The sea was angry today.
Waves were churning, and the sky was darkening and starting to cry. Before long, rain was dripping down the grey haired boys face, and turning the spikes in his hair into waves down his scalp.
But still, Bokuto sat out there, staring out at the sea from the beach. Just sitting, staring. Waiting.
Because he could've swore he saw someone out there.
Stepping a bit closer and feeling his heart jump at the feeling of water rushing to his toes, he saw a glimpse of dark hair again.
Then a face.
Then an arm, reaching up towards the sky.
And that's when Bokuto panicked, because he'd never been in this situation before.
He was terrified, he was cold, he was wet, and he was hungry, but he jumped in the water anyway.
His mouth and nose met the freezing water and he floated up quick to cough it up. Opening his eyes and looking around, all his vision caught was the greying sky and deep ocean below him, swallowing him up. Looking in front of him closer, he saw the beach moving out of his vision, eaten up by the rain.
Thunder boomed, lightning striked, and Bokuto was terrified.
He couldn't even hear himself call out for help, and his legs had gone numb from treading water, and all that filled his head was "why did I do this why did I do this why did I do this--"
Before he knew it, water was rushing into his lungs, he was sinking, he couldn't breathe--
--and he opened his eyes, and saw the most beautiful thing coming towards him in the deep waters, like an angel lifting him up, and Bokuto let himself go.
---
"Wait, is he dead?"
"I hope he is."
"Oikawa, that's so rude!"
"Say, do you think he can hear us? Like how in the movies the passed out guy hears what they're saying about them?"
"What the hell are you talking about, Hinata?"
"Oi, calm it, Tsukki--"
"Ugh--" Bokuto had to basically pry his eyes open.
But he definitely didn't regret doing so. The sky was clear again, and the ocean was a pure blue, but that wasn't all.
He had just then lay eyes on the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.
A boy with dark hair was sitting near him, looking down at him worriedly. Pretty grey eyes flitted this way and that, but wait, are they grey? Are they green? Blue? Black? He couldn't tell, all he knew was that they were the most amazing eyes he'd ever seen.
But yeah, he already said that.
It took a moment for him to muster the strength to speak, but he finally did, "A-- are you an angel?"
The dark haired boy raises his eyebrows and laughs. "Of course not! Don't you see our tails?"
Wait, what--
Bokuto looked around at the three other boys around him, then at their legs.
Well, what should've been legs.
Instead, what Bokuto saw was bright colored tails. The boy with messy red hair had a matching tail with traces of gold, and the two others on either side of him had bright blue and the other taller one had purple on his. The beauty in front of him had a long, shiny emerald tail, and he just grinned at the dumbfounded grey haired boy.
