Running After You

#11: Filled With Blue

Beach Resort
Hana's eyes widened to see the vast sea. "Erina. Its the beach!", she burst out. Erina was surprised but she just smiled. "What a brat", Ai commented. "It's my first time to visit the sea", Hana informed. "Ah, is that so?", Ai stepped back and remembered what Mio said before.

"What a view, indeed", Rei also commented. "And why do you have to come as well?", Ai shook him violently. "Do you want me to die in heat at our place?", he whined. Erina just laughed and walked in front of them. The rest followed. "I didn't even give my contribution. Are we going to stay inside the hotel?", Hana reached for her wallet. "Didn't Erina tell you? We're going to stay in their villa", Mio informed. "Villa?! Wow. Is she rich?", Hana asked.

"Their family owns some kind of business", Rei answered. Mio and Ai glared at him. "What kind of business? Come to think of it. I haven't seen your parents", Hana matched Erina's pace. Ai was about to grab her back. "Before they got married, they own their own shops. Father sells music instruments and mother has her salon", Erina informed. "Cool",Hana wished she also have something like that to tell Erina but he's father is just a contractual worker and her mother died due to an illness.

Villa

They ended in front of a huge villa. "It's huge", Hana commented. The door opened and an old man was startled to see Erina. "We were expecting you. I didn't know you'd be coming so early, madame", he bowed. "Neri-san, its fine. These are my friends", she showed them. Neri's eyes glanced at each one of them and greeted them as well.

They entered and saw family portraits. Its such a lovely family. In the middle of a king and a queen is a lovely princess who's unscathed.

After a while, an older woman went out to serve them watermelon. "Welcome back, madame", she greeted. "I told you to stop calling me like that, Shoko-san", Erina slightly smiled. There was something in that Villa that makes it depressing regardless of how marvellous it was designed. The antiqueness of the furniture and the sophisticated carpets are just few indicition of how expensive the place was.

"How about we hit the beach? Let's just watch the sun go down!", Ai grabbed the them all.

Shore

Hana watch the four have friendly conversations. It's clear that they have been together longer than her. She's in the brink of feeling out of place again. She's different from this people.

Unlike her, they are all having this goody good life. They would never understand someone like her. Plus, she doesn't want them to know. She doesn't want them to feel disgusted or even to pity her. If they do, she will truly turn out to be different.

"You are thinking so deep", Rei flicked her forehead. "Right, it was your first time in the beach, right? Why don't we have a photo?", Rei lets out his phone and captured a photo of the five of them.

The sun finally sank down. They all marvelled with how majestic the scene was. The three started to walk away. Ai tried to ride Rei's back but Rei used some Judo technique to throw her on the ground. "Are you for real?!", Ai shouted. Hana laughed at Rei's side of being sensitive to female's touch. "Gay!!!", Ai shouted.

Hana was about to leave but she noticed that Erina isn't moving at all. "Aren't you coming?", Hana asked. "The moon is beautiful as well", Erina said out of the blue. Hana saw some kind of sadness in her eyes. There's no reason for her to her so sad. Her life is close to perfection. "It reminds me of senpai", Hana smiled. "Why are you so obsessed with that guy? I mean, Toka-san isn't that bad. Why don't you like him instead? He seems to worry about you", Hana asked. "Senpai. He's been there in my worst situations", Erina answered.

Right, Fushimi appeared in those worse times of her life.

The next day,

Hana woke up and saw Rei sitting at the hammock with Erina. She peeked in and saw Erina lying leaning on Rei's chest. She flustered and pulled back.

"And so, I saw some goldfish flying in the sky", Ai was discussing her dream with Mio as they went downstairs. "What a stupid dream for an idiot like you", Hana commented. Mio just nodded in agreement. "After breakfast, let's go and swim!", Ai shouted.

After breakfast, they changed their clothes. Mio brought a black two piece while Ai wore a blue one. "Turned on?", Ai made a sexy pose in front of Rei. "What a large lump of meat", Rei said with a poker face. Hana laughed. She's wearing long sleeve and shorts. "Do I look weird?", she asked. "Don't worry, I'm also wearing the same", Erina went out with long sleeve and shorts. "I'm scared of getting tan", she chuckled.

Beach

"Do we really have to come here as well?", Nami whined as we watches the swimming club playing at the beach.

"You seems to have a guest", Rio flicked her forehead and she saw Rei heading towards the beach with four ladies. "What a hunter", Rio commented. Rei is laughing with Erina. Nami held unto her chest. "Why is he here?", Nami asked.

Ai and Mio pulled Hana on the waters. Rei and Nami set up their huge umbrella and a mat to sit. They both took pictures of the three. "She's having fun", Erina commented. "You're taking too much interest on her", Rei noticed the direction of her stares. "Somehow, I feel like. Hana is just like me. I just can't pinpoint what part", Erina held unto her chest.

"Im glad", Rei stretched his limbs. "I'm a little comforted that I wasn't able to join the game. If I did, I won't be able to come here and play with you", Rei lied down. "To watch you take your step little by little, that's something that I would not want to miss. Ai told me that you agreed to come here because you heard how much Hana wanted to visit the sea", Rei said with such gentle tone.

"I... wanted to change afterall", Erina smiled and continue to watch the three.

"Erina. Come join us!", Ai shouted. The girl stood up and looked back to Rei.

"Watch me, Rei-san", Erina ran towards the three.

Rei chuckled and sat down. His eyes were focused on the blonde.

"I've been watching you", he smiled.

The raven haired who was about to approach him steppes back as soon as she heard him.

I see. You've been watching her instead.

Nami flustered and ran away. In her running, she bumped into someone and fell on the sand. She started to cry.

But I've been watching you as well.

Nami wiped her tears but they just kept coming. She opened her eyes and saw a handkerchief offered to her. "Is there something wrong?", Fushimi asked. "Fushimi-kun, have I gone uglier these days?", Nami chuckled.

"You're as beautiful as always, Chou", Fushimi offered his hand. Nami took it and stood up.

Chapter end