09: Sand — Matsuoka Rin
The footprints you both left.
"The first time we've seen each other in five goddamn years, and you greet me by kicking sand in my face." The redhead scowled at you.
You playfully stuck your tongue out at him, something that would've been more appropriate had you been a decade younger, and picked up your pace. You don't know why you started running, but you did, and he followed suit.
It must have been the salty air. The scent was addictive, and you were drunk with the sense of freedom.
A flip-flop came loose, and you left Rin in the dust with it. Funny how it seemed you were re-enacting that fateful scene in Cinderella.
You were rebellious little Cindy, Rin was your Prince Charming with a different kind of allure, the flip-flop was the glass slipper, the beach was the ballroom, and the clock struck at sundown.
As you were caught up in your fantasies, your foot hit a rock and you crashed face-first in the sand. You spit some sand out and shifted to lie on your back, and you met burgundy orbs twinkling with amusement. He smirked and offered his hand, and instead of getting up, you tugged. He let himself fall to your side.
You took notice of the beautiful sight before you, and pointed. Pink upon orange upon yellow, splayed neatly across the heavens.
The skies were the canvas, the sunset a beautiful painting, and Mother Nature the Pablo Picasso behind it all.
A soft sigh escaped your lips as you drank the moment in. Rin let you settle in his arms, and you fit together perfectly, like two puzzle pieces.
At twelve it was an innocent crush. At fourteen it was a bond connected by cable lines and satellites. At sixteen it became clear that your heart was jet-lagged.
He kissed your forehead, and silently smiled at the trail of footprints in the sand.
A/N:
ITSSOFLUFFYIMGONNADIE.
This might be set in the beach episode thing. MIGHT. Haha. It's up to you.
If you've seen that quote above somewhere before, it's mine, seriously. I tweeted it while writing this and some Artist Quotes account or something favorited it.
Review? /bites lip and eyes sparkle/
=Cafe Lolita
P.S.: How do you like the new book cover? Eh, eh? -nudge nudge-