Drowning in Mixed Signals

My hands grabbed the back of his neck, holding him closer. I blinked several times as the water ran down my face.

He was here.

"Why are you here?" I gasped, feeling him moving us closer to the shore until the water only went up to our shoulders.

"I… I came to return your dagger. I wasn't expecting to find you trying to drown yourself!" He sounded furious, but with his arms wrapped around my bac