merman au part 2
(CONT)
To his chagrin, the other boy beams. "I'm glad you spoke. I was beginning to think you couldn't speak, like Ariel in The Little Mermaid."
"I'm a mer/man/," Chanyeol insists, tail flapping angrily in the water.
"And I'm Kyungsoo. Your eyes are really pretty," the boy just says calmly, "are they green? They're really pretty. It's like I can see the stars in your eyes."
"Pretty sure that's called a reflection, human boy," Chanyeol mutters in contempt. How dare this human mock the color of his eyes? The color that runs in his veins -- royal blood, mind you -- is to be anything but commented on. The extravagance and the beauty of the eyes with shade of green shared amongst the merpeople royals cannot be simply put into words. Not with a lame word like 'pretty'. Chanyeol puffs his cheeks out in disdain. "Besides, why are you alone on this boat? Wouldn't you like to save your friends?"
Kyungsoo shrugs. Chanyeol decides that he really hates it when people shrug. "I can't swim," the petite boy admits honestly. "They had orders from my father that if anything was to happen, the lifeboat should contain me and only me. There is another bigger boat for the ship crew."
Chanyeol blinks dumbly before chortling. "You're some kind of royalty?"
Much to Chanyeol's surprise, Kyungsoo nods seriously. "Yeah. Prince. Third prince, to be exact, but you know, whatever. I'm not interested in the throne. I like to travel. Meet people. Meet mermaids."
"Mermen," Chanyeol hisses under his breath, exasperated. "Not everyone of us are female." Kyungsoo laughs, a soft, breathy sound like he said that just to spite Chanyeol, so Chanyeol frowns. "I think I'm just going to pull you out from your boat and drown you. You said you can't swim, right?"
Kyungsoo turns pale in a split second. "I really can't."
Chanyeol grabs Kyungsoo's hand with a huge grin and tugs him out of his boat so that they're floating on the water with their chests out of the water thanks to Chanyeol keeping them afloat. "P-Please, don't do that-- if you let go of me, this is where I'd die, merman."
"Do you trust me?" Chanyeol asks.
"No," Kyungsoo swallows.
Chanyeol rolls his eyes. In a swift motion, he pinches Kyungsoo's nose and dives down.
-
The sun is bright overhead when Kyungsoo is rudely shaken awake by large hands. His lips are cracking and sand is drying on his clothes and legs when he sits up. "Where..."
"Prince Kyungsoo! We couldn't find you last night while searching on the sea, but when we reached land, we found you here. I'm so glad you're safe!"
Kyungsoo nods, but he really isn't listening. Instead, he stares out into the horizon, and thinks about the merman with long, chestnut hair and big, green eyes and his strong arms that held him when they dove into the water.
Maybe he should take up swimming or diving lessons soon.
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this thing wrote itself in my head so it became terribly long
To his chagrin, the other boy beams. "I'm glad you spoke. I was beginning to think you couldn't speak, like Ariel in The Little Mermaid."
"I'm a mer/man/," Chanyeol insists, tail flapping angrily in the water.
"And I'm Kyungsoo. Your eyes are really pretty," the boy just says calmly, "are they green? They're really pretty. It's like I can see the stars in your eyes."
"Pretty sure that's called a reflection, human boy," Chanyeol mutters in contempt. How dare this human mock the color of his eyes? The color that runs in his veins -- royal blood, mind you -- is to be anything but commented on. The extravagance and the beauty of the eyes with shade of green shared amongst the merpeople royals cannot be simply put into words. Not with a lame word like 'pretty'. Chanyeol puffs his cheeks out in disdain. "Besides, why are you alone on this boat? Wouldn't you like to save your friends?"
Kyungsoo shrugs. Chanyeol decides that he really hates it when people shrug. "I can't swim," the petite boy admits honestly. "They had orders from my father that if anything was to happen, the lifeboat should contain me and only me. There is another bigger boat for the ship crew."
Chanyeol blinks dumbly before chortling. "You're some kind of royalty?"
Much to Chanyeol's surprise, Kyungsoo nods seriously. "Yeah. Prince. Third prince, to be exact, but you know, whatever. I'm not interested in the throne. I like to travel. Meet people. Meet mermaids."
"Mermen," Chanyeol hisses under his breath, exasperated. "Not everyone of us are female." Kyungsoo laughs, a soft, breathy sound like he said that just to spite Chanyeol, so Chanyeol frowns. "I think I'm just going to pull you out from your boat and drown you. You said you can't swim, right?"
Kyungsoo turns pale in a split second. "I really can't."
Chanyeol grabs Kyungsoo's hand with a huge grin and tugs him out of his boat so that they're floating on the water with their chests out of the water thanks to Chanyeol keeping them afloat. "P-Please, don't do that-- if you let go of me, this is where I'd die, merman."
"Do you trust me?" Chanyeol asks.
"No," Kyungsoo swallows.
Chanyeol rolls his eyes. In a swift motion, he pinches Kyungsoo's nose and dives down.
-
The sun is bright overhead when Kyungsoo is rudely shaken awake by large hands. His lips are cracking and sand is drying on his clothes and legs when he sits up. "Where..."
"Prince Kyungsoo! We couldn't find you last night while searching on the sea, but when we reached land, we found you here. I'm so glad you're safe!"
Kyungsoo nods, but he really isn't listening. Instead, he stares out into the horizon, and thinks about the merman with long, chestnut hair and big, green eyes and his strong arms that held him when they dove into the water.
Maybe he should take up swimming or diving lessons soon.
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this thing wrote itself in my head so it became terribly long