Reordinate the Fate

First Destination: New Rules

This morning the five people were busy doing their respective activities in the special camping forest. Zac seemed to focus behind the cooking table, preparing breakfast for the other four, assisted by Will, who was washing the last few tomatoes they had in the food storage cabinet.

Cliff was in the campervan, tidying the vehicle so it could be used as a transportation comfortably again. Risa herself is in charge of packing the things inside the tent and packing up the tent afterwards. Stevan will help her later when she has finished packing the things up, but at this time Stevan is sitting lazily waiting for clothes to be dried by the heat of the fire.

Though the clothes will not disappear even he left.

The lazy person reasoned, 'afraid of his clothes burning'. In fact, like the previous morning, Stevan still felt sleepy and wanted to go back sleeping. He is trying to sleep in the fabric chair. Just a minute before Stevan returned to the dream world, the boy's forehead was clapped violently by another little boy.

"Not the clothes, but rather you’ll getting burned if you sleep next to this fire. Look! You are even closer than our clothes to the campfire.” Cliff had just come out from the campervan, carrying a trash bag that looked little bit filled. He placed a trash bag beside the campervan's door then following Stevan to sit beside the fire.

"The temperature is lower today. It feels a little colder for me.” Stevan extended his hand to get the warmth from the bonfire in front of him.

Shortly after, Zac put the small pot on the table and Will said, "Breakfast is ready!" The man looked around and shouted afterwards, "Risa! Stop your activities first. We have to get our breakfast before the soup gets cold."

Risa seemed to raise her head from the tent door before leaving the tent, "What is our breakfast menu today?"

"Red bean and tomato soup."

Risa approached and followed four men who had sat around a table to eat. "Looks yummy. Let's dig in!" A moment later, there was no sound other than chewing.

After eating, Zac put down his cutlery and said, "We are going to the second location in three hours, 11 o'clock. I have to make sure the fuel, water supply, and a few other things are sufficient until the next destination. Have you taken care of the excreement tank, Cliff?”

Cliff's face turned disgusted, "Looks like I'm not used to it. That's disgusting.”

"You'll get used to it later." reply Max. The spiky-haired man turned his gaze to Stevan, "You help me check everything after packing up the tent with Risa."

Stevan said, "Then what about these clothes?"

"That's just your excuse, you lazy bum!" Risa satire who is piling up dirty eating utensils to be washed. Stevan laughed awkwardly and scratched his head which is not itchy.

Cliff was staring at the people he is talking to, but the vibration from the cellphone in his pocket distracted him. The little boy pulled out his cellphone and when he saw someone's calling, Cliff walked away and into the forest to talk privately.

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"Bend it! Yes, right! Now fold to the other side." Risa gives direction to Stevan, and he obeys the girl's orders. A few moments later, Stevan pulled and tied the tent.

"Done!"

Risa exclaims satisfied with her work. Stevan lift the tent that looks neatly folded and is about to take in to the campervan's storage when Risa ask something, "Cliff hasn't been here seen since I finished washing the dishes. Do you know where is he?”

Stevan seemed to think for a moment before saying, "Earlier he saw his cellphone and went into the forest." The boy pointed the direction Cliff went with his chin. Risa nodded, "I'll catch up with him. You have to take care of the rest. Put these two backpacks in the campervan too. Understand?"

Stevan chuckled, "Ready to do it, Captain."

Risa stepped to the way that Stevan was give and going deeper into the forest. She looks left and right to find Cliff's whereabouts. A moment later, she saw a man leaning against one of the tall, medium-wided trees. It's the little boy!

Risa intends to sneak up and surprise Cliff. She stepped as light as a feather and approach him, when she heard,

"You don't need to worry about me. I am fine."

Cliff apparently was talking to someone on the other side of his cellphone, "I've just been contacted by him. I did not answer the man's call. You all can keep practicing without me. You don't need to stop. If my place is replaced by someone else, it doesn't matter at all."

Cliff close his mouth to listen to what is said by someone who was calling, "I already called her. They seemed too worried about all this news and her 'escape'. But I have convinced them that she and I, we are fine here. I won't be far from her again after successfully getting close to her. You know that, right?”

"I told you I don't care about that guy. I will not pick up his calls. He was really annoying since before by continuing to— "

"Cliff, are you done with all your task cleaning the campervan?"

Risa interrupted Cliff on the phone. The little boy looked surprised. "Let's wrap it up. I will not tell my condition to you anymore. Don't worry and keep practicing. I am fine." Cliff hung up after that.

"Since when have you been there?" Cliff put his cellphone in his pocket.

Risa looked at Cliff's actions just now before answering, the reason Risa interrupted Cliff's talk is because she thinks she's already heard to much. "It's not long enough to hear all the conversations that I don't understand." The girl fell silent a bit, and added afterwards,

"But it's long enough to know that there are some people who are looking for and worrying about you." Cliff took a deep breath, "Do you know who is worried about me?" Risa shook her head, "I didn't hear you say a name."

Cliff let out his breath with relief, "I'm telling you, it's nobody."

Cliff stepped back to the campervan. "Cliff," the little boy stopped when Risa called him again, "If someone is worried about you…"

Risa seemed to be weighing her words, "We can still take you back. Come back before we go too far. "

Cliff put his hands in his fabric pants pocket, "Indeed there are some people who worry about my existence." The man smiled and looked at Risa, "But the person I'm always worried about is here.  So I won't take a step back from this ‘escape'."

"Forget my conversation on the phone earlier. Let's go back." Cliff waits for Risa to walk.  The girl was stunned because there were people who openly said they are worrying about her. For a moment she thought and finally nodded firmly, "If that's your decision, then you can't go back after all!"

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"Are you ready? We are going to the second destination."

They sit in the same position as when they drove for the first time. Everyone answers Max's question with 'yes', but Risa is different. She has something to say,

"Wait a minute!"

Risa got up and said, "I have a new rule on this trip." Risa raised her index finger, initialling one. "What is that?" Stevan asked.

"We don't need valuables such as phone and wallet during the vacation, right? How about we store the items in one of the storage shelves.” Everyone looked at the girl at once, "But I need my cellphone for navigation and my wallet contains all the tickets and administrative requirements that we will need until the last day of vacation."

"All right, everything except Max."  Risa sighed afterwards, "I can't lie. I'm affected by people calling and worrying about you, Cliff. For a moment I thought to end this early. I don't want this thought to affect me again. Im the one who brought you guys, I don't want to mess up all the plans, but if this things happened oftenly in the future, I don’t think it will not affected me.”

Stevan look at Cliff, not understanding what the little boy was doing so that his bestfriend could change her selfish mind. It must have affected Risa's feelings so that she could almost retreat.

"Forgive me." Cliff take out his cellphone and wallet from his pocket and handed it to Risa, "I have no problem with this new rule."

“Are you sure?" Risa seemed hesitant to accept Cliff's valuables.

"Me too. No one will contact me except school and my parents. I can ignore them in this time.” Stevan handed over his cellphone, "I don't have a wallet. I keep my identity cards in the phone's casing."

Will nodded, "I'm on vacation. So the manager won't contact me often. Maybe it's just a T-race member. They won't be angry if I don't pick up.” The male idol handed over his cellphone and wallet.

"Actually, this is a good rule," Max opened his voice, "We can make the valuables safer if we don't carry them around. Just keep it in the storage shelves aslo keep the phone's battery so we can useit in case we need it.”He continued, “Even though me bringing my charger, but it's just me."  Risa nodded. After storing and closing the food storage shelves, she sit back in her place,

"Forgive me. For my behavior."

Risa looked down, feeling a little uneasy with the four men, "No problem.  It is a long vacation.  You really have to tell us the things that block your heart so that this trip really can be a healing for us all. Don't bury something and feel uncomfortable all the time." Max started the engine, "Healing is one of the important points of a vacation."

"Now we are going! Get ready for the second natural location, savannah and farm!"

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