FALSE

By FFNPREZ


Chapter 12:

"What do you think?" Sendoh approached Shin who was busy assembling the foldable bike no doubt Koshino bought for her.

She turned around to look at him, golden hair sliding over her shoulder, for a moment he saw shock on her face but thought otherwise and brushed it off, "Doesn't look like a foldable bike, must have cost you a lot." her golden eyes raked over his blue and white Paratrooper Highline, it sparked admiration but was immediately caught off.

"It was a gift from one of the sponsors."

"Oh, nice." she nodded, then got back on her work again.

"Want help with that?" he moved towards her, leaving his bike parked.

Shin paused and looked from side to side, Sendoh provided the information she was looking for, "They went to check out if the trails are open."

"Oh."

"Want help with that?" he repeated.

"Nope, I can handle it. Thanks." when Shin didn't say anything further Sendoh got a feeling that his hunch was right,

"Listen, did I do something wrong? I get the feeling that you've been avoiding me for the past weeks, you're not usually this… distant."

Shin closed her eyes and turned around, "No.." she smiled at him.

"If it's about this trip, I was going to invite you first, but then, you started going out with him, so I don't think it's my call anymore, it doesn't seem appropriate." He threw in his conclusion to at least break the ice between them, blurting out the thing that bothered him hoping that it was what bothered her too.

Shin hesitated a bit before smiling, forcedly, "I felt that," she stopped, realizing that she'd agree with him, "It seemed like you didn't approve of me going out with Koshino and I tagged along here, crashing your plans." she bit her lower lip and looked at him straight in the eyes with her amber orbs that shone golden under the sun, "To be honest, I thought Hiroaki and I were the only ones here, I didn't know this was a team-thing." She scratched her neck and Sendoh spotted two red marks from where she was scratching.

"So you thought you were going out on a 3-day get away with your boyfriend?" he reacted in a way that baffled Shin, was she expecting him to be appeased with that information?

"Yes." she adjusted the string on her bikini top on the back of her neck, "If I knew we had company I wouldn't have packed light or I wouldn't have gone at all." Sendoh's eyes traveled down her body, from the pink string bikini to the white denim shorts, he caught himself quickly then stared back at her only to see a blonde brow raised at him in amusement.

"And you thought I'll let you go alone? For three days?"

"I guess, since you know him and— why not? There's nothing we'd do alone that we're not doing right now. Plus, you're not my dad."

Sendoh's body tensed, "You thought okaa-san will let you go? Were you gonna lie to her?"

"Yes. I meant no! I wasn't gonna lie to her because I know that she'll let me go. I've been by myself for years, doing what I want for years…" her gaze turned sharp and intense, "I wouldn't lie to your mom, she's the most decent woman I've ever met and I have too much respect for her, you have no idea how much I wouldn't taint that." She said, truly meaning what she just said.

Sendoh sighed, their talk took an unprecedented turn, "Look, I'm not here to fight. I'm sorry, I just thought I did something wrong since you've been distant."

"No, you didn't do anything wrong. I'm sorry if it rubbed off that way," Shin bit her lips, she looked guilty too but she didn't say anything about it, "I'm just… not used to dating, and I'm dating someone close to someone… close.." she smiled, "To me, so it's kind of weird."

Sendoh thought about last night, what happened at the bonfire, it was indeed weird, especially how it made him feel seeing her body curl up towards Koshino, seeing her heaving and breathless. He convinced himself that he just wasn't used to seeing her with Koshino. She was the girl who ate Coco Puffs for breakfast, the girl who painted lewd photos of her classmates in front of him, the girl who worked out with him. Him.

He shook his head, "It's weird seeing my teammate date someone I know too. I'm never involved in any of their relationships, drama and swooning teenage girls seems a lot of work."

"Thanks, for making me feel better." sarcasm was dripping from her voice and Sendoh smiled, she was joking again,

"I didn't mean it that way." he chuckled, "Are you ready for this Sunday?"

"Sunday?"

"Tokyo Fashion Week. Okaa-san's expecting you to be there."

"How many days again?"

"Four, do you have training?"

"Oh…" Shin tried to remember her schedule, "No, not until next week."

"That's good then."

"Hey you two!" Koshino ran past him and went to stand beside Shin, "Trail's clear," he landed a possessive hand on her waist and kissed the red spot on her neck. He started to ask what they were talking about when he spotted that she haven't fixed her bike yet, "Want help with that."

"Yes please," she smiled up at him then at Sendoh, and they both turned to fix the bike, Sendoh forgotten in the background.


The four went into two separate trails. Sendoh and Ikegami went together while Shin went with Koshino who wanted to show her a hidden stream. Though Sendoh couldn't figure out why one would prefer a spring when there's a huge sea at their disposal.

Sendoh and Ikegami bumped across two female hikers, they were the ones camping at the far end of the beach. Ikegami was extra friendly with them when they told him they were university students so he dragged Sendoh and they accompanied them to a hiking site they think would suit the beautiful ladies.

"It's a good thing we bumped into you guys, we had no idea where to begin." one of them said. They were cute, simple. They were wearing matching hiking gears, red top and black tights, both of them were brunettes with long straight hair.

"You managed to get here and set up camp by yourselves, I think you're doing fine." Sendoh walked in front, leading them to the hiking site.

"Oh, our boatman set that up for us, but we caught our food ourselves."

"Impressive." Ikegami said, cutting through branches and grass for the ladies to pass through.

"So, what University do you guys go to?"

"Oh, we might look like your typical burly men though we still go to Ryonan High." Ikegami glanced at Sendoh then back at the girls "Basketball players, he's the ace for Ryonan and I'm the forward, I'll be graduating this year and I'm thinking of going to where you girls go."

"You're just saying that because we're here."

"You got me. Haha."

"Wait, you're that ace player who went against the captain of Miuradai, in his freshman year?"

"That was a long time ago." Sendoh smiled.

"Yeah, I was a Senior in high school then, I heard my university's trying to recruit a couple of guys from Ryonan this year too."

"Are you talking about Okiwa University?"

"No, Tokyo U."

Ikegami smiled, "Ah.. smart and beautiful."

The path up ahead was rocky but clear. It posed a challenge but to athletes it would just be a great workout. The women behind them seemed to be adventure junkies so Sendoh wasn't worried about their safety.

He stopped and faced the group behind him, "This is it ladies."

"Marina."

"Omi."

"Nice to meet you. Ah, this here is the safest path you can ever take on the island. The view at the top is great and you'll enjoy it."

"Wait. You're not coming with us?" Marina walked forward. Her skinny legs and small feet easily stepping through the rocky pavement.

"I left my fishing gear by the pond and by the looks of it," the wind started blowing hard, "The wind might've blown it away already."

The girls looked devastated, "But we wanted to spend more time with you guys."

Ikegami stepped in, "Oh, I'll be going with you. He'll just catch our lunch for us, when we get back all we have to do is dig in." he said, smoothly inviting the women over to their camp.

"Goody!" Omi clasped her hands, "Thanks Sendoh-kun!" she winked. Ikegami raised a brow at Sendoh, questioning his motive then shrugged. He knew his teammate was odd like that.


The tracks were fresh, Sendoh followed the muddy path in search for a better fishing area. The one he just left was dull and filled with Saury. He didnt even get to throw his bait, he didnt go to this island for Saury. The other spot was a spring, it was more hidden and deeper he could either catch a Skipjack, Mackerel, or who knows, maybe a Salmon too.

He got a hunch that the other two were already there which should've urged him to turn away and go to the other spot instead, a smaller stream but he decided to stick to the trail.

Two bikes were parked near an acacia. He parked nearby and grabbed his things. He followed the narrow stream.

There were four levels of streams there. A mini falls connecting each one. The falls was tamed at three or four feet each. It was beautiful and that would be one of the reasons Koshino would want Shin to see it.

He reached the wide spring, the sound of the small waterfalls calming and soothing, hitting its final destination where it pooled. The trees and bushes have grown, the rocks were more slippery. He could see two figures up ahead from where he was standing, ready to fish. He didn't want to disturb them, they were probably swimming and wanted to be alone but he found himself walking towards them. Maybe a small greeting would do, Shin was interested in fishing, she'd probably want to learn right now. He avoided walking beside the water and went for an arched way, where the land under his feet was dry.

He was going for a surprise-effect, going through the beech trees, shrubs and bushes, he finally reached the place where the two were, they were at the third level, where the gush of water was calmer and clearer. He was about to reveal himself when he heard a groan.

He saw Koshino, sitting on a huge rock, his feet in the water, "Oh fuck.." that's when he saw the golden head bobbing between his legs, "You're so damn good at this… Your mouth... deeper.." his hand raked through golden mane and he breathed out, relaxing.

He groaned once more then whispered something, Shin stood and smiled down at him before he unbuttoned her shorts and remove it, tossing it to ground behind him. She stood in her pink and white string bikini and he ran his hand down her stomach then slipped it inside her bottom. She gasped, her eyes fluttering shut while Koshino's fingers moved inside the fabric.

"I need you.." He heard Shin moan.

"Yes you do." Koshino said, "You need me. Say you won't have anyone else but me.."

"I…" Shin shook her head, "Ask me anything… but that.."

"Why?"

"I… can't.."

"Yes, you can.." Koshino did something that made her gasp again, her knees went weak and he caught smoothly that she was now straddling him, he kissed her neck all while still stimulating her with his finger, "You'll realize soon.." he pulled the string of her bikini bottom and threw it down the stream, the current washing it away down to the bottom.

She gasped when he removed his fingers the emptiness quickly filled by his desire. "Un.. fair.." she moaned,

"Who is?" Koshino groaned and the two moved in unison with their passion.

Sendoh realized that he hasn't moved from the spot, he tried to back away when he realized what he was doing but he stayed rooted. He couldn't look away, couldn't move.

He was hyper aware of Shin's every moan, every frown on her brows, every flinch, every move. He caught himself before his mind could wander any further and finally managed to step back and disappear quietly.


"Where have you guys been?" Ikegami asked when Shin and Koshino arrived with both their hair wet.

"Swimming, that stream was beautiful." Shin smiled, her eyes spotted the two new faces with them, then she saw Sendoh staring at her, face blank, she gave him a nod since they're supposed to be back to normal now.

"These are Marina and Omi. They're university students and here by themselves." Ikegami walked Shin towards the girls and introduced them to each other.

They were going back to Kanagawa the next day and it was a good thing that they met new people on their last full day in the island. It made it seem more like an actual adventure, Sendoh didn't even mind the mild flirtation Marina was giving him. It took his mind off Shin a bit. It was the first time in his life he's become hyper aware of someone.

He found himself drifting off to the interaction between Shin and Koshino during lunch time. The two were cleaning the clams together and Sendoh couldn't help but read in between the subtle looks thet were giving each other, apart from Koshino, only Sendoh knew that Shin wasn't wearing any underwear, and he knew why Shin blushed at Koshino's every touch and whisper.

"I thought you were catching out lunch?" Ikegami nudged him.

"No luck." he stared down at the boiling chicken before draining the casserole and bringing it to the group.

Sendoh and Ikegami sat in between their new friends while Koshino and Shin sat in front of them.

They ate lunch amicably. Chatting here and there, everyone was involved in the conversation, nothing deep, mostly about sports, school and random school politics.

The day was filled with activities. The girls were a good distraction not only for him but for her as well, she was surprisingly comfortable around women older than her, watching her interact and even teach them how to surf was refreshing. It was a different scene compared to the last time he saw her with another female, then he realized maybe that Marie was just catty, period.

"It's the first time I saw the great Akira Sendoh pay attention to any female."

Sendoh cocked his brow at Ikegami who sat beside him on the sand with an energy drink in one hand, "What are you talking about?"

"Well, I think I expected that from you. I mean, older women would be more of your type since I can't really picture you with high school girls."

"Right." Sendoh didn't know why he felt relieved that Ikegami drew the wrong conclusion, but then, he realized that there's nothing to be relieved about since he wasn't doing anything wrong. "You're very observant but I'm just watching the only moving creatures nearby which happens to be them at the moment."

"Yeah, well, either way, I gave Marina your number." Ikegami clamped Sendoh's shoulder before taking his leave to join the girls.


The night was quiet, it was nearly pitch black if not for the full moon, Sendoh kept a fire burning low, he was at the back, surrounded by rocks and trees where the beach was still visible but away from their tents, careful not to wake up anyone. The dinner was eventful, when the girls went to return to their camp after, Ikegami went with them and Sendoh had a feeling his friend won't be returning until morning.

It was nearly 3 o'clock in the morning and he couldn't sleep. He lay back down on the sand and watched the starless sky.

He released a deep breath. He wasn't able to go fishing, not once in the three days they were there, which was very unlike him but then he hasn't been like himself lately.

He found himself imagining a pair of golden eyes staring back at him.

He couldn't doubt that he was piqued and intrigued by her. From the moment she appeared on his doorstep drunk with a guy, to watching her train and play her sport like her life depended on it, he couldn't peg the girl. She had no agenda, if she did, it didn't involve people. She was filled with angst and anger but it was passion and life she that gives to anyone.

Though, he really didn't know anything about her. She acted like she was in control, always in control and she was, how was that even possible? Koshino. Why did she choose the guy? For fun? But he couldn't handle her, he wouldn't be able to control her.

His thoughts shifted to reality when he saw a small figure emerge from one of their tents. He sat up and saw a familiar figure walking away from the camp. Like he'd summoned her with his thoughts. He watched her walk towards the shore, holding something. It was dark, with only the moonlight illuminating her silhouette. She wouldn't be able to see him unless she turned around and spotted the small fire on her way back, but he saw that she won't be coming back anytime soon. It was a towel that she held, and she spread it out on the sand, where the water wouldn't reach, and she lay there.

Sendoh shot to his feet. He scanned the area and saw exactly two bonfires, one located at the far east of the coast where their new acquaintances were camped and a dying one at the west, not far from theirs.

"Why are you out here?" he stared down at her, holding a flashlight to her face, her eyes were closed but now she was trying to shield them from the light.

"Sleeping." she waved him off, "Turn that away."

Sendoh stared, dumbfounded, what did he say to that when she said it like it was the most normal thing in the world.

"Out here?" he turned the flashlight out.

"It's comfortable. I can't sleep in there." he knew those golden eyes were on him, studying him.

"What? You say that in your second night here."

"Who said we slept the other night." there was amusement in her voice. "What are 'you' doing out here?"

"I can't sleep." he said, sitting down beside her, after a long silence he stared down at her, with the just the moonlight illuminating them "I saw you sleeping there alone after lunch."

She didn't reply.

"It's dangerous out here Shin." his eyes narrowed, "You wanna sleep in my tent? Ikegami won't be coming back."

"Oh? Now you're asking me to sleep with you? We can always do it out here, I've never fucked on the sand before." she said, her voice sultry.

Sendoh stared at her pointedly. "Since when?"

"When what?"

"Can't you sleep with anyone in the room?"

She paused, he could hear her breathe, a bit of shuffle and she was in sitting position, "You're really smart, Akira-kun." she chuckled, "Ironic isn't it? With my reputation?" she sighed, "It's not that I can't.. but I don't want to." she said the last line with a leveled tone, no emotion, she stood up and grabbed her towel, "Thanks for the offer," she smiled down at him and went back to their camp, slipping inside his tent.


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