Isn't it too early?

Autumn's standpoint

I tightened the knot of the thin scarf over my hips as I walked to the sea. Mordecai was out swimming, I was with him before I went in to prepare dinner. Cai was floating on the water like a dead man. The sea carried his body so effortlessly that my heart skipped. He might be… I rushed to the sea just to make sure he wasn't dead.

"Mordecai! Mordecai, are you alright?!" He raised his head from the water and smiled. I heaved with relief. "Can you stop floating in the water like a dead person? You scared me."

"It's not my fault I know how to swim too well!" He shouted. I rolled my eyes. He said he was the captain of the swim team back in high school and wanted to be a swimmer before he changed his mind. Mordecai was very good at swimming, it was like the water and he was one.

"Just come out, dinner is ready," he easily dived back into the water and disappeared under the deep blue sea. I started heading back to the cottage. It was cold and it was getting to me becau