Chapter 266 - Ocean – The Tournament Part 2

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Ocean

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We had just arrived at the place that we were to be waiting until the tournament officially started. Almost the exact moment, I heard someone that I didn't know calling out to someone that I knew very well.

"Makai!" The voice sounded almost shocked, like they weren't sure they were seeing this person. "Makai!" It was almost like my boyfriend just didn't notice that someone was calling his name over and over again. "Makai!"

Finally, after three times, the voice seemed to have penetrated the obliviousness that Makai had wrapped around himself for some reason. I don't know what had him so distracted right now, but he just didn't seem to notice this person at first. When he did, though, he spun around and started looking for who was calling for him.

I admit, I had not seen the person that was calling his name over and over again. There were too many people around us for me to know where the voice was coming from right away. I was already betting that Makai recognized the voice and knew who it was that was calling out to him. I could tell that he knew the person because I could clearly see the recognition in his eyes.

Who was this person? What did they want? How did they know Makai? There were just way too many questions inside my head at the moment. I didn't know what I was going to do right now, but I knew that I was not exactly feeling very good about this situation.

"Wh..what?" Makai called out as he looked around. Was that excitement or apprehension in his eyes? It was almost like a mix of both. It was really hard to tell what was going on with him right now.

"Makai!" The voice called again and broke through the crowd around us.

The person that I saw completely took me by surprise and that was nothing compared to the way that Makai looked at the moment. He had most definitely not expected this person to run up and hug him the way that they did. 

Who did this person think they were? They were running up and hugging someone else's boyfriend. Not just their boyfriend but their fiancé. What the hell was going on here?

"U..uhm, wh..what's going on h..h..here?" I stuttered the words out as I looked at this person with their arms wrapped around Makai's neck.

I was definitely feeling intimidated right now. I mean, this guy that was hanging off of Makai was taller than me by at least three inches. He had perfect looking blonde hair that was styled to perfection even though it didn't look like there was a drop of gel or anything else in his hair. His eyes were a beautiful share of hazel that just seemed to shine. And his tanned complexion made it clear that he spent a lot of time outside, being athletic. Oh yeah, and that swimmer's physique was perfect.

I immediately hated the asshole. I just wanted him to go away. And he was acting like there was nothing at all wrong with what he was doing. There was only one small positive in all of this. Makai wasn't hugging him back and actually looked quite uncomfortable in the situation he was in.

"T..Trent?" Makai tried to push the man off of him. "What are you doing? Why are you here?"

"Why am I here? I made it to the nationals of this little tournament. I should have guessed that you were going to find another school to swim with and that you would end up here too. I am so glad to see you. I was upset when you left."

"Why? We broke up over a year ago. We weren't dating when I left." Makai was actually starting to look angry right now since this guy, Trent, just didn't seem to know how to take a hint. He was not letting go of Makai who clearly wanted him to let go.

"Oh, come on baby. You know I was trying to win you back for ages before you left. Of course, I would be upset that you left me like that."

"I didn't leave you. I moved away with my parents." Makai, still very much annoyed, pushed Trent again.

" What is the matter with you, Makai?" Trent finally let him go and took a step away from him. "Why are you acting like this?"

"Because he doesn't want you hanging onto him." I said as I stepped forward and pulled Makai closer to me. I wrapped my arms around him and held him against me.

"And who the hell are you?" Trent asked with pure anger in his voice. "What the fuck do you think you're doing with my Makai?"

"Your Makai?" I asked him with a laugh in my voice. "Oh, that is funny. I can't believe that you are so fucking dense. He isn't your Makai, asshole. He's mine." And with that, I grabbed Makai's face, pulled him toward me and pressed my lips to his."

That was probably the best and worst decision I could have made at the moment. I mean, it reaffirmed a lot of things for us. That Makai was mine. That I loved him. That we were together. And that Trent should keep his fucking hands to himself.

However, kissing Makai like I did, had just done actually made just about everyone in the immediate area around us gasp in shock. The guy named Trent and all the teammates that he had with him were shocked and Trent was furious. Several of the other teams around us that weren't involved in our little situation looked pissed off and disgusted. And several people, like Faith and Jenell, were cheering and squealing like we were some sort of movie that had just come to the best part.

Makai didn't seem to mind the kiss, and that was all that I cared about. When I broke the kiss and pulled back, there was a happy smile on Makai's face. He always did like it when I made the move to kiss him. Well, this was definitely a move. And it was a show of dominance over that fucking asshole that was trying to stake his claim on my man.

"This is bullshit. What the hell do you think that you're doing? Do you know who I am? Do you know what I am?" That last question was whispered so that only me and Makai could hear what Trent was saying.

I don't know what this man's problem was. How was it that he just couldn't get what was happening through his head. Was he stupid? Well, judging by the way that he was acting, I would say that the answer to that question was a resounding yes. But was there more to it? Was there a reason that he asked me those specific questions? I had a feeling that there was.

"Hmm, let me think about this for a moment, Trent." I rudely dragged out his name to make it sound more like an insult than a name. "I think that I can figure out the answers that you want. Hmm, let's see. Who are you? Well, I would guess that you are Trent, Makai's ex boyfriend and that you weren't worthy of my boyfriend's love and affections. That is why there is that lovely little ex in front of the word boyfriend. And let's see what are you? Well, besides a spineless urchin and an asshole, I would venture a guess that you are very much like Makai and myself." I winked at him so that he would know what I was getting at. Yeah, I knew what he was. I could see the trident mark on his arm just below his sleeve. He was most likely a merman just like Makai was. And there was no reason that this fucking asshole needed to know that I was a Siren. That was a secret anyway.

"You know what, asshole, I don't fucking like you. I think that you are an arrogant little shit that needs to let go of Makai." He lowered his voice and got right into my face then so that his words were only heard by me and Makai. "I told Makai ages ago that he was my mate. We're bound together. You can't have him. He's mine. So get your grubby little fins off of him."

Oh wow, this guy was fucking dense. He really thought that Makai was his. Hmm. Well, I just wonder what he is going to do when he sees that Makai is taken for real. That he had a real mate and not just some asshole that wanted to possess him. I was starting to see just why Makai left him. I mean, how dense could someone get. He just told Makai that he was his mate? Is he an idiot? It's not like you can make something like that be true. That isn't how it works.

Hahh! This was going to be a long competition now, wasn't it? I could just see it now. All three days of this competition we were going to be dealing with this asshole and his jealous obsession with my man. He was going to be whining to Makai for leaving him and he was going to be raging at me for thinking that Makai was mine.

Well, that is unless I put an end to it a lot sooner than that. All we needed to do was prove to him that he was wrong about everything.. And we needed to do it without any of these other people around us knowing what was going on. That wasn't a taxing challenge at all, now was it?