|| Chapter 10 A date? pt1 ||

Pov's Minki

I was feeling nervous, today is my outing with Anne to the beach.

Mom told me to be careful and Dad warned me to be careful with the water.

I don't like being a merman it's so tedious, having to take care of yourself.

I would like to stay but I can't. Going back to my "origins" doesn't seem like a good idea to me, after the conflict between my parents and the sovereign.

I checked my cell phone and reached to read a message.

I'm here, now my dad is going to be an interrogation. Mom is going to embarrass me.

I hurried down the stairs, which I almost tripped and made a grand entrance.

the scene was embarrassing Summer was being shown an album with my photos.

This was a bad idea, I had to suppose ...

Minki: hello Anne, are we going?

Anne: hi ... I think so

M.M: She is a beautiful young lady, just as you have told us.

And the indiscretion prize goes to my mom.

Minki: what do you say -nervous laugh-

M.M: well, have fun and don't be late. Keep your distance

Minki: mom-between teeth-

P.Y: we prepare a small lunch for them, so they don't have to shop outside.

Yd: Thank you ... we're leaving now.

(I took her by the wrist and left, before I am more ashamed)

Anne: Eh ... bye gentlemen, have a good afternoon.

M.M: the same I say pretty, take good care of him.

Minki: bye

My parents are so infuriating, I shouldn't have let her come here. I know how to take care of myself.

Anne: are you going to let me go?

Minki: uh ... yeah

we keep walking, this silence is a bit uncomfortable ... I mean, come on Minki thinks.

Anne: your parents ... are great.

Minki: do you think?

Anne: yes, I mean ... they seem like a good family.

Minki: hey, don't believe what they say.

Sm: you say it because of what your mother said.

Minki: yes ...- he looked away-

Anne: don't worry, it's not a crime ...

Minki: It's still ... embarrassing.

Anne: if you say so.

On the beach.

We had already arrived, there were a few people. We pulled away a little, we couldn't be that close.

Anne: okay here ?.

Minki: I think so.

We settled in and Anne stared in the direction of the sea. Like me, my home even though I wasn't born there specifically.

Anne: Your mom asked me if it was a date

Minki: and what did you answer?

Anne: yes ... but not like that, that would make you uncomfortable.

Minki: ah, no wonder my mother said all that.

Anne: and do you like to watch the ocean?

We were looking at the sea, I did not know what topic of conversation to bring up, I had been speechless when he asked me about the sea. Come on say something.

Minki: it's relaxing isn't it?

Anne: yes ... I like to come here to think, sometimes I forget that we are in a pandemic.

Minki: it brings back good memories for me.

Anne: The sea reminds me of my grandparents.

Minki: really ?, then they ...

Anne: no, they still live alone that they moved to Ireland.

Minki: Well, in what way does the sea remind you of them.

Anne: you are going to think it is strange, promise that you are not going to laugh.

Minki: I promise.

strange ?, I think there should be nothing strange. In other words, she is speaking a merman, of course she does not know, I am a myth.

Anne: I like mythology, my grandparents would not let me watch animated series like other children.

Anne: I like mythology, my grandparents would not let me watch animated series like other children.

Minki: is that strange?

Anne: no, that's not ... my grandparents used to make me watch documentaries, reports and films about mythologies or history. They told me that this is more productive than what they show on television.

Minki: that's great.

Anne: do you think? I thought you were going to laugh.

Minki: There is nothing funny about it ...

Anne: well, this story has not been told to anyone, well except for my stuffed animals.

Minki: okay?

I am excited to know that he has not told anyone, I guess that's the secret. Because about his childhood based on documentaries, I don't think it's a secret.

Anne: I am passionate about mythology, it is not just because my grandparents taught me. But because since my grandmother told me her story of how she met grandfather, it intrigues me.

Minki: does it have something to do with the sea?

Sm: yes, I'll be brief ... when my grandmother was traveling on a boat in her college days as they were on a trip, she fell overboard.

Minki: and what happened?

Anne: woke up on the beach a little disoriented, she says that in the distance she saw a fin of a mermaid or newt. Then my grandfather helped him, they continued to meet and end.

I was paralyzed, Summer's grandmother was saved by a mermaid. I don't understand, according to what my dad told me, you can't go to the surface.

Minki: really? You think it's real.

Anne: It seemed a bit absurd to me, but it could be real, the sea has not been completely discovered, I mean the seabed may not be the end. I mean there may be a deep well full of mythological creatures.

Now I understand, the fact that Summer's grandparents have shown all that explains everything.

Anne: well, I think we have to go back.

Minki: yes ... uh thank you.

Anne: why?

Minki: for trusting me.

When I got home, they attacked me with questions that I answered briefly. I went to my room and threw myself on the bed. Today was a great day.

to be continue

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