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He looked at himself in Neptune's mirror, tracing scars below his chest to sooth what was left of his dysphoria. He looked so curvy in his swim trunks, but that was the least of his problems. He had to learn to swim.

Before he was able to dwell anymore, he heard Neptune calling for him. "Uranuusss! It's time for us to go, hurry up!"

Uranus quickly threw on a shirt he packed, hiding what was left of his shame. His wings fluttered as he walked out of his room to meet an overly excited Neptune. "Cousin, Saturn's waiting on us, let's get going!"

Neptune grabbed his hand, dragging him over to the never used garage where Saturn parked his car, "Hey, Saturn!"

"You two ready to go?"

Saturn's cheery voice made Uranus feel nauseous, why couldn't he be that joyous? He'd tug his hand away from Neptune, going to the other side of the car and pulling the door open, getting in the backseat of the car and buckling up. Neptune would follow close behind, sitting next to Uranus.

"Make sure you buckle yourself up, mate. Not having you die in this car." Uranus reminded, Neptune cooperating a few seconds later with the click of the seatbelt locking in place. He seemed excited, which Uranus wasn't surprised about. Neptune was made for swimming, he had a shark tail and everything. Uranus, meanwhile, couldn't exactly swim well. He had fluffy wings, which would often times take forever to dry. It's why he rarely took showers, instead stocking up on dry shampoo.

"Are you waiting for the car to cool?" Neptune would ask impatiently, ready to go to the beach.

Saturn shook his head with a smile, typing something into his phone before speaking, "I'm trying to type in the location, I'll make sure to leave now." Saturn spent a minute or two entering the address before putting the car into reverse, backing up into the road and putting the brown Honda back into drive, now on the move.

Uranus leaned against the seat, looking out the window at the rather large houses. He never saw those big of houses at home in Cali. How bougie.
"So, Uranus, what's California like?" Saturn asked, looking in the mirror. He had a smile that Uranus hated, genuine worry behind it. He hated how jealous he always felt.

"Well, living in half moon bay isn't particularly exciting, mate. The best thing is probably the view.."

"Well, it sounds lovely, friend. I heard the town's small?"

"Yeah, if 11 thousand people is tiny..."

"It really is," Neptune chimed in, "I think the population in Newark is 200 thousand!" Uranus' jaw almost dropped.

Before he could question it further, Saturn spoke, "We're here! Well, almost!"

Neptune practically squealed once they parked, unbuckling himself and running outside to the beach. Uranus found himself chasing after him with his stuff, towels and sunscreen left with Saturn as Uranus practically dragged him out of the water.

"Mate, don't just run off! This is Mermaid Bay, you know there's weird things in the water, right? I looked it up before we left!"

"Oh, you're so paranoid!" Neptune laughed, he clearly didn't know that Uranus couldn't swim. "Why not join me? We're here to swim, anyways!" He had a huge grin, expecting his winged friend to agree.

"Well, I can do that later, maybe. Is it okay if I went and built a sandcastle, mate?" Uranus asked, recieving a nod from Neptune. The shark tailed individual would then pull Uranus into a hug before he sent himself off to swim, promising the other that he would stay safe. Uranus would then tread out the shallow end back onto the sand, going to make that sandcastle.

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