Thal's heart was racing in her chest. She didn't understand why she had to hide if this man was her brother and she still had not checked out her changed body. But that was not why her heart was having a hard time.

Taehyung's arms were wrapped tightly around her, his bare chest flush against her body. Her face was in the crook of his neck and she could feel the top of his smooth, powerful tail against her stomach.

She couldn't see anything around her due to the underwater plants and being crushed comfortably into his neck, but her eyes were on the sharp angle of his masculine jaw as he looked up out of the water over her head.

At that moment, she wasn't thinking about the fact that she wasn't human, or that she was hiding in a weird pool under a boutique.

All she was thinking about was the man - male - she was pressed against.

—-

"Well, this explains why you don't come home," Yoongi muttered as he gazed over the pool. He turned back to face Larissa, who was pretending not to be nervous and angry behind him. He had easily found the hidden door and burst through, breaking the lock.

His eyes shifted to the pile of Taehyung's clothes and his expression changed from amused to irritated.

"You've been lying to me, Larissa," He said, his voice dangerously quiet, "He is here with her, isn't he?"

"No," She answered firmly, "Those are just his clothes. He's really untidy-" Larissa let out a strangled gasp as Yoongi grabbed her by her throat and lifted her from the floor.

"Tsk tsk," He tutted, "You remember what happened the last time you lied to me, don't you?"

Panic flashed across the redheads eyes but she quickly squashed it back down while she clung to his wrist.

Satisfied at her response, the Prince unclasped his fingers and Larissa dropped heavily to the floor, gasping.

"Better," He smirked, looking down at her, "You belong below me," He turned towards the pool and grasped the bottom of his plain black shirt, "If I find them in there, I will personally punish you before dragging you to my father,"

"No, your highness!" Larissa gasped, reaching out and touching his ankle, "I swear he is not here with the Princess! You cannot go in the water, it's being treated for Kelp Mites... You could get sick!"

Yoongi hesitated before letting go of his shirt. He crouched down and gentle took Larissa's chin in his hand, forcing her to look at him. He moved in close and spoke, "If he doesn't bring her to me within the next week, your head will decorate my bedroom wall,"

He kissed her roughly, smirking when she yanked her whole body away from him, "Oh come now," He said, standing up, "Last time I did that, you dropped to your human knees for me,"

He turned and strode out of the room, leaving Larissa on the floor. After a few minutes, she checked the camera angles on the screen to make sure the Prince was gone, before calling out to Taehyung in a fake-strong voice.

"I have some things to do, Tae. You're welcome to use this room as long as you like. It was a pleasure meeting you, Princess,"

She took a deep breath and left the room, closing the broken door behind her.

—-

Taehyung heard Larissa call out to him, but it took a moment for him to convince his arms to let go of Thal. For some reason, holding her in his arms made him feel like he could bench press a whale out of water.

He felt masculine and powerful and was trying to his his ecstasy at the fact that he had successfully hidden and protected her.

Suddenly, his brain snapped out of the haze and he pulled back.

"Are you okay?" He asked, tilting her chin, "I didn't hurt you?"

"I can talk under here?!" Thal cried suddenly, throwing her arms up, "I never knew we- woah!"

The top half of Thal's body swung back without Taehyung's support, and she went tail up as her head cracked into the dirt floor of the pool.

Taehyung couldn't help but chuckle, "You'll get used to it," He said, taking her waving hand, "It will probably take a while to-" He froze, his eyes wide as he stared at her tail, "Wait, this is all wrong. What the Hell?!"

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AN: sorry for mistakes/typos etc I'm tired yadda yadda yadda you know the normal excuses 😅😅😂