Kessoku Kokoro | A Bocchi the Rock Fanfic

Chapter 36: Last Week of Summer (Finale)

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"FINALLY. THE BEACH!" Kita said, running to the shoreline with her selfie stick in hand to take a photo. The sound of a camera can be heard multiple times as she did a different pose in the exact same location. 

Ryo yawned. She squinted her eyes since the sun was too bright. She turned her head left and right, "Where's a palm tree I can sleep under?"

"Get in the water. I'm not asking," Kita pressured her from afar. She's spent a lot on this vacation and if NO ONE is going to enjoy this, then she's this close to snapping. 

Tokumei picked Ryo up and then, "YEET!"

Ryo flew in the air and then landed in the water. She rose from it, spat out some water she had in her mouth and then said, "The water's actually colder. Thanks."

"Now that palm tree is for free," He said before Nijika threw him in the water beside Ryo. "HEY! ARGH, SALT IN MY EYES... It is cold though." He swam a bit, repeatedly blinking to moisturize his eyes and lessen the stinging a bit. 

"Hey, Meimei, turn around," Ryo mentioned. 

"Why- ARGH-" Tokumei got splashed on the face by an incoming wave.

"Hehe," Ryo smiled as she got carried by a wave. 

"You better start swimming," Tokumei said, eyes red due to the salt water in his eyes. 

"They're actually enjoying this," Kita smiled, seeing her crush be chased after by her friend. The other bystanders watching in awe as the two band members in the water were swimming at speeds comparable to a yacht. She wrapped her phone inside a ziplock bag with a lanyard attached to it before diving in the ocean. 

"They just need to be in their element," Nijika then went for a swim. She waved over to Hitori, who was still at the sand, slowly turning into a pink version of the sand grains. "Come on, Bocchi! The water's great!" 

"No thanks. I'll drown," Hitori didn't have her arm floaties yet so she was sure that she would drown. 

The beach was her natural enemy. Hitori knew this. The fire from the sun was roasting her, the water from the ocean threatened to drown her, the earth of the sand would roast her. Only the air from the breeze served to comfort her. 

"We'll hold your hands so don't worry-" Nijika said. She walked on over to grab Hitori's wrist and lead her to the ocean. Hitori just stepped on the water's edge and then all of a sudden, she drowned, "HOW'S SHE UNDER THE WATER ALREADY?"

Hitori rose up from her watery grave and then vomited, "BLEEEEEEEEERGHHHHHHHH." From her vomit came liters of seawater mixed in with some seaweed, sand, crabs and fish for good measure. 

"This is giving me flashbacks," Hitori mentioned to herself. She buried her face under the sand and then cringed remembering her first kiss. 'STUPID BRAIN. THIS IS SUMMER THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE.'

'An ostritch?' Nijika thought to herself. 

"We can cook these fishes actually," Kita walked over to the shore and picked up a large one. It was still somehow flopping and is still slimy. 

"EW-" Nijika cringed. 

"Kidding," Kita threw the fish back into the sea. 

"Go ahead and cook them. They're my contribution to the-" Hitori got her head out of the sand and shook the rest off. Nijika and Kita shielded themselves using their arms in order to not get sand in unwanted areas of their bodies. 

"I said I was kidding!" Kita shook off the sand on her arms. 

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"Let's go ahead and build sandcastles!" Nijika instructed her bandmates.