ihoardsnacks5
i think my butt is going numb 🤕🤕

gymbro6000
don't worry bro we're almost there 🔥

gymbro6000
i think

gymbro6000
i can't tell if it says 15 or 35 minutes

kjwng
What do you mean you can't tell

kjwng
You're sitting in the front 😭

gymbro6000
bro i just woke up i can't see shit

kjwng
Open your eyes ❤️

gymbro6000
HAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

gymbro6000
UR SOOOO HILARIOUS 😄😄😄😄

jjanghao
sorry guys gunwook is feeling cranky

jjanghao
he can't stay in 1 spot for too long 😕

ihoardsnacks5
OMG ME NEITHER!!!!!

gymbro6000
TWINS!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

alvinthechipmunk
it's 15 minutes btw

alvinthechipmunk
almost there ❤️

alvinthechipmunk 
also hanbin's asking who wants to pitch the tent

ihoardsnacks5
why is he asking that when i'm IN THE SAME CAR AS HIM ‼️😡

alvinthechipmunk
i wouldn't wanna talk to u if i was him either

ihoardsnacks5
wtf is this!!!!

fartmaster1000
tell hanbin i'm doing it with gyuvin and gunwook

fartmaster1000
and maybe ricky 🙄

die100
no

die100
❤️

kjwng
Okay well

kjwng
You either pitch the tent or come grocery shopping with us

die100
nvm

die100
ig i'll help with the tent 😒

fartmaster1000
we r not relying on u for anything 😊😊

ihoardsnacks5
u can just sit there and look pretty babe

die100
how dare u not say that to my face

alvinthechipmunk
do u not see how he's giggling and kicking his feet 😭😭😭

die100
idk normally he says that when we're alone but ok!!

gymbro6000
😨😨😨

gymbro6000
maybe ricky should just go grocery shopping instead 😁

die100
KYS

—

Gunwook dragged the tent across the ground, a groan leaving his lips as he stopped to stretch his back. "I feel like I got ten years older," he complained.

"If any of you bring my name up once, I'll make sure you get mauled by bears," Jiwoong warned with a chuckle, holding Yujin's hand to help him jump down from the RV.

Clearly upset, Gyuvin pouted, however, eye contact with Yujin made him break out into a laugh. "Gunwook is turning into you, Jiwoong," he managed to get out, promptly running away as the older began to chase him.

"We just got here," Hanbin huffed, dropping the foldable chairs he was carrying onto the ground. "Not a single day of peace."

Taerae, following behind Hanbin with the rest of the chairs, gave him a sympathetic smile, patting his shoulder. "There, there. At least they're not in the way."

Stepping out of the RV after some time, Hao begins to help set up the chairs around the fire pit. "If you jinx it we're not gonna be friends anymore, Taerae."

All Taerae could do was laugh, slightly nervous about the fact that Gyuvin could knock all three of them down with a single push. As he unfolds a neon green and red chair, he eyes Hao suspiciously. "Why is this the only chair coloured like this?"

"That one is yours!" Hao replied, beaming as he pokes Taerae's dimples with his fingers. "It reminded me of you, so we got it."

Again, Taerae doesn't say a word, only laughing at how his fashion was so memorable that the sheer colour of something could bring him to mind.

Once Gyuvin and Jiwoong are wrangled up, the younger members are left on the campsite, with Ricky being in charge according to Hanbin. Although the other three were hard at work, Ricky couldn't be bothered, sitting in the most obnoxiously coloured chair, his arms crossed and eyes closed.

A sudden breeze had Ricky scrunching his nose, opening one eye to take a peek, immediately jumping at the sight of Gyuvin's face way too close to his.

"You're not gonna help?" the younger asked, pouting dramatically as an attempt to make Ricky feel bad.

Ricky is rendered speechless, a quick look behind him to see Yujin and Gunwook struggling with the tent being enough for him to be mortified. "Fine," he replied. "I'll help, but only 'cause you guys are stupid." He stands up, a smile evident on his face as Gyuvin peppered him with kisses while the other two weren't looking.

Standing in the middle of a random grocery store aisle, Taerae watched how Matthew grabbed five different packages of ramen off a shelf, proudly placing it into his basket. At first, Taerae thought that shopping with the older members of the group meant that they would make more logical decisions, but he was terribly mistaken and they were only there for five minutes.

"Matt," he said, approaching the shorter with an uneasy smile. "Just get one flavour, not five. Mixing all of those will probably make it taste bad."

Matthew frowned, making extreme eye contact with Taerae as he placed every pack of ramen back on the shelf. "Wow, Gyuvin was right to call you a nerd."

Taerae made an indescribable face, gasping in shock at the words that left his friend's mouth. "I am not a nerd," he argued, placing a hand on his chest. "I just have common sense."

"Keep your common sense to yourself," Matthew says in response, sticking his tongue out at Taerae.

The two stare at each other momentarily before bursting into laughter, gaining some looks from other customers, but ultimately not caring.

Across the store in the meat section, Jiwoong, Hanbin, and Hao were carefully discussing which cuts of meat they should be getting. They settled on mostly beef, however, Hao was advocating for pork belly as well.

"Do you think this is enough?" Hanbin asked, holding several packages of meat in his hands.

Jiwoong brought a finger up to his chin as if he was in deep thought. "If not, we can just eliminate someone."

Hanbin stared at the eldest with terror in his eyes, glancing over at Hao who had a rather content look on his face, nodding along to Jiwoong's idea.

In the end, they got more meat than they needed, but Hanbin's reasoning was that he wanted to keep his children alive for their first trip together.

Night eventually fell, and everyone gathered back at the campsite, sitting around the small, yet cozy, fire pit. Jiwoong took it upon himself to grill the meat, allowing the others to talk amongst themselves.

"You know what's crazy?" Hanbin suddenly asked, getting all separate conversations to die down. "We met 'cause of a scam bot."

"And Gyuvin's stupidity," Ricky added, alluding to the fact that he made a separate group chat for them, seemingly choosing the members at random.

Taerae nodded, smiling warmly at the memory. "That makes me believe that fate is real. We've already gone through so much together."

A sudden memory comes to Gunwook's mind, causing him to purse his lips as he tries to contain his laugh. "Remember when Gyuvin sabotaged me?" he asked, causing the group to erupt into laughter.

"Stop," Gyuvin whined, slapping his friend on the arm with a pout. "It's so embarrassing to think about."

"Worst betrayal I've ever experienced," Gunwook added, wiping a tear from the corner of his eye; not one of sadness, but one that came from how hard he was laughing.

Rolling his eyes, Gyuvin crossed his arms with a huff. "Don't start acting like I made you slip and crack your head open."

"A cracked heart is worse than a cracked head," Gunwook said, placing a hand over his chest, his lips trembling as he tried to hold back another laugh.

Gyuvin opened his mouth to say something, but Jiwoong spoke before he could have a chance.

"You guys made up just fine, but how come Hao and Hanbin had a whole argument about it?" he asked, feeding a chunk of meat to Matthew with the tongs he was using.

All eyes were suddenly on Hao and Hanbin, prompting them to both let out sighs simultaneously.

"Hanbin loves jumping to conclusions," Hao eventually explained. "It's true that he's smart, but sometimes he says things without thinking."

Hanbin only nodded, his ears turning a bright red as he agreed with Hao's statement. "Either way, we all learned to better ourselves from that, right?" he asked, obtaining a collective agreement from the others. "We ended up getting closer."

"What also brought us closer was Yujin's bitch of a teacher," Matthew brings up, a fond smile on his face at the memory.

"True!" Yujin exclaims in between slurps of ramen. "I felt really cared for and seen that day. I didn't know you guys cared for me that much." A beat of silence goes by. "Did you know that Ricky even sent an email threat to my teacher? I'm grateful for that, but it was hard explaining that to my principal."

Taerae's eyes widened as he stared at the blonde sitting next to him. "You did what?"

Ricky, with a smug smile, chuckled. "It was worth it, 'cause guess what? She got fired."

"We love you, Yujinnie," Gyuvin cooed, pinching the younger's cheeks with his fingers, his hands being swatted away almost immediately.

Flexing his muscles, Matthew smiled. "We would move mountains for you!"

"Yeah, okay," Yujin replied, a bashful smile on his face, covering his mouth with his sleeves. "Love you guys too. My older brothers."

After everyone finished eating, Hanbin poured drinks for everyone (juice for the minors, obviously) before standing up to make a toast. "To our first, and definitely not last trip. We met in a bizarre way, but it brought us beautiful memories and relationships I would never trade for the world. Let's have fun this week, yeah?"

The rest of the group cheered, taking sips of their drinks (with Yujin stealing some from Jiwoong without letting Hao know). They talk late into the night, laughing, crying, and everything in between as they share their thoughts and memories.

hanbeean
are you guys playing pokemon

ihoardsnacks5
no

hanbeean
???

hanbeean
don't lie

hanbeean
we can hear you 😭

hanbeean
you're in the tent next to the rv not across the world

gymbro6000
THEN WHY DID U ASK

alvinthechipmunk
cause it's so loud 😭😭😭

die100
guys plz

die100
i don't know if i'll survive in this tent with these losers

ihoardsnacks5
u chose to stay with us so that's too bad 🙄‼️

die100
kys

taeraevision
hao is fully knocked out even with how loud u guys are wtf

fartmaster1000
he snores #havefun

kjwng
You snore too Yujin 😭

fartmaster1000
is this about me??? NO ‼️

hanbeean
okay guys please go to sleep

hanbeean
goodnight

ihoardsnacks5
GOODNIGHT!!!!! - me, gunwook, yujin, ricky

die100
no i can speak for myself

die100
gn hope i don't get mauled by a fucking bear

alvinthechipmunk
it's ok u have gyuvin there to protect u

die100
LMAOOOO

die100
?????

die100
THIS BITCH KICKED ME

fartmaster1000
deserved ❤️