"What?" You dad huffs in shock as you pack some snacks and grab the little speaker radio.
"Yeah, I'll be going on vacation with him anyways so..." You smile thoughtfully grabbing your backpack as well. "And don't worry, he gave me the tazer." You hold it up, making it zap loudly. He jumps slightly and relaxes.
"Alright then... He may be a bad kid but I guess he's not a bad guy." He sighs. "I just worry about you..."
"You shouldn't, remember what she did to that Spandam guy?" Your brother chimes in. Your dad frowns at him.
"Just be careful with showing that side ___, you could seriously hurt someone." He puts a hand on your shoulder.
"I know that." You scoff before pulling away. "But... I got to go, he's here." You grab your things, hearing the truck coming up the driveway.
"Hey sis, dad's right. You be careful." Your brother says after you.
"See you guys tomorrow." You wave heading out without looking back. Kid got out of the truck, taking your things and putting them in the back.
"Your folks really okay with this?" He asks glancing at the door to see your dad watching. His shoulders droop slightly. "Maybe you should. Go with someone else-"
"Oi, I can handle myself, and I'll make my own decisions." You tell him. Kid blinks in surprise and you smirk at him. "And I already decided to go camping with my partner." You add before climbing into the truck. He blinks at you before letting out a huff before getting back in and driving off.
"Alright so I grabbed some fire wood, another tent, a cooler, but we need ice and drinks so we'll stop over here. I was going to say snacks but it looks like you got that covered." He glances at the bag of junk food you had.
"Yep! I love smores!" You gush. He chuckles at that.
"Do we need anything else?" He asks. You purse your lips.
"I don't think so..." You murmur. He nods and pulls up to the gas station.
"Come on let's get the drinks." He rumbles getting out. You follow him into the store, going over and picking out the sodas together before going to the register, you move to pull out your wallet but he swiftly stops you. "No you don't, this is mine." He says paying for the sodas and ice. You huff before following him back out. He grabs the ice and dumps it into the cooler after you put in the sodas.
You sat in the passenger side again, looking at the darkening sky quietly. Kid glances at you and shifts. "So I opened the box you gave me...." He begins, you look at him and rub your cheek. "Why... Why did you do that?" He asks frowning at the road ahead confused.
"I.... These past few days have been fun, really fun... And you looked sad earlier because you couldn't get it.... I couldn't help myself really...." You admit looking to the side briefly before looking at him again. "Do you like it?" You inquire. A smile builds on his face again.
"Yeah, of course I do.... I just... I've never had anyone do that for me before... Thanks..." He rubs his neck sheepishly. You blink and smile too.
Soon the truck reaches the railroad tracks, you and him get out, building the fire and setting the tents side by side so he can turn off his truck. He then carries the cooler over as you take out the snacks. Kid sits beside you in front of the fire, passing you a soda. "Oh, I brought a speaker if you want to hook up your phone to it." You tell him, passing him a snack as you tilt your head toward the speaker.
"Alright, change it if you don't like it." He hums hooking up the phone and playing some Get Scared.
"Really? You wouldn't mind me going on your phone?" You raise an eyebrow.
"Of course not, I don't have anything to be ashamed of and you're not a bitch that would try to embarrass me.... Um... I didn't mean to say bitch..." He frowns trying to think of a replacement word.
"Bitch is fine. I hate those kinds of people that would slander someone else out of spite. So childish. Now if I wanted to ruin someone's reputation it'll be more... Destructive."
"I'm more worried about you beating me up like that guy earlier..." He presses his legs together a bit. "That looked painful."
"How did he get up after that?" You huff.
"It wasn't really a man... Real men don't go after women like that... Cowards..." He growls. You giggle lightly at that and he glances at you. "Though a real woman can beat the shit out of them too."
"I don't know about a real woman. Some people just don't have that dominate killer instinct..." You hum starting to roast a marshmallow, offering him a roasting stick.
"Or strong..." He agrees, starting to roast a marshmallow too. You both look up at the stars. "I think we'll be able to see so many more stars there..."
"Right? I really hope so... I can barely imagine what it's going to look like," You smile widely.
"Same here... Though I don't know why the hell I was selected to go." He mutters. You peer at him thoughtfully.
"Obviously they want you to take a break from your criminal record- No! My marshmallow fell off!" You gasp making him laugh as he pulls in his marshmallow.
"Here, you can have mine... I never made smores before anyway." He chuckles.
"Wait a second. Are you telling me that you never had a smores before?" You question making one with his marshmallow.
"I have a feeling that if I say no, you're going to shove one down my throat..." He comments.
"I'm not that violent... But yes, you have to try one so here." You hand it to him before turning to get another marshmallow for your stick.
"Hmm this is awesome... Ah... shit, there's marshmallow every where now..." He grumbles making you look over to find him with marshmallow on his face and hands. You turn away giggling madly. "Haha... Did you pack napkins or.... Something....?" He asks not sure what to do.
"Y-Yeah here... L-Let me help you." You giggle, turning back to him, grabbing some lemon wipes from your backpack. "You're not supposed to squash it that much." You add as you clean off his hands.
"I didn't! Kind of... But I do like that..." He muses wiping his face off.
"Me too- and now my marshmallow is on fire..." You sigh.
"Just flick it off and try again." He says. So you do, a bit too hard because the flaming marshmallow flies up over your heads and into his tent, catching it on fire. You gap as Kid curses and jumps up tossing the tent away from yours and stomping out the fire.
"I'm so sorry Kid! Oh my god I am so—" He starts laughing and you stop apologizing in confusion.
"That was great! Your expression..." He chuckles turning to you.
"You're not mad?" You murmur.
"Nope, I stole it from some asshole." He shrugs. "I've slept in the grass out here before anyway-"
"No. You can sleep in my tent with me." You interrupt frowning. He pauses, glancing at the tent.
"You sure?" He asks.
"Yeah, I don't want you sleeping in the grass, what if you get... I don't know, ticks? Or something tries to eat you..."
"What exactly do you think lives out here?" He raises an eyebrow.
"I don't know... Bears? And you probably smell like smores so..." You trail off looking down.
"You know that tent isn't going to keep a hungry bear out," He sits beside you again.
"It will if they hear this." You hold the tazer and let it crackle to life. Kid chuckles at that.
"Alright, you're right, I'm probably safer in the tent with my tazer wielding and rather dangerous partner." He breathes smiling and looking to the stars. "Oh, it started."
You look up and relax, smiling as streaks of light zip across the night sky. Kid peers at you, carefully taking a marshmallow and roasting it before making you a smores. You blink when he holds it up to you, sharing a smile before you both look up at the meteors again.
That moment could only be described as perfect, the snack, the crackling fire under the sound of your favorite band, the sent of burnt marshmallow that mixed with the smell of nature, and of course your new friend that sat beside you, occasionally letting out small breathes as some meteors burned brighter than others. That moment could've lasted forever and you would've been fine with it. However, the meteors stopped falling after some time and the snacks were pretty much gone by then too.
"I guess we should check in then..." Kid says, putting out the campfire.
"Right." You breathe taking off your shoes before going into the tent and closing it briefly to change into something more comfortable. You open it again as you move under your blanket. Kid soon crawls in too after changing near his truck. He gets under the blanket awkwardly after zipping up the door. You yawn getting comfortable. "Thanks Kid, this is much better than trying to watch from home..." You murmur closing your eyes and swiftly drifting off. Kid blinks and smiles at you before getting comfortable as well.
"Yeah.. No problem at all..." He breathes.

"Okay... So we go this way next..." You frown at the new letter you had gotten on the third day. You and Kid now stood in the airport utterly lost.
"Alright, let's go that way then." He says as you both walk that way.
"Excuse me, are you two contestants?" A guy in steampunk attire asks as he steps in your way. You and Kid exchange a look before nodding to him. "Follow me, you're the second pair to arrive." He informs You both, leading you out to a hover craft. You and Kid pause blinking at it.
"Rich people...." He mutters getting in before helping you in. You both tense and hold onto each other instinctively as it lifts off, speeding across the airport swiftly to a launch building. It lands and you swiftly get off, Kid follows with a slight stagger. "That's a rush..." He breathes. You steady him and the man passes you the backpacks.
"I'll put the rest onto the ship, go in and wait patiently." The man adds before flying off again. You and Kid look at each other before going in.
"Excited!" You gush bouncing slightly. He chuckles patting your back.
"I know, I know. Come on lets go in." He breathes leading the way. The building was just a large lobby type waiting room. The other pair comes over to greet you.
"Hello Eustass-ya." The tan guy smirks and Kid frowns at him.
"Law..." He grunts. The orange haired man beside him looks at you curiously.
"Uh... Hi, I'm ___," You wave at him. He blinks in recognition and smiles.
"Is that really you Raptor?" He asks. You pause at the nickname before lighting up.
"T-Rex!" You gasp hugging him cheerfully.
"What?" Kid huffs in confusion.
"Oh, sorry, this is Drake my first best friend ever!" You chime.
"I've missed you too... This vacation will be exciting." He chuckles as two more pairs come in. Before anymore introductions can be made everyone is ushered onto the ship. You and Kid strap into a window seat together, sharing a smile.
"Prepare for lift off everyone." A voice says over the intercom. You swallow as the ship starting to shake to life. You look to Kid as he peers at you. He gives a smile before offering his hand. You smile back taking it nervously as the count down begins.
"Hey." Kid makes you look at him as the ship takes off. "We're going on vacation." He grins. You giggle and smile back. A few more minutes go by before the gravity stabilizer kicks in and the seatbelt sign turns off. You take off your seat belt to lean over and look out the window with Kid.
"Wow... It's beautiful." You whisper. Kid chuckles peering at you.
"I guess it's alright."