Ooohhh.

It has been really quiet here in AFF. Sniff. Sniff.

Yah! Filipino Blackjacks and Royals! Dara is coming on April 2!!! OMGEEEEEE!!! Is it a Meet and Greet? Where?! Please enlighten me! Aigoo! We still have to come to school on the 1st and it’s not like I’m still living in Manila! Grrrr. It’s frustrating me! We have to plan, Royals! LMAO 

And kyyyyyaaaaaa!!! Kyuhyun in Sugarman! Our prayers were answered! I haven’t watched it yet, only some clips. Sassy Namtae and Evil Kyu! LOL Dara and Kyu seated together in some parts! Gosh! Was there any KyuDara moment??? Answer meeeeee! LMAO I’m still wondering why Dara didn’t post a selca with him. I mean, she had pictures with Red velvet and FX, even SHINEE. Hmmmmm. Yah, you fish! Don’t tell me you’re jealous with you brother too! Tch. Hahahaha!

A day and a night?

Her gaze was fixed at the letter that her right hand was clutching. Dara was sitting on the edge of the king-size bed while he on a bamboo chair in front of that Maldives sign. Donghae just kept on staring at it without uttering a word.

A day?

It was too much for a silence that they could hear each other’s breathing and their own heartbeat as well. It was like every neuron in their body was going on a rampage. They were alone. In a place that is way too far from their home. The pressure given to them by s and her friend was more than too much!

Can she accept it?

Can he accept it?

Slowly, their heads turned to take a glance at each other but Dara immediately turned her head back to her lap when she saw him looked at her. I can’t do this Jiyong! I just can’t! She bit her lower lip in defeat and irritation. Defeated because she didn’t have that much courage to face him. Her confidence was still MIA. Should I get drunk like him so that I could tell him that I know the truth already? She couldn’t help but thought. She didn’t know to whom she was irritated. To GDragon for deciding on this matter without even giving her a second to prepare. To herself because she was terrified on something that she didn’t know what was it really all about. Or to the fish five steps away from her who was currently staring at her and completely making her heart beat faster than ever! No! She’ll never be ready at this rate.

Her rowdy mind was put into a halt when she saw a hand right on her face. Dara slowly raised her head and there she saw Donghae smiling brightly at her.

And that was when those negative thoughts flew from her and left one thing.

Him.

“I’ll sleep outside. On the couch. Promise.” Donghae smiled even more and wiggled his right hand at her face. “Let’s go? It’s Maldives.”

She did not need to think but raised her left hand and held onto his warm hand. Like a strong, blue wave . . . with just a mere touch, she felt her whole system awakened. “Deh.” She smiled back and the two walked outside their room.

The plan should be credited to Heechul and the place suggested by GDragon but the whole trip and place were all paid by Choi Siwon. He couldn’t even protest for Yesung and Kangin already took his black cards and paid for it. Kyuhyun just told him to treat it as his wedding gift to the two. Siwon sworn that if those two wouldn’t patch things up, he would make Donghae pay. Thrice the amount. 

Maldives.

A new word for paradise.

They rented a private house in one of the coral islands there. Privacy. Yes, they needed it so bad. There were some private houses from many prominent people in the beautiful island that they were in too but unlike the other islands nearby that were offering accommodations and other services to tourists, theirs was more serene. It sure was huge and glamorous for a cottage. Humble? It was opulent. 

(A/N: Coz I'm too lazy to describe the interior and stuff.keke)

“Wow.” The two said in chorus after roaming around the house hand in hand. They totally looked like a newlywed checking out their honeymoon place. 

“How much do you think they paid for this?” Dara couldn’t help but ask as she took a fresh mango from the dining table. Donghae helped her peeled the fruit with his left hand. He just didn’t want to let go of her hand and she didn’t mind at all. “Hmmm!” She closed her eyes in bliss after taking a bite. “It is so sweet! Wow!”

Donghae just smiled at her, relieved and happy that the awkwardness and indifference he saw in her was vanishing. “I don’t know. I’m not good at Math.” He scratched the back of his head.

Dara just laughed at that. “Deh. You’re not.” She agreed and ate her mango happily. “I wonder where did they get these mangoes.”

“Is it that sweet?” He asked for he was curious about its taste too.

“Super!” She exclaimed and handed him the mango on her hand. Donghae lowered his head and took a bite. “It wasn’t just sweet but-” A bite wouldn’t suffice. As Donghae was about to tell her what it really tasted like, his eyes fell on her innocent and moist pink lips. 

A day?

Might as well take the most out of it then.

Without any second thought, Donghae went for a taste on those inviting lips of hers. It was just a pure and fast smack on the lips but he had the time to her lower lip for a bit. All air gushing out on her body. Dara had her eyes widely opened as his lips touched hers for a brief moment and when he her lip? She almost let the mango on her hand slipped and grabbed his hair to go deeper. She missed that. She missed him so much.

Donghae grinned at her childishly. “Mouthwatering.” And he finally found the right adjective to describe it.

Dara blushed furiously and began eating the mango like a rabbit on her carrot as she looked away to contain her urge to scream with all the butterflies in her stomach were rejoicing like it was Independence Day or something.

Bad idea. He thought. It wasn’t the smack that he was regretting but the effect of it! I thought this place is fully air-conditioned. Why is it hot in here suddenly? He felt something he had been ignoring ever since that kiss of them way back in their camping trip happened. I know you’ve been celibate for too long. Such pity. Sigh again. Please contain yourself. Give Dara ssi a break, arasso? And please don’t put our name on disgrace. You’ve been lacking practice for two years. Please, Donghae. Don’t disappoint her if ever. Eunhyuk’s letter with his voice in the background echoed in his mind.  you Lee Hyukjae!

Dara pulled her hand from him and went to wash them. The two stood across each other from the table, not really knowing what to say or do.

“Beach.” They said simultaneously and then burst in a veeeery awkward laugh. 

Silence.

Both their eyes cautiously looked at the direction of their bedroom. It was opened widely and they saw their soft, inviting bed. 

Silence.

“Beach!” She said.

“Let’s go!” He said.

The two shouted like they were watching a do or die game as they scampered their feet just to get out there quickly. Yes. The whole cottage just got hotter with that mere smack on the lips.

“Daebak.” Donghae said as they stood outside their cottage’s door. Utopia. An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. In Maldives’ case, it is the real thing. The word, perfect, wouldn’t even justify as to how exquisite the place is. The sand was immaculately white that one wouldn’t be so sure that it was right to step on it. There were trees everywhere. Those two loved trees as much as they liked rain. Its green leaves were swaying along the morning breeze. And the beach? One couldn’t just describe it. It was crystal blue that was shining under the mighty sun. Once you dived into it, you wouldn’t even want to get out. There were nearby islands that they could see. Jet skis. Kayak. Inflatable toys. A motorboat if they wanted to do some island hopping and check out the restaurants and offerings that other public islands had. 

Without the need to say a word, the two looked at each other and they knew what each mind was thinking. Donghae quickly grabbed her hand and off the rabbit and the fish ran to the water like little kids. Who cares if they were on their jeans? Who cares if they didn’t put any sunblock? Who cares about every damn problem that they still have to solve?

Who cares?

Definitely not those two.

For what matters in that moment was that they got each other all day and all night.

The fish began splashing some water towards her. The water was warm and they liked it. Dara just laughed and splashed some to him too. Both were jumping up and down and flapping their arms like it was their first time seeing a beach. Dara began to walk to the deeper part and Donghae followed behind. Their smiles not fading for a bit. 

“Oh!” She exclaimed when suddenly her feet couldn’t find the ground. Donghae was quick to pull her arm towards him.

“Careful.” He wiped some hair that stuck on her face and smiled.

“Deh.” She smiled at him brightly. For him, a smile that even the sun could never beat.

“I got an idea.” He blurted out and grinned.

“What?”

Donghae turned his back on her and pulled her arms towards him and encircled them around his neck. Her heart stopped as she felt her chest pressed on his broad back. She was breathing against his nape and it made him shivered. They were so close. “Don’t let go.” He smiled and took a glance at her.

Their eyes fixed on each other. Dara tightened her hold on him and leaned closer. “Deh.” She whispered.

Donghae smiled again and dived into the water with Dara on his back. It took a few minutes as they were enjoying swimming literally together to realize it. It wasn’t the sun or the water that was warming them. 

It was each other that they finally found that very familiar warmth.

It was past 11 in the morning when the two decided to leave the water. They had fun was an understatement. They tried jet ski, kayak and even just raced with the inflatable toys. We’ll come back! Those two pabos shouted playfully at the shining blue water as they walked with their hands clasped together towards their cottage. Both were pushing each other lightly for their feet kept on sinking under the sand and definitely feeling really heavy with their jeans and shirts on.

“I’m hungry,” said Dara while looking for her luggage. 

“Me too,” said Donghae as he looked for his bag. “We can order for food.”

Dara chuckled and looked at him in disbelief. “Mwo? Where? This is a private island. The houses we saw a while ago were private as well.”

“Deh. But I saw on the pamphlet in our coffee table that the nearest island to this delivers food with their motorboats. It’s cool, deh?”

“Oh.” She nodded at him. “Yeah. It is.”

“I’ll call them after taking a bath.” Donghae told her. He finally found his bag and opened it. He crossed his brows after taking the only clothes in there, leaving another black brief and stared at the other stuff s packed that made the bag full. He almost gasped but held it as he closed the bag and hid it under the chair. They’re all idiots! 

“Dara.” He went behind her who was busy looking for something under the bed. “You go and use the bathroom first. I can wait.” He smiled thoughtfully.

But she didn’t reply.

“Dara?”

He had to step back when she stood up hastily rom kneeling after pulling a small black bag and put it on the bed.

“What’s that?” He asked and went beside her. The bag has a note attached on top of it.

        I had to sneak into Chaerin and Kiko’s closet to raid for these. If they happened to catch me, they’d really kill me. You don’t have any luggage but only this. Wae? You’ll only stay there for a night, right? Oh. Your boat arrives at 7 in the morning tomorrow so eat your breakfast early. I, along with the Super Junior sunbaenims, really wanted to extend your vacation for a week but president hyung wants to talk to you immediately and has been scolding me whenever he sees me. Tch. He’s getting really cranky as he gets older. Anyway, please tell Donghae hyung that he owes me this. Big time. Enjoy! :)
                                                                                                               - GD

“Owes him? Wae? What does that mean?” Donghae asked her which she shrugged off.

The moment Dara opened that bag was the same moment all the humiliation in the world hit her. They both stood there frozen while looking at whatever Kwon Jiyong packed for her.

Two-piece bikinis. Lots of them. In different colors.

Dara controlled herself to tear and torch the bikinis on her front. This is not helping, you stupid dragon! This is a woman trafficking! She swore she’d kill that punk when they get back. Donghae had to look away and cleared his throat. There it is again. The temperature’s room heading to 100 degrees. I love you Kwon Jiyong! Bigbang fighting! Kings! He wanted to shout. Both were soaking wet but were feeling hot all of a sudden too. She zipped the bag again in much irritation and kept on glaring at it. 

“I-I’d just . . . I’d just wear this. It’s fine. It’s comfy.” She said to no one. She was referring to her jeans and huge black shirt dripping the floor with water and sand sticking around her everywhere. 

“Here.” She was surprised when Donghae handed her his clothes on his hand. “Wear this then.” He smiled at her comfortingly.

“A-aniyo.”

“Come on.” He took her hand and made her hold to his dry, fresh clothes.

“What will you wear then?” She glanced at the luggage that s packed and noticed that it was as small as the bag of bikinis that the dragon prepared. “How many shirts do you have? Shorts?” She eyes him questioningly.

“Uhm.” He pursed his lips to the side, debating if he should tell the truth or not. “One.”

“Mwo?!” Her eyes widened. “But your bag looks so full. What else do you have in there?”

Donghae gulped nervously. What’s inside it? Lots and lots of boxes with different flavors of CONDOMS. Should he answer that? I don’t think so but Kyuhyun and Sungmin were so ecstatic last night as they filled his bag with them. “Uhmm.” Paused. “Well,” He chuckled awkwardly. “Bathroom slippers?”

.       .      .      .       .       .

“Bathroom slippers?” Dara glanced at his bag again. But it really looks so full with stuff.

“D-deh. Uhm. Bathroom slippers.” Paused. “Eight of them.”

.       .      .      .       .       .

“Eight?” She was dumbfounded. “Wae?”

Donghae raked his mind but couldn’t find any reason. “For sanitary reasons and . . . convenience?”

Dara could just blink her eyes. “Convenience?”

But he just smiled hopefully that she would just take it.

“O-okay.” She nodded hesitantly and looked at his clothes on her hand. “You sure I can use these?”

“Yeah. Yes. Sure.” He replied so fast. “We can just wash these clothes that we’re wearing for us to use tomorrow.”

Dara nodded in agreement. “Deh. Deh. We can. I’ll do it later. Just give me your clothes after I finished in the bathroom.”

“Ani.” He shook his head. “I’ll do it. You don’t have-”

“Just give it to me. Arachi?”

Donghae shut his mouth and smiled brightly. “Yes ma’am!” He gave her a salute.

Dara looked back at his clothes again. It was a big white shirt. She’ll wear his clothes again after two years. She held the shirt with her left hand while the other stuff that he handed her left on her right. Her gaze fell on the dark blue short of his. Of course, he needs to wear this! Dara was about to give it back to him when she got a hold of his another personal thing. 

Lee Donghae’s black brief.

Steam of embarrassment letting out her ears and nose as she stared at it and her mind already wandered to dangerous places. Donghae in his black brief. He’s  . . . ! He’s ing hot! 

Donghae creased his brows as he saw her staring at something with widened rabbit eyes. He gasped when he saw what was it. “Mian-” But he didn’t finish his sentence when Dara gave him his shorts and brief hurriedly and ran to the bathroom while blushing furiously.

He took the time to recover for that. “I-I’ll j-just go . . . uhm . . . out t-to call at the r-restaurant.”

Donghae finished preparing the food he ordered. There were chicken, lobsters, crabs, buttered veggies and mango smoothies. He waited for her as he sat on one of the chairs on the dining table. The namja took a huge cut of carrot with his fork and put it in his mouth. He has yet to bite it when their bedroom’s door opened, revealing Sandara Park wearing his thin white shirt and under it was a light pink two-piece bikini. She hadn’t combed her hair and was using a towel to dry it while looking straight at his eyes. Dara looked so much delicious in his eyes than any food in the world.

Donghae swallowed the big cut of carrot down his throat only to choke to death. He didn’t know what to do. Call her name for help or drink his water. Dara was alarmed and rushed to his side and patted his back. “Yah! Are you okay?! Yah Donghae!”

The fish shook his head as he kept on hitting his chest. He was having a hard time breathing already.

“Water! Drink! Drink!” Dara grabbed a glass and gave to him as she kept on patting his back. Donghae gulped the water trying to save his dear life. He was panting when the carrot finally reached his stomach.

“Are you okay?” 

He looked at the woman beside and saw her concerned face but . . . he was just a man too. Donghae glanced on her chest near on his face and even with his thin shirt on . . . Her small, milky s. Donghae looked back at the table and filled his glass with water and drank it in a matter of second before falling on the floor on his knees as he ran away from her and off to the bathroom.

“What in the world-” Dara stared at the door of their bedroom. She looked at herself from head to toe.

She sat where he sat a while ago and got her mango smoothie. She nodded as she took a sip from it. Dara glanced at her legs, wiggling under the table. “Pabo.” And smirked.

Donghae almost slip inside the bathroom as he closed it. He was still panting for his life. He turned the shower on without taking his clothes off and closed his eyes and leaned on the wall, letting the water run through his hair down to his still clothed body. 

He groaned in annoyance and frustration.

“Jiyong. I think the bikini is a bad idea.”

 “What’s taking him so long?” Dara already started eating the lobster. Her monster stomach couldn’t wait anymore. She was famished! She straightened her back and drank her glass of water when she heard the door opened. “Mian. I already started eating. I couldn’t-” The words stuck in as she saw Donghae only in his dark blue shorts. Beads of water from that cold shower could be seen flowing from his neck down to his glorious s and abs. 

Dara grabbed her smoothie quickly and emptied it as he walked towards the table. Brainfreeze! She closed her eyes and massaged her forehead. I just took a bath so why does it feel like El Nino here? She wondered and ate her lobster again without daring to look at Donghae. She put the lobster in only to spit it out. She just tried to eat its shell.

“I already put our clothes in the washing machine.” Donghae told her which she just nodded.

Their whole lunch was covered with an utmost silence and awkwardness. No one dared to speak or even look at each other. It sure is hot here in Maldives. Their last thought as they finished eating. 

The two decided to go for a scuba diving. Donghae contacted the hotel in the nearby island for their schedule. The hotel said that their instructor and a tour guide would come at 2 in the afternoon.

Dara sat on a large sized white hammock tied on two coconut trees near their cottage. She was barefooted as she used her feet to swing her back and forth. 

How on Earth will I tell Donghae that I already know everything, Jiyong? Dara sighed as she stared at the horizon. If she were to admit, it wasn’t about her telling the truth that bothered her. That she couldn’t do. What would happen after that? Is the thing that kept on pulling her and turning her tail.

She was gotten out of trance when she saw a shadow on her front. 

“Do you want to sleep first? I can do the swinging for you.” Donghae smiled at her hopefully.

Hae . . .

How?

“Dara?”

She shook her head slowly at him and he creased his brows. He was a little worried when he saw her from afar, spacing and . . . melancholic?

“Dara? Is there something wr-”

“Sit.”

That he took the time to get. “Huh?”

“I said, sit.” She smiled at him.

“Oh.” She wanted me to sit? “O-okay.” Donghae was about to sit on the warm sand when Dara laughed and protested. 

“Ani! Ani! Hahaha! Aigoo!”

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