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[ --SHE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR SUDDENLY SHIRTLESS BOYFRIEND.

It's not like he doesn't go around showing off his stomach like ... all the time. ALL the time. When he'd first started doing it again when the weather got warm it had taken her a little off guard.... but it was easy enough to get used to.

... she SHOULD be used to this, right? Considering the way he dresses?

No. She was not prepared. She stares at him for a second, then turns crimson and looks away, kind of hoping he won't see. ]

U-Um... I'm going to head down the beach a little further before I set down my things. [ ... AND OFF SHE GOES. sdlkjgahlksdjghasdk he was just so casual about it...!!! ]

[... Huh. What was that about? He noticed her staring, then blushing and looking away... Huh. Maybe she thinks he looks good?

... That's a nice thought. It makes him blush a little, though, and he scratches his cheek while he watches her run off.]

O... Okay. [Might as well follow her. He picks up his towel and heads after her, towel over his shoulder as he raises his other hand to block his eyes from the sun and observe the line of the ocean. It really was pretty... Maybe he could at least get waist deep. But no further.]

[ "Looks good" ... something along those lines.

Once Xion reaches what she deems a suitable location -- about ten feet up from where the sand starts to get wet -- she sets down her bag, then sits beside it, legs tucked to her side. She stretches, face scrunching up and arms over her head ... until she hears Luke approach, and lowers her arms again so she can turn to look at him, and smile. She's no longer red. (flawless recovery!!) ]

Do you think we should go in the water?

[Once he gets to her side, Luke stands with a hand on his hip, watching the ocean for a little longer before he looks down at her. Get into the water? Ha, he's been wanting to do that ever since he walked outside.]

Well, that's what we came here for, right?

[And now he'll watch her expectantly. What kind of bathing suit does she have on?]

[ ... he's staaaring. Why so staaaring. She smiles shyly and gets back to her feet, brushing the sand off her dress. ]

Um ... could you ... turn around for a minute? [ bites her lip. He'd only see her take off her dress, after all, and she has her suit on beneath, so it makes little difference... but she's feeling a little too modest to just strip in front of him! ]

[... Eh? What was wrong with watching? She had a bathing suit on underneath her dress, right?

... Right?

... Well that sudden thought made a blush flare up on his cheeks, and he turns away to walk towards the ocean hurriedly.]

Y-Yeah, sure! I'll just... wait for you out there!

[ skjdghskjd now everybody's blushing. She steadies herself with a deep breath and pulls her dress off, nearly folding it and placing it beneath her bag -- revealing bikini (sorta) underneath. Two piece, cute, but not too revealing, thankfully.

She trots down to the water line, grinning as she catches up with him and wrapping her hands around his upper arm, trying to shake off her jittery nerves. So much skin is being shown here, oh my goodness. ]

Sorry about that. I was just... [ eh heh. turns a little pink ]

[Luke was just staring down at the water splashing against his feet and sucking back in like some kind of monster when Xion wrapped her hands around him, and he looks down at her to smile -

And stare. And look her down and up. Because wow. That... is a bikini. It's not often that he sees girls in something like that, most especially his girlfriend. And that is a lot of skin.

She's gorgeous, is the first thing that pops into his mind. And that doesn't help the flush on his cheeks at all.]

N-No, it's okay... You look, uh... really... [Oh god the word he's thinking of is not a good way to describe her.] r-really... nice.

[ ... his blush only makes her blush more. And she's -- touching him, she abruptly realizes, and they are close and wearing FAR TOO LITTLE and it's beautiful and warm and sunny... ]

Um ... th-thanks. [ Shyyyyyyyyy smile.

B-Before this can get to be a little too much to deal with, the water mercifully distracts her by bringing in a stronger wave -- one that nips up her calves and makes her squeak and jump a little, releasing his arm. The water is not warm yet! It's not freezing, but it startles her.

... and, thoughts now fully engaged with this great strange beast before her, she takes a few steps out, so the water is almost up to her knees.

She's never been in the ocean before. Not like this, anyway. Gone up to it, stood near it, sure. But really gone in the water?

For some reason, she thinks of Nami. "Mom, why are you in a boat?!"

... she clasps her hands behind her back, and speaks softly, only just loud enough to be heard over the gentle rush and sigh of the waves. ]

It's really beautiful out here.

[It's suddenly a little too warm for Luke, so when Xion moves forward, he plops down right where he is. The coldness of the ocean is kind of a blessing right now... And he scoots himself a little further, so that the water can splash against his abdomen, but absolutely no higher up. ... Well. He will cup his hands in the water and dunk it over his face and run his fingers through his hair, at least. Aaah... What a relief.

Once that's done, Luke places his hands behind himself for balance as he leans back a little and looks out to the side. This... wasn't too bad. Being right near the shore like this. Not deep down, his lungs practically bursting while his eyesight faded and his last image being of the crushing blue around him and the blurry form of Asch -

No, no. Don't think of that.

He snaps out of his thoughts once Xion speaks up, and he looks forward to set his gaze on her instead. Her, enjoying the ocean and the view, showing more of herself than she's ever shown, the vast blue of the ocean spread out before her...]

Yeah... it really is.

[ She smiles, and ducks her head, loosing her hands from behind her back as she turns to face him. She splashes her way over to him, trying not to kick up too much water, then slowly lowers herself down beside him. It's a shock, the cold of the water against her skin, and she lets out another squeak when the water comes up against her abdomen, nearly reaching her chest. But it does feel nice, in this oppressive heat, and before too long she settles, legs half-floating tucked by her side. She leans against him, tilting her head back to stare at that bright blue sky, squinting her eyes against the light. ]

It's ... a little weird, actually. The way it keeps pushing back and forth... I mean, I've watched it before, but being in it is totally different! [ She looks back down at the water and lifts a hand to cup it, grinning. ] It's almost like being in a strong breeze. Except it's back and forth, back and forth...

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[Luke pulls one leg up and leans his elbow against it, the other hand reaching around to rest on her waist. H-Her bare waist, aaah. MOVING ON.

He looks up when she does, though he slowly lowers his gaze to the ocean that swells and splashes around them while she speaks. She really is enthralled by this, huh...]

It is pretty weird. [He pauses, glancing up at the deep blue of the ocean before his gaze returns to the lighter, more clear form of it around them.] It's kind of scary, too. The way it pulls out like that... I feel like I'm going to get sucked in or something.

[...] It's really deep out there.

[ Arm around her waist...

She might think about that more, but what he says gets her attention, and she looks at him with sudden concern. ... he fell all the way in the deep with Asch. No bottom to rest on... it must have been hard, and scary, and sudden. But she doesn't know how deep the ocean really goes... ]

We don't have to stay in the water, you know.

[That snaps him out of his sullen mood, and he glances at her before letting out a chuckle. Xion was so enthralled, but if he didn't like it, she'd gladly get out of the water with him. Heh...]

Are you kidding? It's hot as hell out here and you want to get out of the only cool place? [He takes cups his hand in the water to dump it in his hair again, running his fingers through it as if to get the coolness all the way through.] Thanks, but I'll pass. I'm fine here.

[ Okay, that gets a smile and a quiet laugh out of her. Fair enough! She'll sit forward a little so she can mimic his action with both hands, laughing at the sudden sensation of the cold water running down over her head, neck, and face. ]

That's a good point! And it feels really nice to do that. So I guess we'll stay. [ She pushes some now-wet strands of hair out of her face and settles against him properly, looking up at the sky again. ] I wonder if I should go for a swim... it's gotta be really different swimming in the ocean than in a river! [ Her only real experience so far. ]

[... Well, it sounds like she can swim, at least. So there's no real need to worry.

He moves his hand to her shoulder and gives her a light shove.]

Then what're you waiting for? Go try it out!

Hey! [ She leans forward, away from his shove, and laughs, then splashes a little water at him. ] Okay, okay, jeez! I'm going! [ She gives him a quick peck on the cheek, then stands, wading out deeper into the water. Once she's out up to her waist, she takes a deep breath and dives under.

This is all memory. Not even her own memory -- but memory from Sora. From Sora, of Kairi -- and from Sora's own life. But the memories are there, faint, so she uses them, sluicing into the water like she's been doing it her whole life. ]

[Luke lifts his head a bit, but it's hard to see her under all that blue water. Well... she's not flailing, at least, so she really is okay. Good...

He still hasn't told her that he can't swim, huh... and he's hesitant to say so. What if she connected that to his own unplanned trip to the ocean? It'd be a little hard to explain how he got through that.

But he pushes that thought aside now. Instead, Luke scoots back a bit so that he can lie back without getting a face full of water. He shuts his eyes, feeling the cool water sweep across his back and hair and making his arms, which are splayed out, lift up a little before it disappears, falling back into the ocean, only to come back up again.

It was a weird sensation... especially with the way the sand shifts beneath him. But it's kind of... peaceful, too. Yeah... this wasn't so bad, really.]

[ She's gone for a few minutes. Once she makes it out past the breakers, the ocean buoys her gently, and the sensation is bizarre and a ton of fun all at once. What she does can only really be described as frolicking. Sea frolicking, as it were. Though for a spell, she unknowingly mimics his own position, laying back in the water and bobbing up and down with the waves as she stares at the sky. It's very peaceful.

The war they left behind feels, for just a moment, worlds and years away.

But it's a little too quiet out here without him, so she returns to the shore. He'll probably hear her before he sees her -- she has to splash her way back through the shallower water, first. As she moves she idly wrings the water out of her hair and pushes wet strands out of her face. ]

[The splashing does break his focus on... well, nothing, and he opens his eyes to look up at the sky before he pushes himself up on his elbows to ask if she wants to make a sandcastle or look for shells, like Kairi suggested.]

Hey...

[But the offer flies right out of his mind upon seeing her. The water's made her body, slick with water, shine against the sunlight, and her eyes are lidded, and even the way she lifts up her arms and lets the water slide down them and wrings out her hair, the way she pushes the strands out of her face...

Luke is suddenly hyperaware of everything about her and how dry his lips and mouth just became. Xion was... beautiful. And Luke doesn't normally think that about girls, even ones he considers very good looking.]

[ His hyperawareness comes in stark contrast to her utter lack of any awareness at all -- at least of what he's seeing. She's still getting the water out of her hair -- she finally pushes it all back, slicking it against her skull, and wrings it out one last time before sighing and letting it lie on her neck.

That's when she notices him staring, and she pauses, blinking, to stare right back. Is something the matter? ]

Luke?

[ She makes it over to him and kneels down in the water, watching him with a mix of curiosity and concern. ]

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[Her hair still sticks to her neck thanks to the water against her skin, and Luke can't help staring at that once she's knelt down. He might be extremely aware of her right now, but not enough to realize that her attention's on him and how he's reacting.

It's as if he's in a trance. He balances his weight on one arm while the other reaches up to brush his fingers against her neck, to push some of her hair back behind her shoulder.

Then and there, he swallows, because the spot he uncovered looks so... enticing, and bare, and...

Just a second after that, he comes to his senses, and he jerks his hand back to splash into the water and quickly looks away. The coolness of the water contrasts with the heat in his body, most especially focused in his face, and he knows he must look about as red as his hair now. Oh god what has he done WHAT HAS HE DONE WHAT WAS HE DOING AAAAAAAAAAAAH]

I - I'm sorry! I was... w-wondering... I mean, I didn't...! That's not what I wanted to do! [... Wait that sounds terrible.] No, I mean, I... [... BUT THE OPPOSITE WAY SOUNDS TERRIBLE TOO.]

[ Her eyes widen a bit when he touches her. She feels her blood rush and gather beneath her skin, as if waiting for the perfect moment to surface in her cheeks. But for a moment she is frozen, staring into his eyes as he stares at her skin...

Then, of course, he breaks the illusion, and her face floods with crimson. She sits awkwardly beside him, hands going halfway up to cover her cheeks before she realizes what she's doing and lowers them again. She looks at him sideways, very shyly, then looks down and twists her fingers. ]

... what were you wondering?

[Luke suddenly finds the water and the wet sand very interesting, as he digs his fingers in and watches the mud get pulled into the ocean. Yeah, that's. Interesting. ... He gives her a shy sideways glance, before he goes back to watching the mud. Yes. It's the most interesting thing.]

Uh... I - heard there's other stuff to do on the beach, so... I was wondering if you wanted to... do some of that stuff.

[Best to take their minds off of the subject of slightly inappropriate touching, is his way of thinking now.]

I, um...

[ She's looking at him now. Her blush intensifies a little when he glances at her, but he looks away... while her eyes stay on his face.

Very, very hesitantly she leans towards him and presses a kiss to his skin -- the soft spot just beneath his ear. His skin is just the slightest bit salty, like the ocean.

Then she sort of ... leeeans back, smiling a little to cover up her nerves and awkward ]

Um ... I think you might need to be a little more specific.

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