wonderland is an illusion

Chapter 4

"Who the fuc-" Mingi cursed when Hongjoong tapped his shoulder, effectively waking up the younger from his sleep on the top bunk. "Sorry hyung."

"Breakfast is in the canteen downstairs if you wanna buy, but Yeosang came earlier and told us to come at dorm B's kitchen. There's some food left if we're lucky."

Mingi scratched his head and belly, seemingly still half in the dreamworld and drowsily went down the ladder, he nearly slipped on the last one.

"Careful, you don't wanna sprain your ankle in diagnostic test day,"

"Right, thanks, Joong-hyung."

They both wore their t-shirts, Mingi wore a black body-fit sports t-shirt and jogger pants, meanwhile Hongjoong wore a dark grey one with joggers. They both also wore the boots given, fitted perfectly with lace and their feet snugly placed inside the thick material.

It was still 6.30 in the morning, they had more time until 7.30 when the meeting for their designated meeting points. Hongjoong, Mingi and San were to meet at the Alliance tower next to the dorms with a few other kids their age, named Yukhei or Lucas, and Yeri. There were only five of them signing up as the Air-force officer cadets, but they were told that last year was even lesser, with only two signing up.

"The name's Wong Yukhei, but please do call me Lucas."

"I'm Choi San, this is Hongjoong-hyung, and this is Mingi."

"I'm Yeri from Sector 4, nice to meet you all!"

Five of them were gathered inside the meeting room, with Joongki and another student under his supervision. It was a fairly small room, probably for meetings and other small-scaled events, with a round table.

"Good morning everyone,"

"Good morning sir," Everybody reluctantly answered, since they are still not familiar with this setting.

"I suppose all of you are not particularly afraid of heights, correct?"

"Yes sir."

"Today will be our diagnostic test, this first part is the written test to know your basic knowledge, and the second part is an hour after lunch, which is the physical testing. I will hand you all the tablets and pen, and you may start when the clock reaches 8, is this clear?"

"Yes sir!"

Yeosang came to the the Alliance tower a bit later than the others, only bringing out his own tablet to review anything that he needed before test.

"Hey! Are you coming to the Med-Sci meeting?" A boy asked. He didn't know who it was. "I'm Choi Yeonjun! I'm going to that department too!" The tall boy smiled, he had the most genuine smile in the world, Yeosang thinks. Then, another one joined, bu he's super duper sillent. He looked a bit awkward following their steps, but once Yeonjun coaxed the life out of him, he finally introduced himself as Mark Lee, a Korean-Canadian descent.

All three of them were the top at their schools for biology, and apparently the science department is favored more because of their paychecks. Yeosang cared little of his paycheck, his goal in life is to help people, not to earn money by halfheartedly helping them.

"Hey, you know what, I heard there would be some girls coming too! Can't wait to see them." Yeonjun chirped on their way to the meeting room.

Mark doesn't seem excited, however, he looked like he misses somebody from home.

"You okay Mark?" Yeosang asked him.

"Y-yeah yeah. Just missed Donghyuck, my best friend. He'd come here in next year though, the System is eyeing him already."