Heart of the Sea

C6: Floating Home~

HC POV:

  "Gege.. wake up." I myself am reluctant to wake up. I hate it. Because it means I'll suffer in a new way. I shake Xie Lian and he's not moving. He's alive for sure. I splash him but this is a futile act as he lives in the water and he should be used to this. He just rolls over. I decide to climb down to his level and into the pool of water. "Gege~.." I whisper and he swats me away. I notice this pool of water isn't very deep as his fins are out of the water and he's laying on a mound of sand. His top, more human-like half is exposed untouched by water except for when I splashed him. He's still really exhausted but I'm also really hungry and needy. 

  I lie down next to him. His back is against my chest and I wrap my arm around his waist. He's small but well built. "Mm." He tried elbowing me off but i just stayed there. "Gege.. I'm hungry..." I whined and he turned over to face me again. "Go find food or something.. I'm tired" He's half asleep but it's cute seeing him like this. "But I can't breath in the water like you can.." he just whined and rested his head on my arm. I wonder if he knows what he's doing despite being asleep. Or that it's me. 

  Then I felt his cheek move up against my arm. He's been awake this whole time. Such a tease.. "Gege.. you're awake..?" He shook his head, smiling wider. "Well then I'm going back to bed right here. I'll hold you hostage." I put my leg over him and pretend to sleep. I feel him look up at me and he laughs aloud. "San Lang I'm up. I'm up!" he pushes on me and starts splashing around. We roll over of the ledge and I hit my head pretty hard. He immediately stops to check on me. "Oh my god.. Are you okay? I'm so sorry.." He's panicking and I don't know why. It was just a small fall. "I'm fine Gege. I should've let you go.." I chuckle, trying to hide the pain. I sit up and groan. He panics even more. "Look, I'm not bleeding. I'm fine." I smile. I'm pretty sure I'm bleeding. But he can't see it so it's fine. My hair is long enough to cover any cuts anyway. 

  "We won't travel today or tomorrow. Just to be safe.." He sounds so melancholy. I shake my head and tell him tomorrow will be fine. He then goes off to find food and when he's back we eat. For the day we talk about ourselves. Our families. Friends. Lives. All of it. I learn his family is gone. Just like mine. His friends left him and so did the rest of his kind. I truly feel bad for him. "You know, I think you should visit me sometime.." I say without thinking. My face heats up. "If you want. Of course. My house is on a private beach. My private beach actually. Uh.." He chuckles and agrees that it would be nice. "For now let's get to be good friends, San Lang." I nod and we talk about more travel plans. 

 "Good Night, San Lang."

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XL POV:

  The water's rising. Why? It's low tide.. It's the middle of the night... San Lang? Oh no. "San Lang! Wake up please!" I shake him and  hold higher. "Please! Please! Damnit!" I smack him across the face and he slowly opens his eyes. "Take a deep breath and hold it please." He does as I ask and I immediately take us outside the cave and up to the surface. 

  He's gasping for air because he can't breath and I'm doing the same because of adrenaline. "What happened?" He asks frantically. I would too if I were woken from sleep and dragged out into the open. "The cave is filled with more water.." I sigh and look around for an island or something. Anything. There's a shape not far off.. It's not trust worthy. "I have no clue what to do..." He caress my shoulder and tells me it's ok. Uh Think... We aren't far from our destination but he probably wants to go straight home.. "How far is your private beach from the main one?" He flinches a bit. "Uh maybe 300 miles to the east? Not too far from it why?" I just not and start swimming above the water. He just had that head injury and I'm not risking anything else. 

  "I'm taking you straight home. How far is your house up the beach?" He hesitated. He's tired and not okay. "Not too far. You can see it from there." I nod and keep going. It's the middle of the night and all I have is the moon and stars. "Just sleep. I'll wake you if we stop for any reason or when we get there.." His body relaxes and I just keep going. I don't feel a storm and the waters are calm. It's peaceful almost. 

  We'll be out here for hours and he's dehydrated. I push myself in search of anything familiar. So far it's just really tall rocks and.. a beach.... The main beach. Holy mother of me. We weren't that far out.. Now just to go east. He's definitely farther than 300 miles.. 

  As I swim I come around a cliff with another beach. There's a beautiful abode not too far up the beach. It's two stories and cozy.. "San Lang wake up. We're here.." He doesn't move and that worries me. I've been on land many times in the past and I'm prepared to have to go again. We get onto the beach and I drag us both up. I stop when his head is far from water and roll away to catch my breath. Legs... It's been a century since I saw mine. I concentrate and pull out a small scale. My tail shrinks and legs appear. I'm not concerned about modesty and instead getting him inside. 

  Getting up and walking was a pain. I fumbled and fell but was able to grasp it again. I pick San Lang up on my back again and carry him to the house. It's very sleek. I like it.  He's breathing. Barely.. I go to the front door and it's locked so I try the back door. It's unlocked and I walk in. I lock the door again and look for stairs. They're around the front of the house and I go up there taking a break once before going through every door to find his room. The very obvious red and white themed bedroom is his. 

  I set San Lang down and assess him. His head has dried blood.. He lied to me. Other than that and the dehydration, he's fine. I fix up his wounds and let him rest before remembering humans wear clothes. I go to a door that looks to be a closet and pull out a T-shirt. I put that on and wait. Admiring his room, I look around. He has beautiful paintings and a balcony. A chair in the corner and a writing desk with a small jewelry dish on a small shelf above it. There's a bench at the foot of the bed, two white oak end tables, and a floor length mirror. I get up to look at the jewelry dish. It has bracelets, rings, necklaces and a very familiar red pearl earing. Only one. It actually looks like the one I lost thirteen years ago.. I have the other still. It's twisted in a small strand of my hair. I put two and two together realizing one thing. 

  I'm the deity he spoke about. He said so many kind and beautiful things knowing it was me, to my face.. I hear the bed covers shift and look behind me to see San Lang shift. I smile and hum t myself before carrying myself across the room. I feel like I'm floating. I lift the over half of the blankets and lay next to the man. He'll be fine. I think to myself. I know it. Because as I move a piece of hair from his face, everything about him brightens and looks so much healthier. A beautiful sight to fall asleep to..

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HC POV:

  I open my eyes to see my room. It seems we made it back.. I roll over and I'm met with the softest looking face. He looks so peaceful but what I'm most confuse about is how he's here and why he has my T-shirt on.. "Gege..?" My throat is dry and my voice is hoarse. "His eyes flutter open and when he looks at me with his beautiful amber eyes, the world stops for a moment. His smile consumes me. It's like the plague because I smile too. "How are you in my bed?" He smile even wider, and rolls onto his back before getting up. I see the shirt just barely covers his ass but when I'm even more shocked at his legs. 

  They have the same white, iridescent scales on his thighs, and around his ankles. "You like them Hong'Er?" My eyes widen and a tear slips. I sit up starring at him with a wide smile. "Yes Danxia.." His eyes grow even wider than mine. "They're beautiful.." He blushes hard and I get up to hug him. "San Lang.. I don't have underwear.." He sounds so embarrassed and he hides his now very pink face in his hands. I laugh collapsing back onto the bed. "Way to ruin the moment! Hahaha!" He grabs a pillow and throws it at me. "It's not funny!"

We have a lot of catching up to do. I'm sure I'm declared missing so I have to talk with He Xuan later. I just lay on the bed content with myself before getting up and getting the beautiful man Infront of me some underwear.

Word Count: 1715

This is no where near the end! Not for them. Not for me. And most definitely, not for you. Next chapter is next Saturday? I need to decompress and take my time so I'll be back as soon as possible! I love you!