𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 _______________________________________

"I know you're mad, I know you want to say "Lia what has gotten into you, you make my life so hard", but Captain when Namjoon said it's a deal, Well, I-I had to do something quickly, That's what we all needed a little Hope, he is our only hope! He will lead us to Treasure!"

I spoke up. My hand on my bleeding cheek. I was trying to defend myself by explaining how making a deal with the boy could benefit us. I could see the skepticism in the captain's eyes, but I continued on, detailing, in hopes that he would see the logic in it. The captain leaned back in his chair, listening intently to my words, his face giving away no emotions.

Suddenly, the captain's voice interrupted me, his tone calm and curious. "Why were you in his near in the first place?" he asked bluntly. I froze for a second, surprised by the unexpected question, but I managed to regain my composure and replied, "I... I was just curious, Taehyung showed me the eyes he got, I wanted to see him up close." The captain raised an eyebrow, clearly not buying my excuse. "That's all?" he pressed.

My legs began to tremble as the captain pressed me further.
I can't tell him the truth.

his questions making me feel increasingly uneasy. It was as if he could see through my lies, My breath hitched in my throat as I replied, "Yes... that's all... I just wanted to see him."

"Okay" he said quietly.

"Just okay? You are not furious?"

"Why should I? You told me the truth so I belive you, simple as this".

"And you are not mad at me because of the deal I made with the siren? You don't feel alarmed having him on the ship?"

He chuckled.

The captain stood up from his seat and sauntered over to me, his footsteps echoing in the quiet cabin. His every move seemed calculated, and I could feel his eyes boring into me as he approached. My heart raced, and I tried to maintain my composure, unsure of what to expect.

The captain's fingers ran gently over the back of my hand, causing a shiver to run through me. He then traced his finger upwards, reaching my cheek, where I was holding the cut that the siren had inflicted on me. His touch was surprisingly tender, and I found myself holding my breath as he touched the wound.

"If this monster tries to trick us or harm us in any way I won't hesitate to break every bone in his body..."

His voice grew more sinister as he kept speaking.

"And for you Lia, Because you were the one that made a deal with him I'll cut your body open and will force you to eat your own organs."

My eyes widened in horror as the captain's words sunk in. The threat was gruesome and unexpected, and it shocked me to my core. I couldn't believe that the captain would even consider such a sadistic punishment.

"You will keep your distance to him, the siren is not our friend or helper we don't have any kind of connection to him. After we reached Treasure, I'll make sure he will be execution by the curch. The gallows will be his last path. Understood?"

When he spoke those words I felt like my heart stopped beating. the fact that the captain was serious about it was what shook me the most. I could feel the threat behind his words, and it made my blood turning into ice. "I  understand," I managed to say, my voice nearly a whisper.

             
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"Then he will be hanged, no need to worry, as the Captain said we don't have any connection to him".

I wandered aimlessly through the labyrinthine hallways of the ship, my mind still spinning from the captain's threat. But deep down, a small part of me felt differently about the siren. I couldn't explain it, but I felt a strange connection to him, as if there was more to him than just a dangerous creature. "Hanged," I murmured to myself, trying to push away any lingering feelings of sympathy. Just then, I heard a noise coming from one of the storage cabins. 

It was Namjoons room.

I slowly opened his door seeing him pick up his books from the ground.

"Lia" He said quiet as he pulled me inside his room.

"Your cheek...are you okay?"he asked.

Am I okay? I don't really know it.

"I guess so..." I replied

"don't worry , I'll take care of it" he placed me on his bed, I noticed blood on his sheets.

"Namjoon are you hurt?!"

"Psshhh, not so loud, You will wake him!" He whispered, pointing at the sleeping figure on his bed.

I heard the crew member let out a huff. "He's exhausted," Namjoon grumbled, still working on my cut. "It's been a long day for him. He needs to rest." I nodded in agreement, watching the sleeping form of the siren on the bed. Despite everything, he looked so peaceful. 

"How did you know about the deal?" I asked.

"The book, Monsters of the ocean. The sirens are described as servent of the devil, luring humans to their death. There was one sentence written in greek almost ripped of.
antimetopizo. The only world I could figure out."

"You arrived on time. Our Savior"

He chuckled, "No you are our Savior Lia". He gently applied ointment on my cut.

No I'm not. I can't even save him.

"Captain wants his death. After we reached Treasure he will give him to the curch."

I spoke up, still having my eyes on the sleeping person.

Namjoon just looked down without saying anything.

"Why are you worried?"

"I'm not worried It's just...That's cruel! Just cruel!"

"Hurting you was also cruel--"

"He didn't...he had a reason" I took a deep breath befor I spoke," I wanted to do something terrible to him. Something unforgivable, when I saw him all those bad toughs dissapeard. I think--"

"Listen to me, please." Namjoon slowly rubbed my other cheek with his thumb.
"Whatever it is that you're feeling right now,t's not real, it's a Siren- Thing with no meaning."

He kept speaking.

"I do infact fell bad for him. When I saw him getting shot...when I carried him to my room and he screamed out of pain...but It's not real".

"He isn't a full Siren anymore" I mumbled.
Namjoon took a deep breath slowing walking towards him.
He slowly pulled his now dark hair out of his face, revaling his sharp pointy ears.

"He isn't a full human either."

I was about to say something but got cut off by Seokjin.

"It's time to eat. Captain calls All of us." He narrowed his eyes when he noticed the sleepy boy."Even this thing".

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"I think I'm not able to close my eyes tonight." Hoseok spoke with digsut in  his voice.

We all just watched as the boy  stuffed his mouth full with his bear hands. Just the Captain not, he kept his eyes on his own plate.

It wasn't the fact that he indeed ate like an animal, It was the strange feeling seeing him eating the flesh from his  kind he once were.

"You'll all eat up I have something important to discuss with Seokjin". The Captain stood up.

The nameless boy was about to grab another piece of meat but The Captain catched his wrist.

"It's not my duty to fill your stomach!now your limits demon!" He growled, The boy only looked at him full with hate.

"Captain..." Namjoon began, trying to calm their tension.

"I'll keep an eye of our prisoner, he won't dare to touch the food again" Yoongi said with no emotion in his voice.

The Captain finally let go of his wrist and left with Seokjin.

All of us stayed quiet and kept continued to eat.

He Just had his expression full of Hate on his face still looking at the meat.

How Could the Captain refuse to let him still his hunger. He, Himself knows the terrible feeling of an empty stomach yet he doesn't care if someone on his own ship starves.

As we sat across from each other, I stretched my feet under the table. I one bump his feet against mine.

Now I caught his attention. His eyes locked on mind. I took a piece of meat and slowly put it under the table.

I felt his fingers brushed against mine as he took the food from my hands, hiding it under his shirt.

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I walked across the deck looking at the shining stars for help.I can't think clear, there are too many toughs on my minds.

Suddenly I saw Taehyung walking across my direction.

"Oi!  Why weren't you with us? We all ate without you, even our new friend was there, Hey Taehyung aren't you feeling well?"

He looked pale. Dark circles covered his undereyes.

"I cannot find peace".

"What's on your mind, tell me your worries".

He gave me a soft smile.

"I can't hide anything from you don't I?"

"After all those years I realized that you are terrible at hiding your fears."

"I do it because I deepley believe that they will dissapear when I try to ignore them" He explained. "And right now I do it too"

"But why so? The Blood Moon isn't there anymore, We will reach Treasure and no enemies are here to hurt us."

"Just one demon that haunts our ship!Soon we will have our own apocalypse, each one of us!"

"Taehyung! You saw it yourself. You saw his two human legs. He isn't A demon!"

"Something terrible will happen to us. I can feel it." He took the eyes out of his pocket glaring at them."I have a bad feeling."

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