Aaron was slower than Anna to swim to the mer-village but he couldn’t help but smile as he looked around.
All around him were villagers looking at their new organs in wonder. Both mermaid and merman were fascinated at what had become of their privates. Males got a new gonopodium and females got a new oviduct. By the time Aaron got into the heart of the village, there already merpeople starting to leave to go into the kelp beds, no longer bound to a seemingly arbitrary mating cycle, while some other couples stayed behind and mated like there was no tomorrow.
The sight made Aaron smile. For over a year, he missed really only one thing about being human, sex, and now he had it. Unlike Anna, he had no one on land to really go back to. After a year, it was starting to set in in Aaron’s mind, the sea was going to be his home now, and he was likely going to be a merman for good.
Aaron’s train of thought was soon interrupted when he saw Clia swimming towards him.
“Aaron!”
“Clia!”
The mercouple embraced each other. Clia showered her mate with a series of kisses, from his face to his chest.
“I was so worried about you. I was trying to babysit for my niece when I felt a pain overcome my body. I was worried you were you hurt and… I’m just glad you’re alright.” Clia sighed contently.
Aaron smiled and cuddled against his mate. “Anna and I found something on the tide-flats, and it wasn’t a necklace.”
“Oh, what was it?”
“It was a star, a shooting star that gave Anna and I one wish. It was hard to come up with something, but we both settled on making it so we, as merfolk, could mate whenever we want. No more mating cycles from here on out.”
Clia looked below Aaron’s waist and smirked. “Oh, and what’s this?”
She felt around Aaron’s new fin, causing the merman to blush and giggle for a bit while trying to answer the question. “To be honest, fish anatomy is more of Anna’s thing but essentially, this is an aquatic penis.”
Clia smiled for a bit before her face saddened a bit. “So… You didn’t wish to become a human again?”
“Yeah, the star really only granted wishes as long as I remained half fish.”
“Oh…” Clia muttered, her guilty eyes darting to the side. “Listen, Arron. I’m really sorry about turning you back into a merman. I wish we could’ve-”
“Hey,” Aaron spoke. “It’s fine, really. For the past year, I wanted to be human but only because I had a working penis on land. Even then, I only wanted to be human if I could take you with me, Now because of the whole wish, we can stay here and make love whenever.”
Clia looked back at Aaron. “You really mean it?”
“I mean it. Maybe one day, I can retain my humanity again but I’m content being here. The sea is a part of my life now, and I want to spend it with you.” Aaron said as he leaned forward and gave Clia one long kiss.
Clia moaned in pleasure. It’s crazy how a seemingly random human man she found that beach on that fateful day, one year ago, would be so… Perfect. That sentiment was shared with Aaron.
He couldn’t imagine walking in that park would lead him to such a journey. From finding Clia to being a merman, starting beef with Eric, turning to a human before being a merman again, mating, finding Anna, working as a net weaver, finding that star, changing the way merfolk mated, and now finally being able to take his relationship further with the one beautiful mermaid who stuck to his side since day one.
To the astral entity who was behind the creation of the transformation starfish and the park, Aaron’s journey was certainly a long, but a highly entertaining tale.
When their lips parted, Clia let out her thoughts with one simple question.
“So… You want to have sex now?”
Aaron smiled at hearing those words for the first time as a merman.
"Yes."