On bright sunny day with sky shining out the blue, Zashi was sleeping where he end up last night.
The sounds of the beach from winds and ocean creating harmonic rythem that keep him out from reality
The seagulls begin to squawking in the area the sounds of wave crashing to shore getting even louder, causing him to shift his eyes slowly, as he hear a footstep coming closer to him.
And the whisper is coming from no other but Moon herself
“Wake Up.”
Zashi immediately awakes from his dreams, and see Moon is already awake, watching him with her head promped by her elbow.
“Morning Zashi, you get a nice sleep?” she greet with warm smile.
Zashi try to keep his mind straight as he sitting up.
“Yeah -yeah, good morning to you too, what happen last night,l?, are we both…, sleeping on the beach and…,”
“Yeah and that too, but we did not sleep on the beach though, cause it will be silly to just lay dowm naked on beach at seven in the morning right?, we going to look like a stranded fish.”
Zashi keep hold his forehead, take his time to process everything “Oh god I can’t bealive we both actually did it.”
Moon lay her firm touch over his skin.
“Me neither, but I will regret it, if I miss that chance infact I remamber every second of it, it’s beautiful, with the moon shine brighter than ever during that night , do you remember?”
“Barely,” let a soft coughs to clear his throat.
“Sorry, is just something went through my head, and sometimes I can’t recall things that I’m done right before I was about to head to sleep, is like a memories that blending with my dreams, but I still can remamber the feel, how intense we go for it.”
hey its okay, it was blurry night, and you really get tired real quick that night, and we always can do it again If you want.”Moon suggest with teasing tone .
“What?..” he chuckle.
“Yeah maybe later, so what make two of us now, now that we already do the thing?, and explore each other and having our intimate moment.”
Moon stare over the ceiling for a moment.
“We both stay the same Zashi, two strangers that still want to get know about each other and needing each other, I wont be pushing to give you to any label if you not ready to take another step with me.”
She move her body even closer.
“I just want you to get comfortable with me, see me as anything you want, and when the time you ready there is no turning back, I will be on your side for the rest of your life, and I want you to do the same thing for me, can you do that?”
Moon reach for his hand and bring it up, into he way he can see theur hands intertwined with each other.
Zashi give his ressuring nod.
And with the small smile , Moon getting off from the bed showing, fixing her oversized shirt, and change it to her casual t-shirt.
Zashi watch Moon ready walking out from the door “Where were you going?.”
Moon glance back from her shoulder.
“To the kitchen, come on I cook some breakfast for us.”
Zashi proceed to follow her and put simple some kimono, head to downstairs
Moon begin to search up the ingredients, the sight of Moon take control his kitchen, does captive his eyes
“What are you making?”
Moon respond with her hand busy setting up for everything
“Something simple to eat, you going to love it, is it okay if I use your rice cooker?.”
“Yeah sure, of course, just use anything you like.”
While waiting for rice to cook, Moon begin to chops some onion and chilies, crack some eggs to another pan, the kitchen were busy with sizzling noise.
Zashi on the back constantly try to peek and guess what she was making, but Moon quick motion make it impossible for Zashi to staring in one place.
Soon after Moon finally serve her suprise dish, a golden texture omurice with beauty sauce topping.
“Breakfast ready~” she declare playfully
Zashi waste no time to cut in the middle and see the omelettes melt and blend perfectly with rice on inside.
“Woah this already taste so good, I can’t wait to eat them.”
Once Zashi take a bite he stunt there for second l, before swallow it all.
Moon watch him closely, but his reaction is not quite what she wanted.
“Wow Moon this is absolutely great, , I never taste any omelette rice that taste this good before
Moon brush her thoughts away with her soft laughter.
“I’m glad you enjoy it, I appreciate how much you want to finsih off that plate, while you probably expecting sone spaghetti or anything like that.
“Spaghetti?” he repeat with his mouth full.
“Forget about this, when you can eat something more traditional.”
Moon only smoke hearing his comment.
“You welcome Zashi, just make sure you didn’t bite your tongue when you eating
Zashi chuckle from harmless joke
Moon take her bite of her own omurice.
“You know I’m glad, that I get to cook something good for you, it taste much better to enjoy with someone.”
“So you never cook anyone for before?” He take another bite, his eyes never left her.
“No I haven’t, I’ve been stay alone and independent for almost the rest of my life, I ddi everything on my own to the point I told myselfx I don’t need anybody in my life, but then I realize I still need to tell me that I did good in my life, someone that looking forward for me.”
Zashi stop his own chew after he stare become more personal directly to him.
” But I don’t have a courage to make a move until I found you, everything seems brighter and clear to me, and that’s when I know I need you and nobody else.., but, unfortunately, I don’t know how I can make it last possible…”
Zashi suddenly grab and holding her hand frok distance.
“I’m right here Moon, I won’t go anyway.”
“Is that a promise?” She ask quietly with a glimpse of hope on her face.
“Yes is a promise” Zashi seal his promise with sincere gaze
Moon didn’t say much, in return she get up from her chair, walking away from kitchen table.
“Where are you going this time huh?” he ask teasingly, looking at her from the back.
Moon stop, before she reach the door knob.
“I want to cameback to my place, to get some rest and do some bunch other stuff, maybe we can arrange other time when we can meet again.”
Zashi don’t take much thought to ask his next question.
“Can I come?
The simple question came from Zashi, intensify something inside of her.
“Sure thing Zashi, and now my question to your question will be, are you ready to take…, another step with me?”
Zashi stands up giving his honest look.
“I’m ready.”
Soon later both of them claim on top of the mountain surrounding by tall grass with beautiful sight of mountain surround them, the wind start blowing their way to get into one small cabin on the distance
“Wow so your hills, was actually thirty times bigger than normal hill?”
Moon giggle before she responds.
“Yeah, sorry I just used to claim this mountain until it feels smaller to me like a normal hill”
Zashi eye continue gazing over the terrain.
“Wow I never thought that there’s a mountain area in this village.” He spoke run his hands to feel the grass brushing against his palm.
Moon giggling softy “Really Zashi?, you never thought of that, you already lives here like for years now and this is your first time you discover this area?, you really are living inside your manga, you know that?”
Both of them stop, as Zashi feel a bit nervous to see what’s from the inside, once Moon unlocking the door.
The door are open with soft click, revealing her compact house full with complete decoration, layeard with flowers lit and vine, the house is very rustic.
The sounds from the wind chime from the window does ringing some nostalgic childhood memory that he didn’t even know he has.
He snap back to reality, after Moon shaking his body
“Zashi are you okay?”
“Yeah!, yeah!, I’m here!” Zashi try to get his vision fixed and glance more of the structure of her house.
“You have such beautiful house Moon, like I don’t even know how to describe it, probably because I never been in woman’s house before.”
Moon laughs cheerfully while tapping on his shoulder.
“You’re so funny Zashi, that sentence, ‘You never seen a woman house before, you makes me feel like I’m falling in love to the right guy…”
Moon give her a long happy gaze, before she spoke again.
“And, Yes I did some little work to it, but mostly all the work came from previous owner, who raise me, a nice old lady, that adopt me, I often visit her to make thud place clean, and make some nice hot tea for myself, she make me bealive I am welcome here, including you.
“What me?” he pointed at himself.
“Mhm-hmm.” Moon hums.”
“This place was big for two peoples to roam, and one large bed to share.”
Moon bump her shoulder to against his, playfully.
From their close distance, he can see even more detail on her face, and mostly her galaxy purple eyes and her lips, making him space out.
“Anyway I should get in shower now, I haven’t shower for a whole day” Her hand gently caressing aroind Zashi’s body.
“Just wait here.” she let go her last touch from his chest,
But Zashi simply hold her by grabbing her arm.
“Can I join you?”
Moon lean closer studying his face to see if there’s any certainty from his bold requests
“How can I say no to that?, I will be waitng for you.”
Moon turn around leaving the living room with he hips swaying slowly taking off her outfit and drop it to the floor, until she bare.
She give him the last look before she enter the bathroom, close the sliding door and turn on the shower.
As she constantly making moan sounds that can be hear through the glass door.
Zashi respond by take a step closer to the bathroom
Eventually, he gets inside with his clotehes remove ready to join her.
Moon was just standing under the shower, letting his eyes to admire every curve on her body
Long time has passed Moon, grab him closer for him to pour his desire to her with passionate kiss,
Moon hands roam over his back, while his hands still searching for something to grab and hold.
Moon break the kiss just a brief second to declare her love.
“I love you Zashi!”
Zashi respond back with his hunger kiss.
Meanwhile two of them decide to go outside, mating on the grass together, sky gazing, watching over the cloud move past by,
“That was amazing…” she says in tiring voice, “Do you ever experience something like that?”
She turn to face him.
“No I don’t think so…”
Moon eventually standing up and stretching herself.
“Let’s take a walk, shall we?”
Zashi respond by closing his eyes shut.
“What already, do you not get tired from our.., first love making?, why don’t we just take a nap over here?”
Moon shake her head gently.
“Seriously?, take a nap, while you can miss all of this beautiful scenery, come on, maybe we can spot something intresting.”
Zashi let out a sighs of surrender before getting up.
“Okay fine, let’s go.”
He came and walk next to her, watching the view underneath the mountain.
Moon steal a stare over him with hes9
“So tell me Zashi, is this place look like a home to you?, Me…
You…
US…
?
Zqahi take a lokg pause before he can form his thoughts.”Well, it’s hard for me to say it now, I mean everything seems to be perfect, but I just not confident enough that everything that I have now will be last long as the way I want to.
Moon give her concern smile.”Oh Zashi, you poor thing, you just lost so much didn’t you?, I understand what you feel, you feel scared for you own happiness , afraid what future might hold, afraid of losing everything again, and let me tell you just one thing
Moon stop waking foward to facing him
“Zashi…, as long as you live and stay with me, I can guarantee that I always will be by your side…, no matter where you are or what situation you going through, I’m always going to be here, even you get bored over me.”
Moon looking at him into his eyes thoroughly to see if there’s any doubt.
But Zashi simply look away with a smile, looking over terrain from the distance away.
“I think i might know where my home might be at.” he announce casually
Moon try to pike her heads up,.
“Really?, where?”
Zashi answer with playful smile, pointing over endless landscape on top of the mountain.
“I don’t know..
maybe if we just walk or run across this path we might eventually find the place that we can call home, but if there’s a dead end, seems like we need to stay here for now.”
Moon turn behind her with smirk.
“Oh, I like the way you thinking.”
She get into her position next to him, and glance at him with challenging smile
“Alright, are you ready?
“GO!!”
“Whoever late for the finishing line has to cook for dinner!” Zashi announced before he run with incredible speed.
Moon were stunt for a moment, before jump into invisible track.
“Hey that’s not fair!”
Both of them begin their race with laughter and their freets touching the grass
Zashi manage to be the first one who’s arrive to the cliff, she raise both of his arms tk celebrate.
“Yes I’m first!”
Moon catching up with slight annoyance by Zashi victory and proceed to almost push him and hold his hand before fall off the cliff.
“Woah, Woah, hey, easy there, are you crazy, I almost fell.”
He lock his posiotion with his feet holds on the edge of the cliff.
“Admit that you don’t play fair, and I won the race.”
“Okay olay, just help me getting up here.”
Moon let out a sighs and finally pull him foward, already pit of breath, from panicking.
“What’s wrong with you?, I really thought I was going to die back there.”
Zashi grumbling slowly fade away as Moon are too focusing watching over the river down the mountain until Zashi notice the view.
“What, what are you looking at?”
Moon keep her head narrowing down.
“Down there there’s a beautiful river that alot of peoples have visited, I heard alot of good things about it, I wish we both can also go there someday, but is pretty too far away, maybe someday.”
“Yeah maybe later..”
Before they ready to head back toward thier home
Zashi give his quick glence over the river again, with crazy idea came to his mind.
“Moon!, maybe I, maybe I can use..
my wings to fly us down there, if you okay with that idea.”
Moon stop at that moment and turn back with her eyes shimmering.
“You mean you going to revealing your devil features just to ger us down therez isn’t that a bit risky?
Zashi give his quick answer.
“No I don’t think so, beside nobody is around that area anyway, I can totally manage that
Moon give her exicted nod and immediately lunch herself for him to catch her.
“Okay, lead the way my love.”
Zashi surprise by her confidence, but he doesn’t say anything and proceed to expand his wings, and use it to flow smoothly near the specific river.
He gently put her down, it doesn’t take too long before their eyes were locked over beautiful clean river, split two forest area.
“Wow this place looks incredible, do you ever see something thus magical before?”
Zashi can’t stop roaming his eyes over the place.
“No, I don’t think so.”
Despite the beautiful view, Moon is already make her move to follow the river stream, once again making him worry.
“Moon, I don’t think we should headed too far.”
Moon casually walk ignoring Zashi concern, as she keep both of her hands together admire the nature.
“Relax Zashi, both already down here, aren’t we?, and you already tell me that you want to find the place that you can call home, so why don’t we fully committed to that.”
Shw turn her face back to her path, leaving no choice for Zashi to follow her.
As they walk, none of them try to Interrupting each with small talk, as them both just listen to the sounds of river, and thinking about their past and present together, Zashi watch over her back side and remamber the glimpse of his recent dreams when he go after the same woman.
But that thought doesn’t go anywhere as they arrive to what it seems to be another dead end.
Theres a gap between the wall of mountain infront of them,
Moon continue moving foward and try to fit herself between the gap, but Zashi is already having a bad feeling from her decision.
“Come on, Moon, did you really need a stop sign for nature to tell you to stop follow it’s tail?”
Moon speak while squeezing herself between the small gap.
“Quite your whining, Zashi, I see you from the other side.”
Zashi was left there, with another choices, he join her not long after, try to walk side walk and slide his back agasint solid rock and open his arms to make himself flat.
Zashi glance down to see how close their hands to touch each other as they shimmying to find the way out.
Soon Moon wake his mind with her thoughts.
“Do to hear that Zashi?, the sounds of the water?, almost like a rain, but it doesn’t quite follow the same rythem from that day”
Zashi eyes widen to see strange blue light from their exit through Moon face.
The exit has brought both of them into open cave where there’s heavy waterfall, completely close their path to get to the side of the cave.
“A Waterfall…” Moon’s footstep echoes as she getting closer to it and touch the moving water firmly, try to draw random symbol firmly.
Makong her giggling and turn back to face him.
“Come on, Zashi touch it, it feels really good, I promise you
Zashi reach out his hand with nothing to much to complain, once Zashi get his hand on the waterfall it start to splash onto Moon’s face.
” Hey watch it”
Zashi immediately take his hand away.
“Oh right sorry.”
Zashi give another attempt and finally run his fingers through the waterfall.
He give her a cheeky smirk before jump himself through waterfall to get to the other side.
“Let’s go, Moon we are not done finding those home.”
Moon were shock from his reckless move, attending to do the same, but once she get through the cold barrier, her eyes widen for witnesses there’s more small waterfalls everywhere coming from the ceiling,
Making the place look almost like a maze with no Zashi insight.
“Play hide and seek aren’t we?, come on just tell me which of this waterfalls you’re hiding, because trust me you not gonna like what I’m about to do once I get you.”
Zashi laughter can be here on every concern from the cave.
“Good luck finding me Moon, do you know what’s the funny part is?, I can litterly see you through this running waterfalls.”
Moon shake her head with slight annoyance.
“Probably, because I wasn’t even started yet!”
Oon get her eyes on first waterfall that just next to her, and when she jump herself in, Zashi wasn’t there.
She didn’t giving up and give another attempt to find the least predictable spot and jump inside.
” Got you!”
She swing her hands together only to catch an air, making him laughs again.
“I think you’re getting closer Moon, just few more guesses.”
Moon smile widely and try her best to actually catch him behind all the waterfalls, getting herself completely soak.
Until she finally exhausted, she can feel someone grabbing her from behind, and pull her into waterfall, she get no time to see who it was, but she can tell by the texture of Zashi’s lips that kissing hers deeply,
After her eyes caught the sight of him, she close her eyes confidently and hold him closer, for the moment everything around them reduce to silence.
At that moment, the share kissing they have together was not only to express their love or desire but rather mix emotions of something they can’t forget, or regret.
But all of it fades away, through their comforts, one tear slip down from Moon’s cheek, she failed to wipe it, before Zashi can notice
“Moon…, you crying.”
Moon try to wipe it out, sheepishly.
“Yeah, I knke, I’m sorry, I guess that’s what happen if peoples feels love and sad at the same time.”
Zashi try to be as soft as he can to handle the situation.
“Sad, what’s there to be sad about.”
Moon shake her head dismissivily.
“No, nothing, is just me being emotional, thank you for share this with me, this place is perfect.”
Moon immediately ramp herself into him, begging for a hug.
“I wish I can stay with here with you forever.”
Zashi try not to laugh the idea, and glance up over ceiling of the cave.
“You know that we can’t actually-”
His word imme cut away with her another short statement.
“Im not talking about the place…”
Zashi pause for a moment, he smiled from his realization, proceeding to hug her a bit longer, until they lost themselves from reality, using the waterfalls as their curtain to hiding their emotions from the rest of the world.
I’m Back, For Now.