How It Should Have Ended Part2 (The Continuation)

Chapter 19 (Bonus Chapter): The Trip

"Just for tonight? Please? We'll release it tomorrow morning."

Ga Eul sighed in resignation. "Fine. But we're not cleaning up after it!" She narrowed her eyes at him. "Is this why you guys got us flowers? As a bribe?"

Yi Jung adamantly shook his head. "No, no. We planned to get you girls those before we found Colonel Sanders. I swear!"

"Makes you wish they hadn't tried to do something sweet like that for us huh?" Jan Di whispered to Hye Jin, who simply nodded.

...

After dinner Jan Di asked Woo Bin to bring a pail of water from the stream to wash dishes with. He crouched beside her as she scrubbed the meager dishes that they had.

"Sunbae, can I ask you a question?"

Woo Bin turned to face her. "Colonel Sanders wasn't exactly my..."

"Not about that!" Jan Di interrupted. Then she lowered her voice. "How are things with you and Hye Jin?"

He shrugged. "Good, I think?"

"She said you haven't told her much about you."

He tore his gaze away from her and his eyes darted on Hye Jin, who was busy helping Ji Hoo pile some more wood. "I told her what she needed to know. I'm afraid if she finds out how different we are, she might run away screaming." He gave her a sheepish grin. "I actually want this relationship to last."

Jan Di met his eyes. "You know, a great relationship is about two things. First, you need to appreciate your similarities. And second, you need to respect your differences. This means being honest with each other. Then you'll know if you really like each other." She leaned closer to his ear. "Besides, I don't think she's one that's easily scared away. She's done well on an impromptu camping trip with us, after all." Woo Bin grinned, and she grinned back. "And by the way, she's pretty capable of taking care of herself, so you don't have to be so over protective of her."

"I see." Woo Bin seemed thoughtful for a moment. "I'll keep that in mind." He glanced over at Hye Jin and a corner of his mouth turned upwards. "Sometimes I just can't help it though. I feel like I've been given something precious that I have to protect and keep safe."

"Just don't overdo it." She stood up, having finished washing the dishes. She took them into the cabin to stack them on the small counter. When she came out, the others were sitting around the fire pit. There was still a little bit of daylight left, so they hadn't lit the fire pit yet. The boys sat on one side, with the chicken tied to a small tree beside Yi Jung, while the girls sat on the other side.

"We're trying to think of a game we can play," Ga Eul said, as she sat down beside her.

"A game we can all play right now," emphasized Hye Jin. Jan Di gave her a puzzled look. "Well, the boys kept coming up with things like hockey, or skeet shooting, or basketball and such. None of which we have the equipment for, by the way."

"Ooooh...what about Red Light, Green Light?" Jan Di suggested, and everyone's faces lit up at this. It was a game everyone used to play when they were little.

They chose Woo Bin to be the stop light first, and the rest tried to move forward to touch him, whenever the "light" was green. They laughed merrily like little children, as they realized none of them could really stay still for long when the light was red. In the end Ji Hoo won, simply because he was used to staying still for a long time.

"That was fun!" Ga Eul cried.

They all sat around the campfire, which was now lit, as the sun was slowly starting to descend the beautifully tranquil sky. They sat there thinking about other games they could play.