A Wave Of Desire

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Ocean

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We went to get into our swimsuits after breakfast. To be fair, Makai said that things would probably be easier on me if I wasn't wearing the shorts, but I thought it would be better in the long run. If things changed, then we would address it. Until then though, I was going to wear the shorts for the time being.

I guess I should have thought about that when I got dressed first thing after my shower but I hadn't really thought about it. I just wanted to let things go the way they were, and where it all ended up. I was done trying to figure anything out right now.

Well, I guess that wasn't true. I was trying to figure out how to control the thing inside of me. Makai told me it was magic, but I didn't really see that. I didn't know anything about magic so to me it wasn't anything like that. I might feel differently once I actually experience it fully, but for now I was totally against the magic theory.

"OK, well, I guess we should just start with you getting in the water. We need to have you fully change into your other form."

"A..a..and how do I d..d..do that?" I was nervous again. Dammit, until I met Makai I was never nervous about anything.

"For the time being, it just needs you to get into the water and stay there long enough. It will happen on its own. That's the way that it is for us. After that, we will work on stopping the change. And once you can stop, it we can work on you forcing it. You need to be able to control your form no matter the circumstances."

"W..w..w..well, c..can you d..d..do it? C..can y..you ch..ch..change?" I had seen him with scales yesterday, but that was it.

"Yes, I can. Do you want me to show you?" He was grinning now as he looked at the pool. "I can show you how I change before I even hit the water."

"Uh, I uhm, I think I would like to see that, y..yeah." I noticed the excitement in his voice.

"Alright, I will change for you, babe. Don't you worry at all."

I didn't quite understand the excitement that was in his voice at the moment. That is, not until he started to take his shorts off and prepare to run toward the pool.

I saw his tall, slender body with the ropes of wiry muscles flex and move. He was fully naked, and I was able to see every bit of him, every single piece of him, and it was turning me on.

I watched as Makai ran and jumped over the pool. When he was directly above the water, it was like his body exploded. His legs were gone, and in their place was a very long tail. I could see thick muscles that looked like legs moving under the tail as he flexed and moved. The tail went at least two feet longer than his legs had been, maybe more. This put him up to over eight feet tall now, if not closer to nine.

The light was glistening off of his scales as I watched him in seemingly slow motion. His tail was covered almost entirely in those silvery green scales from before. There were some pure silver spots and a few scatterings of blue and purple thrown in, but he was mostly green. Those greenish-silvery scales also dotted his arms, back and chest, and had I been able to see it, I would know that he had a few on his face around his cheeks and eyes as well. He was beautiful and glorious.

The moment Makai hit the water at the deep end of the olympic-sized pool he started swimming faster than I ever thought was possible. He was moving so fast that it was inhuman. Which I guess was true since he wasn't human. I watched him leap up out of the water and then dive back down for another quick lap or ten.

By the time that he was done swimming, Makai was smiling giddily. He came to the edge of the pool and propped himself up on his arms. I saw that he had tiny little fins on his arms that looked like the little ones on his tail and his hair was all red just like the highlights he usually had. I hadn't noticed those before, how could I have missed seeing them?

"Come on, Ocean. Swim with me." He held his hand out for me, and as if in a daze, I walked slowly over to him.

When I was close enough, Makai took my hand, and I sat on the edge of the pool. I didn't protest or fight when he started to pull me into the water with him. I just rejoiced at the feel of the water as I slowly sunk into it.

We were in the deep end, and I could swim, but Makai was choosing to hold me so that I didn't need to force myself to stay afloat. He seemed to have that covered for the both of us. That's fine, I was preoccupied with feeling the scales that were on his chest, arms, and face.

I had thought that the scales would feel slimy and disgusting, but they were soft and smooth, and they felt like they belonged on him. I could feel the scales moving and shifting under my fingers, and I was surprised to see that they were moving even before I touched them.

"My body is anticipating your touch. It's eager for you to touch me." He was smiling at me in a nearly seductive way. "I see your scales are coming out too."

I looked down at my arm and saw that he was right. My body was now dotted with the white, pearly scales.

"It shouldn't be long now until you change."

I was still nervous, but I was also excited now. I wanted to see what I would look like as a Merman. I needed to know, needed to see, needed to feel what was different in that form.

"Are you still afraid?" He whispered at me as he leaned in close.

"Afraid to change?" I asked him just to make sure that I knew what it was he was talking about.

"That, and me." His words reminded me that I had shown fear when I saw him last night.

"No, I'm not afraid of either."

I slid my hand up his arm, across his soft scales and to his shoulder. I didn't stop there though, I kept moving my hand until I could cup his cheek in my hand. That was when I leaned in to him for a soft, gentle, tender kiss that spoke of feelings I wasn't sure of just yet.

"Makai, I.."

I don't know what I was about to say, but I felt pain all over my body at that moment.

"What's happening to me?" I asked in a panic as I felt my body try to curl in on itself.

"You're changing. The first time can be painful sometimes. I'm sorry, I should have warned you."

"NGH!"

I moaned in pain and struggled to get out of Makai's grip. I needed to move, I needed to get away from the pain. I didn't know how, but I needed to get away from it.

I was doing my best to swim, but I was moving so slowly, and my head kept dipping under the water. I was almost to the point where I could stand on my own and that would lessen some of the worry. I needed to be able to stand up in the water, I needed to be able to hold my own head up above the surface. I just had to.

Just before I reached that point, I felt like my entire body was on fire, burning me from the inside out. I could tell that I was going to lose control of my muscles and sink into the water. I even felt like I was going to pass out. I couldn't let that happen to me, not now.

After so much struggling, my body felt like it had burst, and I exploded inside the pool. I started to sink into the water, unable to move. The pain was gone though so that was good.

Right now, all I wanted to do was float there in the water and not move. I needed to keep myself still so the pain didn't come back.

"Hahh." I sighed as I started to feel a little better. "Finally, no more pain." When I took a breath to speak again and felt the water rush inside of my mouth, I realized that I was breathing the water.

I started to panic again, just a little, until I realized that it wasn't hurting me. I was actually breathing the water, and it was like I was breathing air. Still I was hurriedly moving toward the surface of the water, kicking my legs like crazy until I was past the top of the water.

"Haa haa haa haa." I was panting as I gulped in the oxygen and pushed the water out of the gills that were now behind my ears. That felt weird, that was for sure.

When I turned in the water to look at Makai, I saw that he was so shocked that he couldn't move. He was frozen in place and not saying or doing anything.

"Makai?" I asked him apprehensively. "Is something wrong?"

"Y..y..you're not a Merman."