Kai lets Aidan pull him up to the surface, clinging to his shoulders as they go up. He doesn't wipe his face but merely blinks water away from his eyes, lashes heavy with it.

"Drowning you?" he asks with a snorting laughter. "Who are we talking about here?"

Kai does notice the pinkness on Aidan's cheeks when they surface though, and it's what makes him pull back and wade the water a little further away. Just to stop himself from doing something stupid like brushing his fingers over that pinkness.