I couldn't resist this idea, and I couldn't wait to finish my other stories before posting it. So, here you go!
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Yuma sat on the dock, his feet in the ocean water. He stared directly down at the shimmering water, the setting sun glinting off it. The young boy smiled down at himself.
Water splashed on his face, and Yuma looked up with curiosity. Another young boy with tentacle-like, deep purple hair was staring at him with large, ocean-blue eyes. He was shivering. Yuma wondered why he was actually in the water right now, with the fact it was only 64 degrees. Too cold to swim.
"Are you okay?" Yuma asked, inching a little closer to the boy. He shivered and shook his head, not saying a word. Yuma frowned, then shot up with a smile. "Stay here. I'll be right back." He ran off, all the way back to his house. When he returned, he had a purple jacket with him that he just recently got. Yuma slid it on the boy and smiled when he stopped shivering. "There. You're okay."
"Thank you. What's your name?" asked the boy.
"Yuma. My name's Yuma. What's yours?"
"It's Reginald. But you can call me Shark."
"Okay Shark. What're you doing in this water?"
"I live here." Shark grabbed Yuma gently by the hands and splashed him in. When Yuma re-surfaced, he spit some water up and stared at Shark.
"Why?"
"You look like the kind of person who can keep a secret and have some fun."
"Okay?"
"I wanna show you something."
"What is it Shark?" Yuma stared as Shark held up a purple tail fin, splashing Yuma in the face with water and shock. The pink and black-haired boy gasped as Shark smiled gently.
"Isn't it cool?" Shark asked. Yuma nodded. He held up his hand curiously.
"Can I... feel it?" he asked in a whisper. Shark nodded. The young boy gently grazed his fingertips across Shark's tail, causing him to giggle. It was smooth and silky, not at all what Yuma would've expected. Yuma soon returned his attention to the purple-haired boy in front of him. "So... you're a merman?"
"Yup."
"And you live in this ocean?"
"Uh-huh."
"Wow, that's so cool! I come to this dock every day after school! Maybe we can hang out more often?"
"Why not?" Shark splashed some water on Yuma's face again with his tail. Yuma yelped in fear at the sudden cold.
"I am gonna get you!" Yuma splashed water back on Shark, who jumped under the water. The pink and black-haired boy couldn't see him when he re-surfaced behind him. Shark gently coiled his tail around Yuma, tickling him with it. Yuma went into a fit of laughter.
"Stop! Stop! That tickles!"
"I'd rather not."
The two kept at it until Shark dove under the water again. When he came up again, he was staring behind Yuma with a somewhat confused expression. Yuma noticed and frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"What time do you need to be home?"
"Any time before nine o'clock. Why?"
"The sun is setting Yuma. You should get going."
Yuma whirled around in alarm. The sun was setting. The pink and black-haired boy gasped and shot out of the water. "You're right, I gotta go. See you tomorrow Shark!"
Shark watched as Yuma ran off. The merman didn't take his gaze off the area until he was sure Yuma was gone. He began swimming backwards a bit.
"Huh. Yuma and I are friends...but I was always warned to stay away from humans. Wonder what makes Yuma the exception in my mind?" Shark dove under the water. He decided that if Yuma was going to rest, so was he. The purple-haired boy swam over to a brush of corral and lay down, coiling his tail around him. Shark looked up at the glinting water surface from where he lay. He smiled.
"Goodnight Yuma...hope you show up tomorrow." Shark folded the jacket Yuma had given him into a nice square, then lay his head down on it. He desperately wished he could be with Yuma, or that Yuma could be with him. But Yuma couldn't breathe underwater, and Shark couldn't live without at least being in water.
Well, they still had the time at the dock tomorrow. Shark closed his eyes and soon tumbled off into a deep sleep.
Meanwhile, Yuma, who had since gotten home, was laying in his hammock and staring at the ceiling. The lamp was still on, but other than that, the room was dark. All the while Yuma was thinking about Shark and what happened just thirty minutes ago.
I can't believe it. A merman! I had no idea those were real. Was he just playing a trick on me? No, he couldn't have been! I saw how it connected to the rest of his body when I touched it. Yuma rubbed his fingers together. They felt just like Shark's tail fin had.
"Wow... today was great! I can't wait for tomorrow." Yuma yawned and stretched, then rolled over a bit. He stared out his window, just barely being able to make out the line of the ocean. It glinted under the moonlight, causing the pink and black-haired boy to smile. Yuma reached over and turned off his lamp, then stared into the darkness for a while.
I hope I can show up tomorrow.
And soon after, Yuma had fallen asleep, as well.