D!CKHEAD | Lee Haechan

victims of the algae bloom

"So when you said hike...you really meant hike" Arin said breathlessly as she placed her hands on her bent knees, catching her breath.

"What did you think it meant?" Jaemin asked, waiting for her again for the 7th time. She had taken so many breaks that Jeno and Mark had decided to go on much further up the hill

"Like a cute walk to take pictures of the flowers or something, not an actual fucking leg workout" she said, pointing to the camera slung on his neck

"It's good for your calves" he said with a small voice, scratching the back of his head

"Whatever...you go on ahead, I'll just go back down" she said with a sigh, knowing the plan of attracting Jaemin wasn't exactly going to work when she was a sweaty mess

"Well I'm not leaving you alone on a hill, you could get hurt" Jaemin said, following her steps down the trail, confident that she knew the direction, yet she was going completely the wrong way.

"How sweet" she said with a chuckle, furrowing her brows at the much more rockier path they had to take on their way down.

"Here, take my hand...incase you fall" Jaemin smiled sweetly, grabbing her hand with ease. She almost wasn't use to having physical touch being such an easy thing for someone. She was too used to Haechan. She couldn't get him out of her head.

"Thanks Jaem" she smiled. Some part of her inside was almost convinced Jaemin was the type of guy to 'accidentally' trip you over to get an excuse to hold you and carry you in his arms. And if Somi was right about him, unlike Haechan, physical touch and sweet words had no effect on Jaemin. He was immune to it.

"Are we...at the lake?" Jaemin asked with furrowed brows after a ten minute walk with surface level conversation between the pair

"You're kidding" Arin said with wide eyes, turning to the lake he was looking at, seeing the water glisten under the sun rays

"I thought you knew where we were going" Jaemin frowned slightly

"I thought you would tell me if I was going the wrong way" she said and he inhaled sharply

"Well why didn't you say that sooner!" He exclaimed, throwing his arms up in defeat

"You never asked!" She said defensively, as the pair took some time to chill before conversing with each other again

"Let's head back that way...there's no signal on this end" Jaemin said with slight frustration

"Jaem I'm tired...let's just...go for a dip" she said with a shrug, a more level headed approach

"What if we get lost?" Jaemin asked with slight worry

"It's a small village...plus I'm sure Jeno will come looking for the both of us when he realises we're missing" Arin sighed, taking his hand and leading down the steep slope.

"This is exactly how people die in horror movies" Jaemin said and she rolled her eyes, realising they were both from the city and equally stupid when it came to anything woodland related

"Quit whining" she sighed, her view of him being so optimistic and upbeat all the time changing quickly.

Yet Jaemin had returned back to his usual state the second they had started walking on flatter land. His eyes looking at the flora with awe, getting his camera ready to snap anything he found interesting, from a random purple flower to an oddly shaped pebble on the ground.

And it wasn't until he panned his camera out to the ocean that the square digital screen showed him a very zoomed in view of Arin's bikini covered chest. He widened his eyes, body pausing as his finger remained on the clicker button, not pressing down on it. His eyes were too focused on the view of the blue fabric, hugging her body better than what he had imagined a few nights ago.

"Are you taking a picture of me?" She asked with a happy tone, not considering how perverted Jaemin actually tended to be.

He cleared his throat, instantly zooming out to see her full body exposed, covered with only a bikini as she walked towards him.

"Smile" he said simply, zooming into her face instead, snapping a quick picture as the sun shone down on her.

"My own personal photographer" she hummed, taking a look into the digital screen from above him as he chanted every possible sentence he could to stop his head from turning around to be met eye level with her boobs.

"Take off your shirt, the water looks warm" she said, trying to tempt him to follow her actions as she walked closer towards the water.

Jaemin sighed, setting his camera down onto the ground as he watched her take small strides into the lake, feeling the splash of water against her skin. She turned back around, and God was surely on her side at this very moment as she eyed Jaemin taking off his white shirt over his head with one swift movement.

He squinted his eyes as he caught her staring at him, a smile landing on his lips as he ran straight towards her. She intrinsically took a few steps back realising he was headed at her, the sound of laughter erupting from the both of them as he jogged into the depths of the water.

"Fuck it's cold!" He hissed, realising she had lied to him before he planted his chest to her back, submerging them both into the lake to feel the chill.

"You're a fucking liar" he said with a smirk as they caught their breaths, feet kicking about in the water to keep them both afloat.

"Oh come on, it's a lake not a hot tub—"

"Not about that" Jaemin said, making her go silent, widening her eyes as he placed his hands on her hips, still bruised and hurting from the night before

"You knew the way back...you took us here on purpose" he said, the strands of his hair dripping water droplets onto his face

"That's why you wore the blue bikini I told you to wear...this was all a part of your plan wasn't it darling?" Jaemin asked, watching her gulp as he brought his hand up to hold her chin, keep her face close to his

"So what happens now? What's the next part of your plan?" He asked with a soft voice, although his words were almost inducing a sense of fear in her at the darkness of his tone. She was melting up his gaze, and she was destined to be a stuttering mess if it wasn't for a shout from the distance.

"What the fuck are you guys doing in there?!" Haechan shouted, hands on his hips as he stood along the rocky shore with Mark by his side, arms crossed over his chest with furrowed brows.

"We got lost" Jaemin shouted back, immediately distancing himself from the girl

"Plus...the water's warm" Jaemin added, trying to make their case seem more believable

"That's not a good sign you know?" Haechan said with a smirk, having more knowledge about the countryside than the two city inhabitants swimming in the lake recklessly

"I hope you didn't drink the water" Haechan said with a chuckle making them furrow their brows

"What the fuck are you yapping about?" Arin said, rolling her eyes at his teasing tone

"You're swimming in the middle of a fucking algae bloom" Haechan said. Jaemin and Arin exchanged a look of confusion, not understanding what the fuss was about

"The bacteria in the water could give you a huge rash or infection" he added, making them widen their eyes and groan at their own stupidity. Haechan seethed his teeth at the view of them still not paddling to the shore

"And there's loads of bugs in the water too" he persisted. And that was enough to get Arin shrieking and leaving Jaemin's side to swim to the shallow end.

Haechan snickered and shook his head as he watched her shudder with the coldness, running along the tiny rocks and cursing at how painful they felt all of a sudden

"Here" Haechan said, taking off his denim jacket, the same one she was wearing last night in his car and passing it over to her

"Thanks" she said, exchanging a small look and taking the jacket with gratitude to warm herself up with no further questions.

Mark shot Haechan a look, which the younger boy missed from how busy he was staring at Arin. He turned back to Jaemin, removing his jacket to warm his friend up as well, before the four walked back to the base of the hill, returning to a fully cooked barbecue that Renjun had finished cooking up for everyone.