No, that's what I was trying to do.
I held the seashell bracelet tightly in my hand and dipped my hand into the sea.
I slowly let everything flow away in the gentle waves.
The mermaid slowly climbed the cliff and reached out her hand toward the rising sun.
Feeling the last bit of warmth, the mermaid threw herself off the cliff.
Baekhyun's body falls endlessly, just before reaching the sea.
A mermaid came up from the sea and gently embraced Baekhyun.
"What if I tear apart our relationship and run away alone? It's so frustrating."
"mister..?"
"If you can't cut ties, they'll be torn apart. If you cut them, they'll be simple, but if you tear them apart, you'll regret it for the rest of your life. That's foolishness."
A mermaid rose from the water and lifted Baekhyun back up onto the cliff.
"How did the old man..."
"I hope you're doing well."
The mermaid stroked Baekhyun's head and spoke softly.
"I wish a mermaid like me hadn't become one. I wish I hadn't become one."
"Why did you do that.."
"How about cutting ties yourself? Do you feel like you've been cut off? How do you feel?"
"..I think it's torn."
"That's right. It's not broken, it's torn. That's why the cross-section is rough and sharp. That's why you, that human, are in pain now. So, go back. Live happily. Okay?"
Baekhyun nodded at the hand that gently patted his shoulder.
"Is this yours?"
What the mermaid handed out were the things that Baekhyun had sent away.
"Take it. The answer to your destiny is yours to find. Sometimes it's okay to dare to defy fate. If that's your path."
"Thank you. Really..!"
Baekhyun grabbed them and ran towards Chanyeol.
To find them whole.
"You must be happy, my little mermaid, my boy."
"Hey, Chanyeol. Have you ever read the mermaid story from the fairy tale? Mermaids are very, very cautious and fierce. If you ever meet a mermaid, if you do, you must never look at him. Do you understand?"
They say that mermaids fall in love with people easily.
- Summer Boy, Mermaid Story.