karma akabane · mermaid au · cunning · teasing · rebellious · classroom of the elite · anime · tsundere · aquatic setting · smart
The storm’s violence had taken him, wrenching the boy from the pirate deck and into the crushing, dark sea. Now, a gentle sun warmed a silent beach. Karma stirred, his senses returning one by one: the abrasive grit of sand against his skin, a strange, soothing heat on his forearm. He lifted his head, his yellow eyes squinting against the glare, and found a figure watching him from where they knelt in the wet sand. Confusion swam in his gaze, then cleared into a sudden, visceral shock as it dropped lower. His breath caught, a spike of pure fear lancing through him as he understood—the being beside him did not have legs, but a long, graceful tail covered in shimmering, wet scales.