dragons and mermen (bokuaka)

surface world

My name is akaashi keiji, I'm a merman and I'm 22 years old this year. Not much goes on in my life. I plan on visiting the surface today. It's not my first time seeing the surface world, but I don't visit it often. I swam up and broke through the surface tension , my hair falling dripping wet over my face, and I sat on a nearby rock, admiring the trees, grass, and animals when I heard a branch snap. "Who's there?" I asked looking around. I heard a voice curse under his breath, and a muscular man with white and black hair stepped out from behind a tree, his golden eyes shining in the light. He looks oddly familiar, but I can't place my finger on it.

"Sorry, I just, you look really pretty, and I wasn't sure about approaching you..."

"Oh... Um, thank you."

"I didn't know mermen existed..." I looked at him, and saw some scattered scales on his arms, a tail behind him, wings on his back that were folded up. 

"Well I didn't know dragon people exist." 

"What's your name?"

"Akaashi. Akaashi keiji."

"I'm bokuto koutaro! It's nice to meet you!"

"It's nice to meet you too bokuto-san." I said with a small smile. 

"What's it like under the water?" He asked.

"You've never been underwater?"

"I'm a fire dragon. It could kill me faster than a normal dragon, because... well, feel." He said holding out his arm, and coming closer to me. I hesitantly put my hand on it but to jerk it away. His skin was burning.

"What in the world? Your skins so hot!"

"That's why the ocean could kill me. It would lower my body temperature and I'd die from the cold. My average body temperature is around 129 degrees (Fahrenheit! I'm from the US and dont know the conversion!) so the cold can be dangerous."

"I see."

"So, whats it like underwater?"

"Not too far that way," I said pointing out to the sea "Is the oceanic kingdom, where I'm from. It's bustling with life almost all the time. There's whales and sharks, and lots of beautiful colorful fish, and a coral reef a few more miles away. Dolphins come sometimes and the children play with them. The dolphins love to play with the children, and every now and then, a mother dolphin will bring her newborn calf to play with the children."

"It sounds beautiful." Bokuto said awe struck.

"It really is." Akaashi looked into bokuto's golden eyes. "What's the land like? I can't go onto the land for very long. I'll dry out and die." 

"Well, I come from a mountain. I've moved out, along with the rest of my siblings, and I live over there with my hoard." he said pointing to a mountain to the right. "Dragons are territorial creatures, so there aren't a lot near me. There's a village not too far south of my den, and I sometimes find objects that catch my interest. One object was an old photo, that seemed to be a little burned, of two people on their wedding day. But what strikes me as odd, as that, for one, it looks familiar, and two, one of the men look like me."

"That is weird." We kept talking until I decided to head back home, but we agreed to meet up again tomorrow. I quite like talking to bokuto san. Hopefully he'll show.