inches apart | hendery

18 | paradise

Heol, that's a piece looking like Bangtan Seonyeondan's puma sandals

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   Hendery tapped on his phone several times, waiting for the students done with their swimming, the smell of grilled chicken hit his nose, causing him to sit straight and look for it. 'No, its not only chicken, pork belly.. lamb, fish, sausages. Wow there's actually a lot.'

There were teachers grilling and eating already as it gets dark, students running out of the water to eat, hungry, tired and exhausted after swimming. He sat on the sand, away from people, hungry people. He's hungry too but he controlled himself not to eat since the others were needing it more than him, and the barbeque just started, it's not like the food were cooked already.

He noticed Aerin just got out of the boat after calling the ones in the water to eat and dry themselves. She was then talking to the lifeguard, instructors, just those random people he barely knows. Looking at their well-build body with packed muscles and tanned skin, he wasn't quite sure if he's envious or just jealous of her. He throw down his stuff, walking up to the barbeque area, deciding to help or something. Thinking of what to do, he smiled to the teachers, bowing after.

The teacher smiled at him, calling him right away. "Help bring those charcoal over here." Hendery did as what told immediately, he even helped sith serving the foods like girls always do. Aerin's friends around just find it weird where he helps, suddenly finding him not bad, quite attractive. Like a good looking waiter, that was what in their view.

"His big eyes and cute smile is really attractive.."

"I never knew him focusing on doing something could make him look so good."

"He got no job so he decided to help the teachers and serve us food both looks, interesting."

"His beach look is so heavenly, i might die choking on a food if he kept appearing like this."

The voices around were distracting but he learned to ignore it, continuing of what he's doing until the teachers ask him to take a break first then eat together with them. "Oh? Kunhang, are your legs injured?" Ask Mr. Kang, looking down on his bruised ankle.

"Aniyo, i'm still okay, it's alright." He checked his own leg, then those sandals caught everyone's attention around him. "Heol, that's a piece looking like Bangtan Seonyeondan's puma sandals." They started to talk about it, making him uncomfortable. It was only a talk about him and the teacher but then these people again butt in. He smiled bitterly to the teachers and excused himself.

Just as he walk down and around the shore, he stopped to see a figure picking up his airpods and ipod, dusting off the sand on its shirt. He walk towards it, only to stop when he notice it was her trying to walk off. Since they barely made eye contact, she can't do things to avoid him, she was just checking the place if there's anyone left their belongings but to find it was his. Speechless at how coincidental it was, the grip was let go, his apple-branded stuff dramatically fell on the sand. He smiled, running up towards her.

Quiet and peaceful, the sound of waves, smell of saltiness of the ocean, they sat next to each other in silent. The sun was setting beautifully right in front of their eyes. There were nothing in between them to make them stay as quiet, the music from his airpod blasts the song he sang just this afternoon.

He smiled to himself as he share the other airpod, Aerin listening to the lyrics carefully, same as the instrument in the background, the voices. From a simple ballad song with meaningful lyrics, Only One by UNB, to heartbreaking ones, Spring day by BTS and Time of Sorrow by Victon then Beautiful Goodbye by MyTeen. (A/N STAN ALL; MA SAD SONGS)