𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ 𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 - 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐮

⇛ 𝐂𝐇. 𝟏𝟐

"it's so cold." jihyun said, shivering as another gust of wind entered the cave. they had found shelter but considering the cold weather, it wasn't ideal.

"it'll be funny if i die from hypothermia after all the effort of avoiding dying from infection." renjun said, his teeth chattering and she sat up, sending him a look.

"no, renjun. that would not be funny at all."

"i think the cold is just driving him crazy. he doesn't even know what he's saying." mark whispered.

"yeah, i think so." she replied, twisting her shirt so that the water was squeezed out. "we really need a fire. we need to dry our clothes."

"let's hope our mentors are able to send more stuff to help."

"i don't think it'll happen any time soon so i'm going to sleep."

"night." mark muttered as she turned away from him, laying on her side.

a few minutes had passed and he could still see jihyun's entire body shaking from the cold. it was preventing her from sleeping as it was doing the same to him.

"hey, jihyun, mark, come here." renjun said, breaking the silence.

"why?" she asked, rolling over to face him.

"cuddling can create warmth."

"are you asking us to cuddle you?" mark questioned in a teasing manner.

"i was just suggesting it might be a good idea, but if you don't want to it's fine." renjun replied, embarrassed because he assumed they hated the idea of it when in actuality, they didn't mind.

"he's just teasing." jihyun said, moving closer to him. "are you sure you're okay with cuddling? you're not going to try to strangle me in my sleep, are you?"

"in my state, i don't think i'd have the strength to."

"oh, so if you had the strength you would do it?" she asked, placing her head on his shoulder.

"if you keep talking, yeah." he scowled and she laughed.

i'm laughing... ha.

she never thought she'd be able to laugh during the games, but there she was, her and mark's arms wrapped around their injured 'friend', laughing as they tried to create some warmth to stop themselves from freezing to death.

"i'm warmer now." renjun mumbled.

"that's because you're in the middle of us. you've got two people warming you up and poor jihyun and i are still shivering." mark said.

"be appreciative that i even suggested we cuddle otherwise you'd be in your own corners of the cave dying from hypothermia."

"just shut up and sleep. we have a long day ahead of us and we've lost a few hours of sleep already." jihyun said, closing her eyes.

"i don't know if i'll be able to, but i'll lay here and won't disturb you. night."

"night."

♆

𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟒

day three had gone by quick as the trio had stayed hidden most the time with no water or food. during the night, they slept close to each other again, finding comfort in it.

"morning, princesses." jihyun's voice rang in the two boys ears as they stirred from their sleep. she was sat across from them, her jacket resting on her knees. "how was your sleep?"