The Ereri Project!

Dolphin (Mermaid)

Eren knew his baby would have to grow up sometime.

He gave her a hug goodbye and off she went.

Eren was very sad for a few days. Levi had to pull him along with him because all he wanted to do was float. "Eren please," the turquoise tailed merman said one day. "Will you eat something voluntarily?"

The brunette just frowned. "I hope Bubby's eating okay."

Levi sighs and hugs his mate. "She's not a calf anymore, Eren, she had to go be with the other whales."

Eren's frown deepens and he cries on Levi's shoulder. If Levi's being completely honest, he's not happy Bubby left either. She was his baby too, even if Eren was closer to her. "I miss her," Eren murmurs.

"Me too," Levi replies into his hair.

The day after that, Eren is back to moving around like normal even if he isn't happy yet.

A few weeks later he starts smiling easier. A few months and he's back to playing like normal.

Levi cannot express how happy he is to see Eren mostly back to normal.

Over a year later the two of them are playing I Spy in the coral reef when Eren hears something. "Did you hear that?" he asks.

"Hear what?" Levi replies.

Eren swims away as fast as he can, Levi can barely keep up. But then he realizes why. "Bubby!" Eren grins, swimming up and hugging his oversized baby.

Levi smiles and watches them. Bubby makes a noise that has Eren looking around.

"Awe," he says letting her go and holding out a hand for the little calf beside her. "Levi, come here."

Levi swims over and hugs Bubby as well before looking at her baby. The little whale makes a small noise and Levi smiles, petting it. "He's a boy," Eren says. "What's his name, Bubby?"

Bubby makes a nervous noise.

Eren blinks at her. "You want us to name him?" She makes a happy noise. Eren looks at Levi. "What do you think?"

Levi is still petting the baby. "Well, I named Bubby so you can name him."

"Well," Eren says to the baby. "How about Dilly?"

The baby makes a happy noise and taps Eren's stomach with his nose like Bubby used to do. He grins and hugs the baby. "Okay," he says. "Dilly it is."

They can't stay long, because Bubby made friends with some of the other of the other pregnant whales while she was gone and they're planning on staying together. Eren nods, just happy to have seen her for a while and isn't upset when she leaves this time.

The next day, the two of them are looking for breakfast when suddenly it's Levi swimming away as fast as he can.

"Levi? Where are you going?"

He accidentally swims into the older merman when he stops suddenly at the mouth of a cave. "Listen," he says.

A nice noise sounds from inside.

"Is that a dolphin?" Eren asks.

Levi swims into the cave. "It sounds like a baby," he says.

Eren follows closely until they do, indeed, find a baby dolphin all by herself in one of the numerous dead ends of the cave. Levi looks at Eren.

Eren smiles. "Go ahead."