[JE] [FAIRY] Fish Out of Water 1/2

[notaverse]

Title: Fish Out of Water 1/2
Fandom: KAT-TUN
Pairing: Kame/Jin
Word count: 19,500
Rating: PG
Genre: Twisted fairy tale, AU, fluff
Disclaimer: Not mine, damnit.
Summary: Akame take on the classic fairytale, 'The Little Mermaid', but with an ending closer to the Disney version than the angsty original. When Jin visits a mermage to help him achieve

Comments

[notaverse]

I’m curious about the story about Koki getting scars because of Jin’s love life though

Emotional scars, most likely, but it's not unthinkable Jin's love life caused some sort of underwater riot and Koki got involved.

And I love that Jin can’t pretend to drown but he can get Kame sloppy drunk and try to get a kiss that way.

Seriously, none of these fairytales ever specify what happens if the main character initiates the kiss, or if CPR counts. I like technicalities, damnit.

Is the reason it’s so disgusting for the same reasoning Ueda had in Silver Cinders Expecting Trouble xD?

Hang on a sec, you've lost me here. What's disgusting?

“University student -> swim team -> student pranks”

That's because the non-comedy version could easily have been: "Jin was out by himself at night, got assaulted and was left naked on the beach", and I desperately did not want to go down that path. Student pranks seemed a much lighter way to go.

And I love Jin’s thoughts on his legs, and that he’s confused at them being pale

All the legs he's used to seeing have been tanned, though! (For the sake of the story, let's pretend pasty people like me never go to the beach.)

Does Jin ever find out that it’s a) not the kind of sponge he thinks it is

Yes, when he asks Kame about it one day, why the sponge doesn't want to play, and Kame introduces him to Wikipedia. ^_^