5 Part 5

At the surface, Coral was sitting in the shade of a tree chanting to himself.

Coral-

Happy feet! Happy feet. How I love me happy feet!

Conch emerges from the water and dumps half the bottle he had on his body as he walks on to the sand in a cloth tied around his waist. The sun was setting in the distance. The view Coral got watching his friends dark blue skin turn as white as the sand made him a little envious.

Coral-

Now that's just not fair.

Conch-

What? Anyway I got you some clothes to play dress up in like you always do.

Conch trots his way to Corals side in the shade and hands him a set of clothes and shoes. The shoes didn't fit though. They both laugh as Coral takes the last of the bottle and dumps it on the rest of his colorful body. They watch him get his creamy complexion and black hair. His orange eyes turned hazel.

Conch-

Apparently, we can go in and out of the water whenever we feel like now. That bottle made us man on land and pods at sea. If we wanted to we could still go hunt and scavenge whatever we need and trade it with the humans instead of the blackmarket trench.

Coral-

Now that sound reasonable. I wish I didn't have to go back to the water though. I'm sick of it.

Conch-

Then maybe, after we find a land with people to settle in, I can do the gathering from now on. In the meantime, I'll just need you to collect more things tomorrow so I can make so you don't become a pod anymore.

Coral-

Really!!!? Are serious right now?! You would do that?!

Conch-

Haha! Why not? To be honest, I don't mind swimming. I just don't like the isolation. Having a new start with people on land will make us both feel better, right?

Coral-

Yeah. And we can still do as we please without the hassle of authorities from Atlas or anywhere else!

Conch-

We should give ourselves surnames so we don't stand out too much.

Coral-

How about Marine? Like the prismarine stone. It's you favorite out of all the temple stones you found so far.

Conch-

What about you?

Coral-

The same. We can be brothers from now on. Not just childhood friends. So they can't question us if we live together or not. Make a family store. That kind of thing.

Conch-

I like it.

Conch gave Coral a big bright smile the made him blush with more envy. He was more handsome as a human.

Coral-

You know what, I am never going to get used to you smiling like that as a man. It didn't take me long at all when you were a pod, but now you just look too good human. I'm jealous.

Conch-

What?

Conch burst out in laughter. Coral follows right after.