Atobe's: Past, Present, and Future
Keiichi 18: Teaching
Water waved over Keiichi and his hands gently skimming the bottom before he used his feet to push off the smooth bottom and came back above the water. Sunlight blinded his now open eyes before they refocused and he was able to see that other kids playing in the pool again – a glance behind him told him he'd cleared more of the pool then he'd expected, his breathing must have been getting better.
He took a deep breath and went under again – enjoying the way the chlorine filled pool water ran through his hair and danced gently on his skin. Distantly he could hear the screaming of the other children but he ignored it. Hands skimmed the bottom of the pool again - he liked the way the bottom of the pool felt under his palms – before he resurfaced.
"Syaoran, why aren't you swimming?" Keiichi questioned the other twelve year old now that he could see again. He'd been in the deep end with the other older kids trying to dunk his Uncle Shishido when he'd noticed Syaoran was sitting alone with only his feet in the pool on the opposite side.
He watched as a un-Syaoranish blush spread over the boys cheeks before he mumbled something. "Eh?" Keiichi tilted his head – he couldn't hear what the white haired male had just said.
"I…I can't swim," Syaoran mumbled under his breath so Keiichi could just barely hear it.
There was a awkward silence for a moment before Keiichi smiled and held his hand out, "Come on – I'll teach you." Syaoran looked at the hand doubtfully for a moment before grabbing it and allowing his future wife to pull him into the pool.
Just for now he'd let Keiichi act like the man in their soon-to-be-relationship.
