WHO ARE YOU?|ATEEZ FANFIC (In Editing Progress)

Chapter 4|Green paradise

It was like they were in paradise when they finally arrived by the oasis. After putting their stuff together under the palm trees and filling up their water bottles with the water from the pond, they took a moment to get back to their strength, relaxing and enjoying the cool shade of the palms. Under the palm trees shadows, safe from the burning heat of the sun, they layed down on the soft grass, closed their eyes and listened to the soft sound of the birds taking a bath in the pond, splashing water with their feathery wings and chirping happy songs, giving their bodies the time to recover from the exhausting workout of climbing the dune. Even Hongjoong had found himself a comfortable spot in the grass right next to a bush where he rolled up like a embryo and, to the others relief, fell asleep. After a little while, while Hongjoong was still peacefully sleeping, the others started using the time to freshen up in the pond. Jongho was fine with putting only his feet in the water, letting the coolness of it calm his body temperature and cleaning his face from dirt, but as soon as he noticed the pond being full of fishes and bugs, he immediately pulled his feet out.

"Fucking bugs!" He exclaimed in fear of the little long legged insects sitting on the water surface and distanced himself from the pond, while the others, who were fully undressed up to their underwear taking a whole body bath in the cool water, didn't mind the fish too much and as long as the insects stayed away from them, they had no problem with that as well. Mingi laughed at Jongho.

"It's just a small bug." Jongho glared at Mingi and crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"Shut up, asshole." Giggling Mingi just shook his head, when Seonghwa tapped his shoulder to get his attention so he could help him wash his back. After all of them finished their bath, Yeosang, Yunho and Mingi started collecting bricks and sticks from around the area to make a campfire, while Wooyoung, Seonghwa and San tried their best to catch a few of the fishes using their own shirts as a fishnet. It was a very clumsy attempt and took them a while, but eventually after one whole hour of hard work they had enough to feed them all. Seonghwa then took over the task of preparing the fish by first descaling them and then skewering them on sticks so that Jongho could then roast them over the fire easily, while the others splashed around in the pond. They splashed each other, pushed each other and together with Wooyoung and San, Mingi managed to push Yunho under the water as revenge for Yunho doing it to Mingi first. The oldest watched them with a soft smile on his face. He enjoyed the sound of them having fun together, laughing and screaming. It made him happy, that they were able to have fun. When everything was prepared and ready, Seonghwa crouched down next to Hongjoong, who was still sleeping deeply, which was a wonder with all the noise the boys had made in their water fight, he gently put his hand on his shoulder and shook him until he opened his eyes. Confused he looked up at Seonghwa.

"Huh..?" Seonghwa smiled at him.

"We want to eat, are you coming?" With word 'eat' his confusion grew even more and let Seonghwa help him sit up. When he saw the crackling campfire and the boys sitting around waiting for Hongjoong and Seonghwa to join them for dinner, a palm tree leaf full of cooked fish still hot and steaming, he felt a warm feeling spread in his chest and he couldn't hold back to smile.

"When did you-" he attempted to ask, but Yunho interrupted him.

"You were asleep for a little more than two hours, so we have made ourselves useful." Hongjoong chuckled and got up to walk over to the fire.

"Where did you get the fishes from?" Proudly grinning San put his arm around Wooylungs shoulder.

"We caught them."

"With my help." Seonghwa added and San nodded. Hongjoong didn't quite know what to say. While he was asleep they managed to catch a real meal, make a fire and judging by their wet hair even bathed.