Beach, fan service (just a little), fluff

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It was almost cloudy as much as it was sunny but that made no difference to us.

"Hurry Mommy, they're going to sell out."

For the umpteenth time, he called to the both of us. We were relaxing under a large red umbrella. Elma sipped on a fruit cocktail and I just lied on my back after playing in the sun for hours with him.

Elma lowered her sunglasses. "Hm, aren't you gonna go?" she asked me.

"No fair, lazy. I spent hours making a sand castle for him while you just sat there watching."

"Ahhh but the heat's killing me to move" she responded. "Nai, what'd you say we go for a swim after this?"

Before I could have responded, he tugged my arm and I was pulled to the beach shop by a giggling three year-old, his curly black hair flying in all directions as he ran through the door.

I felt a bout of relief as the cold AC rejuvenated me.

"Mom, mom. It's this one. I want this one." He pulled me to the little ice cream freezer in the corner of the store.

"Ok"

I looked down to where he was looking at. "Hm, chocolate vanilla swirl?"

He really takes after her.

His big sky blue eyes seemed to twinkle.

I laughed. "Sure. Just one though. Promise?"

He frowned, knowing I saw through him. "Okay."

We walked back to our umbrella where Elma was putting on sun screen.

"Come here naughty boy. You're going to look as black as coals before the day is out if you don't wear this."

He was going to run but I caught him by his arm.

"Ok but if I let her put this on me, then you would have to buy me another treat."

I chuckled. You really are Elma's son aren't you?

Elma folded her arms. "Fine."

"You spoil him a lot, you know" I responded.

"Well, he deserves to be spoilt" she said, ruffling his soft black hair.

"Aye sailor, let's get this lotion on yer. Ar'" Elma said in the most adorable pirate voice I have heard.

We both laughed and Elma's face changed to a redder complexion.

"Lie on your tummy Haru."

"What? I'm next too!" I said.

When the mother dragon had finished coating her son with sun screen, she smiled at me.

I lied on my tummy as Elma vigorously coated my back and the side of my breasts with sun screen, her soft oily fingers massaging my back.

Her one-piece bikini, exposing her fleshy thighs made it extremely hard for other men not to whistle as they passed by.

Elma ignored them or she simply gave them a smile.

"Hey concentrate!"

"So-sorry" she continued massaging my back.

"Haru honey, don't you want to go and build another beautiful sand castle for us?"

His tummy growled. "I'm hungry!"

He reached for the picnic basket and pulled out two sandwiches.

"Woah, hold up there son. It wouldn't be safe for you to go into the water after eating" I told him.

"Mom, you're forgetting I'm part-dragon."

I sighed. "Fine, do whatever you want."

"Hey Haru! She's your mom too. You have to obey her."

"Do you obey her?" he cheekily responded.

I hid my face in the towel I was lying on to conceal my erupting laughter.

Elma slapped the back of my head. "Hey what are you grinning about?"

"Mommy, mommy I want to go for a swim."

"Just now Haru."

After Elma was satisfied with her work of coating me will with sun screen, the three of us headed to shore. Haru ran into the water pulling Elma along with him. I put my toe in. The cool of the water was calming. I ran out to meet the two of them.

"I can't go any further than this."

"Oh yeah. I forgot you don't know how to swim."

We were far away from land but the water wasn't extremely deep. However I knew I wouldn't have been able to go any further considering the water got deeper the farther I went. I looked around. The other people I saw looked like tiny matchsticks in the distance.

"Let's gooooo!" Before I knew it, Elma transformed into a full-fledged blue serpent.

I gasped in surprise although Haru hardly reacted.

"Elma, what are you doing, people will see you."

"Not if we go out further."

The Xiao long lowered her form.

"Climb aboard, you two!"

I put Haru to sit on my shoulders and I climbed on her smooth back. Haru sat in my lap.

"Brace yourselves"

She took off. I felt my heart pounding in my chest, with the adrenaline seeping through every vein from the thrill riding her glorious serpent-body. We went further and further until the beach was out of sight.

I saw little fishes riding the blue waves alongside us.

Riding the waves on Elma was like riding a jet ski, only 10 times faster.

"This is nice. Aren't you enjoying it Haru?" I asked him.

"Mom, when I grow up, aren't you going to ride on my back too? I'll take you to all sorts of places. We'll go and explore other worlds."

I patted his head. "Of course Haru. I would love to explore with you and Mommy."

Elma gradually slowed her pace.

"The sun's going down. Today reminded me of centuries ago when I was still a child like Haru. My father used to let me ride his back when he raced the chaos dragons. He never lost a single race. Only one soul has ever beat him, though. The Leviathan is a respected being amongst dragons of all factions. Maybe I'll take you to meet him one day, Nai. I'm sure he would like you." Elma's voice sounded as if she was speaking through a fan.

"Mommy, who beat grandpa Leviathan?" asked my inquisitive son. I was curious to know as well.

"That's a story for another day, although I'm sure that person cheated!"

I rubbed her smooth moist scales. "Thank you for today Elma." She wagged her tail that created waves which probably reached miles.

"You don't have to thank me. You two are my world."

"It's getting late. I'm going to miss my anime" Haru said, almost bored.

I chuckled.

"Let's head back." The three of us rode in the sunset towards home.

End of Nai's dream.

I open my eyes to the dim sunlight seeping through the bedroom window. I awoke to the scent of strawberry-flavoured rice porridge.

Elma walks through the door holding breakfast in her hand. Every morning she brought me breakfast in bed, ever since I became pregnant.

"Wow, you're up early" she comments, moving her dark purple bang a little inward.

She places the food on the little bedside table.

I see her fingers fiddling with the handle of the cup of coffee she is holding.

"I have thought about it. I am being unfair to you Nai. I'm sorry that I kept delaying choosing a name for our son but I have a name in mind."

I sit up and listen with curiosity. "What do you think of Ha-"

"RU" I shout and point in her direction. She gasps. The cup of coffee she's holding, crash on the floor. "It's…it's not possible. We-we both had the same dream?" she asks.

"I dreamt we went to the beach and we rode the waves!" we both say out loud, at the same time.

"Jinx!" I scream.

"And you saw him, didn't you?!" She says, her face now only centimetres away from mine.

"Yes, I saw our boy. He had your eyes and my hair."

"And he had your nose and ears, Nai! And your curly black hair too!"

The loud ringtone of Elma's phone interrupts the momentum.

"My boss is calling me. Seems like it's an emergency."

She runs out the door. I assume she's going to get her handbag and put on her shoes but in two seconds she bursts through the bedroom door.

She leans in and kisses my lips. I want to kiss her deeper and longer but she quickly breaks off. Next, she plants a kiss on my swollen tummy. I'm surprised. It's the first time Elma has ever shown affection to our unborn child. I have no clue how Elma and I both got the same dream however I know it changed her. I could feel it.

"Haru is a beautiful name. I have to go. See you this afternoon." At the door frame, she blows a kiss to me and winks.

"Take care Elma!" I shout as she runs off to the office.