ATEEZ l The story of a frienship #2

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07h38 pm

San and Mingi opened the door to the kitchen, they had spent a few hours doing nothing in their tent until it dawned on them that maybe the others could need help. San smiled when he saw all the students having fun, half playing half cooking with music in the kitchen. 

He looked to his left and expected to see Mingi break out and go have fun with the others, except what he saw was a very different expression. He looked to where Mingi was staring and saw Hongjoong was on Ravn's back, his arms locked around the other's shoulders/ neck. The two were laughing and twirling around the room as the elder tried to cook from his position making everyone laugh as well. 

The white haired boy let his head fall down in the crook of the tall boy's neck and kept laughing at how stupid his friend was. Wooyoung and Yeosang were sitting on a counter talking to Keonhee and Hwanwoong while they recorded the scene playing in front of them. 

San smiled and gently patted his friend's back as he made his way inside. He waved to a few friends and student's he recognized and went to sit next to Wooyoung stealing him a kiss and a smile. 

Yeosang made a "disgusted" face and went to see what Yunho was doing on his side of the kitchen. Mingi who hadn't moved since he arrived, finally unfroze and carefully went to sit down on a chair. Hongjoong had already gotten off Ravn's back and was placing the food in different containers when he finally acknowledged Mingi's presence and greeted him.

"Um, so what are you doing?" Mingi asked trying to mask his uneasiness.

"Oh well since we're probably going to eat on one of the benches outside, I thought I'd put the food in containers so we can clean the pots right away if anyone else needs them" 

Mingi smiled, the latter always thought of the others, it was something he admired and loved about the elder.

"Alright, we're good to go. Wooyoung, Jongho San, Yunho come on!" Hongjoong yelled to gain his friend's attention. 

Yeosang hopped on Yunho's back as the seven friends exited the kitchen to go sit on a wooden picnic like bench. They had each brought a plate and forks from the kitchen and were now dividing the food.

"Hey ,where's Seonghwa?" Jongho asked as he looked around for his friend.

"Oh, found him-" The boy stopping in his track made Yunho look his way. 

The boy was still carrying Yeosang on his back and made sure not to turn around. San and Wooyoung also looked and saw their friend talking to Kim Seungmin. They were laughing and touching innocently, seemingly lost in their conversation. 

The three exchanged gazes and their silence caught Yeosang's attention who wanted to know what was going on.

"What are you looking at?" Yeosang who was still on Yunho's back tried to look behind but couldn't turn his head a full 180 degrees.

"Nothing" San said as he started helping with the food.

"Mmm this looks good" Wooyoung added but Yeosang got off Yunho's back and turned around before Jongho could grab him. They all watched Yeosang waiting for his reaction but the boy simply smiled and sat down joining in the conversation. 

San looked at Jongho and Wooyoung who both shrugged, soon after Seonghwa got to where they were.

"Hey, guys. Sorry I'm late"

"That's fine"

"Who cooked all this??" he asked, immediately digging in.

"We all kind of helped, I guess" Hongjoong answered.

"So, Hwa. What were you doing talking with Seungmin?"  Wooyoung asked.

"What's wrong with that?"

"Nothing except he's part of Hyunjin's dumb group of friends" Wooyoung said remembering the guy's little stunt earlier this afternoon.

"Oh, what's wrong with his friends?"

"They're jerks!" Yeosang chimed in.

"Oh come on, they're not all bad, Changbin is very nice and Minho is such a kind guy" Hongjoong said.

"Yeah, I get along great with them" Seonghwa added.

"Whatever" Wooyoung concluded.

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The dinner went on until Seonghwa, San and Mingi were chosen to go wash the dishes. The five boys were waiting outside the kitchen when Changbin, Chan and Minho came up to them.

"Changbin, how are you man?" Hongjoong greeted his friend.

"Yo, Minho!" Yunho high fived the brunette and started talking.

"What's up, Chan" Wooyoung waved at the blonde.

"So, how's the trip so far?" Yunho asked the three of them.

"We're loving it. You guys?"

"Same, I can't believe we're here, this is gonna be epic"

"Yeah, well said Yeosang!" Everyone laughed as they high fived each other. 

The boys kept talking until a brunette came up to them.

"Minho! What's going on?" Jisung snapped.

"We're just talking" You could hear the annoyance in Minho's voice as he answered Jisung.

"Oh yeah, with those guys?" 

"I'm not having any of this tonight, come on we're leaving" The brunette took his boyfriend's hand and dragged him away.

"Sorry, bye guys" Changbin and Chan apologized and  followed them.

"Not your fault man" Wooyoung said.

"Night, Changbin" Yeosang bid goodbye

"Bye Chaaaaaaaaaan" Hongjoong added as he sadly waved goodbye.