"Thanks." Immediately, the girl chugged down the omelet heartily.  Xue Guangxi watched in amazement and fascination.  Truly, this girl had such a healthy appet.i.te. 

After breakfast, the two went on riding their bicycles towards the nearby sports complex.  It was only a few hundred meters away but the two youths took longer to reach it.  Full of bickerings and happy banter, they went on teasing each other, with occasional stops in the accompaniment of harmonious laughter on their way there.  Both were full of youthful vitality that spectators would have had a hard time not to stretch their mouths in an enthusiastic smile lined with the nostalgia of their youthful days when life seemed always easy and happy and simple.

The sports complex was a facility with an indoor facility equipped with insulation and airconditioning.  It was complete with courts for a variety of sports such as badminton, tennis, squash, basketball, volleyball, baseball, an outdoor oval for track and field, and an indoor swimming pool. 

Being athletic by nature, Xue Guangxi frequented the place whenever he visited his sister's house.

On their bicycles, Kang Sola tilted her head upwards as she inhaled the refres.h.i.+ng autumn morning air.  'Oh, how rejuvenating.  As if it's reciting a promise of a wonderful day ahead – worry-free and light as air can be.'

The girl's cherry lips curled up in an ear-to-ear grin and revealed her beautiful set of teeth.

"We're here." Xue Guangxi broke his companion's reverie as he parked his bicycle and tied it on a metal bar, then locked it securely.

Kang Sola did the same.

Inside, they changed into appropriate swimming suits.  Xue Guangxi had already been wearing his rash guard top.  He only changed his bottom garment.  Kang Sola changed into her own set of a rash guard and swimming shorts.

Xue Guangxi somersaulted his way into the water.  He was confident because he was rather skilled in that department.

"Wow!!! Magnificent, Guangxi!!!" Kang Sola exclaimed in utter surprise.  Her eyes glimmered with amazement.  She even giggled in delight.  It looked so much fun.

As he re-emerged on the surface of the water, he intentionally splashed the pool's water in Kang Sola's direction.  The girl reflexively moved out of the way and laughed heartily.

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"Jump in." The young lad instructed almost authoritatively in his usual rowdy boyish behavior.

The girl hesitated, although her face was as bright as a lightbulb, still ornamented with such a lovely smile. 

"Uh-uh." She responded in a half affirmation, half refusal tone.

The Second Young Master coaxed the girl even more, and as he did so, the girl's response leaned more on hesitation rather than on conviction.  Reading the situation, he decided to act on it.  Xue Guangxi delivered himself from the water, and as the water dripped heavily from his clothes, he approached the reluctant Kang Sola.

"Tsk.  Come on!" Without warning, he surged towards her, wrapped his arms around her loosely, devoid of force, just enough to guide them both to execute his intent.

And then…

He fell into the swimming pool, back first, while the helpless Kang Sola was trapped in his embrace.

Oh, how the water splashed as they went into it was beyond expectation.  They had hit the water's surface with a thud.

Upon entering the water, Xue Guangxi freed Kang Sola.  His feet got busy propelling himself buoyant and afloat at the surface.  They had entered the ten-feet-deep zone. 

While Kang Sola…

The poor thing, panic-stricken, gasped for air as she squirmed and thrust her arms all around her.  Realizing that Xue Guangxi was within reach, she grabbed his limbs desperately and clung for dear life.

In the middle of gasping for air and between turns of plunging all of her in the water and resurfacing again after a few seconds, she trembled, teeth chattering, her grip tightening around Xue Guangxi's arm.  She pulled him in, in an attempt to pull herself up.

Xue Guangxi widened both his eyes in discernment.  'Kang Sola could not swim.' He instantaneously grabbed her waist and steadied her.  He doubled his efforts in pedaling his feet to keep both of them afloat.  Finding her chance, she tightly wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Hush, Sola.  Sola… I'm sorry.  I'm sorry… So foolish of me… I didn't know."

The poor girl could not reply as her heart still drummed loudly against her chest.  She was still out of breath.

Instead, she distanced herself and looked him in the eyes.  Xue Guangxi was still securely holding her around the waist.  As she could see the sincerity of his apology, she hit him on the chest lightly, in a chiding manner, but nodded her head in dismissal of his worry.

The young lad's countenance remained filled with apprehension and remorse, most probably self-resentment, even.  He hugged Kang Sola apologetically and anxiously.

"I should have been more sensitive."

"I'm at fault."

He cupped the back of her head with his hand as he tightened his hold of her.  'I always mess up.'

'Argh.'

"It's… It's alright… You… didn't know…" Finally, she found her voice again.

"It's fine.  I'm fine."

"En.  Hold on tight around my neck and shoulders.  Let's go to the shallower part of the pool.  Keep your feet afloat.  Lie on your stomach."

Kang Sola did as she was told.  Xue Guangxi maneuvered such that Kang Sola was behind him, and then he swam towards the pool's edge. 

When they reached the five-foot-deep segment, the two let go of each other's hold.  Xue Guangxi wore such a frown.

Using her hands, Kang Sola splashed some water onto her deeply bothered companion.  "It's alright, Guangxi.  Let go of it.  Don't think too much about it."

"But –"

Kang Sola splashed some water onto his face, stopping his speech in the middle.  And then she let out such a sweet and bubbly giggle. "Stop it, Guangxi.  It doesn't suit you at all."

"What?"

"Hehehehehe."

She splashed water again.  "Let's play!!!" Her giggles resonated some more.  She flapped her arms and moved around while occasionally splas.h.i.+ng some more water at her companion.  "Hahahaha!"

"That's what you want, huh?  That's what you want?" Finally snapping out of his guilt attack, Xue Guangxi readied himself for retaliation.  "Okay!"