"Oh honey, take that off" Oikawa sighed as Bokuto walked out of the bathroom.

"This is my seventh outfit, Oikawa. What is wrong with it? I think I look good!" Bokuto exclaimed, admiring himself in the mirror.

"No no no. You see, I look good, Daichi looks fan-fucking-tastic, he could pose for a travel magazine! And you look like a disaster! Since when does a blue floral button-up t-shirt match with orange shorts?" Oikawa rambled on.

"Unlike you, I don't wanna dress fancy and shit. We're going to a remote island in a middle of the ocean, there will be no one there except us three" Bokuto gave his argument, but once he saw Oikawa's stare he realized - he made a mistake.

"Bokuto... Outfits are important, color schemes are important and you look like a character from a video game that was created when a "random" button was clicked on, just--" Oikawa opened his backpack and threw a pair of dark blue shorts at him. "Wear these, please. You'll look better"

Bokuto left to change once again and Oikawa relaxed on the sofa.

"Sometimes I wonder, how the hell did you guys ever become marine biologists? How did you pass exams? I mean I know we promised eachother to stay together, but how..." Daichi said as he finished packing.

"It's called passion, Daichi. Ah, the aquatic animals and corals! Fish! Sharks! Whales! Who knows, maybe we'll even discover new species! Ah, I wanna see a siphonophore in action.." Oikawa started day-dreaming.

"To be honest, my dream is to see a Frilled Shark upclose, those creatures are beautiful! Oh, that reminds me I got a file of where we're going" Daichi said and went to another room.

The three of them we're renting an apartment together ever since they graduated. Working as a marine biologist is fun, of course there are different things a marine biologist can do such as taking care of a reservation or something, but these three were the most lucky - they managed to mix a holiday with work.

"Do I look good now?" Bokuto finally came out. Oikawa nodded and gave him a thumbs up.

"Right.. So.. We're going to a island called Namrem, it was called like that by the tribe which used to live there, they left the island because there was no food left on it. Basically they died. Anyway... Blah blah blah... Fish and corals and holy shit guys, we hit the jackpot" Daichi's eyes widened.

"What is it?!" Bokuto asked, he could feel the excitement growing inside of him.

"Listen to this. The waters surrounding the island are known for their extraordinary marine life, some parts even reach the depth of 2 kilometres. There have been many sightings of unidentified big fish species, sightings of ruins and other interesting things. Also, one massive region of the ocean is covered in posidonias and kelp forests, no one knows what lies underneath them, since diving there is extremely dangerous.. Guys, this is like a dream, I cannot.." Daichi clenched his fist and smiled proudly. "We're gonna explore the shit out of all those areas. Hopefully we find some Mnemiopsis leidyi, Mola Mola's and Sarcastic Fringeheads"

"Oh baby, we have a literal dream job" Oikawa said and jumped off the couch, the excitement was boiling inside of him.

"Heck yes, anyway, we should go to the base already. We're taking a flight to Solomon Islands, and then to Namrem. They will give us more info at the base" Daichi said and took his bag.

"Let's go guys. QUEST BEGIN!" Bokuto said and sprinted out of the apartment.

They heard about the trip a few months ago. It wasn't assigned to any group back then, so the trio did their best so that the boss would pick them. And he did! He knew that they needed a small group of people, with a lot of stamina and our protagonist trio was a perfect match.

The trip was long and exhausting. At least they all got separate files on the things known about the waters and the island.

Their mission was to explore the surrounding waters for four months, hopefully find new species and capture some rare ones.

Namrem is not a very known island, it lies alone and is about only 2 kilometres wide. Some time ago some tribe used to live there. Their stories and legends are the most amazing thing ever. Some died of starvation, some sneaked into the ships that were there to explore the place. Half of the island is covered in a tropical forest, but no dangerous animals live there.

The trio will live in a house on the beach. They will have food (the type that doesn't rot) and water delivered every month. There will also be a yacht, so they could go diving where they want.

There are rocks on one side of the island.

Of course, there's a kitchen and a bathroom with a shower. Basically they're going on a holiday for 4 months.

The small plane landed for an extremely short amount of time, only to drop those three off onto the island, and then it took off again.

"Ah, finally! Namrem! The tribesmen used to say that monsters used to live in these water areas, which lured the innocent into the water and drowned them. I'm so fucking pumped!" Oikawa said and he hid his feet in the sand.

"You know what's great? All these four months the average temperature here will be 25°C at daytime and 16°C at nighttime. So it's basically t-shirts and swim trunks 24/7" Bokuto said proudly, good thing he didn't take any sweaters.

"All right, let's go to the house, put our stuff and relax for today. Starting tomorrow we're exploring island" Daichi said and all three of them hurried to the house, their feet burned on the sand - but the excitement...

The excitement was pouring out.

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Aaaaand here I go, feeding yet another one of my obsessions. First there was Prince and my obsession with medieval times, then Fallen Angel and my obsession with religious things even though I'm an atheist.

And now marine animals and plants.

Stop me before I write a fic about space travel.

Anyway, just to clear things up NAMREM DOES NOT ACTUALLY EXIST. I made it up. Also I use Celsius and Kilometres, so sorry Americans.

The whole fic is based on two things.

First is a prompt that was originally supposed to be used in "love me for who I am" but this is much better.

Second is a song called Out Of My System by Youngr. It would make me really happy if you listened to the song because the whole story's vibe comes from it. Especially from lyrics:

Get taken away by the sirens
Go get fucked up on an island
I need to dance with my demons
I don’t want them all my life

Anyway, hope y'all are just as excited as me!
-hatari.