The Wetter the Better

5. Sex

Ignore the mistakes plz, ;)

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Talking with Siddharth was nice. It was nicer than what Avneet had anticipated, but she could tell Siddharth was full of unasked questions, his face crunching up and frowning, frankly, he looked like he was constipated.

They made little chats. Siddharth asked Avneet some trivial questions about the sea, and Avneet answered them with honesty. Siddharth asked about Atlantis and Titanic, in which Avneet replied with a mere shrug, confirming the legends, as well as accounting her experience to the depths of the seas when she visited the site where the ship never sink rested. Avneet had mentioned that the merfolk's body structure was not made for waters too cold or high pressured deep seas, so her visit to the ship that lied 12500 feet below was not a very pleasant experience, and Avneet couldn't understand all the fuss about the cruise ship, since all she saw was some skeletons and rotten stuff. Their morning went on like this, Avneet leaning against the pool, occasionally splashing hee tail, while Siddharth pulled a chair from his desk and sat next to her, looking at her with poorly disguised curious eyes, asking questions softly.

"When you eat the fish, how can you eat the bones all together?"

"Biological differences I guess. Do you want to try fish bones as well?"

"No thanks, I'm good."

"Okay."

Every once in a while they would fall into a comfortable silence, with Avneet glancing around and Siddharth thinking of other questions.

If Siddharth was being honest, he could ask fifty million questions. He had so many unsolved questions, like the ones Meer claimed to have found answers for. He was prompted to let Avneet read Meer's book so she could point out all the mistakes he had made. But Siddharth was not fond of strangers, he has never been excellent with meeting new people, especially when said person is a fucking mermaid.

"Hey, Siddharth sir?" Avneet looked at him with expectant eyes. This conversation happened so many times Siddharth is now immune to Avneet calling him sir.

"Avneet I told you we don't call everyone sir up here, it's either someone old or... you're kinky," Siddharth explained patiently, hoping Avneet would get the hint.

"First of all, what is kinky? Does it mean being polite? You humans are so weird, do you have no manners? But I thought you guys had schools as well." Avneet frowned deeply, seemingly genuinely confused. Just as Siddharth was going to tell how wrong she was, Avneet continued.

"Anyways, thanks for the fish Siddharth, not the best I've ever had but it was fine. Do you think you could let me stay here for a few days before putting me back at the sea? I don't wanna go back immediately... wait- you're going to put me back right? Are you one of those hunters? You won't lock me up? Right?" Avneet soon entered the panic state, as she stared at Siddharth with wide eyes, fists clenched and teeth clattering. Siddharth thought she looked as intimidating as a freezing baby bear.

"I just bandaged all your wounds and gave you a fish, if I were a hunter would I not have any of that?"

"Well maybe you want to feed me till I'm fat and greasy then you'll eat me up?"

Siddharth rolled his eyes to heaven. He couldn't believe this was the supposed princess of some marine tribunal clan. How does she not know anything? Siddharth felt the tension loosened up a bit, as he tried his best to let out a deep chuckle, mimicking those Bond villains he sees in the movies.

"Maybe, huh? I bet you taste amazing." Watching Avneet's face turn from confusion to horror was a fun process, but as soon as his brain processed what he just implied, he felt his cheeks turn warm. It must have been a surreal experience for Avneet, one minute the guy in front of him was all enigmatic and villainous, the next minute he was blushing and stuttering out sorry and I didn't mean it. To say Avneet was confused was a huge understatement.