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

Started September 16, 2018 by @ElderGod-Carrots

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Arria laughed loudly and swam backwards, his laughs turning into stifled giggles as he put his hand over his mouth. His eyes did a quick scan of Carter an she grinned behind his hand.

Carter blushed, shaking his head at Arria but his eyes still crinkled at the corners even after he got his shorts on. “C’mere, it’s your turn to get legs,” He held up his other pair of shorts and took out a potion with a mischievous grin of his own.

"Hand me the shorts first," Arria swam over to Carter lazily and held out his hand, "I am not ending up in the same situation as you. Although the view was quite nice." He let out another giggle as he looked up at him.

Carter laughed, handing Arria the potion and the shorts at the same time. He moved to lay on his abdomen, resting his chin on his hands and watching his sea boy with a smirk.

“Don’t look at me like that…” Arria mumbled, swimming backwards a little before uncorking the bottle and draining it. After a few moments, the splitting feeling down his tail surfaced, his tail soon splitting in two and kegs forming shortly after. He quickly slipped on the shorts.

Carter immediately averted his gaze, ashamed of himself as he moved to sit up. I just need to be better… “I- I’m sorry,” He apologized, fixing his eyes to his bag instead. He didn’t want to force Arria to be uncomfortable in any way, and he was just getting more annoyed with himself by the second. Maybe… maybe I should call off the wedding, after everything that happened with Yuri… Carter tried not to let his emotions show as he put on a shirt, holding out the other one for Arria.

Arria swam over to Carter with a frown at his apology, confusion lining ever feature, “What for?” He asked, pushing himself up into the rock and took the shirt gently from him.

“Just- Just for smirking at you like that, I didn’t mean- I just won’t ever do it again, I promise.” Carter told him, nodding his head as if to affirm it. “And if you… well, if you wanted to call of the wedding for now, in light of recent events, we can do that too, I don’t want to push you.”

“Woah, woah woah, slow down. One, when you smirk like that, it’s hot so don’t stop, two, I absolutely do not want to call off the wedding.” Arria said, resting his head on Carter’s shoulder, “I am marrying you and that’s that. Yuri is not going to stop that.”

“Are- Are you sure?” He asked, looking at Arria with worried eyes. What if he’s just saying that for me or… or… He hugged his sea boy closer, studying his face to search for any signs of covering up the truth just to make Carter happy.

Arria smiled at Carter, placing a hand on his cheek, “I’m sure, Carter.” He didn’t want Carter to worry because there was nothing to worry about. He placed a kiss to hisnloves lips to prove his point.

Carter let out a breath he didn’t know he had been holding, smiling and kissing Arria back. He pulled away to finally say, “Alright, then, love. But if I recall correctly… we were just about to go to movie,” He smiled a little bit more, intertwining his fingers with Arria’s.

Arria gave Carter’s hand a squeeze and nodded, his grin widening and his eyes shining even brighter, “I believe so.” He stood up and pulled Carter with him, “Come on then!” He let out a little laugh.

Carter stood, testing out his legs cautiously at first and stretching them to get adjusted as he asked, “So you said there was a land exit and entrance… where is it?”

Arria grinned, “This way.” He hummed, leading Carter away, slightly wobbly on his legs. They walked through the back of the cave where all the plants were to a small tunnel. Light streamed through the small exit, “After you.”

Carter smiled, slipping out of the cave only to be hit with the bright sunlight. He blinked a few times, not quite used to it from being underwater and in the cave all this time. The birds chirped all around, a fresh breeze swept through. Carter grinned, getting even more excited to be with Arria.

Arria clumbednout shortky after Carter and nearly tripped and fell forwards. Luckily, he regained hold of his footing and looked around, “The wind is cold…” he grumbled, not used to it as it swept through and dried his hair.

“It’s not so bad,” Carter told him, but seized the moment to put an arm around Arria with a smile anyways. “We got a bit of walking to do, I might need to use a phone booth and call a friend to help us out.”

Arria nodded and leaned into Carter’s side, “Okay. And the wind is bad. You’re used to it! There’s no wind underwater!” He waved a hand idly with a huff.

Carter chuckled a little, humming as the couple made their way away and Carter found the closest phone booth, where he inserted a dollar and called his friend, Elecia. He knew she was bi, and her sister worked at a movie theater, and he had a favor to call in. When she answered, Carter explained that he wanted to do something special for his boyfriend and take him shopping and to a movie. Her immediate reaction was surprise, apparently he was ‘missing or worse’, but Carter quickly explained he wanted to keep it that way. With a bit of wearing down, he finally convinced her to lend him her car for the day. Carter hung up the phone then smiled at Arria, “Elecia said she would help!” Thankfully, she didn’t live that far away, “We just have a little more walking to do.”

Arria smiled back, "Alrighty, how far do we have to walk?" He asked, walking backwards for a few steps, still smiling at Carter the whole time before he stopped and crossed his arms.

“Not long, only about three more blocks. She doesn’t live that far away,” Carter explained, stretching his limbs. He was glad he called ahead of time, considering her was supposedly missing or kidnapped or dead.

Arria groaned over dramatically, "That's too farrrrr, walking is hard work. How do you people do it all the time?" He complained but it was more of a joke then anything. He tried to hide his smile with no luck.

Carter chuckled, “Want me to carry you love?” He asked with a charming smile, pecked Arria on the cheek. Gosh he loved this man, he loved every inch of his sea boy.

Arria cocked his head to the side in fake thought, “Hm… maybe in a bit if you really want to.” He said, smiling at Carter.