CC noticed his change of emotions. Worried she stepped towards him. A wierd feeling rushed over her as she did. Slowly wrapping her arms around his body. His skin was warm, a nice feeling.
"you okay?"
She says, softly, her voice like an angel.
"I'm… fine." Maverick puts out, feeling himself shelling back into his shield. Not now, perhaps he would tell her another time. The powerful grip on water he had just a moment ago slowly fades. His arms float awkwardly in the air, focus honing in on her soothing voice. Gently, he hugs her back. He doesn't dare to move, bracing himself for CC retracting herself from him.
"What if I just….. never let go of you?"
She says, tightening her arms around him. Her face pressing against his chest. It was wet, water droplets on both of them. She forgot how much she loved someone holding her. She felt so secure.
He chuckles, inner self jamming a happy dance. “I’d be perfectly alright with that,” Maverick honestly confesses, arms tightening. The water is rushing again, swirling and leaping around and around…
Smiling, pulling away from him a tiny bit, but not daring to let go.
"I-"
Stopping her sentence… or the start of one at least.
"do you think….. you would ever be able to swim out here?"
She wanted to know so badly.
That was the thing I was looking forward to most of all. Gosh… I love swimming, and Maverick… so why- wait what.
She quickly pushes the thought out of her head, her red face said she didn't do a very good job pushing the thought away.
( @Trix so this doesnt get lost lol)
Ryuu surprised, a little bit of happiness lit up inside of him.
"Yeah!? I agree"
He said happily. He was hoping she'd say something like that. He hoped he would get a tan though. He really hates how he looked in a tan. People said he didn't look bad, if not a little better, but he still didn't like it.
"So… do you like to swim around, or just… stare at the floor?"
He said sounding like a tease followed by a chuckle
Beatriz crossed her arms. "Moving around is lame. Unless you're swimming fast. That's fun. But I like to sit on the seafloor and pretend I'm on land. But with no breathing," she laughed. "It looks like all the fish are flying. Plus, I feel like a freaking mermaid, so that's fun, too."
"Oh? Do you want to swim fast?"
He says with a mischevious smile.
"Because we can.."
He didn't really like it, but he was actually really good at swimming. His parents made him swim when he was young. So he could get healthy, and apparently it would come in handy. Well…. now was a good time.
"Hm… alright, d'you want to race? Have an end point in mind? Just beware I will beat you," she warned him playfully.
"oh? Okay. See that stick in the water over there?"
He said as he pointed to more a log than a stick, floating around in the water.
"thats where we'll go"
He said smiling at her. She wasnt going to beat him. She might get close if she were lucky. And he wasnt going to underestimate her, especially not because she's a girl. Simply because he was stronger, more powerful, and faster. Especially in the water.
"What will the winner get…. and what will the loser have to do?"
"Winner gets ice cream, loser pays," Beatriz said simply, preparing herself quickly before remembering the tips her coach had taught her for racing. She hadn't ever lost a race before, even to her brothers, and she wasn't planning on starting now. She knew she was a lot stronger than she looked.
"oh okay… a little lame… but okay"
He said playfully.
"Get set… GO"
Pushing off of a rock in the ground, he burst through the water like a bullet. Not even bothering to look behind him. Shooting underwater, it was beautiful really. He felt like a fish swimming through the water. It did look like they were flying. But no…. he couldn't be distracted by beauty. He had a race to win.
(Jesus Christ, okay, then, I guess I'm going to have to make Bee lose, then, S I N C E Y O U I N S I S T H E ' S S O A M A Z I N G)
Smirking slightly, Beatriz started kicking, keeping her strokes even and powerful. Within a few strokes, she had caught up with Ryuu. "This'll be fun," she muttered.
(AHAHAHA I lied fite me.)
(HOW DOES SHE MUMBLE UNDERWATER) (and dont worry i have a plan)
Ryuu looks to his side, shocked that he caught up to him. He quicky swims to the bottom, the pushing himself off of the rocks. Makin him go faster than we was. Smiling to himself as he burst up, breaking the surface. Touching the log, and looking behind, Beatriz was right behind him. He was shocked that she was that close. Nobodies ever been that close to defeating him.
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shook
(SHE WASN'T UNDERWATER)
Beatriz rolls her eyes, pulling herself into the log and pushing water out of her eyes. "That's cheating. You don't get to use rocks to push yourself forward, you little cheater," she tells him, annoyed. She's not a fan of being beaten. At anything. Normally, she would take it without saying anything, but since Ryuu used an advantage that she hadn't had, she has become quite annoyed.
(oh my bad lol)
Ryuu laughed a little bit,
"we didn't lay down the rules…"
He pulled her hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear once again.
"dont worry, ill get you icecream… and ill pay"
He said somehow sounding sweet. He did cheat, but he declared himself as the loser, by buying her ice cream, not by saying he lost.
Smiling, pulling away from him a tiny bit, but not daring to let go.
"I-"
Stopping her sentence… or the start of one at least.
"do you think….. you would ever be able to swim out here?"
She wanted to know so badly.
That was the thing I was looking forward to most of all. Gosh… I love swimming, and Maverick… so why- wait what.
She quickly pushes the thought out of her head, her red face said she didn't do a very good job pushing the thought away.( @Trix so this doesnt get lost lol)
He tucks a strand of her hair out of CC's face, chest rumbling with laughter. "Why are you blushing?" Maverick's hand grazes over her cheek. "And… I think, maybe one day - I'll swim. Maybe." With you, he wanted to add.
CC looks at Mavericks eyes, her face turning even more red than before.
"i-i um….."
She stuttered, ignoring his second comment.
"i mean um-"
She suddenly ducks underwater, covered in a little ball. She had no idea why she was getting so flustered but she was,
oh golly…. what am i doing?
She thinks to herself, squeezing her eyes shut, her hair floating around her face.
Maverick tilts his head, small doses of confusion lingering in his face. Mostly, though, he was searching for CC in the vivid water. Her hair drifted over her form, masking the girl. She was so small, he realizes. His face tinges pink at how she felt in his arms.
Popping up, looking at Maverick.
"I think I got a little sunburnt…. th-that's why my face is red…. yeah"
She said to him, still stuttering.
"Um… do you know how to swim?"
She says realizing his other sentence and changing the subject.
(oh my bad lol)
Ryuu laughed a little bit,
"we didn't lay down the rules…"
He pulled her hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear once again.
"dont worry, ill get you icecream… and ill pay"
He said somehow sounding sweet. He did cheat, but he declared himself as the loser, by buying her ice cream, not by saying he lost.
Beatriz shakes her head, reluctantly smiling slightly. "No, that's not fair. I still… lost," she tells him, forcing her last word out. "I owe you ice cream now."
Ryuu smiles a little bit, then suddenly swimming back to the shore, he was going to just run to the beach house to get his wallet, then, ice cream shop. Just getting her ice cream… Simple as that.
Beatriz quickly runs inside to her room, grabbing a skirt to put over her swimsuit, as well as her purse and a hair tie, which she used to quickly put her hair up into a crown braid. Then, she walked back outside to wait for Ryuu.
Ryuu running out of his house, glancing at Beatriz then stopping in front of her.
"What flavor do you want?"
He said jogging in place, his wallet in his hand, his hair still dripping water. His freckles showing more than they did before.
Beatriz shook her head, giggling. "I think the better question is which flavor do you want," she told him, crossing her arms defiantly. "Since you won."
"Oh okay… I'll tell you if you tell me?"
He says, not jogging anymore, his blue eyes looking into hers.
Goodness why are you so stunning?
He thinks to himself while anticipating her answer. It was fine to tell her because he would get to the shop before her and buy it before she could buy him one.