The Chaotic Bunch

The activity

So i doubt i can top (lol) the last ch but i'll try.

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'You're late', Mazekeen remarked as Serulia, Austen and a pale faced Yuna.
'What happened to you', Hubert asked Yuna.
Yuna said nothing, just grabbed a biscuit and started nibbling on it profusely. Mazekeen turned away.
'Oh... k. Right, Apollo you find the leaves, Yuna you find the kindling, Austen you find the flint, Erica you find a clear space, Serulia you find the rock-'.
'But i was finding the rocks!', Quirieth chipped in.
'No', replied Mazekeen simply, 'You're coming with me to get the branches'.
Serulia smirked.
'Shut up', Mazekeen snapped, still looking at her parchment with the list of materials on.
Serulia ignored her, 'Anyway what are we even doing?'.
'Building a fire', Mazekeen rolled her eyes in a kind of 'duh' way.
Austen pointed to the fire roaring in the fireplace.
'That's not ours. It would be stealing.'
'What-'.
'Let's go!', Yuna called excitedly.
She ran out of the cabin, the team following behind. Serulia laced her fingers in Austen's.
Quirieth glanced at Austens neck an whispered to Mazekeen. She then whispered to Hubert and she whispered to Erica. They all followed beside them giggling and Serulia side eyed them,
'What?', she demanded in an accusatory tone.
'Phf- nothing', Quirieth tried to suppress her laughter.
'It's fine- fpha', Erica said before bursting out laughing.
'WHAT?', Serulia shouted.
'... Good night?', Mazekeen finally answered.
Serulia stared at her then looked at Austen who was blushing profusely. Their tunic wasn't covering the hickeys she'd made this morning. Austen forgot their scarf. She whipped her head back around and smirked.
'Jealous?', She grinned.
They all burst out laughing, apart from Erica, looking on in a 'why the fuck did i have kids' way, and Apollo who's head was cocked to the side.
'What's so funny?'
Mazekeen rolled her eyes an the giggling group died down, Serulia squeezed Austen's hand as if to say 'they're idiots'.

When they were far enough into the woods they each split up, except for Mazekeen and Quirieth, and Serulia and Austen. They went off to find their target items and brought them back to the cabin when they were done. Apollo dumped a wagon full of leaves, Yuna an armful of wood, Austen two pieces of flint, Serulia a handful of rocks, and Mazekeen and Quirieth a load of branches.
'Right while you do that imma go get a drink', Mazekeen announced, waltzing back into the inn.
They all looked at each other before electing Yuna and Hubert to do most of the work. Serulia straightened herself up and scratched her cat ears,
'It's getting dark. We should speed this up'.
After 20 minutes the campfire was up and running, crackling and smelling of pine.
Serulia left and came back with 3 logs for them to sit on.
Yuna, Erica and Apollo took one, Mazekeen and Quirieth took the second, Serulia and Austen took the 3rd and Hubert sat on the floor.
'Damn i didn't bring marshmallows', Quirieth groaned.
'What are marshmallows?', Serulia asked.
Quirieth shrugged and sat back, sunning themself in the light.
Serulia adjusted herself on the log and Austen put their head on her shoulder, drifting off to sleep.
After 20 minutes and 5 glasses of wine, Hubert had passed out and Quirieth's head had landed on Mazekeens shoulder, to which she sat stiff as a board, clearly not enjoying it (but not rejecting it).
'Right i think i'll take this pointy eared cupcake up to bed', Serulia said slowly getting up, sliding one arm under their neck and one arm under their legs. She carried them back into the inn princess style.
Mazekeen said nothing as she abruptly stood up, Quirieth's sliding off her shoulder and hitting the hard wood.
'Urgh what time is it', they asked groggily.
'Time to stop being a dumbass', Mazekeen replied before marching into the inn.
Soon Quirieth, Erica and Apollo followed, Yuna putting out the fire before following them, leaving Hubert asleep slung over a log.
They all went back to their rooms and went to bed, Serulia placing Austen on the bed and pulling the covers over them and then climbing in herself to join them on the train to sleepy time junction.