Unexpectedly Meeting You

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

*William Fox*

This is the second day and another disturbing sound woke us up from our deep sleep. Art and I bolted up from bed cause we know what will happen if we don’t. My body pains are killing me. I can’t even move them, but I have too or else Leroy will not just throw freezing ice cold water but I think he will level up in making some punishments.

“Here we go again.” Art said when we saw the big pile of big tree trunks and the AXE!!

“ArrgggHH.” Is all that I can say, I’m too tired and too sleepy to say anything else.

We started our so called ‘training’ but for me it’s more like ‘s*****y’ from the hands of Leroy. Sweat flooded out of me and I swear I can even make juice out of it. Art is having a hard time too, I know cause in the second day… he’s complaining. I like it more when he was quiet.

“Ahhh I can’t take this anymore!!” He said while lifting the axe and chopped the trunk. He’s complaining but still doing it.

“Idiot.” I said under my breath.

He narrowed me a pissed glare.

We continued in our suffering… I mean chopping these woods. I still can’t get the size that Leroy wants. This is so irritating, why can’t he just accept this cut woods.

The third day of training is here and I think I’m going to die. But Neola is always there watching over me and attend to my needs, she will massage my back every time we have a break. She will bring me new clothes every time I’m soaking wet from my own sweat. She will sing for me sometimes and it calms me down, every time I think that this is unfair. Good thing I’m the only one who can hear her.

Fourth day and fifth day and sixth and seventh and eighth day came but both Art and I didn’t get the size that Leroy wants us to achieve.

“Okay, stop.” Leroy said.

Art and I dropped ourselves to the ground.

“You are doing it all wrong.” He said.

“What?!” I said.

We are doing it all wrong and he just said it after tormenting ourselves?!

“Get up.” He ordered and we did. “Watch and learn.”

We were surprise to see him lifted the axe like it was nothing and chopped the trunk gracefully until he manage to have the log that he showed us last week. Our mouth dropped.

“How did you do that?” Art said.

“Simple, you just have to adjust your body like this.” He said and showed us to straighten up.

“We already did that.” I said.

“Not enough, you have to straighten you body even when you bend to chop that trunk, in that way you can manage to balance your weight and the weight of the axe, now try it.” He said.

Art and I looked at each other but still did what Leroy said. And we… did it! It was easy, he was right. The axe is still heavy but not as heavy as the first time.

“Why did you just tell us now?” I asked.

“ I was hoping that you will find a way on your own, but you disappointed me.” He said.

Art rolled his eyes.

“Now continue chopping those, we need more for the furnace.” Leroy said and went back to his rocking chair. We continued and boy it was easy. We cut three big trunks in one day and achieve the size that Leroy wants.

We ate dinner and went directly to our room to take a shower. Today I have to send Brandon some reports that I’ve been assigned to. After a shower I went to the living room and open my laptop and do some business. It was a while after Neola sit beside me.

“Hi.” I said to her.

“Are you tired?” She asked.

“Yeah, but I can still handle it.” I said.

“I’m sorry that you have to go all through this.”

“No.” I faced her and took her hand. “This is not your fault, and I’m here not because I am forced to but because I want to. I want to protect you Neola.” I said honestly, then she smiled.

“Then.. let me do something for you, it’s the least that I can do.”

“mmmm… you can still massage my back, it still hurts.” I said.

She went to my back and started to massage me.

“By the way how many days are left before your natal day?” I asked.

“Tomorrow will be 50 days left, why?”

“We have to make some progress in training then, sooner or later the Vipers can track you down.”

“Yeah…” she said. “… but I have a surprise for you tomorrow.”

“huh? What is it?” I said and faced her.

“That will be a surprise.” She said and grinned. Her eyes are green.

“You know how to make surprised now huh.”

“I learned from sponge bob, he likes surprises.” She said.

I rolled my eyes. “sponge bob huh.”

“You don’t like him?” she asked.

“Not that I don’t …. Well yeah I don’t like it, because he’s stupid.” I said honestly.

“No he’s not, he’s just showing that he loves everyone in a different way than what other people can do.” She said. I can’t believe that she is defending sponge bob.

“Are we going to argue about sponge bob now?” I said. Argue? We don’t even argue before… this is all sponge bob’s fault. That little monster.

“N-no.” she said.

“Come here.” I said and gestured her to come and sit beside me.

She jumped right into me and found her way curling unto me.

I brushed her soft hair with my hands. “Let’s not argue about sponge bob okay?” I said.

She nodded and wrap her hands around my neck and rested her face in my chest.

“You missed me huh?” I said trying to tease her, I bet she would blush.

“Yes I do.” Surprisingly, she admitted it right away.

We stayed their together savoring the moments that we can have, I must admit that I feel that something is missing when she’s not with me. She fell asleep in my arms.

“Ahem.” Someone cleared a throat. It was Leroy. “I think you should rest, we still have a big day tomorrow. You can put her to bed now.” He said with a whispering voice.

I nodded in agreement. I hate to be parted with her but I have to. I went up stairs and opened their room. I thought Larissa was their but she’s not. I think she is now with Art. I put Neola down on her bed and took her hands away from me. I watched her sleeping figure. She is so peaceful. Who would have thought that this angelic figure in front of me is a mermaid and is bounded with me, her protector. I kissed her forehead, I wasn’t contented and I kissed her perfectly shaped nose then down to her lips. I was shock with my own action, but seeing her helpless like this, I wanted to do more. But I have to endure. I kissed her lips again but this time quicker and left the room.

I went to my own room, my mind is still not functioning well when I heard that there is people in our room. I heard the voices of Larissa and Art.

“Look, now you see it now you don’t.” Art said, and Larissa laughed. I think he was showing her some magic tricks.

“Wow, you can do magic too?” Larissa said and I was right, he is showing her some magic tricks.

“I know right? Don’t you have like these back in your kingdom?” Art asked.

“mmmm…. I can do this.” Larissa said.

“Ahhhh.” Art shouted and that’s the cue for me to come in.

“What happen?” I asked but answered my own question when I saw Larissa floating in a water ball in the air with her tails.

She was shocked by my sudden appearance and the water popped and she fell into the floor.

“Ow.” She said.

“Wow.” Art and I said in unison.

I didn’t know that their tails would be this beautiful. It was violet and that means she is a royalty. She was naked.

“Hey.” Art said when he noticed that I was looking at Larissa. He immediately cover her with the bed sheet.

“What?” I said, confused by his sudden action.

“You have your own naked mermaid to look at, don’t look at mine.” He said being protective with Larissa. She giggled and wraps her arms around Art’s neck.

I rolled my eyes. “whatever, just bring her to her own room.” I said and open the door as Art carry her like a princess out of our room. “Good night Larissa.”

“Good night William.” She said.

I sat down in my own bed. Later Art is back but he went to the full length mirror.

“Hey what do you think huh?” He said and showed me his muscles.

“Gross.” I said.

He rolled his eyeballs as I chuckled. “I’m being serious here. I think Leroy is giving as an intense training her, look I’ve got muscles.” He said.

I looked into mine. Yeah he was right, mine is bigger now and more firm. I went up and go to the mirror shoving Art aside. He hissed. I checked my muscles, he was right.

“Cool huh.” He said.

“Yeah, but let’s go to sleep, we still have a big day tomorrow.” I said and patted his head.

“Whatever.” He said and dropped himself in his bed.

“Oh by the way, is there some occasions tomorrow?” I asked.

“I don’t think so, why?”

“Neola told that she has a surprise for me.”

“Maybe she’s pregnant.” Art said.

“Are you stupid or what?”

“What? We will never know what you guys are doing when you’re all alone.” He said with a grin. I shot him a glare.

“We are not doing anything.”

“Fine.” He said and threw his hands in air, showing that he surrenders. “Why being so defensive?” He said.

I throw a pillow at him.

“Ow.”

“Serves you right.” I said and he threw back the pillow at me.

We are so tired but both Art and I still want to have our own private time with our princesses. I don’t know why we are so attached to them and so are they. After thinking about that stuff I passed out.

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