Its the day of the swim meet to decide who will be taken into the club this year, the first years are buzzing with excitement. The stadium is once again full, everyone choosing their favorites. Win and Dean take their positions ready to record each swimmers times. Team is watching his boyfriend from the stands with his friends, glad that he doesn't have to go through this again. There is a lot of good talent this year he notices but none better then the boy who calls himself Rider, Team admirers his form and his stature, he definitely is the one to watch he thinks to himself. Rider proves Teams observations to be right when he beats the opponents outright, as a first year he didn't even have competition. The girls are swooning over him and he flashes a confident smile towards the crowd and waves. His eyes catch Teams and for some reason they linger. Team nods his head at him in a congratulations way but the boy just raises his eyebrow and turns away.
Dean notices this interaction and is confused, he can sense that something is off. Dean has always been good with reading people. Something about the way the kid looked at Team didn't sit well with Dean. "What's wrong with you? We got some great new talent, shouldn't you be more excited?" Win side eyes his friend.
"Win, do me a favor. Stay away from that Rider kid. Something is off about the kid and I have a feeling that it has something to with Team." Dean looks at his best friend concerned.
"What do you mean? Win asks
"I don't know, I just have a strange feeling. I know you never listen to me but just this once trust me, okay?" Dean replies in all seriousness, He lets Win know through his expression that he is not joking or suggesting this time. It is a direct order from the club president.
Reluctantly Win pries his eyes away from Dean and looks at the boy who is now celebrating with his fellow 1st years and he nods, acknowledging the strange request from his friend. To be honest this was his plan all along since the other night when he got the creeps from the kid. He doesn't say this to Dean though, any small misunderstanding and the kid will be scrutinized and judged by all the seniors. That was not something he wanted for the young boy, going through that himself when he joined and nobody knew him but Dean, having tattoos and piercings people always though of him a certain way before they got to know him. He gives his friend a pat on the back and goes to the coaches handing over all the records for the day, putting the strange encounter out of his mind.
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Riders POV
This is it he thinks to himself, this is my time to prove to the university, his seniors and especially P'Win that he can be just as good, actually better then his boyfriend. He hasn't been this excited about competing since he was in middle school. He does his stretches all the while looking at P'Win. He pays attention to the wings on P'Wins back, how he would love to run his tongue along the outline... He shakes himself from those thoughts, the last thing he needs is a boner when he is wearing a wet suit. Rider knew a long time ago that he was in fact Bi, a fact that he hid from nobody, not even his parents. He is so lost in his thoughts he almost doesn't hear that they call their group over for the race. He gives P'Win one last glace. "Ready, Set, Go!!!" he decided to not give a show from the start, taking his time, making sure to keep on par until the turn, then he soars once he turns, showing off a little even if he says so himself.
"Yes." He punches the water when he sees the gap that he had between him and the other students. He can hear the crowd screaming and calling his name. This is what I live for, he turns and puts on his biggest and most attractive smile, waving at everyone. He notices P'Team in the audience and pauses, P'Team nods to him with a smile on his face. He almost laughs, why is he so naïve? He just raises his eyebrow, showing very well that this is a challenge from him. Hoping that P'Team caught on that he was letting him know he will soon be taking his throne.
He gets out of the pool and heads straight towards Win who is standing with the coach. "P'Win, I would like it if you could be my coach. P'Dean told us what a great job you did with P'Team and how P'Team is the swimmer he is because of your coaching."
Win turns and stares at the junior up and down, "Team being the top swimmer has nothing to do with me and everything to with Teams ability in the pool." He is short and curt, making sure not to sound rude or annoyed, even though he very much is. "One more thing, the seniors have already divided the coaching among the club, Dean will handle 1st and 2nd year." He turns to talk to the coach again.
Rider grabs his arm, "Make an exception for me, as you can see I am a great swimmer. I can overtake P'Team in a month."
Win looks at the kid dumbfounded at his brazenness. He is just about to give him a piece of his mind when the coach who was watching silently interjects, "There is no special treatment in this club, if you expect that then you might as well look for another club. All this has been decided between the coaches and has been finalized with the university." With that he grabs Win by his arm and starts walking away.
Rider is mad, this is the first time in his life that he has been turned down and he doesn't like the feeling. Deciding he will have to take drastic measures, he does what he always does when he wants something. He picks up the phone and calls his mom. "Mom, there's a senior I really want to coach me but he refuses, so do the coaching staff. He is the best mom, you should see the juniors that he coached last year, there is talk of them even going to the Olympics." He smiles brightly knowing he just found a loop hole to his situation. As his mom said, "Don't worry son, Mommy will take care of it."
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Win tells Team about his strange encounter, not happy at all. There is nothing that Win keeps from Team and that is because after he took such a long time to express his feelings to Team, he realized how much of time he actually missed out on. "Relax Hia." Team kisses his forehead, he closes his eyes and savors the feeling of his lips on him. He pats his lap, Team straddles him and begins massaging between his eyebrows, making Win lose the furrow that was once there. Team grabs his face in his hands and plants a sweet light kiss on his lips. Win holds him tighter, "You know that I love you the most, right?"
As much as Team complains when Win professes his love, he still gets butterflies hearing it. "I think that he just wants to prove himself Hia, he is probably as immature as I was last year. Give him some time to adjust." Win nods closing his eyes and burying his face in Teams neck, taking in the scent. There is no comfort like being in Teams arms. All Wins worries melt away in an instant. "So this is what it feels like to finally have something all to yourself." Team just smiles slapping his arm, but what Win doesn't see is the look in Teams eyes, a look that mimics his own.