Ok this is so silly but I imagine mer!satsug (more likely Satoru) getting pearls and throwing them at you while you're on shore to get your attention. It's not like they can exactly swim up to you in the middle of the day in front of anyone so what did you expect them to do??? The people around you are extremely you excited to find pearls on the beach. You have to pretend like another one didn't just hit the back of your head. Satoru is contemplating switching to sand dollars if you don't turn around soon
lskjdlfjsdf this made me absolutely cackle bc i'm also just imagining the sheer strength that would have to go into it to make sure it reaches the shore when they're so far out from it! satoru winding up like he's a baseball pitcher!!
it ends up having the exact opposite effect—you retreat from the shore because it's so annoying and you know he won't stop. that he'll probably just get worse. you return to the shore that night, climbing along the rock wall to get to the deeper part of the sea. satoru pops up, already complaining about how you ignored him.
you dump the pearls you've collected on his head.
he whines, shaking his head until they're all out of his hair, dropping into the water with little musical plops. you tell him not to do it again, but you know he's not really listening. he's too busy sulking.
suguru's laugh unveils him. he glides through the water to rest against the rock you're perched on, pillowing his chin on his arms. he hums. his smile is a fishhook, sharp and tempting.
he soothes your ruffled feathers with a few well-placed words. you grumble a bit, but settle in on the rock and talk with them late into the night.
you don't realize that neither of them apologize.
after all, it brought you back to them.
