Yo! Sooooo, me being the seungchuchu shipper I am, decided to waste even more time writing a Little Mermaid AU. Why?
Because I wanted to.
So here is this fic that will hopefully not suck. Please Read and Review! Enjoy! –Purecinnamonbun
Phichit carefully glanced around the corner of the sea palace, and, deciding it was safe, gestured for his older brother Yuuri to follow. Which he did, with much groaning and muttering. Two guards swam up the sand path, so Phichit darted behind some decorative seaweed, pulling Yuuri behind him.
"I'm not so sure about this idea" Yuuri whispered nervously in Phichit's ear "Maybe we did this when we were younger, but we're older now. We have responsibilities."
"And that my dear brother is why we are doing this. Being a prince gets boring!"
"You just stole that idea from that strange box we found at the bottom of the ocean with the shiny plastic disk inside. All the writing on the back. Ever since you found that, you've been obsessed with Land People."
"The King and the Skater is a brilliant piece of whatever it is. And you can't say that you haven't studied the Land Person on the front's legs!"
Yuuri went red. It was difficult for him to admit that he was interested in Land People too.
"A-a- anyway, we'll get in trouble with the King and Queen."
"Call them Mum and Dad will ya? And it's fine. They never notice anyway. Come on!"
Phichit yanked on Yuuri's arm, tugging him upwards until they were over the gate. Yuuri yelped, but gave up struggling. Phichit grinned to himself. Yuuri just had to accept that Phichit would make him have a life outside Prince work.
They ducked behind a rock as another guard passed them, patrolling the wall. Phichit let go of Yuuri's wrist and started swimming forward, as fast as he could with his red and gold tail. Yuuri followed at a more leisurely pace, his blue tail studded with white moving lazily. As soon as they were out of the patrolling area, Phichit let out a whoop and did somersaults in the water, sending bubbles everywhere.
"Free at last!"
Yuuri smiled slightly and sighed.
"Seeing as you aren't going to give up on this, come on. We might as well do this in the shortest amount of time possible, avoid any sharks, and get back to the palace as soon as possible."
"You're so boooooriing. You know what? I'm going to set you up! You'd be less depressing if you had a guy in your life."
"I'll probably have an arranged marriage Phichit."
"Not if you have someone already! Come on! Let's see what we can find!" And with that. Phichit grabbed Yuuri and shoved him into the yard of wrecked ships, laughing the whole time.
Phichit ducked through the porthole of the ship, being careful not to break the rotting wood.
"Please please PLEASE can this be the last ship? We've been out for hours- the King and Queen will have a whole lot of search parties looking for us now. We should get back."
"I'm sure MUM AND DAD won't be worried at all. But fine."
Phichit picked up a golden chain with a piece of metal hanging off it.
"What is this?!"
"Something you should leave alone."
Sighing, Phichit placed the locket back down.
"Yuuri, it seems you need to be re-educated. Fun GOOD. Boring BAD."
"Thank you for that relevant information Phichit."
"You are welcome. Use it."
Yuuri rolled his eyes and picked up a framed picture, luckily still intact.
"Look! These people have legs!"
"Really!"
Phichit swam over to Yuuri as soon as possible, and looked at it
"That is so being added to the collection!"
The collection was a loose floorboard in Phichit's room, where he and Yuuri kept their favourite Land People things. Phichit had managed to hollow it out even more, so they now had about two meters of space in which to keep their precious artifacts.
Phichit tucked the photo away.
"Seeing as you are inching toward the porthole, let's go. I don't want to keep you from your oh so precious work."
They both slid out of the hole, Yuuri glancing around and sighing in relief when he saw there were no sharks.
"Let's go."
"WAIT!"
Yuuri glanced back at Phichit's call, to see his brother's gaze directed upwards, towards the surface. A dark shadow was passing across the water. A boat .
Phichit looked towards him, his eyes bright,
"No. No no no." Yuuri said, backing away slowly. "You know we aren't meant to go up to the surface."
"All the more reason to." Phichit grinned "We need to teach you how to be fun."
Yuuri groaned.
"Do I have a choice in this matter?"
"What do you take me for Yuuri? Of course not!"
"I guess… I guess I can't let you go alone."
"Right you are!"
And then they were both speeding upwards, towards something that would completely change their lives.
"It's so pretty." Yuuri said in hushed tones. Phichit just smiled. He knew this would be a great idea. A loud noise echoed across the water.
"Announcing Lee Seung Gil, the Crown Prince!"
Phichit watched silently as the most beautiful man he had ever seen walked across the deck. His face was sealed into a masked neutral expression. Phichit longed to see him smile or laugh.
Seung Gil turned towards another man, a silver haired one. Phichit felt a pang of jealousy.
"Duke Nikiforov." Seung Gil said in a neutral tone.
"Gil Gil!" Duke Nikiforov laughed, throwing his arms around him. "I can't believe it's already your birthday! You're getting so old!"
"Please let go of me." Seung Gil said with a completely straight face. The man complied, moving towards the other side of the boat. Yuuri's gaze followed him. Yuuri's completely adoring… oh. Oh. It seemed they had both fallen for a human.
A bell rang, and a man stood up. There was laughter and a few shouts of
"Good ol' Chris!"
A splash of rain landed next to Phichit's arm.
"As you are all aware, it is my Seung Gil's birthday! Now we are all ver-"
Chris was cut off by screams.
The ship rocked backwards and forwards across rolling waves, thunder boomed like a drum, and lightning shot across the sky. Then a loud yell rang out of
"MAN OVERBOARD! THE PRINCE FELL OVERBOARD!"
Phichit's heart stopped. Land People couldn't breathe water. They sank like their ships. The man- Seung Gil- who he'd fallen in love with could die.
Without thinking, he dived beneath the water, ignoring Yuuri's shouts. He searched, and searched until he found a familiar black shape floating unconscious through the water.
Please be alive. Please be alive. Please be alive.
Phichit dragged the man up to the surface, and laughed in joy when he saw the man was still breathing. What did he need next?
Land.
He needed land.
Carefully positioning Seung Gil in his arms, Phichit started to swim forward through the night fog (When had it become night?) and searched for any sign of - well- anything.
He swam for hours on end, hugging Seung Gil close to him.
He reached shore just as the sun came up and morning broke.
He pushed himself up the shore, and gently lay Seung Gil down, sand coating his wet hair and clothes. He was alive.
Then his eyes fluttered open then closed. Bringing Phichit back to his senses. He couldn't see him, or he'd risk the exposure of his entire civilisation. Shooting one last long glance at Seung Gil, he moved back to the water and started to swim back home.
He'd find a way.
Somehow.