"You're a mystery..."
My breath catches in my throat, heart beat going wild and erratic. A beautiful face comes toward me, eyes fixated on the depths of my soul.
"And I really wanna figure you out."
...Or that's what it felt like.
Feeling my body burst into a nervous sweat at the closeness, I push the gorgeous man before me away so I could breathe. His hand leaves the spot it had been resting right next to my head, effectively letting me loose. I come off the wall and take his hands from my waist.
His perfect hair falls into his storytelling eyes. Broad chest heaving in a sigh of defeat at my rebuff of his affections, my admirer reluctantly backs off. Today, he had confessed to me on our walk home from work. He claimed he had loved me ever since I started working in the office. Apparently, he felt it was his chance when he found out I quit the crummy office job to pursue my dreams of building one of Japan's best aquariums.
"...Is there someone else?" He asks, taking his hands off of me quickly. He stuffs his hands in his pockets.
Carefully, I look up and think about how perfect he is - how lucky I am to have someone this beautiful think of me so romantically, how I could just fling into his arms and let him spoil me with his passionate love, but...
"No." I feel a grin playing on my lips, and my admirer looks slightly annoyed.
"I just have to feed my pet fish."
I'm not surprised at all when he snaps at my hint toward the secret I'm hiding in my house. In fact, I barely flinch. I just let my eyes wander up to the sky as he goes off in a fit of rage.
"That's your excuse for everything! Why can't you just be honest and tell me you're not interested?!"
"I don't even know why I wasted my time with you, Karin! I can have any woman I want!" He stops for a moment, scanning my face for a reaction, but I simply let out a tired sigh.
And he wondered why I never liked him.
"Then go and get any other woman you want. Are you done here? I have to go feed my fish."
"Fuck this!" With that, he turns swiftly away and walks angrily down my front lawn and out of the neighborhood. I want to laugh at how ridiculous he looked. I wasn't stupid, he was just after sex. The whole office buzzed about his skills in bed, but buzzed much more about his one night stands. I was a decent girl, and I wasn't interested. Not even in the slightest.
My eyes wander up to the moon. It's growing full!
Tonight was the night.
I quickly turn on my heel to unlock my door, kicking off my pumps at the entrance before locking the door behind me.
"I'm home, Jin!" I shout, waiting for a reply. I hold tightly to the bag filled with pounds of fish food. My purse drops to the ground, contents spilling to the floor.
It's silent in my tiny house.
Frowning, I glance around before heading down the hall to my bathroom. I follow the sweet, deep toned humming that probably hadn't stopped since I left this morning. Once inside, the hums turn into gorgeous singing.
Humming along with the voice to the special love song of a siren, I excitedly swing the bag of fish food and push open the bathroom door, scaring the merman living in my bathtub.
"Ah! Can't you knock?!"
I smile at my beautiful siren, Jin. He was playing with his favorite rubber ducky, just like a child. A long, shimmering blue fish tail flaps lightly against the far edge of the tub. His thick black hair was dripping with the salt water he'd been soaking in so his skin wouldn't dry out. It ran down his forehead and grazed his cheeks and strong jaw...oh, I had really missed him!
Ever since I had found him washed up and unconscious on the beach months ago, my love for him grew so much. He told me that he loved me before I had even gotten a chance, but by then we had both already known the other's feelings. Going to work devastated us both, to be torn apart by it. I wanted to quit my job, but I had to take care of him...
"Ah, shut up!" I step into the bathroom and breathe in the salty, humid air. I close the door behind me and immediately strip down to the thin layers underneath my coat. "I brought you food, you're living in MY bathtub, I don't have to knock."
Jin laughed, pushed his rubber ducky aside, and folded his arms over the side of the tub. His favorite classical song was playing on the radio next to this head on a low volume, giving the small bathroom a sort of romantic air. He didn't like bright lights, so I placed paper lanterns over the bathroom lights to dim it a bit. The sea salt and seaweed smell that filled the room reminded him of home and comforted him, so I made sure the smell circulated just right.
Call me a pushover, or say I'm just loyal in love.
"How was work, silly?" Jin sticks his tongue out at me and I open the bag of fish food.
When I'm finished discarding the restricting clothes, I'm only wearing the white tank top I had worn under my dress and my pair of polka dot panties.
"It was...ugh." Just thinking about it made me want to stop TALKING about it. I shake my head and get down on my knees so I can kiss Jin deeply. He responds in kind, pressing forward into the kiss to let me know just how much he missed me, craved my attention and affection. I grin against his lips, happy at our romantic reunion. My hand comes up to touch his cheek, caressing it gently. While we're kissing passionately, I feel the bag of food disappear from my hands and bite Jin's bottom lip with a glare.
"Ouch!" He pulls away, caramel colored eyes wincing, "Why -"
"Damnit, can't you at least wait for us to finish kissing?!"
"I've been starving all day!"
"Well maybe if you didn't finish your food in 10 minutes, you'd have something to eat later on!"
"I'm royalty, woman! I don't WAIT for my food!"
"Geez, you're so ungrateful! After all I've done for you, you can barely give me a kiss! And I work so hard to take care of you!"
"Oh, stop. You're just not used to being a servant, that's all. And it's okay, you're still a newbie." Jin grabbed his rubber ducky and squeezed it tightly, the sound echoing through the small bathroom.
I reached down into the water and gritted my teeth as I splashed him in the face. Jin dropped the bag of fish food, eyes shut tight as water ran down his beautiful face.
"You're going to regret that." He growls, and before I know it, his tail curls up and slaps itself down right in front of me so the bath water splashes and drenches me completely. I gasp, feeling the lukewarm water slip into my private parts.
"You asshole!" I grab a bucket off the ground and dip it in the bath, dunking it over Jin in a swift motion. He snatches me up from the ground and yanks me into the tub with him, hands flying to my waist to tickle me. Our grunts from splash fighting soon turn into laughter as we spend a near half hour joking in the bathtub...
When we finally start to calm down and the rocking of the water stills completely, fatigue from the day sits in and I melt into Jin's arms, dozing off...
••••••••••••
"Karin."
I hear a voice next to my head and reach out to touch and feel around me. My hands brush against the warm sheets of my bed until they find the main source of warmth...
"Jin."
I open my eyes when my palms ghost across his bare chest. My room is lit dimly by my bedside lamp, giving it a romantic glow. Jin's laying down next to me, completely naked from the waist up - or from what I could see with the blankets tangled around our bodies. I look into his warm eyes and watch a grin spread across his face.
"Jin! You're out of the bath!" I sit up, worried, and Jin quickly holds the covers over his waist so they don't slide off.
I come to realization that Jin had undergone his human transformation for the 3rd full moon of the year. It was a spell among all siren's that began through a legend thousands of years ago. I couldn't remember the exact story he had told me, but it went along the lines of a female siren making a wish to be with her human lover at least once. The moon granted this wish, not only for her, but for all mature age sirens. For 3 days, 4 times a year, every 3 months, when the full moon shines its fattest, sirens gain their human forms.
"You're human!" I throw myself into his arms, heart swelling with happiness. I thought I was going to cry in this warm moment as we embraced each other.
"Karin! Geez, you're going to make my blanket slip off!" Jin says as I start to sprinkle kisses all over his soft face. He laughs at the ticklish sensation.
"Let me go and get you some clothes. I bought you some a few weeks ago in preparation for this day." I was so excited. I hadn't rescued Jin too long ago, so this was our first time together during his transformation. Jin watches me with his bronze colored eyes as I climb off the bed and head toward my dresser. I pull out a pair of underwear, jeans, and a sweater and toss it onto the bed. As I turn around and allow Jin some privacy, I start to talk, biting my lip as if to keep myself from squealing.
"I'm so happy. You always spoke about it happening, and I could only dream and count down the days until you'd become a human."
"I'm happy, too. Overjoyed, even. It's only for 3 days, but..I can stand and hold you in my arms, and we can walk together, and eat together, and you could show me more of the human world..."
I grin as I play the images in my head, each one bright and full of laugher. And..most of all, we could, as a real couple, with Jin's man parts formed along with his legs -
Ah! I can't just start thinking about that!
"I wonder how tall you are standing up?" I say, shaking my head to rid of the dirty images that arise in my thoughts. I had to start thinking back to the more joyful thoughts before he noticed!
The minute the words left my mouth, I felt a strong presence behind me and a pair of wonderful strong arms wrap gently around my waist. I feel my heart pounding but singing with joy as Jin presses me against his body.
"I'm this tall."
Jin presses his chin on the top of my head. From this, I can tell he's about 6 feet tall, maybe even more. I turn in his arms and get a face full of his gorgeous black hair. I start to grin as it tickles my nose and turn around in his arms. And then I gasp.
"Jin! You were supposed to put the clothes on! Why are you still naked?!" I begin to panic as I look to into his eyes - anywhere but his bare form. His strong build was almost overwhelming. He chuckled, not able to tell why I was so shy. He responds with a deep kiss, enticing me to put more passion and force into it. I feel him grasp my backside and laugh into the smooch. The temperature in the room rises just a little...
I feel his lips spread into a smile as he raises my shirt just a little over my waist. When his hand comes into contact with my skin, I notice the new shirt I have on.
"You...you changed my clothes while I was asleep?" I blushed, pushing him away.
"Of course, you would have caught a cold!"
"Jin! You saw me naked, then!"
"Do you have any idea how being stuck with that stupid tail has restricted me...?" Jin's face is noticeably red, despite what he says. It makes me grin.
"I've been waiting for you, too, you know..." My voice doesn't shake, despite my nervousness and excitement. The heart beating in my chest starts to panic as Jin turns his full blown lust-filled eyes down on me.
"Jin..." I feel his hand on my cheek, holding me firmly in place for his attack on my lips. I gasp softly between his hot kisses and revel in the way they make me feel all over.. Tingly and just plain...good...
"Jin, I..." I place my hands on his chest as his breathing rate increases. The sound of our lips coming back apart over and over again is the only noise in the room besides our heavy breathing. Hands roaming his chest, I tilt my head so he misses my lips in the next few kisses. Jin's lips meet my cheek instead of my lips as I attempt to finally get my words out.
"Jin..." I gasp when his lips touch a very sensitive part of my neck, leaving a burning, nice sensation on my skin.
"Now you see why I've remained naked.. I knew your clothes would be off as soon as I got the chance. " Jin releases his strong grip on my waist and touched the hem of my shirt, lifting it over my head and tossing it to the side. I'm unconsciously running my fingers over his gorgeously toned upper body. My hands gradually move lower and lower, but they start to hesitate.. Did he want me to touch him...?
I surprise him when I grab his hands from tugging at my bra straps.
"Eh?"
"Jin, wait a minute...! May...maybe we should give it some time! You're still getting used to your legs, we shouldn't rush into anything..."
Jin pouts at me with round, hot eyes, "I've been in love with you since I first saw you...unable to demonstrate my physical love in my merman form...and now that I get this rare chance to be with you, you don't want to rush?"
I stare at him, both dumfounded and completely turned on. I'm opening my mouth to speak when I'm silenced by his lips once more. A second later, I feel his warm finger tips on my shoulders trailing down to my shoulder blades. Eventually they found the confusing hooks of my bra.
"A little help...?" He stared into my eyes with pure desire. Feeling my entire being reach a new warmth, I allow my hesitation slip away as I help him to unhook my bra. The restricting garment falls from my shoulders and Jin discards it somewhere I didn't pay attention to.
His lips are at my ear, whispering something about how beautiful he thinks I am, and I start to smile proudly. I was so glad he found me attractive. I always feel insecure around him in our relationship because he was gorgeous himself.. a man raised in a royal family would need an exceptionally beautiful partner to spend the rest of his life with...
"Jin..." I toss my head back and close my eyes when his hands come from my back to my sensitive chest. His hands run down my breasts, carefully cupping them in his hands and kneading them gently. He had no idea how incredible his hands felt, teasing my breasts like this.. and he was so good at it too! I was positive he had had practice with many girls.
Oh, I can't think of that now. I need to focus on me and him...
"Jin...!" His name slips passed my lips before I can bite it back. I can feel a light suckling sensation on my neck and feel a noticeable ache in between my legs. I wanted him so badly, I couldn't wait anymore, either.
My shorts are pulled down next, and I quickly hook my fingers in the bands of my panties to yank them down, too. I'm so excited at this point that I start to beg. Jin wraps his arms around me and starts to caress me everywhere. I lean into him completely, throwing my arms around his neck and kissing him firmly.
A moment passes of us making out and I grow impatient. Thinking quickly, I take my hands off of my lover and push him as hard as I can. Jin makes a shocked noise as our lips part and his body falls backward with me laughing on top of him.
"Karin! You little - mff!"
I can barely contain my laughter as I kiss him, silencing his protests. He probably wanted to be on top, but I was in the mood to indulge, too. Resting my hands on his chest, I adjust my legs so they're straddling him and crawl up his body as far as I need to until my moist heat is resting just before his solid member.
Jin paused his momentary struggling as he takes in the image of me moving slowly atop him, "You...I might actually like this more."
"Good...I've waited so long for this..." I close my eyes when his hand comes to me and begins to rub between my legs.. I sigh and squirm my hips when his fingers slide inside of me. I'm overcome by pleasure as he touched me, my cries echoing through the room, "Oh, Jin, that feels so good ...more... I'm... so happy..."
"I'm happy, too, Karin." I hear him murmur, "I love you.." he slides his fingers out of me and reaches to grab me by my hips and guide me onto his hot manhood. I gasp as I take him all in one incredible thrust, the both of us sighing at the sensations it brings us. My head grows fuzzy when all I feel is him...his hands, his body, his breath, his warmth. I'm pleasantly full with him and my voice comes out to show it.
"Karin...!" I can hear him groan every once in a while and I wonder briefly if I'm moving too slow. He pushed his hips up inside me, touching the deepest depths of me until my head is back in wails of ecstasy.
"Oh, Jin!" I shout.. it was better than I ever could have imagined or dreamed..it was the real thing. Pleasure and frustration build into one as we speed up our lovemaking. It didn't feel like I was moving fast or hard enough no matter how much effort I put into it.
Tears of pleasure are steaming down my face now. My jaw drops as my uncontrollable cries get louder and louder. My sweet Jin reached for one of my hands and used the other to touch between my legs and bring me even closer to my peak. I look down at him with lust filled eyes, never slowing my hips as I take him inside me over and over and over. In the next moment, his eyes meet mine and we stare into each other's eyes with a burning intensity. I slide my fingers into his hair and pull gently - in need of something to hold onto.
The walls of my bedroom seem to shake as Jin arches his back and gives a strangled cry. I watch him, panting. My fingers hold tight to his hair as his entire body trembled beneath me. He closed his eyes.. His expression was so lovely as he climaxed. I watched him and gasped when not long after his shout I felt him press into me as far as he could go and release a burst of his seed. I lift myself off of him and settle directly onto his member, rocking my hips roughly as I reach a powerful orgasm, squeezing every drop of him inside me. After the flash of white seemed to vanish and my senses came back, I heard the last few seconds of my loud cry. I hadn't realized I was screaming until then. Exhausted, I collapsed on Jin's chest with slight pain in my throat.
We hold each other we we bask in the afterglow, struggling to catch our breath. I can feel Jin's fingers carefully running through the curls of my hair as my eyelids began to droop with the exhaustion of our little work out. With my ear pressed to his broad chest, I carefully brush my fingertips against his skin. He was so beautiful and perfect. I loved every inch of him.
"Tonight was perfect...unbelievably perfect." My voice was hoarse as I spoke and it made me blush. I couldn't believe how noisy I had been. Jin chuckles lightly like bells in my ears.
"It was perfect. All of it. Almost as perfect as you, Karin Hanazono. It was everything I dreamed it would be..and more."
I sit up and look down at him, "But it's not over yet!" He caresses my forearms as I use them to prop myself up on his chest, "I still have so much to show you...We could..I could take you to the aquarium, you'd love it...! But it may be closed by now..."
Jin touched my cheek and I leaned into it, reveling in how it calmed the nerves I hadn't realized were already building.
"It's alright, Karin. I'm not changing back immediately after that full moon vanishes. We have plenty of time to spend every second together." His caramel eyes have melted into loving pools. I can see him tearing up and lean down to kiss him several times.
"Oh, Jin," I suckle on his bottom lip and feel him rising between my thighs again, "I'm
looking forward to it."
I pull back to allow my merman lover to sit up. He stands shakily onto his legs and lifts me to my feet with him. Our lips collide over and over, sparking an eventual flame that would only take equal satisfaction to extinguish.
"Want to try this in the bathtub?" Jin says with a slyness to his tone. I giggle excitedly as he turns to lead me by my hand and out of my room. If this was how he intended to spend time together, I didn't mind. We could make love for hours every single day until his tail came back..and then we would wait another 3 months to do it again...and another...Nevertheless I couldn't wait to show him the human world he was ever so curious about.
I could wait a thousand years to be with him.
