Mod Post: Round 3 Lightning Drabble Round (Open to Everyone!)

[almostblue]

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[saxophonic23]

Daybreak, BangDae, PG, No warnings continuation of this if this isn't allowed please let me know and I will delete

After the last catch of the morning, Yongguk hurries out of the surf to set it in the ice cooler with the others. Daehyun follows, beaching himself. Yongguk often stays to watch the sunrise with Daehyun, and today is no exception. Yongguk joins Daehyun on the sand as more and more light fills the sky, grey brightening with color as the sun approaches. It’s easier to see Daehyun now, too. Dark hair snarled by the sea hides his long, pointed ears, broad and angled back against his head. The top of his ears split into three points, and the faintly darker circles on his eye-level lobes glow on command. His eyes, dark and large, blink more often than a human would deem necessary. Soft lips hide dangerous teeth.

He leans back on his large palms, his fingers long with small patches of skin webbed between the lowermost knuckles. His torso looks normal, save for the freckles and stripes on his skin that can glow, and the sealed gills above his waist arcing on both sides of his ribs. The sealed gills look almost like scars on his body, thin lines of dark pink flesh interrupting the expanse of sandy skin. His tail begins where his hips should be, two blue-jade fins angled out on either side, decorated with tinted frills. It’s long and healthy with stripes that can. The scales near his hips grow heavier in shade until his narrow peduncle is dark indigo. Daehyun’s wide-angled tailfin waves lazily above the waves as they rush to shore.

The sun peeks over the horizon, and Yongguk watches Daehyun from the corner of his eye. Sometimes Daehyun likes to set all the spots on his body alight as the sun rises. The freckles dotting Daehyun’s smooth, human-like skin seem to shift with unseen current. Yongguk holds his breath, waiting for Daehyun to close his eyes and glow. He keeps his Lights off, the cool undertone of his skin basking in the warm coloring of the sun.

Watching the sunrise passes quicker than the time spent waiting for it. “One day, I want to hear you sing,” Yongguk says, standing on the shore. Now that the sun is completely above the horizon, he needs to get moving to market and sell the day’s catches. As the sun rises higher in the sky, Daehyun’s skin and scales are in danger of burning or flaking the longer he stays out of the water.

Daehyun grins over his shoulder, already scooting down the sand to follow the tide. “You know I can’t do that to you.” The implication passes unspoken between them.

Yongguk frowns. “I know,” he lies, “but I’m still curious.” Inky eyes grow wide and somber, the smile fading from Daehyun’s face. He stops moving, a wave rushing in and spraying his body with seawater. Yongguk swallows and looks away, busying himself with re-checking his things. “See you tonight, Daehyun?” Yongguk asks, but when he turns around, the siren has already vanished under the surf.