Taehyung's face lit up like a christmas tree.

"You do love me-"

"Hold up," Thal lifted her hand, "You're jumping the gun again. I never said that,"

Taehyung didn't look disappointed. He was still smiling, in fact.

"Fine, fine," He said flapping his hand, "You never said that you love me, but for Siren's, telling someone they feel like home is the same thing,"

"I'm not a-" Thal caught herself and cleared her throat after glancing at her beautiful golden tail, "I wasn't brought up a Siren, Taehyung. Things can't move that quickly with me,"

Taehyung surprised Thal by bending at tge waist, "I will go however slow or fast you wish, my Princess," He said seriously, "Now I know your feelings I know you are not netting me along and I will be patient. I will wait for years and years if you want me to,"

Thal felt herself blush, "Netting?"

Taehyung straightened and raised an eyebrow, "You don't have that saying in the human world?"

She shook her head and cleared her throat, "You'll wait for me? What if... What if I'm never sure? What if I don't want a intimate relationship?"

Gently, the male put his hands over Thal's, "I would wait until I was thrown into the trench for my body to be recycled. I know I was impatient before, but I was hurting. This is different,"

Thal smiled at him, "You're going to have to teach me the sayings here," She said, "I have no idea what you're talking about,"

"Once we die, our bodies are dropped into the trench so we can be of use to the creatures and our environment- it also stops the deep creatures from coming up to feed on live Sirens," He gave a small shudder before smiling, "There are a lot of differences down here. I would be honoured to show you them all,"

Suddenly, a hot flush swept up Thal's face, "W-What do you mean?"

Taehyung chuckled, a satisfied, masculine sound that sent little tingles all over Thal's body, "You're thinking of intimacies, aren't you?" He laughed as Thal spluttered, "I will teach you how to swim during a storm, Thalassa. I will teach you how to leap from the surface and let the waves catch you and carry you towards the shore,"

He slowly slid his hand up Thal's arm, "I will show you the wonders beyond the palace walls and how to interact with whales and dolphins and sharks. I'll teach you how to ride on a giant sea turtle,"

The entire time he was speaking, Taehyung's eyes were locked with Thal's. His hand slowly caressed over her shoulder, his fingers stroking her neck.

"There's one thing we do, though, that is exactly the same as what humans do," His voice was deep and soft, and Thal couldn't help but lean into him.

"What is it?" She whispered.

"A kiss," Taehyung's hand slid up to cup Thal's cheek, "May I show you, my Princess?"

Thal knew at that moment that no matter what, she would never be able to deny Taehyung anything.

Despite wanting to wait, as they had known each other for barely a week, Thal felt herself nodding.

And then she felt his lips, soft and tentative at first, as if he were scared of pushing her too hard. But Thal felt a zing rush through her at the contact and threw her arms around his beck, tugging him closer.

Taehyung groaned as his own hands went around Thal's waist and he deepened the hiss, their lips parting and tongues joining.

Just as Thal felt Taehyung spin them around so he was sat and she was on top of him, there was a call frim a familiar voice.

"Thal, it's me, I'm going to come in to the kelp, is that okay?"

Thal flung herself backwards so hard that she sank to the floor like a rock, her back hitting the soft floor.

She looked sheepishly up at her mother as she appeared over her.

"Hey, mum,"

The Queen smiled, "You didn't have to hurt yourself," She said, "There's a reason I knocked. Jimin told me what you said about home,"

Taehyung bowed deeply, his fist over his heart.

"Your majesty, Queen Vasilissa," He spoke formally, "I-"

"I approve," Bee cut him off as she pulled Thal upright, "You betrayed Hoseok and saved my daughters life. I approve of you both," She smiled, "Not that my approval means anything,"

Thal smiled and hugged her mother, "Of course it does,"

Taehyung was beginning to feel awkward. However, the females both let go of each other and the Queen turned to him.

"I need to speak to my daughter," She said, "And Namjoon is looking for you,"

Taehyung nodded and bowed to her, "Of course, my Queen,"

He shot a smile at Thal (who blushed) and quickly headed towards the palace.

"Come," Bee said, suddenly a lot more weary, "I want to tell you everything,"

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AN: Idk why but I've been imagining Thal as a dark-skinned princess this whole time... but Bee is pale and Jimin is tanned... how does that work??!!

Maybe Ill change the characters a little if i ever rewrite is so they're all darker. I think Thal being dark skinned fits so well.

Either way I hope you enjoyed lol