OVERFLOW for | 012 | The Beach Episode

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[sonofson]

Huh? Oh, okay! Whatever you say.

[Goten moves a bit closer inland towards the shore until he can stand comfortably without getting a mouth full of water. Goten is so ready for this. He was ready since the moment he spotted Sousuke on the beach, food break aside because....well, food. But he is so ready! He can't stop smiling and its starting to make his cheeks a bit sore. A race with Sousuke, this is going to be great. As much as Goten does want to win, it doesn't really matter who is fastest because this is going to be fun no matter what. Especially since Sousuke seems pretty confident in his own ability to swim. It makes Goten curious to just how good he is because while Sousuke does have longer arms and legs, that alone isn't going to be enough to beat Goten and he knows it.

Getting ready, with arms out, he looks straight for their goal.]

I've been ready for this! How about on three? One....Two....and three!

[He doesn't wait for Sousuke to confirm anything, he just pushes off the ground and starts flying through the water---a fast doggy paddle style. Truth be told, Goten has never been properly taught how to swim. He doesn't know any strokes or how to use his body efficiently. All he has that is giving him what speed he does have is his own raw power. Get ready for the fastest doggy paddle ever, take that Sousuke!]

[takenwithhim]

[Sousuke rises with the waves, letting them buoy his body up and down as his toes skim the sand beneath him each descent. He keeps an eye on Goten to make sure he’s getting to a place that’s comfortable for him. Sousuke’s standing where the water’s right up to the top of his collarbones, clearing his head easily of the surface and making handling the swells easier. He feels the swell of excitement and determination burning inside already. A swimming race. Regardless of what he mind things, his body obviously is built for this, imbibed with it to the point that the sea and the pool, water itself, excites him with the urge to swim. To show what he can do. All that he’s worked on with Rin in the past several weeks, it’s all built into this.

Sousuke lets himself drop again and digs his feet into the sand, giving himself a firm brace to push off from. It’s no diving block, but it’ll suffice. He looks ahead of him, teal eyes focused on the buoy so far away. It’d be easier with goggles, but since those aren’t here at the moment, well…]

On three…

[The words under his breath and he brings his arms in front of him, body moving into a practiced ready position. Some part of him suggests he look at Goten first and see how he’s handling it, but the rest of him reminds him that Goten’d be irked if Sousuke gave him anything less than his best (any well-intentioned, unconscious handicap included).

So on ‘three,’ the athlete shoves off the sea floor in a hard motion, arms slinging over head as he arches out of the water and dives into it like a shallow-thrown spear. He pierces the surface effortlessly and his body undulates in practiced kicks much akin to a dolphin’s. Until his body curves up and his hands break the water, followed by his arms. They split and go wide on either side of his body, bringing his upper torso higher out of the water to give him extra speed. Butterfly, after all, is his best stroke and he blazes forward with a power that can only come from natural talent trained into utmost perfection.

Better power on, Goten, because Sousuke’s in his element right now.]