latte [ twst oneshots ]

- there is nothing between us. octavinelle.

a drabble, yandere.

You're certain you're not meant to breathe underwater.

Yet you take clear, crisp lungfuls of oxygen from the salty water, kicking with what little strength you have, allowing Azul's tentacles to bring you forward in a curious, weaving dance. Floyd's tail trails behind him in mesmerising loops, deftly avoiding both his twin brother and best friend with an ease that somehow... unsettles you.

But why should you be feeling this way? Jade has been nothing but doting and polite, ensuring your comfort and safety in the hands of his much more enthusiastic brother, affectionate to the point of smothering and as excitable as a puppy. And Azul, gentle and careful about you, if not a little enigmatic. Could you have asked for better companions after you had woken up with nothing but a name to your face?

Still, you see a shark's grin in Jade's poised elegance, the glint of a predator's gaze every time Floyd squeezes you tight, and you're certain Azul wants something from you. You can't be sure what it is, but he regards you with a sort of business-like hunger when he thinks you aren't paying attention. It puts you off, how easily they move through the water, slicing through the currents with their streamlined bodies (or sheer strength, in Azul's case), leaving you to struggle after them valiantly. It isn't lost on you, of course, how you'd be fish chow in a heartbeat if a shark decided to come after you.

Or if you wanted to escape, you'd barely make it two metres.