Oxygen

Rollar Coasters

What's this amazing smell?

I've been asleep ever since we finished my scrapbook. Who was we again? Oh, Eren and I. Was he cooking something? It smelt like I was standing in the middle of a ginormous farm of Japanese orchid trees, my favorite. I don't think Eren knows how to make desserts, but decent side dishes.

My five senses should come in handy right now. Ears, I can hear not only my own breathe but another person's. Touch, I'm surrounded by cushion and warmth. Smell, amazingly sweet with a slight hint of mint. Taste, just my own saliva. Sight, actually ever since I woke up I haven't opened my eyes. There's nothing to fear, but the other person I hear.

I open my eyes to see I'm in the living room on the couch. It's pretty bright out so I'm going to say it's morning time. My face is crushed into his six-pack-tight-shirt, with his arm around me giving warmth. This him is known as none other life long friend Eren. OMG! I'm basically cuddling my best friend. Did I create this calm-but soon-to-be-awkward situation, or did he?

"Morning, gold fish. How was your beauty sleep?" he says as I detach myself from his abs. Man, how can a guy smell so good? I yawn,"Fine, but I had some comfort issues." This time we both yawn and stretch, kinda creepy. I decide to stand up first,"I'm going to wash up first, so this time I can get most of the hot water for my bath."
He just responds with a grin and rolls his eyes

Luckily, I walk to the bathroom without another conversation. I look into the mirror at the ugly mess. My tangled brown hair, my tired hazelnut colored eyes, and stained t-shirt . There's a few small drool marks on my cheeks. I hope I didn't drool all over Eren's shirt last night.

My bathroom is huge, so the tub is pretty big. I walk over to the closet grabbing a towel and setting it on the chair next to my tub. This is the tricky part now, turning on the faucet. My hands are wrapped in face towels as I slowly turn the knob to warm water. The water spills in fast so I quickly take off my clothes and hop in.

Now you're probably thinking about it, but no. Us mermaids grow fish scaled bikini tops that match our tales. We don't swim around topless in the ocean. That is just a misunderstanding and disgusting. Some mermaids have the shell bras like in the "Little Mermaid Movie", but it seems a little bit...never mind. It's very uncommon for mermaid to shell bras than scaled in the end.

I watch as my legs turn into a tail. The tips off my tail reach over edge of the bath tub. Mermaid tails make you a few more inches taller because of the fin. I shake my fin back and forth like how I usually do in the ocean." Hey, Aria? Can I grab my tooth brush? I swear I won't look." Eren asks from the other side of the door. " Sure, I really don't care." I flick my tail up at the sound of the door opening.

Eren's P.O.V

As I walk through the door, I hear her tail hit the water. Some water splashes on me but I don't want to make her feel weird and look at her. I just grab my green toothbrush next to her blue one. My eyes are closed as I turn away from the sink area. Unfortunately, I trip over a hair brush and land on her furry carpet.

"Eren, are you okay? You just face planted and that carpet can't cushion all of the pain." I hear Aria say as I sit up. My eyes are open, looking at Aria. I'm still trying to get used to having a friend with a tail. She moves to where she's looking at me on her stomach. "Uhh f-fine. I'm good. I'm just gonna start breakfast and then get dressed. School starts in an hour and thirty by the way." I rush out of the bathroom as fast as I can, practically sweating.

What was this rush I was feeling? It made me feel like this a lot around Aria. I feel like Im on top of a roller coaster, anticipating for the big drop. The sound of my heart beating brought me back to earth. If being around her made me feel this, I'll stick with her no matter what.