Sadness

Sadness

In the ocean, underwater, the merman sat on a rock, looking up, surrounded by multiple coloured corals, missing his love. From behind an old lady comes, keeping a hand on the young mermaid's shoulder, with a smile on her face.

"Hey son, come, I have made your favourite dish." "No." said the merman with an emotionless face. "I don't want to eat, I'm not hungry." he said with no light in his eyes. "Shakes, you didn't eat your breakfast, nor the lunch, atleast eat your dinner." said the mother with some hope that her son will come and eat. "No ma, I don't feel like eating. I will eat later." said the merman, facing his mother with a sweet, but a fake smile on his face. "So atleast come inside. You've been out for too long..." said the mother, who was now worried. "I will come later. You go." said the young merman, facing the other way.

The smile on his face faded away, with him again looking up. His mother goes inside, with a sad face, which was noticed by her 14 year old daughter.

"He said no, didn't he?" said the daughter with a little anger on her face. "Yes." said the mother, going inside the bedroom to sleep. She stopped, facing back to her daughter. "Do you have any idea what has happened to him?" The girl got lost into her thoughts, then answered, "One week ago, I found him near the shore." the little mermaid said, continuing to think the next. "The shore?" said the mother mermaid with doubt. "What was he doing there?" said the mother, raising an eyebrow. "I don't know, but he was doing something there, and before someone saw him, I called him back, by which he came but he was sad..." "Was someone there with him?" came a quick question from the mother. "No, no one was there." came the answer.

Shakes entered, disappointed.

"So you think I am so careless that I will let a human see me, huh?" he said. "No no son! I didn't meant that..." "But it looked like you meant it." said shakes, going into his room and closing the door. 'And you are correct.' thought Shakes.

The merman layed on his bed, and opened the drawer beside the bed, which revealed a small box, made with very strong, blue-green corals. He took that box and opened it, inside of which there was an earing, the only thing which made him smile a little. He took out the earing.

'I miss you.' thought the merman. 'I miss you so much, skarra...' he thought while keeping the box inside the drawer, and thinking that only, he slept, into dreams of him with his human lover...