"Zack…I don't like this…"
Zack laughed, clapping his blond friend on the back. The blond stumbled forward, glaring bitterly at his friend.
"Come come Cloudy, this is mere fun."
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you just wish to see Fox near naked. Is that my shirt?"
Zack glanced down at the white sleeveless, but ignored Clouds question. The shirt was to big for the boy anyways.
"After living with her, I have no attraction for her… Though, she is gorgeous."
"That is my shirt!" Cloud hissed. He didn't want to listen to Zack's excuses. He made new ones up every time Cloud was dragged down here.
"Oh, dammit Cloud! To hell with the shirt!" Zack glared at his friend and began to pull it off, throwing it in his face. "Happy?"
Cloud smirked, draping it over his shoulder. "Yeah." In truth, he only mentioned it to make the older boy mad.
"Ah, there they are! This way Chocobo."
Zack grabbed Clouds arm, pulling him towards a forest of bushes near the shoreline. The ran the quickest they could, in their crouched position, and dove into the bushes. Well, Zack dove. Cloud was more of… pulled violently down by the larger boy.
"O-"
"Hushhh!" Zack clapped his hand over Clouds mouth, glaring. He could hear Fox dive into the water, and fell Ivy's eyes peering about.
Cloud and Zack had come down here before. They had always hidden in the bushes, and Zack would whistle and giggle in a teasing way as Fox swam. They had never seen Ivy down here. Cloud was afraid she would drown one of them. If so, he hoped it was Zack. Cloud hadn't wished to come down, after all.
Cloud picked up his head, his long blond hair falling in his face. Both young men had decided to keep their hair out of the usual spikes today, for as large and tall as the bushes were, the spikes would not have been hidden well. The blond boys eyes followed the black head of his friend. Zack had crawled off into a different part of the brush, and Cloud was positive a grin was painted on his face. He heard giggles coming from him.
But, they didn't last long.
"Dammit Flame!" A shrill screech broke out. Zack let out a cry, and began to turn around, running back towards Cloud. Before he even got a foot, he was back on his stomach, being dragged back. Zack's hands tried to grasp of anything, and everything. He gave Cloud a pleading look. Cloud, though, merely shook his head in disgust.
"Bu-! IVY! No, no, no! IT WAS CLOUD! He did it!"
"I cannot believe that he would do such a thing. YOU did it, Flame! You're the one with the friggen criminal record. Cloud!"
There was a splash, as Zack disappeared from the bushes. Cloud couldn't help but laugh, and stand carefully.
Ivy Sky glared at him, in her to large, black t-shirt. Apparently she had had no plans on getting in the water, for it looked as if she still had her socks on.
"What the hell-" She seemed to be pushing a black blob under the waters surface. The blob, Zack, was struggling furiously. "Were you thinking?! Letting him out of the H-"
She didn't finish, for she was suddenly pulled under the water. Fox had stopped her swim to look at them, her skin taking in the light off the water. She looked utterly confused.
For a brief moment, Zack appeared, gasping for air and grinning like a maniac. "Woo! The wonderful Sky, down to the darkness of the lake! I am-"
He let out a loud 'ouph' and was falling under.
