forum Mermaid romance (one-on-one//closed)

Started September 16, 2018 by @ElderGod-Carrots

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"Of course there is. Who is is going to control everything if things get out of hand. We're not the different from you, you know." Arria replied, smiling as he grab Carter's hand and started swimming down the street.

Carter smiled, swimming to keep up, “So who’s the current ruler?” Swimming after a merman and asking about who is the merpeople ruler… How did this even happen?

"This woman called Isalda and her husband who I don't know the name of." Arria shrugged. And their son is my friend but that's not important… "I don't think I've actually seen Isalda's husband around."

“So are they super secretive and overly protective?” Carter asked with a laugh, imagining merpeople body guards protecting an overly fancy royal party, “Can we enter the palace?”

"Oh yeah, they do tours and what not for the younger ones so I figured we'd do that." Arria replied, smiling, "And they're not that secretive, Isalda and her son are seen around just not the husband."

“Am I sensing a scandal?” Carter asked with a mischievous grin, posing dramatically, “This is just like Young and the Restless, but royalty version,” He acted out fainting, sliding into Arria’s arms with an overly dramatic hand wave. Carter peeked one eye open at the merman, “I don’t think you know what Young and the Restless is, do you?”

Arria smiled down at Carter, "You got that right, I've never heard of it." He said, leaning down to planted a kiss to the others lips, "But the acting was great."

Carter held onto the merman’s head, prolonging the kiss despite the merpeople around them, before murmuring, “Maybe I can take you to my house one day. We could watch tv and you could sit in the bathtub.” He smiled into the other’s lips, tangling on hand in the merman’s hair.

Arria chuckled, "That, or maybe there's a way to give myself legs. But one way or another it's happening." He murmured back, grinning.

“Yes. It. Is.” Carter punctuated every word with a kiss down Arria’s jaw. For a second he wondered about how merpeople viewed the LGBT community, but he brushed the thought away. Carter wasn’t in the closet about it on land, he wouldn’t be in the closet about it in the water.

"If.. if you're going to kiss me like that l-let's not do it in the street and somewhere more secluded." Arria said, giving Carter a smile as he pulled the other down a side street where there wasn't anyone swimming.

“Alright,” Carter said quietly, hoping he didn’t cause too many problems for Arria in the future. If merpeople were harsh about it… Carter frowned at himself, glancing back at where they were wondering if anyone had been paying attention.

"What are you looking at? No one's going to care if we're seen together you know." Arria replied, wrapping his arms around Carter's neck.

“Oh? Thank goodness, I was worried merpeople would give you trouble for it,” Carter muttered, glancing one more time over his shoulder before finally looking forward, giving Arria a smile.

Arria shook his head, "They don't care. There are many couples like this down here, don't worry." He replied, biting his lip.

“That’s cool,” Carter laughed, and was about to comment about some homophobes on land, but then his eyes lit up as he beheld the castle up ahead. It grandeur exerted power like a wave, and his lips parted in awe.

Arria chuckled at Carter's expression and pushed the other away, "Are you going to swim there like a gaping fish or do I have to drag you to the castle myself?" He raised an eyebrow and grabbed the others hand.

Carter laughted at himself, then immediately picked up speed enough to drag Arria just a bit, “Well come on then. This place is so cool!”
(sorry that’s incredibly short, I’m so exhausted)

(Go to sleep if you're tired)
"Yes, I'm coming." Arria said, swimming up to the gates of the palace where there was a small group of people heading into the place. The guard were about to say something to them but decided against it after they saw Arria.

Carter grinned at Arria, moving to loop his arm around the merman’s as they entered the castle. “It’s so pretty…” Carter remarked in awe, staring up at it again, “All the lights… It’s so different from on land.” The underwater city reminded him of New York, with so many lights and colors in one place. But the ocean… it was like a better version of land.

Arria nodded, "Yeah, it is different." He replied, joining the group as they led them into the castle grounds. Arria was about to say something else when, a merman that looked around his age, maybe slightly older, swam towards them with a massive grin, "Arria!" He called, the others in the group bowed slightly as he passed and Arria did the same.
"Yuri, I didn't think you were in the castle today…" Arria said as he was embraced by the other.
"I didn't expect you to be here, and who's your friend?" Yuri asked.

“I, um, I’m Carter,” He introduced himself, a tiny defensive edge in his voice creeping in. Carter crossed his arms over his chest, looking this ‘Yuri’ up and down. He subconsciously swam closer to Arria.

"It's nice to meet you, Carter," Yuri replied, smiling a little, his gaze flicking over him as if sizing him up, "You should have told me you were coming, Arria. Why are you here?"
"Ah, you see… I was just going to show Carter around on one of the tours, see the palace." Arria replied, shrugging a shoulder.
"So… you haven't been here before Are you from out of town or something, Carter?" Yuri asked him.

“Yes, you could say I’m a tourist. The city is quite beautiful compared to where I’m from,” Carter said, then wrapped an arm around Arria protectively as he stared down Yuri. He couldn’t help it, that defensive edge he had. Carter didn’t want to give up what he had because of some snotty merman.

Yuri frowned a little, "Arria are you two together?" He asked.
Arria turned a deep shade of red and looked down, "Well… you see the thing is um…"
Yuri looked to Carter, then back to Arria who had turned even redder then back to Carter.
"So you are then?"