met you by the pile of straw

the sound of the waterfall

minho woke up at ten.
he had officially survived the first night on the ranch.
okay, that might be a little dramatic.

after brushing his hair and teeth and putting on his running sweatpants and a shirt, he took his running shoes and went downstairs.
he saw his grandma in the kitchen.

"hi grandma."
minho said, giving her a small smile.

"good morning! did you sleep well?"
she asked him, returning the smile.

minho nodded.
"not so bad actually."
he said, before looking at the oven.
"are you baking something?"

"of course I do. it's an apple pie. want some after it's done? there is a chance there won't be any piece left after I show it to my children."
grandma chuckled.

"I would love to, but I will go on a run now. is that okay?"

"of course. but make sure you're back by twelve, so you could help jisung with preparing the horses. a lot of kids will come to ride them."

minho nodded.
"okay, thank you."

"you sure you don't want something for breakfast before you go?"
grandma asked.

"I usually eat after running, so I will eat the pie when I'm back. bye for now!"
minho waved, before going to the door and putting his running shoes on.

walking out of the house, he put in his AirPods and went on his run to explore.

as he was running and keeping track of his kilometers, he was looking around, quite enjoying the nice fresh morning breeze hitting his face.
it was truly wonderful.

he decided that he's gonna run on this path in the forest. it just looked so fun and nice, he was kinda excited.
he didn't have these opportunities back in Daegu.

and as he expected, it was truly relaxing.
minho usually ran to just turn off his brain.
and it was working a lot better here then in Daegu.

as he was running, he suddenly stopped and took off one of his AirPods with a little confused look.

"is here a waterfall?"
minho whispered to himself, before he started running towards the sound of a falling water, his AirPod still in his hand.

he ran for like thirty seconds, before he actually saw what he thought it was.
there was a small, very pretty waterfall.

it definitely wasn't big, or high, it was really small, but it was still really pretty.

but when he looked down, his eyes widened when he saw a person, a guy to be more exact, bathing in the lake under the waterfall.
and he wasn't alone, a horse was bathing with him.
he knew that guy.
it was jisung.
and he even knew the horse.
her name was destiny, it was his grandma's favorite horse.

he watched as jisung played around with the horse, splashing water on her and chuckling to himself.

he could only see jisungs shoulders, since he was in the water. his hair was wet, and his smile could heal the world.
but he could figure that he was naked, when he noticed jisungs clothes laying on a fallen tree that was laying by the lake.
he leaned against one of the trees, watching jisung.

"the water is hot today, isn't it?"
jisung said, looking at the falling water.
"of course, it's summer. it makes sense."

destiny neighed, walking closer to jisung.
jisung smiled and stood up.
half of his body was visible now.
the lake definitely wasn't deep.

and minho was practically a gone man when he saw that small waist just BEGINNING to be grabbed.
and i'm not even talking about his muscular chest and abs.
minho practically became gay all over again.

jisung put his hand on destiny's head, connecting their foreheads.
"we should go soon. we have to be back by twelve, and I thought we could also stop in the closest village and buy ourselves some snacks. a sandwich for me and a sugar cube for you, how is that?"
he said, earning a happy neigh from destiny.

jisung was about to get out of the water, and that brought minho back from his gay panic wonderland.
he immediately turned around.

"what the fuck am I actually doing?"
minho whispered to himself, before slapping himself and running back on the same path.

he felt like a creep now.
he was for real watching a boy bath in a lake...
what the actual hell was he thinking?
the gay inside him took over his body.
he was supposed to run back right after he saw naked jisung bathing.
the only thing that was keeping him a little sane was the fact he didn't see anything inappropriate.

he shook his head, running back to the ranch.
when he arrived back, it was around eleven.

"how was your run?"
grandma asked when she saw minho walking into his room.

"relaxing, very nice."
minho answered, giving her a small smile.
"I will go take a shower and eat something, and then I can go and start with my tasks?"

"you still have to wait until jisungs arrives, so no rush."
grandma said, before taking her book.
"I'm gonna go read outside. if you needed anything, I will be there. the pie is in the oven, so cut a piece."

"gonna do. enjoy your reading."
minho said, before running up the stairs, immediately making his way into the bathroom.
he was so uncomfortably sweaty, that he couldn't wait for the water to run down his body.

as he was washing himself, he could only think about jisung. his beautiful smile, and how happy and relaxed he look.
and...his beautiful body.
okay, stop, that's too much.

wiping his hair with a towel, Minho walked downstairs in the kitchen, opening the oven and taking out the already cooled down pie.
oh he was just about to be blessed.

cutting a piece of this wonderful looking thing, he took it and put it on a plate, before going into the fridge.
he felt a little bit happier when he found a whipped cream inside.

as a normal person, he first sprayed a huge amount into his mouth, before finally putting some on his pie.
now, it was 11/10.

walking towards the table, he sat down and finally tried it.
and he must say it was one of the best apple pies he had ever tasted.

"even tho I had this like millions of times, it's still so freaking good."
minho said to himself, taking another piece, practicing melting in that chair.

"minho, jisung is here!"
a voice of his grandma for the outside called.