"Tedium in Blue" Bakugou x Reader Merman! AU

Chapter 1

The view beyond the pier was quiet aside from the crashing of gentle waves, the tide ebbing and flowing against the worn down wooden supports jutting out into the salty water. Most people had left by this point, heading back home to fix dinner or rest before the start of the next day. But you often remained behind after sunset, the easy sound of water a calming respite at the end of the day. Living on the coast had its perks outside of fresh seafood whenever the craving hit you.

Your feet dangled above the surface of the cool teal water, too dark to see beyond the vague silhouettes of small fish darting around as if in a perpetual game of Tag. A light splash echoed in your ears, making you look up and out onto the soft glistening ocean reflecting the warm spectrum of colors from the setting sun behind it like a palette of undisturbed paint. Nothing caught your eye, though. The water was still, no movement aside from the gentle salty air and occasional seagull flying overhead. Periodically you'd see dolphins or whales far out on the horizon, but during this time of year they often migrated to different waters.

There it was again, another splash. But you still couldn't see where it was coming from. You were pretty much alone on the beach, forgotten towels and litter the only remaining evidence of people. It always annoyed you that tourists would leave trash out on the beach making it look dirty, not to mention thinking of debris that inevitably ended up in the ocean for fish to eat or get caught in - so irresponsible.

Something finally caught your eye out on the flat expanse of water - indistinguishable in the darkness, but something definitely alive. You took your binoculars out of your bag to get a better look, keeping them around to capture anything that caught your eye out further than the naked eye could easily see. As you tried to get a better look, the shape disappeared back under the water as quickly as it surfaced.

Well this seemed like a game you might not win, whatever it was having the hidden expanse of water on their side, but you stuck around for another few minutes hoping to steal another glance before finally heading home.

While you focused your vision out onto the water, you were completely unaware that a set of piercing eyes was watching you, analyzing you.

With a sigh you grabbed your things and turned around with one last look at the ocean.

"Hmm...I'll come back tomorrow if the weather is nice. Stick around, mysterious thing, so we can finish this game you've started." With that, you turned your back on the comforting sounds of waves and headed into the darkness back home, vigilant eyes watching you before disappearing with the smallest of splashes.

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