Chapter 2
It has been 1 month since Zen and his majesty, Takafumi has dated. All the merfolk thought that they were awfully close, for two really handsome merman. "Oi, Zen what are you doing tomorrow?" Takafumi asked bluntly. Zen swam up to Takafumi and sat beside him. "nothing really, what do you have in mind?" Takafumi's cheeks flushed red and said "I was wondering if you have time tomorrow, since it's New Years, my palace is holding a New Year's celebration and I was wondering if you would come?" "There will be lots of food, even your favourite, mango pudding." When Takafumi mentioned mango pudding, Zen eyes lit up "I'll go, I'll definitely go!" and kissed him on the cheeks. ' tommorrow will be so much fun' "That's a promise!" Takafumi beamed a rare smile. That afternoon, they both went shopping because king Takafumi rarely leaves the castle. Zen is the one who usually comes to meet him and drags him everywhere they go. Zen came to visit and invited Takafumi to join him for a little adventure in the famous mall called The Empire shopping mall. At the mall, you can find different brands, from the cheapest to the most expensive. The food court at the mall is pretty spectacular. But usually they eat at a restaurant because food there is more appetizing. The restaurant was called Pearl Castle.
Zen loved going there whenever he has free time. "Zen, I don't think it's a good idea for me to go to the mall with you, since I'm royalty and beside what would other merfolk think when they see the king, himself at the mall?" Zen looked calmly at Takafumi "its fine, just act normal, just say you're here for research to make the mall a better place." The security guard saw Takafumi and bowed saying "Your Majesty, what..what..! "It's alright Morita-san, I'm here for private matters. Don't mind me, just do your job, ok." Morita bowed nervously and spoke "yes, your majesty, please enjoy yourself."
Inside the mall, Takafumi can see that it was decorated to welcome the New Year at 12 am. "Zen where are we going?" Takafumi saw Zen swim towards a restarunt called The Keg Steak. The Keg is one of the most famous underwater western style you can find. "Zen why are we eating here, even though I'm the king, I didn't bring enough money with me. I only brought 1 credit card and mostly cash!" exclaimed the flustered Takafumi even though the card he had was a premium black card "You're not paying for the food, I am." Zen spoke to the waiter "2 please." The waiter spoke "your majesty, this way please" when he sat Takafumi beside Zen. "Mister, I want to enjoy my dinner in peace."
After the waiter nodded and guided both mermen to a booth located at the back of the restaurant. "Your majesty, please take your time to look at our menu, here is the wine menu too." "We have imported some new wine, would your majesty and your company like to taste some?" Takafumi looked at Zen with a sparkle in his eyes. "Zen which wine do you like?" Zen scanned the menu and said "200's Blue Cherry." "That would be our order, go prepare the food too. Take your time." When the waiter took his leave, Takafumi ask Zen what he wanted to buy at the mall. "I had eyed a really nice pair of bracelets at the jewellery store, I wanted to check them out." Takafumi looked down at his food and said "ok, I will accompany you." Zen smiled and ate his food too. "ah that way wobderful" Zen said with a blissful smile.
Takafumi followed Zen to store he mention. The jewelry store was located on the 2nd floor. The name of the jewelry store is Pearl's Jewelry. "Welcome your majesty" the nervous sales clerk bowed. The Store was very sparkly that the sparkles almost blinded Takafumi's eyes. Takafumi swam over to Zen to see what he was looking at. "Zen have you decided what to buy?" Zen looked are the bracelets in front of him. "hmm I can't decide which to get, the plain sterling silver or the one with diamonds imbedded." Takafumi took a look and said " the one with diamonds imbedded." Zen nodded and said to the sales person "I'll take these." Zen took out his wallet and handed the black credit card to the sales person to pay for the gift. Takafumi insisted to pay but Zen won in over. When they got out of the store, Zen led Takafumi to an area with little people and unwrapped the nicely wrapped box. Zen took one of the bracelets out which was imprinted with Zen's name and put it on Takafumi's left wrist. "This bracelet is a promise we will stay together forever." Takafumi blushed and took the other bracelet imbedded with his name and put it on Zen's left arm. King Takafumi blushed and nodded saying "together forever." They kissed a heated kiss and headed back to the palace for a heated night.
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