SURFING OCEAN ☀ CHAPTER 6

[karoruru]

 

[Scene - Deserted Island: Beach]

Kaoru: Ah, the sun’s starting to set.

Is that…?

Adonis: Sakuma-senpai, Hakaze-senpai. So you were out and about.

Koga: Gave us a scare when we came back and found neither of you there.

Rei: Apologies for making you worry. We did request for Leon-kun to come search for us if you returned, however…

Adonis: We had only just returned- perhaps he sensed your presence, and decided to wait for your return instead.

Koga: More importantly, look! We brought back a ton of nuts that looked edible.

And somethin’ damn amazing, too.

Fruits! Tropical, yeah? ♪

Kaoru: Ahh, it’s the ones where you open up a hole and poke a straw inside. Tropical indeed.

But how would we drink from the inside…?

Adonis: That’s not a problem. Oogami, pass it over.

Koga: Nn? Sure, but how are you gonna-?

Adonis: ….hmph!

Koga: Woah, he opened it with his bare hands…!

Rei: As expected of Adonis-kun.

Adonis: Hakaze-senpai, drink up. I’ll open up the rest, too.

Kaoru: Ah, thank you, Adonis-kun.

But it’s getting dark fast...and more difficult to see clearly. It’d be nice to have some light…

Adonis: Leave it to me. I know how to start a fire.

Koga: Seriously!? We don’t have a match or a lighter-

Adonis: That I’m aware of. But we do have a knife- that’ll do.

I will procure the supplies required- Sakuma-senpai, Hakaze-senpai, it would be appreciated if you could collect the branches and leaves to burn.

Kaoru: Branches and dead leaves, right? Got it~

Adonis: I remember there was hope amongst the items along the shore...Oogami, could you grab that and loosen the bundles?

Koga: Rope? Sure, but what’s that useful for?

Rei: Kukuku. With Adonis-kun here, it certainly feels like we could settle for real...♪

＜Few minutes later＞

Adonis: It’s done.

Koga: Huh? It just looks like two rods to me. How the hell are you gonna start a fire?

Adonis: Observe.

First, you spread the leaves on the ground- then the piece of wood. Then, you slot the thinner rod into the depression made in advance, and when you spin it…

Kaoru: Ah, there’s smoke...oh, and this is where the rope comes in?

Adonis: Yes- they’ll burn easily in this form. And now, you blow…

Koga: Woaahhh, it’s on fire! Simple- but fucking cool!

＜And so the sun set...＞

Koga: Mmm...oh yeah, where did the vampire bastard head off earlier?

Rei: Us? We went to take a look at a cave- at Kaoru-kun’s invitation.

Adonis: A cave...was it the one near the shore?

Kaoru: Probably. You knew about it, Adonis-kun?

Adonis: I did- but I ignored it as it didn’t seem to contain any food. ...did you find anything inside?

Kaoru: Well, we did find something...right, Sakuma-san?

Rei: Mm. It felt like something of a daytime nightmare.

Koga: Huh? The fuck is that? Explain properly!

Kaoru: The moment we entered the cave, Sakuma-san got swarmed by a whole flock of bats.

The bats were noisy- that, the blackness of it all, and the sheer size made him look like some kind of monster.

Adonis: ...I see. ...I wonder if bats are edible.

Koga: Gh- you’re seriously askin’ that?

Adonis: I am, in fact. This is survival- there’s no room for likes and dislikes. Perhaps it’d be okay as long as they were cooked…

Rei: Uuu...I don’t like that, it feels like cannibalism…

Kaoru: Ahaha, I don’t wanna imagine that, either...let’s change topics, yeah?

How did your venture of the island go? Did you find the cove in the legend?

Adonis: No, we didn’t find anything like that…

Koga: Adonis proposed we might find a cove if we followed the source of the water, so we tried that...but the river stopped at some point.

Couldn’t really do much about that, so we just collected our resources, filled up our bottles, and headed back.

Kaoru: Ah, I see. Good work, you two.

...if there’s no cove, there definitely wouldn’t be any mermaids, huh…