Carter dived beneath after him, a mischievous grin on his face. Arria was so cute like that… Carter wished he could take a photo to keep it forever. And I’m going to marry him, too…
Arria giggled again and kept swimming when he saw Carter was following. He did a couple flips to show off and for the fun of it and let out an whoop of excitement.
Carter laughed, smiling at his sea boy, and swam to catch up. He grabbed hold of Arria’s hand loving, elated by the fact that Arria cour still smile and giggle like that. Carter gave Arria a quick peck on the cheek, eyes sparkling.
Arria blushed a little at the kiss and grinned at Carter before pressing a kiss to his loves lips. He was so glad he found Carter or his life would have been totally different.
Carter kissed him back before distractedly mumbling, “Where do your friends live…?” It was clear his mind wasn’t worrying about Arria’s friends though. Arria’s just so perfect… Carter’s hand drifted to trace Arria’s scales lightly as he smiled a bit more.
Arria shivered a little and smiled as he kissed Carter for another moment before muttering, “In the city…” Even though he cared about his friends, Arria cared about Carter more and currently, would rather be kissing him.
Carter sighed, then kissed Arria one more time before forcing himself to swim, “Come on, we aren’t getting anywhere like this.” Although Carter didn’t necessarily want to stop kissing Arria, he knew it was his responsibility to check and make sure Arria’s friends were alright since he had just left them there. He was somewhat worried about running into Yuri, still concerned about the prince remembering all that Carter had done. Especially the part where I faked being in love with him in attempt to save Arria…
Arria rolled his eyes a little, “Spoil sport…” He muttered, but he knew Carter was right and that they should go check on his friends. They’d have time for kissing later even though Arria really wanted to kiss Carter now.
Carter gave him a sympathetic smile, tugging on his hand as they swam into the city, “So where exactly do your friends live?” He asked, adjusting his bag over his chest a little bit.
Arria sighed a little, “Hold your sea horses Carter. I know your worried but I’m sure they’re fine.” He said as he took the lead through the crystal lit streets and towards the shared house.
Carter let out a small laugh at ‘hold your sea horses’, but followed beside Arria diligently. He glanced over his shoulder, a small paranoia of them being caught by Yuri somehow eating at him.
“What are you laughing at?” Aria asked, looking over at Carter with a small frown. He shook his head slightly and muttered something about how weird humans were before taking a left down a side street.
“I think it’s cute. You’re cute,” Carter teased, bumping his shoulder into Arria’s playfully as they swam deeper into the city. He glanced over his shoulder one more time before innerly scolding himself for being so paranoid.
Arria muttered something else inaudible before knocking on a door quickly, “Stop being so paranoid Carter. Everything will be fine.”
“Alright, alright, I’m just a little worried,” Carter admitted, swimming up beside Arria as he waited expectantly. He watched the door with slight caution, hoping that Arria’s friends were safe.
(PS, SUPER SORRY I had thought I responded to this a while ago)
(All g, it happens)
“Well there’s no need to be.” Arrow said as the door opened and the three mermen who answers quickly pulled Carter and Arria into a hug.
“Oh thank god your both okay.” Herla said, pulling back from the hug.
“I was worried, what happened after we got out?” Carter asked, smiling a little bit when he saw the mermen. Carter loosely wrapped his arm around Arria’s waist as he looked over the mermen for any possible injuries.
Arria leaned into Carter and nodded a little, “Yeah, what happened?”
“We got chased out by a few guards. Didn’t get hurt and they haven’t come after us since.” Gallion explained, shrugging a shoulder.
“That’s good… Where’s the prince now? Did anyone suspect, I dunno, poison or something like that?” Carter asked, secretly hoping that the prince was ill from the memory potion or something like that.
"Prince is still in the castle last I heard. And no, everyone just thought he drank too much and was sick from that." Herla laughed a little, "Oh, and he diesn't have any memory of Arria or you, Carter."
“Me too?” Carter smiled, “But I thought the memory potion had just been for Arria?” Carter was elated by the fact that Yuri was completely out of their lives, and neither of them would have to worry about it.
"Us too, but some or your DNA must have transferred into the potion. Let's just leave it at a miracle and that's that."
Arria grinned, "That's great!" They didn't have to worry about him anymore.
Carter kissed Arria happily, his lips still curled upwards as he pulled away. “This is great.” He looked at Arria’s friends, “Thank you, thank you so much. You really helped.” Carter grinned a little bit more as he shifted his gaze back to Arria.
Herla waved a hand idly, "No problem Carter, now go. I'm sure you two have better things to do with your time." He smiled at them both before heading inside.
"Seeya!" Arria called before wrapping both arms around Carter's neck and hugging him tightly.
Carter smiled more, wrapping his arms around Arria’s waist and saying, “I’m happy we don’t have to worry about that disgust in our lives anymore.” He held Arria tightly, happy to know it was just them, and that they’d always have each other.
Arria nodded and pulled back a little, "Me too. And you can stop being so paranoid and looking over your shoulder every few moments." He teased, flicking Carter on the nose with a giggle.
Carter laughed -gosh he loved the sound of Arria giggling like that- and pecked Arria on the lips again. “You’re adorable, love,” He traced Arria’s hand, smiling when his finger went over the metal band of the ring.
Arria blushed a deep red, “What? N-No I’m not…” He muttered, looking downwards and biting his lip. God damn Carter and being able to make him so flustered and embarrassed all the time.
“Yes you are,” Carter told him was a smile, tilting his chin up his his hand, “Your the love of my life, and you are very, very adorable,” He kissed Arria again for emphasis, smiling into the kiss.
