Chasing His Tail

Chapter 8: Player to Crybaby

iris pov

I stared at Easton completely shocked. there he laid on the sand the waves just barely making it past him. his blue tail shimmering bits of green scales from the moonlight bouncing off them. he wasn't wearing a shirt showing me his lightly tanned skin his muscles slightly toned

"your.... a merman" I said surprised and his heart beat shot through the roof before his hands want to his chest trying to cover himself

"d-don't look" he said quickly looking around, probably for the towel that was on the rock I was leaning on

"um, I think your hiding the wrong thing" I said looking down at his tail, although I guess he had a better chance at hiding his upper half

"t-th-this isn't what it looks like" he said looking at me with pure panic in his eyes shocking a little bit. what happened to the player?

"you have a tail.... a fish tail.... you're a merman" I deadpanned only for his eyes to start watering up looking up at me. wait what

"you weren't supposed to see, nobodies supposed to know, n-now I-its all-" he started looking like the world ended just as a clap of thunder came

"w-whoa whoa Easton calm down" I told him feeling awkward. what was I supposed to do when a guy starts crying?

"b-but you saw it" he said tying to wipe his eyes

"it's just a tail, it's not that big of a deal man, get a grip" I said confused. where was the cheesy one-liner guy, who the hell was this crybaby?

"the big deal is that I'm a merman" he exclaimed

"so" I said not seeing the big deal but this was stopping his crying so I guess it was a step in the right direction

"how many mermen have you seen?" he asked

"I've......there....no way" I said seeing what he was getting at

"I'm the last merman" he confirmed for me and I was quiet for a while as he looked down at his tail sadden

"ok....so, why you hiding it?" I asked trying to stop the awkward silence

"do you have any idea what it was like growing up being the only boy merman?" he asked

"you have a dad don't you?" I asked

"mother says that he's only shooting blanks" he sighed. ok too much information

"I'm having a hard time following here" I said honestly confused and he sighed again before looking at me

"I am the last merman, what's more I'm one of the very few pureblooded merpeople. because of that even at a small age I was always constantly surrounded by women, all of them coming after me wanting to create a new generation, one that would have more males since unlike my father it was seen that I'd carry more x chromosomes" he explained

"what's the problem then?" I asked confused

"I don't like women" he announced and I stared at him

"so...you play for that team" I said getting it

"what, no. I just don't like women always wanting to talk to me, always wanting to touch me, always trying to get my attention. it's just pure hell" he said honestly looking trouble while I just gave him a look

"you're actually trying to be serious about this aren't you?" I asked looking at him

"I am; do you have any idea how it feels to have your own sisters look at you with lust" he asked while I felt a chill