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[eidxiety]

[Hold on, he's gotta do this thing where he uses his fingers to stuff all of what leaked out of his vent back inside as Add gets up, don't worry about that heat brain is making him do it.

Okay, anyway, next—

Ain very eagerly climbs out of the tub, shakes off like a dog, and legs up, only to wobble over to Add on the couch and collapse on top of him. It's not the biggest piece of furniture in the world, it's nothing like a bed, but it'll do. He gets to lay on his mate all night and keep him warm. Ain, at least, won't be cold when he wakes up because Sirens have insane thermoregulation due to the Fucking Ocean, but Add?? He's worried about Add. Humans are fragile.

This is why we lay on human. Purr on human.

Goodnight human.]

[dyn4m0]

[Add...should not have done this, but post-orgasm brain does not think. It is simply not thinking. He just wanted to lay down and fucking sleep, and that's exactly what he does. He passes out pretty much the second Ain lays down across him. He is unconscious, goodbye.

And he sleeps...all night. Normally Add suffers a bit from insomnia due to his brain never knowing when to turn off, as well as during times he just works late because he can't sleep, so this kind of heavy sleeping is unusual for him. So when his watch buzzes to be like "hey why haven't you moved in x hours are you alive", he jolts awake with alarm.

Where...is he? What's going on?

It takes a moment for his brain to catch up. He feels weight on him, and pretty much immediately realizes it's Ain. He's in his leggy form, laying across him slumbering...

And people start coming in for work in fifteen minutes.]

Shit-!

[Add wiggles underneath Ain, struggling to push him off.]

Get up! Get in your tank! People are going to start coming in and they can't see us like this-!!

[eidxiety]

[Ain is curled up and not expecting to be almost shoved off here. He wakes up and yawns slowly, which probably doesn't help Add feel better for those thirty unrushed seconds. Half-sitting up, he leans in to give Add a kiss to shut him up, then slowly sinks onto the floor.

Dehydrated...]

Grumpy...

[Yaaaaawns. He starts walking, though, tailfins bobbing and swaying as he starts to climb back to the tank.]

Good morning to you too, by the way. You better put your fabrics on.

[Splash! Ain is in the tank, and ohhh water feels so good right now after he spent eight hours being dry. Not good, he cannot continue to be a dry boy like this.]

[dyn4m0]

Working on it!

[Add is a whirlwind of activity despite feeling as achey as he does. He has to make sure his office is the same state it was in when everyone went home yesterday...meaning he has to quickly drain the exam tank, make sure the water is dry, put away the tarps from the couch...and once he's done all of that, he has to redress. His clothes are dry and clean, thank god, so he's able to just put them back on quickly before doing a quick bandage patch-job on his shoulder. It's enough to cover the wound for now, though fortunately it doesn't really look that bad thanks to Ain's Siren saliva healing it over considerably.

He just barely gets all of this done- including snatching the tape from the camera to stash in his work bag to bring home later- before he has to go to the front door to unlock and let his boss in. His coworkers trickle in afterwards, asking him if he had a good evening, etc etc...while some others drop by to check on Ain. They may not be working with him as directly as Add, but he's quickly become their favorite.]

[eidxiety]

[Ain, who has scales and therefore does not have a love bite showing teehee heehee, is quick to act perfectly normal. And by that I mean he's eating the attention up.

He brings them his pool rings first thing and holds them up, then jingles them with a tentacle. And then with the largest spoiled brat grin, he asks so sweetly:]

More toy?

[Then someone plays sounds on their phone to get him to imitate them, so he swims in a circle and starts ringing. He has learnt three new ringtones today to annoy Add with! And also more classical music to sing. Lyrics are a bit harder right now since he's not speaking full English.]

Have?

["Oh no, this is a phone, it won't live in water."
"Maybe we could get him a waterproof Bluetooth speaker?"
"Ooh..."

Ain starts spinning in circles. He has no idea what they said, but they did say Get and that means he's going to receive something he wants. That's how that works.

"Will he chew on it?"
"Oh, good call..."

Spin, spin. Ain bonks his head into the tank wall gently and nuzzles against it like he's asking to be pat.]

Good boy??

[dyn4m0]

[Add is so tired...even though he slept a full night, waking up so suddenly and racing around that early in the morning has left him feeling a little lethargic. He has a brief talk with his boss to let her know how last night went (he lies and tells her he just put eggs in Ain again to calm him down), before heading back to his office in time to see his coworkers cooing over him.]

You guys are going to get him spoiled. You know that, right?

[Add waves a hand, causing them to part so he can approach the glass and place a hand near where Ain is bonking his head into it.]

What's he asking for this time?

[eidxiety]

"More toys and a phone. We think a Bluetooth speaker could be fun for him. One of the waterproof pool ones. We're just not sure if he'll chew on it or not."

[Heehee. Teehee. Ain bonks and starts purring, and then as soon as Add isn't looking, makes the Samsung ring noise he was just talk and zips off to hide behind his cave like "teehee" while one of the scientists checks their phone.

So they have taught him more ringtones—]

"He likes music, but it must be hard to hear through the glass. Maybe he'll like having it playing most of the time. Wasn't he agitated yesterday?"

[dyn4m0]

He was.

[Because he wanted cock. But he's better now-]

A waterproof speaker could work. Maybe if it's hidden somewhere he wouldn't think to mess with, or someplace he can't easily reach. If he doesn't know it's there, he won't try biting it. Like hide it inside of a fake rock, or something.

[Meanwhile, Add can just. TELL Ain not to mess with it since he understands...which should work well enough. He hopes.]

You've got to stop teaching him to ring, though. He's smart, he'll use it to get your attention and mess with you if you let him.

[eidxiety]

[Ain is pretending he can't understand Add and coming out from where he hid to lick the glass—]

"Aww, but he's so cute! He's like having a bird and a little brother all in one, isn't he?"

Smart baby!!

"Yes, smart baby!"

[Ain looks at Add like he's been given an Award For Best Baby, and then swims off into his hide to go grab his flask of pearls for the scientists to see. He has to stuff a tentacle into the top of it to keep them from floating off, but that means this thing now doubles as a maraca, so.

Shakey shakey. :D

He's showing off because he wants toys from them, manipulative little bastard—]

[dyn4m0]

[SIGHS!!]

He's a smart baby until he starts getting into cabinets and learning to open doors. He's cleared for a supervised trip outside of his enclosure once this mating season is over, so try not to ruin him before that, got it?

[Add's hand lingers...maybe a moment longer than it should against the glass before he pulls away so he can get Ain's breakfast. He's getting steaks this morning, which he hasn't had in a good long while, but Add thinks he's earned them after...uh. Everything-]

[eidxiety]

"Aww, we're not going to spoil him too badly. We'll look forward to seeing him outside though. Make sure to eat breakfast, too. The cafeteria just added chocolate chip waffles to the menu."

[They know you eat like shit, AND that you worked the night shift. But with that, the others will leave to let Ain eat his breakfast. He chirps "bye bye!!" after them and waves, and then waits until the door is shut.]

I know how to open doors because I'm a smart baby. And if I didn't get into your cabbennet [close enough] I wouldn't have been able to put the stickies on your wound. Or get you the soft rectangles.

[dyn4m0]

[Add rolls his eyes where his coworkers can't see. Yes yes he'll eat something...though really, he's not sure he'd call chocolate chip waffles any better than the ramen he eats on the daily. Maybe one of these days he'll eat a salad.

For now, he moves over to sit in his rolling chair, grabbing his laptop off his desk so he can roll the chair over near Ain's tank so they can talk through the glass while he does his morning reports.]

That was a special case. It's not like we expect all Sirens to be able to know how to do that for emergencies or anything.

Anyway. How are you feeling this morning?

[He is compartmentalizing :)]

[eidxiety]

And that's why I'm a smart baby~. I think they're going to bring me more toys.

[Ain has his meat, and he's curling up like a python in front of the glass as always to eat Calmly. His agitation is gone from yesterday, and he's slept, and it seems like he's in a wonderful mood all things considered. Nomnomnom.]

I feel good, my love~. [Oh no] Lots better than yesterday~. Next time we do that, I wanna play with you more. I didn't get to look too hard~.

[dyn4m0]

[...Add's typing abruptly pauses.

He looks off to the side. Did he hear him right, just then??]

Come again?

[eidxiety]

I feel better than yesterday, and I want to explore you better next time. I shouldn't be in heat then, so it'll be easier and less rushed.

[Nomnomnom.]

Mm, and I want to play with your cute balls more~.

[ain you can't just say that]

[dyn4m0]

[Okay yeah that's what he thought you said, also WHAT-]

...hold on. You...next time? You want to do that when you're not in heat??

[eidxiety]

Mmhm. Why, is that weird? Do humans not do that when they're mated?

[Hm... he didn't consider this...]

Sirens have regular sex, but we can only lay eggs when we're in heat, and only some of this. I'm not a breeding male, so I can't normally. I just like being an incubator. [WHAT A THING TO SAY] But during our off-seasons, yeah, we still like to have sex with our mates. Or, well, I've never had a mate before, but other Sirens that have them do.

[dyn4m0]

[..........................

Add stares at Ain like he's grown a second head, barely registering the rest of what he says because as soon as he says "mated", the rest of it just kindof blurs into a single, run-on sentence.]

Mated.

[eidxiety]

Mmhm! We're mates~. Did that do anything weird to you by the way? Does my natural scent smell bad...?

[He is chewing on this steak bone now. Mmmmm marrow taste...]

[dyn4m0]

[And just like that, Add is closing his laptop because there's no fucking way he's doing any work right this second. He's taking his break early because he needs to talk to his fish.]

I- hang on a second! When we....last night...

[Add looks back at the door, just briefly, before leaning closer to the tank and whispering, as if anybody would even be able to understand them if they did overhear.]

You didn't mention anything about mating! I mean- fuck, I know we technically mated, but it was just to help you with your heat!

[eidxiety]

[Technically, talking to his fish IS part of work. It's not a break! Legally! As far as anyone knows—

Ain looks a little dejected for a moment, headfins drooping.]

Yeah I did... I said I wanted to mate with you and you said yes...

[:( :( :( :( :( ]

I guess we don't have to... but you're gonna have to find me a different mate if you want it gone.

["It was just to help you with your heat"... okay. Ain sadly swims off back to his den to go lay down. Goodbye he's going to start building up the mud in front of his den now, he doesn't want to talk to you.]

[dyn4m0]

[Ain turns away, swimming off to his den so he can wall himself off inside of it. That prompts Add to put his laptop aside, walking up to the tank so he can put his hands against the glass.]

Wait! We need to talk about this! Ain!

[He was already feeling overwhelmed and more than a little manic about the concept that he's fucking falling for a fish, so it's understandable that he'd freak out a little learning that he's actually mated, like...on a more permanent, serious level with Ain. He didn't know that's what it meant, and Ain clearly didn't realize that Add didn't know.

Even still...he grits his teeth, his hands tensing against the glass.]

You're putting words in my mouth! I never said I-

[Didn't want to-]

I didn't say anything, but I need you to explain to me exactly what we did last night. We don't have as clear of an understanding of your mating behaviors as you do!

[eidxiety]

[Ain is flat behind a one-sixths-built sand wall. Add getting up to follow him to the back of the tank gets him to at least pop his head out, but he definitely looks depressed now. Maybe he took it a bit too hard (he did) but in his mind it's hard not to when things were agreed upon... well, misunderstandings are misunderstandings, so he supposes he can explain.]

You at least understand something since you tried to get me to mate with a female!!

[Ain that's just. Obligate heterosexuality. Every creature on this planet has that.]

And you understood that I wanted to have eggs even though I never voiced that! [yeah okay gottem.] ...it's mating, I don't know how else to explain it. That's why we bite. We don't bite people we're not mated with, or don't intend to mate with. It's not exactly a forever thing if someone wants to end it, but we'd need to find a new mate. I can trace your scent since it's changed to match mine slightly... I don't know! I don't know how you want me to talk about it. You gave me a mating bite too, you know. I thought you knew.

[dyn4m0]

[Add listens...and after a moment, his shoulders drop a little, his hands still pressed against the glass.]

I did?

[If it helps Ain at all, the tone of his voice is genuine. It sounds like he really didn't know. Or at least, didn't understand the full extent of what he was getting himself into.]

I. ...look. I'm.

["A human. We can't be mates. It's my job to study you, not to fuck you."

It'd be easy to cut this off here and now and go back to doing his job. Maybe find Ain an actual Siren he can be with. But just as the words dance on the tip of his tongue, he can't bring himself to say them.

Why?]

...I don't get it. I'm not a Siren...I can't give you what another Siren can. I can't live in your tank or give you eggs, so why...

[eidxiety]

[When Ain blows a raspberry out of exasperation, a stream of bubbles comes flying out. Great. Cool. Bet that made him look awesome—]

You really don't listen, huh? How many times do I have to tell you I like humans? I think you're interesting. The rest of my pod went back to the sea, and I followed you guys. I like this place. Yes, the tank is too small, but I don't mind, because I get lots of food, there's no trash in the water, there's no boats with their scary loud sounds and choppy parts, [the motor,] there's no sharks to hunt us... I don't like the checkups, but I still like humans. I like you. And humans have all this interesting stuff, so I like it here.

[Huffs.]

I don't care if you're a human or a siren. I like you. I wouldn't want to be mated to you if I didn't. I wouldn't have let you near me at all during the first part of my heat if I didn't like you. I told you I wanted you to mount me then, too, and you said you wanted to do the same... It wasn't about anything other than me liking you and wanting to mate with you, which I said I did when I asked you to.

It must be difficult being stupid. [Ain this is NOT how you confess to someone.]