Atem stabbed the tie-covered spear into the sandy floor of his bedroom and threw himself down onto his sponge bed, gazing up at the high ceiling while his heart soared wonderfully.

This was pure love, he was certain of it. Seto Kaiba was handsome, loyal, and very entertaining. The fact that he had legs was not a deterrent.

A knock sounded at his door and Mana called out to him, "May I come in?"

Atem sat up quickly and pushed off the bed to answer the door.

"My king…" Mana said hesitantly, looking unusually shy. "How was your travel to shore?"

"Excellent!" Atem beamed, leading her into his room by the arm and showing her the spear decorated with colorful patterned ties. "I brought this weapon to shore at Mahad's insistence, and the child decorated it for me."

"Seto Kaiba has a child?" Mana whispered shrilly. Every new piece of information Atem told her about these humans disturbed her more and more.

"Yes, a blood relation," Atem assured her gently and pulled a blue and white striped tie off the spear for himself. "Aren't they nice? They're soft and thin like kelp, but longer and sturdier. Want to use one for your hair?"

"I-Is that what they're for? Hair? So these are Hair Ties?" Mana's interest piqued as she ran her fingers through a pastel pink tie with thin white stripes. "I like this one."

"Then take it, it's yours." Atem said warmly, freeing the tie from the staff and pressing it into her hands with a smile. "The rest are for the mermaids in Confinement."

"About that…" Mana hiccupped nervously. "There were no men in Confinement?"

Atem shook his head slowly, "I didn't see any men. Why?"

"Don't you think it's strange then?" Mana asked, twirling the tie through her fingers in distress. "You're the only man in a situation that has doomed many mermaids?"

"Well…perhaps it's different because I'm a man," Atem said, not believing his own words at all.

"Is it, though?" Mana cried, looking more distraught. "Mahad told me the mermaids in Confinement mated with the men on land. What if Seto Kaiba…wants to mate with you?"

"He can try," Atem scoffed, recalling how Kaiba had tried to enter his hole from the back and failed miserably. "I'm armed, and…so what if he does want to mate with me?"

"W-Well…that's…disturbing," Mana whispered, looking fearfully at the ground. "Please stay safe, Atem. I'm very worried about you. We all are."

Atem grew cold all over and nodded stiffly.
If he couldn't trust Mana with the truth, then who could he trust?
Why did everyone around him think that Seto Kaiba was a disgusting human being?

"Thank you for your concern, Mana, now let me rest," Atem said flatly, escorting Mana to the door, and he caught another tearful look from her before she waved and swam off sadly.

Letting out a tight sigh, Atem closed the door heavily and leaned against it, feeling terribly trapped in his own kingdom.
There was no one who approved.
No one trusted Kaiba. How could he change that?

Perhaps it was time to make another visit to Confinement after a long sleep.

Kaiba stood opposite from his three chemists, watching them spread out several samples of lipsticks for him on the metal lab table.

"The skin-liquid takes the molds quite nicely when heated," the first chemist said, tapping the pad in her hand. "I don't know what you're calling it, Mr. Kaiba. Perhaps patent a name for it so we can stop calling it 'the skin-liquid'."

"And it's cold to the touch, and cold when applied," the second chemist said, pushing her lab goggles up over her bangs and squinting down at a dark blue tube of lipstick. "We can market this as a summer product. Cooling effect."

"No one wears a dark color for summer," the third chemist interjected, pointing at a bright yellow shade. "Maybe something like this. Would you wear this?"

"That? No," the second chemist scoffed, rolling her eyes. "That was to test how well the liquid would hold pigment. It holds. Obviously."

"Well, that's good to know." Kaiba smiled excitedly at the thought of Atem's face lighting when he gifted the mer-king with an enormous set of lipsticks. "Make it in every color of the rainbow. Go easy on the red shades, and…they need to be extremely waterproof."

"Define extremely waterproof," the first chemist said, looking very excited.

"Make it so waterproof that it fuses to your mouth like a second layer of skin," Kaiba grinned, seeing the women wince at his choice of words.

"I don't want that," the second chemist spoke up again, smiling gently at the CEO. "It needs to come off...eventually."

"Yeah, and you'll need a whole other product to make it come off. That's how you make money," Kaiba snorted, and the women laughed pleasantly.

"Maybe you're thinking of a peel-off lipstick?" the third chemist asked tentatively. "That was a trend, wasn't it? This will be a competitive lipstick if you make it waterproof, Mr. Kaiba."

"No, don't make it peel or do anything weird," Kaiba said, remembering that the scales already flaked like skin when they were dry. "Stick with a conventional formula. Waterproof. And make plenty of colors for darker skin."

He began to walk away, but was stopped by the first chemist, "W-Wait, Mr. Kaiba! We're not making this for Japanese people?"

"You are, but we have so much, so let's just make a huge range," Kaiba said impatiently, unwilling to tell the truth. "Be inclusive, dammit." And he walked quickly to the exit, wishing the entire process was less complicated.

These damn lipsticks better make Atem's mermaids happy, Kaiba growled to himself, and he caught a glimpse of the chemists with their heads bowed together over the table before the doors closed with a soft whoosh.

"He must be gay," the second chemist declared loudly, and was shushed by her co-worker.

"You won't know," the first chemist said blithely, slipping her gloves back on with a snap. "He'll probably wear them in private, in his own home while prancing in front of a mirror."

"We're being recorded 24/7 in this lab, audio and visual, you're both aware, right?" the third chemist breathed, attempting to keep her composure from slipping.

"Serums and lipsticks…serums and lipsticks, that's all we're talking about!" the second chemist sang cheerily, and her lab mates smiled, all three of them trying to stem their laugher.

Atem heaved the sack of litter over his shoulder, thinking it was very light, lighter than usual, so he said a small prayer, thanking Seto Kaiba for his help.

The metal ships had decreased the trash load quite a bit, and everyone was glad that they were required to take less trips to shore.

Swimming up through the hemisphere, one of the border guards stopped him in his path, handing him his staff with a solemn expression. "My king, please take this."

Atem snatched the weapon out of the guard's hands and nodded angrily before continuing on his way up.
This had to be Mahad's doing.
Everyone was so paranoid for no reason.

Trying to feel less irritated about it, Atem filled his mind with warm, happy thoughts of Seto Kaiba, and kept his gaze pointed upwards. The sun was still up, so perhaps he could enjoy some light before it set.

Kaiba gently set all his camera equipment down on the table by the window and gazed out towards the open ocean, seeing no one on the beach.

He picked up a tiny camera and flipped his laptop on beside him, testing the visual quickly.

This would solve most of his problems. If the shore was monitored, he would instantly know if anything were to happen. He would also be alerted of any walking mermen and would be able to see when Atem appeared.

The camera feeds would go directly to his phone and personal computer, so no one else would accidentally find out.

Kaiba stabbed the camera's cord into his computer and sighed, looking up to stare at the ocean again. He saw a tiny splash in the distance and his heart raced excitedly.

He stopped everything he was doing and dashed out of the house, almost slipping on the sand covering the wooden ramp leading down to the beach.

The spiky-haired figure in the water waved energetically, and Kaiba's heart soared.

This was a great way to spend his time after work.

Reaching the water's edge, Kaiba ran into the water and froze, his feet growing numb from the sudden cold.

He stood very still, shivering violently as another wave crashed against his thighs.
It seemed the effect from the scales was temporary.

But I took a cold shower today, and the water was still felt warm, Kaiba raged, jumping up and down in the water and running back to the sand, his toes stinging terribly.

"Human!" Atem grinned, tossing the sack of garbage onto shore and rolling onto the beach with ease, riding atop a low foamy wave. "What's the matter? Cold?"

"F-Freezing." Kaiba grit his teeth to keep them from chattering as he contemplated running back into the house to drink another vial of the scales. "I'll be right back."

"Wait…take this with you!" Atem cried, pointing his weapon at the sack of garbage. "These came from your people. Discard it properly."

"I'm not responsible for every single person who litters," Kaiba growled, but he obliged and snatched the seaweed-woven sack up, hoisting it over his shoulder and hating how the icy water trailed down his entire front, soaking him completely.

"Thank you!" Atem smiled warmly and waved at Kaiba's back, and he eased onto his side in the warm sand, stretching lazily. This was quite nice! Having Kaiba throw out the garbage for him was a pleasant addition.

Kaiba circled his property, shivering violently and hating Atem briefly for making him the garbage mule. Clearly, his ships couldn't collect all the garbage from the deeper parts of the ocean where Atem actually lived, because they weren't equipped to go that deep.

Just how far away was this underwater kingdom?

Deciding not to think about it further, Kaiba swung the sack of plastic into the garbage bin and strode hastily back into the house, his mind on one thing: the extra vials of liquified scales in his briefcase.

Maybe I'll drink one with my morning coffee every day, thought Kaiba as he reached his large work-desk sitting against the window, and numb fingers closed over a fresh vial.

He uncapped it and tossed it back with ease, grimacing as the now-familiar cold consumed his body, coupled with a strong wave of nausea.

Too cold, too sudden.

Kaiba retched silently as he bent over his desk, his vision turning green for a moment before the color returned. This felt horrible, somehow worse than the first time he drank it. Why?

Was it because there was a two-day gap? Or was it because he had drank two vials at once after almost being boiled alive, and then skipped a day?

Gasping for breath, Kaiba straightened up slowly, composing himself.
If he was going to be drinking these vials regularly, he would have to keep a record, for scientific and personal purposes.

Atem narrowed his eyes, seeing Kaiba bend over suddenly in the window, and disappear for a moment, before shakily standing again.
That was a strange movement.
Was the human…sick?

He watched Kaiba hurry down the wooden slant and approach him with a weak smile, looking paler than usual. Yes, the human was sick.

"You need to rest," Atem declared as Kaiba sat down stubbornly in the sand beside him, and a medium wave came rushing up towards them, drenching Kaiba's clothed legs and swallowing him up to the waist.

"I'm fine," Kaiba answered mildly, breathing a tight sigh of relief as he relaxed quickly. The wave of water was pleasantly hot, burning hot. It had been a while since he had water this hot.

Atem watched this reaction curiously and obtrusively prodded Kaiba's mind, but was met with silence and a strange sense of relief.

"What is it? Did something happen?" Atem pressed, wanting to know why Kaiba was acting so extreme. "You don't have to pretend for me. Speak."

And he reached out to grab Kaiba's hand, shocked to find it cold to the touch.

Kaiba mustered another smile and leaned closer to Atem, gazing out over the water, contemplating his answer. The truth; he would tell the truth this time.

"Yes, the truth would be nice," Atem growled. "Have you been lying about something?"

"No," Kaiba answered amicably, rolling up his pant legs and enjoying another hot wave of water brushing over his shins. "We make love in the water all the time, so I might have found a way to make the cold water easier to bear."

"How…?" Atem asked slowly, his concern rising as he recalled Mai's comments about how humans would do anything, even hurt themselves, for love. "You're not hurting yourself, are you?"

"Ha!" Kaiba let out a bark of derisive laughter. Where to even begin? Being boiled alive in the shower was a good place to start.

"Please explain…" Atem said shakily, reaching for his weapon and wondering if he ought to threaten the answers out of Kaiba, because the CEO was being particularly withholding today.

Boiled alive? Was Kaiba being tortured? And why?

"Can hot water hurt you?" Kaiba asked suddenly, his blue eyes bright in the setting orange sun. "How do you Fish People live in warmer climates then?"

"Us fish people…are all different," Atem raged, bristling at Kaiba's word choice. "For example, there is a colony several leagues away, and they live in shallower waters, significantly warmer than the climate in my—"

Atem forced himself to stop talking. He was revealing too much, and there was a wide-eyed look of maddening glee sitting on Kaiba's face.

"Go on, I've got no one to tell," Kaiba said, unable to keep the smile off his face. "You swore me into silence. Are they your friends?"

"No, that colony is not friendly," Atem scoffed, recalling the almost-war his father had managed to put a stop to when he was still a young hatchling. "They're violent, lawless, and they enjoy interfering with humans. Everyone avoids them."

"Right, because your colony is so political, right?" Kaiba taunted, and he received a dark look in response that answered his question.

"I had to...fight for my own right to come up here and see you," Atem said quietly, his cheeks burning with frustration. "And every time I leave, someone shoves a weapon in my face, insisting that I travel armed. I believe it sends the wrong message if I were to run into someone from another colony."

"Cool, I don't care," Kaiba said brusquely, understanding that his joke was made in bad taste, and the mood was quickly souring because of it. "Sounds stupid. You can leave the spear here if you don't want to travel back with it. Next topic."

Atem nodded stiffly and turned his gaze out over the water again, feeling slightly better about everything. Even though Kaiba's words were rough, he had felt the rush of sympathy and disgust, and that had been enough, because it mirrored his own feelings.

They sat together in comfortable silence while the waves lapped happily at their bodies, and Kaiba was beginning to feel sleepy. The hot ocean water around his waist along with the cool air blowing through his hair, was nice.

Atem's warmth beside him was comforting too.

He leaned his head down on the merman's bare shoulder and closed his eyes, exhaustion settling thickly over him.

Suddenly, a warm breath grazed past his nose and their lips connected.

Atem was kissing him, softly, slowly, and sweetly, taking his time and raking his claws through the back of his hair. Relaxing wonderfully into the kiss, Kaiba tried to pry his eyes open to see the blond bangs inches from his face, but his eyelids were heavy.
He didn't want to open his eyes because it would mean…their kiss would end, and the world would continue spinning again.

Kaiba wrapped his arms around Atem's body to pull him closer, sinking deeper into each of Atem's gentle breaths, melting gradually with every sensual flick of his tongue across his lower lip.

His mind hummed with pleasure and shut off completely. Nothing existed, other than the hot wave around his waist, Atem's warm hand on his cheek, and his soft lips on his own.

Pulling away gently, Atem gazed happily at Kaiba's expression, pleased to see that his eyes were still comically closed.

"Did you like that?" Atem asked knowingly, pressing his nose into the crook of Kaiba's pale neck and baring his fangs playfully, scraping them over Kaiba's collar bone through his dress shirt. "That's how we do it."

"That's…a boring way to do it," Kaiba replied breathlessly, finally opening his eyes and seeing Atem trailing his hands down the front of his shirt, counting each of his buttons with an odd, determination.

Yes, very interesting, Atem mused, tapping his nail against a hard, mother-of-pearl button. Humans wear shells in this way.

Kaiba buried his nose into Atem's spiky hair and breathed deeply, smiling to himself, feeling as if he had won an unwinnable prize. His energy came rushing back and he climbed nimbly on top of Atem, straddling his tail with familiar ease and grinning handsomely down at the king.

"Now…we do it my way."

"We're always doing it your way," Atem argued teasingly, giving Kaiba's arms a tight squeeze with both of his hands. "My turn."

"…No," Kaiba said stubbornly, digging his knees into the sand at either side of Atem's tail. "I like it…the way we usually do it."

"You walk away from it bleeding. I refuse," Atem shot back, rocking forward powerfully and managing to push Kaiba off him. "Try it once, my way."

Kaiba opened his mouth to protest but his voice died in his throat when Atem began undressing him with surprising ease.

"I've seen you do this several times before," Atem said quietly, tossing the shirt aside triumphantly with a grin. "I've learned by watching."

"Congrats," Kaiba growled, his boner straining happily through the front of his pants as Atem gave his front a firm rub, flashing him another pretty grin before he worked the button and zipper, sliding his hand into his pants and freeing his erection.

"Take these off," Atem coaxed, grabbing at the belt, and Kaiba hastily obliged, inching his pants off his hips. The mer-king slid slowly down in the sand on his stomach and pressed his cheek against Kaiba's slender thigh, smiling mischievously.

Kaiba's breath hitched in his throat as he let Atem peel his pants off and toss them aside seemingly without a care in the world, and stare intently at his boner.

"…And it is magically big again," Atem said excitedly, oblivious to Kaiba's embarrassment. He dove his head down without hesitation and gave the stiffness a solid lick, tasting an odd tang at the tip of his tongue. Was this what the human tasted like?

Intrigued, Atem nuzzled his nose deeper, enjoying the padded softness waiting underneath his lips, and he licked that too. Baring his fangs happily, he grazed them lightly along Kaiba's inner thigh.

He heard a hiss, and Kaiba's leg jerked to the side, followed by a stream of rapid-fire thoughts.

What the fuck, what the fuck, he looks like he's about to bite my balls off!

"Calm...down," Atem bit back a laugh and gazed down at Kaiba's exposed erection with an air of amusement. "I know these are your eggs. I'll be gentle."

Kaiba's head spun violently with a mixture of mirth and nausea.
Eggs. His only two eggs. Yeah. They were those.

"This is what makes you fertile, isn't it?" Atem glared, growing more disgruntled at Kaiba's thoughts. "Human women carry them on their chests, and they look attractive, whereas men—"

"Please shut up," Kaiba said through numb lips, unable to show an emotion that accurately displayed how he felt. His boner was going to die if Atem said one more disconcerting thing about his balls being eggs.

Very well, Atem thought irritably, and dipped his head back down, continuing to do whatever he pleased. He dragged his lips up along Kaiba's inner thigh, eliciting a hostile shiver, but he continued, intent on showing Kaiba how lovemaking was done.

Suddenly, Kaiba's leg looped over his neck, almost causing his chin to smash into the sand beneath his face.

"Suck my dick," Kaiba demanded, his boner throbbing with impatience, and he caught a heated glare from Atem before the merman obliged.

Atem inched forward and enveloped Kaiba's length inside his mouth, hearing a satisfied sigh, which encouraged him to continue, and he trailed his lips up over Kaiba's neat patch of pubic hair, slowly making his way up Kaiba's muscled abdomen, pausing to give his nipple a playful bite.

Kaiba shut his eyes and opened them again, his chest heaving with shallow breaths, his body trembling hot with anticipation, hating how Atem was clearly taking his time. A hot tongue swirled lovingly around his nipple, sending a slow heated wave of pleasure running up and down his entire body.
Atem's hands flattened against his skin and Kaiba shivered reluctantly as the tips of Atem's claws tickled the lower his hands traveled.

He was feeling as if he was about to burst, and Atem leaned forward to gently kiss him again, another long, lingering kiss before he pulled away to nibble gently at his ears and down his neck, turning the raw bubble of arousal at the base of his stomach into a warm pool of never-ending heat, with no orgasm in sight.
It was just endless, low waves of excitement, with teasing hands and teeth, followed by a strong wave of arousal from Atem's body grinding against his, almost sending him over the edge before coming back down again to the soft, lingering kisses.

"I hate this." Kaiba said flatly as he pulled away slowly, and his heart nearly stopped in his chest when Atem's hand came for his throat and pushed him down flat on his back in the sand.

A spiky-head emerged in his vision, and Kaiba's head spun as he gazed up into Atem's deep, violet eyes.

"You are mine, so you will do as I say," Atem hissed, knowing he was losing his patience, but a part of him no longer cared. "You've had your way, and now I'll have mine. Be still or I'll bite."

"Bite me then," Kaiba challenged, and he thunked his head down on the sand with resignation. Atem wanted to be gentle and treat him like a girl, then fine.
What the fuck ever.

Atem continued keenly, grazing his lips smoothly down Kaiba's pale thigh again, enjoying the sweet scent of his skin, and his warm mood was shattered with more of Kaiba's cynical thoughts.

He wants to treat me like a girl, then maybe I should just grow some boobs.

Atem's anger flared quickly. He bared his fangs spitefully, and before he could change his mind, he buried them deep into Kaiba's inner thigh, hearing Kaiba let out a pained yell beneath him and jerk his leg violently in his grasp, but Atem hung on tightly.

The blood rushed into his mouth, coating his tongue thickly, and Atem blinked rapidly, the cloying sweetness taking him completely by surprise.

He took a tentative swallow and felt positively electrified. His entire body tingled, and his vision became impossibly bright.
Mildy frightened, Atem pulled away and wiped his chin, his heart pounding too loudly in his own ears while his own arousal suddenly curled painfully outwards, slick and wet with excitement.

Gasping in surprise, Atem glanced down at himself nervously.

This effect he was experiencing…was probably why feeding on human blood was forbidden. His was hot and cold at the same time, and he was so…incredibly aroused.

"F-Fuck…" Kaiba said weakly, propping himself up on his elbows, his vision blurring mightily while his leg slowly grew numb. "You actually fucking bit me…Atem?"

Kaiba blinked, seeing the merman's expression darken in an instant, and morph into a dark, lustful smile.

"You taste…good!" Atem whispered, throwing himself forward and burying his face into Kaiba's hard abdomen, taking deep, shuddering gasps, trying to keep himself composed, but to no avail. Kaiba's legs twitching at his elbows filled him with an indescribable hunger, and he grabbed them roughly, curling himself against Kaiba's arousal and sliding the head of his tentacle lewdly against Kaiba's hole, feeling the muscle clench and unclench deliciously at his tip.

"Wait…hang on…" Kaiba held out a shaking hand, completely thrown off by the sudden change in demeanor, but had no time to prepare, because Atem gave him one last devilish grin before thrusting himself inside into his hole with steady determination, his angular eyes half-lidded, wearing an eerie, almost cat-like expression.

Kaiba threw his head back and opened his mouth in a silent gasp, finding himself filled again and again without pause. Atem seemed to extend fiercely inside of him, sometimes to the hilt, and other times, it was just the wet, curling tip, teasingly licking his entrance while his legs trembled and Kaiba yearned for more, almost drowning in the violent flood of pleasure and pain, dimly aware that his leg was still bleeding.

Atem's face was blurring above him, and the merman leaned down to bite him again after giving him a particularly passionate thrust that sent his back chafing in the sand underneath them, and Kaiba let out a pleasurable, choked yell, locking his ankles around Atem's back and arching up higher…higher, his mind blissful and blank while his body felt as if it was floating on air.

Atem shut his eyes and enjoyed another strong rush of thick sweetness trickling down his throat as Kaiba pulled him into a crushing embrace and began bucking his hips upwards onto his writhing member, sending him into another blood-drunk frenzy as wave after wave of searing, wonderful heat consumed his mind and body.

Numb with ecstasy, Kaiba relaxed fully underneath Atem and found himself pushed onto his side.

Unwilling to move, Kaiba let Atem do as he pleased, and was lost in another blanket of passion and warmth.
A clawed hand came snaking around his front to grab his erection and Kaiba curled his knees to his chest, gasping for breath as Atem began pounding into him relentlessly from behind. The merman's light breaths tickled his ear, and through his haze of joy, Kaiba heard him whisper, "How deep…can I go?"

"I don't care!" Kaiba managed, slapping a hand down in the sand and digging his fingers into the soft wetness, feeling a headache building as Atem's heat curled deeper and higher into him, stretching him almost painfully before he withdrew and began thrusting viciously with passion again. Kaiba could barely keep his eyes open as his body convulsed and shuddered with a rough orgasm, followed by another…and another, each different from the last.
Amazing. This was pure pleasure.

Atem pulled out of Kaiba's hole with great effort but found that he couldn't stay away for long. Something magnetic was pulling him back in, making it impossible for him to stop, and it was terrifying.

Kaiba beneath him, already looked like he had had enough. His knees were curled to his chest, his arms limp, his expression soft and blissful, but his body was still being rocked by his passionate thrusts.

"I can't—I can't stop!" Atem dug his palms down on either side of Kaiba's body and shuddered as a tight rush of an orgasm bubbled high near his chest and disappeared again.

"Don't…don't stop…" came the weak reply, and Atem grit his teeth, shaking his head frantically when he saw his own semen gathering at the rim of Kaiba's hole, but he was still unable to stop. It was like his body was behaving without him.

"Push me away…do it, please," Atem said hoarsely, his head spinning.
He could barely think straight.
He just wanted to keep shoving himself into Kaiba endlessly, and cum ten more times.

Kaiba barely nodded and pried his eyes open, feeling his hole begin to chafe and burn, but Atem's dick was still prodding playfully at his asshole, acting as if it had a mind of its own.

Gathering all of his strength, Kaiba gave Atem a shove and tried to twist away but found himself face-down in the sand. A strong hand was glued to the back of his head, forcing his chin into the sand while the heated tentacle lapped eagerly at his balls, roaming dangerously low between his thighs, spreading the sticky wetness playfully between his ass cheeks.

"Hey…what the fuck…" Kaiba hissed, trying to push himself up, but his elbows were weak. There was also a small puddle of blood beside his ear. Oh shit…
What was happening?

Atem's heat was once again sliding up and down his already wet hole, sending another jolt of electricity up his spine, and Kaiba winced in pain when he was entered again without warning.

"Please stop…I can't…stop!" Atem cried, hanging desperately onto Kaiba's hips and pressing his forehead down onto Kaiba's lower back, his mind oddly cloudy. He had already cum a few times inside of Kaiba's hole, but it seemed his body didn't think that was enough.

Kaiba opened his mouth to let out another pained yell, tasting sand on his tongue as Atem thrust thickly into him again and gave his insides a swirl that seemed to bend him in half.

"F-Fuck…fuck!" Kaiba eyes began to water and he kicked his legs out in an attempt to get away, but the tops of his feet slid against Atem's smooth tail, unable to find grip, and that seemed to incite a fresh bout of passion from the tentacle.

Atem shut his eyes and shivered, praying for control. His stomach tightened with another heave, and his vision went white momentarily, his ears ringing with a sharp tinny noise.

Kaiba felt Atem freeze behind him, and he kicked out one last time, crawling away with a weak groan and pressing his cheek down in the warm sand as he briefly passed out.

Atem came to his senses and fell forward heavily onto his palms, heaving and shivering.

He glanced up at the motionless figure lying in the sand before him, and he reached out to give Kaiba's ankle a weak shake.

"I'm sorry…" Atem gasped, falling to his side and letting a shallow wave wash over him up to his elbow, and he heard Kaiba curse silently again in his mind.

I'm dead.
He killed me.
Death by sexual intercourse with a mythical creature.
A billionaire's body is found naked and half-decomposing on his private beach. Preliminary autopsy showed he orgasmed so hard, his brain exploded—

"I take it you're fine," Atem growled, sitting up weakly and trying to shake off the panic. "I shouldn't have bit you. I'm sorry. I really couldn't stop."

Kaiba sat up dizzily, throwing Atem an unsteady smile before he laid back down in the sand with a satisfied sigh. "So, that's how you fish people do it."

"That is not how mer-people mate," Atem retaliated with a defensive look, feeling terribly guilty. "It was supposed to be gentle from start to finish. Something in your blood made me lose myself. Are you hurt?"

"No…" Kaiba rolled his eyes, feeling a warm trickle of blood run down his knee and a spot above his shoulder stung oddly. "How many times did you bite me?"

"Twice…I think," Atem said hastily, reaching out to run his hand along Kaiba's calf, his heart freezing in his chest when he spotted two pinpricks of fang marks on Kaiba's hip, and one on his arm.
They looked like shallow bites because they were no longer bleeding.

"Or…it might have been four times. I don't remember," Atem hugged himself shakily, unable to look at Kaiba's wounds anymore. "I didn't mean to at all."

"I'll heal," Kaiba answered dully, patting the sand beside him and not moving to sit up. "That was…scary, and amazing."

Atem used his elbows to push himself further up along the sand and he placed his head down onto Kaiba's bare chest, watching the steady rise and fall, his own heart beating equally as fast.

"It was just…scary," Atem said, shutting his eyes and curling himself up over Kaiba's long legs. "I'll never bite you again."

Kaiba laughed dryly, and stopped mid-laugh, realizing his chest hurt. He fell quiet and planted a kiss on Atem's wet forehead. The spiky blond bangs tickled his nose and he gave them an awkward pat.
The rough sex was great.
He enjoyed being wrung out and put through his paces.

Atem heard Kaiba's thoughts and began to calm down, but he still felt terrible. He counted the stars above his head and blinked slowly. It was completely dark.

"I need to go!" Atem cried, springing up and sounding panicked. "I left yesterday when the sun wasn't set all the way. It's dark now!"

"Oh, okay, go then," Kaiba said sleepily, sitting up slowly and reaching out to brush the backs of his knuckles lovingly against Atem's cheek. "See you tomorrow."

"Yes, tomorrow indeed," Atem said hastily, letting Kaiba kiss him on the back of his ear. He gave Kaiba a small apologetic smile and was met with a warm, sleepy one.

Kaiba felt the merman reach out to grab his hand, give it a squeeze, causing his heart to swell and his cheeks to burn.

Atem eyed on oncoming wave and pushed off the shore, riding it out into deeper waters, hearing Kaiba's thought's behind him.

That's a cool way to do it.

Sticking his hand out of the water to wave, Atem dove down quickly and disappeared beneath the surface.

Kaiba stared at the familiar ends of Atem's red tail splashing upwards before vanishing, and he smiled to himself.

He then glanced around the beach for his clothes, realizing they were scattered everywhere.

Slowly rising to his feet, Kaiba wobbled with every step he took, but his mind was wonderfully clear again.

Merman sex was probably also another miracle cure of sorts.
He always felt like a new man afterwards.

As he walked off towards his property, he thought he heard another splash behind him, and he whirled around to check, thinking Atem had returned, but there was nothing and no one in the water behind him.

It was just his imagination.

But underneath the water, behind the drop-off rock, a palace guard sat very still.

His claws had sunk into the rock, leaving a five-fingered crack along the side as he slowly digested what he had just witnessed.

After having been ordered to 'follow and protect the young king', he had, but did not expect to see such blatant show of blasphemy.

Shaking with a mixture of fear and uncertainty, the palace guard pushed off the rock, wondering what he should say in his report…if he should say anything at all.

Author's note:

Uh oh a palace guard spotted atem doing the nasty-nasty with a human.

Things that make the world go 'round: Hair ties, lipstick production, all-healing serums, and rough fantasy sex :D

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Ugli

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