He had no idea a storm was coming his way.
Poor, unlucky Kirino Ranmaru, prince of merfolk royal family, just happened to be outside of the magical barrier around his city when it came.
The pink haired merman washed up ashore on a cove hidden behind some large rocks. His eyes opened slightly, weakened from tossed around like a rag doll under the underwater tidal wave. He saw the cove, and wondered how long it'd take to swim home. His blue eyes spotted a few fish nearby. Using his undersea powers, he asked him how long it'd take to get back to the underwater capital.
"A few days!" They replied before swimming away.
Before Kirino could react, he started to feel dizzy. Oh, no! I have to get back to the ocean to I'll-
The young merman didn't have time to finish his thought before he fell unconscious.
"And so, the coast of Inazuma town has been protected from a major storm yet again. Our satellites told us that a tidal wave was on its way, but luckily it lost power while out at sea!"
Shindou Takuto lay lazily on the couch in his house in his house by the shore, watching the news report. He sighed and stood up, stretching before walking to his front door. He slipped on his sandals before walking out the door and onto the beach. The shore was empty, since it was a Wednesday afternoon, so many people were at work, however he had the day off of school due to the fact that he had just done exams and he had the next few off from school.
Shindou hummed a tune as he strolled down the shoreline. His eyes widened, alarmed when he saw a red liquid filling the water behind some rocks. Shindou climbed over the rocks in a rush, and was more then surprised at what he saw.
Shindou was staring at a handsome young boy, unconscious and covered with cuts, laying down half in the shallow water where the sand sloped down and half on land.
The brunette's eyes went to the boy's leg-wait. He didn't have any legs. Shindou let out a large gasp, instead of legs, this boy had a tail, which was the same color as the orange sunset.
He suddenly noticed how much blood the merman was loosing, and was forced to cut his stare-session short as he ran back to his house to get a first aid kit.
Shindou had finished bandaging up the young boy he found on the beach, but he noticed the pink-haired merman's breathing was very shallow.
Shindou thought for a moment before pushing the merman's head underwater, not to deep, but just enough for his head to be completely submerged. Shindou watched in awe as the boy easily took deep breathes of water, and his breathing evened out.
After that, the brunette leaned on a rock and waited for the pink-haired merman to wake up.
Kirino groaned as he woke up. He looked at himself, someone had bandaged him up! And he didn't remember fainting in the water; someone must have pushed him in. He sat up, leaning on his arms and observed the cove he was in. He froze and his widened when he reached the rocks nearby him.
A human at sitting there
leaning against the rock, fast asleep.
Kirino noticed the first aid kit beside him, had that boy been the one to help the merman-in-need?
Kirino shook his head, he had to get home! No human could know of his existence. Kirino couldn't swim far, he still to weak, but he had to get far enough from the human that lay, sleeping against the rocks.
But, due to his nervousness, Kirino accidentally toppled over from where he was sitting, making a loud splash.
Shindou gasped as he jerked awake, cold water splashed in his face. He blinked before noticing the toppled over merman in the shallow water.
The brunette suddenly brightened, "You're finally awake!" He exclaimed.
'Shit' Kirino thought. He'd been spotted. Kirino tried to swim away, but a cut on his stomach stopped him from doing so.
"Whoa, whoa, Calm down! I'm not gonna hurt you!" Shindou insisted, "I'm just really glad you're alright! I found you covered in cuts on the shore!"
Kirino bit his bottom lip, not sure what he should do. In the end, he ended up swimming (with very small movements, in order to not disrupt his wounds.) towards the shore, where he sat in the very shallow area just off the shore,
"S-so, you're the one who bandaged my up and pushed me into the water?" Kirino asked.
Shindou nodded, "Yeah."
"Oh, I, uh, thanks…" There was a long pause before Kirino spoke again, "So you're not freaked out or anything…"
Shindou blinked, "What would I be freaked out about?"
Kirino moved his tail, "This"
Shindou shrugged, "I thought it was kind of weird at first, but I quickly got over it."
"Oh."
By now, Kirino was showing signs of fatigue, and Shindou noticed it,
"You look really tired, you can stay at my place, it's just on the beach over there, but I have a pool in the yard!"
Kirino wanted to refuse, but he was too tired to swim far enough to find a safe place to sleep, and Shindou seemed like someone he could trust, no he nodded as a response.
Shindou smiled, "Great! Meet me at the other side of these rocks!" He said, pointing to the large rocks that hid the cove they were on. Kirino nodded once more, using some of the little energy he had left, he swam around the rocks, to where Shindou was waiting, as he had just climbed over the rocks.
The brunette looked like he was about to say something, but then he closed his mouth, thinking of something else, then he remembered what he needed to do first,
"I never told you my name!" He said, "It's Shindou Takuto. What's your name?"
"Kirino, Kirino Ranmaru." Kirino replied, coming up to the shore.
Shindou gestured to a fairly large beach house nearby, "That's my place." He paused, wondering what to do next, "Should I carry you there, or can we figure something else out?"
Kirino blushed when Shindou stated the first option. Suddenly, Kirino remembered something; it was a spell in his father's library. He'd only read how to do it, but never done it.
"Well," Kirino spoke up, interrupting Shindou's train of thoughts, "I've read of a magic spell, it can grant a merfolk legs to walk on, but at midnight, the merfolks tail will return and the spell will need to be re-cast. It was very popular with merfolk in high-school when I was a kid."
"Do you know how to do it!?" Shindou asked hopefully.
"I've read about it, so yes, but I've never actually done it…." There was a short pause, "But I'll try it!"
Shindou back away slightly, just in case…
Kirino began casting the spell, step by step, just as the book had said. Suddenly a large splash of foamy water surrounded Kirino, and when it cleared Kirino stretched a little bit, but something felt different. He moved his tail-wait a moment. Kirino gave a big, bright smile when he saw that in place of his tail were 2 legs, and he was wearing swim trunks that had the same color as Kirino's tail with a scale pattern.
"I did it!" He exclaimed before attempting to stand up. He stood shakily on his newfound legs, and suddenly fell, not used to them. Luckily, Shindou and jumped forward and caught Kirino before he hit the ground.
"Shall we get going?" Shindou asked, and Kirino nodded enthusiastically. Then- with a lot of help from Shindou, walked to the nearby beach house.
Once Shindou had Kirino sitting down on his couch, Shindou went to the kitchen to get the boy some water and something to eat.
Shindou tapped his foot as he looked around his kitchen. What do mermaids eat…? It'd be rude to ask him, but don't want to give him something he'd rather not eat…
In the end, Shindou went with a simple salad, which to his relief, Kirino ate happily. After they both ate, Shindou asked Kirino, "Do you want to out back to the pool to sleep," (He can still breath underwater he just doesn't have a tail.)"Or is the couch okay?"
Kirino shrugged, not wanting to ask the brunette for more then he had already given him, "Here is fine."
Shindou nodded, bringing over a pitcher of water and a glass and placing them on the coffee table before fetching a pillow and some blankets for Kirino,
"Well, good night! I'm just over here if you need anything." Shindou said before disappearing behind a door into his own room.
This is an idea I head earlier, tell me what you think!
Also, I WILL be updating some of my other fics soon!