’…I thought I was your friend anyways, whether I liked it or not.’ Ray thought with a funny look on his face, but he did appreciate the sweetness of the gesture. He shook his head and chuckled, wondering if he should go easy on her because she was a girl. Not that girls liked that kind of stuff, or knowing that you were doing it, but maybe if he gauged her pace he would be able to match it to make it look like a close call.
”Fine, but you have to earn it fair and square.” He teased, standing up straight and folding his arms, smirking at Kazumi. As sweet as her suggestion was, he was kinda curious about seeing her with pink hair. He just didn’t feel like putting all of his time and energy into it, that’s all.
”On the count of three we start. Ready? One…two…three. Go!” He exclaimed as he started going straight for the point in the beach where the waves licked the golden brown sands. That was where he typically found shells, but he imagined that the cooler stuff was in the deeper end. But you’d need goggles or some good eyesight for that. He found a tiny clam shell, and one snail shell. Both weren’t all that pretty, but he had already started on his own pile, occasionally peeking at Kazumi to see what he was up against. His back started to get really cold from the spring air around him, even though he was wearing clothes. Shoot, he was gonna get a cold for this, wasn't he?
