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"Let me get this straight," the human boy named Kazune set a tray of tea down on the table in front of me, "I'm still trying to actually get this."

I stared at the little tea cups and the tea pot on the tray for a second before lifting one up and taking a sip.

"If you're a mermaid... um, what are you doing on land, any way?"
I smiled, "I told you, I had a fight with my father before my wedding, and we agreed I could go on land and find a human husband."

Kazune scratched his head for a second, frowning.

"You were getting married?"

I sighed and nodded, "To prince Jin... but our marriage was arranged since I'm a princess almost old enough to become a queen.."

"A mermaid princess, huh? Um, okay.."

I giggled, his confusion was somehow adorable.

"I have a year on land to find a husband, or at least someone I want to marry, but I also have to come back to my kingdom with a baby- the heir."

"A baby? You have to have his kid?!"

"Hmm.." I put my finger to my chin, "I remember that's not exactly the way it is for humans, but in the mermaid world it is..."

Kazune held his face in his hands, sighing.

"In all my 18 years of life, I have NEVER imagined that mermaids were real. Let alone that I'd be talking to one."

I waited a moment before asking, "So... do you think you could help me?"

He looked up at me, "Help you? What do you mean?"

"Help me find a husband? I don't know any humans on land, no one that can help me, I'm sort of on my own once I turn into a human, and I just met you and you seem like a nice person, so, I thought-"

Kazune cut me off by holding up his hands to silence me.

"Wait, what?! I know you're sort of new to being a human, but you just can't expect me to help you out, you know, I'm really confused right now, I'm not sure I could help you anyway-"

"But I thought you could help me!" I stood up, "I don't mean to be rude, it's just at least until I can find every thing on my own!"

He sighed again and looked away, "But, I...You know what? Fine, guess I'll think about it."

I sat down, content.

I heard him mutter, "What have I gotten myself into?"

Later...

Kazune was watching tv while I was walking around.

I went outside on what I learned was a "balcony" with a view of the beach and spread my arms like they were wings just as the wind blew by.

The breeze felt good against my body, and I sighed happily.

I never knew that wind was so wonderful.

I mean, I sat on rocks to sing to myself sometimes when I was younger, but after I had all that princess training, I didn't really have enough time to myself to go up to the surface.

"yume ga ippai FURIRU ippai onegai yo WEDINGU DORESU.. MAMA no you ni suteki nakoi mitsukaru kashira..todoketai no HAATOBIITO o..sasayaite "Make A Wish" ..hanabira mau hikari no naka me ga kurami sou yo...mitsumeteru kizuiteru sonna SHICHUEISHON..shinjiteru yumemiteru.. O · N · · · NO NA KO...daiji na koto wasurenai de ne...itsuka kitto DREAMS COME TRUE tada hisokani negatteru no kamisama, onegai.."

I closed my eyes, feeling the wind on my skin, and it felt great.
I really hope Kazune lets me stay here, I really love this view. I think living with him would be fun..
"Are you hungry?"

The sudden voice surprised me and I turned around to see the human boy again. I nodded.

"What kind of food do humans eat on land?" I asked.

Kazune sighed, "Whatever is in their refrigerator, I guess. What kind of food do mermaids eat?"

I opened my mouth to answer, but a sudden gust of wind blew and my shirt flew up all the way to the underside of my breasts. I shivered at the feeling of the cool air against my bare skin. Kazune's eyes widened and I watched the red bloom on his cheeks as he gasped and quickly pulled my shirt down as far as it could go.

"Let's go inside, please." he muttered.

A few minutes later..

I stared down at my plate of rice and salmon.

"Something wrong?" Kazune asked.

I frowned, "How could I eat this? I probably SWAM with this fish just a few months ago and now I'm eating him... I had a friend that looked just like him."

Kazune sighed, "Eat your rice, then, I'll find you something else to eat."

He took the salmon away, but I quickly grabbed it and took it back.

"I.. I think I should at least try it. You were kind enough to feed me, right?"

Kazune rested his chin in his hand and watched me. I looked down at my plate again, at the "half" fish and awkwardly began cutting a small piece off, feeling like a cannibal. I slowly lifted the fork to my mouth and took a slow bite and began to chew, shutting my eyes tightly.

A brand new taste began to fill my mouth. It was so.. unique. So.. nostalgic. It was like an explosion of different tastes. As the piece of fish began to move around my tongue, I admired the flavor more than anything else. I opened my eyes slowly and suddenly began stuffing my mouth with the fish, then the rice, until I was finally done.

I wiped my mouth with a napkin and I looked across the table to see that Kazune was wide eyed and his jaw had dropped.

I laughed, "Um... do you think I could have some more?"

It was silent for a moment before Kazune stood up to give me more of the fish he had cooked.

I'm not exactly sure HOW many I ate, but one by one, the 8 halves of fish had disappeared.

I leaned back in my chair and sighed in content, "Thank you for the meal..."
His face was in his hands as he mumbled, "That was so expensive."

I sat up after a few minutes of pure happiness and asked, "Have you decided if I could stay?"
Kazune looked up at me with icy blue eyes, "I'm... still thinking. And it's getting pretty late, maybe you should lie down or something."
I stood up and walked over to the couch to stare at the tv like he did earlier.

Another hour passed and the sky became dark and starry. This was always the time I usually resurfaced to see the stars.

"Go ahead and sleep for now." Kazune brought me a blanket and I lay down. Closing my eyes, I still couldn't believe I was human now. I'd definitely find a husband here. I'd have to do my best.

Moments later, I was shifting, trying to get in the right position, but I was too uncomfortable.

I opened my eyes to a dark room and felt my stomach drop.

Now I knew why I couldn't get to sleep. Kazune would have to help me.

I pondered over waking him up or just trying to go back to sleep and finally stood up to walk around the small house.

I kept my hands on the wall so that I knew where I was and finally reached Kazune's door.

I carefully opened it and waited to hear if I'd woken him up.

There was no sign of movement, so I walked in the room and crawled on the bed toward him.

I crawled on top of him and heard him groan before waking up and rubbing his eyes.

"What are you doing in my room?!"

"I.. need to ask you something."

"What? Are you-"

I put my finger to his lips, silencing him, and my sea green eyes met his.

"There's something for me only you can do right now..." I said in a hushed voice.

I giggled and swung my legs back and forth, staring at myself in the mirror.

A tired Kazune brushed my hair, counting to 120 in a groggy voice.

"Why... 102... do you... 103... have to... 104... brush your...105.. hair every.. 106 night..?"

"It's a habit, but I have my friend Princess Himeka do it for me every night, because I can't do it myself, you see."

Kazune sighed, "111.."
When he finally counted to 120, I ran my fingers through my dirty blonde hair and saw it flowed all the way to the wooden floor.

"You should really cut this- once you get used to walking, you might step on it."
I stared at him in the mirror like he'd just grown 2 heads out of no where.

"How could I cut my hair?! I've been growing it out since I was 4!"

Kazune sighed again, "Can I go to bed now?"

"No."

He glared at me for a second, and I grinned before turning around in the chair.

I threw my arms around his neck and quickly kissed him on his cheek.

"What..?"

"Now you can go to bed! Thank you!"

Kazune flushed again, putting his hand on his cheek before leaving the room to go back to his.

I grinned before sitting down on the couch.

"Hmmm... Oh, yeah!"

I put my hands out in front of me and used my magic to lift the couch into the air and rotated it so that it was facing the patio and set it back down.

I lay on the couch, pulling the covers up to my chin and stared peacefully up at the stars.