Hey, I Warned You

Diego left the community center too late, since he couldn't catch up to Xavier and pretty much scouted the nearby park area from air in vain. His cheeks were still hot from what Xavier, that ass, had said. Now Diego was super embarrassed and sure everyone was judging him and thinking he was gay or something. Diego groaned in frustration, when his thoughts were all muddled and confused. He was just worried for Xavier, the guy was obviously down and Diego didn't wanna leave him alone, he hadn't flown after him because he wanted to see him naked or some shit. Seriously.
And maybe Diego wanted to concentrate on someone else's troubles so he wouldn't have to think about Gabe...

Diego couldn't find Xavier in the park, but he knew where the guy would go, though it was still a pretty big area to search. But Diego was confident he'd be able to spot his bro, he had looked at that ugly mug for forever now, after all.
Diego flew at high speed and was at the beach in few minutes. He doubted Xavier would be nak- I mean, change into a merman on a really public area so Diego flew along the shore the where the beach was more away from prying eyes. And he kept haw eyes on the shore, looking for any people. The few people he saw weren't Xavier at first, but mostly by sheer luck he spotted a lonely blonde head in the sea after a while. Diego was 80% sure it was Xavier, and floated down closer. Though he stopped for a while, blushing, when he saw Xavier really didn't have a shirt, and maybe didn't have pants either. Diego couldn't tell since he was on the water to waist. And when Xavier dropped in the water, probably having a tail now, Diego could feel his blush die down and he flew maybe few meters above Xavier.

"You know, if checking on your sorry ass ruins my image I'm holding you personally responsible, dude."
Diego said with a small grin.

Diego stared back at Xavier, mostly because he was desperately trying to keep his eyes away from the rest of his body, and almost blushed again when Xavier oh, so politely pointed out he was practically naked. But Diego basically forced the blush away with pure willpower, though his ears were still blushed. Xavier was not gonna get him this time...too badly.
"Yeah, har har, like seeing another dude's naked body is even a big deal. Or wait, do you count as a dude, Xandra?"
Diego answered, trying to stay serious, but broke out in a grin soon after and started humming Under the sea.

Diego followed along with Xavier as he swam, floating on his side, and huffed with a bit of a pouty expression.
"I bet you knew I was gonna check on you and did on purpose, you dick."
Diego muttered, still trying to keep his eyes either on the water, the sky or Xavier's face, despite the guy's abs basically being right there. Seriously, Diego swore Xavier was doing that on purpose.

When Xander looked up at Diego and asked why he had come Diego hummed in thought and spun around, as if thinking, but actually he hid an embarrassed blush. He couldn't just say he didn't want Xander to be alone and was worried abput him, that was weird and embarrassing. So after a short moment, when his blush died down, Diego spun around grinning mischievously.
"Just wanted to see your merman look, since Xarrah asked some measurements for the dress~"
Diego snickered and flew a bit closer, putting on a faked innocent look.
"And I just wanted you to enjoy my awesome company, bro."

Diego tried not to flinch or react in any big way, when Xavier so openly just said he liked dudes. Yeah, Diego knew he did, and he was jealous Xavier could just...say it like that, be open about it. The dude didn't lie, and Diego couldn't do anything but lie about everything. That was also why he had lost Gabe...
Diego mentally shook it off, when he almost got all gloomy again. Just when, thanks to Xavier, he had turned back to normal back in the MC3.
"Even if you wanna stare at naked dudes all day doesn't mean I wanna."
Diego said with a grin, that didn't quite reach his eyes, and stuck out his tongue. He tried dodging the splash of water with a cackle, but yelped a bit when some cold water landed on his legs.
"Goddamn that's cold!'

Diego immediately regretted every joke he had made about Xavier being a merman now, when he saw how it pained Xavier, and made a mental note to never joke about it again. And it sure as hell didn't make Diego worry about his friend any less, and he floated lower and closer to Xavier.
"I'm sorry, bro. I really am."
Diego said with all the sincerity he could muster, and the look in his eyes was really regretful. Diego joked around a lot, was almost never serious, that's how he coped. But when he was serious he really meant it, and Xavier knew that. Diego felt like giving Xavier a hug, but that was a bit hard when the other was in the air and other in the water.
Huh, that thought gave Diego a graffiti idea.

This time Diego flinched a bit, when Xavier asked what was up with him and looked at him. Of course Xavier had noticed. Well, Diego bet a bunch of others had noticed too, at least they had noticed that Diego was tired. He had slept on the couch, since he couldn't sleep in the same room with Gabe. It hurt too much, would've been awkward. And it would also be awkward to tell Xavier Diego was heartbroken, so he smiled and spun upside down.
"Me? Nah, the only thing not okay with me is that Gabe beat my ass in Mario Kart. Do you realize how humiliating it is to lose to Peach?"
Diego said and laughed, he thought he was doing a pretty good job at covering his gloominess.