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I'm swimming in a lake, occasionally dipping my head in the water too. It feels nice, yet, I feel so lonely as well. If only a certain vampire I haven't seen for the past 2000 years were here.. I'd hear them ramble about their findings about humans for hours on end while I just swim. Good times.. good times...
"Pieck?"
I know that voice anywhere! I peek my head out the lake and there they are. That familiar vampire I haven't seen for so long-
"Pieck? Please come out. I know you're in there." Their hand touches the water, probably waiting for me to put my head under it. I swim to them and hold their hand.
"It's been a while since we last saw each other Hange.." I murmur, slightly tightening my hand on theirs.
They just nod, softly rubbing my knuckles. "Too damn long since we last saw each other.." They kiss my hand, something they've always done since forever.
I look up at them, "How have you been doing for these last few centuries?" I ask, using their hand to lift myself out the water.
Hange makes a scoff that sounds like a combination of a laugh and a scoff. "Hell. You know how I felt not seeing my favorite mermaid for 2 millenia? I felt like shit." A beat, then they place my hand on their chest.
"...I thought you hated me."
I stare at them in shock? Hate them? "No, no, no! I didn't hate you! I never hated you!" Tears well up in my eyes, "I thought.. that I wasn't enough for you and that you left me for someone who could match your energy better."
Hange stares at me in shock, softly placing their hand on my cheek. "Pieck, you were always enough for me. Even when times got rough." They kiss my hand again. "I love you Pieck, you know that?"
I very lightly blush and look up at them, "Y-you loved me?" I smile, and I swear if they're joking—
"I always have." Hange states, stroking their hand through my hair. "I just didn't know how to express it without being seen like a creep."
The tears from my eyes start falling, and Hange softly wipes them. "You wanna talk about what's been going on about our lives for the past 2000 years and do human watching like we always did?"
I nod, "Yeah.. let's do that."
Hopefully we'll never have to separate again.