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

Started September 16, 2018 by @ElderGod-Carrots

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I could really stay here all night, no one would know… “I don’t really have to be home by any specific time. Are you- Well, are you sure you don’t want me to leave?” Carter tilted his head to the side as he asked the question.

Arria smiled and kissed Carter, "Carter, I'm sure. Although my only problem is you drowning in the middle of the night…" He sighed, "What if… what if I gave myself legs… now? Farron isn't going to care as long as I'm safe and that way you're not going to drown in the middle of the night."

“You can give yourself legs?” Carter’s eyes widened as he glance at Arria’s tail. “And you’d come to land with me?” Carter asked in slight awe. Arria with legs… I could show him my house, the city, we could look at the stars together…

Arria nodded, "Yeah, why would I give myself legs and not come with you? And if I can give you a tail I can give myself legs." He swam over to a shelf and grabbed a book, flicking through the pages quickly.

Carter swam over to look of the merman’s shoulder, “Can I help with anything?” He glanced again at Arria’s tail… He’s gonna have legs… It’ll be so different. Carter couldn’t suppress the small smile appearing on his face at the thought of him and Arria up on land together, this time with the police not involved.

"Uh… can you go to the shelf over there and grab the blue and purple bottles, please?" Arria asked, grabbing a couple other things and headed to a pot in the middle of the room, putting the ingredients he had already collected in it.

Carter swiped the bottles of the shelf, swimming next to the pot and holding them ready for whenever Arria needed. Carter smiled a little. Arria is adorable… “You’re cute when you look focused.”

"Hm? What no I'm not…" As Arria spoke his voice became quieter and he blushed a little as he gently took the bottles from Carter and added them to the pot, a small poof of smoke erupted from the pot and Arria waved his hand over it.

Carter smiled a little as he watched Arria work, floating happily. But then… Carter just felt a strange shift within him, and when he took his next breath, water was sucked uncomfortably down his lungs. His eyes widened, and he started coughing air bubbles. His tail was already slowly shimmering away to reveal his bare legs.

"Carter!" Arria grabbed Carter's hand and swam out of the house, "I'll finish the potion once you're at the surface, just hold on a bit longer." He swam faster and made a b-line for the surface, pushing Carter up towards air as soon as he could.

Carter turned a deep red, trying to hide himself as Arria pulled him to the surface. My air is running out… Carter tried to mentally apologize to Arria as he did the only thing he could think of. He leaned closer, pressing his lips against Arria’s and hesitantly taking a little bit of the merman’s breath to get some relief on his lungs. I’ll just beg for his forgiveness when we get out of the water…

Arria was a little shocked at first but gave Carter a little more of his air before they broke the surface and Arria pulled away to allow carter to breath properly, "Are you okay?"

Carter coughed a bit, then winced at himself, then trying to get all of what he wanted to say at once, “I’m sorry I did that- I didn’t mean to be forceful or- I’m sorry, Arria-“ Carter coughed again, spitting up salty water as he tried to tread water.

“Hey it’s okay, I forgive you. You’re alive and that’s all that matters.” Arria said gently, rubbing the humans back to help him while he coughed up all the water.

“I just-“ Carter began, but winced as he looked down at himself, then turned a deep shade of red, “Shoot. This is humiliating.” His squeezes his eyes shut, wished he had thought it through better and brought an extra pair of shorts. “Oh geez…”

Arria giggled, "I quite like the view from where I'm swimming," He gave Carter a kiss on the cheek, "I need to check on the potion, meet me at the rock pool in an hour." He said before swimming back to the city.

Carter turned a deeper red as Arria swam away. He was absolutely flustered. Carter slowly made his way to the rock pool, searching through the water for his ripped pair of shorts. He found it eventually, and draped the torn fabric over himself, the heat not leaving his cheeks as he waited for Arria. “Oh gosh… That was so embarrassing…” Carter said to himself, closing his eyes.

Arria hummed quietly as he finished making the potion. His stomach felt like it was doing flips from excitement and nerves. He put the potion in a couple bottles which he then put in a bag and headed to the surface. When he saw Carter, he swam over, "Everything's done."

Carter turned red again at the sight of Arria, and he tried to spread his torn shorts over himself again, “So you're ready?” He chewed on his lip, looking from the bottle to Arria’s tail.

Arria nodded, "Yeah, only the fact is I don't have any shorts and I'm not ending up with the same fate as you." He said, giggling a little as he gaze flicked down the up to Carter's face again, grinning.

Carter buried his too-red face in his hands, “Aaaaarrrria,” He whined, then trying to stretched the torn shorts over himself better, not moving from his position in the sand. He peeked one eye up to look at Arria. At least the car isn’t parked too far away…

Arria giggled and swam over, "Stop getting embarrassed, you have nothing to be embarrassed about." He said, giving Carter a kiss on the cheek.

“Easy for you to say, merpeople are always covered by scales!” Carter replied stiffly, then sighed, taking off the torn shorts and handing them to Arria, “Use those to cover up,” Carter told him, using his hands as best as he could to cover himself.

"But what about you and getting back on land?" Arria handed the shorts back, "Why don't you use the broken parts of this to go get a none broken pair of shorts, I can wait here while you're gone."

“I’m still going to flash someone, the other half of the shorts are probably floating around somewhere in the ocean.” Rigel pointed out, but slowly made a move to stand. He glanced around, as if just making sure there was no one out this late at night, then looked at Arria and sighed, “Fine, I’ll be back quick.”