Private Finished Face The Wave

When was the last time Cam had been this excited about an outing that wasn't a date? Actually not that long, maybe about half a year ago. Wait, was this a date? Cam kind of wanted it to be a date, but at the same time didn't. Kal probably didn't mean it as a date. Or did he? Maybe he thought Cam would think it as a date and be weirded out. Or maybe Kal wanted Cam to think it was more than just an outing and actually kind of liked him. Or maybe this was all just a huge cosmic conspiracy and Cam was going crazy.
It was all kind of a mess inside his head as Cam made his way towards the beach he and Kal had agreed to meet on. Cam was wearing a dark blue hoodie, black sports sweatpants and sneakers. Under all that he was wearing the wet suit, that was peeking from under the hoodie. It was black with some bright blue and white highlights. Cam was also carrying a large shoulder bag, that contained a thermos filled with warm cocoa, water bottle, small container with Cam's surprise and a change of clothes.
Cam hadn't bothered with any makeup, naturally, and his hair was just on a plain ponytail.

Cam kinda wanted to bite his nails, as his mind came up with countless other theories and fantasies and other kinds of thoughts. But partly because of what Ernesto and Cam had talked about he was also kinda scared and unsure. It was clearer than day for Cam, that he had a crush on Kal. Cam was flirty by nature, Kal had definitely noticed that, so hiding this crush would probably be simple enough. Cam wasn't scared of Kal finding out, first and foremost at least. He was scared he'd grow to like Kal so much he wouldn't be able to hide his feelings. Cam was prone to being impulsive, who knew when he'd just ignore all the circumstances and hug or kiss Kal, or worse. That had happened before with others, though it usually didn't have bad consequences. But Cam was worried about his own readiness to be in a relationship again. His last one had been...traumatizing was a strong word but pretty accurate. The guy had turned Cam into a blue fucking fox and his life upside down. That had...left a mark, to say the least. A mark of anger, and uncertainty.
Cam sighed and got the beach in his sights before long. Guess he'd just have to wait and see. But for now he just wanted to enjoy surfing with his best friend.

As Cam saw the beach his worried were pushed to the background by excitement, and he started jogging. Cam jogged the rest of the short way to the short stairs that led down to the beach, and Cam stopped on top of them and scanned the beach. There were a decent amount of people, but it was part cloudy and the wind from the sea was chilly so many had just stayed home.
Cam was looking for one certain person, and as he would spot Kal his face would light up. Cam would wave widely, and make his way to Kal with a grin on his face.
"Hello, sir. Do you come here often?"

Kal had put up a nice small spot for them, as Cam observed when he got close. He slipped his own bag off his shoulder while still smiling at Kal. He looked good in his wet suit, but at this point Cam would've thought the guy looked good even if he was wearing a trash bag.
"Ah, yes, those sound like the perfect beach conditions."
Cam answered, and snickered a bit. Though he outright laughed when Kal struck with a barrage of puns right afterwards. But when Kal all of a sudden pulled off a blanket that had been covering the other board Cam went silent. The board had a giant pickle on it, a callback from their first outing together. For a second Cam just stared at the board with a blank expression. Before bursting out laughing and stepping over to the board, touching his hand to the giant pickle. Cam turned to Kal and was still cackling a bit as he spoke.
"Didn't have the guts to put your own face on it?"

After Cam finished giggling at the pickle board he unzipped his hoodie, revealing the wet suit underneath. Cam folded the hoodie on top of the blanket on the sand, and did the same to his pants Cam had also slipped off. And after kicking off his sneakers Cam was just in his wet suit like Kal, ready to surf. He smiled at Kal and touched his hand to his pickle board.
"Want to hit the waves, pickle boy?"

"Scare away the waves? Rather call them over, since you have some psychic connection to saltwater. You just wanted to hog all the good waves."
Cam threw back and stuck out his tongue at Kal, grinning right after. He had also thought of other more flirty answers to that, but Cam had decided to try and hold back the flirtyness today. It wasn't a date, it was just an outing between two friends. And he totally wasn't disappointed Kal hadn't put his own face on the board.

"Cucumber Cam? You went for the obvious one."
Cam called back and cackled as he ran after Kal, the pickle board under his arm. Cam's movements showed no hesitation as he set the board against his chest and dove into the water. His strokes lacked the strength Kal had put had the same amount of experience and soon enough Cam had caught up to Kal beyond the breaks. Cam felt the coldness of the water but it was easy to ignore as he smiled widely at Kal.

Cam kept his eyes on the waves, and like Kal was looking for a good one to come their way. Cam was going to let Kal go first, as he was very well aware of the unwritten rules. Though when Cam had first started surfing he had gone against most of them and broken good manners multiple times before learning.
Eventually a good wave came along, and Cam grinned back at Kal and waved as he left to ride it.

In all honesty Cam wanted to stay and see how Kal surfed, he was sure the guy looked amazing on board, but he saw another good wave coming and didn't want to miss his chance. Cam paddled along with it like Kal had done before, and he could see this was going to be an excellent wave. And as it started to curl Cam slid down to it and pushed himself up. He was a bit rusty, and wobbled a bit before gaining balance and getting the hang of it. Cam crouched down a bit and kept a hold of the board's edge as he surfed on the wave, on his face the biggest smile. Cam had missed this sensation of gliding on water and feeling the water on his face and hair.

The wave started to collapse behind him, and Cam attempted to similarly turn away from the wave. But Cam was pretty rusty, and lost his balance as he leaned on the side. Cam, with a short surprised yelp, fell off his board and into the water. Like he had been taught he didn't go against the wave that followed after him and instead let it wash over him. And when it passed Cam swam to the surface and gasped for breath when he reached it.

As soon as he resurfaced Cam could hear Kal's voice, and that helped calm his pounding heart. Knowing that he was close and watching out for him. Cam tread the water and turned towards where he heard Kal, swiping hair away from his face. The wave had loosened his ponytail.
"Yup, I messed up. I thought I had that turn but the wave beat me."
Cam answered, and was smiling happily and his tone was light and cheerful. Cam could hear the concern in Kal's voice and it made him happy, that the guy was worried for him. Cam's smile became more gentle and he swam a bit closer, patting Kal's shoulder.
"I'm completely okay, this isn't my first and won't be the last time I fall off my board. Wait, where is my board?"
Cam looked around. The strap around his ankle had come off during the spinning the wave had given him. Thankfully Cam saw the board floating near the shore, and he let out a sigh of relief.
"It would've been just perfect if I had lost your board on top of falling off of it like an idiot."
Cam snickered, and started paddling towards the board before it floated even further away. Cam noticed that the sprain in his ankle, that had just calmed down few days earlier, was aching a bit but he ignored it.