A Secret Language of Seashells and Glass

by lucidscreamer

Shipwrecked after his uncle tried to kill him, Yami finds himself alone on a deserted island. But he may not be as alone as he thinks, as mysterious messages appear on the beach along with gifts and food. Yami slowly falls in love with his secret admirer through the language they create together, a language of seashells and glass. Mermaid AU (Not a fusion or xover.)

4. Chapter 4

(4)

Yugi beaches them.

As they lie in the sand, his magic skims the human's wounds, encouraging healing. Water laps at Yugi's skin and scales, the magic of the waves boosting his own.

He thinks there would be magic in the caress of this human's skin against his, a song in the promise of a kiss, lips soft against his... But he won't take what isn't freely given, and the human sleeps, still.

So, he heals this human as best he can, with magic and what meager medicines he carries, and leaves him to his new home without caress or kiss.

o0o

Yugi builds a little shrine, a pebble cairn balanced just above the reaching fingers of the waves. Each pebble, tumbled smooth by ocean currents, he embues with a wish: safety and good health and every blessing the good ocean can provide. One by one, he touches the stones to the human's skin before setting them one atop the other and crowning his construct with a twist of sun-bleached coral. He holds a handful of seafoam, scooped from the water's edge, and whispers prayers - to Cothea Who Heals (make him whole), and Inomathus Who Shelters (keep him safe), and Nirzi Who Walks (protect him from the Lales and those who would do him further harm) -before letting the foam run through his fingers to bless the wish-stones and this man that they will guard.