One Day at Beach

She is so pretty! If only she is my girlfriend… Wait! That girl looks cute too! Why is it so hard for me from like other girls so quickly? Was I too desperate to get a girlfriend? It’s so frustrating! Did I have not anything that can make girls like me? I also want to love someone. I guess it’s not possible for me to have a beautiful girlfriend.

“Kouta!”

“What is it, Shinji?”

“Why you look so depress? Did you broken up with someone recently?”

“Are you mocking me just now? I know that you have a girlfriend now.”

Shinji has been my friend since we were university student and now both of us are working at same place.

“Sorry! It just fun to tease you like this! Did you finish your work yesterday?”

“Yes. Why do you asking?”

“How about both of us go to beach this weekend?”

“Don’t you mean three of us? How about your girlfriend? I think the beach is perfect for a date place.”

“She coincidentally goes there too this weekend with her friends.”

“Is that really ’coincidentally’? I think you can go there by yourself.”

“Come on! We are best friends, right? I promise that I will pay you the food and drinks there too!”

I think I will become third wheel only if I join them. But since he said that he will pay me the food and drinks too, I will accept it! Who knows if I can found my love at the beach too? Why is my mind full of this kind of nonsense?

“Alright, Shinji! I will join you.”

The awaited day finally comes. Shinji and I used Shinji’s car to go to the beach. On our way there, I start to imagine many kinds of encounters with my imaginary girl and how we fall in love with each other. With the background of a beautiful sunset, I confess my love to her, and she accepts it. How romantic my love story can be? After we arrive at our destination, Shinji’s girlfriend asks us to see her and her friend at the beach house. Is today will be my fateful days? I heard Shinji’s girlfriend has many pretty friends and I had saw some of their pictures when Shinji show to me before. Seriously, I think Shinji is so lucky! He is handsome and active in sports. He also has a pretty girlfriend that he is so proud of. Compared to me, I am just a normal young man who don’t have special characteristic or talents. During weekends, I just watch anime, play games and sleep. Look how boring my life is!

“Shinji! Come here!”

“Okay, Nami!”

When we arrive at beach house, Shinji quickly walk to Nami and hug her so tightly.

“Did you wait long, Nami?”

“Anything for you, Shinji!”

Can I go to the toilet right now? I feel like I want to throw up all the thing that I earlier. How can they act so cringe that make me feel so weird right now?

“Look at that lovey dovey couple! Nami, I will take your picture right now!”

“No, Marina!”

Marina. I think this is the first time I saw her face. Is this my chance?

“Sorry, but can I know your name? You are Shinji’s friend, right?”

She is asking me my name! This pretty girl is asking my name!

“M-my name i-is Homura K-kouta!”

Why I am so nervous right now? Geez, can I try to speak normally? Did she think I am a weird person? Sorry for the weak introduction.

“Hahaha! You look so funny, Homura-kun!”

On which part is funny? I am trying to remember my introduction earlier, but I still can’t found which is the funny one.

“My name is Yamauchi Marina! Nice to meet you, Homura-kun!”

“N-nice to m-meet you too!”

“Kouta, are you okay or you just fall in love with Marina just now?” Shinji whispering to me.

“Shut up, Shinji!”

I admit that Yamauchi-san is pretty but its like on another level. With one piece of white dress, she looks like an angel. I think it’s exaggerating for me to say this, but I feel like that I do not suit with her. I don’t think that I can become her boyfriend. And she will like more someone like Shinji than me.

“Right! How about after this we are playing beach ball?” Nami-san suggested.

“Okay!” Everyone seems to support this idea.

Before that, we changed our cloth to swimsuit. Shinji and I just changed to trunk. After changing the clothes, we divide ourselves into two teams. Shinji with her girlfriend and I with Yamauchi-san. The loser will pay for the food and everything. I don’t want to lose this game and Yamauchi-san also feel the same. When I look at Yamauchi-san with her swimsuit, she looks so matured. As I thought, a girl who is this pretty is difficult for me. After three sets of games, Shinji’s team won the game. As promise, Yamauchi-san and I will pay for the food later. While Shinji and Nami-san go buy the food with the money that Yamauchi-san and I give, Yamauchi-san suddenly approach me.

“Homura-kun, it’s okay that we lose for today. At least we have fun, right?”

“Y-yeah, Yamauchi-san!”

“Let’s give back these nets and the ball to the owner, Homura-kun!”

“O-okay!”

Then, we ate many kinds of food Shinji and Nami-san bought earlier. I felt like my stomach was full that I can’t put any food in my mouth. While eating, I felt something wrong as the reason I am coming here today is different from what is happening now. Whatever. If everyone is happy, its fine. At the end of the day, I think I am quite happy with what happened today. Although my imagination is not happening, its fine. It just now is not my time only. Why do I always talk with myself like this? Nami-san and Yamauchi-san ride on our car as they come here today with bus. Unfortunately, something bad happened.

“Guys, I am sorry, but I can't start the engine,” said Shinji.

“Really, Shinji? How should we go home now?” ask Nami-san.

“How about find the workshop near here?” ask Yamauchi-san.

“It’s already close by now and the day is starting to turn dark,” explained Shinji.

“How about we find the place to stay for tonight? Its better to find now!” suggest Nami.

Without any choice, we go and find the place for us to stay tonight. Shinji hopes his car will be fine as he left it near the beach tonight. We found the hotel not too far from the beach after walking for fifteen minutes.

“I will sleep with Marina and Shinji will sleep with Homura-san.”

That’s supposed to be. When I woke up at 5 in the morning, I found that Shinji was not in his bed. Did he and Nami go out somewhere earlier? When I got out from my room, I see that Marina whose room is just next to us also come out from the room.

“Good morning, Homura-kun!”

“G-good m-morning, Yamauchi-san!’

Idiot, why I am still nervous talking with her?

“Did you know where Nami is?”

“I-I think she is with Shinji right now. J-just let t-them be.”

“Okay. Homura-kun, do you want to join me?”

“Where?”

“Just follow me to the room!”

“Y-your room?”