The tokoyamiverse

Mermaid A.U

Requested by Wolflove1o1 

Asui let out a sigh of contentment as she looked across the vast blue sea 

She had finally got her license to her very first boat 

And now she was ready to explore the world On the "emerald hopper" 

It wasn't a big boat and she had no crew 

But it was a start 

She could feel the warm wind in her hair 

And a sudden bump under her boat 

She was close to the shore so she thought it was just a random rock 

But then she heard a large splash behind her where her food was 

Putting the boat into auto-pilot she went to see if her food wasn't soaked 

But what she saw brought her to a halt 

In front of her was the figure of 3 things

A fish 

A man 

And a bird 

And it was eating her apples 

The bottom half of his body was something to behold 

It was midnight black but every so often there would be a lighting streak of purple that seemed to light up the boats surface, even though it was still somewhat in the sea

But with a creak of the floorboard, the figure stopped and turned 

Looking straight at asui herself 

He let out a gasp of surprise and was about to jump back into the sea before she shouted at him to stop 

"Please don't go, if you're hungry I have more apples," she said, raising her arms in a calming manor 

The mermaid turned its head in confusion 

Meanwhile, asui was fishing out more apples from her food barrels 

she held it out towards the figure who looked at it 

And after a small moment of uncertainty took it and began to eat 

"So, you're an actual mermaid?" She said with awe 

The figure nodded 

"Do you have a name ?" She asked 

He nodded again and trailed his finger on the boat's surface 

Spelling out his name 

"T..O..K...O..Y.A..M..I...tokoyami," she said as he finished 

He nodded again with a smile 

"Well tokoyami my name is asui," she said happily, grabbing an apple for herself 

As they ate asui thought to herself about the events that had just happened. 

But the sound of another ship brought her out of her thoughts 

A bigger much fancier boat was alarming her to get out the way, but she wouldn't have time 

Tokoyami noticed the boat, grabbed asui and dove into the water 

The two swam under the sea, 

And the small boat was smashed into million pieces 

as they resurfaced they inspected the damage 

Tokoyami looked at asui with sorrow, showing her he was truly sorry for her loss

"It's not your fault toko, it was that other boats for not warning us sooner, besides you saved me, if not for you I would have been seriously injured," she said happily as they reached land 

Tokoyami smiles before giving out a little grunt 

Asui noticed that through his rescue his tail must have snagged on something causing a deep wound 

"Oh that looks bad, one sec," she said as she dove underwater and swam to where the boat crash was leaving tokoyami confused 

Luckily she was able to breathe underwater and search for what she was looking for 

She soon returned with a small green box 

Tokoyami looked at it hesitantly 

"Don't worry It's something that will help that injury" asui explained, opening the box and revealing a first aid kit

And soon she got to work 

But as she finished it soon became dark 

"I guess I better find a place to stay for the night," she said disappointedly 

Tokoyami looked at her expectingly, waiting for what she was going to say 

"I, don't want to put you in danger like today so please go home" she cried 

Tokoyami looked at her shocked 

She was ready to turn away before feeling a hand on her wrist 

She looked at him as he shook his head 

"A..su..i" he stuttered 

"Yes," she asked, stunned as he headed him speak 

Although it was short and stuttered it sounded deep and strong 

"St..ay," he said as he pulled her to the sea 

Asui looked at him with confusion 

"Ple...as" He finished 

Asui couldn't look away from his ruby eyes 

Just like his tail, they glowed in the darkness 

"Well, I guess you do need someone to keep you safe" she laughed 

And with that, they both re-entered the sea 

Swimming into the deep 

never be seen again