Chapter 2-Day 1-Part II: The Beach
It was beautiful on the beach that day—There weren't too many tourists or local people flooding the area, but it wasn't eerily scarce. The blue-green waters glistened wonderfully in the bright afternoon sun.
Kira, Athrun, Cagali, and Lacus walked down the beach to find a place to set down their things. They recieved plenty of looks, particularly Athrun and Kira by numerous teenaged girls. One girl with short brown hair pulled up into a pony tail and wearing a light blue bikini waved and giggled at Kira, who blushed but smiled and waved back. Athrun found himself glaring at the girl and felt a strange aching sensation in his chest. Was it... jealousy? He tried to shrug it off but girls admired Kira one after another, and the brunette didn't seem to mind at all.
Athrun tugged on Kira's upper arm. "Can we hurry up and find a place to sit down?" he said, blushing slightly with a hint of distress written on his face.
"How about over there?" Cagali pointed to an empty spot on the white sand.
They headed in that direction and set down their bags, towels, umbrellas, and chairs. "Why did we have to bring so much stuff?" Kira asked, dropping three bags onto the ground.
Cagali ignored her brother's comment and pulled out a clear bottle containing tanning oil, and tossed it to Athrun. "Here, Lacus and I have already put some on before we got here so you two can put it on each other," the blonde said, smiling profoundly.
The boys stared at each other, Athrun's face being more red than Kira's but both of them feeling slightly awkward. Kira shrugged and turned around in front of the younger teen. Athrun raised his eyebrow.
"Well we might as well get started," Kira said, sounding oblivious as ever. Cagali and Lacus dashed off towards the water to leave the boys alone, and foremostly, to test their plan.
"Uh—Okay..." Athrun opened the cap and squeezed a generous amount of oil into his palm and rubbed his hands together. He began at Kira's shoulders, moving down between his shoulder blades, down his back, and up again. His face became very hot as he watched the tan skin of his friend glisten above the well-shaped muscles underneath. Kira made a small noise of contentment, being unable to ignore the soothing feeling of Athrun's hands massaging his back.
Once Athrun finished, he handed the bottle to Kira. "Umm I assume you can finish the rest." Kira chuckled in response. "Yeah."
Kira turned to the side and began rubbing oil onto his chest, arms, legs, and any other part of his body that was exposed. Athrun found himself staring once again, watching beneath his navy bangs as the older boy touched himself in an accidentally sensual manner.
Once he finished, he placed his hand on Athrun's shoulder, startling the younger teen. "Your turn!" said the brunette, smiling cheerily. Athrun blushed and turned around for Kira and thought how the older boy could be so naiive it was almost embarrassing at times... Kira poured more of the liquid into his hands and rubbed the oil onto Athrun's back, almost mirroring the way Athrun had done to Kira. Once Kira finished with his back, he moved up and over his shoulders instead of stopping, and massaged the area around Athrun's collar bone.
Athrun's eyes widened and sat straight up. Kira's hands moved further down and across his chest, causing an alarm to go off inside the younger boy's mind. "Kira...!" he said, grabbing the other boy's wrists to stop his motion. "Ummm... I can take it from here..." He lowered his head to cover the deep blush on his cheeks with his bangs and gently took the bottle from Kira's grasp. "Did I do something wrong...?" the brunette asked, puzzled.
"Uhh no..." Athrun lied. He proceeded to cover his own body with the tanning oil, trying his best to forget about what just happened. He stole a glance out of the corner of his eye at his friend, who so happened to be staring. The blunette nervously cleared his throat. Kira really had a thing for making him feel uncomfortable... And was a huge tease whether he knew it or not.
Lacus and Cagali had been watching their test subjects from the water and couldn't help but bubble with laughter. "I think it's working, Caga-chan!" the pink haired one exclaimed. "I think you're right... They can't take their eyes off each other!" she replied happily. "Let's see how the rest of the day goes..."
Throughout the day, Athrun was being secretly tormented by every little thing his best friend did—The way he walked, the way his dark chocolate hair stuck to his face when wet, the way his swimming trunks hugged his—
"Heads up!" a familiar voice shouted, shortly before a large beach ball bumped him upside the head. Athrun was quickly pulled away from his thoughts and turned around to glare at the violet-eyed boy smiling innocently at him. He sighed and went back to reading a novel which he had no particular interest in, but if it would take his mind off of a certain someone, then that was good enough.
Merely seconds later, a pair of footsteps were heard rapildy approaching his way and he turned his head up to see no one but Kira standing before him. The said boy grabbed his arm and yanked him up off the ground.
"Athrun! No one reads books at the beach," Kira said, pulling the novel out of his friend's grasp and tossing it carelessly to the place where Athrun was sitting. Before the blue-haired teen could say anything, Kira grabbed hold of his friend's wrist and pulled him towards the water.
"Uhh what are you doing?" Athrun asked nervously.
"You haven't touched the water all day! You can't expect to come to the beach and not get wet," the brunette replied, smiling.
"Hey Athrun!" Cagali shouted, waving. "You finally decided to get up and have fun?" she added, laughing.
Athrun rolled his eyes and before he knew it, he was knee-high in the water. Kira placed his hands on his friend's back and gave him an abrubt push, causing Athrun to loose his balance and fall face down in the water. The trio laughed prominently, but their laughter was quickly cut off when a strong wave rushed by and dragged Kira's ankles, causing him to lose balance this time and fall directly on top of Athrun. It took a while for Kira to register what just happened, until a body was thrashing wildly for air underneath him. He blushed and quickly got off his friend, who darted up coughing up water and gasping for breath.
Kira blushed with embarassment while Cagali and Lacus only laughed harder than before. Athrun regained his posture and turned around panting from both lack of air and sudden body contact with the object of his thoughts.
"Er... Sorry about that," Kira said, laughing nervously and scratching the back of his neck.
"That's okay... It was just an accident..." Athrun replied, trying to avoid eye contact.
The brunette tilted his head to the side and looked at his friend with concern. "Is everything okay?" he asked.
When Athrun turned his head to look at Kira a sudden wave of saltwater splashed over their bodies, followed by a pair of female laughter.
"Got you!" teased Cagali.
"She who laughs, laughs last!" Kira shot back at his sister, splashing her in return.
The twins splashed each other until one would surrender, which neither of them seemed to have an intention of doing. Athrun and Lacus laughed at the siblings' display. Cagali moved to the side slightly and splashed Athrun this time with the same force she used on Kira, soaking him completely. Kira turned around and copied his sister's actions, laughing haughtily afterwards. Athrun got him back this time and soon enough the quartet got themselves into a water fight.
Once the four gave into each other and were thoroughly soaked from head to toe, they waded back to shore to dry off and get something to eat.
"So what is everyone hungry for?" asked Lacus who was currently wringing her thigh-length candy-colored hair.
"I kinda have a craving for ice cream..." commented Kira.
"Okay! I think they sell some over there," Lacus replied, pointing to a small cluster of booths not too far ahead.
"Lacus and I can go get it. Just tell me what you guys like," Cagali said, beaming at the pair of boys.
"Uhhh I'll have vanilla," said Kira.
"Strawberry sounds fine to me," added Athrun.
"Okay! We'll be back in a jiffy!" Lacus chanted, leaving with Cagali.
Kira leaned back on his arms and ran a hand through his dark brown hair. "It's really nice out today, don't you think Athrun?"
Athrun looked down at him and smiled. "Yeah, it is."
Kira chuckled and layed down on his towel, closing his eyes and sighing contently. Athrun took advantage of his friend's sight being obscured to let his eyes roam over the lean, but muscular body beside him. His face became hot when he realized he was admiring Kira's frame again, but somehow couldn't seperate his eyes from the inviting skin.
"It's nice to be able to spend time with each other again." Kira's voice broke Athrun from his trance as the brunette turned his head, opening those familiar violet orbs. "I can't believe how much you've changed!" Kira added with a chuckle. Athrun smiled down at him in response. "You've changed a lot yourself, Kira," Athrun said. Kira laughed and closed his eyes again.
No more than a minute later, Cagali and Lacus returned with their hands full of ice cream cones. "We're back!" the pink-haired one said.
Kira immediately perked up. "Great, swimming always works up my appetite," he said. Athrun smiled at his friend and observed him for a while. Kira grabbed his ice cream and spotted some trickling down the side from being exposed to heat and slowly lapped at it with the tip of his tongue.
Athrun's face heated up and he felt his pulse quicken. Kira then trailed his tongue up to the top and opened his mouth to lick at the ice cream.
"Ummm Athrun?" said Cagali, snapping him from his fantasy. "Aren't you going to take your ice cream?"
"Oh... Yeah..." He blushed and took it from Cagali, staring at it for a second and looking back at Kira. The girls couldn't stop giggling, though Athrun could hardly tell because his mind was completely focused on Kira alone. And his ice cream. He couldn't stop thinking how horridly suggestive Kira's tongue at his ice cream was and had to pull himself back to reality. He quickly turned his head away and tried to finish his own ice cream, that task alone being difficult to achieve with his "best friend" beside him carrying on his secret torture.
Their day at the beach had come to an end, returning back to the hotel after having spent the whole day in the sun and water.
"Well today has been fun, ne?" Lacus said happily as they stood in front of the doors to their rooms.
"Yeah, it has," Kira replied, smiling back.
"Just wait until you see what we have planned for the rest of the week," Cagali said, grinning to herself at her secret anology. Lacus giggled at the said comment, knowing what she really meant.
"We'll see you guys in the morning," Kira said, waving goodbye and opening the door to his and Athrun's room.
"Bye!" chanted the females in unison, returning to their room as well.
Kira let Athrun head in before him and shut the door behind them. He headed straight for the bed and let himself plop down very ungracefully onto his stomach. "Ahhhhh... I'll never get of this bed..." he sighed. Athrun laughed in response and set his things on a table. "I think I'm going to take a shower... I've got sand in all the wrong places," the younger boy said. Kira laughed. "Okay. I'll be here," Kira replied fetching the remote and switching through the TV stations.
Athrun grabbed a t-shirt and a light pair of shorts that he normally wore to bed along with a fresh pair of boxers into the bathroom. He shut the door behind him and turned the hot water on in the shower. The water didn't take long to heat up as he stripped down completely and stepped in, letting the warm water soothe over his muscles and replaying the events of the day, most importantly, memories of his best friend...
A/N: HUAAAAAAAAAAH! Sorry that took so long again for another update! And this one wasn't even that eventful! GOMEN NASAI! ;; I worked really hard to cram this part in though, because I feel bad for leaving you all in suspense all the time xD The next chapter will be worth it this time though, trust me ;D THANK YOU for all your reviews and keep them coming! They are, after all, fuel for my inspiration and most importantly, get me off my lazy arse xD;;; I love you all!