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Mark's POV
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"Who was that you were talking to? And where are we going?" Sean kept asking questions as we were walking to my house.

"That was my brother Cedric. And we're going home. My dad called me home." I said as we stepped in my house.

"Mark! I was so worried!" My dad hugged me, making me let go of Sean. "Why did they throw you off?" He asked.

"Well, Sean was drowning and I saw him. Long story short. I wanted to save him, but they just threw me in the water and left me there." I confessed and felt ashamed. I know Cedric told him about me cuddling Sean. We weren't really together, but I think I was falling in love with him.

"And you're gay?" He asked and I nodded in shame. "And he's your boyfriend?" I shook my head at that.

"He's not my boyfriend. We were just cuddling. Nothing more." I said, looking at the ground, full of shame. I know that he wouldn't accept me. I looked at Cedric and he had an evil grin on his face. My dad put his hand on my shoulder and lifted my head with his other hand.

"Why wouldn't you wanna tell me? What did you think I'd do?" He asked and my face lit up. He didn't hate me.

"But pop, you said you fucking hate fags. You said they're a waste of oxygen." Cedric said and I looked at Sean. He was just standing there, looking at what's happening. Then his eyes met mine and he smiled gently at me.

"I did. But I gathered some experience through the past few days. My brother, your uncle, Clay came out to me and said he's got a boyfriend. And I couldn't just forget that he exists. He's my brother. At first I wasn't okay with it, but then I met his boyfriend and he's really nice. And besides if you're gay you're still the same person, you just like the same gender." My dad said with a soft smile on his face. I looked at Cedric and he held pure fury in his eyes.

"Uh, so why did you call us to come home, pop?" I asked.

"I needed to see you. I needed to make sure you're okay. I can't lose you too, Mark. I've already lost your mom." He said as he pulled me into a hug.

"So can Sean and I go outside for a bit?" I asked and he nodded. I grabbed Sean's hand and pulled him out of the house. We went back to the little cave where we were the whole day.

"Mark, what does gay mean?" Sean asked when we sat down next to the fire. I wrapped my hand around him and he cuddled up next to me.

"This is gay. When two girls or guys are in love." I said and smiled at how cute he was when he was so clueless.

"So you're in love with me?" He asked and my cheeks started to burn. And then Cedric showed up and pulled me off of Sean. He then pinned me against the hard stone.

"You fucking fags. You should burn in hell. You're disgusting. And I don't understand how pop can support you." He growled out.

"Let him go!" Sean yelled out.

"What are you gonna do?" He teased and Sean took a big stone and threw it at Cedric. It hit his leg and he fell to the ground, screaming and cursing.

"Burn in hell you fags!" He screamed out as we ran away. I led Sean on a field.

"And what's a fag?" He asked. I turned to him.

"It's a rude expression for gay." I explained and his mouth formed an 'o' shape. He really was a quick learner. He had legs for only a few hours and he was already running on his own. We sat down on the grass and he snuggled up next to me and buried his face in my chest.

"Is this gay?" He asked and I nodded with a wide smile.

"And you're okay with that?" I asked, curious.

"Yes, 100%." He answered and smiled at me.

"This isn't really loved everywhere up on the surface." I added and he shook his head.

"I don't care." He answered and smiled widely. I mimicked his action. "I don't care if it's loved or not. I like it. It feels right to me." He added and kissed my cheek. I froze. I didn't expect him to do that.

"S-Sean. I-I wasn't expecting that." I stuttered out and looked at him. His cheeks were bright red.

"Oh, sorry." He said, ashamed and looked at the ground. I lifted his head so that his eyes met mine.

"I didn't say it was bad, I just didn't expect it." I said quietly and then leaned in and my lips met his. It was a kiss full of emotions. And we were both feeling all of the emotions. Then our lips parted. I rested my forehead against his.

"Mark." He said in shock.

"Sean, do you think you can still be a mermaid? Like let's say when you get wet? I've read about it. It could be true." I said. "Should we go to the ocean and try it?" I then asked and he nodded. We walked to the ocean and he jumped in. When he came out he had his tail.

"Mark it does work." He said happily as he flopped his tail around. I went up to him and kissed him. I didn't care how wet he was. I wanted to kiss him.