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Water always fascinated her. From the time she was a young woman to her present day now. The colors it can take on, the smells it produces, the life that comes from it, the lives it can take away. The creatures that can come from it…including herself.
She never knew where she came from. Just that she was found next to a river with strange cuts on her neck which healed over quickly after she was found but she never had a voice. Everyone assumed her voice was damaged by something around the river but deep down, Elisa never believed that. But as she grew up, she grew to feel like she was lacking somehow, missing something important to her soul. But she never knew what that was until the day he came into her world.
That day was a day she would never forget. When she was mopping the floor of the laboratory and that giant cylinder tank rolled out onto the main floor. She had never seen anything like it. Elisa felt like something was drawing her towards the tank, almost like some primal need. Curiosity, yes…but also some kind of deep desire in her chest. The moment she touched the glass and a webbed blue and green hand came out of the murky water to meet hers on the other side of the glass, she could feel something deep within her soul awaken.
Every day she would go back to work, she would anticipate, almost vibrating with excitement, cleaning in the laboratory and what new discoveries that could unfold. Cleaning, eating her lunch in that place…and getting to know him.
Just like her, he never spoke. He couldn’t, outside of fluctuating tonal trills and growls. Even when he would have terrifying outbursts of loud roars, she never felt scared or threatened; only curious, fascinated and, perhaps, drawn by some unknown force of attraction that she couldn’t quite describe.
Day after day, night shift after night shift, she would go to the laboratory and see him. She slowly taught him American Sign Language so they could communicate. Even though he was more beast than human in appearance, he was so intelligent and human in his mind and soul. She would dance while mopping and he would dance, weightless, inside his tank. Elisa would bring extra eggs to share with him, and they would both eat them, gazing into each other’s eyes, analyzing each other’s faces. Over time, it started analyzing each other’s bodies with their gaze, more curiosity about what their bodies would feel like if they were to connect in a most profound way.
Eventually, he was in danger of certain death so Elisa did the only logical thing she could do: get him the hell out of there. With the help of her neighbor and best friend, Giles, the laboratory scientist, Bob, or Dimitri as he was truly called, and her coworker and close friend, Zelda, that was exactly what she did.
Conditions at her home and in her bathtub were less than ideal for him, but Elisa’s above theater apartment and bathroom were going to have to work for now. At least until the big rains come and the water at the docks rise high enough for him to be able to make it over the 30 foot wall that opens the canal into the open ocean. Until then, he would have to live in her apartment, in her porcelain bathtub that she would usually have a daily masturbation session in…but now, would be occupied by this muscular, scale covered, beautiful mystical being that she felt more and more drawn to every passing moment.
Then it happened. The day that she would always remember - the first day that they would come together as one.
Giles had been seated in the bathroom, drawing the creature, talking to him. But after falling asleep, the creature had decided to explore, and unfortunately that exploration led to the death of one of Giles’ cats which caused Giles to yell and startle him. Which led the creature to flee, accidentally scratching Giles in the process. Elisa had returned home just in time to find Giles on the ground bleeding and a trail of blood leading out of the upstairs above theater apartments, down the staircase outside, and back into the theater proper.
It was there that she found him, standing up straight, blood over his face and front of his torso. She approached him slowly, concern written all over her face. He trilled in a low, sad tone. Her hand raised to touch his chest and he raised his hand to cover hers, his thumb gently rubbing the top of her hand and fingers. Together they went back up to the apartments before anyone could see him.
Once upstairs and in the living space hallway and out of danger of him being seen, Elisa took a moment to sign to him, gently, but firmly, “You cannot eat Gilles’ cats. They are his pets and are like family to him. If you’re hungry, I can get you food.”
Big watery eyes blinked slowly and he clumsily signed back, “Not hungry. Scared of…cat. Cat…” then he hissed quietly to mimic the sound that the cat had made at him.
In understanding, Elisa nodded and signed back, “I understand. The cats will not hurt you, they are just scared and curious like you are.”
He nodded slowly and made a fist and slowly rubbed his fist, palm facing his chest, in a circular motion and closed his eyes slowly.
“Sorry,” he signed.
Elisa smiled, reaching up to touch the jawline of his face and to stroke his cheek, letting him know that she wasn’t angry. His eyes opened, and the frills on his neck flared, light trill sounds escaping his mouth. Taking his hand in hers, she guided him back to Giles’ apartment.
It didn’t take long for Elisa to patch up Giles’ injured arm, the cuts weren’t too deep. She cleaned it with some alcohol. Though, it was almost laughable how the creature had rubbed his hand over the injury on Giles’ hand and rubbed his other hand all over Giles’ head, his skin lighting up like the night sky does on a clear summer evening. Elisa apologized to Giles, which he happily accepted with a laugh and she led the creature back to her apartment across the hall.
Elisa helped him into the bathtub and he sat down, the duckweed on the surface of the water displacing as he moved his body lower into the water, some of the water spilling out and onto the floor. Pieces of the duckweed stuck to the outside surface of the tub.
In an effort to comfort him, Elisa reached out and gently touched his arm, which suddenly lit up in those bright blue lights from earlier where her fingers graced his skin. It felt smooth, not slimy, and scales slipped under her fingers and felt like silk. She silently gasped in awe while he watched her face with a kind of timid intensity.
Feeling excited, she reached up again with both hands this time and traced her fingers over his shoulders and arms, and up his neck, tenderly…intimately. His skin lit up like brightly lit trails everywhere her fingers touched, the lights fading almost as soon as her fingers moved. Elisa’s mouth was open in a small smile of awe, marveling at how beautiful his skin was and the soft feeling of it under her hands.
Suddenly, the fins on his neck popped out, a small gasp of surprise escaping Elisa’s lips. In turn, the creature’s eyes widened and he let out a deep but quiet trill from his throat, his neck fins slowly folding back down onto his neck. Elisa looked into his eyes, searching his face with a kind of longing that she, herself, didn’t quite understand. It wasn’t until he reached up and touched her collarbone and the top opening of her blouse with his clawed fingers that she had a sudden overwhelming heated joy that frightened her blossom through her whole body.
With a timid squeak, she stood up quickly, turned around and walked out of the bathroom, closing the door behind her.
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Later that evening, she was in her nightgown, robe on, eye mask on her head, getting ready to go to sleep so she could be rested for work in the morning. She had her alarm clock in her hands and she was gazing down at it, contemplating.
That warm feeling from earlier was still inside, settled down in a deep place, causing a kind of tightness and feelings of wet joy between her thighs. Elisa set her alarm and put the clock on the side table next to the sofa where she always slept and put the eye mask over her eyes, then took pause.
“What am I doing?” Her internal voice whispered through her brain.
She shifted in her seated position and unconsciously bit her lower lip, feeling that heat grow inside. Slowly, she reached up and took the eye mask off of her head, her face beginning to flush and her eyes bursting with longing.
Elisa stood up and walked to the bathroom, opening the door and walking in slowly. The creature, who had been lounging in the tub with his eyes closed, opened his eyes the moment he heard the door pop open. He sat up just as she walked inside and he couldn’t help but stand straight up , feet still submerged in the water as Elisa untied and allowed for her robe to drop to the floor, the fabric pooling around her feet.
Deep thrumming trills filled the walls of the bathroom and grew louder as Elisa also very effortlessly slipped her nightgown off of her and that, too, landed softly on the floor at her feet. Stepping out of it, she almost seemed to glide across the small distance to the bathtub. The creature stood there, shoulders back, arms at his sides, eyes wide with passion, a tight hardening feeling starting to erupt from his groin. He had never mated with anyone before mainly because his kind were far and few between. He was also fairly young, only recently considered an adult ready for mating. In his world, his species mates for life.
Now, this human woman was making her way toward him, naked, exposed and full of wanting in her face. The creature had never considered mating with a human before…but something about this human seemed different.
Elisa was not like any other human he had ever encountered before. Her smell was different, she could communicate with him like no other humans ever had, she connected with him right away…it almost seemed like they were made for each other, regardless of them both being from very different worlds.
Before he could do anything, she was suddenly standing in the tub with him, standing so close to him, her feet in the water in front of him. He inhaled deeply, his skin suddenly glowing with that bright blue light. Her life force, her skin, her whole being was connected to him through the water. The expression on Elisa’s face made it clear that she was also experiencing him in the same way.
Almost like it was habit, Elisa reached for the shower curtain and threw it to the side, shutting them both into an enclosed space. The air in the tub space was humid and warm from the water. Several minutes went by as the both of them gazed at each other's bodies, taking each other in. A gasp escaped her throat as pleasure dripped down her thighs, that tight hard feeling taking hold in her depths.
Eliza took a step forward causing her chest to lightly touch his. With a look of wonderment, she reached up with both hands, one resting on the top of his shoulder, the other cupping his cheek as she leaned in and stood up on her toes, closing her eyes and pressing her lips against his. A deep vibration that only could have been a moan rumbled from his chest, a sticky splitting sound accompanying it. The sound caused Elisa to open her eyes just as she felt something hard and wet rub up against her inner thigh. Her gaze looked down and an exhale of excitement erupted from her. His engorged member was similar in color as the rest of his body but was just a few shades darker. The appendage throbbed and dripped in anticipation.
As if to give consent, Elisa brought her gaze back up to his, smiled, then wrapped her arms around his neck, grinding against him. His eyes shut and more deep moans vibrated from his chest. In one swift motion, he lifted Elisa up with his arms under her legs and brought her mound down on top of his erection.
Air escaped from her throat, softly moaning out. She knew that he was strong but she had no idea that he was quite like this. The creature thrusted and moved her up and down as if she weighed nothing. It started out slow but increased in speed before too long. He was just the perfect size for her, filling her over and over, hitting all of her spots, even the deep ones, perfectly. With every thrust, her muscles ached with desire for more.
With a wall shaking roar, he thrust harder and faster several times, both finally crying out in climax. Slowly, and gently, he slipped out of her, waves of fluid flowed from the both of them, pulsating in their ebbing pleasure. Instead of setting Elisa down on her feet, he picked her up in his arms and gently sat down in the tub with her, cradling her against him in the water. It was very snug inside that small tub, but somehow they both fit. Even though the water didn't cover both of their bodies completely, it was still perfectly warm for the both of them.
Yawning, Elisa nuzzled her face against the nape of his neck. Chest vibrating with that low trilling, he held her close, one of his clawed fingers drawing light circles on the soft pale skin of her arm as his eyes slowly closed. They both sighed in total contentment.
It was in that moment that Elisa was determined to stay by his side, no matter where the future would take them.
No matter the cost.