Chapter 13
The following day, Syo and Ai were practicing their song until 1 o'clock hit. Syo, "Natsuki, sorry but Ai and I have to leave." Natsuki, "really?" Ai nodded. Natsuki, "where are you two going?" Syo, "On a date." Natsuki, "Can I take a picture!" Ai, "You can take only one before we go and after we come back." Natsuki nodded and Ai and Syo walked to the room. Syo had convinced Ai to go shopping for a swimsuit before they went to the pool. Ai grabbed what Syo told her to grab since she really didn't know because she never swam. Syo, "Here well put everything in my bag. Makes it easier that way." Ai, "Okay." Syo put everything in a backpack that he had and the two were ready to go. As they were about to leave the dorms they ran into Otoya and Tokiya. Otoya, "Where are you two going?" Syo, "On a date." Tokiya, "Really? Have fun." Natsuki, "Okay Ai, Syo! Smile for the Camera!" Natsuki took the photo and then Syo and Ai left. Syo made sure to grab sunglasses and his hat covered his head. He then had a hat to hid Ai's hair and she put on sunglasses. Syo, "Okay, lets go." The two were in their disguises as they walked down the street.
Finally after 20 minutes they arrived at unisex swimsuit shop. Ai walked in and Syo followed. Ai, "I've never bought one before." Syo, "I'll help you." Ai, "I'm not wearing a bikini." Syo, "Darn." A young girl walked up the couple luckily she couldn't recognize them. "Hi welcome to Macy's is there anything I can help you find today?" Syo, "Were actually here to get my girlfriend a swimsuit." The young girl, "Okay, follow me this way." Syo and Ai followed her. There were many cute swimsuits. The lady, "Here you go is their anything else you need?" Syo and Ai shook their heads, "Thank you for the help." The lady, "no problem." She looked at Ai, "Good luck finding your swimsuit ma'am." Ai nodded a thank you before she looked. Syo just followed her around as she looked at the swimsuits. Ai, "Why couldn't I just wear the swim trunks and hoodie?" Syo, "Because you don't have to worry about anyone else." Ai nodded and she looked then she saw a Black Seafolly Goddess Boyleg Swimsuit. It was a Halterneck swimsuit. Ai looked and found one that went to her measurements. It was a size 4. Syo, "Ai, I didn't know you were so small." Ai, "Me neither, Reiji's bought everything for me, and I haven't even been there." Syo, "Amazing. Anyway, lets get you to a dressing room so you can try it on." Ai, "I have to?" Syo nodded. They went to the dressing room and Ai went into the area. After 5 minutes Syo got worried and went back and knocked on the door for the one she was in. Syo, "Are you okay?" She opened the door with a blush on her face. Ai, "Does this look okay on me?" Syo looked at her and saw how it showed everything yet it didn't, the swimsuit was short like a girls, and the top was like the girls, but it covered all of Ai's curves perfectly, you could see the hourglass figure she had and always hid. Syo, "Y-yeah." Ai, "Okay, I'm going to change back into my clothes now." Syo nodded and turned around as Ai closed the door to change. After a couple of minutes Ai walked out of the dressing room holding the swimsuit in her hands, she still had her disguise on. Syo, "Lets go then." The two of them walked to the front and waited in line for about 5 minutes before it was their turn. The man at the register, "Will this be all for you today?" Syo, "yeah." The man looked at the swimsuit then at Ai, "This was a nice pic for you, I can tell that you're a mysterious person, and you don't want to reveal to much correct." Ai, "Y-yeah." He rang up the price of 128 dollars and 85 cents. Ai went to grab her wallet but Syo beat her to the punch and paid for it. Ai, "You didn't have to pay for it." Syo, "But I wanted to." Ai had a cute pout on her face and the man stared at the two of them. "Your such a cute couple!" He had a bit of joy in his voice when he said. Everyone that saw Syo and Ai together thought they made a cute couple. They grabbed their bag and thanked the man before leaving to head to the pool.
It was finally 2 o'clock and they arrived at the building where the pool was. They went to the front desk. Syo walked over, "Hi, I have a reservation for Kurusu." The woman at the desk, "Ah the pool section, for two correct?" Syo, "Yes." The woman nodded, "That be 80 dollars please, Syo grabbed his card and paid then the lady grabbed the keys and handed them to Syo, "Here you go, you have the pool for two hours and its located on the 8th floor, to the left of the elevator." Syo, "thank you." Syo, "Come on lets go." Ai nodded and followed Syo. They got in the elevator and headed to the pool. Syo unlocked the door and they walked into a room with the restroom to the left right by the door with women and men's separated, there was a couch at the very end of the pool There was a nice cool toned backsplash wall, with tile flooring There was also 2 chairs of to the side that were ironically cyan. There were hanging lights from the ceiling and there was a window but it had a dark purple curtain over it on the inside so nobody could see in. Syo locked the door behind them taking the disguise off. Syo, "Lets change into our swimsuits." He sat down the bag with Ai's in it and handed it to her, Ai went into the girl's restroom and changed. He then grabbed his swimming trunks and went into the boy's restroom and changed. Syo finished chaining first and was now waiting on Ai. Ai walked out blushing. She had decided to take her hair down since it would be awful to try and clean properly later. Syo, "Cute!" He grabbed her and pulled her into a gentle kiss. Syo, "Ready for your first swimming lesson?" Ai looked a little scared of the water but nodded her head. Syo, "Don't worry I won't let you drown I promise." Ai felt a little better by his words and Syo grabbed her hand and they made their way into the short end of the pool.
Ai was holding onto Syo for dear life, she was really scared of water, but she wanted to learn. Syo, "It's alright Ai, I won't let you go any further, if your feet can't touch the bottom then you don't need to be there." Ai, "O-okay." Syo, "Well work with teaching you the most fundamental skill, independent floating." Ai, "O-okay." Syo guided Ai near the wall. Syo, "Trust me, okay." Ai nodded and he allowed him to guide her body. Syo placed her back in the water but he had his hands on it to support it. Syo, "Place your heels on the edge of the pool, we can use that as an anchor." Ai did as told. Syo, "Now extend your legs so your body will flatten on the surface of the water and spread their weight out to the length of your body." Ai was scared. Syo, "Hey its okay, I have you, I won't let you go until your ready." Ai, "O-okay." Ai finally managed to get her body to float. Syo, "Now breathe normally." Ai nodded her head. Syo, "You're doing a good job Ai." Ai smiled and was able to keep herself up. Syo slowly moved his hands away to see what happened, Ai started to sink in the water and she panicked. Syo grabbed ahold of hear to keep her from complete submerging. Syo, "Hey-hey, you're okay." Ai held onto his neck. Syo, "You were doing really good." Ai, "Sorry I just got scared." Syo, "Its okay, want to try again." Ai nodded. Syo helped Ai into position again and after 30 minutes Ai could finally float by herself. Syo, "Do you want to try floating on your stomach?" Ai, "sure." Syo held onto Ai's stomach, "You need to keep your hips and shoulders on the surface of the water. Then take a deep breath, and go under the water. When you feel like you need a breath, come up as fast as you can, you can use your arms to help." Ai nodded. Syo kept a hold on Ai's stomach and helped her, Ai took a deep breath before going underwater holding her breath. After 10 seconds she came up for air and held onto Syo. She was terrified. Syo, "Hey, your okay, want to try something different?" Ai, "Y-yeah." Syo, "How about actual swimming now." Ai, "You're the teacher." Syo, "Lets try doing a backstroke since you know how to float on your back now. What you need to do is get afloat on your back and stroke the water and use one arm to move backwards. Alternate arms after 25 strokes, once your movements are mastered well alternate arms. Once you can keep a steady rhythm with alternating arms, I teach you how to flutter kick. Once you can stay afloat on your back, alternate arms and flutter kick in a rhythm you're able to preform a backstroke. Syo showed her the movements all together. Ai nodded got on her back and floated. Syo put his arms underneath her and watched over her until she was able to get it down by herself. An hour and a half had went by already the time the finished. Syo, "Ai you did a really good job!" Ai, "Because I have a good teacher, thank you." Syo, "There should be a shower in the girls restroom like the boys, lets get in and take a shower to get the chlorine out of our hair. I know with my hair if I don't wash it right away it will try to turn green." Ai, "Your hair can turn green because of a pool?" Syo, "Yeah, something to do with chlorine I think." Ai, "Okay." Syo handed Ai some shampoo and conditioner with some soap. Ai, "Thanks." Syo, "Here's a towel as well, and your change of clothes." Ai, "Thanks Syo." She went into the girl's restroom and into the shower to shower real quick. After Ai entered the girls restroom Syo grabbed his things and quickly took his shower in the boys restroom.
After they showered, it was 10 till 4. Ai was brushing her hair when Syo finished. Syo, "Hey, you ready." Ai, "I can't get my hair up until its dry." She had a pout on her face." Syo, "I brought bobby pins for you just in case." He went over to her hair and pulled it back for her. Syo, "There its not in the way until it dries." Ai, "Thanks Syo, for everything today." Syo, "No problem, this was a fun date." Syo put everything in the backpack after he put their wet swimsuits in a zip lock bag. Syo, "Okay, lets go." Ai and Syo put the hats back over their head and put sunglasses back on to disguise themselves. They walked to the check in counter, Syo, "Here's the key, thank you." The woman, "No problem, did you enjoy your swim." Syo, "Yeah, I got to teach my partner how to swim." The women, "How sweet!" The women then looked at Ai and Syo, "you make a really cute couple!" Ai, "Everyone's been telling us that." Syo whispered something to the women and she nodded. Syo handed her his phone and he grabbed Ai. Ai, "Syo?" Syo, "Smile!" Syo pulled Ai into a hug so she ended up having her head in his chest and the woman snapped the photo. The woman, "Here you go! Please come again!" Syo thanked the women for taking the picture and he looked at it, Syo, "I love this picture." Ai blushed. Syo sent the phone to Ai's phone and they both set it as their background. They started heading back to the dorms.
When they arrived back at the dorms everyone was sitting in the lounge waiting for them to get back. Natsuki, "So where did you go on your date?" Ai, "Swimming." Ranmaru and Reiji, "Ai, aren't you afraid of water?" Syo, "It was his idea, so I taught him how to float and backstroke, he didn't panic much when his head was above water." Reiji, "Ai-Ai that's so cute!" Ai, "Get off me Reiji." Reiji, "Your so mean Ai-Ai." Syo hugged her, "No its just I'm the only one to hug her." Ranmaru whistled. Natsuki taking his pictures again.
The rest of the day Syo and Ai sat in their dorm room watching a movie that Syo let Ai pick. Natsuki had managed to slip in and take pictures again. Ai and Syo looked at each other and shared a quick kiss, and Natsuki managed to capture it in a picture. He couldn't wait to print the pictures and put them together in a scrapbook.
Well that's the end of their first date. What should their next date be I wonder? I have a poll up and I'll let the readers who wish to partake in the poll decide, The poll will be open until February 21 at 1 pm. Until the next chapter, farewell!