"Go on~ Just pretend i'm not here guys~~" Shinoa smirked, waving her hand to signal for them to continue.
Mika and Yuu both blushed as red as if they were drenched in bright red paint. Both of them inched further from each other in embarrassment from what they were almost caught doing.
"Awww! You guys are no fun!" Shinoa pouted before the grumpy Kimizuki strode into the tent. He sighed and fixed his glasses before turning to Yuu and Mika. "Well, your stupid friends are in the ocean now." The pink haired boy grunted while Yuu's forest green eyes narrowed.
"Thanks. But they're not stupid! They are family!" Yuu corrected, sending the boy with glasses a glare as he crossed his arms, his blush fading.
Kimizuki rolled his eyes and opened his mouth to say something but was quickly interrupted by none other than Shinoa. "Shihou here was balling his eyes out when he had to set Yoichi free!" Shinoa giggled.
"DID NOT!" Kimizuki yelled, his cheeks slowly becoming the same colour as his short hair.
"Yes you did~" Shinoa taunted, sending him a smirk before running out of the tent for her dear life as the boy with glasses raced after her with his double blades ready to strike.
Yuu laughed and swam over to Mika who was currently curled up in a corner in his own ball of embarrassment. "Are you okay Mika?" Yuu asked, holding out his hand to lift Mika off the bottom of their tank.
"Yeah… Fine." Mika mumbled while he grabbed onto Yuuichiro soft and slightly tanned hand.
Yuu gave Mika a bright smile and swam over towards the middle of their small tank. "We should get some sleep, if i'm right… It should be around midnight now." Yuu grinned, his eyes flashed with something that looked like exhaustion while he sunk to the bottom, looking up at the ceiling of their tent.
Mika nodded and laid down beside Yuu, giving him a soft glance before he closed his eyes. 'We will escape… We will go back to the Ocean… We will… Go… Back to our… No… Not our normal lives… To a new life, a new future… I know it…' Mika thought before the welcoming darkness took over, embracing him with a cold grip that he both hated but also found comforting.
- 1 week later-
Mika closed his heterochromial eyes while he burst out of the water and into the air, holding his hands above his head and a sweet smile to the crowd. Yuu came a moment later, jumping slightly higher to show levels in their performance, making the crowd go wild.
They both did a twirl before grabbing each other's hands and diving back into the water with a giant splash. Their audience went crazy, clapping, screaming, shouting for them. Mika and Yuu both panted, inhaling and exhaling the water around them and watching their crowd get all riled up.
Mika swam to the top of the tank and grabbed onto the rim and leaned over, waving his arms at the crowd. "We will see you all next time!" Mika shouted while Yuu swam up and placed himself next to the blond, waving his hands too as the back-stage slowly dragged the tank away from the insane audience.
Yuu sighed and dropped back in the water with a relieved expression on his face. "I'm glad that the crowd didn't seem to mind not having 'Archer' and 'Soldier' away from our Aquarians group…" Yuu smirked as Mika dropped into the water giving the ravenette a soft smile.
"Indeed, though i think some of them were a little upset…" Mika mumbled, glancing back to where the stage was.
Yuu shrugged. "Well, it can't be helped."
Mika nodded and stretched his aching muscles. The Siren felt a little heat rise to his face as he felt the eyes of the Mermaid prince watching his muscles ripple against his skin. The blond shivered, not out of disgust but instead, out of excitement that his Yuu-chan was looking at him.
"Hey mika?" Yuu tilted his head in curiousity, watching as the one who was called gracefully turned to him, with his fluffy blond hair looking like it was the softest thing in the world.
"Yes Yuu-chan?" Mika gave Yuu an inquisitive look as he stopped stretching, giving Yuu his full attention.
Yuu stared at the majestically beautiful Siren before him and shook his head. "Nevermind."
Mika raised his eyebrows but soon wiped the expression when they were dragged into the viewing station where other monsters were currently being held for people to look at and donate money. The more money to the monster, the more they will perform.
Lucky for Mika and Yuu, they were the most popular so that meant, they had to perform at least 5 times a week with only one or two days to rest before going back to their routine of performing for an hour a day while the rest of the day was practice time.
Mika felt like he was going to internally die if they didn't try to come up with some kind of plan to escape, but he could wait longer… Just because the longer they waited, the longer they are together…
Mika's face heated a little and he turned away from the fiery Merman in front of him but he quickly wiped his thoughts out of his head as people started to crowd their station, saying 'Look! It's Demon and Vampire!' Or 'Oh my gosh!' 'They're soo hot!'.
Yuu and Mika both sighed at the same time and started entertaining their guests until it was well past midnight. By that time, only the monsters were left and the backstage crew had just started to bring in each of the monsters into their tents.
"Haaa…." Yuu sighed, sinking to the bottom of their tank with an exhausted but relieved expression painted on his face, closing his tired green eyes. "I'm soooo glad we don't have to perform tomorrow…"
Mika smiled and turned to the green-tailed merman. "Yeah, i'm happy we don't either… But Yuu-chan…" Mika mumbled, quickly swimming over to Yuu.
"Hmmm? What is it?" Yuu asked, opening one eye to peer over at the extremely attractive Siren that was swimming closer to him.
Mika leaned over Yuu and moved some of his messy black hair before he moved his head close to the merman's ear. "We should probably make an escape plan… So we can get back to our kingdoms…" Mika whispered, glancing around to make sure no one was around to hear them.
"Yeah… How about tomorrow? We're not doing anything then, we can figure out something-"
"No Yuu-chan… Tonight, so we have tomorrow to put our plan into action or fix any problems with it." Mika quickly interrupted, giving Yuu a stubborn look as he puffed out his cheeks in frustration.
Yuu hesitated, carefully watching the blond before sighing, he knew the siren was almost as stubborn as he was so he gave in-THIS time, only because he was getting a little home-sick and wanted to see his family again.
"Alright, once we are back in our tent we will discuss it." Yuu mumbled, turning away with a bright blush on his cheeks as Mika hugged him.
The backstage crew soon came and pushed their tank all the way back to their tent and set it so they could pull it out in two days. Mika sighed and relaxed once they were gone and gave Yuu a 'Let's get started…' look.
"Okay so what do you have in mind?" Yuu asked, turning to the blondie beside him.
Mika blushed as he watched Yuu's body turn towards him and he turned away. "W-Well i was thinking when we get our break tomorrow, we could ask Shinoa and Kimizuki Shinoa, Kimizuki and Asuramaru is they all could go to the ocean… So they don't hear my singing."
Yuu's forest green eyes opened as wide as they could. "S-singing? Are you going to draw everyone in?" Yuu asked, concern filling his eyes.
Mika slowly nodded. "I've decided that… I'll draw everyone in and order them to kill Kureto and Seishiro…" Mika mumbled turning back to the very confused Yuu.
"Order?"
"W-Well… Being of royal blood does have perks to my abilities, I can mimic a vampire with their mind control ability and use it in my singing instead." Mika shyly admitted, attempting to avoid eye contact as he twiddled his thumbs.
"That's awesome! We can take revenge on Kureto and Seishiro at the same time!" Yuu exclaimed, immediately pouncing on Mika with a hug.
Mika blushed and smiled while his chest felt like it was going to explode when Yuu's tanned skin made contact with his. "Y-Yeah… But i can only do it for so long before i either have to make a different command or stop, so… There's a possibility that Kureto and Seishiro won't be killed but only hurt."
Yuu shook his head and held the blond tighter. "That's fine, i want to do the finishing blow… I never want them to hurt you again." Yuu mumbled, nuzzling the siren's neck, making the latter gasp in surprise from the contact but soon relaxed and leaned into his touch.
"...Alright… But Yuu-chan…?" Mika frowned and pulled away, staring into the green eyes of the adorable and feisty boy holding him in their embrace.
"Hmm?" Yuu mumbled as he stared into the mesmerizing red and blue eyes belonging to the boy of his dreams-not that he would admit that…
"You're being possessive again." Mika giggled as Yuu squeaked and started blushing furiously.
"I am!? I'm sorry! I really don't mean to!" Yuu whined, but soon stopped when Mika hugged him.
"Don't worry, i'm probably more possessive than you…" Mika laughed.
Yuu hugged the siren and chuckled, he loved the feeling of the blond in his arms. "Probably, seeing how you are always glaring at Shinoa and really anyone who talks to me… Are you by chance a Yandere Mika?" Yuu teased, giving Mika a smirk while the blond gasped and pushed Yuu away with a dark blood on his face.
"I do really do that?!" Mika whined, flabbergasted by what Yuu said he did.
Yuu only laughed and shook his head, getting a relieved sigh from the other. Mika chuckled a moment after and hesitantly reached out to Yuu again who luckily caught on to what Mika wanted and pulled him into his arms once again.
Mika nuzzled into Yuu's chest and wrapped his arms around his neck before staring deep into the wonderful green eyes belonging to the ravenette who was holding him in his strong, muscled arms.
For some strange reason, Mika felt safe in the Merman's arms even though a siren like himself had nothing to fear from. Mika breathed in the scent of Yuu in the water and exhaled, he felt like home-not like in the cold, murderous castle of sirens.
"Mika…?" Yuu asked, warmth filled his voice and it somehow made Mika calm and comfortable-he wasn't used to this, seeing how sirens had to act as cruel and horrible creatures, never really stopping to love or care for another.
"Yes Yuu-chan?" Mika raised an eyebrow, unconsciously leaning forward until they touched their foreheads.
"I… Don't want to go back… To our normal lives…" Yuu mumbled, leaning against the siren.
Mika's gaze softened and his ear finns perked a little. "I don't either… I… Want to stay with you… Yuu-chan…" Mika agreed, moving his head to rest in between the black haired boy's shoulder and neck.
Yuu relaxed and breathed out, as if he was holding his breath. They both held each other in silence for a few moments before Yuu mumbled to Mika again. "I don't… want to be friends."
Mika instantly shot up, confusion and hurt crossing his eyes before he turned away and relaxed his expression to cover his feelings. "O-Oh…"
Yuu Frowned for a moment before groaning and letting go of the blond and swimming over to the wall and started to harshly knock his head against it. "SHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITGODDAMMITFUCKINGWHYYYYYYYYY?!" Yuu yelled, causing Mika to laugh.
"Yuu-chan! It's okay! You messed up again, and it's okay. I was just surprised by your… Sudden words!" Mika smiled, his heartbeat relaxing a little as he remembered how Yuu seemed to mess his speech up when they hugged or had any… sweet… moments…
Yuu rubbed his face and sunk to the bottom of the tank and sulked, giving Mika a pouty face, which only made the blond laugh even more. "Ughhhhhh I hate my mouth…" Yuu muttered before uncrossing his arms as Mika rubbed one of his arms nervously.
"Anyways… We should get to sleep… It's been a long day." Mika sighed, avoiding Yuu's eye contact as he started to blush at the thought of what they were doing.
Yuu grumbled a bit more about being an idiot and sighed in defeat as he sunk to the bottom of the tank like usual and laid down on the bottom. Mika did the same however, he stayed further away in fear he might be getting too close to Yuu.
Yuu closed his eyes and Mika watched as the mermaid prince quickly fell asleep before he turned and moved to lay on his stomach, analyzing the tent around him as he drifted into his own thoughts.
'I… Shouldn't get any closer to Yuu-chan… It's… Too risky to even become friends with the enemy… Why am i doing this? Why am i so drawn to the adorable smiles he makes? The fiery but soft personality of the enemy prince? Why?'
Mika mentally asked himself over and over, he couldn't answer any of the questions he had and Yuu probably couldn't either-besides if he did tell Yuu, he would risk them… Forming a relationship, that would most likely be hated on for.
Their relation would only end in suffering, their kingdoms hating them for what they have become, even more of a risk of angering the other kingdom by some thinking it would be easier to steal the other prince and most of all…
How would Krul think of him being with the enemy? Would she leave him to rot against the pressure of being hated and possibly killed for the sin of… liking the enemy?
Mika pulled at his fluffy, blond hair in frustration. He really did want to be with Yuu, but it wasn't fair! They were both princes of their kingdom, expected to marry to their own kind and produce other heirs-they were at war! No one falls for the enemy when at war!
The siren gazed over his hands and sharp nails. He-his species were cannibals, predators… Not like the peaceful Mermaids, no… They were nothing alike. They were mortal enemies, not destined lovers… There was no way-
Mika was instantly snapped out of his thoughts as he felt a warm hand suddenly touch his. Mika looked over to the side-where Yuu was sleeping and found the messy haired boy staring at him with the softest look anyone has given him.
"Are you okay Mika?" Yuu asked, moving closer to the Blond, until their tails touched, until they were shoulder-to-shoulder.
Mika nodded and relaxed, letting go of his hair. "Yeah… I'm just… Thinking of Kureto and Seishiro…" Mika lied, he didn't want Yuu to worry over his thoughts.
Yuu frowned, catching the lie and shook his head. "No, no you weren't! I can tell! You were worrying over something else! I-Is it about our kingdoms?"
Mika sighed, they only knew each other for… what? Three weeks? And in that short amount of time, Yuu already knows him like the back of his hand.
"Yeah…" Mika mumbled, leaning a little away from Yuu's touch despite wanting the complete opposite.
Yuu only smiled and held onto the blond's hand tighter before letting go. "It will be fine… Trust me. Everything will turn out okay! I promise!" Yuu smiled.
At that moment, Mika swore that Yuu's smile could light up the sky like the sun does in the daytime.
Mika nodded, feeling his eyes starting to sting from the tears that were mixing into the water. Yuu frowned at him again, not convinced that Mika was okay.
"T-thanks Yuu-chan…" Mika mumbled, rubbing his eyes to try to get rid of the awful stinging feeling.
Yuu quickly wrapped his arm around Mika, in an attempt to comfort the blond. But Mika turned away from the ravenette to hide his blush.
"D-do you think Krul-And Guren will be okay with… This…? Their sons being… Friends with the… Enemy…?" Mika asked, he felt the sudden urge to know how Yuu was feeling about their situation .
Yuu only smiled and shook his head before making eye contact with Mika again. "Well, if they don't, i'll just beat them up and show them that sirens and Mermaids can get along!" Yuu grinned.
Mika tried to hold back a chuckle-he'll let Yuu dream… But his little speech did make him feel a little better about their situation.
"Besides, who's to stop the decisions of the next heirs to the throne? Maybe Guren and Krul… But who cares? We will make them be okay with this! We can still stay with each other! Besides! We're family!" Yuu smiled, tightening his grip on the siren beside him before letting go.
Mika turned away again. 'Family… huh…? That… Seems nice…' Mika thought to himself, he kind of liked being part of Yuu's 'family'. Though, he probably had lots of people to call him theirs as well, seeing how bright and friendly he is.
The siren turned back to Yuu to see the merman attempting to stay awake, closing his eyes every few seconds before straining to open them again. Mika frowned, Yuu shouldn't be staying up to help Mika!
"Yuu, you can go to sleep… I'm fine now." Mika murmured, his ear fins perkins and his blush deepening when Yuu rests his head on his shoulder. "Nope. I'm staying up! I'm not even tried!" Yuu tried to show Mika how 'not tired' he was by giving him a thumbs up and a bright smile.
"Haaa… You're not fooling me Yuu, let's sleep now. We have a long day tomorrow." Mika sighed and waiting for Yuu to close his eyes before he closed his own.
'Hopefully everything will be okay, like Yuu said… If they don't like it… Too bad for them. We're happy with being… Family... ' Mika thought while he drifted to sleep, he never wanted to let go of Yuu again.
/To be Continued/