this kid has the right idea.

if Gilbert would like to slack off too.

more than willing to slack off!

waves at Gilbert when he notices him. It's boring to go swimming alone, after all.

grins at the nation. "Want some company?"

smiles. "Heck Yeah!" He paddles over to Gilbert.

pulls off his shirt and takes off his shoes. He wasn't really prepared to swim, but this was good enough!

Gilbert can worry about that later. "Just do it!" he says, telling Gilbert to jump in.

jumps in, taking in delight as the cool water hit his skin. He comes up, shaking water from his hair and laughs.

yelps at the droplets of water splashing his face but laughs as well. "Isn't the water great today?"

splashes him a bit more. "Ja, it's beginning to warm up nicely, huh?"

nods. He gets off his inner tube and splashes some water towards Gilbert. He submerges immediately afterwards.

snickers at that and waits for him to come back up, ready to strike with some more splashes.

gets his inner tube and uses it as a shield when he comes back up.

dives under the water.

Looks around wildly. Because of the inner tube, he didn't see Gilbert dive. "Where is he?"

grabs his ankles from underneath and tugs him down a bit.

screams and was terrified it was a Giant Squid or something. When he realized it was Gilbert, he laughed. "You are going down for that!"

surfaces, gasping for breath and grinning. "Catch me if you can then!"

pouts but laughs as he goes underwater. Since he's an island nation, he has a lot of experience in the water.

swims away from him. Gilbert wasn't the best swimmer, but he had enough experience.

swims as fast as he can but he's still just a kid, so couldn't actually catch up to Gilbert. He resurfaced and breathed heavily, pouting.

stops when Peter stops, moving back to swim circles around him. "You're good!"

"Thanks but I was supposed to pay you back" he pouts, and realized this was the perfect opportunity. He splashes Gilbert.

laughs at that and splashes back at him. "I am sure someone like you will think of an awesome way."

keeps splashing him. "The awesomest, just you wait!"