The Little Mermaid ; Taekook AU [ discontinued ]

CHAPTER 7 ;

As Seokjin looked around the large spaced, single roomed house, something new caught his curious gentle eyes. Glancing at the cuboidal black object, he wondered what it did. Apart from the smell of home waters dripping from himself, he could pick up something else with part of his sensory system— a very pleasant scent that made the young boy's mouth water unknowingly. He did not know what it was, but it reminded him of food; and it made him realise how ravenous he felt, as his stomach grumbled painfully, as he found himself uncontrollably blinking his left eye. He whined quietly, which made him feel a spark of disappointment in himself. The brunette was not the type of person to be so impatient.

Hearing a sudden mumbling, his body violently jerked, surprised from the sudden disturbance, causing him to nearly fall over from unbalancedness from his seat, and nearly let out a loud squeak. The blonde stirred uncomfortably, his face frowning greatly as he found himself on the hard wooden chair, and certainly not somewhere suitable for beauty sleep. 'When did I get here?... Oh, Jinnie, hi.' Speaking wearily and quietly, the shorter stretched his thin limbs, letting out an inaudible yawn, accompanied by sounds of cracking. 'Humans are supposed to be dry, right?' The mermaid prince asked a simple, trivial question, but it seemed like a very unusual question to ask. Nodding, the other replies, 'why, do you want to clean up first? You probably feel uncomfortable right now.' After receiving a thumbs up, the younger proceeded to stand up, reaching his hand to grasp the other's, in order to guide him over to the bathroom area.

A pair of grey orbs eyeing him, the clueless boy sat on the pale tiled flooring, reminding him of the beach, except this time, he was on a single, smooth solid. 'You look uncomfortable. What's up?' Seokjin was unaware how conscious humans could be with their naked body— he probably wouldn't know why they were. As Yoongi reminded himself about this, he simply huffed, blowing away the slightly damp hair that swept his tired eyes. 'Alright, take off your clothes.' Pulling off his black shirt, the grey eyed boy turned the tap, letting fresh, clean water fill up a large, white plastic bucket.

As the older fumbled to remove his large single pieced clothing, the pale boy was now completely naked. Crouching down beside the other one, he held a sort of scooping object. 'The way we wash ourselves is to take water and then let it cover entirely ourselves. Then we use soap and apply it all over our body until it gets all bubbly, got it?' Nodding, the brunette took the blue bath scoop, pouring water all over himself.

Draping a spare, clean towel over the older's head, Yoongi passed him a change of clothes. 'Here... I don't have that much clothes, and we have to share them. Hope you don't mind.' As Seokjin sat quietly on the rather large and comfy white and spotless bed, he slipped on the cream capris and white tank top, putting a pastel pink sweater. 'Sorry about the pink, that used to be my noona's.' As the blonde hung his head down, the other gleefully shook his own, as he attempted to stand on his two new legs, only to shakily stay upright for about a second, raising his voice, saying 'pink is my favourite colour!', only to plop back down on his bum, gaining a slightly questionable look on the younger's face. Simply shrugging it off, he began to approach him. 'Uhm... what's a noona?' The gray eyed boy froze in his tracks, staring in one direction. As he felt a slight tugging on his baby blue top, he unconsciously let out words. 'M-my big sis... my noona... eomma... appa...' Before he knew it, he was reluctantly on his knees, tears spilling out.

Slightly panicking, the warm brown eyed boy frantically looked from his hands to the other's heap of hair, wondering what he should do. The blonde was not too far away from him, but not close enough for an embrace right at his spot. Slopping downwards, Seokjin used the strength from his arms to drag his body and legs over to the upset human, hoping to provide some sort of comfort. As he finally reached him, the brunette decided to cling onto him like a magnet, and wrapped his warm limbs all over him. Hearing his broken whimpers and quiet sobbing almost broke the mermaid prince's heart, he felt so upset to see his new friend like this. 'Shhh...' Stroking his light, damp locks gently, the brunette kissed the top of his head, and wiped away his stream of tears that fell down his blush tinged cheek.