Remarkable (The Shape of Water/fanfics) [1]

Chapter Twenty

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Gianna
Staying in hotel with a two-meter tall partially Cortex roommate definitely meant changes. Gina will be neighbors to us as she staying her own room.

For one thing, money was going to be a lot more tight, with added groceries. A two-meter high man ate a lot of eggs, fish, and raw meat. Me and Gina had done our usual Saturday shopping together, and Gina's warm blue eyes had scrutinized her purchases aghast, then suddenly she chortled. "That man of yours must eat a lot," she'd teased, and I had ducked my head, grinning.

After we returned back to the hotel, I let Cortex be settled him in the bathtub as I brought him some algae and salt. Gina came over to keep me company while I was felt being alone only with him. I want to take shower in her room, but it felt embarrassed if I borrowed someone else to take shower so I did.

I searched any clothes as I choose for the night, then I saw Cortex's favorite CD disk has landed on the carpet floor.

"What that?" Gina asked, while she sat on the bed and watched TV.

I didn't reply back to her, I just grab it off from the soft floor and examined. Then I began to smiled at it was started to remember from back of the day where he was fascinated by my world, his bright golden eyes taking in everything, exploring, testing, tasting, and occasionally breaking. I would never forget the look of wonder and excitement on his face when he'd found out my music and realized that there were far more than just the few things he's mostly like.

"I use to remember when I was..." I says was suddenly felt very dumb to say things to her. "Never mind." I muttered the last part.

"No, I don't mind. I would like to hear." Gina reassured as she came closer to the edge of bed.

"After when I arrived back at home by the lake, dumped all my stuff off from shopping, Cortex came back from the water and visited and was beginning to fascinate by what I had brought him this CD disk, I thought its would be better when that time he like to hear some music. So he finally did." I says, "it's make me feel happy whenever I tried to lit him up. He'd stared, amazed, then lit up in a rainbow of colors, excitedly squawking and signing music to me, hovering with anticipation as I had laughed and set up the record player. He wanted badly to do it himself, but I was afraid his claws would damage the fragile disks. So we're both dance and dance until I couldn't take it anymore and then I want it to sit down and relax. Then Cortex want it sat down with me and was giving me like cuddles and huge tights until I don't want to let go of him." I explained with tears on my eyes as I looked down at the disk of Fifty Shade Freed. Gina went down to my side, grab my hand and give a squeeze and smile at me.

"I know you have to stay for him. Cause the only things you got when you tried to fighting this world. Cause he's you're only hope. You know that we're still love you." Gina says, "We have to fight for this."

I sniffed and nodded that I understand her, as I wipe my tears off my eyes as we both hugged while Cortex is in bathroom.

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Next Day Morning

"Honey, just tell me where you are? Your mother and I had been worried sick for you girl. Now: Where are you?" Father demanded on the phone-booth, so Gina and I leaned our ears closer to the phone so we can hear him better.

And Cortex is wondering around the street sidewalk beside us, looking around in curious by looking at each building and some vehicles like he never seen one before.