The Water Spirit

Part 10

A/N: please enjoy an like :)

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Taehyung looks outside, observing the houses and streets getting smaller and the barren fields wider. It still felt odd to be in a car, speeding past everything. He did enjoy floating down his stream or in his uncle's river, floating and diving down the waterfalls. That was always fun and exciting. But in the car... the first time he had almost puked.

Thank the river gods, he hadn't.

"Where are we going?" Taehyung asks for the fifth time. He can feel his impatience rising. They were clearly going to the countryside, which was probably a very bad idea.

Jungkook is sitting behind the steering wheel, looking smug.

"It's a surprise," he says joyfully.

"I hate surprises," Taehyung grumbles.

Jungkook furrows his brows, looking shocked. "That is the first time you said something," he answers, upset. "I surprised you several times and you never complained before that you hated surprises?"

Taehyung pouts. "Well, it always turned out well and I liked it."

Jungkook exhales loudly like he is relieved. "Good to hear it."

"Will we end up naked in the end too?" Taehyung asks and grins, trying to blend the trees out, that are getting bigger and bigger. They are entering a national park.

Jungkook snorts. "No."

"I won't like it then."

"Of course you will."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Tae."

"Yes?"

"Half naked," Jungkook grins.

"I don't know if I can accept this deal."

"We are not negotiating."

"We are not?" Taehyung asks, irritatedly. "It felt like the time you wanted my last fried chicken."

"I did bribe you then, that is true," Jungkook smiles.

"Good times, eh?" Taehyung says playfully and bumps his shoulder.

"Yes, but we still won't end up naked."

"Where is the point then?"

Jungkook laughs again, seeming too amused for Taehyung's liking.

"We are almost there," he answers when the street climbs in serpentines up the mountain.

Taehyung grabs the handle over the door, looking out the window and registering the steep ravine next to the street.

"Do you want to kill me?"

"I'm a doctor, I have other options, remember?" he says airily.

Jungkook takes an almost hidden turn-off and they drive along a gravel road.

"Do you want to abandon me in the woods?"

"Did you read fairytales again?"

"Yes."

The street opens up to a huge clearing and Taehyung glances around. Some cars are parked to the side and there are several buildings at the foot of a rough cliff. The area is fenced in with wooden planks and Taehyung can see mist rise in the near distance.