Memories I'll keep like a photograph

[abril]

Her hands ambled mechanically, repeating the same process over and over again. Suitcase, unfold, smooth, fold, pile.

Iris stared blankly outside her window, admiring the beautiful composition of light and landscape. The music coming from her iPhone matched her mood, lazy. Still, tired as she was from the moving, she yearned to go outside and take some pictures, but her mother had said no outings until everything’s unpacked.

Before she realized, she had run out of stuff to grab and she had her clothes neatly folded in several piles on her bed. She smiled and quickly went to place everything inside her closet.

She yanked her Canon D60 strap and placed it around her neck and proceeded to walk downstairs and grab a pouch of grape juice from the kitchen.

“I’m going out to see if I can find any interesting things to photograph here. I’ll be back later.” Said she as she left a kiss on her mother’s cheek.
“Try not to get lost.” Her mother recommended with a smile, unwrapping the dinnerware and keeping it inside the new cabinets.

Earplugs on, Iris walked in direction towards the beach, occasionally taking sips. She could sense she was getting closer, because if she licked her arm she could taste salt. She smiled at the city, and this new city seemed to smile back at her, offering beautiful views of palm trees and seagulls dancing across the sky.

Iris removed her sandals and enjoyed the warm sensation of sand under her feet, something she had longed for. She grabbed her camera and focused the lens, trying to capture the glistening of the sea as the sun tinted its waters with its reddish color.

[Redeim]

Hyunsu decided to spend the beautiful day at the beach after finding out he and his brother were done unpacking and he had nothing more he had to do. He packed up his sketchbook, deciding to practice his landscape drawings as he wandered over to the beach, he found a nice spot in the middle of the beach where he could see enough that the picture wouldn't just be the water. He took off his shoes, burying his feet in the warm sand, smiling as he enjoyed the unfamiliar sensation of the beach. It's been too long since I've been to a beach~ He thought blissfully, not even starting the picture before setting his notebook beside him and laying back, feeling the warm sand through his lightweight shirt. Maybe I can get used to it here... He thought with a smile.

[abril]

Iris snapped a few pictures of everything, adjusting the contrast and exposure every time. She rotated, trying to get the full image of the nearly empty beach. From behind her camera lens, she detected a male silhouette, and smiled to herself, snapping a picture. The image of calmness, she thought to herself, admiring on screen the way the black silhouette contrasted with the palette of the sunset. She wished she could get closer, thinking it would be interesting to photograph something else other than sand and water.

She did, very quietly so as not to disturb the young man lying on the sand. She stopped a few steps behind and lay on the sand, trying to get the best angle where the sun bounced off his hairs and highlighted his features. Iris thought the picture was missing something, and played with the controls of her camera before snapping another picture. Flash. She cringed.

[Redeim]

Hyunsu noticed a light suddenly, and he opened his eyes slowly, blinking a couple times before processing there was someone there, and the flash came from a camera. "Hello..." He told her simply, curiously, not moving at all.

[abril]

For a fraction of a second Iris the idea of answering ‘Ni hao’ crossed her mind, but she luckily refrained herself before she looked like an idiot/stalker.
“Eh… hi” she stammered, her eyes wide as she tried to think of a reasonable excuse for her stalker behavior.

“I was just… eh. Bai” She giggled nervously and snapped another picture right before his eyes, hoping the momentarily blindness will give her some time to escape.

[Redeim]

Hyunsu blinked a coupler times before furrowing his eyebrows and reaching after her, not getting up. "W-wait... Shouldn't you get permission or something to do that?"

[abril]

Iris barely had time to unfold her legs and try to stand before she felt a grasp on her wrist. With her back turned to him, she closed her eyes, embarrassment made even swallowing a hard task.

Guessing that a second attempt of escape might, once again, fail and make her look even sillier, and that they might cross paths someday during her stay in this small town, she decided she owed the boy an apology for disrupting his tranquil rest. She huffed and plastered on a smile that looked more like a grimace.
“I guess I should have. But I did not.” She said, looking up and laughing a little at the little crease in his forehead. “I did not want to disturb you. But I did. Didn’t I? I’m sorry.”

[Redeim]

Hyunsu bit his lip, debating saying something sarcastic before laying back down, his arms behind his head, "I don't mind..." He looked up at her, his eyes seeming big, "Have you been here a long time?" He asked her.

[abril]

Iris nodded but felt his soft reply was just out of courtesy. She smiled at herself, and began feeling a bit awkward, her sudden bold manners fading as the sun melted into the ocean. She stared at the picture before her eyes, evading his, and wondering if she should leave, now that she had properly apologized and had her pictures, pictures that she would surely bring some laughs when revealed.

She wondered why he even bothered making small talk. Maybe he really didn’t mind or maybe he was just as bored as her. “Time is very relative, you know.” She answered with a playful half smile. “But a day does not seem like a long time, unless you are a mayfly… Did you know that their life span is as short as 30 minutes?”
She bit her lip and then coughed out a laugh. “Aaaanyway. What about you?”

[Redeim]

"Wow," Hyunsu said simply, surprised at her response. He raised an eyebrow at the mayfly comment. "I moved here about a week ago. My brother and I are staying with my aunt and uncle." He told her. He sat up and turned around, "You seem like an interesting person." He told her approvingly.