camp cherry | hs

nine

literal loml

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HANA

Far from eager, my eyebrows furrow together as a strange sound, clicking repetitively for about ten seconds, pulls me from my peaceful state. Prising my eyes open to see my hand linked with Harry's, his arm rests beneath my neck, acting as a pillow, whilst his other is wrapped securely around my waist, pulling me closer. A slight movement outside the door catches my attention, and I presume it to be one of the girls returning from the campfire.

"Harry," I raise my foot to his leg behind me, using my heel to push his trousers up to expose his bare skin, his fingers pinching me lightly when I press my cold feet against him.

"Stop it, Cherry."

"Someone's back."

"Hm, but I'm so tired," he hums, and I can imagine the frown on his face, wanting to stay in this position, just as I do, "and you're so warm."

"Come on," I wrench his arm from around me, freeing my body and groaning as I strain my arms and legs in a gratifying stretch.

"Do that again, I'm close."

Even in his half-sleep trance, he still manages to make everything inappropriate; fortunately, his eyes being shut gives me an unfair advantage to flick him in the forehead, his eyes soon shooting open to send me a dirty look for disrupting his slumber.

I hear cackles and cheers from nearby the cabin, the danger of being caught growing increasingly close.

"Window," I demand to Harry, pulling the warm cover from his body, his protests increasing, "if you climb out of the window in the next ten seconds, I'll get you two snickers and I'll kiss you."

It's almost comical how rapidly his feet are stuffed haphazardly into his shoes and he has one long leg hanging out of the window.

"Bye, Cherrybaby, catch you later," he whisper-shouts with a charming twitch of his plush mouth, stumbling into the dark in the direction of his cabin just as Kimi and Ella's giggles fill the room. Harry's warmth is long gone and my stomach barely has time to flip at the nickname.

"Hana, have you seen Penny?" Kimi asks, hopping onto her bed and taking out her diary.

"No, not since she left this morning," I respond evenly from the cramped bathroom, washing my face and cleaning my teeth quickly, then changing into my pyjamas just as the subject of our conversation peers into the room.

We all greet her with murmurs and conciliatory smiles, which she returns, climbing the few rungs of the ladder that lead to her bunk and falling asleep almost instantly, soon followed by Kimi, then Ella only minutes later. The watch on my wrist reads 10:57PM, signalling the time for me to drop Harry's snickers off. I rush past the few cabins, thankful to see his light turned on and hoping that it means he's home.

"Hey, Cherrypop," he greets me charmingly, an easy smile upon his face as he swings the door wide open before I even reach the bottom step of his entrance.

"Hey. Snickers," I give him a heads up, tossing him two snickers, one after the other before beginning to walk away, praying he remembers my promise earlier.