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Ruin swam around aimlessly, honestly just very bored and wanting to do something.
“Should I go find somebody to do something with or should I just do something creative?”
Ruin wondered aloud, not really caring if anybody heard him or not.
What He was not aware of was Eclipse who was right in front of him as they both crashed into each other.
“I am so sorry, I didn’t mean to bump into you like that! Are you okay?!”
“I’m fine Ruin.” Eclipse replies grumpily, ray like fins around his head twitching in annoyance.
Ruin looks at the grumpy shark and wonders if he even does anything in his free time.
“I’m leaving.” Is all Ruin gets as Eclipse suddenly swims away to wherever he goes in his free time.
Well then, that was awkward.
Ruin decides that he will go and talk to Tera since she is the only one that acts like he is a friend and not like he was some Mer that was infected with something dangerous.
Ruin sighed as he swam towards Tera’s little hang out place she always stayed in. He wished he had as many friends as the Beta fish did, but alas, he was probably never going to befriend most of the Celestial family no matter how hard he tried.
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Tera was making seaweed crowns when Ruin found her, she seemed to be enjoying it a lot as she hummed as small, peaceful melody.
“Oh, hi Ruin!” Tera said as she finished making the seaweed crown.
“How can I help you?”
“Hi Tera, I hope you don’t mind if I joined you for a bit, would you? I am honestly quite bored and would like to do something, so I came to find you.” Ruin told her as he swam over to where she was resting.
“I don’t mind at all Ruin; you can come and sit here if you like.” Tera told Ruin as she patted a spot close to her indicating where he should sit.
“Thank you so much Tera, I don’t know what I would do without you being here to do something with me when I am bored.”
“You’re welcome anytime Ruin. I don’t mind. Besides you give me some company that is not just my family.” Tera replies, happy to hear that somebody enjoys her company(Not that her family doesn’t like it, they do).
They proceed to make some crafts for the day and just have fun.
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At the end of the day Ruin left Tera and went to their bed to sleep, it had been a long day after all.
Ruin felt exhausted as he curled up in his soft bed made of soft fluffy material(I don’t know what it is just think of it as some nonexistent material) and was left alone with their thoughts.
Ruin thought about today’s small run in with Eclipse and how Eclipse had made him feel very awkward.
Ruin knew Eclipse could be intimidating even without trying to be, but he could also be very protective of things he doesn’t want to lose.
He knew Eclipse was honestly a very soft Mer with a hard outer shell and a traumatizing backstory, but Ruin could not help but feel intimidated by him however hard he tried.
He was more aware of Eclipse’s feelings than most because of his own experiences as an actor, but he knew he must be wrong when he sees that Eclipse loses some of his hard outer shell when he is around him.
It isn’t very noticeable, but Ruin can tell, even if he doesn’t know if it was because he kept Eclipse company and helped him with small things now and then or because he was there when Eclipse was not feeling the best and would try to get Eclipse’s mind of whatever was troubling him.
As Ruin thought about Eclipse, he felt himself start to drift off, God he was tired.
Before Ruin fell asleep, he realized he liked Eclipse a bit more than a friend but suddenly thought about his loss he had several years back, and he pushed the thought away.
Ruin stopped thinking as he fell asleep in his nest finally after however long he had been thinking about Eclipse.