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“Phat,i already explained to you that you can't always be without your shirt, we can't go to the restaurant with you showing your entire physique. It's unethical and people will drool over you,therefore shirt.”
"But…"
"Now!"
“Baby” . Phat’s voice makes his plea in a whimper, highlighting his eyes as if they were those of a puppy “It’s hot today,my skin is burning a lot.Aren’t the pants enough?”
Phat who was a big baby, actually,it's been a few months since they started dating and consequently living together, It has been a good and new routine, full of challenges and adaptations, difficulties of course but they found a way to make it work because the love they felt for each other was greater. Pran thinks that having a house a little further away from the marina and in the most deserted part of the island made the process easier. Phat could go to sea and come back whenever he needed to and the danger of him being discovered was almost non-existent, Pran was patient and careful, guiding him along the best path, teaching him how to live on this other side, solving Phat's curiosities in this new world day after day and doing his best to make him feel happy and loved.
“It's been a few days since you not even been back in the ocean, you stubborn little fish, that's why your skin is so sensitive. I told you it wasn't good to be away from salt water for so long.”
“But i don't want to be away from my boyfriend and Nong Nao.I don't want to sleep without you and our bed” Phat was so adorable that Pran had to stop herself from kissing him all the time.
“You don't need to sleep in the pool theerak, just stay there until the passage, today is the full moon, renew your energy, that of your ring too and then come back to me.I'll be waiting for you,i'm not going anywhere”
“I have a better idea darling” that charming smile when Phat has a brilliant thought that will take Pran’s breath away was back.
"Which?"
“We can change the location of our date.”
"Where?"
“What do you think about meet the moon pool?
“What about our dinner?”
“We can leave it until tomorrow, unless… you don't want to visit the pool” Phat has a look that wakes him up from a long and endless dream.
“You know I want to, I was just waiting for you to convite me.”
Phat grabs Pran pulling him into his arms in a delightful surprise.
“Phat” The complaint without any force was removed by the presence of Phat's hands that settled on her waist.
“Here is my plan and we have two options. Try to find the entrance by land or I can take you through the original entrance”
“Phat,hmm,i don’t know if you forgot but i can’t breathe underwater” Pran lightly patted his cheek.
“And i don't know if you forgot but i have a magic ring,you'll get there just fine.I'll be quick too, we'll be there in a minute.”
“I wonder if I should trust your dubious ideas.”
“You love me too much not to do this.”
"Who said?"
“You didn’t deny it”
Pinches of amusement painted Pran's face as he blew Phat's eyes, it was a good strategy to use whenever he wanted to escape the absurd amount of love he had overflowing at the edges, because sometimes, although rare, Pran was afraid of that he was a lot.
“Alright, you won this time. Let’s get ready to go,the full moon has already risen”
“Do I still need to put on a shirt?”
Pran takes a good look at the golden skin within reach of his fingers.
"Not this time"
*
When they reach the pool going up to the surface Pran can't help but pull a suspar,he felt out of breath and it wasn't just because of the dive into the great depth below his feet. The place somehow seemed familiar to him even though he had never been there, the pure rock walls had a considerable amount of crystals scattered around and the color of the water in the specific space had an unusual hue and shine. Pran was being held by Phat's strong arms that didn't seem to have any intention of letting him go and if he was even a little bit honest he wouldn't have it any other way.
“So,what do you think? It’s a good place for a date,right?”
“Phat,i don’t think anything i say will do justice to how beautiful this place is”
“See the crystals? They’re the same as the ones i have on my ring”
Pran knew better now what it all represented, Phat told him in detail how it all worked, he found the way Phat won him captivating, he loved knowing that someday in the near future that object would change location when they got married.
“It’s incredible, wonderful, magical”
“One day you will have one too,i will get a new one and mine will be yours when we get married”
All of it was so full of subtle intent and love that he felt himself drowning, increasingly desperate to be submerged in all that Phat was.
“It seems that someone here is eager to ask for my hand but i'm sorry to disappoint you Prince,i'll propose first”
"Do you want to bet?"
“I never turn down a challenge”
Phat nodded, moving a little toward the center without changing direction, keeping his eyes fixed on Pran the entire time.
“Thank you for bringing me here Phat. I'm happy, thank you for letting me be part of your life, for letting me be part of your world”
Pran's other arm came up circling Phat's neck just to make sure he didn't move away again,nothing more.
“Thank you for to be my whole world”
Like a mist of feelings, the place and time seemed conducive,they were on a date after all. The fisherman's eyes traveled to the small droplets of water that were still descending on Phat's collarbones, there was a name and a sensation that ran like a shiver, He could not deny the evidence of his own feel, his eyes fixed on the place as something so interesting to observe, the natural satellite of the earth being a witness above now forgotten even when its illuminated light was the only source of the environment bringing the vision of a Phat that seemed very excited about what was to come leaning its trunk forward letting its tail hit its feet
“Did you know they say the full moon is a friend of lovers, legend has it that it can make people feel romantic”
“I don’t know if i, Pranrakul, really believe that statement” Pran smiled.
The detail that mattered to him at that moment was the fact that even though Phat's skin was wet it was still warm to the touch because when he leaned in letting his lips trail down to drink every drop he could he felt himself burning through his tongue from the inside out outside.
“I think what we are doing now is a good start”
"Yes?"
Tilting his head to the side fully responsive Phat willingly gave Pran all the access he needed with the damp skin being pressed against the soaked t-shirt running the ends of another strand of hair up and down being caught off guard when one of Pran's hands traveled back to press his own fingers into the spot encouraging whatever Phat was doing,aching to be crushed so tight as Phat guided Pran's mouth to finally taste his kiss, to deepen by scraping his teeth lightly along the soft pad before swallowing it, they were more practical and experienced in this now knowing exactly what pressure to apply, which lip was the domain of the other, the right place to take and suck the tongue between the seams, the sensitive spot on the roof of the mouth that made Pran think the night was exceptionally good damp with her legs dangling now circling Phat's waist in the water begging and screaming for special attention, squirming with his voice muffled against his arms as he had to inhale for air as Phat takes another breath, squeezing his ass cheek in his free hand absentmindedly before concentrating and pulling against him tightly to form a friction, pushing back over and over again with furrowed brows and tight mouth in satisfaction.
“Don’t you dare stop”
They both moaned, loving the feeling of being skin to skin where possible while the water stirred as it became more intense.It was intimate, surrounding them and splashing as the movements of Phat's tail beat in the background at speed bringing upheaval as if a storm itself was brewing there inside the cave.
"You're close?" Phat managed to say it with great difficulty, letting out a drawn out lament. Pran learned that Phat liked to be communicative in moments like this.
“I’m close. Just…a little more Phat”
The skin tingled at the sensation, the tattoo as Pran called it was squeezed and kissed languidly because Pran loved it like crazy,he managed to gasp as he caressed his navel feeling something out of the ordinary in the touch of his hand even though his mind was fucked with pleasure,he briefly wondered if he had anything to remember but Phat's guttural moans in his ear asking for things still done between them didn't let his mind work as it should.
“I love you”
“I love you,dear” Pran uttered seeing his eyes light up as always when he said those words, although this time Phat seemed to be overcome by some kind of sudden understanding, before everything went blank and he was knocked out.
*
When Pran wakes up trying to get his bearings and adjust while Phat safely cradles him on his chest his lower half hurts,it's persistent and he could beg for a painkiller.Then something comes back.The memory of arriving at a part of the island he always went to when he wanted to be alone and feeling that something was calling him even though he didn't know where he was going comes to him,messy flashes of a little boy running to the ocean to touch the hand of a woman he doesn't remember meeting in life, Visions of a girl in danger inside a chamber make his eyes hurt, but nothing prepared him for the sensation of having something different in place of his legs as Phat dragged him through the sand.
“Phat” Pran clung to him as tightly as he could as if his life depended on it, hugging him shivering in the overwhelming cold as he looked at the beautiful tail similar to his love that was now in place of his usual legs. “I…i have a tail”
“My Pran,it's okay i got you.I have you.It's time to tell you one more thing that you don't know yet” he whispers.