Disjointed Heart

Chapter Sixteen

Mike parked his motorbike far away from every other car that was there in a Wednesday morning, surprisingly, there were quite a few.

"Take of your shoes now. The sand under your feet is good." Mike said as he removed his sneakers and shoved them into the backpack that they had taken. Chester copied his acts and cautiously put his feet on the sand for the first time in years.

The morning sun wasn't the worst today, so the sand wasn't too hot. In fact, it was warm and welcoming and Chester giggled at the feeling of the little grains under his sole.

"It's weird." He commented as Mike took his hand and started walking to the deserted place he knew of.

"Do you wanna run?" Mike suddenly spoke and Chester looked at him confused, but before he could reply, he was being dragged by his hand, only being able to steady himself because of the half Asian's body close to his.

The two young men started to laugh as they ran, breathless.

"Are you crazy?" Chester laughed as they came to a stop.

"Crazy for you." He winked and stole a kiss from a smiling Chester.

They walked, still hand in hand, toward the beach shore as the blonde man smiled. The salty water being dragged by the air, as it mixed with the smell of summer still lingering even if fall would make its appearance soon. Mike couldn't help but stare at Chester as he did so, squeezing the other man's hand in his, and Chester looked back at him.

"Sorry, you just seemed... peaceful. That's great."

The blonde man looked at him for a moment before he nodded. It was true that he was feeling better right now than he had felt earlier. He looked around the beach before he squinted his eyes and a smile spread on his face.

"Is that what I think it is?" Chester said, as he pointed at a small kid shovel with a little bucket, it looked as if they had been forgotten there by some family. "Mike, let's build a castle!!"

The half Asian laughed before he nodded. "Let's get settled first, and then we will."

As an answer, Chester only kissed him quickly. "It's going to look awesome, you'll see."

They walked toward the two lost objects, before Mike got their beach towels out and laid them unto the ground. Chester walked toward the sea shore, as he poked his toes in, before he retrieved them, shuddering.

"It's cold." He said, as he came back near his boyfriend.

"It's gonna get hot later, you'll want to get in, you'll see."

Chester sat down on one towel beside Mike and looked at the two objects for a while. "How do we do it?" He asked as his lower lip was jutted in deep thought.

Mike laughed and kissed his lover's cheek before getting up and filling the bucket with the cold water and pouring it all in the sand in front of them.

"Wet sand, that's how we do it." Mike sat down again before he continued. "Now we just have to fill the bucket with the sand and make our castle."

The blonde nodded firmly and with the little shovel, started to gather the sand and put it in the bucket until it was filled and he turned it, forming a bump on the irregular surface.

After picking up water, gathering sand and making details with the little shovel and their hands, the castle was complete and Chester was proud.

Beaming, he hugged Mike and squeezed him tightly. "You're the best, thank you for this." He mumbled softly as he felt the breeze against his skin, messing up his hair.