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Izuna watched the full moon again, the one thing that remained constant unlike the various things in his life that seemed to change. And there was another the full moon along with it brought as a constant. And Izuna, as he always did in all the full moon nights, sighing along the shores, perched upon the rocks hidden beyond the human’s homes, would wait, wait until the sea he belonged to was draped by the night's touch and everyone was safely tucked, lulled to sleep in their homes. And then, then he would sing, sing to bring back that which he thought belonged to him or that he wished, belonged to him.
And as he now watched, eyes a mirror for the night and moon's gentle light flowed into him, he took a deep breath, chest filing with the salt carried by the sea’s scent, and his tail, dark as the night's embraced splashed restlessly against the swaying waves. Even though he was far, far into the hiding place, away from any human sight, Izuna could never be too cautious. And yet as every full moon night brought,this month too had brought to him the ease to wish to be found.
And so he sang, a song he knew, not many heard of, a song of that solely belonged to the merfolk, a song he usually wouldn't sing if not in the depths of his home. But tonight, like many others such as this, was different of course. This song, now Izuna sang, was to bring back what he thought belonged to him.
And so he exhaled now, sighs and tunes he remembered well. And so he sang now, a song that had filled his heart with unshed wails.
He knew there was someone out there waiting to hear his song, someone patiently waiting for his song to reach him. And on full moon nights, such as this one, Izuna knew that very person would be there, at the villa, the grand villa at the seashore waiting patiently for Izuna to sing his song, a melody to call upon his name.
And Izuna knew that he would come, come trading the waters, piercing through the silence of the night, looking for his merman who awaited his presence.
It was then, Izuna heard, the ripples rising in the sea’s calm embrace. It was then he heard the sounds of a boat, being kept somewhere far, tucked in the beach so no human nor merfolk could find it again except for them. It was then Izuna reached the crescendo, hearing now the soft paddles, feeling the now sudden ripples of the water, alerting him of now of a presence that swam past the very quiet waters to reach him.
And it was then he stopped singing.
“Why did you stop?”
He heard the quite whisper filling the air, as it always did, announcing now the intruder of the sea, gently swimming towards him. And Izuna smiled upon the figure illuminated by the moon's caress.
He didn't turn, not even when the figure swam closer and closer, perhaps finally shedding away the rest of what humanity had burdened him with. And Izuna then leaned against his elbows upon the rock, letting his tail, black as the night sky above, splash and create little dances on the sea’s floor.
“Because unlike popular belief, I do not really feel pleased to sing for audience, you see.”
And he heard a scoff, a much known tale between them found in it.
“I see. So I am quite unwanted here.” The figure now kissed fully by the moon's touch, came to halt only a distance away from Izuna. And yet Izuna didn't turn to meet his eyes, those eyes that were gently upon him, drinking in his naked self, as the human would like to put it, kissed by the sea’s drops and touched by the moon before the human could ever feel him.
“That, you definitely are.” Izuna smiled now, heart thumping at the splashing sound the human created in his hurry to reach over the side of the rock where he was seated.
“Really?” The human's voice was now much closer, closer than ever before. “ And here I thought I was being summoned with that song of yours.”
And Izuna couldn't help then the chuckle that left his mouth. Given and taken all the tales they talked about, having the human now so close upon his very call was Izuna's favourite of all, something they both found by chance.
“Did you really think I would be singing for a mere human such as you?” And then he turned. He turned upon his elbows, twisting now his waist to fully face the human, his human, posing a smile to greet him.
And oh, what a beautiful human he was.
Izuna's breath stuck in his chest for the second taking in now the muscular man sitting beside him, chuckling just a little, dragging a hand across his handsome face, and then, and then looking at him again, just like that, drenched from the very sea he belonged. And yet, Izuna could swear he had never seen a man more beautiful than this human. No merfolk nor human drenched as such could compare to the red eyed man with snow for hair, now gently smiling at him, a knee bent, an elbow tucked to support his chin, as he now stared deep into Izuna's obsidian orbs.
And Izuna couldn't help but return that smile.
“A mere human, huh? So I am now a mere human, you don't care about? Huh, Izuna?”
Oh, how had he missed this. How much he had missed this man, this very man that returned to him like tides turned to the moon on every full moon night. And oh how much more had he missed this man's voice, his voice calling his name. But would Izuna ever tell him how his heart would skip a beat, or two and how his body now shuddered with delicious pleasure simply because he had the man, the famed scientist from the esteemed Senju family, Tobirama Senju having had decided to spend the night yet again with him? No, never. That would simply cross his silly banter.
“What else are you, then if not for a mere human, huh, Senju?” Izuna teased.
Tobirama raised a finely shaped brow at that, now leaning closer to him and Izuna's breath hitched yet again. And Tobirama definitely saw it too for his eyes traced down towards his gills against his neck and a smirk kissed his lips.
“I am a mere human and yet,” and then those eyes as did those sweet, sweet lips, travelled up tracing every single thing Izuna had to offer with a heat that rivalled the stars, “you remember my name, Izuna. How very generous of you. Or is there any other reason,” his voice dropped to a sweet lull, and Izuna wondered who between them was gifted the present of a voice, “ that I perhaps don't know?”
And then Izuna felt his chest heating up, full of now the drenched scent of a distant fading perfume the human loved to wear, something Izuna once commented about having had suited him. And then he was close, so very close to feel the heated breath of Tobirama against his own skin and drops of the sea’s fading touch dropped from Tobirama’s hair upon him. Izuna shut his eyes, opening the second next to catch those beautiful pearls, darling red in their wake staring at him.
“Is there any other reason you remember my name, Izuna? Tell me.” Tobirama teased.
“You want to know?” Izuna teased back, threading gently his fingers against Tobirama’s own and watched with pleasure when a faint blush coloured his human's handsome face. “It's because,” he leaned even closer and Tobirama’s breath hitched and his eyes dropped to where Izuna's lips were mere breath away from his own, “I like your name, Senju Tobirama.”
And before he could relish in the scent of fading perfume, drenched by the sea’s scent, he was being kissed, gently upon his lips but not before he had seen a gentle smile, very unlikely seen on his human's face, kissing him.
He smiled against the lips pressing chastely against his lips.
“I must then be quite the fortunate one.” Tobirama whispered against his lips, making sure Izuna felt each of those words, travelling down his body and his hand against Izuna's own, tightened, pulling him by their threaded fingers, closer.
And then, Izuna was parting his lips in a happy grin letting now his human took that which he knew was his own.
He was then being kissed with all the lonely love they had been keeping within their hearts. And Izuna couldn't help but moan against those lips, human and soft against his chapped ones, a courtesy of the sea even though he should have had the soft ones. And yet when a hand seemed to come and caress his cheek, tilting him sideways to let Tobirama kiss him more fervently, Izuna seemed to purr into the kiss.
His world was gently titled upon its axis to fit Tobirama’s want as he plundered his lips with all the desires he had accumulated for the past few days he hadn't touched his merman. And then Izuna was kissed, kissed like he was missed terribly, as if he was still being missed even when the human was taking in all his moans, all his little whimpers in. And he kissed back, with the memories of all the days he had been left alone smiling at the memories of them together and the longing of wait.
And then there was a soft tongue gently plunging into his mouth, taking control of his plaint self. And Izuna gave up all his control without much protest for he too had missed this, missed this warmth, this gentle reminder of possessiveness that they both possessed. His own free hand came to caress over Tobirama’s hand upon his cheek and then he was moaning into the kiss.
Tobirama’s tongue teased and tasted each and every sweet corner of his mouth, gently lulling him too to kiss him back. And Izuna promptly replied with a touch of his own tongue. Their tongues danced around, lapping upon the other, as they kissed and kissed and kissed, drinking down all the sounds that mingled in the moon's guidance as their bodies drew closer, closer and closer until Izuna was being pulled flushed against his lover's chest with a hand around his waist. His own hand went to clutch onto Tobirama’s back, knowing well how his sharp nails would tear apart the shirt.
But Tobirama didn't care. He didn't seem to think of anything but the mouth he was now plundering, drinking up all the moans and tasting every sweet corner he could find. And he didn't leave Izuna alone, not until air was a need for him.
And only then did he let Izuna pull away, not too far for the merman easily touched his forehead against his human's.
And Tobirama was left catching his breath. Izuna didn't understand why must he push him so far, just to seek the captivity of his mouth. Although he couldn't either deny that those kisses he shared with Tobirama were by far the best. No kiss shared among the merfolk could ever compare to what his human did for him.
“What…,” Izuna asked, chest heaving, mirroring the human's racing heart, “ …do you think now? Are you the fortunate one?”
And Tobirama, his sweet human, gasped out a gentle laugh, body shaking under Izuna's touch with tremors of joy.
“I most definitely am.” And then another kiss against his lips was placed.
And Izuna couldn't help but grin in turn. Perhaps that too Tobirama found beautiful for Izuna was kissed again and again and then again until Izuna was left chuckling.
“What are you doing?” He gasped between the kisses. And Tobirama kissed down his lips, towards his chin, a disappointment and yet a welcomed pleasure.
“Telling how fortunate I feel.” Tobirama replied. Somehow, he was being really gentle and indulgent tonight, not that he wasn't before.
But to be kissed and then having Tobirama speaking as such made Izuna's heart flutter more than usual. Yet his human was adamant to perhaps show how much he too had missed him. Izuna would like to think of these gentle kisses against his chin, down his jaw as such. For he had tried numerous times to think of why and how all this started and that perhaps it too would end soon just like how everything about the human did and yet and yet this human, this ridiculously obstinate human, had been adamant enough to trade against the raging waters and come find Izuna again and again and again despite the many taunts Izuna had thrown against him at first, despite Izuna warning him at first. But the human with his tenacity and that unusual kindness he possessed even for a scientist as he had told him about had somehow seeped into Izuna's heart.
And despite the many warnings he had heard ever since he was a kid, and every red flag he had seen or thought about regarding the man, Izuna now knew this man, this human now kissing his cheeks, nibbling upon his lips time and again, gently now pushing him down upon the rock mattress lined with the many algae to not hurt Izuna's soft skin, was the one that would have his heart, the heart he gave willingly. And he didn't care, didn't care if the human ended up ever dismantling his heart. It would be his pleasure to love and serve this man, the man that carried the burdens of this world.
“What are you thinking when I am here?” A grumble against his lips in the form of gentle bites was told. And Izuna smiled, before pulling Tobirama into another sweet kiss.
Only when Izuna had had enough of that sweet mouth, having had pulled Tobirama flushed against his chest, rubbing now his tail against his clothed body, did Izuna pull away.
“Was that kiss to distract me?” Tobirama, oh his sweet human, raised a brow with a flushed face, definitely far too affected than Izuna. And Izuna simply grinned at him.
“To distract you from you, yes.” And he kissed a confused Tobirama again who swiftly reciprocated that.
“What do you mean?” He asked against his lips.
“I was afterall thinking about you.”
“About me? What exactly were you thinking about me when I am before you?” Tobirama asked, gently tucking those long raven locks behind Izuna's ear.
“About what is it now that weighed you down so much? And what else has given you so much joy?” Izuna wriggled his brows and Tobirama laughed at that.
Of course, Izuna knew of the many worries weighing down this gentle human's heart, who worked and worked and worked, never asking for rest until his Anija, his elder brother had to send him away each full moon night on a mandatory wind down vacation or so Tobirama had opened about to him one such night. Ever since then, Tobirama had made it a point in fact to reach towards Izuna every full moon night whether or not he called for him. At first Izuna didn't believe his words, he didn't have to, especially when he realised the boat crashed against the rock he was sleeping upon carried a scientist in it. But then, he found Tobirama there. A human that seemed to caress him with all the authenticity of love there was and hold him close, close to his heart.
With time and the tides crossing them, the human and this merman had grown so close, so very close that now there was nothing probably that could keep them apart for even if they were physically apart, they were always close within their hearts. Or else how could Tobirama hear the words, the words of his song from his villa itself and come down to the sea, looking for the song?
There could only be one answer. That in those two bodies resided one heart.
“You are right.” Tobirama shuffled off of him, lying beside him, pulling him closer upon his chest and without much protest as he used to do before, Izuna laid his head against Tobirama’s chest, hearing the sweet thumping of his lover's heart.
“Right? As in?” Izuna sighed into the touch against his head, braiding past his long locks swaying down his back as he took traced a finger lazily against Tobirama’s chest.
“I do have something to share with you.” That perked up Izuna's attention.
He turned his head, shifting to lie upon his hands combed together upon Tobirama’s chest, whose eyes gently smiled at him.
“And that is?”
Tobirama’s face then bloomed into a vibrant smile, the kind that had Izuna's chest clenching upon his heart, too tight, too hot.
“My joy,” Tobirama sighed, caressing his cheek, “my joy is the cause of both my worry and euphoria now. Afterall, I am an uncle now.”
“A what!?”
Izuna almost sprung up, sitting up to now stare wide eyed at the man who simply posed a much relaxed and one, should he say, that reminded him of the first time Izuna had hesitantly but with much conviction told him how much he truly loved him. And that was thus the only time he had seen that grin before. And now again.
It was the most beautiful of its kind for now Tobirama’s face was relaxed, eyes squinted to little moons and Izuna's heart squeezed at how far that little smile was stretched.
“Yes.” Tobirama started, voice still a mirth filled rasp, holding onto Izuna's hand, squeezing it with his own. “You heard it right. My Anija and Mito nee san are now parents, blessed with a baby girl as their first child.”
“A baby….girl?” Izuna's heart was squeezing nonstop, a great sense of relief and yet another new feeling flooding his chest with how much that grin over his lover's face stretched, making him look much, much younger than he actually was. And the way he talked about his niece then made Izuna's heart constrict with warmth.
“You know Izuna, I have never been too keen about kids. They were not by far my most favourite.” Izuna did imagine that, but he said nothing, simply smiling at the man, nuzzling closer to him now.
“But once I laid my eyes upon her, my niece, took her in my arms…Gods, I realised how very small, delicate, and oh so precious she is!” Izuna shifted with the heavy breath Tobirama took, his chest rising and falling with so much emotions, Izuna too couldn't help but delicately trace the sweet face with his gentle fingers.
And Tobirama leant into that touch, smiling at Izuna. Izuna wanted to steal this moment, the moment where today Tobirama had been smiling nonstop.
“I…Izuna, I realised I love her so much. Even when I don't know what it means, but I will do anything in my powers to keep her safe.” He squeezed their threaded fingers and Izuna nodded, smiling broadly. He could definitely picture the scenes of an overprotective Tobirama scowling at anyone daring to come touch his niece, even at her own parents sometimes. He shook his head at that.
“Do you understand how it feels?” He asked at last, unsure, hesitant too yet his eyes seeking his.
And Izuna shook his head, caressing Tobirama’s face. “ I don't have a niece or nephew for the matter. But I do have younger siblings. And even if I quite don't understand the feeling, I can assure you, you will be a great uncle, despite your stupid disposition and penchant for certain abnormal things.”
Izuna smirked at the scoff he was rewarded.
“The abnormalities you are talking about,” Tobirama pulled Izuna closer, so much so that now he was upon him again, breaths fanning the other's face, “let me remind you dear, Izuna, they are the very things that led me to you.”
Izuna wanted to suppress the very blush now spreading through his entire body. But he couldn't. And Tobirama was definitely pleased with that. He really though wanted to wipe that smile.
“As if. It's only for your kind brother that you were able to find me. If he doesn't send you— kick you out, actually, of that surly workshop, I cannot think of a way where you would have come find this place and by extension, find me.”
Tobirama rolled his eyes at that. “ Well, Anija did help me out that time. And I am paying his good wills by taking care of his daughter. Better than him, by the way.” Izuna laughed at that. “ Really. She cries everytime Anija holds her. But she is so quiet and always smiling around me.”
And then, there was that soft smile again. And Izuna's heart squeezed with a need he didn't want to touch yet.
“You have certainly come to love kids, huh?” Izuna whispered but this close, Tobirama heard him well.
“No, as I said, I have never thought much about kids. But it's only after I found my niece that I found I actually love them so much.”
And suddenly, with that gentle smile and that forlorn look of affection in Tobirama’s eyes, Izuna started wondering if he had ever thought of Izuna in such fleeting moments and if others too had caught a gentle smile and heated gaze or simply a passing reminder of someone in Tobirama’s eyes then. But more than that, what Izuna then wanted to see was how sweet Tobirama must look holding his baby niece in his arms, cuddling her, rocking her gently in his arms. A kind desire to see that, to see Tobirama and a baby cuddled in his arms haunted the sacred places of his heart.
“You will be such a gentle father.” He blurred out, out of nowhere.
And then he halted, gasping softly when the smile flattered upon Tobirama’s lips at what he had said. Izuna didn't know why he said that. But now that he had said it, he couldn't take it back.
“I…I mean…,” he started getting up, fumbling over his own words as heat kissed his face.
But he wasn't given seconds to form his thoughts when a strong arm around his waist pulled him back, over his chest and fingers under his chin, pushed his face up, making now him gaze, deep into those smiling red jewels.
“You mean that?” Tobirama asked, voice so tantalizingly soft that Izuna's mind screeched halt but he nodded, curtly, having suddenly no idea what words are.
And Tobirama’s face bloomed better with another smile. And then he was leaning in, closer and closer until yet again Izuna found himself breathing in the fading perfume Tobirama wore, the heated breath fanning his face.
“Because if that's so, I have no problem becoming a parent with you. Will you like that, darling?”
Izuna's eyes widened at the implications of those words. He gaped at the human who smirked and yet Izuna knew that stupid scientist was somehow curious about that.
“I…I …,” he didn't know whether to deny, no he must deny. Despite the delicate evidence of his truth which was also the truth of the merfolks that they could all bear children, something Tobirama had found really on accident one such night, Izuna was by far in no state to bear such a heavy task and the consequences that it would bring.
“I would like that.” His answer was quickly stolen, frozen as belief somehow when Tobirama said that and closed the gap between their lips. “ Whenever you want.” He said, pulling back and then pushing in yet again, letting Izuna have no chance to speak his mind.
And what could he actually speak of when Tobirama had taken over his entirety, his body, his mind, his heart, his everything? And now that Tobirama turned them around, swiftly moving Izuna under him, caging him then with his legs on both sides of Izuna's waist, as he plundered Izuna's soft, sweet mouth, churning .about all kinds of sounds, sounds that made Tobirama’s body shudder pleasurably, sounds that made him thrust against Izuna's tail and Izuna felt each of those moments and moaned more.
He buried a gentle hand into the snow kissed hair, pulling Tobirama even closer, breathing profusely through his gill, trying his best to take in all the moans his human had to offer. And Tobirama did well to feed him.
The second they parted, Izuna gasped, eyes blown wide at the fine blush he found upon his human's face, “Do you…do you want it?”
Tobirama smirked at that, licking his lips before his eyes travelled down his face, down his kiss swollen lips, and down and down towards his heaving chest and his now flat tummy. “ Not now.” He whispered against Izuna's lips again. And a hand came to caress his abs, not profound, and quite soft. He purred at that. “But maybe one day, if you want…”
And that hand was then travelling down, gentle fingers leaving traces of something heated behind their wake and Izuna arched his back to the touch.
Izuna's hands found their anchor upon Tobirama’s shirt, sharp nails digging into his shoulders as his human's fingers went down and further down, caressing his delicate tale.
“Your tail is as beautiful as always, Izuna.” Tobirama kissed the tip of his fins, the fins against his ears. And Izuna shuddered at that, shaking away from the traversing lips, hiding his face in the crook of Tobirama’s neck who chuckled at that.
“Are you feeling shy, Izuna? That's new.” He mocked, but there was nothing akin to taunt in his voice. All Izuna heard was mirth and all he felt was the flush deepening, as heat whispered against every fibre of his being.
He really wanted to say something, anything but the snarl about to leave his lips turned to a mushy moan. And all of it was because of this stupid human smirking at him, pulling him closer by his waist.
“You were saying?” Tobirama teased, easing his fingers into the slit in his tail, right below his tummy. And Izuna groaned, throwing him a withering glare.
If only he could actually snatch the man's smirk away he would have. And perhaps he could. A sinister plan burnt in his head as did his entire body with those adept fingers wriggling against his slit, finding it oh so easily after so many days.
And the next time Tobirama dared smirk, putting now his fingers into the slit and spreading his lips apart, Izuna groaned and bit down, hard upon the nearest surface he could find. Unfortunately for Tobirama and fortunately for Izuna, it was Tobirama’s shoulder, Izuna had found solace upon.
“Fuck!” Tobirama groaned, pulling Izuna closer at the sharp pain shooting from his shoulder but that did nothing to deter his fingers moving around to spread Izuna's slit open.
And Izuna too groaned, licking at the open wound he had yet again forged upon Tobirama’s shoulders. He winced at the metal taste, yet he kept licking, relishing in the sweet groans his lover made. And he knew well that this too would leave a mark, like the many others before it had. But it too would soon fade but not before they met again to forge another such mark.
He licked and licked and licked moaned when Tobirama gently caressed his hidden cock, tapping upon it.
“There, there, darling.” The nickname fell with so much easier from Tobirama’s mouth, that Izuna moaned against his shoulder.
He didn't quite understand what exactly he was moaning for them. If it was the hand against his head, gently rubbing him or if it was the fingers tapping against his smaller cock.
“Ah, your cock is as beautiful as always, Izuna. So pretty and so very wet for me.” And damn it, why must Tobirama speak so much? He could have done the work without much talk too. And yet this stupid human always have to be the most talkative when he was right there, fucking Izuna.
Izuna's fingers dug into his back at that. But Tobirama simply sighed, leaning closer to the touch that would definitely leave marks.
Izuna's entire attention seemed to be snapped towards that one pleasure point from where Tobirama was touching his leaking cock. He moaned at the touch. Tobirama, that treacherous human, dared to caress his cock with the softest of feather light touch, rubbing against his tip. And Izuna could only groan against his shoulder.
Damn it, he couldn't be the only one feeling so much all at once. It was so unfair, especially when he could feel Tobirama’s hard cock pushing against his side from time to time. But all he was stranded to do was moan for Tobirama yet again had found his cock, clutching it in his hand and rubbing it, pushing against the wet skin, towards the tapered tip leaking so much.
Izuna moaned against Tobirama’s neck. And that only fuelled the human to be bolder. His fingers, Izuna felt, caressing down his leaking cock but not before he smeared around his cum around his cock, over his adept fingers, that travelled down and down his cock, until they reached where Tobirama was looking for.
He shouldn't have let this mad scientist trace his body with his fingers, with his tongue, with touch. For now even the simple act of being caressed by those fingers was burning Izuna's entirety and Tobirama was only making a few sighs. He wanted to see more of his human too. And so, he flickered his tongue against the human's pulse and Tobirama spluttered at that, his fingers wavering and accidentally rubbing against his entrance, just below Izuna's cock.
“Ahn…,” Izuna moaned in surprise, biting upon the human's neck. And Tobirama under his touch flinched.
“Damn it, Izu. You did surprise me there.” The human huffed a soft laugh, caressing Izuna's back with his free hand even though his fingers now more insistently rubbed against his entrance.
“Ah…ha…I…What are you… hnng…ahh!” He wanted to say something but another moan fell from his lips, his back arching as he threw his head back.
And Tobirama took that chance to rub more firmly against his hole, pushing now into the soft, wet cavern of his lover. He leaned forward them, licking against the delicious white nape, towards Izuna's jaw. And Izuna simply convulsed under the touch. It was too much, too much all at once. The fingers, not two but three at once, pushing into him was too much. He felt too stretched, too hot and too tight at once. But even then Izuna's body couldn't help but ask for more. His cunt fluttered, his cock leaked even more. His insides burnt with desires as more and more slicks ran down to accomodate the burning stretch yet again.
And then there was Tobirama’s mouth against his neck, kissing, sucking, nibbling, definitely leaving marks yet again, that which Izuna had to probably hide under drastic coral powders his friends handed him.
And yet no thoughts of what would come later remained with him when Tobirama reached his ears, licking against his fins.
“You are so tight. Yet you took me so easily. Tell me honestly now, Izu, have you been touching yourself while thinking of me?” And then he was pushing all three fingers deep into his spasming, wet cunt and a long moan and wide eyes were his rewards. Tobirama yet again licked down his chin, kissing his jaw and then kissing his neck again. And Izuna saw stars exploding behind his eyes as Tobirama’s fingers kept thrusting oh so easily into him.
“Damn, Izu. Did you miss me that much?” This stupid human really didn't know when to fucking cease his mouth. And Izuna was dying to splash him down the waters but even that was oh very difficult because this human, his treacherous lover was thrusting now faster and faster into his wet cunt.
The squelching sounds and the moans he was making were all but rebounding off of the rocks. And all he could do was cry into Tobirama’s arms. But that seemed to only fuel his lover for he curled his fingers deep in his cunt and Izuna shuddered so very violently, his guts twisting. He was so close, oh so close to cum. And perhaps Tobirama knew it too for then his fingers thrusted harder into his cunt, fucking him faster and faster, curling his fingers into the roof.
And Izuna could only moan as a final hard thrust into his cunt, deep into his wet cavern was made and he was then coming with a loud moan, nails digging into Tobirama’s sides as his tail riffled against the waters in a much desparate cry.
“There, there.” Tobirama was saying, peppering his face with gentle kisses until he reached his lips and took him into a slow dance of all tongues and bare teeth.
“Ahnng…” Izuna moaned the second Tobirama left his mouth, taking that very second to yank his fingers out of his spasming cunt, leaving him no clenching upon the air.
“Tobi…Tobi…,” Izuna could no longer think anything. His body was craving his lover. He needed him, needed him now. He wanted to, needed to feel Tobirama fucking deep into his cunt, seated there, coating him in his scent.
“Yes, love?” Oh and how very soft Tobirama was whenever Izuna was on his high. Izuna's heart trembled at the gentleness. He clutched desparately onto the shirt that had somehow managed to slip off Tobirama’s body.
“Please…please…,” he was begging, he knew that. His eyes were brimming with tears, his face flushed, his chest heaving and his cunt was so very empty, needing to be bred full by Tobirama.
“Please what, darling?” Tobirama asked and Izuna didn't understand if he should berate this human or beg him for more.
The need to feel his lover, like any other full moon night, was getting the better of him. And he couldn't hold it in anymore. He needed Tobirama. And he needed him now.
“Tobi…fuck me…please…!” He almost moaned at the need of his body.
But his lover, oh his sweet, sweet lover was the kindest in moments such as this. And thus, Izuna watched, he watched as his lover's lips were graced with a smile.
“Very well, my love. I will do as you wish.” And then a soft kiss upon his head was placed before Izuna felt himself getting lowered upon the bed of soft algae again.
He watched as Tobirama shifted, leaving him there only to find his cock, his thick and deliciously hard cock already out. When and how he did that was beyond Izuna. But Izuna's mouth watered, his cunt spasming at the thought of the cunt pushing into him. Tobirama must have heard the hitch in his breath for he smirked right when he clutched his own cock with fingers latched with Izuna's slick. And Izuna's mind whirled. Damn this human. He was too filthy.
“I don't think I would need any lube tonight. You cummed so much after all, darling.”
Izuna's chest filled with heat as did his body bloom with beautiful colour, mirroring his lover's eyes who simply smirked at him. And then Tobirama was leaning again, closer towards him until their lips were yet again mere inches apart.
“Would you mind if I go in now, hmm?” Tobirama breathed against Izuna. But all Izuna could think about was Tobirama’s adept fingers spreading his lips, his thick cock, now coated with his own cum, rubbing against his entrance.
And he shuddered with the need pulsing in his veins. He moaned aloud for Tobirama to hear the answer. And he watched as a smirk graced his human's face. Izuna's hand swiftly circled around Tobirama’s neck, pulling him closer until their lips were dancing against each other.
“Please…please…please…,” Izuna moaned into the kiss as he opened up and let himself be ravaged by Tobirama completely.
Their tongues danced and moans mingled together, raging the infinity of his desire pulsing brighter in his veins.
He trembled under the touch of that devious cock rubbing more insistently now agaisnt his hole and he tried, tried his best to keep it grinding against him. But Tobirama had different plans. He clutched his waist, pushing him down, caging him upon the grounds and rubbed his licking tip against his pulsing cunt.
And then, without a word or warning he was pushing in, right into his stretched cunt.
“Ahnn…..no…!” Izuna moaned, throwing his head up, jutting his tail, his waist towards the pushing tip, trying to plunge deeper into his aching cock.
And Tobirama was more than ready to push it deep, deep into his cunt.
“Damn, Izu. You are as tight as ever, darling.” He let out a groan and Izuna was more than pleased to have it heard. His sharp nails dug into his human's arms and the human above him hissed, pushing his throbbing cock deeper into his cunt.
“Fuck! Baby you are so wet for me. Do you feel this?” And then Tobirama was gyrating his hips, in that absolutely fabulous way that made Izuna's tail splash rapidly against the waters, his cunt even tighter.
“Damn, darling, you love that, don't you?” Izuna cried out as Tobirama thrusted in again, slowly pushing his entire length in, stretching him deliciously, letting him burn with his desires.
A sweet lick against his neck was placed, replaced by peppers of kisses and nibs again before Tobirama was outright marking him again. Moans after moans spilled his lips. And all Izuna could do whatever his lover had to offer him.
Tobirama shifted his hips before thrusting into his core, over and over and over again. Izuna's mouth fell open in a long moan, the sound of which the sea heard well. But Tobirama didn't stop. He was rather fuelled by his deep moans, pushing into his wet cunt, rubbing his leaking cock against his insides. And Izuna was marked, over and over again by Tobirama’s throbbing cock.
“More…more…more…!” Izuna screamed, pushing his waist up, trying his best to let Tobirama hit all the places he loved.
And his lover did just that. The next round of thrusts, as crazy as they were, hit his cervix, over and over again. Izuna's mind went blank at that. The assault of pleasure and pain with how forcefully Tobirama was thrusting into him, his cock kissing his cervix over and over again with each thrust made him clench faster and tighter. And soon he was close again. He was about to cum again.
“Tobi…Tobi…Tobi…,” he panted, reaching for Tobirama who was groaning out curses mingled with some praises but Izuna had no idea of what they were. He just wanted to feel his lover. And that he would do.
“Yes, darling,” Tobirama was saying, choosing to kiss Izuna as Izuna pleased. His thrusts never once flattered, cock kissing Izuna's cervix over and over again in rapid thrusts.
“Damn, Izuna, you take me so well. So very well, baby.” Tobirama placed a kiss against his cheek. “ You will take my seeds too, right?” A thrust, particularly hard, against his cervix and Izuna was rambling again. “ You will take my seeds and keep them in your tight, tight pussy until you are bulging, won't you?”
And then Tobirama was thrusting even more forcefully into his cunt. Squelching noises reverberated around the rock rendezvous they had built around. And Izuna was fumbling, never knowing what it was his human demanded. He was too far gone with his thrusts.
“Answer me, Izuna. Tell me you will keep my seeds, let me fill you over and over again until you are well bred and have my kids. Tell me!”
Izuna moaned at that, feeling his cunt clenching upon the cock that didn't stop thrusting into his cervix, trying to pierce through him. And when no answers but moans alone were his answers, his human decided to slow down. He fucking slowed down right when Izuna felt his guts twisting, his climax close.
And Izuna tried his very best to throw him a withering glare. And Tobirama, that jerk had the audacity to smirk, hitting all his pleasure spots shallowly. Izuna wailed at that.
“Tell me,baby.” Tobirama insisted, thrusting hard into his cunt and Izuna fumbled again.
“I…I …,” he started, panting, digging his nails onto Tobirama, loving the way the cock was rubbing all the good places inside of him but not hard enough. It was simply not enough and he knew what he needed to do.
“Please….I will— will keep your seeds in my cunt. I want to be bred full of your cum, Tobi! Please, fuck me, breed me!” Izuna screamed when Tobirama with a sweet smile, plundered his mouth again, fucking right into his cunt.
And then he was thrusting hard and fast, reaching towards his own orgasm. He thrusted so hard into his throbbing cunt, in all the right places. And Izuna was coming with a high pitched moan the sea trembled with. His cunt spasmed, oozing so much, clenching over the cock still thrusting into his sensitive cunt.
“Ahn…ah…ah…!” Izuna's eyes rolled back into his head for Tobirama was not apparently done with him yet.
And then they were turning again, with Tobirama’s cock still deeply seated inside his cunt.
“What—?!” He didn't have enough time ask when he was pulled over Tobirama’s body and fucked again.
“Shift! Shift now, Izu!” Tobirama’s order was clear and Izuna understood why.
But being able to do that when he could feel Tobirama pulsing so hard inside him was difficult. But each thrust into his body demanded him to do that. And so he heaved a breath, loud with his moans before his tail against the sea’s cocoon raised and shone bright. And then he was shifting again, tail against the sea fading to show legs, human legs, beautiful and kissed by the moon.
“That's right. Wrap them around me baby. Fuck yourself and let me cum.” Tobirama ordered him, never once stopping his devious thrusts into Izuna's spasming body.
And Izuna moaned at the impact, ready to cum again as he did what Tobirama asked him to. He wrapped his slender, trembling legs around his human, his arms around his neck and kissed and fucked himself upon his thrusting cock, now reaching places it couldn't before.
Tobirama panted against his lips, fingers digging into his porcelain waist as Izuna shifted meekly against his cock, trying his best to keep the pace going but failing miserably. He didn't have enough strength left, not when he was about to cum again.
“Ahnn…Tobi…too good….too fast…,” he moaned into his lover's mouth.
And Tobirama knew Izuna was close again. So he gyrated his hips yet again, faster, harder into his cunt, pushing into his womb now. And Izuna was seeing explosions in his mind, throwing back his head, moaning.
“Fuck, Izuna! I an going to cum. I am going to cum inside you.” Tobirama panted, frantically thrusting into the spasming cunt.
“Cum…cum inside me…Breed me…!” Izuna screamed.
“Yes, baby. I will breed you so well. You will be carrying our kids. Won't you, Izu?” And then Tobirama was thrusting into his womb, fucking hard.
His cock throbbed more and more until Izuna came again with a loud moan, sending him too over the edge. And Izuna felt then the throbbing cock spurting hot seeds into his womb. His mouth fell agape at the heat feeling his core. But he could nothing but take it all, like he always did, keeping the seeds his lover offered, letting himself be marked well.
And then he was being yanked back again for another kiss and it was a gentle kiss, a kiss Tobirama placed against his lips to remind him, he was always loved, loved beyond these seas and the human lands.
They stayed like that for minutes long before Tobirama pulled out and laid beside him, his fingers lazily coming to scoop up the cum leaving Izuna's body and pushing them back into him. Izuna shuddered at that. When questioned exactly what he was doing, Tobirama had smiled, a genuinely irritating smile that made Izuna want to kick his ass. And that stupid human told him he was simply taking out the seeds, in case Izuna actually got pregnant. Izuna rolled his eyes.
“You know that's quite impossible,” Izuna panted, digging his nails against the wrist of that damn hand fucking into his cunt , “ what with us being different species. Besides —ahn— it's highly—hng—unlikely for us to bear kids. So fucking stop that!” He gasped at Tobirama.
And that mother fucked simply hummed, curling his fingers and Izuna moaned.
“I know that but it's better to take precautions. Since you so hate the condoms, I think this is the best way to keep you clean.” There was that stupid glint back in those red eyes. And Izuna wanted to kick his ass for real.
“That thing irked my skin. Now fucking stop that!” He wished to twist that wrist that seemed to know all his places.
“What about no?” Tobirama smiled and then he was back to fucking Izuna again with his hands.
And the cycle of being fucked and fucking because once was not enough for the lovers that only met in a full moon night, began again, until the sun in the distant rose against the dawn of a new day and their bodies were deliciously aching, sweaty and kissed and marked with the other's essence.
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And when the night ended, like it always does, Izuna knew now he had to let go the hand wrapped tightly around him, the heat that didn't wish to leave him either.
And yet, yet he gently poked a finger against that handsome face, smile no where to be seen and that hesitation to leave or not to leave clear in those red eyes.
Izuna smiled. “Don't wanna leave anymore?”
Tobirama offered him one of his sleepy smiles, nuzzling against his nose. “ You know I never do.”
Of course,of course he didn't. Like Izuna didn't want him to leave, he too wished to stay. But to hear it over and over and over again, from that voice, from that man himself, made Izuna feel just a little warmer, his heart squeezing a little tightly.
“But you have to.” And his human stiffened in his arms, a scowl found its way on that gentle face, something quite permanently fixed there when they were not thinking with their sex crazed selves. “You know I don't want your Anija coming here with his raft again and making him take an abrupt dive when he couldn't find you for two days straight.” He heard a scoff of protest and shook his head. “ Just so you remember, last time I almost tore my lower fins.” He winced at the memory of Tobirama shouting at his dear Anija, sending him away and coming back with an excuse to look for his kit, which was also part of his extended excuse to have come here to look for the algae growing in this place and patch Izuna up, realising it was a minor cut.
Tobirama sighed against his head. “ That was one time, you know. And are you ever going to let that go?”
“No, never.” Came the prompt reply and Tobirama’s darling face was in full bloom again with a smile. Izuna liked him better like that. Actually he never minded the scowl for that too was part of this mad scientist. But he loved these smiles, these smiles that filled his heart with warmth better.
“Fine! You do have the right to hold that grudge. But just so you know I have hardly ever taken a break. And that was why Anija came rushing here when his alloted mandatory break for me was over. But I wasn't back, knocking his doors down. Or so he said.”
Izuna dissolved into laughters, his body shaking with the force of it and Tobirama simply pulled him closer. Actually, Izuna understood these brothers, older brothers especially, being too overprotective over them. Tobirama’s Anija did remind him of his own elder brother, the one who dotes on him too much, protects him with his life and would spare not a second to cast him out of their home if he ever happened to find about Izuna's heart belonging to a human.
A shudder of fear ran down his body. And Izuna squeezed his eyes shut, reminding himself that that certainly was not the case. Right here, right now, he was loved and he was safe in his lover's warmth. He took a deep breath, full of Tobirama and his earthly scent before reigning his heart to send him back to lands.
“You should leave. It's already late.” He mumbled against Tobirama’s chest, who pulled him even closer and Izuna smiled against his chest.
“I will, after you.”
Izuna shook his head. “Yeah, but you should leave first. I can dive back anytime I want. But it will take you half a day to reach the town.”
“I know. And I will leave soon. But before that, let me rest a little longer. Hmm.”
“Hn.” Izuna hummed back, chest suddenly too warm and eyes heavy again, shifting back to the sleep they had woken up not long ago.
Sometimes, Izuna wished he were born a human or Tobirama a merman or that having a lover from a different species was not this difficult, not such a taboo. Sometimes, he wished he could tell everyone truly that he loved this man and wished to spend his eternity with him, if only Tobirama allowed him to. Even if he didn't, Izuna could still long with his memories. And sometimes, he wished he could just stop thinking and sink, sink into the depths of dreams where only he and Tobirama existed.
And that he did.
It was long after the sun was high up in the sky, scorching them under its glare that they woke up and bid adieu but not before Tobirama gave him a toe curling kiss, taking the same promise he always did from him.
Izuna rolled his eyes but Tobirama fixed him with a stern look and he sighed. “ Ugh, fine! I promise I will call you if I need something even if it's not a full moon night. I promise to sing for you and only you, if I ever face a problem so huge I think I won't be able to handle on my own. Happy?”
He pouted his lips at Tobirama who kissed him with a smile. And Izuna loved even these silly moments of his.
“Very.” He heard against his lips. “ I promise I will come rushing to you. Now, I am leaving.”
And there was yet again those eyes that wanted him to come back to him but those red eyes seemed to have learnt not to ask for Izuna's company, out of the sea’s embrace, no matter how fast the merfolks had learnt to live on land too. Izuna could feel Tobirama’s question and sighed again, his hand against Tobirama’s hand, threading together and the other against his ruined shirt.
“One day, when your lover finds enough courage to speak up,” he smiled at those red eyes trying to decipher the words, “he will tell his family and see if we can find a way to live together. But until then, I am not leaving the sea to live with you, Tobirama. Hope you can at least grant me that if you love me enough.”
It hurt his heart to see that smile on his lover's face falling and Tobirama sighing. But it was better than to pain them both in the long run of departure. Tobirama touched his forehead against his head. And Izuna breathed, breathed in the sea’s salty scent and Tobirama’s breaths.
“I love you.” Izuna's breath hitched, his chest too stuck, too full with words Tobirama spoke. “I love you so much that it pains to leave you here alone. I love you more though to know whatever you choose for yourself is correct. And I don't question it. I am with you, until the end of time, until you allow me to. Just make sure you ask me to come to you when you need me. I too wish to be a part of your pain and your pleasures. Okay?”
“Yes. Yes, me too.”
He was kissed again, a soft, lingering kiss before that kiss too had faded, leaving behind only the ghost of a touch having had caressed him. He wondered yet again waving goodbye to his lover, when will the next full moon come, like he did every other time.
But before the next full moon came a storm.
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Izuna should have known. He should have known this was how it would end. He should have known the signs, the tremors of his body, the unusual spike in senses, the nausea, the hesitation to hunt, the reluctance to eat anything but the many plants they could find. He should have known, known by the scent he had been emitting and he should have told, sooner the truth about his love before everything ended as they did.
And now that everything had ended, with the tears of yesterday drying against his cheeks, Izuna thought perhaps he should end this one more thing with a truth at the least.
He took one look at his flat tummy, suddenly aware now he had to fetch not for one but for two but abandoned by the merfolks, kicked out by his own brother, from his own clan as something more disgusting than the carcasses at the bottom of the sea, Izuna didn't know if he should travel away from here. For wherever now he went, in all the merfolk world, there would be terrible tales of how the second son of the prestigious Uchiha family, had gone and established a sinister relation with a human and now even bore their kids. It was only a blessing, Izuna could count, that no one had seen his face. So perhaps there were chances he could hold himself enough to give birth to this kid, a miracle blooming within him.
He had cried long and hard for the past few days in his house when he learnt about the kid, first out of joy, knowing that they, Tobirama and he had created a miracle, something that was highly likely impossible before that moment and then he was crying out of fear, fear to have had a kid blooming within him, a life now he had to protect from his own clan and the humans around.
And soon his fears came to be. His Aniki, Madara, as soon as he had sensed the abnormality as he had seen it, he had been outraged and in his rage he had commanded Izuna to leave, to leave their lands forever. And no amount of his tears, his cries had stopped his beloved brother from throwing him out, from sparing him not a second glance, from telling him he was afterall a good for nothing.
Thinking back on it, had made his heart squeeze even harder and tears spilled from his eyes yet again. But even then, he knew, he knew what he had to do. He had to tell the truth, the truth to his lover, who took might leave him soon afterwards. But at least Izuna would have his child, now in his stomach. And perhaps he could forever live with them, even if there was not a single soul out there to love them ever again.
But this was a truth Tobirama had the right to know. And so, Izuna started singing in a trembling voice, the day before a full moon night, crying and crying and crying, clutching his stomach tightly, hoping everything could just easily fall back into place and his heart would stop thinking the worst, fear that Tobirama too would leave him alone.
And so he sang again, as he had been singing, sometimes halting and taking his time to cry again. But he sang, sang as he had been doing from the dawn of the day up until the sun in the sky faded to darkness and stars greeted him soon. He sang and sang and sang, heart growing heavier with each line he repeated, hope growing thinner as tears dried upon his flushed cheek. And yet no sound of an unknown intruder, human or merfolk greeted him. Soon even the sky was devoid of the many birds that took a look at him and pitied him. Soon he was left with no pity as well.
His lips trembled at that thought but he could do nothing more than sing now and wait. For this was necessary to end and begin again. The thought of what he had as a blessing with him to end was crushing his very soul so much so the words begged to stop. He couldn't do it anymore. He was tired, very tired. He wanted Tobirama to reach him soon. He wanted this to end soon. And he wanted his thoughts of what he would do if Tobirama didn't come, to end as well? If Tobirama didn't come at the end of the full moon night, he would leave by then.
If only the love he saw in Tobirama’s eyes was not just a ploy, if only Tobirama could reach him before Izuna give all of it again, if only—
“Izuna!”
A scream, a shout and the sounds of a motor boat from somewhere around the rock castle he had caged himself in, echoed against the hollow of his heart.
Tobirama.
Izuna turned around so suddenly, he almost dove back into the sea. His heart thudded against his ribs. He wasn't left alone then. He wasn't abandoned. Perhaps there truly was some truth in the love of a human, his human for Tobirama was there.
“Izuna,are you here?!”
A desparate call looked for him and Izuna's voice choked with tears again. A lump against his throat he felt when the next time he sang. He wished, he wished Tobirama would do something, anything to take this pain from him away.
Perhaps because he wanted Tobirama and Tobirama alone to soothe his pain, he sang again, in that pain struck voice, hoping his human would reach him soon.
And that Tobirama did.
“Izuna!” Again, the sound of his name from that voice filled him hope and Izuna tried, tried his best to now wipe away all these tears that kept falling and falling.
But even blurred with tears he realised the motor boat stopping right beside the rock cage he was upon and Tobirama jumping down, striding towards him now.
“Izuna,Izuna.” Tobirama couldn't stop calling his name, the confusion, the desparation, the sheer anxiousness having had found Izuna in that state, was too vibrant in his voice. And so Izuna bawled aloud even more. “ Oh, darling.” And then there were arms around him, before he knew, closing his fatigued heart in its warmth pulling him closer to the familiar man, whose heart beat so fast, faster than his own. And Izuna, for the last time perhaps, let himself be held by Tobirama, crying his heart out.
“It's okay, it's okay, love. Everything will be fine. I am here now.” No, no nothing would be fine. Izuna wanted to scream. And yet when held so gently and loved so preciously by Tobirama, who wouldn't dare speak such words if it were not so sudden, made Izuna's heart clench even tighter, pushing his face firmly against the familiar chest that warmed his heart.
He wanted to forever live there, in that moment and never have anything to think for. He wanted to be caged in Tobirama’s arms, his warmth, and live there basking in his love for he had never thought for real this man would come running for him if he so much as sang for him. He wanted to forget the world and live, live there being soothed by Tobirama, kissed by him, loved by him.
A gentle kiss he felt upon his head and his eyes filled with more tears. The tremors didn't learn to stop.
“It's alright, Izuna. I am here now. Thank you for being so strong, all alone. I certainly don't know what had happened but I am here now. And I will help you.”
Maybe you will leave too if you knew what happened.
Izuna wanted to say that, tell him that maybe he too would hate him. But his resolve was firmer than anything before. He now had a child to protect afterall. And he had decided he would tell the truth and let Tobirama know his decision too.
Having had found the courage again to depart from the very arms that held him and promised to keep him safe, he reigned back his tears and pulled away.
And only when his tremors passed, did a hand, gentle yet firm, wiped his tears away and made Izuna, despite all his strength to not look into those red eyes, stare back at them. And Izuna's heart ached.
“Hey.” There it was the voice that held pain and love intwined, mirroring his own and those eyes that seemed to burn with something, something they would like to soothe in Izuna. And that alone made him wish to wail. Because he didn't know what would be Tobirama’s reaction at all.
He bit his lips, choosing to shut his eyes, if only to not break his resolve.
“H–hey…,” he offered instead.
But Tobirama said nothing and continued wiping his tears before even that warmth was taken from him. Only for it to return upon his hands. Izuna looked down at where Tobirama had taken his hands in his own and placed now a gentle kiss above them.
“I don't know what happened, Izuna,” he was saying into their joined hands, “but I am sure it was terrible. So much so that you have to call for me. I am sorry I am so late to reach here. Would you please now tell me what happened to you, love?” He looked up with love in his eyes and Izuna's heart lurched, wanting, needing to let him know what was weighing him down but didn't know where to start.
Izuna took a stuttering breath in, closing his eyes yet again and said the first thing that came to his mind, the truth for which he had called Tobirama.
“I am pregnant.”
Izuna let the words out and braced himself for the impact. He didn't know what to expect. He just knew that there was going to be something and they something might not be pleasant. He didn't look up at those red eyes now perhaps stunned and too dark to speak. Seconds passed by as Izuna kept his head down, eyes closed, still waiting for some kind of impact. And the only thing that told him Tobirama heard him well was his warmth fading from his hands.
His heart suddenly dropped. So…. Tobirama didn't want him? His eyes started to sting again, the telltale sign of burn rising against him.
“Is that why…,” and yet amidst all this, Tobirama with his steadfast voice spoke and Izuna had to look up, for his chin was pushed up with hooked fingers underneath, “....is that why you are crying? Because you are pregnant?”
Izuna blinked. And blinked again. He didn't really understand the question nor could he read the words in Tobirama’s eyes. They seemed for the first time unreadable to Izuna then.
What exactly did he want to know?
Izuna didn't know.
But he told him what he knew. He pushed the hand away, shaking his head so hard tears like pearls fell upon the sea surface and he circled his hands protectively around his stomach.
“I don't ….don't understand what you are saying. But I am not giving up this child.” He didn't know what was going through that head of this scientist. He didn't want to hear anything. He just wanted to let it all out. He just didn't care anymore. He just wanted one last remnant of love and it shattering as well so that he wouldn't have to hold onto his fleeting feelings if Tobirama wished not to have this child and he could live, live with his kid. He was just so scared of losing this kid, this kid that was his only hope and family now.
“I want this kid. And I don't care if you want it or not.” He didn't let the man speak a word, not until he was done. And he knew the next words would make no sense but he needed this burden be crushed, so he would crush it. “ I don't care if you leave me and my child alone. Abandon us like my Aniki and the entire clan did. I don't care anymore. I just wanted to inform you that I—” His breath hitched.
And everything altogether halted. There he was his human, his lover, his darling Tobirama crying.
Senju Tobirama was crying. And for what?
Izuna didn't want the answer. But he stupefied. Too stunned to speak.
And when trembling hands came to seize his arms, Izuna flinched before he settled back and watched as the ever triumphant man break at his glances.
“I…You…Why did you not say so?” His voice cracked and Izuna's heart, despite everything hurt. “Why did you not tell me you bore so much all alone, Izuna? I am sorry. I am so sorry you have to go through this alone. And I…I…”
He couldn't speak anymore and perhaps that's why he pulled Izuna so tightly against his chest again, burying his own face into his head and sniffled, apologising for what, Izuna didn't understand.
But he let himself be held, held by the arms that sung of safety.
“Izuna, oh, Izuna.” Tobirama called through his sobs. “ Why did you think, oh why, that I would ever leave you?” And then he was pushing Izuna, just a bit away, making the merman ache for the warmth again.
“Hey, darling, was I not the one who kept telling you about kids and such? How could you think I would ever be not ready to love you and…,” Tobirama’s eyes slid down to where their kid perhaps was growing and a smile, gentle and soft, something Izuna had seen once in a while, unlike his smirks kissed Tobirama, “...and them? Of course,” he looked up, cradling now Izuna's face, “ I am going to love you and my kids, our kids all I can. I promise Izuna. I promise you I will give them and you and us all and everything you wish for. I will give you everything, Izuna if only you give me a chance. Please, Izuna, trust me,” he said with so much love, so much conviction, Izuna's heart was aching, “I will do everything. And I promise to not leave your side, not until you wish me to. And even then, you will find me protecting you from shadows. And,” Tobirama gulped, pursing his lips before he sighed, “I promise I will stay with you to convince your family if that's what you want. So tell me, Izuna, please, that you will let me take care of you and them and allow me to love you.”
And what else could Izuna say when he heard with each wave kissing the rock, the sincerity and love wiping all his fears, all his doubts away? His Tobirama was afterall not afraid to take his hand. He couldn't stop the next tears that fell and fell only for Tobirama to keep wiping them away. And soon their foreheads touched again.
“Come with me, Izuna. Come and live with me. Or I will come and live with you. Anywhere is fine. As long as I have you and as long as you will have me.” Tobirama whispered. “ Because I love you.”
And Izuna sobbed even louder. It was clear, crystal clear that in the depth of all misery lied hope. And his hope was Tobirama.
He didn't trust his voice, couldn't think the amount of emotions going through him could be exactly said. And so he did what he could do best and turned Tobirama’s palms around, kissing and kissing them.
“Please, please take me with you, Tobi. I…I want to be with you, wherever it is.” He cried. “ I love you.”
“Yes, yes, darling. Thank you.” And then all Izuna remembered was kisses being pampered against his cheeks, his lips and everywhere Tobirama could reach.
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That was the last of what he remembered having had spent the longest of nights on this beach. And afterwards, there had been nothing but happiness in his life. He was there on the lands, upon his legs living the life he and Tobirama and their small family built together.
Soon after he joined the Senju, he was welcomed in such pompous joy he didn't know what to think of it again first. Hashirama and his wife, Mito, and everyone else simply was beyond joy in themselves to see the Senju Tobirama bringing back anyone home, introducing them and declaring Izuna as his husband. That was not all, Izuna was in fact give more important than his husband.
And soon his arms were full with first Hashirama’s kids and then his own, his sweet little boy. And then as promised, Tobirama kept them safe and loved. Even though at first Izuna doubted it too that perhaps one day, Tobirama would change his mind and would in fact do the kinds of things, experiments he had so heard about in the merland. But nothing sort of that happened.
Instead, Tobirama made sure of all comforts, showering him with everything he had, love, care and everything he could muster, until Izuna's heart swelled filled with love and no doubts, allowing him to transform into his mermaid self alongside their kid, who too had been blessed with merman powers. And it was then, Izuna himself offered to help his husband find more about the merfolks but Tobirama refused. He knew the dangers of letting the world know about something as precious as the merfolk.
In his words, “This world as you already know, love, is filled with despicable people ready to kill and hunt for their own selfish motives. What more if they came to know about the existence of a myth that existed. It's better it lives only in their dreams. Besides, it's my duty now, as their son-in-law to protect them too. And think of it as my way of protection.”
“Papa!”
The call for him, from his darling baby,made Izuna turn away, once again from the sea that used to be his home, that is his home but he was still reluctant to return. And he found it was here on this land with his kid, Hiromi, rushing towards him and his loving husband, Tobirama smiling at them as he leaned down to pick Hiromi up and twirl him around, that this life too wasn't bad at all. Rather it was the most beautiful life he could have ever imagined.
“Papa, look what I and Daddy made for you!” Hiromi excitedly waved his hands, a pearl necklace clutched in his hands.
And Izuna's heart lurched again, happiness and warmth swirling around his core. He glanced at his husband, coming to stand beside him.
Tobirama shrugged at Izuna's look. “ Hiromi wanted to present something for you because he thinks you love and miss the sea a bit too much when you are back home.”
And Izuna couldn't help the smile, booping his nose against Hiromi’s own, who giggled at that.
“That I do. I miss that which I love afterall. And this,” Izuna took the pearl necklace, loving the way it felt against his fingers, “is beautiful, darling. Thank you so much for this gift.” And two sweet kisses he placed against Hiromi’s flushed cheeks.
“Allow me.” Tobirama said, taking the necklace from his hand. And Izuna smiled at him.
The necklace gently fell into place against his neck and Hiromi cheered again. “ Pa, you are so beautiful.”
Izuna chuckled at that. “ Not more than my Hiromi though.”
Hiromi giggled, kissing him against his cheek.
“Actually,” Tobirama started, circling his hands around Izuna, smiling down at them, “you two are the most beautiful picture.”
“That we know!” Hiromi and Izuna declared with chuckles of their own. And Tobirama, perhaps overcame with love placed soft kisse
s agaisnt Hiromi’s dark locks and his pink cheeks.
And a soft, lingering kiss against Izuna's lips.
And Izuna realised this was what love is. To be loved for who you are, with all your flaws and beauty. And he hoped one day he could return to the sea and tell his people, humans afterall weren't too bad. His human was not bad afterall. He was actually the best. The best Izuna could have ever asked for.
And as he stood there, looking at the dusk taking over with the waves kissing the shore’s feet, Izuna realised this was what he loved most.
Them. Together.
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