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chapter 17 | Against your body

"Are you still down for it?"

"Oh, you haven't forgotten?" I hide my excitement, and he shows me the opposite of what I expected. "Of course I haven't."

"Well, what should I wear?" I stand up, not waiting a second. "What you want. I don't know. If you feel more comfortable in shorts and a t-shirt, wear that, or just in a swimsuit. Wear whatever you want."

"Okay," I nod and walk up to my bedroom. "I'm waiting for you in the pool," he softly touches the back of my head, and I let him know I heard this, before getting inside my room.

5 minutes later...

I step outside after quickly picking a pair of tight shorts so that no water can go inside, and a t-shirt, and I make sure to close the sliding doors behind me, as well as the blinds. I make my way towards him but already feel nervous at the sight of his wet hair, his toned body. I hope he won't be disgusted if he has to touch me.

The lights inside of the pool make it beautiful in the darkness of the night though, this is pleasant to the eye.

"You're here," he smiles at me, and I nibble on my inner lip but get closer to the edge. He swims towards me once I sit down to put my calves in the warm water. "Tell me if you're scared," he does it kindly, just the way I expected him to. "You can come in my arms," he stretches them out to me, so I let myself plunge into the water and put my arms around his neck.

I avoid wrapping my legs around him, no matter how scared I am, but he cups my waist with both of his tough hands and keeps me tight close to his body. "Are you okay like this?"

"Yes, just don't let go, please," I cannot even look into his eyes from this near, feeling his breathing on my cheek. "I won't let go, I promise. You stay calm, and everything will be all right," he swims back to the middle of the pool, my heart beating fast and exposing my fright. I do not even realize what I'm doing but grip his shoulder, afraid to feel myself go deep in the water and drown.

"We're going to start by the hardest step," he slides his hands to my back, but I cannot help it, I hurry to encircle his waist with my legs, and I almost crush him without wanting to, but he smiles and holds me close. At least he does not seem ill at ease. "Hey, don't be scared, you're safe with me."

"I know, I just need...I need to keep a grip on you...I'm sorry," I awkwardly apologize for being so dumb. "It's fine, don't say sorry. I knew you would need that, I'll go slowly. One step at a time," he reassures me, not even bothered. I trust him and stay as calm as possible. "Here, let's tread water first."

I let him lead me and follow his movement. "Can you put your legs down and try to move them?" he asks me to do, but out of fear to panic and make a fool of myself, I tell him I cannot. "I'm...I'd rather not..."

"Well..." he softly laughs in my ear and I turn my head towards his but feel my cheek grazes his lips and tip of his nose. "Do you want to just...stay in my arms and swim with me?"

I look up into his eyes but agree, not wanting this to already end when we haven't done anything yet. "Good, let's just relax and enjoy it. Maybe the more you'll be in the water, and the more you'll feel good enough to let go," he speaks in a gentle and soothing voice, and my eyes drop their attention to his lips. "I hope..."

"I know you will. My son was a scaredy-cat at the beginning, don't worry," he smiles, the shape his lips took pasting the same on my face effortlessly. I glance down at his chain that I have never seen before, but then give all my interest to his tattoos that cover a big part of his skin. His chest, his neck, his arms, and hands. This is very attractive, and I wish I could not be affected by the sight of it when he is touching me so much more intimately than before.