[Nathan and Natalie]

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Nathan
Age: 21
Small bio: When Nathan was born, his mother was hoping for twins, or a girl, that's why he and his sister have similar names. None the less, Nathan loves his sister very much and does what he can to keep her out of trouble.
He also has similar feelings towards a childhood friend of his, often getting into fights with mermen who hurt her or seem to be taking advantage of her.

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Natalie
Age: 19
Small bio: Natalie is a young and adventurous mermaid who loves to read about the humans without the permission of her parents. She just likes the stories they come up with, and secretly wishes to meet one someday.

Nathan and Natalie often shared a room in their home, seeing how his younger sister hadn't grown out of that phase. He didn't mind much, unless he awoke to find his sister in his bed. That had happened a couple of times. This morning, Natalie woke before her brother and found herself swimming over to his bed to watch him sleep. She gently moved some of his short hair out of his face. She knew Sirene had feelings for her brother, and he had feelings as well, even if not romantically. He was always flirting with other mermaids, but he never took any of them seriously.

After a while, Natalie began to poke his skin. "Natti~" She cooed gently. "We're going out with Sirene today, time to get up." She spoke. Nathan slowly opened his eyes and yawned before sitting up. The two of them got ready, then left the house to meet with their friend.

Arriving at their friends house, Natalie was the first to notice how all the lights were off and it didn't look like Sirene had even gotten out of bed. Nate shared a glance with his twin before knocking on the door. "Sirene, you alright in there?" Natalie called inside. They had plans today, and she was probably moping from yet another break up. She hoped she was wrong.

Natalie frowned and glanced at her brother. Nathan rolled his eyes and knocked once more. "You should know better, we aren't leaving you like this." He spoke through the door, being more stubborn than most days. He wanted to track the low life down and hit him, but thought against it. After waiting a short bit, Natalie shook her head and swam off to her hidden cove, no one knew where it was except her. Nathan stayed.

Nathan rose an eyebrow, and rolled his eyes a little. "Sirene, let me in. Nat swam off a few minutes ago. Fun or no fun, we care about you." He said a bit seriously, pretty much telling his friend that he wasn't going to leave, unless she said it to his face. Sure, he liked to flirt with other mermaids but only because he didn't feel he was her type. He wasn't out of a romance novel..

Nathan sighed inward and rested his forehead against her door. "I'm begging, don't pish us away anymore.. Natalie doesn't deserve it. One of these days she's just not going to come back." He said to her softly. "And.. I hate seeing you like this. If I'd a known you keep going for guys that hurt you.. I would've just come out and told you how I really felt.." He closed his eyes and breathed slowly. So what if he got rejected. "None of those other mermaids meant anything. Ever. They were just used to try and fill the spot for you, cause I didn't think you'd go for it.. I'm nothing like the guys from your novels.." He just kind of kept talking I'm hopes she'd open the door.

Nathan slowly lifted his head when the door began to open. He was looking at her with soft eyes and a small, shy smile was barely visible along his lips. "What's not to like? You've always been there for me.. You know how to keep me from getting tossed into a cell, I'm always happy or at ease around you. You're an amazing cook and even I can't resist your singing. But.. I'm hot tempered, over protective and always getting into trouble. I only wanted you to find someone better than me." He explained softly, glad that his sister wasn't around to tease him later.

Nathan wrapped his arms around her, and squeezed her gently when she tried to move away. He brushed some of her long hair aside and gently lifted her chin so she'd look at him. "Are you kidding? Who else is going to give her something to dream about?" He asked, referring to the novels she shared. Natalie didn't even start thinking about love until Sirene shared one of her books with her. She was too busy following their mother around like a baby sea horse. She had a life outside of their mother because of Sirene.

Nathan touched his forehead to hers and placed his hands on her shoulders as he gazed into her gorgeous eyes. "You're everything I ever dreamed about.. I didn't want to be rejected by the only mermaid that would've meant something.. So, I kept quiet." He murmured quietly before pulling back some. "As for Nat, you could start by finding her secret hideout." He chuckled, brushing his lips against her forehead.

Nathan smiled a little and easily returned the kiss. "Hey.. Let's not tell her just yet..okay?" He voiced calmly, not sure how she'd react after fleeing from the scene. Nathan nodded at her question and touched their noses together. "Go clean up." He said gently, indicating he wasn't going anywhere.

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Natalie was holding her jewelry box in her lap, sitting on a slumped rock like chair and sorting her shells. She had a large collection of sea shells, pearls, sand dollars and other things she could use to make an assortment of jewelry.