the mermaid kings daughter x hypemyke

•sunset•

•7:16 pm•
•michaels pov•
i sigh in relief as i finish setting up the barbecue, tonight is going to be so fun.
'GUYS! THE BARBECUE IS SET UP COME OUTSIDE!' i call loudly. it echos across the house and soon enough everyone is sat down by the fire pit. nick lights a fire with a rock and stick he finds on the floor. 'nick you could have just used a blowtorch or a lighter,' i laugh.
'well what'll be the fun in that?' asks nick,' and besides it reminds me of when we go camping.'
'speaking of camping, when can we go next?' asks jesse,' we havent been for ages.'
'thats why we all agreed to do a barbecue in the back yard,' michel reminds everyone.
'yeah and we can go camping this summer like we used to if everyone agrees to it,' i offer.
'yeah that would be nice,' jesse says.
everyone agrees.
'shall i start making the food?' michel asks.
'yeah!' everyone yells.
'okay then, what do you all want?'
there was a yell of orders, which was nearly impossible to understand.
'uh ill just put a bit of everything in,' michel scratches his head.
everyone chuckles at him.
'well im going to go get shyra,' i say,' honestly, shes probably sleeping.'
'yeah and im going to go and have a shower,' states jesse.
'and im going to get the beer from the garage,' nick states.  we all go our separate ways.

•michels pov•
i place a whole 8 packet of burger meat on the barbecue and then place some other things on the barbecue before turning around to sit down.
'OH! waverly your still h-here,' i stutter a bit as i scan my brain looking for the right words.
she looks up from her book, takes out her AirPods and smiles as she gets up and walks towards me, ' oh hi, .' she says.
I stand there, not sure what to say..
we both stand there awkwardly for a while.
'whats that smell?' waverly asks, interrupting the silence, looking around for the source of the smell.
'THE FOOD!' we both yell at the same time.
as we both rush to save the food from being completely burnt the awkwardness disappears like a balloon, that had been let free in the wind as we both forget about what just happened.
i grab a spatula and flip the food over cautiously.
i sigh in relief as i scoop the variation of food  up and put it on plates. waverly helps me move the plates to a table and organise everything perfectly. shortly after, we hear nick coming back with a few crates of beer and coke then shyra and mike, followed by jesse, who came back from having a shower.
'foods ready guys!' i announce to everyone as they take a seat around the fire.

after around 30 mins, everyone finished eating and we start on our traditions from our previous camping trips.

the first tradition is scary stories.

nick starts by telling a scary story of a sailor who went out to sea and never came back but people believe he was turned into some sort of large sea creature by some sort of witch or something, i didnt really understand the story much but i didnt say anything because i didnt want to seem rude.
next it was mikes turn but he said he didn't want to tell one because he was out of ideas and normally everyone laughs at his anyway. hes not wrong when he says that but normally his stories make no sense and theyre a bit weird, he laughs at his own most the time and says he doesn't want to continue because he messed up and couldnt be bothered starting again.
then it was shyras turn but she also passed because she was 'tired' (she'd been sleeping all day so i dont know how she was tired).

next it was my turn and i told a story about a scary ghost who haunts peoples houses and appears in their dreams and then eventually he takes over their lives.

then, it was jesses turn but he said he was out of ideas and had a bad headache so he couldnt think properly. i cant blame jesse for that because he has been a little bit sick lately.

then it was waverlys turn, she refused at first but after everyone practically begged for her to tell some sort of story she told a really interesting story about her past and we all listened patiently with curiosity. after she had finished, we all erupted into loud applause as she blushed a dark crimson colour.