Pairing : Brother! Uki Violeta x reader ( platonic )
Characters : you, uki, sonny
Story : you've been quite distant...
Uki sat alone, his mind clouded with uncertainty as he pondered the reasons behind your recent avoidance. He couldn't help but wonder if he had unknowingly done something to cause this rift between you.
Leaning his head heavily on the table, he searched his memories for any possible transgressions, desperate to unravel the mystery.
The weight of confusion bore down on him as he whispered to himself, "What could I have possibly done wrong?"
Feeling a need for guidance, Uki reached for his phone and scrolled through his contacts, his finger hovering uncertainly over the name "Sonny."
Taking a deep breath, he summoned the courage to make the call, hoping that Sonny could shed some light on the situation.
The phone rang, and with each passing second, Uki's anxiety grew. Finally, Sonny's voice filled the room, offering a glimmer of solace.
"Sonny!" Uki exclaimed, relief evident in his voice.
Sonny responded with a playful tone, "Yes, it's me. What's up?"
Uki wasted no time in pouring out his concerns. "I need your advice. Something's off with my sibling... They've been avoiding me lately, and I can't figure out why."
Curiosity tinged Sonny's voice as he probed further, "Have you done something to upset them?"
Uki's brows furrowed as he searched his memories for answers. "I honestly can't think of anything..."
A flicker of realization crossed Sonny's mind. "Perhaps it's just a phase they're going through, like adolescence. Have you considered that?"
Uki's eyes widened with the newfound perspective. "Oh... I never thought of that. It could be... But what should I do?"
Sonny's advice carried a touch of wisdom. "Instead of speculating, why not have a heart-to-heart conversation with them? Clear the air and find out what's really going on."
Uki nodded, feeling a renewed sense of purpose. "You're right. I should talk to them directly. Thank you, Sonny."
Sonny's warm voice conveyed reassurance. "You're welcome, Uki. Remember, I'm here for you anytime you need to talk."
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Uki stood nervously in front of the door, his mind racing with uncertainty. After taking a deep breath to gather his resolve, he summoned the courage to knock.
Silence greeted him, intensifying his worry. Undeterred, he knocked again, desperation creeping into his voiceless pleas for a response.
Growing increasingly anxious, Uki resolved to take matters into his own hands. "I'm going in," he declared, his voice resolute enough to be heard from the other side.
Slowly, he opened the door, peering inside with trepidation, only to find the room empty and devoid of life.
Confusion clouded his thoughts. "Eh? Where could they be?" Uki questioned himself, his anxiety mounting.
Closing the door behind him, he began to explore the house, searching for any trace of your presence. Every room yielded no sign, except for one—the closed door leading to his studio. Curiosity gnawed at him.
What could you be doing inside?
Knocking softly on the studio door, he cautiously turned the handle, allowing his gaze to venture inside. "(Name)? Are you in here?" he inquired, his eyes widening in surprise as he caught sight of you standing in front of the piano, your hands poised and ready.
The panic in your voice was palpable as you protested, "Wait, no, Uki! You're not supposed to see this..."
Perplexed, Uki raised an eyebrow. "Why not?" he pressed, his curiosity piqued by your cryptic words.
With a pout, you confessed, "Well... it was supposed to be for your birthday..."
His initial surprise turned into a mixture of realization and excitement. "Oh...," Uki stammered, processing the unexpected revelation.
Grinning mischievously, he asserted, "Well, you can show me now. Consider it an early gift!" Taking a seat beside you, he waited eagerly for the performance to unfold.
A tinge of sadness colored your hum as you acquiesced, "All right..."
As the room became saturated with an enchanting melody, delicate notes cascaded from your fingertips, painting an ethereal atmosphere. The music danced through the air, weaving an intricate tapestry of emotions that captivated both of you.
And then, Uki recognized it—it was his song.
As the final note resonated, Uki embraced you, wordlessly conveying his gratitude and love. With a tender touch, he caressed your head, savoring the moment shared between siblings.
In the gentle embrace, you whispered, "Happy early birthday, brother," reaffirming the bond that transcended words and found solace in the language of music.
pairings: Shu Yamino, Uki Violeta, Shxtou, x gn!reader
letters: A and O
Shu Yamino
A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)
I have already written the letter A for him and you can find it here!
O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves?)
He takes a while to open up but it’s not really for a long time.
As much as he hates keeping this a secret from you, he also has to be cautious about it.
Anything could happen when he reveals things to you so he takes some time to open up.
Drops a few hints here and there that he could be a vtuber or he would ask you questions on how you’d feel dating a vtuber.
Even during revealing things to you, he would take his time, constantly looking at you to read your expressions.
Uki Violeta
A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)
I have already written the letter A for him and you can find it here!
O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves?)
Though he really hates hiding the fact that he’s a vtuber from you, he would keep it a secret for a very long time.
He’s quite scared of opening up about it to you, afraid of how you’d react.
Like Shu, he would sometimes ask you hypothetical questions about him being a vtuber or how you’d feel dating a vtuber and stuff like that.
Once he has tested the water enough and it’s obvious that he can trust you, then he will tell you about himself.
Shoxtou
A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)
Physical touch >>>
He loves being affectionate towards you through physical touches and he also loves it when you do the same.
In public or in private, it doesn’t matter. He always shows his affections through touching you.
If you’re not very comfortable with PDA then he would settle for gentle touches like just holding your hand or resting his hand on the small of your back.
And he’s very affectionate. This goes without saying, of course.
O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves?)
Once he’s in love with you, he trusts you with anything and everything.
So he doesn’t take a long time to reveal things about himself.
No matter how you’re going to react about it, he’s ready to accept it all.
The thought of you leaving him or doing anything nasty that could ruin his reputation does occur to him but he just brushes it off, telling himself that he’ll cross the bridge when he comes to it.
Overall, he genuinely trusts you and isn’t as afraid to reveal about himself.
not proofread, I'll do it when I have more energy!!@
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alban
The second school's tornado. He would ruin everything with his silly pranks alongside another mf named Mysta. You didn't even want to THINK about what he was going to do for his senior prank, maybe he'll nuke the school. (I can see him doing that deadass,,) however his classes were mostly upstairs, while you preformed hall duty downstairs. You had only heard from your colleagues that worked with you on how bad he was. You were thankful for once, you didn't even have a choice on what floor you wanted to monitor.
Until now.
"Y/nn, cmon! The teachers don't pay attention to who does what hallway, as long as their there! The person in charge doesn't care either, I'm sure of it!" Your freind keep pressing on you to switch area shifts with her, you didn't even tell her that the downstairs was probably worst than upstairs. But if she insisted to take your area however, you didn't mind as much, it's a win win situation!
You had suddenly gladly accepted her offer in a upbeat mood. Much to her dismay, she couldn't sworn you'd say no. Nevertheless, she was overjoyed as well! Maybe she could even pay you to keep the upstairs shifts.
But you were pretty sure she was going to regret the switch, and she was pretty sure YOU were going to regret taking the offer too.
Both of you split up, silently praying for eachother in the process.
It was 12:55 five minutes before your last block, the last block was a complete mess. Kids running to get to their 4th blocks, and then there was kids who couldn't care any less about the time, they strolled along and stopped to great freinds. To completely diffrent groups mushed into a single bland hallway. Not to mention the rate of bullying went up a little bit, you had seen more people get shoved and knocked into lockers than you saw people simply opening their lockers in innocent mannerism.
The bell had rang and echoed throughout the hallway, clicking of doors accompanieded multiple footsteps as kids began to emerge out of their suffocating 3rd block classrooms (I'm looking at you my 3rd block ccra class) you corrected some kids on there speed, both slow and fast. You simply monitored the hallway, everything was way better than downstairs. It was clearer and just had more space to breath, you felt like you were in a mosh pit each time.
"Incomming!! Ah, Watch out, miss!" Somebody shouted in a laughing tone, soon turning into fear.
You swiftly looked to your side to see a male riding what looked like a... make shift sled? That surely was some type of file cabinet he found in the schools trash, it looked like he attached wheels to the bottom, and he was riding a top speeds, towards you!
not to mention he wasn't wearing any sort of protection gear. charge him for that
BAM! suddenly he had knocked right into you at such a fast speed, the impact of you and the file cabinet stopped the movement completely. Thanks alot neutons laws of gravity, your now dead because of it!
Is what you thought, in the time you had pasted out, the male quickly emerged from his makeshift ride and rushed towards you panicking, he didn't even know your name.
You woke up in the nurses office. You half expected to wake up in the ER honestly. Your whole body ached, but especially your ankles and knees, they felt like they popped right out and forced back in.
a quiet "tsk" could be heard for a female, as she continued,
"They're awake, I suppose you owe them an apology? Mr Knox?" Your eyes meet hercrometria ones right when she spoke.
"Of course I do! I would never think about not making up for my actions!" liar....ofc we would not aplogize.
"Uhu, and stop doing reckless things like that. I get your backpack was thrown and you wanted to catch it, but be aware of your surroundings."
huh. wdym by backpack thrown.
She had left the room, and you sat right up, scaring the poor male in the process.
"Didn't you ram into me with a—" a finger was shot up, the male shushing you in the process.
"H-Hey! Don't say that, she might here us!"
"Oh, so you lied?" You deepend.
"Sh! Your the one who also switch their shift! I saw you both talking about it, so as long as you stay silent about this, I'll stay silent about that, deal!?"
"My 'crime' isn't as big as yours, hell, you could get suspend!" You grabbed his finger and put it right down, you even managed to crack his knuckles in the process.
"Okay, okay. I understand what I did, not stop lecturing me!"
"You right I'll stop..and let the principle continue this." You had gotten up from the nurses bed, thay was actually more comfortable than you thought, however suddenly a major headache ensured, causing you to stumble back into your past position, alban had both hands on your shoulders in an attempt to stabilize you.
"You shouldn't get up! Your still healing." captain obvious fr... you simply sighed and hoisted your legs back onto the cushion rather the the floor.
"I'm going to bed."
"...your still going to tell?"
"If you can look after me while I'm sleeping..then no."
You didn't know he was already planning too. Despite how many classes he would skip.
and maybe you didn't even know how it was all staged, just so he could spend time with you. (crazy mf)
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sonny
!! Both of you were hall monitoring officers, and responsible to oversee any bullying. It wasn't a terribly hard job, and this time, you were getting paid! ....2$ an hour, that is. Their excuse for their low pay was, "the rest of the payment will be delivered in education!" unfair mf. But, you did believe they were paying you in ANOTHER- other way.... seeing that mysterious blonde everyday was what kept you working for that $2.
He was silent for the most part, opting to hang out with his secluded group of friends only. If only you could get closer to him!
"I can tell somethings on your mind" your freind had taken a seat next to you during math class. You sighed and slowly rotated you head to look.
"Just noticed? I've ran out of options, I even tried to trip infornt of him, another girl quickly came to my aid and took me to the nurse."
"You tried...tripping infornt of him? Like that cliche stereotypical soft girl who trips infront of her crush?? You've lost your mind!"
"I KNOW THAT !" you shouted, shaking the desk in the process. You quickly cupped your hand over your mouth in shock. Your class was working on a sheet of paper, and luckily you were allowed to chat. However, it went completely silent after your outburst.
What made matters even worse, a tuff of yellow hair entered the room in the exact moment. Paper in hand, you could tell he was there to drop something off. He looked right at you, frazzled. Next to him was a shorter male with brown hair, he covered his ears and whined. How dramatic! but also..reasonable.
You stood in shock, completely unresponsive. Silently, you muttered an a aplogy, bowing in what seemed to be a perfect 90° angle.
Fuck. He probably thinks your weird now! Ykw, scratch that—everyone had probably thought it.
You had hid during all of your math classes heading forward, opting to stop answer questions (honestly what questions did you even know the answer to fuck math) and opting to just stay silent. Your posture had never been so perfect..yet so stiff.
"Oh cmon! Everyone forgot about that little stuff. It only stays for about two days, then everyone doesn't care anymore!" She said, struggling to pull off your completely stature persona.
"But he didn't! I'm pretty sure he's laughing with his friends about it in his class..as we are speaking!"
"Oh stop being dramatic! Keep this up and you'll get a message home."
"—what?"
"You haven't been answering, the teacher had noticed, he'll probably send a message home complaining like the dick he is." She sighed , fiddling with her infamous mechanical pencil. "You could always aplogize and clear things up too you know, aren't you in the same snitch program?"
"..the bully mointer progam?"
"Yeah, that."
It was after school, and luckily you had a meeting with the president who started the whole organization, it was a miracle! This was God's sign to go for it, you were totally sure!! You even had a plan.
1.) Go to up to him.
2.) jsvsisgwiavwiwbw9whw APLOGIZE SOMEGOW?? BUY HIM SOMRTHING FOR BREAKING HIS ESRDRUMS?? SELL YOUR SOUL TO THE DEVIL IN HOPES HE FORGIVES TOU AND THEN WE KISS??
Bullet proof plan! You go! Your freind was never more disappointed reading your plan.
They had gracosiuly gaveb your unit 20 minutes before the meeting, and you were SCANNING for the man. Wouldn't even be surprised if you pull out binoculars.
But he's also,, tall. So it wasn't hard to find him in the first 2 minutes.
Quickly had strolled to him nervously, you couldn't be confident in anyway, not after what happend 4 days ago.
He stared at you completely nonchalant, why did this man have to be so fucking imitating?? LIKE SMILE
You quickly blurted, "I'm very sorry for what happend during my math class. I would appreciate it if you'd allow me to buy you and your..freind, something of your pick." You sounded professional! Congrats.
Your still being eaten by anxiety though!
Until, he laughs. HE LAUGHED, you rose from your 90° bowing position, AND HE HAD A SMILE !! MISSION...ACCOMPLISHED?? or is he just laughing at you.
"Its fine, no need to worry about anything." He ruffled your hair
"But, I'll take that offer, just exclude my freind from this..and we can go to a Cafe together."
Sure! What wait. YOU could've given him to money to buy something at the cafe....wtf does he want to go with you? And why is he excluded his freind?!
DID U RLLY SELL YOUR SOUL??
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yugo (I still love this mf)
Not so much a mysterious man..in fact he was kinda social? More like everyone knows him, talks to him whenever he's free, but still calls only a small group of people his actual freinds.
He was probably one of the best in his music classes too, knowing all of the musical terms, notes, etc.
And you....hadn't known shit. You chosen it for your electives since you thought it would be easy, who knew music had this much to offer?? Should've switched early...
You were iffy freinds with the navy. You could talk to him whenever, he could laugh over your jokes and sudden complaints, but after that bell rung, everything was over. You both separated ways so God damn fast. Even when you were packing up you didn't say a word, it was just...how you both worked.
And it was another one of those days, your teacher gave you permission to pack up earlier than before, explaining how she had things to do. You placed your folder back into your bag, music notes and occasional doodles sprawled out. It was practically useless, the music notes were dragged and ragged. It was hard to read in general.
Suddenly you had packed your second folder in your bag, but you mistakenly tilted is upside down, causing a note to spill right by yugos foot. He had snickered before snatching it, werid way to give it back but... alright..
"How can you even read this?" He asked, and that's the first time he even spoken to your by himself, you always had to start the conversation.
"I dont, I just put things down to make the teacher think I'm listening." You replied, whispering when it came to the "teacher" part, you might not be respecting her by not taking notes properly, but you were still scared to DEATH by her.
"....do you know what fermata even is?"
"..a what now?"
He sighed dramaticly, leaning dangerously on the chair. He was quickly scolded by the teacher.
"Music is pretty easy!"
"Music has so much terms, I thought it was just about making it sound pretty!"
"THATS what you thought when signing up??" He gave you a hearty laugh, clutching the paper in his hand. It was nice for once, actually have a conversation. Yeah sure, I did elaborate on how you guys did talk, but it was never like this. And you did admit that you rather have it this way than anything before.
"How 'bout this, I can give you my own notes for you to study for this upcoming final exam, but you have to..." suddenly he looked up at you, straight faced, "but, you have to actually talk to me in the hallways and everything!"
what?
"So...be your freind?" He nodded early, but soon had laughed awkwardly after a second or 2 of silence.
"That honestly sounds weird, doesn't it?" He mummbeld, but you just shrugged. Anything for those notes.
You did just what he asked. You talked to him in the hallways, even opting to visit him during lunch and say a joke or two. But as this went on and the deadline of the final exam was closer on the calender, he began to act...off. more grumpier, less wanting to talk to you. At this point, you were even to scared to ask for the notes. He was just, more distant. And as much as you were scared, you could not afford to fail this final exam. You had goals! Your parents had expectations! Failing music...what's a bigger slap to the face? So, you had to find out.
It took a while for his freinds to all come to the lunch table. He was the first one to arrive, that's when you usually told him jokes and short stories so he wouldn't be lonley while waiting.
So you did it again, you both met eyes while you approached the same table, and you gave him a small smile, before going serious.
"Listen, why have you been so off? Did I do something— did someone else do something?" You almost pressured him, he looked a bit shocked that you even noticed it.
"You didnt—nobody did anything wrong it's just.." He took a sharp intake, "I relized that once the music exam is over..you'd stop talking to me and being my freind. And I don't want that to happend! But I just decided to distance myself so it wouldn't be as bad when you did."
Oh. Oh! OH.
That's surprising, how knew that the yugo asuma actually wanted to talk to you then anyone here.
He looked sheepish, avoiding eye contact and picking his nails.
You smile got softer and you began to coo,
"I didn't know you wanted to be my freind so bad! You should've just said so, but i get it! Who doesnt want to be freinds with my dumbass?" you laughed and pointed back at him, he looked as if he was going to punch you from the teasing.
That was another thing, he didn't want to be just be freinds.
But he could complain about that on a later date.
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fulgur
A good student overall! He had good grades, a good reputation, okay...freinds.., and good athletic ability! You had manged to land in his history class, which..sucked! The teacher, not him.
This included the teacher assigning a historical script the students had to perfrom,, and just your luck, the groups would be picked by the 'wheel of names.com' (bane of my existence) and you had gotten into a shitty group! NOBODY wanted to talk. You had attempted to get their phone numbers and try to decide roles, but they didn't budge! The took one look at you and were on their phones the next.
This was a major assignment! You didn't want to do bad, it didn't make anything better that your group had to make the script, it wasn't provided. You thought all hope was lost! Until you heard the teacher scold another group.
"You all, stop discussing unrelated topics! You, white haired, move to group A!" Your head perked up hearing the mentions of your own, terrible group. A tall mall sluggishly walked to yours, a irritated smirk plastered.
You could tell he didn't want to even be here, he dragged a chair to yours, and sat right next to you.
"So..what are yalls roles again? Topic?" He sighed, yet nobody responded. You were endlessly clicking through random tabs to make it look like you were doing something.
"..some shit about an explorer, we don't know how tf we are." Your classmates replied, scrolling through his snapchat. I wonder why everyone doesn't know who tf they are!
He came to the conclusion that this group was useless, you had came to that conclusion a while ago however.
It was no doubt that at 5am the day it was due you'd just write the whole thing yourself. Maybe you'd complain to the teacher about it, but that would seem uncool! The group mates would get terribly upset! And it's not that the teacher would keep you anonymous either, he had a big mouth.
So, you did exactly what you said. At 5am you woke up and began the script. The last edit was made 22 hours ago, by you, of course.
In the process of you going through trial and error with the script, another icon had appeared on the document. You hovered your mouse and the name read,
"Fulgur Ovid."
Huh, maybe he was checking if someone was doing it. That was kind of embarrassing hello?? What If he was reading the script..(or what you call a scirpt) and making in fun if it?!
A comment appeared on the doc,
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Fulgur Ovid; 5:26am,
Doing great, didn't actually expect someone to work on this, I was lowkey accepting a bad grade. I respect you, alot. :)
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AAUAYAVAIAV!!!! GO YOU!! Before you could respond, and other comment appeared,
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Fulgur Ovid; 5:27am,
Weren't we supposed to give eachother our numbers? I'll work with you on this, just call me, dear
xxx-xxx-xxxx.
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OUYDDIUTIEUTTIUSTDIUYITDRI6SRUS6UR6S Such a heartwarming man! You were scared to call, would you hear his morning voice though?? OML
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uki
YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE, he'd constantly tease you for your choice of outfit. This is school NOT THE MET GALA. He'd even take the time out of your day to met you at your locker and explain so much drama you didn't even care for! It was stupid, HE was stupid. Constantly annyoing you when you clearly didn't want to deal with him, how much hints does this mf need?
The same day, same locker, this time he was yapping about a rumored fight thay was going to happen at the back of the school.
"But the werid part about it was that it's gonna be a 'pick fight!' "
"And what is a pick fight, your highness?" You exaggerated, clearly uninterested.
"Some shit where whoeveres there, innocent or not, gets a chance to be fought. Ion know someone just brings them into the circles and the have at it." He shrugged, you could tell he was pondering about it more than he should've, his foot taping agasint the dirty floorboards was your evidence.
But also...you had never been to one of these..these. and clearly it was always interesting. After those types of days, it would be the talk of the school. If you didn't know about it, people just laughed and called you innocent minded.
Well.....it's kind of a must to go see a school fight before you graduate (it's not I can assure you THEY SCARY AF but they fight so funny), is what you told yourself. Honestly you were finding any way to convince yourself to go..one couldn't hurt.
He seemed to be correct, right as that bell rang more students had taken the exit leading to the back of the school as usual. And you followed right along. You spotted a friend of yours and made quick talk.
"Heya! So what's all this for?"
"People are having a fight, but it's rumored it could turn into a pick fight situation, left and right, kids getting punched, exciting!"
"You could get picked...you know that right?"
"I do! But I never do!"
You've lost hope, for everyone. Some kids sat at the bleachers while others opted to have "meetings" in the bathrooms and locker rooms nearby. Approximately 30 minutes later did two people stand infornt of everyone and began to fight. It was so funny to see them swing in such a...in proper manner. You were not fighting expert! But you atleast knew to never tuck in your thumb while swinging.
Suddenly you felt a tap on your shoulder mid way, you expected to see the girl you had just talked to prior before, but you saw a kid you have never even knew.
"You think your better than me huh?! Sitting all high and mighty!"
Nah.....what the fuck this man on?! DID HE HAVE THOSE BROWNIES DONT LIE TO ME
YOU WERENT EVEN DOING ANYTHING,
"Its called good posture..?" It didn't even sound like you had an attuide, you were generally confused. Maybe he was just trying to be the new talk of the school, but you didn't!
Just as he was going to swing, he aburtbly stopped and was pulled back.
oh shit...nah you rather have him swing.
Standing there at 5'6 stood that stupid mf. But he didn't even look happy anymore.
They were the talk of the TOWN that day. all becuase of you, congrats! <3
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BAREBWITH ME IM TIRED IK THEIR SHITRY PROMPTS I DONT HAVE A CREATIVE MINDEST RN
"You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known - and even that is an understatement" (F. Scott Fitzgerald) - With Uki Violeta
Based (loosely) on The Little Mermaid by Disney (no angst and seafoam here lol)
Part of my Living in a Fairy Tale series
!- Reader is Gender neutral (if I made a mistake somewhere I apologize and I'll fix it as soon as possible!)
Original work by rumalumasuns, 12,565 words (I think this is my longest one lol-), unedited but I will do so when I have time later :)
Once upon a time,...
In the beautiful Mujigae Ocean, there was a kingdom of merpeople. Young, old, in between, and in all shapes and colors - the merpeople lived happily and sustainably. Although there was some more trouble now with the increasing surface-dweller population, the merpeople handled it by taking the trash that was thrown into their domains and creating items to use and trade with, or channeling the oily parts of their waters into powerhouses for some of their newer inventions.
Like any other kingdom, the Mujigae Kingdom had a royal family: Rikusan, the king, and his many children. There was no formal queen of the kingdom, and Rikusan let his children take on the surnames of their own mothers, so a lot of them had different last names.
Rikusan's children were as unique as they were powerful: one was an octomer who could write novels as beautifully as he looked, two others (twins) were fairy-mermaid hybrids who liked to cast spells to prank others, while another was a kind tigerfish mer who used her claws only when her family was being threatened.
The majority of the citizens of Mujigae loved and appreciated the children of Rikusan: not only were they pleasing to the eye, but they also protected the kingdom using their various powers. Despite this great love for the royal family, however, not all of the individual royals of Mujigae were loved.
In particular, there was one merman prince whom the people were wary of - Uki Violeta.
Uki was a soft soul who had a hardened exterior, making him hard to approach. Additionally, he was one of the most powerful out of all of Rikusan's children, as the night he was born the gem of a star had come down from the sky, plunged into the water, and came to Uki, blessing him. A sign of this blessing was a small flower mark under his right eye, as well as heterochromia from the effects of the star's power.
Uki's blessing made him a psychic: a telekinetic combined with a mind reader. This made him admired by some. Uki's abilities were known for foiling many assassinations on the royal family and for causing multiple attacks on the kingdom to fail. For this, both his family and his people were grateful. However, his actions also made the Mujigae Kingdom's enemies bitter and waiting for revenge.
Although Uki was loved by some, in particular by three brothers in his family who always tried to protect him, others were skeptical of him. Some people in the corners of the ocean whisper doubts about Uki's intentions. What if he were to turn someday and tried to take the throne for his own? Uki certainly could have a motive: he wasn't the oldest of the Mujigae royals and was near the end of the line to become crown royal, meaning if he wanted to have the throne he would have to fight for it. These wary merpeople decided to avoid him whenever possible and only pay their respects when they absolutely needed to.
Others hated Uki - particularly the enemies of the kingdom whom he was able to defeat easily with his powers. Infiltrations into the palace were always attempted but failed because Uki would be able to detect the traitor or the spy in an instant. He also had no problem defeating their soldiers with just a flick of his hand.
This made him a target of speculation and anger, even within the palace walls. Despite what his loved ones, such as his brothers Sonny, Alban, and Yugo, tried to do for him, Uki decided to keep to himself and not cause a stir whenever possible. He didn't mind that his other siblings were more loved than him, or that he chose to stay in his room for their sakes. Uki quite liked the solace sometimes. However, it didn't stop his heart from stinging whenever the crowds became quieter as he approached, or when he saw the fear in the eyes of the children as they gazed at the flower under his right eye.
To fill this void he felt within himself, Uki chose to read - from the royal palace's cookbooks to the fantasy novels in the palace library. Uki quite liked to read the novels - imagining two souls falling in love and accepting each other for who they were after going through hardships together made his heart swell. He longed for that connection, for love that he has never had before.
He wanted it so badly, that one night Uki decided to venture out of his room, and swim to the surface. One of the tales he had read was about how one of his kind, a merperson, chased after royalty from the surface world. Despite all the hardships they went through, the two ended up falling in love and the story concluded with a happy ending. Uki figured that if one of his own kind wouldn't accept him, perhaps someone else - some other being could.
While thinking about this, Uki swam even faster to the surface, until his eyes were able to peek out from the ocean. He had tried to go to a location that was near what humans like to call a shore. To his luck, there was a being on the sand - Uki believed that his textbooks called the creature "a human male". The man had grey hair and a red lightning scar on his left eye. His ears were different from Uki's ears - unlike the purple scales Uki had at the tips, the man had ears were entirely made of flesh! The man's hands were also different from Uki's webbed ones: while one was also flesh, the other looked red and made out of some of the metal trash that the merpeople collected. In that metal hand was a notepad.
Uki's tail began swishing excitedly in the water.
'A human!' he thought, and with care, he swam towards the shore. First, he let the man know of his presence by splashing the surface of the water from underneath. Uki saw the man become alert. Slowly, Uki popped his head out of the water, his hair soppy and covering his ears. He shyly stuck out his fingertips from the water and waved.
The man looked straight at him, before laughing.
"You scared me, man! Why are you fooling around like that? Jeez, I almost got a heart attack."
"S-sorry," Uki managed to stutter out, as his face grew warm from having to talk to someone new.
"All good. Want to come out from the water? Isn't it cold?"
Uki shook his head, little droplets scattering across the water's surface.
"I'm fine, thanks."
The man nodded, before waving at Uki with the notepad.
"I'm Fulgur, by the way. Fulgur Ovid. I'm a marine biologist. You are?"
"Uh, I'm Uki. Uki Violeta."
"Oh, I've never heard about you before. Are you new to town?"
"...Yep," said Uki. He hoped that Fulgur would take his bluff.
After the initial awkward reaction, Fulgur and Uki led a normal conversation about the moonlight - Uki asked Fulgur about the town because he didn't know much about it as he "just moved in". Fulgur was happy to oblige and offered to show Uki around the town if Uki came out of the water. Uki politely refused but asked Fulgur to meet him again around this time the next day, to which Fulgur agreed.
Many months passed, and Uki spent time talking to Fulgur at night as he told Uki about his work and how he recorded the marine wildlife that became more active at night, as well as stories of his life and his sibling, and stories of the town. Through their conversations, Uki found that he could trust Fulgur, who revealed to him that one of his ancestors, one of the town's founders, was a mermaid.
"Speaking of, how come you're always in the water whenever we meet, Uki?"
"Oh, uh... I like swimming?"
Fulgur looked at Uki with a raised eyebrow. Uki knew that Fulgur already had suspicions that he was a merperson, but he hoped that Fulgur would take his bluff just one more time. Fulgur just nodded in understanding and laughed.
"Sure, we'll go with that. Just tell me when you're ready."
And Uki did, a couple days later. One night he nervously waited for Fulgur to come out onto the shore, his hair tucked behind his scaly ear. Soon, he heard a rustle from the tall bushes on the shore. Out came Fulgur, notebook in hand as always. He then saw Uki and waved as usual, before his eyes widened upon seeing Uki's ears.
"Oh my- you really are one of them!" he exclaimed excitedly. Uki, who braced himself for the worst, was surprised, then elated. Fulgur wasn't afraid of him.
A couple of years passed since Uki had ventured out from his castle at night.
Not many people at the palace noticed Uki's absence, except for three of his brothers, because Uki tended to keep to himself anyways. However, his brothers Sonny, Yugo, and Alban noticed his subtle changes. For instance, Uki's room in the palace was now filled with many things from the surface, from books (which Fulgur waterproofed for Uki) to what humans call a "fork". Once, Alban questioned it.
"Ya know, I tend to hoard lots of sparkly human things, but not so many of the unshiny ones. Where'd you get all this stuff anyways?"
Uki just smiled, saying he found things while wandering around at night. Although Yugo expressed his worries about his brother going around alone at night, he didn't question it much. Sonny just inspected the items to make sure they weren't threatening to Uki, as he was well-versed in things that come from the surface that is threatening. They let him be, though, seeing that the objects and just talking about the surface made Uki much happier, which they loved to see.
Just like they think, Uki is happier than he was a couple years ago, especially when humans or the surface world are mentioned. Although the merpeople around him were still wary of him, he didn't mind as much. He not only had the support of his brothers but now he also had Fulgur and time on the surface away from the ocean. Thanks to this, Uki became much more content about himself.
During these years, Uki and Fulgur became like brothers. While Uki helped Fulgur learn more about the creatures of the ocean and merpeople, Fulgur taught him how to write in various human languages and introduced Uki to the internet. Additionally, with Uki's permission, Fulgur also tested out various elixirs both on himself and on Uki - one to help with water breathing and another to help turn Uki's fin into legs.
It only took a year until Fulgur finally developed the right formula to make water breathing and Uki’s fin-into-legs elixirs. Although these only provided temporary changes, it was a milestone for Fulgur who wanted to explore more of the ocean and Uki who longed to go on the surface rather than stay in the water.
The first time Uki was able to have full legs (not just conjoined legs with fins for feet), he cried after being able to take his first step. The potion lasted for a couple minutes before Uki's legs turned into tail once more.
Now, Uki had a couple months of walking experience, while Fulgur's underwater breathing elixir allowed the user to create a bubble of air around the face and breathe underwater for 20 minutes.
For the sake of keeping things a secret, Fulgur kept the formulas for the elixirs in a safe that he only knew of. He didn’t want to sell the formula or reveal it to the public because he didn’t want the ocean to become something that humankind conquered, and he didn’t want Uki’s secret to be discovered.
Uki didn’t know about what Fulgur did with the formulas, just happy about the fact that they worked. Now, he could stay on the surface for much longer and actually go into the places that Fulgur talked about in his stories.
Their lives were pretty normal, and no one really threatened Uki's existence.
Once, while Uki was chilling in his mermaid form in a large tank in Fulgur's lab that was overlooking the shore, someone burst through the front door. Like a deer in headlights, Uki froze, staring wide-eyed at the person who came in.
"𝐅𝐔𝐔-𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍~! 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐎 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆, 𝐁𝐑𝐎! 𝐈 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃~!" shouted the person excitedly. They then noticed Uki, just as Fulgur came into the room with a tired face.
"Y/N, how many times have I told you not to slam open the door like that-"
"Y/N! Enough!" said Fulgur before slapping his hand lightly over Y/N's mouth, to which Y/N responded by licking the hand.
Fulgur's face scrunched up in disgust before wiping his hand and going over to Uki, who looked at Fulgur.
"Uki, meet my sibling, Y/N Ovid. Y/N, this is Uki. He's the friend I was talking about. Yes, he's a merperson, get over it."
Y/N gasped, but not in horror like Uki expected, but in delight. Their eyes were sparkling.
Uki's breath hitched when looking at their excited expression.
'How can someone look so gorgeous?'
As a royal mermaid prince, Uki had to go to several balls in order to fulfill his royal duties. Merpeople attended these balls decked out to the nines in fine pearls, sea glass, and surface metals, not only trying to show off their wealth but also appealing to the royals of the kingdom. However beautiful they may have been, none of them could hold a candle to the person standing in front of him.
Y/N held their hand out to Uki, smiling brightly. Uki slowly took it, although unsure of what he was supposed to do. Y/N shook it up and down.
"𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐔𝐤𝐢!"
Uki smiled shyly, while Fulgur eyed his face with suspicion before pulling the two apart.
"Alright, break it up you two. We have work to do. Give me that food," he said as he took the wrapped-up lunch boxes that Y/N cooked for him.
"𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐔𝐤𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞…," said Y/N sheepishly, but Fulgur paid no mind to it.
"He can just have some of mine," he said, unwrapping the boxes on a table meant for eating.
"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨!" said Y/N, offering a rice ball up to Uki. Uki reached down and took it, examining the curious food item.
Although Fulgur showed Uki a lot about the surface, the cuisine was not one of them. Fulgur barely ate himself unless he got a call from his sibling to eat. So, Uki was excited to eat something new. He took one big chomp, then froze.
"...𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝?" asked Y/N, who watched Uki's reaction, hoping it wasn't terrible. Y/N took a liking to Uki and hoped that he would enjoy their food. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach, after all.
Uki then looked at Y/N with shining eyes.
"It's- It's AMAZING! More please!" he said, making grabby hands. He didn't care if he seemed like an infant, Uki wanted more.
Y/N laughed before handing over more rice balls to him.
Fulgur watched the whole interaction while sipping on tea that Y/N put in a thermos bottle for him. He had a feeling about what was going to happen but decided not to comment on it. If it happened, it happened.
And it did.
From that day onwards, Y/N came daily to the lab, always bringing delicious smelling and tasting food for the three of them to eat. Y/N got to know more about Uki, as well as tried out Fulgur's underwater breathing elixir, even swimming with Uki in his tank.
Uki was thrilled to meet someone new from the surface. From Y/N, Uki learned about the concept of "university" and found out that Y/N wanted to specialize in genetic research. He also got to know more about their family (including Fulgur, or Fuu-chan, as Y/N calls him) and why Y/N liked cooking. Y/N got to learn about Uki's past, including how he was often left alone by his peers because of his powers (though he forgot to tell Y/N about the fact that he was a prince). As the two got to know more about each other, Y/N eventually felt more than just initial attractiveness towards Uki. They found out that he was not only humorous and cute but also that he was stronger than he knows, as well as humble and kind.
Because they held Uki in such high regard, Y/N felt like helping Fulgur improve the formula for turning Uki's fin into legs. Because of their help, Fulgur and Y/N were able to improve the elixir enough to extend the time that Uki could walk on land from 30 minutes to three hours.
These changes led Y/N to beg Fulgur to allow them to take Uki out to the rest of the town. They promised wholeheartedly that they would keep Uki safe and make sure that he would never be found out by having a timer to warn them before he would have his fin turn back into legs.
Fulgur was extremely reluctant: he never brought Uki too far from his lab, and he was always there to make sure nothing was to happen to Uki. Sure, the elixir they used for turning Uki's fin into legs was much more improved, and Uki was able to walk very well. Fulgur was able to teach Uki enough human customs to not stand out too much, but still, Fulgur couldn't help but worry. And if Uki was ever found out, then what would ever happen to Y/N? Fulgur made a promise to their late parents that he would protect them no matter what.
Despite these many questions, one look into Y/N's eyes showed that Y/N would not give up on bringing Uki more into the human world, with or without Fulgur's approval. Fulgur sighed, knowing he'd much prefer it if Y/N could do it with his approval than without. So, he begrudgingly let them go.
Before Y/N could run off, Fulgur hurriedly set a timer watch and placed it around Y/N's wrist, while Y/N just rolled their eyes and nodded.
"Watch out for numbness in the legs, it's a sign that he's turning back."
They gave him a thumbs up in understanding, saying they'll be careful, before squealing in delight and turning around to drag Uki away to their car (after giving him an elixir for five hours).
"Be careful!" shouted Fulgur after the car. Luckily, the lab was far from other parts of the town, so no one would hear him.
Fulgur hefted another long sigh, hoping that no incident would happen.
"𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲?" asked Y/N tentatively, looking over at Uki. They were standing in the lobby area of a club. While Y/N wore a white crop top (note: anyone can wear a crop top!) with deep purple wide-leg suit trousers, Uki was decked out with black wide-leg suit trousers, a white belt with a silver buckle, a deep purple shirt, and a black leather jacket. Around his neck were a matching black leather choker and silver chains. Though his hair was unstyled, Uki was, to Y/N at least, making the room seem much hotter than it already was.
Uki nodded, his heart thumping wildly. He was nervous but excited. He was about to be surrounded by a bunch of humans when the most he had been around was two at once.
Despite all these new things, Uki knew he would be alright. After all, Y/N would be with him the entire night, something he absolutely loved, and he was going to learn more about human culture.
Y/N nodded before they beckoned him to follow them to a door. As they got closer, Uki heard the sounds of booming, music, and laughter getting louder. Once Y/N pulled back the door, the full blast of music hit Uki's ears, and his eyes were occupied by the neon lights blaring in the darkness and the crowds of humans dancing in the strobe lights.
Uki was still, taking it all in. He was really here, like a real human. Y/N laughed at his dumbstruck expression, before taking his arm and pulling him into the dark area.
Through Y/N, Uki experienced club dancing, socializing, and, most importantly, alcohol.
Y/N actually knew the club's two bartenders: Luca and Nina. After drinking something Y/N thought Uki would like, Uki got a little tipsy and called Nina's hair "old hair" because it was the color grey.
Panicked, Y/N tried to explain to Nina that "old hair" was just what his culture called grey hair. Before Nina could get offended, however, Uki commented on how pretty Nina was, too pretty for "old hair", which flattered her and made her anger disappear in a moment. Instead, she gave Uki more to drink, which made him giggle and thank her while offering her his glass with two hands.
Y/N smacked their forehead in exhaustion before ordering a drink from Luca, who laughed at Y/N's reaction and pogged his way into making Y/N a drink while making them laugh.
Uki and Y/N had so much fun, and they were so tipsy, that they forgot something very important. The time.
At some point, Uki started tapping Y/N on the shoulder.
"Hey Y/N, my legs feel weird, haha," slurred out Uki. Y/N laughed with him before Fulgur's words vaguely came into their mind.
"Watch out for numbness in the legs, it's a sign that he's turning back."
Y/N's eyes widened, and they looked down at Uki's legs. Sure enough, the pants were starting to stretch out to accommodate for the fusing of legs. In a panic, Y/N hoisted Uki to his feet while he still had them, and excused themselves from Luca and Nina, who waved their goodbyes.
Although Y/N had some trouble dealing with Uki's floppy legs when they felt just as drunk, their adrenaline enabled them to keep going.
Luckily, Y/N and Uki made it to the club's mixed restroom in time before Uki's legs were completely molded together. Once inside the mixed restroom, which was blessedly empty, Y/N opened one of the big stalls and placed Uki in there before taking out a water bottle of seawater from their bag.
Uki's legs were now completely gone, and all that was left was the shredded remains of the pants he wore and his purple tail, dull from the lack of seawater. Y/N opened the bottle and poured its contents all over Uki's tail, which immediately soaked the water up and became shimmery.
Before Y/N could sigh in relief, however, a gasp and a small scream came from behind them, and Y/N whipped around in a panic only to make eye contact with two people standing at the entrance of the mixed restroom. One was trying to frantically pull their phone out from their purse and another was on the verge of screaming even louder.
Y/N swiftly ran up to them and knocked them out, before taking the phone that came out from the purse and checking it to make sure no footage of Uki was taken. Luckily, there wasn't, and Y/N hoped that by the time the people woke up, they would think that they had a crazy dream. Just in case, Y/N phoned Luca and Nina to "take care of them" by giving them a drink at the bar strong enough to give them short-term memory loss. They explained it was because one of them was hitting on Uki, and Y/N wanted them to forget Uki's face. Nina chuckled knowingly before agreeing, while Luca just laughed at Y/N in the background.
After getting their confirmation, Y/N, now having a blushy face, gave Uki a spare elixir they had in their bag and called a taxi to take them home. They also took out a pair of pants for Uki to wear on the way out. The elixir was one of Fulgur's earlier creations, so they would only maintain Uki's legs for 30 minutes. So, Y/N decided to go back to their penthouse, which was much closer to the club than Fulgur's lab.
Y/N sighed in relief as they put down Uki's body into the large bathtub of their penthouse (Y/N's got muscles!). They then turned on the faucet and poured a chloride-sodium mix into the water to make an environment similar to the ocean for Uki's tail to be healthy.
Neither of them spoke, the room silent save for the sound of running water as the volume in the tub increased.
Uki's attention snapped to Y/N, a face of disbelief.
"What are you saying? I want to be here with you...," he said in a tone of disappointment and hurt.
But Uki and Y/N both knew that Y/N was right. If Uki were to be discovered, not only would people forcibly want to take him away, but they would also go after the rest of Uki's home.
Still, Uki was stubborn: he had just been able to live the life that he wanted to, where he was accepted and had someone who looked past his powers. Heck, looked past the fact that he was an entirely different species!
"But- But Y/N? What if I wanted to stay?"
"𝐔𝐤𝐢-"
"WHAT IF I WANTED TO STAY! I- THEY- THEY CAN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING TO ME! I- I WANT TO BE WITH YOU! I- I JUST!- I just-... Y/N. Please," said Uki desperately, as he reached out to them from his place in Y/N's large bathtub.
"𝐔𝐤𝐢…," said Y/N, walking over to where Uki was before taking his hand with a sad smile. "If you stay here, you might die. Today was a really close call."
Uki was about to protest before Y/N placed a finger over his mouth.
Uki's heart thumped loudly and blood rushed to his ears. Y/N... loves him?? But still wants him to be away, for his safety?...
He peered at Y/N through his lashes, trying to pout and show them how much he hated their suggestion, while also trying to hide his blush. But, he also knew that they were very close to being exposed, and they could've both been in danger. There was no way the surface dwellers would accept him. A miracle would have to happen if he wanted to stay. If only he was human...
A lightbulb went off in Uki's head, but he wanted to surprise Y/N. He acted reluctantly as he let go of Y/N's hands and crossed his arms.
"...Fine, I'll go back. But you absolutely have to wait for me on shore tomorrow night."
"𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐨," said Y/N with a sigh of relief. Uki then shyly took one of the hands of Y/N's to his lips and gave it a cautious and light kiss. Y/N flushed before laughing and giving his hand a kiss back as if to seal the promise.
Uki and Y/N then spent the rest of the evening together in the bathroom, just talking about things, with the occasional forehead and hand kisses. Eventually, Y/N brought their waterproof tablet to the bathroom so that they could watch KDramas together while holding hands.
All the while, Uki's plan was forming in his head.
When Fulgur came to the penthouse later on, he drove Uki back to the ocean, making sure that Uki was doing okay after finding out what happened in the club. Uki then waved to Fulgur as he swam into the sea, then dived down, swimming towards the capital to get to his room in the palace.
Once in his room, he gathered some valuables he owned, including several golden doubloons and rare commodities made from the surface's trash. These items were stashed away in a bag and hidden in his closet.
With this bag, Uki resolved to go to the place he was forbidden from going to - the Sea Witch's cave.
"Welcome," said a voice echoing through the cave as Uki entered it.
Uki was at the witch's cave, hoping to gain a way to become a human. If the change had to be permanent, Uki didn't think it was so bad. After all, the majority of the Mujigae kingdom didn't care about him, so his becoming a human shouldn't be that much of a deal.
Uki clutched his bag of trading items close to his chest as he was surrounded by skeletons - likely the army for the witch, and also the damned souls that weren't able to fulfill their deals with her. He gulped - as powerful as he was, Uki was not able to get out of deals that were written the way that the witch wrote them, as the witch used magic for her contracts.
Finally, Uki got to the innermost part of the cave, where he saw whom he presumed was the witch, hunched over a black pot filled with various ingredients. Noticing his presence, the witch turned around, arms spread in welcome.
"Hello! I've been expecting you," said the Sea Witch, with a sharp grin. Uki heard rumors of the Sea Witch, though seeing the real being was quite different from legend. He never saw anything like her.
The witch was not quite an octomer, though she had tentacles, not quite a lanternfish mer, though a large light source protuded from her forehead, and not quite a shark mer, although she was the color and had the teeth of one.
Though her smile was welcoming, her eyes were cold, black voids. Uki got chills from the sight of her, but steeled himself when remembering Y/N's face, and thinking about the surprised and happy face that they'll have once they see Uki.
"*Ahem* How can I become human?"
"Oh," said the witch in surprise. "I haven't heard that request in a while. Well, you need to give up your most prized possession."
"I see- well, here's my signed copy of a book I have cherished since childhood-"
"I'll stop you right there, honey," said the witch, her face growing into a twisted grin as she seemed to grow in size in front of Uki.
"I require nonmaterial things, such as your voice, among other things."
"...What other things?"
"Hmm, memories of that person you like in their head," said the witch, as she brought out a looking crystal made of sea glass, and an image of Y/N buying groceries showed up.
Uki's eyes widened in panic.
"How do you have that?" he asked as he reached for the orb in a panic.
The witch put her hand in front of him, stopping him from getting the crystal.
"You can give me your voice or your powers, and I will also be taking the memories of you from this person. There is a hefty price to pay for wanting to become human. It's a hard spell to perform, you know."
With her words, the witch conjured a contract out of thin air, and a pen to sign it with, dipped in gold ink. The contract stated that if Uki wanted to have what he lost come back to him, he had to make his special person remember him and love him back within a week. If he failed, then Uki would become a servant to the Sea Witch for eternity.
Uki hesitated as he held the pen. Y/N, forgetting about him? He would have to befriend them again, make them love him again... And what if he failed?
But, if he were to surpass all the odds, it meant being able to be with them for the rest of his life. Uki made a decision: he would do it. He knew he could. So, his grip on the pen became tighter.
"I'll give you my voice. Please, make me a human," he said, his hand decisively signing the contract.
The witch's smile turned wicked and her eyes twinkled maliciously for a moment before she composed herself and waved her hand, making the contract disappear. She then beckoned Uki toward the center of the cave. He set down his things, before swimming to the center. He eyed the witch warily but remembered that what he was doing was all for Y/N's sake, and began to prepare for the worst.
"No funny business," he warned, his eyes glowing with psychic energy. The witch flinched before nodding hastily, then began to chant around Uki. Golden and green swirls of energy surrounded Uki, particularly his legs, and he began to change.
While she was chanting, the Sea Witch reflected on the deal she just made. She knew of Uki's power and was one of the few who coveted it. She wouldn't dare harm the vessel that held it before she could use it as her own. The Sea Witch was sure that Uki would fail, so she wasn't too worried that she wouldn't get her power. She would just wait until the time was up. And of course, she wouldn't let Uki alone either - she'd do her best to make the spell so strong that she was sure his precious person would never remember him ever again.
Though she thought that Uki would never notice her thoughts through her chanting, Uki heard them loud and clear. He began to make a plan on his own - he had to get back to Y/N safely and had to help them remember who he was.
And he wouldn't be alone in getting help. Luckily, Uki had an advantage that the Sea With did not think of.
Fulgur was on the beach, getting ready to go underwater to record more observations on the wildlife in the coral forests near the shore, before hearing a series of splashes coming from the ocean. He turned around, only to witness Uki coming out from the water, half-naked and with a happy smile, waving to Fulgur. Uki had a bag slung over his shoulder, and a skirt made of seaweed was clumsily around his waist.
Fulgur laughed at Uki's appearance and was about to wave back with glee before his eyes widened in realization.
"Wait, Uki- how do you have legs?? I didn't give you an elixir... WAIT YOU NEED PANTS-"
Uki opened his mouth, trying to speak to explain before remembering that he had given his voice away. He then had an idea, grabbing a notebook from his bag (kept dry using magic) and scribbling hurriedly on it with charcoal.
He came close to Fulgur, holding out the notebook to him so he could read it out loud.
"I may have traded my tail and possibly sold my souldtothedevilIneed yourhelptohaveY/Nrememberme- WAIT WHAT-"
Fulgur grabbed Uki's shoulders, panic in his eyes.
"YOU MADE A DEAL WITH A WITCH?? AND Y/N NEEDS TO REMEMBER YOU TO BREAK THE SPELL?? UKI- WHY??"
Uki explained through writing that he wanted to be on land with Y/N like other humans, without the help of potions and such. Fulgur groaned at Uki's stupidity, head in his hands.
"Wait, why can't we just tell Y/N about you?"
Uki shook his head, explaining that Y/N had to remember him on their own, and also love him back. Fulgur sighed again, before grabbing his phone to call Y/N over. Uki was about to smack Fulgur's phone out of his hands, before he was calmed down.
"Chill - I'm only inviting them over. Then, I'll check to verify that they really forgot you. If they did, then I'll re-introduce you as a friend who's helping me with my research. Got it?"
Excitedly, Uki nodded, his eyes shining and his hands making lots of hearts and thank you signs to Fulgur, who just sighed at his antics and gripped his forehead.
"It's going to be a long week. You think you can really do it? Beat the witch's conditions, I mean," asked Fulgur. Uki nodded.
"Alright then. Well, first order of business, you need some pants," said Fulgur pointedly as he gestured to the flimsy seaweed skirt that was slipping apart. He took off his jacket and wrapped it around Uki's waist. While tying it, he continued speaking.
"Let's try to get my sibling to remember you by recreating similar moments. For instance, why don't we try making some rice balls to give them when they get here? They told me they'll be here in an hour, so let's go."
Uki nodded, fists balling up in determination. Rice balls were the first thing he tasted on the surface, and they were from the hands of Y/N. This time, he would make some for them, hopefully just as good.
Though he was saddened by the fact that Y/N wasn't waiting for him on the shore, just like they promised the night before, he was ready to try and gain their love back again. He will get through this, and hopefully, get Y/N to remember him.
After lots of struggling with forming proper rice balls, putting in the correct ratio of black sesame seeds, nori, and rice, as well as other seasonings and fillings, and plating them, Uki finally finished making rice balls that looked similar to the ones he ate when he first met Y/N.
He stood anxiously in the lab's kitchen, waiting for Y/N's arrival, when someone burst through the door.
"𝐅𝐔𝐔-𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍! 𝐈'𝐌 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄! 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝?" said the musical voice that Uki had been waiting for for hours. His heart clenched and he longed to go out right away and just embrace Y/N, but that would just be weird. Y/N doesn't remember him. Just in case they did happen to remember, though, Uki cautiously peeked around the corner. His breath hitched in his throat again. They looked even more gorgeous than last night, and even the first time they met.
Their hair was tousled, likely because they drove here with the windows down. On their face was a large smile as they glomped Fulgur, who just patted them awkwardly on the back, as he thought about how Uki must be hiding somewhere and watching this with a sad face. After they parted, Fulgur rubbed his hands on his neck.
"Hey Y/N, I wanted to ask you if you remember Uki? You know, my friend I met in uni?" asked Fulgur, lying about Uki being a university friend. Unfortunately for Uki, Y/N looked confused.
Uki's eyes widened at their words. That means that Y/N didn't completely forget about him.
'Maybe...' he thought, and he cautiously stepped out, rice balls on a tray in his hand. It only took Y/N a couple seconds until they noticed them.
"𝐎𝐡, 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨! 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐔𝐤𝐢? 𝐈'𝐦 𝐘/𝐍, 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮! 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧!" they exclaimed with excitement, eyes sparkling just as brightly as when they first met. Uki smiled and nodded. Y/N tilted their head, confused as to why Uki wasn't speaking.
"Ah, right. I forgot to mention that he lost his voicebox in an accident recently," said Fulgur, trying to come up with a semi-reasonable explanation as to what happened.
Fulgur gave Uki a look. They were at least able to confirm something: Y/N hadn't completely forgotten about Uki. At least he seemed somewhat familiar to them. It means that they would be more comfortable when hanging around Uki.
Putting that revelation aside, Uki went up to Y/N and offered them some rice balls.
"𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞? 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮!" they said with a large grin, swiping one of the rice balls before chomping down on it.
"𝐌𝐦𝐦!! 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝! 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫! 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞?" Uki beamed, and shook his head, holding the tray out to Y/N, who took another two balls.
Witnessing the entire exchange, Fulgur sighed in relief.
'They'll be fine,' he thought. "Alright, Y/N. I'll leave him to you," said Fulgur, before going back to his research. Y/N looked at Uki before blushing a little and taking out a notepad from their bag.
"𝐔-𝐮𝐡𝐦, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞?" they said tentatively as they held out the notepad to Uki. Uki set down the rice ball tray on a nearby table (FAR AWAY from all the lab equipment, by the way) before delicately taking Y/N's notepad and taking out a pen from his pocket.
"Thank you," wrote Uki in cursive. Y/N nodded, as they looked away and began to fan themselves.
Chaotic thoughts ran through Y/N's head, and Uki couldn't help but listen to them. Normally, he would never invade Y/N's privacy, but he did have to check on his progress to see how they were feeling about him. He was pleased after listening for a little while and was even proud of himself for being able to make them flustered again, even though they lost their memory.
'Good, I just need to keep this up,' he thought, as he looked out the window behind Y/N's head. The sun was setting, and a day had gone by.
The rest continued much like the first time Y/N and Uki met, except Uki didn't tell much about his powers or his mermaid self to Y/N, just about how he grew up pretty alone. Uki got to learn the same things that Y/N told him before, including something they didn't tell him before: two creeps.
Two creeps showed up at Y/N's university a couple months ago, and they were constantly following Y/N around and trying to isolate and talk with them about random things for no reason. Y/N confessed to Uki that they were getting really sick of their nonsense, and considered calling the police on them many times.
"Why didn't you?" wrote Uki, frowning at Y/N out of concern. Y/N shrugged and shook their head.
Uki and Y/N were able to grow closer throughout the week, easily because Y/N felt comfortable with Uki. They really liked him - his manners, how he always tried to take care of them, and how he was always concerned for them, but still kept his boundaries. Y/N appreciated that a lot, especially when they didn't meet many people like Uki.
So, on the last day that Uki had to get Y/N to remember him, Y/N miraculously decided to invite Uki over to their place. Uki, surprised but excited, agreed after confirming that it was alright for him to go.
They drove from Fulgur's lab to Y/N's penthouse. As Uki stepped into the place, he remembered the last time he was there. It was the last time Y/N knew of his true self as a merman. It was the last time he felt their embrace and kisses and listened to their words of love. It was the last time he saw them before he gained permanent legs. Y/N was fidgeting as they saw Uki scan their home.
"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭?"
Uki turned to them before smiling brightly and giving two thumbs-ups. Y/N smiled in relief at his response, before offering Uki something to eat. Eagerly, he nodded and sat in the dining room while Y/N went to the kitchen to whip up something - they called it spaghetti alla carbonara. As they cooked, they heard Uki sniff the air which was now filling with the smell of garlic and fried eggs.
When Y/N finally finished up with the dish and placed it on the table, Uki looked at Y/N with wide eyes. The dish looked so delicious and smelled amazing, that Uki could not wait to dig in. Y/N chuckled and handed Uki a fork. He stared at the utensil. Long ago, during some of his first weeks here, he thought that the silverware was meant for hair care. Fulgur was quick to teach him otherwise, but Uki still had embarrassing memories of that time. Uki sucked in a deep breath before positioning the fork like Fulgur instructed him to. He then took a large portion of the spaghetti and shoved it in his mouth before any noodle or egg piece could fall off. His face became one of awe at the taste, and he smiled widely at Y/N. The spaghetti was delicious. Y/N grinned fondly at Uki's content face before eating some spaghetti too.
Before Uki could revel in the flavors of the food any longer, he was startled by loud banging noises on Y/N's door. He turned to Y/N questioningly, motioning at the door, before noticing that Y/N's eyes were widened in shock.
Uki's eyes widened, before turning to the door. The door got pounded on again before the lock on the door started jingling. Wariness heightening, Uki stood up and positioned himself in front of Y/N protectively. They heard muffled talking on the other side.
"...open!...damn door..."
"..hurry... stupid-"
Uki and Y/N then heard the door make a *click* before swinging wide open, revealing two tall figures.
"Y/N!~ WE'RE HERE!~ IT'S ME, FLORA!" said the tall female, who tried to swoop and hug Y/N, not even registering Uki's presence until she bumped into him.
"AND JETT!" yelled the tall male, likely Flora's sibling, who tried to tackle Y/N and shove Uki aside, but Uki refused to budge, only holding onto Y/N's hand, which was now balled into a fist.
"Well, sweetie, we found out that you don't dorm in the uni, and so we wanted to hang out, but couldn't!" whined Jett with a pout.
"So, we took some time to look through some security cameras and also we looked after you as you went on your way home! Now, we can hang out whenever!" said Flora ecstatically, her face showing a smile that was off-putting to Uki.
Uki glared at the two silently. Not only did they ruin the atmosphere, but they dare to stalk Y/N?! He was pissed. Clearly, his negative energy was apparent, because Jett then turned to Uki with a glare.
"And who are ya, huh?" he asked pointedly, going up close to Uki and poking at his face. Uki wanted to badly slap his hand away, but thought about Y/N's safety and instead decided to wait it out and see what happens. He gave no reaction.
"Huh... huh.... huh...," repeated Jett as he continued to poke Uki. Flora was snickering in the background.
Just as Y/N, who was really ticked off by the entire situation, was about to tell them to get out, Jett froze, and silence filled the room. He then raised his hand threateningly.
"𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭, 𝐉𝐞𝐭𝐭-!"
"Why won't you talk?!" exclaimed Jett, harshly smacking Uki's face and knocking him off balance. Uki fell to the floor, and the wind knocked out of his lungs by how strongly he was struck.
"Seriously, brother. His face pisses me off!" screeched Flora, her face wrinkled in disgust.
The siblings then turned to Y/N, sickeningly sweet smiles on their faces. Y/N just turned away from them, instead going to Uki's side and helping him up from the floor.
"Y/N, babe - why would you want to stick to that mute son of a gun?" asked Jett, annoyed at Y/N for ignoring them.
"Yeah, aren't we more charming to you? I thought you liked us," whined Flora.
Y/N rolled their eyes.
"𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 - 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬!! 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐢 - 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐔𝐤𝐢 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧! 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭, 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐬," Y/N said as they held up their phone, "911" brightly lit on the screen.
Jett huffed before kicking one of Y/N's potted plants near the front door. Flora glared at Uki on the way out, sticking up a birdie with her hands before leaving.
When it was clear that the two were gone, Y/N sighed in relief before turning around and touching Uki's cheek tenderly, bruised by Jett's punch.
They sat Uki down in the living room before heading to their medicine cabinet in the kitchen to grab some ointment, band-aids, and ice. The spaghetti was long forgotten on the dining table.
Y/N swiftly came back and gingerly put the ice pack on Uki's face, instructing him to hold onto it while getting into the car and driving to Fulgur's laboratory.
While in the car, Uki took out his mini notebook from his jacket pocket before scribbling something down quickly as Y/N pulled into Fulgur's lab's garage. Just as they finished parking and started to take out the band-aids and ointment for Uki's bruise, Uki finished with his inquiry and held it up to their face.
"Why did you help me? Those people looked dangerous... Are you sure you won't regret it later?" said the note, as Uki looked down and took Y/N's hand that was free from holding anything. His eyes were trained on the floor of the car in worry.
"𝐔𝐤𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮… 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞?" asked Y/N, making a face showing how in disbelief they were at Uki. Uki just nodded slightly, his eyes boring into the ground while fiddling with the zipper on Y/N's jacket with one hand and keeping an iron grip on Y/N's free hand with his other one. Y/N laughed.
Uki's heart fluttered, and his face flushed as he looked up from the ground to stare at Y/N. Tears started to form in his eyes. Y/N said this to him before - he couldn't believe that Y/N would say those words to him again. It showed how much Y/N really loved him.
He smiled, causing the tears to roll down his cheeks, and let out a laugh. Only, this laugh wasn't silent - it was audible, and a musical, low-pitched laugh came out heartily.
Y/N smiled before their eyes widened in realization along with Uki's.
"𝐔𝐤𝐢?… 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡? 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲??" said Y/N with wonder as they reached out to touch Uki's face and wiped away a tear. Uki grasped at his throat.
"Ah, ah, oh my- oh my gosh. I- I HAVE MY VOICE BACK! Y/N, THIS IS WHAT I SOUND LIKE! IT'S ME, UKI!" exclaimed Uki with elation. He then quickly got out of the car, Y/N following after him. Once facing Y/N, Uki eagerly took their hands and started dancing around with them. They laughed with him as they spun around.
The joy was cut short when Y/N suddenly screamed from pain. They clutched their head, as memories of Uki and Y/N together came into their mind. Tears began to roll down Y/N's face, as they looked up at him.
"Don't be, because you remembered me in the end anyways."
Y/N clutched onto Uki's shirt, sobbing into it as they remembered everything - their first meeting, their club experience, and everything Y/N said to Uki the night before they lost their memory, including their confession. They settled into a quiet embrace, and then Y/N looked at the ocean, where Uki was from.
Behind him, the sun set on the horizon. Uki gripped Y/N as the sun dipped below the water. Y/N broke the curse that the Sea Witch put on Uki just in time, and they were now standing together.
"NOOOOOOO!" bellowed a noise from the ocean.
Y/N and Uki looked at the ocean tensely as a giant whirlpool formed. From it, a gigantic tentacle emerged from the water. Sensing danger, Uki's eyes glowed as he began to gather psychic energy in his hands to fight whatever threat was coming at them. He also created a barrier near the beach's shore, isolating the sight and sound of the beach, ensuring that innocent and nosy passersby wouldn't come and become nuisances in the likely battle.
Y/N took out the small laser pistol from their car's glovebox that Fulgur made for them for their birthday. Behind them, Fulgur came out from his lab with a large gun that had red energy charged at the tip, ready to fire.
"YOU- YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO FAIL! YOUR POWERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MINE! HOW DARE YOU!" bellowed the Sea Witch, as she emerged from the whirlpool. Her enormous form towered over them.
The witch was pissed off, to say the least. She was planning on taking Uki's powers and taking over the Mujigae kingdom with it, taking her time because she thought that the power extraction would be a breeze with her contract, but now that Uki was no longer bound by it, all the waiting she did was for naught. The powers were not hers.
The Sea Witch looked in Uki's direction, before making eye contact with Y/N. The black orbs of her eyes seethed with rage, and she unleashed human skeleton soldiers onto the beach.
"GIVE HIM TO ME!" she screeched.
Fulgur immediately started to fire at the skeleton soldiers, while tossing a water-breathing elixir to Y/N. Y/N, who knew what this meant, caught it and chugged it down before running in the direction of the Sea Witch. Uki ran with them, suspending Y/N in midair while they ran as his legs turned into a tail the moment his feet touched the water. On the way to the Sea Witch, Y/N and Uki fought off skeleton soldiers - Y/N in the air and Uki in the water - that surrounded them, trying to prevent them from reaching the Sea Witch.
No matter how close they got to the witch, however, they still tried to maintain their distance. There was a whirlpool surrounding her, and Y/N, as a human, could definitely not handle the strong currents that would pull them into the whirlpool and to the ocean floor.
"UUUUUKIIIII!!!!" shouted a slightly high-pitched male voice. Uki turned to see below him, only to find that his three brothers, Sonny, Alban, and Yugo were swimming up to him. His eyes shined in happiness, and he waved at them.
"WHAT'S GOING ON, BROTHER?? WHO THE HELL IS THIS WITCH??" asked Sonny as he crushed a skeleton soldier's head with his fists. Y/N gaped at him from behind Uki.
'𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞!' they thought excitedly, looking between them all. Alban noticed them first.
"Ehhh?? Who's this? Is this the person you left us for??" asked Alban, raising his eyebrows while scanning Y/N. Uki, seeing that his eyes were wandering, went quickly into the water and covered Alban's eyes, slightly irritated.
"Everyone, meet Y/N. Y/N, these are three of my brothers. Sonny, Alban, and Yugo."
"Yo, how you doin?" asked Yugo, a cheeky smirk on his face as he winked at Y/N. Y/N laughed.
"𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥," said Y/N more seriously, turning to the Sea Witch. Sonny's eyes darkened.
"Alright, we're ready to fight. Our kingdom is in danger, after all," said Yugo, getting out black pearls from his crossbody bag and charging them with blue sparks. Y/N's eyes widened.
"𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦?...," they said in shock.
"Uh.. we'll talk about that later," said Uki. "For now, let's get them!"
Sonny crushed multiple skeletons with his bare hands surrounded by yellow energy, while Alban had daggers charged with orange energy in his hands, causing skeletons to disintegrate upon contact.
Meanwhile, Y/N was above the water, shooting at floating skeletons and the Sea Witch whenever they got the chance. Uki used his psychic powers to compress the skeletons into balls before volleying them at the Sea Witch. Yugo shot charged black pearls using a slingshot, which went out of the water and gave strong electric shocks to the Sea Witch's large form upon contact. She cried out in rage, before using one of her tentacles to swipe at all of them. Coming off from her tentacle were shards of bone, likely her skeleton soldiers that she crushed up in order to make missiles to aim at the group.
Some of them were heading straight toward Uki and Yugo, but before they could get any closer to them, Y/N was in front of them with their jacket in their hands like a shield. While most shards of bone got stuck in the jacket's thick material, some smaller shards skid over the tops of Y/N's arms, making small and long scrapes on them. Eventually, a skeleton soldier's skull made its way to Y/N, knocking into them hard enough to break Uki's concentration in levitating them.
Y/N fell into the water, knocked unconscious by the force of the waves as they began to get closer to the whirlpool, which would drown them eventually and bring them to the bottom of the ocean.
"Y/N!" yelled Uki, as he reached out for Y/N's hand. But Y/N was too far from him.
Luckily, Yugo was nearby and he grabbed Y/N before they could get sucked into the whirlpool.
"I'll bring them to the shore!" shouted Yugo as he started speed-skimming the water to the beach. The Sea Witch, thinking that Uki was now preoccupied with Y/N, shrank to go after the now-defenseless kingdom. She left the whirlpool behind, hoping that Uki and the others would get caught in it.
Uki nodded, before glaring at the whirlpool.
"You're going to pay for that, binch."
He headed straight in, Sonny and Alban following suit. Unlike what the Sea Witch thought, the whirlpool was almost a shortcut to the Mujigae kingdom. Uki, using his foresight, knew this, and he took it in order to get to the palace before the Sea Witch could.
On his way to the palace, Uki, Sonny, and Alban dealt with the Sea Witch's various skeleton soldiers.
Some time later, Yugo swam up to them, joining them as they fought bones and bones.
"Is Y/N okay?" asked Uki worriedly while crushing a skull with purple energy. Yugo nodded, telling Uki about how Fulgur was waiting on the surface and that Y/N was getting treated now by "these two people - one blonde and one with old hair".
Uki sighed in relief. Y/N would be safe with Luca and Nina.
"Alright then," he said, as he turned to the direction of the palace. His brothers looked at the same direction, their faces grim and serious. "Let's go."
After a couple minutes of speed-swimming, Uki's face became one of shock as he saw the state the capital of the Mujigae Kingdom was in.
His home, the palace, was now scattered as debris around town, tearing into other merpeople's homes. Around him, people were wailing, trying to find their loved ones in the debris. The throne room, with the shining pearl throne, was exposed, with the king sitting on top.
"Yugo, Alban, you guys get to father first. Sonny and I are going to help these people."
Yugo and Alban took off in the direction of the king, as Uki's eyes glowed and Sonny's hands were enveloped in yellow energy. As Uki moved the debris around, Sonny helped to pull out anyone who was stuck under it and provided healing using the yellow energy from his hands.
When they were done with the large chunks and most of the civilians were fine, the two swam in the direction of the palace.
Uki quickly swam in front of the throne, where his father was sitting, awaiting the witch.
"Father, what are you doing?? You need to get out of here-"
The king held up his hand, silencing Uki.
"I am staying, son. This is my throne, my home, and I intend to defend it. I intend to protect us."
Uki sighed in exasperation. He knew that the old man had lost most of his power a long time ago - the king was practically defenseless and harmless. Wordlessly, Uki looked at Yugo and Sonny above him, who nodded, then they and Alban grabbed hold of the king.
"You- you rascals! Let me go-"
"No, father. We're getting you to safety," said Sonny, his arm pulling from under the king's right arm. Yugo nodded as he took the king's left arm, and Alban took away the king's trident to hold onto as Sonny and Yugo took the king out of the vicinity. Uki waved to them gratefully, before turning to the entrance to the throne room.
From the Sea Witch's destruction earlier, the throne room, like the rest of the palace and city, was filled with debris and wrecked. Uki got a slight headache thinking about all the damage that he would probably have to help fix using his psychic powers, but then he turned to the task at hand.
Soon, the Sea Witch would be coming to the throne room, but Uki won't let her win. Especially not after what she did to Y/N. His hands balled into fists thinking about how much harm Y/N must be in.
'I need to get back to them quickly,' he thought.
Just as Uki thought that, he heard the sounds of water splashing and the clattering of bones approaching him. He looked up, only to make eye contact with his current object of hate: the Sea Witch.
"OUT OF THE WAY, MEASLY CHILD. DO NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF GREATNESS!"
Uki's eyes glowed bright purple at her words, his rage at her empowering him as his hands got surrounded by purple energy.
"GET THE HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE, BINCH!" shouted Uki.
The witch pointed towards him and ordered her army to charge. Uki didn't care. He started to move his glowing hands around, and the water started to swirl around him and the Sea Witch, who started to grow apprehensive.
Her skeleton soldiers couldn't hold against the current that Uki generated, and their bone structure started coming apart as they clattered around them. Uki then started shooting waves upon waves of purple energy blades from his arms, fully disintegrating the skeletons. Though Uki knew that these skeletons were the remains of the merpeople who made contracts with the Sea Witch, he also knew that the latest merperson besides himself who made a contract with her would've been dead by now. Thus, he was just returning the souls back to where they belonged: not in the Sea Witch's possession.
The purple blades of energy were also leaving long gashes on the Sea Witch's body, dark blue blood oozing out of the wounds. The witch cried in rage and pain and began to throw more shards of bone at Uki, which he easily deflected.
In truth, the Sea Witch, without her enhanced size, skeleton army, and potions, was just an outcasted weird lady. She had no real power, unlike Uki. That's why she coveted his power so much: it would make people fear her, possibly respect her.
Uki knew these feelings of wanting to be seen and empowered, but he also knew that this way was definitely not the right way to gain these things. Additionally, the Sea Witch, with her shenanigans, lead a lot of merpeople to their doom, while she took from them what she could. Extortion and murder. Uki could not forgive that.
So, not much mercy was shown when Uki reduced the Sea Witch's skeleton army to sand and brought her to her knees. She was weeping, as her dark blue blood stained the floor of the wrecked throne room.
He used his powers to summon a chain and tie it firmly around the Sea Witch. Sonny returned from taking the king away to a safe place, only to find this scene of Uki in front of the throne, and the Sea Witch bowing before him on the floor, in chains. Sonny swam up to Uki.
"What should we do with her, brother?"
"You're our Moon Guard captain. What do you think?"
"Definitely permanent imprisonment and exile in our volcanic prisons."
"You're the boss."
"I'll get some of my soldiers to escort the witch."
"Thanks, bro."
"Of course."
Sonny then summoned some of his Moon Guard soldiers, who had been going around the kingdom with the Sun Battalion, led by Uki's brother Luca, making sure the citizens were safe. Together with Sonny, they escorted the powerless Sea Witch to the volcanic prison, where she would be placed in a Hell-fire cell, facing the heat of her sins for the rest of her eternity.
When Sonny got back to the throne room, he found his father, the king, sitting on the throne again, talking to Uki. Unlike other times when he saw Uki and the king together, Uki was smiling slightly as the king clapped him on the back for a job well done. Sonny smiled at the sight. It seemed like his brother would finally be okay. He then swam up to them, bowing to the king before turning to Uki.
"Serves you right, what were you thinking back there trying to block me from those shards of bone. I could've handled myself," said Uki as he tightened the bandage on Y/N's arm. The cuts on them, though not bleeding much anymore, were surrounded by pink welts from the seawater combined with the open wounds.
Y/N winced before laughing through the pain.
"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰?" they said jokingly as they placed a hand over Uki's that had rested on their shoulder. Uki pouted.
"You- you're so stupid sometimes," he said, his face getting red from the little skin contact that Y/N initiated.
At the moment, Uki and Y/N were in Fulgur's lab that was overlooking the shore of the beach. Uki was able to be on land in his human form because the magic from his father's trident allowed him legs. Y/N and Uki shared a quiet moment, laughing at each other as they treated each other's wounds.
When they were finished, they made eye contact before resting their foreheads against each other. Uki relished this moment when he could be connected with the person he loved after such a hectic battle. He was relieved that Y/N was okay and grateful that they were both alive in order to experience this moment.
Suddenly, they heard a shout come from outside.
"uuuuUUUUUKIIIIIIIIIII!"
Uki backed up from Y/N and looked out the nearby window, only for his eyes to widen as he saw his brothers Sonny, Alban, and Yugo pop their heads out from the ocean, waving at him. Uki laughed and waved back, but his eyes opened in surprise as more heads popped out from the ocean - the rest of his siblings, some of the townspeople, and even his father, who beckoned him to the ocean. Uki and Y/N shared a look before they got up and rushed outside to the shore.
They were lucky that Fulgur had a private part of the beach, otherwise, paparazzi would be all over the fact that a lot of merpeople were appearing all of a sudden.
Y/N got in front of the king and bowed, while the king just raised his hand.
"You don't need to do that, you're practically family," the king said, teasingly winking at Uki, who flushed.
"𝐓-𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲."
The king smiled, before turning to Uki. Behind the king, the merpeople who popped to the surface bowed to Uki, some thanking him, others praising him. Uki smiled at the sight, slightly flustered as he never though such a thing would happen to him. After saying their greetings, the merpeople disappeared, save for the king, Yugo, Alban, and Sonny. The king opened his mouth.
"Uki, do you like living on land?"
Uki pondered, before nodding.
"But, I also love our home, father."
The king nodded, his smile growing even bigger, prouder, even.
"Alright, then I will give you this," he said, taking a necklace with a small silver charm from his neck.
"But that's your necklace, isn't it?"
"It's fine, it's better for you to have it anyways. This will let you gain legs whenever you are out of the water."
Uki gasped, before gratefully taking the necklace and turning to Y/N excitedly. They hugged, while the others looked on with smiles (except Yugo, who gagged), and slowly started to retreat back into the ocean.
"See you later, brother," said Sonny as he waved at Uki, who smiled at him and waved back.
Once they were under the water, Uki handed the necklace to Y/N, who helped him put on the necklace.
They made eye contact, before clasping each other's hands. The sun was setting, and Uki could not tear his eyes off of Y/N's lips. Having the same thoughts, Y/N leaned closer to Uki, who followed along.
They shared a gentle kiss in the sunset's glow, and they lived happily ever after~
"𝐔𝐤𝐢! 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞!" shouted Y/N with glee as they swam through the ocean in front of their lover.
They were testing out the new and improved elixir that Fulgur came up with in order to breathe underwater like a merperson for a certain amount of time. Instead of allowing the user to create a bubble of air around the face (much more unstable and dangerous), the elixir temporarily gave the user scaly gills around the neck area that allowed the user to gather oxygen particles from the water around them, like most marine wildlife. On Y/N's wrist was a timer that would give a 5-minute warning that the elixir's effects were going to run out.
Although Uki disliked the fact that the gills made it more difficult for him and Y/N to snuggle, he was happy to have the opportunity to show them around the place he grew up in.
Many things changed since Uki and Y/N defeated the Sea Witch and her army. One thing was the fact that the townspeople didn't doubt Uki anymore. They saw how he was kind to help the people when the town was in shambles and how he had no hesitation in facing off against the Sea Witch as she approached the king's throne. They knew that he was a protector, not a threat respected him for it. Some even apologized to him and thanked him for what he did.
Uki, slightly uncomfortable with the people's new attitude but also happy that he could now go around the town with an easier heart and mind, led Y/N through the streets of the capital. He showed them his favorite bookstores, cafes, and places to buy inventions using the trash from the surface.
Y/N marveled at everything - they had never gotten this deep into the ocean, nor did they ever imagine that there was a whole community under the sea to explore. They pointed at all the bits of coral that surrounded them, exclaiming about how beautiful the construction of all the homes was underwater, and thought that the inventions of the merpeople were amazing. They also picked up some trash that was lingering on the ocean floor, angrily muttering about how humans are so careless sometimes with their trash.
Seeing how genuinely concerned they were for his home made Uki's heart clench. Whenever they found bits of sea glass or a shiny shell, Y/N would show it to Uki proudly, and Uki never hesitated to take what they brought to him into his shoulder bag. They would be looking at these spoils later at the surface in Fulgur's lab.
As Y/N continued to go around, greeting some merpeople who curiously looked on at the pair, Uki thought about his life thus far.
A couple years ago, Uki never would've thought that he'd journey to the surface, find a partner from there, or have to fight a Sea Witch to keep them. A couple years ago, he would've been stuck in his room, poring over books that depicted love that he thought he would never have. Yet, there he was, in the ocean with his lover, and he now had the ability to be with them on both land and sea.
He thought of his desk in his room in the palace, which was now bigger because it was remodeled after the Sea Witch destroyed a lot of it. On his desk was a half-completed bracelet made of the highest quality white shells, purple sea glass, and gold wire he could find. The middle of the bracelet had a smooth, shining, light pink Akoya pearl.
Uki wanted to propose to Y/N with it once he was ready.
But for now, he was content to collect the rest of their things before returning to the surface and enjoying some riceballs in their new shared apartment.
Thank you for reading!!
I had lots of midterms these past weeks so unfortunately this was delayed a lot sorry - I meant to post for the noctyx anniversary ahhhhhh :(
hope yall liked it tho!
sonny and yugo may come out later this week after my midterms :))
pairings: Selen Tatsuki, Shu Yamino, Uki Violeta x gn!reader
letters: A and E
genre: fluff
Selen Tatsuki
A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)
Her affections are usually expressed through words of affirmation and physical touches but in a more playful way.
Complimenting you when you’re just wearing an old oversized shirt, hyping you up for doing the bare minimum like getting out of the bed or just tapping your ass while she walks past you.
It might feel like she doesn’t mean it when she throws around compliments and confessions at you all the time, but she actually genuinely means everything she says.
She’s just very expressive alright.
E = Entertainment (What do they enjoy doing with you?)
Selen loves playing games with you.
If you know how to play most of the games, then cool, she can have fun with you.
But if you do not know how to play games, then it’s even better, she can teach you and laugh at how bad you are at games.
Other than playing games, she also enjoys cooking together with you.
She claims that cooking together is something much more romantic, so she cherishes the times spent cooking together with you, and sometimes she would even take videos or pictures of you.
Shu Yamino
A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)
Words of affirmation.
Unlike Selen, he doesn’t just randomly throw compliments at you but he does it when needed.
Since he doesn’t unnecessarily compliment you, it makes your heart skip a beat when you do get compliments from him.
He also shows affection by standing up for you.
It doesn’t matter if you’re present there at the moment or not but if he sees someone crossing their boundaries while “teasing” you or anything like that, then he’s immediately telling them to stop.
E = Entertainment (What do they enjoy doing with you?)
He loves going out with you.
Instead of a fancy place or a 5 star restaurant, he loves going out to more relaxing places with you. Like a coffee shop, book cafe, a nearby park and such.
He wants to be able to just sit and relax with you while having a little fun.
Uki Violeta
A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)
His affections are shown through spending quality time with you.
No matter how busy his schedule is, he makes sure to make time for you, even if it’s just a few minutes.
Also shows affection through kind gestures.
The gestures are not big and sometimes, they're almost unnoticeable.
Covering the sharp edges so you won’t get hurt, switching places so you don’t have to walk near the roadside, opening the door for you or helping you with the house chores when you haven't even asked him for help.
E = Entertainment (What do they enjoy doing with you?)
He loves to just lay down in bed with you and binge watch some random shows that you picked.
Claims that nothing beats a relaxing day with his partner and he’s so true.
If you ever feel like going out somewhere, then he loves going window shopping!
When he’s feeling a little mischievous, he’ll go into a random store, act like he’s gonna buy something and then would say “okay, we’ll go check out other shops and then come back” but man never steps back into the store.
dosmetic notycx headcanons !! but u can see who I love most
these fics are based on the avatar the vtuber portrays . NOT the real person.
(so some things may be not relating to the real person but the avatars apperance)
down below!! not proofread.
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alban knox
cheeky mf
i feel like he's an okay cook
but that brownie on that one cooking stream was.....it was smthing !!!
it deadass looked burnt I'm sorry
like you guys switch with doing the cooking
or some times this mfer naps away trying to get out of doing it.
HE PROBABLY STEALS UR PLUSHES AND SLEEPS WITH THEM
like out of the house, ur not stealing my tuxedosam plushie ihy
we love him anyways tho
he'd be decent at cleaning
like to be a thief u gotta be clean with ur moves yk ?? so it's not that much of a surprise if u come home and the house is clean,,
but he cleans only the days HE WANTS TO !!
if he's lazying around the house....don't even attempt to get him up atp.
revoke cuddling privileges that will get him up and cleaning
he will whine when u refuse to give him a kiss while cleaning
"do u not love me anymore?!?mf after everything I did for ur ass?!"
stfu all u did was laze around and steal , no we do not love u anymore
please give him a kiss he won't stfu
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sony
he'd blast the TV. that's the headcanons
it will be like 1am and all u here is some mfing McDonald's commercial
"can u turn that down??"
"..it's alr down..?"
mf no it's literally AT VOL 64 TURN IT OFF
he'd probably laugh abt it to when you forcefully take the remote and turn it down,
but that means u gotta take it from his hands
he'd probably stand up and watch u try and reach for it lmfao
if ur as tall as him...just literally slap him please
he's actually tidy tbh
he just doesn't like tripping over random shit in the hallways
if he does he'll yell ur name dramaticly
"yn!!!"
you come running over in panic and it's just him huddled on the floor
and in the corner of ur eye u just see a mf BANANA PEEL
like yk u didn't put that there.
he prob did for the attention tbh
you'd be force to smother him with affection so he stops bitching abt how much it hurts
call him out and he'd give u a cheeky ass smile
let him sleep outside tonight
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fulgur
DECENT MAN!!! knows when to clean and he's not a bad cook
but yk we can't have it all
the amount of subtle pranks this mfer does on you
like nah I thought alban WAS BAD W/ HIS PRANKS?
He def do worse
like instead of coffee beans he probably puts actual beans (that's least he's done)
like..what
he also would buy u the achololic mouthwash so ur mouth burns
He loves you though, if u don't like it he'll probably aplogize
not after laughing for 15 mins straight
he cooks pretty well
but he did compliment mystas food once how are u gonna do that.
good cook but maybe bad taste in food
we'll never know
he also tries to make you exercise more if u haven't tried it yet
if you have....u probably gonna get more intense workouts
mf got ROBOTIC ARMS
he can def do a plank or two for a longer amount of time
like get ready mf if you tell him to recommend you a workout shecdule
he's responsible though
he knows when your tired or even exhausted
he offers to carry you home afterwards dwdw
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yugo (love this mf)
one of the best out there
he's responsible, can cook (I want his takoyaki GIVE ME HIS TAKOYAKI.) he cleans
OK he cleans....everything but his room.
his room isn't bad bad....but it's not good good
music sheets everywhere, maybe an energy drink if ur lucky, and his pc still opened to some music website
you can find him in the pile of blankets
he isn't THAT neglectful about his room , he knows it's messy but..
music comes first !!
whenever you ask him about it he's like,
"aha...well.. I have such great ideas for beats and stufd that I'll forget them if I clean my room yk?"
LIKE WRITE THEM DOWN ON NOTES !! LIKE THE EIGHT COUNTS AND SHI
I deadass forgot how to read music notes it's been like 3 years.
I quit playing clarinet my ass took if for 5 years.
he'd laugh and just scuffle your head
aww cute CLEAN UR ROOM
when he does...he does it to fast.
Ain't no WAY u cleaned that shit up in 20 mins.
you check the closet, drawers, and shelfs to see if he just hid stuff in there
nope. Everything is clean.
what kind of magic. clean my room next.
he also loves movie nights with you
PICKS THE WORST MOVIE
you all get cuddly and shit and he turns the TV onto THE CATS MUSICAL
you just stare straight at him...and when he looks at you he gives u a kiss
aww cute GIVE ME THE REMOTE
he doesn't even understand how bad the movies are sometimes, BUT HE WILL KNOW HOW BAD THE MUSIC IS
"did u like the movie?"
"yeah it was pretty good! the music was okay.."
WDYM BY, "PRETTY GOOD"? THE CGI IS TERRIFYING AND WERID. THE WHOLE SHIT WAS CREEPY.
he needs to see a movie critique and learn.
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uki
probably the best out there
but he's your nightmare.
HE WILL OUTRIGHT CRITIQUE UR CLOTHING STYLE
in a nice way
"if u don't take that off rn bitch"
he could say worse
like did you SEE his unpacking stream?
I need to book an appointment with him cause he was ripping that girls clothing style up.
he loves you, trust me!! he loves u sm that he doesn't want to see u wearing that 'shit'
you guys knew I was gonna say this but
NAIL ART NIGHT.
YOU CANT CONVINCE ME THIS MF DOESNT DO GOOD NAIL ART.
but hes still a bit mean abt it
"you want that art? ilysm but......."
SHUT UP
he'll do it anyways and reassures u you're fine
HE ALSO DOES MF SKIN CARE
And extensive skin care routine.
He loves doing it with you. if ur willing.
"uki...what is this?"
"I thought ud never asked."
blabkahblah goes on a whole speech about salicylic acid, Benzoyl Peroxide, Alpha hydroxy acids
like just tell me it's for acne.
def eats those gummies for strong nails, hair, skin
"are those Flintstone gummies?"
"no for your information they are actually hair skin and nails vitamins with biotin & vitamin c by nature's bounty optimal solutions, hair skin and nails gummies - strawberry flavored, 80 gummies (3 pack btw) 80 count"🤓🤓🤓
SHUT UP I HOPE U CHOKE ON THEM
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was this to long anyway ily guys pls req !!
