Crazy Camper || AGUST D

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Mee Soyi

I watched him go to the patch of grass by the street and sit down.

Was I too harsh?

He hung his head and I could see his shoulders rise every time he takes a deep breath.

I thought about I said, what I could've said, what would've happened if I didn't say anything.

I felt a little bummed.

I think I was too harsh.

I quickly change into my PJs and grabbed a blanket. I walk outside and joined him under the stars.

"You look genuinely sad." I sit down by him.

"Good job, detective." He responds sarcastically.

I press my lips together. "Yeah..."

I lay the blanket down and sat on it.

"Come on, Suga." I motion him over with my hand. "You can sit on the blanket."

He looks at the blanket, then at me. "I'm good."

"It's soft."

"Ok, now why are you the one being all close and stuff? You just told me you weren't into that."

"Suga, I said I wasn't into you being close as in a 'couple'. I'm totally fine with being close as in 'friends' with you."

He turns away and sighs.

"Don't misunderstand me, Suga. There's a fine line between friendship and relationship." I intertwine my fingers.

He sighs again.

"Plus, it's really uncomfortable seeing people sad." I brought my knees to my chest. "I don't want things to be so awkward. You and I are going to be together for awhile, so we should fix...whatever this is."

He glances at me and I glance back.

I inch the blanket closer to him.

He finally caves in and scoots over to the blanket.

I laughed softly. "See. Isn't it soft?"

"Eh."

I scoffed. "Not even a thank you?"

"Thank you?" He acts confused, then smiles at me.

My cheeks warmed up and I looked down at the ground.

"Ow!" I grab my arm and looked towards Suga. "Did you just pinch me?"

"Look at the stars, Soyi." He points to the sky.

"You didn't have to pinch me..."

He pushes on my shoulder, making me lay down.

"I like doing things different." He says, laying his hands on his stomach.

"I can tell."

He chuckles under his breath.

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"You're not going to tie me down tonight, are you?" He asks as we head back to the camper. "Because...there are other ways to handle sleepwalking."

"You're not just a sleepwalker. You're a nasty one."

He crosses his arms. "And?"

I glared at him. "Of course I have to tie you down. It's for my own safety."

"But-"

"You almost kissed me last time!"

"As a friend...."

"Nice try."

I opened my closet and pulled out the same scarf from before.

"On the bed, please." I ordered.

"Fine, but don't make it too tight. I don't want my hands to fall off in the middle of the night."

"No promises. Unless you behave."

"Yes, master."

"Shut up."

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5 days pass......

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"Hello.......Yes?.......Finally!...... Where?..... Got it! Thank you!" Suga hangs up his phone.

I swallow my noodles. "What was that?"

"My camper is fixed and ready to be picked up." He turns to me and gives me a half smile.

"Awh, I'm really gonna miss you." I say with no emotion.

"What? I'm not leaving you. I'm still gonna be that crazy camper that lives beside you." He nudges my arm. "And annoys you."

"You are crazy." I set down my chopsticks. "You know what I just realized? You still haven't explained how you met me. Like, the whole story."

He snorts. "Whole story? There isn't a story."

"There has to be."

"Nope."

I toss my empty noodle bowl in the trash can and peeked outside the window.

"Hey, we should go visit that lagoon again. It's a nice day."

"Sure, but I might stay at the camper yard for awhile."

I furrowed my brows. "Why?"

"I like it there."

I tilt my head.

It's disgusting there.

"It's fun. Almost everything we do is unnoticed there." He stretches his arms above his head and stands up. "It's isolated and has a lot of fun things there."

Freaky.

"Great way to reduce stress." He says and sends me a wink.

"You make no sense."