Transient Waters

21

Yeosang could not help but stare as Seonghwa effortlessly managed San and WooYoung, calming them down easily. He had done what many had thought to be impossible, and in seconds both San and WooYoung were sighing contentedly against Seonghwa's body. Wooyoung along his torso, and San over his neck. His fingers were kneading the back of their necks, keeping calm and not once had Seonghwa panicked or felt cornered...he should. There were two alpha's in the room, and a beta. Yet, there he was calming two of the three. He could not help but worry a bit...though.

WooYoung had been gnawing on Seonghwa, and the latter did nothing about it, just letting the Beta chomp on his skin as though it were nothing. It left him worried for a multitude of reasons. Did Wooyoung do this on the Navy ship? If so, how often...which begged an even more concerning thought...Seonghwa's utter lack of reaction. It was rare for Omega's to come so close, outside of pack members, to a Beta or Alpha, or even another Omega to allow them to chew on them. It was, actually, almost unheard of, which left him worried about what Seonghwa would have experienced prior, because not only had he allowed Wooyoung to bite him, but he was letting San rather close to said marking as well.

"Wooyoungie," Seonghwa whispered softly, "Hey," Seonghwa gently tugged at Wooyoung to get the boy to move out of his chest, and to look at him. "What happened? Hm?" He questioned, his voice soft and light. Yeosang watched in...well he was not subtle, but he was curious as he watched Seonghwa easily work both Wooyoung and San to his machinations, which was this time trying to figure out what it was that had happened to get the two to be like this. He did it for a good purpose, but Yeosang could not help but wonder what would happen if he decided to do it for a purpose outside of that...and it was a scary thought that he did not want to entertain further.

"C-Captain," WooYoung stuttered out, and Yeosang really wanted to throw something this time. Of course it had to do with HongJoong, he knew that San had said it before, but he was not sure that it was real. Now, hearing it again, it was confirmed that HongJoong had done something, or more likely said something careless, and WooYoung had caught it and proceeded to panic about it. Now he was trying to stay calm long enough to speak about what it was that HongJoong had done, but Yeosang already knew that this was going to be...complicated, and he doubted that WooYoung would want to, or be able, to say too much regarding the situation without wanting to panic further. Yeosang could only watch as Seonghwa continued to gently pry the information from the younger boy. "You know...you...you don't have to stay with us if you don't want to right?" WooYoung questioned. Seonghwa startled, staring down at WooYoung, confusion lighting upon his features.

"Wooyoung, who says I want to go anywhere else anyways. You are here, and besides that were am I supposed to go? I don't have a home, land, country, or family. What use is me trying to settle somewhere else?" He questioned the younger one firmly. "I know you are worried about me, and I do appreciate it, but your Captain has graciously offered a place for me to be, and to stay with you, I am not about to go anywhere until he decided he wishes to be rid of me, do you understand?" Seonghwa questioned, lightly tapping WooYoung's nose before giving the other a smile.

"A...I just wanted to make sure that you knew, for sure, that you did not have to do anything that you did not want to." Wooyoung whispered softly. Seonghwa gave the boy a smile and a light nod. "No matter what HongJoong says." He added hastily. Seonghwa gave a small laugh. "WooYoung, I know that. I was the one who challenged him in the first place...remember?" Yeosang turned to glance from Seonghwa to Wooyoung's reaction to Seonghwa's words and saw the moment that it was abruptly realized by the other. He perked up, his eyes blinking as he tilted his head, staring at Seonghwa sharply.

"That's right." Wooyoung said, almost breathless. "You did,"

"Exactly, and if I did it once, who is to say that I would not do it again?" Seonghwa asked, curiously. "I know you are worried about me, Youngie, but I can handle myself at least a little bit so you know."

"I know that," Wooyoung said reluctantly, "I just...I don't want your decision to be influenced by Captain." Seonghwa sighed, understanding but also a bit amused at the situation...unhealthily so, Yeosang would say. He almost wanted to intervene, but he knew that would do more harm than good in this situation. He had to let Seonghwa handle this, as he figured the Omega would know what to do far more than himself. He was not exactly the most apt when it came to comforting at the best of times.

"I would not allow that to happen either way. You know that." Seonghwa chastised gently. "Besides, I don't want to leave, even if I could. I like being around you, your Captain merely saw me in a rather...bad moment, and he helped me. I know perhaps you may not understand that right now, and that is fine, but I do not want you to get angry at your Captain either." Wooyoung sort of shrunk in on himself at that with a nervous laugh.

"Uh, Seonghwa-ssi," San interjected, hooking his chin on Seonghwa's shoulder. Upon closer inspection, Yeosang confirmed that San was indeed hooking just his chin over Seonghwa's shoulder, which left him breathing out a soft sigh of relief. It was still concerning that their Beta felt the desire or even need to gnaw on skin, but he was glad that whatever it was that caused that was just affecting the Beta, not San as well. That would be a whole new disaster should that be the case. "We...may have already sort of told Captain HongJoong off." Seonghwa inhaled sharply, but sighed, shaking his head and carding fingers through both heads of hair.

"Of course you did, I figured, considering Wooyoung has a tendency to rush into things, but I do not want you to stay angry, that is what I mean."