Transient Waters

6

SehongHwa seemed a bit on edge with just HongJoong and him in the room. Although, HongJoong supposed that was to be expected. The Omega probably did not have many good relations with Alphas, or Pirates, and here HongJoong was both. The only thing HongJoong knew he had going for him was the fact that he would never hurt a hair on Youngie's head, and the fact that the boy was found with WooYoung on a Navy Royale ship. It was obvious that he had not had the best interactions with the Navy either, but that did not mean that he favoured pirates, by any means. Nor did it mean that his decision to stay with them was anything more than a desperate play to stay with WooYoung and keep him safe.

He knew that Omegaas were horribly protective, and very powerful in their own right. He many not know much about...them...or anything, really, but he could learn. He was going to learn, determined. He did not know many Omegas, but he knew a couple, and he would draw information from them if he had to. He wanted to know as much as possible to keep SeongHwa calm. It also helped that Feral Omegas were nearly impossible to calm down until you figured out what it was that was causing them to go insane, and barring that, horribly dangerous when they were feral as well. Although, HongJoong did not necessarily know why, he could definitely take a couple of guesses. It was lucky that SeongHwa had only shown extreme protectiveness and impulsiveness when it came to WooYoung and him being in potential danger. HongJoong was lucky enough to be able to take a wild guess and likely be correct.

"I want you to know that for one, you are allowed to stay." HongJoong said beginning his conversation with that, wanting to be sure that they were definitely on the same level before he began anywhere else. "I will not make you leave, and I assume you probably have nowhere to go back to?" SeongHwa nodded slowly, agreeing to HongJoong's statement. "Then you are going to stay with WooYoung and us." HongJoong said this firmly, and SeongHwa gave him a tentative smile. "I want you to get to know the other crew mates, of course, but that would be given time, of course." He reassured. "You are...an Omega, or so WooYoung told me?" SeongHwa tensed, but nodded once.

"Yes, I am," He said softly, glancing up at HongJoong nervously. "Is that...Is that a problem?" HongJoong shook his head hastily.

"No, of course not. We will be stopping on one of the islands, and you can meet one of the other Omegas that I know, if you feel comfortable doing that, of course." HongJoong continued before letting him speak further. "I am not going to ask you to do anything yet, but once you are fully healed and settled into the crew, I am going to ask you to begin taking part in the things around the ship, but that is not until later. Do you agree with that?" SeongHwa nodded.

"O-Of course but..." SeongHwa paused, shaking his head, as though he had changed his mind.

"But...What?"

"Nothing!" the Omega said quickly, his eyes wide. "Nothing, forget I mentioned anything." HongJoon looked at him worriedly, but nodded, trusting his word, for now at least, though it was obvious that SeongHwa was worried about something, they could not very well force him to speak when he barely knew them.

"I am impressed with how you went against me to try and protect WooYoung. Granted, it was all for naught as I would not hurt WooYoung but, you definitely impressed me there. I hope that you can begin to see the other members of my crew the same way you see WooYoung. I see them all as my children, and I hope that you will get along with them, and eventually learn to fight for them just as much as you do WooYoung." SeongHwa just gave a nervous laugh and smile, not sure what to say to that. "For now, however, I assume you probably do not want to be parted too far from WooYoung. Yougnie typically shares a room with San, so I suppose you should probably meet him first. I will send the two of them to spend time with you whilst you are staying at the Medical bay, I also want to make sure that you are fully aware that we are not going to make you do anything you are unwilling to do." HongJoong reassured him. SeongHwa nodded, agreeing to that, and gave HongJoong a small smile, of thanks, and it was genuine, much to HongJoong's surprise, and he could not help but preen a bit at that. He ignored the reaction and gave the other a firm look. "Just let YeoSang actually take care of you. You are injured, and hurt, and it is important that YeoSang be able to heal you, otherwise he is going to be a huge pain for everyone."

"Of course, thank you Captain, I greatly appreciate it. There is much effort that you are giving this. I am grateful."

"There is nothing to thank me for." HongJoong stated clearly. He stood up, staring at SeongHwa, who remained where he was sitting on the floor, looking up at him. "If you truly wish to show your thankful, let YeoSang heal you." SeongHwa stared at him, surprise warring with shock, and HongJoong was aware that he would need to pry WooYoung for more information on what exactly had happened on that Navy ship, although he had a feeling that he did not really know much more than what he had already told HongJoong before. He opened the door, two guilty smiles on facing his. He rolled his eyes at their childish antics. "Yeosang, you may come back inside. WooYoung, come with me."