❝𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲❞ 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗇

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 11

The two boys walked for about twenty minutes.
Since it was May, it wasn't too cold even though it was evening, but a light wind ruffled the boys' hair.
Tendou, although he had been in that place once, seemed to remember the way perfectly, so that the two boys didn't speak all the street.

So Ushijima just gave Satori worried looks, as if something could happen at any moment.

"Don't look at me like that. - said Tendou, without turning to him - If I started to feel bad I would tell you, don't worry." he concluded with a smile.

Ushijima nodded, deciding to trust his friend.

After a couple of minutes, the two boys came to the small wall, where there was the staircase.
Wakatoshi climbed over it first, and then he shook his friend's hand to help him do the same.
Unlike the last time, however, Tendou was too weak to be able to pull himself up, and so, as soon as he tried, he began coughing inevitably.
So Ushijima returned to the side of the small wall where Tendou had remained and approached him.

"What are you doing?" Satori asked.

"Come on, come here." instead said Ushijima, taking Satori in his arms.

Tendou stood still and opened his eyes wide, blushing slightly.
The two boys managed to get to the other side of the wall, and began to descend the staircase.
Ushijima had put Tendou back on the ground, but he continued to hold his hand throughout all the way to prevent him from falling.

In a few minutes the two boys reached the end of the staircase.
As it was already night, the sea was illuminated by the moonlight.
Despite the light wind that blew, the expanse of water was calm, although you could still hear the sound of the waves arriving on the beach.

The red-haired boy, astonished, kept his eyes wide open.
After a few seconds he smiled and took a few steps forward, without letting go of Ushijima's hand, despite being a few steps behind him.

Between the two boys there was nothing but silence.
Tendou continued to look around, while Ushijima watched his reactions.

In a few seconds the red-haired boy fell to his knees tl the ground. 
Wakatoshi, frightened, approached him.
"Are you okay?" he then asked.
The red turned to him, he continued to smile.

"Never been better."

Ushijima smiled too, then he spoke.

"Come on, let's go sit there." he said helping the red-haired boy to get up.

So the two boys went to where they sat last time.
Instead of sitting down, however, Tendou lay down, then resting his head on the sand.
At this point, Ushijima did the same.

The two boys kept their eyes on the sky above them which, although it was a little cloudy, it showed some stars.

"Wakatoshi-kun." Tendou said after a few minutes of silence, without taking his eyes off the sky above him.

"Tell me."

"Do you remember what I told you the first time we came here?"

Ushijima initially frowned, then remembered.
"That would you choose this place as "paradise"?"

Tendou nodded. 
After a little pause he took Ushijima's hand.
"I confirm what I said. Thank you for bringing me here." he concluded, finally turning his head towards Wakatoshi.

The faces of the two boys were close, Ushijima smiled.
So, they stood looking at each other for a few seconds.
Tendou, however, turned his head towards the sky again, when he realized that he was getting too close to the brown-haired boy.

"S-sorry." he said putting a hand on his face, so as not to notice the redness on his cheeks.

Satori was surprised, however, when Wakatoshi brought his head close his again, removing the hand that Satori held in front of his face.
At that point Ushijima approached the red-haired boy and gave him a short kiss.

When Wakatoshi ended the kiss, Satori kept his eyes wide open.
Instead, Ushijima smiled as he saw Tendou's cheeks blush even more.
The red-haired boy also smiled one of the most sincere smiles, starting to caress Wakatoshi's face.

But in a few seconds, as he continued to smile, Tendou's eyes filled with tears, which fell as he blinked.

"What have I done wrong?" he said trying to keep smiling, as his tears continued to fall.

Ushijima moved closer to the red-haired boy, lying on his side, and hugged him.
Tendou, who had started sobbing, was lying on his side too and was now in Ushijima's arms.

"What have I done wrong?" he continued to stammer in a low voice, while Ushijima had started stroking his hair, to calm him down.

The brown-haired boy felt his chest grow heavy, he didn't know what to say.
The two boys remained silent as Tendou tried to stop his tears.

When, after about ten minutes, he stopped crying, however, the two boys didn't move.
Tendou found that moment relaxing: he could only hear the same sound of the waves and his breath, also Ushijima held him tightly to himself.
They stayed that way for over an hour and maybe Tendou, once calmed down, even managed to get some sleep.

"Tendou?" Ushijima asked after several minutes of silence.

"Mh?" he answered, raising his head.
Ushijima began to caress his face.

"It's a bit cold now, maybe we'd better go back."
Indeed the wind had increased, and Tendou had begun to tremble slightly.

"Just another 5 minutes, then we leave." Satori answered, throwing his head down.

"It's okay."

After these few minutes, the two boys began to go back.
Again, Ushijima helped Tendou up the stairs and climb the small wall.