“It’s just a few more meters away,” Alex’s boyfriend said as he and the tigress treaded through some rather thick greens and shrubs. Her boyfriend wore a pair of swimming shorts, a Singha Beer tank top, and had a backpack slung over his shoulder. His feet dug into the sand as they went in further and further to this “hidden gem” place that he found when he was riding into the island’s town to buy the striped feline some tampons that she needed. After he found it, he came back with Alex’s tampons, and an exciting plan for them to go have a little private picnic away from the resort. As they ventured further down the slightly overgrown path following the clear motorbike tracks that he had left, he became slightly worried that he had led them to nowhere and they were lost. “I swear it was around here somewhere… It wasn’t very far last time…”

Alex rolled her eyes behind her rose-tinted sunglasses and looked down at her feet as her beans dug into the sand with each step. The picnic basket with their food and drinks swung back and forth slightly with each step she took. After a few seconds, she looked back up and ahead at her boyfriend’s back as he used his hands to push away some of the vegetation that was in their path. “That’s because you were on a motorbike, remember?” Alex chuckled.

“Oh, right. Probably should have extended our rent period of that thing, huh?” he snickered, “But we’re almost there! It’ll be worth it, I promise!!” He looked over his shoulder and down at his girlfriend. He kept his hands out in front of him to move those pesky plants out of the way for the both of them. After a few minutes of walking along the path and clearing the weeds and shrubs out of their way, Alex’s boyfriend started to grin and point in front of him. “Aha! Here we are!” he said with a proud and happy chuckle. A few steps later, they were off the small path and were now in a more open area, the area that Alex’s boyfriend was talking about. Mostly flat landscape, with many green trees and bushes. It all looked rather well-kempt as if it were looked after. But there wasn’t a person in sight, other than the two of them, that is. As Alex came out from the shrubs on that small path, she walked up to stand beside her boyfriend and let out a soft sigh when she laid her eyes on the secret spot that he was talking about.

They both stood there in awe at what they were looking at; there was a massive flowing river that sliced through the huge plain that they were on. The best part? The water was extremely clear. They weren’t even that close to the river and they could make out the sediments, rocks, and fish that were in there. The sound of the river running and the leaves on top of the trees rustling were the only sounds they could hear. Alex’s boyfriend let out a soft sigh and turned to look at his girlfriend to catch her reaction to this secret place he had found.

“Whoa…” the tigress broke the silence as her eyes looked all over at the trees, the river, and just everything that was in front of her. “This is beautiful…” She took in a deep breath through her nose and filled her lungs with fresh air. “You were right, this is definitely worth it.” She turned to her boyfriend and grabbed his hand to squeeze it. The squeeze got her boyfriend to smile and squeeze her little hand back.

“C’mon, I have a perfect spot for our picnic,” he said and nudged his head to the left where the spot he had in mind was. He began to walk over towards the designated picnic spot and kept holding his girlfriend’s hand to bring her along with him. They got closer to the river, but stopped just shy of dipping their feet into the wet sand, and walked around 30 meters until they were at a large tree that offered an abundance of shade to the grassy ground underneath it. Her boyfriend let go of her hand when they arrived and took off his backpack to get all their picnic goodies out and set up. First, he got the mat out and spread it out on the floor to give them somewhere to sit, then he pulled out some pillows, towels, and a small speaker for them to play some tunes on. Alex then put the picnic basket she had down on the mat, pulled out some canned drinks, and sat down. Her button-up blouse that partially covered up her black bikini-clad body opened up as she sat down and caught her boyfriend’s attention as he sat down directly across from her. He spent a few seconds admiring the revealing clothes Alex had on before he had to divert his attention to the soda can that was tossed towards him.

“Whoa!” he caught the can in his hand before its projected trajectory would have had it land directly on his crotch. “Give me a heads-up next time! That would have hit me in the dick!”

“Where’s the fun in that?” Alex chuckled, cracked open her can of pop, and took a sip.