A merman's call

Chapter 1: "My summer vacation"

Title: A merman's call
Author: "MJPaAnda"
Main couple/pairing: Jastan, Jake and Tristan
Characters: Tristan (red hoodie hoe), Jake (blue hoodie hoe), Spencer (purple hoe)...

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9 days left untill the end of the vacation

My mom always warned me not to talk to strangers. The obedient son that I am, I listened. Always. Untill that one day of our summer vacation, when the cutest and the hottest man I ever saw, checked into the same hotel as me and my family.

It was a small hotel with a big pool in the front where our district's swimming team had their practice. It was a half an hour drive from my house, but also worth it. In the summer a lot of people, as well as me and my family, took the week or two off and and escaped to the safety of the timeless zone. Of course we were right next to the ocean, but nevermind that.

The first time I saw him, I was at the pool with my younger brother. He was quite a few years younger and being the oldest in the family I felt obliged to take care od him all of the time. It was the second day of our 10 day vacation and the two of us just got some icecream from the stand. He was reading a comicbook, while I lay next to him and enjoyed the summer heat wearing only my swimtrunks. I forgot about my icecream, so a drop of it fell on my torso. As soon as I felt the sudden cold I sat up and cursed under my breath. My brother Timmy laughed at me before I playfully pushed him away and wiped my belly clean. That is when I noticed some new people enter the corner of my eyes. It was yet another family. Parents, two girls that looked around 20 and another much younger one and then there were two guys around my age. When I saw HIM, my mouths dropped open and my mind went blank.

Damn, he looked perfect. His medium long hair was perfectly styled upwards. He was wearing a light blue wife-beater and his blue swimsuit shorts lay just below his waistline, exposing the skin between the two pieces of clothing. He was wearing a pair of black sunglasses with shaded lenses that made it impossible for me to see his eyes. He was standing at the edge of the pool and talking to that other guy that came with him, who I presumed was either his friend or family member.

I realised I was starring when our eyes met, once he put his sunglasses on his head. He noticed me quite instantly and winked my way. I blinked my eyes, waking fom the daydream and licked the icecream that I was holding. I noticed he didn't move from the spot, so I looked back at him, only discovering that he was still looking at me. He smiled and used his index finger to tap the left side of his chin. At first I didn't understand, but once I did I licked the side of my own chin and tasted the vanilla ice cream that I was holding. I felt humiliated and his smirk didn't help either.

I pouted and told my brother to take a hold of my icecream. Before he could protest, I was already diving into the pool. I felt the cold water sorround me and the instant relief right after. I dived back to the surface and brushed the hair off my face and to the back of my head with both of my hands.

My brother always said I had a thing for swimming, but I was never confident enough to actually pursue the dream of being a professional swimmer, so we kept that wish a secret. I lay back in the water, once again wetting my short-cut hair and took a deep breath.
"Do you intend to stay like that forever?" I heard someone say after a couple od minutes passed, me in that position. I opened my eyes and stood up. The pool was just my size at the part I was in, so I was able to stand without drowning.Thought the water was now just below my lips. I looked up at the person that cought my attention and recognized him as the guy from before.
"I might as well, since there's nothing else for me to do here," I said and swam to the pool's edge, putting my hands there and leaned my head on them. He crouched next to me.
"I heard they are holding shooting lessons nearby, if you'd like to join me," he said. I couldn't see if he was being serious, because of the sunglasses he had on and the sun that was right behind him, making it difficult for me to se anything besides his outline.
"I could, but..." I said and then lifted lifted myself from the water with my arms on the edge, holding up for a scond before I put my knee on the floor. I found myself berely an inch away from his face and I could've sworn I saw him blush. I looked away and continued my sentence while standing up and walking to my brother.
"But I'm taking care of my little brother at the moment."
I saw him exhale sharply, before he also stood up and turned my way.
"Then maybe tomorrow? I'll be staying here for quite a while. You?" he asked me and took off his glasses.
"10 days. Same as every year," I answered him, while brushing away the water from my chest. I noticed him take a step closer and closing the space between us. My hands fell to the side, when I felt his hot breath on my face accompanied by the minty smell of Orbit gum.
"Seems like I'll be seeing you a lot this vacation," he said easily. I felt like I was under a spell, when I suncounsciously leaned in for a kiss. Just a nanosecond before our lips touched he backed away. I opened my eyes, that I didn't realize were closed, giving him a questionable look, mixed with embarrasment.
"I'm sorry, I'm not- This is not-" I tried, but couldn't find the right words to also finish the sentence, so I only narrowed my look and repeated again, this time with more regret. "Sorry..."

At that moment I felt a cold hand on the front of my torso, just below my chest muscles. I could feel the fingers slide down my stomach and stop on my abdonmen, few of them under the waistband of my swimsuit. I wasn't sure what was going on or what I would do if whatever was happening would continue. Luckily, it was not up to me to end the little sharade.

I could feel that the hand was gone and I switched my look from his lips to his eyes for the hundredth time, before he took a step back and put his sunglasses back on.
"See ya later then," he said and walked away.

And there I was, standing speechless on the edge, wondering what the hell just happened. I noticed a few people looking my way and I couldn't blame them, after the scene that just played out before their eyes. I was lucky enough to find my brother sleeping on the seat, the comic book still in his hands. I took away the collector's item, before covering his naked torso with his towel, that had a picture of Spiderman imprinted on it. I also lay back on my own seat and covered my eyes with my arm.

I was in need for an explanation of the previous scene and that's when I realised... he never even told me his name!!
What an asshole!
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