Enchanted

Banishment

Yuri was a little annoyed that his pretty new merfolk friend was paying attention to someone else, and even more annoyed that the someone else was a genie that he'd just freed. Genies could still grant wishes even after being freed, if they wanted to, and they were often very fond of the one that freed them. A freed genie would often gladly use their power to give their liberator anything their hearts desired without any unforeseen consequences or screwing around.

Yuri muttered to himself as he finished cooking Yuya's food, and hurried outside to give it to his friend. "Here you go, Yuya!~" he purred, handing the food to the ningyo. "Made with love!"

"Thanks!" Yuya said happily. He began eating the food. "Mmm, this is delicious!"

"I'm glad you like it!" Yuri said, sitting elegantly next to the merfolk. "It's the least I could do after you've helped my garden!"

Yuto looked around at the garden, a bit impressed by all the exotic plants. "You have a lot of time on your hands, don't you?" he asked. Yuri raised an eyebrow. "Well, ever since I was banished, I've not had as many responsibilities and work to do. So I'm able to spend more time tending to my garden."

"Banished, huh?" Yuto responded. "What did you do to be banished, exactly?"

"I tried to feed my archnemesis to a carnivorous plant," Yuri said dismissively. "Unfortunately someone rescued her, and since she was the daughter of the king of the forest, I got into trouble. Luckily for me, I had unintentionally saved the king's life when someone tried to poison him, so instead of sentencing me to execution, he banished me."

"How did you save his life?" Yuya asked, curious. Yuri pouted. "I don't wanna talk about it..."

"Alright, fair enough," Yuya said soothingly.

Yuto watched Yuri warily. He seemed to be quite fond of Yuya, so perhaps he wouldn't try to hurt the merfolk. But Yuto still planned to stick around and keep an eye on things. It wouldn't do for his new merfolk friend to be put into any danger.