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Alright, time to see how fast he could do the laps this time! All he has to do is go for a faster time then last time! Jacket off, black and green swim trunks were on and snug! Now to stretch, making sure he wasn’t going to cramp up in the water before he tried to surpass his limit last time he gave himself a chance! Making it there and back he did it in about a minute and thirty. He bet if he exerted himself a bit more, he’d crush it!
“YUSH!!!” He yelled out, going in as he stands to the edge. Jumping off and crashing in, he begins to full on beat forward with his legs kicking like crazy to propel himself forward across his lane. He was making good time, making the other side of the pool before hitting the thirty five second mark! “Second back!!” He says, kicking off as he goes swimming ahead with all he could muster this late at night. With gusto, a hand made the other side as he pants in and out emerging from the water. “A minute and eleven seconds~ Hell yeah!”
…..though floating there, he noticed he wasn’t alone. Wait, who other whack job would go about and swim at a pool this late at night?!
“Who are ya? Is this your regular thing? You got insomnia?”
Ethan touched the pool wall, flipping back to an upright position in the water and checking his stopwatch. « Damnit... a minute and for- »
Until a voice rang from across the pool.
« ...ty-five? » he finished, ending with an upwards inflection in his voice. The other seemed quite... hyper. Not to say that was a bad thing... but it was, what. He checked his watch again- 1:30 AM. Who’s that hyper at 1:30-
Ethan sighed. It wasn’t his place to judge, anyway.
« ...Not quite, but. Big factor, yeah. I also had boba earlier that I didn’t know had caffiene in it. Need to work it out, » he responded, a smile on his face. He sure hoped this was a random fan or just a bystander and that they weren’t... creepy.
He took a deep breath, his hand detaching from the pool wall as he treaded in the water. He added, « You realize if you warm up, you’ll be much faster, y’know? » Ethan laughed; he needed some human interaction anyways.















