Yay for part 2
At first Ryou didn't believe it, how could it was a freaking legendary merman, stuff that's only told in legends.
"Mako, are you on crack?" he asked while looking at him.
"No and I'm not lying, this creature here is really a merman and his name is Bakura"
Ryou walked closer to the tank and sure enough, he saw a flash of silver and white.
"And as I said before, you are now in charge of taking care of him, since it will also help you into looking after other animals as well"
Ryou looked at Mako then back to the tank then looked at Mako again "when's his feeding time anyway?"
"It happens to be right now" he hands a bucket of fish to Ryou "well get to it, I will expect you to write down the progress and to keep an eye on his behavior" he turns and leaves Ryou on his own.
(Ryou's P.O.V)
I still couldn't believe it, here I thought thinking it would be a seal or maybe a dolphin but it turns out it's a flipping merman, after shaking of the shock I went up some stairs, opened the gate that only workers could use and went to the edge of the pool.
"Bakura, Are you hungry? I've got some food for you, so if you want to, could you swim up or something so I can pass them to you?" I don't really want to toss the fish to him, he may be a merman but I like to treat others with respect, no matter whom or what they are.
I woke up to find myself not in the ocean, but in a flipping bowl of some sort, I started swimming around until I noticed a young boy with white hair talking to some other guy, I'm such an idiot for getting caught but hey, I love adventure.
"Hey Bakura, are you hungry? I've got some food for you, so if you want to, could you swim up or something so I can pass them to you?" was he really that stupid? Seriously, has he no idea what a merman or maid can do to him?
I waited for him to swim up but he obviously didn't want to, so I decided to grab a handful of fish and chucked them into the pool.
"Dinner is served" I called out, hoping to catch his attention and to show that I'm not one of those scientists whose only interest is to dissect them.
SPLASH! I looked up again and sure enough some of fish that I threw had disappeared.
(Bakura's POV)
I swam back down and began chewing and ripping the fishes skins like mad, gosh it must have been yesterday since I last ate but it felt great to have something in my system, I quickly swam up and quickly snatched them before the kid knew what had happened, I swear that kid looked exactly like me, maybe I'll have a look as he's leaving to go home, home, gosh I wish I could get out of here, but I don't even know where to go and it doesn't help with the fact that I was unconscious when they took me here, after I ate all the fish I swam upwards and stopped just before I went above water, even though everything was a little blurry above I could still make everything out, unfortunately not good enough to stay hidden.
(Ryou's POV)
I ended up noticing that there was a bit of white near the surface and knew that it was Bakura, but I didn't ask questions, if he wasn't ready then I could deal with it even if would drive me crazy, so I tried a small conversation even if it was a one way thing.
"Hey Bakura" I said to the weird floating hair "I know that you're not the talkative type, that or because your somewhere where you don't feel safe, but I promise you I'm not a scientist and I'm not going to push you into asking questions if you don't want to, but if your ever in need of needing someone to talk to, then I'll be here for you ok?"
(Bakura's POV)
I could not believe what I was hearing; a human that could easily be mistaking for a girl had said all those things? Maybe they aren't as dangerous and stupid as the others thought, no I can't let him get to me, but he's so generous how could I not resist him, maybe that's his power, to make others listen to him.
"Um, if you're not going to talk then I'll leave you now, I have to get home before it gets dark, I'll talk to you tomorrow if you want" the boy said just before he left the swimming area and closed and locked the gates and headed for the exit, as much as I wanted to talk to him I still wasn't sure if he was to be trusted, but to be honest he has been a lot more politer than the others, he seems too nice to be picking on others, he took one last look at me before he left me till tomorrow, I may not know this feeling that's in my stomach, but I was sure that I was looking forward to seeing him again tomorrow, great now I'm going all soft.
(Ryou's POV)
I knew he wouldn't talk back but I still wanted to talk to him, even if people would think I was talking to myself and assume I was nuts but I didn't care, for some reason I want to be friends with him, and perhaps be something more, I took the bus home and got into my apartment, I made dinner, cleaned them up, took a shower then changing into my pajamas before collapsing into my bed ready for tomorrow.
(The next morning Ryou's P.O.V)
I woke up again to the sound of my alarm beeping, I hit the snooze button and began to get out of my bed grabbing my clothes and headed for the shower, it was then that I realized that I would have to avoid Malik as much as I could, I mean I loved Malik, but it was more of a brotherly love, nothing more, besides he should be grateful that he has someone, I've never had anyone since my mum and sister died and my dad decided to stay in Egypt, but it's starting to get weird cause I think I may have fallen for the merman Bakura, and I've only met him for a quarter of a day, or night, I know I shouldn't but if I was able to become friends with him then it was good enough for me, I finished my shower and pulled on my work clothes before brushing my teeth then heading downstairs for a quick breakfast which was a pop tart since I needed to get to work early before it opened, then maybe I could talk to Bakura and maybe get to know him a little.
(Skipping to when he gets there Bakura P.O.V)
I woke up again from the dream I had, I'll admit that the kid was nice but I still think he's pretending so he can get stuff out of me, at least he isn't asking me stuff when feeding me, if he did he would be cleaning himself for a while.
"Hey Bakura breakfast time" I turned round and saw him again, if he wasn't human he would have been an angel, "um, I'm not sure if you want to, but could you please come up so I can put the stuff in your hand please?" I raised an eyebrow "I don't like treating you like some kind of an animal, I know you don't trust me but" there was a pause "I would really like to get to know you, you kind of remind me when I was younger" I raised both eyebrows, what was it about me that remind him of when he was younger? I carefully swam up just so my eyes and part of my nose were on top of the water and saw him look at me, I gave him a look that said 'if you try anything funny your dead' he raised his hands as if saying 'I'm not going to hurt you' and 'I don't have any weapons' so I carefully made my way to the edge of the pool and raised my hand up towards him.
(Ryou's POV)
This was it, I'll actually get to touch his hand I thought as I got the food out of the bucket and slowly walking towards Bakura's open hand, as I got close enough he snatched them out of my hands before getting back into the deep end, I looked at my hand again, I could feel his hand brushing against mine it felt like it was slightly on fire, I so wanted to touch it again, or maybe kiss him? No, besides he probably doesn't swing that way, he may have someone else trying to save him, and even if he didn't have anyone then there's no way he could be with you my conscious said "your right, he lives in the sea and I live on land, there's no way we can be together" I mumbled, I grabbed some food and held them out "if you want me to chuck the food towards you all you had to do was ask, wait who am I kidding you don't talk because you are in an unfamiliar place surround by weird aliens who probably want to use you like some kind of disgusting experiment" I didn't care that I was talking to myself or if Bakura wasn't listening to me, first of all I really needed to get this off of my chest and prove to Bakura that I cared about him and would like to treat him more than an animal "I mean who wouldn't I would probably have done the same thing"
"You really like to talk to yourself don't you?" I turned to the voice and was shocked to see Bakura half in the water and half on land talking to me; I almost fainted so I quickly sat on the ground before I did any permanent damage.
"Uh" I felt stupid as I kept flapping my mouth like some sick fish
(Bakura's POV)
I could not believe I was doing this, fair enough I was interested with the kid but I didn't have to try and talk to him, now he probably won't stop talking, wait a minute what am I saying the boy is practically frozen and is now gaping like a fish, this was going to be a long day for sure, I also remembered when his hand lightly touched mine, his skin was so soft I thought he was made from something else
"I said you really have a habit of talking to yourself don't you?"
(Ryou's POV)
I was still trying to get over the fact that he was talking when he repeated the sentence again, I stood up and replied back.
"Uh, no I don't have a habit of talking to myself, I was actually trying to have a nice conversation with you, others would have thought otherwise wouldn't they?" I posed like a girl with hands on my hips, Bakura chuckled.
"Yeah I bet they would, anyway why you are being so nice to me?"
"Why? Do you want me to be some sort of science freak coming to dissect you?"
I instantly regretted it when I landed on my back in a few seconds with him on top of me
"You call them and I'll kill you" he growled in my ear causing me to shiver before he jumped back into the pool nearly getting me wet in the process "and people say I'm the drama queen" I muttered to myself, I spoke louder so he could hear me "fine then, if you don't want me to be nice then say so" I grabbed the bucket and stormed off, I took one last look before leaving the area to do other work around the aquarium.
(Bakura's POV)
Okay I may have threatened him a little but that was to hide the fact that I was scared, he was the nicest person and now I just messed up and made him hate me, maybe if he came back I could try and talk to him better, maybe answer his questions if he has any, each that should work, problem is I have to wait until it was feeding time again or if the place was messy, fat lot of good that's going to be, I started swimming around and waited for the boy to came back.
