Coral Red ❤︎ [Brallon]

8.

Brendon's POV
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I did the only thing I could think of doing at that moment to save him, and that was kissing him.

I put my hands back on his shoulders and I kept a hold on them as I tried to desperately keep him up still, but I was starting to get tired.

I felt his hand move to the back of my head as we kissed and suddenly I was pulled closer to him, my tail slowly swaying in the water now as I tried to keep us both up. It kept hitting his legs, but I hardly even noticed.

It was almost as if nothing else mattered in that moment besides our kiss, I had never kissed anyone before, and I was really putting my all into this one, and it seemed like it was enjoyable for both of us.

I knew we were far enough out now that the other people most likely would've lost interest in us, since we hadn't resurfaced it quite some time.

I slowly pulled away from the kiss and I led him up to the surface, not daring to look at him because I didn't know if he would be mad at me or not for kissing him, even if he did seem to enjoy it.

When we get close enough to the surface, I push him up so his head will be out of the water but I sink down a little, being tired from having to keep both of us up in the water for that long of a time. I also stayed down a little lower, scared of facing him.

I enjoyed the kiss, and he seemed like he did too, but it could've just been in the moment. He could've thought that I was just giving him air and that I didn't mean the kiss, even though I really did mean it.

I eventually get enough courage to resurface myself, and I take a little gasp of air myself, the gills against my neck flaring a little.

I turn my head and look back at the beach where we were no longer seeing the other humans there so I knew we were safe for now, but I thought I'd let Dallon catch his breath first, since that was kind of a lot all of a sudden.

I see a bit of a mountain of rocks, tall enough for the tops of them to be poking out of the water and I gently grab Dallon's arm and I pull him over to them, letting him sit up against the rocks.

I just hung onto the sides, still not looking at him, my cheeks burning and my heart racing as I waited to see what he would say to me about it. I had that fluttery feeling in my chest still, even more now that we had actually kissed.

Tears almost welled up in my eyes as I thought about the fact that he could hate me, but I shook it away as I slowly looked up at him, my cheeks turning an even brighter red.

Dallon's POV
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I held onto the rocks, catching my breath. My chest heaved from lack of oxygen and the kiss Brendon and I had just shared.

I looked over at him, seeing that he wasn't looking at me. He looked ashamed, like he had done something wrong. His cheeks were almost as red as his scales, his eyes watery.

I reached down, loosely lacing our fingers together. He pulled away from my touch, whimpering. "Bren, what's wrong?"

His voice was too quiet for me to hear, so I moved closer to him. "Bren, please tell me what's the matter."

"I....I-I'm so-sorry." Brendon said. "I...I s-shouldn't h-have....do y-you...."

"You saved my life, Bren, don't say you're sorry about that." I said softly. "Plus, you're an amazing kisser."

He blushed, still not making eye contact with me. "Y-You liked it? R-really? You d-don't ha....hate m-me?"

"What? Brendon, I'd never hate you, I...I love you." I said.

He stared at me. "Love? You l-love me? I t-thought you'd n-never wa-want to see m-me ag-again."

I held onto the rocks with one hand, snaking my arm around his shoulders with the other. I pulled him close, pressing my lips against his in a soft and sweet kiss. He gasped a little, but he kissed me back.

I had never felt like this before, but it felt good, no, it felt wonderful. I didn't want to break away from him, but I knew I'd have to.

When we finally broke away, Brendon looked into my eyes. "I-I love you t-too."

I smiled, resting my forehead against his, rubbing my thumb over his cheekbone. "Should we swim more, or stay here?"

He gave me a quick kiss, pulling away from me. "W-Watch this." He dove under the water, leaving me alone.

I climbed up on the rocks more, watching for Brendon to come back up. I saw him do a back-flip out of the water, the sun hitting his tail which made it look like it was glowing. I was grinning like an idiot, as I watched Brendon do flips and tricks in the water.

"H-How was I-I?" He asked, as he swam back to me. His dark hair was in his face, so I couldn't really see his eyes.

"You were amazing, Bren." I said. "I can only do a front flip."

"I w-wanna see!" He exclaimed.

I smiled, climbing up the rocks to the highest part. "Ready?"

"G-Goodness, Dallon! Be c-careful!" Brendon exclaimed.

"I will, I will." I said, doing a front flip into the water. I swam to where he was, pulling on his fins a little. I heard him yelp, then laugh.

"D-Dally!" He exclaimed. "D-Don't do t-that!"

"Did I hurt you?" I asked. "Oh shit, I forgot you were hurt! I'm sorry!"

"It's o-okay, Dallon." Brendon said, flicking his tail at me. "I don't m-mind, do you gotta get b-back to l-land?"

I looked at him for what felt like a long time. "I don't have to." I saw Brendon smile and giggle.

"I g-get to spend t-time with my b-best f-friend!" He exclaimed, throwing his arms around my neck. "Wait, are we s-still friends if we kissed?"

I thought about it for a second. "If you'd like that, but we could..."

"C-Could what?"

"Be together, you know, like a couple." I explained. "Would you like that?" I was scared to hear what he was gonna say, I hoped for the answer I wanted to hear, but I knew there was a possibility he could say he just wanted to be friends with me.

We had only known each other for such a small amount of time, but I had never felt about someone else like I did with him.