The tokoyamiverse

Acceptance

Requested by hiba_moktar123        (A parallel mermaid A.U) 

Shoji had no one to turn to 

He knew this 

But the tears in his eyes wouldn't stop 

Within his clan "the octopus clan" he never truly belonged 

Yes he had the parts of an octopus 

But everything else was wrong 

He had the face of a monster 

And more hands than his actual tentacles 

He tried to cover all this up with a cloak and mask 

But everyone knew what he was underneath 

A freak 

When he was finally old enough to take care of himself the clan abandoned him without hesitation 

They had been waiting since the day he was born 

And now they were finally rid of him 

Was he not good enough? 

Was appearance all that mattered? 

He couldn't stop the negative noises from leaving his mouth 

But unknown to him 

A new figure was watching the whole scene 

"It's not right," the figure said 

Shoji stopped in surprise 

Who was this new figure 

It was behind him 

Shoji slowly turned around to meet a very surprising frame 

It was a mermaid 

But that wasn't the thing that caused him to stare 

He had ahead of a surface being 

a bird, he believed was what the humans called it 

"mer-folk basing people on their appearances, it's not right, in fact, it was quite sickening" he continued 

why wasn't he repulsed by his mutations, his flaws 

"Sorry, my name is tokoyami, and what is yours?" "tokoyami" asked  

shoji was taken back, he couldn't remember the last time someone was interested in him

or overall generally nice to him 

"sh..shoji," he said, wiping away his tears 

tokoyami came closer in a calming manner, he sat down next to him on the rock 

keeping him company 

being comforting

"I am sorry for what you have been through, I understand what it is like to be judged horribly only because of appearance," he said softly 

shoji couldn't believe it 

there was finally someone that knew what he had gone through 

a person he felt like he could trust 

from then on the two were inseparable 

they both shared the same pain 

and both were able to accept what they were 

and they couldn't be happier