Fishman Boyfriend Levi 4 (special preview)

Your grandfather grins, grabbing your arms. “I have a surprise for Levi! Where is he?”

“He’s out swimming with baby Maris,” you reply. “What’s up? What did you find?”

“During the storm a friend of mine, Dr. Mathis, he found something washed up on shore,” he replies. “You remember him right?”

“Yeah, we grew up together,” you chuckle. “What did Leo find?”

“He said he thought it was some sort of new animal,” he says. “I got to meet her.”

You furrow your brow. “Her?”

“Kya,” you grandfather says, still speaking in clipped excited sentences.

“Grandpa, calm down,” you tell him. “What is it? Who is Kya?”

“She’s the same as Levi!” You grandfather blurts with tears in his eyes. “Levi isn’t alone in this world!”

For a moment you’re happy, but then as the information sinks in your start to feel strange. If this Kya is of Levi’s kind, wouldn’t it make more sense they were together? Wouldn’t it be better for everyone that way?

“She’s coming over with Leo,” your grandfather says. “I wanted to to surprise Levi. This is so exciting!”

“Yeah,” you murmur unsurely. “It is.”

You get dressed, still feeling dread on your shoulders. You then go to the tank, seeing Maris and Levi playing in the distance. You feel silly, but you also realize, if Kya and Levi are the last of their kind, they may need each other more than you need Levi.

Maris and Levi come to the glass and Maris grins brightly as he touches his webbed hands to the glass. You press your palms where his are then watch them rise to the surface. 

“Did you enjoy your alone time, Mama?” Levi calls down.

Maris squeaks and grunts as Levi lifts him up out the water.

“I did,” you fib gently.

Maris squirms into your arms as Levi steps off the stairs. Levi kisses you, capturing your chin so he can linger. 

“Whats up?” He asks. “You look strange.”

You sigh and look down at Maris. “Grandpa is here,” you tell him. “He says he has a surprise for you,” you say this unsurely, looking down at Maris, afraid to meet Levi’s eye.

Levi narrows his eyes. “He does? Like what?” He tilts his head to the side.

You hear the door open and your grandfather greeting Kya and Leo. “You’ll see,” you murmur as you turn to watch as Kya enters the room. You stand beside Levi, but you feel distant from him.