Swimming is a valuable life skill though (forward-dated to the 5th)

[whereibelong]

Who: Xion and Aqua - observers from the Castle are welcome
Where: Castle of Departure!
Summary: Xion's shoulder needs physical therapy and she needs to learn to swim. Keymom decides this is a wonderful opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.
Warnings: Nada

[Eventually life has to return to normal, and what better way to start than for a teacher and apprentice to be working together? Only this... wasn't exactly a normal lesson. Xion's arm had been out of its cast for about a week and a half now, and in addition to being stiff and a little painful to move at certain times and in certain directions, she'd been given all sorts of instructions on what to do to get it back to normal.

Aqua had been more than happy to help when she'd found out. Xion figured the pool - which was one of the first places Aqua had suggested - would've been ideal, except for one thing... Xion didn't know how to swim.

Well as it turns out there were many things Aqua was more than happy to teach Xion.

It was a rainy day, perfect for staying inside and learning something new. Xion picked a bit at her bathing suit - which still felt kind of strange compared to any of the clothing she'd ever worn thus far - and waited for the lesson to start.]

[[ooc; Aqua and Xion will have their own thread, any observers feel free to start a new thread and one or both will tag]]

Comments

[attheclocktower]

[She shrugs]

It doesn't really bother me. We're taking a break now anyway.

[She swims over to the wall nearest him, resting her arms on the rim of the pool and leaning forward a little to catch his eye, slightly concerned]

You okay?

[terra_nullius]

Are you sure? I'd rather not interrupt anything...

[Oh, eye contact is okay. Keeping eyes up is good. Up up up go the eyes, yellow meeting blue, locking there as though somehow there was actual mechanism to keep them from going anywhere else that would be inappropriate.]

I'm fine... why do you ask?

[whereibelong]

You're acting a little different, that's all.

[Ah good, you're looking at her. She smiles back, a little sheepish but still happy. She brushes back a little wet hair out of her face.]

And I'm sure it's fine, really.

[terra_nullius]

Oh... [there go his eyes again, this time they're just darting off to the side a bit sheepishly] I'm just... I don't want to be inappropriate when the two of you are in your swimwear, that's all...

[attheclocktower]

Oh.

[And all of a sudden it's as if she realizes that there's something to be shy and awkward about. She turns slightly red and begins stammering]

I- I-I'm sure, it's okay really. I-

[And then cutting herself off with a strangled sort of noise she pulls her arms off the side of the pool and sort of sinks down until only her eyes are above water, a small stream of bubbles flowing from her nose]

[terra_nullius]

[Well, that seals it. He shakes his head, the eye contact lost, turning away.]

It's okay, I'll come back later. S... sorry. Have fun swimming...

[whereibelong]

[As he turns to leave her eyes widen and she pulls her head back out of the water, slightly panicked. Augh why were her words so fumbling and bumbling all of a sudden?]

N-no wait! You don't have to go, really. [she ducks her heat against the rim of the pool] I'm sorry-

['I'm doing really badly at this...']

[terra_nullius]

[He stops in mid-egress, though he doesn't turn around.]

... are you sure? It's no trouble, I mean...

[He rubs his face. It's odd that this is so strange. They're just in swimsuits. He knows he won't look.]

[attheclocktower]

I'm sure. Really.

[She ducks her head against the edge of the pool, looking extremely cowed]

I promise.

[For what it's worth, she's not used to being this flustered]

[terra_nullius]

[He turns around slowly, making sure his eyes stay down, until he can make contact with hers again at least.]

Okay...

[He relaxes a little. If she's okay with it, then there's nothing to worry about, right?]

What kind of swimming are you learning?