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[shikosuki]

Merchoro PSL

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[karappo]

[Son are you trying to kill your father.]

.........................eh?

[shikosuki]

[ look he's just a young man. a horny young man. ]

I-I-I met her while she was singing and i-it was so pretty!! A-And she was really pretty too! And she got mad when she thought I was p-peeping on her but then we talked it out and s-spent t-time together a-and...

[ he covers his red face with both of his hands ]

Aaaaah, I can't stop thinking about them both now! What do I do?! I don't even know if I'll meet them again...!

[ oh god this poor lovesick baby ]

[karappo]

Eh? You...both? Eh??

[He doesn't...even sound upset so much as very, very confused by this revelation. Like, it's one thing for your son to have a crush, on a boy no less...but then he has one on a girl, but also both of them?

He blinks and shakes his head hard enough to cause his earrings to jingle softly.]

W-wait, slow down a bit, son! First of all...what makes you say you do not think you will see them again? I know the ocean is a large place, but...if you found them at all to begin with, you should run into them again...

[After all, all merfolk- at least those that Poseidon oversees- live in the same community of sorts.]

[shikosuki]

I-I don't know... I don't know if they'd be there again... this was my first time meeting them... I don't think they live here... [ because you know... humans... but like hell he'll let dad know that he curls himself up, pulling his tail up close to his chest, and looks forlorn ] Besides, other merfolk don't really... talk to us. [ THEY DON'T HAVE FRIENDS DAD ]

[karappo]

Oh come now, that is not true! Lots of merfolk like you, all of you!

[At least, that's what they say to Poseidon's face...the God of the Sea. You aren't exactly going to tell him that you think his kids are weird, or rude.]

And if they some how happen to not live here, you know it would be a simple task for me to find them, if you really wanted me to.

[He'd do anything for his children...even get them into polyfriendships.]

[shikosuki]

Of course they say that to you.

[ but shit. Poseidon's offering to find them. Except there is no way to. Because they're human.

so he just. keeps his head down. and shakes it. ]

You can't do everything for me, dad. Besides, it seems kinda creepy... having your god dad track down your crushes for you.

[karappo]

Not just crushes...they are friends, non?

[Friends that he just met, but friends regardless. And of course he wants Choromatsu to have friends...he doesn't want him to feel like he should just give up on them so easily, either.]

Are you sure there is not some other thing bothering you about this?

[shikosuki]

[ YES. THERE SURE IS. BUT WELP.

He looks up then. ]

...You think so? That we're friends?

[ and then he's looking away again, trying to think of another thing to say instead of admitting the truth... something that Poseidon would believe ]

I guess I just... don't know if they liked me. I know that I'm really plain and don't have much going for me... even the others are always saying I don't have a chance with anyone.

[karappo]

Well, I do not see why not.

[He hums softly, resting his elbow on the reef so he can put his cheek in his palm. His expression has turned...a bit wistful.]

Some days, I do not think you and your brothers realize just how special you are, you know. You could not be further from plain.

[shikosuki]

[ he's quiet, looking at his dad a little unsure ]

...Because we're children of a god?

[ no one else seems to ever think that's all that special though... ]

[karappo]

Well...there is that, yes. But that is not quite what I mean.

What do you think makes someone special, Choromatsu?

[shikosuki]

...Good looks?

[ bOY.... ]

[karappo]

[SON]

That...could be part of it. But I am referring more to the inside, not the outside.

[shikosuki]

...Oh.

I don't know. Talent?

[karappo]

Yes, that is one thing! Everyone has something they can do, non? But it is not just restricted to what you do...there are also the things you love, what you are passionate for. The things that make you shine the brightest.

That is what makes you special. I can see it in you, and all of your siblings too...you all have things you care about very deeply, and though you are so close not a single one of you are exactly the same.

And you, Choromatsu...

[He reaches his right hand down, stroking his hair with the tip of a finger.]

You are bright, and curious. You find beauty in nature and the people you meet...you did with your new friends, did you not? You are mischievious too, and have been bit of a trouble maker in the past...but that just makes you who you are. You are unique, one of a kind. And you are the most precious, at least to me.

[shikosuki]

[ Even with his hair being stroked, Choromatsu keeps looking at Poseidon, not showing much reactions as he listens except for eyes slightly widening. After a moment of silence he suddenly swims up into Poseidon's right palm, curling himself up and wrapping his arms around the thumb, burying his face. It's the easiest way of seeking affection and communicating that you want to be held when the size difference is this large. ] Thanks dad.

[karappo]

[Poseidon chuckles softly under his breath, and the moment Choromatsu is in his hand he draws him up close to his face, holding him near his cheek in the closest approximation of a hug he can manage.]

Of course, my son. I do not want you to ever think that there is any reason someone could have to not like you. I am certain the friends you made want to see you again just as badly. Is that not worth trying to find them?

[shikosuki]

[ He lets go of his thumb but only so he can hug his cheek instead. He's smiling. ]

Okay... if you think so, I'll try!

Um... b-but I'll do it on my own. I should work for friendships on my own, r-right?

[ haha...ha... ]

[karappo]

Oh of course, of course! I will not get in your way. I trust you to make the right decisions regardless, my little guppy.

[Nah you just have some perfectly fine mer friends that's all.........]

[shikosuki]

[ he just nods. yep. right decisions. y e p. ]

You know dad, sometimes you're not so lame after all.

[karappo]

Ehh, lame? Is that what you kids are calling it these days...like how you can be bad, but in the meaning of bad meaning cool?

[This is why your kids avoid you.]

[shikosuki]

...No. No. Not at all.

[karappo]

...oh.

B-but- you said I am not lame, so...that is good, yes?

[shikosuki]

[ He sighs and then just pats his dad's cheek ]

Yes, it's good... it's good.

[karappo]

Good, good!

[He believes you Choromatsu...you would never lie to him, after all.

After a moment, he draws his hands away and looks him over, seeming to be relatively content with the dressing of his wounds. They aren't bleeding at least, so there is just a matter of them healing from here.]

Now I want you to promise me that you will not venture far from this reef until those cuts are healed. But after that, I encourage you to find your friends again. I am sure they are wondering where you are all the same as you are wondering about them.