Katsuki groaned as he slowly began to wake up.
"What the hell?" He muttered as he opened his eyes and looked to his wet side. ____ snuggled against him, her head laid on his chest and she laid on top of a huge wet spot. Katsuki's t-shirt was soaked.
"Dude, have you seen ___?" Eijiro yelled before he popped his head into his room.
"Oh, good," he said.
"My bed is soaked," he grumbled as he slowly sat up. Once he moved, ____ sat up and looked around.
"Good morning," she said.
"Did you sleep?" Eijiro asked.
"Yes. Slept well next to Katsuki."
"Hey! She's talking better! _____, do you wanna take a soak before we get ready for work?"
"Work?" ___ said.
"The place you came to," Katsuki said. "You'll be home alone for a few hours."
____ sighed. "But-"
"It won't be too long, Katsuki will be home soon!"
____ nodded. "See you soon, Eijiro and Katsuki."
Eijiro grinned. "She said my name! Dude! She said my name!" He exclaimed.
"Calm the fuck down," Katsuki said.
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____ stomach growled. She got out of bed and walked into the kitchen, sniffing around the fridge. She opened the fridge and pulled everything out, sniffing and tasting things to find something she liked. Everything she didn't like, she would throw on the floor. Everything that seemed interesting to her, she set on the counter.
Katsuki walked into the apartment. "I- what the hell are you doing?"
"Food," ___ said.
"You're hungry?" Katsuki said. "What do you want?"
___ paused for a moment, then shrugged.
Katsuki sighed. "How about pizza again?"
___ shook her head. "Uh," she muttered. "Feesh?"
"Fish?" Katsuki said.
She nodded. "Yes! Fish!" She exclaimed happily.
Katsuki chuckled. "Alright. I'll go get you some."
"No! No leave again, Katsuki!" ___ exclaimed.
Katsuki paused. "But you're hungry?"
"Don't.. leave," __ said slowly.
Katsuki couldn't help but smile. For the first time in his life, someone actually wanted him around. Not in the same way Eijiro or Denki do. It seemed.... different. It was something he couldn't seem to explain.
"Alright. I'll tell Eijiro to bring you back some fish."
_____ grinned. "Okay! Katsuki watch Naruto?"
"Yeah, we can watch Naruto."
.....................
Mid-show, ____ sniffed the air. "Mmmm fish. Eijiro is back!" She exclaimed.
"You can smell the fish?" Katsuki said.
___ nodded. "On land, different fish have different smell."
"Really?" Katsuki said.
"I'm home!" Eijiro said. "____, I got you a fish. How do you like it c-"
____ stood up and pulled the raw fish from Eijiro's arms, then bit into it.
"Cooked," Eijiro mumbled as he stared at her in shock.
"What the hell?" Katsuki said.
_____ gills flittered, the skin around her neck and arms started turning a blue color, and her teeth started to change back into their shark-like form.
"Woah," Eijiro said. "Dude."
"I'm... not sure what to say," Katsuki muttered before he looked away.
Once ____ was finished eating, she tossed the extra bones into the trash. "Water," she said.
"I'll go make that for you," Eijiro said before he walked away.
"God, ____," Katsuki said.
"What?" She said as she sat next to him.
Katsuki paused. "Humans don't eat en entire raw fish in the middle of the livingroom," he said. "And your teeth? What the hell," he muttered as he ran his fingers through his haid.
_____'s eyes widened. "Scary? Am I scary?" She said as she backed away from him.
"What? N-no I didn't mean that you were scary!"
"Not normal," ____ said. "Is that bad?"
"No it's just-"
____ looked at him, her big, brown eyes held so much sadness. For a moment, it made Katsuki's heart ache.
"Not a normal mermaid, not a normal human. I don't belong," ____ said sadly.
"Huh? What do you mean you're not a normal mermaid?"
____ stood up from her seat and ran away.
"Wait!" Katsuki exclaimed. She ended up bumping into Eijiro and falling onto the floor.
"Oh, ____ are you okay? Are you crying?" Eijiro said.
___ furrowed her eyebrows and wiped her cheeks. "Water?" She muttered.
"What happened?" Eijiro said.
"I-" Katsuki muttered.
"Not normal!" ___ exclaimed. "Family and Katsuki think I not normal!"
"What do you mean?" Eijiro said. "You're fine just the way you are." Eijiro lifted ____ into his arms and smiled at her. "C'mon. Go soak in your water, then we can talk about it?"
"No," ____ said. "Mermaid scare you too. Like I scare Katsuki!"
"Katsuki wasn't scared," Eijiro said. "It's just unusual for a human to see that. You're special, _____. We don't see mermaids, ever, so it will take some time for us to get used to it."
____ nodded. "So, not scary? Just," she paused. "Different, but different not normal!"
"None of us are normal," Eijiro said. "All humans are all different in our own ways."
"Oh," she muttered. "All mermaid same. Women hunt, Men watch children, everyone make baby and swim."
"Really?" Eijiro said.
____ nodded. "Men lot nicer than woman, so man watch baby."
"Interesting," he said.
_____ nodded. "Water, now?"
Eijiro smiled. "Yeah! It's all ready for you!"
Katsuki stood off to the side and watched Eijiro easily calm ___ down. Once they walked away, he scoffed and walked to his room.
...........
____ walked into Katsuki's room, leaving a trail of water behind her. She furrowed her eyebrows when she saw the door was closed. She jiggled the door nob, but it was locked. She paused for a moment, then she kicked the door. Her for went right through it.
"Huh," she muttered before she pulled the doorknob, easily ripping the door open.
Katsuki sat up from his bed in shock. "What the hell?!"
"What was that?" Eijiro exclaimed from his room. He ran out of his room and watched ____ toss the doorknob onto the floor.
"Door in the way," ___ said as she crawled into Katsuki's bed.
"How did you easily kick through my door?! Why would you-"
"She ripped the door open," Eijiro muttered as he picked up the broken doorknob. "Why?"
"Door won't open, so I get in my way. Night night." She pulled the blanket over her and snuggled close to him.
Eijiro and Katsuki stared at her in complete shock.