sunkissed ✯ jj maybank

iv. diver down

"strawberry ice cream , one spoon for two."

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"can i take your order ?" i say , looking down at my notepad.

"are you on the menu ?"

"excuse me ?" i snap my head up. "oh , jj. you scared me , asshole."

he laughs. "sorry , just wanted to see you before we go diving this afternoon. when do you go on break ?"

i try and stop myself from smiling. "ten minutes , okay ? wait for me."

he nods. "always."

i finish taking my last few orders , and go into the back. "kie , i'm going on break , okay ?" i hang up my apron.

"have fun with jj." she says , in an almost sing-songy voice.

i scoff. "don't take that tone with me , young lady. we're just friends , before you start getting ideas."

she smiles knowingly. "sure , honey. sure."

i laugh and go out the front to meet jj. "okay , sir , i'm ready. where are you whisking me off to ?"

"you'll have to wait and see." he shrugs.

"what , you gonna blindfold me ?" i giggle.

he pulls his bandana off. "well , you sort of ruined it , but .. yeah."

i squeal. "no fuckin' way are you putting that on m-" he put the bandana on me.

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"are we there yet ? feels like we've been walking for ages."

"quit complaining. almost there." jj says.

i stumble but he catches me in time. "fallin' for me already ?"

i scoff. "okay , that's it. i'm taking this fuckin' bandana off." i rip it off and look in awe at what's in front of me.

"ya like it ?" jj asks.

"an ice cream shop. how'd you know i loved ice cream ?" i eagerly walk up to it.

he rolls his eyes. "um - everyone loves ice cream ?"

"oh , right. forgot." we get inside and i look over all the flavours. "all i'm saying is , there better be unlimited samples." jj laughs.

after what feels like an enternity of trying samples , i finally settle on strawberry. which , secretly , i knew i was going to pick in the first place. jj picks nutella. a delicious classic.

we go for a walk on the beach , enjoying our ice creams. "this is heavenly. i want to quit my job and become a professional ice cream taster." i look up. "speaking of tasting , can i try yours ?"

jj rolls his eyes , but nods. he puts the ice cream out for me to try it , and i go in to taste the delicio- he put it on my nose. of course he did. i grab his ice cream , and put some on his nose , because there's no way i'm sacrificing my ice cream for his nose. so not worth it. he leans forward and takes a lick of mine.

i gasp. "how dare you ?"

he licks it off his lips. "mhm .. strawberry."

i slap his arm. "next time , you won't be alive to eat my ice cream."

he raises an eyebrow. "why , what are you gonna do ?"

"i'll get my brother on you."

"is he hot ?" jj winks.

we both burst into fits of laughter.

"ew , never say "hot" while talking about my brother again."

he laughs. "okay , sorry , sorry. we both know i only have eyes on one kimura-kinsley anyways."