I'm not so sure how to face him... at least with his seemingly-imposing figure, but he keeps staring either me or some clam beside me.

"H... hey, look,"

I'm... trying to look at him, but really, his big bull bear with some tiger stripes really is not something easy NOT to look at anyway. It's just I'm trying to look at him, but would he just look at me back?

"Err... thanks for before,"

Before? I raised one of my eyebrow.

"...well, you know. When we were swimming,"

I'm trying to think harder. And then suddenly I remember.

"Oh yeah, when the moment you lost your speed-- HMMMM MMMHH!!!"

I'm shocked when he suddenly grabs my mouth and holds me tight against his burly body.

"Not so loud, you idiot!"

I'm trying to take a little bit of breathe. While I'm feeling so comforted hugged this way, but I do need my O2. And I feel something is up... down there.

"hmm~mmmmm~mmm~~~...,"

He realizes it, and let me go, "Oh sorry! Sorry!".

Whew. I dunno if I must feel either relieved, or just disappointed.

"A... anyway...," he continued.

"Um... I dunno how to say it,".

There he goes, he's glancing aside again, with his face turns a bit red. It's cute, but PLEASE...

"But... err, I just want to say thanks. So, d'ya wanna grab a drink or two? My treat...,"

I blinked.

"Th... that's if you don't mind, though,".

I smile a bit.

"Sure, why not?"

While he looks like he's happy, but suddenly he bursts out, "It... it's not like something too special, you stupid! This is just my way of saying thanks, 'kay?!"

He never changes, if only he's being a bit honest for his own sake.

"I got it, okay! Are we going or not?"

He smiles, with a bit of touch of shyness.

"Ok... okay let's go!"

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