"Seriously?" Jaebeom's eyes widened and his head turned around to see you so quick that you were afraid he might snap his neck.
"Yeah," you answered without looking at him. "I thought, why not? After all, Jihoon has been telling me all the fun you guys had whenever he went camping with you, so I think at least I should try once." You yelped when Jaebeom's arms snaked your waist, lifting your feet off the floor and spun you around before putting you back.
"Yayyy!!" he cheered like a little boy and you couldn't help but chuckled along with him. "But I thought Jihoon is going to stay with his grandparents?" he frowned when he remembered that Jihoon told him that he couldn't go camping with him this week because his grandparents were coming to visit.
"Yeah, Jihoon is staying with his grandparents," you answered while putting the baking tray into the oven.
"So...," Jaebeom's voice trailed off and you straightened up before looking at his mischievous face. "Does that mean it'll be just two of us?"
"I thought you always go camping with your friends? Rosé and who else?" you frowned.
Jaebeom pretended to look hurt, "Do you seriously think that I'll invite them when you just agreed to go camping with me for the first time? Hell no!"
Okay, that was not your plan at all. You thought there would be other people, not just the two of you. You bit the inside of your cheek, trying to find a way to get out of this trouble, but you couldn't back away when you just agreed.
"Uh-huh, you can't pull back whatever you just said now, noona. You and me. Camping. This week. It's final. No backing out," he wiggled his forefinger in front of your face, as if he could read your mind.
"Oh no," Jaebeom pulled the rod from your hand and put it on the ground before pulling out a folded chair and opened it, placed it on a flat ground and ordered you to sit there. "Just sit here, noona," he pointed to the chair. "And just watch. And I mean it," he warned sternly.
You two were just arrived at the campsite and you were about to help him setting up the tent. But ten minutes passed and you already tripped your feet over the rope, your head got hit by the rod and something scratched your arm, leaving a red, long scratch mark on your arm. Jaebeom was quite clumsy, but you were clumsier. He couldn't believe that you could manage to get away with cooking and baking but couldn't set up a tent without ended up hurting yourself.
You also hurt yourself when he tried to teach you fishing. You cut your finger when you tried to put the bait.
"Tck," he clucked his tongue, securing your hand on his lap while trying to rip the bandage wrapping paper, "seriously noona, I only bring the first aid with me for just in case. I don't know thay you'll tank my supply in just a day."
You shot him an apologetic look, "Sorry," you mumbled. You've been nothing but trouble so far and it made you feeling guilty. This was supposed to be a getaway for him. To relax from his frantic schedule. To give himself some peace. To enjoy his hobby. But you felt like you ruined it for him.
"Ay, I know what's on your mind," he put his hand over your head, making you to look up at him. "You're not ruining things. I'm the one that should feel sorry. If I knew you'd be this accident prone, I won't force you to go camping with me."
You twisted the end of your shirt nervously as you couldn't find anything to say. You just hoped it woulnd't get worse. But you were wrong. Again.
"What's this?" Jaebeom lifted one of your arm, twisting it a bit so you could see the back of it and there were several mosquitoes bites on it.
"Ah, that's why I feel so itchy," you reached out to scratch that part while Jaebeom disappeared into the tent to get something.
"Come here," he motioned you to move in front of him. "This ointment has been in my pack for months but I rarely use it. I wasn't even sure that I brought it. But luckily I did," he produced a tiny ointment tube in his hand and motioned you to turn around as he inspected your body. Apparently, the mosquitoes had a feast on your body. Jaebeom spotted the bites not only on the back of your arm, but also some on the back on your knee, calf, and even near your toes as you were wearing shorts and flip flops. He kept clucking his tongue in disbelief as he put the ointment on the bites mark to lessen the itch.
"Okay, that's it, noona. You're not going to camping ever again. And you won't be sleeping here tonight," he decided after treating the mosquitoes bites.
"But, why?" you whined, thinking that you've completely ruined his weekend.
He deadpanned, "You really still need to ask why?" He started listed the disaster from the morning when you just arrived. You got scratched from helping him to set up the tent, to hurt your fingers when putting up the bait, and the latest, the mosquitoes bites. You bit your lips as you could see that his decision was final.
"We're going to eat early dinner while enjoying the sunset then we'll find a place to spend the night," he decided. He forbid you from helping him to cook even though you reminded him that you cooked and baked on daily basis, but he argued that it was different outdoor so you just watched him cooking.
Then your eyes caught the scenery in front of you. The sun was slowly setting down, the orange hue turned into red now. You turned around completely to enjoy the scenery. You sighed as it was really pretty. You rarely got to see such scenery since you were more indoor type of person. Apparently Jaebeom heard your sigh because the next thing you knew, he was calling out your name. And he caught you off guard. You were turning to see him and he got his camera in his hand, already clicking when you turned your head sideways.
"Hey!" You protested, trying to reach his camera but he was pretty quick to get it our of your reach. "I wasn't ready," you protested but he didn't hear any of it. You tried to grab it a few more times but all failed so you decided to stop and waited until he lowered his guard.
He stayed true to his word. Once you finished dinner, he let you clean up the dishes while he cleaned up the rest.
"Why did you dismantle the tent?" You asked when you saw the tent was gone once you were back. "I thought you're camping."
"Was," he corrected. "Do you think I'll keep sleeping in the tent while there's a possibility of sleeping on the bed by your side?" he continued and you blushed. He chuckled and grabbed the stuff and put them all in his trunk. "Come on, let's find a place to sleep. It's been a long day." You nodded and let him lead the way. Later that night when you've settled in the hotel and he was in the bathroom, you opened your SNS and found out that it was no use to delete the picture as he had uploaded it to his private SNS. Your half face was slightly covered with your hair with the sunset on the background.
I can get used to this view. That was the caption.
