Taekjoo wakes up to the girl not being in her bed, he looks around once again and finally gets out of bed, his knee hurting like there's no tomorrow, he steps on the floor, grunting in pain limping out of the hospital room wanting to find someone to get him discharged, he walks out and to the front reception desk.
"Get me discharged!" he quickly said to the poor woman at the front desk, scaring her a little, she jumps out of her seat and looks up at Taekjoo, quickly saying japanese words then typing on the computer, her speaking was too fast for Taekjoo to understand her so he just kinda stood back and waited.
Taekjoo retrieved all his belongings and finally left the hospital, a bandage was still around his head to cover the wound he had gotten and he was finally set to leave… 'Wait, why was I in the hospital in the first place?' he thought to himself. He looks back up at the hospital, completely forgetting why he was here, he had also forgotten what the bandage was on his head for, he kept the bandage on just in case something happened to him and he didn't know.
Walking away from the hospital his stomach growls, he holds his stomach and remembers he hasn't eaten anything since coming to Japan and he probably should eat something, he goes looking for somewhere to get some take out so he can finally go back to his hotel room, he saw a place that serves raman, making a b-line for the small stall and quickly ordering some raman, sitting down and waiting, the streets of Fukuoka are packed with people, even this little area was packed, it was a calm little area, bushes around, small fairy lights hanging up, a couple tables and chairs around, calming music all around them and it was a small grassed area, it was pleasant to just sit down and relax.
He waited for a little while but once his number for his food was called out he quickly paid and thanked the server and headed to his hotel room, getting up the elevator and going into his room, sitting at a small table in the corner of the room and quietly eating 'finally peace and quiet' he mumbled in his head, but as he thought that he heard a small rustling sound 'fuck sake what now?' Taekjoo grumbled to himself getting up and looking around, making his footsteps silent. He walked around the hotel room for a good minute and didn't find anything, but he was still cautious, he didn't turn the tv on like he would normally have he just quietly sat back down and eat, thats all he wanted, was to finally eat some fucking ramen.
As Taekjoo is eating he notices his bracelet isn't on his hand, his head whips around and he gets up, shuffling around the bed finding the bracelet on the floor, figuring it must have dropped off while he was asleep, he quickly slips it back on, letting the shell hang from his wrist once more, he heads back to his ramen that he hadn't finished and finally finishes the food, setting the container in the bin and sitting on his bed, plopping down and falling asleep, not bothering to put his full body on the bed nor put more comfortable clothes on.
His sleep was short lived when he heard loud noises coming from the bathroom of his hotel room, he slowly but surely got up, keeping as quiet as he could, his gun was on the other bed in the room so he grabbed that, making his footsteps silent, his grip on the gun was tight, his knuckles basically turning white as he held the gun, he side stepped to the bathroom, glancing within the room, he saw a head of blue hair, the hair was long so he didn't really get any other details, this person was also hundred percent a woman with the sound of her voice, she was talking to herself, but it was a language he couldn't understand, it was one of the many he didn't know.
He pointed the gun at her head, she stopped talking and froze.
"Who are you and what do you want?" Taekjoo said with a gruff and serious voice, keeping the gun trained at the girls head, she put stayed frozen not moving an ich, he could hear her studdering a reply, she couldn't get anything out, Taekjoo slowly walked to be in front of her, keeping the gun at her head, she didn't look like he was panicking she looked like she was either confused or surprised, 'what's wrong with this person?' Taekjoo asked him, the girl's eyes were a beautiful blue and purple, her freckles on her face looked like fish scales, her features were sharp and stood out, she was a little on the short side but that's also because he was a guy and guys are naturally tall.
Taekjoo was lost in her eyes for a moment, unable to look away, but then he remembered that she had most likely broken into his room, that's when he snapped back to reality.
cheeks flushed into a bright red pink type of colour, her eyes widening as well,
"Why are you here?! Who are you?!" Taekjoo loudly asked again. The gun made contact with the girl's skin, he didn't know whether it was cold or not he just needed this girl out of here.
"I'm Aiko! We were in the hospital room together!" Aiko explained, Taekjoo didn't actually remember the hospital room, all he knew was he was in the room but he didn't know who with.
"Okay… why are you here!? You know this is breaking in!" Taekjoo explained, grumbling his words as he said them, Aiko generally looked like she didn't know that she was breaking it. "How dumb can this girl be?' Taekjoo asked himself.
"I was? I'm sorry I didn't know" Aiko replied, still looking at the confused and dumbfounded Taekjoo.
"Okay, you can leave now" Taekjoo said, now taking the gun away from Aiko's head "You are really pissing me off you bitch" Taekjoo said putting his free hand on his forehead and shaking it.
"Are you a siren?" Aiko asked suddenly.
Taekjoo panicked, how was she meant to know they could be on land? How does she know anything about sirens?
"How about I ask you this" Taekjoo slowly got in the girl's face, getting closer and closer to her "are you a mermaid?" Taekjoo had a smirk on his face, the girl wasn't backing up either, the girl was clearly panicking about his own question.
"I-I… um" Aiko was at a loss of words, she was studdering and not looking Taekjoo in the eyes, she looked down and looked at her feet "How… did you know… mermaids exist?" Aiko then asked Taekjoo, looking up at him.
"I am a siren" he pulled his hand up to show Aiko the faint orange webs between his fingers, he then pointed at his knee and she saw faint scales on his knee then she looked at his eyes, they were making so much more sense as of now.
"You're like me?" she then mumbled loud enough for Taekjoo to pick up what she was saying..
"No… we are much different then each other, so very different" Taekjoo mumbled, placing the gun down "so are you gonna leave now?" he then asked, pushing her out the bathroom and then pointing her toward the door.
Aiko shook her head, looking Taekjoo in the eyes, Taekjoo was starting to get pissed off 'why the fuck is she not fucking leaving, for gods sack!' he grumbled to himself "Leave!" he then loudly said, Aiko looked at him, she seemed to be remembering something or maybe someone.
"Do you have a brother?" Aiko then asks, Aiko's face was serious, looking Taekjoo dead in the eyes, Taekjoo physically flinched back, looking confused and scared.
"You fucking stalker!" Taekjoo exclaimed clearly frightened, Taekjoo grabbed the gun and clearly pointed it at Aiko, his hand was shaking as he pointed it at her "How do you know Sangwoo!" he yelled, gritting his teeth.
Aiko's eyes widened, now studying Taekjoo a lot closer, she would take a couple minutes at each feature of his person, his facial structure, his eyes, nose, hair, hands, everything on his body, to her, he looked so much like Sangwoo, it was scary how similar to the two were.
Taekjoo was basically sweating at this point, he didn't know what she was going to do to him, he was deathly scared of things that come from the sea and the fact she came from the sea scared him, his finger was so very close to the trigger, the safety of the gun wasn't on, he had zero idea when that got turned off, his hands were getting sweater, he just know he was about to drop the damn gun on the floor and somethings going to happen.
"Are you two brothers?" Aiko asked, making Taekjoo flinch at her voice, he looked up at her, she put her hand on the gun to lower it, knowing he wouldn't shoot as he was too scared to shoot. Once the gun was lowered she waited for Taekjoo's answer.
Taekjoo gulped, looking at her, he glanced down at the gun and put the safety on, dropping the gun as his hands were very sweaty, the mental falling onto tiles that made a loud crashing noise as it fell, Taekjoo shakily picked it up and put it down somewhere else, it ended up on the counter again.
With shaky words he mumbled "y-yes… Sangwoo's my brother" he looked away from Aiko, now he had calmed down a bit more he had zero idea why he was panicking, he was a spy, trained to be able to handle stressful situations yet he was panicking from a simple question, he was frustrated at himself for this, he had to man up and calm down, he took a massive breath in and took another big breath out trying to calm himself down, sitting on the bed that gun was on.
Aiko just watched him, seemingly not understanding what was happening.
He looked up at Aiko, she was still studying his looks, Taekjoo stood up "Stop staring at me!" he said glaring daggers at Aiko "Fuck woman! You actually have a starting problem!" his sadness has always turned into anger, it once again happened.
He stood back, putting his hand over his eyes, putting his other hand on his hip, calming himself down once again.
"Okay I'm gonna be rational here" he spoke up looking at Aiko "you can stay in here with me… as I'm going to be here for a while, but-" something clicked in his brain 'wait… the target… this girl is the fucking target, how could I have fucking forget!' he screamed at himself "You're Aiko Tanaka?" Taekjoo asked her.
"...yeah… that's me…?" She replied skeptically.
"Kenji Tanaka's daughter…" Taekjoo muttered, backing away from Aiko, and sitting on the bed.
"That's my dad," she said, a bit more upset.
'What do I do? She's right in front of me! I just offered for her to stay with me! Am I crazy?' Taekjoo thought to himself, silently panicking now "Okay, lovely… not really" Taekjoo looks back up at Aiko "just don't get close to me, I don't know what you can do" he then muttered to Aiko. 'why is my brain failing me all of a sudden? Why have I forgotten?' he thought to himself, he then raised his hand and touched the bandages on his head, slightly remembering that he had hit his head, but when? He doesn't remember when or how he did.
"When did you first meet me?" Taekjoo asked, forgetting how he and Aiko had met.
"I don't think we had actually met yet, we were in the same hospital room" Aiko explained to Taekjoo. Teakjoo looked at her confused and now questioned why they were in the hospital.
"Why were we in the hospital?" Taekjoo then asked, hoping for a straight answer instead of code.
"I'm not sure" Aiko said quietly, Taekjoo looked very angry, placing a hand on his forehead suddenly feeling fabric underneath his fingers, he touched around on his forehead and then walked into the bathroom pushing Aiko out the way and looking in the mirror, he had bandages on his forehead, he tapped around his head and once he got to the back of his head he felt a sharp pain when he pressed out.
"Ow" he mumbled, taking his hand away and looking back at Aiko "What happened before we went to the hospital?" he asked her
"All I know is that I was on the beach" she mentioned, shrugging as he spoke.
Beach? He questioned himself why was I on the beach?
"Well, I was walking along the beach and then, I guess I passed out? If thats what you call it?" She mumbled the last part looking down at the ground.
Taekjoo now questioned what he was doing then it came to him, he was walking along the beach as well, but he can't remember why ugh why can't I remember.
He walked out of the bathroom and soon sat down on one of the beds in the hotel room, trying to think over the events before he went to the hospital, but he couldn't remember anything anymore, he hated how his brain was failing him.
Aiko sat down on the other bed she was fiddling with her fingers looking down at them as well.
"Why'd you follow me here?" Taekjoo then asks, not looking at her just yet, the vibe in the room had calmed down and that had made Taekjoo tired, falling back onto the bed and glancing at Aiko "are you gonna hurt me?" he then asks.
"No, I just want you to teach me about this weird human world," she asked of him, glancing at the almost falling asleep Taekjoo.
"Okay, I'll teach you about the human world" he mumbles then, his eyes slowly closing, all the adrenaline calming down and tiring Taekjoo out, soon he falls into a peaceful light slumber