Unlikely Lovers

WHAT IS THAT?!

Alps Pov
I slithered out of the water not too long ago and decided to bask in the warmth of the sunlight, a smile resting upon my face taking in the sun. Relaxing on the sand.. that is until I hear quinn's heavy footsteps and his somewhat labored breathing.

I crack an eye open to see quinn carrying.. well I can't actually tell, so he gets up from my comfortable ball "well. Welcome back, what'cha got there?"  I start to slither over to him before stopping, now noticing how humanoid the thing Quinn was carrying is,well, part of it anyway. "wait. Quinn. What the fuck do you have?"

"Hold on just- relax.." Quinn speaks out  trying to defuse what he's done already before he even tells me.

I lift an brow "uhuhhh. Tell me. What ya have." He points to the being the gecko man is dragging

Quinn pauses for a moment "A siren."

I heave a rather heavy sigh "I'm not even suprised..why do you have a siren?? And put it the fuck down."

Quinn he looks at it and just drops it onto the ground because he probably hates the texture of a ocean animal "why?"

The siren's body just limply falls to the ground with a heavy thump, his face meeting the ground first

My eye twitches eye twitches ever so slightly at the way Quinn quite literally dropped the dangerous siren "because that thing will kill you in an instant out of instinct if it wakes up in your arms, seeing that you're a random ass stranger"

"Well.. actually he came up to me first- he was caught in a net and passed out after i let him loose, said his name was finn and everything.. I don't know how sirens work- you know everything so fix him"

I look at him almost suspiciously for a moment before sighing and shaking my head with a sigh.i then slither over to the unconscious body of the siren and lower myself down to look at him closely "well I'll see what I can do for the time being. It's a pretty good thing that you found him and got him out of that net. He's got multiple rope burns and appears to be quite dehydrated"

"I put him in the water before i got here"

I hum "Good call, but he'll need to soak in water and drink some too" i turn to get something from my pouch or health and first aid items

"He's grossly slimy"

I grab a couple containers and slithers back to the siren "what did you expect? For it not to be?" I lower myself back down to the sirens body, opening one of the containers and carefully flipping finn over

He wipes his hand off and looks away "I thought about leaving him if I'm being honest"

"Probably would've been the smarter choice. So why didn't you leave him?" I start to apply a cream on the rope burns on finn

The siren squirms a little and grimaces a little though ultimately stays unconscious

He doesn't answer staying looking away from me

I glance at Quinn "Don't know or don't wanna talk about it?"

"I don't know anything about sirens so I didn't want him to die after I just saved him. I guess."

My ear flicks a little "well, that's a mighty good thing for you to do" I set one of the containers down and opens the other, using my scaled tail to prop the sirens upper torso and head up

"You're closer to his breed and are smart- I guess."

"Well thanks, I'm glad you think I'm smart. You're pretty smart too though" I  put the second containers I opened to the siren's mouth, opening his mouth enough to pour a little bit of liquid into it

He stands there awkwardly in silence

I wave him over "c'mere and pick up his tail would ya"

"I don't want to touch him.." He awkwardly walks over

"Pfff.. well, I guess you don't have to. You can just observe or something then" I shuffle finn around a bit in order to pick him up from under the arms

He groans and walks over picking up his tail by the fin "Fine jesus."

I roll my eyes a little " oh, you and your attitude. You're not going to dissolves just by touching him" I joke lightheartedly and slither into the water slowly so Quinn can keep up

He moves his tail with him, his own tail slighty swaying from slight stress

Once I deemed it far enough into the water I look at Quinn again "you can let his tail go now" I state before I lower down the siren enough for the water to cover the sirens torso while holding his head above water to observe his breathing and facial expressions easier

He drops his tail causing it to splash them all

I recoil a little at being splashed and look at quinn, giving a look similar to that a mother would when their child is doing something they know they shouldn't "seriously?" I ask flatly

"You told me to let his tail down"

"I didn't think you were going to drop it like that."

Quinn rolls his eyes his tail wagging in fast twitches

"I know you're irritated dude, go sit down and take a breather, maybe get a snack." I suggest and look back at the unconscious siren in my arms

"I'm fine, just why does everything happen to me when I'm outside of the den. This sucks."

"I know it sucks man. But suppose that's just life. But hey, this isn't all to bad"

"Why do you figure."

"You didn't get your throat ripped out by approaching a distressed and cornered siren who's entire length from head to tip of fin looks to be over 2 times your size, aaand you most likely saved this guy from dying"

"Honestly wouldn't care at his point."

"No? You really wouldn't?" I look at him for a moment with a slight tilt of the head. That actually concerns me, I know he's been feeling worse lately, but for him to not care if he were to die like that is definitely worrying

Quinn stares at the ground a moment before walking over to the chairs and sitting down trying to relax, he sat in thought with a curled lip before he starts to draw in the sand

I sigh and bring my attention back at the unconscious siren to see if there was any sign of conciousness.