Coral Red ❤︎ [Brallon]

30.

Brendon's POV
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I smiled as Dallon and I kept our foreheads together. I knew that Atlas and Kai would be back soon, but I tried not to think about it all too much.

I was scared to see what Kai would say. Kai was older than me, but younger than Atlas, yet Atlas still listened to him. I believe that Atlas was scared of him so he tried to do anything in his power to keep on Kai's good side.

I finally pulled away from Dallon, and I just leaned into him again like I had been before, I was comfortable in his hold and I felt safe.

"A-Are you s-sure you're ok-okay? I know A-Atlas is st-strong," I say, and I look up at him, my hand moving to rest on his cheek as he looks down at me. I can't help but smile a little.

"Yeah, baby, I'm okay. I promise," Dallon replies, and I just nod a little gently.

I pull my hand away from his cheek, and I sigh a little quietly, not looking forward to Atlas and Kai showing up. Dallon and I could honestly just swim back to shore and go home before they even came back, but I knew that they could be close, and if they were, Atlas would easily hunt us down.

I get caught up in my own thoughts, and only when I hear splashing do I get drawn out of them. I sit up a little, and I can immediately see Kai's tail in the water since it was a bright purple color. I whimper softly, and Dallon keeps me close to his side.

I see Atlas grab onto the rock and pull himself up, Kai shortly following.

Kai was about as big as Atlas, and about as strong too. He had the cuffs I had told Dallon about around his wrists, showing that he was important. He also had a shark tooth necklace, but I had given that to him one time and he just never took it off. I knew Atlas was jealous that I didn't give it to him, but it was kinda funny to me.

"K-Kai!" I say, as he looks at me, and he offers me a gentle smile.

Atlas growls, and that earns him a hard smack to the head from Kai. I giggle at that, and Atlas just rolls his eyes and scoots away from Kai a little so he couldn't hit him again.

"Hello, Brendon, and I presume you're Dallon?" Kai says, and he looks from me and then to Dallon, his voice gentle.

Dallon nods, and Kai hums softly.

"I'm Kai, but I'm guessing you already know that," he says, and Dallon nods again. I was honestly surprised that Kai was being so nice and he wasn't lecturing me already like Atlas had done.

"So I heard that you've been staying with the humans?" He then asks, and Atlas smirks a bit.

I timidly nod, and I latch onto Dallon a little tighter than I had before, wanting to stay as close to him as possible in case Kai or Atlas decided to lash out like Atlas had done before.

"Y-Yes.. but I've be-been perfectly s-safe! Da-Dally takes c-care of m-me, Kai. He d-doesn't threaten m-me to st-stay with him, and h-he doesn't ha-have a harpoon g-gun at the re-ready!" I say, and I glare at Atlas as I say the last few parts. I did end up seeing Kai smile when I said 'Dally', but I didn't think anything of it.

Atlas glares, and he growls a bit, but Kai flicks him with his tail.

"What are those marks on your neck? Has he hurt you?" Kai asks, and he keeps his tone gentle.

"They're called hickeys.. or love bites. They don't hurt, and they're just marks. They end up fading as well," Dallon says, and he points to the marks on his neck that were fading. I'm surprised Atlas hadn't already given him the run through with that.