After long hours on the bus, they finally arrive at the destination and everyone groan because it's really dark and cold. Everyone glare at Jongdae who then looks back nervously while playing with the hem of his shirt.
"S-sorry guys ... The timing is kinda off ..." Jongdae mumbles apologetically.
"Whatever Jongdae, we'll scold you tomorrow but for now can you just lead the way so we can all go to sleep?" Minseok says, his hands resting on his hips.
"Uh-uhm yeah, we just need to go up there" Jongdae stammers as he pointed toward a pathway up a small hill and everyone groan again.
"Kim.Jongdae." Baekhyun growls. "I thought you said we were going on a vacation? Climbing up hill that lead to no where is not a vacation!"
Jongdae frowns and looks at the ground, somehow he feels guilty all of a sudden. "I swear this place is really nice in the morning! And this is a vacation! We're camping, camping counts as vacation right?"
"When you said vacation, i was thinking about maybe a beach or something nice, not a freaking hill in the middle of no where" Jongin rolls his eyes and ruffles his hair frustratingly.
"I'm sorry ..." Jongdae mutters.
Kris who has been watching everyone scolding Jongdae from the side, decides to step in. "Alright guys, scolding him isn't gonna solve anything right now so let's just listen to him okay?"
Jongdae gives Kris a faint smile before leading everyone up the pathway. Minseok has warned everyone to hold hand and stick close to each other since it was dark and they wouldn't want to get lost and of course Luhan decides to hog Minseok right away while Kris refuses to hold hand because he thinks that it's "unmanly".
After walking for what seems like forever they finally reach the top where there are some lights around. Everyone slump on the ground while panting like crazy. Sehun already falls asleep using his own bag as a pillow. Kyungsoo is lying right next to Sehun, about to doze off and Jongin is still glaring at Jongdae for making him go on this unfortunate vacation.
"What's the name of this place anyway?" Suho asks while rummaging with his tent supplies.
"I think it's called Seopjikoji" Jongdae replies as he read the instruction on how to built his tent. "Wait what? What did you say?" Jongin asks suddenly. "Uhm Seopjikoji" "Isn't it haunted?" As soon as the words escape Jongin's mouth, everyone sit up with their eyes wide open, including Sehun and Kyungsoo. "W-what?" Jongdae gulps and unconsciously moving closer to Kris, who is standing near by. "Haunted?" Kyungsoo and Sehun cry out while holding each other for support. "H-haunted ... as in ghosts ...?" Baekhyun blinks and immediately joins Kyungsoo and Sehun on the ground. "Oh my gosh, Kim Jongdae! I can't believe you decide to take everyone to a haunted place!" Minseok growls while poking Jongdae's shoulder. "I didn't know it was haunted" Jongdae pouts and he's already clinging onto Kris's arm without knowing. "Okay okay, i think we should hurry and set up our tents instead of standing here" Luhan finally says because he himself is really scared too and he's afraid that if they keep standing there he just might see a ghost and faints or something. That would make him look bad. They end up only able to set up 2 tents. Kris, Luhan, Jongdae, and Minseok are in one tent. The rest stick with Suho's tent since his was big enough to fit 10 people and everyone else is too scared and tired to build their own tent anyway.
------- "H-hyung ... I'm scared ..." Jongdae mutters and moves closer to Minseok who already had his arm draped around Jongdae's waist. "Don't be, hyung's here. Plus, Luhan and Kris are on the outsides, they'll protect us okay?" Minseok whispers back and patted on Jongdae's back. After whining for forever Minseok and Jongdae succeed in taking the middle session in the tent since both of them were too scared. Kris doesn't believe in ghosts while Luhan doesn't mind sleeping next to Minseok so they both shrug it off. "Go to sleep Jongdae" It's so ironic that he tells Jongdae to sleep yet he's unable to close his eyes. Minseok sighs and stares into the darkness, quietly telling himself to sleep but it's not helping at all. He almost screams when he feels someone tapping his shoulder and then it hits him that Luhan is lying right next to him, so he turns over and squints his eyes at the boy. "Can't sleep?" Luhan whispers and Minseok sighs before shaking his head. They stay like that for a while before Luhan turns his flashlight on and speaks up. "Do you think you'll ever be able to forgive me?" Luhan asks and it catches Minseok off guards. "I mean it's been a long time and i'm not sure why you're still so mad" Luhan goes on when Minseok doesn't say anything. "I'll pay you back for everything that i took from you, i mean they were all clothes ... unless there's something else important in there then i'm really sorry. I really am, Minseok" "You don't get it do you?" Minseok finally says and Luhan is genuinely confused. "Get what?" He asks. "It's not about what you took from me ..." Minseok replies. "It never was ..." "Then what is it about?" Luhan pleads. Minseok sighs and shifts his body a little, his arm touches Luhan's slightly and he quickly moves it back. "I- You lied to me Luhan ... I gave you a chance and i trusted you and all you did was lie to me ... I mean, you made me think that we were friends but all you wanted was my stuffs ... i felt betrayed" "I'm so sorry Minseok" Luhan bites his lips. "I only did what i did because i had to, i didn't want to. And believe it or not, we were friends. I never thought i would be able to open up to anyone else other than Kris but you, you made me feel warm and welcomed... and then when i thought about what i did to you i felt really really bad and i've never feel guilty about robbing people. I mean, i robbed from kids before and i didn't care but i felt horrible after what i've done to you ... but i had to Minseok ...." "Well, you could have told me and i would have helped you out. I forgave you the first time you mugged me remember?" Minseok mumbles. "It hurt Luhan ... it really did, I trusted you and i liked you too, i thought we could be friends but ...." "We can be Minseok ..." Luhan says and reaches out to hold Minseok's hand. "Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?" Minseok pauses for a moment and stares at Luhan. He can see the sincerity in Luhan's eyes but he's still a bit scared when he thinks of the time Luhan lied to him. All the doubts quickly disappear when Luhan purses his lips slightly and looks at Minseok with anticipation. Minseok lets out a sigh and Luhan feels his heart skip a beat, waiting for Minseok to say something is even more nerve wrecking than stealing food near a police station. "Okay" Minseok finally says and Luhan's eyes widen. "What?" "Okay. I forgive you" Minseok smiles shyly. "But you better not lie to me again" Luhan grins and scoots closer to Minseok before draping his arm on Minseok's waist and mushes their cheeks together. "Oh gosh thank you so much Baozi!" Minseok pushes him away and glares at him in annoyance. "Yah, i told you to stop calling me that" Luhan frowns. "But why? It's a cute nickname, it fits you. You're cute like a bao-" "My gosh Luhan, if you say that one more time i will unfriend you" Minseok warns and Luhan presses his lips in a thin line. "Okay okay fine. I won't call you that, so don't unfriend me" Luhan rolls his eyes. "But i still think it's cute" ------- "Oh my gosh, will you just shut up and go to sleep?" Sehun hisses loudly and everyone, except Chanyeol, agrees. "Yah! Is that any way to talk to your hyung?" Chanyeol yells back and everyone groans. Chanyeol has been keeping everyone up with his constant complaining and everyone is getting fed up with it. They are all tired and just want some sleep but Chanyeol won't stop whining. "Please hyung, i beg you. Can you just please go to sleep?" Sehun sounds desperate and he really is, he's really tired from all the walking and just want some rest. "But why do i have to sleep on the outside?" Chanyeol whines once again. "Can someone just switch places with me? Jongin? Kyungsoo? Suho hyung? Lay hyung? Sehun-ah .... anyone?" "No!" They all shout in union and Chanyeol wails again. "But i'm scared! This place is haunted! What if someone ... oh my gosh, i'm too handsome the ghost will like me .... oh no ... i have to save myself for Baekhyun!" Chanyeol cries. "Hyung, i was just kidding about the haunted part. This place is fine. Please go to sleep" Jongin pleads though he wasn't lying about the haunted part. He isn't 100 percent sure but he heard about it before but he isn't going to talk about it now. Chanyeol probably won't let anyone sleep. "If so switch places with me then!" Chanyeol pouts. Baekhyun is so close to jump over and murder Chanyeol if it isn't for Kyungsoo hugging him. He takes in a deep breath and tells himself not to do anything stupid that will land him in jail. Instead, he sits up and stares at Chanyeol deep in the eyes. "Park Chanyeol, shut the hell up and go to sleep. I am this close to killing you" Baekhyun hisses as he brings his thumb and index finger up to show Chanyeol how frustrated he is. Chanyeol's eyes widen at Baekhyun's sudden outburst and he frowns. "Fine. But one condition" Everyone groan again. When are they ever going to get some rest? "No, we're not switching places with you" Baekhyun states and Chanyeol shakes his head. "No, i'll go to sleep if you agree to go on a date with me!" Baekhyun wants to barf at the thought but everyone is looking at him with pleading eyes and Baekhyun decides to take one for the team. "Fine. But i'll choose the location and you pay" "Deal!" ------- Kris stretches his arms above his head as he lets out a long yawn. Blinking his eyes when he feels something heavy around his waist, Kris rubs his eyes with his hands and glances down to find Jongdae hugging him like a pillow with his face buries in Kris's chest. He can feel his body burning and he blinks a few more times before trying to pry Jongdae's arm off of him but the more he tries, the harder Jongdae hugs. Kris clears his throat and taps Jongdae's cheek slightly. "Uhm Jongdae" He calls out but the younger boy won't move. "Jongdae" He tries again and Jongdae stirs a little but he still doesn't wake up. "Jongdae!" Kris calls a bit louder this time but the boy just lets out a hum of dissatisfaction and snuggles closer to Kris. Somehow, it feels awfully nice and Kris finds himself hugging the latter back, that is until he realizes what he was doing and immediately shakes Jongdae's shoulder violently. "Jongdae wake up!" Jongdae grunts and sits up while pouting at Kris for waking him up in the middle of his slumber. He rubs his eyes with his hands and Kris thinks he looks really cute but he quickly slaps his cheeks for having such thoughts. "Kris hyung? Isn't it too early?" Jongdae blinks and tilts his head sideways. "U-u-uh ..." Kris scratches his nape awkwardly, trying to come up with something to say but nothing comes out. Jongdae looks at him, waiting for an answer until he's distracted by another sight. Jongdae suddenly gasps causing Kris to flinches a little. "Oh my gosh, we need to get Luhan hyung away or Minseok is going to flip when he finds out that Luhan hyung has been hugging him all night" Jongdae panics and points to Luhan, who is clinging onto Minseok for dear life. Kris can tell Jongdae is truly worried for Luhan's safety and he lets out a chuckle. "I don't think you need to worry about that, i heard them talking yesterday and i think they made up" "Made up? As in they're friends now?" Jongdae asks and Kris nods. "Are you sure? I really like Luhan hyung and i wouldn't want Minseok hyung to kill him" Really like Luhan? What? Kris thought. For some odd reasons, he feels a weird tug on his heart and finds himself glaring at the sleeping Luhan. What the hell is he doing? Kris doesn't even understand it himself. Why does he feel annoyed toward his own bestfriend just because of this stupid kid? Kris shakes his head and hits himself once more. He doesn't notice Jongdae staring at him weirdly. "H-hyung, are you okay? Jongdae asks as he places the back of his hand over Kris's forehead. "You look red and you're sweating but you're not warm." Kris's body tensed at Jongdae's touch and he dashes out the tent without another words.
DATE:Sunday, December 2, 2012
TIME:{11:48 PM}
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