A/N: Whelp. There's a storyline involved and everything.

"Being single isn't that bad." DPS reassured RL, lifting his head to the warm rays of sun.

"Like you can talk." RL laughed. "You've been with DYS for as long as I can remember."

"DYS and I didn't get together straight away! And I was around a lot longer before you got here." DPS protested. "And I was single all that time."

"Dude, we're the same age. It doesn't count."

DPS rolled his eyes, laughing and wading knee-deep into the water, despite the cold.

"How are you and DYS doing, anyway?"

DPS just smiled, biting his lower lip coyly. "We're good."

RL raised his eyebrows. "Uh-huh. That all?"

DPS nodded, wading out further until his hips were submerged.

"It's getting cold." DPS noted, and RL nodded, watching him come back in from the waves.

The sun was slowly falling, about ten minutes away from dipping below the horizon.

"We should head back."

RL heaved a sigh. Everyone else was back at the beach-house, getting ready for their annual party. Somehow that wasn't appealing.

"We're almost to the end…"

"Yeah, but it's my house. God knows what they're doing to it." DPS sighed at RL's longing look. "You can stay if you want. You've got your phone?"

RL's eyes lit up and he nodded. "I'll be back in like…twenty minutes."

"You better. We'll send a search party if you're not back in half an hour or answering your phone." DPS grinned, giving him a brief wave before jogging back down the beach.

RL sighed and continued to the cliff-face at the end of the beach. Jogging slightly, he reached the end after three or four minutes, not sure what to do with himself. He really didn't want to go back. Everyone was so happy and lovely and together and…

Oh jeez, he was starting to sound like CDS. He heaved a sigh and was about to turn around when something caught his eye – a cave.

His brows furrowing, he scrambled over the rocks to the cliff-face, which now still looked like a cliff-face. Squinting, he could tell that it wasn't the cliff wall, but rather an opening. Curious, he stepped inside.

"Hello?" RL called into the darkness.

There was no answer, and it was slowly getting darker and darker.

To; DPS

Give me like, another 20 minutes. I'll be back at 7, yeah?

Using his phone as a light, RL continued further into the cave, looking around. It was small, and a bit of a tight fit. It smelled wet and damp and like moss, something RL found quite appealing. Everything about his little expedition was so exciting and completely tore his thoughts away from having to spend the night with his friends.

There was a particularly tight part, in which RL had to get on his hands and knees to pass through, but he managed it without struggling too much.

He glanced at the time. He should really be heading back…

But he'd entered a clearing, where a lagoon was almost bubbling around the edges. The cave provided a canopy above the lagoon, but stopped and fanned out onto a secluded part of the beach.

RL was speechless. It was beautiful.

To; DPS

Can I not come home?

From: DPS

Wait, what? Why?

To; DPS

…Never mind. I'll be late. Just…don't worry about me.

From: DPS

Where are you?

To; DPS

Exploring.

From; DPS

If you're not back by eight, I'll use the GPS tracker on your phone and come hunt you down.

RL chuckled and lay down on the sand, giving a little sigh. The moon was slowly rising, casting a sapphire glow on the water. This was truly amazing.

A small splash made RL sit up, his eyes wide. He looked around, at the water in front of him and the lagoon behind him. Nothing was amiss. He lay against the sand again.

It was probably a falling rock. Or something.

He sat up again with a small huff. It was the something that he was afraid of. With a small sigh, he gently tugged the dark brown regrowth at the back of his head – a horrible habit he had picked up when his natural hair colour suddenly decided that it wanted to be brown instead of blonde.

Now that RL came to think of it, this was probably something's cave. It was their home. Oh god. What if it didn't like trespassers?

RL got up, about to leave, when the lagoon sparkled a little too blue.

Well fuck, it was a jellyfish. RL was fleeing from a jellyfish.

A very…triangle…looking jellyfish.

The fuck?

RL inched closer. If it lived in the water, there was at least an 80% chance it couldn't get him while he was on the land. The sharp, sparkling blue thing jerked a bit, and RL noticed that the blue was covered by light grey flimsy stuff. It looked gross.

What the hell was this thing?

RL leaned a little closer, using one hand to steady himself. No matter what happened, he had to touch it. It was really blue and sparkly. Even if it was a jelly-fish, the top of it wouldn't sting him. He reached out and grabbed at the thing, but it was a lot deeper than he realised.

Water played funny tricks on RL's eyes.

But the triangular blue thing had stopped moving altogether when RL's hand broke the surface of the water.

And then it disappeared.

"Damn." RL muttered. It was really pretty.

Suddenly, the water seemed to go still all in the same second, before something tanned and brown broke the surface of the water from below.

It was a man.

A/N: This is probably horribly OOC and such, but there's a reason. :)