Anna looked in amazement as the merman looked right at her. She continued caressing the bruise and tried to have a warm smile on her face while processing the fact that a mythological creature is looking right at her.
“It’s okay.” She cooed. “You're hurt and I just wanted to help.”
The merman offered his hand to Anna. For the first time, she heard him speak.
“Could you help me get up?” He said weakly.
Anna nodded and held her hand to the merman’s and pulled him up. It took a lot of effort for her to pull him up due to his lean upper body, but she managed to get the merman’s body to stand upright in the beach's water.
The merman moaned as he tried to get his bearings together. But after a minute, he finally realized he was now on a shore, far away from the mermaid mating action down below. Even more, the woman who helped him wasn’t even a mermaid but a human woman.
“You… You helped me?” He spoke with disbelief in his voice.
Anna nodded. “Yes. Your face was badly hurt so I… Tried to stroke your wound away.”
The merman was a bit confused but immediately knew what she was talking about when he touched the face where his face met a fluke. He winced a bit as he still felt the heat coming from the bruise.
Anna saw the pained expression on his face and quickly swam up to carcass his wound again.
“There, there. It’s alright.” Anna cooed.
The merman looked at the girl with confusion. He was an incel under the sea. He never considered thought a human woman of all things would ever touch his face. Her touch, however. felt nice. It was so soft and tender. The smile on the woman’s face was so inviting, too. He can tell she was fascinated by a merman just as much as he was fascinated by a human.
The merman spoke again. “What’s your name?”
“My name’s Anna,” The woman said confidently, if a bit bashful. “What’s your name?”
“Eric.” He answered.
Anna smiled and placed her hand on Eric's chest. “Hello, Eric. It’s nice to meet you!”
For a moment, Eric is surprised by that. He was rarely ever told that he was a nice person to meet the various mermaids around him, let alone being touched by a woman who lived in a world beyond his. Eric smiled and put his hand right on top of Anna’s.
“It’s nice to meet you, too.”