caeruleus sea \ jaeyong

vii.

| 05:39 pm

“OH MY GODㅡ JAEHYUN HYUNG!!”

jaehyun halts on his steps the moment he heard a loud thud from the floor above, cursing beneath his breath before taking long and wide strides as he cautiously approaches his room.

“..mark?” gasping loudly, jaehyun walks towards mark's figure lying down the floor outside his room, “are you okay? are you hurt? where?” crouching down, jaehyun noticed that mark is covering his forehead by the use of his palm, his contorted face is a proof that he's in pain. “what happened!?”

“aw it hurts!” mark complains, shifting into a sitting position with his back against the wall. jaehyun then slowly removes mark's hand from his forehead, revealing a red mark on the side of it and a forming bump. “what was that in your room!?”

jaehyun blinks at that question before deciding to act clueless, “what is.. what?”

“oh i dont fucking know!” mark retorts, rolling his eyes briefly and he continues, “something was thrown at me the moment i swung the door open.” lightly tapping on the bump that is already visible, mark groans again, “did you set up a booby trap to play with us??”

“..y-yeah! i did!” jaehyun nodded frantically, thankful that mark thought it as that and didnt conclude any other thing. “uhh i was planning on tricking.. um, doyoung-hyung.” yeah, way to go jaehyun.

just then, loud crashing noise was heard coming from jaehyun's room. mark furrows his brows at that, “..what was that?” jaehyun tilts his head to the side slightly, ransacking his brain for any excuses, “um.. more traps.?”

thankfully, mark believed jaehyun's poor excuses and didnt ask further - the boy actually got excited about jaehyun's trap for doyoung instead. jaehyun had given mark a compress for the bump on his forehead which earned a teasing from donghyuck saying that mark looked like a flowerhorn fish, the type of fish that has a bulbous forehead. after an hour or so, jaehyun finally sneaked back inside his room, interrogating the merman as to why he had to throw something at mark.

“seriously? you really had to throw a perfume bottle at him?” jaehyun whisper-shouted at the merman, cautious that his friends are in their respective rooms and could hear what he has to say. the merman had just replied with a shrug, “you told me i cant let anyone see me.”

well okay, he has a point. jaehyun blinks at the realization, “still! the bottle hit him in his forehead and now he actually starts to look like a flowerhorn fish.”

“it hit him in the forehead?” the merman gasps, looking somewhat surprised, “too bad then, i initially planned on hitting him in the eye.”

“for the last timeㅡ ” jaehyun groaned but still keeping it low which is really frustrating by the way because all he wants to do right now is shout at the person infront of him. is he even a person? “can you please stop saying and planning on acting some the horrendous stuff?” first, the merman threatened to kill him. second was when he straight-up asked for a human flesh as a food. and now, he planned on blinding mark by throwing a bottle of perfume at him.

“also, why did you have to push down my desk? was that necessary?” jaehyun clicks his tongue impatiently, talking about the loud noise that was heard after mark toppled down the floor.

but of course, he shouldve known better than to expect an answer from the merman for the creature just shrugs again, looking uninterested.

“jaehyun-hyung!” a voice shouted and followed by a knock on the door, “we're having our dinner!”

jaehyun replies with a quick 'coming!' before turning to the merman again, “you're not allowed to make a noise, okay?” the merman rolls his eyes, approaching the window once again and staring outside. why does he do that? jaehyun wonders, noticing that the merman frequently looks outside the window and observe passing people and cars.

without another word, jaehyun slips out of his room, walking down to join his friends over dinner.

“make me a bed.” jaehyun looks at the merman dumfoundedly upon hearing his demand the moment he comes back from eating dinner and lounging downstairs with his friends. “ㅡa what?”

“a bed.”

groaning in frustration, jaehyun gestures to his bed “why dont you just lay there?” um did he said that right? is he really going to give up his comfortable bed for a sea creature? internally groaning, jaehyun nodded his head as he hesitantly mutters, “dont worry. you can take it.”

“but its yours.” the merman reasoned and jaehyun is startled at the sudden compassion coming from the creature who threatened to end his life. “i dont want to lay down on the same surface with someone like you.” what!?? someone like me?? tsk. so much for thinking that the merman felt sympathetic.

“excuse me?? what do you mean by 'someone like me'?”

“i want a bed.” the merman pushes again, not bothering to answer jaehyun's question.

with much grudge, jaehyun got out a foldable mattress from his cabinet, one spare pillow and a blanket. seeing that the merman seems like he isnt moving anytime soon, jaehyun took the initiative to set things up. “there, happy?” jaehyun asks in a sarcastic note, gesturing to the set up on the floor.

“thats not the bed that i want.”

mouth hanging agape, jaehyun stared at the merman with disbelief, “what do you mean that's not the bed that you wanㅡ ugh.”

“im from the sea. i wish to dip in a seawater right now. ”

“um no.” definitely no. jaehyun shakes his head in pure disagreement, “i dont have seawater now so.. sucks.”

“i know.” with straight face, the merman opens the door of jaehyun's room - resulting on jaehyun having a mini panic thinking that any of his friends might see the still unknown guy. “that's why you're going to accompany me to the beach.”

“..im going to what!?”