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

Cerbera closed her eyes and swum as fast as she could, however that was faster then she thought she would go. when she opened her eyes to see how far she was she was about to hit Haruka, releasing a surprising gasp as she immidiatly stopped though thanks to her own speed she only bumped right against Haruka, her hands immidaitly trying to grab a hold of something, which would be Haruka's sides, when Cerbera found out she immidiatly widened her eyes, a blush seemed to appear on her cheeks before she'd immidiatly pull back and a bit away from haruka.

" S...Sorry! "

Cerbera seemed very startled and embarassed now.

Haruka yelped as she saw Cerbera careening straight towards her. She released the buoy and held her hands up to try and catch her incoming friend, her feet kicking beneath her to keep her afloat.

As it happened, Cerbera slowed down in time so that their collision didn't hurt. Haruka grabbed at Cerbera's shoulders to help hold up her flustered friend. Cerbera's fingers felt strong upon her skin, but also surprisingly soft.

She caught the blush, assumed it was from embarrassment at nearly crashing into her. It did make Cerbera look much softer and younger in her opinion, at last fitting the look expected of a kawaii.

She's much cuter this way...

" S...Sorry! "

"It's all right," Haruka sheepishly assured, "Though I was scared for a moment that you'd crash into me. Are you all right?"

Cerbera quickly nodded, still startled that she had almost bumped up against Haruka, her arms and legs moving under the water to keep herself up while her blush was still dark and perfectly seen on her cheeks.

" Y..Yes! I'm fine. "

Cerbera blinked twice, shaking her head afterwards to clear her head.

While Haruka was happy to see Cerbera acting pretty normally and cutely, she was honestly beginning to wonder if there was anything troubling her friend. She shook her head clear of such worries for now, though.

"O-okay... how about... let's we swim back for now? The water's getting cold..."

A lame excuse, but at least she had one.

Cerbera slowly started to nod before turning to swim towards the shore, again not very fast but she wasn't really anymore, also waiting for Haruka to catch up while she stared at the sky quietly, she thought about something before she'd simply look forward again.

Haruka paddled after Cerbera almost obediently. "Go straight ahead," she encouraged her paused friend, "I can follow- ack!"

Her arms flailed her surroundings as she suddenly went under. Her right foot had suddenly gone numb!

Kami-sama! A cramp! I pushed myself too hard!

When her head broke through the surface, Haruka let out a desperate "Help!" as she tried to keep herself afloat.

Cerbera turned and blinked when she heard the cry for help and without a second thought she immidiatly dove underwater when she saw Haruka struggling. She swiftly swam up against and wrapped an arm around the girl's body, pressing her against her.

" Hold on, I'll try to swim us to shore. "

She tried to stay calm where she pulled her body back to start paddling backwards while holding Haruka close, using her free hand to help swim faster, looking down at Haruka.

" Don't worry, I got you. "

"T-thank you, Cerbera-san," Haruka gasped. She clung to Cerbera, her good leg kicking rhythmically to help propel them, while she coughed to clear her throat of seawater. "That... that was..."

Ashore, Masato had spotted the fracas. "Oh, shit! Haruka!" He peeled off his top and waded into the water. Soon he was swimming towards the two girls as fast as he could.

Cerbera held Haruka tightly against her, making sure the girl's head was lifted up enough to breath calmly, her feet gently kicked into the water while she heard Masato coming near them, using her free arm to wrap around Haruka and muttered.

" Hold on. "

She then took a long inhale of air and dove herself underwater while keeping Haruka mostly on the surface, turning her head to the side to not let water fill her nose as she started to increase her speed by focussing only on her legs, holding her breath as long as she could while they met up with Masato.

Masato met them halfway to the shore. He made to grab Haruka, his intent to relieve Cerbera of her burden.

"Arigatou!" he called out once Cerbera surfaced. "Let's bring her ashore!"

With that he would swim back with Haruka in tow, pacing himself so that he matched Cerbera's speed, making it easier for all of them.

"G-gomen," Haruka mumbled.