Arthit laid in the tub, his majestic tail half tucked under him, pondering over events that happened in the morning. He can only teleport in the sea, only to the places he visits regularly. Because those are the places he can visualise clearly. He can also teleport to the place his friend is, but to do that he needs something willingly given that carries signature of that individual. This human didn't give him anything nor did Arthit ever has seen him, how can he teleport himself in to this stranger's house ?

The door of the bathroom creaked, Arthit's ears laid flat against his skull, his body stiffened,getting in to fully-alert mode, his tail-end  stood stiff and straight, ready to attack.

As soon as the door threw open, Arthit swung his lower half , aiming for the intruder's neck. His eyes widened seeing the human owner of the house entering his room but he couldn't take his tail back, with pounding heart he saw his tail taking a strike at Kongpob's face.

Oh lord ! 

Kongpob's eyes widen seeing a tail suddenly coming flailing towards him, on instinct, his hands shot up to cover his face. His quick reflex saved his face from getting scratched but it couldn't save him from getting thrown  down on his ass.

" Fucking hell ! " Kongpob cursed sitting back up, his hand rubbing his lower back. He felt his right arm sting, upon raising his hand for inspection he found that his right Shirt sleeve now has four slits just under the elbow. Kongpob was amused that the cutesy soft tail of Merman is capable of nicking skin. It had scratched him, making four precisely equidistant slits. Thank god, it is just a surface level cut and not a deep gash.

Arthit saw the human rolling up his sleeves and inspecting the cuts Arthit had made. He felt really bad , he didn't mean to do it.

" I am sorry Human, I am used to ways of sea. I apologise for unprovoked attack " Arthit streched his tail to caress Kongpob's hand.

Kongpob was still pondering over his cuts when he heard sudden croaking and whistling noises. He looked up from his wound & towards Arthit, his eyes squinted & nostrils slightly flared seeing merman's tail again heading towards him. Kong shot up from his sitting position, expertly dodging the tail he shot a glare towards Arthit.

" Watch where your tail is going fish-man or swear to god I will chop it down. " Kongpob was seething.
He could understand one time mistake but the merman dared trying to attack him again ? That damn hybrid species is seriously testing his patience.

Arthit stared at Kongpob, his doe eyes wide and hands shaking. He was freezed seeing Kongpob looking positively furious. If looks could kill, he would have evaporated in to sea foam till now.

Kongpob glared at Arthit's tail, still lazing in his space, lightly moving from one side to other.
" Take your tail back. " Kongpob seethed clenching his fist.

Arthit was frozen seeing Kongpob's anger , instantly shrunk his tail back and tucked it under his body. Arthit shrunk himself back in to the tub, curling his lower half he slouched his body, trying to look as small as possible.

" I'm sorry " Arthit whimpered, unbeknownst to him he was again speaking mer-language so all Kongpob heard was low whistling sound.  Arthit was still frozen & curled, all the tales of human hunters started floating afresh in his mind. His body started slightly shaking in fear. He remembered his brother telling him that humans are fond of mer meat, they just don't know the source. There is a group of special mer-hunter humans who hunts mers and sell them as common fish meat.

Does this human also belongs to that  group ? Is he saving him to kill him later?  Arthit doesn't even have his magic. He forgot address of his weapons and he can't summon them because,again, he has no magic. He isn't good in hand to hand combat. How will he save himself ?

" Don't kill me human. Merman tears are medicinal and much more expensive. I will cry for you. Plz don't kill me. My Mae must be missing me " Arthit cried in mer-language.

Kongpob saw the curled up merman, making pitiful low whimpering noises. He was confused as to how whistling could give away so many emotions or is it body language of merman ?  The merman was shaking , while continuously croaking and whistling.

" Hey, I mean no harm okay. " Kongpob raised both his hands in surrender, arms up, palm facing towards Arthit. Kongpob stepped closer.

"Listen to me merman— " Arthit shrieked seeing Kongpob walking towards him with his hands in air, open palm facing him.

"This human is indeed one of the hunters! I don't even have my magic or my trident."

Petrified, Arthit did only one thing that he can do, he shrieked, the pendant hanging in his neck glowed bright.

And no need to say, Kongpob found himself butt naked at the entrance of his house.

" I will fucking kill you, you dumb fish." Kongpob shouted. " I will not only kill you but mince you in to small pieces –"

Kongpob felt a gaze on his back so he turned around. Neera', the 32 year old bachelor neighbour was staring at him, her eyes trained on Kongpob's crotch.

" Wow ! "  She whistled appreciatively. Kongpob's hands flew down to his crotch instantly, cupping his nether region he made a run for his door.

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Kongpob wrapped and towel around his waist and gathered his courage. If he was going to teleport butt naked anyway, then he better wear something not as expensive as thousand dollars suit.

Kongpob was grateful that he didn't have anything valuable in his pockets while he got teleported, both in morning and now at night. Taking a deep breath, he stepped towards the bathroom.

" See merman , I mean you no harm. " Kongpob declared from before slowly opening up the door.

Arthit stared at him with beautiful doe eyes wide in fear and anticipation. Kongpob pointed his finger at Arthit
"  I mean you no harm. But if you teleport me naked anywhere,consider yourself dead."

The merman again whistled something in the frequency only dogs could hear.

" Don't you dare to vanish my clothes, at least teleport me clothed" Kongpob yelled clasping his hands over years. A sudden bout of pain flared in his head hearing the inhumane frequency of sound from merman's mouth.

Merman whistled again looking highly offended and indignant.

" What ? " Arthit asked.

" I said, I did not vanish you. You vanished yourself. I have heard hunters can do that —"

" No human can vanish anything alright " Kongpob said tiredly, his long work day catching on him. " And I'm not hunter. "

" But you were holding your hands up, palm open and sayin—"

" Wait . You are speaking normally –"

"Yes. I can speak 16 languages. " Arthit answered proudly, pigging his chest out, his tail which was tucked under his body, jutted out, shimmering bright blue.

" 16 languages 😱" Kongpob gasped, this fish can speak 16 languages and he - a human who can't speak even three. What is the use of being most smartest animal on the earth when a talking fish can outrank you ? "

"Why didn't you speak normally, then ? " Kongpob asked.

" Mer-language is normal to me. Human language is hard, my tongue pains from all the movements and twisting. " Arthit explained.

" How do you speak 16 languages without using tongue ? I don't believe you. Show me." Kongpob challenged "Speak at least eight. "

Arthit made a low grunting noise of different lengths and pitches, then it turned in to croaking , then some whistling , a weird mix of all. After listening to two-three minutes of continuous whistling and grunting , Kongpob had enough. He raised his hand
" Stop. Do you take me as a  fool ? "

" No. I spoke six languages." Arthit answered innocently, not quite understanding why the human is angry.

" You just croaked, grunted and whistled. Of this is a language then I can speak it too" Kongpob huffed, annoyed.

" You can ? " Arthit asked, eyes wide with surprise. But his surprised waned off quickly. He clapped his hands in glee " Brilliant ! Then, let's speak in mer-language"

Arthit whistled something, Kongpob too whistled back.

" You lack necessary equipment " Arthit replied calmly.

" What ? " Kongpob asked perplexed.

" You just gave me a mating invitation—"

" Come again 😾–"

" You just asked me to mate you." Arthit replied throwing him worried look. "Are you in heat human ? You should look for your species. Inter species breeding is dangerous"

" Excuse me. I did not ask such a thing" Kongpob couldn't believe he was getting mating lecture from a talking fish.

" You don't have to lie human. It is natural. Nothing to be ashamed about. Don't get me wrong. Your upper half is okay human. You are easy on eyes but I really can't assist you. You will have to find a female of your species. " Arthit looked at the human sympathetically. Poor thing, he must have felt rejected, no wonder he always is angry. Mers in heat behave illogically too.

" I am not in heat " Kongpob shouted " even if I was, I wouldn't ask a half fish who doesn't even have a dick. "

" What is dick ? " Arthit asked confused .

" The thing you lack. " Kongpob shot back.

Arthit's eyes flared up at the insult. Though he doesn't understand half of the things this human says . He can see the human is insulting him.

" You lack shiny fins and bright scales too. Even if you had them, you are not my type. " Arthit shot back.

" Same to you. Smelly fishes with a loud mouth aren't my type too. " Kongpob retorted.

Both turned their backs to each other .

Kongpob felt his arm sting. He forgot to treat his scratches. Washing it under the water Kongpob  realised two things

1. Humans doesn't have heat.
2. He was arguing with a talking fish.

What has his world come to 🤦.

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A/N : last picture of merman Arthit..And I quit on editing😁