In a small village near the sea where seafolk was highly sought for, there scales, powers and looks would make a fortune, and there was even such rumors too spiraling, such as if you happened to drink mermaids blood, you'd gain immortality.
And you inside this dull village was nothing but a humble fisher who had sailed the seas to make ends meet, and ofcourse, one day you had in secret made friends with an skeleton merman who referred to himself as 'Sans', or 'Swap', somehow easily he had swooned for you quickly, and would go out of his way to find various gifts to impress you, but you didn't wanna take advantage of him like that, almost often refusing them
After a long day, you had slept over on the seas on your boat, totally exhausted, when suddenly suddenly something swam under your boat, a strong cyan glow lit up the nearby dark waters with beautiful scales shimmering under the bright moon, like always, it was ur little sea-buddy again, offering you a large shiny clam, opening it to reveal some shiny star shaped pearls inside, he raised an eyebrow at you with a smug grin, thinking you'd finally give in this time.
"Hey! Look what I found! Aint it shiny?"