Chapter 2: Camping might be fun, right?
Both brothers had started out the day optimistic, but now they weren't so sure that camping in their backyard was the best thing to do that day. The idea had come about when Naia hadn't been called into work that day, which in and of itself was a strange occurrence, and the two of them had been contemplating what to do. Neither of the brothers had very many friends in the village, instead choosing to keep to themselves due to where they lived.
Plus there's all those bullies… There weren't many kids to begin with in the small village near their home, but some of them had taken to teasing the two 'outsiders' when they did come into the town. Hence why the two brothers were often alone when they did activities such as this.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Naiee asked once more, glancing up at the gray clouds overhead. It had looked like it was going to rain earlier in the day, but Naia had still insisted on going 'camping'. The youngest watched as his brother glanced up from his task momentarily to look up at the sky before giving him a wide smile.
"Totally! Plus if it rains, we'll have the tent!"
Naia's overly optimistic attitude caused Naiee to look at the mess of sticks and waterproof fabric in confusion. It didn't look like any tent that the young blonde had ever seen before now…
I think the sticks are supposed to be in the ground… and why's the tent all squashed together…?
True enough, it didn't seem like the eldest knew how to build a proper tent. The sticks were just barely sticking in the ground, so little so that Naiee thought that if he went and kicked one that it would fall down. The fabric, which was meant to protect them from the rain, refused to stretch out to its full length, instead staying bundled up together as when the two brothers had rolled the scrap of fabric out.
"What tent?"
Much to the brown-haired teen's dismay, the child had brought up the point that had irritated the eldest to no end. It seemed like no matter how hard he drove the sticks into the ground to keep the tent stable, they just barely held the thing together. True that the fabric wasn't rolling out, but Naia was sure that if they just propped it up with more rods that it would expand at some point…
"Naiee, it'll get there." The younger brother merely sighed, moving over to sit on a rock at the base of the cliff in boredom, careful to stay away from the water's edge. The sandy portion that they were camping on was a short distance from their house, from which both of the brothers could still see, causing the youngest to glance back at it in longing the more he looked at Naia's 'tent'.
"If you say so…" Looking up from drilling another hole, Naia noticed his brother's expression.
"This is supposed to be fun!"
"Yeah well most people camp really far away from their house, right? And don't they normally pay attention to weather conditions?" The questions from the youngest caused the eldest to stand up, walking over towards the younger boy.
"Normally yes, but we've just started so we should stay near our house."
"In case something goes wrong?" A sigh emitted from the eldest at the question, causing him to glance back up at the darkening clouds.
"Yes, but nothing is going to go wrong." The brown-haired teen glanced around, seeing their pile of stray sticks, an idea forming in his head. "How about while I get the tent ready, you can try making fire?"
The blonde merely shrugged, getting off the rock with a little hop, before walking over and picking up two sticks.
"If you want to trust me with fire then…"
Naia nodded half-paying attention while he stared back at the tent-in-progress.
"Uh huh…"
Maybe if I insert a stick in the middle and push upwards on the fabric it'll come undone… His thought process was interrupted by feeling something wet plop down on him. Glancing upwards, the eldest noticed that rain was indeed beginning to pour down lightly on them.
"How's the fire coming?" He asked absentmindedly as he pushed upwards on the fabric, a smile making its way onto his face when it did indeed expand. Placing a longer stick in the middle, the older brother drilled down into the earth, with this stick going in father than the previous small ones had.
"Not sure why we're making a fire if it's going to rain but..." Naia stepped out of the tent, backing away with a smile as it stayed up. Sure the edges were still caving in a bit but he could work on that while they were stuck inside the object while it rained.
"I think the tent's finished…" Naia stated with a smile on his face until a yelp reached his ears coming from where Naiee currently was.
He glanced over sharply as his brother rushed towards him, sparks of fire following the youngest. The boy hid behind his older brother, with the last spark moving away from him at the last moment. The two watched silently as the spark landed on the half-constructed tent, before bursting up in flames.
"And there goes the tent…" Naia sighed, watching the structure burn down in a matter of seconds. Maybe using wood to hold up the structure wasn't his best idea.
Come to think of it, don't most people use metal?
He glanced down at Naiee, who was silently watching the fire burn out with his mouth hanging open. He patted his brother's head, the younger boy clearly being shocked by what had happened.
"It's fine. We'll just have to make another one…" As the words left his mouth, the rain came down harder. This caused a sigh from both of the brothers.
"I vote we go home now…" Naiee stated, his gaze turning back up the hill towards where their house was.
"How was camping?" The question was asked as soon as the brothers entered their small home. Both were now soaked due to the onslaught of rain.
"Terrible…"
"Please don't ask…"
The two varying responses from the boys caused their father to chuckle. Bring over some blankets, he handed one to each of the boys.
"Well… for now why don't you dry off? You can always try again tomorrow."
Both of them agreed on that fact, and the one that neither of them would be attempting to camp for a very long time.
A new little edition to this fanfiction has arrived! I figured that I'd do something on camping since Spring Break is coming up and camping seems like a popular 'vacation' for most people. What did you all think? I really appreciate the positive feedback from those of you who reviewed last chapter! It's nice to know that fanfictions are appreciated.
-AnimeWolfGirl16
