Twinkling Sea Stars (An Eridan x Mermaid! Reader)

Chapter 3

Your P.O.V-
You woke up bright and early - you wanted to find that ship again - and slipped back into your swimsuit. As you were putting on sunscreen, you facepalmed. You found that shipwreck at night. How are you going to find it again? Swim around aimlessly in the ocean? You shrugged. "Swimming aimlessly in the ocean looking for a shipwreck that might not even exist or stay with her...." Your voice let out a low growl at the mention of your father's girlfriend. She was nice enough.... To everyone but you. Everyone seemed to adore her: she could cook, she was pretty, she had a good job and plenty of money, also wore fancy clothing, which, to you, made no sense. You lived on the coast. This was sandals, shorts, and crop top territory, not designer hand bags and Prada. You finished putting on sunscreen and walked outside when you heard a familiar voice
"Heeeey, there (insert stupid nickname here :3)
"Hey, can you please not call me that? I haven't been called that since I was 3...." you looked at your feet. Socializing was never your greatest talent.
"Whatever, (Y/N). So where are you headed to this time? Meet any cute boys yet?" She poked at your sides.
"Cass, you know these type of questions bother me and don't like answering them.... And I'm going out to a.... community surf lesson." You fidgeted. There was an uncomfortable aura between the two of you.
"Jeez, can't I have a LITTLE fun around here? You act like you own the place. Either way, be home by dinner."
You nodded too quickly. "OKBYE" You bolted out the back door. There was no "community surf lesson". You were going out to find that damned shipwreck and whoever lived there.

You dove into the water, you legs once more turning into a (f/c) fish tail. For about 30 minutes, you swam around, looking for that same island. You asked a few sea creatures if they had ever come across anything it, and they always replied no. You continued swimming until you finally came across it. You swam as fast as you could towards the shore, beaming as your (h/l) (h/c) floated behind you. You beached yourself on the surface as your legs returned. You gaped at the huge ship, it was quite massive. The grin on your face was stupidly large; you looked like you were on drugs. You walked up to the ship and pounded on the side, hoping that the pounding would either make enough sound on it's own, or be strong enough to knock something over and alert whoever - if ANYONE - inside.

Eridan's P.O.V-
STUPID NOISES, STUPID SHIP, STUPID FEF SAYING SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE MY MOIRAIL ANYMORE..... I need someone to talk to.... I walked down to where the banging was coming from. I perked up a bit. "Maybe it's the girl from last night?" If it was, I needed her. I walked to the deck. "WHO GOES THERE AND WHAT DO YOU NEED?" I heard another loud crash and saw a girl with bright (e/c) orbs and (h/l) (h/c) hair look up and smile. "Are you the owner of this place??? Do you live here?" She stared at me. She was kinda cute. "Yeah I live here.... Why do you ask?" Was that too harsh? "Oh uh, well I came here last night and wanted to apologize for basically breakin into your house...." she looked down and fidgeted. "It's uh, it's ok. You didn't take anything, so it's ok...." I grinned foolishly. Stranger girl was cute when she was nervous. "I'm going to come down so I can properly meet you." I said before descending to the ground floor and leaving. I looked at her. No fins.... How did she get here? "The name's Eridan. Eridan Ampora." I stuck my hand out for her to shake. She took my hand shook it lightly. "(Y/N) (L/N). Nice to meet ya, Eridan! Cool name by the way." She grinned slightly. "(Y/N).... That's a pretty name..." she blushed lightly. "Uh... thanks...." she smiled sheepishly. I decided to ask the one question running through my mind. "How exactly did you... get...here..." I looked at her. "I swam of course." My eyes widened. Was she a seadweller? How the hell did she swim this far? Even as a seadweller, I can't imagine the amount of time and stamina it would have taken to get here. "Why do you fins for ears?" She kept staring at my fins, which heated up a bright violet. "I am a seadweller and the second highest on the hemospectrum." Did I say that with too much pride? Wait, FUCK, she won't know what a hemospectrum is.... shit. "What's a hemospectrum?"
"Every troll has different coloured blood, the lowest is rust coloured blood, and the highest is fuschia. I for one have violet, second highest." She looked at me and nodded. "Why is based on blood colours though.... My blood is crimson red, blue if there's no oxygen in it...." Is that the colour blood humans have? "You can have too blood colours at the same time?" I was kind of amazed. "Yeah... sort of.... see," she held out her hand and flipped it over, showing me her wrist and these weird strands of faint colour. "The blood that is pumping from the heart is red and full of oxygen." She pointed to a faintly red strand, and I nodded. "The blood going BACK to the heart is blue, since there is no oxygen in it." She was well educated on whatever blood system she had. It was really cool. "See, these veins are most important; they lead straight to the heart, so they're called arteries. Less important-but-still-important tubes are called veins. I'm probably boring you, I'm really sorry." Truth be told, I found it fasicinating. I shook my head no. "Oh no, not at all." I grinned, and she smiled back. "Ok. I should probably be heading back home now.... Either that or Casshole is gonna have a fit...." Casshole? "What's a Casshole?" She laughed. "Her name is Cass, and she's my father's girlfriend.... I call her Casshole because it sounds like asshole and that is exactly what she is...." I tilted my head to the side. "What's a father?" She gave me a weird look. "Did you...not.. have... a dad?" I shook my head. "I have a lusus.... Is this 'dad' like a human lusus?" "Is a lusus someone or something that watches you and takes care of you?" "Yes." "Then yes, a dad is a human lusus" She smiled. She had a very nice smile, but her teeth were flat... No fangs. "Wait, before you go.... Can you show me how you got here so fast?" Her entire body froze. "Well uh..... ok..... But you can't tell another living SOUL, got it? Or I will personally slice you up and turn your body into chum for the sharks." I nodded. I really didn't want that happen, and by the look on her face and the sincerity in her voice, I knew it would happen if told. She sighed and slowly walked into the crashing tide, and my mouth hung open as her legs became a shimmering (f/c) mermaid tail. My open mouth slowly turned into a huge ass smile. "YOU'RE A SEADWELLER, AREN'T YOU?" "A what now?" "A SEADWELLER! YOU HAVE A TAIL!! CAN YOU BREATHE UNDERWATER?" "Yup. Can see and speak as well. Another weird thing is the ability to converse with animals."
About 10 minutes later, she had taken off back to her "home and male human lusus". I ran back up to my hive, swooning. Not only was (Y/N) cute, but she was a seadweller!!! Who technically lived on the land, but I guess I technically do too. I spilled everything to my lusus, except the part of her having a tail. I didn't want to become chum, yknow...

Your P.O.V-
You walked inside and dried yourself and plopped on the couch, slowly letting yourself succumb to sleep as you dreamt about that guy.... Hey was pretty cool and you wanted to get to know him better.

[A/N: WEOOOO LONG ASS CHAPTER AT 4 IN THE MORNING ENJOY YOU LOVELY CHILDREN