Seabound-SKZ

Chapter Seven

As the Mers swam through the city they were tackled by their families, Jeongin watching sadly from a few feet away before Minho's mother pulled him into a hug, crushing the poor boy in her arms.

"Where have you been?!" The Mothers clustered around them worriedly, examining Minho for injuries and his own mom checked his tail wound, clicking her tongue disapprovingly "Which of you boys dressed this wound? It's very...human," the boys all looked at each other, fearing they were about to be found out, "I did it," Felix volunteered, "I learned human techniques while I was living in the reef," Minho nodded quickly, "I got hooked by a fish lour, It ripped my tail so we couldn't come home yesterday, just to be safe." The moms nodded, taking that excuse, 

"Okay, I'm very glad you're all safe." Felix's mom spoke this time, "We have to get to work now, stay safe boys." With that, the mothers swam away, going their separate directions, "That was way too close," Hyunjin said, "We need to be more careful, I don't think we should go up to the surface again anytime soon," Jeongin and Jisung protested loudly as they reached Hyunjin and Felix's apartment, they all lived separate from their parents, all of them lived in the building across from the road that most of the parents lived on, "But-!" Seungmin got cut off by Changbin, "I agree," Bin flashed a look at the younger as if saying 'be quiet,' "I think everyone is a bit suspicious of us right now," Jisung scowled and pushed through the apartment door, "I don't understand why we can't be friends with a human, Chan is so nice!" He pushed out of the water once they reached the magicked part of the room, "I doubt he'll ever tell on us!" He waved his hands wildly to prove his point, whacking Jeongin square in the nose, making the youngest's eyes water up and he cupped his face in one hand, "Ow!" he brought his hand away from his face and stared briefly at the blood before Felix and Changbin attacked Jisung, "How dare you do that to the baby!" Felix yelled as he repeatedly slapped Jisung with a pillow, Changbin slowly dragging the other off his cushion and back into the water, Seungmin, being the decent person he was, took Jeongins hand and pulled him towards Felix's bedroom so he could stop the nosebleed, the others yelling in the background. 

"Good now?" Seungmin tilted Jeongins head around to make sure he wasn't bleeding anymore, "Yeah, thank you," Jeongin softly grabbed Mins wrist to bring it down, "It just surprised me, it didn't hurt that much, you don't have to worry about me, I'm not a child anymore," The older frowned at Jeongin, "You will always be our baby. that is final, don't fight me," Innie blushed at those words, hoping it wasn't too obvious. right then, Jisung burst through the door "I'm sorry!" he wailed and threw himself at Jeongin "Please don't hate me!!" he looked up at Jeongin with glassy eyes, the others must've teased him a bit too much about accidentally hitting the baby of their group, "I don't hate you, Hyung," Jeongin flopped backward onto Felix's bed, holding Jisung so he didn't roll into the water again, Mer furniture was mostly all enchanted and water would roll off of all of the fabric so it wouldn't get soggy, Seungmin watched them affectionately, often the rest of the group would forget how sensitive Jisung was and pushed a bit too hard with the teasing and he would get into his own head about it, Felix pushed through the door, hanging his head slightly, obviously he had just been scolded, "I'm sorry Sungie! I didn't mean to actually be mean..." he pouted and flashed his puppy eyes at the older, who grabbed Lix's hand and pulled him on top of Jeongin as well, who groaned as Felix's whole weight flopped onto him, "Why do you guys keep hurting him today?!" Seungmin pushed them off of Jeongin and pulled him back into the water in an attempt to save him from the other boys. 

"Is there something up with those two?" Hyunjin leaned over towards Minho as they ate dinner, all sprawled out across the main room of the apartment, "Seungmin and Jeongin, I mean." Minho glanced around at the other boys, Jeongin kept glancing at Seungmin, who seemed a little too interested in playing with his food, "Huh, you're right..." Minho watched the two make awkward eye contact, blush, and look away. "I know! I wonder if they're...you know," Hyunjin said, getting quieter at the end of his sentence, Jisung leaned in "You talking about Innie and Min?" He asked softly, almost sounding upset, Felix perked up and nudged Changbin and they both turned towards the others, "Innie was blushing earlier when he had a nosebleed and Min helped him," Felix piped up, making Jisung's shoulders drop a bit in defeat. "What are you guys talking about?" Seungmin asked, noticing his friends watching him and Jeongin, "Nothing!" Felix said loudly, swimming over to Jeongin and stealing some of his food. 

"I want to go see Chan again," Felix sighed, letting himself hang suspended in the water, bored out of his mind, "I know!" Seungmin groaned as Jisung barreled straight into him, sending him spinning through the water "Ack! Sungie why?!" He giggled a bit before chasing the older around, catching him by the tailfin and pulling him back into his own chest, tickling the smaller boy, Felix watched his friends tussle playfully, grinning as Jisung tried to escape from Seungmin and Lix grabbed him again, they play fought for a while before Jisung suggested, "Why don't we go see Chan without the others? I mean, the others won't care if we just say we're going for a swim right?" he said hopefully, the other two glanced at each other before agreeing, "Let's go tell the other's we're going out then!" Seungmin said happily before swimming out the door.