I Can See For Miles || Lizrei

Chapter 7

"Liz, they're manatees, not man-eaters. Get in the damn water."

"Yeah girl, who gave you the impression that manatees are so violent?"

"Really Liz, there were sharks in the water when we went snorkeling last week but you're scared of the sea cows."

Liz scoffed. "Oh yeah, Suno, you can talk. You stepped on something slimy earlier and screamed like you were dying."

"In my defense, I thought I was dying. My life flashed before my eyes."

Liz just rolled her eyes and scooted closer to Rei. They were on the beach of some crowded little cove a few miles from Suno's Grandma's house, and nobody had been successful in convincing Liz to swim with the manatees.

"I want to stay with Rei." Liz pouted, wrapping her arm around the girl's shoulders. Who could really argue with that, except, of course, Rei.

"Awww, baby, that's sweet, but if you don't get your butt in that water in the next five minutes, I will drag you in."

Liz raised her eyebrow. "You'll drag me in?"

"Mmhm."

Liz still didn't move, smiling amusedly.

"Okay. Sit here. Avoid your 'hordes of violent manatees.' Just know, you're not getting any kisses for the rest of the day."

Liz whipped her head to the side; she looked stricken. "What?"

Rei just smirked.

Liz sighed heavily and shifted to stand up. "Fine. I'll swim with the damn manatees."

"Good girl!" Rei grinned brightly. "I'll get you something from the ice cream truck for when you get back."

"Are you sure?"

Rei tapped her cane confidently. "I can beat the crowds away and use my powers of coercion to obtain free ice cream. It'll be great!"

"Give me a kiss first." Liz leaned down with her face in front of Rei's.

Yujin groaned from a few feet away. "Yep, definitely just vomited in my mouth a little."

Rei kissed Liz sweetly on the lips, then ruffled the choppy blonde hair and shooed her away with the others. Heesung would keep her company while the rest floated around with the manatees for a while.

Liz was pleasantly surprised when she wasn't mobbed and assailed by massive, aggressive manatees the moment they saw her. She stayed close to Jay, figuring he would have the best chance of fighting them off if their gentle personalities took a turn for the worse. Then Jay left Liz, so that he could dive down and retrieve Wonyoung's dropped goggles from the bottom of the sea.

She did have a heart attack when Leeseo accidentally grazed her leg, and inhaled about seven gallons of water, but soon allowed herself to drift closer to the peaceful manatees. They really were cute, if you ignored some of the scars and weird bulges and whatever that was growing on their backs. She swam back to the beach after about half an hour, towing Jungwon behind her because the boy was complaining of leg cramps and 'temporary paralysis.' Liz deposited him on the sand where he could sort himself out and ran right over to Rei.

She stood over the smaller girl, who was unaware of her presence, and smiled at Heesung, putting a finger to her lips. Liz stuck her arms out, dripping water on Rei's bare stomach and giggling to herself. Heesung rolled his eyes. Rei ignored it and Liz frowned, then grinned a moment later and wrung her hair out onto Rei's stomach. Rei gasped and shot up into a sitting position.