Hi everyone! My name's Mimi! I'm a new author, so hopefully, this oneshot will come out alright. Honestly, I had no idea what to write for a chapter story yet, so here's just a camping trip blurb with ShunxAlice. Enjoy!
What a lonely night."
Alice turned a few dials on her telescope and looked through the lenses. It's been a long time since her grandfather taught her how to use one, and Alice never really had the chance to use it until now. She put the novel in her hand back into her backpack. Apparently, all sorts of entertainment that she brought with her on this camping trip were mostly astronomy books and equipment. It made sense to the setting, but not for the average mind bored to death.
Especially since everyone else kind of 'left her' behind for scary storytelling.
"At least I brought this with me. At kind of place, bringing all this equipment might be the best and wisest choice I've ever made."
Not too far from the girls' tent were the rest of the group, cooking marshmallows, hot dogs, and smores while telling ghost stories.
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"Thinking that she was near her campsite, she called out to her friends." Dan told with a scary voice. "But no one responded. And that very moment, the creature that lurked behind her got up and..."
"And...?"
"And threw it's claws at-"
"Dan, did you forget to put the cover of the honey jar on? I told you that we're not inviting bears over for a sleepover."
Everyone looked up and faced Shun while laughing. Ace stood up up with tissue in his hand. "Sorry, that was my fault, not Dan. I'll be careful next time. I promise."
"It's okay. No sarcasm intended." Shun looked around and realized something wasn't right. "Where's Alice?"
"I don't know," Runo replied. "I haven't seen her since we started telling stories. She said she didn't feeling like participating."
Julie looked at her watch. "And it's been about an hour and something now."
But Marucho was worried and wrinkled his eyebrows. "You don't think she ended up like the girl from Dan's story, don't you? We still haven't heard the end of it..."
"Which means we won't hear the end of what happened to Alice either!" Mira exclaimed
Everyone yelled in unison, but Shun shook his head. "She knows better than to go off on her own," he replied. "If something does happen, I have the right to blame you all for ditching her."
"Don't take it seriously, man." Dan joked. "Besides, why don't you find her? You're certainly not doing anything here in the tent."
Maybe I will. "Thanks for the advice, Dan. I tell her that when I find her."
"Maybe she brought that silver case with her for self-defense. I heard wolves are vulnerable to silver."
"They are not!" Runo screamed.
"Are too!" Dan screamed back.
"That's a lie!"
"It's a proven scientific fact."
Silver case? Shun pondered as he walked away from the campfire. Now I know where she is. After cleaning some spots of honey off his hands, Shun took a black cylindrical nylon case, slung it over his shoulder, and turned on a flashlight to light his way.
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"There."
With her telescope in the appropriate zoom setting and astronomy book opened to the desired page, Alice was ready to gaze as the sparkling and quiet starry sky that could never be seen or heard back in Bayview. The city lights and traffic were just too much for those faraway stars to handle. Here's one good thing that came out of camping. For once, I can stargaze for the first time in so long.
The night was just perfectly quiet enough for her to focus. Maybe a little too quiet. Alice started to drift away from stargazing and thinking about other things.
Like a certain, raven-haired youth.
I'll never find Polaris in time if my mind keeps sidetracking...
That was probably the main reason why Runo, Julie, and Mira invited Alice to come to the camping trip in the first place. Except for Julie, who's a cheerleader, none of them were the adventurous, so why ask Alice to come? Just because he was going to be there? Alice tried her best to keep personal affairs away from being noticed, but this was found out somehow.
Knowing that she was just a regular smart school girl , Alice found it unnecessary to bring up any of this. Maybe it was her devotion to school and learning that made her kind of weak and lonely.
"Hey."
"Ah!"
Scared by the voice who called her, Alice jumped up from where she stood and took many deep breaths. "Shun, you scared me. What are you doing here? And how did you know that there was a stargazing tower in these woods?"
"Actually, I didn't." Shun took his case off and took out the contents. "It wasn't until Dan said that you brought a silver case that made me think of this place. You're not the only one who brought stargazing equipment, you know."
Alice giggled in reply. "I see. Let me help you."
Once the two finished finished assembling Shun's telescope, they went back to their stools to find Polaris. Why does this feel not coincidental at all that Shun also brought his telescope? Alice shook her hand and continued searching.
"You know," said Shun. "I originally wanted to come here to stargaze, too, but then I'd be the only person here. It'd be boring and lonely."
"It's boring enough back there for me, so I came here instead. Besides," Alice flustered slightly but continued. "Thanks for coming up here. I don't feel so lonely now."
"That was my original intention."
They both burst into laughter realizing that they thought of the exact of situation if they were to come here individually. "Actually, I should thank you, too. If I hadn't known you were up here, I wouldn't come here, either."
"Seriously?"
"Seriously. Everyone else is all about scary stories. I prefer to do on a camping trip what true campers would do."
"You're right. Maybe looking at the skies with a stargazing buddy is a good idea."
"We should do that next time."
We? Next time? Alice blushed as the thought that this might happen again. Luckily, it was too dark for Shun to see her face. "Yeah, I guess so."
"This vast starry sky is too much and too lonely for one single person." Shun looked over at her and said, "That's why I'm here."
Later on, after finding Polaris, the Big Dipper, and the Little Dipper, Shun and Alice went searched for other constellations that were present during this time of the year. Once their stargazing was over, they packed up their equipment and prepared to head back.
"Alice, there's something that I need to confess."
"What is it?"
Shun walked first down the path, but turned around and faced her. "I didn't tell the girls to bring you on this camping trip for no reason. I'll meet you back there."
"Oh." So that's why they were so serious about me coming here. It was Shun's idea all along. "Wait for me!"
Good? Bad? I'll definitely write something longer and more detailed next time, whenever that is that I'll have a new idea. In the meantime, please review! I would love the critique!
