Beach photos
An envelope was on his desk, covered with water proof material. Yuri had only left an hour before.
A note was attached to it. The poor handwriting was obviously Yuri's and fortunately it was illegeble that it saved Gwendal the headache.
Gwendal sighed, taking out a – what was it called again?
Right, a photograph. He looked curiously at them, a ghost of a smile forming in his lips.
The photos were of him and his brothers on their first trip to the beach on Earth. Yuri had taken this photo of them together with Greta. The little princess sat in the middle with her fathers. Yuri had black boxers with baseballs all over it. The pendant that was constantly around his neck was there, shining in the sun. On his lap was a smiling Greta in a pink swimsuit and her hair done up in a pony-tail. Squatting protectively beside them with a confident smile was Wolfram.
Gwendal had to admit though, the blond did look more manly with sunglasses. Despite wearing orange and blue striped boxers. He chuckled at the memory where Conrad suggested their youngest brother to buy a bikini and the blond chasing him around the store nearly screaming bloody murder. At least the store assistants found them amusing.
Conrad stood at one side in shirt, orange swim trunks and a... sun-hat was it called? The hat partially blocked the sun from his face, but it did not prevent the camera from catching the gleam from his teeth.
Gwendal looked at himself. He chuckled slightly, remembering how Yuri complained that he looked as grumpy as ever. He had to admit, he did look grumpy frowning curiously at the little black object before them and wondering how it could take pictures within seconds.
Another picture showed Yuri teaching Greta how to make a sand castle. The next picture showed Wolfram lifting a laughing Greta up, her feet just missing the waves by inches and crashing upon his boxers. Blue eyes softened, his baby brother was growing up a hint too fast. The blond became a father before his brothers were even married for Shinou's sake!
The next picture showed Conrad enjoying the sun where most of his body was covered with sand and Greta smoothing out the mound. It made Gwendal quite ill to see only his brother's head sticking out of the sand. Conrad, however, just gave a goofy grin when the camera was directed at him.
Another picture showed them fishing with Shoma. The one after that showed a picture of Yuri pulled back by both Shori and Conrad while trying to reel in a very big fish.
It was one after another. Anywhere from water fights to collecting dried seaweeds and seashells to crab cracking... Gwendal could not really remember the last time he had that much fun. He found that he was practically smiling in the photos.
This final picture had fire pit and sparklers. It was sunset.
They ate the fish that was caught and
Yuri and Shori had prepared supper of... what were they called again? Hotdog? Smores? Of course, there was also the typical Japanese bento of sushi and rice balls. The smores and hotdogs were more interesting, particularly since they had to cook it over the fire with some sticks.
Gwendal was normally not one for sweets but he did take one bite from the smores Yuri had taught them how to make.
Gwendal leaned back against his chair. Now that he thought about it. The day at the beach was actually the most fun he had felt in the longest time, particularly when Conrad started a water war with him.