It's summertime, so my fifth request was written to reflect that~! It was requested by sacred-shine on tumblr.
Pairing: Mastermind/Sakra Devanam
POV: Third Person

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. Add spent the time his date used to try on bathing suits organizing every clothing rack nearby by color, and by listed size. Small, medium, large, extra large. It wasn't that he was bored; he was actually having fun doing what he was. Ara had asked him if he wanted to go out with her today, and since he hadn't been doing anything else, he pretended to begrudgingly accept his lady's request, which earned him a joking punch in the shoulder blade and a kiss on the neck (why the neck kisses; he was so weak to them aagh).

"What do you think of this one?" Add's attention was drawn to Ara's room, and the Sakra Devanam did a goofy pose. She was wearing a white halter-top bikini with light orange polka dots all over it. The swimsuit had large, light orange frills around the seams. Honestly, it looked adorable on the young woman's figure, and the Mastermind made a point to dramatically cross his arms and look her up and down before giving his approval.

"It looks good on you. Then again, I believe I'm horribly biased." Ara laughed at his comment, and he continued. "I'll admit I'm not a huge fan of the frills, though. They're a little obnoxious."

The martial artist nodded in agreement. "We're on the save wavelength, then; I like the style and colors, but the frills are a major turn off. Oh, well. I still have the plain orange one piece I really liked. Why not try on some swim trunks, though?"

"Do you really want to look at my reflective skin that badly?" They laughed. "To be honest, I'm not huge on swimming. Kinda can't. But! If a certain lovely lady wouldn't mind teaching me, then maybe I'd reconsider.

Ara brightened and zoomed back into her dressing room, slamming the door. Sure he'd finally convinced someone to teach him how to swim (just in case), Add went to picking out a few trunks he liked. There were a few purple ones with little circuit designs on them, and a couple white ones with tiny cat heads. Deciding against the cat heads (lest his lady laugh at him and not in the good way), he grabbed a pair of purple trunks with a white circuit pattern and waited for Ara to come out. When she saw what her boyfriend had picked, she nodded and moved out of the way so he could use the room she had.

Insecurity quickly set in once he was alone. What if she didn't like his body type? He was too pale; the sun on his skin would easily blind a blind man. He wasn't really one for "fun in the sun;" he wanted to stay inside and study or read or something that didn't involve being outside. Even though he knew he'd have a good time at the beach or a pool with the rest of the gang, it just wasn't really Add's... style. I liked being indoors.

But the thought that him being outside and getting his vitamin D would make Ara happy was what drove him to undress and try on the trunks anyway. Going outside couldn't be so bad, right? He still wanted to learn how to swim; it would really suck if he got thrown off a boat one day or something and he drowned like an idiot. Besides, the trunks were actually really nice on him. He playfully flexed his muscles in the full-body mirror, silently laughing at himself for being a massive dork. Ara was waiting, and he didn't like to keep her.

He came out of the room and realized the Ara wasn't alone anymore. Rena and Eve were chatting quietly with her, and the Elf was the one who noticed him first. "Wow! You look really good in those, Add!"

His face went red as Eve and Ara turned to look at him as well, the martial artist gasping and clapping with glee as she went to his side. Eve made a smug expression, like she'd planned this entire happening. Ara made him do a 360, nodding her approval as he turned to face her again. He crossed his arms and frowned. "I don't remember you saying they'd be here."

"I didn't know they'd be here either; I just saw them walking by the front and went to say hi, then Rena asked if I was here alone and I said, 'nope~! I'm here with Add!' and she insisted that they keep me company then Eve went to go get snacks for the three of us while we waited and it was just an expected thing!"

Before Ara could go on, Add held up a hand.. The woman paused and tilted her head. He beckoned or her to come closer, and she did. "Can we... hurry and get out of here, please? It's bad enough I had to come out with this thing on, but I'm- really..." His face turned a deeper shade of crimson.

"...gotcha. Go get changed. We'll get those and the bikini I liked, grab lunch, then head home. I should have warned you; I'm sorry, dear..."

"N-no, it's my fault. I should have more confidence in myself but, I'm a little... new to all of these shenanigans."

"Everything okay?" A saleslady startled the pair, and smiled softly as they looked to her. "Need any help?"

Ara shook her head as a guise to see if Rena and Eve were around. They'd wandered off, it seemed. "No thanks! We were just deliberating. We'll take these and the orange one I asked you to hold for me, if that's okay!"