*slowly she turned to walk back to the lab, she ran back home and sprinted up the stairs. Hiding into her room again*

*she looked guilty and got up, backing away from the water’s edge*
“I’m sorry!”

*she looked panicked*
“Bud! You need the water- I- huh- WHA-“

*she looked even more hurt and brought the collar of her shirt up to hide her face as she sniffled, letting out a bit of her pain.*

*she finally was able to catch her breath*
“Why..is that such a bad thing…”
*she looked hurt and moved away from him…looks like he still hated her..*

*she coughed up some water and held him close, she started to cry a bit. Faded always cried when water was apart of the situation..she was never going to learn to swim and this would be her second time drowning..well almost drowning..*

*she frowned and lashed her tail, rolling over into the bay*
“Ouch..”

“Have you been eating well? Do you need company..?”
*she offered to /attempt/ to swim closer, by frantically shifting in the water until she propelled herself closer, though she did not know about the drop off and she just sank down, a panicked scream escaping her lips before she was submerged*

*she smiled and swam a bit deeper out to sharky, she siding go to deep, the demon actually didn’t know how to swim. She smiled and waved to him*
“Hello lil flipper!”

*she blushed as well but kept her feelings to herself, as well as her words*
“..! …//..”

Faded: *she grasped her stomach and frowned, the demon hadn’t really ate much food. She’s been refusing to eat for several weeks now* oh man…that was close..*she gazed down at her small torso* hm..

Faded: *she ignore their words and immediately passed out on the floor* mh-
(Yippee you’re back 🥰)

“Mh…I don’t…”
*she sighed slowly leaning into his shoulder*

*she blushed and peered down at her body, all she saw was some scared and unlovable thing, she turned to him and shrugged*
“Nothing to great about my body..it’s broken and shit.,but you’re water..hot water for that matter,.”
*she mumbled, sitting back down*

*she looked a bit confused and frowned*
“Sorry..I’ll go then..”
*she got up out of the water to leave, her clothes sticking to her body tight, revealing her slight curves*

“What do you mean..?”
*she shrugged “innocently”*
“I was simply making small tall..”

“You did really well..during training and everything..”
*she quickly changed the subject*

*she felt a jolt of sorrow for him, and she blushed a deep red as he took off his shirt, she crawled into the water , standing there*

“W-well..if it makes you feel better..which I bet it won’t but, I like your body just how it is…”

*as usual faded woke up in a cold sweat, she panted for air as she groaned. She had another nightmare.she crawled out of bed and walked outside, peering at the River direction, she ran to the river, hiding behind a tree near the water’s edge*
“?”

*meanwhile, she’s watching out her window, drawing small sketches of her and riptide..when there were happy..where they were together..she frowned a bit but a small part of her felt like maybe she still had a chance..she shook it off and closed the sketch book in the trash. She curled up into her bed, wearing the one t-shirt she never returned to riptide as she slept*