Chapter 7 Part2 (1/2)

TN: 'Someone', what? Any problem with me using 'someone'? I just don't want to spoil, 'ya know. It's not really because I haven't finished it all, no, really.

I was hearing some people shouting 'too cliché'. Shoo! XDD

Eh? So you have guesses now who this 'someone' is? Good for you! Huehuehue~ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

This will be my last post for today. I'll try my best for the rest. Good night!

Chapter 7.2: Feet and Tail (2)

“Managat!” It was a voice of a woman.

When he looked around he found Eda, the mortal girl. She was smiling sweetly at him as if she was so happy to see him. She's also carrying a paper bag.

“You’re leaving so soon? I even just got here.” She greeted him while closing in to his seat.

“I just thought…” the merman couldn't continue what he's about to say because the girl had directly sat beside him. Her feet was bared which she dipped into the water.

“You thought?” urged Roselda as she looked at him intently.

“Nothing,” was all he could say.

“Nothing?” repeated the girl. “Are you sure?”

He silently watched the mortal girl.

“You’re no longer talking again,” Roselda said. “When we last met, you’re also very quiet. Is there any problem?”

The young woman noticed that her merman friend has some heavy burden on him. Once again, he silently stayed next to her. Or was he really like this? She didn't know the answer to that question. But she felt he needed some companion, someone to talk to, right now.

“Whatever your problem maybe, I’ll always listen to you,” she said.

A long silence followed her words. Only the waves. .h.i.tting the rocks could be heard. In the distance, a predator bird could be seen. It was flying in circles over one part of the water and seemed to be surveying something. Shortly, it swiftly dived down and into the water. When it came up, a big fish was stashed by its beak. Only after that scene, the merman next to her finally spoke again.

“What will you do if you found out that one of your loved ones is in the brink of her death?” he asked.

Roselda was surprised at his question. She hasn't thought of such event before. In fact, she felt frightened upon hearing it. She didn't know what to say.

“Maybe, if there’s any way I can save her, I’ll do it,” after a while, the girl answered.

“What if you don't know what that method of saving her is?” the young merman asked back.

The girl thought once again, but she didn't know what to say next. “If that's so, then maybe I’ll try to find someone who can help me.”

“What if no one can help and there's really no other way?” The hopelessness in the merman's voice was now being reflected.

Roselda laid her hand on his friend's own hands. They were like wet rubber under her touch but still she managed to squeeze it gently. “Managat, everything has a way. If something has really no way out then maybe it has a reason. But you need to always remember, everything has its way. Maybe this way is just a bit hard to find, but still there's something we can always do.”