BlueSea (p.j.y. & k.y.g.)

~part 2~

I cough up water pretty hard as my eyes slowly begin to open.

I blink my eyes a few times and sit up and finish coughing.

"Whew. It's not dead."

I stopped coughing and I quickly turned to who said that.

A tail and fins, sitting on the sand next to me, and I look up and I see it's the merman that saved me.

"Y-you saved my life. T-thank you." I say, beginning to breathe normally again.

"Humans really can't breathe underwater, then the stories were true..." he confirms to himself.

"And mermaids exist, hehehe, guess those myths are true too. Oh...you're not gonna...eat me are you?" I ask immediately remembering the scary mermaid who tried to devour me.

He laughs and shakes his head, before giving me a sassy sort of look.

"First of all, I'm a merman, not mermaid." He folds his arms across his bare chest and flips his tail.

"Second, She was a siren, and sirens are totally different than mermaid, they're actually our enemies." As if the difference was obvious.

"Lastly, sirens eat humans which is why they always crash ships, but us Mers, eat certain fish and sea plants. We have a very safe diet."

I smiled at him completely intrigued by him.

"You're a savage one. What's your name?"

His eyes widen in confusion and he uncrossed his arms.

"Name?"

"Yeah, like what are you called? Around here, everyone calls me Kim Yugyeom, since it's my name. So, what's yours?"

He looks at me quietly before looking down a little awkwardly.

"I-i don't have one...Merfolk don't really have names."

I nod my head in understanding and I give him a grin with excitement.

"Ooh! Can I give you a name?!"

He look back up at me then nods.

"Hmm...How about...Jinyoung! Ooh your last name, you don't have one either do you? How about Park! Yeah! Park Jinyoung!" I say excitedly"

A smile appears back on his face and he points to himself, trying to understand.

"Park...Jinyoung."

I nod as he gets it correct and then he points to me.

"Kim...Yugyeom."

"Ne! Ne! We have names we can call each other."

He nods and smiles excitedly, knowing he's got a name.

But then...his smile fades away and he looks back down.

"You'll have to forget mine though."

I look at him with confusion.

"What do you mean?"

He sighs and plays with the fins of his tail.

"Humans aren't supposed to meet with mermen or mermaids."

"What?! Why?"

"It's just how it's always been, it's 'Fate's rules'"

"Fate says we can't be friends?!"

He looks at me a little confused at my statement.

"What's...a friend?"

"Someone who's always there for you, who you can talk with, make jokes with, be yourself around, cry to, share secrets with, play and eat with, basically an unbiological family member."

He looks back down with a sigh.

"Then yes, fate says we can't be friends. As good as 'A friend' sounds like though."

"Seriously?!"

He turns to face me with a sigh, "Yes, Yugyeom. Does 'Yes' mean something else in human language??"

"Yah! Don't sass me."

"Sorry...but, I have to erase your memories of me.." he says scooting closer to me.

I scoot back, not wanting my memories of him and what happened earlier gone.

"Jinyoung, don't do this. Whatever it is..you're gonna do."

He gives me a reassuring smile, "It's not going to hurt one bit. I promise."

"Well...then can you promise me something else before you do it."

He thinks on it for a bit and nods, "Oh, yes."

"Promise that we'll meet again? Someday? Even if I can't remember you?"

He quietly thinks for a bit before flipping his fins and smiling at me, "Yes. I promise."

"I promise" to me, was just a saying. I always want a full kept promise. So, I hold my pinky out in front of each other.

"Pinky promise it then."

He looks at my hand confused, "What's a...pinky promise?"

"Well, if you pinky promise something, it's most likely to happen then just saying the words, 'I promise' the promise becomes more of a, Must, than a Will. Plus, if you break the promise, you're supposed to have your pinky cut off." I say the last part to tease him.

His eyes widen in surprise as he holds his pinky, "Seriously?! Sounds like a sketchy deal."

I laugh and shake my head, "No, I'm just joking with you. You won't get it cut off."

He still keeps his pinky away from mine, "You sure?"

"Haha I've made pinky promises so many times and even if I break them, I've never had mine cut off. See? It's still here." I say wiggling my pinky.

He looks at it for a few before wrapping his pinky with mine. "Okay then...I promise."

"Haha wait, gotta seal it!"

With my thumb I tap his thumb and our pinky promise was sealed.

He looks at our hands, intertwined in that pinky promise, totally intrigued.

I was going to miss Jinyoung.

I wanted to learn so much more about him, I wanted to show him what my world had to offer.

But apparently, Fate had always kept Man and Fish separated for who knows how long.

Only keeping each other's cultures alive with stories and myths of each other's worlds.

I let go of his pinky and put my hand back down. "Alright. So, you can't break your promise...O-okay.." I said with a shaky voice, feeling like I wanted to cry.

"Okay." Jinyoung simply says to me.

"Goodbye...Jinyoung. Don't forget me, please..."

He smiles at me and I end up giving him a hug, gosh I hated goodbyes, I'm such an emotional person.

"Goodbye, Yugyeom. I won't forget you." He says in the hug before letting go with a smile on his face.

I felt tears come down my face and he wipes them with his thumb, "So...these are human tears..."

Let out a small laugh and wipe my tears myself. "Just, do it already. Erase my memory."

He nods then also gives a small laugh, "Okay...I lied...this might hurt a little bit."

"It's fine."

He nods again then, I remember getting smacked over the head with his tail, and I black out.

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