An Unexpected encounter at the beach. ( Cerbera and Haruka )

Cerbera stepped back at the sudden action of Haruka, making Cerbera stumble and fall upon the ground and sit in the water. She blinked and shivvered, looking over at Haruka, twitching a little before nodding, deciding to just move in deeper untill the water covered her entire body and her head the only thing sticking out of the water. She'd release a soft gasp of the cold before moving in deeper with Haruka.

" Mmm.. Wish it was a little warmer.. "

"H-hai," Haruka agreed. It was still cold, but the motions that kept her afloat also warmed her.

The brown-haired girl looked about her. There. A buoy bobbed about a hundred meters ahead of them.

"Cerbera-san, let's use that buoy as a marker. We'll swim towards it, and then back to the beach. First one back wins."

Cerbera nodded, suddenly swimming as fast as she could, looking at the buoy while she closed her eyes and immidiatly dove underwater, hoping she could go much faster then she was going now but it was only a little bit faster, she wasn't much of a swimmer.

Haruka gaped as Cerbera disappeared beneath the dark blue water. "H-hey!" she protested, having had no warning whatsoever that her friend was going to take off like a torpedo. "Wait for me!"

She hurriedly swam after, her style much more conventional, learned in high school. To her surprise, she found herself catching up to Cerbera, and then passing her. She isn't that good a swimmer?

Cerbera released a accident gasp from underwater, letting bubbles lift up and pop on the surface, Cerbera had alot of trouble keeping herself together and suddenly swam up instead, her head coming out and coughing out loudly, rubbing her eyes.

Spotting Cerbera apparently in trouble, Haruka swiftly angled herself at her friend. "Cerbera-san!" she exclaimed as she paddled to a stop beside her fellow kawaii, struggling not to accidentally drink saltwater as she swam while speaking. "Are you all right?"

" Y..Yeah.. l.. Just got a little sc-- I mean I bumped against something. "

Cerbera didn't want to tell Haruka that she was actually afraid, slowly bringing her hands back into the water while she looked back at Haruka with a nod.

" Okay.. I'm ready again. "

Haruka was too relieved to notice Cerbera's lapse. "Ah... what a relief... I thought you'd had a cramp or an accident... I'm glad it was nothing... okay, then," she agreed. "Let's go!"

She would turn back towards the buoy and begin swimming, her arms and legs frothing the water.

Cerbera immidiatly followed after Haruka but once again wasn't such a fast swimmer, trying to keep her head from going under while she looked at Haruka swimming, shaking her head a bit before she went a little faster to try and keep up.

When she brought her head up, Haruka saw the buoy nearing. Yosh! She grabbed onto the float to hold herself in place, and looked behind her. Cerbera was approaching steadily. Haruka would take the time to collect her breath while waiting for Cerbera to arrive, her feet kicking to keep her warm.