His Aquatic Angel

10 - Step into my world

"I am a direct product of mermaid and human, so I do technically have a family. But the Verkallath isn't related to me like most of us are."

"It's just very odd, if you all share a father, doesn't that make all of you siblings?"

"No really. We carry chlidren with humans too but the generation of half-breds have to need the Verkallath's children. To keep our bloodline in check."

"They don't have a choice?"

"Unfortunately." She laughs lightly.

"Aren't you a half-bred Nephrin?"

"Yes." She said lightly.

"That is really unfortunate. On the bright side, you are a product of a relationship that involved love. If I guessed correctly."

"Yes, but I was born out of wedlock and caused my birth givers to grow apart."

"They did?"

"Yes, who would stay to raise a child that's a disgrace? A burden. They were too diffrent to be together and I made that clear by being born."

"Nephrin... I'm so sorry to hear that, but you can't be."

"I am, well I was. But I'm no longer young. Besides, it's great being half human. Look at how beautiful I've become. Your genes have clearly graced my looks." She pointed at her face happily.

"Well, that is true." He said looking at her and seeing her as beautiful. "You're so beautiful it's hard to think you were once a burden."

"I know." She laughed. "I just enjoyed being a outcast because when the kids mocked me, it gave me a right to bite them."

"With those sharp things you call teeth?"

"Don't worry, most of them lived."

"Most?" His eyes widened and it immediately caused her to laugh.

"I was just joking, I knew I'd get a reaction from you." She laughed once more.

"I was obviously going to react to that, it was shocking to say the least. So you don't bite people?"

"Oh, I do. They can be very annoying sometimes. But of course I didn't kill anyone." She smiled, her eyes closed as she did.

"Well, when I was young and I was mad at people. I'd put a box over my head."

She furrowed her eyebrows. "A... box?"

"Yes, big old brown box ."

"You have such weird customs."

"And biting people isn't unusual at all..."

"Káe, it isn't. If people annoying the denguns out of you."

"Uh-huh." He said, teasing her.

But she didn't dwell to much into it. Instead, she looked at land, day dreaming.

"You know what I want to do on land?" She asked, though it was a little rhetorical.

"What?"

"I want to taste this thing you call ice cream, and it freezes your brain delightfully. I want to drink water, I want to know how sweet land water is. I also want to look at the moving pictures." She said.

"How do you know about all those? Have you been observing?"

"No, I can barely see anything from here. All I see are the lights that are brighter than the stars."

Aaron looked and she knew that what she pointed at was the fair, particularly, the Ferris wheel.

"Then how to you know of all this?"

"I told you that most of us go on land to perform specific duties and when they return, they tell us all about it."

"So, those are all you want to try on land?"

"Yes, that and more. And Reava told me about these white faced man in rainbow clothing and huge footwear."

"Clowns?" Aaron asked. "Oh, we can offer so much more than that. Clowns scare humans more than they entertain them mostly."

"Why? How could they not like such delightful men?"

"I don't know. Maybe one day, if it's possible. I can sneak you into land and show you this clown you keep going on about."

"But," she leaned in and whispered. "I'm not allowed."

"Sorry, I keep forgetting that you can't change into human form."

"Oh I can. I'm just not allowed to come on land but..." she held her chin. "I am a rebel." She said coyly

Aaron just watched her talk herself into coming to land with him. And when she began debating whether she should come along with him, he thought how great it would be for her to come along on land with her.

Showing her everything and anything would be a first for her.

"No. I won't come." She concluded

"That's a shame. I was really looking forward to that. Maybe you can show me where you live?" He offered.

"No, no, no, no." she said. "There's too much risk. It's even much riskier than me coming out to land."

"Is it. I was really curious, I've been diving and swimming in the sea for so long, I'm suprised I haven't stumbled unto your home yet."

"I live really far if you aren't aware. I have to travel really far to get here."

"I didn't know that. I bet it must be really inconvenient for you to come here everyday."

"Are you kidding me? You're the best part of my day, I don't mind swimming out here every night. Even though people are starting to assume I'm having an affair." She laughed.

And Aaron laughed along. "And I do have to admit, you are the best part of my day. And if people didn't see me coming to the ocean, I bet they'd think I'm having an affair too."

She laughed more shyly now and felt a tingly sensation in her stomach. Planktons fluttered in her stomach.

He smiled, bringing his flask to his mouth and took a sip.

"What is this thing you're always drinking?" She asked as she looked at the flask.

"This? It's coffee. It helps me out since I have been barely sleeping lately."

"So it's like some kind of medicine?"

"No. It's food that helps."

"Can I have some?" She asked shyly.

He shrugged. "Why not?" He handed it over to her.

She took it in her grasp, excited to consume something not of her world. She brought it up to her lips and there was the explosion.

"Erk! What is this?" She rolled her tounge in disgust. "It's as hot as midsummer sun and it's awfully bitter."

Aaron laughed and took the flask from her before she got the opportunity to throw it into the current.

"Is this what you were taking in all along? Every day?" She asked.

"Yep."

"How hasn't your tounge fallen off yet?"

He shrugged. "I dunno. But I guess it has to do with how advanced humans are."