Human (eng. vers) (Heat x OC)

3.

The pirates were silent, watching their new comrade. The reptile woman was crouching on a chair in the kitchen. A bowl of hot soup was in her hands. Between her lips escaped part of the liquid, while her mouth made a noise, while sucking. Even when the bowl was empty, she licked the object as if she would never have the chance to taste it again.

"Mmm ... I can't wait to see what she's going to do when she realizes that this is just the entrance."

Said Killer, rubbing his beard with amusement.

Another dish arrived in the great hall. The cabin boys and lower level pirates ate lunch as a group while Kid, Heat, Wire and Killer were seated on a large table at the back of the room. Iris was seated near the youngest recruits, a young boy by the name of "Len" seemed to be already attached to the little news, showing her how to use the cutlery she was using the wrong way.

The new tray they received was filled with meat, the smell of which already made Iris salivate. Her hands went to a chicken leg but a man grabbed it before. He was tall and sturdy, with a large curly beard.

"You're going to have to be faster."

Iris spat on him as she pulled out her fangs and startled the men around her.

"Iris."

She straightened her back and looked at Killer who was standing behind her with a pink apron and a ladle in hand.

"There is enough for everyone, these are your comrades you must not do that."

"Comrades ? ..."

Her piercing eyes fell on the pirates who watched her, some with fear, others with anger. She looked at her claws and hid them under the table.

"Sorry."

"It doesn't matter, look !"

Said Len sharing his meat with her, he had a big smile on his lips. His hair was green and he had golden eyes, almost shiny, but what made him adorable were his little freckles.

Iris smiled at him and felt his cheeks blush.

"Thank you."

Killer sighed and returned to the kitchen, watching the young woman.

"Treat someone like a monster and he will become one ... But treat him like a human and ..."

"Killer-san ! She ate everything !"

"Sorry..."

The ladle in the hand of the masked man almost broke. If she had the same appetite as Kid's, he preferred to resign.

"Well ... These clothes are for the last woman who set foot here, it should be fine."

Informed Killer by handing the clothes to Heat.

"I can not do it."

"It was you who wanted her to join the crew, you have to show her how the shower works."

"Can't the doctor do it ?"

"He is repairing the damage she has caused."

"Killer you ..."

"See you tomorrow."

Without another word, the blonde disappeared leaving Heat and Iris in front of the bathroom door. All the men had already washed in order to leave the room free for the young lady.

"Bath ?"

She asked completely innocent. For several years, she had taken cold showers, with a water jump when her master needed her to be clean or her smell repelled him. She did not remember many things in her life before slavery, the love of her parents and more ... If she had to pass by her former home, Iris knew that she would be unable to recognize it.

When she entered the warm and humid room, her claws protruded from her feet so as not to slip.

"You are not going to fall."

"But it slips."

"You have to walk slowly, one step at a time"

Iris nodded and walked to the large bathtub, she watched Heat blushing, he turned around and waited for her to take off her clothes and entered the water which luckily hid her body well thanks to the bubbles.

The pirate helped her to clean her hair which resumed a pretty shiny color, while the snake woman had fun with the bath water.

"Look Heat I'm old !"

She said showing her crumpled fingers, which made him laugh. However, he frowned, noticing all the marks on her skin. More or less deep cuts, recent hickeys, whip marks ... It is not that Heat did not like violence, he was not in this crew for nothing, on the other hand ... Why is everyone always attacked those who were different.

Passing the glove near Iris' shoulders and neck, the young woman laughed.

"No! Not here, it tickles!"

Heat was surprised, she had a loud, sharp laugh, her cheeks took on a soft pink hue and her eyes were shining, and in this bath ... She looked even prettier.

"Sorry, it's just that I'm sensitive to that level ..."

To make him understand, she lifted her hair and discovered small slits resembling green gills.

"This is what allows me to breathe underwater when I'm not an animal. My masters had a lot of fun with it and it's the only place where they couldn't hurt me because I can pass away."

"From an attack on your neck ?"

Iris nodded.

"It is the weak point of my species ..."

She said, lowering her hair. Heat knew that she had just revealed very sensitive information about herself, she was starting to open up and he was going to do everything so that she was no longer afraid of feeling exposed. His hand rose again to touch her neck very gently, she smiled and the pirate could then feel them. Her little gills which opened and closed gently above his fingers, the pirate was so captivated by his discovery that he did not notice that the bubbles had started to disappear.

Iris wrapped herself in a towel and looked at her new clothes, she was intrigued for one of them.

"What is that ?"

"Um ... support ... it's for your chest."

Iris put it on and Heat tied it behind her back. The young woman tugged slightly, it was not her size and it hurt. It was just to hide her chest but Iris found it really unpleasant.

The dormitory was full of bunks and hammocks, Len motioned to Iris, he has made her bed. Iris thanked him by licking his cheek, which made the boy blush.

"It's okay Len, you can go to bed."

Said his superior, helping the reptile woman to settle down. Like a cat, she pressed her hands on the mattress and curled up in a ball while purring before curling up under the duvet.

"Good night Iris."

Said Heat stroking her hair.

"Good night..."