Enraptured || taekook ✔️

Chapter 37

"Tae! Over here!"

A brunette boy, a massive suitcase in his left hand and a big, heavy rucksack slumped on his back, approached the rusty-looking, but very full bus stop, pearls of sweat forming on his forehead of all the weight he had to carry. His brown, messy locks hung right in front of his eyes, swinging around and bouncing at every step he took.

Heaving his luggage over the curb, he joined his excited friends standing right next to the trashcan, whyever that was.
"Hey, guys!"
Placing his luggage on the bench beside him, he pulled both of them into a hug.

Today, even Jimin looked excited.
Of course, Taehyung and him hade made up the same day the 'Jimin-lashing-out-and-Taehyung-crying'-incident happened and they were on best terms again, which was nice for all three of them.

"Sooo, you guys excited? None of us have ever gone camping so this is the first time for all of us!," the redhead of the group screeched, clearly looking forward to his first time sleeping in a tent.

Both Jimin and Taehyung nodded, definetely excited as hell.
"Students, gather round! The bus will be coming soon, when we arrive, we will take a walk and have a picnic in the mountains. Then, we will find a nice spot to set up our tents. Please collect all your luggage and store it into the bus carefully so it doesn't get lost! This is going to be a wonderful trip!," Mr. Lee called, their substitute teacher right beside him. The substitute teacher also being Mrs. Lee, his wife. And their history teacher.

Hoseok locked arms with his friends, squealing excitedly and making the two of them laugh at his excitement.
And as they heard the sound of the bus' roaring engine rush towards them, all the students started cheering.

It seemed like everyone needed a break from all the school stress, a relaxing camping trip sounded ideal to lift their minds from thinking about tests and assignments.

And just then, the bus stopped there and everyone huddled in front of the trunk, pushing each other around so they could be the first ones to load the big, spacious trunk.

Taehyung was very uncomfortable, feeling himself get pushed around and students forcing their way past him. It most certainly didn't feel nice and Jimin and Hoseok were nowhere in sight, he had probably lost them. Damn him.

Standing in front of the trunk, he tried grabbing his huge suitcase to lift it and heave it inside, but failed immediately. He simply did not have the physical strength to do so after carrying it all the way from home, where were strong arm muscles when you needed them?

After a few more tries, he gave up and just decided to wait for the bus driver to check up on him and help him with his very heavy luggage because there was no way he was going to get that anywhere. He internally scolded his mother for packing him so many useless things.

"Need some help with that?," a low, hushed voice suddenly asked beside him, dangerously close to his ear.
Letting out a slight gasp, the brunette turned around and came to face with...

"O-Oh, Jungkook. Hi?" He immediately felt his heart beat a lot faster, and a lot more aggressive. He gave an awkward smile, trying to hide his sudden nervosity.

The ravenette gave a short smile.
"Hi." When he saw Taehyung's still continuous attempts of lifting his suitcase, he frowned and put his warm hand on his shoulder.
"C'mon, give that to me. You're clearly struggling."

His skin feeling like it was on fire under Jungkook's touch, the brunette just widened his eyes and turned away from him, his cheeks burning aswell.
"N-No, it's okay. Don't bother, I'm sure you won't be able to either--"
His jaw dropped as he saw the younger boy reposition himself and lift the suitcase into the trunk as if it weighed nothing.