Late-night Conversation

HEY GUESS WHAT? I'm not dead! ahaha

A birthday picture for , sorry that it is sooooo late! I hope you like it!!!

So this is the first serious drawing that I've done in a long, long time, so I hope you guys like it! It was a pretty experimental piece for me. I tried a bunch of new techniques on this one, and I'm pretty proud of it!

While I was drawing this I was constantly thinking about what the story behind this image would be, and this is what I settled on:
The giant fish is an albino koi that lives in a small river deep in the forest that borders a castle. The boy, who is the son of a nobleman, frequently takes walks at night through the forest to escape his troubles. One day he caught sight of the giant albino koi and took a liking to it immediately. Ever since then, the boy has visited the koi every night to talk to it.

boy: you know mr. fish, sometimes I think you're the only one who understands me....

koi: ......

xD
silly boy