My Tail and Your Legs - K.SJ. {ON HOLD}

Chapter 5

Your POV

After a few minutes of giving Jin some room, I watched as he sat on a rock on the bottom of the ocean. His fingertips brushed against the rock, tracing out something. A name maybe? I didn't know anything except he had to be magic.

I swam down to him slowly, placing my hand among his back, trying to comfort him in someway.

"Go away," he spat, still tracing something out on the rock.

"I need you to help me," I said, taking my hand off his back to give him some space.

He sighed and turned his head to look at me. He had a heartbroken look in his eye like something was wrong. "I'm sorry..."

I cocked my head to the side. "For what?"

"For yelling at you before. I didn't think I had magic in me, which clearly I must have. And I just...hate you, I guess..."

I sat next to him in the rock, curiosity taking over. "Why do you hate me?"

He started off with a small sigh. "I just hate merpeople. They killed my father. He was the one that I truly loved. Him not here is like a pulling in my gut, telling me to leave and go on my own. But I need to support my mother somehow. But everyone at work hates me. They think I'm crazy for seeing a mermaid. They think they aren't real. How can I convince them? I can't, that's what I can't do. I just need help, that's all. There's no way you can help at all."

I sat there, thinking. "I can try to help. Maybe that vision was something that could mean we could become friends."

"Or closer."

"Or closer," I mumbled. "But anyways, I will help you. I can help you get away from here. I need to get away from my own father as well and the prince. I can't marry him. He's abusive to me in his own ways. No one would know where we went."

For the first time I saw Jin give a soft smile. "I would like that..."

"Do you need anything from your house?"

"No. Not that I know of."

"Okay, good." I then got up and helped Jin up. "Let's go."

"Y/N!" Rikon yelled from the cave. "I need you!"

"Be back," I smiled at him and swam off to the cave.

When I entered the cave, someone suddenly pulled me off to the side, muffling my mouth. My eyes widened as I started struggling against the grip, but it was no use.

"You're going no where, pretty one~," the voice whispered in my ear.