I splashed him in response, igniting an out-and-out war and so much laughter that it wasn’t until it had all died down that we realized that Lani had gotten caught in the crossfire and now stood drenched with his hair plastered to his forehead.
“You two are not funny,” he grumbled as he brushed hair and water out of his eyes.
“Oops?” I muttered.
“Sure,” he said, drawing out the r.
“I mean, you were gonna swim anyway,” Nyx said, shrugging with a big-ass grin on his face. “So there really isn’t anything to be upset about.”
“Are you sure we’re not just a little bit funny?” I asked.
“Ha. Ha.” Lani replied. “And I’m not upset.”
No, he didn’t look upset at all, not with that sly-ass look on his face as he ducked under. Nyx bounced around, frantically trying to avoid him, only to finally be yanked under. He cameup to the left of me, and Lani came up to his right, with an interesting trophy too, as he spun Nyx’s boardshorts around on his finger before letting them fly off and into the water, forcing Nyx to retrieve them and treat me to a view of his glutes flexing when he lunged before they could be swept past him beneath the arch. He had a heck of a time getting them back on too, floundering a few times, one foot kicked up into the air as he fell over backward with them hooked around his ankle. We were laughing so hard by the time he managed to get back into them that we were ill-prepared for the retribution to follow.
If I thought the first splash war was epic, I was wrong; it had nothing on the one that erupted after Nyx sent a wave of water our way.
We flung water everywhere until we were blinded by it and grasping for whatever we could grab onto so we could orient ourselves. My fingers slid over skin, and I found myself hauled against a firm chest, Lani blinking down at me, water droplets clinging to his eyelashes, bringing out the sparkle in his eyes.
“Are you going to splash me some more or let me kiss you?” he asked.
That was a no-brainer. I kissed him and slid my fingers into his hair, arching him against me as we made out.
“See, now isn’t this much more fun?” He asked when we finally came up for air.
“Maybe,” I teased, prompting him to send a wall of water hurtling my way.
I ducked just in time for it to hit Nyx in the face, then accidentally tripped him up when I swam between his legs in an attempt to get out from between them. I popped up to see Lani standing there shaking his head at us.
“What a way to wreck a beautiful moment,” he teased.
“Me?” I squeaked. “You were the one who reignited the water war after pleading for a truce.”
“It was more like a temporary ceasefire,” he insisted, grinning as he shrugged.
“Real damned temporary,” I replied.
“Almost suspiciously temporary,” Nyx pointed out.
“It’s not my fault you think everything is a plot,” Lani said, feigning a bored expression.
Snickering, I glanced back and forth between them as Nyx’s eyebrows shot up.
“Judging from that expression, I think you are one hundred percent the reason he thinks everything is a plot,” I remarked. “Which makes me wonder how many he’s fallen for over the years.”
“Too many,” Nyx replied. “Way too many.”
“Any of them lead to more of his bad timing and misunderstanding issues?” I asked.
“Oh no, nope, I’ve seen some footage though. If I’d been with him, I’d have at least tried to head things off before some of them got as far as they did. So far he’s been determined to only get into trouble when I’m not around.”
“First of all, I’ve never been determined to get into anything,” Lani protested. “It’s always come along and bitten me on the ass, and secondly…”
The whole time he’d been speaking, Nyx stood there grinning like a cat who’d just happened upon a bowl of sardines, until Lani finally realized that he was being fucked with. I was going to have to be on my toes around these two, who clearly loved to give each other shit. It seemed like a healthy part of their relationship. I couldn’t wait to have enough background and memories built up with them to be able to give them the same kind of grief. Our days were sure to be lively; in fact, I was already looking forward to it.
“What made you pick this spot for us to come to today?” I asked, “Besides the view, a chance to do some cliff jumping,and skinny dipping clearly being your thing when no one else is around.”
“And it’s not yours?” Lani asked.
