Outrun The World

Chapter 9

"I knew it. You have a pair of heavy ass!" He Tian called out, cupping a hand to his mouth while looking up at Mo Guan Shan who's struggling to go further up the coconut tree. He's not going far by the looks of it but he's stubbornly clinging to the coconut trunk, refusing to come down.

"Don't listen to him. You're doing good for a first-timer!" Rica called from below. "Just. . .stick to the tree and don't let your ass hang down."

"Go, go! Sexy ass! Dibs on that plump ass hanging down the tree!" He Tian called out again.

"Ugh! Get off my fucking ass!" Mo Guan Shan barked back as he tried to find his footing on the tree's rough trunk. It should be easy because the coconut trees had these cut all over their trunks for an easier foothold. But the further he went, the harder it was to go on. Plus he's too scared. His fingers were raw from grasping the rough bark of the tree and he's sweating really hard, his eyes stung with sweat and he can't wipe them off in fear of falling down.

"Just get down here, will you? Your posture is creeping me out," He Tian called. "You look like a sloth on caffeine."

Rica bursted out laughing and Mo Guan Shan would laugh too, if he wasn't desperately hanging on for dear life.

"Oh gods, please stop! Don't distract him," Rica said but her laugh was distracting him too and it's taking every ounce of strength for Mo Guan Shan to not let go and shove their heads up their own asses.

"Once I get to the top I'll drop a fucking coconut on your heads, both of you!" Mo Guan Shan called but then black ants were swarming on his arms and the next thing he knew, he had let go of the trunk.

"Shit!" He Tian muttered and quickly sprang up to catch Mo Guan Shan's falling body. Rica screamed. He caught him but they both fell in a tangled heap on the grass, groaning. "You asshole!"

Mo Guan Shan laughed, spreading his arms wide on the deep green grass. Right next to his head was a fresh and undisturbed carabao poop that looked like a whole layer of moist chocolate cake. It always amazed He Tian how carabaos produce such yummy looking piles of shit.

"Ants bit me," Mo Guan Shan said, chuckling.. "Good job not diving face first on the poop."

"Shut up, sexy ass."

"Let's just get someone to climb these trees for us, okay?" Rica said, face red with suppressed laughter. "Nice catch, He Tian."

"Fuck you, woman," He Tian answered and gave the girl a finger. "You scared the shit out of me!"

"Yeah, I almost shit myself too," Mo Guan Shan admitted. He Tian's face hovered over him so he reached out and pulled his head down to press their lips together. "There, there."

He Tian gave him a dangerous smirk.

"You little sneak."

"Oi, oi, stop flirting and get over here. You do realize that a falling coconut could crush your baby skulls, right?" Rica called out. She stood next to a dark-skinned teenager with a toned body of a hard-worker, wearing a pair of jersey short pants and no top. The resemblance of the two was uncanny but what's remarkable was the boy's small face and androgenous features. "This is Nato, the best climber in town."

"Oh, bag it," the boy said, rolling his eyes. "I still want my money."

"I'm not a cheapskate! I'll pay you, you greedy cousin! I'll tell your mother about this!" Rica said, acting like a wronged heroine. "Kids these days. Can't even do something without asking for payment."

"Heh, don't blame our generation if yours was dumber."

After receiving a good smack at the back of the head from the older generation's bottled up grudge, Nato apologetically clammed up but he's obviously not one to back out from a battle of insults. He Tian decided he liked the kid.