Brendon's POV
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I cuddle into Dallon's side more as we calm down a bit, both of our breathing levels uneven, and our heartbeats quick.

I lay my head against his chest, and I trace out the hickeys I left, all of them the pretty purple color like I had wanted them to be. I hear Dallon hum, and I feel his hand rub through my hair, and I sigh contently. His touch was really gentle, and it almost makes me sleepy.

"D-Dally?" I ask softly, and I look up at him as he looks down at me, smiling slightly.

"Yes, darling?" He asks, and I giggle softly at the way his voice sounds, it being lower than usual, but I like it.

"I l-love you," I murmur, and I giggle again softly, my cheeks heating up a little even if I should be pretty used to it.

"I love you too, baby," he says, and he smiles as he leans down and kisses my forehead gently, my eyes closing as he does so, but they slowly open again and I look back up at him.

I yawn softly, and I put my head back against his chest, my hand coming up to mess with the necklace that hangs pretty loosely around my neck. I run my fingers over the small crystal, humming a little as I feel the smoothness of it.

I can feel Dallon's eyes on me, and I look up at him again, and he smiles again. "What is it, D-Dally?" I asked, my voice quiet.

He shakes his head gently, and he still smiles as he looks down at me.

"It's nothing baby, you don't have to worry your pretty little head about it, okay?" He says, and I pout slightly, but shrug it off as he says that.

I move my legs a little to try and get more comfy at his side, and I bury my face in his chest more.

I'm starting to miss the water, but I wanted to stay with Dallon. I knew that when his feet were all better, I would be able to go back to it, and he could swim with me! And we would be able to hang out in the water, then I could come back to the house with him at night and sleep in the bed.

I liked staying in the house with him, though I did miss the coolness of the water, and the smoothness of the rocks that I slept on, though the bed was so much softer and comfier, and plus with Dallon cuddling me, it felt so much better.

I notice that Dallon is now looking at the crystal around my neck, and I pout a little. What was he thinking about? And what did it have to do with the necklace?

I bring my hand up again, and I gently rub my fingers over the smooth surface again.

"D-Dally? Do y-you prefer m-me with a t-tail or l-legs?" I ask, and I roll over a little so that I'm now laying on his chest and looking up at him as I wait for him to answer my question.

I hear him hum softly as he tries to think of an answer, and he tilts his head to the side a little.

"Well baby, there's good and bad things about both.. and they're not necessarily bad things, just different things I guess you could say," Dallon says, and I tilt my head in confusion as he speaks.

"W-What do you m-mean by th-that?" I asked him, and I gently ran my hands over his chest, tracing it out again.

"A-And which one d-do you pr-prefer?" I then asked, waiting for his answer.

I liked things about both human and mermaid, but I would do whatever Dallon wanted me to do, or which one he preferred, because I loved him and I wanted to make him happy, like he makes me.

Dallon's POV
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I thought for a moment, trying to figure out a good answer for my boyfriend's question. It was already going to be hard, plus Brendon kept running his hands over my chest, which kept distracting me. I ran my fingers through his hair like I had been doing, smiling at him.

Brendon looked up at me with those big eyes of his, his expression nervous. I kissed him on the tip of his nose, intertwining our legs together.

"I love your legs because you can stay with me, we can walk around....sort off." I said, remembering that we both had to almost be carried everywhere. "Also, we can have sex."

Brendon giggled. "Th-that's a g-good thing."

I chuckled. "Yeah, it is." I tucked a loose piece of hair behind Brendon's ear, trying to be as gentle as possible. "I also love your tail. It's beautiful, we can swim for a long time, and it's special because that's how I met you."

"Wh-which one d-do you like m-more?" Brendon asked softly. I looked at him, not knowing what to say. I knew that he had had a tail for...I didn't really know how long exactly, but I knew he had always had one until now.

I didn't want him to feel like he had to change himself for me, tail or no tail, I loved him, and if he felt like I had control of him to tell him to change, I needed to tell him that he was wrong immediately. I barely have control of how my hair looks in the morning, let alone if my boyfriend is going to change himself entirely.

"I love both equally, and I don't want you to change yourself for me, Bren, whatever makes you happy makes me happy." I said. "If you're happy in the water, then go ahead and let your tail come back and swim! If you're happy with legs, then that's perfectly okay with me. I love you not what your lower half is."

I hadn't meant my talk to sound like some cheesy rom-com, but that's what had happened, and Brendon seemed to understand.

"S-so, I c-can go b-back and s-swim...th-then come h-here with y-you?" He asked.

"Of course, sweetheart." I said, rolling off of him so I could try and get rid of the leg cramp I had from being in so many weird positions.

"A-are you o-okay, D-Dally?" Brendon asked, rubbing my shoulder gently.

I nodded. "Just a small leg cramp, baby, nothing too bad, don't worry." I smiled at my boyfriend reassuringly, letting him know I was okay.

"O-okay, D-Dally." He said softly, resting his head on my shoulder. I smiled to myself, thinking about the fact that we really hadn't left our room all day, and we had gotten to spend all this time just the two of us.

"Babe? You wanna get up?" I asked. "Maybe eat something? Go see what the guys are doing?"

"O-okay, can we c-come back if T-Tyler and J-Josh fight a-again?" Brendon asked.

"Whenever you wanna come back, honey." I said, kissing his temple, then reached down to grab my clothes, Brendon doing the same. We got dressed, then walked out of our room hand in hand.

"There you are!" Josh exclaimed, grinning at us.

"A-are you o-okay now?" Brendon asked. "W-were you s-sick?"

"Yeah I was, but I'm okay now." Josh said. "Thanks for asking! I had some medicine and I'm good!"

Brendon smiled a little, wrapping his arms around me for support. "Th-that's good."

Ryan and Tyler were both giving us weird looks, but tried to play it off by looking back to the game on the TV.

"Tyler, do you wanna help me set up some soundproofing equipment in Dal and Brendon's room?" Ryan asked, glancing over at me.

"Yeah, I think they need it." Tyler replied. "Josh! Do you wanna help us?"

"Huh? What?" Josh said, looking over at the other two. "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention."

Tyler rolled his eyes. "Nevermind, Joshie."

"We're gonna soundproof their room." Ryan said, gesturing to me and Brendon. "By the way, how many fucking times did you both have sex?"

Josh had just taken a sip of water, suddenly coughing as soon as Ryan spoke to us. Tyler rubbed his boyfriend's back. "Calm down, Joshua, you're fine I promise."

Josh looked up. "I wasn't expecting that." He coughed a few times again, and I noticed that Brendon had hidden his face in my shoulder.

"Hey! You're making Bren uncomfortable!" I exclaimed. "And you can put up with us for a few minutes!"

"More like an hour, Dal." Ryan said. "Did you have fun?"

"None of your business." I growled, my hand resting on Brendon's upper thigh, my grip tight through his jeans. I knew they were teasing, but I wasn't gonna let them make fun of my boyfriend.

"Calm down, Dal, we're just joking." Tyler said. "If you want food I think there's some pizza in the fridge, but I make no promises."

I gave him a thumbs up, as Brendon and I went into the kitchen. "Baby, they weren't bothering you, were they?"

Brendon whimpered a little, which gave me my answer. He moved closer to me, lacing our fingers together.

"Oh, baby, I'm sorry." I said. "Just ignore them, okay? Or you can yell at them, whatever you want." I gave him a quick kiss, then turned to see what kind of pizza we had.

"O-okay, D-Dally." Brendon said, as I rummaged through the fridge, which was kinda hard since he was holding onto my arm. He rested his head on my shoulder. I guess he needed to touch me to know that I was there physically, I don't know why, but feeling each other felt really good, and I wasn't going to tell him to stop anytime soon.