#merlody

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((Note: This isn’t meant to be taken seriously. @thescentofpaper and I thought to ship the protagonist and the killer fish girl from inside and write about it. In this AU, the girl is a tsundere and the boy has a lenny face on him. PC stands for protag cutie and I may refer to the mer-girl as Merlody before we give her a name. It’s just for fun.))

The small pitter of running footsteps grew progressively louder as the faceless child journeyed back to the area where he’d supposedly met his end. Once there, he paused, taking in his surroundings. Nostalgia flooded his mind as his nonexistent eyes scanned over the water. Was she still here? The one responsible for his transition from human to part fish.

“Hello…? Are you there? I…I wanted to thank you for saving me..!”

The young boy’s small voice echoed off of the walls. Despite his lack of prominence, anyone could have heard him. Suddenly, a figure appeared from beneath the surface rising steadily. Soon, a head could’ve been seen protruding from the water. The being was faceless, but her hair was covering part of it too. Long soaked jet black locks laced the top of her shoulders. She kept away but never once did his image leave her line of sight.

The Lenny faced child grew nervous. Beads of sweat dripped down his vandalised visage. He had to think fast or she might resort to hostility once more. He could hear the faint sound of her hissing permeate the air. Balling his hands into fists, he then stood tall and blurted out an awkward compliment to lessen the tension.

“I…I think y-your hair is pretty!”

Alas, the kind sentiments did not get through to her, however he did capture her attention. Her nonexistent face was directed right at him, even more so than before. Unfortunately, she didn’t budge, maybe even inching away from him yet a light blush did grace her cheeks.

He spoke once more, taking full advantage of the situation—She was listening. “How did you know…about the revival cord? Is that what happened to you?”

In an instant, she responded— a rude cadence to her tone. “That’s none of your business. It’s not like I wanted to help you or anything — I WAS trying to kill you. Baka.”

Stumped. Maybe she wasn’t as trustworthy as he’d once thought…but he didn’t give up. She DID save him so there MUST be some good in her. His efforts to communicate had somewhat failed so other methods were needed now.

Without any further hesitation, he let his body drop into the water and proceeded to swim toward her.

The mer-girl was shocked. How audacious! Approaching the one who’d attempted to murder him before, how stupid. The vandalism on his face didn’t make it any better— creepy almost. Disturbed by his presence, she made a desperate attempt to swim away but unfortunately there was no exit. Soon, he’d cornered her and she had no escape. The suffocating feeling of being trapped imperceptibly built up inside of her. She froze.

“Why do you keep swimming away? Are you afraid of me…?”

Despite his voice being distorted by the water, she could comprehend every word— no trouble.

The boy swam closer, trying to push the fear festering in his stomach to rest by trusting her to be reasonable. In a way, it proved to be somewhat effective as the girl had begun moving closer to him also. Her movements were jagged implying that she was still afraid. Soon enough, she was so close in proximity that her ebony locks had almost entangled themselves around his scarlet red sweater. He was confident. Maybe he was getting through to her…or maybe not.

The female screeched. High in volume, high in frequency. A screech so piercingly loud that the protagonist’s ear had come dangerously close to bleeding. He immediately flinched and held his ears, stunned by the sound. In the meantime, the mer-girl had found a means of escape and proceeded to swim away.