Camping (2)
Camping (2)
A-ra accepted my suggestion right away and lay down, using my lap as a pillow.
As I stroked A-ra's head, I sent a message to Jeong Hwan-yi on my phone.
He must have forgotten. He said he'd send the link, but there was no word.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm trying to get the link from Jeong Hwan-yi."
"Link? You mean the campsite?"
When I said that since I was the one who suggested it, I'd handle the preparations, A-ra smiled shyly.
I sent a message to hurry him up, and only then did Jeong Hwan-yi send the link. I thanked him
and clicked the link to access the site.
Just as Jeong Hwan-yi said, it was on a mountain on the outskirts of the city,
with a valley in front, making it a great place for camping in any of the four seasons.
On top of that, the facilities weren't bad.
There was a 24-hour convenience store and restrooms, and it seemed like you could use up to two electrical outlets even at regular decks, not just the glamping ones.
"But what is glamping?"
Huh.
I thought girls would know about this sort of thing pretty well. That's unexpected.
I thought A-ra would know since she's secretly very interested in the outdoors.
"I've just heard about it. It's camping where you don't have to buy gear and can just show up with yourself and food to enjoy. I think they called it luxury camping?"
"Ah, so that's why it's called glamping?"
Glamping, a combination of the words glamorous and camping,
was literally luxury camping itself.
To what extent? The inside of the tent even has a fridge, TV, and air conditioner,
so it's fair to say it has a level of luxury that surpasses mere extravagance and rivals a camping car or caravan.
"Personally, I want to buy a caravan..."
A caravan?!
I had thought about it too, but there were too many restrictions, so I gave up.
"Let's buy a caravan next time. This time, let's go glamping."
"Okay... If that's what Seong-hwan wants, I guess I have to..."
When I suggested buying it later, she puffed out her cheeks cutely like a sulking child and buried her face in my groin area.
Her breath touching such a sensitive area
felt like it would give me goosebumps all over, but first things first, I needed to soothe A-ra, who seemed a little upset.
"Are you disappointed?"
"Yeah..."
A-ra raised her head and nodded, admitting honestly that she was disappointed.
"Instead, let's definitely buy a caravan this summer and go camping."
"Really!?"
A-ra's expression, which had been a little gloomy just moments ago, changed in an instant.
Seriously, she's so cute I could die...
***
"Gyeong-jae, how does this weekend look?"
"Hmm... It looks like it'll be tough?"
"That's a problem...."
The accountant shook his head, and the owner let out a sigh.
The owner, who had recently opened the campsite with a 'tranquil forest camping' concept,
was a young entrepreneur who was growing rapidly by advertising to various communities, SNS stars, and Qtube creators.
The reason she was sighing now was because torrential rain was forecast for the weekend,
right during the peak winter camping season.
You might think they could just close for a day when it rains, but campsites usually operate on a reservation basis.
Of course, there were regular decks you could visit and rent on the same day,
but this campsite offered all-inclusive camping like caravans and glamping,
so most of it operated by reservation.
"Glamping and caravans are fully booked tomorrow, what should we do?"
"What do you mean what should we do? We're open, of course."
"Pardon? A lot of people do camp when it rains, but most of those who do glamping are families..."
People who enjoy camping hard enough to do it during torrential rain are mostly enthusiasts.
They are mostly people who bring all their personal outdoor gear, or have camping cars, caravans, or small trailers.
And camping is usually done alone, right?
So, what about the people who reserved glamping?
Most of them would be families coming to have fun together, or people coming out to enjoy something simple.
Would people who came out to enjoy camping go out to camp on a day with torrential rain?
Obviously, anyone with normal sense would cancel their plans.
"Send a text blast to those with reservations. Tell them since a torrential downpour isn't a disaster, we are operating normally."
"I... Really? Won't this cause unnecessary trouble..."
"What trouble? It's not a catastrophe or a natural disaster, so add that refunds aren't available and send it."
"U... Understood..."
The accountant had no choice but to nod.
As a salaried employee, he couldn't disobey the owner's words.
"Then what should I do if refund inquiries come in?"
"Tell them it's not possible, and if they say they'll report us, tell them to go ahead."
"...Boss...? If we don't give refunds for no reason and a post goes up online...."
"Then we'll just sue them."
Hearing the last words, the accountant was speechless.
Did the boss want to tank the business already when they hadn't even been open for long?
In times like this, if you refund and it leaves a heartwarming story online,
it actually becomes marketing and more people would visit...
Once the owner left, the accountant opened the text message service homepage and let out a huge sigh.
***
"Why does it always rain whenever we try to go out somewhere..."
Just like last summer, and now this time too.
We finally managed to set aside some time to spend intimately together,
but the sky is carelessly raining down, jureureuk, jureureuk.
"Seong-hwan... we can't go camping, can we?"
"Well, people usually do camp on rainy days..."
I drew back the curtains in the master bedroom.
Looking outside, it wasn't just raining; it was pouring as if from a showerhead.
Camping on a rainy winter day...?
No matter how you look at it, that's tough.
"What a shame..."
"What do we do now?"
"Hmm......."
A-ra thought deeply for a moment, then ran outside, saying she had a good idea.
I thought she'd come back right away, but when she didn't, I went outside too.
A-ra was looking out from the rain-soaked terrace, and I picked up the coat lying on the sofa
and draped it over her shoulders.
"Thanks."
"No problem. But what were you looking at outside?"
"You know, this terrace... don't you think we could pitch a tent here?"
"Oh... now that you mention it..."
Our place is a penthouse on the top floor, so the terrace was very spacious.
Big enough to play catch, at the very least?
Since it was the top floor and we didn't bother anyone,
we'd brought out a large brazier and grilled meat a few times.
On top of that, there was a roof overhead, so the rain didn't come in.
"How about we buy outdoor gear like a tent and camp on the terrace... what do you think?"
A-ra, who'd suggested camping at home—something that sounded like fun just to imagine—
seemed really excited and was a little hyped up.
I guess glamping wasn't her style after all.
A-ra seemed to be the type who likes to buy gear, set up the tent herself, and enjoy camping through hard work.
"If you're okay with it, I'm okay too. Shall we go to Costco then?"
"Yeah, Costco sells a lot of outdoor products."
"We'll have more to buy than I thought. I'll drive my car."
I was annoyed by the rain, but suddenly I felt excited too.
Camping at home... who could even imagine that?
*
"I never imagined I'd be doing 'charcoal-gazing' at home."
"It's a relief we're on the top floor."
If someone lived above us, this would have been impossible.
We bought a tent and this and that from Costco, grilled some meat,
and I was lying down, using A-ra's legs as a pillow, listening to music.
To think we could use the terrace, which we'd been neglecting, in this way.
I unexpectedly discovered the potential to do all sorts of things here.
"So this is why you chose the penthouse, Noona."
"U... Yeah? R... Right! You finally realized it!"
I already knew she bought it because of the parking spot and the duplex room,
but I pretended not to and complimented A-ra earnestly.
"It would be nice to set up exercise equipment in this space."
"But there's no outlet..."
A-ra made a glum face, as if she had already tried it once.
As I stroked A-ra's head, I offered a very simple solution.
"For the electricity, we can just run a power strip or something, right?"
"To bring it all the way here, we'd have to connect three or four of them."
"You know there are industrial ones, right?"
"I don't like those because they're ugly."
A-ra, who had a surprisingly boyish side to her,
shook her head, saying she didn't want to do it if it meant ruining the house's aesthetics.
Well, I wouldn't like it either if an orange or yellow cord was exposed in the living room.
"Or, if we adopt a dog, we could make a space for it to play here, don't you think?"
"A... A dog...."
The image of the dog I saw recently began flickering in my mind.
A cute, gentle dog, happy to see a space where it could run around indoors...
Ah... it's cute just imagining it.
"I think it'd be nice."
"Right?"
"Just in case it's dangerous, we'd put a fence on the railing..."
It's not a height a dog could jump over, but there could be unforeseen dangers, right?
"Seong-hwan, we haven't even adopted a dog yet."
"R... Right? Did I get too ahead of myself...?"
"And... when we have a child... we could build them a playground on the terrace..."
I almost spat out the coffee I was drinking at that moment.