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[lynne-monstr]

Writer’s Month Day 11: Swim

The King’s Avatar, Yuhuang, Blue Rain, silly fluff

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Huang Shaotian isn’t much of a swimmer. He knows how to do it (he’s even pretty good at it) but it’s way too boring. How is he supposed to use his trash talk to win races if every time he opens his mouth, he gets a face full of water.

So when Blue Rain heads to the pool one weekend for some much needed downtime, Huang Shaotian lays his towel out on a lounge chair and doesn’t make a move to cannonball into the water with the rest of the team.

“Huang Shao, are you hiding? Come swim. Don’t be scared, we’ll protect you!” Xu Jingxi splashes a handful of water his way, but it barely reaches his toes.

Huang Shaotian lets loose a volley of taunts about Xu Jingxi’s aim, his arm strength, and his general inferiority compared to Huang Shaotian’s excellent athletic skills.

From his place floating in the water, Zheng Xuan lowers his sunglasses and sighs at their newest teammate. “Leave him be. You’ll figure it out soon enough.”

“He’s right.” Song Xiao says, strapping on a pair of goggles and shaking out his arms. “You could be a little less subtle, you know,” he adds, raising his voice to make sure Huang Shaotian can hear him. Without waiting for an answer, he dives under the water. The shadow of him glides smoothly across the pool, rippling below the surface.

“Is anyone going to explain what that means?” Xu Jingxi asks, but all he gets is sympathetic glances and mumbling about the poor innocent rookie who needs to learn things the hard way.

At that moment, Yu Wenzhou walks out from the changing area, a towel slung over one shoulder and a tshirt in one hand. His bathing suit is a plain blue, riding low on his hips. He waves to the team, who all wave back.

In his lounge chair, Huang Shaotian perks up.

“Here we go,” Zheng Xuan mutters, and flips himself over so he’s floating face down in the water.

“Captain, Captain, over here!” Huang Shaotian waves and shouts, despite the pool area being mostly empty except for the team. He licks his lips, and there’s nothing subtle about the way his eyes rake over Yu Wenzhou’s chest and abs. “Did you put on sunscreen yet? It’s okay if you didn’t, I’ll do it for you.” He practically knocks himself over fishing for the tiny bottle of sunscreen in his backpack before holding it aloft like he’s just won the championship trophy.

Yu Wenzhou smiles indulgently and sits down on Huang Shaotian’s chair, angling himself away so Huang Shaotian can get at his back. “Okay, Shaotian.”

His very muscular back, Xu Jingxi notes. Who knew the captain had so many muscles? “Ah,” he says, mostly to himself because the rest of the team has suddenly decided they’d much rather be underwater. “That explains it.”

When Huang Shaotian instructs Yu Wenzhou to turn around and lay down so he can put lotion on Yu Wenzhou’s chest, Xu Jingxi decides that he too would rather be swimming.

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