HIDEOUT: LEE TAEYONG

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soyoung
throwback: camping trip with dulwich, dwight and sopa.

a raindrop dripped down the map i had on my hands, gradually absorbing in the piece of paper as i bewilderedly looked up the sky. "it's raining." i spoke, barely a whisper. the rain fell, tapping out a peculiar little tune as it hit the leaves of the trees. without even noticing, the map flew away from my hands, swirling up the air and getting stuck on the tree branches.

"well that's messed up." one of my teammates commented.

the only teammate left, in my group. this activity is stupid, why do the teachers expect us to find our way to the next camp with a confusing looking map! since the map is gone now, we are fucked. technically our group got split up, they've been disagreeing about which way was actually the right one. this would've have been easier if we could ourselves make our own group, being blended with sopa and dulwich students... it's a bit complicated. they're nice but i would rather be groups with my friend, with hana... we could've been in the camp right now.

"we're lost, we don't have a map which means we're fucked! damn it, we're losing daylight!" chan huffed, taking off his leather jacket and tossing it to me. "you'll get wet, place that jacket over your head."

i obliged what he said and watched him get cover under a big tree, since i had no other place to go, i stood beside him.

"we won't get any dinner for tonight, let me assure you it's possible to head to that camp but don't expect dinner. they've all probably munched them down their stomach." chan's words was making me even more hungrier, so instead i kept silence and listen to the raindrops.

bangchan, or people frequently call him chan is a student from dulwich school. he's known for his amazing looks, and i must admit he is attractive and so does his friends but i haven't really cleary seen them. people say the do look nice, but they're hiding something sinister. i don't really know, it's none of business but for now chan seems like a nice dude.

"what if we don't find our way to the camp?" i asked in disbelief. "now don't be a pessimist, i'm sure we will." he assured with a smile.

silence, awkward silence between me and him. ahh, i hate these type of situation. i'm never good at talking to new people, i fucking hate my awkward personality!

"chan i'm gonna go ahead and piss, i'll be back in a minute." i excused as he calmly nodded, sitting on a wide sliced tree trunk.

i began to walk, his jacket still above me as i wandered around. moving further away from chan made me uneasy, this wasn't a good idea at all and that's thanks to my fucking awkwardness! i might get lost and loose chan, being awkward with someone is better than being alone in this fucking woods.

"for fuck sake, fucking fucked up fucking ugh!" a yell from the distance was heard.

my eyes fluttered as i began to follow the voice. i could tell it was a boy, a boy frustrated because he's possibly lost too? maybe it was someone from my group, i wouldn't let him be alone.

walking and walking, running and running, following the voices as it became clearer and clearer.. i ended up meeting a clear navigable river. the river winds through the forest, welcoming stray flora that came its way. it was part of this place, integral to life.

as you could tell, i was super stunned by the beauty of the nature that i didn't even notice a man standing on the other side of the river with a... gun.

i could tell he was a sopa student, but i had never seen him before. he hung his face down, raindrops dripped down from his red hair, to his chin then to the floor. i couldn't tell if he was crying, if it was either the rain or his tears, but seeing a gun pressing against his temple made me think positively that he's crying.