The mouths of Hale's classmates are shaped like the letter O. Even if they were the ones who planned to make the romantic scene of Hale and Armando today, they are still surprised by the result. They are freezing like some ice cubes.
Hale had enough of their moment with Armando. He pushed his boyfriend then he stood up. He went to his classmates and snapped their faces to bring them back to their senses.
His fellows are like bees after they get distracted. Murmurs here, murmurs there, murmurs everywhere. Hale started to get irritated when they dared to tickle his stomach.
"Kyaahh! Stop it now! Ugh!"
"Armando, why are you just watching? Kyaaaahhhhh!"
Armando laughed out loud. He even clapped like a sea lion and jumped like a child. He is enjoying the show as he wants Hale to release the happy hormones for a fast recovery.
Hale has no idea how can he stop these people from tickling him. When he cannot breathe normally after some non-stop laughs, he has no choice but to act like he passed out.
His classmates panicked when they saw him not breathing and not moving. They shook his body heavily but still no response.
"Hale... Hale, wake up..."
"Oh my Lord, what happened to Hale?"
Armando is wondering what is going on right now. He noticed that Hale's classmates were panicking. He felt that there was something wrong happening, so he went to them to check on Hale.
He saw his girlfriend lying on the white sand unconscious. He instructed them to provide some space so that the air could pass through their surroundings.
He is planning to do the CPR. He has a little background with this skill, so he will try to execute it. He pinched the nose of Hale then he took a deep breath then filled the air to his girlfriend's mouth.
Still no reaction... He put his two hands on Hale's breast and did the rhythm. After that, he did again the sharing of air. When his lips touched the lips of Hale, his girlfriend woke up and it surprised him so he freaked out.
"What are you doing, Armando? Do you think I am unconscious?"
His classmates are shocked at what he just did. They are not expecting what he gonna say. They thought that Hale was unconscious and passed out.
"I thought... I thought you just passed out," Armando answered.
"Really?" Hale doesn't have an idea that he just passed out.
"You don't know, do you? You are lucky that I am here and I rescued you."
"So I passed out, I am not just acting. Well, the experience was good, I tasted Armando's lips again. He is so addicting, so I will just take what he did as an opportunity."
"Yeah. Well, thank you for doing the CPR."
Armando's face went blushing. He smiled at him and winked.
"All right guys, let's have a break. Later in the afternoon, we will play another game. Spread out, guys."
Some of them went to the comfort room to retouch and clean. Since it was near lunch, everyone went back to their cottage after their business to take their lunch.
The lunch is served after a half hour they ordered. Since there is one of their classmates sponsored the food, they afforded a lamb steak and pesto penne pasta. After they receive the orders, they cheer with their wine glass and then focus on eating.
Armando is wondering why the steak has pinkish parts on the meat. He is thinking if this food is edible and served mistakenly. His girlfriend is enjoying the dish and it's been ten minutes after they started the group lunch and now he is almost done with the meat.
"Armando, why you didn't eat the sophisticated steak? Don't you like it?" Hale noticed his boyfriend was not moving his fork and knife and just finishing the pasta.
"I think, this steak is raw. It is still pink. I don't know why everyone here is enjoying the meal," he is confused about what he is seeing now.
"No, the steak is quite okay. It was cooked in rare. It's more juicy and you can taste the true flavors of the meat," Hale explained.
"Ah, I am sorry I don't like steak done into the rear. It looks raw to me, I better eat the moo ones, it's more fresh. Hahaha! Just kidding!" Armando cracked a joke and laughed out loud.
"Hahaha! Why joke like that? Hahaha! Well, I will just request to turn the steak into medium, are you okay with that?"
"Much better. I want to eat it like I am eating a slice of luncheon meat, not too overdone and not too pinkish and soft. Thank you for understanding my preference."
Hale lifts the plate and brings it to the chef. While waiting, he was entertained by the demonstration of cooking the steak. The big fires satisfy him, he even claps to the extraordinary skill of the chef.
"Here is your order, Madam. Thank you for reaching out to us, and sorry for the inconvenience." The chef gave the plate with a medium steak.
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"Good afternoon, guys! We are here again for our next field activity. Did you recharge very well? I guess you had the beautiful beauty rest. For now, the game is not as intense as the first one. You don't even need to use your brain."
Hale's classmates silently listen to the introduction, but they are trying to stop laughing and giggling as they already know what will happen in the game later.
Armando is teasing his girlfriend, he is touching his left hand but Hale is removing his hand. Hale is being serious and activating competitiveness so he is ignoring for now the romance. He has an idea that he must focus on the goal to win especially if Armando will be his opponent in the game.
After the introduction, the mechanics of the first game were explained.
"Our first game for today is Peppero Sticks"
Everyone moans and giggles as they are excited. There are some men here and some of the girls are secretly dating and dreaming of playing that kind of game. The Peperro stick game is very famous. The mechanics of the game as they agreed is the partner will eat the stick, the left will be eaten by the first player, and the right one for the second one. The goal of the game is to make the stick as short as possible.
While Hale is listening to the instruction, he swallows many times. He has an idea why this game is implemented. His classmates are making fun of him with Armando. He understood their intentions but he is being pressured. He is not into public display in terms of flirting, which is why he feels uncomfortable sometimes.
The game has started. It started with the pairs with his classmates. But unfortunately, only Armando and him became the remaining team.
"Woaahhh! Now for the hottest couple! Yiiieehhhhh!"
Armando and Hale went to the front and received the stick. While Armando is preparing the stick, Hale closes his eyes as he is not confident to start the game.
"Ready, set, start!"
Hale's classmates begin to cheer. They were clapping too and jumping due to excitement.
Armando is eating the stick fast, his lips are too near to his girlfriend's. It was only an inch distance they were almost ready to kiss. He wanted to win this game so he tried to eat the whole stick successfully.
And here it is...
[Tugdub... Tugdub... Tugdub...]
"Long live the hottest couple! You won the game!"
The rest of the people on the beach joined the show and watched Hale and Armando kissing in public.
Hale opened his eyes and he saw Armando kissing him torridly. He doesn't have a choice but to lick Armando's tongue to make their hot scene more romantic and steamy.
It looks like there will be no second game. The plan of Hale's classmates was successful. They even get more audiences. And because of that, some of the people who watched will join their campfire later to learn the love story of Armando and Hale.
The couple suddenly became a famous love team. Armando is so happy right now, even if he didn't introduce his girlfriend to his family, he successfully showed how he loves Hale.
Hours later...
After the joyous campfire and spin in the bottle game, they prepared the things of themselves in their bag. This day will always remain memorable. As they bid goodbye to each other, they hugged first before going to their rooms.
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Hale is too relaxed on his bed. He didn't notice that he was lucid dreaming. While he is walking in an unfamiliar place, he notices the familiar nape of a man at his front.
"He looks like Xander, but he is already dead. Who is he?"
He attempted to pat his shoulder to ask for attention. When that man turned around to the front, he freaked out when he saw Xander in his front.
"Arrrrrrgggggghhhhhh!"