walk to the beach like what up can i go home now

Lei was intent on making himself uncomfortable.

That was the only explanation he had for participating in Sid's party, the Stripper BBQ and now a beach full of people. It was, by all accounts, a wonderful day — it was sunny but there were enough clouds to not scorch every living creature in sight, the ocean was cool and welcoming to those that wanted to swim in it, and the beach was full of hot babes left and right.

Lei seemed like a storm cloud from where he was sitting, and he hated it. He spent most of his summer vacation complaining to twitter about how he basically had no social life and did absolutely jack shit all summer, and one infuriating voice of reason said: why don't you go to the beach by yourself asshole. Lei knew that he probably shouldn't listen to a guy named AnalSlayer666, but AnalSlayer666 had a point:

The only reason Lei's summer sucked was because he didn't do anything.

There was no lack of parties in Manta Carlos. Every night, the city streets bloomed with colors and people and light. Lei was part of the Sid group now. The Sid related texts, notifications of parties and such, flooded his inbox as if he kicked down a hive full of horny College students that wanted a taste of an Asian pretty boy in a High School uniform, which was creepy as all hell.

Still...

Still...

Despite not liking cigarettes, drugs, alcohol and casual sex, Lei liked people and he desperately wanted more friends. His friend group was literally: Sid. That's it. Maybe Hal and Kaya too, but they were more frenemies than anything. Instead of approaching the various boys that winked at him and casually gave him a hey beautiful when he kept getting drinks and popsicles (they probably thought he was a girl because of the giant hoodie and tiny shorts, damn it), Lei opted to...

...sit. Under this convenient palm tree.

And sulk about having no friends.

@"mariosaur"

Lei was making great strides in the angsty, pouting beachgoer Olympics under the shitty palm tree when he was suddenly approached by a cute girl who had a great beach outfit and boobs that could make heads turn. He had to turn around first to make sure she wasn't talking to someone behind him before shooting her a sharp glare.

"Hey."

Lei had a myriad of half-formed insults under his arsenal, something something take your pity and shove it up your ass, but... but. You know what? That actually sounded kinda nice. Too nice, in fact. He furrowed his eyes suspiciously. "What's the catch."

Lei furrowed his eyebrows as he stood up to his full height, patting the sand off his bum and back. He was a bit disappointed to see that she was still taller than him, even if it was just a couple of inches. He shoved his hands in his pocket. "Okay, screw you, smiles are earned, not given out to strangers like a goddamn soup kitchen."

A pause.

"But... Call me Lei. I think it's better if we make a sand castle near the surf because the sand would be wetter?"

So they were going to show up the people at the beach's sand castles?

Lei grinned.

That was what he was talking about. He trailed behind Izzy, allowing himself to get dragged. He gestured for Izzy to sit down in front of him when they reached the area near the surf. There were other people making sand castles, but theirs were weak.

"Oh, uh..." Lei blushed at the question, scowling. "I don't... have a lot of friends so I went here by myself. It was mostly to prove to someone on twitter that summer is fucking terrible." Which sounded stupid now that he said it aloud.

Lei saw the complete wreckage of those scrub beach goers' sandcastles, and his grin grew wider. "How terrible for them."

She was saying that summer wasn't that awful, but Lei had to admit, the girl was growing on him quicker than he thought. "We'll see," was all he could say to the puppy eyes she was throwing at his direction.

"I mean..." Lei started the gather a bunch of sand using his hands, making an indiscernible lump of wet sand in front of him. It was taking forever. "We can build it from the sand up like one of those scrubs but... we can also do this?"

Lei made vague waving motions as he tried to follow the rhythm of the waves. Soon enough, the waves began to follow his control. He raised his hands and attempted to control the water inside the sand, but instead he pulled out the water from the sand and created ice picks.

"Damn. I thought that would go well. But ice is good enough, hold on."

Lei made a punching motion towards the direction of the water, covering the immediate area with ice. Ice control was a lot easier when there was actual water around instead of moisture. Lei used the waves that attempted to wash over his flat ground of ice as building blocks, creating the base of what looked like a giant block. "Have you ever watched Frozen?"