A white haired teenage boy sat at the shore of an island, he had visited this island every year for years. He loved this island the most out of any other islands he had visited. He looked to his left to see a small raft he had built. He knew running away would mean he would never see his family again but he didn't care. His father was the King of the ocean, a merman, and he was the prince, the first in line for the throne. He didn't want to be stuck going to different cities every season to be sure they were doing well. He didn't even like swimming either. He preferred feet over fins. With feet you could feel things under you and you can walk, you can stand still without having to continuously move his legs. He looked up to see the sun, his red eyes began to tear up so he looked away. Riding on a raft was dangerous he knew but he couldn't swim it would be too risky. He pushed the raft into the water and got on. He grabbed a paddle he had made on the island and began to paddle through the water until he could just float until he reached land. He sat for hours absolutely bored before he fell asleep.

The trip went on for days leaving the albino bored out of his mind. He'd look in the water and try to talk to fish but they were too busy going along with their days.

" If I had known that this would be so boring I would have swam." He said to himself. He looked up to see the sun setting. He had seen it many times due to spending much more time than his father liked on land, but it was still so beautiful and amazing to him. He looked at his toes and smiled, very happy when he was on land his fin would change.

" Soon I will be like a normal human and I can watch the sunset and sunrise everyday." He said and went to sleep on the raft.

A blonde haired boy sat at the ocean in Canada. He was on a trip back to his small town in Ontario. He planned on reaching it by tomorrow evening. He looked at the sun rise smiling. He didn't wake up this early often enough to see it a lot. He was so distracted by it that he didn't notice the raft in the ocean float towards him. He felt something hit his legs and nearly screamed. He looked down to see a raft with a boy who appeared to be around his height. He looked at him closely, very surprised that this had just happened. The white haired boy opened one eye and the blonde noticed it was red. The albino noticed legs in front of him and quickly moved away.

The blonde watched him then spoke. " H-hello, what's your name?"

The albino looked at the blonde. He had wavy hair that went about to his chin with an odd curl hanging in front of his face and purple eyes behind a strange contraption he couldn't remember the name of.

" I Gilbert, the most awesome person you'll ever meet." He said with a large smile. " What about you?"

" I'm Matthew." Said the blonde.

Gilbert looked at Matthew closely. He didn't look like a boy. His figure skinny and his face pretty and smooth. He looked much more like a flat chested woman.

Matthew sat there awkwardly for a second before asking, " Where did you come from?"

Gilbert sat there for a second. He couldn't tell him he was a merman. He eventually spoke, " Just a small island."

Matthew sat there for a few more seconds.

" Why did you come here?"

Gilbert looked at Matthew and smiled, " I actually don't know where I am, I just wanted to leave."

Matthew looked at the boy, he didn't look in bad condition, why would he run away?

" W-welcome to Canada. I'm guessing you have nowhere to stay so you can stay with me." Matthew said to the boy. He didn't look harmful and it would be the right thing to do.

Gilbert smiled some more, " Thank you. You're pretty awesome, not as awesome as me though."

" Y-you're welcome, i-it was just the right thing to do." Matthew said. No one had ever called him awesome and a small smile formed on his face. " Well I have to be heading home so come with me, I hope you can handle a car ride for a few hours." And he stood up. Gilbert got up on his feet, a bit unsteady at first, but eventually got used to walking again and walked next to Matthew. Matthew looked at the albino boy and noticed he was a few centimeters smaller than himself. When the duo reached the car Matthew got into the drivers seat. Gilbert warily grabbed the handle to the passengers seat and opened the door. He had never rode a car and he was quite excited. He got in and sat on the seat. Matthew started the car and looked at Gilbert to make sure he was wearing his seat belt, however Gilbert was marveling at the inside of his old beat up car.

" G-Gilbert you have to put on your seat belt." Matthew said.

Gilbert looked at Matthew and smiled, " Oh, uh right." He said and looked around for a belt, and was unsuccessful.

" Do you need help?" Matthew asked the albino.

Gilbert nodded and watched as Matthew grabbed the odd strip of cloth, maybe, to his right and pulled it across him and put it into a little black thing. Matthew looked up and Gilbert looked at his eyes. Matthew might have been a boy but man was he really falling for this quiet Canada person. He still didn't know what these people from Canada were called though.

" I've never rode in a car before." Gilbert said.

" This May be fun for you then, you'll get to see the landscapes of Canada while sitting back and relaxing." Matthew said and began driving.

Gilbert watched as the landscape went by him. After a while he looked at Matthew. " Mattie, what are Canada Persons called?"

" Canadians." Matthew said calmly still focused on the road in front of him. Gilbert felt his heart beat a little faster while looking at this young Canadian. He knew he had made the right decision leaving.