04-14-2019, 07:06 PM
Arthur was taken aback by how suddenly James had made up his mind - and did not look back for once as he disappeared into the crowd, no longer possible for the sailor to track him down. To the sailor this wasn't a great feeling: the selkie had managed to fool him for long,a nd now he had more secrets to hide from him. Could this be something selkie-related and that James had decided he wasn't to know?
While the young man explored the area on his own, he couldn't help but sigh and felt disinterested no matter what crossed his path. He'd even ventured off to the brothels, unable to get rid of the sadness lingering with his partner/lover/companion keeping things from him, rejecting his help, but upon seeing the heavy makeup the prostittues wore, and the way they resembled nothing of James and his innocence.... he had lost all appetite and in fact felt almost nauseoues at the thought of spending some "fun" time here, and quickly moved away. strange enough, he was even feeling a slight bit guilty for having even stepped foot near this area...
Regardless of his lack of motivation, there were sitll necessary purchases required to refill the supplies on the ship. He carried back to the ship several big bags of supplies, some lemons as well, thinking that refreshing smell might be good for James. A wider range of food items were restocked as well, hopfeully at least some of those could sit well with James' stomach.
........
After, it had been just wait. he watched the sun slowly drop nearer the sea, the final rays tinting the entire sky red. It was nearly time and there was still no sign of James... for a fleeting second, Arthur was suddenly consumed by this fear that James would no longer return to him. Or would he encounter some danger? would that doctor be in fact a notoriosu criminal, keeping him hostage? rob him? would he had lost his way in this buzzling town, unfamiliar with the orientation around? what if....
All that fearful thoughts dissipated completely when he heard some noise from the ladder. he shoot up to his legs and saw James, looking a lot better than before, and all he could think of was he wanted to hug him, hold him tight, pull him so close there was no chance he would ever let hiim go...
But James calmed all that inner turmoil with just that simple kiss. He responded eagerly to the kiss, devouring James thoroughly - it had been so long since they last shared this, and right this could appear wrong in some people's eyes, but Arhtur was no longer held back by those criticisms - afterall, they were the owner of themeslves, why care about what others would think.
"James..." he murmured, parting with the selkie, he stroked his face. He shook his head silently and let out a sigh of relief. "That's good.... that's very good...." he said, again pulling James close. "i thought you'd leave me just now... j-just.. never return to me..." he said, his voice tight with the insecurty creeping through. "you're a free-spirited soul.... I was worried you'd grown bored of me..." he whined, tryignttok eep his voice steady.
Arthur needed another moment to compose himself, then straightened up again and shook his head once more. "i did some re-stocking, but nothing too exciting. this was just another port... too standard to contain much surprise. Oh, but I did bring us a wider range of food selection. what are you feeling like tonight? did the doctor give any instruction on how your diet should be for the coming few days to deal with that colio?" he asked with much concern, interlacing their hands together.
While the young man explored the area on his own, he couldn't help but sigh and felt disinterested no matter what crossed his path. He'd even ventured off to the brothels, unable to get rid of the sadness lingering with his partner/lover/companion keeping things from him, rejecting his help, but upon seeing the heavy makeup the prostittues wore, and the way they resembled nothing of James and his innocence.... he had lost all appetite and in fact felt almost nauseoues at the thought of spending some "fun" time here, and quickly moved away. strange enough, he was even feeling a slight bit guilty for having even stepped foot near this area...
Regardless of his lack of motivation, there were sitll necessary purchases required to refill the supplies on the ship. He carried back to the ship several big bags of supplies, some lemons as well, thinking that refreshing smell might be good for James. A wider range of food items were restocked as well, hopfeully at least some of those could sit well with James' stomach.
........
After, it had been just wait. he watched the sun slowly drop nearer the sea, the final rays tinting the entire sky red. It was nearly time and there was still no sign of James... for a fleeting second, Arthur was suddenly consumed by this fear that James would no longer return to him. Or would he encounter some danger? would that doctor be in fact a notoriosu criminal, keeping him hostage? rob him? would he had lost his way in this buzzling town, unfamiliar with the orientation around? what if....
All that fearful thoughts dissipated completely when he heard some noise from the ladder. he shoot up to his legs and saw James, looking a lot better than before, and all he could think of was he wanted to hug him, hold him tight, pull him so close there was no chance he would ever let hiim go...
But James calmed all that inner turmoil with just that simple kiss. He responded eagerly to the kiss, devouring James thoroughly - it had been so long since they last shared this, and right this could appear wrong in some people's eyes, but Arhtur was no longer held back by those criticisms - afterall, they were the owner of themeslves, why care about what others would think.
"James..." he murmured, parting with the selkie, he stroked his face. He shook his head silently and let out a sigh of relief. "That's good.... that's very good...." he said, again pulling James close. "i thought you'd leave me just now... j-just.. never return to me..." he said, his voice tight with the insecurty creeping through. "you're a free-spirited soul.... I was worried you'd grown bored of me..." he whined, tryignttok eep his voice steady.
Arthur needed another moment to compose himself, then straightened up again and shook his head once more. "i did some re-stocking, but nothing too exciting. this was just another port... too standard to contain much surprise. Oh, but I did bring us a wider range of food selection. what are you feeling like tonight? did the doctor give any instruction on how your diet should be for the coming few days to deal with that colio?" he asked with much concern, interlacing their hands together.