《The tokoyamiverse》Acceptance
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Shoji had no one to turn to
He knew this
But the tears in his eyes wouldn't stop
Within his clan "the octopus clan" he never truly belonged
Yes he had the parts of an octopus
But everything else was wrong
He had the face of a monster
And more hands than his actual tentacles
He tried to cover all this up with a cloak and mask
But everyone knew what he was underneath
A freak
When he was finally old enough to take care of himself the clan abandoned him without hesitation
They had been waiting since the day he was born
And now they were finally rid of him
Was he not good enough?
Was appearance all that mattered?
He couldn't stop the negative noises from leaving his mouth
But unknown to him
A new figure was watching the whole scene
"It's not right," the figure said
Shoji stopped in surprise
Who was this new figure
It was behind him
Shoji slowly turned around to meet a very surprising frame
It was a mermaid
But that wasn't the thing that caused him to stare
He had ahead of a surface being
a bird, he believed was what the humans called it
"mer-folk basing people on their appearances, it's not right, in fact, it was quite sickening" he continued
why wasn't he repulsed by his mutations, his flaws
"Sorry, my name is tokoyami, and what is yours?" "tokoyami" asked
shoji was taken back, he couldn't remember the last time someone was interested in him
or overall generally nice to him
"sh..shoji," he said, wiping away his tears
tokoyami came closer in a calming manner, he sat down next to him on the rock
keeping him company
being comforting
"I am sorry for what you have been through, I understand what it is like to be judged horribly only because of appearance," he said softly
shoji couldn't believe it
there was finally someone that knew what he had gone through
a person he felt like he could trust
from then on the two were inseparable
they both shared the same pain
and both were able to accept what they were
and they couldn't be happier
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