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JiEun's POV

"Hey, JiEun. Wake up. We're here." Someone called my name and shook my hands. I opened my eyes and saw Jaemin looking at me. He was the one who was holding my hand.

I immediately pulled my hand back. "Are you okay?" He asked in his soft voice. Oh my god, can he stop? It's literally sending butterflies in my stomach. "Y-Yeah. I think I saw a spider." I said and started to fix my things.

"Thanks for.. waking me up. You know I'm not an early bird." I said and tried to get my bag under Haechan's chair. "Ugh, it's stuck." I whispered.

Jaemin helped me and he got that out in just a matter of seconds. "How'd you--?"

"You're still weak." Jaemin laughed. "I'm not. I just woke up, okay?" I rolled my eyes and carried my bag. "That's what you said." I heard him whisper.

Wait.. I'm talking to him now???

We got off the bus with the others and saw our groupmates near a mango tree. "What took you so long?" Serim asked while folding her arms.

"She's still a sleepyhead." Jaemin said. "Shut up, Nana." I said and sat beside Haechan before placing my head on his shoulder. "Don't give it a meaning, for Pete's sake."

Haechan didn't speak and just let me. He has this crazy smile on his face. "Stop with the smile, would you, Toothless?" I said and pinched his side.

"I ain't following you, Pikachu." He replied. The others laughed because of our nicknames. "Hey, let us join too." Chenle pouted.

"You choose a partner and your partner will make a nickname for you." Haechan said. I removed my head from Haechan's shoulder and looked at the other boys, also Serim.

Chenle chose Jisung. Serim chose Renjun. Jeno chose Jaemin. Mark's the only one who has no partner. "I'll give you a nickname." Haechan said. I kicked him on his foot and giggled.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" He asked. "Oh my. Nothing." I laughed. "You're crazy, Pikachu." Haechan commented.

"Dolphin." Jisung pointed at Chenle. We all laughed at what he nicknamed Chenle. "Okay, okay!" I put my thumbs up. Chenle cutely glared at us. "Maknae, swag maknae." Chenle pushed Jisung.

No one spoke for good 6 seconds and we all agreed to that.

"Of course all of us know what are we going to call Jaemin--"

"Nana!!!" We all shouted. Our classmates looked at us. We didn't mind them. Jaemin placed his bright smile and magically, all of us smiled.

"Ugh, damn you, Nana." Haechan said. "What?" Jaemin asked. Haechan just pouted and shook his head. Jaemin held Jeno's shoulder and we all 'yiiieee'd.

"Guys, stop it." Jaemin said. "Peach."

"Why??" We asked again in unison. "Peach has a bright color, and Jeno gives off that vibe to us. He's always bright and happy." We all clapped. Haechan pretended that he was crying and wiped off fake non-existent tears.

"Okay, we'll take that." I said. We looked at Haechan to give a nickname to Mark. "Ugh, fine." He observed Mark and I was really throwing weird looks at him.

"Question." Haechan 'pfft'ed and we didn't get it. Even Mark doesn't get. I thought about Mark and question. Oh-- wait--

"Get it?" Haechan asked and I laughed. The both of us high-fived and laughed. "What does question mean?" Mark asked.

"Question Mark." And all of us broke into laughter. "Hey, that's so rude." He said and pouted. "Ah, we'll just call you Point." I said.

"Why?"

"Question mark has a point. He said the first one was rude so we'll call him that." I said and they agreed on it. Last is Serim and Renjun, but Mrs. Kim already called us.

"Guys, let's surround our tents on a bonfire." Jaemin said and everyone agreed with him. We went to where Mrs. Kim is. We gathered around her.

"Okay class. Just follow me, okay? I heard the waterfalls is really clean. Are you ready?" We all said yes. "Oh, and stay in your groups." She added.

"Mrs. Kim, let's just start walking." Haechan said and the rest of the class laughed. We pinched him in his sides. "You bitch." I heard Jaemin say.

We started to walk. There were lots of trails we passed with muddy tracks. And because of my brown boots, the dirt can't be seen, unless you look closely at it.

We crossed big rocks, so Mrs. Kim paused and let us have our break. Our group gathered up in 9 rocks, surrounding the bag where Jaemin put the snacks.

"So, what is your nickname for Renjun?" I asked Serim. "Little Prince." She said. "Why--" Serim cut Haechan off.

"Don't ask." And she glared at him. "Kill joy.." Haechan whispered. "My nickname for Serim noonah is Boss." We laughed. That doesn't need any content or explanation.

"So.." I pointed at myself. "Pikachu, Toothless, Dolphin, Swag Maknae, Nana, Peach, Point, Little Prince and Boss. Wow." I chuckled.

"Maybe the reason why Serim's nickname for Renjun is Little Prince is he's the smallest among us, and for me-- and maybe for Serim, Renjun looks like a prince." Chenle explained.

"Bingo." Serim said and ate her marshmallow. "And he doesn't look like a prince--" I cut her off.

"He is a prince." I looked at Renjun and he was so red. "Yah, don't be shy." Jisung slapped him slowly on the shoulder.

Mark was laughing because of Renjun's expression and Haechan glared at him. "Don't over react, Mark." Mrs. Kim later called us to continue our hiking. We put our empty snacks inside Jaemin's bag and we continued on our trip.

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