(The final part of Cumming All Over the World, please start at Part One if you haven't read Part One or Two first. I hope you come back and enjoy the story!)
Tim's extended time in Tuvalu had started off poorly, there was no doubt about it. He had four days in which to find a Tuvaluan to cover in cum, and three days later he'd had no luck. He was in Funafuti, the capital ciy, and had checked into the creatively named Funafuti lodge, but now he considered that this was probably a mistake. They considered themselves a five-star hotel, which was great for him, but also made it less likely that he would meet anybody from Tuvalu, who not only had no need for hotels but, for the most part, couldn't afford somewhere like the lodge, which was a massive tourist trap.
Walking about Funafuti during the day, it was obvious to everyone that the only people he was attracting were the local street walkers, and Tim had no interest in giving them anything, desperate for a volunteer. But as he started his final evening in the capital sat at the hotel bar, he considered that, unless a miracle occurred he no longer had a choice.
"It's nice to see someone who knows what they like."
Looking up in surprise, his eyes having been focused upon his beer, he now spotted a curvaceous, dark-skinned woman playing with her drink, something murky with a cherry in it.
"I have minimum standards," he intoned glumly, "and I'm beginning to understand why there are so few tourists."
"Because we're in the arse end of nowhere?" The woman laughed.
Noting the 'we', Tim considered the woman again. He'd spent a lot of time in the Pacific islands, and at times it was difficult to differentiate some of the Pacifica people between themselves, a feeling he'd heard from Pacific islanders more than once, but this one was dressed in a manner that expressed professionalism, whereas usually relaxation and chilling out was the way to go.
"That certainly makes sense," he admitted, "but I think it's partly due to the lack of industrialism."
"Okay," the woman shrugged, "but I'm happy with that, so fuck your industrialism."
Laughing, Tim didn't disagree, instead looking at her with increased interest.
"Are you not surprised that someone like me can afford this place?" the woman asked in what Tim considered a provocative manner.
Tim shrugged at the question, taking a swig of his drink.
"No, that would be pretty fucking rude."
Eliciting a belly laugh, Tim turned to assess her properly, holding his hand out as he did so.
"Name's Timothy Smith," he spoke as the woman took his outstretched hand, holding it in her own for, what he considered, to be an overly long time, although he took the opportunity to admire her. She had light brown skin, long black hair and a round face which contained small but luminous eyes, as well as a large nose and lips. Wearing a sundress, it was not only weather-appropriate but also flowed attractively over her curves, revealing her long legs that reflected her height.
"I am Eselealofa Teo," her voice was deep, but had a lightness to it that made it feminine, "but you can call me Ese, pronounced 'ee-zy'."
"Am I to gather you are from here, having fucked my industrialism so readily?"
"I am," Ese smiled, to which a small part of Tim's brain went 'kerching!' "But I no longer live here, I am merely visiting family."
"I assume they all live in Funafuti? Otherwise to get about anywhere in this place you've got to travel on the back of a donkey, right?"
"You mock Tuvalu's size, Timothy," her words were defensive, her tone casual, "but it means that I have seen all my country. How many British, American or Australians can say that they have done the same? How can anyone claim that they know and understand their country if they have only, and will only, ever see a small part of it?"
"That's true," Tim spoke thoughtfully, "but you left your country. How do you know that things haven't changed? That your country is still the same one you left behind? Was moving for your education worth no longer knowing your country as it is now, instead grasping onto how it was?"
It was Ese's turn to pause, yet her smile seemed to show genuine warmth rather than any anger or frustration.
"It allows me to see the changes, to assess how things are in comparison to how they were. How did you know I moved for my education? The University of Queensland if you're interested."
Tim waved his hand to indicate her. "All this, your dress, your mannerisms and your intelligence. Not that others around here aren't intelligent," he backtracked slightly, "just that yours seemed well-honed and practised. I work with people, and while I'm not always right, having a rough idea in advance lets me know who's going to be a difficult bastard and who's going to be incredibly pleasant."
"And which am I?" Ese teased, "A difficult bastard, or incredibly pleasant?"
"Who's to say you can't be both?"
Ese laughed. "I am sure my mother would agree with that assessment, especially when we argued about me going abroad to study. Not an appropriate thing for a young lady to want," she shrugged heavily, a sigh escaping at the same time, "but now she owns her own home and boat, so I hear no more complaints. I was difficult at the time, but time would consider me a futurist. Who is right? Both, and neither."
The early evening sun was a fitting backdrop as Tim and Ese spent the next hour or more conversing about anything that came to mind, the drinks flowing easily until Tim began to feel hungry.
"Care to join me at the hotel's restaurant?" He offered, which Ese seemed surprised by.
"Dinner? I assumed you just wanted to get me drunk and have your way with me before tossing me away like a piece of rubbish." Her eyes sparkled as she spoke, possibly from the alcohol, but also from genuine interest.
"I'm enjoying your company and I'd like to continue our conversation," his eyes twinkled "If you'd rather have my dick thrust in your mouth, I can do that, but I am also hungry, so I would probably abandon you when I was done to get something to eat. This way, if you'd like have my dick in you, I might have the energy to go for longer."
Ese released a belly laugh, full of amusement and interest.
"I am happy to have something in me first before you, but I wasn't thinking of putting it in my mouth. At least," she murmured, "not for too long..."
Intrigued, Tim offered his arm to Ese who took it without hesitation, and was how they stayed on the short walk to the restaurant, where they were seated outside overlooking the sea. Tim was disappointed that the dishes were mainly western influenced, although Ese ordered the 'poke', sliced and seasoned raw fish. Not trusting anything that hadn't been cooked with several more flights and long journeys before him, Tim went for the curry.
Staring out towards the sea, Tim and Ese were quieter than they had been at the bar, the questions fewer as they nursed their drinks, waiting for their food to arrive, both taking in the beauty of the world around them, as well as stealing glances at each other. It was only when they had finished their meals which were delightfully delicious, and they'd moved their chairs next to each other to face the sea, did Tim broach the subject of why he was where he was.
"I mentioned that I'm here for work, yes?" Tim asked, Ese nodding in confirmation. "And I told you I'm a photographer, yes?"
"It is not a surprise," Ese smiled, "look at the beauty that surrounds us! Tuvalu is, undoubtedly, a country that photographs well."
"As it happens, I'm not here for the nature," he confessed, "I'm here for the beauty of the people. Or, specifically, one person."
Carefully and quietly, Tim explained the project that he was working on, Ese looking on without emotion.
"... and that's why I would be honoured if you would be one of the people in my project. Apart from Tuvalu, I only have one country left, and then I can return to my normal life. This project," he admitted, "has pretty much taken up my life for the past two and half years, partly because I have only used volunteers, those who understand and believe in the project. But also because, having got so far I can't imagine giving up."
Ese was quiet and, for the first time that evening, unsure and uncertain, as if blind-sided by the revelation.
"What would you have done if I hadn't talked to you at the bar?" She asked quietly, "how far would you go to finish the project?"
"Then I'd probably fly home tomorrow without Tuvula completed," he admitted, "it's such a tiny country, most people haven't heard of it, so I could probably get away without it," he smiled sadly, "hell, I hadn't heard of it until I began scouring the globe obsessively," He shook his head caught up in his thoughts, "I'm glad I've done it though," he admitted, "you talked before about not having seen all of Britain? Well, before this, I'd barely seen any of the world, just tiny parts of it, and even though I met a lot of people in the UK, I have learnt so much about the world we live in. Quite a lot of stuff that is horrible, but also so many people who are working desperately against all of that horrible stuff. It's been... uplifting. But after this, I'll probably end up going back home and returning to doing wedding photography, spending time with the friends and family I've ignored for this. The exhibition will come and go, and likely no one will see it, but I've got to try."