SEA SIREN [SEONGJOONG]

PROLOGUE

No matter in what form the seas were, calm or cruel, this palpitating heart within me was never in peace. All my life, I kept searching for it everywhere. A home. A home of my own. But Alas! Never found one. The sea was my home, yet it wasn't. It was way too contaminated by the occupants to be called a home. I had almost lost hopes of finding it, and that was when I finally found it, within them, within the mortals, within him. I found my home in a place which was forbidden to me, yet, everything felt much better than ever in that home, especially amidst those strong arms wrapped tightly around my fragile form, pulling me closer to his chest to listen his rapid heartbeats, that embrace of his shielding me from any potential dangers. Yes, I had finally found it.

My home.

"H-Hongjoong no-"

Time dares not to pause for anyone and yet, at that nocturnal hour of immense cruelty pelting upon him in a tumultuous manner, he could feel the moments hault, the winds, the waters, the cries, the breaths. Everything felt unknown and unimportant, as they swirled within his ears into a whirlpool of nothingness, voiceless and void. All he could presently focus on was the body that lay across his chest and tightly held within his arms, his eyes brimming with tears, threatening to tumble down in an uncontrollable pattern at any upcoming moment.

"Be-Beloved," he croaked, his voice choked with blood. The one who had uttered his name looked mortified, a palour of horror clouding his face, eyes stinging with tears, his entire form shaking at the brutal sight. His shivering hand was continuously pressing on his wound, from which, blood flowed in a large volumes, the scar too huge to be cured. The lad cried his eyes out, chanting his dying lover's name over and over again.

"Ssh love, i-it's alright," the blood in his throat shot up as he spoke, gurgling in his mouth, making him spit out more blood in the process, terrifying his lover. He fell back once again, coughing. Slowly, he raised his hand, bloody and blackened. He placed it on his beloved's tear stained cheek and smiled.

"Wh-Why crying, l-love?" he whispered, his own eyes blurring with tears, "It's o-over, isn't it? D-Don't cry for me, s-sweet. After all, we-we were never meant to be together, w-were we? A pirate and-and a siren..."