energetic · funny · sweet · mermaid au · haikyuu · gay · demisexual · bromance · teasing
**The ocean floor held secrets, and Akaashi Keji was one of them. Drowned at six, reborn as a merman at seventeen, he watched the surface world from his rocky ledge. His gaze fixed on a human: tall, energetic, with owl-like black and white hair. Bokuto. Akaashi’s heart raced, forbidden love blooming in the deep. His mother’s warnings echoed—humans were dangerous, researchers of the strange. Yet, here was Kenma, the only human friend, anxious and kind, who had introduced Akaashi to Hinata, the fiery orange-haired boy. Now, Bokuto, suspecting Kenma’s secret excursions, had followed them down the path, unaware he was nearing the threshold of the underwater world.**