baby steps

Ania blinked for a moment. She hadn't considered that Altair would have been dangerous. Perhaps she should have thought more about tiger safety, but the fact is she just didn't feel threatened. She did have to smile at the notion of Hadrian rescuing her, though. He rescued her from an awful lot of situations so far. He's like a superhero.
"No, I suppose it doesn't matter." She trusted Hadrian, after all, and it wasn't like there were any obtrusive neighbors hanging off the wall to peek in. That would certainly make life a little more fun, wouldn't it.

With the green light, she tugged off her shirt, flicking it to the side in one move. Immensely glad she had chosen to wear a cute set of underclothes this morning, Ania slipped her hands into her waistband, almost feeling like she was giving some kind of odd strip show. Wriggling a bit to aid the clothes in getting off, she managed to slip off her pants and toss them over to where her shirt lay. "Well. I suppose I'm ready. Have you got a bathing suit as well or will you be taking the lazy route as well?"

Ania giggled easily at Altair's excitement. She imagined that tigers really enjoyed swimming, especially if they could swim around whenever they liked. They probably weren't very easy to dry, though.
Her eyes found Hadrian and watched as he unbuttoned his shirt, curious about the watch he had taken off. It looked expensive, and Ania shuddered internally at the price it must have fetched. Despite being used to Hadrian's spending habits by now, the price tags on most of his belongings still gave her a small shock.

"I'm almost afraid to ask how much it cost." Her eyebrows raised for a second, brain failing to pinpoint an accurate number on a piece of jewelry. The most she had ever seen on a watch was only about a couple hundred, and even then she didn't think a couple hundred would draw that type of reaction. Tying her hair back into a knot, Ania shifted her hands to rest onto her hips, feeling a little strange. It wasn't often that she openly stripped in front of her boyfriend, after all. Come to think of it, she didn't think she ever had. Hopefully this slower pace was more comfortable to him. She didn't want to push him into anything, after all. "Are you readyyy? I don't think I've been swimming since that last time. Is Altair swimming with us, too? I bet he is a good swimmer."

Watching Altair bounce out the doors, his disappearance was followed by a rather large splash, which she assumed to come from him leading the way to the pool. "Nah, I'd rather hang onto you." Though it would probably be an interesting adventure to be tugged along by a tiger, she thought she'd rather spend her first real swimming experience with Hadrian. He looked good without all his clothes, and she intended to make the absolute most of it.

Guided through the back doors, she was impressed for a moment at the niceness of his pool area. "It's very pretty. " Her hand rested on one of his hips, and she squished him tight in a brief hug before detaching to investigate his pool. Altair already seemed to be having an awesome time, paddling around like he was born in the water. Plopping herself down by the edge, she drew her legs up and watched Altair swim around.
"He looks so happy, aw." Poking her legs in the water, she shivered slightly at the cooler temperature. "It's... A little scary..." She wasn't sure how she felt about this whole swimming thing; faced with the whole expanse of water, it looked scarier than she had originally imagined.

It hadn't ever occurred to her that Hadrian would maintain his own home. "Well... No, I didn't really think you did." Somehow, the image of Hadrian bent over sweeping at leaves and picking bugs and things out of his pool didn't really fit with the image that Hadrian presented himself as. He more fit the rich overseer of chores, and she decided that she liked that image a bit better than the less-rich who actually did the chores. Did that make her conceited? Hopefully it didn't. Just in case, she decided to keep those thoughts for later.

Altair really did look like he was smiling, and Ania couldn't help but smile back. Her head turned a little, watching Hadrian politely as he spoke. He seemed to have a good grip on how to teach people how to swim, and she appreciated his efforts. Wriggling herself a little closer, her arms went to their familiar spot around his neck, straightening herself so she was more even. "Yes. Keep hold of me." Kissing his lips for a brief moment, she detached herself before sliding into the water, squeaking as the temperature hit her body fully. Crossing her arms across her chest, she bounced on her toes in the water for a moment, shivering slightly as she waited for her body to adjust. The pendant the teacher had given her felt like a block of ice on her chest, and she pressed it to her skin, hoping that it would adjust soon as well. "The worst part about getting into the water is getting used to the temperature."

Ania pushed herself up tight into Hadrian's chest, closing her eyes and enjoying his embrace quite a lot. Her arms slid around his waist and she temporarily forgot about her desire to swim, caught up in the desire to just be warm. She made an unpleasant noise as she was released back into the water, but resigned herself when she realised that it really wasn't that cold anymore.

"I never learned so I could wait for my favourite boy to teach me." Really, she didn't have a very good reason for why she waited to learn how to swim. She supposed that she never really saw it as necessary. Before, she could just turn into a fish with little difficulty if she needed to swim around. Now, she had taken her powers out temporarily with the pendant, and had no desire to take it back off. "At least the oven is warm..." She wasn't cold anymore, but she still sidled up closer to Hadrian, pressing herself into him. "What first, O Swim Master?"