"–  Oh."

He pauses, deliberates a little, then says, "Nope."

It's accompanied by a bit of a smirk.

"But I won!"

"That time."

"Are you saying you want a rematch?"

"… I might."

He looks at Kaede's mouth, briefly, then back up.

"Or do you want something other than a rematch?"

He smirks.

"See, there are things that are answers. That wasn't one of them."

"You are correct."

Still smirking.

He starts casually making his way towards Anthony. "So you should provide one. Because it's rude not to."

"I – actually that was an answer."

He looks down again.

"I don't think it was," he says, swimming slowly until he's only a few inches away from Anthony.

"I want something other than a rematch."

"I see. Allow me to guess," he says, then leans forward and kisses him.

It would seem he guessed correctly, seeing how Anthony leans into the kiss.

They are however swimming so perhaps he should pull away and then pull Anthony to shallower waters so they don't accidentally drown.

Anthony is quite certain he wouldn't have drowned – unless he, uh, got too into it – but yes, shallower water, sure.

And when it's shallow enough that his feet are touching the bottom he wraps his arms around Anthony and now he kisses him for real.

It gets a strong, positive response from Anthony.

And then after a moment, he seems embarrassed.

He pulls away again. "Something wrong?"

"… We're kissing naked in the water."

"...which part of this do you object to?"

"The embarrassing part of it!"

He looks down. "Honestly I don't think you have anything to be embarrassed of."

That prompts a bit of a shocked cough.

"Okay but still."