WHEN I WAS LITTLE i spent all my summers in the south of france.
i moved to london when i was fourteen and my english was actually horrible.
when i met sharky i still had that tinge of a french accent on me but then when i hung around people more it faded.
and now when im older im doing the same thing, spending my summers in the south of france, just now im doing it with my best friends.
the summer house is probably where all our greatest friendship memories came from.
when the boys first saw it a few years back they almost fainted, i found it kind of funny.
it was now midnight and we finally arrived at the house, the car ride from the airport was probably worse than the whole plane.
niko was trying to work on his french by speaking with the taxi driver and aj kept asking me how to say breath stinks in french.
kenny, chunkz, and sharky managed to buy a bunch of snacks from a store at the airport and they were munching on them the whole time.
so it's safe to say that i definitely tipped the driver a fair amount.
"welcome back." i smile walking backward into the house and facing them.
"Indeed." chunkz grins setting his bag on the couch alongside everyone else.
"now i'm going to sleep!" he stated loudly.
my face crumbles.
"what?!" i scream.
"we just got here." my voice comes out angry.
everyone couldn't help but laugh.
"it's also midnight." kenny adds with a yawn.
i rub my eyes trying to understand their words.
"oh boo, you whores. i'm going for a swim." i wave my hands in the air.
chunkz just ruffles my hair walking past me and into his room that he shared with kenny, who follows after him.
"enjoy the swim." niko manages to say before he and aj follow into their room.
sharky sharing a small look with me before walking up the stairs.
i cursed them.
i love swimming at night.
obviously not in the ocean but in the pool it's the best.
i wore a random swimsuit i could find which was just a red one-piece.
walking out onto the backyard my eyes catch the ocean only a few steps away.
then to the lit-up pool.
i smile brightly, i really do love the ocean.
setting my towel on one of the chairs i take a deep breath before putting my feet in the pool.
my eyes closed and the goosebumps on my skin from
the chilly night air wrapped around me.
and like that, i set my whole body into the water.
it was like being splashed back into your childhood.
it was like every overthinking and crazy thought i had about sharky was now swimming away from me.
i let out air before sinking myself to the bottom of the pool, my legs crossed and my nose clipped with my fingers.
i stayed there for a few seconds until my chest started hurting.
my top half rose from the water and i pushed my blonde hair back.
once i opened my eyes i jumped to the back that was facing me.
it was sharky.
he was putting his towel on top of mine and then turned to me.
i felt my legs begin to go numb and the water now suffocating me.
"thought you drowned." his quiet voice jokes to me.
i couldn't help but grin.
"and you didn't even try to save me?" i hold my chest in fake sadness.
his laugh echoed through the area and it felt like music, i wanted to record that laugh and play it as i fell asleep.
before i even knew it his body was also in the water and his head dunked and then coming back up.
facing me and smiling greatly.
inching closer and then in just a second not enough time to even process what was going on.
his hand making contact with my flushed-out cheek and grazing his thumb on it.
it wasn't like he did it to make a move, he did it because he felt like it.
like he needed to say something and the only way to say it was to touch my skin.
the look in his eyes was normal and the light from the moon made him look so soft.
"why're you looking at me like that?" i ask suddenly with a gulp.
he chews the inside of his cheek.
"your eyes turn black right now you know?" sharky stated slowly tilting my head to the side.
i furrow my brows softly at the random words.
the overwhelming feeling never left and i could not help but turn away and whine at the sudden no contact.
but swim away from him.
lifting up when i got to the edge of the pool and leaned on the wall.
i see him smirk while the pool is pretty shallow he started walking over to me.
"black eyes don't exist." my fact was said solidly.
"yeah, they do. they're like two little voids." he hums.
i furrow my brows harder.
was he complementing me or?
nonetheless, i still feel my heart beat faster and the air drying my hair slowly.
"what?"
"you know.. when you stare into someone's eyes and you can see your reflection." sharky explains in a raspy tone.
i felt butterflies begin to fly.
his own eyes went to mine and then for a brief second they were on my lips, it felt like the smallest moment and then he was back at my eyes.
"how can i have black eyes and brown eyes at the same time?" i smartass him with a smirk.
he gets closer and his body heat slowly transfers to me and i get so nervous.
my hands shaking softly by my side and the glint in the water made him look almost unreal.
"when you're happy you have black eyes, when you're not, you have brown eyes." sharky mumbles with a cheeky grin.
i tilt my head to the side as if catching his stupidity, i stick my tongue and blow a single raspberry before saying,
"did you just come up with that?"
he shook his head.
"nope. it's scientifically proven."
something about the way he said it made me believe him.
honestly, he could tell me anything when being this close and i would believe every single thing he said.
"by who and when?" i laughed loudly and for a second i saw him smile brighter when making the sound.
"me. right now." sharky quipped quickly with a know-it-all all look.
i giggle.
he stood in front of me while i leaned against the stone pool wall.
"you're happy when you're with me." it was so quiet that i almost didn't hear him.
but i did.
"what a bold assumption." that was all that came out.
"not an assumption. you're eyes are black right now," he stated to me confidently.
he knows it's true and i know it's true.
i'm only ever happy when i'm with sharky.
"okay. well black eyes don't exist. they're just a really dark brown." i said to him rolling my eyes.
"sure. just like grey is a really light black?"
i was feeling the world go back and forth as we too went back and forth, but gently and softly.
almost like a conversation, which i think it was.
"just admit that you're happy when around me." the way he said it was sweetly like a candy.
i scoff finally knowing.
and he smiles knowing too.
"you know there's no such thing as black eyes you just want me to admit that i'm happy around you."
it was almost obvious to the naked eyes and ears that that was the case but at the moment i almost didn't catch it.
"i'll only answer if you admit." sharky replies wiggling his brows.
i stomp my right foot under the water with a small frown and groan.
"fine.. you make me happy." i chuckle lowly at the phrase.
it was like i lit a match in a dark room because sharkys eyes were starry and his smile gigantic.
"then yeah, i know your eyes are brown right now."
i splash water in his face with a loud huff.
"oh really?" he says over the noise.
and then he too began splashing water.
"sharky that went in my eye!" i screech splashing him back.
"oh so it's fine when you do it?" he cackles the water flying.
before i knew it i was letting out a screech alongside a scream when being grabbed by the waist and dragged into the water.
my eyes opened under the water and I tried my best to swim away, but he had his firm grip.
it was a split second where it seemed like everything was black and white, and he was the only bright color.
i stared into his eyes the water swimming around us and my hair floating above me.
he looks at my eyes and for a second i almost forgot how he's probably just thinking of me as a best friend.
his fingers and palms around my waist felt warm and familiar. he felt so solid and safe. like i wanted to cling onto his chest and bury my face into the warm curve of his neck.
my chest now against his i swim up to the surface breathing in the air.
i didn't even realize that i was suffocating down there.
sharky pops up, not even the faintest of expression on his face.
i try hard to even read him but i can't.
i never was able to.
an hour.
that was how long him and i stayed in the pool, we weren't even talking.
we're just on our backs looking up at the night sky.
my head next to his and his next to mine.
i smile thoughtfully understanding how much these small interactions mean to me.
ever so often his fingers graze against my thigh and the hairs on my neck stand in straight lines.
"mikes."
i didn't flinch but i was surprised at the silence cracking.
i cleared my throat quietly and my eyes still trained on the moon when i hummed in and answered.
"i'm uh.. i'm sorry for that night." sharky stutters out not looking at me.
my face goes flat and soft, i didn't expect that.
i actually wouldn't even believe it if you told me he was gonna say that.
me and sharky never usually apologize after fights, we just slowly stop ignoring the other.
and anyway, i thought we made up, seeing as it was three weeks ago and we were still talking.
"what night?" always learn to act clueless.
from the corner of my eye, i saw him gulp down his spit and i felt nauseous.
"that night after nando's.." he trails off.
the air was thick.
and suddenly the tiny gap between my arm and his arm, my body and his body was huge.
it felt like i was all the way on the other side of the pool.
i wanted to look at him, it felt like a need.
but i didn't.
"oh.." i mumble slowly comprehending the words.
i feel him shift.
"i didn't mean it, i never would have said it.." he stated to me.
"then why did you?" i didn't mean to sound snappy, the whole sentence felt like an accident.
sharky goes on to say, "i don't even know, i'm so sorry."
the tension was fading but my heart was still skyrocketing.
"it's fine, i know you didn't." i smiled and i knew he could hear my smile.
"it's just at the time.. i thought you hated me." my voice was uneasy yet i still laughed after the sentence.
he scoffed out a laugh, his head now facing mine forcing myself to face him.
a small playful smirk played out onto his face.
"who could ever hate you?"
sharky mumbles to me hoarsely.
oh my god, he is so gorgeous.
how could someone say such a simple sentence yet make it sound like he's literally better than any romcom man?
i laugh breathlessly still trying to even catch my own breath.
"you've been pretty moody lately sharks, on your period?" i joker not knowing how to make of the situation.
i hear him chortle.
"mhm and i'm swimming." he grinned.
i grin back.
"work on it." my voice tells him.
"yeah well, i'd rather argue with you than laugh with anyone else."
sharky tells out loud.
i felt my hearing leave and i felt my heart actually stop.
if i sank to the bottom of the pool right now i swear i'd be happy.
this was so overwhelming.
i've come to agreements with these feelings of mine to sharky but i also feel like i didn't.
he played it so well, it sounds like he's doing it back but you know it's not.
"i.. i'm—"
i cut myself off.
"i'm tired."
and just like that i stood up and climbed out of the pool.
sharky stood up too, still in the water and staring at me with a confused look.
he looked hurt but i knew it was just my illusion.
wrapping the towel around my body i turned to him one last time while gulping down my spit.
"uh.. goodnight."
with that, i cautiously sprinted into the house and up the stairs.
i could just picture him still in the pool and the same confused look in his eyes.
looking in the mirror of my bedroom, i couldn't help but grab at my chest.
my heart has never felt like this.
AUTHORS NOTE!!
next chap sharkys pov?????
but oh my god they are perfect im acc obsessed
can u tell my fav trope is the miscommunication trope??
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