Ch11

Friday Evening and Another Saturday Part 1

Updated: 5/13/2015

From Tuesday to Friday afternoon Kairi and Anika did not speak a word to one another.

In the comfort of their home, Kairi bustled about collecting last minute accessories for a job interview.

"Kairi," Anika stood off to the side, next to the island, to steer clear of Kairi's way.

"What?" Kairi questioned in an agitated tone.

"Uhm," she hesitated, "The little shop I used to work at closed down."

Kairi stopped in her tracks and looked up, "Does that mean you can't contribute any rent money?" her serious tone implicitly told Anika that it was a problem.

"It's...it's not for long. I mean I applied to Paopu, and I'm waiting to hear from them."

A deep, stressed sigh passed the red head's lips, "Okay, tell me when they contact you."

"Is it that important that I get a job?"

Kairi started to head out the door, "Don't worry, k?" she attempted to give a genuine smile as she disappeared past the front door.

Anika watched blankly at the door for awhile after she left, contemplating the meaning behind Kairi's fake smile. *why the hell is she applying for an additional job?

Anika plopped onto the couch in her sweatpants and tank top.

Her phone rang in the other room. "Dammit!" she exclaimed aloud. She willed her comfortable body to get up and grab her phone. She swiped it to answer without looking at the contact, "Hello?"

"Hey, Ishibashi, " a warmly deep voice resonated into her ear, "It's Vanitas."

"Oh hey, Hamasaki." she added some sense of sarcasm.

He chuckled on the other end, "You want to surf tomorrow morning, bright and early?"

Anika jumped in joy, "Yes! How early?"

"I was thinking five."

She thought about it, "Sure, " she paused, "wait, the storm broke my board," she sounded dejected.

"You can borrow one of ours, or Kairi's if you ask her."

She smiled, "I'd like to borrow one of yours if you don't mind, and five sounds good, thanks."

He chuckle on he other end, "No problem, I'll pick you up, I'm gonna take you a spot I often go to when I'm not at the beach by your house."

"'Kay. Bye." she hung up with a smile on her lips.

She bolted to her bedroom, forgetting all about her argument with Kairi to find the best surfing outfit, was it casual or a full blown competition? She thought.

She settled for choosing a black short sleeved rash guard and a black tribal printed bra-like bikini top with criss cross straps across the back, and some mix match solid turquoise bottoms and the same colored swim shorts.

She folded them off to the side and sighed contentedly, good. Comfortable and safe to tread water in.

Since Anika had no clue when Kairi was gonna return- if ever- she decided to eat some Mac and cheese and do her homework for the weekend, then, she passed out into a dreamless sleep.

Anika awoke at four thirty a.m. to be sure she was ready. She tied her hair into a high ponytail, pinned up her side bangs and changed into her swim outfit. She also grabbed an over-sized grey cotton pullover, and stuffed a change of clothes into a backpack.

Twenty minutes later Vanitas arrived early and texted her that they were in no rush.

He drove the silver blue PT cruiser with two surfboards strapped on top cased in separate polyester zip up bags.

She grabbed her bag and rushed out within five minutes, since she hustled to take a few water bottles for the two of them.

Anika happily jumped into the car, "Hey!"

He smiled and turned down his iPod sounding through the speakers playing The Electric Sons' Kyoto. "How are you?"

She buckled herself in and yawned, "Tired, but otherwise I'm okay."

He laughed, "I'm not convinced you're just okay. Tell me what's on your mind."

Anika rolled her eyes, "I'd rather not."

"Fine, but I'll get it out of you soon enough."

She quietly mumbled, "That's what she said."

He glanced over to her while driving, "What did you say?"

"Nothing, nothing!" she waved her hands in front of her.

In response, he gave a crooked smile and drove on in silence. Taking the main highway that ran throughout the island and connected to multiple small streets.

He took a side road and a few more turns all the way to the northern shore down a narrow path. Then he forced his somewhat beat-up PT through thick island ferns and tall feathered trees to arrive at a waterfall cove showered with light fog.

Anika beamed, "This is a place that I haven't explored, unbelievable!"

Vanitas parked the car on the lonely shore. She resisted the urge to hurriedly jump out of the vehicle. So Anika patiently arranged her belongings, unbuckled herself, and kept her hand on the silver colored interior handle. He unlocked her door with the side bar and smiled at her antics.

Her hands roughly pushed open the door, and tossed her bag onto the star-shaped sand with rounded edges, instead of sharp ones. She giggled in delight when she tore off her Vans and waded to the waters edge. On her left of the cove, she gazed up at the waterfall that spilled into a separated reef that was nothing like the tall waves on the right.

"This is so amazing! How on earth did you find this place?!" She spun to face him, standing on the door threshold to untie the surfboards.

He smiled, keeping his attention to the boards, "I was driving around one day and chose to take a few side roads and came across it, so after that, I worked on remembering how to get here."

Anika walked back to the other side of the car and helped Vanitas, she blushed in shame, "Awesome! Sorry I wasn't helping you when we first got here."

"Ishibashi, don't worry about it, the euphoria of this place is contagious."

She helped him finish pulling the boards down, and unzipped the smaller of the two. He took out the slightly longer white one with two pinstripes along the stringer. The one he handed her was cream with a single thick red stripe down the stringer.

A bright smile fell onto her lips, "Did you hand pick this board for me?" she asked while setting the board onto the sand, deck face down.

As she took off her sweater, he answered, "I did, it seemed a good size for you, especially for these big waves. A larger board wouldn't give you as much agility." He removed his white wife beater, to show a well built body, granted he was a surfer, but his 'V' wasn't too pronounced. For trunks, he wore solid black ones that reached the top of his knees.

She picked up her board again and went towards the water, "Thanks!"

He smirked and followed right behind her.

Disclaimer:

I do not own Kingdom Hearts characters and this is a work of fiction, do not think I am in any way someone who can credibly state something you believe is true.

Hope you enjoyed, and this second chapter is a treat for you all! Thanks!

Love Nano1012