# Aquata Cove - Chapter 44

Author: Mirron Tenshi
Tags: Gay love, Human, Mermaid, Romance, lgbt, merman

Aquata Cove
Chapter 44: Colorful
 
 
 
"Mmm, I'm gonna miss you guys," Adam said as he hugged his
grandmother and grandfather at the airport. It's 5 in the morning, and their
vacation in Hawaii has ran out, and despite having only half a week to see
their grandson, thanks to the Agency, it's time to go back to Germany.
 
"Oh, can't believe it was so short, son," Grandpa said. 
 
"I'm sorry, again..." Adam said, "I hate it too."
 
"You sure you're going to be alright, love?" Grandma said,
"We can stay a little longer-"
 
"Speak for yourself, woman!" Grandpa said, "I need to get
back to the shop yesterday!"
 
"Hahah, yes, I'll be fine, Gramma." Adam said, "I promise,
next time you come over, I won't be gone as long. OW!" Grandma slapped him on
the ear.
 
"That ain't funny, boyo!" She said, "You behave now."
 
"He'll be alright, Agnes," Grandpa said, "Come on, we'll
miss the plane!"
 
"Shut up, ya bastard!" Grandma stubbornly growled as she
hugged Adam one last time. "You keep yourself out of trouble, now." She said.
 
"I will, Gramma," Adam said, "Bye Grampa" He said as he
hugged him.
 
"Treat that fish right now," Grandpa said, "You're a good
boy."
 
"Thanks, Grampa." Adam said with a smile, "I'll miss you!"
He said as they turned, and approached the Security Check. He huffed a sigh,
and turned to see Jamal, having waiting patiently, and had volunteered to be
their ride to the airport right after he had just gotten off of work at the
club.
 
"Thanks again for doing this, Jamal," Adam said as they
turned to leave the front doors.
 
"No problem." He said as they went to his car.
 
 
~~~
 
 
Several hours later, Merrick murrs as he stirs in the warm
bed. His eyes peered open to see Adam pulling up a pair of pink briefs up over
his manly ass. He propped on his elbows as Adam got up, and nodded to him.
"Morning, babe."
 
"Morning, Adam~" Merrick answered. He stretched on the bed
as Adam went around, and kissed him on the bed. "Hmhmhm~" Merrick kissed back,
and rolled his tongue on his lips. 
 
"Hold up, babe," Adam said as stood back up, "We over slept,
we gotta get going."
 
"Going? Going where?" Merrick pouted, "Can't we stay home?"
 
"Naw, babe, I been planning this for months." Adam said as
he yanked the blanket off the bed. He grins as Merrick lays naked as usual as
he put his hands behind his blonde head, and sprawled his legs casually. 
 
"Pleeeaase?" Merrick said. Adam smirked, and reached down to
trace and quickly rub his fingertips down Merrick's inner thigh. He immediately
cringed and jumbled as he giggled harshly.
 
"C'mon, get up, babe." Adam said, "We don't have much time."
Merrick groaned as he pulled himself out of bed, which Adam proceeded to make
nice and neat. Merrick leered with a grin at Adam's rear, clad in those bright
pink undies. 
 
"What's this then?" He asked as he reached down to fondle
Adam's left cheek. Adam smiled as he turned around, and rocked his hips, "Some
new underpants. I got one for you too~" Adam turned and went to the night
stand, and picked up an identical pink tighty-whitie. "Put it on." He said as
he tossed it over to Merrick.
 
Shrugging, Merrick took the underwear, and bent over. He put
his feet through the legholes, and pulled them up between his thighs. Adam
grinned as he came up, and kissed him and groped his bulge.
 
"What's it for?" He asked.
 
"Me, you, and Jamal are going to the LGBT Pride Parade over
by the pier. After that, we'll be going on that cruise I've been saving up
for."
 
"I still don't understand, Adam." Merrick said as he shook
his head. "What does it all mean?"
 
"Well..." Adam scratched the back of his head, "You know how
you're attracted to males?"
 
"Yes. You said humans call it Homosexual, or gay for short."
 
"Yeah. See, humans..." He sighed and shook his head, "Humans
tend to put a lot of hurt on those of us who are different. Over the years, in
a lot of lands, humans in power tended to loathe and discriminate men and women
who happen to be gay. Over time, people have learned to be more tolerant of the
LGBT, and even give us the right to marry and freely and openly be with the
ones we love."
 
"What's GBLT?" Merrick asked
 
"They're letters for parts of the cause. G stands for Gay -
that's us, you/me, men who are attracted to men. L is for Lesbian - those are
females attracted to other females. B stands for Bisexual - people like Jamal,
who are attracted to both male AND female genders. And T is for Transgender -
people who identify themselves as the opposite gender instead of how they're
born."
 
"It seems... Kinda confusing." Merrick said, "And... What does
this..."
 
"The LGBT Pride Parade is something that happens every year
- humans make floats and large decorations, and they dance and party down the
streets."
 
"Why?"
 
"People of the LGBT... Have been through so much through the
ages..." Adam shook his head, "A lot of human religion and spirituality has outlawed
people who are gay and transgender, even torture, kill, reeducate and alienate
them."
 
"But..." Merrick shook his head, "Why? Why cause each other so
much pain?"
 
"Their excuse is that it's against God." Adam said, "They
say that homosexuality is evil because a two man romance is an affront to the
Powers That Be."

"I remember having this sort of conversation with a gay guard in the Agency,"
Merrick asked, "With merfolk, it's also forbidden to mate with the same gender,
but it has nothing to do with the Sea Mother's sanctity - it's just a law that
was established centuries ago, after the fall of the three Kingdoms. But from
what I'm hearing, mating with the same gender human has EVERYTHING to do with
the human god's will."
 
"That's what a lot of religious people believe." Adam
explained, "For some reason, a lot of religious people think it's their duty to
interfere with our lives, hurting us, telling us that a man can't love another
man, or two women shouldn't marry each other, all because of what some Zealots
wrote in a rewritten, paraphrased book that was inspired by God long ago."
 
"So... What's this LGBT thing about anyway?" 
 
"It's been long and painful, and we still have a long ways
to go before LGBT people are treated equally. But at the same time, we have
made a LOT of progress - we still face a lot of turmoil in terms of society,
but we're at a very good point now. The Pride Parade is a party to celebrate
all the progress we made in equalizing the LGBT citizens." 
 
Merrick smiled and nuzzled Adam, "The guard I mentioned..." He
looked at Adam, "He said his own mother and father disowned him when he
realized he was... Homosexual? Gay?" He said, "Is that normal for humans?" Adam
sighed and nodded.
 
"Yeah... It happens a lot..." Adam rubbed his hand on Merrick's
cheek as he looked into his eyes.
 
 
-KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK-
 
 
They looked to see Jamal opening the door, "You guys ready?"
He asked. 
 
"Yeah, just about." Adam answered. 
 
"Aight, we need to get goin."
 
"Ok," Adam turned, and picked up a couple of small suitcases.
As they exited the room, and made for the door, Merrick noticed that all three
of them are... Not wearing much. He and Adam are wearing matching pink undies,
and Jamal is sporting a purple speedo, and both of them are wearing sandals.
 
"Wait." He said, "We're going somewhere, right?" Merrick
asked.
 
"Yeah, the Pride Parade." Adam said as he loaded the car up
with the luggage.
 
"Well..." Merrick looked genuinely confused, "Aren't we
supposed to get dressed first?" Adam grinned as Jamal put a large duffle in the
trunk.
 
"Funny thing about the Pride Parade," He said, "Some people
go to it just like this." He indicated himself. Merrick giggled at that.
 
"Really? That sounds kinda... Contradictory~" He said, "I
thought humans always needed to cover themselves."
 
"This is a special occasion." Adam replied, "Pride Day means
to not be afraid to show yourself. A lot of people like to get weird with their
appearance on a Pride Day."
 
"I don't get it," Merrick said with a smile, "But it still
sounds fun~"
 
"It is, Merrick," Jamal said, "It's awesome! Some chicks are
like all topless, with pieces of tape to cover their nipples, some are all in
fairy costumes - OOH! There was this one time where a buncha guys with boners
dance around a float, and catch beads with their dicks-"
 
"Lets just get there already!" Adam said as he smiled, "I've
been looking forward to this!" 
 
Jamal moved himself to the driver's seat, while Adam got on
the passenger's seat, and Merrick sat behind him. Once buckled in, he moved
forward, and put his arms around Adam.
 
 
~~~
 
 
"Cool, here we are!" Jamal said he pulled his car into a
parking lot. Merrick smiled happily as he saw a woman couple wearing matching
rainbow shirts as they walked hand-in-hand, just for the occasion. Adam looked
about eagerly, seeing various people waving their pride flags. There are arches
of different colored balloons in the rainbow pattern, along with pink banners
draped along the metal bar fence. There are tons of other people around,
cheering, getting excited as multicolored confetti blasted and fluttered in the
air.
 
Jamal locked the car, and tucked in a magenta, purple, and
blue flag into the side of his speedo. Adam took Merrick's hand with glee as
they strolled over the crosswalks together. On their way, we met with several
shop carts with LGBT merchandise. Adam bought a string of rainbow-braided beads
and a strand of rainbow round, disco orb beads to put over Merrick's head.
 
"Wow!" The merman looked in awe of the shiny orbs he wore.
He looked, and giggled as Jamal bought a lot more beads than that, "Why are you
buying so much, Jamal?"
 
"There might a float that has honeys that show their boobs
for beads!" Jamal responded, "Or maybe that hard-on float!"

"Jamal, I keep telling you," Adam said, "They canceled that kind of stuff.
There are KIDS here, this isn't Marti Gras."
 
"I'm still lookin for'em!" Jamal said as he put the clusters
of beads over his head, in anticipation.
 
"I'll flash you for a strand of those~" Came a familiar
voice. Jamal turned and smiled as Nick looked up at him. Merrick blushed as he
looked at that Latino pretty boy with his tribal tattoos on his thigh and arm,
along with the rose flower on his lower back, and wearing a bulging banana
hammock.

"Hey, baby!" Jamal said as he lowered his head, and kissed him.
 
 
~~~
 
 
A few minutes later, Merrick is sitting on a stool, trying
not to snicker as an artist painted on his smooth back. He saw some of the neat
designs other people have painted on them, and so had this artist paint a
symbolized wing-design on his back. He got up, and checked himself out on the
mirror.
 
"That's badass, man," Jamal said.
 
"Just don't lean on anything until it dries up," Said the
artist. 
 
They watched as they saw a small fleet of males in make-up
and dresses with large, flamboyant, fluffy, vivid feathers walked down the
street, saluting the faction for drag queens. 
 
"Wow, certainly a lot of strange humans here." Merrick said
as a truck with several masculine females with boyish clothing, most of having
styled their hair in Mohawks, shortly trimmed, and spiky, waving at the crowd
as they passed. "Are those... Females?"
 
"Yeah. Those are Lesbians who like to be Tomboys." Adam
said.
 
 
 
~~~
 

"Oh my God!" Adam said, "There's Lady Gaga!" He said as he pointed.
 
"Ho shit, man!" Nick said as they saw a flamboyant car drove
by, playing the hit song, Born This Way on loud speakers, and there's Stefani
Germanotta, wearing a rainbow-colored wingspan, her face painted with glitter
designs, also sporting rainbow feather bikinis, waving at the cheering crowd.
 
"Who's that?" Merrick asked.
 
"That's Lady Gaga," Adam replied, "She's a famous singer.
She's notorious for dressing up in crazy outfits! That get-up she's wearing
right now?" Adam said, "All that, that's NORMAL for her!"
 
"Hahaha, wow!" Merrick said.
 
"She's a HUGE supporter of the LGBT cause, and she comes up
with awesome music."
 
"She aight." Nick said, looking indifferent. 
 
"What I miss?" Jamal said, coming in with some ice cream
cones.
 
"Lady Gaga just rolled by." Adam said, looking very stoked.
 
"Ah, ok." Jamal replied, looking as neutral as Nick does.
 
 
~~~
 
 
"GAY IS NOT THE WAY! GAY IS NOT THE WAY!"
 
"What the-" Adam turned, and rolled his eyes, "Oh good
fucking grief."
 
"Really?" Jamal said in aggravation, "They REALLY gonna do
this now?"
 
"What's going on?" Merrick said as another group approached
the crowd. This crowd is dressed in formal black pants, white long-sleeve
polyester shirts, ties, and holding large crosses and picket signs. Merrick
squinted as he could barely make out what the words on the signs mean.
 
"... Re... Re-Pent?" His eyes looked over another sign, "Jesus...
Can... Save Thee?" Merrick feels genuinely confused, "What does that mean? Who's
Jesus?" He said as he looked at another sign that says, [Gay Sex Is Sin]
 
"They's just a buncha whack jobs who don't know when ta
shuddup." Jamal said bitterly.
 
"You know that talk we had this morning, Merrick?" Adam
said, "Religious people interfering with gay business?"
 
"Is that them?"
 
"Yeah."
 
"PFFFF!" Nick scoffed as he pointed, "That one's kinda
funny." One of the signs read, [Silly Faggot, Dicks Are For Chicks]
 
"Come'on," Jamal patted at Nick, "Lets give'em sumthin to
bitch about." Nick snickered as they went off, and neared the group. Merrick
laughed as Jamal and Nick then started making out. The religious protesters
chanted louder at Jamal and Nick, before a few more couples followed their
example, and blocked the zealots' path.

Merrick watched as one of the protesters, holding a large wooden cross tried to
get Jamal and Nick to step aside. Jamal simply flipped him off. 
 
"Sir," He said, "God created Adam and EVE, not Adam and
STEVE!" The protestor said irritably.
 
"Yeah, I know!" Jamal said, "That's why I did'em both!"
 
"Step aside, please!" A woman with a megaphone called out to
the few couples that are blocking them. Refusing to move, one of the
protestors.
 
"Just get out of here!" Adam said, "Don't you have better
things to do??"
 
"WE are trying to help you!" Another protestor said, "Repent
for your sins, and God will forgive you!"
 
"What business is it of yours??" Merrick said, "This
festival is celebrating all the pain people like us have suffered because of
people like you!"
 
"Step off!" Said another protestor, "This parade decorates
and glorifies your filth!"
 
"Then go away!" Merrick said, "If you hate us so much, then
just stay away!"
 
"This is OUR society too!" Said another zealot, "We have
every right to be here!"
 
A particular young and impudent protestor thrust his sign at
a couple, trying to push them away. "HEY!" One swipe, at the sign broke in
half! The lesbian couple, and the hostile protestor looked dumb-founded as
Merrick leered at them, his fist having smashed away the sign into pieces.
 
"Alright, clear out." A few police officers came in, and
started warding off the protesters, "You're disturbing the peace, lets clear
out now."
 
The protestors were reluctantly escorted away from the
parade, and everyone returned to the party.
 
 
~~~
 
 
"Hey, man!" Harold said.
 
"OH! Hey, Harold!" Adam said.
 
"Ah..." Merrick's shoulders slumped as he saw Belinda too - he
doesn't hate her, and he's very grateful for taking part in his rescue, but he
still has a nagging distaste for her as a Latolcus. It's just one of those
things.
 
"Good to see you!" Adam said.
 
"Same here! Nice..." He glanced down, and snirked awkwardly,
"Pants there..." Adam felt a little embarrassed, a coworker seeing him in a snug
pair of pink underwear.
 
"So what brings you here?"
 
"I loves teh colors and museec!" Belinda said, "Ees so
beautiful and exciting!"
 
"And to do this," Harold reached over, and smacked the side
of Adam's head.
 
"Ow! What was THAT for??" He said, slapping Harold's hand
away
 
"Well, for one, keeping us all worried out you." He said,
"And then Belinda had to go and save your ass. Considering... You know..."
 
"Uh... What?" Adam said.
 
"You know Belinda shouldn't be pulling those stunts. Not in
her condition."
 
"I ees fine, Harold!" Belinda said.
 
"What are you talking about?"
 
"... Wait, we haven't told you?" Harold said, as he turned,
"We told him, didn't we?"
 
"I's don't remembrr..." Belinda said shaking her head.
 
"Tell us me what?" Adam said, "What's up?"
 
"Well..." Harold smiled, "Not sure how to say this but..." His
arm lowering, and placing a hand on Belinda's abdomen.
 
"... Wait... You're not," Adam started to grin
 
"Yeah." Harold said, nodding.
 
"Oh my God, no way!"
 
"Yes way!"
 
"What'yall talkin bout?"
 
Harold grinned, "We're gonna have a baby!"
 
"Oh my gosh!" Adam exclaimed.
 
"Oh, by the depths." Merrick looked up, rolling his eyes. 
 
"Oh my God, man, that's awesome!" Jamal said.
 
"Congrats, dude!" Said Nick.
 
"Yeah," Merrick conceded, "That's wonderful", 'I guess.' He
thought to himself.
 
While watching the parade, Jamal said, "Hey, why come people
always rub a pregnant lady's belly, and congratulate her, but no one pats the
guy's balls and say, 'Good Job'?"
 
Adam laughed, "I don't know Jamal, why don't you find out?"
Jamal snickered harshly.
 
"Uh, no!" Harold said, "Thanks, but I'm good."
 
~~~
 
 
"WOOOOOOOO!" Jamal cheered as a float of women flashed their
breast for him, and a few other girls and guys, while Adam, Merrick, and Nick
looked away.
 
"Me no gusta." Nick said as he as his peripheral vision can
still see a half naked woman bouncing their boobs for beads.
 
"To be fair, he didn't buy all those beads for nothing."
 
After that, another group of rows walked along, males and
females alike, holding up a sign with the pink, blue, and white male/female
symbol on it. 
 
"Who..." Merrick tilted his head, looking at them. Feminine-looking humans are
wearing male clothing, and vice versa for the females wearing masculine
clothing, "Who are they?"
 
"Those are the Transgender people." Adam said, "They're the
ones who identify themselves as the opposite gender instead of what they're
born as."
 
"I... Don't understand."
 
"See, take a boy, for example," Adam said, "He was born a
male, but he feels more like a female. So when they can, they dress up as the
opposite gender - it makes them feel more like themselves."

"How, and why? I don't get it."
 
"It's... Complicated..." Adam said, "To put it one way... To a
Transgender, it's like being alive in someone else's body." Merrick gasped a
little, "They struggle with their sense of identity, and have more trouble
finding acceptance in most cases. Eventually, a Transgender can take steps, medications,
and operations to change their gender."
 
"That sounds..." Merrick said as he looked upon the people of
the Pink, White, and Blue, "Painful..."
 
"Yeah..." Adam put his arms around his lover, "In some ways,
they have a harder struggle than homosexuals..." He said as he nuzzled that
blonde hair.
 
 
 
In a distance, Captain watches the Transgender line. He
sighed as he looked at some of the guys, wearing women's clothing and make-up.
He looked down at an old photograph of him and his son...
 
"I still don't git it..." He grumbled lowly, "But I till miss
ya, Tyler... Girl or boy, whatever... I miss ya..." Captain stifled a tear, "I wish
you gave this old bastard another chance..."
 
 
~~~
 
 
"Whoa," Merrick looked as a few thick men walked by in the
parade - some of them chubby and hairy, wearing leather gear, "Who are they?"
 
"Those are Bears" Adam said as some of them flew the Brown,
Tan, Yellow, Black, and White flag with a paw print, "They're gay men who are
more on the heavy side - both in muscle and chub."
 
"Mm, muy caliente~" Nick said, nodding and biting his lip.
 
"Yeah, they good on occasion~" Jamal said, grinding himself
against Nick's backside.
 
 
~~~
 
At the end of the end of the parade, some Asexuals had a few
hand-made Daleks zoom around. Merrick tilted his head as they're at the docks
now - a lot of the LGBT people from the crowds are boarding a very large
establishment. The sun is getting ready to set soon, and a lot of the people
have cleared out.
 
"Oh hey!" Adam said, "OVER HEEERE!!" He waved out to a pair
of familiar faces. He snickered as he saw Yuri walking over, along with Ryojin.
Jamal and Nick could barely stop grinning and laughing as Yuri rubbed her
brows, as if looking overwhelmed with a confusing issue.
 
"Am I... MISSING something here???" She said, fully clothed,
compared with Adam, Merrick, Jamal, and Nick, who are wearing only some scant
bottom pieces, beads, and sandals, "Is everyone SUPPOSED to be running around
naked??" Ryojin feels embarrassed and laughing at the same time at the sheer
moment of it.
 
"Aw come on, Yuri!" Adam said, "Get into the spirit!"
 
"My spirit's just fine CLOTHED, thank you!" Yuri said,
"Seriously- Am I the ONLY one here who thinks all the nudity is unnecessary?!"
 
"Whaaat?" Jamal said shrugging, "We keeping decent."
 
"Good lord." Yuri crossed her arms as she shook her head,
"Do you have the keys to your car - and PLEASE don't tell me they're in your
underpants." Jamal laughed out loud as he held out his keys for Yuri - a while
ago, he and Nick went to repark the car to get their luggage - which took
longer than they said, so Adam guesses maybe they had a little... Quick fun
before coming back.
 
"Wait," Merrick said, "Aren't we going home?"
 
"No, Merrick, remember?" Adam said, "We're going on the LGBT
Cruise."
 
"What's a cruise??" Merrick said.
 
"We're basically going to spend a week on a large boat. It's
a very extravagant vacation, but I've been saving up to go on it."
 
"Yeah, me an' Nick too." Jamal said.
 
"Wait... We're going on a..." Merrick look bewildered, "No!
We're not going on a human ship!"
 
"Babe, what's the matter?" Adam said.
 
"We can't! Ships are homes to pirates!" He said, "They're
evil humans who live on the sea!" Adam laughed as he went to Merrick, "Adam!
I'm serious! We can't-"
 
"Sweetie, relax, this isn't THAT kind of ship," He said,
"This is a gay cruise - it's just gonna be full of LGBT people eating,
partying, dancing, having a good time, that's all."
 
"Yeah, so in a way, there's lottsa pirates on there, ya?"
Nick grinned.

"What?!"
 
"Shut up, Nick!" Adam said as they laughed. 
 
"You'll be fine, Merrick," Yuri said, "It's not THAT kind of
ship, really."
 
"Ok..." He said. 
 
 
"That is a very nice design." Came a woman's voice. Merrick
turned to see that lady from before - the one with the rainbow angel custom,
only her wings are fold down to take up less room. 
 
"Oh, hello..." Merrick said, looking over his shoulder at the
paint design on his back, "Thanks, I had it um... Painted? I'm not sure what it's
called."
 
"Well, it's very nice." She said. Adam gapped at the woman
as she smiled.
 
"Oh my God!" He said, "You're Lady Gaga!" 
 
"Hahaha, yes I am." She said, "Last time I checked, anyway."
 
"Oh my God, I love your music!" Adam said, "PLEASE say
you're coming to the gay crusie!" Gaga smiled and chuckled.
 
"I really wish I can, but my schedule is all booked up."
 
"But, come on! You're Gaga!" Yuri said, "I don't know, can't
you fly??" Lady Gaga laughed at that.
 
"Only when the mood calls for it, darling." She replied. She
took not of Adam's and Merrick's matching undies, "I take it you two are
boyfriends?"
 
"Yeah!" He said, "I'm Adam, and this is Merrick!" He said as
he put his hands on the blonde.
 
"It's very nice to meet you..." Lady Gaga said as she shook
hands, "Before you go, can I interest you in a CD? I'm doing an signing in an little
while."
 
"YES YOU BLOODY CAN!" Adam said.
 
 
A while later, Lady Gaga gave Adam an autographed a Heart of
Arts edition - it's a CD bundle of several of her best albums - free of charge.
On the outfit gallery booklet included in the case, she wrote in silver
sharpie,
 
{Rejoice And Be Yourself Today, 
Because Baby, You Were Born This Way.
~Lady Gaga} 
 
She even posed for a picture with Adam and Merrick in her
rainbow angel costume, before she had to leave to start the signing.
 
"Pssh, man," Jamal said as they walked, "You sure do like
Gaga, don't you?"
 
"She's an awesome celebrity," Adam said, "Lemme alone." 
 
"She does seem very glamorous." Merrick said as he flipped
through the booklet of outrageous costumes Lady Gaga has come up with over the
years, "Wow, this is what she wears on a regular basis? She must be a fun human
to live with."
 
"Eh, she aight," Jamal said, "Bit much though."
 
"Jamal, you work at a bar that has her taste of dancers
performing" Yuri said.
 
"Hey, I work there for the drinks and booty. So sue me."
 
 
~~~
 
 
For the next couple of weeks, the cruise is sailing the sea,
to a camping trip on an island, and then coming back. Adam, Merrick, Jamal, and
Nick get ready to board onto the gay cruise. They're holding their luggage and
saying their goodbyes to Yuri, Ryojin, Belinda, and Harold. 
 
"Hey, Adam," Merrick said, "Doesn't this mean you had to ask
for more days from your Captain?"
 
"Yeah." Adam said, "He just growled, and told me he saw that
one coming, and he gave me the time off." Merrick giggled as the ship started
moving. He looked over the railing, and on to the sunset.
 
"Wow..." He said, still glad in pink underpants, "This feels
so weird." 
 
"Yeah..." They walked hand in hand along the deck, with
various people hanging out, "I can't tell you how long I've wanted this..." Adam
said.
 
"Wanted... What?" Merrick asked.
 
"Ever since we became boyfriends, I've always wanted to go
to a Pride Day with you."
 
"You said it happens every year, right?" Merrick said, "What
stopped us from doing it sooner?"
 
"Work, mostly." He answered, "I kept forgetting which day
the fest was going to be on."
 
"..." Merrick looked timidly around, "Are you sure there
aren't any pirates around here?" Adam snickered at that, "What? I'm serious!
You keep saying there aren't, and Nick keeps saying there are."
 
"That's the joke," Adam explained, "Some people refer gay
men as Butt-Pirates."
 
"... What?"
 
"It's another stupid stereotype joke. Since pirates are
mostly men, and they stay at sea for most of the time, people joke that they
probably have sex with each other."

"... That does sound stupid." Merrick said as he rolled his eyes.
 
"Eh, it's all well in fun." Adam said as they walked down,
hearing the chatter among the guests and couples.

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