The plan was to get together for a summer trip for the weekend. It would be exciting and everyone would be delighted to see each-other.
Youngjae really didn’t want to go at first. The reason being that he just wanted to stay at home. Although summer was a season most people enjoyed, he wasn’t one of those people. Summer was almost suffocating because of the heat, and he would rather prefer to stay in his room with a fan on, in full speed.
Daehyun had to drag him along though.
While Youngjae was on his way to their fixed meet up place, he remembered when he was woken up one morning with a phone call. He was annoyed at first, because the shrill voice of Jung Daehyun was something he was not used to listening in the morning.
“Come on, Youngjae” said Daehyun. He remembers how much Daehyun pleaded him to go.
“Besides, I sort of miss you. Don’t you want us all to catch up?”
Youngjae bit his lip at that statement, but agreed eventually.
“Yeah, it would be nice to know what the hyungs and maknaes have been up to”, said Youngjae.
“You don’t want to know what I’ve been up to? That’s so mean, Youngjae”.
Youngjae laughed at that comment. He could almost imagine the pout Daehyun had on his face. Truthfully, Youngjae missed their bickering moments and he did miss him. However, he didn’t dare say this to his face. He had been harbouring feelings for Daehyun for a very long time. They had been kept repressed and he had not mentioned a word, afraid of Daehyun’s reaction.
When he met up with the group for the first time, Himchan nearly toppled him over with a bear hug. He saw Yongguk stand next to him with his gummy smile. Eventually Junhong and Jongup arrived together with bags full of necessities. It felt so good to see them all again.
Daehyun was the last to arrive, running and panting. Youngjae’s heart almost leaped because it had been so long. He was still as handsome as the last time they had met.
As they greeted one another Youngjae glanced at Daehyun and they met each-others eyes. As soon as his eyes crinkled up, Youngjae knew that this trip was going to make it more difficult for him to hold himself back.
They ended up having a really great weekend. They visited a castle, a musuem, a farm and went for a boat ride together. Something was bothering Youngjae though.
Youngjae always considered Daehyun as a friend. Close friends to be precise. They shared everything with each-other and he would say that Daehyun knew him more than anyone else did, including his own parents.
Perhaps he felt he was imagining things but things were starting to change between them.
Daehyun touched Youngjae’s hand more often and he found him glancing at him too often. He had always enjoyed his company but it seemed to be that his touch would linger a little longer. He found him always being in a situation where he was alone with Daehyun.
He knew that something had blossomed between them. He didn’t know if Daehyun felt the same though.
Himchan thought that a bonfire night gathering for the last day of the trip, would be perfect. It was to be set up near a calm lake, away from the bustle of city life.
They all looked forward to eating and drinking, and to just talk and laugh about old memories.
Youngjae helped Jongup gather logs from a car they rented and began to light the bonfire. Himchan, Junhong and Daehyun had already finished setting up tents near the bonfire.
“Okay, so do we have everything we need?” said Yongguk. He walked out from a nearby tent holding blankets to spread around the bonfire.
“Yup! I think so, we have all the marshmellows. I love marshmellows”, Junhong said so excitedly.
“It’s just sad that we’ll all be on our own ways again after this”. Youngjae smiled at them and he sat next to Jongup crossed legged like everyone else. Yongguk joined them and sat next to Himchan.
“Hey, where is Daehyun?”, asked Yongguk.
“I’m here! Did you all miss me?”. Daehyun walked up to them with a box of beer cans, his smile as radiant as the sun. Himchan laughed and pulled him down to sit next to him.
“You were here just a minute ago, don’t be so full of yourself”, added Youngjae as he rolled his eyes. He felt very hot as Daehyun sat next to him, his hand rubbing against his.
Daehyun stuck his tongue out and poked a marshmellow stick at Youngjae’s elbow.
“Hey! Stop that!”, said Youngjae, he composed himself quickly and grabbed another stick poking Daehyun’s chest.
The rest of them shook their heads and laughed at their antics.
The atmosphere became silent. Himchan sighed and closed his eyes.
"I had a good time with you guys. Even though we almost got lost because Daehyun kept pointing us to the wrong direction towards the boat area".
Everyone snickered as Daehyun glared at Himchan.
The whole night was spent talking and reminiscing about the trip. They had a few rounds of playing cards, playing silly music on the guitar, and had a few drinks before saying goodnight to one another.
Everyone had returned to their tents but Youngjae and Daehyun remained next to the bonfire.
“Daehyun, I’m going to go to bed too, I’ll see you tomorrow morning”, Youngjae said as he stood up.
Daehyun suddenly grabbed his hand to prevent him from leaving.
“Youngjae! Don’t leave just yet, lets just stay a little longer”.
Youngjae considered it for a while, then nodded his head hesistantly. He had wanted to leave because the close proximity between him and Daehyun was too much to handle.
Daehyun smiled and leaned back until he lied down on the blanket.
“I don’t want to leave just yet. It’s so peaceful, and the stars look amazing”, whispered Daehyun.
Youngjae snapped out from his trance from Daehyun to calm his racing heart . He lied down beside him and looked up at the open sky.
“So beautiful”, Daehyun repeated.
Youngjae turned his head finding Daehyun looking straight at him. They were so close that Youngjae could almost feel Daehyun’s breath tickling the skin on his face. He felt as if Daehyun was moving closer.
“Daehyun..”, before Youngjae had a chance to say anything, Daehyun enclosed his lips with his. Youngjae felt as if an elecric current was flowing through him and pulled away, shocked and breathing hard. Daehyun looked the same, still facing him.
“Did you always.. I mean, why?” asked Youngjae. For so long he kept these feelings inside of him and now he was confused.
“I always felt this way Youngjae. I really like you. I guess it just took me a while to accept it”, said Daehyun. He seemed nervous and held his hand as he huddled up closer to him.
“When we all sat here together as our last night together, I just thought, I didn’t want to let go of you yet. Perhaps, my way of expressing that wasn’t very thoughtful”. Daehyun laughed nervously.
Youngjae was surprised but then also laughed. He pulled Daehyun closer, giving him an eskimo kiss.
“No, it was perfect. I thought I was the only one that felt that way too. I’m really glad I came along”.
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