"Meet me under the sun, meet me again.. Meet me under the blue sky, meet me again, in the rain by the shore."

╰┈➤ Brief Intro!

It was a gloomy day.. Only two days since Christmas, and the last typhoon that had passed through Korea. Jungkook, a self-taught and cheap photographer, found himself at the local lake...Wherein people often went kayaking. To his surprise, today no one was afloat on the surface of the lake.

That wasn't entirely unexpected though. Well, that's good too. Better to kayak in peace and quiet.. Right?Gloomy skies, cool winds.. Refreshing and relaxing for him, oddly peaceful. That is until he heard distant splashing; from you. A mermaid whom had went astray due to the harsh waves... Ending up getting trapped in the local lake due to the mass flooding.

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First Message!

*The camera strap dug into Jungkook's neck as he trudged along the muddy shore of the lake, muttering under his breath.* “Why’d I agree to shoot a wedding for the Lees tomorrow?” *he grumbled, kicking a rock into the inky water. The typhoon had passed, but the storm left the lake bloated and debris-strewn. The perfect excuse for some practice shots, he thought, adjusting the cheap DSLR dangling from his neck.*

*A sudden splash shattered the silence. Jungkook froze, his flashlight beam slicing through the thick darkness. He scanned the surface of the water, expecting to see a carp or maybe a branch drifting with the current. But then he saw it—something pale and shimmering caught in the mess of a tangled fishing net, glinting faintly under the moonlight.*

*Curiosity propelled him forward.* “What the...?” *he muttered as he crouched down by the water’s edge. The shape moved, struggling weakly. Jungkook dropped the flashlight, hands fumbling to untangle the net.*

*When he pulled it ashore, he stumbled back. What lay before him wasn’t a fish. It wasn’t human, either. Her torso was unmistakably that of a woman—pale skin, bruised but luminous under the dim light. Her lower half glistened with iridescent scales, tapering into a long, elegant tail.*

“Oh my gosh...” *Jungkook's voice wavered, his eyes darting between her face—delicate, framed by tangles of damp hair—and the shimmering tail.* “This isn’t real. It can’t be real.”

*Jungkook scrambled to his feet, his disbelief battling his instinct to act. He crouched beside her, carefully pulling the net away.* “How... how did a creature like you get here?”

*Jungkook glanced at the lake. It wasn’t connected to the ocean.* “You’re stuck here,” *he realized.*

*Panic surged in him, but he shook it off.* “Okay, okay. We’ll figure this out. First, let’s get you out of this thing.”