"You have shitty focus!" Ashton snapped back. Realizing Alex made him say a word like 'shitty', his scowl deepened and Ashton had to let out an angry huff of air that would have been accompanied by fire out his nostrils had he been in his true form.
Surprised when Alex actually got up, as though he was going to leave, Ashton's eyebrows lifted. Instead, the boy went diving into the water and Ashton - not quite frantically - put more space between them, moving to the opposite side of the pool.