MAPOV
We used my car to get to the beach…
As I drove on the freeway, Minako fell asleep in the back and Yukari was staring off the window…
I noticed it…
"Something wrong?" I asked.
She looked at me.
"I'm fine..." she said while forcing a smile.
I blinked.
"Sure…." I said as I shrugged.
She's acting unusually today…
"I…I'm sorry… carsick…" she said.
As we pulled up to the beach parking lot, she carried Minako, leaving me to carry the heavy things.
I rented a cottage and ordered food to be served an hour later.
Yukari went out of the changing room first.
"W-Whoa…" was all I could say.
She blushed.
"Where's Minako?" I asked.
"Oh, she's outside, playing by the sands…" she said.
I continued my gaze at her.
"Pick your jaw up from the floor…" she said jokingly.
"You look as beautiful as when we went to Yakushima…" I said.
She smiled slightly.
"I'm glad you like it…" she said.
Then we went to the beach.
I played with Minako by the beach line…
We found ourselves talking.
"Yo baby… where's your mom?" I asked her as I propped myself on the sands.
She thought for a while.
"Mommy's at the cottage, callin' Nathan…" she said.
Nathan… my foe, my rival, my antagonist…
My Nemesis…
"Baby… how long did your mama stay with him?" I asked.
"Hmmm…. 10 months…" she said.
Even at a young age, Minako's intellect and memory was just amazing…
"Baby… would you like me and your mommy to go back together?" I asked her.
"Well… Awntie Mitzy really liiiiikes you!" she teased.
"Baby… how do you know?" I asked her.
"Well… back when mommy always cried, I asked awntie why, she said that mommy w'eally missed my daddy, that's youuu, and she also said that she used to have a nice man who taught her a lot of things and she said that she loved you…" she said.
I half smiled.
"Let's play dada!" she said as she splashed water at me.
Mitsuru…loves me?
YTPOV
Nathan called me so I had answered it.
"Yukari, where in the hell are you?" he asked angrily.
"I'm at the beach." I said curtly.
"The beach? The beach? Really?" he asked incredulously.
"Yeah… the beach. Why?" I asked.
"Huh… With who?" he asked.
"With Minako and Minato…" I said simply.
He fumed.
"What? Why are you with him?" he asked furiously.
"Because, it's for Minako and Minako only... besides, Minato's just my friend…" I said.
"Your friend? Really? Really?" he said sarcastically.
"Yes, why?" I said.
"A "friend" that knocked you up back at high school and left you to run off Timbuktu?" he said coldly.
"It's… personal… I have to go…" I said.
"Don't you hang up on-" he said before I clicked the end call button.
I thought about Minato…
He genuinely, honestly, sincerely and truly loved me…
I decided to go outside to check on them…
They were playing by the beach line...
Minako held a sand ball while skipping by the shoreline…
"Keep out of the water, Minako! Aw c'mon! No, don't do that…. (Gets hit in the chest with the sand ball) Ouch! Nice one kid! Seriously, do you want Yukari to yell at me?" he said as she made a face at him.
"I'm not taking you back to the beach again if you don't-" he said with his hands on his hips as Minako splashed water in his face.
"Ah! You think that's funny, do you? Hyah! Hwah! Who's laughing now?" he laughs as he splashes Minako back.
He had the giggling little girl taking cover in her makeshift sand fort as he continued his torrent of splash attacks.
She had a bucket in one hand and a small shovel in the other.
She was next to the water, making reloads easier but her fort was already half wrecked by Minato's assault.
He, on the other hand had a well made fort, impressive even, but he was a little bit far from the water except a small stream from the dirty kitchen nearby…
Minato had a wet stain running down his shirt.
"A hundred yen on my baby girl..." I said.
He looks at me.
"Hey Yukari… it's not my fault, she has all the firepower…" he complains.
I turn to Minako.
"Hey kiddo." I said.
"Yay! Daddy awwwwwl wet now." She said triumphantly.
"I can see that… where's the sand ball you made for daddy?" I said.
"Gone, gone, gone… I'm gonna pway wid daddy awwwwwl day! I'm never goin' howm!" she said.
She runs around and around and then picks up a pretty rock.
"Pretty rock!" she said.
It was pretty… a translucent rock that turned brown when held against the light, turned blue when held against the water and red when turned against the ground…
She walks to Minato and hands him the rock.
"Thank you baby!" he said as he kissed her forehead.
I swear, he could play peek-a-boo with Minako for hours straight without getting bored…
Though, I couldn't make fun of him for it…
"Hey… You ever thinking 'bout dating?" I asked.
"Huh? Um…. No." he said as he bowed his head.
Then, lunch came and we ate and then packed up and left with Minako.
MAPOV
I dropped Yukari to the parking lot and watched her drove off.
Then I let Minako watch T.V. until it was dark.
Then, we both slept the night away…