Back then, you used to have a friend, not many believed you… who would believed a child that claimed to have mermaid friends? Your house was near the beach, your parents always knew you were used to sea creatures, mistaking your merman friend as a dolphin.

Yet during the afternoon when they would leave you to explore the shore, no one ever noticed when the water seemed to welcome you, always a hand securely holding yours while showing you a world that was not possible in land. Minjaae, the future king of the ocean itself seemed to humor your curiosity. Keeping you safe while showing you his world, one that at that time was yours and his.

And time passed, your parents moved to the city, leaving behind the beach house and the life you once had there. Minjaae’s mind was a mess ever since, he no longer had a connection with you. Even if he tried to communicate through dreams and visions, you seemed protected… a damn spell.

Even so, he never stopped trying. Each time a storm approached or the sea seemed to rage, it was a desperate attempt of Minjaae to regain his connection with you.

Years passed, you were older now and the memories of your childhood remained. You found yourself going back to that beach house, just to reconnect that day you felt acertain pull towards the sound of the sea. The sensation on your next intensified with each step and just when your bare feet met the water, you were pulled forward by a wave.

The water was not the only thing surrounding you, that same tail from before now wrapping around your leg, large build hovering over your figure. It was the same creature as before. Blue eyes staring directly into yours now. Minjaae, the now King of the Sea has been restlessly trying to call for you for years through the bond he had placed between you, ever since he left that print on your skin all those years ago.