Nemo woke up and stretched, he had slept underwater as he always did. It was certainly refreshing to wake up feeling weightless and full of pep and energy. He felt the need to get some exercise in as well and proceeded to swim right out of his underwater hive's window and out into the lake. As he swam laps for a brief time he spotted something dangling in the water at the docks. He ignored it as long as he could before curiousity got to him, he steadily approached the docks and the dangling objects. Only to find they were legs, decidedly female. He poked one. The legs both started kicking as their owner woke up startled. An "eep" filtered through the water's surface. "What was that?" a voice asked. Nemo swam up to the surface, a hand brushing against the legs as he did.
"Oh hey!" He said as he spotted Carissa.
"Oh, it was just you... what was your name again?"
"Nemo." He answered, "Feel honored to know it!"
Carissa shrugged. She had no idea why she should feel that way, the hemospectrum a total mystery to her.
Nemo retrieved a bouqet he had prepared a few days ago from his sylladex and offered it to her. "Here you go, good morning and I hope you appreciate the gift."
"Oh hey thanks, broseidon", Carissa said as she took the unappealing bundle of kelp Nemo offered and quickly ate it.
Nemo flushed pink in the face, her behaviors were so alluring. Or maybe he was just an idioit, it could be either. "Would you like to spend time with me...belowdecks?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Heh, sure. It's always fun to hang out with new people and get to know 'em a bit", Carissa accepted, not entirely getting the full meaning of Nemo's invitation.
"Then hop in!" He waved a hand for her to follow as he dove into the water. Carissa was quick to topple off the deck and tried to swim after Nemo, not nearly as fast as an Aquatic could go. Another, more immediate problem reared its head soon after as Car found herself running out of air. She quickly turned around and went back to the surface, crawling back onto the deck.
"What was I -thinking-?"
Nemo resurfaced and shrugged, "I thought you could follow. Guess not. Sorry."
"It's okay, I wasn't quite paying attention myself either", Carissa offered, her soaking shirt dripping onto the deck. "Eugh, feels bad man."
Nemo crawled out of the lake and onto the dock, "You'll get used to it. I am sure, I don't even notice."
"I suppose so", Carissa agreed as she wrung out her hair. "Jegus, how does aunt Fef DO that?"
"Sweeps of practice!" He chuckled heartily. "I am darn good at it myself."
"Your hair is short, fishfingers. You don't have so much to wring out. I should've brought a towel..."
"I bet Mister Zahhak has a fuckton we could borrow."
"Prolly". Carissa was almost done with her hair. It was mostly just moist and shiny now, gleaming purple in the desert sun.
Nemo tried not to swoon over her, a task he failed miserably at. As if in slow motion, he watched as Carissa flipped her hair back, spraying droplets of lake water in a picturesque, large arc around her, her shirt mostly transparent and tightly clinging onto her body.
"So...shall we go?" He twitched, a smug smile on his face.
"Go where? Not 'belowdecks' I'd say, heehee. I'd prefer to keep breathing."
"Then let's go somewhere you want to go." He suggested.
"I know where I'd like to go. To my room."
Carissa pulled down on her soaking shirt. "Cos getting used to it or not, this feels bad."
Nemo stared for a moment, voices in his head. A recollection of a once timeless musical animated film about underwater life began to echo a song about a romantic moment. The constant suggestions by the blasted lobster kept grinding against his thinkpan. "No! I will not do it! I will not KISS the girl!" He shouted aloud, face flushed pink.
"Bluh?"
"Nothing. Nothing at all."
"You were... heh... out loud... Silly fishcake."
"I KNOW!" He glubbed, "But I was referring to a song, not to this situation."
"What song? I didn't hear any song..."
"I did. it was a song called 'Kiss the girl' from The Little Mermaid. Really good movie, you should watch it." He murmured, "Not with me though! I mean..its a little romantic so.."
"It sounds old as fuck."
"It is." His eyes never leaving her chest. He was almost mesmerized as it moved along as Carissa breathed, her shirt clinging on like some sort of translucent clingy thing. "But again, really good movie."
"Must be special to aquatics, with a name like that."
"Its more relatable."
"...What are you looking at, Nemo?"
"Oh uh...just a pair of jellyfish..."
"There are no jellyfish here. They sting and I wouldn't stick my feet anywhere they are!"
"Oh those are jellyfish..nice ones too." He smiled, a bit thrilled she didn't get the comparison.
Carissa wondered if the pressure difference was playing tricks on poor Nemo's brain.
"Oh for gog's....I meant your chest." He grumbled.
"...wha-? What about it?"
"The shirt...and the wet...and just." He smiled, flushing pink. "Its a wonderful thing."
Carissa quickly got up, a slightly insane grin on her face. "Oh -you- just wait until I tell my matesprit about this! She'll love it!"
She ran away, leaving a flushed and confused Nemo behind...