Damon continues to kiss his way up to Charlotte’s arm, he made sure each kiss was small but gentle to the mermaid. Charlotte couldn’t help but enjoy the whole experience. For the first time in what felt like forever, she had deep feelings for someone who wasn’t immediate family.
For the two pair of mermaid lovers, it seemed as if their bonding could last forever until the two heard a familiar voice.
“I see you’re flirting with my daughter, Damon”, said a stern Merking.
Damon and Charlotte’s eye widen as they turn to see the King and Queen of the Merkingdom just a few feet away from them. Damon was mortified.
Damon set out on a personal mission to talk to the Mermaid King and Queen and managed to earn their trust and hope for peace between humans and merfolk, yet here he was kissing their beloved daughter right in front of them. He could almost feel his heart stop. The silence was deafening, but Damon tried to come up with the words.
“I.. I can explain. Please, this isn't what it looks like.” Damon pleaded with the royal couple.
“We saw everything Damon, especially the multiple arm kisses you gave to our daughter.” The Queen said, not trying to express any strong emotion.
“H-how did you know what we were even doing?”, Charlotte questioned.
“Let’s just say, a little mermaid told us.” The merking said.
Damon could see the mermaid that introduced him to the merkingdom in the first place just next to the King and Queen. Damon felt humiliated and Charlotte was frustrated. Not only had this mermaid ratted her out when she checked out Damon, but now she just likely put her new love in danger. It hurt Charlotte deeply.
As an only child, Charlotte had always grown up seeing all kinds of mermen that her parents hoped would marry. While they weren’t as forceful as Damon’s parents and had good intentions for their daughter. She simply just wasn’t interested in the way merboy and mermen attempted to woo her and the situation only got worse as puberty was generous in giving her a beautiful body.
Once her kingdom went to war with the humans, Charlotte felt miserable and completely felt alone in the world, even with the many mermen around her. Once the war ended and the pressure was put on her to conserve her family’s bloodline, she felt as if she could never find true love ever again.
It wasn’t as if she hated male merfolk, she was sure they meant well. But she hated her parents trying to handpick for her when it comes to boys. She wanted to fall in love naturally, and that natural love was felt when she laid her eyes on Damon.
While Damon seemed average compared to some of the very muscular merman around the kingdom, it was the first time she was interested in a boy all by herself. When she found out Damon shared the same feelings for her, Charlotte was already amazed. But once Damon expressed wanting his kingdom and hers to heal and find peace, Charlotte felt as if her heart completely belongs to Damon.
Granted, the two only had one conversation and one flirt session, but Charlotte felt as if everything was right, and she was sure Damon felt the same - which only makes it that much worse that her parents were here, of all occasions. Charlotte knew she had to say something.
“Mom, Dad. Please don’t hurt Damon. It’s all my fault I encouraged Damon to touch and kiss me all over. I enabled everything you saw. Do any punishment you want with me, just please leave Damon alone.” Charlotte desperately pleaded with her parents.
The King and Queen were silent, but the Merking eventually spoke up.