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Lia sprung out of the water spiraling into the air before bringing her arms together and diving back  into the ocean. 

Tree dolphins; two young parents and their small calf, followed her lead. They jumped out of the water and whistled with excitement. Their sounds squeaking like a creaky old wood door after not being oiled for multiple years.

"This way, we're getting closer." Lia called, her arms extending to receive a small hug from the affection-loving calf who had been lucky enough to skip her bed-time just because her parents fell in love with the idea of meeting Soobin's new companion. 

As they neared the place where Kai and Soobin were cuddling at, Lia stopped mid way and pointed at the base of the large bedrock multiple feet away from the shore. "That's where they're at. Go, go, go!"

At her command, the family of three whistled and squeaked joyfully, following the path that she had told them to take.

Lia watched them go and clapped her hands together, feeling accomplished to be helping her ship come true. She was going to swim away and watch the events fold on their own until Minho and Hyunjin were suddenly clinging onto her arms, their eyes wide with curiosity. 

"Woah, you weren't kidding when you said you'd bring yours and Soobin's friends over to help." Hyunjin said before Minho pulled Lia and Hyunjin away towards an underwater rock with a bunch of algae and anemones surrounding it. 

"Are you guys really going to spy on them, like that?" Lia asked, taking a place beside Minho while Hyunjin nodded his head vigorously. 

Instead of protesting, Lia let out a sigh and patiently waited for Soobin to make his next move. . . I mean, what could go wrong? Soobin had been doing a good job so far.

"Hold me, hold me!" Kai screeched, wrapping his arms tightly around Soobin's neck when the older stood up and held him bridal-style.

Everything had been fine. Completely fine, Soobin had even been gathering the courage to grab Kai by cheeks and kiss him. But everything went downhill when the younger suddenly got spooked over seeing three dorsal fins poking from the water. 

He had done one of his famous dolphin shrieks before jumping into Soobin's arms and alarmed him that there were sharks swimming close to them.

"Kai, I think you're over-reacting." Soobin said quietly, blinded by Kai's raven hair when the younger wrapped his arms around his head instead. 

"I'm not over-reacting!" Kai hissed. "Sharks are dangerous creatures Soobin! You would know!"

"Yeah, but they're not sharks-"

"Wait, they're not?" At the debunking of the aquatic creatures being sharks, Kai cupped Soobin's cheeks and gazed at the water, his wings still being ruffled due to his fear. "Then w-what are they?"

Soobin chuckled, he lowered the younger to the ground and patted his back, finding his reaction rather cute than annoying. "They're dolphins, a family I've known for a while actually." He unwrapped Kai's arms from his body and and held his hands to comfort him. "Here, look."

The dolphins swam closer to the rock, one in particular rose from the water and dived back in with a massive splash. 

Kai squeaked and hid behind Soobin, letting his Suitor be splashed by the pleasant cold water.