Fuselage

♡~♡ Chapter 17 ♡~♡

"Yagi said something about it. You buy that shit too, huh?" Katsuki kept pace, staying beside Eijirou. "Hanta was telling me his story around the kitsune and oni that saved him from frostbite." A hand rose. "Revived his toes."

"Oh." Eijirou stopped swimming, treading water. "That happened. I was there when he was found."

"No shit?" Katsuki stayed beside Eijirou, who laughed.

"Yeah, no shit." His gaze craned to the shore. "They look happy."

Katsuki followed the gaze, locking on to Hanta, Denki and Kyoka all curled up with one another, laughing and talking. "I dunno. Watching them feels kind of like peeping."

"Does them being together make you uncomfortable?" Eijirou glided through the water around Katsuki effortlessly.

"I have a hard time watching other people do that kind of stuff. It just makes me feel... weird." Katsuki responded, doing his best to keep his gaze on the other man. "It's not that I mind PDA- Fuck, Eijirou, where the fuck did you g-"

Hands grabbed him just under his ass, launching him into the air.

"Gotcha!" Eijirou laughed as Katsuki hit the water, falling deep into the darkness of the lake.

With a swift kick Katsuki rocketed back up, launching through the surface, planting his hands on Eijirou's shoulders, burying him under the water.

"SAY UNCLE!" The blond screamed till a meaty hand reached around, grabbing his bicep and tossing him.

Eijirou laughed as Katsuki surfaced. "Cheater."

"How's that cheating?" Red eyes nearly glowed in the moonlight as the two circled one another again.

"Yeeting me across the water just seems like it should be an illegal move." Katsuki grinned feral, legs striking Eijirou's. "Oh-"

"Yeah..." Eijirou chuckled awkwardly. "Big lake, man. You gotta stop being right on top of me."

"Me?!" Katsuki hissed, splashing the larger man. "Look who's talking, fuckface!"

"Oi!" Eijirou reached out, yanking Katsuki in.

Both hands wrapped around his arms. Eyes locked. That same pain clenched in Katsuki's stomach. For a moment they stayed like that; close, floating. It wasn't until Eijirou's face changed, eyes softening around the edges, that Katsuki panicked, giving a wild laugh and striking out to pinch a nipple and twist.

Oh!" Eijirou gasped, a mad grin lighting his face, "Now that's cheating!" And Eijirou launched him up out of that water-

But when he went under it wasn't the lake he entered.

Fuck.

For a moment he couldn't breathe, couldn't remember which way was up. Couldn't see anything but his nightmares. Blue eyes waited for him. Cold, clammy hands reaching for him. Stars and galaxies swirled in time distorted currents.

Stay with me. A rotten hand reached out from the depths.

Panicked Katsuki took a deep breath of water.

A splash overhead, something warm and soft and hard pressed against his body, pulled him back up.

They both gasped and sputtered as they broke the surface.

"Damn, bro." Eijirou muttered, quiet and distant as Katsuki clung to him, dragging air back into his body. "I am so sorry. I-I forgot about the-"

"Fucking what?" Katsuki snapped, struggling to push away. "About what, Eijirou?"