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Chapter 1: Dooms day.
Today is the day that Jisung will die.
Well, not necessarily but he’s always been dramatic. Today marks the first day of Summer, The day that Jisung dreaded the absolute most, not because of the blazing sun or the longer days but because of a very familiar cabin and a very familiar boy that goes by the name of Lee Minho.
Minho hasn’t shown to their Summer getaways in two years since he’s been caught up in a placement abroad but this year is the unfortunate year he comes back and has Jisung trying not to pass away from simply breathing the same air as him again.
Jisung use to love the summer, the getaway to the Cabin was something he’s always known, every time the first day of break would roll around, him and Chan would get squished into a mini van and make their way to spend the first 2 weeks away with their families, this was a tradition and sacred to both families as Mrs Bahng would say, But, Slowly as the boys grew up tradition slipped from families to friends and instead of being hurled into a mini van Jisung found himself car pooling into Chans busted truck with 3 other boys In freshman year to spend their first summer away with no one but them in the sacred cabin.
Jisung love for the summer getaway started deteriorating that year as amongst those three boys was none other than Minho.
Jisung is a year younger than Chan so joining him up in High School was an absolute breeze for him. Chan was there to guide him and introduce him to some new friends, practically nepo babying his way into a smooth sailing first year of one of the scariest places on earth, sounds like heaven right..? that was until Jisung actually came to meet these friends Chan’s been boasting oh so greatly about. He somehow failed to mention that one particular friend was hand crafted by god himself with a smile that struck Jisung blind as soon as he sat down at the unfamiliar lunch table. Awestruck, he didn’t even register in the moment that the biblical looking boy was speaking to him.
“..it’s great to meet you,Chan speaks about you a lot” Minho had said outstretching a hand to the lost looking boy in front of him.
”are you an angel?”Jisung blurts out staring at the boy that has oh so gracefully blessed his eyes…. oh. my. god. He just said that out loud.
Minho’s eyes grow wide out of pure confusion as Jisung trips and stammers over every word leaving his clumsy mouth feeling the heat of embarrassment crawl up his neck.
“I-I didn’t- I’m-“Frantically waving his hands out in front of him but his over running brain comes to a holt as a crack of sound interrupts his train of thought. Minho laughs. Not the kind of laugh that pierces someone through the heart to humiliate them but something quite fond, airy. oh his laugh…
that moment was the moment Jisung knew he was totally and utterly screwed.
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Jisung, Chan,Felix and Hyunjin made it too the cabin after 3 long hours in Chan’s rattling truck and the sound of Felix belting his playlist directly in Jisung ear, they didn’t even swap the aux over which was entirely unfair. The cabin was the same as they left it the year before, The mahogany wood still holding up with the wrap around porch that saved them from sudden down pours paired with the creaky steps that revealed all secret sneak outs where a pair of two suddenly become five or seven. The smell of the lake hit Jisung immediately and the rush of memories along with it. Maybe he did miss this a little.
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When Jisung finally made it inside after trudging all his bags from the truck to the porch Chan and Hyunjin had started on the barbecue to have food ready for the others when they arrive, Felix was setting the table and blessing the others with his belting again but this time Hyunjin and Chan joined in so it was three times as loud. Jisung started grabbing glasses out while humming escape trying to remember who liked what drinks to have them ready by the time they arrive, Deep in thought someone stalked up on him and grabbed his shoulders.
‘FELIX! you scared the shit out of me!’
‘Sorry!’ (he wasn’t) ‘I just wanted to see how you’re holding up, you’ve been pretty quiet’ Felix relaxed his hands and slipped his arms down Jisung’s shoulders to hug him instead.Jisung sighs leaning into the touch and letting the tension leave his body, just for a moment.
‘I’m okay just..a bit nervous i guess’ he offers a faint smile to him while he peers closer to see what Jisung is doing in front of him, slipping out of the embrace to help him instead.
‘ahh yeah Minho…It will be nice to see him again we’ve all missed him! especially you lover boy’ Felix elbows him in the side making Jisung curl in on himself slightly,wincing.
‘Hey! I did not!…maybe a little or.. a lot’ Felix hummed in response looking at him with a kind smile.
‘you know Ji..I think you should tell him this summer, It’s been years and I cannot bare to see your sad pining eyes at him anymore!’ Felix turned to him and locked him in a stare.
‘I don’t know about that it’s been so long and I’m just not in his-‘
‘No no no don’t give me that mister, No more! ooo i’m so out of his league oh woe poor little me! I see the way he looks at you, you are both as hopeless as each other it’s ridiculous!’ Felix huffs and grabs some glasses to set on the table. ‘All you can do is try Ji, I’m sure it will all turn out’ He offers Jisung another warm smile before trodding back to the table outside.
Maybe this Summer will be harder than he thought.