Eren spent almost three hours searching and surfing around the rock structure before he grew bored. He'd been spending the hours trying to find a clue, sign or hint of what those eyes from last night belonged to. He's had no luck. Tightening his bag on his back, Eren began to paddle out farther away from the shore toward a large formation. Late last night, while using Armins' binoculars, he noticed the large formation and was immediately curious about that was out there. Thank god for water proof bags, Eren thought as a small wave crashed over his back.

After almost an hour of paddling, Eren sat up panting from exhaustion…not even half way to the formation. Eren groaned and tilted his head back, looking at the steadily growing darker sky. Hmm…seems like it might storm…Eren hit the water hard with his hands and growled, filled with determination; he laid back down and paddled with vigor, wanting to reach the formation instead of heading home.

After another hour and a half, Eren reached and formation. He had to paddle around to the other side before he actually found an entrance. Being close up, he was able to tell it was an opening but Eren had no doubt to anyone far off the opening would just look like a dent in the side of the rock. Slowly, Eren paddled in. He didn't know what sort of creature, if any, lived in the hidden cave. When he could touch, Eren stumbled out of the water, dug his board into the sand and collapsed as his legs were no longer able to hold him up. As he sat there gasping for breath, he gazed around the cave slowly…amazed.

The walls of the cave were tall, rounding up at the top to form a ceiling. In the center of the ceiling there was a hole that went all the way to the outside, giving a clear view of the sky. The sand Eren was on was even softer than that on the beach by his home. Behind Eren, there were some plants growing covered in fruit and flowers that took his breath away. The water in the cave was a beautiful Caribbean blue color, the purest looking water Eren has ever seen. The small beach was in a large horse-shoe shape facing the mouth of the cave. Eren looked up as a sudden whistle sounded loudly throughout the cave; there was rain coming hard down from the hole in the ceiling. The mouth of the cave allowed Eren to see that the ocean water was choppy and no one in their right mind would be out in this storm.

"Great…looks like I'm stuck here until the storm dies down. Mikasa is going to be pissed…I hope I brought enough food…" Eren mumbled to himself as he dug through his bag for something to eat, soon laying down to rest his sore muscles…unaware of the eyes watching him.

A long tail glistened in the beams of light that seemed to follow it as the owner of the tail effortlessly waved the beautiful silver-blue tail up and down, lazily swimming in circles. The owner of the tail began to sing; their voice was sweet and smooth like silk.

"I'm drawing circles in the sand,
Just waiting for you.
I don't care where you're from
Or who you used to be.
For you, I would walk on land
I won't care about our differences."

The singer sighed sadly as they floated down to the sand, sad ice-blue eyes watching the ocean surface. The sun rays warmed the singers' pale chest as his short black hair fanned out around his head. Suddenly a shadow passed over the singer, causing him to look away from a passing school of fish. There was a shape above him, a surfboard, if he remembered correctly. The merman swam closer slowly, having always been told to be cautious of humans when the surfer suddenly hit the water. What the…the merman thought as he watched the surfer, swimming parallel under the surfboard, careful to avoid the paddling hands.

Shitty brat found merperson cove! The merman thought as he continued the follow the surfer, heading to part of the hidden beach where there was a sudden drop off…perfect for merpeople. Hidden behind a rock, the merman watched the surfer stumble onto the beach and collapse beside his board. Holy shit… the merman thought as he studied the male human. The human's skin looked to be sun-kissed, the perfect shade of golden tan. His hair was shaggy, ending just above the males' shoulders and hanging into the humans' eyes blocking them from the merman's view. The human looked tall, but the merman was sure to be taller. He's…he's gorgeous…the merman thought as he swam closer to the bank of the small beach. He silently slipped out of the water but made sure to keep his tail hidden as he watched the human that was laying on his back. Did…did he just die? Oh god please don't be dead…the clean-up is horrible.

"Oi Brat, are you dead?" the merman asked. The merman watched in amusement as the human sat up and jerked away from him, his eyes the size of sand-dollars. Holy Ryujin those eyes… "Oh good, you're not dead. That would have a bother." The human continued to stare at the merman who stared back. [FYI: Ryujin is a God of the Sea. He symbolized the power of the ocean and was able to shape-shift into human form. From his underwater palace, built out of red and white coral, he controlled the tides with magical tide jewels.]

"H... how did you get here?" the human asked, sitting back in his spot beside his board. The merman smirked with his thin lips as he slowly lifted his tail out of the water, even though it was dangerous to expose himself. The few sun rays hit his tail causing the silver-blue scales to sparkle; the humans jaw practically hit the floor.

"y…you're a…a…"

"A mer…man…merman."

The merman watched as the humans two colored eyes rolled into the back of his head as he fainted.