Chasing His Tail

Chapter 9: Two-Faced Merman

iris pov

"ow" Easton hissed

"this can't hurt as much as your making it out to" I groaned

"yes it does, your rubbing really hard" he whined while I groaned. I was currently trying to dry off his tail and honestly it felt like this thing was never going to get dry, it's been at least ten minutes and its still on him. I wasn't too sure how it was supposed to disappear, but I wish it would do it already

"I'm sorry that I don't know how to do this correctly maybe if you let me actually dry you higher-" I started annoyed

"you can't touch anywhere higher than what you're doing now" he declared

"well this part of your tail isn't working" I said annoyed

"h-higher...higher is near my...my p-penis area" he announced while stopped and looked at him only to see he looked uncomfortable

"oh...never mind then" I said before trying to dry him off gently moving with the scales this time

"....so how is it that you hide your merman scent>" I asked trying to fill in the awkward silence.

"I where a necklace that my aunt bought from a sorcerer" he announced while I nodded

".... how old are your iris?" he asked me curious

"why?" I asked confused

"there's rumors saying that you're in your thirties while others say that your immortal and have been hiding out till recently" he announced while I scoffed

"im twenty-one, I hope I look this good when in my thirty's. what about you?" I asked

"I'm turning eighteen next year" he announced

"funny you don't look seventeen, or you didn't till a few minutes ago" I said remembering his tears

"they'll probably say the same later on too" he sighed to himself smiling a little

"what do you mean?" I asked confused

"pure mermaids are immortal; my father is too old to count while my mother is 124" he announced

"well that's something" I said just before his legs started to shimmer and it looked like his body turned into water before he was suddenly laying down in swim trunks and a white t shirt

"and that's something else" I said a little surprised

"we have our clothes made to reappear when we shift" he said getting up stretching

"I see" I said before handing him the towel before remembering something

"oh yeah, here's your phone" I said trying to hand it to him only for him to frown at it

"I don't want it" he announced

"it's your-" I started annoyed

"unlock the screen" he told me and I was confused but did it only to go wide eyed at all the notifications

"well shit" I said supposed you can get over 100 notifications in almost every social media app

"my aunt said that I had to act a certain way while at school, one of them being to always ask the girls for their number on the phone, but they all just want to talk about nonsense or send naked pictures" he said looking annoyed

"so...." I asked before leaving it on the ground and he smiled

"I lost my phone" he announced while rolled my eyes