=== Be (_ _ _)~

You squeezed your eyes shut and massaged your temples as you sat at your office desk. The day had been hell so far and it wasn't even time for your lunch hour yet. You couldn't believe how incompetent some of the people you worked with were. It was mind boggling. But you pushed those thoughts away because you knew if you focused on them then you'd get a terrible headache. But you smiled when your dream from last night floated to the front of your mind. That was one of the best and most realistic dreams you've ever had. Now you know why people love lucid dreams. They were amazing to experience. You hoped you got to have more. You looked down at your file covered desktop and sighed to yourself. "But dreaming will have to wait." You buckled down and got back to work. It wasn't going to do itself after all.

~~~~~~~~~~~Time-skip~~~~~~~~~~~

You wearily trudged into your loft and dropped your shopping bags in the kitchen. You were bone tired after work but there wasn't a scrap of food in your kitchen so you had to go food shopping. And now you felt like passing out. But before you could you had to put everything perishable up. You didn't bother with the cans of food, you just left them on the floor before you shuffled to your room and got changed and went to bed. You had forgotten about your lucid dream during the day because you were swamped with work and then shopping. But when you snuggled into bed and closed your eyes you remember seeing the darkness of your room encompassing you. And you were peaceful until light started building around you. And when it did you realized you weren't tired anymore. Curiosity overcame you and you opened your eyes to see the same pink sky from the night before. You smiled and sat up. But instead of the blue and pink trees of before, now you were laying on a beach of white sand. And there were waves of light blue water lapping at the beach and the scent of salt swirled around you.

A flash of something bright caught your eye and you looked down and gasped in horror. You were dressed in a hideously bright pair of pajamas that had a crescent moon on the chest. They were god awful and the color made you cringe even as you stood. You wondered why the hell you were wearing something so awful in the first place when you were dreaming. But you perked up when you realized you could most likely change them into something more appealing. This was nothing but a lucid dream after all. And people in lucid dreams had total control. Or so you heard. But the question was how you change them. Do you just close your eyes and imagine them as something different? That actually sounded like it would work, so you closed your eyes and imagined yourself in something casual you always wore from your closet. You opened your eyes and were surprised and disappointed at the same time. It did work, but only half way. Your previously ugly pajama pants were now your favorite pair of jeans. But the ugly shirt was the same. You sighed and figured you just had to concentrate more. So you reclosed your eyes and took a deep breath and imagined one of your favorite shirts. A few tense seconds later you opened your eyes again and looked down. And you grinned when you saw the familiar and beautiful pattern of your favorite top.

You let out a whispered 'yay' to yourself before looking around at your gorgeous surroundings. It was mostly just a picturesque beach but further up said beach it changed from sand to dark green grass. You followed the soft, green path until you started walking between tall grey buildings. You peeked into a couple windows and saw they were houses of some sort. At least you thought they were houses. But before you could think any further about them you heard people talking. You followed the voices and were about to round the corner of one of the grey square houses but froze when you heard a bitchy female voice say in a scathing tone,"Oh my gog Ampora! Just clam up! You are such a delusional loser! There is no way you made out with a human gill! Stop lying, it just makes you even more pathetic than you usually are!" And you heard another softer voice sigh and say in exasperation, "Oh Cronus, these stories are getting a bit far fetched." My god, what hateful bitches said things that awful? You poked your head around the corner of the building and saw three people. One you immediately recognized.

It was the cute horned boy from the night before! And he was with two girls that looked around his age. One was in a lolita-ish blue dress and red mary-janes while the other was in grey jeans, a black T-shirt, and fuchsia sneakers. The one in the dress had a short messy haircut while the other girl had two ridiculously long braids going down her back. But both girls had horns the same color as the boy from before. And the one in the fuchsia sneakers even had fin looking ears and shark looking teeth like him too. While the blue dress girl had vampire looking fangs and pointed elf ears. Though they all shared the same grey skin. Once you finished looking the girls over you noticed that the boy looked sad. Like, really sad. Almost in tears sad. And you figured the girl in the fuchsia shoes was the one to say the hurtful things because she looked pretty pissed off while the other girl looked rather unaffected by them both. But that melancholy look on the greaser boy's face made your heart ache painfully. He looked so...depressed. Like he was ready to just give up hope. That look made you feel like crying.

And when the fin eared girl laughed patronizingly and called the sad greaser boy a 'glubbin' loser' you narrowed your eyes in silent hate and decided to show that bitch that it wasn't nice to hurt other people. Especially not cute boys who looked so down in the dumps. So you ducked back around the building so you were hidden again. Then you looked yourself over in the house's weird windows to make sure your hair was nice and that you looked good. Then you smirked and resolved to show that snotty little bitch that the greaser boy HAD in fact kissed himself a human woman~ So once you felt you looked your best you strutted around the corner of the house and out into the open. The three younger people saw you and Cronus grinned and called out in a giddy voice, "(_ _ _)! Babe! I knewv you wvas coming back!" The two girls were shocked and the one with the crazy long braids actually gaped like a fish, which made you snicker. But you didn't pay them any more mind. You focused all your attentions on the boy with the slicked back hair. You grinned and wrapped your arms around his neck and cooed lovingly, "Awww~ What's the matter cutie-fish? You look kinda down~"

He just blushed from the sweet gestures and shrugged silently even though he was grinning like mad. You giggled and pecked him on the lips and whispered cheekily, "What say you show me around?" He nodded happily and you chuckled as you let him lead you away. But before either of you could get far the loud mouthed girl with the braids yelled, "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hold up Cronus!" You saw the boy, now known as Cronus, wince before he stopped and looked back at the braids girl and the red shoes girl who was right behind the braids girl. "Yeah Peixes? I'm kinda busy here." He said with annoyance, though you could see the worry right below the surface. But the two younger girls didn't seem to notice. Because the braids girl grinned and it came out more malicious than I think she intended. And the other girl smiled too but it looked a tad forced, like she didn't really mean it. It reminded you of the practiced smiles flight attendants wore everyday. Frankly it was creeping you out. You wondered why Cronus was talking to these two vipers. But then the braids girl, Peixes, started talking so you figured you should try and listen. If for no other reason than to be polite. Your mother didn't raise some rude punk after all.

"Whale dam Cronus! I guess you reely were tailing the truth when you said you smooched a human gill~!" The Peixes girl laughed loudly and obnoxiously and you grimaced. She reminded you of those unpleasant teenagers you saw on your way to lunch everyday. The girls were always squealing over stupid shit and the boys were always whistling and catcalling at you whenever you passed them. You knew you looked hot in your fucking blazer and tight ass pencil skirt okay? But you don't need a herd of hormonal, zit ridden fuck-heads to remind you by yelling shitty pick up lines at you across a courtyard. You glanced at Cronus and saw him shoot you a smile before he answered the Peixes girl. He looked rather reluctant but gave her a cocky smile and said in a haughty tone that you thought was cute, "Wvell yeah, I said I did, didn't I Meenah?" He wrapped his arm around your waist but froze slightly. He slowly glanced at you from the corner of his milky eyes like he was afraid you were going to scold him for his bold behavior. But you just smiled and leaned your head against his shoulder. His grin broadened and he flashed the two grey skinned girls a smug look, like he was showing off a fine treasure. But Meenah just smirked and asked,

"Yeah whale, what's wrong with her? Somefin has to be if she's desperate enough to go out with you." She laughed at her own mean spirited joke and you narrowed your eyes at the rail thin girl but quickly plastered a confused look on your face. You then looked at Cronus and cocked your head to the side and asked the boy, "What does he mean? Why does he think there have to be something wrong with me?" Cronus caught your 'slip up' and snorted. Even the previously quiet girl in the red shoes chuckled. But Meenah didn't think it was very funny. She glared right at you and said with a hiss, "Eh?! I'm a gil! Not no buoy!" You pretended to be shocked and said, "Really? But I thought..." But Meenah cut you off and demanded, "Thought what? How could you mistake me for a buoy?" And you coughed like you were embarrassed, though you were laughing on the inside, and replied, "Well...I meant no offense to you. But I thought you were a boy. I mean...with your waifish figure and brash attitude...you just seem more boyish." Meenah gasped and flushed dark pink and said in disbelief, "I...I just...cannot bereef you thought..." but then she paused in thought before she burst in anger. "HEY NOW! Just water you mean by 'waifish figure'? I'm all woman gilly!" She huffed and stuck her nose in the air while simultaneously putting her hands on her narrow hips. You couldn't help the giggle that bubbled up from your throat and apparently neither could Cronus because he had to cough to hide his laughter. Meenah glared and said scathingly, "Well at least I'm not a fat sea cow like you!" Cronus stopped laughing almost immediately and glared daggers at the now smirking girl but you just chuckled and shrugged your shoulders carelessly. You were anything but fat. And you were nowhere near sea cow level. But you supposed the gilled girl was feeling a bit insecure around you.

After all, your obviously much more mature body standing next to hers must make her feel bad. And the way Cronus was glaring at her was cute. And you couldn't help but think almost everything he did as cute~ He really was a cutie-fish. "Oh I know you're just acting so hostile because you feel insecure in your body. But there's nothing wrong with a slender frame Meenah~ Some guys find that body type very desirable. There's no reason for you to be jealous of my curves. Just because I have big breasts and a generous butt doesn't mean I'm any more aesthetically pleasing than you are." Meenah blushed pink. Whether from embarrassment or shame you weren't sure. But you figured it might be from embarrassment because the girl next to her was blushing too. Though her blush was blue and not pink or violet. Meenah struggled for a reply so you took the offered chance to abscond with Cronus. Said boy was biting his lip to stave off his laughter. "Well it was lovely talking to you both~ Sorry I didn't catch your name blue dress girl. Maybe we'll be properly introduced later. But Cronus and I have a date~ So goodbye!" Cronus gave you a shocked look as you dragged him away from the two females. And when you were far enough away that you couldn't see them anymore Cronus spoke up in a small and nervous voice, "D-did ya mean it kitten?" You quirked an eyebrow and made a questioning sound and Cronus took a deep breath and let it out before elaborating. "Did you mean it wvhen you said wve had a...d-date?" Your confusion faded away into fond affection and you chuckled and said with certainty, "Of course I did Cronus~ That is if you even want to go on a date with me." The eager nodding and infectious grin he gave you was verbal answer enough for you and you giggled. "Well okay then. Looks like we have a date." And you'll let the goofy answering smile he let slip go. And only because he was so damned adorkable.