Merman AU Reigisa
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Nagisa swam towards the sunken ship; his sunset tail shimmered as it propelled him forward. He and Rei, his Blue haired boyfriend, had been secretly meeting here for months. But today was different . . . instead of being excited, Nagisa was dreading what could be their final meeting.
Rei was waiting for him, a mirrored expression to his own.
"We need to talk." Both mermen said in unison.
"In the ship." Rei said, looking around.
Nagisa nodded and they swam into the wreckage.
"I have to get married." Rei said.
Nagisa looked down and smiled, oh the irony.
"Nagisa!" Rei yelled grabbing his boyfriend's shoulders. "Do you even care?"
Nagisa pushed Rei away before changing his mind and pull him closer instead.
"You're all I care about Rei. I was laughting because . . . I also have to get married." He said.
"Oh." Rei said.
The two mermen stayed in silence for a moment.
"What do we do then?" Rei asked.
Nagisa thought for a moment. "I don't know, we could . . ."
Suddenly they felt the ship around them shift. Fear settled into their minds.
"What was that?" Nagisa asked, scared out of his wits.
"No idea." Rei said as scared as Nagisa.
In all the months they had met here they had never felt anything like it, no hints, nothing.
"We should leave." Rei said.
Nagisa nodded.
"Now. We should leave now!" Rei insisted.
Rei began to swim away, but Nagisa did not follow him.
"NOW NAGISA!" Rei said desperately. He pulled the frozen blonde's hand and swam to the exit.
The ship shifted again and walls around them crashed. Rei looked and tried to feel for Nagisa's hand, but it was gone . . .
The dust settled and the sudden darkness was replaced by low light.
"NAGISA! Can you hear me? Please be alive!" Rei begged into the grey light.
"I'm stuck." Nagisa said.
"What?" Rei asked, glad to hear Nagisa's voice. He let out the breath he didn't know he had been holding.
"I'M STUCK REI!" Nagisa yelled.
Rei nodded and began to move the ship wreckage in front of him. The ship shifted again.
"REI STOP!" Nagisa yelled suddenly.
Rei stopped and place his hands against the wall between them, Nagisa doing the same on the other side.
"Leave without me Rei!" Nagisa said crying "It's not safe. Leave me . . . Marry someone else."
"No, I'm staying with you Nagisa. I'm getting you out and we'll get married to each other." Rei promised.
"Rei you're the one I want to marry, but I don't know if . . ." Nagisa tailed off and looked away.
"You don't know if we could?" Rei enquired.
Nagisa looked back at him, confused. "No." he said. "I don't know if you would really want to?"
Rei imagined he was looking into Nagisa's sakura eyes. "Yes. Of course I want to marry you Nagisa!"
Nagisa's eyes lit up with life and he smiled broadly, Rei smiled too.
"I would kiss you Rei but . . ." Nagisa said.
"I know. I'm getting you free and never letting you go again." Rei said.
Rei moved as much of the wall as he could without the ship shifting again. He stopped as he felt tremors but kept on going, his only purpose was holding Nagisa again.
Hour ticked away like months and Rei worked tirelessly while they planned their wedding together. They just both hoped that they would actually survive.
A few hours later Rei had made a hole small enough for Nagisa to swim through. He looked through the hole at Nagisa's scared face.
"Are you okay?" Rei asked.
"I'm getting there." Nagisa said. He put his hand to his head and Rei saw the wound oozing with red.
"Just swim through and we'll get you help." Rei said.
Nagisa nodded and struggled slowly through the hole. Rei pulled him through and held Nagisa close as he shivered with fear.
The couple pulled away, their tails still intertwined like the sunset and sunrise meeting.
"Next month. I want to marry you" Rei said. He let go of Nagisa.
Nagisa nodded and let a few happy tears fall from his eyes. He was just so glad that he was able to held like this again.
"But first let's get out of here." Rei said. He had no idea how much time they had before it actually broke.
Again Nagisa nodded, still in shock.
Rei grabbed Nagisa's hands and pulled him away from the ship.
They heard a loud crash and watched as the sunken ship shifted. The couple watched it disappear into the black of the ocean, amazed they had survived. Scenarios flashed across Rei's mind. What would he have done had Nagisa not survived?
Nagisa's lips suddenly met Rei's and he blushed, surprised by Nagisa's romantic outburst.
"You might want to get used that Rei." Nagisa pointed out.
Rei nodded, still bright red. He pulled Nagisa into a hug; he was so warm, so real in his embrace. "Nagisa you are the most illogical person I have ever met, but I love everything about you."
"You are the only merman that I will ever want." Nagisa said.
The couple sealed their engagement with a kiss.
. . . . . . .
A month passed and Nagisa and Rei stood before the king in their traditional Merfolk wedding outfits. Rei's in purple and Nagisa's in pink.
"Do you promise to honour the Merfolk code?" the king asked.
"We do." Rei and Nagisa responded.
"Do you promise to honour one another for as long as you swim together?"
"We do."
"Rei and Nagisa you are now officially married, may you be blessed with a long and happy marriage." The king said.
Nagisa pulled Rei into a kiss and their tails intertwined, the sun set and sunrise combined.
"I will never stop swimming as long you swim beside me." Nagisa said.
"Then I'll never stop swimming next to you." Rei responded.
They started their new chapter together, truly happy for the very first time in both their lives.