Ch 12

Saturday Part 2

Updated: 5/27/2015

Recap: Our High school seniors have realized the drama of becoming adults and are trying to balance friendship and relationships. Anika no longer has a job and Kairi must work for the both of them. Sora has decided he's going to run his father's schools, and go to school at the same time. And the whole gang has dealt with a storm surge, causing their homes damage. So to set off the edge, Vanitas and Anika have gone on a surfing excursion.

On with the chapter! :)

The morning fog was gradually clearing and the duo paddled out. Anika skirted around the frothy peak, and onto the outside. Following the wave she duck dived beneath a smaller one, pushing down with her arms and knees, then used her foot to propel herself back to the surface.

Vanitas smiled as she resurfaced, "Let's see you catch one of these large waves." he challenged.

"Right off the bat?! You're on!" Anika waited a few waves, knowing some waves were just not surf worthy. She paddled hard to her chosen wave, and she barely caught it when she dropped into it on the right.

From behind her she heard Vanitas let out a "Whoop" of enjoyment. Anika cutback and made a bottom turn, then easily wiped out without injury. When she resurfaced Vanitas appeared, sitting upright on his board.

"Not bad, Ishibashi. Not bad at all." he commented.

She shook a few wet strands of hair out of her face, "Thanks. I'd love to see what you can do."

His smile brightened, "Sure thing." he dropped into the next wave that was significantly larger than hers. Thus, he snapped back towards the tube and rode it, and emerged past the mist, rode higher onto the crest to make a spinning aerial and landed in the whitewater to ride out the wave.

Anika clapped and called out, "You're pretty good!"

"Hahaha, I never thought I'd hear you compliment me."

"Well, I'm full of surprises."

"I highly, highly doubt it."

"Such little faith you have in me!" she said sarcastically.

Vanitas shrugged and the next two hours were spent battling one another, and sharing the same waves.

As they tired out, the sun heated up. So Vanitas and Anika made their way to the backside of the waterfall, within the confines of a shady overhang. They left the boards on the beach with the car.

Anika peeled off her rash guard, and put it in the sun to dry. Then she rested her back against the cool, smooth rock next to Vanitas who turned sideways to face her.

"Could you please tell me why you're upset?"

She turned her head, removed her hair band to let her hair loose, "You'll never let it go, will you?"

"Never."

She sat up, "On one condition! "

He raised an eyebrow, "Which is-?

"I get to put your hair in a ponytail!" She exclaimed childlike.

His eyes shut as he let out a deep laugh, and he caved, "Go ahead."

Her eye widened, "You'll really let me?!"

"Yes."

She squealed and scooted closer to him while he got up, facing away from her. Her arms reached for his damp jet black locks, and her hands gently combed the majority of it back, leaving his bangs, and tied the hair band twice.

She gently poofed the end of his small ponytail with her palm, "I like it! But I'm not so good at doing other peoples' hair, so it's sorta sloppy."

He shrugged and faced her, "No problem." He leaned forward, "Let me let you in on a secret; this is the third time I have ever put my hair up."

She reddened, "Well technically I put it up for you this time."

He rolled his eyes and put is weight onto his palms, leaning back," Technicalities, anyhoo what's up with you lately. It was a deal remember?"

"I remember! Geez." She cast her eyes away, looking at nothing in particular, "Kairi and some other friends of mine seem to think I crave their attention, when I express how I feel for example, but it's not my intention."

"So, you're expressing how lonely you've been, but your not asking them to fix your loneliness? It's sort of a contradiction."

She glared at him, "You don't understand me either."

"Whoa, whoa, Ishibashi I'm trying to help. And since you dot like that topic, ill change it with happy news for you."

Her eyes lessened in intensity.

"First of all, if you don't want their attention, then just use me as a friend, I'll gladly hang out with you," he grinned at the smile spanning her lips,"and Papou Incorporated has decided to give you an interview and they'll contact you tomorrow with details."

Anika spread her arms and hugged him, bringing her arms around his neck. He stiffened, full of surprise.

"You're welcome?" he laughed out.

Anika pulled back, "Thanks to you, I have actually made an accomplishment! Because if I do well I can help Kairi and she'll be so glad."

"Did you two get in a fight or something?"

"Yeah, well I mean, she went to an interview for another job. And I told her my old job was closed down. And she got all angry."

"She probably can't afford your guys' house on her own. Not to pry or anything, but why don't you live with your parents?"

She sighed heavily, "That's a touchy subject, maybe some other time, I'll tell you."

He nodded, "A'ight."

She nodded and smiled, grateful for his understanding. She hastily grabbed her dry rash guard, chucked it onto the sand and jumped through the waterfall to swim around in the medium sized tide pool.

She excitedly pounced about, collecting shells and examining sea stars, in the thrill of acting like a child, she failed to notice Vanitas join her. He just watched in awe, at how different, yet similar they were. He had slightly more direction in his life, but both weren't the most responsible people on the planet, although he was doing his best to fix that flaw with his job as manager.

Twenty minutes later, Anika exited the water, dried off as best she could and helped put the boards back onto the car roof's rack.

Then, she stuffed her rash guard into her bag, "Thanks so much, for today."

"Don't worry about it, I won the bet anyway. You hungry?"

A grin graced her face followed by sticking out her tongue at him, "Yeah, I'm guessing you are."

"I'm starving, mind stopping by a drive through? I don't think I can wait at a restaurant."

"Sure, that's fine."

"What kind of food do you want?" the raven haired young man asked.

"Anything, I'm not picky. You pick."

"Fine. Yummy Noodle it is." he stated as her turned the car around back to town.

Hope you guys all enjoyed! I have recently started work and its going okay, I'm a cashier at the Most Magical Place on Earth. I will not be saying anymore though, but i'd love to hear what you guys do for a living!

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