Among Us for a Year

round 2 || chapter 3

//tw: gore, death, nausea

The last of the wires were finally connected, and as June pulled the last of the rubber covering over the live exposed wire the best he could, careful to avoid shocking himself again, (earlier he had brushed against a live wire and it had shocked him, making him scream and scare everyone on the ship), he glanced out the door. The captain and the tall green one, March, were walking by, and he nodded slightly at them. They didn't notice.

A minute or so later of double-checking the electric breaker box to make sure it wouldn't go mad on them again, he was out of the room and tapping out a message to Julie, asking her to maybe come to see him in storage?

She responded right away, with a "yes!" and then right after a "race you!"

"Oh, you are on!" he laughed at the screen, as though she would hear him, and broke into a sprint, climbing halfway up the stack of boxes before he saw her sprint in from the hallway connecting to the cafeteria, and swear at him as she jumped up the side of the boxes as well.

June leapt up the final crate, slapping the center of the topmost one with his hand moments before Julie did, her gloved hand slamming down on his and making him yell in mock agony.

"Beat.. you." he said, catching his breath, laughing quietly, as Julie cursed again under her breath.

"No fair. You were in electrical and I was all the way by the trash chute in cafeteria."

"You started the race, Julie."

"Don't care. You agreed!"

"So?" June laughed, shifting himself so he sat on the top box, looking around the room.

"So, you're an enabler." Julie said, matter - of - factly. "Besides, you're older. You have to be the smart one."

"That I do." sighed June, standing on the box, which wobbled a bit, then stretching to see if he could reach the roof. He could! The boots of his suit gave him extra height, they had little heels.

"Hey June-"

"Yeah?" he asked, grinning as he patted the ceiling.

"You think mom and dad know where we are?"

He stopped short, his shoulders stiffening and he nearly lost his balance. "..why do you ask?" he ventured, panic starting to set in. Oh no, does she want to go back to them? Did I drag her onto this ship? He felt cold.

"I wonder what they'll think when they figure out that we actually got into space without their help, that's all," Julie said, smiling wickedly, her face slightly distorted through the curved glass of her helmet.

"Oh, they'll be livid, I bet." June laughed nervously, sitting back down next to her. "Imagine. The useless gay one and..." he trailed off, trying to find a title for Julie, but she broke in-

"and the horrible ungrateful brat of a sister..."

"..got on a rocket and are going to find new planets." he finished, smiling to himself again.

"Man, I wish I could see their faces when they connect the two dots."

"They won't connect shit."

"Too far in denial?"

"Too far in denial."

They sat in silence for a bit, June running through his tasks on his tablet, Julie looking at his and hers back and forth, pointing out where their tasks overlapped and they could go together, before heavy footsteps came stomping down the hall and stopped at the entrance to storage.