Altair swam over a moment later, grinning. "See? Once you get in it's great!" he chirped before going back under to swim around a bit. Sometimes, he wished he didn't have to come back up, that he could breathe underwater like a fish. Then he'd never have to get out and he could just keep swimming.

((Ffff. Totally just thought of Dory. :D)) 

( xD Just keep swimmin'... )

"Uh, yeah," Espen went under again, swimming over to the other end of the pool. He popped back up halfway, then went under, wishing he had his goggles to see which part of the pool was the deepest, even though he knew it was the other side of the pool.

He always loved touching the bottom of a deep pool, even though he had almost drowned several times while attempting to touch the bottom.

((Good thing Altair's there. xD))

Altair popped up for air, then dove back under, enjoying himself to the fullest as he moved through the water. He loved to swim, so much so that his parents call him a 'water rat' since it seemed like eh could find somewhere to swim almost everywhere he went for long periods of time.

((:D)) 

( Water rat? o_o
Yeah, it is. x3 )

Espen gasped. The pool was deeper than he'd expected, but he'd been able to touch the bottom, even though he couldn't hold his breath for too long. He scanned the water for any sign of Altair, and smiled. He sure seemed to love the water.

((Yup.

I've been called a water rat. :D -LOVES to swim- <3))

Altair popped up again after a bit, grinning at Espen as he started to just float on his back. "I wish this was outside and t was summer..." he murmured, wanting the warm rays of the Sun to go with the cool water of the pool. 

( x3 I love to swim, too~ )

"I do, too." Espen said, smiling a little. He looked at Altair and frowned a pouty frown. He couldn't float on his back for some reason, even though he was pretty light...

( D: He'd drown Espen!
...Do it, Altair. o3o )

"Awww." Espen pouted again, looking down. "That's not nice." He smiled anyway. Altair seemed to be in quite a good mood, and he was happy for that. Others' moods were contagious.

Altair laughed lightly, then dove back under to swim around for a few minutes.

After a bit, though, the urge to pounce won over his self-control and, after popping up behind Espen,attempted to pounce. Since the water slowed him down, all he really ended up doing was ending up with his arms draped around the smaller male, a wide grin plastered on his face. "Pool pounce fail," he stated.

((XD

Sounds like something that would happen to me. xDDD)) 

( o-o Why would it happen to you? )

"Gah!" Espen looked up at Altair, cheeks flushing. "Y-you...you were trying to pounce on me?" What, are you trying to drown me? ...And, this probably looks really awkward. I just hope no one decides to come in now.

((Because I like to pouce on people in the pool, but I end up either missing, falling, or just flat out failing. xD))

Altair smiled and nodded. "Dunno why, though. I just got the urge and it finally won over my self-control," he stated, blinking at Espen, bi-colored eyes reflecting how happy anyone could see he was being in the water.

((Ffff.

I tend to cling, too. ;D)) 

( 'Cause Rika clings. ;~;
o.o You know, you don't emphasize Altair's eyes as much as you did with Matthias. )

"Oh..." Espen blinked at Altair. "Um, well, okay." He glanced over Altair's shoulder, then looked back at Altair. If he didn't know any better, he'd shout, "Get off of me!" If anyone heard, there would be a huge misunderstanding.

(('Cause I keep forgetting. xD;

And I've learned to do it at certain times instead of every time I mentioned his eyes. :D

And yeah. I'm a Cling-on. xDDD))

Altair, after a few more moments, decided that Espen looked a bit uncomfortable, so he let go, soon back under the water.

After a while longer of swimming, though, Altair finally got tired, so he heaved himself out of the pool to sit on the edge, drip-drying at the moment since he was probably just going to get back in. "You know, it's pretty quiet in here since it's only us," he said, looking around. 

( D'aww. x3 )

"It is," Espen agreed, climbing out of the pool as well. He blinked at the wall, the turned around, sitting at the edge of the poolside. He looked down at the water, wondering exactly how deep it was. Usually there'd be, like, signs at the edges of the pools saying exactly how deep the pool was, but he didn't see any.

Altair decided to lay back, arms crossed beneath his head to use as a sort of cushion. He closed his eyes, wishing every day could be as free as this one was. But he knew that it would be replaced with school, something he was actually not looking forward to.

"Espen, do you ever wish that a single moment in time could stretch on forever?" he asked, opening his eyes a bit to look over at the other male, curious. 

Altair smiled, sitting back up, looking straight at Espen. "Because I was sitting here wishing that these past two days could just...never end. That we wouldn't have to start school, but not have to go home, either. Just..." he paused, thinking a moment before shaking his head. "I really don't know why, but I just don't want today to end. And I don't want right now to end, either...."

((B'awww.

See what watching mushy makes-you-cry romance movies does to me? D:)) 

( Sad movies never make me cry, like, for real. o.o' My eyes get watery, but nothing more.
But D'awww. x3 )

Espen blinked, a light red coming over his cheeks. What did I do to make the past two days so special? I just...met him. And...I don't know, He tore his gaze away from Altair, though he really didn't want to. "I understand completely," he said, swallowing noisily. "I don't want now to end, either."