Chapter 33: I am going to kill you ^_^
With Rika’s announcement that the fishing competition was officially over, the peaceful mood of the evening shifted. The quiet contentment was replaced by the noise of activity as they began the process of packing up...
Yuto, in a moment of thoughtless cleanup, picked up the slimy, and algae shoe he’d somehow managed to hook while fishing and chucked it back into the lake. It landed with a light splash...
"Are you kidding me, Yuto?" Rika shouted with her hands on her hips.
She stopped wrapping some of their gear in a plastic bag and glared at him. "That’s littering! It’s not going to help the ecosystem!"
Yuto just shrugged it off, unconcerned, before walking over to the cooler to finally collect the bag of chips he’d been eyeing for hours...
Rika rolled her eyes and went back to carefully placing the wrapped gears in the trunk of the SUV, her movements surprisingly meticulous...
Nearby, Himari quietly helped the driver load the fishing rods and the cooler, her motions efficient and practical, a stark contrast to Yuto’s lazy indifference...
Leo and Sarah watched them, hand in hand. The remnants of their firewood glowed softly, a final punctuation mark on their fishing time by the lake...
"Babe, I’d love to come back here again...just the two of us," Sarah murmured, squeezing his hand as she leaned her head on his shoulder...
"Nah," Leo responded, shaking his head with a straight face...
Sarah pulled back, her eyes widening, suddenly becoming watery... "What? Why not?"
The sight of her genuine and hurtful expression made Leo’s playful acts stop...