Title of the story: "Little Aoi"
Main couple: Hanako/Amane x Aoi
A/N: This story is my version of "the little mermaid" based on the original story, so it's a tragic love that won't have a happy ending. Story requested by my friend @charillyis.
Important read before reading: THIS is a HanaAoi tragic version story. Two souls in love but never together. THIS IS NOT a hana//his assistant story. They are not the main theme and couple. I say this to make things clear and that there are no misunderstandings.Aoi's thoughts are slanted to make them easier to distinguish.
Let's start and hope you like it my dear friend
The drowning boy heard his brother's voice calling him in despair. He could only hear it, his vision was fading, he could hear it less and less, he felt his body becoming heavy, and he was losing strength, he felt his body weakening and going numb
"A-Amane" He stretched his hand out in front of him and closed his eyes
The boy was grabbed by the wrist and pulled by his older brother who swam with him to the surface and literally threw him onto the boat.
"Prince, please give me your hand" one of the prince's loyal knights stretched out his hand to him to pull him in before the wave hit again.
"Take care of Tsukasa!" Those were his last words. The wave hit the boat and the prince, pushing the boat away from where they were
"Prince!!" The desperate knight looked around, but had no chance of recognizing the place among the ruined sky. He stood up and was ready to jump, the wave hit the boat again, he tilted and fell
"It doesn't make sense, he already-"
"It can't be true" the desperate knight
Amane moved his legs and hands to be able to get out, but unfortunately he could no longer hold his breath and began to sink, his body felt like it was going numb and heavy, he felt like he was losing strength more and more, and the image was blurring. He closed his eyes and began to sink.
At some point he was caught and pulled to the shore. The mysterious figure laid him on the sand and looked into his eyes. The girl had long and braided hair and a purple fish tail. She looked at the unconscious prince and touched his cheek. She felt his cold but wet body regaining warmth. At some point she turned red and felt a strange feeling in her heart. The prince regained consciousness and saw a blurry figure and heard her singing, knocking him back to consciousness. The girl leaned into his mouth, but withdrew when she heard voices, panicked and fled into the sea.
Tsukasa and the knights intended to set off in search of Prince Amane. Tsukasa did not want to give up, he was desperate for the sea to give him back his beloved brother.
"Prince Tsukasa, something lies there" One of the knights noticed
After these words, Prince Tsukasa moved in the direction that his personal knight pointed to with his finger. He ran and ran, ignoring the cries of his knight to stop.
Tsukasa trembling with tears in his eyes when he saw the motionless Amane thought that the sea had given up his beloved brother, with anger in his eyes he threw himself into his arms and hugged him tightly to himself, crying very hard, literally crying with despair, thinking that his brother had died.
Tsukasa's personal knight checked his pulse and felt it
"Prince! Prince Amane is alive! I can feel the pulse!"
After these words Tsukasa opened and put his own ear to his heart and felt the weak heartbeat
"It's a miracle!! It's a miracle!!" He began to scream with happiness and strongly received his brother in his arms
"Medic quickly!" he shouted to the others
Amane barely opened his eyes and stammered
"T-Tsu-Tsu-kasa? " He stammered in a weak voice. He said it so quietly that Tsukasa didn't hear him. Amane wanted to hug him, but he couldn't, for him the name "Tsukasa" was hard to pronounce and cost him a lot. He felt his brother hug him tightly, so tightly that he felt his bones being crushed.
"Amane, Amane, Amane!!"
After these words the medic came and took him to the hospital,which is located in one of the rooms in the castle.
A week has passed since the events. Whenever Aoi had the chance, she hid behind the rocks and looked at Amane, who was going out to sea as if he was waiting or looking for someone. Aoi stared at him the whole time until she saw their eyes meet. She quickly hid. Amane stretched because he noticed someone, but it quickly flashed and he thought it was a bird. Resigned, he returned to the castle. In the meantime, Amane had sent word to the young ladies in the kingdom that he was looking for a girl with a voice like an 'angel' to marry. From morning till night there was no shortage of willing girls. Days passed and Amane began to lose hope that the voice was simply a figment of his imagination.
Aoi felt her heart beating hard and her cheeks turning red.
"What am I thinking? He's a prince - human… I'm half fish" She bit her lip, felt a pain in her heart - there's no point in going - she added and then burst into tears
Aoi leaned out slightly to see Amane was there, no one was alive she breathed a sigh of relief, but also sadness
"I'll go back to the ocean" Aoi said to herself turning around terrified hit the cliff with her back in front of her standing witch is called "3" because she has the number 3 carved on her chest. She wrapped her tentacles around the princess and dangerously approached her face to hers.
"Witch no.3" Aoi said not to take her eyes off the witch, she looked into the red and sinister eyes up close. Aoi looking into the eyes felt as if no.3 had no soul, cold and ruthless "What you want from me?" she asked with an impassive face. In fact, if she could, she would cry, she tried to muffle her voice from breaking and controlled her body so that it would not shake.
When the witch touched her shoulders The princess's body twitched nervously and Aoi moaned, stifling a squeak.
"What are you afraid of princess?" the witch's answer was met with silence "I don't want to hurt you. I want to help you. I can make your tail turn into legs,not for free, of course." She said whispering in her ear
Aoi looked at the witch who saw how the sad, full of sadness and darkness eyes became brighter and sparkled
"What should I give you for this?"
"Your beautiful voice"
"What?! This is ridiculous!" She quickly became outraged, breaking free from her tentacles and quickly ran away to the depths of the sea, returning home
A few days passed Aoi was sitting in her garden that she was tending and had a statue of Amane that had sunk. She always liked to look at the statue she touched the inscription that was on it "Prince Amane called Hanako". looking at the statue became painful and made her miss him and want to meet him. She put her arms around the statue and looked at him from the side
"I'll do it" She said to herself
he ran away from the candidates who tried to become his wives straight into the sea
Aoi swam to the deepest depths of the ocean. In a dark and cold place was the witch's cave. Aoi timidly entered. The witch was doing something in a large hole resembling spikes, from the inside came light yellow smoke.
"Princess!, you've made up your mind!"
"Yes"
"Princess, I didn't say the most important part. If the prince doesn't love you and chooses someone else, you'll turn into foam, unless you make up your mind and kill him by piercing his heart with a dagger so you can live, are you still making up your mind?"
Aoi just nodded in confirmation. The witch laughed ominously, the witch took her voice away. After that, her tail turned into legs, and she, blinded by a large flash, blinked.
Princess woke up on the beach, gently getting up, how surprised she was that she had two legs that she was waving, she liked waving her legs in the air, and her face took on the face of a child.
The prince stood in the middle of the beach and looked around. At one point he saw someone. Aoi felt like she was walking on the glass She couldn't find her balance, she kept falling and getting up. She looked like a child learning to walk.
Amane and Aoi met face to face. Aoi stood and blushed. Amane turned red because a naked woman with long hair that covered parts of her body stood in front of him, but Amane didn't feel comfortable. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and noticed the woman falling. He quickly ran, crouched down, and caught her. Amane he held Aoi's hips in his hands, feeling the warmth of her body and blushing because he knew she was naked. Aoi turned red.
"Are you okay?" Amane interrupted this awkward thought.
The prince and princess looked at each other and blushed again. Amane had the impression that he knew her from somewhere, but he couldn't remember where.
Aoi wanted to speak, she opened her mouth, but the sound came out of her mouth, then she nodded her head. Amane noticed that Aoi's legs were worn out by stones. Amane took Aoi in his arms. Aoi turned red and looked at him, he smiled widely showing his teeth.
"You need to be bandaged" He said.
She snuggled her head against his chest, hearing his heartbeat.
Aoi was treated and Amane entered the hospital ward. The nurse left them alone. The girl was wearing white pajamas.
"How are you feeling?" He asked again
Aoi blushed looking into Amane's moon eyes, his smile that he showed her wasn't too good for her either, she looked away and confirmed that she felt fine.
Aoi dared to look into his eyes, she quickly regretted it because Amane was so close to her face that their noses almost touched. Amane and Aoi looked into each other's eyes very very close. Aoi turned all red and only chaotically confirmed.
"I understand" Amane moved away as if he sympathized with her
Evening came, Aoi was invited to dinner. Aoi sat down stressed and looked at the table, plates and various strange things next to her such as a fork and a knife. She took the fork in her hand and started combing her hair. Everyone including the servants looked at her like she was some kind of savage.
"Weirdo" Tsukasa commented
Amane laughed and quickly walked up to her and unbraided her hair. He blushed as he unbraided her hair, the smell of the hair seemed familiar to him.When he did he tried to hide his blush.
"This is for eating. Like this" he showed her, he also showed her the bed and the knife what they were for.
Amane spent every moment with her, even if she didn't speak they understood each other. He taught her the basics of what she needed to know, he let her use the library and read different books. Aoi always chose books about people and their culture, she learned more and it fascinated her. he also taught her the alphabet and how to write, thanks to which he learned that her name was Aoi.
"Aoi-" Amane called as he entered the library, he stopped in the doorway when he saw Aoi sleeping on a chair with a book on her chest. Amane quietly he walked over to her sleeping and put a lock of her hair aside that was on her eyes, he looked at her and felt his heart rejoice, he gently touched her cheek, feeling her soft skin and warmth, blushing at the same time.
"I love you, I really do" He said kissing her cheek where he touched.
Aoi moved and Amane got scared and ran away.
The ball is to be held in a few weeks. Amane and Aoi were learning dances for both of them, at first it was a nightmare, then they started to like it. Amane grabbed Aoi by the hips and pulled her closer to him and all red they started to dance. Aoi felt Amane's strong hands holding her, being gentle at the same time. Aoi hugged his neck and hair, closing her eyes and enjoying the moment
The moment was interrupted by Tsukasa because he said there was another girl to marry.
Amane reluctantly went with the intention of telling her that it was 'out of the question'.
Aoi stood next to Tsukasa who was standing next to her brother's throne, how surprised she was when she saw nene, her former friend and daughter no.3.
The moment was interrupted by Tsukasa because he said that there was another girl to marry.
Amane reluctantly went with the intention of telling her that it was 'out of the question'.
Aoi stood next to Tsukasa who was standing next to her brother's throne, what was her surprise when she saw nene, her former best friend and daughter no.3.
"My name is nene" she bowed, smiling sweetly and charmingly to show herself in the best possible way.
"Listen, that's it-'
nene started singing with a voice belonging to Aoi. The girl felt like her world was collapsing, her eyes darkened and if she could, she would have fainted on the spot and barely held back her tears. When she stopped singing she looked at Aoi maliciously and confidently smiling
The moment was interrupted by Tsukasa as he said there was another girl to marry.
Amane reluctantly went with the intention of telling her it was 'out of date'.
Aoi stood next to Tsukasa who was standing next to her brother's throne, what was her surprise when she saw nene, her former friend and daughter no.3
"My name is nene" she bowed, smiling sweetly and charmingly to show herself in the best possible way
"Listen, that's it-'
nene started singing in a voice belonging to Aoi. The girl felt like her world was collapsing, her eyes darkened and if she could, she would faint on the spot and barely held back her tears. When she stopped singing she looked at Aoi, smiling maliciously and confidently.
Aoi looked at Amane and was charmed by her.
"You saved me" he looked away without looking away from her
"It was me"
"That's not true!" Aoi leaned out for a moment, but quickly returned to her place because she couldn't say anything, she was in a losing position
Aoi went back to her room and started crying into her pillow. She quickly corrected herself when she heard a knock on the door and Amane's voice. He entered and saw her red eyes, she started to comb her hair and put it into one big braid. Amane loved doing this, it also cheered Aoi up. Aoi smiled and felt relieved.
"Here you are, prince!" Nene entered the room with her exaggerated cuteness "prince, I have a knot, please help me" she pointed to the knot on the side. Amane not wanting to refuse left. Aoi saw how Nene seduced Amane with her own cuteness.
Amane started spending all his time with nene, pushing Aoi aside.When he wanted to spend time with Aoi, nene did everything to make him choose her by creating various situations. The last one before Aoi disappeared was the ball where Amane was to announce the chosen one of his heart. In the preparations, nene danced instead of her. When he tried to choose Aoi, she either hurt herself or pretended that something scared her. When nene left, Aoi grabbed Amne by the clothes and looked at him. He made eyes as if he missed her. He grabbed her by the arms and they started dancing. For a moment, they both felt happy. The moment was interrupted by nene crying, who bit her tongue, making all attention focus on her. The time of judgment had come for Aoi. Today was the day. Amane asked for silence and the guests, servants looked at the throne that he lent from his father when needed.
"Welcome. Today, please meet my fiancée nene" At that moment Aoi fell to the floor, her world fell apart. She lost. Desperate she returned to the sea for a few days Amane had already been married to Nene. During their honeymoon at sea Aoi sneaked into the bedroom at night where the couple was sleeping. Aoi sneaked in quietly and aimed her knife at the sleeping Amane, her hands were shaking.
"Aoi, I love you, I really do. I'm sorry" He said in his sleep crying
"Do you love me? But you chose her..." she dropped the knife on the floor next to the bed and cried "You think she saved you. She stole that voice from me like everything that is dear to me. But I lost and I can't kill you, my dearest. You're a man of your word, so I understand why you did it. I love you too, we'll never see each other again, I'm dying to think that even being with her you love me. That's enough for me. Please love me and don't forget me my king"
She kissed him on the lips, took the knife which she threw into the sea and she also closed her eyes, leaned over falling into the sea as foam which she became.
