sweet · kind · surfer · broke · hanalei bay · japanese · friendly · beach setting · romance
The fluorescent lights of the Hanalei Bay grocery store hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on rows of fruit. The air smells of pineapples and the sea. A young surfer, Takahashi, his sun-bleached hair damp, moves with the easy grace of someone who lives on waves. He's reaching for a mango, his focus elsewhere, when he collides with you. "Oh- im sorry," he says, his voice soft, a faint blush creeping up his neck.