PART 3!

Full of fluff and stuff. :D I tried to make it really fluffy cuz angstiness is up next.

P.S. I don't own any of the characters nor POTC.

Several hours after the the captive mermaid's transformation, the traveling group stopped at a section of the jungle where the ground was crawling with roots so thick you could sit a hundred people on just one. The crewmates easily found places to sit and rest their aching feet while the captain took his daughter farther into the brush, out of earshot and out of sight. Wally carried the new boy in his arms over to a root far enough away from the others so he would not feel intimidated.

"There ya go," Wally said as he set him down. The other did not reply. The ginger sighed with frustration, but then something caught his eyes. He crouched down in front of the prisoner and surveyed his newly-formed legs covered in leaves and dirt and grass. "Dude, you're filthy."

Still no reply.

Wally withdrew a small towel from his pocket and began to gently wipe away the caked-on mud and the wet, clingy leaves that had jumped onto his legs after his tumble. The raven-haired boy blushed, the pink dusting his cheeks barely visible, but kept his lips pressed against one another still.

"Amazing," the semi-priest started again. "God definitely created you himself. You're so beautiful." The blush darkened. "But so deadly."

The pale boy's blue eyes widened at the last sentence, mouth falling slightly open.

"Ya know, you could talk to me. You do owe me for trying to kill me."

"I didn't try to kill you." Wally stopped for a moment, shocked at the sound of the other boy's voice. It was still silky and soft and made his heart beat faster with each syllable that floated from his lips. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, trying to get himself under control.

"I don't know what else you would call tackling someone overboard into a sea full of man-eating mermaids."

"Are you stupid?" At the new frustrated tone, the ginger looked up at the other's face. His rose-red lips were downturned into a small frown, dark eyebrows knitting together slightly.

"Excuse me?"

"I didn't try to kill you. If I hadn't done that, what do you think would have happened to you?"

Wally stood up, stuffing the now-dirty towel back into his pocket, and brought his face closer to the other's.

"What are you talking about?"

"If I hadn't pulled you off that boat when I did, my sisters would have taken hold of you with their teeth and devoured you until nothing was left."

Realization hit Wally in the brain like a hammer and his eyes grew large in understanding.

"So...you saved me."

"Yeah."

"But...why?"

"Because..." The fromer-mermaid paused, searching for the right words to say."Because I could tell you were different. The look in your eyes told me you didn't want to hunt me- to hunt any of us. I can tell you care, that you have kindness and compassion in you and so..."

The red-headed boy felt heat rise to his cheeks and his heart beat furiously against his ribcage. The desire to take the other into his arms grew strong along with an urge to press his lips against the other.

No no no no, stop. What are you thinking? He's a mermaid-and a guy! You shouldn't think like that...shouldn't...

He continued to stare into the beatiful eyes that reminded him of the calm, blue sea and his hand lifted to touch the other's trembling fingers. They make contact with the soft, damp appendages, and the two slowly inch towards one another. Sadly, the moment is broken when the captain returns and bellows his call throughout the restspot, starling the two apart.

"Alright, let's go! You, boy! Bring that filthy creature already!"

"He has a name!"

Every person turned to stare at Wally with surpirse, including said "creature."

"Well, does it now?" The captiain's severely chapped lips turn up at one end into a cocky smirk. "What is it?"

Oh shit.

Wally hadn't even thought his actions through completely. He raided his brain for every word, every name he's ever heard, searching for the perfect name for the gorgeous creature in front of him. One of them stick out at him and he decides to go with it.

"Robin."

"Robin" blinks up at him in awe.

"His name is Robin."

The captain grunted before turning off into the jungle. "Very well. Bring Robin along already!"

The crew members started to file out of their resting place with moans and groans of protest while Wally turned back to Robin, scooping up the practically weightless boy back into his arms.

"Well, time to go." he said with a bright smile before heading off to follow the others. Robin laid his cheek against the other's shoulder once again, drawn to his relaxing warmth. For the first time since his capture he felt safe and comfortable and he decided that it was time to deliver the words his captor and saviour actually deserved.

"Thank you," he whispered.

"You're welcome, Robin. You're welcome."

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