Met you on the Shoreside // Cold Front AU

Day 2: Nuisance

It is yet again another day at the shore. Augustine put the bait onto the end of the fishing rod, and swung the line to cast it out far into the ocean. He sat there for a few minutes, swinging his legs back and forth, when there was a sudden heavy thud and splash behind. He quickly snapped his head around... and Winnie seemed to be back.

He laid flat on his stomach with the bottom half of his tail in the water, grabbing another fish from the full plastic bucket. The fisherman quickly stood up.

"HEY! Quit stealing my fish!!"

The merman yelped and bit the fish, before flopping back into the water and swimming away. Augustine muttered quietly under his breath,

"I swear, he's like a mouse stealing cheese. . ."
It didn't take long for Winnie to come back, though this time he made sure to approach from the front so as to not scare Augustine. He gently tugged on the Fisherman's leg, to which he jolted and looked down at the Merman tugging his leg.

"What now? You're gonna scare away the good catches."
"Fish..."

Augustine was confused. Was he begging or demanding?

"Fish? You gotta be specific. What about fish."

"Want..."

Winnie gave his best puppy eyes, which didn't really have an effect on Augustine at first, until he looked for longer.

"... Ugh. Here! Just take it."

He threw down a fish to the Merman, to which he chirped in happiness and bit down on it, before swimming away once more. The Fisherman groaned and rubbed his eyes with his gloved hand.

"Stupid Merman and his pretty privileges... he's lucky I've never seen one like him before."