⍟ Strings {A Camp Cretaceous x Male Reader Story - Ben}

𝟻. 𝙴𝚢𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚖

Kenji, Darius, Y/N, and Yasmina decided to head back to the treehouse and wait for the others. It had been about an hour since they got back and Yaz got antsy.

She told the boys she was going for a run and has already been gone for about 15 minutes.

Darius has busied himself packing things up for the long boat ride, so he had something to do other than worry about Ben, Sammy, and Brooklyn.

Y/N had been having some quiet time, aka Kenji-get-away-from-me time by the stream when he caught Darius racing off.

"Where you going, D?" He shouts after the boy who immediately redirects and jogs over to him.

"There's this dino I really wanted to see for... research! And Kenji offered to take care of packing the supplies so I can go check it out!" Darius explains excitedly.

Y/N smiles at the other boy but has to suppress a groan when Darius gets that look on his face. The one that says, 'I really need you to help but I'm not gonna ask.'

"I'll... make sure he stays on task." Y/N reluctantly stands up.

"Thanks, Y/N!" Darius beams and returns to his previous course.

"Yep, don't mention it..." Y/N mumbles as he practically drags himself up the ladder.

He reaches the top and catches Kenji in the middle of some weird victory dance.

"Kenji is in charge, Kenji is in charge!" He spins around and sings to himself.

"What... are you doing?" Y/N cringes.

Kenji yelps and whips around, "Uh..."

Ben's head suddenly peaks out from the top of the ladder.

"Was one of you... singing just now?" He raises an eyebrow and pulls himself up.

"Yea--"

"Nope!" Kenji cuts Y/N off.

"Anywayyyyy, Ben! I need you to pack... toilet paper." He folds his arms.

"And Y/N, you're on... towel duty."

"Toilet paper? Seriously?"

"We have towels on the boat."

"Well, we're gonna need extra... of both on the way to Costa Rica. And I'm in charge." Kenji rests one foot up on the table.

They both give him an unamused look before Ben relents.

"Sure." The short boy shrugs and heads back down the ladder.

"I'm gonna pack the water. Something that's actually on the list." Y/N rolls his eyes and snatches up two of the water jugs before descending the ladder as well.

Y/N takes his sweet time filling up the jugs, not exactly ecstatic to receive more orders from boss man Kenji.

He doesn't realize how long it's been when suddenly he hears some familiar voices calling his name.

"Y/N!?"

"Y/N!?"

It's Yaz and Kenji, they sound worried.

"Uh, yeah?" He rises to his feet and shouts back in a confused tone.

Yasmina and Kenji round the corner and let out a sigh of relief.

"Oh, good. We thought we lost both of you?" Yasmina lets out a soft chuckle.

"Lost? Who did we lose?" Y/N quirks an eyebrow and sets the water down.