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Miles Away	By : CrysMarie2oo5 Category: Singers/Bands/Musicians > SHINee Views: 1056 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not know the individual members of SHINee. This is a work of fiction, I do not write for monetary or status gain. I write only for myself and if you happen to enjoy it that's great!

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-June 24^th, 2013-
More than a month had passed since Crystal’s birthday. We continued going to the gym pretty much every night for an hour or two after work. Every time I would see her, my heart would race, my palms would sweat…what I felt was strong. Today was no exception. Be cool Minho, you’ll be okay…just be yourself. I thought to myself as I saw Crystal’s impala in her usual parking space. I walked inside seeing Crystal and Alexis talking on the way to the break room and clocked in, I headed back out toward the lobby. I heard Alexis and Crystal talking.
“What about George…” What about George, he’s Crystal’s ogre look-a-like boyfriend…
“He has to work all weekend…” Weekend?
“Oh…maybe we should bring Minho along, I’m sure he hasn’t gotten much camping experience…”
“What about me?” I asked, coming out and joining their conversation. I saw Crystal roll her eyes at me and I grinned on the inside.
“I was just wondering if you wanted to come camping with us next Friday…” Alexis asked, looking up at me. I heard Crystal let out a heavy breath as she turned her attention to the computer. I wasn’t letting her get away that easily.
“Us? You and Crystal will be coming?” I asked, pointing at the two girls. Alexis nodded, but Crystal shot her a look and shrugged.
“Maybe, Jasmine will have to come with us too…” Crystal said, Our eyes meeting briefly for a moment. Her cheek grew red with embarrassment. I grinned, I loved it when I could make her blush.
“Good. I’ve been wanting to hang out with you and your daughter again.” I said, looking at Crystal, who maintained her focus on the computer screen.
“Oh really? Well you’ll see her next weekend then, cause she’ll be coming with me.” Crystal said, her eyes meeting mine briefly before drawing her attention to the computer again. If only she knew what she was doing to me right now…
“So girl, do you know any good places to go camping?” Alexis asked, looking at the older woman. Crystal nodded, and turned her attention back to Alexis.
“I know of a few up north we could check out. We’ll need camping supplies though…” Crystal said, resting her hip against the desk.
“Oh, right…when do you want to get those?”
“I don’t know, do we have a day off together this week?” Crystal asked, digging through the first drawer for her schedule.
“Um…” Alexis takes a moment and looks at the schedule. “We have Friday off together.”
“So do I…” I chimed in.
“Well we should go shopping at Walmart for camping supplies then. I can store them in my car until we are ready to go.” Crystal said, looking at the both of us. We nodded.
“Sweet, so there’s nothing to report really. You have 9 arrivals. It’s been a pretty slow day for the most part.”
“Awesome, till’s at 300?” Crystal asked, I figured it was best to get started on today’s to-do list. So I began checking the garbage containers in the lobby to see if they needed to be emptied.
“Of course…here’s the keys, I signed you out already, all you have to do is sign me in and that’s it…I’ll see you tomorrow…” I heard Alexis say. After I finished changing the garbage bags that needed it, I walked up to the counter.
“So, are you excited for the camping trip?” I asked, leaning against the counter of the front desk.
“Yes, it’s been a long time coming. I’m excited…what about you?”
“Well I honestly don’t know what to expect…I haven’t been on a campout for quite a while. So I guess this is needed.” I said, my eyes meeting Crystal’s.
The week went by quickly and soon enough it was payday. I woke up around 9 am to be ready by 10. As soon as I was ready, I shot Crystal off a text.

Good morning. I was wondering if you could pick me up and we could get our checks together then head to Walmart?
Minho

It took about 5 minutes to get a reply message back from Crystal.

Hey Minho, I have to pick up Alexis so after I pick her up I will come and get you.
CrysMarie

I put on my adidas baseball cap and a baby blue wifebeater with some windbreakers and went downstairs, not forgetting to bring my key and wallet along. I went downstairs and got $20 out of the atm and waited outside. The breeze felt nice, the temperature was very nice. With the humidity, it almost reminded me of South Korea. I glanced down the road to see Crystal’s 2003 Chevy Impala pull up. I waved at her and Alexis as I ran up to the car. I went over to the rear drivers side and opened the door and got into the vehicle.
“Mino!” I heard my Jasmine scream my name. I looked down at the young child and smiled.
“Jazzy! Hey ladies…” I greeted, seeing Alexis and Crystal. I folded up a twenty dollar bill and tapped on Crystal’s shoulder. She glanced over her shoulder at me as she grasped it questioningly.
“What’s this for?” She asked.
“For gas…for your car…” I said, and she tried to hand it back to me but I forced it back into her palm. I knew her boyfriend wasn’t helping out much. “I insist, really.” I added, my hand roughing up her hair. It was silky and shiny. I almost felt awful for messing up her hair.
“Ah, fine!” Crystal said, cramming the 20 into her pocket as she pressed on the gas and got the car moving. Crystal drove us down to the Magic City Inn where she parked momentarily underneath the veranda and we all got out of the car and walked inside. Once inside, Sarah looked at us.
“Jeez, what’d you do? Carpool down here?”
“Yeah, these two didn’t have rides…” Crystal said, glanced at the two of us. I rolled my eyes at her comment and my hand came up and flicked her hair. She let out a laugh as she leaned away from my hand.
“Well you guys are lucky you have the same day off.” Sarah said, as she dug out our checks. She found each of our checks and handed them to each of us. I opened my check and saw a nice amount. I glanced at Crystal’s and hers was slightly bigger but she also had more to pay for that I did. Good thing we all were pitching in for this trip.
We all bid Sarah goodbye as we left the hotel and went back out to Crystal’s car. She drove all the way to Wal-mart, all of us jamming out Crystal’s music when Shout Out began blasting through the stereo speakers and I absentmindedly began to rap my parts in the song. Alexis glanced over at me then at Crystal. Crystal suddenly cracked up the A/C…she must have been warm…
“Damn Minho…get it!” Alexis said, jamming out with me as I rapped my parts. I began playing with Jasmine seeing that she was getting bored. I began playing games with her using my native language and she would giggle and call me silly. She was precious.
Eventually we arrived at Wal-mart and Crystal shut off her car, signifying the end of one journey and the beginning of another. I made my way out of the car, seeing Alexis help little Jasmine out of the car. I figured it would be best to wait for them a little further ahead. We all walked to the money center area of Wal-mart.
“So, have we decided if we’re staying in one tent? Like a double room tent or just a single tent…” Crystal asked looking at Alexis and myself.
“I thought one big one that we could all share…” Alexis began to say.
“Okay, figured I’d ask…” Crystal said, poking Jasmine who erupted in laughter. “What did you all want to eat? Hot dogs, hamburgers, steaks…”
“Do we have to decide now? I mean we got a week to decide…” Alexis complain, sounding irritated.
“Well I have to do grocery shopping while I’m here, since you guys are with me we could decide as a group, I can keep the meat and veggies in the freezer and fridge til’ then…”
“Okay,” Alexis said glancing at Crystal while she held her hand up in a claw shape and resumed to tickling her daughter. One by one we all cashed our checks and headed over to the outdoor/camping section of Walmart. We chose a sturdy tent that had a six person capacity, a two blue Coleman coolers, one of food, the other for beverages.
Next came sleeping bags, Crystal picked a sleeping bag with Disney Princesses for Jasmine and a simple black sleeping bag that has a durability of -40 F. I picked a standard sleeping bag, it wasn’t as expensive as Crystal‘s.
“Minho you’re not in South Korea anymore. It does get colder here in the summer.” Crystal said her eyes meeting mine. She reminded me of Key, such a mother!
“I’ll be fine.” I insist, grabbing the sleeping bag off the shelf.
“Fine, I’m not sharing if you get cold.”
“Wouldn’t want you too.” I shoot back cause that wouldn‘t be fair to her if she had to share her sleeping bag. The idea was tempting though. She shrugged as I put the sleeping bag into the cart. She grabbed a couple lanterns and place them into the cart. I couldn’t help but watch as she bent down to grab a tarp and some rope. The one thing she hadn’t lost was her plump assets. She went on to grab a small axe and a small metal spade, my eyes followed her behind. Alexis slapped me, mouthing a ‘Really?’ at me. I shrugged. I was a man after all.
“Crystal, what’s that stuff for?” Alexis asks Crystal.
“To cut firewood down and build a fire pit. They don’t have fire pits where I plan to take you…”
“So, we’re seriously going to be roughing it then…” Alexis said, eyeing me suspiciously and shaking her head.
“Yeah…there’s going to be outhouses there, so not completely roughing it…but you get what I mean.” Crystal said, placing the axe and spade into the card.
“So…we should get some t.p. just in case…” Alexis said, looking at Crystal. She nodded.
“Yeah we will…actually, I’ll just bring some from home, not a big deal…”
“Oh I forgot to ask you girl, what type of t.p. you use? I wanted to get some at the apartment cause my aunt gets this rough cheap crap that chafes me…” I looked at Alexis horrified. Here she was, chastising me for being a man, and she blurts that out? Crystal busted out in laughter at Alexis’ choice of words.
“Oh, Charmin ultra-strong, just so you know.” Crystal said her eyes meeting Alexis’ as I grabbed a stand up metal grill and a set of pans along with a coffee percolator. My eyes followed her, and Crystal remained completely oblivious to the fact that I was checking her out.
After we finished getting all the camping supplies it was on to get swimming toys, fishing equipment and food. All in all we spent over $600 on this trip. It was going to be fun though. Crystal and I had a water noodle war which Alexis had to break up because we were raising the attention of the workers there at Wal-mart. Crystal dropped me off first, and I bid a goodbye to her.
The week went by fairly quickly and before I knew it the fourth of July. I spent the fourth of July with Alexis. We went to the air show and the fireworks display afterward. I saw Crystal and George, and a pang of jealousy ran through me seeing George and Crystal cuddle and kiss. Jasmine was nestled into Crystal’s chest watching the fireworks display. A pang of hurt went through me, and for once I actually envied George.
Crystal never saw us though. Alexis pulled me out of my thoughts and looked at me and saw who I was looking at.
“Minho, you really like her, don’t you?” Alexis asked looking at me. I nodded.
“Yeah, but she’ll never return my feelings…so what’s the point?” I said, turning my attention at the fireworks show. After the show, Alexis and I got a late bite to eat and she dropped me off at my hotel.
“Crystal will probably text us tomorrow. So pack everything you want to take tonight. I’ll see you tomorrow Minho.” Alexis said as she went back home.
I packed most of my summer clothes and set out my white Adidas t-shirt and some khaki shorts with my favorite baseball cap. Feeling that I was packed I laid in my bed and slowly drift off to sleep.

I was into a studio where the guys were. Jinki looked at me.
“Minho! You’re late…what took you?”
“I’m not sure. I didn’t realize I was late.”
“It’s okay, Crystal hasn’t showed up yet…”
“Crystal? What is she doing here?”
“Oh speak of the devil…” Jinki said, as his eyes fell upon someone entering the studio. I looked to where Jinki’s eyes landed and there stood Crystal. She looked amazing.
“Cr..Crystal?”
“Of course, Minho are you feeling okay? You look pale, like you’ve seen a ghost…”
“Oh, I’m feeling okay. I can’t believe you’re here.”
“Well I am…” She then turned to Jinki. “Jinki, is he feeling okay?”
“Everyone in their positions…” Called the director. I was so uncertain of what my position was. So I sat on the couch where Jinki was. “Hold on, Minho did you even read the script?” I had to shake my head. Crystal came over and got me up off the couch.
“You’re position is supposed to be holding me up against this wall…” Uh…okay? So I glanced over the script and I was supposed to me kissing Crystal and Jinki ‘catches’ us. Okay…I can do that.
“…And Action!” I pinned Crystal’s arms to the wall.
“I’ve wanted you since we met, and I can’t get you out of my head.” And with that I kiss Crystal. The kiss quickly turned passionate, and I let go of Crystal’s hands and she begins removing my shirt. I can’t help it, I begin undoing the dress she’s in. Isn’t Jinki supposed to be interrupting us…I glance up and find that everyone was gone.
The dress falls to the floor and I find the Crystal is topless now, her nipples in plain view and in a thong. I can feel myself harden with arousal, she was so sexy, and I knew I needed her as much as she needed me. I grabbed her legs and wrapped them around my waist. Her eyes met mine and there was such fire in them. Her hand closed around my belt and unbuckled it. She unbuttoned my pants and unzipped them she pulled down both my boxers and my pants. Her hand found my erect manhood and she stroked it a few times. I moaned, her hand feeling so good on my hardened sensitive flesh.
“I think someone’s ready to meet my kitty cat…” Kitty cat…did she just say that?
“I’ve been more than ready for this…” I moan, stroking her tender womanly flesh through her thong.
“Then do it already…” Crystal purred, pulling aside her thong to reveal her throbbing wet pussy…I positioned myself, trying to prepare myself for the plunge. I thrust into Crystal’s flesh slowly, feeling her velveteen walls stretch around me, making for an airtight fit. I moaned in sheer ecstasy. “Ooh…that’s right…fuck me Minho…” and fuck her I did. I began thrusting myself into her, almost with a carnal need. I felt the pleasure start to build, Crystal’s breathing became panting as she pulled me closer to her.
“Deeper…please…” Crystal pleaded, and deeper inside of her I went. Pretty soon our orgasms hit us and her walls clenched tightly around my shaft sending me over the edge. I moaned as I felt my seed release inside of her…

I suddenly woke up, feeling wetness on the inside of my boxers. Bwoh!? Don’t tell me I just…I pulled the elastic band of my boxers away from myself and sure enough, it was a wet dream.
“Aigoo…” I got up and changed my boxers I still felt like I was unsatisfied, so for the first time since I left South Korea, I indulged in self-pleasuring myself. With the dream fresh on my mind, I was easily able to come to a toe-curling orgasm that sent my seed shooting onto the bathroom mirror. I moaned Crystal’s name, as I felt the waves of the orgasm pass through me like an electric current. Damn her for what she’s doing to me. Damn her. I cleaned myself and the mirror up and I went to my dresser getting out another pair of boxers and I crawled back in bed.
I did finally get back to sleep only to be woken by my phone chiming with a text from Crystal.

Hey Minho, I’ll be over to pick you up in a couple of minutes. Be ready.
CrysMarie
I quickly got up, letting out a short curse because I didn’t have time to shower or anything. I quickly got dressed in the clothes that I had set aside the night before and grabbed my bag. I brought downstairs with me and shot through the front doors of the lobby. I saw her car coming down the frontage road that ran in front of the hotel. I waved at her as she pulled up. I got in the front seat.
“Hey Minho what’s up?” Crystal asked, I felt my cheeks burn with embarrassment as I remembered the dream and what I did afterwards.
“Not much, I just woke up.” I said, my eyes meeting hers. She nodded as Jasmine greeted me with her enthusiastic four year old spirit. We picked up Alexis and we started our way north.
We sang and chatted on the two hour drive up there.
We finally pulled up to what Crystal called Dion Lake. There wasn’t a soul out there and there was plenty of trees and water to keep anyone happy. We pulled into an enclave surrounded by trees but facing the lake. Crystal and I began unloading the car, I took the tent and help her carry a cooler while Alexis took Jasmine and had her change into her bathing suit so they could go swimming.
I was really hung up on the dream I had the night before and though it was best if I was the first to strike up conversation.
“So, you’re boyfriend, he doesn’t seem to like me very much.” I said, as I stabbed the stake into the ground, I was taking my anger out on the poor thing, but it did anger me that Crystal was already taken by someone who didn’t or wouldn’t appreciate her like I would. Crystal, meanwhile, was working on the other side of the tent.
“Yeah, he’s jealous, but don’t let it get to you…” Crystal said trailing off. I was getting the next stake into the ground.
“Would you ever think about leaving him?” I asked, getting the rod to clip into the stake on my side. I had a feeling Crystal could sense my anger. I didn’t really care though.
“I’ve thought about it, but I can see myself marrying him…he’s good with Jasmine, and he’s trying hard to provide us with a better life, but he does have a lot of short comings. Only time will tell…” Crystal said simply as she began working on the next stake.
“Hm…” I snorted, slamming the stake into the ground. My blood began to boil, the thought that oversized ogre putting a ring on her finger and saying vows really irritated me.
“Did you need to talk to me about anything Minho?” Crystal asked. I rolled my eyes and shook my head. I took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, in a desperate attempt to calm down. Like she would understand…it would only complicate things.
“No. I’m okay. Let’s finish this tent though, I want to go fishing.” I said, answering her question with a lie. About five minutes later we were finished setting up the tent and Crystal was digging in her trunk of her car for the fishing poles. I took that moment to check out her plump backside. I know I’m bad, sorry! Finally digging them out, she handed me one of the poles and she grabbed a couple of beers. Upon handing me one of the beers, she told Alexis that we were going fishing.
“Hey Sexy Lexi, we’re going fishing,” Crystal explained, looking at the younger woman. Alexis just glanced at Crystal and nodded.
Crystal walked to the end of the fishing dock and took her sandals off and placed her feet into the water. She set her pole up with her hook and bait and when she finished she looked up at me. Butterflies enveloped my spine as I managed to get the pole together but not set up. I didn’t know how to set my pole up to catch fish. It was usually done for me. I looked down at Crystal.
“Do you need help?” Crystal asked.
“Yeah…can you set up my pole?” I asked, handing Crystal my fishing pole. She set up his hook with the bait and put weights on it so it would sink. She then handed the pole back to me. I knew how to cast, so I cast my pole out. It landed about 20 meters away from the dock. A small smile appeared on my face. “Can I sit next to you?” I asked.
“Sure,” I said, scooting over to where we both could sit easily at the end of the dock. Crystal cast her pole out and it landed several meters out causing the lake’s surface to ripple out.
“So…what kind of fish do you catch up here?” I asked, placing my pole into a holder to my right.
“Walleye and perch…and on a rare occasion Northern Pike, but don’t try to take the hook out with your fingers, they have razor sharp teeth. I’ve seen my cousin nearly slice his finger off making that mistake.” Crystal said, making a motion to ’chop’ her own finger off to illustrate the danger. I nodded in understanding.
“Which one do you prefer?” I asked, my eyes briefly meeting hers.
“I love walleye…” Crystal said, her eyes looking distant as if reminiscing. “Pike and Perch taste too fishy andare too hard to clean. I’ve always loved walleye.”
“What does Walleye look like?” I asked, my eyes falling to her cleavage. God, they’re more perfect than what I saw in my dream…I brought my eyes up to meet hers.
“I’ll let you know if we catch it…” She said looking at me. By now, the sun was getting pretty low in the sky. Jasmine and Alexis were still swimming. There was the longest pause of silence, and I took the chance to drink in some of Crystal’s features, after a moment, she glanced at me. Catching me red-handed, I cleared my throat as a shade of red colored my cheeks.
“Beautiful, isn’t it?” I asked, trying to hide my embarrassment.
“Yes it is…this was needed…definitely needed.” Just then Crystal’s pole began bending and her line let loose. I knew she had a fish. Crystal grabbed it and yanked on it and she felt something tug on it. After a bit if a struggle she reeled in the fish close enough to the dock to where she could take it out of the water with the net. She grabbed the net and got the fish out of the water so she could get the hook out of its jaw. I watched her, and honestly seeing her manhandle the fish caused a smile to appear on my face. I’ve gone fishing with girls before and most wouldn’t even get around a fish let alone touch one. Jasmine saw this and rushed out of the water to join us on the deck so she could poke at the fish.
“Did you catch that mommy?” Jasmine said, in her four year old manner. She was so cute. Crystal nodded at her only daughter.
“I did honey!” Something caught my attention and I glanced at my pole, it was bobbing and I was pulled out of my trance with realization that I had a fish on my line. I began reeling my line in just as Crystal placed her fish into a bucket. I reeled in my fish successfully and mine was larger than the one Crystal had caught. We ended up catching two more fish between us. Satisfied, we brought the bucket back to the campsite.
“So Minho did you have fun?” Crystal asked, handing the bucket live fish to me. I gladly took it from her. The thing probably weighed about 30-40lbs.
“Yes.” I said placing the bucket on the picnic table. I got out the filet knife that Crystal had brought along so she could cut the fish up. Crystal placed the poles up against an adjacent tree and placed the tackle box and net next to the poles. She then stepped up to the table and grabbed the knife I had gotten out for her. She grabbed a fish out of the bucket and thrust the knife, point facing the fish, into the lower abdomen of the fish and proceeded to pull the knife up and through the body of the fish stopping right below the underside of the jaw. Blood ran down her wrists as she reached inside the fish’s and clutched the fish’s innards and pulled all the organs out.
Something about Crystal gutting those fish and handling that knife was just…a turn on.
Suddenly she let out a gasp of surprise to find the fish was in fact a female and full of fish eggs. I let out a chuckle, and wanted to see how far I could push Crystal. So I grasped some of the eggs and popped some them into my mouth. She looked up at me, disgust and shock displaying on her face.
“Minho! Ew!” She said, clearly disgusted.
“What? They’re delicious, here, try…” I said grabbing some more of the eggs and pushed my fingers toward her mouth. She immediately dropped the fish and the knife back on the table and ran away from me, and I was happy to chase her.
“No!” She pleaded, running turning around to see me still chasing her. “Minho! Don’t even!”
“What? Are you scared?” I asked, challenging her.
“Is everything a game to you?” Crystal asked, whipping around and meeting my eyes.
“Just try one Crystal…it won’t kill you.” I said the fish eggs still on my fingers.
“I don’t care! Fuck to the no. Just for that, you’re cleaning all the fish.” She said, narrowing her eyes at me.
“Gladly. But only if you eat one egg…” I said holding a small pale yellow egg on the end of my finger as I walked toward her. She backed away until her ankles met the water of the lake.
“No.” She said turning her head away. I loved making her squirm.
“Why not? It’s good for you…” I said, my finger inching its way toward her mouth.
“I don’t care if it made me live forever Minho, I’m not eating it.” She said.
“Come on Crystal, don’t be a girl…” I had her where I wanted her, close to the water’s edge. It was just her and I out there for the moment.
“Minho, I am a girl…if you haven’t noticed…” She said, her head still turned, she looked so gorgeous with the sun shining to her back.
“Correction, you’re a woman, a very beautiful one at that…” I paused, biting my lip. Did I just say that! Aigoo… “…n-now open your mouth...” I stuttered. Her head whipped around as her eyes locked on with mine. Suddenly she opened her mouth and engulfed my finger and slowed sucked on it. Oh God…that feels good…she looks so good doing it too…I drew in a sharp breath but before I could really savor the moment, Crystal grabbed me by the shoulders and pulled me toward her. She stepped out of the way and I found myself in a free fall toward the shallow water that was behind her. Landing in the cold water, my clothes became drenched in the water, I quickly rebounded, pushing myself up with my arms and turned around, running full sprint after Crystal who was trying to take shelter in the tent.
My hand caught on the zipper just as she was trying to zip it up.
“I’m going to get you!” I screamed, as I dove through the hole that I had created. I could only squeeze half of my body in, but that was all I needed. Water began to drip off of me and onto Crystal causing her to scream.
“AH! NO!” She gave up trying to hold onto the zipper, causing me to be able to unzip it enough to where I could get my whole body inside. She tried to crawl away from me but I grabbed her ankle and drug her closer toward me while trying to crawl further into the tent. Somehow my foot caught got on the tent, tripping me and the momentum from that shot me into the tent fully and on top of top of Crystal. She let out a yelp as she felt my body land on top of hers. Our eyes met. Oh wow, this is awkward…should I move…is that her breasts I feel against me…oh so soft…she pushed me off of her but I had won. Her black tank top was soaked through as well as her jean shorts. She busted out laughing and I began laughing with her. That was awkward.
“I’m sorry for falling on you.” I apologized, my heart was pounding. Flashbacks of the dream I had the night before came to the forefront of my mind. I gulped trying to push them to the back of my mind.
“It’s okay, let’s get that fish ready to cook, I’m hungry.” She said as she got up. Not three seconds later her tummy rumbled I heard it, my gaze fell on her belly and we began laughing again. She gave me a playful shove and unzipped the tent and stepped out. The sun was disappearing quickly from the horizon and there was a chill that was beginning to fall with the disappearance of the sun.
“You wanna get the fish ready, I’m going to look for fire wood.” Crystal asked her eyes meeting mine. I nodded and walked over to the table to begin scaling and gutting all the fish just like Crystal had earlier. Crystal, Jasmine and Alexis disappeared into the thick brush. I was left to my thoughts, for the moment. As soon as I was finished scaling the fish, I did my best to de-bone the fish and cut the fish meat into individual filets. Key taught me this after a fishing trip SHINee went on once. A pang of hurt went through me, I really missed the rest of the guys.
The women came back about 15 minutes later with enough wood to get us through the night. Crystal began building the fire and I finished up cutting the fish filets and I brought them over to Crystal as she was putting lighter fluid on the firewood and threw a match into it. The fire ignited with a ‘whoosh’ of the flammable liquid igniting and Crystal smiled as our eyes met, her eyes fell to the plate that I was handing to her. She grasped the plate from me.
“Thank you.” She said, as she set up the stand that she was going to cook off of. I watched her as she began cooking the filets. Alexis gave her a can of beans and a can opener and she began cooking those. She then handed me the left over filets.
“Will you wrap this up and put in the cooler? We can them have tomorrow.” Crystal asked her eyes meeting mine. I nodded, taking the plate from her and wrapping it up with saran wrap that we brought along. Five minutes later, supper was ready. Alexis grabbed the paper plates and plastic flatware and handed them out to everyone. Crystal served us our food and we ate while we watched evening turn into night.
“The fish is delicious Crystal…what kind is it?” Alexis asked, looking at Crystal.
“It’s walleye, don’t you just love it!” Crystal said, swallowing her food. Alexis said yes, and we continued eating our food, until Alexis got up and made a rum and coke for herself.
“Crystal you want one?”
“Oh I’d love one…hey, wanna get the camping forks, and the smore supplies?” Crystal asked, looking at Alexis. She nodded.
“Ooh smores, you hear that Jasmine?” Alexis said, as she dug into the cooler.
“Smores!?! Oh nummy! I love Smore’s!” Jasmine said excitedly, I just had to laugh at the four year old. She was the cutest thing.
“Yes Jasmine, but you’re going to bed after you eat your smore. Understand?”
“I don’t wanna go to bed momma, I wanna stay up with you guys…” Jasmine said, a frown coming on her features.
“Jasmine you know that after ten o’ clock is mommy time.”
“I know, but can’t I just stay up? Just this once?”
“No. Cause once will turn to twice, then three times…I know how you work little girl…”
“Okay mom. I love you…” The four year old said, giving her mother a kiss on the cheek. Crystal got a fork ready with a marshmallow and let her daughter cook it til’ it was black and crispy. I did the same, readying my pitchfork with a couple of marshmallows and cooking them until they were just a little brown. Crystal put together the smore for her daughter and I watched her, and put mine together the same way. We ate them, it was delicious. By the time Jasmine was done, she was yawning and rubbing her eyes.
I watched Crystal as she saw this, and carried her daughter into the tent and laid down with her for ten minutes or so until the four year old could be heard snoring.
“God Minho, how many of those things are you going to eat? That’s like what? Four?” Alexis asked, as she watched me make my fourth smore.
“Bwoh!? They’re good!” I said, cramming the melted marshmallow into my bed of chocolate bar and graham cracker. I smashed it together and took a big bite of the sweetly decadent sandwich.
“Minho you crazy, we’re going to send you back to South Korea fat…you know that right?”
“So? People say I need to gain more weight…” I said after swallowing the bite. Alexis laughs.
“Boy, you skinny, but you don’t need to get fat.” Alexis said, eyeing me. I wiggled my eyebrows and shoved the rest of the smore into my mouth. Savoring what was left of the sweet treat that was left on my fingers.
Crystal came back out eventually. Her sweater hung loosely on her shrinking frame and jean shorts that were held up on her hips by a leather belt that had a couple of extra notches put in so Crystal could keep wearing her clothes. What she desperately needed was a shopping trip. Crystal walked over and made herself a drink with some rum she had purchased for the trip. She settled back down in the seat next to mine, and a moment of silenced passed before anyone said anything.
“Is Jazzy asleep?” Alexis asked, her eyes meeting Crystal’s. Crystal nodded.
“Yeah, so what should we do now?” Crystal asked, her gaze switch from Alexis and I. I was getting bored.
“Well, its night time, Jasmine’s asleep, and since we’re the only ones out here…we could go skinny dipping…” Alexis said, offering her idea out on the table. I looked at her with disbelief, leave it to Alexis to come up with some crazy idea. By the looks of it Crystal was caught off guard by her suggestion as I was.
“What? Are you being serious…?” Crystal asked looking at her. Alexis nodded.
“Come on, we’re grown, we ain’t gotta be ashamed of our bodies…” Crystal got up and drank the rest her drink then took the bottle of rum out of the cooler, and began guzzling the hard liquor. Her lips left the bottle after a watching her swallow three mouthfuls.
“Give me five minutes for this to kick in, and I’ll meet you down at the lake…” She said, her eyes meeting mine as she handed the bottle in my direction, giving it a couple of shakes to see if I wanted any. I grabbed the bottle and chugged a three good mouthfuls, the liquor leaving a burning sensation down my throat and esophagus as it went down. I then stood up and peeled my shirt off. I glanced over at Crystal and I saw her eyes glaze over with lust as she looked at my midsection. I couldn’t help but smile a little, her eyes met mine and her cheeks turned red. Yeah she was looking. I think she likes me too…even if it’s just a little bit. I then put my hand towards her. I want to see her now.
“You’re turn…” I said, the words slipping off my tongue like silk. Her gaze met mine, and she arched an eyebrow. She looked cute when she did that.
“Oh my turn…what exactly am I supposed to do…” Crystal asked.
“Watch and learn Crys…” Alexis said, looking at Crystal as she peeled off her shirt and unclasped her bra to reveal herself in all her glory. I busted out laughing. The girl was definitely well endowed in the chest department. I couldn’t help but gaze at them because my male sex drive was driven to look at the female body. Crystal covered her eyes in horror.
“Alexis! Do we really have to do this…come on! I’m SHY!” Crystal pleaded, trying her best not to look at Alexis..
“No girl, come on, you’re the oldest one here…shirt and bra off NOW…” Alexis said, her eyes looking at Crystal defiantly. Crystal shook her head and was about to protest but Alexis got me involved.
“Minho, help her out…” Alexis said, looking at me. My eyes shifted to Crystal as I closed the gap between us and my hands fell upon the hem of Crystal’s sweater.
“No! NO! Don’t you even fucking think about it…” Crystal said smacking my hands away from her and her gaze meeting mine. ”I’ll do it…for fucks sakes.” She said standing up straight and peeling her shirt off. She tossed it somewhere behind her then unclasped her bra to reveal perky breasts with brown areoles, that were already standing at attention from the chilly night air hitting them. My world officially stopped at that moment, my jaw dropped, and I think I was even drooling.
“I’ll even one up you all…” Crystal said, her voice pulling me out of lust-filled coma just long enough to notice her pulling her shorts and panties off. Before anyone of us could really get a good look she began running toward the dock in full sprint. Before Alexis and I could even blink Crystal was in the water. Alexis and I glanced at each other and we both began sprinting toward the water, shedding our clothes as we did so. I was the first to reach the end of the dock and I did a cannon ball at the end of it, while Alexis ran in, nearly falling and belly flopping in the process. Crystal came up for air about the same time I did, she turned around and saw that Alexis and I were already in the water. I began swimming my way out toward her.
“Oh my god! This water is wonderful!” Alexis said, laying on her back so she could float. Crystal decided to float on her back and she didn’t see me swim up ahead of her. She gazing up at the stars and full moon. It was a gorgeous night, the light of the moon lit up Crystal’s features, and she looked surreal. She stretched her arms out and her hand touched my lower abdomen, causing a jolt of electricity to go through me. Feeling her hand hit something, she naturally looked to see what it was. By now my curiosity landed on an island out in the middle of the lake. I wanted to check it out, hopefully with Crystal alone…
Crystal turned around going to a normal pedaling position in the water, her brown eyes met mine.
“Hey, we should check out the island out there…I want to see if anything’s on it.” I said, my eyes looking out of the island. It wasn’t long before Alexis was at our side.
“Ya’ll crazy, I know I ain’t gonna make it, why don’t you two go check it out, I’ll stay behind and make sure Jasmine doesn’t wake up…” Crystal looked up at me while Alexis looked at Crystal.
Meanwhile, my mind was swimming with everything Crystal and I could be doing in this water…my eyes met her as I swam up to her. My eyes ran over Crystal’s exposed skin, as I felt a surge run through me.
“You up for it? Or am I going alone?” I asked, my voice dropping to a seductive tone. My body was merely inches away from Crystal’s and if I really wanted to…Minho don’t do it. I scolded myself. The water was just murky enough to cover all of our body parts. Which was sad cause I really wanted to see Crystal’s body.
“Yeah. I’m up for it.” Crystal said before looking back to Alexis.
“Hey Alexis, signal us with a bottle rocket or something if Jasmine wakes up.” She said to Alexis as we began to make our way out to the island. Crystal did her best to keep up with me, but eventually she began falling behind, She floated on her back to rest…as she did that, I caught a glimpse of her nipples, and her legs. The sight was a huge turn on. I slowed down, pedaling in the water. She was gasping for air, and it had me a little worried. Suddenly a thought popped in my head. What would Jinki-hyung say if he knew what was going on in your head Minho. A wave of guilt washed over me.
“Are you going to be okay?” I asked, looking at her.
“Yeah give me a moment to recuperate.” After a good minute or so of resting she was ready to go the rest of the way. We got close as being able to touch around the island when Crystal looked at me. I suddenly felt shy.
“Well we’re here? You said you wanted to check it out…” Crystal said her eyes meeting mine.
“I know, but I’m really shy…can you…not look at me while I get out and check out the island…” Crystal rolled her eyes and splashed me with water as she began stepping out of the water.
“Minho really? I’ll go…” Crystal said walking up onto the beach. When she got out of the water she turned back around to my hand covered her body up. I felt really bashful, and the way my body was reacting to Crystal, I was in no condition to even step out of the water. Crystal stepped out of the water and turned around, giving me a full frontal of her body. I hungrily drank it in. I wanted to do nothing more than push her behind the brush and have my way with her like I did in my dream. She had lost a lot of weight and her figure, was just a huge turn on. I put my hand up and closed my eyes, realizing the improper thoughts I was having.
“Crystal, what are you doing!?!?”
“Checking out the island man, what else do you think I’m doing…we swam out here, might as well see what’s out here…” Crystal said turning back around and disappearing behind some trees. I glanced down at myself, I was hard, ready for action. Excited from the recollection of the dream I had the night before. Yes, she was a woman, yes, she was sexy…but she was taken! I desperately need to think about something other than Crystal’s curvaceous frame. Come on…think.
Moments later, Crystal came out with a towel wrapped around herself and tossed another one out to me. I gratefully wrapped it around my hips and came walking out of the water. There wasn’t much I could do to hide my arousal, but Crystal never looked.
“Did you find these in there?” I asked, my eyes meeting hers. She nodded.
“Yeah it looks like it was an old hangout at one time or another.” She said as she took my hand and led me into the trees. I walked around, I saw a fire pit, the remnants of glass beer bottles and caps, along with another towel that was in much worse condition than the ones we held to our bodies.
“This would be a great place to have a party, you can see out, but people would have a hard time seeing in because of the trees.” I said my eyes glancing at Crystal as she leaned against a nearby tree and watched me. I tried to push it out of my mind as I continued to walk around the old hangout, checking it out. But I couldn’t fight the urge anymore, I finally had her alone. No boyfriend, no annoying Alexis to interrupt, it was just the two of us. My eyes landed on her as I got up, dropping a glass bottle I was holding and I closed the distance between us.
I grasped her side, grabbing a fistful of towel as I did so. I saw a hint of cleavage showing at the top of the towel, bits of moonlight radiating off her prominent cheekbones. I had to have her. Now. Our eyes met, and locked. I lowered my lips to her ear.
“If I kiss you, would you tell your boyfriend?” I asked, seductively. I could tell she wanted it from the way she sucked in a breath.
“I can keep a secret if you can…” She whispered back, licking her lips in anticipation. Our eyes met as I began to make the plunge to kiss her. I heard a shrill, whistling noise and a pop that echoed off the surround trees and hills. Before I knew it, I was pushed aside and Crystal had run out to the beach. I heard her call out to Alexis, I decided to follow her out there, to make sure everything was okay.
“Is she awake!?!”
“She’s screaming! I think it’s a nightmare!” Crystal ran into the water and began making her way back to shore. I ran in after Crystal, and dived in when the water was up to my waist. We made the 10 minute swim back to shore.
Lexi threw Crystal a towel first, and I caught my first real glimpse of her bare behind. A smirk hit my features as she took the towel Alexis handed her and quickly wrapped it around herself before walking back to the campsite. I was next to get out, I got out, and Alexis threw me a towel and caught her staring at my junk. I smiled and covered myself up quickly, the towel feeling warm against my cool flesh.
“Mommy…Mommy…I had bad dreaming…” I heard Jasmine cry. My heart sunk.
“You want to tell momma about your bad dream?”
“Yeah mommy, you died…”
“Aw well mommy’s here, she’s not going anywhere anytime soon okay sweetie…? Now why don’t you go back to bed…”
“O-okay mommy I-I love you!” Jasmine sniffled, kissing her mother’s cheek. “W-will you l-lay with me?” Jasmine asked, throwing her arms around her mother’s neck.
“Sure honey, let mommy put her PJs on and I’ll be in there.” Crystal said, ushering her daughter back inside the tent. She grabbed her clothes off of her chair and went to the outhouse to change back into them. Meanwhile, I leaned against a tree that was around the outhouse and looked at Alexis.
“Alexis, do you think I even have a chance with her?” I asked, looking at Alexis. Alexis looked at me, and gave a small smile.
“I think you do Minho, she likes you, I can tell. She’s just torn right now. I think you two look cute together. Give it some more time, before you take off back to South Korea you two will be an item…I’ll see to that.” Alexis said, her eyes meeting mine. I nodded. “This is really bugging you isn’t it?”
“It is, you don’t even know the half of it. I can’t get her out of my mind. I dream about her…I’ve never let a girl affect me like this.” I said, spilling my guts out. “I just don’t know what to do, I don’t want to ruin our friendship, but I want to be more than friends. I just feel like I can give her better…”
“Like I said Minho, you gotta give it time…you two have too much chemistry to just be friends, and Crystal will see that and she’ll need to do something.” Alexis said, giving my shoulder a reaffirming pat. Crystal had finished dressing and walked out of the outhouse in a sweatshirt and sweat pants so I went inside and changed back a baggy pair of sweats, and since my body was still wet, I decided it was best to air dry. I walked back out, and I was suddenly thirsty for a frothy beverage. I grabbed a beer from the cooler and made small talk with Alexis as she told me that Crystal went to lay with her daughter and would be back as soon as the four year old fell asleep.
Crystal came back out from the tent, dressed in sweats. She took the seat next to mine as Alexis asked how Jasmine was doing.
“She’s asleep, hopefully down for the rest of the night.” Crystal said playing with her hair. Alexis nodded, then excused herself to the bathroom, leaving Crystal and I alone for the moment. Perhaps this was a good of time as any to apologize.
“I’m sorry to come off so…what’s the word…” I said, my mind trying to find the word in English.
“Horny?” Came her response, I shook my head I still am, but that’s not the word.
“No…but when I saw you I couldn’t control myself…”
“Oh impulsive…” Crystal said her eyes meeting mine.
“Yes, that…I’m sorry I came off so impulsive. I saw you standing there, and I don’t know what came over me.” I said our eyes meeting before taking another swig of beer.
“It’s okay, really. I was actually going to let you, before Alexis ruined the moment…” Crystal said. That took me by surprise. She was really going to let me kiss her? Aigoo, I’m a pabo. Well hell…what about her boyfriend? I laughed a little before taking yet another drink.
“Well you’re boyfriend doesn’t seem to like me very much…so it was for the best.” I said resigning to that fact as I looked at her again. She shrugged and Alexis came out of the outhouse a few moments later.
We sat around the fire and talked, eventually going to bed around 2 am.
“Mino! Mino! Lexis! Wake up…mommy cooked breakfast!” I was jolted awake by Jasmine. I woke up still feeling the grit of sleep at the corner of my eyes, I was still super tired, but yet strangely energized.
Crystal came over to us with two plates each with two eggs, three bacon and two toast on them. I gratefully ate mine.
Alexis crawled back to bed after we got done eating while Crystal got Jasmine ready to go puck-on( Which Crystal explained were wild hazel nuts) and berry hunting. I decided to tag along with them, wearing only shorts and a black tank top and sunglasses, to shield the sun from my eyes.
Jasmine and Crystal curiously had jeans and long sleeved shirts on which struck me odd, because it was only a little past 10 am and the temperature had to have been in the 90s already. We walked through dense brush and Crystal showed me what puck-ons were, before she began taking them down, one by one off of a bush we had come across, and placing them into a plastic bag she had brought with us. My legs were beginning to itch and I looked down at them, they were riddled with rash-like bumps.
“Sss….I’m so itchy!” I complained as I scratched my leg. Crystal looked down and saw my legs.
“Minho, damn, why did you wear shorts? Did you notice that me and Jasmine had pants on? There’s poison ivy and hemlock all over these woods.” Poison ivy, hemlock? Never heard of those. But it doesn't sound very pleasant.
“Sorry…you have something for it though right?” I asked, my eyes meeting her. She nodded as she grabbed her backpack.
“Of course, I brought some just in case,” She said getting down on her knees and opening the bag up. She dug around in her bag for a moment before pulling out a white bottle with blue writing on it. She uncapped the bottle and squeezed a liberal amount on her hands before slathering on my calves and lower legs. My mind drifted off into lust-land. I could imagine her hands massaging me all over...pleasuring me in ways...suddenly she shot up, bringing me out of my thoughts and I felt my cheeks burn with embarrassment. She too was blushing. We suddenly heard Jasmine scream.
“OUCH!! MOMMMMMMYYYYYY!” Crystal and I dropped what we were doing and ran over to where her voice was coming from. Crystal and I were shocked to see a swarm of wasps, buzzing around Jasmine
"Jasmine!" I called out, while Crystal grabbed her, getting stung in repeatedly in the process. I batted at the wasps that were crawling on Jasmine's clothes as we began to run all the way back to the campsite. The wasps were relentless, I started getting stung, and Crystal and Jasmine were both still getting stung. I heard weezing, and I looked at Crystal, and her complexion was pale.
I quickly picked up the backback and slung it on my shoulder. She suddenly fell and I knew she wasn't okay. She held Jasmine close to her, shielding her from impact with the hard ground. Adrenaline began pumping, something was wrong...something was very, very wrong. I had to get Alexis! I picked up Crystal and Jasmine and I began running back to camp. We weren't far from the tent now, the yellow jackets were becoming fewer and fewer the further away I got.
“ALEXIS!!! HELP!!!” I yelled at the top of my lungs. Alexis, met us outside the tent and held the door open for me as I ushered Crystal and Jasmine into the tent. Jasmine got up off of her mother and away from us. She knew something was going on. Alexis zipped up the tent as soon as all of us were inside.
“Crystal...she’s..." I said. I was trying to catch my breath.
“Min…ho….epi…pen…bag…” Crystal managed to whisper. It was harsh, like her airway was closing up. Her body was riddled with red swollen spots. Her eyes were trying to stay focused on me.
“Crystal, shit…Minho her bag, there’s a yellow pen inside of it…she needs it…” Alexis said, I took the back pack off and frantically searched it for a yellow medical pen. I remember Jinki showing me his because we was allergic to watermelon. I finally found it and pulled it out and Crystal swiftly grabbed it from me, uncapping the needle. She tried to stick it into her leg and disperse the epinephrine. Her fingers fumbled with the plastic tube. Her breathing became more shallow, and lips were turning blue. I grew terrified, terrified, that she might actually die in front of me.
“Crystal! Come on! FOCUS!!!“ I screamed at her. I grabbed the pen from her, her fingers were limp, lifeless. Her nails were tinged blue. She was fading fast. I had to do something.
I stuck the needle into her thigh and released the dose of epinephrine into her bloodstream. She lost consciousness and fell limp in my arms. I saw this and I began shaking her...
"CRYSTAL WAKE UP!!! CRYSTAL!!!" I was frantic...I laid her body on the floor of the tent and Alexis became alarmed and felt her neck. Then she let out a scream. It was a bloodcurdling scream. A scream of when you find someone dead. Jasmine was frantic, crying and yelling for her mom. When her mother didn't respond she screamed. I tried to comfort the scared child.
"Crystal!!! COME ON! SHIT SHIT SHIT!!!!" Alexis was crying now as she began ministering CPR. "Don't leave us Crystal! God damn it! DON'T FUCKING LEAVE US!!!"
"Crystal!!! Come on…breathe!!!" I screamed, looking down at her lifeless body. Suddenly her eyes shot open and she drew in a breath as she pushed Alexis off of her, being able to take a full breath. She looked uncomfortable, she was in pain and not well.
“CRYSTAL! OH MY GOD!!!! YOU WERE DEAD!” Alexis said, her eyes wide like she had seen a ghost. Well she had, Crystal was dead just seconds ago.
“Get…me…to…a…hospital…now…” She muttered. Thank god, she was alive…
I carried her in my arms as Alexis picked Jasmine up and ushered us into the car. Alexis took the keys and rushed Crystal to the nearest hospital. Crystal gave Alexis directions; she knew the area better than any of us did. Her voice was raspy, her body was sweating, and her cheeks were rosy. It was a totally different scenario than just moments ago.
By the time we hit the ER, Crystal could breathe normally, she asked me to feel her pulse, and it was strong, but very, very fast. I couldn't even begin to count the beats. That’s how fast it was going.
Meanwhile Alexis was on the phone, with George telling him what happened. Crystal, Jasmine and I were shoved inside a tiny room with the only ER doctor on shift, his attention was on Crystal as he was trying to control her heart rate which was irregular and spiking at 210 beats a minute. He was trying to get her heart rate down to a more tolerable level. I was trying to keep Jasmine from crying, she was distraught. What child wouldn't be at the thought of losing their parent? She covered her ears in an attempt to keep the beeping of the EKG from freaking her out. She had bee stings all over her and was scratching like mad.
The beeping of the EKG monitor had managed to unnerve me. I knew that it wasn’t normal for a heart to beat that fast, I didn't want to lose her again. I was surprised the human heart could sustain such an erratic rhythm and the person to be conscious. Uncomfortably conscious.
The doctor finally gave Crystal a shot with some sort of beta-blocker and within a few moments her heart rate was down to 120. It amazed me what modern medicine could do. The doctor, who was an older gentleman, looked at Crystal.
“You dodged a real bullet today, if you hadn’t had the epi-pen with you, you wouldn’t be here getting treatment right now…” The doctor said, matter-of-factly. I looked up at the doctor.
“Will she have to stay?” I asked, thinking it would be for the best if we cancelled the camping trip.
“As much as I would like to…you seem healthy now. The hives are gone, you still have a little swelling, your heart rate has come back down to normal…you’ll be dizzy but I don’t see a reason to really keep you other than for observation…” The doctor said, my heart sunk. What if those wasps were still there? What if she were to get stung again? I don't want to lose her.
“And if I get stung again?” Crystal asked, her eyes meeting the doctors'.
“Yes, I’m getting you another epinephrine pen. As soon as you get stung once, take it, it will combat subsequent stings.”
“Okay…” Crystal said.
“I’m prescribing Minho and Jasmine some benedryl cream and ibuprofen for their stings. I’ll get your release paperwork ready and you’ll be ready to go.” The doctor said, taking his exit. My eyes stayed on Crystal as the doctor exited the room and her eyes met mine. I got up from my seat as I brought Jasmine over to see her mother..
“Mommy, I’m scared…” Jasmine said, tears still falling down her cheeks. Tear were running down mine. Crystal luckily hadn't caught on that I was crying.
“Oh I know honey, mommy was too…but mommy’s all better now…you were so brave!” Crystal said, her eyes looking at her daughter.
“I thought you died though…” Jasmine said as she wrapped her little arms around Crystal's neck in a death-grip type of hug. Crystal held her close allowing a few tears to escape her eyes.
“I know honey, I know. But I didn’t and that’s the most important part, you get to keep mommy…” Crystal said, as her daughter burst into tears.
“I love you mommy…I love you so much!”
“I love you too Jasmine…I love you too…” Crystal said placing a kiss on her daughter's head. Crystal held her there until she had calmed down a bit then let the young girl down. She let her join Alexis out in the lobby. Crystal's eyes looked over to me and I quickly turned my head so I was looking at the containers of cotton swabs and wooden tongue depressors on the countertop. I heard her swallow.
“Look, Minho, thank you...thank you for saving me…” I turned my head as my eyes met hers. I didn't care if she saw my tears on my tear-streaked and puffy face. She was what I was concerned about. I nodded.
“Will you be okay?” I asked, my voice full of concern. I glanced at the heart monitor again and it read 91 bpm. Crystal nodded.
“I’ll be okay now I think…” She said, glancing at the monitor to see it was at 88 bpm. She got up from the table and tried to stand, but her body faltered and she nearly collapsed. I shot out of my seat quickly and placed a hand on either side of her body, steadying her as she put her head on my shoulder.
“Sorry…I guess I’m still not quite stable yet…” Crystal muttered, running a hand across her forehead.
“It’s okay, you can lean on me anytime.” I said, wrapping my around her to hug her. “Just don’t scare me like that again, I thought we weren’t going to get you back.” I added, confessing my own fear of losing her.
“How was I supposed to know that a few bee stings were going to nearly kill me…I knew I was allergic…but…dang…” Crystal said, grasping my hands and pulling them off of her. I didn't want to let go of her hands though. Crystal could see this, and her eyes met mine.
“Minho, I’ll be okay, I’ll be lightheaded, but I’ll be okay.” Crystal said, trying to pacify my worry. I nodded and finally let go of her hands.
“Sorry, I just had to make sure…” I said, walking away from the doctors table that Crystal sat on. I went to sit back down in a chair adjacent to the table.
The doctor came back in moments later with release forms for Crystal to sign. I signed mine, and Crystal signed for Jasmine. I helped Crystal off of the doctors table and helped her out to the car. I helped Jasmine into her car seat and Alexis drove us back to the campsite.
By now the yellow jackets retreated back to their home and I helped Crystal into the tent. Alexis and I took turns taking care of Crystal, and by the end of the night she was beginning to feel normal again. She would have these moments when her face would go pale and she would clutch her heart. When asked if she was all right she would smile and say she was fine. I saw right through it. She was still dealing with her own mortality.
After a meal of steak and succotash, Jasmine had passed out on my shoulder. The girl was clinging to Crystal and I since the incident earlier, no doubt she was traumatized. I laid her down in the tent then came back out. It had been dark for an hour, and suddenly, we all could hear thunder in the distance.
“Crystal? Did you hear that?” Alexis asked, her eyes meeting Crystal's.
“Yeah, that sounded like thunder…” Crystal said getting up and walking over to the dock. I followed her, and came up close behind me, placing my hands on my hips, to steady her. I didn't want her falling into the water, in case she was still light headed.
“See anything?” I asked, my voice filled with curiosity.
“Um…” Crystal said searching the night sky. I saw a storm similar to ones that I've seen hit Seoul. “Minho, find any large rocks you can find along the shoreline and get them put in the tent…” By now Alexis was looking at the storm with us.
“Alexis, I need you to grab the spare tarp and rope from the car, I have a feeling there’s going to be hail…” Crystal said, as she gathered all of our firewood and placed it inside the tent. Meanwhile I went to gathering large rocks, while Crystal brought all of the equipment inside the tent. I got two large stones, and brought them back to the campsite.
“Oh, what are you setting up?” I asked, noticing Crystal and Alexis setting the tarp up.
“A deflector for the hail, I don’t want to risk any of the hail puncturing the…” Suddenly there was a flash of lightning and thunder was heard 3 seconds later. “Get those into the tent and brace yourself. The storm’s a few miles away now…I’ll get this up and I’ll meet you in there.” Crystal said, nodding toward the tent.
“Okay,” I said, as Alexis opened the tent. By the time Crystal finished the tarp, the storm was about a mile away. She quickly got inside the tent as the wind started up. Alexis popped in.
“Okay, now let’s gets these rocks in the corners…”
“Why are we doing this?” Alexis asked, looking at Crystal.
“Because this storm has straight line winds, if we don’t anchor this tent down, the wind can toss the whole tent…with us in it.”
“Oh whatever! That could never happen…”
“Oh it does, happened when we were camping when I was a little girl. The wind tossed us into the bushes…” Just then Alexis grabbed a rock and placed it into a corner while I did the same in the other corner. The wind really began to pick up and the lightning grew closer and closer. Jasmine woke up scared and Crystal held her close, trying to calm her down by saying it was just a storm. A lightning bolt struck really close and it scared both Alexis and I. Both Alexis and I held Crystal out of fright, and after twenty minutes of loud wind, thunder, and rain the storm began to move away from us. I breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that I could finally sleep.
“Wait for it…“ Crystal said, looking at Alexis and I as Alexis began to settle down and sleep when I heard the ping of hail begin to hit Crystal's car then the ground, trees and the tarp. Both Alexis and I became alert. I looked at her. How the heck did she know?
“Welcome to North Dakota…” Crystal said, as she settled down to sleep. I grabbed my pillow and smacked her in the face with it.
“Miss. Know-it-all…go to sleep.” I said, going to grab for the pillow I just threw at her, when she grabbed it and stuck her tongue out at me. I shrugged.
“Oh, you’re going to play this game huh? Have it…” I said, grabbing Crystal's sweater and laying my head on it.
“Minho, get your head off my sweater, I was going to wear it…” Crystal said, her eyes meeting mine.
“I’ll trade you my pillow for your sweater how’s that?” I asked, looking at her, offering her sweater in one hand.
“Deal…” Crystal said as we swapped items. Alexis had passed out five minutes ago, cuddling Jasmine in her arms. Meanwhile Crystal and I were still wide awake. An idea struck me, and I decided to go through with it. So, in the process of swapping items, I grabbed Crystal's arm and brought her to me. Our faces were merely centimeters away from each others.
“Better watch it, you’re playing with fire…” I said, our eyes meeting. Then she did something that I wasn't expecting. She reached over, pressing her body against mine as she grabbed her sweater back.
“No harm in playing until you get burned…can’t take the heat? Is that what you’re saying?” She asked, her voice lowering to a seductive purr then sent shockwave to my manhood. Her lips look so kissable right now...god...I thought eyeing her lips. She then kissed my cheek, then her lips lightly touched mine and shocks ran through me, causing a violent shiver to run through my entire body. AIGOO!!!! She just....kissed me! Her eyes met mine as a small smirk curved on her delicious lips.
“Good night Minho…sleep well.” Crystal said, as she moved away from me and got into her sleeping bag. She dimmed the lantern before drifting off to sleep. I did the same. I closed my eyes and fell into a peaceful sleep. My dreams being dominated by Crystal.
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