SALACIA - CAST

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where are the weak hero fics IM STARVING 😭💔

POLAROIDS - CAST

THE LOVE TRIANGLE ;

೯⠀⁺ ⠀ 𖥻 THE SHY GIRLFRIEND ᰋ

-ˏˋ⋆ ZURI REIGN ⋆ˊˎ-

"𝜗𝜚 ﹐, I know, I can't help it. He's just so..   ; ⟡"

22, Gemini

"Z,  Reńee,  Angel."

and

೯⠀⁺ ⠀ 𖥻 THE RETIRED PLAYER BOYFRIEND ᰋ

-ˏˋ⋆ WOOYOUNG JUNG ⋆ˊˎ-

"𝜗𝜚 ﹐, That’s my girl, I can't do her like that..   ; ⟡"

25, Saggitarius

"Woo, Youngin, Playboy."

and

೯⠀⁺ ⠀ 𖥻 THE EXTROVERTED BESTIE ᰋ

-ˏˋ⋆ DANIELLE MARSH ⋆ˊˎ-

"𝜗𝜚 ﹐, I've always been there for you, haven't I?   ; ⟡"

22, Aries

"Dani, Marshmallow."

THE ONES TRYING TO IMPROVE ;

೯⠀⁺ ⠀ 𖥻 THE MATURE HOMEBOY  ᰋ

-ˏˋ⋆ SEONGHWA PARK ⋆ˊˎ-

"𝜗𝜚 ﹐, I’ll get us out of here. All of us.   ; ⟡"

26, Aries

"Hwa, Starboy."

and

೯⠀⁺ ⠀ 𖥻 THE RICH FASHIONISTA ᰋ

-ˏˋ⋆ HONGJOONG KIM ⋆ˊˎ-

"𝜗𝜚 ﹐, I've been avoiding all that shit. I need to work on producing and my brand.   ; ⟡"

26, Scorpio

"Joong, Captain."

THE DRUGGIES ;

೯⠀⁺ ⠀ 𖥻 THE DRUG DEALER ᰋ

-ˏˋ⋆ YUNHO "SPIDEY" JEONG ⋆ˊˎ-

"𝜗𝜚 ﹐, I'll fuck you up. I don't play about my shit.   ; ⟡"

25, Aries

"Spidey, Yuyu."

and

೯⠀⁺ ⠀ 𖥻 THE PRETTY HOMEBOY ᰋ

-ˏˋ⋆ YEOSANG KANG ⋆ˊˎ-

"𝜗𝜚 ﹐, Kindly, shut the hell up.   ; ⟡"

25, Gemini

"Sangie."

and

೯⠀⁺ ⠀ 𖥻 THE DRIPPED OUT STONER ᰋ

-ˏˋ⋆ MINGI SONG ⋆ˊˎ-

"𝜗𝜚 ﹐, Come on, Yuyu.. Give me one more..   ; ⟡"

25, Leo

"Minki, Princess.”

THE FIGHTERS ;

೯⠀⁺ ⠀ 𖥻 THE CLINGY BEST FRIEND ᰋ

-ˏˋ⋆ SAN CHOI ⋆ˊˎ-

"𝜗𝜚 ﹐, I just want you to be safe.   ; ⟡"

25, Cancer

"Choi."

and

೯⠀⁺ ⠀ 𖥻 THE SWOLE HOMEBOY ᰋ

-ˏˋ⋆ JONGHO CHOI ⋆ˊˎ-

"𝜗𝜚 ﹐, I'll crack your head open like a damn watermelon.   ; ⟡"

24, Libra

"Jongbear, Buffman."

More to be introduced…

are you ready for this?

WELCOME TO POLAROIDS

by minkiluva

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format creds to @2SP3ARB'S "CONCRETE LOVE" on wattpad !!

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this might be the cutest mermaid and pirate ateez i’ve ever seen i love the concept of seonghwa being a huge shark

Gently Giant

Whale mershark!Seonghwa x mermaid!fem reader

(feat. pirate!Ateez)

Words: 5k

Genre/au: mermaid!au, fantasy, supernatural, giant!au?, fluff

Warnings: use of Y/n, injury, blood, kidnapping, Seonghwa is a big ass shark boi, possible thalassophobia or fear of large creatures in deep water

~For Scale: Seonghwa is 35ft long from head to tail and his head is the size of Hongjoong; their ship The Inception is 50ft long.

**Hello my lovelies!! 💕 Inspired by the ‘Ateez as sharks’ post from the lovely @beenbaanbuun, this is a no-smut soft fic about how pirate!Ateez met Y/n and a BIG, gentle, protective, mershark!Seonghwa 🤭 The average male whale shark is 26-30 ft (8-9 meters) long, while the females can be anywhere from that length to 45-60 ft (14-18 meters) 🤓☝️ for the sake of this fic, the tail isn’t shrinking to fit Seonghwa, he’s growing to fit the tail 👀🫶🏻 Please check out my other fics and leave any and all feedback, I love to hear it! 🫰🏻 This is not meant to represent any persons in real life and is a work of fiction. Do not repost or translate ©jagibangbangchan**

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Pain pulsed behind her eyes, fish flopping all around her, the heaviness of a giant net pulling at her legs? as she tried to move, the shouting voices around her ringing through her head like spiked nails.

What happened…where am I?

Her vision cleared slightly as her method of capture was ripped away, the weight of the net disappearing allowing Y/n to gasp a strained breath. The sun blinded her again though as she was tossed onto her back, pain shooting through her as she hit the wood deck with a thud.

“…in the net?…middle of no where…who is she?”

Fragments of words made their way through the sharp feeling splitting her skull, nothing concrete enough to help her understand. She flinched at the harsh shout of their captain, a shadow crouching to block the sun as one of the fishermen pulled her eye open, the beam of light like an arrow through her head. Gasping out, she shut her eyes tightly, trying to weakly swat the man away from her. The strength in her arms was concerning, the grip of the fisherman easily stopping her movements.

“…her head…see?…blood there from the net…no, looks like hers.”

Blood? I’m bleeding?

Y/n tried to pull her hands from the fisherman again, her efforts futile as they started to drag her below the deck, panic filling her alongside the pain as she could only see as the sun disappeared. Her legs felt foreign to her, their weakness being her literal downfall as she tumbled off the last few stairs and landed heavily at her captor’s feet.

A quiet groan left her as the man crouched above her, pulling her head to face him and shaking her slightly until she attempted to look at him through bleary eyes.

“Who are you, huh? Where did you come from, all the way out here?”

I wish I knew…Rolling her eyes closed again, she lolled her head to the side in pain, trying to push him away.

“Tsk…should’ve just thrown you back in the ocean.”

The fisherman stood then, pulling open a grated door and picking her up far enough to throw her into the makeshift cell. Y/n crumpled to the floor, the pain too much as she closed her eyes and pressed her cheek against the cool wood beneath her. Finally she was able to lift her hand to her head, even through her blurry vision she could see the red that tinted her fingers when she pulled them away. Letting the darkness close in on her consciousness, the sudden and violent lurching of the ship didn’t concern her as she slipped into her dreams.

Tranquil, crystal clear, light-streaked blue waters surround her as far as her eyes can see. The strange feeling of her weak legs is gone, replaced by the familiar strength of a powerful tail and fins.

Her tail carries her along a warm current, her path leading over a gorgeous reef, the rocks teeming with brightly colored coral and the flashing of a million scales that covered the little fish dancing through the aquatic plant life. The feeling of her fingers trailing over the coral and anemones, the pull of a cheeky octopus distracting her when he surged from his hiding place to wrap around her wrist.

The dream is so clear, until it hazes around her…as though she were surrounded by millions of tiny bubbles.

The dream shatters. Flashes of memory spin through her aching mind, the rough fibers of a net, her fingers clawing to anchor herself on the reef, bubbles and fish surrounding her as she is quickly pulled out of the water.

The moment before a sharp pain pierces her temple, the last thing she remembers is reaching for a shadow. A massive speckled shadow that reached for her too, moving towards the ship she was now trapped on…

Shouting and gunfire rang through the air as Y/n slowly regained consciousness. Still unable to move without double vision, she blearily drug herself up to be sat against the wall. Her head pulsed, but everything wasn’t as piercing as before, and she felt her hearing adjust as she tracked the sound of many stomping boots on the deck above her.

Before she could discern anything from all the noise, the door at the top of the stairs burst open, the body of a fisherman tumbling down and slamming into the cell door. Squinting into the brightness that flooded from above her, Y/n saw the shadowy outline of a man draw closer until he was looking through the bars. She curled in on herself, shielding her body as his face slowly came into focus, the confusion on his features morphing into shock when he saw her naked and bloody.

“Captain! Down here!”

San motioned to her when more men appeared at the top of the stairs, a shorter man with fierce eyes coming into her sight as he approached and looked through the cell door. Hongjoong didn’t expect to find prisoners aboard this ship, they were just after the rumored gold being smuggled by the crew…‘I have a feeling ‘fisherman’ was a fairly loose title, apparently they weren’t picky about what they caught.’, he thought darkly.

Calling over his shoulder, “Yeosang! Come down here. The rest of you, search the bodies for the key to this fucking door.”

After several moments of shuffling and muted shouting, another man came down the stairs quickly and unlocked the cell door. Crouching in front of her, he set a small bag next to him, carefully draping a thick blanket over her naked form that she gratefully accepted.

“Hello,” he spoke softly, eyeing the wound on her head, “my name is Yeosang. Is it okay if I take a look at that?”

His deep and calming voice, along with his angelic likeness, instantly made her feel as though she could trust him. When she nodded slowly, he gently turned her head so he could see better. He grabbed a white cloth from his bag, Y/n wincing in pain as he pressed it against the gash in her hairline to stem the bleeding. With a deep furrow in his brow, Yeosang turned back to Hongjoong in worry.

“I don’t have what I need to help a head wound like this, Captain. We may have to take her back to the Inception with us.”

“Alright, Yeo. And of course we’re taking her with us, I wasn’t about to just abandon her on a ship full of dead men.”

Scoffing at their captain, Yeosang passed his bag to San before he turned back to Y/n.

“Is that okay? We can help with your injury and then after you can open your eyes more, we can ask you some questions, maybe help you get home.”

The pretty man’s suggestion was definitely better than bleeding out on the floor of a cell, so again Y/n slowly nodded. His smile was charming, grabbing her own hand to press over the cloth against her wound, his now free arms wrapping her securely in the blanket before lifting her easily off the floor. She slumped against him as her world tilted with the change, her vision fading in and out as Yeosang carried her up the stairs and into the sunlight again.

She tried to keep the cloth pressed to her head, but with her awareness slipping, her hand fell away limp as her vision went black. They walked across the gangplank to board the ship, the bloody cloth dropping into the dark water below them and sinking beneath the surface. Yunho watched it sink as he helped pull the plank back in, blinking hard as he saw the cloth disappear, snatched by what looked like a gigantic hand. He gazed into the water more intensely, but couldn’t see anything else move.

As the Inception began to sail away, only for a quick moment, Yunho saw something else. An enormous, speckled shadow, trailing under the edge of their ship, a feeling of fear growing in him at thought of what kind of creature that large could be directly below them.

Below deck, Yeosang did a complete checkup on their unexpected treasure, explaining to Hongjoong in a low voice that she had no other injuries besides the one on her head, and several scratches on her hands.

“She also doesn’t seem starved or dirty like you would expect from a prisoner. Her injury is fairly fresh and her hair was wet with sea water.”

Yeosang shrugged, Hongjoong gazing at her thoughtfully, logic and myth battling in his head.

“What do you think, Captain?”

“I think we’ll just have to wait until she wakes up. There’s no use speculating over it and coming up with the wrong idea…just keep an eye on her and let me know when she’s awake.”

Yeosang nodded, sitting beside where Y/n lay on the bunk and checking over the bandage he applied while Hongjoong made his way up to the deck again. Turning to head to the helm, he spotted Yunho standing on the railing, holding a rope to lean far over and inspect the water. He was so focused on gazing beneath the surface that he didn’t notice the Captain approaching.

Startled, he turned quickly when Hongjoong spoke, “Did we lose something?”

Yunho slapped a hand over his heart dramatically, “Aissshh you scared me, Captain, I thought you said you’d stop sneaking up on me like that.”

Hongjoong rolled his eyes with a smile as Yunho continued, “And no, we didn’t lose anything. But…I thought I saw something earlier when we were boarding the ship again, and now I swear…there’s something swimming under the ship. Something really big.”

His eyebrows shooting up in concern, Hongjoong looked over the railing again with Yunho, several minutes passing before the Captain saw what he meant. Barely visible in the dark water, a huge shadow moved within the shadow of the Inception, as though using the ship as camouflage.

Leaning back and putting a hand to his chin, Hongjoong considered the danger they could be in if there really was a creature below them that was almost as big as the ship.

‘Honestly, if it is that big, there isn’t much we could do anyway if it’s aggressive. But why is it there…?’, he thought, but before he could give Yunho an answer, Yeosang popped out from below deck again to tell him that she was awake.

The bunk Y/n woke up in was much better than the floor of a cell, but it still wasn’t right…this wasn’t where she belonged. Her head hurt much less as she sat up slowly, the dizziness gone and her vision more clear, but her memories of being captured were still fuzzy and her body weak. There was a strain in her throat, like she’d swallowed sand, and the only noise she could produce was an airy and choked sound.

Lifting her hand to her head, she felt the cloth bandage wrapped securely around her wound, a look down showing they’d dressed her in a loose shirt and trousers as well.

‘What strange humans…why did they save me?’

She looked up as the door to the room opened, the pretty man from before…Yeosang, and the man they called the Captain, both approaching her. Yeosang smiled warmly, sitting beside the bunk and inspecting her bandage again.

“Hello again, how are you feeling?”

Y/n simply nodded at him as she looked nervously between Yeosang and the Captain. Turning to look at him too, Yeosang said, “This is our captain, Hongjoong.”

Again she nodded at him, the two growing confused with her silence.

“Can you tell us your name?” Hongjoong asked, wondering if all she could do was nod. She shook her head this time after hesitating, looking down at her hands.

“No? Do you not know your name?”

She shook her head again, trying to speak but still failing.

“You don’t know your name? We won’t be able to help you with no information.”

Huffing, Y/n shook her head more and looked at Yeosang for help. He’d noticed that her mouth had opened as if to answer Hongjoong, but no words came like…she couldn’t speak.

“Wait, Captain…it’s not that she won’t tell us, I don’t think she can.”

Yeosang carefully reached out to her throat as she nodded with a relieved sigh, tilting her head up as he pressed his fingers gently under her jaw and along where her vocal chords were. Not feeling any injury or swelling, he shrugged at Hongjoong.

“So…you can’t speak, but you do understand us? Will you just nod yes or no to our questions then?”

She nodded. Hongjoong nodded too, thinking quickly about how to ask everything in a yes or no. He realized she could also point, pulling out a map of their route and unrolling it towards her.

“Okay, this is where we were when we found you on that ship.” He pointed to their general area on the map, circling his finger over the closest areas of land near it next. “Are any of these lands where they took you from?”

Y/n shook her head, pointing at the spot that Hongjoong had first circled, a spot of open ocean with no land for miles around. She tapped her finger there three times, looking at them both and nodding.

Hongjoong looked at her in confusion, “No, that’s where we found you. We need to know where they took you from so we can take you back.”

Again she tapped the spot on the map with no land, nodding more emphatically at him before making a catching motion with her hands, like a trap closing around something. Hongjoong’s eyes widened as he pieced together what she was trying to say.

“They…caught you? From that spot in the ocean?”

Y/n nodded, Yeosang looking at her in shock too as they realized that could only mean one thing. Slowly, Hongjoong rolled up his map, his eyes never leaving hers as his earlier thoughts of logic and myth warred behind his sharp gaze. ‘She can’t speak or walk very well, they fished her out of the water in the middle of nowhere…’ He sat on the edge of the bunk, giving in to his curiosity and superstition as he asked, “You’re not a human…are you?”

She hesitated before shaking her head, her fear of humans resurfacing as she remembered where she was. Yeosang rushed to reassure her, “That’s okay! We won’t hurt you either way, but…wow, that’s just…wow, okay so are you a mermaid?”

Y/n smiled shyly and nodded, the entire room suddenly rocking as the ship jolted, tipping sideways violently. Yeosang caught her as she flew out of the bunk, Hongjoong rolling backwards onto the floor and landing with a groan.

“What the hell…?”

“Captain!”

Yunho’s shout from the deck had Hongjoong scrambling to his feet, motioning to Yeosang as he put Y/n back on the bunk. “Stay here, Yeo, just in case we hit something else.”

Not waiting for a response, Hongjoong bounded to the deck to see the rest of his crew scrambling to stand again and look over the railings. Yunho walked up to him with an uneasy look on his face, shaking his head when Hongjoong asked, “Did we hit a reef?”

“No, Captain…the big shadow under the ship…it hit us.”

Sharing a look with Yunho, Hongjoong shouted out to Wooyoung. “Woo! Be careful, but give us a lookout. See if there’s something we can’t see from here.”

Saluting sarcastically, Wooyoung clambered up the mast and into the crows nest. As he looked out into the water far below, his stomach dropped at the sight of the biggest creature he’d ever seen just beneath the surface. Easily almost the size of their entire ship, it’s long speckled tail swayed side to side as it propelled its large form towards their ship again, very humanoid arms reaching to knock the vessel sideways.

‘It swims side to side…a shark? …that’s a big fucking shark.’

Tying himself to the mast quickly as he leaned over to shout down to the crew, “Brace yourselves! It’s coming back!”

The moment the words left his mouth, the ship rocked dangerously to the side, throwing the men in all different directions, some almost over the edge into the now frothing water. Hongjoong shouted to Wooyoung as he stood again, “What the hell is it?”

Scrambling down from the crows nest, Wooyoung waved his arms frantically as he recalled the creature.

“It’s huge, Captain! As big as a whale or bigger, but it moves like a shark. I don’t think it’s just some big creature, though, it’s too smart and it looked like it had…arms.”

‘Arms?’ Hongjoong puzzled, everything too fantastical for his liking today. He couldn’t help but wonder suddenly if there was a connection between finding her, a mermaid, and the giant creature? messing with their ship.

“Captain?”

He looked up to meet the eyes of his crew, all of them nervous that the creature’s next pass would throw them into the ocean. “Don’t worry, I have a hunch. For now, tie down anything heavy that’s loose and secure your life lines. I’ll be right back.”

Running down the stairs again, he pushed the door open to find Yeosang already carrying her towards the door.

“Ah, perfect timing Captain, will you hold that open?”

Hongjoong looked at him with a raised eyebrow, his eyes moving to her as they stopped in front of him. Y/n held his gaze, motioning behind him with her chin toward the deck.

“Why do you want to go up there?…Is it why the ship keeps tipping?”

She nodded at him, the memories returning to her when she was being thrown around in the room with Yeosang. The giant shadow in her dream, the creature below the ship, her guardian, her best friend.

Desperation filled her eyes as she nodded at Hongjoong again, his decision made as he finally accepted the unlikely truth. He allowed Yeosang to pass him up the stairs, carrying her onto the deck while the crew gathered around them.

“What’s going on, Captain?” San’s features were carved in confusion as they all watched Yeosang sit her on the railing with her back to the water.

“We figured out why the ship is being attacked, San. Turns out…we have something that doesn’t belong to us.” Hongjoong held his hand out to her as he and Yeosang helped her turn, kicking the trousers onto the deck and throwing her legs over the other side of the railing. Yeosang kissed the back of her hand gently as she smiled at him, Y/n looking to Hongjoong with gratitude as she smiled brightly.

He smiled back to her before she turned and leapt off the railing, plunging into the water below as the rest of the crew shouted after her.

Amongst the feeling of tiny bubbles against her skin, silence engulfed her.

As though she were a sponge, she could feel the familiar comfort of the ocean flowing into her. It swirled through her like a warm tidal wave, washing from the top of her head to the tips of her fins.

Looking down at her tail in relief, she shed the pirate’s shirt as she twirled in the water with a happy giggle, the sound bringing more relief as she regained her voice. Sensing the huge presence ascending from the depths below her, Y/n giggled again, turning to look down as she was engulfed by a pair of large, gentle hands.

Holding his thumbs as she popped her head out, the gorgeous giant rose into the sunlight, his massive form trailing down deeper into the water as his worried face was finally in her sight again.

“Seonghwa…”

The huge mershark pulled her close to him, pressing her against his cheek in a soft hug.

“Thank the depths, you’re alright…Do you have any idea how worried I’ve been? I thought I’d lost you, little fish. To see you captured by humans…I was too slow, I tried to get to you but I-”

“Stop it, Seonghwa.” She nuzzled against his cheek firmly as she patted his nose. “It’s my fault…you told me to be more careful in shallow water. I was too close to the surface and I know it’s hard for you to swim over the reef sometimes.”

She wriggled until he moved his hands back, shifting his left so she could sit in his palm, Seonghwa smiling softly as she planted her hands on either side of his nose and pleaded at him with sparkling eyes.

“I’m sorry I made you worry, Hwa. I hit my head when they captured me, so my memory was fuzzy until a little while ago, but I was saved by the pirates on that ship.”

Pointing above them at the Inception, Y/n could see the wavering image of the crew leaning over the railing, searching the dark water for any sign of her after she’d jumped overboard.

“I know…” Seonghwa lifted his other hand to place a now only slightly bloody cloth in her hands, her eyes widening as she remembered the first bandage Yeosang had given her. “I watched them save you from the fishermen. I wasn’t about to let either ship you were on out of my sight until I could figure out a way to get you off that ship.”

Deceptive for his size, Seonghwa gently brushed one finger against the much more secure bandage around her head, his fear and anxiety melting away as she smiled at him.

“Is that why you were rocking the boat? Trying to get their attention?”

Y/n’s smile turned cheeky at the sheepish look that crossed Seonghwa’s face. “I wasn’t trying to hurt any one, but I knew they wouldn’t go very far if they thought I was dangerous…”

Shaking her head fondly, she leaned forward to hug his cheek again. “Maybe not so dangerous, but you’re still my hero, Seonghwa.” He held her against his cheek a little tighter, circling slowly beneath the Inception as they reunited.

On the surface, the pirates all still watched the water with tense anticipation, Hongjoong hoping they hadn’t just let some random woman jump to her death. Just as he was about to jump in after her, Wooyoung shouted as they saw her head pop up next to the ship, waving at them with a smile.

“Hi guys!”

Yeosang laughed while the others looked at her in shock. The idea that they had saved a mermaid from fishermen was beyond anything they’d ever imagined to encounter at sea. Slowly, Wooyoung and San smiled too, waving back at her as she drew as close as she could to the ship and still see them all.

“I’m sorry, I really couldn’t explain anything without my voice. But yes, Yeosang, I am a mermaid and my name is Y/n.”

She smiled at the medic, the bright smile he gave her in return making her cheeks red. Floating out of the water a little, she held her hand over her heart as she spoke again. “Thank you. Truly, I owe you all my life…so thank you for saving me from the fate of a common fish.”

All of them smiled at her then, Hongjoong leaning over the railing more. “It’s an honor to have simply met a mermaid, twice the honor to have her trust us with her name. I am still curious about your ferocious guardian, however.”

Y/n snorted at the word ‘ferocious’, promising to introduce them as she popped beneath the water again. The pirates all scanned the surface, her head coming up again before she turned to say, “My friends…this is Seonghwa.”

The ocean around the ship trembled, Yunho and Mingi looking at each other in fear as small waves lapped at the sides of their vessel. Breaching the surface, sleek jet-black hair framed an otherworldly face, his beauty leaving several of the men breathless, the Captain most of all. The merman shared with her the pointed ears and teeth of mermaids, but his pattern covered almost his entire body, fading to a more human skin on his chest, neck, and face. And much to the shock of Hongjoong and his entire crew…Seonghwa was massive.

Easily able to topple their ship, his head alone stood the height of the Captain, several of the pirates peeking into the water to see his body disappear into the dim waves. Fear was the logical response to a being of that size rising out of the water, only Hongjoong staying near the railing as the others backed up slightly.

Awkward silence stretched between them then, Seonghwa raising his hand out of the water to wave at them sheepishly.

“You don’t have to be afraid of him, he didn’t mean you any harm.”

They still hesitated despite Y/n’s reassurance, the key to gaining their trust coming in the sound of Seonghwa’s soft voice.

“I promise I won’t hurt you. I wasn’t trying to break your ship, or hurt anyone, but I didn’t know how else to stop you so I could get her back.”

“He’s not all that dangerous, just very big and a little clumsy.”

Seonghwa playfully shoved her under the water with one hand, smiling fondly at her when she resurfaced just out of arms reach with a giggle.

“Thank you for saving her from that awful ship. I’m not sure what I would do…I’d be very lost and very lonely without my little fish.”

Hongjoong nodded when Seonghwa looked at him, watching them with amusement as he twirled her through the water while she held his fingers. Over the initial shock of the insanity of their current situation, the Captain found himself saddened at the thought that they might never encounter the two fascinating beings ever again. He hesitated to ask them to stick around, knowing it was dangerous for them to follow too closely to humans, especially Seonghwa, but he was so intrigued by the giant mershark that Hongjoong thought a part of him might actually die if he didn’t get to know him more.

Before he could struggle internally any more, Yeosang, Yunho, Wooyoung, and San all crowded around him. In a hushed tone, Wooyoung begged the Captain, “…can we keep them? Look at them Captain, they’re amazing and adorable and he’s so cool and she’s so cool and San and I want to go swimming with her and do you think he’d let us ride on his bac-”

Yeosang slapped his hand over Woo’s mouth, the muffled sound of him still rambling causing Hongjoong to roll his eyes. Seeing the way his crew accepted them he knew, at least with this ship full of humans, they would be safe wherever they were. Turning back to Seonghwa, he made his decision.

“It’s our genuine pleasure to have saved her and to have met the both of you, an opportunity as rare as much of the treasure we chase. If you ever need help in the future, or are threatened by humans again, please trust that we’ll help you.”

Y/n looked at Seonghwa hopefully, seeing a spark in her giant friend’s eyes that was more than curiosity. Smiling wide, she turned to the seven grinning pirates that cheered at what their Captain said, feeling the beginnings of a strange and wonderful friendship.

Almost a year later

“No. No…I swear Woo don’t you dar-oomph!”

Water shot into the air as Y/n was flattened into the sand by a cackling Wooyoung, San having hoisted said menace into the air in order to catch her. The shallows allowed her to out-maneuver them for the most part, but they were getting better and better at working together. She was still at an advantage, however, as Yeosang grabbed a wriggling Wooyoung off of her and threw him back at San. The three then faced off as Yeosang put himself between the mischief duo and Y/n, the mermaid swimming around behind him and flapping her tail at them tauntingly.

Standing tall in the thigh deep water and pointing at Yeosang dramatically, Wooyoung declared, “Give up the mermaid, you villian! We will stand for your torment of her no longer!!”

San sputtered a laugh as Y/n snorted in laughter with him, Yeosang bracing himself menacingly as he silently challenged Wooyoung. In a freaky show of telepathy, Wooyoung and San suddenly both zeroed in on Yeosang, the duo advancing as one and tackling Yeosang into the shallow crystal clear water as her laughter rang through the air.

The small island where the Inception was anchored had become their regular spot to meet Y/n and Seonghwa, the shallow water closer to the island perfect for Y/n to swim with the pirates, and the deeper slope of the island’s gradual drop off perfect for Seonghwa to simply lay on the soft sands with his arms folded under his chin to hold his head out of the water.

Hongjoong was in his usual spot, sitting in the crook of Seonghwa’s elbow with his legs dangling into the water, a book open that he read aloud from as he leaned against Seonghwa’s giant cheek. The mershark had his eyes half-closed in content, his heart warm as he watched her romp through the water with the younger pirates, Hongjoong’s voice soothing him more as he read him his human stories.

Seonghwa’s back was warm as well, Mingi sprawled on his stomach across Seonghwa’s shoulder fast asleep while Yunho lay stretched down his spine beside him with a book open, Jongho sitting down farther near Seonghwa’s tail with his legs in the water and his eyes closed as he enjoyed the sun.

He’d never imagined that he’d be so attached to such a strange group of humans, but the way his heart fluttered when Hongjoong adjusted more comfortably into his arm and leaned his head against Seonghwa, had the giant mershark deciding he would cherish the trust of these dear little creatures for the rest of his life.

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