Characters: Angel Snow, Yamazaki Sousuke

Pairings: barely hinted Angel/Sousuke

Genre: Fantasy, Mermaid!Angel AU

Rating: K+

Length: ca. 750 words

Summary: I rescued a human and now I don't know if I should be scared or not.

Reviews are welcome!


Angelfish

Humans are dangerous. We have been at war with them for ages. If a human catches you, they will harm you.

But … why? That's what I wanted to ask. Ever since I could remember, I was told how mermen and humans had fought vicious battles, leaving thousands of dead. Both sides had had wins and losses, but the thing was … this whole thing had happened in the past. No living merman could recall actually taking part in or even witnessing a battle between humans and mermen. As far as I knew, mermen and humans had not had any contact in centuries.

Were we still at war then?

Shaking my thoughts off, I looked at the sleeping human. He didn't look dangerous at all. True, he was large – then again, males were most often larger than females, weren't they? But he didn't look scary at all. I had seen scarier beings in the ocean and they never attacked mermen. Hesitant, I reached out, poking the human's mouth and tugging his lip, revealing a row of bright, but not sharp at all teeth. He definitely wouldn't be able to tear me apart with those teeth! He had no claws … or a tail. The lower part of his body was quite bizarre – it was split in two and had no fins at all. Were all humans like that? Anyway, I was almost certain that this human couldn't harm me even if he tried – he couldn't even swim very well! If it weren't for me, he would have drowned in the ocean.

I grasped one of the human's tail – it wasn't actually a tail, as I knew that humans didn't have tails, but I couldn't remember what it was called – and then gently ran a finger along the end. The human made an odd noise – it sounded like he was laughing - and twisted his body ever so slightly. I found his reaction quite amusing and repeated my actions – this time, the sound was much louder and the twisting much more restless. He suddenly gasped and opened his eyes. They were the color of the ocean's surface and I found it very calming to look at them. The human looked quite confused at first. He kept his gaze low, ran a hand through his hair, his fingers slowly gliding through his damp locks, – humans had such short hair, it was so odd! – and then finally he looked up. When he saw me, his mouth opened and he stared at me wide-eyed. Now he reminded me of one of the fishes that swam near my family's home and I giggled. This made him close his mouth and frown, and then he said something I couldn't understand. I knew that there were mermen who could speak the human language, but my parents – who had always warned me never to go near any human – were firmly against me learning the language.

Now I wished that I had learned it, because the human kept talking and I just lay there, unable to do anything else but smile. It made me feel like a complete fool!

Suddenly the human reached out with his hand and touched my tail. I was stunned for a few seconds before I hastily slapped his hand away and glared at him. I could feel my cheeks were burning! How dare he?! This part of a merman's body was the most intimate and only those who were closest to my heart could touch it! How dare one strange human lay his hand on my tail!

I pouted. It seemed like I didn't need to stay here any longer, so I started rolling to the water. The human shouted something and grabbed my hand, but I hit him with my tail. My tail was so strong that I could fight off a shark with it. It was my pride and just one hit was enough to make the human stagger back and release me. Taking advantage of this, I quickly made my way to the ocean and dove in. There, in the safety of the ocean, I watched as the man ran to the water but then stopped before jumping in. He stood there, looking a bit sad, and then, after what seemed like a whole eternity, slowly turned and walked away.

When he was gone, I sighed. I probably would never see this human, or any other human, ever again. Despite him touching my tail, I suddenly felt sad for seeing him go.

I wish we had spent some more time together …


Angel's tail is pale purple, if anyone's wondering. ;)