So, I've decided to do the SasuHina month prompts from tumblr since it's only seven prompts, which means only seven chapters~
First up: Mermaid (or Merman in this case)
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Indigo strands flowed freely in the cool breeze as a dainty hand came up to smother a yawn from the petite woman as she made her way down the pier in the early morning. It was the best way to avoid people catching sight of her unusual friend, after all.
Reaching the end, she gently placed down the basket that she was carrying as she bent down to remove her sandals. Neatly setting them aside as she settled down on the edge and lowered her feet into the water. Kicking them in the cool liquid gently, she contently watched the soft lapping of the ocean against the wooden legs of the pier.
Within minutes a dark head lifted from the surface of the water in front of her, a webbed hand appeared to smooth back the raven strands from a rather handsome face that could be mistaken for a human if not for the ebony fins sticking out the sides of his head where ears should be.
"What do you have today?" Hinata smiled as he drifted closer to her and though his face was impassive she could see the eagerness in those dark orbs as he eyed the basket next to her hungrily.
"Did you not eat breakfast again?" She giggled as he held onto the edge of the pier next to her looking as if he would snatch the basket if she doesn't hurry up.
"I blame you for my addiction to the human food you feed me everytime the sun comes up." Hey, it wasn't her fault that he decided to intrude on her breakfast the first time they met, nearly giving her a heart attack when she saw the creature staring at her in curiosity, but ended up sharing her food once she realized that he was harmless - intimidating with that unchanging expression but harmless nonetheless. Then it eventually grew into a daily thing that she would share her food with him everyday.
"Well, today's food is a bit simple. I hope you don't mind," She informed him as she opened the basket to pull out a sandwich, smiling as he tilted his head as he examined the food held in her hand. "This is a tuna sandwich with lettuce and tomato."
He didn't seem to care about the specifics as he took the offered food out of her hand and without hesitation, took a large bite. Taking a bite of her own sandwich, lavender eyes watched as the male perked up suddenly. Her eyebrows furrowed as he tore off a piece of bread and ate it, frowning, he moved on to tear off a piece of lettuce to eat. She finally figured out what he was doing once he broke off a piece of tomato to chew on thoughtfully before he turned to stare at her in complete seriousness.
"What is this red thing?" He asked as he proceeded to pull out the 'red thing' to gorge on.
"It's called a tomato." The Hyuuga shook her head when he began to eye her sandwich next and removed her tomato to generously give it to her finned friend.
That was probably the fastest she's seen him scarf down food so far.
"Please eat the rest of your sandwich too." It'd be such a waste if he decided to not eat the rest of his sandwich.
He complied but not before demanding something, "Bring more of this tomato tomorrow."
She briefly wondered if maybe she should teach him some manners. Or maybe the aloof attitude is normal with his species.
He ended up finishing his sandwich faster then her of course with the way that he gulps down his food as if he was starving. She continued to eat in peaceful silence until she jumped when she felt something tickling her feet only to find the aquatic male running the tips of his fingers along the bottom of her foot curiously.
How strange of him to decide to scrutinize her feet, usually after a few more exchanged words he would take off.
Maybe he doesn't have anything to do today.
"W-what are you doing?" She couldn't contain the giggles as his fingers drifted along her heel. A frown marring his face everytime her leg would twitch in his grasp.
"What do you call this thing of yours?" She couldn't escape his exploring fingers when his free hand was holding her ankle hostage, it was almost impossible to eat with the ticklish sensation though he seemed to not care for her reaction to his touches; more interested in figuring out what the differences between the two of them are.
"F-f-feet." She managed out between a fit of giggles. He poked at her toes, "A-and those are toes."
His scaly fingers slid up her leg, leisurely feeling the soft flesh beneath his more scaly one and drawing a shiver out of the human as his dark eyes implored her to explain more, "And this?"
"U-uhm...m-my leg..." His hand was still steadily drifting up and she hoped he wasn't planning on being too invasive in his exploration.
Her hopes were dashed when his dark gaze settled on the bottom of her sundress, gripping the hem of her dress, he began to lift it up, "And what's under her-" He was cut off when she slammed her hands down on her dress and blocking any chance of finding out what lay beneath it.
"T-that's n-not appropriate!" She cried, face burning bright red with her embarrassment.
He stared at her blankly as he tilted his head slightly, "Appropriate?"
"It's uhm...how do I explain this...it's not...nice to look under here." She rambled, unsure about how to explain why he shouldn't just lift up her dress like that.
He raised an eyebrow but accepted her reasoning anyway, "O...kay...can you come closer then." He asked though it sounded more like a demand to her.
"S-sure." She was gratefully that he decided to drop the matter of what lay under her dress and lowered her head down towards him.
Only to squeak when webbed fingers delved into the curtain of indigo to caress her ears, "And what are these?" The sensation of scales sliding around the shell of her ear was certainly strange indeed. But what was really capturing her attention at the moment was the ebony fins just inches from her face, they twitched slightly as the owner distracted himself with her ears.
Surely he wouldn't mind if she did a bit of touching herself, would he? Almost as if it had a mind of her own, Hinata lifted a hand to grip one of the fins between her fingers, thumb brushing gently along the rather smooth appendage.
"Aah.."
...
Did he just moan?
He pulled away from her quickly as if she had just whispered something offensive to him.
His dark eyes glared off to the side as his hand pressed at the fin on the side of his head and she could've sworn she could see a bit of pink coloring his pale cheeks.
"Why did you do that?" He grumbled in embarrassment at the noise he involuntarily made.
"I-I'm sorry! I thought it would be okay since you were touching me." She apologized with burning cheeks, she didn't think that she would get that kind of reaction from her touch. She bowed her head regretfully.
"...Just tell me before you touch next time," He mumbled, still unable to bring himself to look at her, "These are really sensitive."
Hinata opened her mouth to apologize once more when she was interrupted by an unexpected guest.
"Ah, so this is where you've been disappearing too everyday, little brother." Hinata was dumbfounded to see another head pop out of the water, this one looking like an older version of her friend with longer hair and red fins on the sides of his head.
"Itachi!" The younger shouted, and Hinata couldn't help but look at him in surprise. That was probably the most expression she's seen on his face along with the first time she's heard him yell, "What are you doing here?!"
"I was just curious to find out what could be capturing my little brother's attention so often," He smiled, eyes drifting over to the only human who stiffened at the attention, cheeks darkening once again with color, "And now I see why."
Sasuke glared, looking like he wanted nothing more then for his sibling to go away. He was in no mood to be sharing the human with his brother.
"Don't worry I won't tell mother that you've been fraternizing with a human," He drifted closer to the flustered woman and lifted a hand to cup her own as he pressed his lips softly against the top of her hand, "I'm Itachi."
He was surprisingly charming for someone related to the rather blunt Sasuke, "U-uhm...I'm H-Hina-"
"No!" Itachi was promptly shoved away as Hinata suddenly found her lap preoccupied with the upper body of the younger brother as he splayed himself along her legs, strong arms wrapped possessively around her waist as his ebony fin splashed water rudely in the face of his amused brother, "This is my human, get your own!"
Hinata, in the meantime, was getting redder by the second as the realization of a wet half naked fish person-thing laid on her lap, soaking her sundress completely registered in her brain. All the blood swiftly rushed to her head as the younger complained and she found herself quickly becoming woozy.
"I found her so she's my human and I don't plan on sharing-" Sasuke only stopped when Itachi pointed at his human with a concerned look. Raising a brow, the younger turned to look at his human - only to find the woman passed out.
"...I think your human might've died."
Sasuke glared at his brother, "This is all your fault."
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Up next: Flower shop~