03. BEAUTIFUL

"There's no employee."

The whole amusement park was empty, deserted. Not a trace of soul.

Ran sighed as he picked up a poster lying on the ground together with trash and garbage that were yet to be cleaned.

Well, everyone probably decided that it's no use anyway. Everything will turn into dust soon enough.

"Everyone is doing their business. Fulfilling whatever they can until the end. Look–" he handed you the poster, which is more like a warning that the amusement will be closed but is free to use. "But we don't have to pay."

"Are you broke or something?"

"I'm rich, y/n. You know I'm rich," he bragged, crossing his arms together. "What I'm emphasizing is that we can have this whole place by ourselves. No need to worry about prying eyes and other people's noise."

"Wow, you care so much about privacy when you wrote 'public sex' second to your bucket list. Shame on you."

"How about we change that to outdoor sex. In that case, we can cross out two of my wishes in one go, and then we consider this as a date and we clear one of yours." He smiled, teeth showing, proud of his own decision.

"Aren't you rushing things?"

"Princess, trust me. By the end of this day, you'll think the opposite. We have a very limited time. The clock is ticking. Who knows, the meteorites might even accelerate."

You bit your lip, sitting down beside him. That almost didn't cross your mind, but actually you didn't need to hear it.

"Okay, fine. Let's bungee jump without the harness. If it breaks, we can die first."

The male draped his arm around your shoulder, leaning his cheek on top of your head. "If we survive, consider us the luckiest man alive."

"Not until the world ends."

—

"Wait—" you exhaled, gripping tight on the single rope attached to your waist. Indeed, there wasn't any safety harness around you, only the rough rope connected to the main pole. "Are we really doing this?"

Ran's face was lit up, his purple orbs were obviously gleaming in excitement. His thin lips curved into a genuine smile, probably the most honest one he had for years. "On the count of ten, we're gonna jump."

"Oh wait, fuck!"

In the midst of your nerves, you could hear him chuckling lightly, making fun of how your knees get weaker and weaker by each passing second. "Come on now, princess. We certainly have all the time in the world, but it's now limited."

"Ahh, fuck you, Haitani Ran! Get counting, you ass!"

The wind blew as he laughed, eyes trained just in you. "Ten, nine, eight..." he counted and once you heard him utter 'go', your legs flexed on instinct. Jumping out of the wooden board, and at that moment, you heard him yell.

"You only live once!"

"Cringe," you murmured despite your shaking lips. Then you opened your eyes, what welcomed your sight was the surface of the sea slowly getting closer and closer, then stopped. Bouncing you.

Damn. You survived.

"See?" Ran spoke making you crane your neck towards the other side where ran hung inverted, his hair completely a mess, but cheeks flushed in bright red and lips twitching in pure ecstasy.

That was the most fun shit he had in his life.

"Told you, we're still alive."

Despite wanting to kick him in the gut, because you actually felt your soul leaving your body, you smiled awkwardly. "Yeah... that's awesome."

"Right—"

There was a strange creaking, the same sound as when a rope is about to get snapped into two. And that was your cue to look up to your life line.

Dang it, it was...

Then you fell, eyes wide as the cold water started to embrace you. All that was running into your mind was, 'You mother fucking, Haitani!'

—

A series of coughs broke the silence in the air. Your eyes slowly opened and what you saw first was ran's face, looking at you with visible worry in his eyes.

"God, I thought I lost you. You weren't breathing for almost a minute now. Damn!"

Having your energy not yet restored, you sat up, realizing you were on a plant box and your pillow was his lap. You wiped the cold sweat that built up on your forehead. Dang, you were still alive.

"Oh, I actually forgot to tell you I can't swim."

Ran slicked his wet hair to the back, slumping into the ground. "Isn't it too late for that?"

"And whose idea was this even? I almost died earlier than earth itself—" yes, you were cut off by Haitani Ran's lips sealing yours.

And he gave you no time to respond as he immediately slipped his tongue inside your mouth, dancing with yours.

Ah, why does his kiss feel so good?

The second you know, he's the one who's sitting on the plant box and you're on his lap, facing him. While his lips are attached to your neck, nibbling your weak spots.

Below, his fingers worked its way to your womanhood, stretching you well to prepare for his own shaft. He has you trying to muffle your moans as much as you can.

"Why are you so quiet?" he whispered close to your ears, breath touching the shell. "No one's gonna hear anyways."

Then, he unzipped his pants, letting his manhood free and after that, you could barely remember for you already lost your mind.

—

"Do you like sweets?" you blurted out, eyes stuck in the scenery outside the ferris wheel where you are currently on.

Ran licked his lower lip, looking down on his strawberry ice cream, already melting on the tip of his fingers. "Not as much as I like cigarettes and alcohol."

"Your vices can kill you."

"...Those meteors will kill me first, though."

"If the world isn't ending. What would you be doing right now?" you asked, taking a long lick on your chocolate ice cream, some already dropped on your hand, making a sticky mess.

"Fucking random woman who I find attractive. Or hitting someone with my baton until their skull explodes."

You winced, taking your eyes off outside the window and looking at him with disbelief. "Are you still in your gang?"

He smiled, nodding. "If the world isn't ending, yes. How about you? What would you be doing?"

"Munching popcorn in front of my laptop watching tear jerking netflix movie with a blanket embracing me and aircon on its max level. Yeah."

"Aha," the male chuckled, finally throwing the stick of his ice cream on the floor. Leaning his arm against the window, then pressing his cheek on it. "By the way, how do you find this date? Is it up to your expectations?"

"Expectation my ass. First, you drown me, you fuck me in the middle of the amusement park with wind blowing against my wet nakedness and you take me to ice cream parlor to eat—obviously an ice cream to call it a freaking date."

He looked at you lovingly, lips pursed in a tiny smile. "You're cute when you're pissed."

"Wow, ain't that a flattering compliment," you said sarcastically, glaring outside the ferris wheel car. You're finally on the highest point and you can see almost everything.

"But, I have to say, the view up here is great."

While his eyes were still on you, he answered, "You're right. The view here is very beautiful."