Hello, everyone! Probably didn’t expect to see this come to the light of day, huh? I’m so sorry this came out so long after the first two parts, and the bad part is that there’s one more part to go. But!! Hopefully, I’ll be able to take my stories from here and add them to my Ao3 account (which you can find here!)
Anyways, I hope y’all can enjoy~!
Warnings?: Eventual LAMP; panic, injury mention
Roman hissed lowly as he stared up towards the surface, Patton next to him trying to wipe the rest of the ink out of Logan’s eyes. The water was starting to pick up, growing more unsettled as the storm came ever closer.
Roman huffed as he whirled around, his glare landing on his tiny pod. “How could he have let this happen to you?”
“I don’t think he meant to,” Patton said, trying to calm him down. Anything else he could have said died on his lips as Roman met his eyes, looking away as he finished brushing his thumb away from Logan’s eyes.
“It doesn’t matter if he’d meant to or not! It was his fault that it happened and he should have done something to help instead of letting him swim loose and almost crash into the reef.” Roman’s form circled around them as he continued, “Not only that, but i told you both we should have kept going, and you didn’t listen! Now Logan’s hurt!”
“Roman, I’m not hurt, I promise,” Logan finally spoke up, making the red merman pause. He thought for a moment that he might be able to listen to reason, but then his restlessness seemed to increase as he shook his head.
“No! It’s my job to keep you two safe, and I couldn’t protect you. Maybe you didn’t get hurt this time, but what would have happened if you didn’t veer from the reef, or if all that ink actually damaged your eyes?” The merman had screwed his eyes shut, his hands reaching up to grasp at his hair.
“Ro…” Patton said softly, taking care to put his hand on Roman’s arm to try and comfort him. His face fell when he jerked away.
Roman suddenly lifted his face towards the distance where they had found the sunken ship, his eyes growing hard and fierce. “I’m going to make him sorry,” he said lowly, whipping his tail forward as he made his way towards the ship.
He felt hands on him and he whirled around, hissing. Logan and Patton both looked at him with anxiousness, Logan beginning, “Roman, think about what you’re doing: it wasn’t his fault, and I’m—”
“Stay here,” Roman practically hissed out. He didn’t want to be so aggressive towards his two loves, but he had his duty as their protector to uphold, and he wasn’t even going to let them get in the way of that. With that, he didn’t look back as he zeroed in on the shipwreck. He didn’t know what he was going to do when he got there, but he knew one thing: that stranger needed to atone for his offenses.
Patton and Logan shared a look as they let Roman go ahead of them before they followed at a distance. If he thought they would let him go in by himself when he was this upset, then he must not have known them as well as he thought.
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Virgil sighed as he pulled up the last of the large stones he managed to collect, inspecting his pile to see if he would need any more.
He always liked to cover up the little hole in the wall where he slept with stones, just in case the rushing water made its way inside and tore his nest to pieces. He figured with the state of the water now, he had a little bit of time to try and hunt for something to eat before he would have to hunker down for the night.
He usually would have caught a crab so he could start eating it now and then finish it once he had his barricade, but after the whole incident earlier with Logan, he wasn’t in the mood for crustacean. A flash of silver passed by the corner of his vision, and he figured a normal fish would do just fine.
He quickly moved into a corner to begin hiding, holding still once he was in position to wait on his next meal. Fish were trickier; they moved swiftly and could easily slip out of the many crevices in the ship that even he couldn’t get past.
As the fish slipped past his grabbing tentacle, he decided he might as well change tactics and, if he failed, he wouldn’t mind skipping a meal in favor of staying safe from the storm. He pushed away from the wall as fast as he could, propelling himself forward as he reached out his fingers to nab at its tail fin.
He grinned in triumph as he almost had it, but he froze when he heard a distant cry. What made his blood want to grow cold was not because it was a sound of pain or anguish; no, this was a type of battle-cry, full of anger and vengeance.
He caught a glance at an incoming red shape and knew it was the Red Merman. Virgil panicked (he can’t see me he can’t see me he can’t see me—), darting back inside in a feeble hope that he hadn’t seen him, that maybe that cry wasn’t meant for him. But who was he kidding? There was no way it wasn’t for him!
Virgil found himself back towards his nesting spot to try and get to safety, squirming his way inside and staying as quiet as he could.
A little voice in the back of his mind whispered to him, little hopes that maybe he could just talk to him, maybe the other mermen will stop to listen and start to like him, maybe—
“Where are you, you hagfish! How dare you hurt my pod!” the thunder from above felt like it was drowned out by the voice of the angry merman. Virgil’s tentacles quivered at the anger, pushing himself backwards to try and make himself even smaller.
For once, he couldn’t hear anything outside of his hole, the pounding of his main heart in his ears being the only thing he really could hear. He happened to look down at himself to find that he had turned completely pale with fear coursing through his veins.
“You can’t hide forever,” Red’s voice hissed nearby, close enough for Virgil to realize that he had gone through the hole in the floor and was now in the room where his hideaway was. He looked around for an escape, but then he remembered something: Red would be too big! He wouldn’t be able to get inside, not unless he was somehow as flexible as Virgil was.
For once, he was thankful that he wasn’t like anyone else.
That flash of appreciation went away when the walls shuddered with the impact of a body slamming into the entrance. Panic set in even further when the rest of the ship seemed to groan. What was he thinking?! The thing might collapse on them if he kept it up!
It only took a moment and another impact from the merman outside for Virgil to make up his mind, rushing forward to push out the stones and revealing himself. “Stop!”
Time seemed to stand still as the two merfolk stared at each other, and Virgil felt his heart stammer. The Red Merman was as beautiful as the other two mermen he had met within the last couple of days. His crimson tail was patterned throughout with splashes of white and gold. His face was somewhere between the other two, not quite soft like Patton and not sharp like Logan. His eyes were a brilliant green, though they were darkened in their anger. He looked strong, much stronger than him. For a brief moment, Virgil felt his hand reach forward, though he didn’t know what he was thinking he could do.
But that was when the Red Merman lunged right for him.
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Roman wasn’t sure what kind of merman he expected to appear out of the smaller hole, but it certainly wasn’t this.
Admittedly, he was handsome, with dark eyes that seemed to peer into him. Unlike the other two accounts he had on his appearance, however, there were no purple scales to cover his sickly white face and arms, nor was there a tail at all.
The sight of eight tentacles on the other male’s lower half made memories flash in his mind of another merman entirely, one that made his rage boil over as all he could see was the face of another octopi entirely.
He didn’t think anymore as he lunged forward, bellowing as he did. His hands went forward, slamming against the male’s chest and the other going for his throat. The force of his attack pushed them both forward, slamming once more into the wood behind that… that thing.
Roman hissed threateningly as he gripped more around his throat, baring his sharp teeth. “You’re going to pay for hurting him,” he seethed, unaware of how much more his surroundings seemed to shudder. He felt the male grasp at his throat to try and pry it off, his tentacles moving about and trying to wrap around any part of him.
“Wait!” He croaked out, but froze when a loud groan sounded out around them both. Roman looked up as he saw cracks start to appear in the wood above, his eyes widening as creaking and cracking filled the room. A large piece of wood broke free, coming down swiftly above them.
He hadn’t realized his grip had loosened, suddenly feeling the male he had pinned down freeing himself and now grabbing at him instead. He was too stunned to fight back, feeling tentacles along with his arms push him back much more quickly. Once he was aware, he yelled out, feeling even more angry that the other male had waited until he was distracted to attack, but the yell was cut short when he felt him let go.
There was a loud cracking sound as the ship started to collapse, and Roman realized he was now in the open water, not within the hull of the vessel at all. He backtailed from the collapsing wreckage, watching as it came down. It was around that time he felt arms around him, and he started to fight them off, ready to go after the weird male again.
“Ro!” A familiar voice said next to him, stopping him in his tracks as he realized that the hands on him belonged to Patton, the voice coming from Logan. He looked at them both in surprise, feeling arms wrap around his shoulders.
“We saw what happened!” Patton pulled away from him with worried eyes. “You’re okay, right?”
“Yes, of course I’m fine,” Roman said, looking between his two loves.
“What about the loner?” Logan said, not missing how Roman frowned at the question. “Did he make it out?”
“Why does it matter?” He argued, feeling confused and still angry. “He attacked me, so ser-“
“He didn’t attack you, Roman!” Patton yelled, shocking both of the other males. “He pushed you out so you weren’t caught under the collapse! But I didn’t see him leave!”
“How can you be so certain? You didn’t see what he looked like this entire time,” Roman crossed his arms, trying to ignore the sinking feeling that started in his chest.
“We did,” Logan said quietly, looking at him with an almost cold look. “When he pushed you out, we saw. And I don’t care. He saved you, Roman. We need to see if he is okay.”
The sinking feeling grew worse, and now the red merman looked back at the faces of his loves. Had… had he really?
After a long moment of silence, he huffed, looking away from them both. “Fine, we’ll look for him. If just to prove my point. And if he hurts either of you, I won’t hesitate to end him.”
The other two mermen nodded, and with that the three of them went forward and started to search the wrecked wreckage. They picked at the fallen wood and pulled things out of the way. It was when Logan lifted up a certain spot that the scent of blood filled his nose, making him back away.
Before he could do anything, something shot out and swam as fast as it could away from him, away from the three mermen and off into the deep blue beyond. And if he wasn’t mistaken…
Had to fit at least ONE more merman piece in before MerMay ends!! Loved working on this one I didn’t develop this AU story more this month, but that’s cause I’m still working on their main story lol. When I’m done writing that, I’ll try delving into writing side stories
Now he is certainly sailing above, he on whom my wishes hang, and in whose hand I should like to lay my life’s happiness. I will dare everything to win him and an immortal soul.
Been obsessed with merman Alfie since @comebackjessicawrotethis amazing fic. So here is a lil merman Alfie taking a bath in the cabin like the king he is.
OH MY GOD BESTIE THIS IS EVERYTHINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG and the tail colours are so perfecttttt, look at my handsome merman
oops, mermay is almost over, but I managed to do something related!
anyone remember the good ol’ HxH mer au? because I do thanks to finding old comic thumbnails, and decided to revisit the kids’ designs. I like gon a lot better now!
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