A/N: Anyone know of Laneypenn's MerZack AU on tumblr? No? Well, this is based on it, and our friend Murphygloss let me borrow their OC, H ^^
"Zack? Is everything alright?"
Instead of answering, Zack crossed his arms and turned away from his cousin with a slight pout.
"All right, what happened this time?"
Zack let out a small huff before saying, "Mom says I'm slacking on my studies again, and gave me the lecture about how I'm gonna be responsible for the kingdom and all that…"
H gave a small smile and swam over to her cousin as her tail turned from blue to green. "Bit of responsibility for a young guppy like you, isn't it?"
"Why aren't you next in line?" he suddenly asked. "You're older…"
"And you're the queen's son."
Zack sighed and pulled his yellow tail against his chest. "I hate this sometimes. Most kids my age have wondering if a crush likes them as their biggest concern, and I don't even have that luxury since I'm probably already betrothed to someone I'm gonna meet in five years when we marry…"
H's tail faded into a dark pink at Zack's rant before she pulled him into a hug. "I'm sorry, Zacky...I wish I could make it better, but I can't…"
Zack didn't say anything as he leaned against H and closed his eyes. He could just pretend for a moment…
"...I have an idea." H's tail faded to a green color as she grabbed Zack's wrist and pulled him up. "C'mon, let's get going."
"Wait, where are we going?"
H smiled at Zack but didn't answer as she started swimming through the castle with him. The two of them made sure to greet anyone they passed, though H refused to stop until they were outside in the courtyard, at which point she let go of Zack's wrist to do a quick swim around.
"Are you still interested in humans?"
A/N: Next chapter, we get to see pirates ^^