trapped in a photograph || chenji

𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕏𝕍𝕀𝕀 : 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕚𝕕𝕖

{ Jisung's Point Of View }

I found myself unable to sleep very well that night as I was too busy thinking about my ride tomorrow with Chenle. I was excited, to say the least. Fortunately, I had nowhere to be in the morning so I could sleep in.

After getting up, I washed up, made myself some breakfast with some eggs I bought from a local farmer, and read some drabbles on my kindle. As the time approached to meet Chenle, I suddenly got a bit nervous. All I had for lunch was a buttered pesto baguette.

Though it's a pain in the ass to have to buy everything fresh, either from the local farmer or the sometimes farmers market, some of the food is quite good. Not to mention - no preservatives. But one must be careful to buy only what you can use that day, because most of that stuff won't keep long.

Not having any proper riding clothes as Chenle did, I dressed in my traveling clothes; cavalry boots, pants, and a white ruffled shirt. The day itself was overcast, windy, and a bit cold, so I did wear my coat. The last thing I did was to comb my hair so it looked perfect.

At 2 pm sharp, I came to the barn where I found Chenle waiting just inside.

"Hello, Jisung. I have your horse ready for you. You can ride Percy, and I will ride my own horse, Iris."

"Thanks." As I walked in, I got a strange look from Robert.

I was one of the servants like him - only I was going riding with Chenle. What I was doing was most unorthodox, to say the least.

Ignoring Robert, I went to my horse and checked the saddle. Once I was satisfied that everything was secure as it should be, I mounted my horse. I found myself being very glad that I took the riding lessons before I came here. I used to hate horses, thinking they were stupid. Now, I don't mind them so much.

"So, where are we going?"

Chenle just smiled at me enigmatically, then quickly motioned for the horse to take off on a full gallop out of the barn and towards the park.

"Why— you little..." I muttered as He set off in pursuit of His.

For almost 5 minutes, I chased after Chenle. The Korean-Latin would occasionally look back and giggle, all the while His ruffly long brown hair was flowing with the wind. It was a very beautiful sight.

By the time I had caught up with Him, we were at the far end of the park, nearing the edge of the fields and meadows beyond. Chenle then laughed and eased up a bit to let me ride alongside. But my competitiveness got the best of me and I quickly zoomed ahead of the surprised Chenle.

"Hey, I was slowing down for you!" He protested.

I merely waved goodbye as I raced out onto a meadow, towards a group of trees at the far end. Soon, Chenle and His horse galloped past me. Obviously, He had no intentions of being beaten.

Quickly, He raced ahead and reached the stand of trees a good 10 seconds before I did, where He stopped.

"Jisung, I figured that you would have beaten me easy. Your horse is as fast, well, if not faster than mine," Chenle said, looking briefly puzzled.

I thought quickly of how to respond and shrugged, "I don't know, I'm not used to this horse. Not sure what it can do." In reality, He was a much more experienced rider having years of experience.