3rd Person

It's been a few weeks since Roman met Virgil. His father, Patton, completely understood the situation that Virgil was in, therefore he allowed the dark Mer to stay as long as he needed.

The cut that the rope did was deeper then both mers thought, the doctor, Emile, said that it was most likely to leave a scar but no internal damage. Virgil was also told to rest and swim as little as possible, so here he was, sitting on the floor of Roman's room, bottom half of his tale tucked to his left, while the prince taught him the kingdom rules, history and all about the mers that lived there.

It was 10:00pm and the lights (magic ok, don't question) of the Roman's room had burst to life

Everyone else in the castle was asleep but the two teenage mers were wide awake.

Virgil was lightly poking at the bandages covering the cut when he looked up to see Roman, staring at his face with maximum concentration on his face.
This caused the Mer Witches face to glow a bright red "W-what are you doing?" Virgil questioned.

"....."

The prince was silent for another minute before answering "Counting them" He squinted his
eyes even more to the point they looked closed
A very flustered Virgil raised an eyebrow before he caught on.

Roman was counting his freckles.

He would normally hide them with a simple Concealing Charm, he guessed that he forgot to cast the charm today

"Two hundred and seven..." Roman muttered
"What?"
"Two hundred and seven, that's how many freckles you have on your face"

Virgil's face was sent ablaze once more, he hid it in his hands while Roman had fallen onto his back onto his back laughing so hard he could barely breath. Still hidden behind his hands, Virgil was giggling too.

Roman froze. It. Was. ADORABLE

The laughter died down after 10 minutes.
"How come I've never noticed them before?" The confused prince asked "I hide them with a Concealing Charm, I guess I forgot to cast it today" 

Roman blinked a fair few times before understanding what Virgil had said

As if a lightbulb had been switched on, Virgil focused on the lights around them. He made most of them go out while he made the remaining 5 turn to deep reds, oranges and yellows. The room looked as if a sunset was right outside the window.

"That's what the sun looks like up on the surface" Virgil explained

Roman swan over to the hole in the stone wall that was a few feet away from the pair. "You know, I've never been to the surface" He rested his elbow on the windowsill with his cheek on his hand. "I really want to go up there" Virgil looked up, admiring how perfect Romans tanned skin looked in the lighting.
"You really don't, how do you think I got tangled in that rope in the first place"

Roman span around, small air bubbles being made with the sudden movement, the prince was wide eyed. "You've been to the surface?" He questioned. The Mer Witch laughed, it wasn't a laugh as if something was funny, it was a dry laugh. "Yep, it's beautiful, but you'd be a dead mer if you came upon a human"

The prince titled his head in confusing.
Virgil continued "They try to capture you for experiments, I got to the surface and two humans on the boat saw me. Threw that rope down in attempt to get me. They did get me but I swam with the rope to make it look like it was just floating there"

Roman had gotten quite close to Virgil while he spoke. He had learnt his head on the dark Mer's shoulder and fell asleep right there.
Virgil, you was a tomato, smiled slightly, he felt as if he had known the prince for his entire life, but in reality, it was only 3 weeks. He summoned the two pillows from Roman's bed and the blanket, set the pillows behind them and gently laid down. This movement disturbed Roman, not so he woke up, but so his arms clung to Virgil's waist and pouted like a child.

"Mine..." he whispered in his sleep.

Virgil, who was now laying flat on his back, chuckled slightly. Running his fingers through Roman's brown locks, he focused on the lights and made them go completely out.

He kissed Roman's forehead and let sleep over take his body

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