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Chapter 2
After ten minutes, Blaine returned to the beach, carefully avoiding the other gleeks. He went to a secluded section, took off his shirt and flip flops and quickly waddled into the water. When couldn't stand anymore, his body started tingling again and his legs molded to a green fishtail. Blaine frowned. Will he ever get used to that? He took a deep breath and submerged. Once underwater, he noticed many things: 1.: He could see crystal clear, 2.: He could swim faster than before and 3.:He didn't need to come up for air. Blaine smiled to himself while he swam across the pier. Although he swam like that for the first time, he already loved it. After some minutes of swimming, he could see someone moving. After approaching the person, Blaine realized that it was none other than Kurt. Blaine looked at the other boy. He also had a tail, but his was shining bright blue. It was stunning. Blaine slapped himself in his mind. 'Stop swooning over your best friend and focus instead', he mentally berated himself. He really needed to do something about his crush. Blaine noticed that Kurt was trapped and desperately tried to free himself. So, that's why he didn't reappear. The now curly haired boy swam over to his friend and Kurt startled when he noticed someone approaching. However, he relaxed when he saw that it was only Blaine. However, his eyes widened when he spotted Blaine's fin. He threw Blaine a questioning glance, who just shrugged in response. They really needed to figure out why they were like that. But first, they needed to free Kurt. Blaine swam over to the surfboard rope and examined it. It was really tight. Maybe they could free the surfboard instead? Blaine pointed to the surfboard and made a pulling sign with his hands. Kurt nodded, so they both grabbed the surfboard and pulled at the same time. After some more attempts, the surfboard finally came undone. Kurt sighed in relief and rubbed his sore fin. Blaine took the other boy's hand and they swam to the surface. "Oh my god, I thought I was going to drown. Maybe I was not that long underwater. But I thought I spent hours on the bottom of the sea." , Kurt babbled. Blaine went silent. "Blaine? I know that look. What's wrong?", he asked. "Ehmm…the girls have been searching for you for exact one hour now. You were down there for 53 minutes if I calculated that right.", Blaine frowned. Kurt paled. "What happened to us? Why are we like that all of a sudden?", he anxiously asked. Blaine shrugged. "No idea. We still need to figure that one out. But I think we need to return now; your friends are worried about your absence." The other merman paled even more. "What are we going to tell them? That I fell down the pier, grew a tail and spent almost an hour underwater because of a surfboard? That won't do", Kurt sighed. "We will think of something. But now, we need to leave before someone sees us..."
They swam back to the shore and Blaine dried them off with the towels he hid behind a rock. Kurt gaped when their legs reappeared. "So, this is how it works? Is this going to happen every time we touch water?", he asked. Blaine nodded while he got up. He offered his hand to Kurt, who gladly took it, and pulled him to his feet "I guess so. You see, I think that all of this has to do with the weird moon pool yesterday. Do you remember what happened after everything bubbled?" Kurt shook his head. "It's weird, it's like I read a book, and someone just ripped a page out of it. And then in the morning, we woke up in our beds, as if none of this never happened" Blaine frowned. "We will find out one day. But now…" "Kurt! Blaine! There you are! Dude, where have you been?", Finn exclaimed and ran to their direction. Kurt grimaced. "I paddled out with the surfboard, then I fell asleep on it. When I woke up, I was on the other side of the beach. Blaine found me.", he lied smoothly. Finn cocked his eyebrows, but obviously, he seemed to buy the story. "I'm just glad you are fine, bro. But be careful next time, okay? They girls were worried sick about you." Kurt smiled bashfully. "Yeah, sorry about that. I didn't mean to scare them." Finn pulled his phone out of his pocket. "I'm going to text the others you are okay." When he was about to write a message, Kurt whispered to Blaine: "We need to talk about all this. But not when all the others are around." Blaine nodded in agreement.
After dinner and a table-tennis contest in the lobby, Kurt and Blaine were finally able to sneak to their shared hotel room where they discussed what happened to them. " Mermaids don't exist!", Blaine exclaimed. Kurt sighed. "And how else can you explain what happened to us?", he asked, one eyebrow cocked. Blaine frowned. "I don't know…maybe it was … a dream?" Kurt rolled his eyes. "Haha, really funny, how can we have the same dream? That's impossible!" "Maybe we bumped our heads and are in a coma!", Blaine theorized. Kurt shook his head. "That doesn't make any sense, you know that, right?" Blaine ruffled his curly hair. "Okay, let me think… maybe…you know, I'm kind of running out of logical explanations now and your pessimistic attitude is not helping at all! I mean, we can either embrace it or just sulk the rest of our lives. I for one do not want to mop, instead we can consider this "change" a blessing, right?", he offered. "A BLESSING?! You must be kidding, right? My life is over now! Not only will I be in constant danger while I'm among people, I can also forget my freaking SKIN CARE ROUTINE! You know how many skin products are made of water or at least contain wet traces? Yes, that's right, like all of them! And my oversensitive skin will be all red and pimply and… and… I'm so screwed, like, really, really screwed! And you know what also occurred to me? What are we going to do about the slushie facials ?!", he said exasperatedly. Blaine shrugged. "Yeah, we have to find a solution for that one…But you know, our situation could be much worse…" "How? How the hell could it be worse than it already is?", Kurt groaned. "I don't know, you could still be trapped underwater by a surfboard if I did not find you! Even you must admit that this situation was kind of funny!", Blaine giggled. Kurt narrowed his eyes. "DON'T GO there EVER AGAIN. Like ever!", he threatened. "Okay, okay I'm sorry, I won't mention it again, promised! But you know, if you think about it…" "BLAINE! That's it, you're dead!" Kurt threw up his hands angrily. Blaine paled. "Whoa! Did you just freeze my water bottle?", he asked. Kurt gaped at the now frozen bottle. "Oh, dear god! I don't know how I just did that! You know, the same thing happened to the water fountain in the mall when I moved my hands like this…" He made the same movement again. "OHMYGOD I just froze that plants over here!", he said frightened. Blaine's eyes lit up and turned to the now frozen plants. He tentatively touched an iced leaf. "That's awesome! Can you do it again, please?" Blaine, clearly excited, balled his fists. Suddenly, the ice melted in record time. Blaine's eyes widened. "Did I do that? That's amazing!", he exclaimed. He balled his fists again and turned to the water bottle. The water started to get hotter until it boiled and evaporated completely. Blaine locked at his hands. "This is GREAT!", he exclaimed and excitedly bounced up and down. Kurt shook his head. "No, Blaine! You don't get how serious this situation is, do you? My life is practically over, we are officially freaks now! Life is already hard enough because I'm gay, now add this thing to my list. They are going to lock us up! I just turned eighteen, I had plans to go to New York and become a Broadway Star or a Fashion Designer or even both. How can I achieve that with those freaky powers and a tail?", he said desperately. Blaine sighed. "Maybe you are right, but we will figure that out, Kurt. Who says people will find out about us? We will keep this a secret between the two of us and we will find a way to deal with this new situation. Don't forget: We are in this mess together, and I'm glad that I'm stuck with you because you are my best friend and I care about you a lot…you know…as a friend…", he stammered awkwardly. Luckily, Kurt was too upset to notice the other boy's nervousness. Blaine quickly composed himself. " And who says you can't be the greatest Broadway Star and fashion designer even if you have a tail? I believe in you, but you have to start believing in yourself if you want to reach for the stars." Kurt smiled a bit. "I don't know what I would do without you, Blaine. You are my best friend too, but don't tell Mercedes or Rachel, and I'm really glad you are by my side now", he admitted and went to hug Blaine. Blaine felt his heart warm up a bit at the contact, but he tried to ignore it. Now was a bad timing to confess Kurt his feelings. Instead, he smiled broadly. "Soooo, now that I cheered you up a bit, do you want to go for a swim?", he asked, making his best puppy dog eyes. Kurt snorted. "Blaaaine! You're serious? After that surfboard incident, you think I would go near the water ever again?", he whined. Blaine shrugged. "Well, it was worth a try…"
A/N: I apologize for all the mistakes in advance . Please have mercy because english is not my mother tongue. Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter ;)