Private Finished Face The Wave

Kal didn't have to wait too long by himself for Cam to catch up and once again the two of them sat on their boards just out past the breaking waves. He hadn't really noticed it before but they were pretty much by themselves. Obviously there were plenty of people scattered across the beach, and pockets of other surfers spread out so no one would have a collision, but for the most part it was the waves and Cam and Kal. It made sense, between the clouds and the breeze people were less keen to go swimming this late in the afternoon and you didn't want to be surfing in an are where you would risk running people over with your board.

Kal grinned back at Cam as he and his steed approached. He sat upright on his board as he re-attached his own leash to his ankle. "Eat your foam? well, you did say you'd let me... how did you phrase it.... be your poison tester? But I think maybe i'll save that for something a little more tasty." And then suddenly Kal had a very mischievous look on his face as he quickly swiped his hand into the water and sent a splash of of it flying towards Cam.

Kal laughed and laughed at the simple splashing of water. Harmless fun, made better by Cam's dripping face as he reacted to the water. Kal decided that hair dripping with water was yet another good look for the man. Surprise, surprise. "Me? Have a thing about water? That's impossibl-," and he was cut off as Cam began paddling away at a rapid pace.

Kal grinned and sat there on his board watching as the wave rose up into a perfect curl. More importantly, he watched as Cam glided through the wave, though his vision was a little blocked by the wave itself. There were no mistakes that time as far as he could tell. Cam knew what he was doing and it was great to watch him. Well it was always great to watch him, but the surfing was pretty good too.

As Cam made his way through the wave Kal noticed the rise of yet another great wave starting to form. He did a quick check to see that Cam was still ok and far enough along that they wouldn't collide and then he began paddling to stay with his own wave, following a similar path to Cam but well behind him.

For a few minutes the two of them were separate and yet still connected. By their mutual love of surfing. By the very ocean that linked their two forms as they glided across the waves. And by that feeling of happiness and joy that seemed to envelop Kal every time he was with Cam. Kal barely thought about what he was doing as he ran his hand through the face of the wave and turned back and forth, doing fairly minor tricks-the waves weren't large enough for anything too extreme after all.

He always felt stronger, more alive when he was in saltwater. Based on his abilities and the fact he was apparently a demigod, it made a lot of sense. As he enjoyed the water he glanced over towards where Cam had apparently finished riding out his wave. Seeing the huge smile and happy wave he waved back, though a little less wide of a wave as he was still making sure he didn't make himself fall off the board.

As his own wave began to collapse he turned and paddled towards Cam. "You look pretty happy-this is really making my day." Actually, depending on how things went it would probably be even more than that. But there was time for it to all fall into place.

"Actually, hey Cam, come over here for a second," he called out and gestured for Cam to get nice and close. He wanted to hide his plans a little but he couldn't help the mischievous look slipping back onto his face yet again. This time his plan was to wait until Cam got close and then reach out to pour water out of his hands onto the man. Nice, warm water though. The Kal special, if you will.

Hard work? All Cam had to do to make Kal's day was to just be there. Talk to him, make a joke, hell he'd light up at even the little things like just being in the same room as him. But that was all far too sappy to say out loud. Instead Kal laughed. "Your poor cheeks. I don't know about a salary but i'm sure we can figure something out."

And then Cam had come close to Kal just like he had been asked. The plan had been so simple and yet it was utterly foiled. As Kal was just about to reach out and start flinging warm water on Cam the man sprung his own little trap. It caught him completely by surprise and as his board tipped over he lost his balance and rolled off into the water. His arms were already extended so as he fell he ended up flinging water wildly out of hands. Maybe on Cam, maybe not- Kal had no idea.

Once off his board Kal surfaced again and flipped the hair out his face before grinning up at Cam. "Ok, that was a good one. But you know what's better than me spilled over into the ocean?" He grinned and Cam would have seen that mischief in his face. Without hesitating he kicked up out of the water to bring his body weight down on one side of Cam's board and hopefully knock him off into the water too. Towards him. Oops.

Kal had meant only to knock Cam off of his board and hadn't really thought about which way he was going to fall. He should have realized that pushing on his board would make him fall towards him.

And then Cam had fallen into his arms. Well, first their heads had collided and then he was in his arms. Kal was pretty much unharmed by the collision- being in water made him a lot harder to hurt. But honestly that wouldn't have been his concern anyway. He looked at Cam, his face floating so close, and realized that he was probably about to throw out his plans. He'd talked it out with Skye and had planned to tell Cam how he felt when they were back on the beach, resting after the surf session. Not in the middle of the water while trying to stay afloat. But he couldn't ignore the moment. Maybe unconsciously he had wanted to make Cam fall towards him.

"My head? Don't worry, rock heads don't get hurt easily, and it's probably karma for knocking you over" he said with a soft smile instead of the usual big joking grin. "I'm more worried about you. I can keep us both afloat if you need me to..." He took a deep breath before continuing. His heart was pounding, and not from the effort of treading water.

"... or if you just want me to. Cam, I... when i'm around you I can't help but feel excited and happy. I want to laugh and have fun, I want to spend time around you. I want to be with you..." He trailed off as he sort of lost his ability to keep talking. What else was there to say? That he wanted to hold him; to kiss him? If... if Cam wasn't ready for that- or maybe didn't see him that way then he didn't want to make him feel any more awkward.

So Kal just watched Cam to see how that statement went over, treading water like it was nothing.