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Chapter 1: )(ello, I'm Feferi Peixes!
Well, I've wanted to write a HS story for a while, so I am!
I'm an Aries and my favorite characters are Aradia, Jade, Dave and Terezi, but I really like EriFef as a Moirail/Matesprit kinda thing, and this came to me! I'm only going to do their typing-quirks when they talk, because I don't want to type ')(' for every damn 'h' that's in this fic. I'll do fish-puns and -E's, though. :)
Please R&R!
I'm Feferi Peixes! I'm nineteen years old, a Pieces, and I totally GLUB fish-puns! They're soooo fin! I live in New York City with my roommate, Jade Harley. I'm going to college to study Marine Biology, even though I'm not that smart.
This is the story of how I adjusted to my new life after moving away from my home, my Baking Company-CEO mom, and my cousin, Jane, who's taking over said Baking Company. This is also the story of that little Red Thread that connects those who are destined to meet and how I can sea them!
I first saw the threads a few weeks ago when I was hanging out with Jade and her friends John, Rose and Dave. I looked at the cup of coffee in Jade's hand, wanting my own, and saw something odd attached to her pinky. A tiny, red, thread. It was tied in a tide-y bow and was strung down her hand. I could sea them on Dave, Rose, and John, too!
Although, Dave and Jade's were obviously connected, and very small since they were standing right next to each other. Confused, I looked at my own hand. On my pinky, there was a neatly tide bow and a little red thread that lagged on the ground and traveled out the door and probably down into the streets on New York. I wondered where, who, it led to. I remembered reading something in this strange book about a little Red Thread that connects those who are destined to meet and be together. I suddenly had the overwhaleming desire to know this person, to talk to them. I wanted to be around them. And I wanted that now.
So, every day, I'd go out for a whale and follow my own little thread. I knew it was probably pointless, but it was okay. I still tide. I could sea threads everywhere. Some people were holding hands with someone and their threads were connected to someone else! Some where connected to the person next to them and they had no idea! And one day, I finally found mine. Only thing was, it was the wrong buoy I was looking at. And that's where this story reel-ly starts.
It was one day at school. It think it was a Tuesday. I was sitting in the back of my Math class and day-dreaming about the guy on the other tide of my thread.
Tall. I thought. He has to be tall. And he's gonna like all the things I like, so we get along. He's gonna be nice too. I smiled as I thought of him. He was obviously handsome, but I just couldn't put a face on him, not yet. If I did that, I might be disappointed if I set my standards too high.
I looked down and saw my thread on the steps, making an abrupt stop at one of the rows of desks. Three buoy's sat whispering to one another. Their strings were all tangled, so I couldn't shell which one was connected to mine.
"Captor, Ampora, Vantas. Would You Three Like To Tell The Class What You're Whispering About?" Our teacher called.
"UH, SURE," One of the buoy's said. He had dark black hair and gray eyes. He wore a blatant scowl and looked awgilly tired. "WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THAT CUTE GIRL WITH THE PINK RIMMED GLASSES HAS BEEN *TOTALLY* SPACED OUT AND STARING AT US FOR THE PAST TEN MINUTES." I blinked.
")(u)(?" I said, coming back to reality. Several people in the class snickered. I flushed red.
"Miss Peixes. What Were You Day Dreaming About?"
"U)(, I'm not reel-ly sure." I said conchestly.
"Uh, Huh. All Four Of You Need To Stay After Class To Discuss Your Punishment." The woman said, turning back to the board. Miss Maryam's a reel-ly smart teacher, but her class is just so glubbing BORING! She's also only twenty-one! That's not right! She's two years older than every fish in the class and she's teaching it to us!
I looked down as a tiny piece of paper floated onto my desk in the shape of a little goldfish. I unfolded it and read,
What were you thinking about? -Sollux Captor
I looked at the group. The one with the multi-colored glasses wave-d. I flushed and smiled, wave-ing back. I scribbled,
Nothing much. Just something. -Feferi Peixes
and folded it up like a seagull and flew it back to him. He unfolded it and smiled.
We kept passing notes throughout the class and once the bell rang, Sollux and I, followed by his friends, -Eridan and Karkat, walked up to the front of the class to Miss Maryam's desk.
"Alright. I'm Going To Let You Four Off With A Warning, But If This Happens Again, I'm Going To Have To Instigate Detentions."
"O)(, t)(ank you, Miss Maryam!" I said with a smile.
"Thank cod," The one I think was -Eridan said. "I don't w-want any more detentions. Ev-ver." I looked at him. He made a fish-pun! "cod" instead of the word "god"! So CL-EV-ER! I smiled at him. He flushed a little and smiled back. I now noticed how familiar he was. Light brown hair with a piece in the middle dyed dark purple. But his facial sea-tures were what made me think. He looked just like an old friend of mine.
"ALRIGHT," The one I think was Karkat said. "WE SHOULD GO, SOLLUX. WE HAVE TO GET TO CIVICS." Sollux nodded and the two left, leaving me and -Eridan.
"Uh, hi." He said quietly.
")(ello!" I said with a smile. We started walking out of the classroom and into the big campus building.
"Ya know, -Eridan," I said after a few minutes of silence. "I feel like I know you some)(ow." I looked at the ground.
"Me too, Fef." He said, looking at me.
"You make fish-puns like I do! Glub!" He laughed.
"I don't make them that often, but I make 'em sometimes. Like that one."
"W)(at's your last name, -Eridan?"
"Ampora." I froze, dead in the water.
"Mine's Peixes." He froze too.
"... Peixes?" He practically whispered. I codded.
"... Ampora?" He codded. My face lit up.
"-ERIDAN! IT IS YOU!" I threw my fins around him and hugged him tightly.
"It's SOOO great to sea you again, -Eridan!" I smiled at my childhood friend. He smiled at me and hugged back.
"Man, I'v-ve reel-ly missed you, Fef," He said. "Can, uh, can I interest you in some coffee?" I smiled.
"S)(ore!" I grabbed his hand and we started walking to the little coffee shop a few blocks from the campus.
When I was a little guppy, my mother took me over to this HUG-E fishing company headquarters while she was at work. She met with the man who ran the company, Dulscar Ampora, and discussed business, so I was left to play with his son, the future head of the company, -Eridan.
Until we were about nine, -Eridan and I were inseparable! We went everywhere together, and he called me "Pretty" all the time! But my favorite thing about him was that he'd do anyfin for me!
One day when we went to the ocean, I told him that I wished I could hear the waves all the time. He held my hand and promised I would. And from that day on, -Eridan doubled 'w' and 'v' and it sounded like waves! He started talking so I could hear the waves! I guess it still hasn't worn off, cuz he trips up over words with 'w' and 'v' in them!
Until... Until one day his father said he didn't want to play with me. I was only ten years old! -Eridan LOV-ED playing with me! I didn't know what to think, but I knew I was lonely. I sat on the ground outside the room my mom and -Eridan's dad were in and failed to kelp myself from crying.
I got a nanny after that. That was when I started the fish-puns because her name was reel-ly strange, but cool! It was Gl'bgolyb. I called her Glubby, cuz I couldn't say that. I doubt anyone but her can either! But when I got reel upset about -Eridan, she'd whisper to me and tell me it was going to be okay.
And then I ran away. My mother wanted me to head the company, and started running my life! It drove me SOOO crazy! So, I put up with it for a few years, and the second I was 18, I left. I packed up all my stuff and left. I left her, Glubby, and -Eridan. I wanted to stay, I reel-ly did, but I knew I couldn't. So, I left. And now, here I am! Drinking coffee with one of my best friends in the world.
"So Fef," -Eridan said, taking a sip of his coffee. "W-what are you here studyin'?"
"Marine Biology! I wanna be around sea creatures ALL t)(e time!" I smiled. "W)(at about you?"
"Physics."
"I didn't know you liked t)(at kinda stuff!"
"I don't."
"But t)(en... w)(y are you studying it?" I asked, corrally confused.
"Because then I can explain to my stupid father how-w not useless I fuckin' am."
"-Eridan." I said sternly.
"W-what?"
"Talk like you used to."
"Huh?"
"Talk like the S-EA for me! You still trip up over it, so just do it!" He smiled.
"Oh my cod, Fef, you havve no fuckin' idea howw long I'vve wwanted to talk like this. But people usually think I'm some sorta freak if I do."
"T)(at's not good."
"It's okay. I just do wwhat I did a minute ago." He said, drinking some more coffee. He looked at his watch.
"Wwe should probably go." I looked at the watch he held for me to look at. My eyes jumped open.
"O)(miglub, we )(ave to go!" We both leapt out of our chairs and raced down the sidewalk to our next classes. He waved goodbye and I slammed into somebody, sending both of us toppling to the floor.
"I'm so sorry!" I said frantically.
"IIt'2 okay." I looked into Sollux's multi-lens colored glasses.
"O)(! )(i, Sollux!" I smiled at him.
"Oh! Feferii. How ya doiing?"
"Good. Do you )(age t)(is class next?"
"Yeah, II do. Wanna 2iit together?" I codded and we both walked over to two empty desks. I looked at the floor and saw threads everywhere, not knowing which one was his. But, I thought that when I pulled on mine, his moved too. ... Or, was mine the one going out the door?
Chapter 1! Super crappy cliffhanger! :D Well, please leave a review if you liked, or even if you didn't! CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is always appreciated! -Chiharu Kamida