Merman

"Kappa!”

The said red-haired male giggled when he heard the angry voice of his brother and he quickly swam away from his furious brother, flipping his tail in the process. “Kappa!“, his brother yelled after him again and Kappa looked back.

His brother’s once blue tail was a bright red now and Kappa laughed by the sight of his brother full of red, the same color as Kappa’s hair. He swam so quickly, trying to get away from his fuming brother, that he didn’t notice in which direction of the ocean he swam.

The forbidden part of Poseidon’s kingdom aka Kappa’s beloved father. Kappa shivered in the now colder water, and he stopped in the middle of a barrier reef, turning around in the water when he felt someone staring at him.

“Hello?“, the redhead called out and his big brown eyes scanned his surroundings. His tail glistened in the water, and he cursed lightly in his head. “I should have listened to Father and swam not too far from the palace”, Kappa mumbled and turned around to swim back into the safety of Poseidon’s palace.

Right in that moment, something big and heavy landed on the young merman and Kappa screamed in fear when his delicate back and tail hit the ground. The creature on top of the prince held him down and Kappa whimpered in agony when he couldn’t saw the face of his captor.

Then he heard a laugh.

“Gosh, you should see your face”, he heard a voice right next to his ear and then the young prince was released from the tight grip around his petite frame and the merman jolted up. The creature in front of him transformed into a handsome male with ash blond hair and black golden tentacles which almost hit Kappa’s head playfully.

“Yah, Nashie”, the redhead whined. “You almost scared me to death with your stupid attack”, the merman pouted afterwards and swam forward to comfort the younger. “I’m sorry, Kappa. But shouldn’t you be in your father’s palace?“, he asked slightly worried since it wasn’t the first time for the other to swim away from his home.

Meet Nash Aquarius, Son of the ‘evil’ Sea witch Ursula and ‘official’ enemy of Poseidon, the king of the sea. He was supposed to be evil and apparently, he was to anyone but Kappa. You see, Kappa and he had met when Kappa was swimming out if the palace in a fast pace, right after his engagement with Jeremias Storm, the son of Almeric Storm, the best friend of Kappa’s father Poseidon.

Kappa was furious and hurt that he should marry a stranger, well for him since he didn’t talk to Jeremias that much because he had this dark and scary aura around him. So, he ran, well swam away from home and into the forbidden area outside the palace.

Nash to that time was torturing some pathetic worms, in his opinion, but got stopped by the most beautiful creature in the world, also known as Kappa. The octopus-man was angered that someone stole him the opportunity of releasing his anger but when he saw the cute red-haired merman staring at him with big innocent eyes, he dropped his plan.

This was how the unequal friendship of Nash Aquarius and Kappa began.

“Yeah”, Kappa grumbled and got up from the stone, smiling apologetic at some fishes who were scared away by Nash’s sudden action. “I painted my brother’s tail”, he mumbled and watched how the fishes swam around him. A small smile spread on his stunning face. “You did what?“, Nash asked stunned, then choked on his laughter.

“Oh no, Kappa, again? He’ll kill you”, Nash said after he took a deep breath to calm himself. One of his tentacles wrapped itself around Kappa’s petite waist to pull him closer and Kappa let Nash hug him. “I know”, Kappa mumbled and began to play with Nash’s chain around on his neck. “You’re still wearing it”, the merman mumbled and smiled at the sea wizard in front of him.

“Always”, Nash whispered and squeezed Kappa’s waist. The merman snuggled closer into the embrace of his best friend. “We won’t see each other for a longer time possibly”, he mumbled sad and hugged Nash.

“Yeah”, Nash mumbled into Kappa’s fluffy hair that looked like a red halo around him. “I’m gonna miss you, Nashie”, Kappa choked out a sob, he loved the male in front of him so much. He was the first real friend for the prince. It didn’t matter for Kappa what others thought of Nash.

He knew the real Nash and that only counted.

“Kappa, you need to go back before they send someone who’ll search for you, they can’t see you with me...”

“Step back from the prince, Aquarius. Now.”

“Ah crap”, Nash cursed and turned around to was met with a weapon, hold by the one and only Jeremias Storm.

“Hello Jett. Nice seeing you again”, he said casually and Kappa stiffened in his arms when he heard the hateful name of his Fiancé.

“Kappa. Come over to me, now. Your father is worried sick about you”, Jett said in a soft but demanding voice and Kappa looked back at Nash.

“Kappa, don’t”, Nash said softly and removed his tentacle from Kappa’s waist, giving Jett the chance to grab Kappa.

“I should kill you, Aquarius but I don’t want Kappa to see me touching dirt”, Jett spatted at the ash blond male and Nash smirked.

“Dirt? A new nickname, I’m so happy”, he replied sarcastically and Kappa winced when Jett’s nails dug into the soft skin of his arm. “I’ll be fine, Kappa, don’t worry”, Nash called out for the small prince and Kappa nodded.

He then wiggled out of Jett’s grip and hastily swimming back into the safety of the palace. Jett then turned to Nash. “How are you still alive, Fucktard”, he said towards the other and Nash smirked.

“Willpower, Jett. Just strong willpower.”