It been about three days after the death of Eletrica and my ship. We've decided to go to the beach to have a proper burial ceremony, it took about few hours for us to get to the beach by bus. We even wore all black, suited for the occasion. Jaiden carried an entire stack of Eletrica adventure comic, and I put in the effort of buying a small wooden ship model and colouring it with a small pink heart with the initials of my favourite ship name.
We stood in front of the ocean with our face pale from the sadness, some people may ask why we are doing something like this but it's worth it. We put down both of our offerings on the sand, just right before the sea water reaches it.
"Let's send off our loved ones after we've travelled here for so long by bus," I said in a gloomy tone while standing next to Jaiden.
"Totally worth it," he said, still looking depressed, he looked at the entire stack of comics he have, "Eletrica was the best girl I've read in comics," he said, as he started taking out a picture of Eletrica out from his suit, looking at it with sadness, "she was my hero with her braveness, and I will miss her electric puns like 'are ya energized?' 'and 'I gotta recharge', but now I'll send ya off to a place where ya can't go while ya are still alive."
He must be sad over it, he spent at least about a year or more from the amount stack of comics he brought. I gave him the look of sympathy, before I saw him lifting up the entire stack of the comics right above his head, while screaming on top of his lungs, "GOODBYE!"
He threw the comic into the ocean, as I just stared at him worried, "uhh, Jaiden, you polluted the---"
"HEY!"
Then, I saw some people trying to chase us, as I quickly grabbed the wooden ship and ran with Jaiden together. It was probably the most panicked moment I had in my life especially with those people just glaring at us angrily, I know it's not right, but at that moment, who wouldn't had run away?
After a while running, we managed to hide in between two boulders as they walked around trying to find us. I could hear them screaming asking about our whereabouts, and it was quite scary, but I guess Jaiden is more used to this than I am judging by his calm look. As the people finally left, I let out a breath of gladness and finally talked to him, "I thought you were just going to put it there or burn it."
"That ain't nuff."
Jaiden wiped the sweat off his forehead, and he started looking front, like he saw something he loved. I didn't understand what that meant at first, and was about to ask him to leave, "let's go Jaiden---"
Then, he started taking off the tie and coat he was wearing, as his eyes sparkled and I turned behind to see a beautiful ocean. Knowing this guy, I can't stop him, yet I still tried grabbing him before he jumped down. It was while he was walking he was ready to take off his shirt too.
"Screw going back, look at duh OCEAN!" He shouted.
He kept on pushing front and I kept pulling him, if he jumps down, it's going to take a while before we go back, and so I tried to convince him, "have you never go to the beach before?!"
"Mah old man doesn't allow me too!"
"THE WATER IS SUPER SALTY, DON'T GO! WE ARE GOING TO RIDE THE BUS!"
He managed to escape my pull as he took off his shirt, screaming, "SCREW IT!" And jumped down ignoring my warning that we are going to ride the bus. A huge splash was formed the moment he jumped down as I wondered what did I get myself into?
He started rising up back from the water and laughed, "whoa, so cold."
His hair was wet, that black silky hair, and he even brushed it backwards, I controlled my blush by hiding my face. Then thinking about how I need to escape this situation, it did help for me to stop blushing like a tomato.
"Ava, come join, who cares if the water a bit salty?"
"I don't have a swimsuit on me," I said, nervously looking to the side, just so I won't look at him in the eyes, as I heard him laughing and crawling from the sea water. He quickly grabbed his shirt and then my hand, "it's fine, let's go buy some for ya!"
"Stop buying so much stuff," I warned him, if only he would stop buying everything that he sees interesting. It doesn't really matter, because for some reason I could never see him struggling with money, probably because of his work, but still, I get worried that he may end up struggle one day.
Probably not, as long this guy is the strongest guy around, probably not.
"I can't help it," he gave me a wide grin that I rarely see, "I feel more alive every day now that I am free."
Yeah, that make sense. To Jaiden, he's finally free, I don't know what kind of torture he had been through to the point he is like a child when he sees the beach, but it is definitely serious and he also wants to share that feeling a lot, sharing the fact he could be himself especially when he's with me.
What am I feeling so special for?
Going inside the shop I could see that there's so many choices of swimsuit, but I can't choose, should I go with something sexier? Will Jaiden, okay no, that's a bad idea. I know that I probably like Jaiden, I am not really sure, but I probably misunderstood his feelings for me, he probably just thinks I am a friend and that's how he treats his friend. Wait, that's a good idea, I could just go with a normal swim suit, if he looks sad when I wear that he probably likes me a little bit and if he's okay with it then he thinks I am a friend!
Great work Ava, great work!
I found the most basic swimsuit I could find (not a bikini) and put it on in the dressing room, then after I put it on, and pushed the curtain a bit, I quickly asked him, "Jay, is this okay? It suits me, right?"
He turned around and looked me from bottom to top, and then he gave me this weird look that made me unsure whether he is okay with it or sad with it. Then, he started walking away from me, as I just stood there confused on why he did that. Then he came back with tank top matched with some cloth that I have to tie around my waist, it was blue with fish scales patterns on it.
"Here, I don't want ya to be an eye candy there."
The situation has now become more complicated, as I thanked him and checked the clothes more closely and I realized, it was actually beautiful. Wait, this guy has a good taste, what the heck? Alright, I have some expectations guys would choose bikini for their girlfriends, but this one isn't one, and it's not that revealing, but what if he's jealous or he's just not comfortable with me wearing sexy things in front of him.
Jaiden, why do you confuse me so much?
"Go ahead and try it on," he said.
"Oh."
I must've zoned out.
Afterwards, I saw Jaiden back at the spot we were earlier where he jumped down and after he saw some people making sandcastles, or sand mountains to be exact, he copied them. He looked satisfied when it finished before he kicked it away.