Requested by anon
“Come on.. come into the water,” you friend pulled you.
“Nooo,” you pulled back. “You know I’m scared of the water.”
“Such a loser,” he said and ran towards the tide.
You wrapped your towel around you tightly and sat in the corner. It was a windy day. Why were you and your friends on the beach? You had no idea. Seeing them play in the water made you jealous. You wished you could do that too. You’d always been scared of it. You sighed and turned your head in the other direction trying to avoid the scene. There was a guy walking on the beach at a distance. You couldn’t define his features but you could tell that he was very handsome. The wind gently brushed his hair, he pulled it back but it was no use.
‘Why is he walking by himself?’ You thought to yourself.
“__________, Last chance! Come onnnnnn,” you friend screamed. A wave suddenly hit him from behind. You couldn’t help but laugh.
“That’s why I don’t want to come,” you screamed back.
You quickly turned around to look at the guy again but he wasn’t there anymore. Your eyes wandered everywhere, searching for him but you couldn’t find him.
One by one your friends started coming back.
“You should’ve come,” your friend said and hugged you.
“Ewwww, get away,” you pushed him. “You’re wet.”
“So what! You have a towel wrapped around you,” he said and advanced towards you. You hated it when he did that. Why couldn’t he just act like a normal friend? You’d told him that you thought of him nothing more but a friend but he loved flirting around with you.
“Stop! Come on lets go change,” your other friend stopped him and pulled him in the other direction.
“Thank you,” you mouthed the words to your friend as she left with him.
You took a deep breath and looked at the sea. The waves had started settling down.
‘Maybe I should go and try it for once’ You thought to yourself. You really wanted to see what it felt like to be in the water. You slowly started walking towards the water and stopped only inches away from it. You took off your towel and thought one last time and finally stepped into it. It was cold. A shudder ran through you but you didn’t back down. You continued into the water staring blankly into space. You felt good. It wasn’t bad at all. It was very soothing actually. It was when you were knee deep in water that you decided to go back. You turned around but just stood there. Slowly, you bent down and touched the water. You could feel the sea weeds touching your feet. Suddenly a huge wave from behind hit you and you lost your balance. You struggled to open your eyes under water but they hurt. You tried to push yourself up but you couldn’t.
This was it. This is how you were going to die. Your life was flashing before your eyes. All the bad things, good things, things you regretted doing, things you wished you’d done, were now playing in your head.
Suddenly two hands pulled you out of the water. And that’s when you lost consciousness.
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He pulled you out of the water and settled you on the sandy beach. You weren’t responding. He was panicking too. He pumped your chest. Some water came out but you still didn’t breath. He repeated the process but you still didn’t respond. He shook you.
“Oh God! What do I do?” he said and smacked his forehead.
He thought for a while and then leaned in to give you mouth to mouth. His lips were only inches away from yours when you coughed out some more water on his face. You slowly opened your eyes and began getting up but bumped your forehead into his.
“Ouch,” you said rubbing it. He suddenly pulled back.
“Who are you?” you asked instatntly.
“Kris,” he replied quickly.
You stared at him. He looked like the same guy who’d been walking on the beach. You narrowed your eyebrows and stared at him intently.
“Although most people say thank you when someone saves their life,” he said with a sexy smile on his face.
You felt stupid and looked away. He was still on top of you. The two of you were in a very awkward position. He had carefully placed his hands on your waist and was looking at you intently. Your wet and bare body was shivering. You looked at him looking at you. You’d never had a guy this close to you, especially when you were half naked.
“Ahem ahem..” you cleared your throat.
“Oh sorry,” he said shaking his head.
You expected him to get off of you but he didn’t.
“Umm you also might want to get off of me.”
“Oh I am so sorry. Uhh.. I don’t even know what I’m doing right now,” Kris said and quickly got up. He seemed nervous.
He ran and grabbed your towel for you.
“Here,” he said and wrapped it around you.
“Gomawo,” you said.
“So I’ll see you around?” he said taking a few steps back.
“Ye,” you replied, secretly wishing he wouldn’t go away.
He turned around and started walking. You did the same but your heart kept asking you to stop him. You didn’t know why but all you knew was that you didn’t want to lose this chance.
“Kris!” You quickly turned around and called his name.
He turned around immediately as if waiting for you to call him.
“Are you alone here?” you asked.
“Ye,” he replied looking away and then looking back at you. “But you can join me if you want to.”
You felt your heart skip a beat.
He came towards you and pulled you. “Come on, let’s take a walk.”
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When I was writing this all I could think of was Kris’s awkward SEXY smile [ you all know what I’m talking about right? Haha]
I know, I know Tao is the one taking long lonely walks on the beach but I guess Kris fits the situation well too :)