Chapter 3

"Hello there!" Ivan declared in a Russian accent while wearing his brilliant smile. "You're right. My name is Ivan (pronounced as 'ee-van'). You know me, right?"

"Yes, Sir!" Dino answered while he still could not believe that he would meet the swimmer this way.

"What's your name?" Ivan asked with a smile.

"Dino," Dino answered as normally as he could yet he still felt tense.

"Wow! Dino! That's a nice name!" Ivan replied cheerfully.

"Thanks, Sir!" Dino answered while he was blushing from Ivan's compliment. "So, how may I help you, Sir?" Dino inquired.

"Please don't call me 'Sir'. Just call me Ivan," Ivan responded while still wearing his bright smile.

[So his name is pronounced as 'ee-van', not 'eye-van'.] Dino thought while also realizing that he has been pronouncing the professional swimmer's name wrong all this time.

"Okay, Ivan, how may I help you?" Dino asked while showing his innocent smile.

"I need your help on something, Dino," Ivan declared while still wearing his smile. "There are girls who have been chasing me, so I ended up going here to hide from them. Could you please disguise yourself as me so that they'll stop looking for me?"

"What?!" Dino asked in amazement. "Me?! Disguise as you?!"

"That's right!" Ivan replied with a nod and a smile. "I'll have you wear these clothes that I'm wearing right now. Then you will get out there so that they'll mistake you for me. You'll come back here to return my clothes after that."

"Oh…" Dino muttered while also thinking if he will agree to it and the possible consequences of doing Ivan's request. "Well...Will this work though? You're much taller than me and I don't have your blonde hair."

"It's okay. It will work!" Ivan answered positively. "So, will you do it for me, Dino? Please?" Ivan requested nicely while showing his bright smile.

[Oh...he's so handsome! I'm finding it so hard to refuse his request!] Dino thought.

"Okay, I'll help you," Dino answered after letting out a sigh.

"Really?!" Ivan asked with a voice full of joy.

"Yes!" Dino replied while showing his innocent and beautiful smile to Ivan. "Please lend to me your clothes."

"Thank you, Dino!" Ivan answered merrily. "I'll be taking off my clothes then!"

"Okay, but please take your time. I'll go pee first," Dino replied while pointing at one of the cubicles.

"Okay, please go ahead," Ivan responded while showing his bright smile.

"Thanks," Dino replied before proceeding to enter one of the cubicles and pee.

[I really can't believe that I met him this way, and when he's right in the middle of a rather awkward situation!] Dino thought awkwardly while he was inside the cubicle. [Plus, I'll be wearing his clothes! But those would be oversized for me!]

Once Dino was done peeing and flushing the toilet bowl, he went out to get back to Ivan. To his utter amazement, he saw that Ivan was already naked and just wearing his boxer brief and shoes. Upon seeing Ivan's nicely sculpted abs and lean and muscular body, he turned away, with his face turning red from embarrassment. Even though he had seen Ivan's muscular body on television multiple times before, Dino thought that it was a different story to see the swimmer stripping like that in front of himself.

[Oh my goodness...I can't believe he stripped just like that!] Dino thought with his red face turned away from Ivan. [Even though I've seen his body on TV many times before, I still can't believe that he would strip without feeling any embarrassment!]

"Oh, Dino! You're back!" Ivan exclaimed joyfully. "Please take my clothes and wear them now."

"Okay," Dino answered before facing Ivan again and taking Ivan's clothes.

"Dino, are you okay?" Ivan inquired worriedly upon seeing Dino's red face.

"Yes. Why?" Dino responded.

"Your face is red," Ivan replied anxiously as he stared closely at Dino's face.

"Oh, it's nothing! Don't mind me!" Dino answered rather awkwardly even when he tried to act as normally as possible.

"Are you sure? Don't you have any fever?" Ivan asked in a worried tone before placing his right hand on Dino's forehead, making the latter blush even more.

[Oh my...he's touching me?] Dino thought while also feeling Ivan's hand on his forehead and staring at Ivan's beautiful blue eyes.

"You seem to be fine," Ivan declared in relief with his smile back on his face. "I guess I was worried for nothing. Am I right, Dino?" Ivan asked nicely after taking off his hand from Dino's forehead.

"Ah, yes!" Dino replied rather awkwardly with his face still red. "So please don't worry about me. I'll be going to a cubicle now to change my clothes!"

"Okay," Ivan answered with a gentle grin. "Go ahead, Dino."

"Yeah!" Dino responded with a nod before proceeding to go inside one of the cubicles.

[That guy, Dino...He's so cute!] Ivan thought while grinning as he waited for Dino to come out from the cubicle. [I like him! And if possible, I'd like to meet him again after this! That's why I'll get his contact and social media account details!]

[Just as expected...these clothes are oversized for me.] Dino thought awkwardly after wearing Ivan's clothes and cap. [Anyway, I'll be helping the swimmer whom I have been watching on television and admiring for five years, so I can and will do it!] Dino thought decidedly and determinedly.

Afterwards, Dino came out of the cubicle and saw Ivan still standing naked in front of the door of the comfort room.

[It won't be good if he just stands there while waiting for me.] Dino thought while blushing upon seeing Ivan's muscular body again.

"Ivan, please hide inside one of the cubicles here while waiting for me to come back," Dino requested.

"Oh, you're right!" Ivan answered while smiling. "It won't be good if more people come here and find it locked."

"Yes, that's right," Dino answered with a nod. "Also, please cover yourself with my jacket if you feel cold. Here, take this," Dino declared while handing over his jacket to Ivan.

"Oh, thank you, Dino!" Ivan answered. "But while you're at it, could you please lend me your backpack for a while? The girls saw me without any backpack."

"Oh, okay," Dino replied before handing over his bag to Ivan. "I'll be back, Ivan, so please hide inside one of the cubicles until I come back. Okay?"

"Okay!" Ivan answered cheerfully. "Please go ahead and divert the attention of those women and girls who were chasing me. Thank you!"

"Yeah!" Dino responded with a grin too. "I'll be right back."

Ivan just nodded and smiled and did not say a word while also waving at Dino before the latter proceeded to get out of the comfort room.

As soon as he was outside of the comfort room, Dino saw some women and girls - about ten of them - who were standing from several feet away from where he was standing. The women and girls who were saying Ivan's name and looking for him, making Dino realize that they must be the ones Ivan was running away from.

[So it's them who were chasing Ivan.] Dino thought. [I've got to divert their attention now.]

Then Dino went on ahead to approach the women and girls who were looking for Ivan.

"There he is!" one of the girls shouted upon seeing Dino.

The women and girls approached Dino, with all of them looking and feeling disappointed upon realizing that it was not Ivan.

"It's not him!" the women and girls said in unison.

[So they still thought that I'm Ivan, huh?] Dino thought as he did his best to hold himself back from laughing in front of the women and girls. [I can't believe that they seem to have gotten blind while also thinking that I'm Ivan!]

"Let's go!" one of the girls said in a disappointed tone.

"Yeah, Ivan must have escaped from us already," another girl said before all of them went away.

Dino let out a sigh of relief and thought, [Alright! It's done! Time to get back to Ivan!]