The Fine Thread

13

(Play the song ''My Jolly Sailor Bold by Ashley Serena.) Suga, Hinata and Asahi have been so sad the past month, doing nothing but lay around during the day, barely picking at the food they collect, and singing the saddest song they know during the night. When the 3 used to sing, they would sing happy songs and sweet melodies to help the village sleep, but they couldn't, they were so upset, and singing was the only way they knew how to release so much emotion in a short amount of time. Through the night, they would sing one song continuously until the moon was right above them, signaling them to dive back down, only then to barely sleep.

One night the 3 swim up to the surface, sitting on a rock that is barely peeking up from the water. The 3 have started singing, weeping as they do at the loss of their lovers.

"My heart is pierced by cupid." Hinata sings, weeping towards the sky.

"I disdain all glittering gold" Suga sings, looking down and crying.

"There is nothing can console me.." Asahi sings, looking at his hands, tears falling into them.

"But my Jolly Sailor Bold." All three sing together, letting out a loud cry. Soon, the 3 hear a shout coming from the shoreline.

"Hey! Are you alright over there?" A familiar voice shouts. Hinata looks off into the distance, and gets red with anger. Seeing Daichi calling out with a soft lantern light beside him, Tsukishima and Noya standing right by his side.

"Who is it, Hinata..?" Suga asks sulking, not recognizing the voice after not hearing it for over 2 months. Hinata doesn't respond, only getting into the water and swimming as fast as he can to the shoreline. As soon as the ginger swims up from the shoreline, the 3 boys look shocked, seeing another one of their lovers, tail and all hoisting himself onto the shoreline.

"You absolute scum! How dare you abandon us like that! We know! We're monsters, we've been told that by you humans but we actually thought you loved us!" Hinata shouts, his tail turning into legs and Hinata angrily stomping towards them. Tears stream down his wet cheeks as Hinata isn't only upset and heartbroken at Tsukishima, but angry at Daichi and Noya for hurting his brothers.

"Sunshine! What are you doing out here! Hey calm down!" Tsukishima says, trying to get close to Hinata. Hinata grabs onto his head tightly, like he has the worst headache in the world and the claws he keeps so skillfully hidden behind his hand scales eject, making him much more dangerous. Tsukishima tries touching Hinata's wet and matted hair, only to be swatted away by claws.

"Get away from me!" Hinata shouts, crying profusely. "Just tell me why?! Why did you leave for someone who looks exactly like us!" Hinata yells, falling to his knees while crying. Asahi and Suga jump up on the shoreline, also with human legs, only to see a crying, broken Hinata, and the only boys they've ever loved.

"You.. You caused us so much pain in the last month.." Asahi growls, an angry aura surrounding him, so thick it could suffocate someone. "And why now! Why have you 3 decided to rear your heads back into our lives!" Asahi shouts, also crying like Hinata.

"We don't know what you're all talking about! You're supposed to be at home asleep while we investigate what mermaids had taken refuge in your home!" Noya shouts, trying to get close to Asahi.

"Get away from me Nishinoya." Asahi growls lowley, still very angry but trying to take care of the crying Hinata, while crying himself.

"So you think that we would just leave our entire home?! The instruments, our treasures from our old homes and our entire lives just to live boringly as humans?!" Suga shouts, his turn to yell at the 3 while Asahi and Hinata cry.

"Sugar please listen! We don't know what's going on!" Daichi shouts. The whole village seems to wake up and explore all of the yelling coming from the shoreline. What the villagers see are 3 boys, who are almost naked, being covered by skirts made out of seaweed, thread and old jewelry, the boys have scales covering parts of their legs and Hinata has scales up his arms. All 3 are crying and one is yelling at the other boys, who are trying to calm them down.