Chapter 252 - Makai – Training

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Makai

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Things literally felt perfect right now. I had just lived through the best Valentine's Day in the history of the world. I was living my life with the man that I loved, and we were soon going to be moving to the city to live in our own place. What else could I possibly want? I really couldn't think of anything. All I wanted was to be with my man and to be happy.

Oh, and to get ready for nationals. Since the main season for swimming was over, all we were doing now was training for the various end of the year tournaments. We not only had the state championship that we qualified for, but also that invitational nationals that we made it to after the wins back in October. If we won the state championship, we would be heading off for the regionals and then nationals with the various schools. So, there were potentially two sets of nationals that we were going to be heading off to. The first of which was that invitational event coming up in March. After that was back to back regionals and then nationals in April. We had a lot of busy days coming up very soon.

I didn't mind though. Being this busy was helping time to pass a lot quicker. We were going to be so busy that soon enough, it would be the end of the school year. Once that came around, we would plan our wedding and move in together. That was the goal, that was what I was looking forward to the most.

Right now, all that we were doing was training. We went to school and trained with the team in the morning. After school we trained with the team again. After we got home and made sure that we were done with our homework and that we ate dinner, the four of us trained some more.

Everyday we were training. Everyday we were all getting better. Ocean was making better times. I was pushing myself to my limits to get better. Ben and Ryan were doing the same thing as well. And slowly, over the next two weeks or so, we were all four listed at the top of the team.

I could feel the excitement slowly building up in myself, my Ocean, Ben and Ryan. All of us were excited about the upcoming tournaments. It was making for quite the active and lively house.

Mom and Dad were gone now, back on their missions that never seemed to end. It wasn't all that bad. I knew that they were working hard and that this wasn't likely to last forever.

For now, though, it was just the four of us and we were doing fine. Ben was even visiting with his dad a little bit. Enough to tell him that he was getting married and that he didn't care what his piece of shit mother thought about it. I know that it had to be hard for him to do that. Yet, in my opinion, he was awesome for it.

Today was the last Sunday in February, we had just a week left for the planning and training before we left for the invitational nationals. We would be heading back to my home state, Florida, for this trip and we were likely to be gone for a week. The entire team was not going this time, just those that qualified to be invited back and a few others in case something happened to the others.

We were working extra hard for this to be perfect. Right now, I was timing Ben and Ryan in the pool. They were racing against each other as hard as they could. They wanted to see who was officially faster out of the two of them.

"Come on, Ben, it's a race to see who is in third and who is in fourth. Am I on top of you, or are you on top of me?" I saw Ben's face flame to a bright red at Ryan's words when he heard what his boyfriend had just said to him. I tried really, really hard not to laugh at them. I know that Ryan wasn't meaning it in a sexual way, but they had already told us that they were not set in their roles when it came to their relationship. They switched positions just like Ocean and I were going to be doing. However, Ocean ended up being a hardcore bottom, so we didn't have to worry about that.

"Just shut up. You're an asshole sometimes, you know that? A massive asshole." Even though he was yelling at and reprimanding his boyfriend, he was still laughing. His words were not matching up to his actions at all. He truly did think that Ryan was being funny. And he knew that Ryan wasn't trying to be crude. At least I don't think that he was. I am not really sure right now, to be honest. Still, it was quite funny, and I knew that we were all still having fun. 

"Okay, come on you two, let's get back to work." Ocean, surprisingly, was being the most serious and hardworking of us all. He was the one that kept dragging Ryan back to focus and put an end to the unnecessary joking. "I want to make sure that we are all ready to go. We've only got one more week left. This isn't the time for this. We can joke again after we win." He was standing near the deep end of the pool as he barked out his orders. "Less laughter and more swimming."

"You know what, I think he is worse than Coach Dickson is sometimes." Ben joked with Ryan before they started their next heat.

"I think you might be right." Ryan laughed back. "Let's be glad that Ocean isn't always the coach."

"I heard that." Ocean yelled at them. "Don't make me come over there." He snapped at them.

I knew that he was just stressing over the upcoming competition. I knew that he was just wanting to make sure that we were all ready for it and that we didn't have anything to worry about at all. Still, he was a little too stressed over it. And he was letting that stress get to him. So, the only thing that I could think of that I needed to do, was to help him to relax a little bit. Having a sound mind was just as important when it came to preparing for this tournament. And he definitely was not sound at all right now.

I had an idea. There was something that I could do to help him calm down and to relax a little. Well, more than one thing really, but I couldn't do some of them with other people around.

Being limited to what I could do with other people around, I walked up behind my boyfriend and tapped him on the shoulder. The moment that he looked away from Ben and Ryan I made my move.

I pressed my lips to Ocean's before he even had time to look at me properly. I know he knew that it was me, so I didn't have to worry about that. Still, I didn't let him get fully turned to look at me.

The moment that my lips were on his, I felt him begin to melt against me. I felt him start to relax just a little bit. That was good. That was what I was hoping for. But I wasn't done yet. There was still more. I needed to finish this.

I slipped my hand around Ocean's waist and rested it in the small of his back. He was wearing nothing but his spandex swim shorts, so his back was bare to my touch. I had to fight myself from going too far with him being nearly naked.

I mostly behaved myself though. Enough that I didn't have to worry about anything else.

With my hand on Ocean's back, I deepened the kiss and got him off guard. Then, when he wasn't paying attention, I slowly started to lean forward and tilt us toward the pool. After a few seconds, we were about to tumble from the side of the pool into the deep end of the water.

This would get us all laughing and, hopefully, calm Ocean down a little bit. That was the least that I could hope for anyway. And maybe he would realize that he was being a little too uptight and settle down a little more after his quick little dip in the pool.

I know the moment that he realized we were falling into the water. He pulled away and broke the kiss. Not to mention, I saw fear in his eyes because he wasn't expecting this fall. There wasn't anything to worry about though. He could breathe underwater, and he was not going to hit his head. This was just to cool off his emotions.

We splashed into the water together, and I refused to let go of him. I kept my hand at the small of his back until we had oriented ourselves and he was glaring at me.

"Love you." I told him while still fully submerged in the water.

"Love you too, asshole." He laughed at me. "I guess you had a reason for doing that." He was already catching on.

"Yup." I moved forward and kissed him, still under the water. It was great.

Thankfully, that move worked. Ocean calmed down and stopped barking orders at everyone else. The four of us continued to practice, but it was a lot more fun than it had been leading up to that moment. That was a good thing.. And when we were done, we were all so tired that we literally collapsed into our beds and slept through the night.