I chuckled. “Our symbiotic flowers are responding to each other. You aren’t turning me into a water monster, are you?” I said jokingly. He panicked and immediately pulled back his hand. Then, he looked at me, anxiously. He actually believed it. 

I looked at him playfully and asked, “Why are you panicking? What if I can turn you into a human?” 

He was stunned. There was a glimpse of pain in his huge fish eyes as he gazed into my eyes affectionately. A droplet rolled down from his eyes. No one knows if that was a tear or water droplet. 

I looked at him for a very long time. The flower patterns on the back of my hand were warm. I reached out to stroke his wet, slimy face. “Wait until Raffles is back. He will surely find...