A/N- Please review and leave comments on how I can make the story better. I feel as though it is going very slow. Thanks.
River's POV
I woke up to the feel of someone rubbing my back in a circular motion. Forgetting were I was, I snapped up and slung a punch at the person responsible. Kid grabbed my arm in a gentle but firm grip to stop the punch from hitting him in the groin. "It's ok," he whispered into my arm and guided my arm back to my side. "I didn't know you would react that way. If I had, I wouldn't have started doing it."
"It's ok. I'm the one who over reacted," I said sitting up and stretching. I then got up and went into the bathroom for a shower and to take care of other necessities. When I came out, Kid was setting up a breakfast at the counter. "What's this?" I ask as I walked over to him.
"Breakfast. I stepped out a few minutes before you woke up and got it from Waffle House." He then pulled out the chair and offered it to me. I then sat down and he went back to the bed and turned on the TV, quickly skipping past channel twenty-one.
"After I'm done eating I'm going to go swimming," I said between bites.
He looked at me with a smile and said, "Ok. I'm coming with, but I won't be swimming."
I chuckled as I got up and took my dishes to the sink. "You do know that I might be able to persuade you into the water," I said wiggling my eyebrows. I actually plan on calling him to the side of the pull and pulling him in. His eyebrows shot up to his hairline as he got a completely different image. I laughed, grabbed my bathing suit, and went into the bathroom to change.
Kid's POV
I watched as River grabbed her black bikini and sashayed into the bathroom. I couldn't believe what she just said. I didn't want to swim because I didn't want to look like a fool in-front of her, but the more I thought of it, the more I wish I had grabbed my swimming trunks. "I am such an idiot," I said under my breath and went to tell the others that we're going to the pool.
"CAN I COME," Patty squealed as she jumped off of the bed and ran to the door.
"Sure."
"Yay," she quickly ran and got her own bikini and went into the bathroom to quickly change.
"You're all welcome to come, just meet us at the pool," I heard River say behind me. When I turned around I saw that she had her bath robe on and a bag of things she would need in one hand. I noticed that she still had sunscreen on her face and I subconsciously reached up and finished rubbing it in. She looked at me and then grabbed my hand and led me to the pool.
Once there, she pulled off her robe and I had to quickly stop myself from gaping at her exposed flesh, and failing miserably. "I'm going to sit over here," I said taking a seat next to where she had set her bag.
"Ok," she said, diving into the deep end of the pool. I watched as she started a slow breast stroke and did laps around the pool until the others got there. After a few minutes of them playing a game with a beach ball, River swam over to where I was sitting. "Kid, can you come here real quick, I think I have a cut on my back."
I got up and went to the side of the pool. As I leaned over to look at her back, River grabbed my hand and pooled me into the pool. I was completely stunned as I came above the water, coughing unceremoniously. She laughed and quickly swam away as I lunged at her. "You deceitful little pixie," I shouted as I chased her around the pool. I quickly caught up to her and grabbed her around the waist as she squealed. "Hold your breath," I whispered into her ear. Once I was sure that she had a tight seal, I dunked her head under the water. She then slipped out of my hold and swam behind me, kissed the small of my back, and popped back up.
She was laughing and that was like music to my ears. She then dived back under the water and swam to the stairs. When she reached our table she pulled a speaker out of her bag and turned on the Eagles Hotel California. With a sad smile she dived back into the pool.
River's POV
I got out of the pool and turned on my Eagles music. I gave a sad smile as the intro to Hotel California began and I dived back into the pool. My mother used to play these songs all the time and I loved to hear them. Now more than ever before. I came up beside Kid and hugged him. "Aren't you gonna go change into your swimming trunks now," I asked giving him a kiss just below his ear. I received a shudder from him before he disentangled from my arms.
"I don't have any swimming trunks or shorts to change into, but I do need to get out of these wet clothes," he said pulling away. "So if you'll excuse me." He then got out of the pool and grabbed the room key. I sighed and swam over to Liz.
"Why doesn't he like swimming," I asked staring off in the direction that Kid disappeared.
"We don't really know why. Just that he never has swam around us," she was also staring.
I shrugged and swam away. I was trying to understand everything that had happened to me in the past few days. I want to understand why me, of all people. What did I do to deserve this torture? I spent a good portion of the day at the pool. Kid soon came back out and the others went back in. I was about to do another lap when Kid came to the edge of the pool and offered me some water and a hamburger from Whataburger. "Here. Eat something," he said gently. I pulled myself out of the water and wrapped a towel around me. The sun was just about to set and I was still no closer to understanding anything that had happened. I took the hamburger and ate it along with the fries that he had left at the table. He took another towel and began to dry my hair. It felt good and when he accidentally brushed his fingers against my neck I gave a little moan.
After I finished eating we went back into the motel room and prepared for tonight. We were finally going after the kishin who had destroyed my life, who had taken everyone who had meant something to me before I joined the DWMA. I pulled on my combat boots and made sure that the blades hidden there didn't stick as they released. Retracting them I turned to look at Kid. "You ready?"
"Yeah." He came over and placed his hands on my shoulders. "We will get it," he said, penetrating my mind with his sharp golden eyes. "I promise." He then kissed me on the forehead and pulled me into a hug. "I promise," he whispered again in my ear.
Kid's POV
I don't know how to explain it, but something was off with River. She seemed more determined than ever. My major fear right now is losing her to a stupid move on either of our parts. My mind kept going through all of the possible outcomes of this night. I knew that we had to get the kishin. I would not stop until it was dead. But the main worry on my mind right now was if River will live long enough to be happy again.
A/N- Sorry if it seemed a bit rushed. I plan on making the next chapter when they hunt the Kishin because I have yet to have any night time activities. Please continue reading and I hop you enjoy. I would love to hear any commentary and a shout out to November Novels for being the first one to leave a review and give me any sort of idea on how to continue. Have a lovely how ever many days it takes me to put up the next chapter. Until then, peace.