He does! He does say so! Thank you very much!

Young adults being what they are, though, people lose interest in the game after a while and go do other stuff.

Yeah that's fine. Doing physically strenuous activities for a prolonged period means that he can just sit at the edge of the pool on his own, drinking from a beer cup someone gave him, and not having any more social interactions that could be awkward.

Doyoon swims over to him and heaves himself up to sit next to him, too. "Hi."

"Hello," he replies with some amusement, handing Doyoon his beer.

Ooh he'll accept that thanks. "Good game."

"It was! You did good, too." A little bit too good, honestly, Peter's glad they were on the same team, the win would've been much harder without Doyoon's help.

"Thanks! It was my first time." Doyoon takes a sip then Peter can have his beer back 

"Playing water polo?"

"Yeah! It was fun."

"Yeah! You did really well for a first timer, honestly."

"I did really well, full stop."

"Alright, you," he says, bumping shoulders with Doyoon. "Don't get too cocky."

"Why? Whatcha gonna do about it?"

Okay that was like straight-up flirting right? "None of the answers to that I thought of are PG-13."

"...PG-whossit?"

"—I meant they're all adult in nature."

"Oh. Well, that's what I was going for, so I'm glad it landed."

Peter's starting to wonder if maybe the problem he's been having with Doyoon is one of language. He'd feel pretty mean if the judgemental thoughts he's been having were due to Doyoon being SSL.

"Are you going for anything more specific than that or is your goal just to tease your new roommate?"

"Dunno. There's many things I never tried. Like water polo."

"Or kissing boys?" This, too, is Peter's element.

"I've never tried that either."

"Would you like to?"

"I think I would. Got anyone in mind?"

He leans forward until his face is inches from Doyoon's. "I do, actually."