I am brought back to realty by the feeling of water against my legs. The tide must have gone up. Looks like the suns up too. Other than the water on my legs I feel quite warm. I go to sit up only to feel arms pull me down. I turn my head and see that it's Alberto. He also has his legs around mine.

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His legs have scales. That's cool. They are very beautiful. I wanna touch them but I'm too lazy to. Feeling safe and warm I drift off to sleep again.

Albertos POV

I feel hot breath against my chest. It takes a second to register where I am. But when I do I smile. I'm with her. On the beach. Together. On the beach. On the beach. On. The...beach.  The beach is wet. It's morning. She's here. I'm a sea monster. Who changes when I get wet. Oh no oh no oh no. I quickly scoot back careful not to wake her. I look at my legs and they are changed. What if she saw? She'd hate me. No one likes sea monsters. I quickly wipe off the water and watch as my legs change back. I sigh in relief but I jump a little when I hear her move.

Back to y/n's POV

I feel lots of movement from my side so naturally I wake up. As soon as I start to move Alberto stops. I sit up and open my eyes to find Alberto frozen in place staring at me. I shy away and move my face out of his view to which he slowly puts his palm on my cheek and move my face to look at him. He still has a surprisingly unreadable expression. Their are so many emotions it's hard to tell.

"Is there something on my face? Does my hair look bad? What's wrong?" His staring made me nervous.

"No I uh everything is perfect. I mean fine. I just wanted to look at you."

"Oh I see. We should probably head back. Don't want to miss your practice."

"Yeah I guess. But won't your family be looking for you?"

"Eh no not really. I'm usually out late like this."

"Is it because of your...job?"

"Yeah. Sometimes people will just want me to sleep over and cuddle them. So I can basically be paid for being a friend."

"I can see why people would want you as a friend."

"Oh yeah?... whys that?"

"Well your pretty. And kind. Protective and strong. And you give good cuddles." I laugh at the last part and playfully punch his shoulder.

"Oh well I guess your cool too I guess" I stand up as I say that and I see a offended look on his face

"Hey! I'm amazing I'll have you know!"

"Uh huh.. sure. Totally agree. Definitely." I start walking home waving my hand over my head as I hear Alberto storming after me. I softly shake my head as I feel a hand slide in mine and interlocks out fingers. With that we walk home in peaceful silence.

After we got home they all started training again. And the day after that and more days after that. Basically every hour was spent training. I'd mostly stay and keep Alberto company while Luca and Giulia were training. Alberto and me would take walks after training and basically do anything. Some nights we'd have really deep conversations while others the conversations were light and fun. It seemed like whatever I was doing with him was always fun and comforting. I wonder if this is what...l- no. You can't love remember. Last time you did. No matter how young or foolish you were. Love hurts. It's pain. Nothing good comes from it. Ever.

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Hello. Sorry that this took so long to come out. I've been busy and will be busy for the next couple weeks. But I will try and work on the writing as much as I can. Once we finish the movie part of this fic. Then more intimate things will happen between you and Alberto. Sorry for making you all wait. Have great days and nights. Thank you all for the support and see you all in the next chapter