Pool, Wednesday, Early Evening

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy led the way down to the pool, after he'd made a quick stop at his room for swim trunks and a towel. "So," he said to Sky, "want to swim laps? Or do some dives? Or...?"

[Troy's here with Sky, but open for all your pool-like needs!]

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[redintraining.livejournal.com]

"Er," said Sky, who still had on a t-shirt in addition to his swim trunks, feeling suddenly nervous about taking it off. "I'll hop in and see if I don't drown first, how does that sound?" He was only half joking.

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy maybe rolled his eyes a little, stripping off his shirt and tossing it and his towel to the side. "You'll be fine," he said, diving smoothly into the water from the edge of the pool and surfacing a few meters in.

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

Sky stretched a few times, slowly and carefully put his towel next to Troy's, purposely dawdling. Then, knowing it was inevitable, he finally peeled his shirt off and slipped in the pool.

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy was hard-pressed not to stare, but he managed, somehow, keeping himself treading water and grinning. "See, that wasn't so hard, was it?" he asked, before angling down into the water and swimming easily closer to Sky. "Just let the water support you. You said you'd been swimming before, for conditioning and stuff, right? So you should have the basics down."

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I know," said Sky, somehow not sure how to tell Troy that it was the 'being shirtless around him' part and not the 'I haven't been swimming in a while' part that was making him nervous. Finally, he turned over and floated on his back, doing a few backstrokes before simply floating there.

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy swam there for a second beside Sky before swimming away again. "I'd forgotten how much I like being in the water," he said. "I haven't done it much since I got here. Just never really found the time, I guess."

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

"This is really relaxing," Sky admitted, flipping right-side up and swimming to the other side of the pool. "And quite a good workout, too."

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." Troy followed after Sky, as moving as silently through the water as he could. When he got close enough, he 'pounced' on the other boy, at least as well as one can pounce in water.

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

Sky yelled with surprise when Troy did this, and perhaps flailed a little, before turning to look at him.

"Whoa, sorry. You scared me."

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy grinned. "That was kind of the plan," he said. "Sorry, I guess I couldn't resist. I get a bit playful in the water."

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

"That's alright," said Sky, rubbing the back of his head. "Could've been worse, I suppose."

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

"C'mon," Troy added. "I'll race you to the other side of the pool?"

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

"Sure thing," said Sky, knowing he was probably going to lose, but getting ready to try anyway.

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

"Okay," Troy said, getting himself ready against the edge of the pool. "On three. One, two, three!" And with a swift motion, he launched himself, and began pulling himself along with strong, smooth strokes.

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

Sky took off after Troy, able to keep pace with him, which he was pleased to be able to do. Being beaten at basketball was embarrassing enough to him.

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy grinned, not pushing the pace too much, but still trying to pull ahead a little.

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

Oh, no you don't, Sky thought, pushing harder and actually getting ahead now.

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Oh, really? Troy thought, pushing even harder, but only managing to pull up even with Sky, not getting ahead.

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

And unfortunately, this was not enough, as Sky reached the other side first. He straightened up and gripped the side of the pool, feeling a little taxed by the unfamiliar motions of swimming, but overall still very good. He smiled over a Troy.

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

As Troy pulled up to the side of the pool, he grinned back at Sky. "Nice!" he offered. "I guess that means you win a prize."

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Sky said, then smirked. "What kind of prize?"

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy smirked back, and moved in a little closer, inching along the side of the pool. "I dunno," he replied. "What kind of prize do you want?"

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

"Er," said Sky uncertainly. He went a little red.

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy leaned in a little more, getting in quite close, before leaning in to brush his lips against Sky's. "There," he said. "Your prize."

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

"I'll take that, certainly," said Sky.

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy grinned. "I'd hoped you would," he said, a bit softly. "I'm glad."

[redintraining.livejournal.com]

"... Me, too," said Sky.