Sleep

Part 12

A while had passed, in which I spent playing in the sand, laughing at delirious, who was currently a speck on the horizon.

He'd wanted to see how far he could swim out, after getting a little bored of running around on the beach. Understandable, it's not like he could enjoy it really.

"Immmm drrroooowwnnniinnggg"

Chuckling at the update to his live commentary, I squinted against the setting sun.

I was perfecting the last parts of my sandcastle at this point, feeling quite proud of my creation, especially because I hadn't had any tools to help.

By this point, my rolled up pants were absolutely covered in sand, and my wavy brown hair curled around my shoulders, caressing my cheeks when I leaned forward.

It started bugging me a while back, but with my hands covered in the little grains, I didn't want to touch it to tie it back.

"Destruction!" Was echoed, and I looked up in confusion, only to see Delirious running from the water, droplets running down his otherwise dry hoody. Cool.

Distracted by the strange dryness of the character, I noticed too late that he was running directly toward me. More importantly, my castle.

Springing up to push him away, I held out my arms.

"No don't!"

But I was too late, and as his character effortlessly ran through the sand, bringing it down to a mound at my feet.

"Fatality!"

Trying my best to hold back a laugh, I hit his chest.

"You little shit, that was so not cool" I grumbled, crossing my arms and turning my sight to the sky behind him.

"Aw, I'm forgive me" he said, stepping his character closer.

A step forward and he would bump into me.

"You destroyed my castle" I pouted, pushing out a lip and closing my eyes as I turned my head away, letting the sun glow across my face.

"I'll give the pretty princess a better castle" he said, and I couldn't decide whether I should laugh or blush. He'd actually written that in, wow. Smooth.

My face felt hot and I couldn't tell if it was a blush or from the sun. I hope I don't sunburn.

"Take her home to my castle" he said, keeping up the act. Maybe I had blushed, because my cheeks suddenly felt warmer again. That'll probably encourage the teasing.

Peaking one eye open, I turned my head slightly back toward him, just to poke my tongue out.

"Careful, cat might catch your tongue" he said, then seconds later added, "or I will"

By this point I was definitely flustered, his flirting was funny and cute, but I knew I had to focus on the fact that it was a joke.

His character took another step forward, bumping against me.

Then, it shoved me.

Falling onto my butt in the sand, I finally broke out laughing, throwing my head back.

"Fuck, sorry. Forgot they did that" he said, but I doubt he felt too bad, if I were him I'd be laughing like I was.

Standing back up, I walked toward the water. Might as well swim, my clothes are already ruined for the night by being coated in sand.

Walking slowly into the water, I enjoyed the cool waves lapping at my legs.

"It's all good" I finally replied to Delirious, smiling quickly over my shoulder to him, only to notice he was steps behind me.

"First person is weird to use this often" he said randomly, making me laugh as I sank down I to the water.

Dipping my head under, I pushed my hair back behind my ears, before surfacing again.

The sun had finally started to set by this point , and gorgeous hues of orange and pink were thrown against the sparse clouds dotting the horizon.

The colours reflected onto the waves, making the water vibrant and magical. I'd never seen a sunset over the ocean before, but it was on my bucket list.

Silently, I enjoyed the gorgeous view, inhaling the smell of salt around me, the same thing on my lips. The soothing sound of the water as it rushed up the beach, only to run back off seconds later just made the scene all the more dream like.

Ha, that's an ironic definition.

As it sunk lower on the horizon, the colours became bolder, and I wished I had my camera with me to capture the picturesque view.

"Hey, I'm sorry for being so boring, by the way" I whispered, not willing to totally ruin the silence.

My watch didn't have the same volume control, apparently.

"It's ok, I've never really enjoyed the visuals before" it spoke, causing me to flinch a little.

Nodding to reply, I watched as the sun slowly sank down below the waves.

By the time the sky was deep blue, and sprinkled with the twinkle of the stars, wind wind had picked up and created a chill to the air.

Wordlessly, I stood from the waves and walked to shore, shivering as a gust of wind cooled my water soaked clothing.

As Delirious and I reached shore, I turned to him with a blue lipped smile.

"Do you mind if we head to home so I can change, before we head up?" I asked, tilting my head.

"No worries, hop in" he said, walking toward the helicopter. 

When we climbed in, I slipped on the earmuffs and turned my eyes to the sky.

The stars faded behind the light pollution as we neared population, but the twinkle in my eyes remained.

(925 words)

1/2 gonna do the next in a bit! Sorry if my updates are too short. I could probably write one long update instead of multiple small ones, but because the stories are only going to be quite short, I prefer splitting so there's more chapters.