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Just a Peek-	By : Running_With_Fire Category: Kingdom Hearts > AU - Alternate Universe Views: 1497 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Wonder covered the mer boy's face as the human floated in his tank. Touchable... Maulable.. Edible. Yet those clawed hands didn't cut into Roxas. Just touched him. His shoulders, his chest, his back, tracing the lines of his skin and studying him until he started to choke and swam to the surface. He wasn't stopped, head breaking the surface and looking down for the other boy while he caught his breath. To his surprise, a head of messy spikes broke the water next to him. The mer boy blowing bubbles and watching him with a clear expression of curiousity.
"You're even cooler up close.. Can I-"
He slowly reached out to touch the siren, but the boy swam away, mistrust crossing his features again.
"Sorry.. I guess not."
Roxas pulled himself out of the tank, locking it again and climbing back down, careful to mop up his footprints. Dressing himself, he noticed he was being observed.
"Hey, I bet ya can't splash me from here."
A flash of indignation and a whip of the tail saw Roxas completely drenched, but then that was part of the plan. When he went upstairs Axel panicked, asking if he'd been in the tank. He half lied. The mermaid had splashed him after all. About a gallon and a half of water had cleared the top of the tank. That should tell them a lot about how strong that tail was.

The next day the merboy was waiting for him, floating near the front of the tank and blowing a stream of bubbles to say hello. He looked up at the top of the tank, and then met the gaze of the blond boy in front of him.
"I can't swim with you today if that's what you want."
The boy in the water pouted and blew bubbles at him.
"If I jump in there too often I won't be allowed in here anymore. You are dangerous you know, and I'm only a junior hunter."
Roxas watched him cross his arms and sulk, trying not to laugh at how childish it looked.
"If you wanna help me answer some of these questions they'll let me be in here more often. And maybe eventually I can get you a better living space?"
More bubbles passed pouting lips, but he seemed to be listening so Roxas lifted the clip board.
"We won't do tests every day, and I'm not going to zap the water on you, if you don't feel like doing something you don't have to.. Today maybe do you want to show me how fast you can swim? If you start at one end of the tank and swim to the other I can time you and figure it out."
It looked like the finned boy sighed, shoulders rising and falling but no bubbles left his mouth this time. So it was purely an expressive act. He'd mark down that the mer seemed to mimic human body language. When he looked up he had to look around only to see the merboy waiting by the wall of the tank. Swallowing his nerves he slowly raised the stop watch.
"Okay go!"
Swish- T H U D!
The sound of a mermaid darting across the tank and into the other wall made Roxas jump. He was fast! They'd need a bigger tank and a better trial to be at all accurate. Jotting down the analysis anyway he smiled to see that the previous notes on speed and agility had much lower scores. So, he was getting better results. The boss would definitely like that.
"You're really fast! We're gonna need more space for you to swim if we want to learn anymore about that."
A huff of bubbles and the merboy expressed his sarcastic agreement by putting his hands where his hips would be and leaning forward with a deadpan look of irritation. I could have told you that.
Roxas laughed quietly at the sass. It seems the guy had some personality. A rustle from another cage made the blond turn his head, distracted by the sound. The brunette in the tank huffed again, deciding to regain Roxas' attention with a splash. The soaked junior hunter scowled at the siren who seemed to be laughing, melodic chirping noises filled the air and his shoulders shook. This human, his human, should just keep paying attention to him after all. Roxas couldn't help but stare, the mer was vocalizing.
"Can you talk?"
The boy in the tank smiled warmly as he swam right up to the glass and nodded, putting his hands on the barrier, as if hoping he could reach through it. A newfound interest glimmered in his sky coloured irises, curious still but also somewhat fond of the boy in front of him. Roxas met his gaze, the same light mirrored in his own sapphire orbs.
"Do you want to tell me your name?"
Trudging up the stairs soaked again, Xion, a fellow junior hunter started fussing that he'd get a cold the second he walked into the room. Ignoring his dark haired best friend for the moment he proudly slammed the clipboard down in front of Vexen, the scientist jumping in alarm and scowling in irritation.
"His name is Sora."
The whole room went silent. Vexen poured over his new notes, glaring at the page as if to burn it.
"How in the blazes did you get it to vocalize?"
"I just asked."
Roxas went to shower and change, humming smugly to himself and wondering what else he could learn about the merboy.

The next day arrived and there was a small group near the tank before Roxas had even gotten ready. The younger hunter sighed when the containment room opened and he saw the little crowd. Vexen and Zexion, his messy haired apprentice, were closest to the glass but not in splashing range. Axel stood nearby, and so did Demyx, another full hunter but one that rarely went on the hunt. Vexen was talking to the boy in the tank without much success. Zexion's piercing blue eyes never left the irritated fish boy, most likely scanning his body language.
"I do not see what you're getting by refusing, I am only asking that you speak. You spoke to that child, why not to us?"
Sora was floating in the middle of the tank, arms crossed and pouting, turned away to blatantly ignore the scientist. The sound of a specific shoe hitting the containment area floor had his finned ears pricking up and he swam to the edge of the tank, letting out a few happy chirps and purrs. His human was back, he'd make the weird people go away.
"Morning, Sora!"
"Hello Roxas!"
The group gasped in surprise. The voice was muffled by water but distinct. The harmonic undertones typical of a siren voice made even the simple greeting sound like music. On top of that the previously anti-social merboy was now practically pressed up against the glass, humming at the blond. Roxas turned to his co-workers, frowning.
"What are you guys doing here?"
"We wanted to see if it really could talk!" chimed Demyx with a grin.
His goofy personality had always made him one of the more fun co-workers, but his lazy attitude made him a horrible team mate. Blond hair was barely tamed, brushed back out of the way of blue eyes that shone with an almost childish wonder.
Axel smirked and ruffled Roxas' spikes, messing it up even more than it was naturally much to the distaste of the protesting blond.
"Looks like he likes you! Be careful Roxy, the merboy might get a crush on you at this rate!"
Both Roxas and Sora seemed to choke, Roxas swinging his arm at Axel in annoyance, face flushing with nervous embarrassment. Axel easily parried with hs own own the boys shoving each other as old friends tend to.
"As if!"
At the same time the mer swam away from the glass, stopping with his back to the group, arms crossed and blowing bubbles. His normally pale blue ear fins had turned nearly violet. The others laughed, well except for Vexen. He just glared. Roxas wasn't sure he knew what laughter was.
"If they do grow too fond of each other what are you going to do, Axel?"
"Nothing. So long as fish boy stays in there and Roxas stays in one piece I don't care how close of buddies they become. Besides, if they do become friends we'll get to see mermaid social patterns. Data. I'd think you of all people would like that."
"Hmph. I still do not trust the situation."
"You don't trust anything."
Laughing off Vexen's paranoia, Axel turned to Roxas, arms crossing but not out of irritation, his smile was just as warm as any other day.
"Now, what was this about expanding the tank?"
"I don't want to do it right away, this one is fine for now, but he needs more room if we're going to properly test his movement. He's so fast I can't see setting up an agility test in a tank this small. I'll keep making recommendations while working with him, but for now that's just something to try and wrestle out of Saix."
The brunette in the water had turned his head a bit, clearly listening but not turning around yet. Axel noted the boy paying attention to them and chuckled.
"I'll work my magic but no promises. There isn't really any room for an indoor expansion, so we might have to go partially outdoor, good news is, there's the sea right there and all we have to do is build a wall and knock one out. Bad news is we'd have to move him to a temporary tank while working and he might not like that. If you can prove he'll behave and that we can catch him to move him, I might just be able to pull this off."
"Prove he'll behave? If I talk to him I can probably get him to a different tank.. I think he just needs the right reason to listen to someone. But if you think he'll jump through a hoop because I ask him too you're wrong. Hey Sora! Come over here? I want you to meet my friend!"
The blond pulled Axel closer to the tank. Smiling when the mer turned around and swam up to the glass.
"Sora, this is Axel, he's not going to hurt you like Vexen did. If you're nice maybe he can get some cool stuff for your tank!"
Sora chirped a few times to say hello, and Axel chuckled.
"Introducing me to your boyfriend already? Wow Roxas you guys must be serious."
Roxas was about to snap a response when Sora beat him to it. Two gallons of water doused the spluttering pair while musical laughter rang from the tank. The brunette smiled with his hands behind his head when they both looked up, clear smugness radiating off him.
Axel shook as much water out of his hair as he could while Demyx howled like a hyena behind him. The mermaid was making his best innocent face from behind the glass and Vexen started ranting about how the fish boy had attacked them. Roxas just sighed and pulled his shirt off to ring it out.
"I'm going to have to start wearing a swimsuit. This is the third time I've been splashed."
"Did that little shit really just splash the person in charge of his tank?"
"You started it Axel! Anyway since I'm already all wet and someone was wondering how we'll clean the tank with a person eater in it I wanted to show you something."
Axel watched him warily when he climbed the steps to the tank, Vexen and Zexion both calling out warnings he ignored. Sora swam to the surface, waiting and blowing bubbles again. The blond dived into the water, pretending he didn't hear the worried gasps of his human friends. Sora swam around him lazily, smiling and poking at him. The mer really was craving human for supper but not Roxas. Roxas was a friend now. The blond boy waved to his red headed friend who chuckled and waved back. Axel returned Roxas' grin when the blond swam to the surface, a very docile siren following to watch him.
"You're insane!"
"I'm also the only person who gets to swim with a mermaid!"
"Yeah, yeah.. Just make sure you get some data while you're playing around in the water."
"Will do!"
Roxas grinned at Sora, who blew bubbles in response. Suddenly he'd taken Roxas' hands and the human understood in a second, taking a deep breath and holding it. Sora pulled him under the water, showing him what it was like to really swim with a mermaid.
It was beautiful, but all too soon he needed to breathe. Tapping on Sora's hand and looking upwards, he was surprised when the boy looked annoyed and shook his head. The human boy would drown if he stayed down here. Starting to choke he tried to get away from the merboy who only gripped him tighter. Sora was trying to drown him?! He trusted the siren and now he's choking! He could hear the clank of metal, if that was Axel he'd be to late. He couldn't help it anymore. Lungs crying out for air demanded his lips part and water was all that could flood them.
To his surprise he was yanked closer to the spiky haired boy, lips harshly locking over his own and then.. Air. Air flooded his mouth and then his lungs. He clung to the finned boy, breathing deeply through Sora's gils. Pulling back holding his breath again, eyes wide with wonder. Sora just looked smug. At least he did up until Roxas was dragged away from him and to the surface.
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