R I D I N [zhong chenle] ✓

T H I R T Y - T H R E E

"At last, we've arrived at the main attraction of this whole damn trip"

"Literally no one but you likes Moomin"

"Shut it", Renjun glared at Jisung. "I was the one who decided for us to go to Jeju, I've waited through all of our destinations to arrive to mine. I deserve some decent respect"

"Yeah, yeah let's go in already"

Renjun eyed him one last time before stomping into the big blue building. Suddenly all his anger was gone when he saw the interior.

"Wow...it looks exactly like the house in the cartoon!", he smiled, dimples popping out.

"Uhh, Renjun I know you but you really don't look like you belong in this place"

"What do you mean?", he glanced over his shoulders.

"He means this, babe", Jihye came up and swiped a finger over his anti eyebrow piercings. "Your outfit doesn't help either", she gestured at the black balenciaga hoodie and black ripped jeans paired with black gucci shoes.

"So you're telling me I look like some bad boy?", he arched an eyebrow while folding his arms.

"Well technically, you actually are one", she shrugged.

"But I know what will make that image go away", Jihye picked up something and gestured Renjun to come closer. Standing on her toes a bit, she clipped a few things into his hair. "Done!"

Renjun saw himself in the mirror. It was a couple of hair pins, one decorated with pearls and another with diamonds. Face turned to the side, he was met with Jihye who placed a pair of fake glasses onto the bridge of his nose.

"There you go, bad boy Renjun who? I can only see a cutie called Junnie", Jihye pecked his lips, but frowned when she pulled away.

"Why did you take off your lip ring?"

"You said I was a cutie"

"But-"

Renjun chuckled and came close to her ear, whispering.

"I'll put it on later, in my room. You can come if you like"

Jihye shivered under him, but it was quickly dismissed when he smiled cutely after pulling away. Grabbing her wrist, the two ran leaving the others behind.

"Come on! I wanna buy the whole Moomin family!"

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"This trip is so fun"

"Funner than our own trips?"

"You know what I mean", Xiu Ying nudged the boy beside him.

They were now strolling alongside the beach, taking in the peace and seeing the sun that was ready to set.

"I...really don't want this trip to end. At all"

"Me too"

Xiu Ying stopped in her tracks, and took Chenle by the hands making him face her. She looked into his eyes, coming up with the right words to say.

"Are you sure we should, ya know..."

"I promise nothing too bad will happen"

"I know! It's just, I don't like thinking about what our friends will see us as once they find out", Xiu Ying rubbed her arm. "I love them so much, but I don't think that love is strong enough to be shown through our mistakes"

"It's hard, but", Chenle grabbed her shoulders and looked at her straight in the eye. "They have to know, eventually. If we continue like this, it will just make things worse"

"Besides", he grabbed her hand and placed it on his cheeks. "We have each other, right?"

Teary-eyed, she caressed his cheek softly. "Yes, we do"

Chenle pulled her closer, as the sun starts to set in the background. Shadows casting over the sand, they were close to the point their heartbeats could be heard.

Moving the hair out of her face, he smiled faintly as he whispered the next few words.

"I love you"

"I love you too"

Lips joined, it was a beautiful moment as the sky was painted orange.

Two lovers together, both in heart and in sin.

Enjoying each other's embrace filled with warmth, eyes closed as they let their lips lead the way. It felt just right, as the sound of waves crashing onto shore filled their ears.

The moment was soon interrupted when flashes and camera sounds were heard. Pulling away and squinting their eyes open, the first thing they saw was their friends beating each other for their stupid act of not checking the phone camera settings first.

"How couldn't you have not noticed you've been taking photos all day- oh helloOoO lovebirds ahaha hope we weren't interrupting anything", Jeno turned away from his cousin as he noticed the two who were staring at them.

"More like they were interrupting our trip, I didn't need to see any love shit ughh", Donghyuck pretended to gag.

"Our whole trip has been filled with love shit, Hyuck", Renjun deadpanned.

"Yeah, yeah. Let's just go get some food now pleasee", Jaemin whined as he ran to the restaurants. Everyone else followed suit.

Chenle and Xiu Ying looked at each other one more time, before laughing and running to catch up with the others.

"Hey wait for us!"

[Burn up the road, until tomorrow ends up coming]