#sad we don't have a photo of her hair with the color change feature working

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i cannot wait for these girls to start showing up in stores

[millytempesta]

Save me.

Chapter 1, chapter 3, chapter 4.

Paring: Asahi Azumane x reader

Rating: Fluff, love at first sight (?).

Summary: Asahi is a marine biologist, who is in charge of taking care of the strange creature that they found.But what happens when he discovers that other biologists are experimenting on his precious sea treasure, leaving it a shaky, scared mess?He'll need all the help from his friends to rescue the little fish and take it back to his blue house.

Warnings: This story will contain SMUT, MENTION OF DARK THEMES (Y/n past), MAY BE TRIGGERING TO SOMEONE.

A/n:  A little chapter that will help -hopefully- to make the next two more clear. A little of Asahi's backstory and the last drop that will make his put aside all his anxiety and save the little mermaid. The story is evolving, it's coming a little longer that what I expected it to be, but I hope you'll enjoy it just as much as I am.

It was now winter outside, in just a couple of days it will be Christmas, a holiday that Asahi used to love when little.

He remembered all his relatives coming to see his family, bringing lots of presents for him and his cousins. Lots of laughter filled the small dining room for the whole day passed enjoying Okaasan’s food. He missed his family lots. After he moved away for his job, he lost most of the contacts with all of them, only remaining informed thanks to his mum, who passed away last year.

His only family was now his high school friend, but most of them remained to work in Miyagi, or they moved to Tokyo for studies. Now that he was an adult, Christmas has been just another day who reminded him of how lonely he truly was. That’s why he usually preferred working all day, instead of going home and watching cheesy Christmas films all alone.

Walking to work, he stopped in his tracks in front of his favourite bakery. Along with all the various delicacies, what caught his eye was a white cake, adorned with statuettes of Santa Claus and little snowmen. An idea crossed his mind at that moment, making his feet move by themselves into the shop, and before he realized it, he was now standing outside of the bakery, with the fluffy cake in his hand. With a new sprint in his feet, he quickly made his way to the laboratory, greeting everyone with a warm smile.

Closing the door behind him, he slowly took his clothes off, leaving himself in his diving suit.

“(Y/n) look what I bought!”. He carefully seated on the edge of the pool, letting his feet swing into the cool water. Not even a second after, (h/c) hair made his way on the surface.

He greeted her with a kind smile, motioning for her to come closer. With a happy chirp as a greeting, she made her way to him, resting her head on his leg for him to stoke.

“Do you know what Christmas is?” He asked, looking into her curious gaze.

Shaking her head, she noticed the well packed box. A webbed hand made its way out of the pool, pointing with a finger to the said box, letting a question sound to reinforce her point.

“Christmas is a holiday we celebrate to spread happiness!”. The little mermaid made a celebrating dance at the world happy, singing happily. “Yes, happy!” He chuckles at her actions.

Taking hold of the box, he slowly opened it in front of her, letting her eyes study the new items. After a little of looking she pointed to the cake, to then point at her mouth.

“Yes! It is food, it’s a cake, just like the one I bought for Doctor Furukawa’s birthday, do you remember?” Shaking eagerly her head, she lifted her upper half on the pool’s edge, sitting next to him.

Taking the cake out of its box, he cut a slice for her to try. “It’s a little bit early to celebrate, Christmas will be in a couple of days, but I saw the cake this morning and I thought you would have liked it”. Smiling, she happily accepts the treat, letting the sweet food melt in her mouth. Her eyes opened wide open, shocked by the delicious sensation that the cream left in her mouth.

“You like that?”. Nodding fast, she quickly finished the rest of the cake, moving her plate back on his hands asking for more. Patting her head, he put the plate away near the rest of the cake.

“You can’t eat lots of it, or it will hurt your tummy”. He pointed at his tummy, making a hurt face. Worried he took hold of his hands, looking into his brown eyes. With an amused laugh, he squeezed her hands, telling her he was okay.

The warm smile in response vanished from her face when Asahi’s face got closer to hers. Her two hearts started beating faster, making her cheeks blow a bright blue (because why not, she is a mermaid, so I thought her blood would be blue). He licked his thumb, moving it to her chin where a little of the cream was resting on her soft (s/c) skin. After taking it off he bringed back that finger to his mouth, eating the sweet treat. A hum wakes her up from her trance, making her averting her eyes from his. “That bakery makes the best cream in the area”. Taking hold of her face, he turned it to him, studying her features “Are you okay? Your face is changing colour…”. A whimper escapes her lips at the close contact, making the man worried even more. After a couple of seconds, realisation hit him, making his face light up in a crimson red. Letting go of her, face he hugged his head low, staring at the reflection in the water.

A cold hand squeezed his warm one, making him look back up at her. With a kind smile she motioned to the water with her head, an invitation for him to join her in their daily swim.

Letting out a sigh of relief, he jumps in the water dragging her under with him, making her laugh. A halo of brown hair frames his face, his eyes slowly opening in the cool mass of water, locking into her (e/c) one. Puffy cheeks kept air into his mouth, a reminder that he couldn’t breath under water, in contrast with her open one, who was still giggling at his previous action. A timid smile made his way to his lips, gently pulling her harm, to make her get closer to his body. Hugging him, her tail took a curve under his body, letting his legs rest on top of it. Making her way up, they both came back to the surface, where the girl started swimming round with the man in her harms. Giggling, she started spinning around making Asahi’s head light. “Hey, stop it”. He tried to sound firm, but failed as soon as a small laugh escaped his lips.

She let go of him, swimming until her body was not facing his front. The finned ears perked up, moving in a wave-like motion, accompanied by a soft series of sounds that seemed like music. She was singing again for him. Oh... how much he loved her singing, he remembered him of the calm sound of the whales, but deeper, like a sad lullaby, who a sailor’s wife would sing hoping for her husband to come back safe. It made him move closer to her, letting his head rest on top of hers, feeling the vibration of her voice in his chest. After a little the sound stopped, making the man look down at the small body in his harms. He smiled down at her big eyes, kissing the top of her head. His watch started beeping, letting him know that it was time to go back home. A sad chirp made its way out of the mermaid’s lips, who had her head hung low. “Oh no, please, don't be sad, you know I’m not leaving yes? I need to finish some paperwork, why don’t you go to your room, so we can be next to each other?”. Resigned, she lets go of him, waving him goodbye.

Back in his office, he took a look at the big wall glass, locking eyes with the girl, who was now on the little step.

The step has been created from Asahi, after she insisted on wanting a bedroom just like the photo he showed her of his one. On the bottom of it seaweeds were put to recreate the mattress with a soft panda float secured on the pavement, making her pillow -Asahi found the panda float in a small shop; a smile made his way as soon as he spotted it, remembering when (Y/n) declared her love for the animal, stating that it reminded her of him; the smile that adorned her features when he brought it to her made it all worth.

It was missing a cover, as the object was not needed for the girl. The wall on the left side was full of photos, taken by Asahi, of animals that he spotted during his walk to and from work, various buildings who adorned the town, colorful flowers who were seated on his window and photo of the blue orange sky who made the sea look like a big lava mass. The sunset was (Y/n)’s favourite time of the day, one of the biggest things that she missed, closed in this building for such a long time.

The photo collection started when Asahi noted a change in her behaviour; The girl stopped eating , preferring to pass the time all curled up in her ‘bedroom’ when alone, or cuddle up during her session with the brunette. Her smile long forgotten on her features, now having a permanent halo of sadness on her (e/c) iris. It didn’t take him much to understand that the cause of said behaviour was her body showing how much she missed the infinite deep blue mass, that once she called home. Searching for a way to lift her mood, he came across an underwater camera, reminding him of all the photos that he used to take during his excursion, deep down the surface.

He started by taking photos of the seagulls flying in the sky who kept him awake during late night, the grey clouds ready to rain who shaken the waves to the coast, the deep blue of the sea filled up with colourful fishes. Slowly the girl came out of her shell, asking him to take more photos of the world out of the water, curious of the hidden beauty that the surface was hiding. All the pictures were carefully situated to form a perfect frame around her favourite phone, one of her and Asahi during one of their swims. She is positioned behind the man, holding him under the surface, while he was holding the camera in his hands. In both of their faces a huge beaming smile was showing, signalling how much fun they were having.

Looking at his paperwork, a sigh escapes him, remembering that time when she used to be home sick. With the past of the time, the bond created between the two only got stronger, making Asahi more and more emotional tied with her. He knows she is still sad, he knows how horrible it must be to be close to four walls for so long, not being able to swim in the infinity of the blue that once she was used to. And to top it all, it’s been weeks since they started putting sedatives into (Y/n)’s food, and bringing her who knows where to do an experiment on her body. When he tried asking Doctor Furuka, he refused to answer, only saying that no harm was done to the sea creature.

A loud siren turned on, signaling that the service door on the opposite side of the pool has been opened.They were once again here, ready to take her away to their laboratory. Scared by the loud sound, the girl swam to the big glass, asking for reassurance. Asahi put his hands on the glass, trying to show a warm reassuring smile, trying to calm her down. A net was thrown in the water, making the man agitated. ‘They usually wait for her to fall asleep before taking her away’. Her eyes filled up with terror as soon as her tail got stuck to the object, making her unable to swim away. All her wriggling brought the net to painfully tighten its grip around her long tail, letting a loud cry escape her lips.

“STOP IT YOU ARE HURTING HER!” He screamed, implorating in vain for the other men to let her go.

They didn’t care, they were hurting her and they weren’t doing anything about it.

A tranquilizer dart was fired, hitting her (f/c) tail. Slowly her wriggling stopped, indicating that she passed out. Only then the net brought her up, making her disappear from his sight.

After minutes of silence and staring into the now empty pool, Asahi fell onto his knees. Her terrified expression haunting his mind.

They hurt her, scared her and took her away right under his eyes, and all he could do was watch.

A tear escapes from his eyes. Flash of his past coming back to him.

“Asahi, stop being a coward!” “Asahi be a man once in your life” “You’ll never change, always stepping back when scared”.

Looking back up to the blue surfare, a dark light made its way onto his eyes, making him stand up.

‘No more’.

After a couple of hours the siren was heard again, followed by a loud splashing sound caused by something making contact with the water. Looking up, (Y/n)’s body was sinking slowly down the water motionless. Panic came back to him, who started running up the stairs and into the water room. Stripping off his clothes, he jumped into the cool liquid, reaching for her body. Bringing her to her bed, he gently positioned on her back, moving her hair from her face. The hand that was stroking her hair stopped on her cheek, caressing the cold skin there. ‘I’m so sorry’. Bringing their forehead together, he let his body rest next to her as much as he could, before his lungs screamed for oxygen. With one last look he made his way back up. Sitting on the edge of the pool, staring at the service door, a frown made its way on his face, while carefully he studied his plan back up again. ‘I won’t let them hurt you again, I promise you’.