࿐ྂDe Cero ࿐ྂ CNCO Fanfic

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Richard grabbed the luggage and began loading it into the mini van they had rented for the next 5 days, Aaliyah and Aleesha were packing the food into coolers while Joel and Ray packed the first aid kit, big sprays and mosquito repellent. Christopher and Erick had decided to sit in the backyard and make tiktoks which was none of anyone's business according to Erick and Zabdiel was cuddled to his cat on the couch

"Yo what do you have packed in here" Richard complained picking up Aaliyah's bag
"pillows, blankets, my personality, clothes" Aaliyah listed
"yo Zabdiel, can you help me with some of the bags" Richard groaned
"i'm still saying goodbye to Appa" Zabdiel said sadly nuzzling into the cats fur
"sometimes i think he likes that cat more than Aaliyah" Ray whispered to Joel
"wanna come say that louder" Aaliyah said holding the camping cutlery "to my face"
"i think i'm okay next to Joel here who will protect me if anything happens" Ray said scooting behind him
"i'll protect you from all the way here" Joel said moving out the way
"Honestly you are useless" Ray smiled handing Richard their small bag for the first aid kit
"are we all set to leave?" Christopher asked entering the kitchen
"we should be" Aleesha said giving Richard their cooler box
"you done making cringy fuckboy tiktoks?" Ray asked
"not quite but we'll get there" Erick teased

After giving Appa to the neighbor with strict instructions of when to feed and bath, Zabdiel made his way to the mini van. Richard drove, with Christopher on aux duty and everyone else in the van. And the obvious, Aaliyah and Zabdiel took the back seat

"I don't think i'm comfortable with Christopher in aux duty" Ray blurted
"what why? you like my music" Christopher said turning to the girl
"You played baby shark in the shower this morning" Ray said "yeah, we heard it"
"You wound my feelings bonita" Christopher said flipping Ray the bird which she blew a kiss at
"who would you like on aux duty then Ray" Richard asked looking at her through the rear view mirror
"I nominate Zabdi, i'm sure he has some sick beats on that phone of his" Ray shrugged
"Nooooo i wanna nap" Zabdiel whined
"you wanna nap or sit with Aaliyah?" Aleesha smirked
"both" Zabdiel mumbled hugging himself closer to Aaliyah
"Well my man is driving so you'll have to suck it up" Aleesha said patting Zabdiel's thigh

Reluctantly Zabdiel got up and swoped with Christopher, who swooped with Ray. Now Aaliyah and Ray sat in the back seat with Christopher next to Erick and Aleesha and Joel. The entire way the group of 10 tried rapping to the beats on Zabdiel's phone all the while jamming to other tunes and taking videos for their instagram stories before stopping at a quick stop.

"Okay so what do you guys want" Christopher asked
"Red Bull" Richard said standing outside to stretch his legs
"Skittles and water" Aaliyah said
"Happiness" Ray said
"A will to live" Aleesha added
"I only have $50" Christopher said
"i'm kidding Chris, sour jelly beans for me" Ray smiled

Christopher disappeared into the quick stop with Joel while the rest stretched and went to the bathroom. Once everyone was back they resumed their trip. They arrived at the campsite just as the sun was setting.

"Okay you guys kept the tent a secret from us now can we see it" Richard said
"Well i think you guys will like it. It's one tent with 7 compartments and basically hallways that connect us" Joel smiled
"Yo that is sick!" Ray praised "now you boys get cracking setting it up and we'll watch from here"

The boys groaned but nonetheless got cracking, Aleesha yelled out the instructions to them, Christopher nearly got a hammer to the head by Erick, but by the time the tent was erect and everyone's luggage was inside their compartments it was well past 10pm. The group settled on a cook out on the fire as they shared stories and laughed

Ray and Erick sat on one chair, Ray's legs draped on Erick's. They felt so warm and cosy that everything seemed to just disappear around them and with the group having turned quiet to look at the stars the 2 had completely forgotten themselves and shared a kiss between them