Chapter #6Doing Your Best While Taking a Dive - Part 2 by: matthias   (Chapter originally written by worstfailure)
"You know, when it's my turn again, I'd be willing to let you give me a kiss for luck," Mari whispered into your ear, practically purring the words, making the hairs on the back of your neck stand up in excitement.
"For the sake of good sportsmanship, I will do so," you said.
Blowing you a kiss, Mari set you down on the diving board before climbing back down. Feeling much more confident, you strutted down the diving board. The long... long diving board. The one that was like the length of an airplane runway at your size. By the time you got to the edge, a breeze had nearly blown you off twice and you were panting heavily. Looking down into the clear blue water of the pool 9 feet below you, you realized you'd just volunteered to jump off the equivalent of a skyscraper multiple times in a row.
Looking back to the lifeguard stand, you were disheartened to see Mari and Selena talking and laughing. Presumably at your choice in movies. Mari nudged Selena's leg and the silver-haired lifeguard raised a pair of binoculars to check on you. Given your size and the distance, it was the only way she could see you and judge your dive. Seeing you'd arrived at the edge, Selena called out, "You're all clear, little dude!"
Taking a deep breath, you raised your arms and jumped straight up, hoping to build momentum for your dive like Mari had done. You didn't know what universe you thought you were in to ever have imagined that could work, given the sizable weight difference between you and any unaffected. Jumping up and landing without the board bending under you like you foolishly expected threw you off balance, causing you to slip forward and plummet off the diving board flailing the entire way down, at one point picked up by a gust of wind just so you could fall from an even greater height, and then execute a perfect bellyflop upon landing.
Selena watched every moment in stunned silence.
"How'd he do?" Mari asked eagerly.
Selena hesitated. After laughing over the weird cartoon movie you wanted Mari to take you to, Selena had mentioned a foreign romantic film she hoped Mari would be interested in seeing with her. As friends, of course. But when Mari said that'd be the movie she'd have you take her to after she won the competition, Selena had hoped you were an unexpectedly good diver so you could win fair-and-square and allow her the opportunity to take Mari to that movie instead. She'd even been tempted to fudge the numbers if it was close. But after witnessing that pitiful display, Selena could not in good conscience as an expert diver herself, give you a winning score. But... just in case you made an even more unexpected comeback.
"Uh, not bad. 6.5. Good effort, little dude!"
*****
While none of your dives were as bad as your first, even your best was no match for Mari's expertise. A sizable crowd had even gathered to watch her dive, and they would roar their approval with her efforts. Whenever it was your turn, however, you could practically hear the crickets chirping. Though Mari gave you enthusiastic applause and Selena and certain sympathetic spectators gave half-hearted claps, you honestly wished they wouldn't bother. Between the long walk, the long fall and the long swim back which you'd foolishly insisted on doing twice out of some macho bravado before accepting Mari's kind offer to just have her take you to the lifeguard stand each time, you were exhausted before the competition had even really gotten started. If it was just the exhaustion alone, however, you'd take it if it spared you the awkwardness of needing to sit with Selena when Mari dived. After each of you had made a perfunctory attempt at small talk, it became abundantly clear the only thing you both had in common was that you were both in love with Mari, and, shockingly enough, neither of you were feeling particularly chatty about that subject.
Surprising absolutely no one, Mari won the competition hands down. The decision was more of a mercy killing for you at this point. What did surprise you was Selena appearing more upset at your loss than you were. It looked like you wouldn't be seeing One-Sun Mecha Samurai X until it came to streaming, since there was no way in hell you trusted your mom or especially Jenna to take you. Still you wanted to be a good sport about it.
"Congratulations, babe!" you said after Mari took a bow in front of her newly formed fan club.
Mari heard and winked at you then brought you up to her lips for a kiss. "Consider this your consolation prize for going up against the Diving Queen."
Selena snickered. "Diving Queen. Sure. And who taught you how to dive, your majesty?"
"Don't be upset," Mari said. "It's only natural for the student to surpass the master."
"You're just lucky I'm still on duty, Fuertes. Otherwise I'd make you eat those words."
Before Mari could fire back, a stern voice called out, "Selena! I'm here to takeover so you can go on lunch."
The new lifeguard was around Selena's age. She was a brunette with silver-tipped hair and a pretty face that was set in an unfriendly expression. Though curvy, her lifeguard one-piece swimsuit wasn't stretched out around the bust or backside anywhere near as much as Selena's was or Mari's would be.
"Hanna!" Selena practically cheered the girl's name. "Great timing! Miss Fuertes here just challenged my diving skills. Would you be so kind as to be our judge?"
Hanna's stern face softened as she smirked, looking between Mari and Selena. "You and Fuertes, huh? Alright. Makes my job less boring if you two start going at it. Go ahead."
"Great!" Mari said excitedly, completely oblivious to Hanna's innuendo. "Let's hit the high dive! Oh," she said, suddenly remembering the tiny boyfriend she was holding in her hand. "I mean, is that okay with you, Matt?"
"Sure!" you said, feeling a little disappointed at Mari doing an activity without you, but not wanting to stop her from having fun. "Show her who's the real Diving Queen."
Mari beamed at you. "Thanks, babe! Now to make sure you have a good view of the action!"
Where does Mari put you?
Choice 1) Not wanting you to be left out and reminding you that "her diving form would not be complete without you," Mari shoves you into her cleavage for safekeeping. Looks like she's not doing this activity without you after all. Enjoy the high dive.
Choice 2) Selena vouches that Hanna can take care of you, which Mari agrees to. What neither of them realize is that Hanna despises tinies. Especially ones getting in the way of her friends hooking up.   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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