Aquata Cove Ch. 73

"I'll call him right now..." Luther grunts as he gets up out of his chair and gets his cellphone out, "I've been bored for the past 10 minutes."

"Spoil sport." Donna remarks as she hits Luther's rump as he walks to the back sliding door.

~~~

Jamal wipes down the bar with the moist towel, as his shift is about to end for the day. He flops the towel over his shoulder and strides to punch out of work, when walks around the bar to head for the door. He blinks as he sees Adam waiting for him at the end of the bar.

"Oh hey, man." Jamal said.

"Hi, Jamal. Going to the luau?"

"Yeah, I'm headed there now."

"Great, great..." Adam said as he clapped his hands together and rubbed a little.

"..." Jamal tilts his head as he looks at Adam's down-cast eyes, "Somethin on your mind, buddy?"

"Ah, no, I just... Well, I gotta ask you something..."

"Oh, aight." Jamal picks a stool, and sits on it, pulling one for Adam too. Adam takes a seat, and leans one arm on the bar, putting his fingertips together, "How's yo day goin?"

"Going great. We've got a lot covered about planning the wedding."

"Awesome." Jamal nodded, "Need anything I can help with?"

"Well, first off," Adam began, "I need you to settle something for me." Adam interlaces his fingers, with his index fingers pressing together before he pointed them to Jamal. "KFC for catering. What do you think?"

"Sounds great!" Jamal said, "You really goin fo that?"

"We are now." Adam grins, "But there's one other thing I need to ask you."

"Sure, man. Go ahead."

"Well..." Adam took a breath, and exhaled, "Jamal, you know how we are, right? Real close, like brothers, right?" He said, looking deeply into those dark brown eyes, "You know how much you mean to me, right? After all the years we've lived together?"

"Yeeeahhh..." Jamal squinted at Adam for a moment, "What'chu gettin at?"

"It's... I'm getting married, you know? So um..." Adam smiled sheepishly as he took a moment, "Would you consider being... Well..." Adam takes out a small box, and held it out.

"What's this?" Jamal takes the box, turning it around a little.

"I'm going to be wearing the same set... And Harold, Nick, and maybe even Kevin if he's up to it, they're going to be wearing a lesser design to show them as the groomsmen..."

Jamal opened the box to see a pair of platinum cufflinks looking like swirled and curved angel wings with small white jewels mounted into them. Jamal's eyebrows rose as he looked at the small dazzling accessories presented on the black velvet cushion in the box.

"Adam..." Jamal looks up, his eyes rimming with moisture.

"Both pairs are family heirlooms, and they come in a set with other smaller ones..." Adam said as he holds his own box, along with the bigger box they originally came in, "My Dad had them refurbished a while ago to make them look as good as new, so..."

"Don't do this man," Jamal's mouth pressed tightly as he shook his head, "Ah man. Shit, dammit..."

"Jamal," Adam took Jamal's hard hand and gripped it lightly, "I want you to be my Best Man." He said lowly. Jamal huffed and sniffed as he wipes his eyes. Adam smiled and scoffed slightly as Jamal keeps his tough guy look. "Please."

"Fuck, man." Jamal rubs the corners of his eyes, "I told you not to make me like this, man... Shit," Jamal closes the box and moves forward with his arms open. Adam grins as he hugs his beefy black brother.

"I'm sorry..." Adam muffled, "I know you don't like showing you have feelings." Jamal scoffed as he contains his tears, "Is this a 'Yes'?"

"Ghhh..." Jamal nods, "Shit, man..."

"Alright, big guy," Adam parts the hug, and pats that broad chest, "I know how to fix this. Lets get you a hooker, two enemas, and a bottle of Jack."

"Ghah hah hah," Jamal laughs as he smiles with his long-time roommate, "Dayum, man..." Jamal wipes the corners of his eyes with his thumb and index fingers.

~~~

"So, a few things I'm wondering," Yuri said as she and Merrick walk along the mall's shops, both of them holding a couple of bags of merchandise, "About the wedding."

"Oh yeah!" Merrick nods as they pick a dessert vendor and ordered some fancy churros and sat at a table, "I had something to ask you, but go ahead."

"So, usually," Yuri said as she sat down, "In a wedding, there's a handful of people the bride and groom choose to be beside them at the altar."

"Yes, the groomsmen and the bridesmaids, right?"

"Yeah. Now, since this is a gay wedding, who are you picking to be your Best Man?"

"Actually, I'm kind of going in a different direction." Merrick countered.

"Oh? How so?"

"Well, you know how femmy I can get, right?" Merrick grinned.

"Yeah. I've seen your wardrobe. And your lingerie arsenal." Yuri smirked.

"So, I'm going with the female said." He closed his hands together, "Which leads me to my next question."

"Oh?" Yuri shifts in her seat, "Go on."

"I want to show you what you've been to me, Yuri," Merrick said with meaning, "We're close friends, you and I. On land, you're my best friend and my confidant. Even so, I need you to be by my side at the wedding..." Yuri raised her eye brows at this.

"Whoa, Merrick... Are you asking me to..."

"Mhm," Merrick nodded as he smiled, "Yuri, would you be my Maid of Honor?"

"Wow, Merrick..." Yuri puts a hand to her chest, deeply touched, "I jus-... Wow, this is really unexpected..." She chuckles lightly as she smiles with glee, "I always thought you'd have Nick or someone be your-, well, I" She stammers a little before laughing, "Y-Yes, I'd love to!"

"Wonderful!" Merrick said with joy as they smile.

"Wow, now I'M getting excited for this!" She said, "Ok, now, what about the bridesmaids? Who else is going to be there on your side?"

"The number is 3, right? Including you? Probably going to have Syrinx and Belinda. Adam is going with Jamal, Nick, and Harold."

"Wow, you're really going to have Belinda up there with you?" Yuri said with a snide tone, "I thought you hated her like poison."

"I don't HATE her," Merrick said, "I am disdained with what she's done, but I owe a lot to that reptilian bitch."

"Hey, harsh." She remarked.

"Besides, she's also a mermaid." Merrick added, "She's of my own kind, and so is Syrinx. It's only fitting I have them up there with me."

"Gotta say," Yuri smiles, "I feel a little honored. I'm not even a mermaid."

"No, but your father's a marine biologist, that's the next best thing."

"Ah heh heh, awesome."

"Alright, so next, who is going to walk you down the isle?"

"Walk down..." Merrick pondered for a moment, but then it quickly dawned on him, "Oh yeah! Um..." Merrick thought, "Usually, the father of the bride is supposed to walk her down, huh?"

"Her father is traditional, yes," Yuri agreed, "Or she could walk alone if the father is absent. Otherwise, it could also be a close male family member or even a very close friend."

"And that cuts MY Father out, then," Merrick dismissed, "Even if he was fine with me marrying a human – which I deeply assure you, he is NOT."

"Mhm, yes." Yuri nods.

"He still wouldn't know how to walk on his own two legs. Besides, he hates going on land, especially during the daytime. In that case... I COULD ask Samudra if he'd be willing to walk me down the isle."

"The Triton of your current pod?"

"Yeah. He's the closest thing I've got to walk me down. I'm sure he'd be willing to, I don't see why not."

"Sounds promising." Yuri's cellphone started to chime up, and she checked it, "Oh, the luau's open! Lets get going!"

"Oh, right!" They quickly got up, and left.

~~~

"Woooow!" Arnaav coos as his big eyes gleam from the exotic fire dancers up on stage, wearing only a grass skirt around his waist over some small boxers, with a yellow/white lei around his neck, besides a shark tooth necklace. He flinched and gasped as the two men swishes and swing their torches in rabid succession, "I wanna try! I wanna try!"

"NOO! No, no no no." Yuri holds him back, "That sort of performance takes forever to perfect." She wears a pink bikini with a grass skirt, and a blue/white lei wrapped around her head as she holds Arnaav in her lap.

"I'll never get over how festive humans can get." Syrinx commented on a table.

"And I'll never know how to respond to that." Kevin smirked back.

"Oh, shut up," Syrinx playfully slaps him.

Adam smiles as he stands around the snack table, wearing a grass skirt with one of his father's colorful Hawaiian shirts, drinking a tiki cup full of punch. He giggles as he sees Merrick across the party, shirtless and wearing a blue lei around his neck on white leis around his wrists and head, chatting with Nick and Sasha. Just when Adam was going to take a deep breath and reflect how profoundly lucky he is, Merrick takes up a corndog. "Hehehe..."

Merrick glances at him, and grins at Adam as he licks the top of the corndog. Adam grins as he adjusts and looks at his fiancé. Merrick signals to Nick and Sasha, before Merrick starts to lick up the corndog's golden hide.

"Yeah, you want that corndong, don't ya?" Adam muttered, "You want it so bad, it hurts, doesn't it?"

Sasha snickers as Merrick put his lips onto the summit of the corndog, and suckled the top of it. "It's ok, baby, you can take your time~" Adam said lowly, "Don't want any chokin, just eeeaase it down..." Merrick slid the corndog into his mouth, and subtly bobbed up and down, "Ooh, yeah, he's going for it..."

Adam blushes as he feels his own member stir in his shorts as Merrick licked up and all around the corndog, stopping for a moment and biting it when someone walked by, and then looked Adam right in eyes as he goes for a deep-throat.

"Yeah, you're a dirty boy~" Adam said before sipping his drink, "You wanna suck that corndog until you cream all over yourself..." Merrick blows the corndog a little more, "Yeah, I know what you're on about..." Adam grinned, "You don't care if it is a party, you just wanna come over here, rip my pants off and suck my dick like a cheap little whore... Then you'd slobber and lick my balls all over till they're soakin wet with your spit... Mnnnh~" Adam feels himself harden as he imagines what he wants to do to Merrick, "Then I bend you over that table over there, and yank your skirt down to spank your hot ass... Mnn, yeah, and you'd love it, wouldn't you?" He mumbles, "Next you'd beg me to fuck your cute brains out..."

Nick puts his fingers up in a V up to his mouth, and lolls his tongue out while Sasha does this hard-core pose as she points both fingers at Merrick, "Oh shut it, Nick." Adam snickered, "... Oop," Adam stopped and assumed an innocent demeanor as he sees someone coming by.

"Gohd, gay sex is so hot." Sasha said, wearing her own revealing set for the party, "Are you sho I cahn't get in on some of you?" Sasha asked, "You won't even know I'm there."

"Hey, I maybe be a bit of a exhibitionist, but even I have standards." Merrick said as he eat his corndog. They leer over at Adam, chuckling as he idly wanders around the food.

"Man, I can tell all the way from here he's rockin a boner right now." Nick smirked.

"Looking about the snacks, trying to keep his willy out of view, waist JUST below the table level."

"Hehehe," Merrick giggled, "I have a good mind to just pull him away somewhere and grab his package."

"Do it." Sasha said with an wicked smile, "Do him over the stage."

"Damn, gurl, I'm scared'a'you." Nick chuckled.

"MERRIKU-KUUUUN!" Came a loud, young voice.

"Oh for the love of God..." Merrick whines as he holds his forehead, "Please tell me that is not who I think it is."

"Hentai Fangirl, 6 O'Clock, man." Nick answered, "She's with Ryo too," Nick hissed, "Shit, man..."

"Uggghh" Merrick dropped his shoulders, "I hate to be mean, but I've had enough." He took a drink.

"Hey, Arnaav," Yuri pats him, "I think I see someone here for you~"

Arnaav looked, and gasped in joyous surprise to the sight of that young Japanese girl from Easter.

"Go on, go say Hi." Yuri encourages as she helps the boy off of her lap. Arnaav skids on his feet for a moment, before trotting away to them.

"Merriku-Kun!" Fumiko squeals out, before Merrick turned around.

"Hang on, hang on," Merrick turns around, squats down, and brandishes a piece of paper. Clearing his throat, Merrick began to read, "Fumiko-San. Anata wa watashi o aishite teishi suru hitsuyō ga arimasu. Watashi wa anata to koi ni naidesu." As Merrick talked, Fumiko's look of happiness started to drain, while Ryojin's face started to distort with growing anger, "Watashi wa otoko to koi ni shite imasu. Watashi wa sono otoko to kekkon suru tsumoridesu. Anata wa, watashi o sutōkingu shite kudasai teishi suru hitsuyō ga arimasu."

Fumiko whimpered lightly as she took a step back, huffing with angry tears as she shoved Merrick a little, "Ah- hey!"

"Bakameh!" Fumiko turns around and runs as fast as she can.

Arnaav looked in horror as Fumiko runs away. "Wait!" He calls out as he reaches his hand out, but she is already gone.

"Oh no." Yuri gets up, and walks to them.

Merrick stands back up, only to get a harsh shove from Ryojin, "Hey!"

"Dono yōna jigoku, jāku! Dono yō ni sono yō na watashi no imōto to hanashi o aete-"

"Hey, Back off, Ryo!" Yuri slapped his arm away, and stood between him and Merrick, "This is YOUR fault to begin with."

"MY Fault?! MINE?!" Ryojin asked.

"You were the one who didn't talk to her in the first place, don't beat up on him just because he had the balls to set her straight!"

"He did no have to be rude to her jus now!" Ryojin said in his choppy English.

"He wouldn't have had to if you just told your sister that he's gay and engaged!"

"Look, I-"

"No, Ryojin, I don't want to hear it," Yuri dismissed, "If you had just taken the time to explain to Fumiko to STOP stalking him because one: He is too old for her," She listed with her fingers, "Two: He is a homosexual. And three: He is in a relationship. Now, if you're going to get mad because Merrick is a better, more informative brother than YOU are, then you still need time to improve yourself. I mean for God's sake, Merrick learned ANOTHER LANGUAGE just to get your sister off his back! You couldn't take 5 minutes to tell your sister that her obsession is out of her damn reach?!"

Ryojin gives Yuri a look of offense. He keeps trying to talk, but he can't find a proper response to slap back at her.

"Yeah," Yuri crossed her arms, "And you wonder why we broke up. You can't even tell me a good reason why you're so irrational. Now go on, your sister's waiting for you." Ryojin glared at her, before turning his back, and leaving. Yuri lets out a rough sigh, and turned to the merman, "Your pronunciation as shit, Merrick." She said lowly before taking an apple flower orderve from the table.

"You REALLY learned to speak Japanese just to tell her to stop stalking you?" Sasha asked.

"No, not at all." Merrick answered, "I just learned enough to tell her to go away."

"Google?" Nick asked.

"Exactly." Merrick nodded.

"Hey, babe," Adam came to them, "Everything ok?"

"Yep!" Yuri said mouth full of apple slices, "Just end of an era."

"Huh?"

"I just had to explain to Fumiko that I'm not in love with her." Merrick said, "And Ryojin got pissed at me because I made her cry."

"Ah no... So she BARELY just found out that you're with me?"

"Had to be done."

"Fumiko..." Arnaav mumbled as he started, his stomach sinking from the display, "She... Was in love with Merrick?" His eyes feel moisture coming on as he takes deep breaths, "But... She ran away... Merrick made her hurt..." He looked to the grown-ups talking amongst themselves, "But why, Merrick... Why..."

The boy's eyes blinked as he took a moment to think, '... Merrick made her upset... She can't love him anymore... Maybe I can make her happy...' His insides switched from heavy sadness to light hope, 'If she doesn't like Merrick anymore, maybe she can like ME.' His chest swelled with growing optimism.

"Oh my gosh, I need to go home." He sputtered quietly.

"Sorry about that, Arnaav." Yuri sighed, "Had some business to take care of. I'm so sorry that-"

"I'll be right back!" Arnaav turns around and runs as fast as he can to the docks, "Ocean stuff! Don't wait for me!"

"Wha-?" Yuri turns and looks as Arnaav kicks his grass skirt off, about to dive into the ocean.

"Ooookaay?" Yuri said, clueless, widening as Arnaav ditches his shorts, and dives into the sea naked, "Be... Careful, I guess..."

"So-"

Just as Merrick spoke, Adam's phone rings out in his pocket. "Ah sorry, honey, hold on." Adam pulls out his phone, and looks at the number. After pressing the green circle, he holds it up to his ear, "Hello... Oh, you have it ready? ..." Merrick tries to zero in on the voice in the phone. It's slightly familiar, but he can't place it...

"Uummm... Naw, go ahead and mail it. I've never used a Fax Machine in my life... No no, it's ok, I'm in no hurry... I don't know, I'm just a nice guy." He said, "... Alright, sounds great, thank you so much. Bye." He hung up the phone, and slipped it back into his pants.

"Who was that?"

"Erin."

"Erin?" Merrick tensed, "What did she want??"

"Nothing, I just asked for a favor. It's nothing, don't worry about it."

"Ok..."

Adam and Merrick hold hands as they browsed around the luau, the various tables of food and trinkets, along with the sexy fire dancers twirling and swishing their torches around as fast as they are, passing by the various other party goers enjoying the dusk-lit festivities.

Merrick glanced down on Adam's lap, and nudged him a little. Adam turned to get a kiss from his lover, snuggling each other as they walked. Merrick led the two of them to a small, secluded corner. Merrick giggles as he pulls Adam's hand further down.

Adam has a general idea on why Merrick is bringing them away from the party, smirking as Merrick presses his back to the wall, "You are a dirty boy, aren't you?"

"Oh, I'm as clean as they come..." Merrick bantered as Adam puts his hand on the brick wall.

"Can't it wait till we get home~?" Adam asked. He feels pants get tighter as Merrick had already tucked his hand between Adam's thighs, and groped a hearty handful of Adam's crotch.

"Course it can." Merrick said, massaging Adam's package firmly, "But pecks on the lips aren't doing it for me right now~"

"Alright," Adam softly grabs Merrick's lower jaw, "How about this?" He opened his mouth, and leaned forward, his tongue already standing out even before he pushed his maw against Merrick's

"Mmff..." Merrick closes his eyes as Adam's tongue tucked under his while his lips eat onto his own mouth. Merrick grunts as his one hand grabs Adam's side, and the other abandoned his loins to hold onto his hip.

Adam growled lowly as he lapped his mouth and forced further into Merrick's hot, wet mouth. Merrick can feel his own penis hardening very fast as Adam asserted his manly power into him, almost jamming his tongue down his throat as he gnaw on his mouth.

They parted the long, deep kiss, panting quietly on the spot, "Nnnhh..." Merrick groaned as urges started to pull at his logic. "Qui... Quick rimjob?" He asked quietly.

"Gheheh..." Adam chuckled, "Four minutes. Time it, before anyone notices we're gone." Before Merrick even brought out his phone to set the timer, Adam forced Merrick to turn around. Merrick gasps and blushes as he feels Adam pull down his grass skirt and shorts, exposing his flawless lower body.

Adam kneels down, seeing those beautiful mounds jiggle slightly as Merrick adjusts, "Nnnhhh," Adam grabs both soft cheeks with his hands, his cock pushing his own shorts as he feels the tender, smooth flesh of Merrick's bottom, "Hohhh yeah," Adam spreads those cheeks, and moves his face into Merrick's fresh crack.