Beautiful Sunset

Cassie leads the way. She takes the trail where the trees are in full bloom this season. Occasionally, she takes a peep at her bike's side mirror... 

Shun's frowning face now brightens. It was like his true self; he seemed now enjoying this walk. Cassie sighed, relieved that her Master was in a good mood now. 

But still has no courage to talk to him about the few things she wants to straighten out between them as employer and employee. 

Or, as a boss and his maid? Because she began feeling that he was spoiling her, she didn't understand why he had to do those completely unnecessary things.

He is her Master to serve with, not the other way around. Cassie thought. 

"Oh, look, Master!" She's lifted her left arm, pointing at the trees; she sees that the fruits are now good to harvest.

Shun fixes his gaze, following the direction her finger is pointing... it was a fruit tree, and the fruits are now at the right time to harvest.

Cassie stops pedaling, jumps off her bike, drops her bag on the ground, and runs excitedly toward the tree. She was about to climb when an angry voice was yelling behind her.

"What are you doing, Cassandra?" Shun asked angrily.

It confused her. What's the problem with this guy? She sighed.

"Have you not realized you are a girl?" he asked her.

Still confused, she replied, "Why? I just wanted to pick some fruits. I believe everyone could harvest, whether a girl or a boy," she reasoned, which upset Shun even more. 

What was this young girl thinking? Shun stressed out inwardly. He said, "Cassandra, have you not analyzed the situation? It is not only dangerous for you to climb that tree but think first! You are not alone, and you are wearing a skirt!" Shun explains, trying to control his anger.

What if Cassie was with another man and not him? Shun thought. He began realizing this place was dangerous for Cassie to take, especially when she was alone. Who knows?

What if someone loses some screw on their heads and does something to Cassie? If ever, a convenient to-do a crime. This forest is entirely isolated and far from the residents. He doesn't like the scenes playing inside his head. 

Starting tomorrow, he will not allow Cassie to take this route anymore. He must assign someone to watch and ensure this girl won't behave recklessly. He sighed one more time.

On the other hand, Cassie doesn't know what Shun is thinking and only stares at him for the next few seconds. She also has no idea why he is angry at her again.

"My goodness Cassie, you should realize I am a man. What if you are with someone else? Have you not thought it is indecent for a girl like you, at your age, to be still doing such things?" his scolding.

'This stubborn girl!' Shun grumbled inwardly when Cassie kept her silence.

On the other hand, Cassie began to realize that.

Shun is right. She's wearing a school uniform. Before the last period ended, someone from the volleyball team exchanged clothes with her since she was wearing a PE uniform, and that person forgot to bring something for practice.

Even though she wore fitted cotton undershorts, still embarrassing if someone saw her under her skirt! She never did realize that her clothes were not appropriate.

She has company today, and she used to be alone doing this thing, so she lost her mind about it. After realizing this, her face got red. What am I thinking?

She looked away and bit her lower lip. "I am sorry, Master. I-- I just used to be alone, which is why I never thought of this before," she admitted.

"Alright, if you really want to eat this fruit, let me be the one to climb."

She was stunned. Seriously? She can't believe it! Shun looked up at the tree, then studied how to climb it. Luckily, its branches were low, and he could climb them easily. He began to reach the lower stem and then stepped into it; he climbed effortlessly.

He began picking up some ripe fruits; looking down at Cassie, he asked her to catch them, but the young girl just stared blankly at him.

"Cassie?" he shouted once more."I am saying, prepare to catch them!" Shun repeated himself.

"Uh, okay, master!" she replied enthusiastically. She then makes a pose, preparing to catch.

Shun, one by one, drops the fruits. She's good at catching, so she never misses any. In the end, they harvest more than they can carry.

Shun and Cassie looked at each other. After realizing this, they can't help but laugh, not noticing how they had fun.

Shun patted her head. "Let's use my shirt to bring the rest," Shun resolves.

They fill the basket on her bike, and Shun removes his T-shirt. Cassie's eyes widen, then she quickly averts her gaze from staring at Shun's perfect physique.

What is he doing? She glances at Shun, who is tying both ends of his shirt sleeves to cover the hole on its neck, then he begins putting inside the rest of the fruits.

"Can you carry them, Master?" she asked worriedly.

Shun chuckles. "What do you think?" 

Shun carries his shirt full of fruits effortlessly. He regularly exercises at his house or hotel, so he keeps his built this way. Thus, carry the fruits is nothing.

"Let's take the shore, Master!" an idea popped inside her head.

"Hmm? Sounds a great idea," Shun smiled at her suggestion. It's been a while trailing near the shore. He thought.

Cassie leads the way, pedaling extra slowly as she notices Shun's pace slowing down due to carrying so many fruits in his arms. She can't help but grin. He looks so handsome, and his muscular body is...

Wait! Why is she thinking about it now? Cassandra thought. She shook her head and buried this strange feeling surge in her chest. 

Meanwhile, Shun gasped and was amazed at what was displayed in front of him.

The sky began changing color, and the sun was preparing to rest on this side of the world for the day.

Cassie notices how he is mesmerized by the scenery. Many tourists discovered that the sunset on this Island is the best in the world, which is why many lovers travel to watch the sunset.

Shun and Cassie are now headed home. And as expected, they found few lovers had their spots on the shore. Most of them have cameras in their hand to capture this moment. Some lovers took photos of each other, but some couples stayed seated in the sand and enjoyed the sun about to set.

There are also guests having a photo shoot of the beautiful sunset, waiting patiently for the sun to kiss the saltwater.

Then she notices the kids playing tag on the beach, and Cassie recognizes them.

"What are you doing here? It's a little farther from home, isn't it?" she asked the kids. They are from the other side of the island.

"We accompanied the foreigners, sister Cassie!" replied the eldest of them.

"I see," she nodded.

Cassie glanced at Shun. Even though she is an orphan, she lives more comfortably than before. Somehow, she thinks she is luckier. Compared to these kids who tried to earn money at such a young age because of the poverty they're living in.

She smiled while staring at Shun's face, then the guy turned his head and caught her. Shun's head tilted to the other side like asking her what it was.

Startled, she's trying to find an alibi. "Ah, I think we should share the fruits with them!"

"Sure! That's a good idea." The truth is, he started feeling numb from carrying this heavy. He began thinking exercising was not enough; he needed to use heavy things. Maybe he should help to bring the bags of cement into the truck or shovel gravel?

Ah, this does not matter for now. Shun thought, then watched Cassie giving fruits to the kids. 

Cassie opens his shirt and takes out a lot of fruits to give to the kids. They are so happy receiving them, then happily eating.

"You know, I admired these kids," she told Shun. 

"At such a young age, they tried to earn little money as their parents only have an ordinary life, so their parents just can't give less to them." This situation is common anywhere, she believes. 

"Let's go and share the fruits with everyone back home."

"Okay, Master!"