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Beach and The Melancholy of Nendo
Vacation is such a wonderful time. No one except Saiki knows where I live so I can relax at home and I know for sure he is not going to bother me. The doorbell rings just as I was about to sit down on the couch to watch some tv with ice cream
"Eh?"
I get up to open the door
"Please let it not be Nendo please"
And the person who is outside my house is none other than fucking Nendo! With Saiki…wait…
"How did he find me?! And why is Saiki here too?!"
"Hey ramen buddy, my buddy's mom told me where you live so we could take you to the beach with us!" Nendo explains with a huge smile
"Oh, for fuck's sake seriously?"
"So, will you come?" his eyes started sparkling in anticipation
I look at Saiki and he looks at me pleadingly
"Dammit Saiki, I can't say no to you"
"Fine, give me a moment "sighing I quickly close the door and go to my room
In my room, I grab a small bag and shove in a towel, some sunscreen for my pale ass skin, and my dirty book then put on one of the many swimsuits the dead rich girl owns with some shorts to cover the bottoms until we get there. Satisfied, I grab a pair of sandals and my bag along with my keys and walk out the door, locking it in the process.
"Alright boys, lead the way," I said looking up at Nendo
"Alright!" He cheered
At the beach, I sat with Saiki on the towel under the beach umbrella rubbing some sunscreen on my arms and legs. I burn far too easily! I want to do my back, but I can't reach.
"I could ask Saiki"
Said boy turn his head towards me
"Nah I don't want to bother him, hmmm Shun…"
I looked over at him and he was trying really hard not to cry out fear of the ocean
"Oh, good grief"
"Shun! Come help me with the sunscreen" I call him
He instantly turns to me and his face goes red
"Right he has absolutely no experience with girls"
"Well come on, I don't bite unless… "I wink at him "ya are into that"
And his whole head goes red
"Whoops too far?"
I hear a snort of laughter coming from my right making me crack a small smile. Though it makes me feel fuzzy inside that I can somewhat make him laugh and that lets me know that he can read my mind, unlike some fanfics I have read before I died…well killed.
"Welp time to tap into his hero complex"
"Won't the Jet-Black Wings help a princess in need?" I ask encouraging him
Immediately he straightens up
"Well of course" he puffs up his chest confidently and grabs the sunscreen from my hand
I turn around. While he is rubbing the sunscreen on my back, I can feel his hands tremble.
"He is so nervous!"
When he finishes, I face him with a smile
"Thank you Shun!" I say
He turns even more red "n…no problem!" he quickly turns back to Nendo and the ocean
With that, the waterworks are back as well. Nendo teases him about his fear of water
"He doesn't really know how to swim so I get his fear but…"
He dips his feet in the water but slips and fall making him flail like a fish out of water.
"Wow that has got to be an achievement"
A loud voice accompanied by some running gets closer
"I'LL SAVE YOU!" shouts Hairo, jumping in to save Shun from drowning in inch deep water
He picks up Shun like a princess making me smirk and take out my phone to take a picture
"This is gonna get framed~"
I snicker
"Yuki, ya getting in the water?" Nendo asks snapping me out of my framing planning
"Huh?" I blink "maybe later"
"You guys are no fun!" he whines making me stick my tongue out at him like a child "I don't want to swim in the ocean all by myself" he turns to the girls in the distance and puts on his sunglasses "so, to the ladies"
I burst out laughing
"With a face like that, you don't have a chance!" Shun exclaims
"Nendo you'll have better odds at walking on water!" I manage to say in between laughs
"Oh, ho ho my looks don't matter "Nendo shakes his finger at up then gives up a thumbs up "it's about attitude"
There he went to pursue girls
"At least one will kind of like him by the end of the day"
I took out my wonderful dirty book, laid down on my belly on the towel, and started reading. I only looked up when Shun was getting flirted with by two girls which I took a picture of but then Nendo got close, scaring off the girls and burying most of Shun's body under a sand dome which I took a picture of as well. One got to save some memories so that later they can show them off!
By this time, I realized that Saiki was no longer sitting next to me with his book
"Ah that's right"
I went back to reading my book, but I was once again interrupted by the loudness
"For fuck's sake can't anyone read some smut in peace around here?!"
Slamming close my book and dropping it on top of my bag as I get up. I pull Shun back before he jumps into the water to save that girl
"Go get Hairo!" I order him
He nods and runs to get Hairo meanwhile I get in the water knowing full well that Hairo will cramp up. Once I get to Nendo who is holding the girl above water, I see Shun right behind me
"Oh, so you can swim," Nendo says to Shun which in turn he starts sinking
I click my tongue and dive under to grab him before he sinks further down.
"Damn he may look skinny, but he is heavy for a girl who doesn't work out"
Hairo swims over
"Hairo take the runt, Yuki can't handle his dead weight for long" Nendo tells him
"Who are you calling dead weight?!" Shun yells at Nendo close to my ear making me wince
"damn he can be loud"
"Yeah sure that's my job" he starts "ugh leg cramping "he starts sinking as well
Nendo saves him as well and starts swimming for shore with me right behind him.
"Hey, give me the runt- "Nendo starts
"You can't handle all three Nendo!" I cut him off "I can handle Shun don't worry, just keep yourself from sinking... like you are doing right now!"
"Dammit, I can't do all four!"
Suddenly Nendo is standing on the water.
"Eh?"
I briefly glance under Nendo and see the blurry figure of Saiki
"Ah"
"Nendo you are walking on water!"
"When did you learn how to do that?!"
Nendo starts running over the water leaving Shun and I just staring at him
"Well that happened"
I swim back to shore with Shun on my back.
"One event somewhat changed"
I plop down on the towel tired
"You owe me boy" I point at Shun wheezing "ugh so tired"
"You could have just left me" Shun mumbles kicking up some sand
"And let my best friend drown?! No way!" I countered taking a deep breath
When I look up at him, his face was surrounded by sparkles
"Best friend?" I hear him squeak and sniffle "I have a best friend"
"And here are the waterworks again"
We decided to go home after the girl woke up. Nendo may not have managed to get a girl but he did get an admirer out of this mess. Meanwhile, Shun found out he has a best friend.
Vacation is over and with it comes a new term! Like usual I walked to school with Saiki but this time we walked almost side by side, he was still ahead of me though. I noticed Nendo looking a bit depressed today.
"Oh, right"
During the break, I went to talk to him
"Hey Nendo, ya ok?" I whisper
"Huh?" He looks at me "oh, yeah, just thinking of going to the cemetery today"
I hum in understanding "would you like some company?"
"You could help me pick out the flowers and then we could go for ramen!" he agrees a bit excited
"Of course," I chuckle at his ramen obsession
I also noticed Shun's weird get up, but I decided to ignore since it won't be the first time that I'll see him look like that. After school, I went to a flower boutique with Nendo
"Let's see, what flowers do you want to buy?" I ask him once we go inside the flower shop
"These sunflowers look nice" he points at a nice bouquet of sunflowers next to me
"Then sunflowers it is" I declare grabbing them and giving them to him
With that our next stop is a bakery. On our way there we saw a little girl with a father and Nendo smiled. You see, his smiles look creepy due to his misleading face. It happened on our way to the flower shop too. I know for a fact that two certain people are following us. Mostly because I remember this episode and I can feel their intense stare that honestly is starting to creep me out especially since one of the stares feel more intense than the other for some reason.
"I feel a hole forming in the back of my head"
I feel the back of my head and nothing, it's fine. I look behind me and no one is there
"I know they are there; I can feel them!"
Nendo and I go into a bakery
"Shortcake is next!" Nendo declares
I looked at the menu board and see a sold-out sticker next to the shortcake
"Um, Nendo?" I call him
He looks at me and I point towards the board
"Oh, I guess the one under it will do then" he shrugs
He pays and we walk out "Oh well it's not like anyone would ever eat this"
"That's true" I nod in agreement
Suddenly Shun appears and starts punching Nendo accusing him of using the flowers, the cake, and me to lure children
"How cute, his punches sound like exploding bubbles"
I snicker while standing next to Saiki. Nendo explains the reason for the flowers and the cake
"I wanted to accompany him because why not" I add
All four of us ended up going to the cemetery and telling us how his mom thought he looked more like his father every year.
"I haven't seen my new parents, I wonder if they are alright"
"So, you two weren't on a date?" Shun asks suddenly snapping me out of my thoughts
"Shun, Nendo may be a nice guy but he is not my type" I sigh "he is far too tall for my taste"
"let's go get ramen now!" Nendo announces unaffected by what I said
Saiki took longer to join us due to what I believe was because of the ghost of Nendo's dad.
Night fell and once again I found myself walking home with Saiki
"This is becoming a routine and to be honest I'm starting to enjoy it"
I smile to myself when I spot a piece of mail sticking out of Saiki's mailbox
"Saiki it seems you have mail" I point it out "hopefully is nothing bad, I'll see you tomorrow" I wave at him and go into my house
"I wonder if he will ever talk to me"
I sigh getting ready for bed" I guess only time will tell"
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