Wings and Tails

Chapter Eight

The moon hung high in the sky. Waves soothingly lapped against the rock that the crown prince of the Sea sat upon.

It was the first time he had been up to the surface alone since that happened. He hadn't necessarily been harmed but the thought of what could have happened scared him. Since he had scared him that much he probably shouldn't even be above the surface. But he was just so tired. Not physically. He was tired of the pity, tired of the side glances, tired of the conversation stopping when he entered the room.

He was tired of all of it.

No one would even mention it to him nor around him. He knew they were doing it on purpose and it was awful.

So he came to the surface. To be alone.

Don't get him wrong he loved his family, just over the last while they had gotten protective. Always checking up on him every now and again.

It was annoying. Before they had trusted him to be able to take care of himself. Now he had to actually sneak out to be alone.

Triton gazed out at the moonlit ocean, watching the waves dance. It was calming. Triton supposed that being of the Sea made him at peace with the depths.

Triton faintly noticed the sound of someone landing on the rock. He didn't turn around, yet he froze, listening intently to every sound.

"Hello, sorry if I startled you."

Triton sighed in relief, it was just the angel. He turned his head aeound to look up at the god. "Don't worry about it, I've been in edge a lot lately."

Thanatos flashed him a small smile before moving forward to sit beside him.

Triton just simply watched not saying anything.

Thanatos looked over at him, "Any reason why you are out so late?"

"I could ask you the same," Triton said smoothly, feeling at ease with the angel beside him.

"I'm the god of death, can't seem to catch a break. Your turn."

Triton tore his eyes away from the angel and stared out at the waves again. "I just wanted away from everyone."

"Are they giving you a hard time?"

"No not necessarily, they're just being very -" Triton trailed off, trying to remember the word. He could remember it in Ocanoc but not in Greek. Which was incredibly annoying. "I don't know how to say it."

"Just try to say it."

Triton smiled at that, a soft chuckle escaping him, "No I really don't know how to say it, I forgot the word in Greek."

"Do you know how to say it in any other languages?" Thanatos asked.

"Yeah I do, andrianai." Triton frowned before saying the word to himself again. "Andrianai. Andri- it begins with over I think."

"Overprotective?" the other god suggested. "Overwhelming?"

Triton clapped his hands together startling to other god. He turned back to face him smiling widely. "Thats the word!"

"Overwhelming?" Thanatos repeated confused.

"Yes, overwhelming- what were we talking about again?"

Thanatos laughed, "You were saying why you wanted to get away."

Triton shook his head at himself, still smiling like a lunatic. "My family have been quite overwhelming."

Thanatos hummed, "That must be nice."