Narrator POV
Jinyoung's body submerged into the cold waters of the ocean after being tossed by Bambam and Jackson.
The dark waters turned bright as his human legs magically turned back into his fish tail ones.
He knew Yugyeom had made it a second too late and he was worried about him and felt bad for making him worry about him so much.
As Jinyoung began to swim back up to shore, he stops in his bubbles when he saw a familiar figure diving deep into the ocean waters.
Jinyoung's eyes widen when he immediately recognizes the reddish bowl cut haired boy and doesn't hesitate to flip his green fins as fast as he could.
He knew it was Yugyeom as he swam closer and closer to him.
Jinyoung became more worried and wondered why he would jump into the sea like that.
Maybe Yugyeom thought he was dead so he decided to end his life? Jinyoung deeply hoped not.
"Yugyeom!!" He called out to him hoping for an active turn around from him, but Yugyeom had stopped swimming and his body appeared lifeless.
"No, no, NO!! YUGYEOM!!!" Jinyoung panics as he makes it to him and lifts up Yugyeom's head, but the last few bubbles from Yugyeom's nose and mouth escaped and his eyes remained shut.
He had run out of air.
It was too late...
Jinyoung shook Yugyeom hoping he could wake up but he remained unmoving.
Jinyoung cried some pearls seeing his best friend like this, what could he do?
He couldn't be dead could he?
He looked down and noticed a small bag trying to float out of Yugyeom's jean pocket and he pulls it out.
It was a small white cotton pouch that was tied shut with a cord string. He wondered what was in it, but he would have to figure out later.
Jinyoung uses his strength and grabbed Yugyeom by his arms and begins swimming up to shore as fast as he could.
He remembered doing this the first time he met Yugyeom, he felt afraid if this was going to be the last.
While on land, Jackson and Bambam sit on the sand, disappointed in themselves and regretful.
Jackson sighs, "What were we thinking.."
Bambam sighs as well and looks over to Jackson, "Yeah...that was so uncool of us."
"Jinyoung was still a person. A being like us, and we just threw him into the sea! Our greed taking over our minds! I'm just disgusted in myself right now."
"I know, and we didn't accept the fact that Yugyeom's happiness is with Jinyoung. If we really were his friends, we'd accept that and be happy for him. But we just got jealous over Jinyoung and their growing friendship and betrayed them both, just like that..."
"Now they're both gone...and they're not coming up.." Jackson says sadly as he wipes a tear from his eyes.
"Don't worry Jackson...I believe Jinyoung can save Yugyeom if anything. We know he's not human, he's gotta be from the sea. We just gotta keep hoping he'll come up with him..." Bambam says and folds his hands together, hoping and hoping for Jinyoung to save his friend.
"Y-yeah, you're right."
Suddenly, Jinyoung pops his head out of the water and swims to shore.
Bambam and Jackson saw him and suddenly felt relieved, but then got a little shocked when they saw Jinyoung's Merman tail and scales as he tried pulling Yugyeom onto the sand.
"Woah...Bam we were right.." Jackson whispers to him and Bambam nodded.
"Well we can't just sit here! Let's go help him!"
They both get up off of their seated spot on the sand and go over to help Jinyoung.
"Jinyoung ah! There you are! Let us help-"
Jinyoung puts his hand up and stops the both of them. "Don't touch him. Don't come any close."
Jackson and Bambam frowned and took a step back, seeing how Jinyoung lost their trust in both of them.
They deserved it after all. "Look, Jinyoung, we're sorry we accused you, and kidnapped you, and forced you to revealing your secret. We should've respec-" Jackson apologizes but gets cut off when Jinyoung glares at them and simply says, "Shut up. None of this would've happened if you both didn't do that. Now look at Yugyeom! He's dead..."
Jinyoung looks down at Yugyeom's now pale face and fixes a strand of his wet bangs, feeling tears fall from his eyes again.
"Y-Yugyeom is...d-dead.." he whimpers as he begins to cry.
"Jinyoung...I believe...you can save him still. If you don't want us to touch him, then we can respect that, but we can tell you how to save him." Bambam said.
"Why should I listen to you two!?!"
"BECAUSE YUGYEOM IS OUR FRIEND TOO!!! He was there for us when we were lost, when we were sick, and when we were sad, Yugyeom was always there for us!! You think we don't care about him too?! I'm not going to stand here and watch him slowly die when I know there's ways to get him breathing again!!! Please Jinyoung! I can't live with myself if he dies here and I never had a chance to let him hear how sorry I am for being a shit head of a friend!!" Bambam begins crying as well as the memories of his friendship with Yugyeom over the past year plays in his head.
Silence and sadness fell in the moment but was broken when Jinyoung finally spoke up, "How can I save him?"
Bambam nodded and wiped his tears, "Check for a pulse, put two fingers to his wrist. If you feel beating, he's still alive."
Jinyoung does what's told and feels for a pulse.
"I don't feel anything.."
"Try his neck, put two fingers to the side of his neck."
Jinyoung listens and moves his fingers to the side of Yugyeom's neck, eyes widening when he feels slow beats.
"I feel something."
Jackson and Bambam cheer a little, "He's alive!! Okay he has water in his system, we have to pump it out so he can gain consciousness. You have to do CPR." Jackson instructs and Jinyoung looks up confused.
"What's CPR?"
"Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation. I think...anyways it's a method you can use to get someone breathing again."
"Last time I rescued Yugyeom, he woke up a few minutes later, I didn't need to do that."
"Wait you rescued him before? Oh it doesn't matter, Yugyeom was in the water too long so more water filled up his system. So, tilt his head back, put your hands together like this and pump his chest about uhhh 30 times but reaalllyyy fast."
Jinyoung listened to Jackson and tilts Yugyeom's head back to allow more airway in his system.
He sits up on his tail and puts his hands together the way they showed him and begins giving Yugyeom chest compressions.
Pump, pump and pump.
But Yugyeom remained unresponsive.
Jinyoung sighs frustratedly and stops, "He's not waking up!"
"Then blow some air into his mouth and keep pumping his chest! It's gotta work...give two breaths to his mouth then pump 30 times again."
Jinyoung's eyes widen at Jackson's instructions feeling his cheeks heat up a bit, "Y-you want me to give him mouth to mouth..."
"Hurry Jinyoung hyung! Yugyeom reaches death with every second!" Bambam ushers and Jinyoung nods.
Jinyoung quickly brings his plump lips to Yugyeom's soft ones and blows air twice into his mouth then lets go and pumps his chest, hoping this time it would work.
"C'mon yuggie...wake up..." Bambam says silently as they watch Jinyoung perform CPR.
"Haha Bam ah, Jinyoung's face gets red every time he does mouth to mouth!" Jackson jokes and Bambam elbows him, "Dude shush this is a life or death situation."
"Well, if he does wake up," Jackson says and takes a picture of the two of them with a snicker.
Jinyoung's hands and lungs start getting tired and he feels tears coming down his cheeks again.
"G-gyeom ah!! Why aren't you waking U-up?" He says with his voice starting to crack.
"Damn...I might have to call an ambulance guys..." Bambam sighs running his hands through his brown hair.
Jackson smacks him behind the head making Bambam look at him with confusion while rubbing his head, "Dude!! If we call the ambulance over, they'll take Jinyoung too!!! He's not in human form!!"
"Oh you're right, but there's a better chance of Yugyeom living if he went to the hospital! We can't just leave him here!"
"Then we can take him there ourselves, but we can't do that to Jinyoung again either. Ya know, expose him."
As the two of them discussed what to do, Jinyoung stops doing chest compressions to Yugyeom.
He had pumped all he could, but his friend was still unresponsive.
"Wake up pabo!!" He says loudly and slaps Yugyeom across the face.
"Yah! Don't do that Jinyoung." Jackson sees and says to him.
Jinyoung sniffs as more tears fall down his face, turning into pearls as they hit Yugyeom's shirt.
"He's not waking up...why did he do that...why did he make the dive?"
Bambam and Jackson frown and sit on the other side of Yugyeom's body and look at Jinyoung, "Well, he dove in there to rescue you. He didn't know if you were gonna be alive or not. But he went in there anyways. Being an ass of a swimmer he is. He can't hold his breath underwater that long." Bambam tells him.
Jinyoung let out a light laugh and sniffed, "Yugyeom really is an idiot."
The other two lightly laughed as well then everyone frowned as they just looked at Yugyeom.
"Do you both know what this is? It was floating out of his pocket underwater." Jinyoung asks them and shows them the little pouch he found.
Jackson unties the pouch and pulls out two bracelets, "Ah I think, these are friendship bracelets. Maybe Yugyeom was gonna give one to you." He says taking them out of the bag and giving them to Jinyoung.
Jinyoung looks at the two bracelets in his hand curiously and Bambam chuckles, "Hyung, they go on your wrist."
"Ahhh." Jinyoung takes the one with sea blue beads and puts it on his right wrist and takes the navy one and puts it on Yugyeom's left wrist.
A small smile forms on his lips and he looks at the piece of jewelry around his wrist.
Yugyeom might've been hardheaded, but he was very thoughtful.
"Hyung, how long have you've known Yugyeom, if you rescued him before?" Bambam asks.
Jinyoung thinks for a bit, "I believe I met him for the first time two years ago...but I erased his memory so he doesn't remember that."
"Wheh!? Why'd you erase his memory?!" Jackson asks.
"He saw my Merman form...fate says humans and merpeople aren't supposed to meet. I did it to protect your kind, and my kind. I also did it so he wouldn't feel pain of missing me while I was gone." Jinyoung tells them with a sigh.
"Then how come you came back for him? And you both became like the best of friends? I didn't see fate stop you both." Jackson said.
"I-I made Yugyeom a promise..."
"What promise?"
"To meet him again, Someday...even if he couldn't remember me. That's why I came back."
"Awww, You kept your promise. Wait so you can turn into a human? Why didn't you meet up with him sooner??"
"Mermaids and Merman have to be of the age of twenty before receiving the power to transform to a human. When I met Yugyeom I was still eighteen."
Bambam and Jackson nod in understanding as they understand more about Jinyoung.
"That's why you came back two years later...wow Jinyoung hyung you're pretty cool haha."
"Oh thanks...but I should probably return back to the sea soon since Yugyeom is dea-"
Cough, cough, wheeze.
"OMG!! YUGYEOM?!"
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Yugyeom's POV
My eyes instantly open up and I begin coughing up water very hard.
"OMG!! YUGYEOM?!" I heard Bambam and Jackson saying in shock then cheering.
How did I get here? What happened to me? All I remembered was diving looking for-
JINYOUNG! Is he alright?!
I stop coughing and I begin breathing again and I turn to my head to my left and I see Jinyoung looking at me with relief on his face.
Then suddenly, I remembered this familiar moment.
When I met him the very first time after he saved me.
I smiled at him and saw our friendship bracelets on our wrists, "These are how you wear these silly human things right?" Jinyoung asks me with a smile on his face and I chuckle and hold his hand.
"You kept your promise...you came back..."
"We did pinky promise on it, didn't we?" Jinyoung says holding up his pinky still smiling.
"Yes, we did. Thank you."
"Now, you have to promise me something too."
"What?"
"That you won't dive into the water and almost try to kill yourself! Huh?! Pabo yah!!" Jinyoung sasses me and I laugh and sit up.
"Oh fine, fine, I promise I won't do that again." I wrap my pinky around his to seal to promise.
He smiles at me happily and points to Bambam and Jackson, "Now we just have to deal with these other pabos."
"Yah! We helped you save him!!" Jackson says in defense an I turn to them and glare at them.
"Jackson shut up lemme do the talking. Yugyeom, I deserved that punch earlier, and Jackson deserved to be yelled at too. We're both very sorry. We betrayed you, and that wasn't cool man."
"You two are better than that. At least that's what I thought." I tell them.
"Yeah, you're not wrong. Bambam is right, we caused this whole situation. It costed your life, and it costed Jinyoung's true identity as well. Please, forgive us." Jackson says then bows.
Bambam bows as well, "Yeah, we wanna get things back to where they were. Our greed and jealously only blinded us."
I sigh, "Alright, I'll forgive you, only if Jinyoung forgives you. But just know if we do forgive you both, we both will need time to build our trust on you guys back. Understood?"
They both nod then look at Jinyoung with those puppy eyes as they asked for forgiveness.
Jinyoung sighs and flips his tail, "You know what the punishment for betraying a merman or mermaid is?"
They shook their head and Jinyoung smirks at them, "Death!! I'll have to kill you both."
Jackson screams and hugs Bambam and I stifle a laugh.
"But! I think since I'm one of the nice merpeople, I think I'll let you both off with forgiveness."
They both sigh in relief and Bambam pushes scaredy cat Jackson off of him.
"Wah!! Thanks Jinyoung hyung!! And Yugyeom ah!!" Bambam says and Jackson grins and nods in agreement with him.
"Now hold my hands, I'm gonna erase your memories."
"What?! But, but, that's not fair!! You won't erase Yugyeom's!!" Jackson says and my head turns to Jinyoung.
"You won't?! Wait, please don't if you will."
Jinyoung rolls his eyes sassily at all of us, "Aish humans jump to conclusions too much. No! I'm just erasing from the moment you both saw me cry, up to the moment where you both saw me pull Yugyeom out of the water. That way your hidden intentions of exposing me are gone."
"Pft we don't wanna do that anymore. Pearls aren't even a big deal anyways."
"Guys he can't make any chances. Just do it. It's not like he's gonna erase you're whole life story."
They both sigh and hold their hands with Jinyoung.
It took about a minute but Jinyoung let go of their hands when he finished.
"How come you just held their hands to erase their memory but you smacked the shit out of me to erase mine!?"
Jinyoung laughs, "I thought it was funny. I did it the correct way after you were knocked out though."
"Aish!!" I glare at him and fold my arms.
"Yah, you two alright?" Jinyoung turns and asks Bambam and Jackson.
"Sort of, I'm kinda confused but it's whatever." Bambam says.
"Yeah same."
"Alright, now get out." Jinyoung sasses.
"Wheh?! Hyung!"
"I want to talk to Yugyeom alone."
"Fine, but before we go, Gyeom ah! Check out this photo of Jinyoung totally kissing you!"
"WHEH?!" Jackson shows me the photo of Jinyoung kissing me and I turn to him in shock as my cheeks heat up.
"HAHAHAHA C'MON JACKSON LETS GO!!" Bambam laughs as the two of them run away.
"Aish!! I should've erased their memories of that moment too. Hehe don't worry Bambam told me to do CPR. And, and for your information you are a terrible kisser."
"Um yeah because I was half dead! Yah!! Next time just use a defibrillator!"
"A what?"
"Never mind. But, since you did mouth to mouth, am i gonna get special powers?!"
Jinyoung laughs at me, "You're ridiculous! Hahaha!"
"Hmph fine. But in all seriousness, Jinyoung I'm so, so sorry for yelling at you earlier. Even telling you to leave the house, leave my life...that was the worst thing I could ever say. You're right, I don't listen to you, when you want to be independent. I don't see you for your capabilities, for that, I'm truly sorry." I bow my head and apologize to him.
I still felt bad from that moment, but all I want is forgiveness.
"Yugyeom, what you said hurt me...a lot."
"I understand..."
"I felt weak all of a sudden, and felt my heart hurt. But actually if Bambam and Jackson didn't throw me into the sea my heart would've turned to stone."
"What? Really?!"
"Yes, but I'm better now that I've been in the sea for a bit. But, I forgive you, if only you would forgive me as well. I caused you to get angry. I shouldn't have said anything. I knew you were only trying to keep me safe."
"No, Jinyoung, if you didn't yell at me I would've never realized what I did wrong. It's fine, trust me." I reassure him with a smile and he nods.
"Well, alright. I'm glad we're okay now. But...I should probably head back to the ocean." Jinyoung tells me and looks out to the sea.
My eyes widen, "What?! Why! Jinyoung you can't leave me again..."
"Yugyeom look at me. I'm a fish for crying out loud. I'm only a burden to you. Even if I get legs again, I'm still a burden to you. If I stay in the sea, you'll be more free without me. This is what fate means when we aren't supposed to be together..."
"No." I disagree firmly and he looks at me with sad eyes.
"Yugyeom I-"
"No, Jinyoung. Fate never pulled us apart once as we were friends over the past few weeks. Fate also brought you back to me! Sure we fought, but fights happen with friends, it's normal. They make up in the end! Just how we did! You aren't a burden to me Jinyoung, you could never be. We can make this work. You're my best friend...I love you Jinyoung, whether you have strong human legs, or scaly green fins. We're meant to be together, not apart. You believe that, don't you?" I tell him with a smile.
Jinyoung looks at me with relief and hope in his eyes, "You...love me? Like this?"
I nod my head, "Yes, hyung."
Suddenly, a bright glow came from Jinyoung's tail and I squint my eyes so I wouldn't be hurt by the brightness.
I grin as I realized what was happening, "Jinyoung ah! Your tail!"
Jinyoung returned back into his human self, but I quickly got up and grabbed my coat from earlier and covered his bare body.
Since it was still cold out here, I hug him with the coat wrapped around him to encase him in the heat.
I chuckle, "Guess whenever you change back we should have clothes for you. No problem though haha."
"Thanks Yugyeom, I was really worried you wouldn't accept me if you found out my secret."
"You know me by now not to judge. I think having a merman friend is pretty cool honestly haha."
"Yugyeom, I love you too...I'll stay with you."
I smile and hug him tighter feeling happy and relieved, "Let's go home buddy."
"Let's."
I zip the big coat up on Jinyoung and smile at him, putting my arm around him and we walk to my car.
We leave the sounds of seagulls, squawking in the distance looking for food.
The sounds of the ocean waves crashing against the shoreline, saying goodbye to us as we approached my car, but we knew we would be back more than once.
And the salty sea breeze as the cool fall wind would soon turn into winter.
I knew that the seasons would change, and Jinyoung's body form would change as well.
But our strong destined friendship, between a human and a merman, would last a lifetime.
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Yeah bOIIII BLUE SEA IS COMPLETE AYYYEEEE *dabs* omg thank you guys for reading it! We've reached about 513 reads!! Wahhhh!!! That's sO amAsHing lOl!!
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