Chapter 4- Tidal Chat
Hiroki gazed at Ayu in the sunlight.
He could understand why Tetsushi had fallen for the girl.
Her long, silky hair blew around in the wind, a beautiful bronze colour.
Her eyes were bright and shocking, with long perfect eyelashes.
Hiroki had a sudden urge to touch her, but resisted it.
He wasn't in love or in lust- but simply drifting away in the sun as his worries fell away.
Ayu wasn't the one he liked; definitely not.
He liked dainty and sweet. Ayu was too lofty and mature.
Hiroki burst out laughing as he thought about how embarrassing it would be if Ayu had worn a bikini.
Ayu looked at him questioningly. "Did I miss some thing?"
"No, no," Hiroki said seriously. "Nothing."
He thought about Nina Sakura. He couldn't quite place that girl.
She was pretty random; as if she had immigrated from a dream world.
Suddenly, Ayu came over and sat next to him, filtering sand through her slender fingers.
"So, about Nina…" Ayu began softly.
"What about her?" Hiroki immediately responded.
"You see, I've noticed it too. She has been acting strangely lately…"
"Do you know why?" asked Hiroki, realising that he sounded a little too eager.
"Uh… this is embarrassing…"
"Try me."
"I think that she may have a crush on someone."
Some thing inside of Hiroki seemed to become extremely sad.
"R-really?" Hiroki added, trying to sound normal. "Do you know… who?"
"I was hoping that you could tell me," said Ayu cunningly.
Her plan was working perfectly.
Without warning, her mobile phone vibrated in her hand.
She quickly picked it up. "Nina?" she called, confused.
"Hi, Ayu!" Nina giggled. "How are things?"
'She sounds pretty happy. Isn't she with Satoshi? Is that who she likes?' Hiroki thought nervously.
"Is Hiroki with you?"
"He is indeed, wanna talk to him?"
There was silence. Ayu could tell that Nina had gone completely red.
"Um… ok…"
Ayu passed the phone over to Hiroki. "She wants to speak to you."
"Yo," said Hiroki, trying to cover up the happiness he was feeling.
"Hi Hiroki!" Nina's bubbly voice exploded out of the phone.
"You with Satoshi?"
"Yeah…" sighed Nina. "He doesn't like Nina… I mean me… very much."
"Oh…" Hiroki didn't know what to say. "Well… I'll be seeing you, Nina."
"See ya!" shrieked Nina, and hung up.
