forum Mermaids? (O/O) (Closed)

Started October 13, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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Luke took a deep breath, closing his eyes as Aegir sunk underwater. At least if I'm going to drown, I'm going to drown in the arms of a handsome stranger. He blushed a little, keeping his arms around Aegir's neck.

Once Aegir could see land in the distance he remembered that he had a human in his arms…a HUMAN WHO NEEDED TO BREATHE AIR. The merman cursed to himself, quickly returning to the surface.

"Just a little bit more…then we can get you to the shore.." He promised, a worried look on his face as he watched the stranger in his arms.

Luke gasped in air as Aegir surfaced, coughing and gasping. He looked at the…merman. "Okay." He said breathlessly. "Thank you." He added, looking at the strange merman. Mermen weren't real…but…he exhaled, taking a deep breath again.

Aegir gave him a small nod, before continuing to swim just a little bit further, making sure their heads stayed up above the water.

"I know of a nice little area you can rest at and I can explain…uh..everything…" He spoke, unsure of how to approach the subject.

Luke nodded. "Okay." He replied slowly, looking at him with wide eyes. "You're…" He took a deep breath.

He ignored the man, only speaking for the remainder of the swim when he told the human he could let go and crawl onto the land.

"Alright…nobody can see us here..so go ahead…ask away.." He stated, leaning his back up against a large rock attempting to catch his breath after dragging himself up the beach. His hands brushed the sand off of his tail, locking his fingers together as he watched the rather handsome human. "My name is Aegir by the way…"

Luke cleared his throat softly. "Okay. Thank you for…for saving me, Aegis." He replied slowly. "So I…what are you?" He asked. "I mean…" He sat down in the sand, ignoring the rain still pouring down on their heads.

Aegir giggled a bit, before responding, "Yeah, I'm a merman.." He tilted his head to the side looking into the mans face.

"I'm a merman, and you're a HUMAN!" He gasped out squishing his own cheeks together as his mouth dropped open, "I never thought i'd get to meet one before!"

He let out a few quite squeaks of excitement, his tail flapping gently down on the dry sand.

"What is it like having legs?" He asked, eyes lighting up with excitement as he once again gasped, "Have you ever been surfing?!"

Luke blinked, peering at him. "Wow. Okay. I uhm…don't know how to describe having legs. Surfing is…yeah. Surfing is fun. What's…what's having a tail like?" He asked curiously, looking at him.

"Well, I mean..It's great! I can swim very fast..and not to brag or anything..but my tail is one of the prettier tails a mermaid/man can have…." he smiled, staring into the humans eyes. "So, what's your name?"

Luke smiled. "Mm. That's really cool." He agreed. "Oh! I'm Luke Avan." He replied with a smile. "Nice to meet you. And…thank you for saving me." He added.

"Luke..that's an unusual name..I like it!" He exclaimed, waving his hands in dismissal, "It was no problem at all..I couldn't just leave you to drown.." He explained, shrugging his pale shoulders.

Luke chuckled softly, then shrugged. "Nothing for you, but my life for me." He replied. He gave a small smile.

"I suppose that's true.." He agreed, jumping a bit as a large bolt of lightning flew across the sky. "I hate storms.."

Aegir watched Luke, before realizing something.

"Shouldn't you get out of this…cold?" He asked, suddenly worried for his new human friend.

Luke nodded. "Me too." he was shivering a little, and he nodded. "Yeah, I should…"he looked around. "I think I know how to get home from here." he stood up, wrapping his arms around himself for warmth. "But I uhm…would love to talk to you again. So…I'll meet you here on the next nice day?" he suggested with a small smile.

Aegir's worried expression quickly brightened, a large smile on his face.

"Yes! I'd love that!" He exclaimed, doing a small dance as he sat there, "I'll meet you here then…get home safe!"

Luke smiled, and started walking. He waved over his shoulder. "See you. I will! You be safe too." he replied, walking along the beach.

Once Luke was no longer in Aegir's sight he turned, dragging himself back to the water. He couldn't wait to tell his best friend about this!

Luke walked home, trying to figure out how to break the news about the boat to his father. And obviously he would have to lie and say he swam. Merpeople…weren't supposed to be real.

(Alright. Dude, don't worry about it. Been there, done that :) )

Luke walked back to that spot on the beach where he had met Aegis on that stormy day, still half-convinced that it had all been a dream. But…he wanted to go back and see. He had driven to the beach, then walked to the spot, standing ankle-deep in the water.

Aegir smiled when he spotted Luke, calling out to him, his arms waving around in the air as he attempted to get the humans attention.

"L-luke! Over here!" He yelled, diving under the waves and quickly making his way to him. Once he reached Luke, he lifted himself up from under the water, shaking his soaked head of black hair back and forth like a wet dog, attempting to get it out of his face.

Luke smiled when he saw Aegir, and waved back. When Aegir came over, he sat down in the water to be closer. "Hey. I…I thought maybe it was a dream or something." He admitted with a breathless smile.

"Dreaming? Why would you be dreaming?" He giggled, a confused look on his face as he scooted closer to the human. "It's nice to see you again."

"I don't know…Merpeople aren't supposed to be real." He replied with a shrug. He smiled at Aegir, scooting closer to the merman.

"We aren't supposed to be real?" He asked, confusion crossing his face. "That's just silly."

He laughs again, gently pushing Luke's shoulder.

"You humans just don't know we exist because…we aren't allowed to reveal ourselves!" He revealed, his face turning red as he continued on, "Of course..I took one look at you on that boat yesterday and knew I couldn't let you drown."

Luke smiled a little. He blinked in surprise at the next comment. "Ah. Well…thank you. For saving my life." he said with a wider smile, looking at Aegir.

"It's no problem! I'm sure anybody would've done the same!" He said, admiring the male sat next to him. "So, tell me more about you! What's your life like?" A wide smile slipped onto the merman's face, excited to learn more about Luke.