Kaldur swam across his room toward the door. He was in Aquaman's palace for the weekend. He had just arrived and wanted to search for his friends. The water embraced him in a welcome manner. He missed this place so much sometimes. He opened the big double doors and swam outside. A couple of palace servants said hello to him politely and he had said hello back.
So far none of his friends knew he was here and he planned to surprise them, especially Tula. He wanted to see her first and he knew exactly where to find her. It was Pearl Day, it was like the Valentine holiday humans had and Tula held a dislike for it. She always went to a coral reef not far away from the palace. It was desolated and quiet, the kind of place she would like.
The swim over there was not long and he was there within minutes. As expected she was there sitting down and staring at nothing in particular. He stopped for a moment to take her in. He had missed the place but he had missed her so much more and seeing her there made his heart feel like breaking out of his chest. He swam closer to her and rested a hand on her shoulder. He took a moment to register the feel of her skin under his.
She turned around and her eyes landed on his face. Then her arms were around him and her mouth was near his ear. "You're here" she said, her lips brushing his ear slightly sending a shiver down his back. He wrapped his arms around her too and pulled her closer.
They spent the rest of the day at the coral reef catching up. It was so easy for them to talk to each other, not nervous whether they would say something that would scare off the other. And that was exactly what Kaldur was nervous about today. He couldn't stand not telling her anymore, he needed her to know. She was sitting beside him; he turned to look at her and softly called her name.
Tula turned to look at him and found his face close to hers now. His brain turned to ice and the words he had planned to finally tell her disappeared. But he didn't need them anymore because then and there he leaned down and touched her lips with his. They pulled apart shortly, Tula smiled at Kaldur understanding exactly what he was trying to say to her and to let him know that she had been wanting to tell him that for a long time too.