Thal got the hang of swimming fairly quickly. Of course, she had never done any swimming before and she could now understand why her mother didn't want to take her.

Taehyung explained that she didn't transform in the bath or shower because she needed to be submerged in salt water, but she was guessing her mum didn't want to take any risks.

"Oh," She gasped suddenly, "What's the time? I need to get back home!"

Taehyung held her hand to support Thal as she swam towards the surface. As she reached the edge, he moved behind her and placed his large hands on her hips, making her blush. Before she could say anything awkward, Taehyung lifted her up out of the water and she pulled herself onto land.

A moment later, Taehyung appeared next to her after propelling himself out of the water.

"How long does it take to turn back?" She asked, deliberately not looking at him and the way the water glistened on his smooth, tanned muscles. Ok, so was looking, but he really was beautiful.

"Not long," He answered, "When we dry off we get legs,"

Thal suddenly felt a weird tingling in her tail. It was like pins and needles, but much more intense. She watched in fascination as the scales began to fade, getting sucked into her normal skin as her fins turned into feet and the tail turned into a pair of legs.

"That's amazing,"

Thal only realised that she was totally nude when she saw Taehyung's eyes flick down to her chest. His face slowly began to flush, all the way to his ears and he quickly looked away, "I'll- uh, I'll find you something to wear," He muttered, pulling his jeans up his legs and carefully doing them up (Thal couldn't help but notice that he had left his ripped boxers at the edge of the pool).

—-

"Yoongi," Bee gasped, reaching up to grip his wrist, "Let go of me,"

"That is Prince Yoongi to you," Yoongi growled, tightening his grip, "And I don't answer to you anymore, not since you abandoned me. I answer to my Father,"

"I'm sorry," Bee said softly, loosening her grip so her hand was just resting on his wrist, "I did leave you behind and I shouldn't have. You are my son and I should have been there for you, but-"

Yoongi clenched his fingers, cutting off Bee's air supply as he shook her roughly twice, "I am not your son anymore!" He yelled at her, "My mother wouldn't have left me behind! My mother would have done anything to protect me and love me! My mother didn't leave me to fend for myself so young!"

Bee's mouth opened and closed as she tried to pull air into her lungs. As she started to feel light headed, Yoongi let go and stepped back.

"Sorry isn't good enough,"

After finally getting enough oxygen into her lungs, Bee stopped coughing and stood up straight, "Sorry is all I can say, Yoongi. You are too much like your Father and I couldn't risk bringing you to the humans. You would have a poor quality of life here-"

"Enough excuses," He snapped, "Where is she?"

Bee tried to stay calm, "She is not for you,"

Yoongi grabbed Bee's shirt and yanked her to him, "Bullshit. She was born for me. She's not pure royal but she has enough of the blood in her to qualify as my pair,"

Bee pulled free, "She is not for you!" She said firmly, "She is your sister and I will not have her put through what I went through!"

"You know it doesn't matter that she is my sister," Yoongi smirked, "Sirens are not humans. The young I give her will be strong and that is all that matters-"

Yoongi's head jerked to the side as Bee's palm smacked into his cheek, "Go back to the Poseidon and tell him that my daughter will never go to the ocean!"

The prince grabbed Bee's wrist and twisted, making her spin with a cry of pain. He shoved her faces first into the building and put his hand on the back of her head, holding her still.

"Next time you lay a hand on me," He whispered, "I will use a closed fist on you and you will not like it,"

He stepped back and let her go. Bee spun to face him and he stood calmly. .

"My father doesn't give a shit about that half-royal Siren bitch. All he wants is you," He smirked then, "If he has you, he can just make me a new female. But I want what is rightfully mine,"

Bee's gut clenched in anger, but Yoongi turned on his heel and stalked away, disappearing around the corner.