Zypher: normally i'd cut the part sectioned off by ~0~ but doing so will make the chapter as a whole seem bland. so if you're not in it for two sirens mating, i'd advise skipping by ctrl+f for my markers.

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The Sample Platter

Chapter 7

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It has been a couple days since the incident. Atemu never spoke of it and Yugi nearly forgotten about it til something stuck out to him. Jagged lines too close to the resemblance of claws had marked Atemu's chest. They were healing but something tickled the back of his mind the more he looked at them.

Atemu was a fantastic hunter. Getting hurt was hardly possible with the older siren. A scratch or two from a lucky bend that had him hit a sharp corner of rock or coral on his tail but nothing more. Marking through their usual mating habits was something different but it has been some time since they were last together romantically. So what caused those marks on his skin? Days passed with no further answers until one day, it all came crashing down.

Atemu has gone to hunt, Yugi was in the grotto, fixing up the nest as he pulled the old, faded towels away to replace with new ones gathered from the shore. When Atemu came back with food and handed Yugi a sizable helping, he looked at the pile gathered before him then froze. Like a curtain pulled back from the shadows of his mind, Yugi remembered it all.

It played out like a movie in his head, seeing everything from a backseat perspective as his body betrayed him, turning him into a wild animal that went for anything that moved and gorged on whatever could get between his teeth and claws. Including Atemu. He was mortified at the thought, nearly hurling the few bites he took from the amberjack, tossing the fish away.

"Yugi, what's wrong? Is the amberjack not to your liking?"

"I'm what's wrong! Atemu, why didn't you tell me!?"

"Tell you? Tell you what?"

"About that!" Yugi pointed to the marks on his chest. "I wounded you...I hurt you...how can you even keep me around when I did something so horrible..." The smaller siren couldn't hold it together, dropping the fish from shivering hands as he tried desperately not to cry. A futile admission when underwater but the emotion carried from his human life made it a valid response. "Atemu, I betrayed you, attacked you like some mindless animal. Haven't you told me acts like that get sirens cast aside for disloyalty? So why...why am I still here?!"

"Because my ancestors were fools!"

The roar to come from the other siren had Yugi flinching, swimming back from the clearly irate siren. The action didn't please Atemu in the slightest. He corralled Yugi against the rocky wall of the grotto, hands clawing into the stone perched on either side of him, effectively cornering Yugi from escaping. "Yes, I did teach you the consequences of an unfaithful siren. Yes, I should cast you out of my den and territory under threat of death should you refuse to obey my command. Yet do you know my reasoning why I refuse such a thing over this simple wound?"

Yugi swallowed, reminded full of Atemu's ferocity with just one look into that carnivorous gaze. Being an apex predator of this territory wasn't just a name to scare away any that thought it was for show. The narrowed pupils made to track even the slightest movement. Deadly curved claws made to rip and tear into any flimsy hide of the unfortunate creature to cross his path. The sharp, sharp rows of teeth that presented a vicious grin looking upon Yugi like the small, feeble fish he felt like.

Like a minnow staring right into the jaws of a ravenous shark.

Yugi shivered under the cloying presence, a lump of cowardice dropped in the pit of his stomach, whispering a reply. "N-no...your mind and reasons are complex. I wouldn't know the reason behind your decision..."

"Then allow me to elaborate, my pearl..." Atemu pulled away, taking with him the suffocating primal aura that surrounded him, then squeaked when Atemu swept him from his place against the wall, falling right into his arms. "I worked too hard for the goals I've achieved. A home to call my own, a trove to be proud of, a mate to meet my finicky needs. As I said, my ancestors were fools. Their warnings were sound but allowed cowardice to drive their decisions. We are possessive creatures by nature. So why not be possessive of the companions we've created? Why do we wipe out more than we replace because of some silly notion that spell-crafted sirens aren't true sirens?"

A hand grasped Yugi's chin, bringing his gaze up to meet his own. "Why did we choose to wound ourselves by limiting our choices? I won't follow their examples. I will find my own solutions or die trying. As you can see, the latter did not happen, has it?" Yugi shook his head then found himself freed of Atemu's embrace, the siren swimming back to reclaim his fallen meal. A simple thought with a complex reason, typical of Atemu.

Then why didn't Yugi feel satisfied with the answer?

Atemu reassures him that even the smallest accidents he made would be forgiven, eventually forgotten with time as Atemu wouldn't bring it up a second time. However, the fact that he had physically harmed the siren did not settle well with him. He had to make it up to him, a mere apology just wasn't enough in his mind. "Yugi, eat up. Don't let your food go to waste."

Violet eyes glanced down to the half-eaten amberjack then back to Atemu who had practically picked his own clean, disposing the bones with a swipe of his tail. "Atemu...please let me express my forgiveness to you. I felt you let me off too easily for hurting you. I want, no, need to pay reparations for my actions."

Atemu looked down to him, a smirk crawling across his lips as he swam forward. "Oh? And just what do you have in mind?" The siren crowding his space made Yugi topple back once more, but he didn't feel threatened or fearful. In fact, he used his position to make his offer. Hands trailed down his form, smiling bashfully with the lingering human emotion to still cling away.

"I offer myself to you, Atemu. Let me repay the wounds I gave to you—"

Fingers placed themselves over his lips, Atemu looking down on him. "You will not offer your body like it's some cheap, paltry bauble. You are much more than that, my pearl. I have long accepted your forgiveness as you would never harm me with intent. You are as kind to me as you are vicious to others. You hold yourself well and for that, it deserves reward, not punishment. Your body's my temple. Only I can worship it and ruin it. But that would do me no favors if I ruined it?" The smirk to plant itself across his face made Yugi shiver, feeling the fingers move themselves from his lips only to trail surreptitiously down his face and along the slender column of his neck.

"So allow me to reward you, my pearl. You were not lost to me and that means far more than reparations for a wound that will mean nothing once gone."

"But, Atemu..."

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Yugi's words died on his tongue, breath hitching with fluttering gills as Atemu settled a soft pressure around his neck. The siren above hushed him with a gentle whisper. "Allow me to take care of you, Yugi. Let me worship the beautiful temple that you are. You, after all, know of my sweeter side." Yugi nodded to the enthralling hum of Atemu's words, gasping more when the obsidian tail shifted over his own, the touch of scales over his sensitive underbelly sending a rush of heat down his spine.

Atemu was pleased by the reaction, still keeping his hand in place, loosened, while the other reached down, trailing over the lean belly and along the line where skin met scales. Each touch was beginning to unravel the young siren, Atemu knowing just what spots to hit to turn him into a limp pile of nerves disobeying the thoughts to run his mind. Synapses fired off to the budding pleasure, claws trailing along skin before reaching further and further down til he got to the slit that was swelling to his desires to be touched and loved by the powerful male above.

"Look at how magnificently your body responds to me. How I can coax such tremors out of you. It's so tantalizing that I could just eat you up all over again."

Yugi cried out when those fingers gently caressed over the bulge forming in the slit. Atemu was unfair with his talented hands, knowing how to turn him into a pile of goo and bring him to the highest peak of desire with ease. It didn't stop there, Yugi arching off the grotto floor with a whimpering cry when fingers slid carefully inside.

Atemu grinned sharply, working his fingers inside before they emerged and following after it was the slick, prehensile cock that rested over Yugi's stomach. Atemu sat back, looking upon the vision his mate was beneath him. Panting, he laid only partially blissed out on the passions Atemu brought him. It wasn't enough for the siren.

He wanted to see more, make a mess of his vibrant treasure. Drown him in everything he had to offer and more. He wanted to push out those memories, remind him that he was a siren worth his tail and his place at Atemu's side. And the former prince will repeat the process as many times as it takes until Yugi understands.

Atemu's mouth watered, wanting to sink his teeth into the tender flesh but held back. There was plenty of time to do that later. For now, there was a more promising treat that demanded his attention. "Yugi, you look positively appetizing~ I can't wait to sink my teeth into you~ Would you like that~? Feel my loving bites all over your flesh, marking you and reminding all whom your mate is?" Atemu purred, Yugi whining needily when a hand trailed over his lower half.

If anyone were to say sirens couldn't feel certain things because they were underwater, Yugi would call them liars. His skin was crawling, fire and ice running through his veins as webbed fingers slid over the smooth length of his cock. His mouth hung open with excited puffs into the currents swirling through the grotto, deadly rows on display which had Atemu playfully hook a thumb onto the corner of Yugi's mouth. Lovely, he whispered, fingers slowly entangling with the tip of his cock and brought another gasp out of his darling pearl.

"So perfect, so precious...and you're all mine. Mine to devour, mine to love and mine to hold. Wonder if the women back home would be jealous that they couldn't have you or perhaps, jealous that they couldn't be you." Yugi let out only the smallest growl, spurned by the lust clouding his mind, feeling Atemu palm and tug lightly at his cock. By Neptune's throne, Yugi was ready to lose it all and Atemu only did so little.

His tail smacked the stone floor, a demand, a call for more. How could Atemu refuse such a demand of his beloved. "Stay. Do not move. Allow me~" With the command set, Atemu moved down, pulling his hand from the needy cock desperately working to find relief from his finger, replacing them quickly with something better. Yugi gave a screeching cry when he felt the molten heat of Atemu's mouth surround his cock. The switch was jarring enough to have Yugi's tail slapping the floor in a rapid staccato rhythm, hips arching up only to be pressed down by a steady hand.

Atemu eagerly dove into his appetizer, tongue coiling around Yugi's cock with practiced motions. A scrumptious treat it was, flavored with the harmonious sounds of his mate's unyielding passion. How selfish the surface world was to keep such a treat from him, a divine morsel made only for him.

So sweet and delicious and mine, mine, mine! Atemu couldn't ask for better, want for nothing more than the sweet delicacy under him. The siren wanted to continue the feast that laid beneath him, eat up every cry, moan and scream. Devour any guilt for memories of the past whether they stuck around from the human life or grow from the contempt of any siren to dare cross paths and see him for nothing but a false siren.

Atemu will continue to teach Yugi all the ways of the siren, love and lavish him with everything he has and most of all...

"Atemu! Atemu, please!"

Continue to provide hours upon hours of mind-reeling euphoria to cleanse any wounds that dare mark his precious treasure. Atemu pulled himself back from the writhing cock, giving a languid lick across the side, glancing up to the mess that befallen his mate's face. "See, my darling pearl," he began softly.

"I will ravish you, no matter the circumstances. These wounds upon my chest will never be a reason to cast you away. My crown jewel, my diamond in the rough, my pearl...you are forever mine."

Reluctant, Atemu pulled him away, climbing back up over Yugi to look into the glassy eyed stare to look back at him with hazy pleasure. He settled himself into place, his own cock heavy and exposed from his slit, prodding away for the opening he sought to sink himself into. He leaned in close, eyes darkened with lust. A tongue licked over the sharp rows, shifting his body only slightly, cock battering against Yugi's rim til it yielded to the tip and allowed entry.

"I hunger for you~ Won't you sing a mating serenade for me~"

Yugi's lips parted in response, a breathy moan escaping feeling the push of his mate's cock with the pleasant burn to follow, then a haunting melody began to spill from his lips. Atemu growled delightfully at the sound, a song expressing the deepest feelings of love and lust felt by his precious one. So beautiful and wanton, just what he loved to hear.

Each thrust was deep and heavy, filling Yugi in just the ways he enjoyed. Atemu had nudged Yugi's arms to rest over his shoulders, a place to perch them and gave Yugi a canvas which to scratch when he had hit his peak. The siren below continued to sing, an enchanting serenade that spoke more than words could express. His words filled the grotto with life, a lazy heat curling through their forms as the deep magic of the siren's song filled their hearts.

Yugi's cock twitched where it was caught between their bodies, demanding attention which Atemu denied for now. He focused on the rolling of his hips, plunging deeper and deeper into his mate, feasting on the eye-rolling pleasure to shoot through his body with each thrust. The pace kept was slow and sweet, the kindest Atemu could offer when he wished. Yugi deserved it, to ease those pesky burdens that threaten to ruin him. Teeth grazed his shoulders, making his voice tremble at the touch.

Atemu marked him gently, leaving behind a trail of bite marks to be left on display like branded tattoos to mark Yugi as his. He would never let him go, never let him leave. Yugi was his treasure, forever more. When the siren gave a hard thrust, all bets were off.

Yugi gasped and moaned, song abandoned for a different symphony of warbled cries, punctuated growls and feeble whimpers. Claws hooked into the flesh of Atemu's back, blood curling into the blue of the waters around them. Atemu didn't care, accepting wounds made from the euphoric haze to befall his sweet mate as he grinded his hips more, sinking deeper and pulling every little noise he could.

It was truly a feast worthy of his palate, one he could have seconds, thirds and fourths. Atemu ate it up greedily, barely satisfied, and landed his lips over Yugi's to swallow away his moans and cries. Gossamer fins swayed with their movement, both edging closer and closer to their end until Yugi let out a lascivious wail.

The pressure in his belly had come to an overwhelming boil, spilling over to a spasming body and quivering tail as he came, orgasm crashing upon him like the wake of a particularly devastating wave on the shore. Cum spilled across his belly untouched, ecstasy blossoming across Yugi's face, clinging tight to Atemu as he was fucked through it. His body shook with heightened sensitivity, tail swaying and smacking the floor the longer Atemu worked towards his own peak.

Atemu growled deep, a sound to shake the very waters around them as he chased the orgasm well into his own, diving deep and filling his mate full. Yugi gave a full body shudder, mewling contently, hands scrabbling across Atemu's back while his head rose up, begging for another kiss. Atemu smiled, indulging the simple request, lips meshing softly. When Atemu pulled back, he trailed his lips across his skin, moving towards his neck.

One last bite marked just above his gills then Atemu settled into a boneless haze of content, draped over Yugi and keeping him pinned to the floor. It would grow uncomfortable eventually but neither cared for nothing but their closeness and fullness of heart. Nothing disturbed the two except their shallow breaths, Atemu petting his mate's head fondly when he nuzzled himself into his chest, just above the beginning edge of the thin marks.

"I'm sorry...still so sorry..."

"Hush now, Yugi. I will hear no more of it. You have overcome it and are still here with me. I will reward you again and again until you have no more apologies to give. I have plenty to spend on you until you're stuffed full~"

A flush swept across Yugi's face, moaning softly when Atemu gave the barest twitch of his hips to emphasize the truth of his promise. Atemu grinned, pressing lips to his shoulders, right between the marks his teeth left behind them pulled himself slowly from Yugi. His spent cock twitched and coiled, searching for more before slipping back into the slit as did Yugi's own.

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Tired, sated and happy, Atemu lifted Yugi into his arms, brushing a hand over the fluttering fins at his side then took him back into the grotto. Yugi was tired, hardly eat much worrying over menial frivolities but Atemu would hunt for him. Bring him back enough to satisfy the gnawing hunger for food over mating. When Yugi was settled into the nest, he curled up into the fresh towels, looking at Atemu as he swam around to face him.

The wounds still struck out as pale brands to deface the tawny expanse yet with a wave of the hand, his eyes widened to see them much thinner than before. Was that what Atemu had been doing all along to get rid of them? A wordless spell of healing? A smirk grew at the sight, leaning forward til they were face to face.

"Remember well, my pearl, that these wounds mean nothing. As long as you're by my side, ready to learn your new heritage and abide by all it brings to stay my equal against all who would look down on you, you will never find yourself cast aside."

Yugi nodded, resting his head when Atemu pressed it down to settle on the cushioned nest. A sweet lullaby came from the other siren, soothing him to slumber and good dreams. The small siren took those words to heart after that day, forgetting the entire event once Atemu's wounds healed to clean skin and his words charmed the curse from being a further burden on his thoughts.

Yugi was a true siren and would live as such at Atemu's side for as long as they lived, owning the territory they now shared together.