Transient Waters

30

"I will have you keep close to me Seonghwa," Hongjoong said as they began to dock their boat. The pretty Omega nodded softly. Hongjoong had pilfered some of the crews clothing and dressed him in the dark reds and blacks of their pirate clan. he wanted to make it known that Seonghwa was a part of them. Otherwise, many would try and take liberties. It was something he was unendingly anxious about, and he knew even with the extra protections there were those that would still try and infiltrate to snatch his beauty up...

Hongjoong jolted at the thought. His? Seonghwa was not his, for all that he may want it. Seonghwa was his own person, who could make his own decisions, and Hongjoong would not deny that he wished that Seonghwa would agree to be his and his alone, but he would not ask that. Wooyoung and San had left him anxious. Wondering if perhaps he had really steered Seonghwa's mind in the wrong way. What if Seonghwa did not really want to stay with them? But no, Seonghwa had been honest with him in his desire to stay, and Hongjoong had to take the offense that the Omega had shown at his thinking that he would want to leave, and even more so that one instance was able to screw his thinking over entirely. Though, in Hongjoong's mind he had more than enough reasons to believe that, part of that being the fact that he had literally tried to throw himself over the edge because he felt he was not needed.

"Now, please try and keep us in sight, don't leave us, and before anything, if you feel as if you are in danger at all, scream for me. Or wooyoung, or any of us really. This island isn't the most safe, and I just want to make sure you are." Hongjoong paused, looking deep into Seonghwa's eyes. "Also," He hesitantly presented a dagger. "I have no idea if you know how to use it..."

"I do," Well THAT left a lot more questions than answers, but Hongjoong shoved those aside, figuring he would figure the answers later, because right now there was more important things to worry about, and continued.

"...I want you to take it. Just in case, and do not hesitate to use it if you need to. I am serious." Hongjoong grabbed Seonghwa's jaw and forced him to look into deep, sincere, browns. "I do not want anything to happen to you, and so if that means you need to take someone else out to come back safely...do it. Whatever it takes." Seonghwa tensed, for but an instant, before a sly smirk seemed to play at his features, and a happy look danced through his eyes.

"Of course Captain," He said softly, and Hongjoong let go, feeling his heart absolutely racing through his chest. It was almost difficult to breathe, but he shoved the emotions away and nodded happily. He was satisfied, and even happier that Seonghwa would take his safety seriously. It was something that he had been most anxious over.

He would prefer to not even take Seonghwa off this ship. He was not kidding when he said the Island was dangerous. It was. There were a lot of degenerates that lived on the Island, and even more that visited regularly. That was why SHINee did not often come to the Island, or at the very least they left Taemin with a heavy guard and secured when they did visit. Hongjoong knew that with himself, San, and Yeosang with Seonghwa there was next to no worries that anything untowards could happen, but he also knew that the unpredictable tended to happen in this place. It was around here that they lost Wooyoung, and he was not willing to lose Seonghwa. Not now that he had him.

Hongjoong inwardly groaned. He did not have Seonghwa. Seonghwa was not an item to be kept, nor a thing. He was not a possession. Seonghwa was his own person capable of making his own decisions, and Hongjoong really wished his Alpha would stop putting these thoughts into his head. He cared for Seonghwa, wanted Seonghwa to accept him as a potential partner, but he did not want to force his way through. The only reason Hongjoong had ordered the organization and cleaning of his chambers was because Seonghwa needed something to do to feel as if he was useful to the crew. Did he go about it in a good way? No, but what was done was done, and Seonghwa was much happier than he had been before. Plus, now they were going to see an actual Omega, someone who could help Hongjoong understand, and hopefully help, Seonghwa further.

He just had to get his thoughts wrestled under control first, because he did not want to do anything he would regret later.

"Okay, let's go, and everyone...as always...come back, whatever that takes." Each of his crew nodded solemnly, and they left together, stepping off the boat, Hongjoong giving a smile, glinting eyes, and a knife twirling between his fingers as he wrapped an arm around Seonghwa's waist, unable to help the jolt of lust that flew through him as he realized how...perfectly perfect it was. Shoving it down, he had other things to worry over after all, he continued forwards, keeping seonghwa literally attached to him by the hip.