I don't own Mermaid Melody or any of its characters.
Alright, I'm doing one of these for Chrno Crusade, and discovered that I wanted to do the same for RinaXHanon, a couple I love. These drabbles will be four hundred words long, and will follow a letter for an overall theme. I will pick a letter, a word that starts with that letter, and write with that theme. Sometimes it will be an object, and sometimes it will be an emotion. I'll be updating every Tuesday with a new drabble.
A-Aquarium:
Their first "date" had been at a nearby aquarium. Neither one of them had told Luchia anything; almost as if they wanted to keep everything that happened between them a secret. They had walked down to the aquarium together, Rina had paid the entrance fee for the both of them, and Hanon offered to pay for lunch. This was going to be a simple outing for the two of them, or so the two thought.
The entire time Hanon wanted to confess how she felt for Rina and vice versa. Hanon, lacking patience to wait until the trip was over, confessed her feelings during a stroll through the shark exhibit. Rina's eyes had widened from surprise but then she laughed.
When Rina finished her laugh, she responded with a sincere nod. Hanon felt her heart skip a beat, but as Hanon leaned in for the finishing kiss, Rina took a step backwards. Hanon blinked, confused.
"Not yet," Rina said with a confident smile.
A frown crossed Hanon's face. "Why not?"
"Later."
Hanon puckered out her lower lip. "When's later?"
Rina turned to a nearby shark model. "Later."
Even though she didn't want to, Hanon took that answer from Rina, and the two began to walk through the aquarium once more. Though some parts of the walk were silent, many of them where happy moments that made a smile cross one of their faces. Whenever Rina smiled, Hanon did as well, but there were times where Rina missed the smile on Hanon's face because of Rina's interest in the information floating around her. Instead of paying attention to Hanon, Rina found herself studying the undersea animals that the aquarium had set up.
Hanon couldn't take the tension between them anymore, and knew that she had to do something before this date was over. After all, it had taken days for Hanon to gain enough courage to ask Rina out without Luchia around, so she had to make the best of this date before it ended.
"Rina," Hanon said as she tugged on her arm.
Rina looked down towards Hanon. "What?" she asked.
Hanon moved her face up to Rina's and forced her lips against Rina's. The green haired girl's eyes widened, but instead of pushing back against the South Atlantic mermaid, Rina stayed where she was, and closed her eyes.
This wasn't the way Rina wanted her first kiss to be.