I rubbed my eyes as I slowly woke up, I was in my bed and the sun was coming through the window, wait a minute... Was all of that a dream? I picked up my phone off of my bedside and checked the time. I rubbed my eyes and groaned seeing it was 11:30 in the morning. I heard the bathroom door open, I looked up and saw Shelby walk out
"Good morning sleepyhead, you fell asleep so I watched Chai for a while" She said sitting on my bed
"So that wasn't a dream?" I questioned with a sigh
"As real as this" She smirked pinching my arm
"Ow! Alright, I get it! How's he doing?" I asked pulling my arm away, she sighed and looked at her hands
"Not good, he's really upset and he wants to go back to his pod" she answered with a sad smile
"Maybe you should go talk to him" Shelby suggested
"Me? Why me?" I exclaimed
"You're a guy! You could... I don't know do something guyish with him or something" She shrugged
"Do something guyish? That sounds really gross Shelb" I snorted at her
"I know it does just go in there!" She protested dragging me out of bed and pushing me towards the bathroom. Chai looked up at me with a scared look when I walked in
"Hey..." I said sheepishly
"Hi..." He mumbled in reply
"So since you're staying here for a little while why don't you tell me a bit about yourself?" I asked, he didn't reply and kept looking at the water
"Look I know you don't like it here and I know you want to go home but you're injured and you'd die if you went back out there" I tried explaining, he sighed and nodded
"Hey Bryant have you seen my fishing rod?" I heard a voice call, shit my dad!
"Uh... just a minute dad!" I called out before turning back to Chai
"Stay quite" I said and he nodded his eyes flooding with worry, I walked out quickly shutting the door behind me seeing Shelby standing near my bed and Dad near the door
"Hey dad" I said sounding more guilty then I should be
"Have you seen my fishing rod? Me and your mother want to go down to the pier and do some fishing but I can't find mine anywhere" he said looking around the room
"No I haven't dad, have you tried the pool shed?" I asked still nervous he would try and look in the bathroom
"No I'll go have a look now" He replied turning and walking back out the door. As soon as it shut Shelby and I both sighed in relief
"Well that was close" Shelby exhaled turning to me
"Way to fucking close" I continued
"Language!" She scolded slapping my arm
"Sorry mother" I mocked and she rolled her eyes
"Some days I could just strangle you" She gritted her teeth and put her hands around my neck pretending to strangle me
"Well now isn't a good time... I do have a fish in my bath and I don't think my parents would like you if you killed me" I suggested
"Speaking of the fish in your bath... what are you going to feed him?" She questioned
"I'm not sure... he is part human so probably normal food" I replied and she nodded
"I just have to make sure mum and dad don't notice me taking more food than normal" I mumbled
"Well don't guys go through stages when they eat a lot? I don't know you'll figure something out" She grumbled falling back onto my bed
"Some help you are" I teased rolling my eyes
Sorry it took so fucking long to get out I've been stuck :P
Thanks for reading! X3
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Washed Up ~ A Gay Love Story
Fantasy"Out of all the things that could wash up on the beach, it had to be a merman" -Bryant Novoa
