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.

Tae-hwan swims over to him and heaves himself up to sit next to him, too. "Hi."

"Hello," he replies with some amusement, handing Tae-hwan 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 Tae-hwan's help.

"Thanks! It was my first time." Tae-hwan 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 Tae-hwan. "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 Tae-hwan is one of language. He'd feel pretty mean if the judgemental thoughts he's been having were due to Tae-hwan 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 Tae-hwan's. "I do, actually."