"Oh come on man, you gotta admit that was hilarious. And don't tell me you weren't scared mate."
Gavin snickered, not seeming fazed at all by the towel whack as he went back to Deckle's side. "This was certainly entertaining." he commented to the young woman.

Meriel turned back into her human form, wrapping the towel around her nude form.

"That was not hilarious," Kiwi grumbled, shivering a bit--he was cold. "And I was not scared..."

Deckle grinned, quite amused. "Oh my, yes. This has been quite an interesting day. By the way, your friend looks even more womanly with his hair wet."

Seeing that Kiwi was cold, Meriel took off her towel and offerred it to Kiwi, not realizing that her being nude might make the others akward.

Gavin snickered and struggled to hold back full on laughter at Kiwi's reaction, and Deckles amusing commentary. Seeing Meriel take off the towel, he 'eep'-ed and quickly tossed the second towel at her. "Put that on k?"

Gavin then had a thought. "Um...dude, what about undergarments? She can't just wear guy underwear y'know..I mean....she's not a little kid..so um...you might have a bit of a problem...."

Kiwi took the towel from her thankfully, wrapping it around himself.

At his inquiry, he blinked. Oh...duh. "I hadn't thought about that...I don't know what I'm going to do about that."

Deckle was busy studying her, thoughtfully. She dug in her pocket. "I can lend her some...hell, she can keep them."

She dangled her room key in front of Gavin's face once she found it. "Fancy taking a look through my dresser?" she teased, grinning.

Gavin grinned. Was he lucky or was he lucky?!

"Hell yeah!" Gavin cheered, turning slightly pink and drooly as his imagination took over. Undergarments of all kinds, lace, thongs, skimpy, modest..all on Deckle...yum!

Meriel blinked, tilting her head in confusion and poking Gavin. "Kiwi, why is friend acting funny?"

((hehe, sorry, I couldn't resist.))

((Quite all right. XD))

Kiwi laughed at his reaction. "He's...a little full of himself. A bit too excited about...uh...going through someone elses' clothes. He has a very wild imagination, obviously."

Deckle didn't seem disgusted or anything at all--on the contrary, she had the same reaction as Kiwi did. "Seems I've made your imagination run wild..."

Gavin straightened himself up, or did so as much as possible. Coughing into his fist, he grinned., acting as if nothing had happened. Bowing dramatically, he gestured out the door. "Well Deckle my lady fair, shall we go fetch the items for the little missy here?"

Meriel giggled a bit, even if she only understood half of what they meant or were thinking about. Looking over at Kiwi, she smiled, walking to stand beside him. "Kii!"

Deckle grinned in response, heading out the door. "Sure."

She led the way down the hallway. It wasn't too far to where her room was--seeing as she was also an employee, she had a crappy room like Kiwi did. She took a second to unlock the door and then held the door open for him this time. The only difference between her room and Kiwi's room was that she had decorated it with all sorts of art.

Kiwi watched them leave and stretched a bit, pausing to pat her on the head gently. He wandered over to his dresser and dug in it to find new clothes, tired of wearing wet, soggy clothing.

Meriel watched him curiously, facinated by human anatomy. "Kiwi...." she spoke once more.

Gavin smiled, admiring her room. "Can I stay here? My room looks like crap." he whined, pouting in what he hoped was a cute manner at Deckle. Remembering why they were there, the young man looked at the drawers and tried to figure out which one held undergarments, not sure how women organized things.

Kiwi, who'd just fetched a plain black tank top and some old jeans for himself, looked up at her.

"Hm? What is it?" he asked, smiling, holding the clothes away from him a bit so his current clothes wouldn't infect them with their dripping wetness.

Deckle chuckled. "Sure. I don't mind. And it's the bottom one, on the left. Why don't I leave this little task to you, seeing as you seemed so...excited...about it? Pick out something sea-colored, or coral-colored at the very least."

She took a seat on her bed, stretching a bit and not seeming to mind the idea of someone else rummaging through her drawers...

"Thank you Kiwi." Meriel said, smiling gently at him. The mermaid watched Kiwi and noticed he wanted the clothes he pulled out to stay dry. "I'll hold them for you." she offered, wanting to help him.

Gavin nodded and gave her a salute. "Yes ma'am." Looking through her undergarments, his mind began to wander. Although he managed to pull several things out, he stopped halway through, lost in thought. A slight trickle of drool threatened to drop onto his lap as he knelt beside the dresser, nose feeling a hint of blood seep out at the burst vessel.

Kiwi scratched the back of his head, smile still in place. "Ah, it was nothing...I just did what was natural. You're welcome, though..."

At her other comment, he nodded and handed the clothes to her while he finished drying himself off...as much as he could with his clothing still on.

Deckle watched Gavin with obvious amusement in her expression. She naturally loved to toy with men, though she was no whore. She liked this one, and planned to keep him for a while, if not permanently.

Finally snapping out of his daydreams of Deckle, Gavin rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, grinning. "Seems I got sidetracked...but..I got these ones for the missy. Are you willing to part with these?" he offered her a selection, one of the panties even a lacy, sexy kind, just so Kiwi would groan in annoyance.

Meriel held the dry clothes and watched, ready to help Kiwi if he needed it. It was strange, but Meriel wanted him to take off the wet clothes allready she wanted to satify her curiousity.

Deckle eyed them, and chuckled when he presented the rather...flimsy...one. "I am. It's not a big deal to lose just some of that fine selection I have in there..."

Kiwi seemed to sense that sort of odd vibe coming from her, and he fidgeted a bit as he finished drying himself.

"Um..." He didn't know if he wanted to ask for the clothes or ask her something else, probably about the odd vibes she was giving off. He decided to play it safe and fall silent, studying her expression, to see what she would do.

Gavin chuckled, going over to Deckle. Looking at the bed, he nodded to it in a silent question of 'May I sit?'

Meriel blinked, noticing he stopped. "Want the clothes now?" she asked, holding out his dry selection. Maybe humans just covered their old clothes sometimes?

Deckle nodded to him, in an obvious response of 'You may.'

Kiwi felt...quite awkward, in that situation, but he reached out and took the clothes.

"Uh...I should change in the bathroom...we, uh...don't usually change in front of each other..." he offered, scratching his head, hoping to make a slight move. He wasn't shy, but he didn't push it most of the time. "Unless, uh...the thought of someone changing in front of you doesn't make you feel awkward at all?"

"Why would it make people akward? I do not understand." Meriel said honestly, blinking in confusion. Now she was even more curious. Why did humans hide when getting dressed? Why did they change outfits? Mermaids rarely shed, and most creatures that did shed or change color had no shame either.

Gavin smiled, sitting beside Deckle and staying silent. After a moment, the young man leaned over to plant a kiss on the woman's cheek.

Kiwi scratched his head.

"Well...in our society, we cover ourselves up. We don't usually show...uh...any sort of nakedness to anyone but...uh...our lovers, er...mates, I guess. If it really doesn't make you feel awkward, I could change out here...but it's up to you."

Deckle grinned, allowing him to do so, leaning into the touch.

Meriel nodded, thinking the humans more and more curious by the moment. "Does it make Kiwi akward? Does Kiwi have a ...a lover to show nakedness to?" she questioned with interest, looking up into his eyes with her teal ones.

Gavin smiled, delighted that this dark-haired beauty before him was open to his advances and his company. About to ask her for permission, Gavin decided to go 'screw that' and took a chance. Leaning in, he took Deckle's cheek in his hand and placed a light kiss on her lips. He kept his mouth closed, tongue to himself. No way would he ruin the moment.

Kiwi coughed a bit, and he couldn't help going very slightly red in the face.

"Uh. No. I haven't had a lover in...uh...over a year, actually...and it kinda does make me feel awkward, but if you don't mind, I have no problem changing out here."

Deckle returned the kiss, also keeping her tongue to herself. She was pleased by how forward he was.

"You have more than one? Or you have one and not see them for a long time...that's sad!" Meriel exclaimed softly, wondering why mates would stay away for so long. Adressing his next comment, the young woman closed her eyes. "Meriel won't look, promise."

Encouraged by Deckle's mutual reply, Gavin crossed his fingers and tried to take it a bit further. Very slowly and lightly, he let his tongue slide out and gently, lightly graze Deckle's lower lip, asking if that was allright.

Kiwi chewed his lip.

"I've had...in the past, about three stable lovers. The first of them passed away--she had cancer, a very bad disease. The second left me for someone else and broke my heart. The third...uh...also passed away." He scratched his head. He was never really comfortable telling other people about his third lover. He'd never even told Gavin.

When she closed her eyes, he made a quick decision. "It's okay--I don't mind if...uh...you look, really. I'll be fine.

Deckle very easily slid her mouth open, amused, and granted him entry. She didn't even have any tint of redness to her face--no blush at all. She obviously was not the shy type.

Meriel didn't understand what had happened fully, but she knew he loved 3 different people, and each of them was lost to him. A sad expression on her face, the mermaid put his clothes aside and stepped closer. Taking her arms, Meriel hugged Kiwi close, wanting to help. "Meriel is sorry. Kiwi must feel much pain. Meriel wants to make Kiwi happy."

Gavin was thrilled! Deckle seemed to not be upset at all. Cupping her cheek and stroking her back, the brown haired male slipped his tongue inside her mouth slowly, tasting her.

Blinking, Kiwi returned the hug, gently stroking her hair. "I'm okay...I'll be fine, I promise," he assured her, flashing her a smile.

He glanced down at his soggy clothes, shifting uncomfortably in them. "Uh...are you sure you don't mind me changing out here?"

Deckle wasn't bothered at all. In fact, she copied his actions, not being totally submissive. She was never fully submissive, in anything she did.

"Meriel is ok if Kiwi is ok." came her answer, smiling gently back. Pulling away, the girl let him choose, not wanting him to be uncomfortable anymore.

Gavin smiled into the kiss, liking her less than submissive nature. Therefore, he decided to face her off in a tongue war.