{"sf1_id":834445,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Aquata Cove - Chapter 44","author":"Mirron Tenshi","words":4827,"posted_at":"2015-03-21T02:15:00.000Z","tags":["Gay love","Human","Mermaid","Romance","lgbt","merman"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/834445-aquata-cove-chapter-44","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/834445","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=834445\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"Aquata Cove\nChapter 44: Colorful\n \n \n \n\"Mmm, I'm gonna miss you guys,\" Adam said as he hugged his\ngrandmother and grandfather at the airport. It's 5 in the morning, and their\nvacation in Hawaii has ran out, and despite having only half a week to see\ntheir grandson, thanks to the Agency, it's time to go back to Germany.\n \n\"Oh, can't believe it was so short, son,\" Grandpa said. \n \n\"I'm sorry, again...\" Adam said, \"I hate it too.\"\n \n\"You sure you're going to be alright, love?\" Grandma said,\n\"We can stay a little longer-\"\n \n\"Speak for yourself, woman!\" Grandpa said, \"I need to get\nback to the shop yesterday!\"\n \n\"Hahah, yes, I'll be fine, Gramma.\" Adam said, \"I promise,\nnext time you come over, I won't be gone as long. OW!\" Grandma slapped him on\nthe ear.\n \n\"That ain't funny, boyo!\" She said, \"You behave now.\"\n \n\"He'll be alright, Agnes,\" Grandpa said, \"Come on, we'll\nmiss the plane!\"\n \n\"Shut up, ya bastard!\" Grandma stubbornly growled as she\nhugged Adam one last time. \"You keep yourself out of trouble, now.\" She said.\n \n\"I will, Gramma,\" Adam said, \"Bye Grampa\" He said as he\nhugged him.\n \n\"Treat that fish right now,\" Grandpa said, \"You're a good\nboy.\"\n \n\"Thanks, Grampa.\" Adam said with a smile, \"I'll miss you!\"\nHe said as they turned, and approached the Security Check. He huffed a sigh,\nand turned to see Jamal, having waiting patiently, and had volunteered to be\ntheir ride to the airport right after he had just gotten off of work at the\nclub.\n \n\"Thanks again for doing this, Jamal,\" Adam said as they\nturned to leave the front doors.\n \n\"No problem.\" He said as they went to his car.\n \n \n~~~\n \n \nSeveral hours later, Merrick murrs as he stirs in the warm\nbed. His eyes peered open to see Adam pulling up a pair of pink briefs up over\nhis manly ass. He propped on his elbows as Adam got up, and nodded to him.\n\"Morning, babe.\"\n \n\"Morning, Adam~\" Merrick answered. He stretched on the bed\nas Adam went around, and kissed him on the bed. \"Hmhmhm~\" Merrick kissed back,\nand rolled his tongue on his lips. \n \n\"Hold up, babe,\" Adam said as stood back up, \"We over slept,\nwe gotta get going.\"\n \n\"Going? Going where?\" Merrick pouted, \"Can't we stay home?\"\n \n\"Naw, babe, I been planning this for months.\" Adam said as\nhe yanked the blanket off the bed. He grins as Merrick lays naked as usual as\nhe put his hands behind his blonde head, and sprawled his legs casually. \n \n\"Pleeeaase?\" Merrick said. Adam smirked, and reached down to\ntrace and quickly rub his fingertips down Merrick's inner thigh. He immediately\ncringed and jumbled as he giggled harshly.\n \n\"C'mon, get up, babe.\" Adam said, \"We don't have much time.\"\nMerrick groaned as he pulled himself out of bed, which Adam proceeded to make\nnice and neat. Merrick leered with a grin at Adam's rear, clad in those bright\npink undies. \n \n\"What's this then?\" He asked as he reached down to fondle\nAdam's left cheek. Adam smiled as he turned around, and rocked his hips, \"Some\nnew underpants. I got one for you too~\" Adam turned and went to the night\nstand, and picked up an identical pink tighty-whitie. \"Put it on.\" He said as\nhe tossed it over to Merrick.\n \nShrugging, Merrick took the underwear, and bent over. He put\nhis feet through the legholes, and pulled them up between his thighs. Adam\ngrinned as he came up, and kissed him and groped his bulge.\n \n\"What's it for?\" He asked.\n \n\"Me, you, and Jamal are going to the LGBT Pride Parade over\nby the pier. After that, we'll be going on that cruise I've been saving up\nfor.\"\n \n\"I still don't understand, Adam.\" Merrick said as he shook\nhis head. \"What does it all mean?\"\n \n\"Well...\" Adam scratched the back of his head, \"You know how\nyou're attracted to males?\"\n \n\"Yes. You said humans call it Homosexual, or gay for short.\"\n \n\"Yeah. See, humans...\" He sighed and shook his head, \"Humans\ntend to put a lot of hurt on those of us who are different. Over the years, in\na lot of lands, humans in power tended to loathe and discriminate men and women\nwho happen to be gay. Over time, people have learned to be more tolerant of the\nLGBT, and even give us the right to marry and freely and openly be with the\nones we love.\"\n \n\"What's GBLT?\" Merrick asked\n \n\"They're letters for parts of the cause. G stands for Gay -\nthat's us, you/me, men who are attracted to men. L is for Lesbian - those are\nfemales attracted to other females. B stands for Bisexual - people like Jamal,\nwho are attracted to both male AND female genders. And T is for Transgender -\npeople who identify themselves as the opposite gender instead of how they're\nborn.\"\n \n\"It seems... Kinda confusing.\" Merrick said, \"And... What does\nthis...\"\n \n\"The LGBT Pride Parade is something that happens every year\n- humans make floats and large decorations, and they dance and party down the\nstreets.\"\n \n\"Why?\"\n \n\"People of the LGBT... Have been through so much through the\nages...\" Adam shook his head, \"A lot of human religion and spirituality has outlawed\npeople who are gay and transgender, even torture, kill, reeducate and alienate\nthem.\"\n \n\"But...\" Merrick shook his head, \"Why? Why cause each other so\nmuch pain?\"\n \n\"Their excuse is that it's against God.\" Adam said, \"They\nsay that homosexuality is evil because a two man romance is an affront to the\nPowers That Be.\"\n\n\"I remember having this sort of conversation with a gay guard in the Agency,\"\nMerrick asked, \"With merfolk, it's also forbidden to mate with the same gender,\nbut it has nothing to do with the Sea Mother's sanctity - it's just a law that\nwas established centuries ago, after the fall of the three Kingdoms. But from\nwhat I'm hearing, mating with the same gender human has EVERYTHING to do with\nthe human god's will.\"\n \n\"That's what a lot of religious people believe.\" Adam\nexplained, \"For some reason, a lot of religious people think it's their duty to\ninterfere with our lives, hurting us, telling us that a man can't love another\nman, or two women shouldn't marry each other, all because of what some Zealots\nwrote in a rewritten, paraphrased book that was inspired by God long ago.\"\n \n\"So... What's this LGBT thing about anyway?\" \n \n\"It's been long and painful, and we still have a long ways\nto go before LGBT people are treated equally. But at the same time, we have\nmade a LOT of progress - we still face a lot of turmoil in terms of society,\nbut we're at a very good point now. The Pride Parade is a party to celebrate\nall the progress we made in equalizing the LGBT citizens.\" \n \nMerrick smiled and nuzzled Adam, \"The guard I mentioned...\" He\nlooked at Adam, \"He said his own mother and father disowned him when he\nrealized he was... Homosexual? Gay?\" He said, \"Is that normal for humans?\" Adam\nsighed and nodded.\n \n\"Yeah... It happens a lot...\" Adam rubbed his hand on Merrick's\ncheek as he looked into his eyes.\n \n \n-KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK-\n \n \nThey looked to see Jamal opening the door, \"You guys ready?\"\nHe asked. \n \n\"Yeah, just about.\" Adam answered. \n \n\"Aight, we need to get goin.\"\n \n\"Ok,\" Adam turned, and picked up a couple of small suitcases.\nAs they exited the room, and made for the door, Merrick noticed that all three\nof them are... Not wearing much. He and Adam are wearing matching pink undies,\nand Jamal is sporting a purple speedo, and both of them are wearing sandals.\n \n\"Wait.\" He said, \"We're going somewhere, right?\" Merrick\nasked.\n \n\"Yeah, the Pride Parade.\" Adam said as he loaded the car up\nwith the luggage.\n \n\"Well...\" Merrick looked genuinely confused, \"Aren't we\nsupposed to get dressed first?\" Adam grinned as Jamal put a large duffle in the\ntrunk.\n \n\"Funny thing about the Pride Parade,\" He said, \"Some people\ngo to it just like this.\" He indicated himself. Merrick giggled at that.\n \n\"Really? That sounds kinda... Contradictory~\" He said, \"I\nthought humans always needed to cover themselves.\"\n \n\"This is a special occasion.\" Adam replied, \"Pride Day means\nto not be afraid to show yourself. A lot of people like to get weird with their\nappearance on a Pride Day.\"\n \n\"I don't get it,\" Merrick said with a smile, \"But it still\nsounds fun~\"\n \n\"It is, Merrick,\" Jamal said, \"It's awesome! Some chicks are\nlike all topless, with pieces of tape to cover their nipples, some are all in\nfairy costumes - OOH! There was this one time where a buncha guys with boners\ndance around a float, and catch beads with their dicks-\"\n \n\"Lets just get there already!\" Adam said as he smiled, \"I've\nbeen looking forward to this!\" \n \nJamal moved himself to the driver's seat, while Adam got on\nthe passenger's seat, and Merrick sat behind him. Once buckled in, he moved\nforward, and put his arms around Adam.\n \n \n~~~\n \n \n\"Cool, here we are!\" Jamal said he pulled his car into a\nparking lot. Merrick smiled happily as he saw a woman couple wearing matching\nrainbow shirts as they walked hand-in-hand, just for the occasion. Adam looked\nabout eagerly, seeing various people waving their pride flags. There are arches\nof different colored balloons in the rainbow pattern, along with pink banners\ndraped along the metal bar fence. There are tons of other people around,\ncheering, getting excited as multicolored confetti blasted and fluttered in the\nair.\n \nJamal locked the car, and tucked in a magenta, purple, and\nblue flag into the side of his speedo. Adam took Merrick's hand with glee as\nthey strolled over the crosswalks together. On their way, we met with several\nshop carts with LGBT merchandise. Adam bought a string of rainbow-braided beads\nand a strand of rainbow round, disco orb beads to put over Merrick's head.\n \n\"Wow!\" The merman looked in awe of the shiny orbs he wore.\nHe looked, and giggled as Jamal bought a lot more beads than that, \"Why are you\nbuying so much, Jamal?\"\n \n\"There might a float that has honeys that show their boobs\nfor beads!\" Jamal responded, \"Or maybe that hard-on float!\"\n\n\"Jamal, I keep telling you,\" Adam said, \"They canceled that kind of stuff.\nThere are KIDS here, this isn't Marti Gras.\"\n \n\"I'm still lookin for'em!\" Jamal said as he put the clusters\nof beads over his head, in anticipation.\n \n\"I'll flash you for a strand of those~\" Came a familiar\nvoice. Jamal turned and smiled as Nick looked up at him. Merrick blushed as he\nlooked at that Latino pretty boy with his tribal tattoos on his thigh and arm,\nalong with the rose flower on his lower back, and wearing a bulging banana\nhammock.\n\n\"Hey, baby!\" Jamal said as he lowered his head, and kissed him.\n \n \n~~~\n \n \nA few minutes later, Merrick is sitting on a stool, trying\nnot to snicker as an artist painted on his smooth back. He saw some of the neat\ndesigns other people have painted on them, and so had this artist paint a\nsymbolized wing-design on his back. He got up, and checked himself out on the\nmirror.\n \n\"That's badass, man,\" Jamal said.\n \n\"Just don't lean on anything until it dries up,\" Said the\nartist. \n \nThey watched as they saw a small fleet of males in make-up\nand dresses with large, flamboyant, fluffy, vivid feathers walked down the\nstreet, saluting the faction for drag queens. \n \n\"Wow, certainly a lot of strange humans here.\" Merrick said\nas a truck with several masculine females with boyish clothing, most of having\nstyled their hair in Mohawks, shortly trimmed, and spiky, waving at the crowd\nas they passed. \"Are those... Females?\"\n \n\"Yeah. Those are Lesbians who like to be Tomboys.\" Adam\nsaid.\n \n \n \n~~~\n \n\n\"Oh my God!\" Adam said, \"There's Lady Gaga!\" He said as he pointed.\n \n\"Ho shit, man!\" Nick said as they saw a flamboyant car drove\nby, playing the hit song, Born This Way on loud speakers, and there's Stefani\nGermanotta, wearing a rainbow-colored wingspan, her face painted with glitter\ndesigns, also sporting rainbow feather bikinis, waving at the cheering crowd.\n \n\"Who's that?\" Merrick asked.\n \n\"That's Lady Gaga,\" Adam replied, \"She's a famous singer.\nShe's notorious for dressing up in crazy outfits! That get-up she's wearing\nright now?\" Adam said, \"All that, that's NORMAL for her!\"\n \n\"Hahaha, wow!\" Merrick said.\n \n\"She's a HUGE supporter of the LGBT cause, and she comes up\nwith awesome music.\"\n \n\"She aight.\" Nick said, looking indifferent. \n \n\"What I miss?\" Jamal said, coming in with some ice cream\ncones.\n \n\"Lady Gaga just rolled by.\" Adam said, looking very stoked.\n \n\"Ah, ok.\" Jamal replied, looking as neutral as Nick does.\n \n \n~~~\n \n \n\"GAY IS NOT THE WAY! GAY IS NOT THE WAY!\"\n \n\"What the-\" Adam turned, and rolled his eyes, \"Oh good\nfucking grief.\"\n \n\"Really?\" Jamal said in aggravation, \"They REALLY gonna do\nthis now?\"\n \n\"What's going on?\" Merrick said as another group approached\nthe crowd. This crowd is dressed in formal black pants, white long-sleeve\npolyester shirts, ties, and holding large crosses and picket signs. Merrick\nsquinted as he could barely make out what the words on the signs mean.\n \n\"... Re... Re-Pent?\" His eyes looked over another sign, \"Jesus...\nCan... Save Thee?\" Merrick feels genuinely confused, \"What does that mean? Who's\nJesus?\" He said as he looked at another sign that says, [Gay Sex Is Sin]\n \n\"They's just a buncha whack jobs who don't know when ta\nshuddup.\" Jamal said bitterly.\n \n\"You know that talk we had this morning, Merrick?\" Adam\nsaid, \"Religious people interfering with gay business?\"\n \n\"Is that them?\"\n \n\"Yeah.\"\n \n\"PFFFF!\" Nick scoffed as he pointed, \"That one's kinda\nfunny.\" One of the signs read, [Silly Faggot, Dicks Are For Chicks]\n \n\"Come'on,\" Jamal patted at Nick, \"Lets give'em sumthin to\nbitch about.\" Nick snickered as they went off, and neared the group. Merrick\nlaughed as Jamal and Nick then started making out. The religious protesters\nchanted louder at Jamal and Nick, before a few more couples followed their\nexample, and blocked the zealots' path.\n\nMerrick watched as one of the protesters, holding a large wooden cross tried to\nget Jamal and Nick to step aside. Jamal simply flipped him off. \n \n\"Sir,\" He said, \"God created Adam and EVE, not Adam and\nSTEVE!\" The protestor said irritably.\n \n\"Yeah, I know!\" Jamal said, \"That's why I did'em both!\"\n \n\"Step aside, please!\" A woman with a megaphone called out to\nthe few couples that are blocking them. Refusing to move, one of the\nprotestors.\n \n\"Just get out of here!\" Adam said, \"Don't you have better\nthings to do??\"\n \n\"WE are trying to help you!\" Another protestor said, \"Repent\nfor your sins, and God will forgive you!\"\n \n\"What business is it of yours??\" Merrick said, \"This\nfestival is celebrating all the pain people like us have suffered because of\npeople like you!\"\n \n\"Step off!\" Said another protestor, \"This parade decorates\nand glorifies your filth!\"\n \n\"Then go away!\" Merrick said, \"If you hate us so much, then\njust stay away!\"\n \n\"This is OUR society too!\" Said another zealot, \"We have\nevery right to be here!\"\n \nA particular young and impudent protestor thrust his sign at\na couple, trying to push them away. \"HEY!\" One swipe, at the sign broke in\nhalf! The lesbian couple, and the hostile protestor looked dumb-founded as\nMerrick leered at them, his fist having smashed away the sign into pieces.\n \n\"Alright, clear out.\" A few police officers came in, and\nstarted warding off the protesters, \"You're disturbing the peace, lets clear\nout now.\"\n \nThe protestors were reluctantly escorted away from the\nparade, and everyone returned to the party.\n \n \n~~~\n \n \n\"Hey, man!\" Harold said.\n \n\"OH! Hey, Harold!\" Adam said.\n \n\"Ah...\" Merrick's shoulders slumped as he saw Belinda too - he\ndoesn't hate her, and he's very grateful for taking part in his rescue, but he\nstill has a nagging distaste for her as a Latolcus. It's just one of those\nthings.\n \n\"Good to see you!\" Adam said.\n \n\"Same here! Nice...\" He glanced down, and snirked awkwardly,\n\"Pants there...\" Adam felt a little embarrassed, a coworker seeing him in a snug\npair of pink underwear.\n \n\"So what brings you here?\"\n \n\"I loves teh colors and museec!\" Belinda said, \"Ees so\nbeautiful and exciting!\"\n \n\"And to do this,\" Harold reached over, and smacked the side\nof Adam's head.\n \n\"Ow! What was THAT for??\" He said, slapping Harold's hand\naway\n \n\"Well, for one, keeping us all worried out you.\" He said,\n\"And then Belinda had to go and save your ass. Considering... You know...\"\n \n\"Uh... What?\" Adam said.\n \n\"You know Belinda shouldn't be pulling those stunts. Not in\nher condition.\"\n \n\"I ees fine, Harold!\" Belinda said.\n \n\"What are you talking about?\"\n \n\"... Wait, we haven't told you?\" Harold said, as he turned,\n\"We told him, didn't we?\"\n \n\"I's don't remembrr...\" Belinda said shaking her head.\n \n\"Tell us me what?\" Adam said, \"What's up?\"\n \n\"Well...\" Harold smiled, \"Not sure how to say this but...\" His\narm lowering, and placing a hand on Belinda's abdomen.\n \n\"... Wait... You're not,\" Adam started to grin\n \n\"Yeah.\" Harold said, nodding.\n \n\"Oh my God, no way!\"\n \n\"Yes way!\"\n \n\"What'yall talkin bout?\"\n \nHarold grinned, \"We're gonna have a baby!\"\n \n\"Oh my gosh!\" Adam exclaimed.\n \n\"Oh, by the depths.\" Merrick looked up, rolling his eyes. \n \n\"Oh my God, man, that's awesome!\" Jamal said.\n \n\"Congrats, dude!\" Said Nick.\n \n\"Yeah,\" Merrick conceded, \"That's wonderful\", 'I guess.' He\nthought to himself.\n \nWhile watching the parade, Jamal said, \"Hey, why come people\nalways rub a pregnant lady's belly, and congratulate her, but no one pats the\nguy's balls and say, 'Good Job'?\"\n \nAdam laughed, \"I don't know Jamal, why don't you find out?\"\nJamal snickered harshly.\n \n\"Uh, no!\" Harold said, \"Thanks, but I'm good.\"\n \n~~~\n \n \n\"WOOOOOOOO!\" Jamal cheered as a float of women flashed their\nbreast for him, and a few other girls and guys, while Adam, Merrick, and Nick\nlooked away.\n \n\"Me no gusta.\" Nick said as he as his peripheral vision can\nstill see a half naked woman bouncing their boobs for beads.\n \n\"To be fair, he didn't buy all those beads for nothing.\"\n \nAfter that, another group of rows walked along, males and\nfemales alike, holding up a sign with the pink, blue, and white male/female\nsymbol on it. \n \n\"Who...\" Merrick tilted his head, looking at them. Feminine-looking humans are\nwearing male clothing, and vice versa for the females wearing masculine\nclothing, \"Who are they?\"\n \n\"Those are the Transgender people.\" Adam said, \"They're the\nones who identify themselves as the opposite gender instead of what they're\nborn as.\"\n \n\"I... Don't understand.\"\n \n\"See, take a boy, for example,\" Adam said, \"He was born a\nmale, but he feels more like a female. So when they can, they dress up as the\nopposite gender - it makes them feel more like themselves.\"\n\n\"How, and why? I don't get it.\"\n \n\"It's... Complicated...\" Adam said, \"To put it one way... To a\nTransgender, it's like being alive in someone else's body.\" Merrick gasped a\nlittle, \"They struggle with their sense of identity, and have more trouble\nfinding acceptance in most cases. Eventually, a Transgender can take steps, medications,\nand operations to change their gender.\"\n \n\"That sounds...\" Merrick said as he looked upon the people of\nthe Pink, White, and Blue, \"Painful...\"\n \n\"Yeah...\" Adam put his arms around his lover, \"In some ways,\nthey have a harder struggle than homosexuals...\" He said as he nuzzled that\nblonde hair.\n \n \n \nIn a distance, Captain watches the Transgender line. He\nsighed as he looked at some of the guys, wearing women's clothing and make-up.\nHe looked down at an old photograph of him and his son...\n \n\"I still don't git it...\" He grumbled lowly, \"But I till miss\nya, Tyler... Girl or boy, whatever... I miss ya...\" Captain stifled a tear, \"I wish\nyou gave this old bastard another chance...\"\n \n \n~~~\n \n \n\"Whoa,\" Merrick looked as a few thick men walked by in the\nparade - some of them chubby and hairy, wearing leather gear, \"Who are they?\"\n \n\"Those are Bears\" Adam said as some of them flew the Brown,\nTan, Yellow, Black, and White flag with a paw print, \"They're gay men who are\nmore on the heavy side - both in muscle and chub.\"\n \n\"Mm, muy caliente~\" Nick said, nodding and biting his lip.\n \n\"Yeah, they good on occasion~\" Jamal said, grinding himself\nagainst Nick's backside.\n \n \n~~~\n \nAt the end of the end of the parade, some Asexuals had a few\nhand-made Daleks zoom around. Merrick tilted his head as they're at the docks\nnow - a lot of the LGBT people from the crowds are boarding a very large\nestablishment. The sun is getting ready to set soon, and a lot of the people\nhave cleared out.\n \n\"Oh hey!\" Adam said, \"OVER HEEERE!!\" He waved out to a pair\nof familiar faces. He snickered as he saw Yuri walking over, along with Ryojin.\nJamal and Nick could barely stop grinning and laughing as Yuri rubbed her\nbrows, as if looking overwhelmed with a confusing issue.\n \n\"Am I... MISSING something here???\" She said, fully clothed,\ncompared with Adam, Merrick, Jamal, and Nick, who are wearing only some scant\nbottom pieces, beads, and sandals, \"Is everyone SUPPOSED to be running around\nnaked??\" Ryojin feels embarrassed and laughing at the same time at the sheer\nmoment of it.\n \n\"Aw come on, Yuri!\" Adam said, \"Get into the spirit!\"\n \n\"My spirit's just fine CLOTHED, thank you!\" Yuri said,\n\"Seriously- Am I the ONLY one here who thinks all the nudity is unnecessary?!\"\n \n\"Whaaat?\" Jamal said shrugging, \"We keeping decent.\"\n \n\"Good lord.\" Yuri crossed her arms as she shook her head,\n\"Do you have the keys to your car - and PLEASE don't tell me they're in your\nunderpants.\" Jamal laughed out loud as he held out his keys for Yuri - a while\nago, he and Nick went to repark the car to get their luggage - which took\nlonger than they said, so Adam guesses maybe they had a little... Quick fun\nbefore coming back.\n \n\"Wait,\" Merrick said, \"Aren't we going home?\"\n \n\"No, Merrick, remember?\" Adam said, \"We're going on the LGBT\nCruise.\"\n \n\"What's a cruise??\" Merrick said.\n \n\"We're basically going to spend a week on a large boat. It's\na very extravagant vacation, but I've been saving up to go on it.\"\n \n\"Yeah, me an' Nick too.\" Jamal said.\n \n\"Wait... We're going on a...\" Merrick look bewildered, \"No!\nWe're not going on a human ship!\"\n \n\"Babe, what's the matter?\" Adam said.\n \n\"We can't! Ships are homes to pirates!\" He said, \"They're\nevil humans who live on the sea!\" Adam laughed as he went to Merrick, \"Adam!\nI'm serious! We can't-\"\n \n\"Sweetie, relax, this isn't THAT kind of ship,\" He said,\n\"This is a gay cruise - it's just gonna be full of LGBT people eating,\npartying, dancing, having a good time, that's all.\"\n \n\"Yeah, so in a way, there's lottsa pirates on there, ya?\"\nNick grinned.\n\n\"What?!\"\n \n\"Shut up, Nick!\" Adam said as they laughed. \n \n\"You'll be fine, Merrick,\" Yuri said, \"It's not THAT kind of\nship, really.\"\n \n\"Ok...\" He said. \n \n \n\"That is a very nice design.\" Came a woman's voice. Merrick\nturned to see that lady from before - the one with the rainbow angel custom,\nonly her wings are fold down to take up less room. \n \n\"Oh, hello...\" Merrick said, looking over his shoulder at the\npaint design on his back, \"Thanks, I had it um... Painted? I'm not sure what it's\ncalled.\"\n \n\"Well, it's very nice.\" She said. Adam gapped at the woman\nas she smiled.\n \n\"Oh my God!\" He said, \"You're Lady Gaga!\" \n \n\"Hahaha, yes I am.\" She said, \"Last time I checked, anyway.\"\n \n\"Oh my God, I love your music!\" Adam said, \"PLEASE say\nyou're coming to the gay crusie!\" Gaga smiled and chuckled.\n \n\"I really wish I can, but my schedule is all booked up.\"\n \n\"But, come on! You're Gaga!\" Yuri said, \"I don't know, can't\nyou fly??\" Lady Gaga laughed at that.\n \n\"Only when the mood calls for it, darling.\" She replied. She\ntook not of Adam's and Merrick's matching undies, \"I take it you two are\nboyfriends?\"\n \n\"Yeah!\" He said, \"I'm Adam, and this is Merrick!\" He said as\nhe put his hands on the blonde.\n \n\"It's very nice to meet you...\" Lady Gaga said as she shook\nhands, \"Before you go, can I interest you in a CD? I'm doing an signing in an little\nwhile.\"\n \n\"YES YOU BLOODY CAN!\" Adam said.\n \n \nA while later, Lady Gaga gave Adam an autographed a Heart of\nArts edition - it's a CD bundle of several of her best albums - free of charge.\nOn the outfit gallery booklet included in the case, she wrote in silver\nsharpie,\n \n{Rejoice And Be Yourself Today, \nBecause Baby, You Were Born This Way.\n~Lady Gaga} \n \nShe even posed for a picture with Adam and Merrick in her\nrainbow angel costume, before she had to leave to start the signing.\n \n\"Pssh, man,\" Jamal said as they walked, \"You sure do like\nGaga, don't you?\"\n \n\"She's an awesome celebrity,\" Adam said, \"Lemme alone.\" \n \n\"She does seem very glamorous.\" Merrick said as he flipped\nthrough the booklet of outrageous costumes Lady Gaga has come up with over the\nyears, \"Wow, this is what she wears on a regular basis? She must be a fun human\nto live with.\"\n \n\"Eh, she aight,\" Jamal said, \"Bit much though.\"\n \n\"Jamal, you work at a bar that has her taste of dancers\nperforming\" Yuri said.\n \n\"Hey, I work there for the drinks and booty. So sue me.\"\n \n \n~~~\n \n \nFor the next couple of weeks, the cruise is sailing the sea,\nto a camping trip on an island, and then coming back. Adam, Merrick, Jamal, and\nNick get ready to board onto the gay cruise. They're holding their luggage and\nsaying their goodbyes to Yuri, Ryojin, Belinda, and Harold. \n \n\"Hey, Adam,\" Merrick said, \"Doesn't this mean you had to ask\nfor more days from your Captain?\"\n \n\"Yeah.\" Adam said, \"He just growled, and told me he saw that\none coming, and he gave me the time off.\" Merrick giggled as the ship started\nmoving. He looked over the railing, and on to the sunset.\n \n\"Wow...\" He said, still glad in pink underpants, \"This feels\nso weird.\" \n \n\"Yeah...\" They walked hand in hand along the deck, with\nvarious people hanging out, \"I can't tell you how long I've wanted this...\" Adam\nsaid.\n \n\"Wanted... What?\" Merrick asked.\n \n\"Ever since we became boyfriends, I've always wanted to go\nto a Pride Day with you.\"\n \n\"You said it happens every year, right?\" Merrick said, \"What\nstopped us from doing it sooner?\"\n \n\"Work, mostly.\" He answered, \"I kept forgetting which day\nthe fest was going to be on.\"\n \n\"...\" Merrick looked timidly around, \"Are you sure there\naren't any pirates around here?\" Adam snickered at that, \"What? I'm serious!\nYou keep saying there aren't, and Nick keeps saying there are.\"\n \n\"That's the joke,\" Adam explained, \"Some people refer gay\nmen as Butt-Pirates.\"\n \n\"... What?\"\n \n\"It's another stupid stereotype joke. Since pirates are\nmostly men, and they stay at sea for most of the time, people joke that they\nprobably have sex with each other.\"\n\n\"... That does sound stupid.\" Merrick said as he rolled his eyes.\n \n\"Eh, it's all well in fun.\" Adam said as they walked down,\nhearing the chatter among the guests and couples.","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/824804-aquata-cove-chapter-43.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/840332-aquata-cove-chapter-45.json"}