seven souls seven sins

chapter 64: tanning thursday

Xavier's pov:

"Cmon go already!" Xander yeets me towards Nat. I stumble towards her as she peacefully reads her book on a tanning chair by our pool. I rip the book out of her hands as the warm August sun shines down from above. "Hey! I wasn't done with that." She fails to grab it from my hold as I dangle it above her.

One of the pages flick in front of me and reveals a very inappropriate scene.

"Why is he taking an important call during sex?" I hold the book in my shaky hands. Nat grabs it back, red as a tomato. "You don't know Alex Volkov, like I know Alex Volkov." She shoves it to the side, failing to realise that Xander, Chase and Adrien are behind the chair, waiting to pounce.

"Anyways, I was in the middle of a scene." She returns back to her same posture and picks up her smutty book, ready to read again.

"Not so fast." I smirk as our brothers hastily pick up her chair and scurry towards the pool. She shrieks in fear and tosses her book to the side, saving it from being water damaged. She screams, yelling at us to stop. On the count of three, we shove her into the pool and she goes flying into the air.

Once she splashes into the water we all burst out laughing at the prank we pulled off.

She ascends to the surface and blows water at us, causing us to pause our chuckles. We all step closer towards the pool, admiring her drenched facade. A mischievous smile appears on her face and I immediately know what's going on, backing away. She treads towards the pool wall and looks up to us. "Can someone help me out of here? It's freezing." She fakes shivers.

Adrien instantly rushes to her aid, that idiot.

Tash grabs a hold of his hand and yanks him into the pool. He makes a big splash and gets water all over the rest of us. Only Nat's  giggles consume the atmosphere. She clutches her stomach due to all the laughing. I spot Vincent and Leo emerging from inside, taking a peek of what's going on.

Adrien's head pops out and he shakes off the water from his hair, immediately rushing to plunge Nat straight after.

"I ain't gonna miss out on this shit." Xander curses and cannonballs into the pool. "Me too." Chase dives straight into the middle. I watch in amusement as they all play fight with each other. Nat's eye catches mine and I immediately back away. She leaps out of the water and walks directly towards me.

"Where do you think you're going hm?" She targets me with a sly smirk and tries to drag me towards the pool but I don't budge.

Instead, I pick her feather-like body up over my back and jump into the pool with her. She screams in excitement as we plunge in together. H20 floods my senses as I quickly enter the pool. As I emerge from the water, I spot Vincent and Leo trying to hold back a laugh. Key word, trying.

It's vacation, they should be enjoying themselves instead of working to death.

It's been a whole month of vacation already anyways. We go back to school next month and it feels as if summer just started. It goes how they say, time flies by when you're having fun. Nat splashes Xander and he rugby-tackles her in the water. They're both fighting like siblings, I knew that he would regrow a soft spot for her again.

They always shared a similar spark growing up, it just took a while to reignite it.

"Oi! Let's play chicken." Adrien calls out and everyone begins to beg Nat to be their partner. She eventually chooses Xander and she gets on his shoulders. They've  gotten quite close during this holiday. All it took was a little bit of time together for them to rekindle their lost love.