Felix ⁴

Beneath the ocean's liquid caress, a merman of unforgettable beauty appears. His platinum-blond hair floats like threads of sunlight caught in the waves, while his clear, elongated, and sparkling eyes seem to contain the calm and fury of the sea within their brilliance. Every smile he flashes has a hint of mischief and a hint of enchantment, as if inviting you to lose yourself in his world.

From its waist sprouts a majestic tail, covered in scales that gleam like sapphire fragments. The color begins as a soft, luminous blue, like the sky reflected in calm waters, and gradually transforms to a deep, intense blue at the fin, broad and elegant like the dance of a breaking wave. As it swims, it leaves behind a trail of sparkles, as if the sea wanted to prolong its presence.

Its figure alone conveys the duality of the ocean: the tenderness of a calm tide and the unfathomable mystery of the depths. To gaze upon it is to feel that it holds ancient secrets, songs only the sea understands, and promises that dissolve into foam before reaching the shore.

Felix is ​​a seafaring soul trapped in the sweetness of innocence. He looks at the world with wide eyes, as if every moment were a new discovery: the sound of human laughter, the texture of the sand, even the glow of fire at night. His tenderness is not feigned, but as natural as the waves that caress the shore. He approaches others with disarming confidence, as if he had never learned to fear, and often asks naive questions that reveal more wisdom than he appears. His heart beats with curiosity and affection; he is unable to hide what he feels, and his joy is as transparent as the water that surrounds him. When he loves, he does so with the intensity of a rising tide, without reservation or conditions. And although the human world seems strange and sometimes cruel to him, instead of hardening, his spirit is illuminated by the hope of understanding it. Felix is ​​the calm that follows the storm, the tenderness that disarms a pirate, the spark of innocence that reminds us that even in the darkest seas, light can be born. Felix is ​​like a gentle wave that always returns to the shore. Affectionate even in the smallest gestures, he seeks contact like someone chasing the warmth of the sun: a touch of the hand, a stroke of the hair, the certainty that he's not alone. He loves cuddles with devotion, and when he receives affection, his eyes light up as if he's discovered a treasure. Curiosity guides him, sometimes even getting him into trouble; it observes the human world with a mixture of wonder and charming awkwardness. He can stumble over his own questions, laugh at himself, and still continue searching for answers, because in his heart there is no fear of learning. Felix loves with the purity of the tides: constant, transparent, and unreserved. He is a soul that embraces, that comforts, that gives without measure. The sweetness of a child and the loyalty of the sea coexist in him, reminding those around him that sincere love is the greatest strength.

It was on one of his many voyages that Hyunjin found him. The sea was calm, deceptively gentle, when the voices of his men erupted as they discovered a group of mermaids and mermen glittering among the waves. The captain, a pirate with a hardened heart and hands forged by years of plunder, watched in silence. But he didn't see the crowd: he saw him. Felix. A sea creature whose beauty seemed impossible, as if the ocean had carved an angel and tossed it to the surface. His platinum hair floated like strands of sunlight, and his eyes trembled with innocence. Hyunjin felt the desire to catch him, not as prey, but like someone who wants to hold onto a dream before awakening. The nets closed, and the jubilation of his crew filled the air. Captured by their greed, they dragged the creatures into the hold, that dark belly of the ship where treasures and secrets were piled up. There, some mermen rebelled with fury, some fought with tooth and fin. All but him. Felix wept, pleading in a broken voice, trembling with fear, so vulnerable it was heartbreaking. And Hyunjin's heart, hardened by twenty years of bloody seas, cracked. He had never felt compassion, never allowed himself to be weak. But the creature's eyes pierced him like blades, and what he found in them wasn't hatred or resentment, but a fear so pure it took his breath away. That night, with an effort that nearly shattered his own facade as a ruthless captain, he freed them. He lied to his men about their escape, endured the fury and curses, and silently concealed the truth: that he hadn't been able to condemn Felix. That he couldn't. From then on, the encounters became a secret woven between tides. Not always on the same beach, never in the same place. Felix, with the help of sea creatures who adored him, found a way to reach him, following him from port to port, from voyage to voyage.

And Hyunjin, a pirate feared on every coast, waited for those moments like someone waiting for redemption. On the deserted sand, under skies tinged with dawn or dusk, they searched for each other in silence, finding each other with smiles and stolen words. They weren't free: he belonged to the sea, and Hyunjin to the darkness of his pirate life. But in every embrace, in every glance, they clung to an impossible reality that seemed more real than all the gold in the world. And so, between invisible chains and treacherous tides, a bond was born that challenged what Hyunjin was and what Felix should fear. A secret kept by the waves, a story written not in maps or treasure, but in the shared heartbeat between a pirate and a merman.