Blue Diamond

It was a normal boring day like any other where I decided to sunbath on the rocks not too far beneath the surface near the shore of the world of men.

I myself chose to rebel against the rules of our merfolk and regularly made surface appearances, one of my best friends since I was but a child was a human boy by the name of Ichigo.

I shared many of our forbidden secrets with him over the years, for instance, how to temporarily become a merfolk, by drinking the blood of a merfolk. Any one of our friends on either world who have seen us together believes that we are either both humans, or both merfolk, either way, we were accepted and loved, proving our laws flawed.

It was difficult at times when our friends became curious as to where we lived. Thankfully I was allowed to visit with Ichigo at any time under the guise of a friend of his from the village orphanage. I didn't know this until Ichigo's mother passed away but he was actually the born prince of their civilization.

Lately I have been lonelier and more bored than I usually am though. Ichigo being the prince of Karakura kingdom has been betrothed to the princess of Hueco Mundo kingdom, Orihime. We don't see each other much anymore but whenever we do, we talk like we always have. He stays with me just a bit longer every night.

That isn't the only reason I am lonely. My sister is currently courting the prince of the kingdom of Seireitei, our worlds one great kingdom. She is head over heels in love with the prince and he seems quiet taken with her as well. She has tried to organise a get together between me, her, the prince and the princes guard, Renji.

Renji and I have been friends for a long time as well but lately we have been drifting apart. He spent more time training in the imperial guard and I try to find something to do to keep my mind out of depressing places. I know Hisana has been trying to arrange a marriage between me and Renji for months now. I somehow just knew it was because she was insecure about her relationship with the prince.

She had nothing to worry about. I'm not interested in being tied down by any man, on land or beneath. I was starting to get sunburn on my fins and decided to retire home for the day. The sun was close to setting anyways and once the tide came in the kingdom guards began patrolling more vigorously.

I swam past all the unsuspecting guards as I always did. They were so clueless that they missed anything that wasn't directing staring them in the face! It was so easy sneaking around with Ichigo whenever we had time to ourselves. I smiled secretly to myself. Ichigo was the only friend who really saw me for me. And he liked what he saw.

I wasn't like other mermaids, all pretty and brightly coloured. The most attractive merfolk women were all pale colours like shades of pink, orange, yellow, green, and purple. Some more exotic women were red finned or had other vibrant colours, sometimes pigmented with other colours after puberty hit.

I was a dark blue scaled woman, although my scales reflected lighter than they actually were. Even the patches of scales covering my breasts were in that same blue. The tail fin and the two fins at my waist were lacy and light baby blue in pigment, almost transparent. I didn't consider myself all that attractive, apart from my rare but also somewhat unattractive pigmenting I was rather small in size like my older sister and I didn't have elegant over fins like she did around her tail and bodice. I was also rather flat chested for a woman which was nothing in my favour.

Hisana was beautiful, her fins were colourful vails of light bright orange with vibrant tints of erotic red, compared to her, I looked like a common little sardine.

In passing of the pillars of the kingdom's crystal walls I saw my reflection. Plain. Ordinary. I sighed sadly. I would have to accept a proposal sooner or later. My only attractive features were my youth and my eyes. Like Hisana, my eyes were dark blue but had more violet in them than hers did. I shivered at the thought of marrying out of necessity instead of love as I swam into our home, a modest sea sponge.