably flatly, like it was the most logical answer; “So they should be taught to keep their eyes to themselves. The breaking of their fins is the least I will do to them.”

Mydei quieted at that, that was the most insane thing he had ever heard from a person he had just met on the same day. He couldn’t help but let his mind wander back to the sparse books he had dared read about sirens in his pastime when he desired to learn about how he would die. Sirens  were frightening creatures, luring in people with their voice and whispers of sweet nothings before drowning them and eating them - bones and all.

If anything, it felt like Phainon was still working on the step of ‘sweet nothings’ - Whenever the hell the drowning and eating him was supposed to happen was a mystery to Mydei by now. 

Though, he was sufficiently lacking in the field of offering Mydei things he would want - Maybe due to the fact Mydei had already been dumped into the sea. 

The other things he had read..

“That’s.. Are sirens actually territorial?”

Phainon gave him a rather knowing smile at that, beaming and almost excited by the question as he tilted his head slightly to look at Mydei in the eyes; “Extremely! Why do you ask?”

“.. No reason.” Was all Mydei could manage.

This siren had for sure lost his marbles.

Mydei jolted slightly when Phainon abruptly turned, diving into a small crevice that was barely even noticeable to Mydei before immediately dropping Mydei. Well, Dropping wasn’t the right term since they were in the sea, but he certainly did floor down into something soft. 

“.. I can’t see.” Mydei mumbled with the distant light of the coral now gone and out of sight, Mydei was now instead tucked away in whatever Phainon had dragged him quickly into. His fingers timidly touched whatever was beneath him, soft, squishy, it was a plant of some kind, but Mydei would never be able to discern what it was with no ability to see. 

And Mydei only could find himself staring Phainon in the eyes, sharp blue eyes that seemed to glow lightly in the dark - transfixed wholly on Mydei with that same look of a predator beneath them. Maybe even amplified by how he assumed Mydei couldn’t see his eyes.

For once, Mydei hesitated in the realization that he should be cold down here - numb and weak. But Phainon was right.. He was becoming no longer human. The chill of the depths wasn’t even biting at his skin nearly as much as it should be.

“Oh!” Mydei couldn’t see Phainon, but he certainly could hear him. Hear how happy he was in his voice alone. Even worse was how he could watch those eyes not change at all, unmatching with how joyful he sounded- Only staring Mydei down who found himself looking away from them; “Let’s feed you more, then.”

He was very happy to hurry Mydei into being a siren like him, it seemed.

“That speeds the transformation along, doesn't it?” Mydei asked for clarification, only able to hear the hum of the sea and Phainon’s tail swishing quietly as he moved, the current of the space Mydei was in drifting along at Phainon’s whims - swaying Mydei slightly as he waited. 

“Yep! I harvested quite a lot of it waiting for you.” Phainon hummed out, and Mydei nearly jolted as a cold hand touched his lower back on his spine, seeping through the thin white shirt he had been dressed in like it was nothing as Phainon pressed.

“Waiting for me? How long did you wait?” Mydei asked, pausing as he felt something reach his lips, slimy and painfully cold. Something he couldn’t see yet again, and still, he opened his mouth willingly and Phainon gently pushed it in. 

Flavorless, but he swallowed it regardless, earning a very pleased hum from Phainon at his right - Those blue eyes completely unblinking as he watched every move Mydei took. 

“My entire life.” Phainon answered easily, like it was just an average question he was asked all of the time. And maybe it was. 

“Your entire life..?” Mydei echoed, wincing slightly over more of it being forced into his mouth when he opened to speak; He swallowed it once more without complaint, only huffing over the way Phainon was so greedy and quick about it.

“Of course! I am only allowed to mate with a human, and you were prophesied to be mine; So I waited for you.” Phainon explained a bit too happily beside him, and Mydei wished he could look at the man to be able to tell what emotions his face outside of those eerie eyes was giving away. 

He clearly had two different personalities within him, the one that seemed overly friendly towards Mydei, and something much, much darker beneath the surface of his ocean blue colored eyes that were watching Mydei like a starving wolf.

“My patience did run thin, however.” Phainon conceded, sighing dramatically as he moved just a bit closer to Mydei, something he was only aware of with how Phainon seemed to radiate a chill from his body. “So many cycles and never even a glance or acknowledgement from my mate..”

“Only to learn now that they were keeping him from me..” Mydei felt himself sit up slightly at that, over the way his voice sounded jagged again, like he was furious but desperately trying to keep that at bay - Desperately trying not to allow Mydei to see it. Even though Mydei quite literally could not see currently.

“Is that why other sirens started attacking our kingdom more?” Mydei pressed, disregarding that hidden ire that Phainon was trying to shovel away and hide, only to be rewarded with a cold hand pushing more of whatever that was into his mouth. A happy trill from Phainon came immediately when Mydei swallowed, making his skin burn with wonder of how closely Phainon was watching him currently. 

“Maybe. I have been quite.. Irritable lately!”

Mydei didn’t dare question what this man meant by irritable, if anything, he had a sneaking suspicion that Phainon was absolutely dangerous. Not even really ‘sneaking’. He had flat out said he would hurt his own fellow sirens over Mydei already..

“Sorry for making you wait..” Mydei mumbled, not really quite sure what else to say to that, and only immediately stiffening as he felt cold hands brush through his hair gently, slowly, an odd tingly feeling in the silence of the sea depths with almost no gravity affecting his strands. 

“No need to apologize.. You didn’t know, Mydei..” Phainon was soft at that, no hint of malice or the way his tone became clipped sometimes, apparently having a weak spot for Mydei. One that he couldn’t quite rationalize, but maybe that just came from how long he had waited for Mydei.

Mydei moved at that, moved to rub at his eyes with the back of his hands dully as his vision blurred; adapted to the darkness around him. 

But it burned.

It stung like hell.

“Stop that..” Phainon quietly hissed at him, a tone that sounded foreign as he batted Mydei’s hands from Mydei’s own eyes. Mydei could only knit his brows in confusion, in slight agitation, before Phainon’s own hands replaced Mydei’s gently. 

Cold.

Soothing.

Probably even an endearing act to think about if his eyes didn’t currently burn like hell.

“Better?”

Mydei gave a small laugh over it, over how stupid this must look. “It is, actually. Thanks.”

Phainon didn’t miss a beat however, instead a tinge of curiosity seeping into his tone; “Does it hurt?” 

“It burns a little.”

It was as if Mydei had gotten shampoo in his eyes, but much worse, a lingering feeling that didn’t seem to ebb, the only safety he had currently was Phainon’s hands working as ice to soothe them..

“Sorry..” Phainon hushedly mumbled, and Mydei couldn’t help but find that funny as well, giving a slow and quiet chuckle. 

“I expected you to eat me earlier today. Not end up being protective of me.” His life was truly beyond ironic now, from sacrificial lamb to being coddled by the ‘monster’ he was sent to satiate with his life. 

Though, in a way, he guessed he was still doing just that.

“My poor confused Mydei..” Phainon cooed at his side, soft and much too kind of a creature Mydei expected all his life to shred him into pieces, “It’s okay..”

Mydei wasn’t even sure how long he sat there with his eyes closed, letting Phainon act as a pack of ice as he listened to the sounds around him. It was silent - horribly so, but expected from the way they were so very far beneath the waves. The other thing he could hear so distantly were the songs. 

The other sirens distantly singing, so quietly and far, yet it still itched at Mydei’s mind if he even tried to zero in on them at all.

“Do you not sing much like other sirens?” Mydei idly asked, curious over it - He had only really clearly heard Phainon sing in the forewarned ‘siren’ song once as he was thrown into the depths while bound. The other time was just the tiniest noise when he was drowning, now feeling slightly guilty over knowing now it was out of pure sorrow and dread over the idea of Mydei dying.

“Don’t want to risk hurting your ears.” Phainon simply stated, “I’ll sing plenty of songs with you when you are a siren, too.” 

“What.. Would you have done if I had drowned?” Mydei was curious. Beyond curious about it.

If the current issues with the sirens were due to Phainon simply being impatient about Mydei not being thrown into the sea to him; What would Phainon had done to them if they had actually drowned Mydei? If Mydei had not continued to breathe? 

This creature had a dark side, one that seemed well locked behind doors he was straining to keep closed around Mydei.

But that only made Mydei so much more interested in opening that box... 

‘Curiosity killed the cat’ is a saying for a reason after all. 

Mydei physically felt Phainon tense over the question, over the idea of Mydei dying, even his hands seemed strained as he forced out a hollow laugh; “That’s not a very fun idea to consider.. I don’t want to think about that right now.. I only just finally found you..”

“.. Alright, sorry.” Mydei said hoarsely, now feeling a pang of guilt gnawing into him over it, over the way Phainon seemed so earnestly upset over even considering such a thing. It was hard to wrap his head around; But it made more sense to consider Phainon said he had waited for Mydei. Longing for this day to come, while Mydei dreaded it. Both for completely different reasons, yet meeting at the end of it.

“It’s fine! I’m not angry!” Phainon was quick to reassure him lightly, before scoffing, “At least.. Not at you, Mydei!”

Phainon didn’t give him a chance to really think about that ‘not at you’, instead continuing on swiftly; “Would you like to try to adjust to the light again?”

“Sure.” 

Phainon slowly removed his hands at that, as if unsure if he really should listen to Mydei instead of simply latching onto him. Mydei only found himself blinking hard, many times as he tried to focus.

“If you want my hands back, let me know! I don’t mind at all!”

Mydei continued his blinking, trying to clear whatever was fogging his sight. He could see now - not very well, but he could clearly see the radiant glowing man before him that had his head tilted like a puppy. Mydei could only blink at the way his floaty white locks seemed so beautiful in the dim lighting - and the way his sun tattoo seemed to give off a small amount of gold light as well.

Phainon was eerily beautiful - akin to a ghost in the dim lighting in the depths, porcelain and borderline terrifying with his sharp searching eyes. 

And yet, Mydei couldn’t look away from him.

“It’s alright.. I think it’s fine now.” Mydei reassured him, leaning back slightly as Phainon immediately stuck his hand towards him again. 

“Can you see well?” Phainon inquired in a rather soothing tone, waving his fingers in front of his face before sticking a few of them down, “How many fingers am I holding up, Mydei?”

Mydei had to bite his tongue at that, fighting the urge to slap the siren over the side of his head as Mydei pushed out a small huff of laughter over how childish this seemed. 

It’s hazy, dark, and kind of hard to truly see much and yet; “.. Two.”

He could at least make out fingers two inches from his nose, if anything..

“Lucky guess!” Phainon’s delighted voice rang out to him, though Mydei only found his own eyes looking past Phainon and instead around where Phainon had ushered him away. 

It was a cave, yes, a small hole in the literal wall beneath the reef, buried beneath the coral and hidden away - But it was obviously lived in. It was clearly Phainon’s home of sorts - the most interesting of which being a wall cut away in the cave walls, one that made Mydei wonder just how strong those hands of Phainon’s were with how clearly carved out it was.

The items on the wall were most interesting to him, they were clearly human knicknacks. Neatly placed and organized, a baffling thing to see within the depth - the less baffling thing was Phainon moving slightly to try vying for Mydei’s attention once again rather obviously.

Mydei gave an exasperated sigh at that, over his somehow needy, pet dog, who was a fish that had abruptly entered his life.

“What are those, Phainon?” Mydei attempted to redirect the puppy’s attention, moving to point a finger around him, easily working as Phainon quickly looked over his shoulder at what had captivated Mydei’s attention over him.

“Mm?” Phainon hummed out before instantly jerking his head back to Mydei at his abrupt realization, like it only just hit him Mydei actually knows what they were.“Oh! Actually, wouldn’t you know better than I?” 

“I just like collecting the interesting things humans drop sometimes..” Phainon told him, almost looking rather excited as he looked at the shelf again, and even with hazy blurred vision, Mydei could tell he was slightly embarrassed by this topic. 

Mydei couldn’t rationalize why, humans kept siren scales after all. This felt like a level of fair trade, so instead he just huffed slightly. “With how you disregarded the jewelry they put on me, I didn’t consider you cared for this type of stuff.”

Phainon tossed his head towards Mydei, focusing wholly on him again and giving a click of his tongue, Mydei almost would have thought he was angered with that movement if not for the smile on his lips. “Well. My mate was literally drowning in front of me, it wasn’t really the time to care about shiny objects..”

“Besides! You still have the one in your fin and the one in your hair! Saved two of them.” Phainon said with a slow curt nod, as if it was a fair trade.

Mydei blinked at that. Very slowly.

“.. Fin?”

Phainon reached towards him at that word, gently grazing against his cheek as he rather delicately grabbed onto Mydei’s earlobe. Tapping idly at the golden jewelry still pierced into his ear there. Mydei couldn’t help but scoff over the action, the pure wonder that seemed to grace Phainon’s actions with Mydei involved.

“This.” Phainon chirped out, his rather happy tone returning, and Mydei couldn’t help but wonder how that gold even felt in his hands that were covered in scales.

 Instead of asking, Mydei only found himself giving a small laugh. “Oh, That’s my ear.”

“Your ear.” Phainon withdrew his hand at that, moving to cross his arms over his bare chest before giving a quiet trilling noise, one that Mydei couldn’t read the emotion behind at all; “I don’t know too much about humans, it's hard to learn about you when we do not speak the same language..”

Mydei found himself choking back a laugh over that word - The fact sirens also lead humans to their doom and devour them in bloody waters also probably doesn’t really aid in the public relations field. Not that Mydei would say that to this siren prince, no matter how he claimed to be Mydei’s mate currently.. Maybe that was a talk to have months later if he lived that long.

“That’s fine. I don’t know much about sirens either outside..” Mydei chose to say instead, trailing off as he tried to think about what he did know about them. 

“Outside?”

“Mainly just how dangerous you are.” Mydei answered honestly, moving to copy Phainon’s pose of crossing his arms over his chest with a heavy sigh. Nothing in his life had prepared him for having to explain humans to a siren; In fact, everything in his life had prepared him to be eaten by a siren.

And now that very siren was staring at him, doe-eyed and tail practically wagging like a dog when Mydei so much as looked his way. 

“Oh.” Phainon however did sound a bit sullen by that, “Do you fear me?”

Mydei uncrossed an arm to wave it dismissively lazily, a teasing smirk creeping its way onto his face over the siren’s curious nature; “After learning you hoard antiques? Not quite.”

“Harsh!” Phainon lashed his tail almost playfully at that, his smile beaming and Mydei couldn’t help but notice just how truly sharp his teeth were - Jagged in his mouth. Terrifying, if not for the fact Phainon had already shoved his tongue down Mydei’s throat.. 

Phainon on the other hand had no idea about those thoughts, instead looking to that carved shelf behind him once more before looking at Mydei with a twinkle in his eyes; “Do you know anything about them?”

“Wanting to learn about them?” Mydei asked, a genuine bit of surprise seeping into his words over it. Truthfully - he didn’t think sirens viewed humans as much more than livestock that sometimes toppled into the sea over their enchanting songs. He guessed it was fair, he was finding himself more and more curious about the siren himself as he sat here staring at the creature.

It probably was very baffling to see an entire life beyond the waters just beyond your reach that sometimes lost cargo into the open waters.

Mydei supposed he had the best of both worlds even if he was killed by Phainon now; Seeing both worlds with his own eyes. 

“Yes!” And Mydei wished he could say he was immune to how rather cute Phainon acted towards him sometimes, nodding his head quickly with wide eyes as he said such a simple admission. 

“Alright. Bring them here.” Mydei instructed him almost lazily, uncrossing his arms to lay on them a bit behind him, eyes flickering to the soft plant beneath him for once as he laid back. Seaweed? Maybe? Mydei didn’t really have a frame of reference; So he couldn’t quite say for certain. 

“Not going to try to learn to swim?” Phainon teased, though he was already obeying and gently moving towards his collection of ‘oddities’, and even with Mydei’s poor vision in the dark he couldn’t help but linger his eyes on the siren as he turned his back for once - focusing on gathering whatever items he wanted to show and ask Mydei about.

“Right before I turn into a siren like you and have to relearn swimming? I’ll pass.” Mydei huffed out, keenly watching as Phainon seemed indecisive over which items to show Mydei. Picking some of them up and clearly inspecting them before setting them back down - and Mydei almost felt like Phainon was embarrassed over this. 

Insane thing to be embarrassed about considering all the other things Phainon had already said to Mydei, but, fine. 

“Fair enough.” Phainon hummed out before seemingly deciding on something, picking them up before swiftly turning back to Mydei with a flourish of his tail;  “These. I’ve found so many of them with different little pictures.”

Phainon’s words left his lips so quickly, his eyes avoiding Mydei’s own gaze as he returned to Mydei’s side, making Mydei really come to terms that Phainon was deeply shy over this. Was it not common for a siren to collect things like this?

Was Phainon considered a hoarder in his society? 

Mydei blinked as Phainon held out his hand before slowly extending his own beneath his, cocking his head to the side as he watched Phainon tenderly press something cold into his palm.

Mydei brought it closer to himself, inspecting the ever familiar silver metal before twirling it slightly between his fingers; “Oh. This is just currency for bartering.”

“Currency.” Phainon repeated as he lowered himself slightly, moreso to be on eye level with Mydei who merely chose to ignore the encroaching siren in favor of looking at the metal.

“Yeah. It’s called a coin, each of them means a different amount of currency.” Mydei explained, extending his hand again to give it back to Phainon, suppressing a small shiver over the chill of Phainon’s hands brushing his own as he took it back. 

Phainon muttered quietly, eyes focusing on the item he could now place as a ‘coin’; “Sounds complicated.”

Mydei could only shrug, his eyes trailing the length of Phainon’s body lazily, never quite adapting to the fact he was talking to a siren, let alone one that claimed to be his ‘mate’ and a ‘prince’. 

“Not really, easy to get the hang of really since it’s part of daily life, but judging by the vase over there; You probably would spend your money on fakes in another life.” Mydei teased, once again moving his eyes behind Phainon to blink at a white intricate vase, one that Mydei almost felt baffled over the idea of it surviving a fall into the depths. 

White, a delicate blue design painted across the surface to form flowers that Mydei could only think were lilies. He wasn’t well versed in flowers, though. 

“Fakes? That’s a very real object, I assure you of that much, Mydei..” Phainon said without a single hint of jesting, like Mydei’s sentence was beyond perplexing. And, well. It probably was.

Mydei gave a small laugh, looking away from the vase with a shake of his head, he would have to concede here. Explaining ‘fakes’ versus ‘real’ to Phainon would be an insane task to take on. “.. You got me there, I guess.”

Phainon didn’t miss a beat however, his tailfin splaying out behind him, clearly using it to point at it; “What is it used for?”

“Uh.. Sometimes people put things in them, but what you’re doing with it is also a common use.”

Phainon scrunched up his face at that, clearly not understanding that meaning at all; “What I’m doing with it..? It’s just sitting there.”

Mydei felt himself bite back a deep sigh, if anything, this siren was lucky he was rather bafflingly cute appearance wise and personality wise. Minus when Mydei had the sinking feeling of dread over Phainon’s mood abruptly swapping..  

“Yeah. For decoration in your home.” Mydei mumbled out, opting to disregard his feelings of uncertainty for now - Phainon didn’t seem to have any plans of letting that personality leak out too much for Mydei to see at the least. 

Not yet, anyway.

“Oh!” Phainon moved quickly however, turning away and back to the shelf to gather a new thing, quickly dashing back to Mydei’s side who only swayed slightly over Phainon kicking his tail towards him in swift movements. “Okay, wait. What about these?”

Mydei blinked at the object in Phainon’s hands, he didn’t even really need to see them closer - and yet Phainon happily offered them to him. 

“Glasses.” Mydei told him quietly, before inspecting them slightly. They were high quality, that’s for sure. One lens was broken and cracked - But the other remained in good condition, the smooth bronze of the framework was still well kept as well. Phainon most likely treasured these things, it seemed. 

“They’re to help people see.” Mydei mumbled, placing them on his own face slowly as if to show an example of it, only to blink over how blurry it abruptly made his vision before quickly removing them as Phainon watched his every move. 

“Do all humans have bad vision?” Phainon asked innocently as Mydei handed the glasses back to him, making Phainon hum over it, leaning slightly to copy Phainon in looking at the metal of it and then the lenses. 

Mydei huffed a laugh over the question; “.. Not all, just the unfortunate.”

“Oh. Do you?” Phainon seemed a bit sullen as he asked, but Mydei only shrugged his shoulders, watching Phainon’s scaled and slightly clawed fingers twist at the metal gentle - twirling the glasses a bit idly as he studied at Mydei. 

“Sometimes.. I can see far away, but struggle up close to see some things - I need them for reading.”

Phainon seemed to consider that for a second before giving a low hum, blue eyes for once fully drifting from Mydei to instead focus on the glasses in his hands as he spoke; “Really? How interesting..”

Mydei had to give it to him, he did at least sound like he actually was interested in Mydei’s explanation. 

“.. I guess I won’t have that issue soon?” Mydei said mainly in jest, partly due to the fact that he still was reeling over.. Everything.

“Nope!” Phainon didn’t seem to mind or notice however, abruptly turning away again to return the glasses to their rightful spot before swiftly returning - Phainon moved at speeds that Mydei almost thought he acted as if Mydei may swim away if he looked away for too long. That feeling was only aided by how those glowing blue eyes would glance over his shoulder, making sure Mydei was still sitting there. 

Phainon lowered himself slightly, handing Mydei something yet again. “What about this?”

This one was more interesting in the way that it was heavy. 

A solid golden pen. Expensive.

And utterly useless now that it had been buried at the bottom of the depths, safe in the clutches of a curious siren.

“A pen.. For writing.” Mydei said with a low hum as he felt the weight of it - Even in the water he could tell this was more of a decoration than actual penmanship. It was much too heavy to be comfortable. 

“Why did you collect these?” Mydei asked blankly, mainly because most of these seemed useless to Phainon outside of just wondering about humans. Though, it probably was just that simple. 

“I was curious.” Phainon practically purred out and Mydei could only flick his eyes to look at the siren who seemed more interested in Mydei than the item he was actually supposed to tell him about. 

“Curious?” 

“About you and your life - But I couldn’t see or talk to you..” Phainon confessed, his tail swishing a bit solemnly as he spoke before he immediately perked up with his own thoughts; “So, I collected them! In the hope that one day you would do this!”

Mydei’s eyes moved back to that pen, pieces ‘do this’ together slowly in his own mind; “.. Explain them to you?”

“Yes!” 

Mydei couldn’t help but realize how.. Clear, his vision was becoming as he blinked at the small golden pen, uncapping it and closing it slowly before handing it back off to Phainon.

Just how well he was able to see Phainon as he moved back to the shelf - Instead moving his eyes to really take in just where they were with the acknowledgement. The above entrance was the only real light, and even then that was barely anything compared to what Mydei was used to, just the faintest glimmer of a reflection from the surface waves miles and miles above.

Hell. It probably wasn’t even that and was instead whatever life was making the reef seem to glow with life - Mydei didn’t know. 

The small cave was remarkably barren, save for the makeshift bed and the small amount of rather human items Phainon collected - It didn’t look lived in at all. If anything, Mydei had the sneaking suspicion Phainon was hiding him here, away from wherever he actually actively lived. This was more of a secret ‘lair’ than anything else. A place he would call cold and damp - if a cave submerged completely underwater could ever be considered damp. 

“Do you live here?”

Phainon was silent for a moment at that question before giving a small shallow laugh; “Not quite, we’re still a bit away from home.”

“Huh..” Mydei murmured, eyes still taking in the sight of the small dug out cave. It did make more sense that it was just some spot Phainon had to hide away in sometimes. And with how quiet it was here, the title of ‘prince’ was a curious one if it really was about five sirens in total Mydei saw. 

“I wanted to keep you nice and safe before you turn, then we can go into the actual city..” Phainon trailed off, his tail thumping into the floor akin to an angry rabbit almost at his own thoughts, “The other sirens you saw are royal guards, no one else is allowed near here.”

“Oh..” Mydei had nothing to say to that, he couldn’t really find it in him to question Phainon more on it. After all, if the sirens sang, Mydei would easily fall under their influence, which was probably what Phainon was aiming to avoid happening to him.

“.. How long does becoming a siren usually take?” Mydei drifted his gaze back to Phainon, to the siren who only stared at him like he was some type of treasure to be hoarded away as he came back once more - Hands empty this time with nothing more to ask Mydei about. 

Mydei wished he hadn’t been staring Phainon in the eyes however, because nothing could have prepared him for the answer Phainon conjured up immediately to his question. 

“Depends on how much you ingest! Once you fully turn, I will make sure to thoroughly breed you, rest assured!” Phainon said, and Mydei could only choke slightly on his own tongue that felt like cotton over that, over the way Phainon had said it so earnestly - So happily, like it was the easiest answer to ever pop into his little siren head.

“.. Huh?” Mydei felt the word tumble from his lips without much of a thought. Only slowly able to screw his face into one of confusion over those words. Thoroughly.. Breed him..?

Sure, Phainon had said something about that earlier, but now it was insane to consider he truly did actually mean it. He had every intention of.. Impregnating Mydei?

Whatever the hell that implied.

“Well, We need to consummate our mating, and I’ll make sure to fertilize your eggs at the same time.” Phainon explained in that same chirpy tune, so elated as he waved his tail behind him akin to a literal dog as he spoke. 

“.. Huh.” Was all Mydei managed yet again, feeling beyond befuddled over this current situation. 

“I’ll be gentle!” Phainon reassured him with a level of tenderness yet excitement that Mydei couldn’t quite process with the topic at hand.

“I’m not sure that makes me feel any better about that situation..” Mydei mumbled out, it wasn’t really about being bred ‘roughly’ or ‘gently’ it was more about the whole being bred in general.

“It’s quick, I know I know.” Phainon’s voice was much too playful against Mydei’s ears, he could only slowly blink at him as he continued on;  “But I have to be! You’re mine.”

Phainon paused for a brief second, taking a hesitant look at Mydei’s face before slowly tilting his head to the side. “Are you against copulating with me?”

Mydei didn’t miss it - That brief flicker of insecurity that had crept onto Phainon’s features and faded immediately, the way he sprawled his tailfin out again, waving it slightly behind him as he leaned towards Mydei.

Ah.

Phainon was scared Mydei would reject him as his mate - Though if this was considered a true arranged marriage, Mydei would have no say. Maybe Phainon simply wanted Mydei to earnestly like him? Mydei couldn’t say.. But now Phainon’s actions towards Mydei and how he seemed to be flaunting his body made more sense. 

“.. Is that why you’ve been showing off your looks to me?” Mydei inquired curiously, moreso just wanting the confirmation more than anything that he wasn’t completely insane and Phainon had been trying to woo him in some odd siren fashion.

“So you did notice!” Phainon chirped out, rather obviously pleasantly surprised as he moved his tail quickly, very clearly trying to flaunt it once more to Mydei; “Do you like what you see? Am I enough for you?”

“Uh..” Mydei didn’t know what to think of him, honestly. He had a cute face, almost endearing with how doe-eyed he seemed sometimes. Arguably if he was a human, people surely would call him beautiful. Yet, Mydei had no real idea what exactly Phainon was hoping he would say here. And absolutely not an ounce of a clue what would insult him.. “You’re.. Pretty?”

Phainon only tilted his head at that very slowly, like he was trying to work out what Mydei meant by that as well. “Is that good? Do you prefer your mates to be something else?”

Mydei couldn’t even bite down the guilt gnawing at him over Phainon’s tone of uncertainty, clearly bordering on being upset - as if Mydei’s opinion of him was make or break to him.

“I.. I don’t know.. I like pretty.. You’re quite large compared to the other sirens I saw out there, though.” Mydei considered, feeling almost nervous over the way Phainon seemed so desperate for his approval - He had just met the siren, he wasn’t sure what his thoughts were yet. But Phainon had waited his entire life for Mydei apparently..

“Yep!” Phainon only pressed forward, and Mydei couldn’t help but linger his eyes on the swishing of his tail, it had slowed horribly compared to his normal movements - Something Mydei could only read as his own anxiety as well. “Is that good or bad to you?”

“.. I don’t know.” Mydei conceded. He didn’t know if a large siren was good or bad, he didn’t! He didn’t even know Phainon was large until he caught glimpses of the other ones that seemed to avoid them! 

“Is that so?” Phainon asked in a quiet tone with a hushed laugh, one that only spurred Mydei’s guilt forward - Phainon was so painfully obvious about his feelings that Mydei couldn’t help but indulge him. Truly, he was just like a pup with how quickly he worked Mydei around his finger.

Mydei could only press out a sigh; “I mean, am I attractive to you?”

Phainon didn’t miss a single beat, his answer was instantaneous and almost said in a tone Mydei would call dreamy, bordering on a purr. “You’re stunning..”

“Because I’m a human?”

“Haha, No no, You’re quite beautiful.” Phainon hummed out, moving a hand to Mydei very gently, one that found its way to his braid to the side of his head, thumbing over the locks of hair there very slowly. 

“You’ve got a very nice body from what I’ve seen. Let me see it all..” Phainon’s soft voice didn’t match his actions at all, those hands quickly found purchase on the fabric of Mydei’s shirt that was still tucked into his pants neatly. 

“Wait-” Mydei choked out, not even sure how he could deny Phainon when those eyes looked at him in such a way - Fully predatorily, like he was finally going to sink his teeth into Mydei one way or another. Yet Phainon only swished his tail almost playfully over those words - wholly indulging Mydei in his attempts to wait for just a few seconds more. 

To linger slightly before teasing Mydei. 

“For? We’re alone, no one will disturb us here, let me inspect you while you’re still so cute and squishy.” Phainon said those words much too smoothly, too rehearsed for Mydei’s ears, like Phainon had been simply waiting to say that to him. Biding his time and waiting for his prey to corner themself.

Mydei could only blink as he attempted to mull over that sentence though.

“While I’m.. What?”

Phainon moved abruptly at that, both hands moving to the collar of his shirt before easily shredding it in half to open it - Clearly not in the mood to learn about how human shirts work in the slightest.. An antique he had no interest in.

“Mm..” Phainon’s hands immediately found their way to Mydei’s hips with the new opening, rubbing at them lightly with his thumbs before tilting his head in thoughts, tail thrashing slightly behind him on the makeshift bed of seaweed; “You cannot bear children?”

“.. No.”

“Shame. You look like you were made for it.” Phainon said, drifting his hands up to cup at Mydei’s breasts, as if he was attempting to measure how big they were, pressing beneath them and upwards to knead them into his hands. Those words easily made Mydei find his face heating up, he never once in his life imagined he would be told he looked fit to carry children.

Nor did he consider it would be from the lips of a siren who was gently kneading at his tits.. 

Mydei found himself knitting his brows over the sensation - By now, he was used to the water being somehow akin to ‘room temperature’ as he perceived it, he could only blame that on whatever Phainon had fed him. But the ghostly chill of Phainon’s hands could not be ignored no matter how Mydei tried to shut out the fact a siren was timidly rubbing at his nipples - Which was slightly bewildering considering sirens still had breasts from what he could tell by Phainon’s own well-toned chest.

“That..” Is an insanely embarrassing and bizarre thing to say to someone, Mydei thought to himself but lacked the willpower to tell this siren that was so happily groping at his chest - Fondling his breasts gently. Testing squeezes given onto the mounds there before he let out a sad trilling noise from his throat.

“I thought humans secreted a sweet nectar from here.. Do I have to pleasure you first for it?”

Mydei immediately found his jaw tensing at that as he grit his teeth, swatting away Phainon’s hand that had taken to rolling one of his nipples between his fingers and pushing at it. 

“Once again, I do not have the body for something like that - I cannot produce children, or ‘sweet nectar’ for them.” Mydei practically hissed out, his embarrassment over Phainon’s words giving way to his own voice failing to stay level, instead falling darkly. 

Phainon didn’t seem to mind however, still acting like a sad kicked dog with the news that Mydei could not produce breast milk.. Let alone ‘sweet nectar’. “Ah. Is it only for your children? I wanted to drink it from you.”

Mydei couldn’t even help the way he went rigid over that in slight shock - purely over the audacity of this siren’s tongue.

“.. That is insane to say to a human, Phainon.” Mydei muttered out, trying his best to hide his ever growing sense of shyness as Phainon only pressed more, leaned closer, moved closer. 

“I don’t think so! It is perfectly normal for me to want to explore my mate’s odd body before he is completely mine and a siren too!” Phainon countered in his same bubbly and light tone, the one that made Mydei feel like he didn’t understand sirens at all. He seemed much too playful for the level of brutality Mydei had heard of his entire life - and expected.

“Odd body..? With that logic, isn’t it only fair I..” Mydei trailed off over the word ‘explore’, his face growing even more searingly hot over the realization but that seemed to only thrill Phainon as he only still leaned closer in - Tail practically wagging and swishing behind him.

“The human ability to turn red is so cute..” Mydei had to physically stop himself from jolting over the way Phainon moved even closer, that long slender tongue leaving his lips to instead lap over Mydei’s cheeks that were now burning. Searingly hot even as such a cold tongue pressed against them - Mydei could only wince over it, and dig in deep to imagine he was simply being hounded by a really strange large puppy.

“I want to breed you now, Is that okay?” A very large, really much too eager puppy, it seemed.

“Breed me..?” And Mydei was baffled by that - He was still, after all, very much a human physically - No matter what weird changes had taken place to allow him to see or breathe or even speak to Phainon - He still had two legs. 

Phainon only blinked at him, clearly not understanding Mydei’s confusion at all before giving a low trilling noise from his throat in what Mydei could only assume to be amusement. “Human males can still be penetrated, yes?”

“That’s..” Insane. Deranged. Utterly impossible. 

Not the question about penetration, just the idea that Phainon even still wanted to have sex with Mydei when Mydei was still a human. That was bewildering to him. 

“You have two holes, correct? Is the mouth more pleasurable for males?” Phainon innocently continued, though, Mydei felt like he was growing less innocent by the second - more knowing, more desiring the longer Mydei kept him at bay. His eyes a deep pool of blue emotions, one that Mydei had come to know from him very well.

Raw hunger.

“.. No. It’s not.” Mydei quietly admitted, the mouth most certainly was not the most pleasurable but.. “I cannot be ‘bred’, Phainon.”

“Why is that?” Phainon’s hands returned to Mydei’s hips, tight and firm as they held onto him with Phainon tilting his head as his eyes drifted lower; “You have the perfect body to hold onto as I  pump my spawn into you, I do not see the issue..”

Mydei wanted to squirm out of his hold over that, to hide away from that gaze that was so burrowing with desire and greed towards Mydei. Those words only burned against his ears if he even tried to comprehend the obscene meaning behind them. 

“.. You cannot just tell someone that.” Mydei’s voice embarrassingly came out as a whisper, and Phainon only seemed to enjoy that, delighting in his shame and pulling Mydei lightly towards him with a devious look of mischief on his expression so blatantly. 

“‘Someone’? You are not ‘someone’ to me, You are my mate. I am the only one that should ever be telling you these things.” Mydei didn’t have time to process those words as Phainon quickly closed the gap between them, slowly instead dragging his tongue across Mydei’s cheek again with a sharp trill in Mydei’s ears. “And, even if someone else does, I’ll eat them.”

This was easily the strangest day of Mydei’s life, and Phainon pressing a light kiss to Mydei’s jaw didn’t help those feelings either, really.

“You’ll eat them?” Was all Mydei’s brain managed to echo, because what the hell did he mean he would just eat them? Sure he was a siren, but that was.. 

Insane, yeah. But on the second hand Mydei highly doubted anyone would ever tell him something so off the walls like Phainon so boldly did.

“Yep! Bones and all! Siren or human!” Phainon sounded so very giddy to tail him that, his tail resuming its swishing as he talked about eating other people. Like it was normal.

“That’s..” Mydei trailed off - Because maybe it was a normal thing to tell your mate as a siren. He really didn’t know - but he did know he was horribly flustered by it. That was a level of possessiveness he never once in his wildest dreams or nightmares thought someone would have towards him, of all people.

The person born to be the sacrificial lamb to the sirens.

Which apparently, just meant becoming Phainon’s mate beneath the abyssal seas.

So maybe it made sense that it was Phainon being that insane towards him.

“Are you ready to copulate?” Phainon asked in such a kind tone as he leaned towards Mydei, and Mydei could barely even think to clear his throat over how obviously hopeful Phainon sounded and looked - teetering on the line of almost pouting.

“Let’s slow down there..” Was all Mydei managed, he wasn’t really quite sure what else to say to this siren. Even trying to look away was impossible because Phainon would move to be back in his vision - a terribly needy and greedy creature had found its way into Mydei’s life..

“Mm? But why?” Phainon asked rather gently, innocently and sweetly, like he wasn’t asking about breeding Mydei. “It would be fun.. I’ll never have a chance to make love to you in this form again!”

Phainon moved swiftly at that, his arm lunging to snap hold of Mydei’s leg and easily snag it from him - touching at the fabric covering his leg as Mydei only slowly flopped to his back in the water. Moreso dazed over the quick movement and the slow gravity of the sea than Phainon  touching his pants leg. 

“I want to see you! All of you!” Phainon sang out rather happily, patting at the top of Mydei’s thigh quickly, and Mydei couldn’t help the small huff of laughter that slipped out of his mouth - Amused by the almost childish antics of this siren.

“Seeing is different from ‘copulating’ with me, Phainon.” Mydei pointed out almost tiredly as he watched Phainon release his leg - Moving instead to grip onto Mydei’s shoulders gently to set him upright again. Phainon’s expression was almost something akin to embarrassment as he did so - as if he was suddenly ashamed of how easily he had handled Mydei. 

“I can’t do both?” Phainon asked earnestly, tilting his head as he released his grip on Mydei now that he was upright again, legs sprawled in front of him this time. 

Phainon had claimed he was a prince of the sirens, yet Mydei found him acting slightly like a child in his presence. 

Arranged marriage with a creature that only mates once in their entire lives?

Phainon had waited his entire life for Mydei, fully knowing Mydei was a human, collecting items that interested him and made him wonder about his supposed mate. 

“Fine.” Mydei mumbled, slightly out of the guilt it made him feel when he considered Phainon’s position. But at least Phainon was asking for permission here.. 

“Woah, Really?” Phainon dumbfoundedly asked and Mydei couldn’t help the bark of a laugh that left his throat no matter how he tried not to over his clearly shocked expression. 

“Why are you shocked?”

“Well you seemed kind of adamant.. But, Okay!” Mydei had to ignore the way he sounded so excited, so genuinely pleased over Mydei saying yes to him;  “It’s nice to know my mate already indulges my desires.. So sweet, aren’t you?”

Mydei rolled his eyes at that, opting to ignore that heavy praise that seemed to have a darker emotion laced within it.

Sweet or easily manipulated by a certain white haired siren already? He wasn’t personally sure. 

Mydei for once focused on something else, his eyes scouting Phainon’s body slowly. Confusedly.

“How do you even have sex? I don’t see..” Mydei trailed off, growing flustered over his own words and the way Phainon visibly perked up over the question - as if he had desperately been waiting for Mydei to ask about that.

“Oh!” Phainon wiggled in front of Mydei, readjusting himself to flop his tail to the side of him now fully laying on the makeshift bed with Mydei, almost appearing amused before wide-eyed blinking at Mydei, “Can I see your hand?” 

Mydei hesitated at that, furrowing his brows as he stared at those deep blue eyes that only stared back at him almost expectantly. Mydei grumbled out a low sigh before moving his hand towards Phainon, who took it almost greedily, snatching it up before easily bending Mydei’s fingers down. All but two: His index and middle finger.

Mydei only stared with a heavy amount of fascination as Phainon guided those fingers lower - To a small slit that Mydei hadn’t even noticed before, delicate skin seemed to flutter about there, and Mydei had to assume this would be about where his groin was judging from the distance down his abdomen.. 

Mydei only choked slightly as Phainon pushed his fingers into that slit - sinking into him. And Phainon only gave a pleased sigh over it. Mydei.. Was beyond stunned to say that much as Phainon slid his fingers deeper into his.. Vent? What on earth was that called? Was that it? Mydei didn’t have a clue. 

Mydei could do little more than suppress a shudder as he stared at Phainon in pure awe. 

Mydei couldn’t even say if it felt wet, everything was literally wet currently in his life. But it was definitely warmer than the outside of Phainon, but not by much. Phainon only seemed to preen over Mydei’s wonder towards him, tail swishing as his firm grip kept those two fingers buried into him. Mydei didn’t dare wiggle them, either.

“You’re very warm. It feels nice.” Phainon told him in a tone that Mydei could only figure was heavy with desire, those blue eyes not moving an inch away from focusing on Mydei’s face. Not even to look at where or what he was pushing Mydei’s fingers into. 

“.. You’re very cold, so that makes sense.” Mydei said dryly, unable to look away from what Phainon was directing his hand into. 

“Mm.” Was the gentle noise that left Phainon in a hushed reply. 

Mydei felt himself stiffen as Phainon moved his fingers, rubbing them into him roughly, and Mydei could only bear to violently swallow his own spit over the sight. Mydei could only figure he was most certainly fingering Phainon, even if he wasn’t really doing anything, the soft walls he felt pressing against his fingers was enough to make his own cock twitch ashamedly. 

Only, Phainon guided Mydei’s fingers out, giving a sigh as he did so and Mydei only leaned back slightly as he realized why; As the realization slowly slid out of that very slit. 

A heady erection. Phainon’s.. Penis? 

He assumed that, because he wasn’t really sure, honestly. 

It was not a normal cock.

No, anything but that, honestly.

It was slightly blue, matching the color of Phainon’s tail with ridges and bumps on the side - alien. Completely alien. Even more alien as those bumps seemed to slightly move on their own as the sides, and Mydei wished he could look away but he found himself awe-stricken. 

Not that Phainon minded, instead he ghosted Mydei’s hand that he still had a grip of to it, rubbing Mydei’s hand against it slowly.

 Mydei fought the urge to snap his hand back, but the raw fascination he felt over how stiff and rigid those bumps were made him swallow slightly and freeze. Not to mention the girth and length of it, still slowly sliding out as Phainon pressed Mydei’s hand against it..

Phainon.. Wanted to put this into him? The tip of it alone before all of those bumps seemed like Mydei would black out on it..

Mydei wasn’t even sure if any human body could handle whatever the hell was going on with his cock..

“See. This is one of them.” Phainon said in a tone that made Mydei snap backwards, wrenching his hand from Phainon’s grip - and the flash of unhappiness that tore into his features wasn’t lost on Mydei, no matter how quickly Phainon buried it away.

“.. One?” Mydei echoed, almost aghast over that word. One. That would imply there’s more.

And the idea of Phainon having more monster sized and looking cocks he wanted to shove into Mydei made Mydei feel like he should have just tried harder to drown, honestly. 

“The other is for laying eggs, I won’t use that one with you today.” Phainon answered simply with a tilt of his head, almost like he didn’t understand the issue here. 

“.. There’s two?” Mydei choked out the question, and that alone made Phainon’s eyes brighten in realization. Mydei didn’t even dare question the ‘laying eggs’ part. 

“Oh!” Phainon said, all too happily for how parched and dry Mydei’s throat suddenly felt; “You only have one! Right. I forgot!”

Phainon stared at him for a moment in a silence between them both, as if he was heavily debating something before moving closer to Mydei; “Let me see..”

And Mydei didn’t even have time to really react to that request, honestly.

Phainon was anything but gentle when he said those words, instead a hand dove straight for Mydei’s belt. Mydei wished he could say Phainon removed it with ease, and maybe he did, if tearing the leather in half without a care in the world counted as ‘easy removal’ - Not quite seeming keen on fiddling with the buckle there. Phainon tugged off his pants at a worrying speed after, easily toppling Mydei who had next to no balance in the ocean’s depths and moved however Phainon pleased him to.

Mydei could only blink as Phainon threw his pants and underwear to the side with little care, he found himself even slightly amused at how slowly they fell to the cave’s cold flooring in the water. But the bigger issue was the way Phainon’s icy hands immediately found purchase on Mydei’s hips to angle himself a better view of Mydei.

Embarrassing.

So terribly embarrassing to watch the siren tilt his head over looking at Mydei’s flaccid cock with mundane curiosity. Mydei could only choke down a gasp as Phainon moved a hand from Mydei’s hip and to the cock instead, tenderly inspecting it between webbed fingers. The sharp chill of Phainon’s hands alone were enough to make Mydei have to battle a shudder going through his body. 

But the way his fingers had scales beneath them, tiny smooth bumps that covered every inch of his fingers. Fingers that were now gently touching at Mydei’s cock -  Mydei found it hard to stop his breath from hitching slightly in his throat.

Phainon took a hold, pumping his shaft slowly - Much to Mydei’s dismay.

“Wait-”

“I researched a bit about humans knowing I would have one as a mate one day.” Phainon practically purred out those words, seeming more than amused by Mydei’s reaction to the touches. If anything - he seemed to preen for more of those quiet noises escaping Mydei’s lips.

“I was unsure which genitals you would have as a ‘prince’, so both were curious to me.” Phainon only continued to explain, still painfully leisurely in his stroking of Mydei, and Mydei could only focus his eyes on where Phainon was holding him - aware of those unblinking blue eyes hauntingly watching every intake of breath Mydei even took.

“This one is for breeding.. It stiffens when pleasured and eventually pushes your seed out and into your mate, correct?” Phainon inquired, though his tone told Mydei he already knew the answer, more teasing than anything and bordering on something dangerous beneath his words. Something Mydei couldn’t even bother to try to discern with the sparks of pleasure rippling into him with that cold hand stroking him - Those scaled bumps rubbing his sensitive underside nicely.

“That’s..” Mydei attempted to choke out, he couldn’t even deny it. Technically, Phainon wasn’t wrong. But to hear it said like that.. It made Mydei aware his face was most likely burning into one of crimson. 

“Can I taste it?

That question sent Mydei’s mind reeling, his eyes tearing off from where Phainon was sluggishly rubbing him. He could only manage to owl-wide blink at Phainon. “Taste.. It?”

Phainon gave a smile at that, one that was incredibly soft in its nature, but so very calculated. That look of pure hunger never once faded from the rest of his features as he practically purred at Mydei. 

“Well. I didn’t get to taste your other nectar..” Phainon’s explanation came, and Mydei could only stare at him, completely and utterly befuddled over that. 

Mydei wasn’t even at all focused on the stroking anymore, instead just slowly blinking over the insane question Phainon had asked and his reasoning. 

“It doesn’t taste good..”

Phainon immediately shrugged over that; “That’s your opinion, I’d like to figure out my own!”

Mydei had no idea how to deny him, or if he really wanted to deny him that much - It was Phainon’s own taste buds suffering, not his, anyway. “If you.. Really want..”

“Okay!” Phainon seemed genuinely giddy over that, his tail swaying happily and Mydei couldn’t help but drift his eyes downward at that leaking bizarre looking cock - clearly leaking some sort of liquid from its tip that mixed into the water, but was still so noticeable. “So I just stimulate you until you release it?”

Mydei knew his face was probably as bright as possible at these depths over those words, over the sincerity in Phainon’s voice as he asked and the way his eyes seemed to twinkle when he looked to Mydei. Who, in question, could only shallowly swallow; “.. Yes.”

“Would my mouth be good enough?”

Mydei found himself puzzled over considering the question. He could recall the fact the siren’s tongue had been cold, his entire mouth and body was completely cold blooded - He honestly didn’t know if a blowjob from an ice cold mouth would even feel good, in his experiences, a cold shower made his erections go away. Not.. Reach his climax faster.

But, well, curiosity killed the cat and what else was he to do in this insane situation?

“.. Yes.”

“Okay!” Phainon beamed at him, very fond of the answer Mydei had given him before lowering himself rather quickly, prying Mydei’s legs open to a position he seemed to like a bit more before tucking himself between them; “Excuse me then, I’ll have my mouth full for a bit.”

“That’s..”

Phainon had not an ounce of mercy however, instead Mydei could only let out a garbled and choked out groan as Phainon immediately took his cock fully into his mouth. It was uncomfortable - terribly so, almost borderline painful with how cold Phainon’s mouth was, the only saving grace of it was his wicked tongue. It was beyond human, long, and much more skillful, effortlessly wrapping around Mydei’s length and rubbing at it. Mydei was thankful for it, Phainon seemed to purposefully be using it to avoid his sharp teeth grazing the sensitive skin there.

Even as Mydei crumpled slightly on top of Phainon - bending to heave out a low pained noise over the chill of it all, that sinful tongue still allowed sparks of pleasure to nip at his bones. Not nearly as strong as being in a warm mouth, no, but the way Phainon was bobbing and allowing him to slide fully into his throat where his muscles contracted around his length each time Phainon attempted to swallow  - Mydei couldn’t think straight regardless. 

“Fuck-” Was all Mydei hissed out, it was addicting, painful, yet so delicious to his senses he didn’t even know what he could possibly do over it. That long cold tongue was the work of a demon with how it moved across his sensitive skin so skillfully. Every flicker of movement it gave made Mydei bite back weak moans, his erection was only added by the way Phainon sounded like he was absolutely savoring this.

Phainon himself was giving small hums as he nuzzled his nose into Mydei’s pubic hair lightly, making sure to keep all of Mydei’s cock lodged into him up to his balls. Mydei almost thought it was uncomfortable with the gagging noises Phainon was making, but the way his throat was spasming and tightening made Mydei only able to moan pathetically as his hands clutched at Phainon’s head weakly.

“Wait, Phainon-” Mydei breathed out, hands trembling as a heat felt like it was searing into his abdomen; “This is way too much, I can’t..”

Phainon didn’t seem to care though, instead wrapping his arms around Mydei’s waist to keep him there - lodged snuggly into Phainon’s throat all the while his mouth still moved to swallow around the intrusion greedily. Each swallow attempt made Mydei curse inaudibly under his breath, it was so cold, burningly so, but his mouth felt so tight and wet. 

Which was odd - Everything was wet. 

“Phainon..” Mydei barely was able to mumble out that single word, breathy and airy, pained and labored. He wanted to warn Phainon - He did. But a piece of him argued Phainon wouldn’t even care if he did or didn’t warn him, and something about that with a slow swipe of Phainon’s tongue beneath his length made him burst at the seams.

Mydei choked back a whine as he came, over the way it burned when his own seed touched his cold skin in Phainon’s mouth- The way it was much too searingly hot to be shoved down such an icy willing throat. Mydei wasn’t even sure if he was still breathing as he gripped onto Phainon’s head roughly, only focusing on the pure electricity in his veins as his vision failed him over his climax.

Mydei couldn’t even help but moan more over the way Phainon seemed so elated over it, his throat vibrating as he gave a trill that only sparked more pleasure through Mydei. Mydei could barely focus on anything besides the way Phainon seemed to attempt to get closer as he guzzled down whatever Mydei would offer his pliant mouth.

Mydei could only attempt to settle his breathing as Phainon slowly pulled away, releasing his suction tight lips from Mydei’s cock before licking his lips and laying his head lazily on Mydei’s inner thigh. Blue eyes that seemed slightly hazy drifting to look upwards at Mydei - still lapping at his lips as if he was hunting down any last trace Mydei left on him greedily.

“It’s salty.” Phainon’s review came, quiet, and Mydei could still barely even focus on that as he tried to steady his breaths, eyes half-lidded as he blinked at the siren; “Very delectable, tasty even.”

“Don’t say that..” Mydei barely managed out, but Phainon only smiled over those words - A soft smile. Not at all like his normal ones he had been giving that seemed to have the role of winning Mydei’s heart over and being friendly with him, a timid and gentle thing. 

“Why not? I like salty. It was a nice meal from my mate.” Phainon paused, nuzzling his head against Mydei’s tender thigh, an odd feeling considering how his hair was technically wet; “Home-cooked and for my lips only, a delicious treat!”

Mydei couldn’t help the scoff that left his lips, his body was aching now from his orgasm, almost fighting down a shiver from how cold he felt now - focusing on those hands that hadn’t released their hold on Mydei, still coiled around his waist possessively. As if hearing Mydei’s thought, Phainon released his hold and moved away slightly, only to raise a hand to his braid again, nimble fingers toying with the golden haircuff there.

“Gold suits you..” Phainon murmured with a strange level of fascination and Mydei could only furrow his brows over it. Not quite sure if he should take that as a complement or not. Phainon turned away anyway, moving rather quickly back to that same shelf of human antiques and random everyday objects.

Mydei sucked in a shallow breath, willing himself to relax again after that demonic tongue had done its damage to his senses - frying them easily. 

But Phainon swiftly returned, with much different ideas as he dipped a hand to Mydei’s cock to lovingly stroke it.

“Wait-” Mydei hissed out, a hand snapping to Phainon’s wrist tightly, an action and word Phainon ignored, “I can’t-”

Phainon only hummed at that, a sharp noise, not like his normal ones he had been giving - one that made Mydei snap his eyes upwards to look him in the face. To look at those blue eyes piercing into him, an unbridled feral look dancing within them as he didn’t slow his hand.

Mydei could only look back down and groan over his aching erection, that merciless scaled hand nimbly working him back into hardness. 

Mydei stiffened immediately as Phainon’s other hand moved into view, not quite to join in, but something much worse.

At least, in Mydei’s opinion.

“Phainon, wait-” Mydei said in a hushed tone, almost laced with a sense of panic, his eyes staring at that golden ring in between Phainon’s fingers. Much bigger than a normal one; One that..

Phainon didn’t wait, instead gently guiding Mydei’s hardened member’s tip to it, “I want to see you in more gold.” Phainon’s low and sultry voice came, deep and rumbly, completely foreign to his normal tone as he pressed that ice cold ring onto Mydei’s shaft slowly.

Mydei had to fight the urge to jerk over the chill of it, over the tightness of the ring, over the cold hand languidly stroking him lazily as he pressed the ring on further. Painfully slowly as it struggled against his tip, drawing out a quiet cry from Mydei’s throat in instinct.

Phainon let out an odd trilling noise at that before placing an obvious kiss to Mydei’s head, still sliding that ring all the way to Mydei’s base no matter the weak noises that left Mydei’s mouth uncontrollably over the tightness of it. 

“It fits you perfectly, nice and tight.” Phainon hummed out as he pressed it to the base of Mydei’s aching member, his thumb rolling against the sensitive skin beneath it as he made sure it was nicely placed and firmly on. 

“Ngh..” Mydei could only groan in reply, aware of the way he was basically leaning on Phainon now, his mind absolutely consumed with how tight it felt - strangling him to stop him from orgasming again cruelly. 

“So pretty..” Phainon’s praise fell on deaf ears as Mydei’s eyes only focused on his leaking pathetic cock, now strained against the metal of the ring, “Forgive me, But I did say I researched humans a lot in preparation for you.”

Mydei lifted his head at that, eyes narrowed as Phainon only continued, his eyes studying that defiant expression on Mydei for a few seconds before shrugging slowly; “The males can only breed so much before they reach their limit - So I’d like to make sure you don’t reach it too quickly.”

Mydei tried to figure that out in his mind; But he couldn’t. They didn’t speak the same language until Phainon made him eat something, humans feared sirens, sirens ate humans, how had Phainon researched such an intimate thing about humans like this?

“How.. Did you research such an insane thing..?” Mydei numbly asked, feeling his hand twitch at his side, his eyes wandering Phainon as he did so - eyes lingering on how his cock only seemed to have gotten bigger, even though it had gone wholly ignored. 

“A lot of time to kill waiting for you.” Phainon answered easily, and for once he didn’t put a light tone behind it, he didn’t seem energetic. It was flat and dry, like he was annoyed even considering how long he had waited for Mydei now; “Even more humans to drown and test things on than time, however.”

“Test..?” Mydei knew that Phainon had probably killed lots of humans before; sure. But for some reason that alone made him shudder. Phainon was just.. Toying with people’s lives?

“Mhm. To see how much the human body can take.” Phainon explained that so easily, like it was the most simple answer in the world, and Mydei could only figure this was that second lurking personality he was desperately trying to keep from Mydei’s eyes. “Not to worry! If anything is too much for you, let me know and I will stop!”

“I truly don’t want to hurt you.. I.. Forgive me for this, won’t you? My dear sweet mate?” Phainon’s hand quickly dipped lower again, brushing lightly against Mydei’s tip as he spoke, easily garnering a hushed gasp from Mydei over it. Mydei had to grit his teeth over it, his eyes focusing on Phainon’s teasing hand. 

Mydei wanted to jerk himself off, to get that damnedable ring off himself that was choking him - but something in him and the way Phainon’s eyes watched him so precisely told him if he even attempted he would be restrained. That Phainon wanted Mydei to drink in everything Phainon was willing to give him - but not reach that climax again unless it was on his own terms.

To those thoughts, Mydei could only usher out a soft pathetic whimper - wholly unlike himself, but it wasn’t like Phainon meant him any harm. Probably.

“If you do hurt me and don’t stop..”

Phainon tensed at that immediately, over those simple words, entering some sort of trance as Mydei’s eyes drifted back to his face - a face that suddenly seemed petrified, that same face that feared rejection. It made Mydei unsure what he was even going to threaten to punish Phainon with, what could he do to the siren who only so far seemed to care for Mydei? Well.

Mydei blinked at him slowly; “I’ll do it to myself, double.”

Phainon’s face immediately twisted at that, so effortlessly falling into one that could be considered panicked. Even leaning forward slightly with knitted brows, confusion oozing off of him with every movement he made, tail lashing slightly as he readjusted himself. 

“W..Wait.. You’re supposed to threaten me, not you? Why would you do that? Don’t.. Do that?” Phainon finally managed to work through his panic, finally managed to say it through his dread - Though every word was painfully slow, like he didn’t even fully understand why he had to say it at all. 

Mydei didn’t answer though, he only blinked at Phainon and tried to shift his weight slightly.

Keyword being: tried.

His mind still flickered to that ring he had slipped onto him, so tight and constraining, easily making him unable to get any sense of comfort with how neglected his erection was now as well.

Probably also due to the sea water too, Mydei didn’t even know anymore. 

“Mydei.. Hey Mydei, don’t do that. You can do it to me, instead!” Phainon now was clearly worried by his silence, moving rather uncomfortably under Mydei’s golden eyes. 

“Mydei.. “ Phainon’s pathetic little whimper came, significantly different sounding from the voice just before, weak and begging in it’s tone as he still seemed to squirm slightly under Mydei’s stare now. 

Mydei could only blink over how quickly the siren had unraveled at the seams, so quickly fraying at the very root of it all with a rather empty threat. If he punished Phainon like that; It would just be hurting himself.. Again. It made zero sense, and yet Phainon had so quickly flipped and flopped over the idea of it. 

If they were men on land - He was rather sure he would have been able to scam this siren out of his money easily if he tried..

“Just don’t hurt me and I won’t have to do it to either of us.” Mydei hissed at him emptily, turning his attention again to his aching cock, his hands itched to touch it, to get that ring off of it - anything. This conversation was beginning to annoy Mydei more than anything the longer Phainon didn’t act on his desires. 

“But you’ll.. Do it to me, not you, right? If I accidentally do? Right? Mydei?” Phainon had perked up, sure, hopefulness clung in his voice while he asked that and Mydei could only heave out  a sigh. 

“No.” Came his voice flatly, dry, and overly harsh. 

Phainon seemed to physically deflate over that, his tail swishing a bit sadly; “.. I see. I’ll be.. Very gentle then with everything I do, okay?”

Phainon moved at that, closer, a hand snaking to the back of Mydei’s spine to push him forward slightly at Phainon nuzzled his own head against the top of Mydei’s softly; “I’ll be so gentle..”

Mydei could only blink over the tenderness, over the flipping of a switch that was Phainon’s emotions; He seemed easy enough to figure out how he ticked, but that didn’t make him any less bizarre to Mydei. 

The next words were a complete shift in mood that Mydei would have never expected as Phainon moved slowly, circling Mydei suddenly like he was on the prowl. 

“I need to prepare you..” Phainon murmured quietly, and the way Phainon moved a hand to Mydei’s hip made the man fight back the urge to jolt, instead throwing a look over his shoulder and then down at those hands of Phainon’s.

Long fingers.

Sharpened nails.

Webbing in between each finger..

“Wait.. Your fingers would hurt..” Mydei slowly hissed out, his eyes lingering over the sharpness of those claws, things that could easily tear his flesh asunder if Phainon really wanted to. 

Mydei had to bite down the shudder over the realization, only a bit thankful over the way Phainon now was acting like a scolded dog, immediately scooting closer to Mydei and giving a sad sounding trill over those words. 

“Would they? I don’t.. I really don’t want to hurt you..” Phainon asked from behind, his hands leaving Mydei’s side to instead inspect his own fingers, staring at the nails attached to himself with a low annoyed sound leaving his throat. He sounded frustrated if anything, and Mydei didn’t know if it was over how Mydei was acting and refusing, or his own perceived flaws suddenly.

“I’ll do it..” Mydei mumbled over that, moreso because that annoying ring on him was driving him insane. He needed something to happen - anything. And if it took him fingering himself to feel any sort of release with this damned siren - so be it. 

“Really? I’ll watch then!” Those words instantly made Mydei’s ears burn, the desire to tear off that damn ring surged through him relentlessly. This siren was beyond annoying, and you mean to tell Mydei he was technically in some sort of arranged marriage with him..? 

And they had to consummate it?

“Don’t..” Was all Mydei managed to hiss out, instead moving himself rather unsteadily in the waters. He thought he had grown used to the level of weightlessness it offered, but he still didn’t quite get over the ebb and flow of the water when he actually moved in it. The worst part was how Phainon immediately moved to help balance him almost out of instinct, quickly with a hand against his spine tenderly, and Mydei had to fight the urge to smack him away.

“Why not?” Phainon asked in a hushed tone, gentle, and almost soothing in its wake. 

“That’s embarrassing..” Mydei mumbled, still moving regardless of his words - it was impossible not to due to the torture Phainon had decided he needed to endure. His cock straining painfully against that ring - and while it was a bothersome parasite in Mydei’s mind, he couldn’t fully say he didn’t enjoy the bizarre new sensation over it; the way he knew no matter how good he felt he wouldn’t be able to release.

Something about that made him so flustered - yet desperate to see what it felt like to be denied such a thing, strangely. 

“My precious and so pretty mate can be embarrassed over such a thing?” Phainon only quietly teased, his hand cold against Mydei’s back as he rubbed a small circle into it soothingly, his voice like silk as he spoke. 

“Don’t call me pretty..” Mydei barely muttered out those words, rather glad his back was turned from the siren - hiding away how easily flushed that word made him feel in his face. He was never someone he would consider pretty. Much too brawn and buff for it, his features were striking, sure. But that was about all they were in his opinion; Phainon’s praise was confusing to his heart to consider more than a brief second.

“But you said you like pretty? I like pretty too, and you’re very pretty, Mydei.” Phainon only continued as Mydei opted to ignore him, instead bending himself over onto the soft plant life below before reaching behind himself with a deep sigh. His movements were a bit slowed, partly due to the water, and partly due to the way he could feel Phainon’s eyes burning into him.

Mydei decided to close his eyes - attempting to close Phainon’s presence out of his mind as well by doing so. Instead only focusing on reaching into himself, prodding testingly at the flesh there.

Truthfully, he had never done this before, let alone with no lube - But he highly doubted Phainon had lube at the bottom of the ocean, nor did Mydei even know how such a thing would function. He could only be thankful over the fact his hole seemed soft from how long he had been under the waters soaking it in. 

Mydei exhaled a bit loudly at the thought as pushed a finger past that ring of muscle slowly, pausing over the sensation of it. Completely new to him - foreign, and more odd than anything on both spectrums. For his finger pushing into himself as he reached over his back, and for his insides that had never had such an intrusion before.

He couldn’t say it felt good, not even as he bent his finger testingly - and not even as he inserted a second as well to broaden the search for his own prostate; anything to aid his issue of not touching himself.

Mydei moved his fingers a bit, scissoring as he debated a third and slowly coming to terms that he would need the third whenever he even stopped for a second to consider the size of Phainon’s cock he was sporting. Though, technically it was cocks , with a s, and that thought alone made Mydei choke back a whine over the slight painful stretch of a third finger. 

A huge alien looking cock, no lube, and his first time bottoming.

Death through drowning was surely going to be the more gentle option than Phainon’s choice of killing him with sex..

“Does it feel good?” Phainon asked, grounding Mydei back down to reality and away from the lingering thoughts of the siren’s strange dual cocks,  “Do you want me to help somehow?”

Mydei didn’t respond - He wasn’t even sure what that could possibly mean by ‘help’ and he was more focused on slowly scissoring himself open frustratingly. Growing more and more agitated over his erection that didn’t seem to fade no matter how ignored it was and lack of pleasure Mydei felt - as if the ring was keeping him hard.

Probably was, he didn’t know much about such things anyway, or how Phainon hunted down such a demonic thing and decided to keep it just in case for Mydei. Really made his thoughts spiral over how long the siren had dreamed of doing this to his arranged human partner.. 

“Here..” 

Mydei couldn’t help the way he let out a quiet moan as soon as Phainon’s hand found its way to his cock, palming it gently before gripping it to stroke him slowly, leisurely - as if he was purposefully trying to be nowhere near enough. Mydei found himself desperate for that friction regardless, those scaled bumps on Phainon’s hand only aiding the way his body felt like it was trembling.

It felt too good, yet not nearly enough as Mydei tried to push his fingers in deeper, tried to move his hips with Phainon’s hand - anything for more, but the release always felt a step away, lingering just out of touch. Maybe if he was more skilled with his fingers inside himself he wouldn’t be, maybe if..

 “This.. Damn ring..” The curse fell out of Mydei’s mouth in a panted fashion as he blinked his eyes open, laying it onto his arm that was propping himself up easily due to the way his weight felt so light under the sea.

Phainon chuckled softly at that, a sound that drew Mydei’s attempt to look back at the siren,  eyes pausing at his still very erect and visible cock. “Not a big fan of it, huh?”

“No.” Mydei muttered, tearing his eyes away from it, not willing to think more on how badly he wanted that inside of him to help him along. Even if it all was Phainon’s fault anyway, the least he could do was hurry up and actually put it into him..

“Does it hurt?” That tone of worry rang again, and Mydei gave a low hum over it - over the genuine care and affection that bled into Phainon’s voice as he asked the question regarding Mydei’s comfort. 

As much as Mydei wanted it off of him.. 

“.. No.” He answered honestly, instantly earning a happy trilling noise from Phainon’s throat - and by now Mydei had to wonder if it was a voluntary noise or pure instinct from the siren.

“Then I’m leaving it on,” Phainon told him all too sweetly, instantly almost purring as he gave more praise, hand still painfully stroking Mydei’s length languidly, “You’re doing so good.”

Mydei gave a scoff at that, still rubbing his fingers against his own insides, praying that it would be enough - fully knowing they couldn’t be, no matter how he swayed his body lightly into Phainon’s hand and his own fingers.

“Stop..” Mydei slowly hissed out, unsure if he meant the praise or the insistent palming of his tip Phainon had suddenly taken up; “Just.. Put it in.”

Phainon tensed rather physically over those words, annoyingly pausing with his thumb slowly rolling across Mydei’s slit and drawing a moan from his lips. Mydei couldn’t bite back the breathy pants he did over the way Phainon focused on his tip, gently rubbing the tender skin there, sending terribly delicious sparks of pleasure through Mydei’s veins with each swipe of his fingers.

“Are you ready for that?” Phainon’s voice timidly asked, and Mydei had to bite back the way Phainon placed a hand on one his ass cheeks - prying him open to embarrassingly look at Mydei’s fingers stretching himself more. “Wouldn’t it hurt right now?”

“You’re too big to possibly prepare for enough anyway..” Mydei couldn’t even bother to try to hide the annoyance slipping into his words, dripping in ire as he snapped his head back to narrow his eyes at the siren. “Just put it in, Phainon.”

That damnedable siren lashed his tail slowly at that, his head tilting as he released his incessant slow and tedious rubbing of Mydei’s tip, instead moving that hand to also spread Mydei widely. “.. Are you sure?”

Mydei removed his fingers as that, deeply sighing before knitting his brows together as he lowered his head; giving up on staring at the wide-eyed siren. “Now you’re rethinking having sex?”

If he was doing that, he should take that damn cock ring off of him already.

“No, no! I’m not!” Phainon immediately sputtered those words out almost in a panic, like he couldn’t bear to have Mydei decide not to copulate with him now. “I’m just.. It will hurt you..”

Mydei couldn’t even stop the sigh that left his lips, low and drawn-out, annoyed beyond compare as he moved to sit up properly, no longer bending over to show his ass - mainly glad to have Phainon’s cold hands stop splaying him open. “You’re driving me insane..”

“Okay, okay..” Phainon’s voice bordered on wary, pausing for a moment before giving a low chuckle, one that Mydei could only draw the lines to uncertainty. “Can I.. Put you into a position I want to do?”

“Fine.”

Phainon didn’t need to be told that more than once, immediately moving to the front of Mydei, circling him slightly with a low hum - and Mydei could only raise a brow at the creature. Mydei could only give a low gasp over Phainon picking him up easily - mostly due to the water but also the grip he had seemed insanely tight and firm, like he was making sure Mydei couldn’t wiggle away.

“I like your legs.” Phainon said in a tone that made Mydei only huff, his golden eyes instead watching as Phainon readjusted him, moving him closer to his own chest while remaining upright. Mydei would call it standing, if, well. Phainon stood. “Can you wrap them around me while I breed you?”

Mydei did his best to not even think about the wording this time, writing it off as something Phainon clearly was never going to get sick of saying or feel any shame towards, only tilting his head slightly as he peered at the siren. “.. You want me to basically straddle you?”

“Huh?”

Mydei should have seen that one coming - Phainon didn’t have legs.

“Nevermind. Fine, I can do that.” Mydei shook his head before slowly moving to wrap his legs around Phainon’s waist, giving a small breath of a sigh over his own aching cock rubbing against Phainon’s chest. Suppressing a full body shudder as Phainon’s chilled hands found their way to his hips yet again, supporting him staying upright easily. 

“Like this?” Mydei asked, his eyes trailing back down to focus on that ring on his aching cock, instead moving a hand to grasp at Phainon’s shoulder, trying his best not to touch those fins where his ears should be. He didn’t have a clue what would be enjoyable or not for the siren.

What he did know was how strange his body was feeling, really, bizarre with how light he felt underwater - Even being held like this made him sway slightly along with Phainon’s tail still lightly swishing. 

“Yeah! Wow..” “These feel really weird.”

Mydei had to bite back his own opinion on the matter - the way Phainon’s scales on his tail felt almost slimy when his legs rubbed slightly downwards due to that tail joustling him slightly no matter how tight Phainon’s grip was on him. The siren felt just as equally weird on his own skin. 

“Can I enter you now?”

“Slowly.”

Phainon didn’t reply to that, instead only removing one hand to reach down lower, to guide his own tip to Mydei’s wanting hole - and Mydei could only feel his skin burning over the way his insides clenched around nothing when the tip of him pressed against his entrance teasingly. Not pushing in just yet, but moving his tip back and forth to rub into that firm ring of pink muscle a few more times slowly.   

Phainon doesn’t even warn him as he decides to start slipping it in, pushing past and inward with a sigh as his hand returns to Mydei’s hips.

“Fuck..” Mydei had been expecting this to hurt, to burn, to sting with each inch Phainon pushed into him - but the immediate stretch of just his tip barely entering made him almost feel delirious. What was even the point of trying to stretch himself if just the head of Phainon’s odd cock made his hole ache?

Unreal.

That was the only word that came to Mydei’s mind over it, over how very slowly Phainon was pushing it into him but it did nothing to stop the ache - nothing to slow the pain that was creeping through Mydei’s body with the intrusion. 

“Your body doesn’t lubricate itself..” Phainon said with an obvious tinge of wonder leaking into his voice and Mydei could only press his head against the siren’s shoulder roughly. 

“Did you.. Think it did?” Mydei couldn’t help but speak in shuddering words - as if he was somehow choked up by how full he was already feeling with just the tip of Phainon’s cock barely inside of him. 

“.. A little, I was hopeful for your sake.” Phainon admitted, and Mydei could only give a weak sort of laugh as he moved his hands to instead claw onto Phainon’s back weakly, not even really able to find a decent spot to claw into him due to the scales that fluttered about there.

“.. No..” Was all Mydei offered as Phainon pushed his hips down a bit more, sinking him deeper onto his cock that was easily spreading him so painfully - so ruthlessly. 

“I see that now..” Phainon mumbled, a hint of humor in his tone before he swapped his mood slightly, one hand leaving Mydei’s hip to instead tilt his head up - forcing him to look the siren in the eyes. “You’re very tight.. Are you alright?”

Mydei blinked at it, at those dark piercing pupils that appeared like they wanted to rip him apart - taste every piece of him slowly. The unrelenting hunger that was burrowed so far beneath them - ever lurking everytime he looked at Mydei. 

“.. I’m adapting.” Mydei breathed out, disregarding that unsettling feeling in his chest and resisting his desire to rub his hips against Phainon while his cock was pressed against his chest - desperate for any friction. Desperate for that damn ring to come off soon. Desperate for a distraction from both of those. 

Mydei tore his gaze away from the siren’s eyes, jerking his head away from that scaley cold hand slightly. 

“Do sirens self lubricate, then?” His voice came out broken, unsteady and shallow from Phainon slowly inching his heady erection into him, each of those small ridges bumping into his tight ring of muscle made him fight the desire to groan, fighting it even more as they seemed to flutter inside him, twitching as Phainon pushed in. 

Phainon’s hand returned to Mydei’s hip as that, brushing his thumb against the skin  there with a low hum - as if he was amused by Mydei’s refusal to keep eye contact, instead resuming pushing Mydei down onto him. 

“Yes.” Was Phainon’s easy answer, more focused now on his firm grip on sinking Mydei’s hips lower slowly, forcing each inch of himself into Mydei. Mydei could barely even hear his reply over the deafening thud of his own heartbeat in his ears - the way he was panting through just taking Phainon’s thickness in. He was sorely jealous of that ability to self lubricate, that was for damn sure. 

“You’re so warm..” Phainon paused sliding into Mydei, and that alone made Mydei breathe heavily, taking the chance to really adjust to the large intrusion - to the painful stretch. Clenching around those ridges and bumps that seemed to be moving inside of him, brushing against his insides and if the stretch wasn’t so painful, Mydei was sure he would be feeling insane pleasure from them.

He wasn’t even sure when the head of Phainon’s cock had fully entered him - completely unable to tell due to the weird bumps lining his length. 

“Can I come?” That question made Mydei mind go blank, looking upwards at the man who still was holding onto him, keeping him firmly seated on his cock.

“Huh? Already?” Mydei couldn’t even stop those words from leaving his mouth - zero thoughts behind them outside pure shock over that question. His eyes trailed back down to his own neglected erection - to the ring on it in pure wonder of how far in Phainon actually was. His mind reeling over the question, repeating it again and again in his own head. Already?

“Mm.. It’s really tight and warm.. Your body..” Phainon trailed off rather pathetically, and he could feel the way his cock twitched inside of him - those bumps seeming to squirm against his walls along with it. Mydei could only leave his mouth agape over the sensation as Phainon slowly moved Mydei’s hips, rocking him gently on his length.  

“I’m sorry..”

That was the final word from Phainon before Mydei felt probably the first burst of warmth from the siren that he had ever felt - blindingly hot as he pumped his seed into him. Mydei didn’t even know what to feel over it as he numbly sat there, listening to the way Phainon gave a shuddering moan quietly, still rocking Mydei against him slowly.

Mydei felt full from Phainon’s cock alone, sure, but the pure amount of come he was pushing into him made Mydei feel purely baffled. 

“That was.. Surprisingly quick..” Mydei mumbled, his eyes trailing downward to where they were connected, if they weren’t literally underwater, he was sure he would be able to feel himself leaking out from how much Phainon was pulsing into him.

Phainon didn’t comment on that, instead pushing a bit deeper into Mydei again and easily drawing a gasp from his throat at the movement -  

“Are you ready?” Phainon asked a bit softly, breathy and Mydei’s eyes snapped back to him, watching those half-lidded feral eyes stare into his own before Phainon dipped to close the distance. Mydei expected a kiss - instead he was licked like a dog against his lips by a long swiping tongue, and Mydei would have expected his lips after, but instead Phainon only made a happy trilling noise and leaned away again.

Truly. A large, confusing, and eager dog.

“Are you? You just came.” Mydei admonished lightly, tearing his eyes away from the siren and back downwards - his eyes focusing on that golden ring that he was assuredly going to make sure Phainon lost forever after this. Even if he had to learn to swim, it was being flung into the depths. 

“.. I’m fine, I’ll last longer this time I promise.” Phainon whispered softly. 

“If you don’t, you’re taking this ring off of me with your mouth.” Mydei nearly growled out, narrowing his eyes as he drifted them upwards to Phainon.

And Phainon only very slowly cocked his head to the side, blinking with wide-eyes. 

“Is that a punishment or reward for me?”

Mydei could only stare at him incredulously, flabbergasted at the siren; “.. Punishment.”

“Oh.” Phainon gave a small, understanding nod at that,  “Okay..”

Phainon didn’t give any indication as he readjusted his hands slightly, moving Mydei a bit much to his own gasp over it before slowly exiting Mydei and thrusting himself back in - punching the breath out of Mydei easily. Nothing could have prepared Mydei for the way his back arched into it, the way those bumps rubbed into him and massaged him so easily.

Each thrust sent a tremble down Mydei’s legs, fingers clawing for any stability as Phainon now jackhammered into him ruthlessly. Mydei could only give a small noise of praise over the assault, savoring the stretch now that was rewarded with pleasure when Phainon filled him back up to the rim - yet not fully sheathing himself into Mydei. 

Mydei couldn’t hold in the whimpers he let out, his whines and moans with each thrust into his prostate - only able to clench down and pray that Phainon could keep going, not stop, anything but stop. 

“You’re so perfect, as fated..” Mydei didn’t hear those words - couldn’t. Not over his own muffled moans with his head lulling into Phainon’s chest as Phainon rammed into him mercilessly. “Hair blazing like the sun itself.. Scorching eyes..” 

“They didn’t lie.. You’re stunning.. And all mine.” Mydei could only whimper and take whatever Phainon would give him with that sinister cock of his - thrusting into him so cruelly and jaggedly, stuttering movements that rubbed into his prostate and made his vision blur. Body tense and his climax burning into his stomach, stuck there as that ring strangled his attempts - even as he tried to rub it against Phainon in between those harsh thrusts.

Mydei couldn’t even manage to move, his body felt like mush as Phainon carved a place for himself inside - each thrust aiming to push Mydei over the edge, aiming to make him beg Phainon not to stop. 

“I’m going to come again.” Phainon huskily muttered, his pace not slowing as he made Mydei milk his orgasm from him, making sure to cause Mydei to tighten against him. And Mydei himself could barely process it, desperate for his own release that felt just a fingertip away - so delicious, yet painful as his cock twitched over those words. 

“I’ll accept your punishment, so take this deep inside of you, won’t you?” Phainon’s deep voice rumbled against Mydei’s ears, but he could barely even hear it, tightening his hold on the siren’s back - his hold on the creature fucking him senseless. 

“Take.. The ring off..” Mydei breathed out, struggling with each word as Phainon continued his cruel and relentless pace, only giving a small moan over the way Phainon slammed in deeply, pulsing as he once again came inside Mydei. Mydei could barely hold in the whimper over the fullness - barely able to focus over the way Phainon gave a breathy laugh slowly, rolling his own hips into Mydei as he remained lodged inside of him. 

“No, my stamina is much higher than yours.” Phainon told him rather gently, though Mydei could only offer a frustrated noise over that, knitting his brows together as he lowered his head slightly - panting heavily with the small break as Phainon seemed intent on now moving much until he was done pushing it as deep as possible into Mydei.

“Do you like the way I pump into you?” That quietly asked question made Mydei scoff softly, aware of the way his insides tightened at the question against his will, the way Phainon had moved a hand to rub a small soothing circle into his back while Phainon’s cock still shot into him.

“I can’t wait to truly breed you; Push my eggs into you and fertilize you plumply..” Those words made Mydei fight back a shiver, he had no idea what he was supposed to feel about that, about the knowledge that he would be the one to bear children for this creature. Even if he already had his cock snuggly in as deep as he could into Mydei - filling him up with his come still. 

“The children you’ll make will be so beautiful..”

Mydei couldn’t help but squirm a little at that, over the amount of seed being pushed into him, over the way Phainon put a hand to his lower abdomen gently with a small hum. 

“You’ll carry them right here for a bit.. And then you’ll lay them..” Mydei grit his teeth over that, over the idea of carrying children - over everything he was saying - but most importantly over how his body was aching with desire for release. Suffering through Phainon enjoying him like a cocksleeve instead, unable to truly reach that door and teetering the edge painfully.

“Move..” Was the word Mydei replied with through the sound of his own heartbeat in his ears deafening him - he wanted more, his own release. He didn’t give a damn about whatever eggs Phainon wanted to push into him eventually - he just wanted to come right now in this current time.

“Wow, demanding aren’t we?” Phainon asked with a small chuckle, one that sounded breathless from his own orgasms, “That’s fine, I’m a caring mate for you. I’ll obey your commands, my sun.”

For calling himself a ‘caring mate’ the way he withdrew and slammed back into Mydei rendering him a sputtering mess on his cock was anything but that. Cruel and harsh, yet so delicious as Mydei rewarded his efforts with a string of garbled moans - only getting louder with each thrust. Each thrust that Mydei didn’t want to end, even as Phainon thrust into him and held onto his hips driving deeply inside of him wetly.

“So pretty..” Phainon’s voice rang out to him softly, even as he didn’t cease his slamming into Mydei, making Mydei moan with each movement and grasp onto his back tightly - probably drawing blood, Mydei couldn’t think straight let alone care if he was hurting Phainon by latching into him. All his mind could think about was how deep Phainon was, how all of those bumps rubbed into him, how his entire body felt like it was burning and ready to ignite beneath the tides. 

“Does it feel good?” Mydei tried to nod, he thinks so at least, he couldn’t really remember as Phainon still slammed into him.  “You’re squeezing me so much..”

Mydei couldn’t fight the jolt of electricity that ran through him - the sharp gasp that left his lips in a horribly loud fashion as Phainon moved a hand to Mydei’s own erection to pump it quickly. Painfully, Mydei could barely bite back his moans over it, golden eyes watching that hand furiously stroke him in time to Phainon’s cock entering him roughly. 

“Wait..” Mydei tried to manage - voice coming out hoarse. Hand finding purchase on Phainon’s wrist, trying his best to slow the siren but he didn’t seem bothered at all. If anything, he seemed to have sped up. 

“I want to hear you more.” Phainon murmured as he plowed into Mydei again deeply, fingers trailing the sensitive underside of his length before stroking it tightly - earning a mix of curses and small moans from Mydei as he arched his back into the assault and the touches. “Your voice is so nice.. Beautiful..”

Mydei couldn’t help but give him the noises he seemed to desire to hear as Phainon quickly moved his hand to pull that ring off of him - the speed of that removal was enough to push Mydei hurtling over the edge of his climax. Vision immediately became dotted and blurry as he did so, a sharp whine leaving his lips as he felt Phainon still slamming into him. 

Not that Mydei minded, if anything he could only moan as Phainon helped him ride out his orgasm with each thrust into his prostate - webbed hand still stroking Mydei languidly as his eyes fluttered closed to lean against the cool skin of Phainon. 

“To answer your question from before, my dear Mydei..” The voice was so quiet to Mydei ears over his own orgasm, he couldn’t quite make out the words, but it was clear Phainon was whispering to him - even if his cock hadn’t ceased slamming into Mydei. “If you would have drowned, I would have killed all of them.” 

“Ruthlessly, horribly, painfully, drowning each and everyone of them beneath the tides.” Mydei tried to listen, he really did, but it fell on deaf ears as Phainon readjusted him slightly as he spoke - angling to slam into his prostate more to draw out cries from Mydei’s throat cruelly.

“It’s only fair, they would have not upheld their end of our pact..” Words said so darkly that Mydei couldn’t even figure out if they were meant to him, it’s not like they made sense to him currently anyways. He was much too focused on the way Phainon wasn’t slowing, even though Mydei had only just orgasmed. 

“Their deaths probably wouldn’t satiate me enough if I only drowned them, though..” It was too much, the speed was way too much - Mydei was beyond over-stimulated at this point even if his body convulsed and twitched - Phainon kept him firmly seated on his cock as he plowed and fucked into him.  

“To kill my mate by drowning right in front of me as a form of mockery..” Mydei could tell Phainon was talking to him - he could, even as his eyes flicked up and looked to his lips he couldn’t quite rationalize the words with the force of his insides being rearranged, the way his body was screaming to be released from Phainon’s vice grip. “I’m not sure what horrors I would inflict on them, honestly.”

“I still want to.. I still want to at least drown them for what they did to you..” Mydei couldn’t help the cries leaving his own throat - unceasing over each painful delicious thrust Phainon gave him - so loud and overbearing to his own ears. “Would you forgive me? Just a few of them..?”

Mydei could only let out a strained noise over the feeling of Phainon pushing deep into him, feeling Phainon pumping his seed into him again - thankful that Phainon’s hips had stopped moving. His head hurt beyond belief, and he wasn’t sure if it was due to how hard he had been panting and moaning - or just the over exhortation or being so thoroughly used for Phainon’s own pleasure. 

“Ah.. I can’t wait to sing to you.. With you..” Mydei could only use the time to suck in air - to try to regain his metaphorical footing as he let his body relax now that it wasn’t being heavily abused by Phainon’s odd length. “Your voice will sound so lovely..”

“Phainon..” Mydei practically choked out, not even sure what at all Phainon had been saying, there were only distant words he was ever able to make out - almost like Phainon purposefully was talking quietly to avoid him hearing his ramblings. Or Mydei was just being too loud, he honestly couldn’t even say which was the truth - or if both simply were true at the same time. 

“You’re so pretty, use your words, tell me what you want, Mydei.” Phainon said so softly, so sweetly that Mydei wanted to drink it in - to enjoy it, but the way his body trembled and felt almost torn asunder was clouding his thoughts. 

“‘S too much..” Mydei mumbled out, lulling his head to press it against Mydei’s chest weakly, not even sure when he unwrapped his legs around Phainon, only able to plead with him as he shook it against the chill there; “Please.. No more..”

“At your limit?” Phainon’s voice was quiet, but he had a small laugh tied to it, no deeper meaning behind it. Mydei could only nod against his skin, his entire body felt so painful. He wasn’t one to shy away from pain - but he wasn’t sure if Phainon would ever stop either unless he begged him to. 

“So cute.. Okay, okay..”

Phainon practically purred out his words warmly before moving slightly inside Mydei, garnering a low groan from the man’s lips as those bumps rubbed into him while he pulled out. Mydei could only revel in how unbelievably empty he felt, even as Phainon let go of him and allowed him to sink to the plant below pathetically. 

Mydei placed his hands onto it, gripping it as he breathed in shuddered breaths - attempting his best to steady himself. Phainon on the other hand, slowly lowered himself and flopped his tail lazily to the side of himself before reaching out towards Mydei - fingers deftly grabbing at his braid again before moving it towards himself to kiss it gently. 

Then fluttering a kiss to Mydei’s forehead with the same tenderness, only to pull away with a small huff of laughter. 

“You’re trembling..” Phainon noted rather fondly, ocean blue eyes slowly trailing across Mydei’s body as he slightly kneeled there. “So very cute..”

“This is your limit, then?” Mydei could only offer up a low noise, one that he wasn’t even sure what it meant. His limit? Phainon was horribly unfair.. No human could keep up with what he was doing.

“How about you go to sleep, my dearest Mydei?”

Mydei only blinked at that, still breathing unevenly, aware of how painful his hips were - how tight Phainon had been gripping onto them? His entire lower half ached and ebbed, saying yet to this siren’s wishes and whims had been a dream come true yet also a terrifying nightmare at how much he seemed to enjoy Mydei.

Mydei wasn’t even sure if he wished that Phainon was still buried within him, or if he was thankful it was over. 

“I’ll sing you a nice lullaby.. Rest.”

Mydei only raised his head slightly to blink as Phainon seemed to have decided on that himself - aware of the way Phainon started singing. Those soft siren tones, the ones that always enchanted people and led them to their deaths. Incredibly soft and kind sounding, so devious in their real nature and yet Mydei could only offer up a small groan as the sound wormed its way into him - blanking out any ounce of coherent thoughts he was attempting to scramble together easily.  

Mydei couldn’t even help the way he felt himself lean forward, the sway he did in the waters, or the way his eyes felt heavy beyond his wildest dreams. And yet, Phainon only wrapped his arms around him gently, a hand threading through his hairs as that melody continued to lull Mydei to sleep.

If he did wake up later even after hearing a siren’s song and succumbing to it - he was certainly going to choke Phainon for this.