Chereads / SAFE HAVEN [BOOK 1] / Chapter 16 - CHAPTER 14: MEETING HIS FRIENDS

Chapter 16 - CHAPTER 14: MEETING HIS FRIENDS

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"I-I'm nervous about this." Baekhyun stammered, fiddling his fingers out of anxiety. He's watching Chanyeol who was now silently packing his own things in his luggage, making the young male's second thoughts become scarier. It was when Baekhyun just realized how serious he put his life into when he agreed to join the camping. And here comes his train of regrets and fear.

Chanyeol just chuckled and lifted his head to witness the nervous and uneasy facial expression of his best friend.

"You must be. There will be lots of spiders there, a bunch of rats, and huge monsters lurking where the camp will be held." Chanyeol joked but then he jerked and winced when he saw Baekhyun turn pale.

"Yeah, Park Chanyeol!! I change my mind! I don't want to go anymore! You freaking liar! You told me that there'll be bonfires and we'll eat marshmallows, we'll go fishing, swimming and play in the mud!! Gosh Chanyeol, take my things out from that luggage! I don't want to go anymore!" Baekhyun cried. He stomped like a little kid and threw tantrum.

"Too late puppy." Chanyeol just flashed a smugly grin hurrying to shove the rest of Baek's necessities.

He laughed at his best friend's behavior and continued packing the latter's things while ignoring his best friend who was flailing pathetically, whining, and rolling over on Chanyeol's bed dramatically.

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"Is it okay to join you in that Basketball team van, Yeol? Isn't that exclusive for basketball players only? I could just join the school bus you know..." Baekhyun asked as he nibbled the insides of his mouth after his best friend told him to join the van with his fellow basketball players.

Baekhyun just tried to ignore the stares he's receiving from the other students, especially the girls, in front of the campus where he and Chanyeol entered the jeep. He just bowed down his head and gave his eyeglasses a lift as the calming lemon scent of air freshener attacked his nose.

"It's safer here Baek, anyway I already told them. Besides the personally want to meet you! And it's one of my friend's vehicles so it's all fine. Now c'mon, let's go." Chanyeol flung his arms on Baekhyun's shoulders to calm the tensed puppy. They listed their names on the professor's list and finally settled in the emerald green jeep eh van.

As they went inside, Chanyeol grabbed the smurf's luggage and put it in the corner inside the bus.

Baekhyun's eyes widen as he witnessed how luxurious the jeepney van was. It was a large green jeepney van and it left Baekhyun almost breathless once he saw the interior. There are a huge sofa and a large bed, wooden counters, and varnished cabinets, there's also a comfort room and refrigerator. It looked like a mini house.

"Hey! Wazup man!" Lay came in his jerseys and raised his hands to do high fives with Chanyeol. The similarities among the basketball players were their calloused hands that show intensive training they had as they lived playing with the ball with their lives than living without it. Not to mention that they're undeniably all handsome and tall. Baekhyun blushed from that thought more.

Baekhyun couldn't help to glance towards them with his eyes twinkling as he was seeing up close with all the famous Basketball players in their school, not to mention that he's seeing the freakingly amazing van he had ever seen in his dear life. He felt awkward and small tho in the van but he just can't wipe the grin on his face while glancing around.

"Baekhyun! Hi there buddy! Nice to meet you! I'm Zhang Yixing but you can call me Lay. I'm the small forward of the team. But you know, I'm not so small, I'm big." Lay winked and offered a hand which the furiously blushing Baekhyun shook awkwardly.

"Hey don't mess with him, dude." Chanyeol glared. The latter just chuckled.

Not so small, Baekhyun thought as he smiled shyly lifting his face to meet theirs.

Lay saw Baekhyun being tensed and all, so he smiled and messed his hair, "Hey buddy! Don't be nervous! I'm a nice person!"

"Oh uh, I didn't mean it that way..erm...Umm. Thanks. This van is so cool! Oh, sorry." Baekhyun glanced at the handsome boy in front of him, embarrassed from the sudden high volume of his voice.

"It's okay! It's from Suho, the rich jock who owns this van." Lay pointed at the person in the driver's deck who waved his hand in front of the front mirror. He waved back and flashed a thin smile.

Sehun suddenly came inside with his headphone clang in his neck while holding a sports bag. Baekhyun almost forgot that he's a part of the team now.

Baek's heart suddenly beat faster when he saw the latter glanced at him. He felt his cheeks blushed but of course he hid it by looking at the floor.

"Hello there! So you're Baekhyun right? Chanyeol's best buddy? Anyway, I'm the most handsome shooting guard of all time!" Another energetic voice resonated from the cozy van that caught Baekhyun's attention and there comes Kai with his wide smile.

"Yes... I am Baekhyun.." Baekhyun felt uneasy. He can't contain his nervousness and also excitement as he was surrounded by a couple of high profiles in the school. Oh gosh, I can't breathe properly...Baekhyun, keep calm. He hissed.

"The Power forward of the team. Nice to meet you." Here goes a deep voice coming from the corner. He tilted his head to look behind the tall guys and there was Kris who's smiling at him while laying on the bed with a phone in his hands.

"How old are you?" The man asked.

"Oh, umm, I'm 18," Baekhyun answered in a soft voice. His heart thumped fast as he was not used to talking to other people except Chanyeol.

"You don't look like one. You're Chanyeol's childhood friend?" Chen butted in once he saw the midget inside the van. Speaking of which, asking whether Chanyeol and Baekhyun were friends is an understatement.

"Yes," He answered briefly as he looked at the person who tossed a bag in the corner of the van.

The midget was lacking air in his lungs tho the van is wide enough because he just can't believe that he was talking to them. I must ask for an autograph? Baekhyun grinned.

A black-haired person came in and saw Baekhyun, "I'm kyungsoo. Their Coach's son. And you must be Baekhyun." He tugged his lips upward slightly and patted Baekhyun's shoulders. Baekhyun nodded his head in response. The doe-eyed boy wasn't wearing a jersey but tight black jeans and a knitted sweater. At last, I found someone as tall as me, Baekhyun silently thought.

"Hello! I'm Xi Luhan. Their jersey designer." Luhan flicked his fingers and smiled in front of Baekhyun before getting himself a comfortable place to sit. He has brown hair and a cute deer-like face. He wears tight white jeans and an awesome personally designed shirt. With all the sparkles and glittery kinds of stuff.

He suddenly felt conscious of his contrasting baggy pants and the large vintage sweater that he is wearing right now. Not to mention his rubbish shoes and his old outdated bag.

"You look like eleven years old you know... your eyeglasses even look big on you." The tall Chinese guy that the smaller referred to him as like a panda because of the dark eye-bags under his eyes, patted his head. The tall male that looked like a gangster winked at him making him blush, much more showing tomato red cheeks.

"Aren't he cute? Aww. He looks really like a kid though." There came Xiumin hugging the small frame dearly. The latter just blushed at how kind and approachable- and a little touchy, does Chanyeol's friends are. And with that, a tall and handsome giant scoffed and looked at the other members watching suspiciously.

"Stop messing with him. Get away from him now!" Chanyeol grunted, darting sharp, unimpressed looks at the guys. He then pulled Baekhyun and led him to sit beside him.

"Possessive."Someone muttered. It's Kai which was soon been hit by a flying pillow in his face.

Baekhyun is sort of like the people surrounding him right now. He thought that he will be silent all along because he will get snoozed and ignored but now he thinks it's just all great. He thought that it wasn't a bad idea to join the camping trip with these guys after all.

"So guys! We're heading off! WOOHOO! IT'S GOING TO BE FUN!" Suho exclaimed as the jeepney van roared to life and followed the route in the map he was holding.

They talked a lot more during the transport and in no time Baekhyun became more open and showed more of his personality to the group. The cute, shy, clumsy yet adorable Baekhyun.

"You have dimples too, Yixing-Hyung!" Baekhyun smiled, poking yixing's dimples with his index finger after Lay asked what does Baekhyun like in him.

I have a dimple too, Chanyeol thought as he eyed how his teammates liked Baekhyun a little too much for his liking.

They sang, played games, and made jokes wholeheartedly until their tummies hurt from Baekhyun's dumb lame jokes and all, he got skills on getting people happy. His smiles are infectious.

In no time, the so-called high-profile people inside the van are no longer high profiles towards Baekhyun but became close friends with him.

And that's when they realized why Chanyeol stuck with the smurf.

It's because he's one of the most wonderful people in the world you could hardly find.

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