A Wave Of Desire

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Ocean

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I swear Friday was the longest day of my life so far. Makai left for the morning practice at about six thirty in the morning after we made breakfast and ate together. OK, it was more me bumbling behind him while he cooked, and I tried to learn how not to die if left to my own devices. I was still completely lost in the whole cooking aspect though.

I was used to the early mornings though, so it wasn't that bad. It was what I usually did before school, but I had been absent for a while now, and I was losing my knack for school hours. Or so it felt. I did enjoy the goodbye kiss that I got from Makai though, it felt nice, almost like he and I were living together, and he was going to work or something. But wait, didn't that make me the housewife, in that scenario? Dammit.

After Makai left, I washed the dishes, no need to leave them for him when I could do them myself. After that, I went and got my speedo on. I had been practicing every morning after that first one. That had scared the shit out of me too much, and we had had a little bit of fun in the pool.

Dammit! Just thinking about the first time that I let myself change into my Siren form and the test of concentration that Makai had given me was making me hard. Fuck! Why the hell was I so excitable?

I knew why. It was because of Makai. He was so fucking hot, and his body was really, really, really nice. I used to not think about stuff like that, not until I had met Makai. He was literally the first man that I could ever really remember being attracted to, and the attraction was so strong that I didn't want anyone else, ever. I guess that was the whole mate bond thing that they had been talking about as well.

While I tried really, really hard not to think about Makai, I was swimming like I would usually do during practice at school. All the same drills, all the same runs. The problem was, I couldn't tell what my times were. I was just swimming as fast as I could without changing forms.

Just for the hell of it, at the end of my practice run, I wanted to see how it was that I swam as a Siren. I had been in that form a few times already, but I hadn't actually swam in it yet. So, I took my speedo off and changed forms.

I took my stance and counted down in my head. When I dove into the water the first thing that I noticed was that I could see a lot better than I usually did. I could feel myself gliding through the water like it was barely even touching me. And of course, I could breath in the water.

But that wasn't all it was. I was able to swim so much faster than usual. I think that had to do with the webbing between my toes and fingers. That would help me to push more water as I moved through it.

I am not sure what the time was when I swam the laps, but I am pretty sure that it was faster than usual. If only I could swim like this when I was at a meet, then I would always win. I wouldn't do that though. Not only could I get caught, but it would be cheating, and I wanted to win because I was good enough, not because I was cheating.

After my practice, I went back into the house. Even doing the usual runs, it was still not even eight in the morning. That means Makai and the others hadn't even started school yet. Dammit, what the hell? This day seems like it is dragging on forever.

After what felt like five hours, but was actually two, I had finished all the school work that Makai brought home for me the day before, and I was officially out of stuff to do. So I guess I could make a sandwich. Makai told me to stick to them since they didn't require cooking.

Sandwiches in hand, I sat on the couch and turned on the TV to veg out for a while. I ate and watched ridiculous daytime television until I was sure that school was over. Nope, it was just one in the afternoon.

"What the hell?"

OK, someone had partially frozen time. That was the only excuse. It was moving so slow because it was partially frozen because of some evil villain using a ray gun made of ice on the clock tower or something.

Yeah, clearly I have been watching too much cheesy TV and reading too many stupid comics because that was bad even for me. Still, what the hell am I going to do? I guess I could read a book. There are a lot here after all.

I walked into the library and chose something at random. It looked like something that maybe Mrs. Rivers would be a fan of. It was a romance novel with a man and a woman on the cover. Well, I could give it a shot.

I sat in the living room again and read. The book was good, and very erotic. It had some very explicit scenes in it. When I read them I just imagined that it was me and Makai in them, and that made me hard again.

"GAH!" I groaned and tossed the book aside. "Dammit." It was well after six now. That book had actually killed some time for me, but Makai still wasn't home. Practice should have ended at five thirty, and he should have been here already. I was wanting dinner, and we were supposed to cook together. I wonder if something happened.

"Where is he?" I asked the empty house. "Why is he running so late?" 

Almost as if the words were a trigger that set events into motion, my phone rang with Makai's ringtone.

"Speak of the devil." I picked up my phone and slid my finger across the screen so that I could answer it. "Hey."

"Hey, I'm sorry I am running so late. The coach ran practice late." I heard the sound of his car starting in the background.

"Why did he run it late? He doesn't usually do that."

"In truth, it's because you're not going to be there tomorrow. He wanted to make sure everyone was prepared for the meet."

"Shit. I'm sorry. I caused problems for everyone." I hung my head in shame and felt the guilt wash over me.

"It's fine, no one complained. Some of them were happy because they wanted to get the chance to compete more." I heard him laugh as he started to drive. "Anyway, I already ordered dinner before I called. I know you're probably hungry, and I am starving. I am going to pick it up on my way. I will be home just a little after seven."

"OK, I'll see you then."

"See you soon. Love you."

"Love you too."

I heard the phone click, and the call ended. He was on his way at least, but I was focusing on something else. He had said 'I love you' at the end of the call. That was something that I had only ever done with my parents. Still, I kind of liked how it felt saying it to him. As embarrassing as it was just now, it had actually made me really happy.

"I really am hopelessly in love with him, aren't I?" I asked myself out loud. "Oh yeah, one hundred percent, head over heels, stupidly in love with him." I also answered myself and made myself blush despite the fact that no one was here.

Makai finally made it home with the bags of food. We ate together and talked about what practice had been like this morning as well as the after school practice. It was nice, sitting there and eating with him like it was our normal every day routine. I guess that it had been for the last week. 

After dinner, Makai was more than a little worn out from the practice that he had been run through. Plus he had to be up early for the swim meet. For those reasons, we ended up just snuggling together on the couch and watching a movie. We didn't go up to the theater room, we stayed downstairs.

I woke up after who knows how long. I didn't even remember falling asleep. I was laying mostly on top of Makai as he wrapped his arms around me. We had a blanket over us already, and he was sound asleep. I didn't want to wake him up to have him move upstairs so instead I just laid my head back down on him and went to sleep. His phone's alarm had been set for the morning so I didn't have to worry about us oversleeping. We would be fine sleeping like this for the rest of the night. Besides, it was warm and comfortable.

I smiled to myself and snuggled against his chest a little more.

"Ocean." Makai said my name, and I thought for a moment he had woken up, but when I looked at his face, I saw that he was sound asleep. "I love you, Ocean." I smiled. He was talking in his sleep only to tell me that he loved me.

"I love you too, you idiot." I was glad that he was asleep so that I didn't have to hide my embarrassment.. Stupid Makai melting my heart like that.