# Aquata Cove - Chapter 73

Author: Mirron Tenshi
Tags: Kissing, Mermaid, Otter, Rimming, Romance, fish, merman


Aquata Cove
Chapter 73: Wedding Planner
 
 
 
"Almost got'em! Almost
got'em!" Luther said out loud as he strains on his reel.
 
"Not so hard! You'll break
the damn thing!!" Captain growled.
 
"It's breaking the surface!"
Adam exclaimed as he sees the fish thrash about as it is pulled up from the
sea, up on the super tall docks.
 
"Easy... Easy..." Captain pulls
the line manually as Luther reels in the slag while Adam stands by with a large
net. Adam laughs with glee as the flailing catch is lowered into the green net
and captured.
 
"Whoo!" Luther huffed as he
wiped his sweaty brow, "Dayum, that took a few hours off my life."
 
"You'll git over it." Captain
slaps his back, "Nice catch there, Bryant."
 
"Anytime there, Grugger."
Luther replied.
 
"Fishboy," Captain takes out
his camera, and holds it out for Adam, "Make yourself useful and take a picture
of us with this thing."
 
"Heheh, aye-aye Captain."
Adam accepts the camera, as Luther and Captain stand side-by-side, holding the
large fish. Luther and Captain go way back - they went to college together for
several years - Adam was practically guaranteed a job at the Fish House when he
moved to Hawaii, being the son of a very good old friend. 
 
Luther even introduced
Captain to his currently estranged wife... Needless to say Captain's family life
is a bit dicey. "Alright, hooold..." Adam aims the lens, and waited a moment for
the two older men to pose, before snapping the picture. "Got it." He winds the
dial for a moment, "Ok, Dad, your phone." Adam exchanged the old camera for
Luther's Smartphone, and took the same picture with it.
 
"There we go. I'm headed off,
Captain." Adam said as he takes off his uniform cap, and wipes off some sweat
with his sleeve.
 
"Alright alright, fuck off
now." Captain crowled as he walks away.
 
"I'll wait for you at the
fish stands inside, boy." Luther said, "There's something I need to tell you in
there."
 
"Oh, sure." Adam said before
he and his father walked in different directions.
 
 
Moments later, Adam strides
in, wearing his casual clothing, and spotting Luther waiting for him over by
the ice bed full of halibut. "Hey Dad!" He came up to him quickly, slinging his
pack over his shoulder, "So what did you want to talk about?"
 
"Alright, so..." Luther began,
"This is about your wedding."
 
"Oh?" Adam shifted, "What do
you mean?"
 
"It's nothing bad, you can
relax." Luther said, "Just passing of the torch."
 
"Passing of the torch?" Adam
asked, "What do you mean?"
 
"We have a... An old
hand-me-down in our family, son..." There then took out a moderately small, black leather box,
"Now, your grandfather, may he rest in peace," He said, "Never got along with
your mother. He never approved of her, even after you were born. And, if I am
to be honest," Luther looked Adam straight in the eye, "I've had to come to my
own terms after you came out of the closet."
 
"I
know..." Adam nodded, even though he can't altogether blame him - his first
boyfriend was a 26-year-old black man, when Adam was only 15 and half years
old. The relation ship only lasted 3 months before they broke up when Adam
ultimately decided that he wasn't as sexually ambitions as he thought.
 
"Regardless,
even though he did not like Donna one bit, he did note refuse me my birthright
as his son. And it's true that I love you more as a son than ever, gay and all,
so it's time for me to leave our most precious relic in your hands."
 
Adam
looked at the box, and saw a familiar insignia on the tab of the lock. "Dad..."
Adam looked up at Luther, "Are these..."
 
"With
his blessing, however full of spite," Luther chuckled, "Your grandfather gave
these to me to wear on my wedding." He then held the box for Adam, "And now
it's time I pass these on to you. My son." 
 
Adam's
heart pounds as his stomach feels heavy as he takes the box, but Luther puts his
hand over Adam's.
 
"Now
be careful with them, alright?" Luther said sternly, "After having them
refinished, I learned that they are 75 years old as of last week," He taps his
finger on them firmly, "Now I want you to keep them somewhere safe. Don't ever
lose them. And, one day, if and when you and Merrick ever have a son, it's
going to be YOUR job to pass these on for HIS wedding, and make sure he knows
how important these are."
 
"I..."
Adam smiled as he shook his head, "Dad, I don't know what to say..."
 
"Don't
say anything." Luther said with a slight shrug, "These are yours now. And I
expect you to take care of them, as I have before you, and as my father did
before me. And so on."
 
Luther
let go of the box and Adam held it in his hands. His thumb rubbed onto the
lock a little, before he steps up, and hugs his father. Luther hugs back and
pats him.
 
"Thank
you, Dad... So much..."
 
"You're welcome, son..."
 
 
~~~
 
 
"Uhhhh..." Arnaav droned as he
nods drearily in his seat on the couch.
 
"What's wrong, honey?" Donna asked
lightly as she gently stroked his head.
 
"I don't feel so well..."
Arnaav groaned, "I feel so tired..."
 
"You just woke up a couple of
hours ago." Yuri said softly. Merrick walks in with a few drinks for them, and
sees Arnaav looking like he's trying to survive an Algebra test.
 
"Oh, Merrick, there you are,"
Donna says, "Arnaav doesn't feel so good."
 
"Probably not." Merrick said
as he set the try down, "It's been about 3 weeks since he came here. It's about
time for him to go back to the sea."
 
"Oh! That's right." Yuri
said, "You homesick, little guy?" Yuri rubbed his cheek. 
 
"I don't even know that that
means..." Arnaav whines as he takes the bottle of water from Merrick's hand.
 
"In a way, I suppose you
COULD say he's literally home sick," Merrick said after a drink of his
raspberry Crystal Light, "He's becoming more and more dehydrated the longer he
stays here. Honestly, I would've preferred him to go back to the Kenovani a few
days ago, but he doesn't want to leave."
 
"Awww," Danna cooed as she
strokes Arnaav's hair.
 
"How is he still here then?"
Yuri asked as she picks up her fresh glass of iced tea.
 
"Well, first off, he's a
Triton," Merrick answered, "Like me. We're built a little more sturdier than
regular mermen, so it stands to reason that we're able to stay on land longer
than usual."
 
"Didn't you say the Kenovani
leader could barely make it for 2 weeks to begin with, even as an adult?" Yuri
asked.
 
"I've also been having Arnaav
drink a bottle of water every 1 or 2 hours to keep him hydrated. A lot more
sleep seems to help to," Merrick said as he looks at Arnaav, dropping the
emptied water bottle as he fights of the urge to drop himself, "But it's only a
matter of time before his health starts to take a serious hit, though. He can
probably push it for a few more days before he absolutely needs to go back to
the ocean."
 
"I... I don't wanna..." Arnaav
moves forward, and begins to fall.
 
"Whoa!" Donna catches him
before his face can crash to the table, "I gotcha, sweetie, I gotcha."
 
"Ok, little guy, I think it's
time for you to take a nap."
 
"Mnnnhhh," Arnaav groaned as
he clings to her while she gets up, and carries the boy into her room.
 
"So," Donna says while taking
her glass of pink lemonade, "Have you and Adam set a date for the wedding yet?"
 
"No, I'm-" Merrick began
before Yuri walks in from her room, "He's doing ok?"
 
"Yeah, just dozed off as soon
as I tucked him in." She sits down, and sipped her tea again, "So where were we?"
 
"I was just wondering about
the wedding." Donna said, "Have you two thought of anything yet?"
 
"Oh yeah," Yuri turns, "So
what's it like to be a fiancé, Merrick?" She asked, "You know, as a merman."
 
Merrick takes a deep breath
and answered, "Honestly, really perplexing..." He lifts his hand up to look at
the fancy white gold ring on his finger, "This thing... That proposal..."
 
"It was a wonderful moment."
Donna said, "I can't tell you how much I started to cry when Adam took your
hands."
 
"I know, I..." Merrick smiled
sheepishly, "I really had no idea he wanted me to um... You know, marry him."
 
"But you DO know what
marriage is though, right, honey?" Donna asked, "When someone kneels, with a
ring, and all that?"
 
"Yeah, I've seen enough
movies to get the jist of it," Merrick answered, "And Adam has explained it to
me on occasion."
 
"But... Are YOU ok with it?" Yuri
asked carefully, "I mean, I realize that merfolk don't have this sort of thing
in the sea, so I can't help but wonder how well you're actually taking this."
 
"Yeah, that's what I meant
when I said it's perplexing..." Merrick says as he looks at his ring and adjusts
it slightly on his finger.
 
"In any case, all of us are
more than happy that you said 'Yes'." Yuri drinks her tea, "Adam was so terrified
that you were going to say 'No', or ask 'Why'."
 
"And after all the expense he
put into arranging the party and for all of us to be there," Donna added.
 
"Hahah, yeah..." Merrick
chuckled, "I could have made it infinitely awkward, couldn't I... Part of me
still wonders why I agreed in the first place..."
 
"Wait, so you're having cold
feet?" Yuri asked. Merrick gives her a strange look, before looking at his own
feet.
 
"Uh..."
 
"She means 'Doubt', dear."
Donna corrected, "As in, 'Are you having doubts?'"
 
"Oh no, nothing like that,"
Merrick said, "Just... Let me put it this way," Merrick leaned forward, "In MY
world, where I come from, me and Adam are already married. In the eyes of the
Sea Mother, he and I are already bonded together for eternity."
 
"He did mention that," Yuri
nodded, "That's why he was so nervous."
 
"Mhm..." Merrick looks down at
his ring again, "We don't have an extravagant ceremony for only one pair of
lovers to be bonded... It really is one night under a Red Moon, love at first
sight, and that's it. Married.
 
"What's perplexing to me is,"
Merrick looks up, "Is that me and Adam already do and have all the things a
married couple have. I mean, we live together, we sleep in the same bed, we
have sexual relations, and we enjoy each other's company as much as we can...
 
"So, logic dictates that this
ring... The proposal, me walking down the isle," Merrick shook his head a little,
"In hindsight, it's unnecessary."
 
"Oh honey." Donna pouts as
she tilts her head.
 
"I mean, we already have
everything we could want. Everything we could have, or will have. I keep asking
myself, 'Why am I so excited? What's the point? Sure, it's important to Adam,
and he wants this, so I should accept'..."
 
"Buuut?" Yuri said.
 
"So why do I feel like I need
this too?" Merrick finished with an earnest voice, "When Adam got down on one
knee, my insides feel like they were turning inside out. I was so excited and
so emotional, and I could hardly breathe."
 
"My guess is the power of
suggestion." Donna said, "Maybe you've lived on land long enough to become a
little bit human yourself. Perhaps our world has imprinted on you?"
 
"Maybe, yes..." Merrick nods,
"I can't think of any other reason..." Just then, they turn to see Adam and
Luther walk in from the front door, "Oh hi, babe!"
 
"Hey, sweetie," Adam said as
he comes in and kisses Merrick on the lips, smelling lightly of fish.
 
"We were just talking about our
wedding."
 
"For God's sake, I hope she's
not getting you a peach dress." Luther rolled his eyes.
 
"Wait what? Peach?" Merrick
said, "I've heard of Lady Gaga making a dress made out of raw meat, but what's
this about a dress made of peaches?" They snicker and laugh at his statement,
leaving him in bewildered confusion, "What? Whaat?? What're you laughing at??
And aren't dresses for women??"
 
Donna snickered as she speaks
up, "He's talking about one of my favorite movies." She dismissed.
 
"Are you talking about
Monster-In-Law?" Yuri asked, "Hah, I love that one!"
 
"Oh, it's a movie?" Merrick
asked.
 
"One of the very few chick
flicks that I don't mind." Adam answered.
 
"It's about this snobby
mother-in-law who doesn't approve of her son's fiancé," Yuri explained, "So she
goes out of her way to ruin their relationship. Eventually, the bride-to-be
catches on, and starts to screw with the mother-in-law right back."
 
"Sounds amusing." Merrick
smiles.
 
"Ooh, we have to watch it
before we go back home!" Donna said.
 
"Oh for the love of God."
Luther groaned.
 
"That sounds awesome!" Yuri
said, "I can make some kettle corn and Pink Ladies!"
 
"Sweet, we have a plan!"
Merrick grins as he adjusted in his seat.
 
"Never thought I'd say this,
but can we PLEASE get back to the wedding plans?" Luther said.
 
"Oh, right!" Donna said, "For
instance, have you two set a date yet?"
 
"Oh, um..." Adam ponders,
"Well, I was kind of thinking of having it in December or January."
 
"What?!" 
"What?!" Donna and Merrick
say simultaneously.
 
"Is that 5 months?" Luther
asked, before shrugging, "That seems about right."
 
"But that's so looong!"
Merrick whined.
 
"More like too soon!" Donna
said, "Do you have any idea how long it takes to plan a proper wedding??"
 
"Mom, it'll be fine, 5 months
is plenty of time." Adam says, "And I want Merrick to see what snow is like, so
I want us to have a Winter wedding."
 
"Oh, so it really snows
here?" Luther asked.
 
"It was all over the news a
couple of years ago." Yuri said, "During November, Honolulu was experiencing
its very first snow flurry."
 
"I know what snow is like,"
Merrick says with a wide smile, "But I've only seen it very few times,
including last year."
 
"So, how CAN it snow?" Donna
asked.
 
"A friend of mine, Atarah,
she's sort of... A very old shaman who lives in a river here a long way from
here," Merrick explained, "When I first saw snow, everyone was raving about how
it being so weird and unusual in Hawaii. So I went to Atarah, and asked if she
knew anything about it. Turns out, she's the one who's making it snow here."
 
"Wait. Wait, wait, wait,
what?" Donna asked as she put down her drink, "Hold on one moment." She put her
hands together and looked at Merrick, "You're saying that this woman, is some
how making it cold enough in Hawaii - one of the world's warmest tropical
locations - to actually snow here???"
 
"Yeah." Merrick nods, "She
told me she was going for a change of pace, so she started to manipulate the
weather around late November. The trade off is that when she's doing this, she
becomes very drowsy and inactive - with a wide-range of power like that, she
has to spread her power really thin."
 
"You mean like she's
hibernating?" Adam asked.
 
"Am I the only one who thinks
that this sounds crazy? ... And supernatural?" Luther asked.
 
"Well she is the first Noita
in the history of merfolk." Merrick said, "And she was forever changed when she
died under the Black Sun. Plus she's had and has practically an eternity to
work out all kinds of secrets of nature and energy."
 
"But wait," Donna said, "How
does this all even... You know what, never mind. None of this is making sense to
me, I'm just going to take your word for it."
 
"Now you're talking some
sense." Luther agreed.
 
"Anyway, me and Merrick are
going for a small wedding. In fact, I was thinking of having it here."
 
"What about Aquata Cove?"
Merrick asked, "That's where we've spent most of our time when we were still
new."
 
"I dunno... It seems kind of out-there, you know?" Adam said.
 
"Actually, that does sound
romantic." Yuri said, nodding, "That is where the two of you first met, right?"
 
"Is it?" Donna quirked her
head a little as she turned to them.
 
"Sort of," Adam scratches his
neck, "Technically, we first saw each other for the first few times over by the
rocky reef out back. We actually met personally inside the cove itself, behind
the waterfall."
 
"There's even a sandy path
that leads around the rocks above the grotto!" Merrick said as he grins, "We
can make THAT the isle!"
 
"I think you should do it."
Yuri commented.
 
"I second that." Donna raised
her right hand.
 
"A good a place as any, I
suppose." Luther shrugged, "Not like a lot of churches are going to open their
doors for you two."
 
"Oh come now, Luther," Donna
said as she reached over and smacked his arm, "There are lots of churches who
host gay weddings!"
 
"None around here, really."
Adam said, "I already checked." Adam sighed, and smiled, "Alright, Aquata Cove
it is then."
 
"Mmmhhhee! Thank you, Adam!"
Merrick hugs Adam tightly.
 
"Alright, now," Donna said,
"Location set. What about catering?"
 
"Me and Dad were kinda hoping
to have KFC cater our wedding."
 
"Ohhh God, no!" Donna
scowled.
 
"Adam, are you freakin
serious?!" Yuri asked.
 
"What?! We love KFC!" Adam
chuckled defensively, "Besides, almost every place I've ever been to that's had
catering is always Mexican food, and I don't even like Taco Bell."
 
"Adam," Donna said firmly,
"This is a wedding we're talking about. Not a backyard pot-luck."
 
"Mom, we don't have that much
money to invest in expensive catering."
 
"And I don't have much
discerning between differences of the class and quality of human food." Merrick
added, "As far as I know, KFC is as gourmet as it gets."
 
"It's not, Merrick," Yuri retorted as she shook her head, "It's not."
 
"Just trying to keep it
simple!" Luther said, "How many weddings do you see that actually have KFC for
catering??"
 
"None. That's the point,
honey." Donna said lowly.
 
"That's two for, two against,
and one neutral." Adam said, "I'll just wait for Jamal to get home to break the
tie."
 
"Adam, that's not fair, and
you know it! Jamal's black, you're cheating!" Yuri threw at him. Luther spat
his beer in a harsh fit of laughter.
 
"Exactly." Adam grins. 
 
"We'll get back to it." Donna
said with a low glare, "What about outfits? Merrick, are you going to be
wearing a tux?"
 
"I doubt it." Merrick shook
his head, "The only pants I like wearing are jeans. And I've tried on some
formal clothes once, and I can't stand how it feels on my skin. I'm going to
have Yuri's mother make my clothing again."
 
"Oh, Yuri, I didn't know you
mom makes clothing."
 
"Yeah," Yuri nods, "She's a
small-town designer. She actually illustrated a couple of clothing designs for
the Hunger Games. Only a few though."
 
"Really??" Donna raises her eyebrows, "That's very impressive! She could make a
fortune!"
 
"It's more of a side-hobby
for her though." Yuri said, "She makes money off of it, but it's not like she's
looking for a career."
 
"So can you get me in contact
with her?" Merrick asked, "Wait, she speaks English, right?"
 
"Merrick. She speaks better English
than you." Yuri said with a snide slurp of her tea, "It's my Dad that has an
accent, be he's a marine biologist, so I doubt you and he have any business,
unless you want to help with his research, as a fish yourself."
 
Merrick shrugged, "Sure, I'd
be willing to help him. I can even do that in exchange for my outfit."
 
"Sounds great."
 
"Now I'm getting excited!"
Donna said as she grins and shifts in her seat.
 
"Ok, theme." Adam said, "We
gotta have a theme here." Adam leans forward, "I almost want to go with a
snowflake theme, but seems a little cliché... We don't have to go with a specific
topic either..."
 
"Like, maybe just something
as simple as two colors?" Yuri asked. 
 
"Yeah. Like... White and gold."
Adam said.
 
"We can do that." Merrick
nods.
 
"... Maybe even some glitter
sea-objects for table pieces?" Luther asked.
 
"Oh yeah!" Adam said nodding
with enthusiastic approval, "I love it!"
 
"You mean like those things
me and Arnaav made for you guys for Easter?" Merrick asked, "Oh, I can really
get behind that!"
 
"I got a buddy who works for
a furniture company," Luther said, "I'll call him up and see if I can make some
kind of deal for some rental tables and chairs."
 
"Oh, really??" Adam beams,
"That would be awesome!"
 
"I'll call him right now..."
Luther grunts as he gets up out of his chair and gets his cellphone out, "I've
been bored for the past 10 minutes."
 
"Spoil sport." Donna remarks
as she hits Luther's rump as he walks to the back sliding door.
 
 
~~~
 
 
Jamal wipes down the bar with
the moist towel, as his shift is about to end for the day. He flops the towel
over his shoulder and strides to punch out of work, when walks around the bar
to head for the door. He blinks as he sees Adam waiting for him at the end of
the bar.
 
"Oh hey, man." Jamal said.
 
"Hi, Jamal. Going to the
luau?"
 
"Yeah, I'm headed there now."
 
"Great, great..." Adam said as
he clapped his hands together and rubbed a little.
 
"..." Jamal tilts his head as
he looks at Adam's down-cast eyes, "Somethin on your mind, buddy?"
 
"Ah, no, I just... Well, I
gotta ask you something..."
 
"Oh, aight." Jamal picks a
stool, and sits on it, pulling one for Adam too. Adam takes a seat, and leans
one arm on the bar, putting his fingertips together, "How's yo day goin?"
 
"Going great. We've got a lot
covered about planning the wedding."
 
"Awesome." Jamal nodded,
"Need anything I can help with?"
 
"Well, first off," Adam
began, "I need you to settle something for me." Adam interlaces his fingers,
with his index fingers pressing together before he pointed them to Jamal. "KFC
for catering. What do you think?"
 
"Sounds great!" Jamal said,
"You really goin fo that?"
 
"We are now." Adam grins,
"But there's one other thing I need to ask you."
 
"Sure, man. Go ahead."
 
"Well..." Adam took a breath,
and exhaled, "Jamal, you know how we are, right? Real close, like brothers,
right?" He said, looking deeply into those dark brown eyes, "You know how much
you mean to me, right? After all the years we've lived together?"
 
"Yeeeahhh..." Jamal squinted at
Adam for a moment, "What'chu gettin at?"
 
"It's... I'm getting married,
you know? So um..." Adam smiled sheepishly as he took a moment, "Would you
consider being... Well..." Adam takes out a small box, and held it out.
 
"What's this?" Jamal takes
the box, turning it around a little.
 
"I'm going to be wearing the
same set... And Harold, Nick, and maybe even Kevin if he's up to it, they're
going to be wearing a lesser design to show them as the groomsmen..." 
 
Jamal opened the box to see a
pair of platinum cufflinks looking like swirled and curved angel wings with
small white jewels mounted into them. Jamal's eyebrows rose as he looked at the
small dazzling accessories presented on the black velvet cushion in the box.
 
"Adam..." Jamal looks up, his
eyes rimming with moisture.
 
"Both pairs are family
heirlooms, and they come in a set with other smaller ones..." Adam said as he holds
his own box, along with the bigger box they originally came in, "My Dad had
them refurbished a while ago to make them look as good as new, so..."
 
"Don't do this man," Jamal's
mouth pressed tightly as he shook his head, "Ah man. Shit, dammit..."
 
"Jamal," Adam took Jamal's hard
hand and gripped it lightly, "I want you to be my Best Man." He said lowly.
Jamal huffed and sniffed as he wipes his eyes. Adam smiled and scoffed slightly
as Jamal keeps his tough guy look. "Please."
 
"Fuck, man." Jamal rubs the
corners of his eyes, "I told you not to make me like this, man... Shit," Jamal
closes the box and moves forward with his arms open. Adam grins as he hugs his
beefy black brother. 
 
"I'm sorry..." Adam muffled, "I
know you don't like showing you have feelings." Jamal scoffed as he contains
his tears, "Is this a 'Yes'?"
 
"Ghhh..." Jamal nods, "Shit,
man..."
 
"Alright, big guy," Adam
parts the hug, and pats that broad chest, "I know how to fix this. Lets get you
a hooker, two enemas, and a bottle of Jack." 
 
"Ghah hah hah," Jamal laughs
as he smiles with his long-time roommate, "Dayum, man..." Jamal wipes the corners
of his eyes with his thumb and index fingers.
 
 
~~~
 
 
"So, a few things I'm
wondering," Yuri said as she and Merrick walk along the mall's shops, both of
them holding a couple of bags of merchandise, "About the wedding."
 
"Oh yeah!" Merrick nods as
they pick a dessert vendor and ordered some fancy churros and sat at a table, "I
had something to ask you, but go ahead."
 
"So, usually," Yuri said as
she sat down, "In a wedding, there's a handful of people the bride and groom
choose to be beside them at the altar."
 
"Yes, the groomsmen and the
bridesmaids, right?"
 
"Yeah. Now, since this is a
gay wedding, who are you picking to be your Best Man?"
 
"Actually, I'm kind of going
in a different direction." Merrick countered.
 
"Oh? How so?"
 
"Well, you know how femmy I
can get, right?" Merrick grinned. 
 
"Yeah. I've seen your
wardrobe. And your lingerie arsenal." Yuri smirked.
 
"So, I'm going with the female
said." He closed his hands together, "Which leads me to my next question."
 
"Oh?" Yuri shifts in her
seat, "Go on."
 
"I want to show you what
you've been to me, Yuri," Merrick said with meaning, "We're close friends, you
and I. On land, you're my best friend and my confidant. Even so, I need you to
be by my side at the wedding..." Yuri raised her eye brows at this.
 
"Whoa, Merrick... Are you
asking me to..."
 
"Mhm," Merrick nodded as he
smiled, "Yuri, would you be my Maid of Honor?" 
 
"Wow, Merrick..." Yuri puts a
hand to her chest, deeply touched, "I jus-... Wow, this is really unexpected..."
She chuckles lightly as she smiles with glee, "I always thought you'd have Nick
or someone be your-, well, I" She stammers a little before laughing, "Y-Yes,
I'd love to!"
 
"Wonderful!" Merrick said
with joy as they smile.
 
"Wow, now I'M getting excited
for this!" She said, "Ok, now, what about the bridesmaids? Who else is going to
be there on your side?"
 
"The number is 3, right?
Including you? Probably going to have Syrinx and Belinda. Adam is going with
Jamal, Nick, and Harold."
 
"Wow, you're really going to
have Belinda up there with you?" Yuri said with a snide tone, "I thought you
hated her like poison."
 
"I don't HATE her," Merrick
said, "I am disdained with what she's done, but I owe a lot to that reptilian
bitch."

"Hey, harsh." She remarked.
 
"Besides, she's also a
mermaid." Merrick added, "She's of my own kind, and so is Syrinx. It's only
fitting I have them up there with me."
 
"Gotta say," Yuri smiles, "I
feel a little honored. I'm not even a mermaid."
 
"No, but your father's a marine biologist, that's the next best thing."
 
"Ah heh heh, awesome."
 
 
"Alright, so next, who is
going to walk you down the isle?"
 
"Walk down..." Merrick pondered
for a moment, but then it quickly dawned on him, "Oh yeah! Um..." Merrick
thought, "Usually, the father of the bride is supposed to walk her down, huh?"
 
"Her father is traditional,
yes," Yuri agreed, "Or she could walk alone if the father is absent. Otherwise,
it could also be a close male family member or even a very close friend."
 
"And that cuts MY Father out,
then," Merrick dismissed, "Even if he was fine with me marrying a human - which
I deeply assure you, he is NOT."
 
"Mhm, yes." Yuri nods.
 
"He still wouldn't know how
to walk on his own two legs. Besides, he hates going on land, especially during
the daytime. In that case... I COULD ask Samudra if he'd be willing to walk me
down the isle." 
 
"The Triton of your current
pod?"
 
"Yeah. He's the closest thing
I've got to walk me down. I'm sure he'd be willing to, I don't see why not."
 
"Sounds promising." Yuri's
cellphone started to chime up, and she checked it, "Oh, the luau's open! Lets
get going!"
 
"Oh, right!" They quickly got
up, and left.
 
 
~~~
 
 
"Woooow!" Arnaav coos as his big
eyes gleam from the exotic fire dancers up on stage, wearing only a grass skirt
around his waist over some small boxers, with a yellow/white lei around his
neck, besides a shark tooth necklace. He flinched and gasped as the two men
swishes and swing their torches in rabid succession, "I wanna try! I wanna
try!"
 
"NOO! No, no no no." Yuri
holds him back, "That sort of performance takes forever to perfect." She wears
a pink bikini with a grass skirt, and a blue/white lei wrapped around her head
as she holds Arnaav in her lap.
 
"I'll never get over how
festive humans can get." Syrinx commented on a table.
 
"And I'll never know how to
respond to that." Kevin smirked back.
 
"Oh, shut up," Syrinx playfully
slaps him.
 
Adam smiles as he stands
around the snack table, wearing a grass skirt with one of his father's colorful
Hawaiian shirts, drinking a tiki cup full of punch. He giggles as he sees
Merrick across the party, shirtless and wearing a blue lei around his neck on
white leis around his wrists and head, chatting with Nick and Sasha. Just when
Adam was going to take a deep breath and reflect how profoundly lucky he is,
Merrick takes up a corndog. "Hehehe..." 
 
Merrick glances at him, and
grins at Adam as he licks the top of the corndog. Adam grins as he adjusts and
looks at his fiancé. Merrick signals to Nick and Sasha, before Merrick starts
to lick up the corndog's golden hide.
 
"Yeah, you want that
corndong, don't ya?" Adam muttered, "You want it so bad, it hurts, doesn't it?"

 
Sasha snickers as Merrick put
his lips onto the summit of the corndog, and suckled the top of it. "It's ok,
baby, you can take your time~" Adam said lowly, "Don't want any chokin, just
eeeaase it down..." Merrick slid the corndog into his mouth, and subtly bobbed up
and down, "Ooh, yeah, he's going for it..."
 
Adam blushes as he feels his
own member stir in his shorts as Merrick licked up and all around the corndog,
stopping for a moment and biting it when someone walked by, and then looked
Adam right in eyes as he goes for a deep-throat.
 
"Yeah, you're a dirty boy~"
Adam said before sipping his drink, "You wanna suck that corndog until you cream
all over yourself..." Merrick blows the corndog a little more, "Yeah, I know what
you're on about..." Adam grinned, "You don't care if it is a party, you just
wanna come over here, rip my pants off and suck my dick like a cheap little
whore... Then you'd slobber and lick my balls all over till they're soakin wet
with your spit... Mnnnh~" Adam feels himself harden as he imagines what he wants
to do to Merrick, "Then I bend you over that table over there, and yank your
skirt down to spank your hot ass... Mnn, yeah, and you'd love it, wouldn't
you?" He mumbles, "Next you'd beg me to fuck your cute brains out..."  
 
Nick puts his fingers up in a
V up to his mouth, and lolls his tongue out while Sasha does this hard-core
pose as she points both fingers at Merrick, "Oh shut it, Nick." Adam snickered,
"... Oop," Adam stopped and assumed an innocent demeanor as he sees someone
coming by.
 
 
"Gohd, gay sex is so hot."
Sasha said, wearing her own revealing set for the party, "Are you sho I cahn't
get in on some of you?" Sasha asked, "You won't even know I'm there."
 
"Hey, I maybe be a bit of a
exhibitionist, but even I have standards." Merrick said as he eat his corndog.
They leer over at Adam, chuckling as he idly wanders around the food.
 
"Man, I can tell all the way
from here he's rockin a boner right now." Nick smirked.
 
"Looking about the snacks,
trying to keep his willy out of view, waist JUST below the table level."
 
"Hehehe," Merrick giggled, "I
have a good mind to just pull him away somewhere and grab his package."
 
"Do it." Sasha said with an
wicked smile, "Do him over the stage."
 
"Damn, gurl, I'm scared'a'you."
Nick chuckled.
 
"MERRIKU-KUUUUN!" Came a
loud, young voice.
 
"Oh for the love of God..."
Merrick whines as he holds his forehead, "Please tell me that is not who I
think it is."
 
"Hentai Fangirl, 6 O'Clock,
man." Nick answered, "She's with Ryo too," Nick hissed, "Shit, man..."
 
"Uggghh" Merrick dropped his
shoulders, "I hate to be mean, but I've had enough." He took a drink.
 
 
"Hey, Arnaav," Yuri pats him,
"I think I see someone here for you~"
 
Arnaav looked, and gasped in
joyous surprise to the sight of that young Japanese girl from Easter.
 
"Go on, go say Hi." Yuri
encourages as she helps the boy off of her lap. Arnaav skids on his feet for a
moment, before trotting away to them.
 
 
"Merriku-Kun!" Fumiko squeals
out, before Merrick turned around.
 
"Hang on, hang on," Merrick
turns around, squats down, and brandishes a piece of paper. Clearing his
throat, Merrick began to read, "Fumiko-San. Anata wa watashi o aishite teishi suru
hitsuy? ga arimasu. Watashi wa anata to koi ni naidesu." As Merrick talked,
Fumiko's look of happiness started to drain, while Ryojin's face started to
distort with growing anger, "Watashi wa otoko to koi ni shite imasu. Watashi wa
sono otoko to kekkon suru tsumoridesu. Anata wa, watashi o sut?kingu shite
kudasai teishi suru hitsuy? ga arimasu."
 
Fumiko whimpered lightly as
she took a step back, huffing with angry tears as she shoved Merrick a little,
"Ah- hey!"
 
"Bakameh!" Fumiko turns
around and runs as fast as she can. 
 
Arnaav looked in horror as
Fumiko runs away. "Wait!" He calls out as he reaches his hand out, but she is
already gone.
 
"Oh no." Yuri gets up, and
walks to them.
 
Merrick
stands back up, only to get a harsh shove from Ryojin, "Hey!"
 
"Dono
y?na jigoku, j?ku! Dono y? ni sono y? na watashi no im?to to hanashi o aete-"
 
"Hey, Back off, Ryo!" Yuri
slapped his arm away, and stood between him and Merrick, "This is YOUR fault to
begin with."
 
"MY Fault?! MINE?!" Ryojin
asked.
 
"You were the one who didn't
talk to her in the first place, don't beat up on him just because he had the
balls to set her straight!"
 
"He did no have to be rude to
her jus now!" Ryojin said in his choppy English.
 
"He wouldn't have had to if
you just told your sister that he's gay and engaged!"
 
"Look, I-"
 
"No, Ryojin, I don't want to
hear it," Yuri dismissed, "If you had just taken the time to explain to Fumiko
to STOP stalking him because one: He is too old for her," She listed with her
fingers, "Two: He is a homosexual. And three: He is in a relationship. Now, if
you're going to get mad because Merrick is a better, more informative brother
than YOU are, then you still need time to improve yourself. I mean for God's
sake, Merrick learned ANOTHER LANGUAGE just to get your sister off his back!
You couldn't take 5 minutes to tell your sister that her obsession is out of
her damn reach?!" 
 
Ryojin gives Yuri a look of
offense. He keeps trying to talk, but he can't find a proper response to slap
back at her. 
 
"Yeah," Yuri crossed her
arms, "And you wonder why we broke up. You can't even tell me a good reason why
you're so irrational. Now go on, your sister's waiting for you." Ryojin glared
at her, before turning his back, and leaving. Yuri lets out a rough sigh, and
turned to the merman, "Your pronunciation as shit, Merrick." She said lowly
before taking an apple flower orderve from the table.
 
"You REALLY learned to speak
Japanese just to tell her to stop stalking you?" Sasha asked.
 
"No, not at all." Merrick
answered, "I just learned enough to tell her to go away."
 
"Google?" Nick asked.
 
"Exactly." Merrick nodded.
 
"Hey, babe," Adam came to
them, "Everything ok?"
 
"Yep!" Yuri said mouth full
of apple slices, "Just end of an era." 
 
"Huh?"
 
"I just had to explain to
Fumiko that I'm not in love with her." Merrick said, "And Ryojin got pissed at
me because I made her cry."
 
"Ah no... So she BARELY just found
out that you're with me?"
 
"Had to be done."
 
 
"Fumiko..." Arnaav mumbled as
he started, his stomach sinking from the display, "She... Was in love with
Merrick?" His eyes feel moisture coming on as he takes deep breaths, "But... She
ran away... Merrick made her hurt..." He looked to the grown-ups talking amongst
themselves, "But why, Merrick... Why..."
 
The boy's eyes blinked as he
took a moment to think, '... Merrick made her upset... She can't love him anymore...
Maybe I can make her happy...' His insides switched from heavy sadness to light
hope, 'If she doesn't like Merrick anymore, maybe she can like ME.' His chest
swelled with growing optimism. 
 
"Oh my gosh, I need to go
home." He sputtered quietly.
 
"Sorry about that, Arnaav."
Yuri sighed, "Had some business to take care of. I'm so sorry that-"
 
"I'll be right back!" Arnaav
turns around and runs as fast as he can to the docks, "Ocean stuff! Don't wait
for me!"
 
"Wha-?" Yuri turns and looks
as Arnaav kicks his grass skirt off, about to dive into the ocean.
 
"Ooookaay?" Yuri said,
clueless, widening as Arnaav ditches his shorts, and dives into the sea naked, "Be...
Careful, I guess..."
 
 
"So-"
 
Just as Merrick spoke, Adam's
phone rings out in his pocket. "Ah sorry, honey, hold on." Adam pulls out his
phone, and looks at the number. After pressing the green circle, he holds it up
to his ear, "Hello... Oh, you have it ready? ..." Merrick tries to zero in on the
voice in the phone. It's slightly familiar, but he can't place it...
 
"Uummm... Naw, go ahead and
mail it. I've never used a Fax Machine in my life... No no, it's ok, I'm in no
hurry... I don't know, I'm just a nice guy." He said, "... Alright, sounds great,
thank you so much. Bye." He hung up the phone, and slipped it back into his
pants.
 
"Who was that?" 
 
"Erin."
 
"Erin?" Merrick tensed, "What
did she want??"
 
"Nothing, I just asked for a
favor. It's nothing, don't worry about it." 
 
"Ok..."
 
Adam and Merrick hold hands
as they browsed around the luau, the various tables of food and trinkets, along
with the sexy fire dancers twirling and swishing their torches around as fast
as they are, passing by the various other party goers enjoying the dusk-lit
festivities.
 
Merrick glanced down on
Adam's lap, and nudged him a little. Adam turned to get a kiss from his lover,
snuggling each other as they walked. Merrick led the two of them to a small,
secluded corner. Merrick giggles as he pulls Adam's hand further down.
 
Adam has a general idea on
why Merrick is bringing them away from the party, smirking as Merrick presses
his back to the wall, "You are a dirty boy, aren't you?" 
 
"Oh, I'm as clean as they
come..." Merrick bantered as Adam puts his hand on the brick wall.
 
"Can't it wait till we get
home~?" Adam asked. He feels pants get tighter as Merrick had already tucked
his hand between Adam's thighs, and groped a hearty handful of Adam's crotch.
 
"Course it can." Merrick
said, massaging Adam's package firmly, "But pecks on the lips aren't doing it
for me right now~"
 
"Alright," Adam softly grabs
Merrick's lower jaw, "How about this?" He opened his mouth, and leaned forward,
his tongue already standing out even before he pushed his maw against Merrick's
 
"Mmff..." Merrick closes his
eyes as Adam's tongue tucked under his while his lips eat onto his own mouth.
Merrick grunts as his one hand grabs Adam's side, and the other abandoned his
loins to hold onto his hip. 

Adam growled lowly as he lapped his mouth and forced further into Merrick's
hot, wet mouth. Merrick can feel his own penis hardening very fast as Adam
asserted his manly power into him, almost jamming his tongue down his throat as
he gnaw on his mouth.
 
They parted the long, deep
kiss, panting quietly on the spot, "Nnnhh..." Merrick groaned as urges started to
pull at his logic. "Qui... Quick rimjob?" He asked quietly.
 
"Gheheh..." Adam chuckled, "Four
minutes. Time it, before anyone notices we're gone." Before Merrick even
brought out his phone to set the timer, Adam forced Merrick to turn around.
Merrick gasps and blushes as he feels Adam pull down his grass skirt and
shorts, exposing his flawless lower body. 
 
Adam kneels down, seeing
those beautiful mounds jiggle slightly as Merrick adjusts, "Nnnhhh," Adam grabs
both soft cheeks with his hands, his cock pushing his own shorts as he feels
the tender, smooth flesh of Merrick's bottom, "Hohhh yeah," Adam spreads those
cheeks, and moves his face into Merrick's fresh crack.
 
"A-Awwh!" Merrick gasps and
moans as he feels Adam's face dig into his pristine ass, before feeling that
wet sliver slide up his pink bud, following Adam's bristly chin pushing up his
tender anus. Merrick bits his lip as his member twitches, while he quickly sets
the timer on his phone, and entering 4 minutes. 
 
"OOhh~!" Merrick drops his
phone, which is saved by the shock-absorbent case equipped on it. He whines and
moans as Adam's facial hair both tickles and stimulates the most intimate areas
of Merrick's crevice, while the broadside of Adam's tongue wipes up in
Merrick's taint.
 
Merrick starts to masturbate
while Adam's nose rubs the top of his crack while his fingers dig and squeeze
Merrick's ample, beautiful butt. Adam's thighs rub against each other as he
eats Merrick out, while digging one fist into his lap to rub his cock bundled
in the fabric of his undies to sate his own throbbing manhood. 
 
Adam huffs as he laps and presses his tongue on and round Merrick's hole with
sloppy vigor, making his twink moan as he can see Merrick's arm jump up and
down on his lap.
 
Merrick moans quietly as he
looks down to his phone on the ground. 
 
2:49 minutes in counting.
 
He huffs and gasps as Adam
continues to toss his salad, wanting nothing more than just to sit on Adam's hard
meat.
 
When they get home tonight,
he needs to blow him in the Jacuzzi.

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