ChinaxReader-Request

ChinaxReader-Request

You spread your arms out wide and turned around. "Isn't this lovely, Yao?"

"It is," Yao agreed walking after you.

"I can't believe we're actually here!" You stopped and inhaled some of the humid air that filled the scenic landscape of the ever-famous Great Wall of China. There were a lot of tourists visiting from other countries in addition to China so it was a little crowded. Plus, with it being so close to the city, the air smelled faintly of smog.

"This is so cool, Yao," you grinned excitedly. "We're on the actual Great Wall!"

"Are you happy?" your boyfriend asked walking up to you and watching some of the greenery beyond the ancient bricks.

"Definitely," you chuckled. "Although…"

"Wait up, you two!" a loud voice cut through the medley of languages being spoken by the tourists trekking across the Great Wall.

"Why did he have to come along?" you asked getting slightly annoyed.

Yao furrowed his eyebrows and threw Yong Soo, his long-time good but annoying friend, a disapproving look.

"It's because he said he would stop groping you and me if he did," Yao answered miserably.

You sighed. "Really?" You didn't mind Yong Soo's touchy-feely habit so much as his ridiculous hobby of claiming that his country invented this and that, but both could get annoying after a while.

"Yes," Yao nodded.

When Yong Soo did catch up with the two of you, he suggested that you all walk the entire length of the Great Wall to see how long it would take.

"That's impossible, Yong Soo," Yao said with a frown. "There are parts of the Great Wall that have worn away over time. Plus, I don't think they want us going all the way across. We'd have to come back, after all."

"But it will be an adventure of a lifetime!" Yong Soo insisted.

"Yeah," you said sarcastically. "An adventure you shouldn't even be going on with us if it weren't for your stupid—Whoa! Hey!"

"Got your boobs, ___________~!" Yong Soo laughed as he slipped past your boyfriend's guarding arms and made his way to his targets.

"Yao! Make him stop!" you screamed, horrified.

"You said you would stop if I let you come along!" Yao shouted and pushed his grabby friend off of you.

You were about to thank your boyfriend when you noticed one of the rangers was coming over to see what all the fuss was about.

"Uh-oh. Guys, we'd better book it." Your two friends stopped going for each other's throats and spotted the ranger with his olive green-tannish uniform and angry expression that couldn't be concealed by his large sunglasses.

"Let's go, then!" Yong Soo said and grabbed you and Yao by your hands to run.

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"Look, Yao. There are so many markings on each brick," you said pointing to the edges of the wall. It was true. Just about each and every brick had some sort of name or message carved into it. Most were a form of Chinese, but there were a few written in some foreign languages here and there.

"Do you think maybe we could do the same thing?" you asked.

Upon hearing your question, a mischievous smile crept across your boyfriend's face.

"As a matter of fact, that's why I brought this handy carving knife along. Let's try to see if we can find a brick that we will remember if we ever want to visit again."

"Really, Yao?" you smiled feeling touched that your boyfriend would think so far as to do something like that. The two of you were about to head off to find an ideal and unoccupied brick, when suddenly—

"Did you know graffiti was invented in Korea?!" Yong Soo asked in a loud, startling voice from behind you.

"Don't scare us like that!" you snapped and struck your pesky friend on his head.

"Ai-ya…" Yao sighed. "Let's just hope you don't go claiming something else was invented by you."

When the three of you exited one of the small fortresses, you saw a small road leading down the Great Wall towards a clearing where some tourists were gather around.

"Hey, look!" Yong Soo cried pointing to the clearing below. "Camels!"

"Camels?" you wondered and went over for a closer look. Indeed, Yong Soo was actually telling the truth—for once. There were camels adorned with shiny circles of metal and fanciful cloth. It appeared as though you could pay to ride it.

"Yao, I want to ride a camel!" you said jumping up and down excitedly.

"You don't really ride it," your boyfriend said getting a closer look at the camels. "You just sit on it and take pictures."

"I still want to sit on one," you said giving Yao a pleading puppy-dog look.

After some mental debate, Yao finally consented. He joked by saying, "I can't tell which one's more cuter: you or the camel."

You frowned. "How is a camel cuter than me?"

"If you think so, Yao, can I have ___________ to myself?" Yong Soo asked in a teasing manner.

"No!" Yao snapped and took you ahead to sit on the camel.

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Camels weren't the only animals to interact with at the Great Wall. There were also white horses and peacocks. You and Yong Soo both agreed that the peacocks were probably cuter than you, but Yao said otherwise.

"Wo ai ni, _____________," he said. "I love you. You'll always be more beautiful than any animal I will see."

"Aww, thank you, Yao," you said with a slight blush on your cheeks.

"How about me, Yao?" Yong Soo asked eagerly. Of course, he had to ruin the mood.

Your boyfriend scowled. "You're about as annoying as a donkey."

"What?" Yong Soo didn't look very pleased. "I'm way more cooler than a donkey!"

"Why a donkey?" you asked in a whisper.

"Because that's all the author and I could think of at the time," Yao answered robotically.

"That was…freaky, Yao…" you said and backed slowly away from him.

"What author are you talking about, now?" Yong So asked with some confusion.

"I don't know, either, okay?" Yao insisted snapping back to his original self. "Let's just find that brick we were looking for."

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"Here's another camel!" you laughed watching the camel drink water.

"There are a lot of camels," Yong Soo commented.

"We should get going before the sun sets," Yao suggested.

"No, wait. I want to watch the camel," you said keeping your eyes glued on the curious hoofed mammal that was guzzling water at an incredibly fast pace. When the camel was done, it lifted its head up, smacked its large lips—and began to shake its head back and forth sending water and slobber all over the three of you.

"Gross!" you screamed and hid behind Yong Soo for cover.

"Hey! What the heck, ___________?!" Yong Soo cried. Yao hid behind him, too.

"Ha!" Yao laughed. "Maybe it's a good idea he came along, after all!"

"Yeah," you joined in with your boyfriend's laughter.

"This isn't funny!" Yong Soo whined and tried to turn around, but you and Yao clung onto his arms to prevent him from moving.

After the camel was done expelling its lips of any stray water and slobber, you and Yao waited for your Korean friend to dry himself off.

"That wasn't funny," he grumbled wiping his face with a towel you had purchased from a nearby stand.

"It was to us," Yao laughed. Just then, his eyes caught something towards the edge of the Great Wall.

"__________, look!" he cried pointing to a gathering of bricks.

"Hey, it's an open spot!" you beamed after taking some careful observations.

"Let's write our names down!" Yao said and took out his carving knife.

After some work, you and Yao were satisfied with the shape of the heart you had carved into the brick that contained both of your names. Yao was about to put away his knife, when Yong Soo snatched it from his hands and began to carve sloppily all over it.

"Stop!" you cried. "Yong Soo, you're ruining it!"

"Annoying people were invented in Korea!" Yong Soo cackled and continued to carve over your names.

"That's not even something to be proud of!" Yao shouted. "That doesn't even make sense!"

Annoyed, you turned around to walk away when you saw a familiar sight. You grabbed Yao away without putting up a protest towards Yong Soo and left the wall.

After a short period, you and Yao doubled up in laughter as the ranger scolded Yong Soo for writing graffiti on the Great Wall and gave him a long lecture in a language the guilty Korean didn't even speak let alone understand.

--Years later--

"Do you remember where that time when Yong Soo got in trouble because he wrote all over our names?" you giggled as you and Yao trekked across the Great Wall for a second time.

"I do," your husband laughed. "The ranger really gave it to him."

"Hey!" an obnoxious voice snapped from behind the two of you. "I'm right here, you know!"

You rolled your eyes and whispered into your husband's ear. "Why did you have to bring him on our honeymoon?"

"Because he's a good scapegoat," your husband teased.

You sighed and rolled your eyes. "That's not a very good reason."

"Guys! I found the carving!" Yong Soo cried excitedly from a wall close to a clearing where camels were still being displayed for pictures.

"Really? You found it?" you asked wanting to eagerly see your signature—of course, it was covered up by Yong Soo's bold signature that wasn't exactly a signature. It read: "Da-ze! Yong Soo was here!"

"It made our carving easier to find," your husband sighed. "He took up, like, three bricks."

"He did, didn't he?" you chuckled. From underneath Yong Soo's obnoxiously large signature, you could make out the faint shape of a heart that contained your names. Suddenly, you felt your husband grab you and move you a little to the side.

"Camel!" he shouted and pinned his back against his friend's.

Confused, Yong Soo looked over his shoulder at the two of you.

"What's going on—Ew! Not again!"

You and your husband burst out laughing as Yong Soo got covered with spit and water in your place.

"See?!" Yao laughed above Yong Soo's screams. "I told you he'd be good for something!"