blub! blub... blub? | sungtaro ✔

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There's a secret Sungchan has kept from the world that he refuses to tell anyone.

And it's totally unrelated as to why he brings an inflatable pool in his car along with his goldfish to drive for 2 hours to a beach, walk for another hour, take about 10 minutes to inflate the pool, fill it up with water that he brought himself, and meet with a mermaid every Wednesday.

First of all, he'll sound crazy. There's no way mermaids exist! Yet here's one right now, in front of him. He carries the mermaid into the inflatable pool every Wednesday to talk to his goldfish, Sir Bubbles-a-lot. Second of all, if he tells people, who knows where that information would go? To crazy fishermen? Who's going to give Sir Bubbles-a-lot her therapy if he does that!? Yes, Sir Bubbles-a-lot is a she.

Somehow the mermaid chats happily with the little fish. Sungchan would be lying if this isn't the happiest he ever sees Sir Bubbles-a-lot. She and the mermaid happily play together in the small pool, swimming around the mermaid like a marathon.

Sungchan only smiles, watching in silence as the mermaids blubs inflate and deflate in tones as if he could actually understand them. Sometimes he can tell when the conversation gets serious, most of the time it's just plain fun and banter. Sir Bubbles-a-lot would swim in a seemingly random way as the mermaid nods along and giggles happily. On some Wednesdays, they don't even talk much. They sit around in the small pool until the sun sets, those sessions take the longest. But Sungchan doesn't mind, as long as the two are enjoying their time together, he won't mind a few extra hours on the beach.

There are times where Sungchan doesn't know how he got into this situation. There are other times where he's insanely happy that he did. He considers himself unbelievably lucky to have even come across this beautiful creature.

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ao3: neverlands