I love it here

"Race you to the shore!" Lyre swam forward while Veryn tried to keep up with the surprisingly fast merman.

It seemed Lyre's powers were getting more pronounced as the days went by.

"You are too damn fast!" Veryn panted when he finally caught up with Lyre at the shore.

Lyre grinned. "What can I say? I've missed swimming!"

Veryn's poor heart was having a difficult time with Lyre next to him.

He thought he could take his time to woe Lyre, but that didn't seem like the case any more.

Being near Lyre, and unable to do anything with him, was torture. And it didn't help that the merman was unaware of his thoughts.

"Veryn, can we go over to the other side?" Lyre pointed at the trees. "I want to swim in the water over there!"

"It's not possible for today." Veryn joined his legs together.

He glanced around the place to make certain they were the only ones around. As humans often came to this place, he had to make sure they were not spotted.