sixteen || under the sea!

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"Throw that harpoon! It's right there!"

"Hurry! Hurry! Don't listen to the sirens voice!"

"Agh! We missed it!"

Beomgyu's jaw clenched tightly as he pressed his eyes closed tighter, the sounds of muffled shouting and screaming was enough to make him regain his consciousness as he was immediately hit with the most painful headache of his life, nearly causing him to groan in pain as he slowly woke up after falling through a rabbit hole.

It took him a good ten minutes or more to finally have the strength to sit up on the uncomfortable cardboard like bed, his eyes roaming around the area he was in which felt like it was rocking side to side- wait why the fuck was the room moving?

Just before he could question more, Beomgyu suddenly choked out a pained groan as a throbbing wave of pain crashed through his head, causing him to look down slightly as he held his head, rubbing the side of it with his thumb as he tried his best to ease down the horrific pain.

Man, how come every goddamn time he wakes up in the fairytales, he's always hit with the most painful headaches of his life?! First, it was in Cinderella — okay, it wasn't really that bad and it was at least bearable, but in Sleeping Beauty it really did start to hurt like a bitch, now in this wack ass mysterious fairytale he's hit with the worst headache of his entire life!

The amount of pain he felt in his head right now nearly matches the migraines he has when he hears Kang's annoying ass voice yap and bark about nonsense things, like a little chihuahua.

Beomgyu suddenly froze in his spot, his breath hitching as the thought of Kang flashed through his mind, shit... why does he feel so uncomfortable and frustrated?

That's when the memory of what had happened in sleeping beauty flashed through his mind, the way the two of them were able to have a proper conversation without fighting for the first time in years.

It made him uncomfortable, but what discomforted him the most was when he had... apologized...

For the first time in over five years, not once had they ever apologized to one another during a fight. They both were too stuck up and prideful to apologize to one another even when one was deeply in the fault, but for the first time ever, but the moment when he had awoken from that deathly slumber, he had never felt so conflicted in his life.

It was like his mind had blanked out, all of the words that came out of his mouth were like an endless motor, his conscious completely taking over as he... apologized.

Normally, he would be angry — actually, fuming. Nothing but disgust and hatred courses through his veins when he talks to Kang, it was like talking to a little child who doesn't know how to shut the fuck up after asking 'why' so many times.

Yet... instead of feeling angry... he felt conflicted and confused.

A part of him wanted to be angry and fuming mad that Kang had placed the blame on him at first, but after he had... apologized... for the fight they had, he had never felt so... off.

His heart was throbbing in such an unfamiliar way, it made it insufferable.

A small part of him felt relieved that Kang had saved him.

He has never been that close to death — except for that time when Kang had sent two alpacas after him when he had gotten out of gym class, oh man he really fucking hates him, too bad he can't start fights now since... they agreed on a truce.

"There you are! I'm surprised you're awake."

The sound of a new comers voice had instantly snapped the male out of his heavy thoughts, instantly looking up towards where the voice came from as he made eye contact with... Yang Jeongin?

Now why the fuck was his cousin here.

"Are you done with your beauty sleep?" Jeongin walked in, closing the door behind him as he held out a cloth for the male who was beyond baffled. "I brought you a spare change of clothes, a mirror is in the closet beside you."

Beomgyu suspiciously eyed the male, for some reason, this Jeongin was way nicer than his real cousin in the real world... it was kinda creepy.

Well, now that the creepy fake nice ass cousin of his mentioned it, he decided to look around at the room he had suddenly woken up in.

It was small, super small. All there was inside the damn room was a twin sized mattress with white sheets and a thin blanket, barely even comfortable. It felt like if someone had wrapped a white cloth on some hard cardboard box and placed it in the corner of the room!

Across from him was a wooden closet that barely reached the ceiling of the room, he could tell that it was made for small things like clothes and shoes. Right on the ceiling, was a dim lantern hanging above them, illuminating a golden light even so dimly.

Wow, this room... was real sad.

Also, why the fuck did he feel so sick? Like his stomach was doing eighty backflips per second and that he felt like he was about to puke up last year's dinner?

Immediately covering his mouth, Beomgyu gagged heavily as his mind slowly became fuzzy, what the fuck? This wasn't fun at all— oh shit he's gonna puke-

"Woah!" Jeongin gasped, immediately rushing over towards the males side to aid him. "Are you alright?"

"The fuck does it look like?!" Beomgyu snapped, glaring at Jeongin who was a bit surprised by the sudden attitude. "I feel like I'm about to puke my esophagus out- why the fuck is the room moving so much?!"

Jeongin's head tilted slightly in confusion, his eyebrows scrunching as he found the males behavior a bit weird. "Do you need me to get a cup of water for you?"

"I need you to get me out of this fucking room! It's moving around so much—" Just before Beomgyu could finish his sentence, he suddenly covered his mouth as he gagged loudly, earning a grimace of disgust from his cousin beside him.

"I'm sorry," Jeongin genuinely said, rubbing the males back as he looked away to somehow block the gross gagging noises. "We'll be arriving at the docks by tomorrow, so hopefully you'll be better by then."

Beomgyu couldn't help but scoff loudly, pissed off by the fact that they won't—

wait.

"What the fuck do you mean 'arriving at the docks by tomorrow'?! Are we not in a shabby house right now?!" Beomgyu turned his body as he grabbed the males shoulders, forcing his not so cousin to look at him while he genuinely freaks out. "Where the fuck am I?!"

Jeongin's eyes widened as a bit of fear flashed through his eyes when he saw how... jumpy... the male in front of him was being. Even though he was a bit (really) concerned  whether the male was really in touch with reality or not, he just sighed and gently grabbed Beomgyu's hand.

"Have you forgotten? That nap hit too well?" Jeongin asked, causing Beomgyu to momentarily pause his little panic session. "You wanted us on this ship for your birthday! I don't want to go back to homeland and tell the queen that her only son had gone insane while at sea."

"Now what the fuck—"

Beomgyu suddenly paused, his mouth instantly zipping shut when the words that were said to him processed in his brain. No way, had he heard him right...? Did he say...

...ship...?

Without a second thought, Beomgyu swiftly pushed Jeongin off of him as he scrambled up to his feet, ignoring the males confused calls as he rushed towards the door that his cousin had came out of, grabbing the damn doorknob before swinging the door open with so much force, it nearly broke off.

The sudden lighting change really affected Beomgyu, the sudden brightness of the sun and blue skies was enough to make him hiss in pain as he covered his eyes with his arms, grimacing slightly as the horrid stench of raw fish and salty seawater invaded his senses.

Soon enough, after some quick adjusting, his vision cleared up as he slowly moved his arm away from his sight. His eyes widening nearly immediately when he saw a huge wooden deck in front of him filled with boxes and other stuff, along with some spare sails and planks just incase something fell — holy shit this boat was huge! It was like a fucking pirate ship!

On one side of the boat were three men all yelling at each other, pushing one another as they shot some weapon into the sea, looking away, just in front of him a little high in the sky were three other men who were tending to the large sail that was slightly ripped. He could also hear someone above him calling out what was in front of their pathway, was that the captain of the ship?

"Fuck! Eww- gross!" Beomgyu suddenly gasped out, knocking him out of his close observation of the ship. The male fe onto his knees as he felt a wave of nausea hit him hard- oh man if this is how he dies he's really fucking screwed- Kang won't be happy at all.

"Prince Beomgyu!" Jeongin exclaimed worriedly, running over towards the male as he helped him up right away. "Be careful! Too much movement can cause you to—"

"Why the fuck am I on this boat?! Get me off right now!" Beomgyu yelled angrily, grabbing onto his cousins wrists as his nails dug into his skin. "I need to find Kang- fuck! I'm gonna be sick—"

It was like all of his senses were tossed into a messy mixing bowl, scrambling everywhere as he could barely grasp what to do or not. Yet his mind screamed at him to hurry up and get off of this damn boat, to find Kang and figure out what fairytale they're in before it's too late.

Jeongin slowly lifted the male up as he guided Beomgyu over towards an area where it was stable, allowing the male to sit down on some box, telling him to wait just for a second as he walked away to go find fresh water.

Which meant that Beomgyu was alone with his thoughts.

Even though he felt sick as hell and wanted to gouge his own brain and stomach out, he couldn't help but feel his heart throb in an unknowing manner, usually he is good with recognizing what feelings he felt, but all he could recognize was the agonizing pain of confusion.

Slowly looking down at his hand, he couldn't help but feel the faint sensation of a ghostly hand wrap around his own, that sensation of an electrifying feeling coursing through his veins the longer he stared at it.

In that moment, the images of those nasty bruises blooming on Kang's face replayed in his mind. Like a horrible storm tainting the purest snow, it was a sight that made him extremely uncomfortable. The way the males outfit was tainted head to toe with blood and disgusting icky stuff that stained the white cloth, it was honestly disgusting to stare at — especially the scent.

Unknowingly, he had also noticed how the male was trembling, as if he could barely hold himself up any longer before collapsing out of pure exhaustion, the way his eyes were shaky and how his words were slow. It made his little theory certain that the younger was going through a small anxiety attack.

It made him sick to his stomach, just that disgusting appearance made him boil up with anger... but why... why was he angry?

It really confused him so much, he had pricked his finger on a spindle that ended up with him nearly dead on his bed, it was all up to Kang to decide whether he should die or not, yet he still let him live... even when the way to do it was horribly disgusting for the both of them.

The males jaw clenched tightly, he couldn't help but feel so conflicted and angry about the whole thing, he knows that Kang had said that... he doesn't deserve to die and the only reason he saved him was because they both needed to return home together.

...so...

...why was his heart throbbing in an unknowing pain that he couldn't identify?

"I'm so sorry! The dumb pirates over here drank all of the fresh water, I had to find a new barrel!" Jeongin's voice suddenly broke through his deep thoughts once again.

Beomgyu glanced up towards his cousin, his eyes narrowing slightly before accepting the glass cup of fresh water, but the sea salt in the air was really messing with his sense that he could barely muster up the strength to drink the damn thing.

"Auuughhhh!!" The male suddenly groaned loudly, causing poor Jeongin to flinch back again. "Get me off of this damn boat! I can't do this anymore!"

"But— this was your idea! You can't back out of it now!"

"I'd rather be knocked out by a damn frying pan than be on this boat!"

As Beomgyu spent the next five minutes complaining about the boat, he eventually wore himself down as he just slumped in his seat and drank the water little by little, Jeongin, who had to unfortunately listen to the males outbursts, stood there tiredly.

So I guess I'm the prince of this weird ass fairytale. Beomgyu thought, observing the crew members above him who waved at him happily before tending the sail one more time. Kang's the damn princess, he sure acts like one most of the time, so serves him right.

But what fairytale even is this...? His eyebrows furrowed as he held the cup up to drink more water, pausing when he felt only a little droplet. What fairytale starts off on a damn boat in the middle of the sea?

It was honestly embarrassing at this point, out of the two fairytales they already went through, he couldn't identify what fairytale they were in until Kang came and told him, which was fucking embarrassing!

So, now he needed to figure out what fairytale they're both in before he finds the younger, so he can brag all about how he found out about the fairytale first.

"Here, let me get you more water."

Beomgyu hesitantly gave Jeongin the glass cup, even though his cousin but not so cousin was being super nice to him, he was a bit suspicious and felt a bit bad, his cousin in the real world was a real trickster and loved to poke at his buttons constantly, thank god he hasn't seen him around lately, the male was too busy with some club duties in the baking club.

As the male walked away, Beomgyu finally had the chance to relax. At least the horrid sea salt smell was fading away, he was getting used to it... but he couldn't say the same about the annoying voices behind him who were still screaming their lungs off.

"Throw it right now, why are you so bad at aiming?!"

"It's not my fault! She's a fast swimmer!"

"You'll be the first to sink with this damn ship if we don't kill her now!"

Beomgyu looked over his shoulder to see what the hell the whole commotion was about, but until he saw the three men reloading a new harpoon, his eyes widened as he immediately stood up and rushed over towards them despite how nauseous he felt.

"Right there now aim... and fire—"

"Stop!" Beomgyu immediately shouted, rushing over as he slapped the harpoon out of target range, watching the sharp arrow splash into an empty part of the sea. "What are you doing?!"

"Crowned prince, you're awake!" One of the men gasped loudly, causing him to look over. "Are you alright? You seem sickeningly pale!"

Beomgyu's eyes squinted slightly when he made eye contact with the one in front of him, it wasn't until it slowly came back to him as to who this person was... Song Mingi was his name... right?

Oh.

wait a damn minute.

Oh shit...

Looking at the other two guys in front of him, Beomgyu immediately recognized them as Choi San and Jeong Yunho, two close friends with Song Mingi.

Wait... no way...

These are the losers from the dumb pirate club that Kim Hongjoong made! Beomgyu's jaw dropped slightly as he began to grimace in a bit of disgust.

Usually at their school, if one wanted to make a club they would usually have to get permission from either a teacher or a high ranking council member with the requirements of eight or more members, for some reason, Kim Hongjoong had managed to convince Kang to allow him to have a pirate club where they... act... as pirates the entire time.

Man what the hell, not only was he stuck in this damn mysterious fairytale with his over the top nice cousin, but now he was stuck with these losers from the pirate club!

Glancing over back at the sails, his eyes landed on a specific blonde male who he immediately recognized as Jung Wooyoung, Taehyun's alpaca partner in crime, fucking asshole.

Just as Beomgyu was about to reply to Mingi, he suddenly saw movement in the corner of his eye, swiftly turning around the male immediately smacked the harpoon out of San's grip, causing it to fall into the sea.

"Crowned prince!—"

"Didn't I tell you to stop?" Beomgyu said, a little more angrier this time. He has no idea what took over him, but at this very moment he couldn't help but feel extremely pissed off about the harpoon. "What in the world are you trying to do?"

San's stumbled back in shock, his eyes widening as his jaw clenched tightly. "It's a mermaid, crowned prince, a mermaid trying to sink our boat!"

"A mermaid?" Beomgyu repeated the males exact words, his tone full of pure disbelief as he gave the male the most judgey expression of his life.

Although he was a bit skeptical, the male looked over the boat and down at the water, his eyes squinting slightly as he tried to focus on what in the world these hooligans saw. It wasn't until two seconds later a faint silhouette in the seawater appeared, swimming alongside the large boat, which made him nearly believe San's nonsense until he saw a gray fin pop out of the surface, his eyes widening when he saw a beautiful gray dolphin jump out of the water, chirping loudly before diving back down.

"See! It's a mermaid trying to sink us!"

Beomgyu glanced over towards San who held up his loaded harpoon again, in that moment it was like his body went on autopilot as he smacked the weapon one more time, causing the male to stumble back and stare at the prince in shock.

He honestly doesn't know what came over him, he could give less than two shits about some dolphins in the sea swimming by the boat... but... everything inside of him was screaming at him to protect the dumb dolphins... and the sea.

"Are you an idiot?" Beomgyu spoke harshly, causing the boys in front of him to flinch from the harsh tone. "Look closer, a mermaid my ass! Are you delusional or something?"

San's eyebrows furrowed in confusion, feeling bit offended as well but decided to check it out for himself. Looking over the edge with Mingi and Yunho following behind, the three of them staring at the seawater in doubts before a dolphin had jumped from the water, chirping loudly before diving back in, disappointing all of them.

Beomgyu's eye twitched in annoyance when he saw how red the other three boys had gotten, scoffing under his breath, the male turned around and saw Jeongin walking over, so instead of spending time around idiots, he's gonna spend time with his crazy nice ass cousin.

"Prince!" Mingi called out, quickly chasing after Beomgyu who sighed heavily. "I apologize for the mix up, but these are dangerous waters!"

"Dangerous? How so?" Beomgyu asked, not bothering to glance over at the distressed male as he received a cup of water from Jeongin. "What will happen? A dolphin will jump high onto the ship and take over the wheel?"

"No, even worse," Mingi said, ignoring the harsh sarcasm from the crowned prince. "It's a dangerous night, tonight is the coral moon! The time where the sea king gathers his seven children to lure sailors to their death!"

Beomgyu paused his movements when he had heard that, his eyebrows scrunching together as his mind had to process what he had just heard.

Sailors...? Coral moon...? Mermaids...?

wait a minute—

Just before Beomgyu could complete his thought, a sudden rouge wave splashed against the side of the boat harshly, causing the whole entire thing to tilt slightly as large splashes of water came onto the deck, causing everyone to yell loudly, holding onto valuable things.

"Raise the sails!"

"Go help Seonghwa, hurry!"

"Tighten the ropes!"

"Help Hongjoong move the wheel!"

Beomgyu yelped loudly as he lost balance, thankfully being saved by his cousin who held him up right away, the both of them staring at everyone who scattered around to get things right on the boat as Hongjoong tried his best to center the boat once again.

Everything was becoming way too loud and overwhelming for him, for the first time in forever. Usually Beomgyu was one to keep calm in chaotic environments, which was one of the reasons why he was chosen as the proud council president, but right now it really was too much! It was mostly because of how sea sick he felt, it was messing with his entire senses.

"Prince, are you okay?" Jeongin asked worriedly, looking over at the male who was stunned, his eyes blown wide open as he trembled.

One would think that it was because he was caught off guard because of the sudden rouge wave, but it was honestly far from it.

Beomgyu, who was stunned and most likely about to pass out, finally realized what fairytale they had crash landed into, one that he wasn't familiar with at all.

"Holy shit..." The male spoke under his breath, his eyes widening as he glanced over at the crew going crazy. "I'm... we're.. in..."

"..the little mermaid..."

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Taehyun gasped sharply as he immediately woke up, his eyes widening as he looked around rapidly, only to be surrounded by... darkness?

"Holy shit- what the- where am I?!" He gasped out, his anxiety spiking up as his hands immediately flew around the weird enclosure he was in. "What the fuck?"

For some reason, instead of waking up an intense headache, he had woken up with a sore body all around. His arms and chest were throbbing in pain, but for some reason... he could barely feel his legs at all.

The male's eyes roamed everywhere, it was way too dark for him to see anything to see where the fuck he was. It wasn't until the tips of his finger brushed against what felt like an opening for the weird thing he was in, immediately forming his hand into a fist, he began hitting the spot repeatedly until the top of the thing he was stuck in flew open.

"Fuck!" Taehyun hissed in pain, covering his eyes as a bright light nearly blinded him.

It took the male a few minutes before his eyes adjusted to the bright light, slowly blinking for a few seconds, a sharp gasp of horror ripped through his throat as he looked around, his eyes widening when he was in some sort of... cave...?

The walls were covered in... seaweed...? While on the ceiling of the cave was a chandelier made out of coral and pearls, hold on— why the fuck did it smell like salt?

Taehyun looked around rapidly before glancing at what had just opened, his eyes widening when he saw that he was inside a giant... clam...? With a sponge pillow and a seaweed woven blanket...?

What the fuck?! Did he wake up underwater or something?

Just as he was about to stretch his legs, he suddenly paused when he felt that his legs weren't there at all, which made the male slowly stare at his covered bottom half, his heart racing rapidly when he realized that he was also shirtless— what the hell?!

"Oh... no... no no no..."

Slowly grabbing onto his blanket, panic started to build up in his chest as his breathing became hasty, the bottom of his lip began to tremble as he prayed and hoped he wasn't what he thought it was.

"Okay... three... two... one!"

Taehyun immediately pulled the blanket off of him, hoping to see his legs, but instead... all he saw was a—

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" He began to scream loudly, his hands flying up as he began to freak out mad hard when he saw a giant fish tail instead of his legs. "WHERE THE FUCK DID MY LEGS GO?!"

Beyond his panic, the tail was truly a mesmerizing sight, captivating his heart with the blend of colors. The scales blended in with his skin just below his belly button before appearing properly just around his waist in a pale pink hue before gradually fading into a soothing light green along the length of the tail, while the scales were shimmering brightly under the light, like precious seashells on the beach shore.

As the tail extended more, the colors became more richer, looking to the side his eyes widened seeing flukes that were elegantly shaped, adorned with very small pearls at their edges, adding a touch of beauty. There were also subtle silver detailing on the flukes which enhanced the design even more, creating a delicate outlines that highlighted the curves of the tail.

Taehyun began to breath heavily as he slowly placed his arms down, noticing the same exact scales were all over his forearms and some were on his shoulders — hold the fuck on why the hell was he even shirtless?!

"What the fuck- what the fuck- this can't be happening—" The male breathily said, feeling around his chest, his fingertips brushing against the rough scales on his ribcage.

As Taehyun sat there freaking about how his entire bottom half is gone, the male looked around in a panic, realizing that small tiny bubbles were appearing around him — holy shit if he's— he's a damn fish then that means—

"HOLY FUCK I CAN BREATHE UNDERWATER?!" He screamed loudly, holding onto his throat and began to breathe in and out heavily, thrashing around in the clamshell bed to somehow get up. "Holy fuck holy fuck holy fuck—"

All of the harsh movements inside of the clam shell was enough to cause Taehyun to somehow fall out of it, the male yelping in pain as he hit the harsh cold stone ground, his tail flopping all around as he tried to get used to the weird feeling.

Okay, he's underwater which didn't feel like underwater at all, he can breathe normally like any other human — but he's not even a human he's literally a fucking fish— how the fuck can he even move around with this damn tail that was dragging him down?!

He began to slowly sit up as he tried to calm his breathing, there was no time to even be panicking, what he needs to do is figure out what goddamn fairytale—

wait a minute.

There's only one goddamn fairytale that involves someone being a half fish.

"Shit!" Taehyun hissed when he finally realized what fucking fairytale they're in. "We were sent to this lame ass little mermaid fairytale?!"

Groaning loudly, the male tried his best to swim up, but having a real tail for the first time ever wasn't exactly the easiest thing to do. So he had to result in army crawling towards the big mirror he saw near the wall, his arms aching as he dragged his body and long ass tail across the ground before heaving himself up, getting a proper look at his appearance.

Instead of seeing his pretty brown hair that he had grown a liking to, all he saw were bright red wavy locks that had little strands floating around since he was underwater, just the sheer sight of that... color... made his jaw drop down in horror.

"Out of all the hair colors I've had— this is by far the worst one! I- I look like a clown!" Taehyun wailed loudly, grabbing onto his hair which felt silky smooth.

The male examined his appearance more, he noticed that there were faint lines of glittered scattered all around his cheekbones and neck area, for some reason, he looked even prettier as a... mermaid...

"Fuck!" Taehyun groaned loudly, slamming his head onto the damn surface of the desk below him. "We're stuck in the little mermaid, and I'm the dumb mermaid!"

The third fairytale, was unfortunately The Little Mermaid.

It fairytale that he was somewhat aware of and knew enough about, but he had always found it fucking dumb! A mermaid leaves her family for some guy she met for the first time? How idiotic is that?! Now here he is with the unfortunate life of that damn stupid mermaid!

"Seriously?! Why am I the damn mermaid?!" Taehyun groaned loudly, looking over his shoulder to glance at his dumb tail that was dragging him down. "I can't do this right now!"

So, with no other decision, Taehyun whined loudly as he tried his best to learn at least the basics with this damn tail. It felt like his legs were tied together and wrapped around in tight silicone wrapping, unable to move them at all! But after a 'few' attempts which took an eternity to learn, the male finally got the hang of it and slowly swam back and forth.

Maybe it was the fairytales doing, but getting the hang of swimming with a tail was quite a breeze, as if he had been doing it for years, so without a second to spare the male swam over towards the large opening of the cave — immediately stopping in his spot as his eyes widened.

Taehyun had always loved the sea, he would always spend his summers going to the beach and just walking around in the sand as he listened to the calming sounds of the waves crashing onto the shore, but being under the sea? It was a whole new experience.

Everything was so lovely, from the bright coral to the heavy sea plant life? It was a mermaids dream to live in such beautiful waters! So now... maybe being a dumb mermaid wasn't so bad.

Taehyun sighed softly and sank to the floor, kneeling(?) down on his tail as he crossed his arms and laid his chin on them, admiring the sea life in front of him as schools of fish and turtles swam by, this was truly a rare sight to see.

Shit, I shouldn't spend long here... The male thought, sighing softly as he ran a hand through his bright ass hair. I have to find Choi so we can get out—

Taehyun suddenly paused when the memories of what had happened in sleeping beauty replayed through his mind, a faint red hue washing across his cheeks as he gagged loudly, hating every second of it!

Never in his five years had he ever apologized to Choi, but after it finally sank in, it really made him want to puke his guts out— shit! He really really hated it... but...

There wasn't any feeling lingering in him that felt like he regretted it, for some reason... he felt relieved? Why did he feel that way? This whole situation is because of Choi! But after remembering the whole fight that nearly costed them the elders life, he couldn't help but feel a sense of... guilt?

He shouldn't overthink this at all, it was an in the moment thing, they made a deal on their temporary truce, now he just hopes that the elder will live up to his words so they can get out of this faster. No fights, no arguments, nothing.

But... for some reason... all of his senses were screaming at him to go and find Beomgyu.

It must be because he really wants to get out of this fairytale, to get his legs back! Man his dick is gone- this fucking sucks! How the fuck does a mermaid pee?! This whole entire shit was driving him insane!

"Taehyun! Taehyun!"

The male was snapped out of his little daze when he had heard a squeaky voice fading in, immediately looking over towards his side, his eyes widened when he saw a... damselfish...?

"What the fuck—"

The fish suddenly swam towards him faster, a bit of fear rushing into his system when he saw it approach him, its large fishy eyes staring at him as if he were a literal star.

"There you are!" The fish chirped happily, its little fins swinging side to side excitedly like a little sea puppy. "I was searching for you! Are we still going to look at the sunken ships?"

"The- the sunken ships?" The male repeated in confusion, honestly at this point... he shouldn't even be shocked that he was talking to a fish... he was literally talking to his two best friends in rat form in Cinderella.

"Mhm!" The fish beamed brightly, swimming in a circle before facing the male. "You still have time before the royal meeting with your father! Shall we go?"

"Wait a damn minute!" Taehyun scoffed, holding his hands up as he shook his head. "I don't even know you! I don't care if you're a damn fish! You're probably creepy!"

The fish paused in its spot, its big goofy eyes sparkling under the sea light, as if it were about to cry. "What do you mean? Did you really forget me? Your best friend?"

"My best friend?"

"Yeah!" The fish chirped brightly. "It's me! Huening Kai, don't you recognize me?"

...oh.

Taehyun's head tilted to the side as he squinted his eyes, staring at the fucking fish in shock, no goddamn way this fairytale made his best friend a fish— he doesn't even want to know what Soobin and Yeonjun could be!

"Oh... uhm... my bad." Taehyun said half heartedly, scratching the back of his neck, looking down as he stared at his fish tail, man he really wished he had his legs! "Ummm you said something about sunken ships?"

"Yes! We always go out to see what human things we can find!" Huening Kai said, swimming around Taehyun excitedly. "Let's go! We can find cool human stuff then come back just in time for the coral moon!"

Taehyun was extremely confused, but there wasn't anything else he could do. So... maybe this wasn't so bad, he'll just look for Choi later and figure out how the fuck they can get out of this fairytale, so with a gentle smile, he stood up straight and swam out of the little cavern.

"Alright," He sighed, glancing over towards Huening Kai. "Lead the way!"

Just as the two swam away from the cave and towards where the sunken ship area were while passing by other mer-people, the male couldn't help but feel a bit awkward with his newfound tail, but whatever.

However, not so far from them, the male was completely unaware of the two eyes watching his every movements.

A pair of eyes filled with malicious sinister intent.

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a/n : how i feel after watching the we'll never change mv ☹️