I sighed and walked into Madoka's shop.

"Hey Asami!" She said. I looked up at her and sighed again. "What's wrong?"

"Work." I said. I ran my fingers through my long black hair and looked at her with my tired, electric-green eyes. "I'm tired of baby sitting. I need a vacation Madoka. These guys are ruining me. Every where they go, they cause havoc. Mostly Kyouya. Do you realize how stubborn he is?"

"Yes, I do... And, you're gonna love it..." She said.

"What am I gonna love?"

"Well, I got us a vacation! Well, Ryo did actually. We're staying at a hotel on the beach with Gingka, Tsubasa, Benkei, Yuu, Kyouya, and Kenta!"

I gasped and hugged her. "Oh my God! Madoka, you're so amazing!"

"I know, I know." She smiled. "We're leaving tomorrow, so get your stuff ready to go."

"You don't have to tell me twice!" I said and ran upstairs at once.

~The next day~

I came downstairs to the whole crowd waiting. I was wearing short jean shorts and a white semi-tight-fitting T-shirt sporting our school logo, and my neon pink and green high tops, my waist-long hair was down and straight. "Where's Madoka?" I asked as I set my bag down.

"She's calling the cabs." Yuu said.

"Gosh. I'm so excited for this!" I said. Then I looked around at the guys standing around the counter. You guys had better not cause trouble while we're on vacation... Or it won't be pretty."

They all kind of just nodded half heartedly as Madoka came back into the room. "We're all set!" She said. "The cabs will be here in 5 minutes!"

"Yayyyy! I'm so so SO ready to go! I've never seen the beach before!" Said Yuu.

"I'm just excited to be going back." I said.

"Going back?" Benkei asked.

"Yeah, I used to live on the beach." I sighed happily and stared out the window. "I remember the first time I ever went swimming, I was with my dad." I laughed lightly. "He was trying to teach me what to do if I ever got caught in a mini-whirlpool, and instead got bit by a lobster on his-" I stopped and looked around at the guys, deciding not to finish that statement.

"Do you think we'll run into your parents there?" Gingka asked.

"No..." I looked down. "No, I don't think so. They're not exactly... Well, alive anymore."

"Sorry..." Gingka said.

"It's alright." I looked up and smiled at him. "Besides, the cab is here!" I grabbed my bag and headed for the door.

We put our bags in the trunks of the two cabs and got in. Kyouya got in on the left side of the first one, and I was in the middle of him and Yuu. We were all settled and I put my seat belt on and looked up at him under my bangs and saw him staring.

"What are you staring at?" I asked disgusted.

He snapped out of it and looked up. "Oh, nothing."

"Mhm." I hummed. I knew of course he wasn't just staring and nothing. Maybe this shirt fit me a little too tight...

~One hour later~

I woke up in the cab and looked around a little. I felt warmth on me, which was strange. I looked down and saw Kyouya's hand on my thigh. I looked at him, about to yell at him, but noticed he was asleep. Figuring he'd done it subconsciously, I lifted his hand off me and put it in his lap.

Yuu was beside me swinging his feet back and forth and looking out the window.

"We're almost there." I said.

"Really?" He asked looking at me with excited eyes.

"Yep." I said. I heard movement to my side and looked over to my left and saw Kyouya who was finally awake.

"Umm... How much longer do you estimate Asami?" Tsubasa asked from the front seat.

"Mmmm... About 5 minutes." I told him.

"YAY!" Yuu yelled.

We rode in silence for the rest of the trip until the cab pulled up in front of the hotel. "Barona Inn." Tsubasa read from the sign. "I think I've read about this before. It was opened in honor of some Indian tribe from America."

"Why would they be honoring American Indians all the way in Japan?" Yuu asked.

"Well, the Barona is also a famous casino in Ramona, California. California is just across the Pacific Ocean, the one we're at. So, more than likely, an Indian from the reservation that the Barona is on traveled here by ship and opened the hotel." He said.

"That's right Yuu." I said. "Just watch, when we check in, there'll be an Indian or two in here."

"Whoa." He said. "I've never seen an Indian before. How COOL!"

We stepped out of the cab and took our bags from the driver. We walked to the door and entered the hotel. Wow. Was this place amazing. "I'll check us in." I said and walked to the desk.

~One hour later~

Yuu and I settled our stuff into the dressers and looked for our beach clothes. Yuu changed first and came out of the bathroom. "I'm gonna go down!"

"Alright. I'll be there with Madoka in a few." I told him.

"KK." He said and stormed out of the room.

I changed into my pink and yellow bikini and looked at myself in the mirror. This was my first time ever wearing a bikini... I wondered how I'd look to everyone else. I grabbed my sunglasses and tablet from the top of my dresser and went across the door and knocked on Madoka's and Gingka's room. She opened the door and let me in.

She whistled at me as I stepped in. "Look at you!" She said.

I blushed. "Thanks." I kicked off my slip-on converse and sat on her bed in front of the mirror. I looked at my reflection as she changed. Wow. This bikini really pointed out my curves and breasts... Should I even wear it?

Just then Madoka came out of the bathroom and threw a purple towel at me. "Here ya go. You ready?"

"Totally." I said and wrapped the towel around me and slipped my shoes back on. We walked to the elevator in silence. When we got there I said, "you know what, there's a little place down there where you walk along a really skinny platform. You walk over like 20 feet of water to a ramp. There they have surf boards lined up, and the only way to get down is to surf all the way down and back to the shore. I haven't been surfing in such a long time..."

"You surf? I didn't know that!" She said. The elevator opened and we walked outside.

"Oh yeah, I used to do it all the time."

Gingka, Kenta, and Yuu were talking feverishly while Tsubasa and Kyouya were sitting with their bare backs to the sun and were talking quietly. Madoka and I walked up to them and all conversation stopped. I no longer had the towel around me, and Gingka, Tsubasa, and Kyouya couldn't take their eyes off me. I blushed madly and sat on my towel next to Kyouya and laid down.

After a few minutes of listening to music on my tab, I got up and walked toward the surf platform. "Where are you going?"

I turned around and saw Kyouya looking at me. "I'm going surfing."

He laughed. "You? Surf?"

"Uh, yeah."

"I'm gonna come with you then."

"What? Why?"

"I wanna have a little competition with you." He said and got up.

I sighed. "Okay. What's the deal?"

He hummed as he thought. "I got it. The first person to hit the water loses. If I win, you have to move into my room."

"Okay, and if I win... You have to do whatever I say for a week." I said.

"Deal." He said. He held out his hand.

I shook it and said "deal" in response.

We walked to the platform and climbed up the latter to the top. I walked steadily across the platform and reached for the first board. The guy standing in a small building that had been added to the platform took note of my board, and Kyouya's and nodded us off.

"After you." He smirked.

Back at the shore, Yuu, Gingka, and Tsubasa were talking about the bet. "I don't know why he agreed to what she said. There's no way he'll win." Yuu said.

"I dunno..." Gingka said.

"Yeah... Kyouya looked like he had something up his sleeve as usual..." Tsubasa said.