Part two! I think I found a way to save my work, so there shouldn't be any more two part chapters
"So, what do you want, anyway? I was cuddling with Eren." I crossed my arms.
"I want to see him! I want to see, Eren!"
"Of course you do." I sighed.
Eren POV
"Don't freak out. Don't freak out. Don't freak out." I sat on the bank, staring at the water for any signs of Levi. My mind was coming up with all these scenarios in which Levi was hurt or killed by some large, underwater predator. What if he was locked in a deadly battle with a shark? Or another merperson? Or something worse?
Levi had told me to not come in the water for any reason, but I couldn't just sit on the bank while he was getting hurt. I kneeled on the bank and looked into the water. I dipped my hand in experimentally, half expecting something to grab it. My heart pounded in my ears as my adrenaline rushed. I had to go in.
The water was just as familiar as it had always been; However, this time I took no comfort in it. I thrashed around in the water, looking all around me. My eyes still stung from the water, but I pressed on. I swam toward the entrance of the cave, my blood rushing so much I could feel my heartbeat in my teeth. I scanned around the best I could, but I still didn't see it until it was right on top of me.
A flash of gold to the right! A flash of brown to the left! Directly in front! Brown! Wait a minute… are those?
Two very warm and squishy things pressed up against my chest and something wrapped around my waist. I recognized the feeling from anytime I had gotten a hug from any of my female friends. Of course, they always wore shirts. These things on me were… they… were…
"Boobs!" I screamed, but it came out more like a series of bubbles as my air was rushing out of me and water rushing in. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Why did I do that? I tried to see around what I guessed was long brown hair floating in the water, but I couldn't. I had almost started to panic when suddenly it was gone.
Black replaced brown and Levi's flat chest replaced boobs. His arms locked around me and we started to rise. I was safe. For now, anyway. I still didn't know who that girl was or why she had her… thingies pressed up against me.
I started sputtering as soon as we surfaced. Levi swam me over to the bank and pushed me up on it. I coughed and sucked in air as Levi started his lecture.
"Brat!" He yelled. "I told you to stay up here!"
"L-Levi! I had to make sure you were okay!" I finished hacking and sat up. "I didn't know what was going on and-"
"And you could have been killed! What if it was an aggressive merperson who wanted to fight? Huh? You think you can be any help at all, then?"
"I have to try!" Tears started welling up in my eyes, from my stressed out and emotional state, or from the salt water, I couldn't say.
"Why? Just listen to me and stay out-" Levi rose out of the water and narrowed his eyes at me.
"Because I love you! I love you, you jerk!" I wiped at my face and the sand from my hands stuck to my face, irritating my eyes further. I started crying now. I told myself it was just my body trying to get sand and salt out of my eyes, but I knew better. I was stressed out and approaching to the point where I just needed to sit down and cry. "I love you and I want you safe."
"Eren." Levi sounded frustrated, but no longer angry. "What is that you're doing? That water from your eyes- Eren?" Levi scooped up so water and washed my face.
"Awwww!" A voice came from across the cave. I jerked my head to it while Levi just frowned.
A merperson was in the middle of Levi's cave. I saw the long dark brown hair and recognized her as the girl from before.
"Her!" I pointed at her. "She put her….. thingies on me!"
"Not a girl." Levi muttered at the same time the merperson called out "They/ them, please."
"Oh. Sorry." I felt bad for misgendering them.
"Just don't let it happen again." They swam towards us then joined Levi. Both Levi and the new merperson climbed up on the bank. Levi laid on his stomach and propped his head up while the new merperson tucked in their fin and rolled over to lay beside him.
"Ohhh! That feels funny." They commented.
"You don't have to lay like that." Levi grumbled.
"I said 'funny' not 'bad', Mr. Grumpy Gills." They looked over at me. I tried to rip my eyes away from their breasts but I couldn't. My face just kept getting redder and redder. "Hi, Eren. I'm Hanje."
Oh. So this is Hanje, the mad scientist Levi had been telling me about. Shit. I had better get a hold of myself. I mean, I've seen breasts before, but that was just in books. I don't have a computer, so I've never watched any porn or anything, so I've never seen breasts in a sexual way. I've certainly never seen any in real life. Then, boom, here they are. I wasn't attracted to them or anything, it was just… different.
"So, Eren, first time seeing boobs, or what? I can shake them for you." Hanje laughed.
"Hanje!" Levi hissed. Hanje just laughed.
"I'm so sorry!" I covered my face with my hands.
"If he's like this now, wait til he meets Petra! She has huge tits." Hanje teased.
"Are you okay?" Levi asked.
"Yeah. I just...Girls usually -" I started, then remembered Hanje and my other transgender friends, "People with breasts usually keep them covered up in the human world."
"Why?" Hanje looked puzzled.
"They are considered sexual." I removed my hands and looked only at Levi's face.
"They make food for babies! Why are they sexual?" Hanje moved in my peripheral vision and I looked over to see them playing with their breasts. I looked quickly back to Levi, who was raising an eyebrow.
"So are you still homosexual, brat?" He asked.
"Yes! I don't want to have sex with Hanje!-" I started.
"Ah!" Hanje cried in disappointment.
"-I just… am not used to this, okay?"
"He better not want to fuck Hanje." A voice came over the water. I cried out in surprise and Levi rolled his eyes. I looked out across the water and saw a head disappear below the water.
"My mate Moblit. He's scared of humans. He doesn't want you looking at him." Hanje explained.
"Get out of here, Moblit. My mate can't even handle seeing titties, so he's obviously not a threat." Levi called out. My body warmed at hearing him call me his mate. Mate. I was Levi's mate.
I smiled big and moved closer to Levi. He looked over at me and leaned down to kiss the top of his head. It was damp and left a trace of saltwater on my lips. I licked them and smiled. The taste of saltwater was now forever connected to Levi in my head. Hanje laughed. Levi growled.
"Brat, if you want to kiss me, kiss my lips. Don't kiss my head like I'm some kind of small child." Levi tilted his head up and wrapped his hand around my neck, putting pressure on it so I would go down. I kissed him softly at first, aware of our company, but when he licked at my lips, I melted. I laid down next to him and he took control of the kiss. He kissed me deeply and my body reacted. I moaned softly into his mouth and he moved off of me.
"No, don't stop!" Hanje and I said at the same time. I looked at Hanje to see them struggling to sit up, something not possible unless Hanje wanted to break their fin, in order to see more clearly.
"I am not putting on a show for you, Hanje, and neither is he."
"But I'm curious!" Hanje whined.
"Then be curious about something else. Like the shit Eren is dealing with." Levi grumbled. I was confused for a second before I remember all my troubles on dry land.
"Hanje is trustworthy?" I looked over at Levi.
"They wouldn't be here if they weren't."
I explained everything about S.E.A. and my father to Hanje. They listened closely, humming occasionally.
"Then it's obvious. Your first step to visit Ol' Dotty!" Hanje was right. Tomorrow, I would visit Dot Pixis.
