SKIN AND SCALES - brallon

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"i'm seeing him again, jake, i'll see you later then." brendon spoke to his friend, hanging out in the cove.

"alright, if you need someone to break arms or bite feet off, i'm here for you." jake smiled.

"jake!" brendon giggled and hit jake's arm lightly. "i won't be needing that anytime soon. i'll see you soon, okay?"

"alright, brendon, have a good time with your human lover!" jake joked once more and all brendon could respond with was a blush.

brendon thought about his parents and what they would think about this while he went to the usual meeting spot. would they hate him for it? he never told them and used an excuse that he was seeing jake. he'll never have the courage to tell them since he's afraid of their reaction.

after all, his parents are the king and queen of the sirens. surely, they wouldn't approve of this.

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he had finally arrived and he sat on the usual rock where he first saw dallon. as he waits for the human to come, his mind begun to think about the future.

would dallon go rouge on him and tried to capture him like the others? would they last forever and live happily ever after? the number of outcomes hurt brendon's brain and heart since most of them are negative outcomes.

"Brendon? Hello? A-Are you here?" brendon heard that voice that he loved ever since he heard it. the siren waved through the fog, hoping that dallon could see him. the ship began to be more visible and brendon's eyes were not on dallon this time. they were on the other humans on the boat with him.

this scared brendon, giving him more fears to feed the doubting monster in his head. the humans looked odd with one of them wearing thin eye goggles and the other with bright blue hair. they didn't look scary or threatening but you never know what dangers lurk under such kind faces.

"w-who are t-they...?" brendon mumbled, scooting himself away from the boat and the people occupying it. brendon saw the sudden care in dallon's eyes, making him feel a little less fearful.

"H-hey, don't worry! There're the friends I was talking about yesterday!" dallon smiled and whispered something in the other humans' ears.

the one with the thin eye goggles went first.

"H-hi! My name is Chad and I don't know if Dallon told me about you. But yeah, I got you a gift!" chad pulled out a purple, small object. brendon's curiosity washed those waves of fears away. "It's a kazoo! It makes really silly noises and I thought you might like it!"

as the man went on about the noise maker, brendon took it from his hands and inspected it. it was the size that could fit in his hand and chad told him to blow into the object. when he did, it made a loud, uneven sound, making him drop the noise maker into the water as he flinched to cover his ears that grown into a fin rays.

he looked up to see chad's reaction and his face had a smile but it seemed on edge. "Oh, there it goes..."

guilt was filling brendon's body fast. so, in response, he dove down into the water. the object was easily found by brendon's good eyesight and quickly grabbed it from drowning.

he popped his head back and his body began to emerge from the water. his brown eyes looked at the people and their faces for some type of approval as he held out the kazoo.

"Oh, my gosh! You got it back for me!" chad smiled largely and took it back, knowing that brendon isn't fond of the kazoo. "I promise to get you something better next time. I'm sorry about scaring you with it. Maybe you'd like something shiny?"

brendon nodded his head and smiled at chad. the eye goggles human stepped away and the blue-haired one stepped up. this one gave off an aura that contained anxiousness and fear.

"Hey! My name is Ryan and—" brendon wanted to stop listening after that. but there was no way he couldn't. he could have swam way after the mention of that name but knowing dallon would end up disappointed. he still listened to the man talk. "And well, I'm one of Dallon's best friends, at least, I think. I didn't know what to bring you, so, here."

the oddly colored hair man brought out a shiny bag that had bright words and images. he pulled the bag apart, opening it up, and held it down so brendon could reach what was inside. brendon was skeptical at first but he reached inside anyway. his cold hands felt many small, things items covered in some kind of dust. he pulled out one singular item and it was shaped oddly.

"They're called chips and you can eat 'em. Here, try one!" ryan grabbed one and put it in his mouth. brendon looked at dallon, who had been watching the whole interactions happen but never spoke a word. dallon smiled and did a hand gesture to tell him to move on with the action. he put in his mouth, using his teeth to crunch and mold the item into mush.

the taste was foreign to anything he ever tasted. it was salty like fish and sweet like plants. brendon throughly enjoyed the "chip"

he made this grabby motion for the whole bag and ryan happily gave him the rest of the bag. brendon snatched the bag from his hand and grabbed handfuls of the "chips"

"Brendon!" the crunching of the items in his mouth made it hard for him to hear dallon's cry for help. "Brendon! Slow down, you might choke!"

brendon tilted his head and spoke with his mouth full, slowing down his chewing "what is choke...?"

"I-it's like when your throat gets all clogged up and y-you can't breathe! It's a terrible feeling, bud, you should listen to Dallon." chad came in, explaining in the best way possible. brendon sort of understood but he'd never experienced this before. so, in response to everyone's worried faces, he slowed down his eating process.

"Good job, Bren." dallon still remembered his nickname and brendon felt that warm sensation on his cheeks again. something about those words made him feel that again and he wished he could hide then.

"Oooh!" ryan and chad awed in unison.

"Dallon, stop lying to yourself and look at Brendon, he's blushing! He's so goddamn gay for you!" ryan said and dallon hit his shoulder with the same blush on his cheeks.

"S-Shut up!" dallon said, growling.

"He's so cute, though! How can you deny that he likes you, like really likes you?" chad added, in agreement with ryan. brendon just grinned and continued to eat the treat that ryan gave him while enjoying the show in front of him.

"And you, can shut up as well." brendon had never admired and adored someone more in his life. dallon and his friends were good people, even if their were inflicting pain upon each other.

brendon watched as they rambled about him being "gay" for dallon. brendon has no idea what that meant but he hoped he meant it was a good thing.

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i'm so sorry for having this chapter later than i attended. i might as well update on a bi-weekly update schedule since it seems that's how this book is already like. hope you enjoyed the longer chapter today, it's a little treat for y'all for putting up with my inconsistencies. also, hey, you should definitely read my new book "our separation" or my one-shot book! thank you for reading, hope you have a good day! <33