A/N: So~ here the is the chapter after forever. I feel bad for taking such a long time -UGGG- I have to try harder!
Chapter 24
A view on the other side Pt. 2
The car ride to the beach wasn't as bad as Kasamatsu thought it was going to be. Kise's parents kept them entertained during the whole forty-five-minute drive. Kise's father put on his old 'classy songs' as he would call them, and tell analysis on how society today didn't appreciate the oldies and all those jazz groups. For Kasamatsu it was pretty funny, with the way Kise's father would get so emotional when he talked about an artist during his days. On the other hand, Kise's mother did the unspeakable and told them an embarrassing moment in Kise's life, which rendered him speechless in the corner of the car, with a bitch face layered on- he stayed like that for about ten minutes before he returned the blow to his mother. In all aspects, Kise's parents were astonishingly different from his own parents. His parents were not on the friendly scale, never have been and they weren't getting there anytime soon. They were more the secluded type, dragging their only son down that path too. When Kasamatsu was little, he was forced to stay inside, he never went to any school events, never allowed to any birthday party, it was a bad time for him as a child, along with their torment to be the best out of everyone, to achieve the greater things, to not be dull and to just grand, that was a lot of pressure that was placed on a small child, and to this day, they haven't changed. It's a miracle Kasamatsu is able to even leave his own house.
Kise's parents were the type of parents that cared for what their child did with his life. In the forty-five minutes it took to get to the beach, Kise's parents had asked him about school and friends, in the eighteen years of his life, his parents had never asked anything concerning his social life, they acted as if it was something that never existed. In fact, the only social thing Kasamatsu ever did as a child was the one time he was taken to a basketball game with his parents at the age of eight, that day Kasamatsu was awarded a silver medal, along with a few other kids in school, for the overall best grades during that year. When he got home, he showed his parents, leaving out the fact that he was not the only one with the medal, he feared they would be discouraged over that. And on the same day, he was given a prize, a basketball game in a stadium with his parents, after that, Kasamatsu tried his hardest, but in the end, they didn't care anymore about the metals. Kasamatsu sometimes blames them for his personality and the way he interacts with people *cough cough, Kise* but they can't be blamed for everything because they were corrupted by their own parents and they are truly monsters, especially when they visit during the holidays.
"When we get there can I get some lobster," Kise said, as the car passed by the welcome sign. His father responded with a flat out no, Kise groaned. Once they paid the toll, a wave of stores was the first thing Kasamatsu saw. There was about anything you could find in the city , restaurants, pubs, merchandise, arcades, variety of ice creams and fast food stands, it was overwhelming for him. Kasamatsu had never been to the beach before, he didn't want anyone to know, but he couldn't he gawk out of his window, he took a quick glance to the side, to find Kise staring at him. "What," he said, strangely finding his voice out of place. Kise gave him a smile and pointed to his side of the car window. On Kise's side, Kasamatsu could slightly see the golden sand, along with a sliver of blue through the cracks of the fence. Kasamatsu unbuckled his seat belt, gliding over to where Kise was seated, firmly pressing himself against him, not caring how Kise wrapped his arm around his back, pulling him closer. In front of the fence, were rows of cars, all parked next to a meter. About every twenty cars, there would be an opening that leads into the actual part of the beach.
Kise's father drove all the way to the main plaza, which had about four different roads with a huge island in the middle, with more stores around it. This seemed the type of place people went to walk or buy or whatever since there was an abundant amount of people in the streets. Driving through the main plaza was a hassle, because of said people. Kasamatsu was already getting antsy when the car only moved three inches in the last ten minutes. He was still pressed up against Kise when he shoved his face into the crook of his neck. Kasamatsu really didn't care, he just wanted out and to get a feel of the hot sand, and smell the sea salt in the air.
Ten more minutes later, they were able to get a parking space. Kise's father parked the car on the west side, which really didn't matter at this point. Once the car turned off, Kasamatsu slowly got out of the car, the sun was still high in the sky, there was a nice breeze that flew by the moment he slammed the car door. It felt nice against his skin. "Alright, boys. Just take this down. Find a spot not too close to the water and not in a place crowded with a lot of people, please and thank you" Kise's father said near the back of the car. "And, be careful with the cooler, the wheel might come flying off and everything might spill. Don't want the seagulls to attack again. Right, Ryouta?" his mother added. Kise groaned, "Please don't remind me"
"No, No, say, say. Let Kasamatsu know, so he's prepared"
"Haven't you embarrassed me enough yet?" Kise added, to only get a shark laughter from his father and a snort from his mother. Kasamatsu walked over to the back of the car. A blue, medium sized cooler was placed next to Kise, with him dreadfully looking down at it. "Okay...well. It didn't have to do with the cooler, but more with the food. My mom had bought one of the long pieces of bread to make some sandwiches. And I used it. My parents went over to get hotdogs and stuff...and I ran off to the water. When I got back a swarm of seagulls were fighting over the bread, they ran off with it. I got so many pitiful stares from people around me, god it was awful"
Kasamatsu laughed at that, earning a glare from Kise, "I should get paid for telling that story to everyone. Maybe paid in food. Dad lobsters right"
"Ryouta, I already said no"
"Just get crab honey, it's cheaper"
"Oh come on, how much could one measly piece of seafood cost"
"Well, your 'measly' piece of seafood costs about forty dollars, and did you forget you had a guest, so it goes up to eighty bucks. Crab 'bout twenty-five".
"You're forcing it. And what's a twenty dollar difference?"
"Ryouta just drop it", His father said. He motioned towards the cooler and went back into the trunk of the car. Kasamatsu strolled over to one side of the cooler grabbing the handle, he waited for Kise to grab his handle, then they heaved the cooler up. It was heavier than it looked. They both started walking down to the opening that was a few feet away from the car. They walked and reached the sand. They walked as far as they could carry the cooler but had to stop somewhere to catch their breaths. While they were waiting, Kasamatsu took off his slippers, the sand was piping hot, but that didn't matter when it kept going in between his sandal and feet. After their small break, they heaved the cooler to a nice spot. A few people were in front of them, and three were behind them. It wasn't such a bad spot, his parents didn't complain when they reached them. Kise's mother handed Kasamatsu a small bottle of sunscreen. He opened it, pouring the thick white liquid into his palm. He spread it over his legs, arms, neck, and face. He avoided taking off his shirt if he went swimming, he would apply the sunscreen then, he felt awkward undressing in front of random people. He went over to Kise, throwing the sunscreen to him. Once Kise was done, Kasamatsu looked over to Kise's mother who had just finished throwing down the burgundy blanket, had two chairs placed next to it with an umbrella over them. Kasamatsu laid down on the blanket, careful to not mess it up. He laid on his stomach, burying his face into his arms. "Hey," Kise said beside him, in reply Kasamatsu grunted. Kise shoved himself next to Kasamatsu, making him look up from his makeshift pillow. "What?" Kasamatsu grunted out. "Nothing, sleep away. I'll just be here"
Kasamatsu gave Kise a hard look. "No. I don't trust that. What do you want?"
"Are you hungry?" Kasamatsu paused to answer that, he did eat breakfast but that was about six hours ago, considering that it was one in the afternoon, he could go for something to eat at this time. Without answering Kise, Kasamatsu gave him a light nod, making the younger boy spring up from his position next to him and ran over to his parents. It was at that time and moment that Kasamatsu saw what Kise was wearing. He wanted to gauge his eyes out from the overbearing color. When Kise returned, Kasamatsu glared at him. "What the fuck is that?" he said. Kise looked around himself confused, "Money," he said ." No. That" Kasamatsu pointed at Kise's shirt "Um...a shirt?" he said back. "No, that is not a shirt. It's an abomination to the world."
"Hey! What's wrong with it?"
"Kise...it looks like you are trying rival out the fucking sun. If I were a thousand miles away, I would've mistaken you as the sun, walk towards you and realize that it was a moron wearing an idiotic color out in the open." Kise gaped at him, "Why are you complaining about it now"
"Firstly, I never pay attention to what you wear. Secondly, why would I, and thirdly, change it, for the love of god. Neon colors just don't suit you. Please, please change it before I have a stroke". Kise stared down at Kasamatsu for a few seconds, before making his way back to his parents. "Okay, let's go, fashion guru" Kise yelled at him. Kasamatsu rolled onto his back, slowly getting up. He walked over to Kise, who started walking ahead of him. "Are you mad, I insulted you?"
"No. I'm just counting how much money I took from my dad before he realizes I took half his wallet with me".
"Are you fucking kidding me, Kise"
"Unfortunately not". Kasamatsu sighed. "Maybe, I should've stolen his credit card?"
"Just...no...just stop talking. Focus on getting a new shirt"
"After we eat", Kasamatsu sighed again. They walked all the way up to the opening, passing all the cars and walking down the streets. Many kids run up and down the sidewalks, people are outside pubs with loud music blaring out from different directions. Kise and Kasamatu walked through many food joints, some for ice cream, others for candies and a few of the hot dog and hamburger stands. "You know where we're going, right?", Kasamatsu asked when they started passing all the food joints that had seafood in them. "Of course" was the only thing Kise said. After seven or eight minutes of walking, they turn up in front of a small restaurant with a little picture of the ocean in front of the door. Kise held the door open for Kasamatsu, the inside was just as small as the outside, there were a few tables surrounding the front counter. The theme in the restaurant was the ocean. The wallpaper was a sandy color, while the table cloths were designed with small anchors and sea creatures. Kise swiftly went up to the front counter. "Hi, can I have two servings of lobster," he said to the small girl in front. "And how much will this cost?" Kasamatsu asked Kise while he sat down at the closest table near the counter. "Umm...I don't know. The last time I was here, I was with my grandparents, they bout me lobster from here, best lobster I've ever had" Kise said as he sat across from Kasamatsu.
"Right. Sure it is"
"Are you judging the food before you even taste it. Your one of those people?"
"What? No you moron!" A small time period of silence fell upon them when Kasamatsu spoke those three words, but it only lasted about three seconds before Kise spoke again. "Is there ever a day when you don't insult someone, or curse at them with reckless abandon?" he said, folding his arms on top of the table, fixing a pointed look at him. "I...did I offend you in any way. I believe I have the freedom of speech, and so, li-"
"Just answer the question"
"No, not since I was -let me rephrase that, the moment I knew what curse words were, and all that stuff, I've never not cursed at someone, but I was a kid, so I said them in my head, but after a while and the older I got, I yeah". Kise gave Kasamatsu a hard look, making the smaller boy turn his head over to the restaurant doors. "You monster," Kise said, making Kasamatsu whip his head towards him. "You little mother fucker. Excuse me?"
"Oh, my god. WHY? Okay. Let's try this. No more swearing, until tomorrow, please. And before you say 'you shit head' or some other fuckery, here are my reasons, if you don't like them, too bad. Firstly, I know for a fact you are going to slip up and probably call my dad a fuckhead, he's just like me and we do not want that, secondly, you need a filter and it's about time that happens. Hey, if you make it till you get back home, I'll do anything you want me to, Promise you that, even though I don't want to". Kasamatsu knew that Kise had a point, for the first part, about his parents, he was bound to fuck up and Kise's mother or father did not seem like the people he'd want to swear in front of. The second part he can dismiss, he knew how much he swore and how much he insulted people, but he's been doing it for years, that is part of his character in some weird way, he was not about to let Kise have the upper hand, but at the same time, being able to hold anything over that dog was the best part. Anything he wanted. With just that Kasamatsu can think of a million ways to make his life a living hell, and he might as well accept for just that small leverage.
"Fine" Kise gave him a wide smile. "It starts the moment we leave this place".
"Alrighty"
"First of all, stop looking so fucking happy, second of all don't you dare ever use those fucking words again before I personally slit your throat with a butter knife"
"That...is...very...creative? Butter knives age overlooked a lot" Kise said as he slipped out the chair. He looked as if he was going to say something, opening his mouth and closing it again, he gave Kasamatsu a forced smile before walking back up to the counter, which was pointless since it was three feet in front of them. Kasamatsu couldn't help but smile, oh this is the only reason being older than someone comes in handy, they have to respect you and in Kasamatsu's case any disrespect he gets will not end well with the other party, everyone knows that.
A few more minutes passed before the food actually arrived. It was in one of those oval red baskets, filled with some type of parchment paper, with a dipping sauce in the corner. Kise paid the girl before hand, not wanting to wait ten minutes after the meal to pay. He gave her an overgenerous tip. He brought the food to the table to only get back up and walk towards the counter again. The lobster was already cut open in half, its meat nicely seasoned (Kasamatsu may or may not of taste a little piece of it) and mixed with a condiment, mayonnaise, Kasamatsu assumes. Kise comes back two minutes later with a small bag full of french fries. "Dig in"
"No drinks?"
"Do you want one. Sorry, I did-"
"No. Kise. No. It fine. This is fine". Kasamatsu said as he reached over to the small bag, grabbing a handful of french fires, dumping it onto his oval red basket. The food tasted much better than what Kasamatsu thought. The place doesn't look like it gets many customers, but the ones they do get are lucky to be able to eat a piece of heaven. Kasamatsu practically swallowed his food whole, never pausing to take a nice breath of air. During some points, when someone entered the restaurant, he tried to reach over and grab a small portion of Kise's fries, he would catch Kise staring at him with a small smile of endearment, and Kasamatsu couldn't help but feel shy about it and advert his eyes elsewhere. By the time they finish all the food, Kasamatsu feels like he could explode at any moment. Kise insisted on buying at least a bottle of water befoe leaving, and he did.
"That wasn't so bad right?". Kise says as he twisted the cap off the water bottle, taking a few swings. "No, it was pretty good".
"Good". Kise motioned the water bottle over to Kasamatsu who took a few swings also. "Hey, we just did an indirect kiss". Kasamatsu stopped walking, he looked over to Kise with dread on his face. "Listen you m-"
"Ah, AH, AH no swearing remember. And that is the only time I am going to remind you. Oh! and if you do lose, I get to do whatever I want. with. you." Kise said with a smile on his face. Kasamatsu shoved the water bottle towards Kise's chest. "Oh, don't be like that" Kise added, swinging his arms around Kasamatsu's shoulder and pulling him close to his body, squeezing the living hell out of him. "Get. OFF", Kasamatsu said. "Come on, you can be way nicer than that"
"Please", Kasamatsu added to his sentence. "Please what?", Kise said back. Kasamatsu had the urge to just shove him towards the street, in hope that he gets crashed. "Please, remove yourself off of me?", this is the first time Kasamatsu had used please in a sentence that didn't involve cursing, great, he hates this. Kise rubbed his face against Kasamatsu's hair, removing himself. "That wasn't so bad no was it"
" I hope you have an early death" Kasamatsu whispered under his breath. "Let's go change that...fu... shirt", he added. "Wow," Kise said laughing afterward. Kasamatsu grunted, walking ahead of Kise, not giving a crap if he was going the wrong direction. He entered the first store he saw. It was spacious despite the many merchandises around the room. Kasamatsu walked up to one of the many racks of clothes, shuffling through them. A few seconds later Kise came barging through the door. "Not funny". All Kasamatsu did in response was snort at him. "Pick something, so you can burn that thing"
"Pick something out if you want too" Kasamatsu looked around him, there was a lot he could choose from, but the meal was enough, he didn't want to waste all the money Kise 'illegally' stole from his father, even if all the little keychains, toys, and souvenirs were enticing, he was fine just watching Kise ponder over three different racks of natural colored shirts. After a while it got boring to watch, Kasamatsu started to walk around the store. Near the back, there was a side dedicated to sandals, and the other was full of kids toys, shovels, pails, the whole get up for playing with the sand and creating sandcastles. In the middle were a bunch of random things, like sand dollars, plush sea animals and just varieties of things. Kasamatsu walked to the front of the store, where Kise was still mulling over what to get. On the checkout counter, there was a medium sized bowl with stone pebbles, writing on every single on of them. Others had drawings of birds, flowers, you name it. Kasamatsu shifted through the pill until he came up with one, it has a large tree carved into the middle of it, the branches of the tree sprouted out in every direction, it just looked and seemed artistic, marvelous to Kasamatsu, he wasn't someone who appreciated art but this stone wasn't so bad. "Okay. Got it" Kise said, as he walked over to him, holding a black shirt in his hands. It took long enough to just get one shirt, a black one at that. Kasamatsu put the stone back down."I'll be outside" he said, walking past Kise to wait in the hot sun.
Once Kise came out, he was wearing a white shirt instead of black. "I realized I would be dying in the heat with that death trap on, so white it was".
"Okay so where is the other one"
"He had a trash can"
"Then what's in the bag?", Kasamatsu said, pointing to the small bag Kise had in his hands. "Something my mom would like. I mean, I have to give something back for wasting all their money right?" Kasamatsu gave Kise a hard stare. "Why do you always have to be so nice. That shi- it's exhausting. Takes all my energy away".
"Oh come on, it's not like your the devil. You have a soul right?" Kise said, making a bad attempt to cross the street, and Kasamatsu tailing behind him. Two cars honked at them, well it was one and the other guy just couldn't care less if two kids got crashed over, and about a handful of the other cars who were taking a turn around the rotary had to do an emergency stop, almost colliding into each other. Kasamatsu gave them an apologetic smile, the only way he knew how to deal with a situation like that. "Souls are like a mythological type of thing. There like an essence, not a real physical thing people have" Kasamatsu answered as they made it to the other side of the street. "I didn't mean literally," Kise said, stopping in front of a bench, abruptly sitting down. Kasamatsu looked around, this side of the street was the most populated, as there were a few arcades, bars, ice cream stands, it was the side in which kids ventured to in an attempt to relief themselves of their parents. A few kids rushed past Kasamatsu, tipping him backward, forcing him to sit down next to Kise a little too close. "Fuc-"
Kise continued, "I meant as a figure of speech? Do you have emotions, thoughtful thoughts, you know feelings"
"Of course. I'm not an emotionless monster. I have feelings, I've felt all those feelings. From my first love, my parents, to my close friends, the important people. But when it comes to others, the acquaintances, the strangers, I'm a heartless monster"
"You...you've had a first lo..nevermind. WAIT! Why are you a heartless monster towards me? I've known you for years. Were on the same team, have you ever tried?"
"Y-yeah. I have".
"You fucking liar" Kasamatsu faced Kise, giving him a pointed look, all Kise did in response was shrug his shoulders, 'fucking dickbag' Kasamatsu thought. "it true. One day I woke up, happy and went to school, wanted to cut you some slack for the game we had, and one look at your face ruined it all" Kasamatsu said, with a small smile on his face."That does not count. You barely even tried, what an excuse" Kise responded, pushing Kasamatsu with one hand. He glared down at him.
"I'm not lying. It's just, you annoy me so much, that I can never appreciate anything aside from your skill in basketball, nothing"
"Oh, really, well you really appreciated my skills the other day in the locker room"
"Kise! You son of- fu-sh-ahh"
"It's hard isn't it, not being able to swear. Oh, I've rendered you useless. You're no threat to me anymore- OW!", before Kise could finish his sentence Kasamatsu punched the middle of his arm as hard as he could. When Kise jolted away and started to rub, Kasamatsu could see a red mark on his arm, likely to bruise. "Don't mess with me kid" was all Kasamatsu said, facing forward to the cars speeding their way through the busy streets. They sat there for a while, Kasamatsu felt constricted, uncomfortable sitting really close to Kise, it made him feel like he had no room to move. He wanted to slide over, but his body never did, Kise felt warm where their bodies touched despite the hot weather.
After mulling over nothing on the bench, Kise stood up, hooked his arm around Kasamatsu and shrugged him over to one of the arcades. Now Kasamatsu strolling behind Kise, a cup full of coins and a variety of games to choose from. The inside of the arcade is packed, full of kids all ages and a few adults. Kasamatsu tried his best to stay out of the way, not wanting to get pushed or shoved or stepped on, this is a new environment to be in, Kasamatsu's not too sure he's enjoying it yet. He kept quit following Kise around, they played a few games, games which Kasamatsu enjoyed, he was joyful for the many basketball games, getting almost all the balls in and having a small crowd around him. He was used to it, but they were close, way too close. Kise, on the other hand, was used to it, swallowing up all the attention he got.
"So, what's the purpose, no tickets or anything," Kasamatsu asked when they took a pause to count the coins left. "To have fun"
"So, they take our money to give us chips, coins or whatever, for nothing in return but for fun"
"Hey, it's an arcade for kids, all they want is to play the games".
"You speak from experience"
"What can I say, I'm a needy kid when I want to be", Kasamatsu scoffed at that. Once they were done counting the coins, Kise dragged him to the corner of the arcade where stood two air hockey tables. Kasamatsu knew the name of the game, but he had never played it nor seen people play it in front of him. "One on one, let's see who's the superior one between us," Kise said, slightly bending over to insert two coins into the slot. While he was doing that, Kasamatsu, very discreetly, moved to the other side of the table to read the instructions, after re-reading them a third time, Kasamatsu felt a little prepared. He got to his end of the table, and Kise got to his side. He grabbed the paddle, and so did Kasamatsu. It looked weird to him, but he made no comment. The machine started to whrr, cold air coming out of the table, it surprised him. "It's okay to cry once I beat your ass, I won't judge", Kise said as he set the puck out in front of him. Kise hit the small round thing with force, making it crash to different ends of the table, the puck got close to Kasamatsu but it hit the 'wall' zipping back over to Kise. He hit it again and the pucker went faster than the last time. Kasamatsu tried to hit it but it slipped past him into the slot. "HAHA, first point" Kise cheered. Kasamatsu expected that he looked down and fetched the puck, while Kise was distracted with his stupid point, Kasamatsu slide the puck onto the table, it was slowly moving and once it was far enough that he had the confidence it would go in, he shot it. "HEY!" Kise groaned. "Don't get too cocky," he told Kise.
They went back and forth until it was decided that Kise was going to be the ultimate winner in this. Kasamatsu accepted his defeat gracefully, he knew he was going to lose, and he didn't really care. "Another game".
Kise went over to the side again shoving two more coins in. He rushed over to his side, Kasamatsu had the puck first, he hit it as hard as possible but it only went straight until Kise reflected it, then it started shooting everywhere. Kasamatsu wanted to pout at that. In the middle of the game, two bystanders came over, watching them play. Before Kise hit the puck that Kasamatsu had reflected he stopped it with his hand, turning over to the men at the side of the table. "Um, hi there," he said, being friendly as usual. The two guys nodded their heads, "May I help you" Kise added. "Nah, waiting to see who wins," One of the guys said, smiling. "We want to play the winner is all," the other said. Kise hummed, turning back towards the table, looking down at the puck, looking as if he was considering what the guy just said even though it sounded more like a statement than a question. Kasamatsu took a good look at them, they looked as if they were in their early twenties, Kasamatsu wasn't going to judge, he may as well be wrong. "I hope you win, though," the one closest to Kise said, stunning him, he sucked ass and if they weren't paying attention to the last game -he was sure they were paying attention- Kasamatsu was nowhere near winning this. He looked at him with a straight face, wanting to just say something, knowing it was going to come out rude, a glugging type of sound turned him back to the game, Kise had shot the puck into his slot, Kise had stopped the puck so it should be considered cheating right? He was not going to make an ass of himself so he stayed quiet.
Kise gave him a forced smile. Kasamatsu just rolled his eyes, grabbing the puck from his slot.
And just as the last time, Kise won, the machine flashing. Kasamatsu moved over to grab their cup of coins, but Kise got there first. "We have to go," he said to the other guys. They asked why and Kise heavily sighed. "I don't want to play anymore" was all he said, linking his arm around Kasamatsu and practically dragging him away, they made it two feet before the guy spoke again. "We can always just play a different one"
"What? Why?" Kise said, annoyance in his voice. Kasamatsu had to take a step back to understand why in the hell Kise was being such an ass. "I just spend ti-" He was cut off, "Come on. Some competition won't be the end of you, if you don't want to play then, uh let your friend join us" the guy who spoke to Kasamatsu earlier said. "Why they hell would he?"
"Kise", Kasamatsu had to intervene, because it was getting ridiculous. "Just give them a game, that's all they want"
"They never asked for such a thing, there demanding it," he said, his voice a little too loud. "Well, they kind of did"
"Who's side are you on?", that question sent Kasamatsu reeling back as far as possible, with the fact that his arm was still in Kise grip. Sides? Sides? Since when was there sides to begin with, Kasamatsu just wanted Kise to calm down, and he wanted to move on to other games, possibly the racing ones near the front of the arcade, but they were never going to get there with Kise being a bitch about playing a game with those guys, he never knew there were fucking sides in the first place.
"Hey, don't be like that to him. He did nothing wrong", the other guy said as he slowly made his way to Kasamatsu, putting a hand on his shoulder. Kasamatsu, who's arm was still in Kise's grip, moved towards Kise, due to the random touch and that guy smelled like cigarettes. If Kasamatus had the chance, he would use all the vulgar words he knew and chew him out, but it didn't feel right in front of a bunch of little kids.
When he moved over to Kise, Kise walked in front of him, his hand moving from Kasamatsu's arm down towards his hand, 'well okay', Kasamatsu thought, ' I'll let him do his shit'
Kasamatsu looked over to where a small group of girls and boys no more than eight through ten played with a claw machine and set his gaze towards them. He ignored the things Kise and the other guy were saying, keeping his gaze towards the kids, who had failed to get the plush unicorn five times and with half their money gone. The thing that made Kasamatsu tear his gaze from them and back to the situation at hand was the hard pull he was given. He was pressed up against Kise's back, hand still in his. "Don't touch him"
"Why" the other party scoffed, "He's mine"
"What?" both the other guy and Kasamatsu said in unison.
Mine? Mine? MIne? Mine? Mine? Mine? Mine!
Kasamatsu ripped his hand out of Kise's turning around to face him. "Listen here buddy" he started to say, ignoring what the other person had to say. And to make his point clearer Kise grabbed a handful of Kasamatsu's face, pulling him up to met his lips. Kise kissed him with force, holding him tight, all Kasamatsu could do was squirm, not knowing if he should just twist Kise's neck now or after he beats the living out of him. After what seemed forever in Kasamtsus mind, Kise lets go of him, linking his arm around his and again dragging Kasamatsu away, past the group of kids, past the car games Kasamatsu wanted to play and out the arcade. Once outside Kise grunted.
Kasamatsu wasn't too sure of what had happened, slowly mulling it over as Kise started pacing back and forth. "Kise," he said, voice sharp, making the younger boy stop in his tracks. "What the fuck was that?"
"Uh.."
"Did you do that shit just because of the comment the guy said", Kise opened his mouth but no words came out. "You...of course you would do something like that"
Kise looked everywhere but at Kasamatsu. "Take me back to the beach," Kasamatsu said, looking straight at Kise. He nodded, turning around, moving towards the street again. Kasamatsu followed a few feet behind. This time he waited for a safe sign to cross instead of following Kise right through. He was tense in front of him, his head facing the floor, and the cup of coins held in a tight grip, the plastic cup bending. Kasamatsu sighed, Kise was a child, a baby, he always told himself that and that's half the reason he decided to cut the kid some slack. "I'm not 'mad'," he said, well he was, a little, maybe a little more than that, but he wasn't going to ruin a good day. "Kise turned around. "Really?" he said, voice a little rough. "Really" Kasamatsu assured him. "I just want to take a soak in the cold, freezing water and rest" he added, just for safe measure. Kise gave him a tentative smile, turning around, less tense than he was before.
They made it back to the opening that leads to the beach, before stepping inside Kasamatsu took off his sandals. The sand was still piping hot, making him shift on his feet. They walked all the way down towards Kise's parents, who were enjoying a sandwich under the umbrella's. They were wet, meaning they had already gotten in the water and they would probably not set foot in it again. "Hey, kiddo. Nice of you to come back"
"Yeah, yeah," Kise said to his mother. "There are sandwiches in the cooler and some soda if you want" she added, obviously ignoring her own son and talking Kasamatsu instead. Kasamatsu sat down on the blanket, putting his sandals right next to them, he watched Kise shove the remainder of the money back into his father's wallet, and take the gift he got from his mother and put it inside his bag. He went over to the cooler opening it, he took out two soda's, rolling one to Kasamatsu who just put it in the sand. He went and sat down next to him with two sandwiches, giving Kasamatsu one.
Kasamatsu removed the plastic wrap from it, taking a small bite. It didn't taste bad, he took another bite, larger this time. He moved over and opened the can of soda, taking a few sips of the cold drink, it burned on its way down but that didn't stop him from drinking more. Kasamatsu looked over to find Kise in the cooler again, two more sandwiches in his hand. "What are you doing?" Kasamatsu couldn't help but ask. "Getting more to eat"
"Are you serious. More? Is this how you eat on a daily basis"
"Maybe. I don't know"
"Yes, yes, he does," Kise's father said from his chair, not even turning around."It's a miracle we still have food left after he comes home from school" he adds, earning a laughter from his wife. Kise rolls his eyes as he sits down next to Kasamatsu again. Kasamatsu shook his head at him, and Kise shrugged, taking a gigantic bite from his sandwich. Kasamatsu was nowhere near done with his, but Kise was a whole different story. It looked like he was shoving it all in his face, not even taking the time to eat it properly. It was strange why Kasamatsu didn't notice it at the restaurant when Kise finished first than him, in under ten minutes, even though Kasamatsu practically swallowed his food whole.
The moment Kasamatsu finishes his one sandwich, he takes the wrapper and shoves it inside the soda can, which he only drank half way. He laid down, facing the sun. He looked up at it to only close his eyes a second later, Kasamatsu flung his arm around his face to shield them from the strong rays. From what he can see the sky was pretty clear, not a cloud in sight, occasionally a seagull will fly by, calling out to whatever it was. Kasamatsu turned his head to the side facing the sand. A few seagulls loitered around the place, walking up to the people who were eating. It was strange how a bird could get used to people, not fearing them one bit, he never understood how it happened. "Hey," Kise said next to him, breaking Kasamatsu from his thought.
He grunted, not even bothering to turn his head and look at Kise who was laying on his stomach and once again a little too close. Kise didn't say anything back, he just hummed. Kasamatsu could feel him shift around a couple of time, and then something extremely soft (Kasamatsu assumed it was a blanket) was draped over both of them, covering Kasamatsu's face. He looked over to where Kise was repositioning himself, the blanket creating a blue hue, Kise's back was facing him, but their bodies was still pressed closely together.
Kasamatsu rearranged himself, pressing his back against Kise's. He listened to the seagulls calling out, the laughing and the hushed voices of bystanders and the crashing waves before sleep easily took over him.
When Kasamatsu woke up, half his body was on the hot sand, face pressed deep into the blanket. He laid motionless for a few minutes, taking in his surroundings, the loud sounds of children died down, the birds were still relentless with their squawking and their scavenge for food. Kasamatsu still felt the hot burning sun on his back, but when he turned around the sun had drastically died down, it was lower nearing the horizon, now it was just hot air and the bright blue sky, that still suffocated everyone.
He turned his body towards the left, shoving himself on top of the blanket, near the other edge of the blanket, Kise was sleeping with his chest pressed against the blanket, while the blanket that they had originally used to get rid of the sun was thrown half way over his back and tangled somewhere on his head. He was slightly snoring. "Good Evening" Kise's mother said to him. "Um," Kasamatsu didn't really know what to say to that, partly for the reason that he did not know what time it was and that it was just awkward talking to them alone when Kise was always around. "Geez, we thought you would never wake up, you slept for hours, there are about twelve groups of people still on the beach" Kise father commented near the umbrellas. Kasamatsu stayed silent, he watched as Kise's mother went over to his side shaking him awake.
It took a few shakes and tugs to get Kise to sit up on the blanket, his face was red on one side, a pout set deep as he swayed back and forth. He looked around, smiled at Kasamatsu before dramatically throwing himself back down. "Ryouta! Up, up, up. Come on, do something, or we leave"
Kise groaned, but sat up anyway, looking around his surroundings. "I want food," he said, voice low and husky. "Go get it," his mother told him. "You haven't moved since you've gotten here"
"Don't care, it's closer to you anyway"
Kise rolled his eyes, saying something under his breath. Kise got up from his spot, slowly walking over towards the cooler, fishing around for something. Kasamatsu laid back down, facing the water. His sole intention for coming to the beach was to throw himself into the cold water, to feel the coldness against his flushed skin, but the day was getting darker and the sun was slowly setting, and his time was running out. Kasamatsu rolled himself over to the other side of the blanket, easily getting himself up. Kise was still fishing around in the cooler, taking his hands out every few seconds due to the ice and water inside.
Kasamatsu walked over to his bag, grabbing his black towel, he slung it over his shoulder, he glanced over to Kise and then his parents, they were all busy doing something if Kasamatsu went somewhere they won't notice his absence. Kasamatsu slowly made his way down towards the crashing waters. The closer he got the colder the sand was, and the stronger the smell of sea salt was. Kasamatsu dropped his towel a few inches away from the wet sand.
He walked down towards the cold water, it passed over his feet , making them scrunch up. Kasamatsu wanted to walk away, run over to the hot sand, but doing so would make it harder to go back in, and it would take longer. So, he stayed. He endured the cold water passing through his feet, every free minute a wave would pass by and level the water to go up a few inches past his ankle. "You have to throw yourself in," Kise said behind him.
"I got this" Kasamatsu responded, as he took a step further into the water. "No, you don't. Trust me"
Kasamatsu stopped moving, turning his body around to look at Kise, "I wouldn't trust you with my life" he said. He turned back towards the water, moving in deeper. "By the time the water reaches your waist, you won't have the balls to dunk yourself in. Trust me I know"
"I do not care"
"I'm just warning you", Kasamatsu scoffed at that, going deeper into the water, it was slowly rising up his body, but it was still cold as hell, he wasn't going to make it. "See, told you~," Kise said behind him. Kasamatsu momentarily jumped, he whipped himself backward, facing a wet Kise from head to toe. "When did this happen" Kasamatsu questioned, as he pointed a finger up and down Kise's body. "The moment I stepped into the water" he blankly answered, Kise reached over and planted a wet hand on Kasamatsu's shoulder. "Take the plunge, Senpai"
"I'm, pacing myself" was all Kasamatsu said as he watched Kise give him a face. "Liar", he said. "Here, let me help" Kise added, and before Kasamatsu knew what was going on, Kise wrapped his wet arms around his torso, moving them further into the water.
Then Kasamatsu was submerged into the freezing cold ocean. The water engulfed all of him, he had to hold his hand on his nose, preventing the water from getting inside. Kasamatsu shoved Kise away, pushing himself out of the water. When he did the water was all the way up to the top of his shoulders, he glared at Kise, to only get an overly satisfied grin in return.
"I was pacing myself"
"Sure, you were. But doesn't it feel better"
"It's fu-cold"
"It takes a while to get used to it", Kise said as he swam around Kasamatsu. The water was freezing cold, it took more than a while for Kasamatsu to get used to it, mainly because he didn't move around, and when he did, it was from getting pushed by Kise. "Come on, relax, it's just water"
"Correction, it's the ocean"
"Which is water". Kasamatsu gave him a glare, which only ended up making Kise laugh his ass off. "I hope you drown" Kasamatsu growled out. "Hey! Meanie!"
Kise stopped swimming, he drifted over to Kasamatsu. "You're just cold. It's okay. Kise has the situation under control". Kise moved behind Kasamatsu, wrapping his arms around his torso. Kasamatsu could feel his chest against his back, feeling a little flustered at the way too close proximity. "There, nice and toasty"
"You're cold as hell, you ass", Kasamatsu barked out. "Hey you swore"
"Ass is not a swear word"
"How do you know"
"Trust me, I know". Kise wrapped his arms tighter against Kasamatsu, dropping his head onto his shoulder, "Ah..I'm cold" he said laughing.
By the time, Kise and Kasamatsu had struggled to leave the water or to put it in simpler terms, by the time Kasamatsu had beaten Kise to let him go and leave, the beach was mostly empty, only for a few families still enjoying the waters. Kasamatsu grabbed his black towel, draping it over himself. "That was mean. You hit my stomach so hard, what if I drowned"
"Stop whining. You had it coming, I told you to let go, and you didn't".
"You didn't have to be so cruel". Kise whined all the way up to his parents , who were busy packing things up. "Had a nice swim?" Kise's mother asked, folding up the chairs. "Yeah, until I was almost killed by a heartless monster" Kasamatsu gave Kise a dirty look, and Kise stuck his tongue out, surprising Kasamatsu. "We've packed mostly everything. Just start carrying things to the car, and dry off first before getting in" Kise's father said. Kasamatsu slung his towel over his neck, picking up the umbrellas and chairs, without waiting for anyone, he carried them all the way down to the car, when Kise reached up to him with the keys a few minutes later, Kasamatsu dashed back down. He grabbed his slippers, bag, and the remainder of the things, before going back up to the car.
It took them a full 10 minutes to repack everything, and find their way into the highway. Durning the ride to Kasamatsu's house, Kise had managed to fall asleep again, but Kasamatsu couldn't he stayed facing out the window, listening to the soft music playing through the speakers. The car ride back was faster than the car ride to the beach.
When the car stopped, Kise suddenly woke up, as if he wasn't sleeping for the twenty minutes they were on the road. "Um, thank you for today. It was pleasant" Kasamatsu said as he grabbed his bag, opening the side car door. "It was no problem, honey. You can come along with us anytime you want. Just ask Kise" Kasamatsu gave them a forced smile, he was never going to ask Kise for shit in his entire life.
He got out of the car, slamming the door closed. He slowly walked his way up the driveway, fumbling around in his bag to fetch his keys. Kasamatsu took a quick glance to the street and driveway -his parents had the habit of parking on the street along within the driveway- no car in sight. At that Kasamatsu let out a sigh of relief, he really did not want to deal with their questions and demands.
Kasamatsu reached his door, he fumbled with the keys, shoving them into the lock, he turned them while he pushed the door open at the same time. Kasamatsu threw his bag onto the floor as he tried to pull the key away from the lock.
"Hey"
"Oh sh- Kise!"
"So...You really did enjoy yourself?"
"...yeah, it guess, wasn't so bad"
"Great"
Kasamatsu turned around, to tug at the key again. It was an awkward silence before Kise spoke again, "One more thing"
Kasamatsu groaned, "Wha-"
Kise grabbed the back of Kasamatsu's head, pulling it towards him. Without warning, Kise pressed his lips against Kasamatsu. It was rough but gentle at the same time.
Kise harshly sucked on his bottom lip, pulling and biting repeatedly. Kasamatsu held back a moan as Kise lick his lips asking for entrance, which Kasamatsu was reluctant to give him. Kise pushed him backwards, making Kasamatsu trip on the ledge of the door, slamming into the nearest wall. Kasamatsu grunted, wrapping his hands around his neck, he kissed Kise harder.
It was a fierce press of lips against lips, neither of them slowed down, neither of them moved away, moving their mouths in sync, a passionate make out.
A distinct honking interrupting their session. Kise slowly moved away from Kasamatsu's mouth, "That's all. Oh and you lost" he said, laughing in a husky voice, Kasamatsu shoved Kise out the door, pulling his key out of the lock, slamming it closed in his face.
He leaned against the door, slowly sliding down until he reached the floor, face burning red.
"Fuck"