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Mermaid Tae meets marine biologist Joon while he's deep sea scuba diving. He's never seen a real human before. Didn't know their tail was split in two with weird looking flukes. Or that they had huge eyes and tubes attached to their mouths. Or that they were part metal??
Still cute though. He flirts by showing off how sharp his teeth are and how strong his tail is by softly squeezing it around Joons torso. He flicks it in his face playfully. Winds himself around the human. Swims up close then darts away waiting for him to play hunt-catch-bite.
Joon motions to go up to the boat, he wants to talk (and he's been under for almost 45 minutes so he needs to surface anyway). Also: fucking mermaids??? He pulls himself onto the boat while Tae crosses his arms on the edge, tail still in the water swishing around.
Joon starts taking off his tank, mask, and wetsuit. Tae screams in horror because he's removing his fucking skin?!?! He didnt even know humans had two layers of skin? And he's ripping off his tail flukes?! He knew humans were different but what the fuck. He's gonna faint.
Tae goes back into the water before Joon can start talking to him, hasn't even unzipped his wetsuit all the way. Joon is sad thay he didn't get to study the mermaid. But Tae returns with some others. There's a whole group (herd? pod? school?) of cute boys at the edge of his boat.
Yoon immediately calls Tae an idiot and says the second skin is clothes to help him underwater and humans don't have tails. And he knows this because he's met an actual human before (from afar but it still counts). They start arguing what's true about humans and what's myth.
Jin loudly says that he once mated with a human. Hobi counters by saying thats not true "becuase humans can't mate underwater". Jk shyly asks if it's true that he has an external mating organ and not a slit that spawns or fertilizes. Joon is honestly so baffled by them.
Tae says that since he found the human, he gets to court him. Chaos. Everyone shouting. Hair gets pulled. Tails slap faces. Jin suddenly turns to Joon and says he catches the best fish out of everyone back home. JK collects the prettiest shells and his garden is the nicest.
Jimin's the best defender and the strongest warrior. Hobi has the shiniest, sparkliest tail and is the best at grooming. Yoon is next in line to be chief so it should be him. Tae just pouts and mumbles that he's the cutest. Joon is so flustered he starts blushing bright red.
The mermaids stop trying to convince him to pick one of them and start worrying why the human is changing colour. They get closer to him and begin to touch his face and neck, pulling down the collar of his loose wetsuit to see if the colouring goes further down his chest.
Joon just blushes more and shys away from the wandering hands, stuttering that he's not used to the attention. The mermaids look at Joon and at each other. They swim away and huddle together, whispering. Joon is very confused at the change of events.
They keep peeking over at him while they're whispering so he thinks everything is still okay. But he's getting uncomfortable in his wetsuit so he finished taking it off until he's left in just his diving shorts. Silence. They're staring at him. "Wow. Honey tails."
The whispering returns and gets louder until Joon can hear some of what they're saying, but it doesn't make sense to him without proper context. Courting and gifts and laws and gills and sharing. Although they've seemed to come to an agreement on whatever they were discussing.
Tae swims up to the edge of the boat to tell the human the good news. The others crowd behind him, cuddling up to his back happily and grinning at Joon over his shoulders. It's honestly a little scary with how sharp their teeth are. But they're all so beautiful.
"We've decided that we're all going to court you at the same time so you don't have to choose" Tae announces before sinking down into the water, nervously anticipating the humans reaction and hoping it's good. The others drag him back up, not letting him hide.
Tae pouts at them in revenge. There is no defense. They coo in adoration. Joon watches them in astonishment. The only thing going thrrough his brain is the windows shut down noise. Joon.exe has stopped working. They want to court? Him?? Is that like dating?
He doesn't have a tail and he can't breathe underwater. He doesn't understand. Do they actaully like him? Or is a novelty thing? Becuase he's shiny and new? Seduce the human then kill him??? Like the Greek Sirens? What the fuuuuuck is going on
Tae looks at the others as the human just kinda... stands there. Not blinking or talking. Just staring off towards the horizon. Tae glances over his shoulder in the same direction the human is but there's nothing there. Just the ocean and the sky. The human takes a deep breath.
Tae looks back to see Joon blinking rapidly before he blurts out a large number of questions in a very short amount of time. Tae frowns and does his best to answer: Yes, yes, what's dating?, that is an isuue they haven't thought about yet, we'll help you understand, no, no,
definitely not where the fuck did you even get that idea, and he doesn't even know who these Greek Sirens but they don't sound very nice. Tae frowns, serious. They definitely want to court him. They find him interesting and not becuase he's a human. They want to get to know him.
Learn everything about him. What he likes to do, what he's good at. What stories he knows. They want to spoil him too. Hobi suddenly says that he wants to groom Joons hair, he thinks it would look really lovely with some shells and feathers braided into it.
JK starts quietly talking to himself about what seaweeds makes the prettiest bouquets and he slightly drifts off in the water before Jin pulls him back to the group and states that he'll make Joon the best fish bone jewellery he's ever seen in his life.
Jimin adds that he can teach Joon how to wield a shark tooth knife and how to shoot this cool spear gun he found one day. Yoon says that he knows where the oldest shipwrecks are and can help him find the round, shiny bits of metal. Tae just looks at him happily, nodding along.
Joon is in awe. These six beautiful boys want to court him? Amazing. He can't believe it. For a brief moment he wonders if he passed out underwater from lack of air and is imagining it all but he digs a fingernail into his thumb. It hurt. This must be real.
He sniffles a tiny bit, his eyes welling. He's just so happy??? These adorable, fantastical beings are interested in him. It's overwhelming to say the least. Joon clears his throat a few times and breaths out heavily. The mermaids are looking at him slightly concerned.
Joon laughs and covers his face with his hands because he can't stop grinning and he's sure he looks silly. He would love nothing more than the chance to court them and be courted by them. They're so cute and beautiful and fascinating. So he tells them exactly that.
Tae lets out a loud woop and the others follow. Their tails are moving rapidly in joy and they creates waves that rock the boat. Joon stumbles a little bit but catches himself before he falls to his knees. He lowers himself down anyway and leans over the low edge of the boat.
He stares at the boys as they dance in the water, spinning and diving and splashing him. They're all laughing and celebrating. Tae pops up right in his face and gives him a kiss before darting away again. Joon giggles at their antics befor getting a kiss on the nose.
And another on the cheek. And another until all six have given him kisses all over his face and he's bright red again. He turns and flops down on his back, splaying his limbs over the deck. He sighs and closes his eyes. When he opens them there's all his boys peeking at him.
Only their hair, foreheads, eyes, and the tops of their cheeks visible over the edge. He laughs again in pure joy and reaches out towards them. Tae pulls himself up to rest on the edge, like he did when he first came to the boat. His hand finds Joons and holds on tight.
He doesn't want to be anywhere else in this moment. As he looks at his friends, he can see that they feel the same. He feels his hearts badump. Maybe he can court more than one. Maybe he has more than enough love for six. He can't wait.
Anyway, Joon buys a houseboat and lives happily with his six boyfriends for a long, long time. And maybe he fertilizes a few eggs at some point. Who knows.
Thanks to anyone who reads this. I've decided that I'm going to rewrite this a little but when it's not 4am and then repost it and delete this thread. Keep an eye out :) I'll try make a moodboard too
