Chapter 28 - Camping Trip 1

Minwoo stares at the scene displayed in front of him. Wonho asleep two rows front, head against the window and beside him, Junjie slowly bringing his head onto his right shoulder. This is annoying him so much he just wants to pull Junjie away from the seat. Wonho was comfortably sleeping, how dare that Chinese dude touched him like that. Wonho probably doesn't want to sleep on his shoulder either.

He suddenly feels a weight on his own and looks to see the guy beside him sleeping too. In fact, almost everyone is sleeping on the bus. Which is expected given that they had taken the bus at 4 a.m. Minwoo grumbles and tries to close his own eyes, shifting frequently to find a good position to sleep. If not for those two being late causing Minwoo to sit at the very back to spy on them, he would have chosen the seat at the aisle so he can stretch his legs. This is very annoying.

'We're going to stop here for about half an hour. There won't be another stop until we arrive so you should probably have your breakfast now.' the club leader announces once they reach a rest stop and everyone gets up, rubbing their eyes while walking out the bus. Junjie waits for a while before gently waking Wonho who had his earphones on, but the man refuses to abide and continues sleeping, hiding his face from the light. 'Fine, sleep. I'll buy you something to eat.'

Minwoo stands up on cue and runs out of the bus. He knows what that means. No Junjie and the others for at least fifteen minutes so this is his chance. To feed Seo Wonho, and change his seat.

Arriving at the convenient store, he grabs some bread, some rice balls, some fried food, juices, coffee, and milk. Because Wonho needs fat. He almost jumps with excitement when he sees Junjie still waiting for his food with the others. Looking at his watch, he runs back as fast as he could.

Wonho is still sleeping. His face is a bit distorted, maybe from the light. Minwoo wants to just look at that beautiful face but that will not do because the man really needs to eat. At the same time, Minwoo is also reluctant to be the one who wakes him up.

'Huh? What?' Wonho jolts up when he felt something thrown onto his lap. It is a plastic bag filled with breads and other food. 'What? Ju- Minwoo-sshi? What's this?'

'Food. And drinks.' He shoves another plastic bag at the confused man and takes a seat right beside him.

'This is a lot. I'm not that hungry.'

'For later then.'

'Urmm… Did Jun ask-'

'Just eat the food. Here. You like hot dogs?' Minwoo shoves a piece towards Wonho and smiles as the man opens his mouth. Just then, he realizes how erotic that looks and turns towards the plastic to grab some other things inside. 'Milk? Coffee?'

'What else is there?' Wonho tries to peek but Minwoo already took out the milk and shoves it into his hand. 'Wait, this is too sudden. Let's eat slowly.'

'Owh. Okay. You want rice?' He already passed the sleepy male the rice ball before the other could refuse.

'Stop shoving food at me! I'm still eating!'

'Sorry. You look like you needed energy.'

'I'm just sleepy.'

'My point.' Minwoo stares at him nervously and smiles when he sees that small smirk on Wonho. That is an achievement for him. He has made it his goal to make Wonho laugh with his nose crinkle during this hiking trip, so a small smirk is a steppingstone. 'I'm sleeping. Wake me up when we arrive.'

'You should at least help me finish all of these.' He hears Wonho complains and pretends to already be asleep. 'Yah, aren't you gonna wake up?'

'That's all yours.' He replies without opening his eyes. Wonho is saying something again but he refuses to listen. The sound of his voice though, he loves to hear.

'That's not your seat. Jun's gonna be here…'

'It's mine now. My legs hurt sitting back there.'

'Yaah, Minwoo-sshi. This is Jun's-'

'Wono? I bought you somethi- Owh…' Minwoo turns his face towards Wonho and continues his act. He hears Junjie talking to Wonho about something but since nobody wakes him up, he reckons they let him be.

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Minwoo glares at the scene in front of him. Ever since they left the bus, Junjie had been sticking with Wonho like a glue and it pisses him off, even more than when they were on the bus. He is not even that funny yet Wonho is laughing at that lame jokes like there is no tomorrow.

'Minwoo-sshi, do you mind watching the end of the line? I need to give something to Bum-hyung.' One of the seniors asks before he almost run up the steep slope. Minwoo sighs and hikes down, waiting for the last of the members to pass. He regrets telling them he is an experienced hiker to secure his place on the trip, because they made him one of the coordinators for the trip since they were short of hands.

At least he is not as mad when he doesn't see both the betas basically flirting with each other. The problem now is him getting uneasy instead because he cannot see what they are doing. And unfortunately for him, Kanghyun did not return to his spot until they reach the camp site, which is almost three hours later.

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Wonho looks around the camp site, trying to choose the best place for their tent. He used to prefer the one nearest to the center, after the girls' tent that is, but now he just wants the one furthest, from everyone if he can. Sleeping in a tent surrounded by alphas does not sound that tempting to him, albeit other people would think otherwise. If not for Junjie agreeing to stick with him 24/7, he would have been in his room back at the campus, just sleeping or reading away his holiday, avoiding being in the presence of any alphas.

'Wono, I'm going for patrol. See you in a bit.' Junjie taps him and waves before disappearing with the others. They are separated in groups for different duties - Junjie surveying the area and finding small animals for food, while he is in charge of collecting firewoods, which he will do after finish setting up the tent.

'Mind if I set mine here?' Wonho turns around to see Minwoo, with that stupid grin of his. This guy seems like the type to do whatever he likes regardless of the situation and that kind of irks him a bit. What more with the fact that he is still trying to make friends with Wonho even after seeing his pathetic state; it makes Wonho uncomfortable.

'Sure.' At least he is another beta.

'What're you in charge of?'

'Firewood. You?'

'Cooking.' Wonho almost laughs. For some reason, his last two encounters with the guy had Minwoo offering him something. It is cola the first time, and lots of food this morning. Now, the guy will cook for the whole group. 'Why're you laughing. Do I look like I can't cook?'

'No. You keep reminding me of food.' Wonho secures the rope around the tent and checks around to see if he missed anything.

'That's good. I'll make sure you eat a lot.' He looks at Minwoo curiously, but the man only winks at him, much to his amusement.

'You keep telling me to eat.'

'You just look tiny.'

'I'm taller than most people.'

'Shorter than me though.' Wonho smirks at that playful arrogance. Two can play that game.

'Tall, dark and handsome…' He starts, and as he expected, Minwoo blushes as if he knows Wonho is talking about him, '… just the type I hate.'

Wonho smiles in triumph as he successfully wipes the smug of that face. His jokes are harsh but that is just how he play. And his close friends know it. Sensitive people are too tiring to be friends with, so this is basically his way of filtering people.

'Looks like we have another thing in common.' Minwoo crouches beside him, too close for comfort. 'I prefer pale, beautiful people shorter than me too.'

Wonho only stares at the dark-haired man for a few moments before standing up and shoving his and Junjie's bags inside the tent. 'You're sharing a tent with someone?'

'This is obviously too big for just one person, right?' He smiles before closing the tent and taking his leave to do his duty.

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Minwoo glowers at the scene in front of him. He is already in a bad mood because not only did Wonho not take a dip in the river with the others like he had hoped, he is now sitting together with Junjie, the latter kept staring at the other with that look, his hand crawling all over Wonho once in a while. Minwoo is already done with his job so he is free to eat wherever he wants. Taking a grilled fish with him, he makes his way towards both of them, eyes locking with Junjie's before sitting beside Wonho, handing him the food.

'This… I already ate…'

'Have another.' He insists before returning to Junjie. The man smirks as a response and leans back a bit, hands on the ground behind Wonho to support himself. Wonho turns to the man, offering the fish to Minwoo's dismay.

'I don't think Minwoo's gonna like that…' Junjie stares back, half smiling and Minwoo realizes he is being challenged. Wonho looks back at him, face confused with them both. 'You eat them Wono.'

'Wono.' Minwoo repeats softly, huffing in displeasure.

'What? You're gonna give me something else?'

'What are you talking about? Pffftt…' Minwoo diverts his gaze and tries to look around. He does realize he is acting weird and out-of-character, and he can sense that he is in trouble, but he refuses to leave these two alone with each other. Not when Junjie is undressing Wonho with his eyes. Maybe. Because Minwoo is. 'They're playing some games at the center. Let's go.'

He grabs Wonho's hand before another one pulls them back. 'We're not joining.'

Minwoo shoots a piercing look back at Junjie before Wonho agrees with his friend. 'You go ahead. We're skipping tonight.'

Since the man has said that himself, Minwoo can only comply. He sits with the others, looking back once in a while to make sure Junjie is behaving, until both the males disappears suddenly.