Ocean Scars

Sudden Chase | 6

He got up and brushed the sand off of himself. I ran to him and hugged him very tightly.

"I'm really sorry, Kenta. I didn't mean to stand you up like that. I overslept and forgot everything about what you said. I promise I really didn't mean to-" He covered my mouth with his hand. "It's alright, Summer, I understand. I'm not upset at all."

We continued to hug as I could feel myself become more comfortable and calm down. I close my eyes and slowly began to lose myself in the moment.

Am I floating? No. I can't be in the air, it's too warm for that. I feel the sea breeze brush up against my nose as I wriggle around. There's also another smell but I can't seem to figure out what it is. It smells nice, comforting even. It reminds me of that plant I watered earlier.

I open my eyes to see Kenta dozing off to sleep every once in a while above me. Was I sleeping on his lap? I check the time on my phone. 21:05. I quickly get up from him as he slowly awakens. "Summer?" He called out my name. "Kenta, wake up. Do you know what time it is?" I questioned him. "No?"

I turned my phone to him. "Oh crap." He frantically got up and dusted the sand off of him. "You good?" I asked. "Yes, I'm alright it's just not good for me to sleep this late." He said. "Oh, okay.." I said unsurely. "Anyways, I'm really really sorry, Summer. I called you over here to apologize for this morning. Remember how I lied to you and just left you there? I feel really bad about it and I wanted to apologize." He took my hands and locked our eyes together. "So, I hope this will make up for it."

Behind his back, he pulled out a bouquet of flowers. "For you, Summer." He tilted his head and smiled at me.

God, his eyes shine so beautifully in the moonlight; they look like bowls of honey. Oh and the creases on the corner of his eyes makes me feel so...weak?

I haven't even known this boy for more than a month but here I am wrapped around his little finger. Just what am I doing?

Still mesmerized at how sincere and passionate Kenta is about wanting to apologize to me, I gaze off into his sea of honey.

"You're so..." I quietly whisper to myself. "Huh? What's wrong? Is there something on my face?" He took his hand and rubbed his face. I shook away from my gaze refocusing back to the situation. I chuckled. "There's nothing on your face. It's just..." I moved his hand from his face. He stared at me "I think you're really-" A flash light started flickering towards us.

"NIGHT BEACH PATROL. PLEASE STAY WHERE YOU ARE AND DO NOT RESIST." A security guard far away from us yelled. I glanced at Kenta and he glanced at me. He grabbed my wrist and we ran. "HEY! YOU TWO!" The security guard ran after us but he never ended up catching up.