The Deep Blue

6. The First

Within my dream, an escape from the horrible reality that is my life. Swimming underneath the ocean freely able to breathe the salt water, see the bluish green overlooked beauty. Smiling as I go farther from where the shore is supposed to be. As I pass a school of fish swimming by me. Proceeding ahead staring at the beautiful red coral reefs down in the ocean floor. As I continue swimming ahead the corals begin changing different colors as several seahorses swim alongside me.

"Nagi oh Nagi please" a voice says from out of no where. "Nagi please wake up"

Gasping for air realizing that I slept in the kiddy pool with Takeshi by accident last night. His tail in my face as he smile toward me. Getting out of the kiddy pool while trying to hide my blush from him. Heading toward the bathroom as he grabs my arm.

"Good morning Nagisa did you sleep ok last night." Takeshi ask me with a worried look on his face.

"I'm fine Takeshi I just need to go and take a shower for one sec" Answering him as he tugs my arm a bit.

"Can I join you I want to clean my body as well Nagi" he ask me as he gives me the puppy dog eyes again. Putting my hands on my face as I cannot say no to him but how can a merman go in a walking shower. Its is very impossible to pull off unless.

"Sure you can join me Takeshi but I would have to stand you up by the corner" I say to him as he jumps into to me wrapping his wet arms around my shoulders.

"Oh thank you Nagi thank you I promise I wont try to look at your humanly parts" he says looking down. "By the way what are human males reproductive organs anyway" Asking me as I look the other way blushing.

"Dont ask me a question like that its embarrassing to tell you what my private area is"

"That is what you humans call it?"

"Stop it okay"

"I'm sorry but I always wanted to know how humans reproduce" Takeshi says looking into my eyes as he run his hands through my hair softly.

"Hey! How many times am I going to tell you to keep your filthy seaweed infested hands out if my hair its bad enough I have sand in it" Yelling at him as feeling body heat come out my nose as he laughs.

"I'm sorry Nagi but your hair is very smooth going through my hands" Takeshi replies chuckling a bit looking away from me as I take him to the shower in my bathroom. With the only way to actually bath in my home is to shower thanks to my parents. Who assumed that I was too old to bathe in a tub since I lost two baby teeth decided to make me shower. And soon I began to grow to enjoy showering.
"Please don't look at me I don't feel comfortable showering with another guy even if you're a merman" I say to him as he nods closing his eyes as I undress opening the door to the shower. Standing Takeshi up at the corner of the shower as I walk all the up pushing the button for warm hot water.

"Nagi I don't want to make you feel any kind of way with the way you look but I don't care what you have its... well its you at least you" Takeshi says with his eyes close as I look the other way.

"Your making this even more embarrassing Takeshi"
"I'm completely okay with what it actually look like Nagi you don't have to hide" Takeshi says as the mist from the hot water begins to make our surrounding foggy.

"I don't want to talk about Takeshi" Replying to him as I proceed to wash my hair from the sand it accumulated from last night. Slowly looking down as blushing as I try washing faster. As a kid I was embarrassed ever since that day when I was competing at a swim competition down by the community pool in Chiang district. I promised myself that day to never let anyone see....

"Um Nagi who do you actually you know bath? I only seen you do it once but it was in the kiddy pool" Takeshi ask as I give off a sigh walking toward him.

Putting a bit if shower on my hands as I walk toward him "Takeshi what humans do when we bath is rub soap or in this case gel on our body and the method I call it are three hot spots so that you wont have odor later on" Informing him as I demonstrate by rubbing some on both of his armpits working my way down.

Looking down at the half of his fishy area are two holes that are both closed. My eyes widen as I jump back in sudden shock something comes out.

"What the hell did I just see" I try to yell with s blush on my face as Takeshi touches my shoulders. Looking into my eyes as I look into his. "Takeshi is that your penis or reproductive organ?"

"Yes" He replies blushing with embarrassment looking the other way as I begin to feel a bit bad. "I'm sorry I did not know that was gonna happen Nagi it's just" He tries to say as I begin washing it with my hands as he look at my with a shocked expression.

"I didn't get to show you the full demonstration Takeshi so that you know how to clean your body when you staying here" I tell him finishing up as he wrap his arms around me.

"I'm sorry Takeshi but when I was a little boy I competed in a regional championship in swimming and I won second place but when I came up from the pool my speedo was off under the water as the people there laugh at me. The kids began to pick on me because forcing me to cry each night hating what I looked like" Tears trickle down my face as Takeshi run his hands through my hair kissing my cheek.

"Nagisa, I'm sorry for trying to..."

"No its my fault for worrying you like that" Tears going down my face as he put both his hands on my face.

"How many times are you gonna keep saying that to me when I really care for you and want to see you happy Nagisa" Takeshi says as music from my phone as he takes a look at my body. "Like I said before I like the way you are Nagisa" he says wiping away the tears from my eyes.

"Why am is my heart feeling this way toward you? Why do I feel like you..." I try to tell him as he put his finger on my lips.

"Shhh... that's enough for now Nagi" Takeshi replies back putting my head on his shoulder rocking me back and forth as the song plays in the background.

After the long hour shower I carry Takeshi back into my room. Putting him in my bed as I go into the closet to put in some clothes. Realizing that it has gotten cold outside as I grab some sweaters with one for me and the other for Takeshi.

"Um Nagi does this mean that you and me are mates?" Takeshi ask as I walk into the room again.

"For now I say take this thing slow for now until White Valentine day in two months" Answering his question as he smiles back.

"How long is two months again?"

"Hmm lets see we have Christmas eve tomorrow and New Years so I say that It will take over 30 days when White Valentine happens"

"Awww that's too long to wait Nagi"

"Look at this on the bright side White Valentine is the day in Ventura Hills where a person expresses their love for one another by proclaiming either engagement, marriage, or a relationship. Also on that day you will meet my close friend Nicole,her boyfriend Mike, Derek, and Kazito"Telling him as I kiss him on the cheek softly.

"And this christmas thing what does this santa clause do again for us and how does he fit in through the rectangular thing you humans call a chimney" Takeshi as me as he crawl toward me curious. "And what did you give me for christmas Nagi?"

"I'm not telling you that its suppose to be a surprise"

See you at the next Wave...