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