Chapter 9: Sea Fun!
Fine turned her head and saw Rein and Shade holding hands as they were coming towards her and Bright.
She stared, nothing crossed her mind. She wasn't angry for some reason and not even a hint of sadness came to her thoughts. They're both holding hands…
Fine snapped back into reality when Bright grabbed her leg from under the water.
"Kyaa!"
Fine staggered and fell right on top of Bright. He puffed out some air and came back up to the surface laughing loudly.
"It's not funny! That was actually scary!"
Fine pouted but then crouched down patting Bright's head.
"Hmph Baaaka.."
Fine smiled and Bright's face turned a bright pink. He looked away and Fine took that chance to start splashing his face with the sea water. Startled Bright began splashing back and they both retreated back to the shore. The wind blew a piece of Fine's hair away from her face and the beach smell was so pure and refreshing. No salty smell at all. As they sat there Fine took in the beach's image. It was vast and open. Seagulls were here and there, and no trace of seaweed covered the shore. Pretty seashells lined the sand and the palm trees casted over the blue waters.
"It's so nice here." Fine said resting and watching the waves hit each other.
"It really is huh." Bright also watched but Fine seemed to want to stare at him a lot. He was such a prince. Such a perfect person except he actually did have flaws. He can be really naïve and oblivious to things and he always acted so goofy. Why did he always have to act so proper. Every time he acted so mature it made Fine extremely uncomfortable. She liked this image better. It made him look normal, well not normal but more human.
Rein was reaching down in the sand trying to find a seashell, after she had walked towards Fine and Bright she forgot she was holding Shade's hand and immediately moved it. Shade noticed that and was about to grab her hand again but instead he let his hand rest by his side. Rein thought he would definitely try to reach for her hand again but she quickly brushed the thought away. She decided to look for shells near Fine and Bright. They seemed to be having fun, it looked like Fine fell on Bright and Rein's heart ached a bit and she stopped walking.
"Looking for seashells?" Shade asked as he looked down.
"Yeah but I have no luck finding any."
"I'll help." Shade also reached down and tried to find something. Rein smiled to herself and then couldn't help but stare at Shade's hair. It was always purple but this time it was really vibrant. Wait a second purple… Rein remembered she met someone with purple hair and they weren't oh so nice. Who was that again?
"Found one." Shade said picking up a seashell off the sand. "And it's really blue." Blue? Seashells weren't usually blue they were either white and or pink.
"Let me see!" Rein said and walked over to Shade. As he held it up Rein mouthed with awe. It really was blue, and very pretty. She took it onto her palm and it was a little bit small. It was really blue, it almost looked like it fell the sky. It had tiny ridges on it that looked like little waves.
"Where'd you find it?" Rein asked. I tried looking everywhere and he finds it so fast!
"I don't know I just saw something sticking out in the water and caught it before the waves hit." Shade then took the shell swiftly from Rein's hand and walked over to Bright and Fine to show them what he found.
"Hey that's-!" Well it wasn't hers no, but it should be! Not like it would be something from Shade BUT he offered to help find her one and he did so its hers. Kind of. Was it?
As Rein pondered hard on whose shell it belonged to she felt a little bit of sand hit on her legs. She turned around to look who was throwing it and saw it was someone she met before. Someone she knew was bad.
It was Ira.
"Oh h-hello." Ira said in her fake soft voice she heavily despised.
"Oh it's you. From the hotel." Rein said plainly to Ira.
"Yes i-it's me, d-did you e-ever find y-your g-g-group?" The way she talked made Rein want to slap her straight so she wouldn't stutter as much, she looked so high class before so why is she all weird now.
"Yeah I'm hanging with them right now sooo see ya I guess…"
"W-Wait u-uh I need to f-find my g-group too! W-Well their n-not r-really my group I w-was just s-suppose t-to b-be with th-them."
Hmmm.
"Sure I guess." Rein then decided to tell her group that she found a lost sheep but Ira was lucky and in a pinch. She needed to see if Shade was in love yet and with who, the perfume she sent to them was very expensive and hard to find! The perfume made the person fall in love with the first thing they see. She needed to see how Bright was doing at his end too. I mean they both agreed to help each other right? She did come out of nowhere but Bright was there at the right time.
"Hey guys I found this girl and she needs our help." Rein said when she approached the group. As soon as they all stood up to meet Ira, Shade's eyes seemed to roll onto another planet, Fine's head started to catch on fire as sweat was building on her forehead, and Bright's eyes widened as his mouth dropped to the sandy floor.
"Ew!" Bright said as he spit out the sand that fell into his mouth. Rein felt as if the others have met her before somewhere somehow but each reaction was priceless.
"O-Oh wait a-a second, a-are y-you Princess R-Rein?" …Was the girl that blind? No she was Fine, duh!
"Yes, yes I am."
"O-Oh I-I'm-"
"Princess Ira from the Garden Kingdom." Shade said, finishing her sentence before Christmas came.
"The Garden Kingdom?" Fine, Rein, and surprisingly Bright said all in unison.
"Yeah, she's a princess that apparently hangs out with Milky." Even though I've never seen her with milky to begin with.
"That girl is a princess?" Fine said with a hint of disgust in her voice. At least I'm a better princess then you'll ever be Ira said in her head. If only she could just lash out now and just steal Shade from everyone.
Why is she here!? Bright said panicking in his head, I thought she said she would stop with the plan after the plane ride! I told her I could do this stuff on my own so why…
Bright didn't know what to do and tried to stay in the back away from pesky Ira.
"Er well I believe we've never met Ira I'm Princess Fine." Fine's restraint in her voice was faint but noticeable to Rein, so they met huh.
Rein sighed loudly, Ira had to ruin everyone's fun. Wait does this mean she has to live with them too at the Hotel-café!?
"Guys Mina texted me…? And said our break is done so we have to head back." Bright said, wondering how Mina got his number.
"Already! But but but." Fine pouted as her eyes watered. They just got here though! Well not really but they should've got more time! Maybe if fucking Ira didn't come then-
"M-M-Mina? W-Who's that?" Shade then explained to Ira how they had to work at a hotel-café for the time being since they somehow lost their tickets.
Ira snickered in her head at how much trouble this all caused and she was laughing more when she heard about their crazy manager.
"O-Oh I s-see, how t-terrible!" Ira smiled innocently at everyone except Fine. Damn, that's the fat girl that bumped onto me on the plane. Not like any other fat people did but that's the one Bright told me about. Fuck! Now she knows my true nature. Guess I'll have to avoid her.
"W-Well then I g-guess I-I'll come w-with you g-guys."
"Aren't you staying somewhere else though?" Shade honestly said, "I mean we've been at the Café for a while now and you should've come to find us earlier if you were supposed to come with us. Plus by now you would be staying at a hotel or something on your own right."
Shade just took at the words straight from everyone, except Fine's, mouth. Wow Shade so smart! Fine said admiring him. Ira bit her lower lip and quickly thought of something,
"W-Well yes I was b-b-but I h-had to use m-my own money and r-rent a hotel b-b-because I was n-not able to f-f-find you g-guys."
She is so LYING! Fine screamed in her head. Shade couldn't say anymore and just turned around and walked towards the golf cart they came in. Bright followed behind telling both Fine and Rein to follow. Fine glared at Ira while Rein just picked up her bag and left. Ira skipped behind them and smirked. They all got into the cart with Ira sitting in the front with Shade and Rein dying because she was hanging from the roof again.
What could get any worse? Rein thought to herself. They barely had time at the beach, and plus she wanted to explore the beach side more and go underwater. Rein always had a thing for aquatic animals and the Pearl Cascade Beach is known for their unique sea animals and mysteries surrounding the beach.
When coming back to the Hotel-Café the whole group didn't know what to tell Mina because Ira suddenly came into the picture.
"Ahhhh welcome back little bugs and oh what do we have here?" Mina said in a very happy tone.
"This is Princess Ira she wants to work and stay here."
Hello guys. Long time no see ;w; I know I haven't updated in 2 years. I'm in high school now and well it's gonna be a tough year. Instead of writing chapters I've been doing other things like watching anime and reading manga. If you guys didn't know I'm a cosplayer so I've been attending cons and preparing for them as well. I'm attending Otakon and I haven't finished my cosplays yet :/ so have this for now! Thank you for sticking around guys.