How to pet a sassy mermaid

08 - Officially a PET

Seeing the half mermaid and half siren Sho run all the way to the bottom of the aquarium to hide, the men in black paused their action as if afraid of upsetting the half breed.

"Shall we... call for assistance?" one of the men in black said.

"He seems pretty timid." the other said.

Seeing this, Akaashi struggled from the hold of one of the men in black. "Let us..." he took a deep breath. "please let us assist him. He's more familiar with us."

It took a minute for the men in black to decide before agreeing. But before they let the two scientists approach Sho, they warned them to not attempt to escape nor hide the half breed.

The two can only nod, after all, how can they even fight when they spend their lives in a laboratory and don't know basic self defense? Fighting with these people is equivalent to suicide.

They obediently went to the aquarium where Sho is located, they clicked something on the side and the glass that is dividing the room slowly opened, showing the pool that is as clear as the real ocean. They took a human sized aquarium from the side, filled it up with water and then went to call Sho.

"Sho... Come here." Akaashi called softly.

Hearing the soft voice calling for him, Shoyo knew he cannot hide too long. So he slowly left from where he was hiding and swam up. When they saw him emerge from below, the men in black cannot help but be silently amazed by the beauty this half breed have.

He have an ethereal beauty that can only be found in books. There are not enough words to describe how beautiful he is.

Sensing their eyes on him, Sho cannot help but blush. Really, what situation is this?

Then he saw the two, Akaashi and Tsukishima approached him, he didn't throw a fit whatsoever in fear of triggering these men who have real guns on their suits. He have very sharp nails but so what? He can scratch one of them to death but then he will die of gunshot. It's not worth it. He can do better than that.

Tsukishima opened the human sized aquarium that is the size of a tall rectangle and filled it up with water. While Akaashi went to carry Sho, bridal style to put him in that said aquarium.

Sho didn't struggle which is surprising. The two came to the conclusion that it may be because of the current stressful situation that had caused his mood to be like this, thus as a professional scientist, Tsukishima spoke. "He may be a little stressed now because of the situation and the noises earlier, tell your boss to put him in a good pool and feed him both alive and pre-cut foods later."

One of the men in black answered, "Sure."

Hearing these, Shoyo can't help but think, is he really going to be sold to an influential person?? Based on their conversation, the boss of the men in black must be powerful enough to even go against the government.

Is what Noya said really gonna happen now? Will he really be a fish pet of some random hooligan?

Is it late to die now?

In the end, the aquarium where he was in is covered with a blanket that he cannot even see a thing, he just felt being put in a moving vehicle, carried in an elevator and finally is put in a room that has a pool on it, resembling a real pond. It even have corals and aquamarines in it.

He swam around and could only sigh when he realized that this pool is bigger than the ones Tsukishima and Akaashi gave him.

Seems like, he really is a pet now huh? But where could his hooligan of an owner be?

Out of boredom, he swam around the pool, munching over the shrimps and cuttlefish he found. They really taste good.

It wasn't until he heard the door open that he swam back up. As soon as he got to the shore, he saw two people walking towards him.

He was shocked, but then he went back to his nonchalant expression.

The two people...

Daichi and Sugawara.

"Are you kidding me?" Sho said.

He can't help but curse at this world's unoriginality. Like, how could you use the same characters TWICE??? How could you mess that up??

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HERA
Annddd the real petting of a sassy mermaid is heerrree. Shoyo is now an official pet Lmaooo