Swimming

Victor's POV:

Today I decided that I would invite Rosa, Maxwell, and Jeremiah to go swimming. Well technically Rosa invited me to swim in her pool and I invited the boys.

We're going to have a good time. If only I weren't afraid of water. Did i mention the only reason why I did this was to see Jeremiah shirtless? Is that really so wrong of me?

I'm getting desperate at this point. No matter what I do to get his attention, all I ever get is, "you're such a good friend," and "good job bro." The next time he calls me bro when I offer him a back rub I might actually just make out with him for shits and giggles. No, no I wont do that because I have fucking anxiety.

I show up to Jeremiah's door to pick him up and guess what he's wearing? A short pair of swim trunks and absolutely nothing else. Like seriously not even flip flops. "Uh... shoes."

He looks rightfully confused. "You know... flip flops, hot concrete."

"Bro what?"

"PUT SOME SHOES ON!"

"OK DAMN!"

I seriously almost forgot how to speak english. I mean it wasn't my first language and all but I'm pretty fluent so it shouldn't be that difficult. But of course add hot boys and tight swim trunks into the equation and english once again becomes extremely difficult.

Rosa greets us at the gate and whistles to Jeremiah. "Damn boy I can almost see the outline of your,".

I quickly interupt. "La la la la la... I did not just hear that."

"Oh shush you prude."

"Yeah shush your face Victor, you know you like it."

"Hey I never said I didn't"

Silence.

Rosa walked between us. "Oh my god just make out already. Y'all both know you wanna bang."

"Rosa! We're not supposed to talk about it." Oh so that's how he's going to play it. Interesting.

Jeremiah jumps into the pool soaking himself from head to toe. I refuse to jump in instead dunking my legs in over the edge. "Bro jump in."

"I'm scared."

"Then why did you want to go swimming?"

"I just wanted to spend time with you guys."

Maxwell walks over to Jeremiah and whispers to him low enough so I can't hear.

Two seconds later Jeremiah walks over to me and picks me up bridal style. Holy shit, I didnt think he was strong enough to do that. "Ah! Don't drop me."

"Oh shush you big baby. I'm going to dunk you." He swings me around so I have no choice but to straddle him and then he sinks us both into the water. I return to the surface shivering also slightly turned on.

"That wasn't so bad was it Victor?" Every time he says my name my heart melts into a giant puddle.

I look at him with my best set of puppy dog eyes. "Do it again?" He dunks us both immediately barely giving me time to get my breath.

We swim around for two more hours and I slowly get more comfortable being in the water. We all get out once Rosa's mom calls us to the patio for lunch. I fill my plate with a heaping pile of pizza rolls and watermelon.

Me and Jeremiah sit next to eachother our sides pressed together. I feel closer to him than I ever have but the closer I allow myself to feel the more it hurts that he continues to deny me.