Chapter 4
When Hinata arrived at the beach, everyone else was already there and were either conversing or sitting in the sand.
But that wasn't what her attention was focused on. Instead, she was focused on the pale woman in the black bikini who was slowly walking up to her.
'She... Really does look good in that.' Hinata thought to herself.
"Ah, Hinata! I was worried you weren't going to come!"
'I think the contrast of her skin to the bikini really works well.'
"Uhm... Hinata?"
'Oh, her hair is still up too! If she had her hair down though, it might make the entire look better... Not that it's bad, of course.'
"Hinata."
'She probably-'
"Hinata, you're staring."
"A-Ah! S-Sorry!" Hinata stammered as she broke out of whatever those thoughts were.
"It's alright! I must look so disgusting to look at you couldn't help but stare! Besides, what other reason would there be to look at trash like me?" Komaeda laughed. After she finished laughing, she turned concerned.
"Hinata? Did you put on sunscreen yet? Your face is already starting to burn." Only after she had said this had Hinata realized that her cheeks felt very warm.
"O-Oh, um no! I kinda forgot to grab some, ehehe...!"
"Well, I brought some! Would you like some?"
"U-Uhm... Sure...?"
"Great! If you wouldn't mind scum like me helping, I could apply it where you can't reach."
Hinata, not wanting to think about what she was signing up for, quickly agreed and Komaeda beemed.
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The duo walked over to where Komaeda had set out two towels.
"I accidentally grabbed two towels but decided to set both up, in case anyone sat with me. It was pretty presumptuous, but I see it worked out anyways!" She explained as she sat down on a light blue towel.
Hinata took the towel next to her, a navy blue color, and sat cross legged. "Can I see the sunscreen?" She asked, and was immediately met with the bottle. She fully covered her arms and her face, and started doing her legs when Komaeda stopped her.
"Hinata, you didn't get your face well at all. Here..." With that, she took the bottle and started to add more onto Hinata's face. She could feel the heat rising once more, and tried focusing on counting how many grains of sand were on her towel.
After Komaeda had finished, she asked Hinata to lay on her stomach so she could do her back. Hinata did so hesitantly.
She jolted when the cold sunscreen hit her back, making her shutter. Komaeda continued massaging the sunscreen into her back, and Hinata practically melted into the touch.
The same can't be said for when Komaeda did the back of her legs.
"G-Gah! Komaeda, w-what are you doing!?" She practically shrieked.
"What am I doing? Apply sunscreen to your legs, obviously. You never finished doing them."
"You never gave me the chance!"
"Oh. Well, I am almost done, and even though an Ultimate like you probably doesn't want a nobody like me touching you for longer than need be, It'd be a waste to get more sunscreen on your hands, and, like I said, I'm almost..." She stopped speaking for a moment, and finished rubbing the sunscreen in. "Done!"
"Y-Yeah," Hinata said as she quickly sat up and sat like normal. "So... Uhm, is there something you'd like to do?"
"Hmm, I do have a few ideas, but I think you should choose! I'm already honored enough by having you choose to spend time with me, so whatever you pick is sure to bring more hope, even if I may not like it!"
'S-She's way to happy about me just being here...'
Hinata thought for a moment before an idea popped into her head. "Do you wanna have a sandcastle building contest? I've never built one myself but it shouldn't be to hard!"
Komaeda thought for a moment. "...Sure!" She finally said with a sincere smile on her face. They layed out ground rules and rushed over to the spots they'd be building at.
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"H-How!? And don't blame it on your luck, or I'll kick it down!"
Komaeda's sandcastle had three towers, all covered in colorful seashells. Inside if the biggest tower, a small hermit crab sat in the window, gazing at the two girls.
"Well, I have nothing else to blame! This little guy," she motioned to the crab, "Decided to walk up and sit next to the tower, so I placed it inside! It seems happy, don't you think?"
"I... Suppose. It's safe to say you've won, mine looks like crap compared to this!"
"Aww, come on Hinata! I'm sure It's not thay bad!"
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"...It's that bad."
Hinata's castle was partly falles already, with a single window in the front. Hinata flushed of embarrassment. "Yeah yeah I know..."
Suddenly, Komaeda lit up. "Hey! What if we brought some of the seashells from mine and decorated yours?" She suggested.
Hinata glanced around at the seashell-less sand infront of her before shrugging. "Sure."
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"Oh."
"Ahaha, I shouldn't have thought that my luck wouldn't effect this at all."
Upon returning to Komaeda's spot, they had found only a pile of mushy sand with a hermit crab shell buried underneath. Komaeda picked it up and sighed.
"It lived a good life..."
"You say that like you've known it for years!"
"With our stolen memories, I might have!"
The pair giggle at the comment and Komaeda set the poor crab down. "It's safe to assume the tide came in then, huh?"
"Well, maybe you should avenge your castle and your hermit crab!"
"Wha- h-hey!"
Before she could protest, Hinata shoved her into the ocean. She popped up after a few seconds.
"Heyyyy Hinataaaaa! I lost something thanks to that!" Komaeda whinned.
"Hm? What?" Hinata asked while walking over to pear into the water.
"I lost any part of me that'd feel guilty for doing this."
Before Hinata could even process, Komaeda yanked her arm down pulled her into the water. After reaching the surface, she shot Komaeda a dirty glare. "Bitch."
"You started i- mph!" Hinata splashed water at Komaeda's face to shut her up.
"That's low Hinata." Komaeda said as she wiped her face.
"Oh please, I could do worse."
"Like what? Drown m-"
"I can throw your hermit crab into the ocean."
Komaeda gasped. "HINATA!"
Hinata snickered and started to try to make her way back to the once amazing sandcastle to grab the crab corpse with Komaeda following.
'Heh, so this is a motive. This isn't that bad!' Hinata thought as she made her way to the crab.
But what she didn't realize is that this was just the beginning of what he was going to make them do.