Water

Chapter 3

He felt a hunger greater than he'd ever felt for a human before. He leaned in once more, preparing to land the killing blow with one bite to the neck before pausing. He turned his attention to the human under him who was shaking with his eyes squeezed shut, waves of sorrow and fear rolled off of his skin beautifully.

He'd realized the human had been unnaturally quiet, others of the human race would scream and cry and beg. This one merely cried and trembled silently, making not a single sound. This puzzled him and he did not like it in the slightest. He leaned in and sniffed at the boys throat in hopes to find an answer to his question. He found it quickly as he discovered to scent of an old would inside the boys neck and outside at the sight of a jagged scar running across the youths neck, most likely being the cause of his silence.

In truth he didn't understand the way the humans spoke so he doubted he would have know what the boy was saying if he'd even been able to speak. Of course this was a slight disappointment as he enjoyed the screams and crys of his victims more than the silence this boy gave off. But at least no one would hear his dinner scream.

He turned his attention back to the quivering human and grasped a hand full of straight black hair that was similar to his own, lifting the boys face so the green eyes were level with his blue orbs.

...

"N-no...Speek..."

Alex was more terrified of this boy than he'd ever been terrified of a person, and in truth the second the boy tugged his head up, he thought he'd kill him right then and there, not speak, or at least attempt to.

He hesitantly looked up at the animal like boy in bewilderment, much to said boys irritation as he tightened his grip on Alex's hair, making him flinch in pain. The boy glared at him, his pupils thinning sideways with his annoyance before parting his lips and letting the unfamiliar sounds slip through his throat once more.

"No speak!" He said with more certainty and conviction this time.

It took Alex only a moment to understand what the boy had been asking. 'Can you speak?'

Alex hesitantly nodded in affirmation, seeming to placate the other boy with his answer. The boy leaned in closer to sniff him once more with an air of finality that worried him greatly, was this it?

The boy pressed his lips to Alex's.

...

He didn't want to eat the human yet.

No, he would savor this human by eating him slowly, taking blood bit by bit. To make sure the boy would come back to him and not be taken by others of his kind he would need to mark the boy to bind the human to him. He would not let his new pet escape or run away, so he would do something he'd never done before, something he'd only ever heard of his kind doing before. He would give the human his mark.

He pulled the boy closer and forced his open mouth on the smaller boys, sliding his tongue in and exploring idley before coaxing the boys tongue into movement to get under it. His prey was shocked for a moment before the boy began to thrash and push against his chest with the hand that wasn't held in an iron grip.

Irritated, he caught the boys jaw and held it, forcing his tongue deep enough for him to release to poison that would make the boy his. In one hand he held the boys jaw in the other he held his thrashing wrists, keeping the human immobile.

Once he was satisfied with his tongues location the valves under his tongue opened and a bitter clear liquid seeped out, and into the boys mouth were he was forced to swallow the poison that would brand the human as his and only his prey.

When he pulled away with a light nip at the boys lip, the human silently coughed and jerked from his now loose grip with tears in his eyes before looking up at him with a look that held a surprising amount of hurt and hatred that left him puzzled.

He could feel the boys anger and resentment. This was a surprising development he had definitely not expected, after all, he'd know the bond would bind their emotions but he hadn't expected it to affect him this much, he could feel the boy feeling him. He felt possessive and protective over his new found prey.

There was also another feeling, it was strange and foreign. It was the feeling of wanting to touch and caress the boy in front of him, to hold him and keep him safe. He had never in his existence, felt this amount of want.
What had he done?

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Alex hated this boy more than anyone else, he'd stolen something he would never get back, even more he'd forced him to swallow something, Alex didn't even want to begin to guess what it could have been. He could feel that the liquid had done something, it was like there was another presence, another person he could feel the emotions of. Specifically, the emotions of the boy in front of him.

He was surprised at the wave of possessiveness and undeniable hunger that suddenly filled him, undoubtedly coming from the boy. He flinched at the feeling and pulled back as the other boy leaned in close enough for their lips to almost touch once more. Alex instantly crawled backwards to get away from the boy he now considered a kiss stealing monster.

Surprisingly the boy didn't seem angered by his retreat this time and merely closed the distance once more, Alex could feel the curiosity and amusement from the animal boy as he neared him. Kneeling between Alex's legs he sniffed and nuzzled the smaller boys neck in an almost affectionate way, rubbing his face into the boys skin as if to cover Alex in his scent of the ocean.

He turned his head away and pressed a hand to the bigger boys chest only to have it snatched up and held before being laid lightly on the boys shoulder, Alex flinched at the cold skin now on both his hand and cheek as the boy pressed his cheek into Alex's gently.

Alex gasped silently as the boys actions caused him to fall back, giving the bigger boy a chance lean in and cage him, pressing his body into Alex's rushingly. It almost seemed as if the boy wanted nothing more than to have complete physical contact with him. Alex's eyes went wide and back rigid when the bigger boy's tongue slid out to flick at the marks he'd made with his teeth earlier, it was gentle and almost...loving?

He was shocked and confused as to why and how the boys mood had changed from feral monster to gentle cat touches. The emotion he felt from the boy and himself were even more surprising and terrifying, the boy was giving off affection and a possessive hunger that gave him the knowledge that he could not run and would not be free.

The emotions from himself were even stranger, he felt a strange connection
and bond with the boy, as well as a sense of want and longing.

"Alex! Where are you!?"
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