Silkie's Owner (Part 5)

"mmmm" sniffing she jumped up and ran for the kitchen, feeling her stomach that was growling loudly.

Creeping into the kitchen, she found Vincent already up and frying some mackerel. Knowing she was originally a seal he guessed that mackerel would be the best option and he didn't want to risk giving her food poisoning.

"Vince?" he jumped as he saw the girl slouched next to him with her arm pointing at the pan. Seeing how her hair was messed up and the small traces of drool on the side of her face he chuckled.

"It's mackerel. It's a fish so you should be able to eat it." he stated flipping the fillets over in the pan.

"Mackerel! Mmm..." she crouched watching them cook in anticipation, "Vince?"

"what?" he replied as she grabbed his waist tightly, "woah! What's up?"

Snuggling into his side she rubbed her head onto his shoulder before going to sit at the table. Watching her closely as he didn't want a repeat of yesterday's incident he realised she was also staring at him. Blushing, he turned his head back to the pan.

"Here you go," he placed the plate in front of her as she began scoffing the food down, "Hungry?"

"mmm! mmm!" she struggled to describe the meal to him but smiled cheerfully and swallowed down the mouthfuls of food.

"I need to leave tomorrow but we can do whatever you want today..." he proposed as she nodded her head not knowing what he was talking about.

"Vince," she stated rubbing her cheek against him.

"Why do you keep doing that?" he stated becoming slightly flustered at the repeated affection.

Nodding her head, he sighed and rubbed his forehead realising she had no clue what he was saying and was merely nodding her head to appease him.

"It wasn't a yes or no question..." chuckling he rubbed her hair as she chirped happily in agreement, "I guess we can just watch TV that's how every other person who entered human society learned the language and how to behave like a human, so it'll probably work?"

After she cleaned her plate he sat her on the couch and switched on the TV which she jumped at in confusion. Quickly getting used to it she leaned closer and screen. Laughing at her he changed the channel to an animal programme thinking it would engage her more before leaving the room to work online.

Patiently, she crouched on the sofa and stared at the screen for hours breaking in between to eat and check on Vincent. Returning to the room he noticed she had snuggled up on the couch and the remote was laid next to her all taken apart.

"Geez, I should have known you'd get bored..." he sighed, picking her up and carrying her back to her room. Laying her on the bed he felt a sudden urge to also lie down next to her and sleep.

Since when was the last time he wanted to sleep he had constantly thought sleep was a waste of learning and advancing time but if it was with her...

" maybe it won't be so bad, just for a while..."

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*BZZz BZZz*

"Urghh, shut up..." he yawned, covering his ears with a cushion.

*BZZZ BZZZ BZZZZ BZZZZZZZ*

"Arghhh! Whoever this is?!" He jumped out of the bed after sleeping through the whole night to find his assistant at his door holding a time sheet.

"Umm..." the assistant looked up and down at the man who refused to be seen unkempt however was now looking like a desheveled cat ready to lash out.

"Well?!" he glared annoyed that his sleep was disturbed and agitated at the fact he was most likely getting called to go back to work which meant he wouldn't see Silkie for some time.

"As you know you only took two days off so I'm here to collect you as it would seem your... Late?" he queried at his eyes slanted in confusion. A beautiful girl crept up behind his boss and he inferred it may be time to leave.

"Vince?" she nuzzled her head as she glanced at the other person standing in front, "oooh assistant!!"

"Ahh yeah" the assistant awkwardly smiled as she skipped out about to greet him before being dragged inside by Vincent.

"You. Leave. Now." he sternly ordered as his assistant waved off and sat in the car to wait, he knew his boss would undoubtedly be there soon.

"Silkie I need to go soon, so wait here I'll have people guarding you tomorrow but for today I need you to just stay inside and watch TV or something..." he hurriedly stated as he rushed to get ready.

"..." she stared in silence as she watched him ramble on whilst grabbing his tie and blazer.

" OK? " he asked as she nodded unsure what he was talking about. Rubbing her hair he kissed her forehead," Bye, I won't be too long so wait."

Running out the door he gave a slight wave and she watched the car speed of into the distance, "Vince?"

Biting her lip, she clenched her eyes shut convincing herself he hadn't just abandoned her. Pacing around she sat on the couch but soon felt fidgety and began twitching and wandering around the house looking for something to do.

"ughhh... Vince..." she sighed, looking out of the balcony into the sea. Flinching, she fought with her desire to go back to the sea. Looking around, she decided it was okay if he never found out.

Sprinting down to the beach, she felt the sand sink between her toes as the cold water splash on her feet. Laughing, she splodged into the water before diving deeper into the deep blue.

Small fish swam past her as she snapped her jaw viciously at them and pushed herself forward in an attempt to catch them. After a few hours of swimming about and grazing on the sea's inhabitants she surfaced to find herself far out at sea.

Gulping, she swam towards the coast but quickly found herself panicking and starting to choke on water. Coughing, she splashed her arms frantically before submerging below the water and sinking deep below the surface.

"... Ince..." she breathed as the light faded from her veiw. If only she had listened to what he said and not acted on impulse maybe this wouldn't have happened. Was this her punishment for being greedy and wanting to get closer to her most precious person.