( Chapter might not be fully grammar/mistake proof so I won't mind if you call me out)
Hours went by since the day started, with all of us stilling laying down in our beds. The sun soon burned my eyelids enough to wake me up, pushing back the exhausted-ness I felt from not getting enough sleep.
I sat up, looking around at what at first seemed like a normal day. The adrenaline and memories from the night before didn't reach me yet. The most common thing to hear in the morning was the water rushing down from the shower. it was...quiet though. The loud rushing water was replaced with the singing of birds and the rawrs of dinosaurs in the distance.
Where was Kenji?
He'd be the one who would get in the shower first, waking us up with his loud singing or complaining of how he had ran out of water.
The memories of the night before came running back. The stress, the search, the sobs, the screaming, the exhaustion...it all flooded back into my brain.
Great.
From where I was sitting I could see Brooklyn, Sammy and Yaz's bed. They all seemed to still be sleeping.
I got up and put my shoes on. god I'm surprised these still even fit.
I didn't want to wake anyone up just yet, I just wanted to make everyone's life easier for right now.
Thinking about it, Ben's bed was really where ever he decided to make it. Since we thought he was.... We didn't make a bed for him. So now he just sleeps wherever he happened to place his blanket and pillow.
I looked around, wondering where Ben had placed himself into his slumber this time. His favorite spot was infront of the shower so he would be the first to wake up. Kenji always rolled him over with his foot, causing him to wake up.
I looked over to where the shower was but Ben was no where to be found.. as expected. Why would he sleep near the shower if kenji isn't even here...or when Kenji had...yeah..
Bumpy was still here, standing on the other side of the fence. She stared into my soul as she watch me back away and turn around.
He wouldn't leave bumpy here if he had left.. so he still has to be here.
Hmm........m.......
Snoring? Really?
Ben was always a snorer. It was a very obvious known fact, surprised I completely forgot about it. I mean he kept everyone up with his snoring, we were so lucky if we fell asleep before him.
The snoring came from mine and Kenjis bunk....could he have been sleeping in Kenji's Bed? I put my feet on the frame that held up my mattress, and reach my hands for the upper bars to pull myself up. I checked around to see if Ben was up there, although he was still nowhere to be found.
The snoring was quiet before, but now they had stopped. I let go and jumped from the bunk. When I jumped I must have sprained my ankle from the fall, because the shock from the pain made me fall back onto the ground.
"Ow! Fuck!" I mumbled as I reached for my ankle, out of instinct from the pain.
I silently cried there at the pain for a moment. holding my head back to bite my tongue from how bad it hurt.
"Darius..?" A voice said from....I don't even know where.
I looked around me for a second, confused on where the hell i was hearing....Ben....from.
"Ben? Where are you?" I whispered, still trying to not wake up the others. I was still mentally tired, so the likeliness they would be up any time soon was low.
"right here?" Ben said, as he CRAWLED OUT FROM UNDER MY BED??
I was as shocked as I sounded.
What the literal hell. If I saw some dirty, brown haired kid crawl out from under my bed I'd literally scream in terror. It was like seeing the grudge crawl from the pit of hell.
"What the hell are you doing under my bed. You know how creepy that is??" I whispered, asking in pure terror and while slightly finding it funny. It's definitely not something you see every day.
"o.." Ben whispered as he fully got out from under my bed with his blanket and pillow. "To be honest...I don't remember"
He rubbed the back of his neck, seeming to try to recall it himself.
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Although he DID know why he was there. The night before didn't leave his mind all night, he stressed about the next day as he laid in the corner trying to sleep. He grew uncomfortable and needed somewhere to feel safe and warm. Somewhere where he didn't have to worry about the things that happened and how much of a screw up he became.
Darius seemed to turn over and over again in his bed. Rustling around making as much noise as bumpy did when she eats. Ben felt safe around Darius, like Darius would protect him til the day he died. He walked to Darius and looked at his face as he slept. His smooth skin covered in dirt, His eyes that looked to be a little swelled, and his uncomfortable face as he tried to sleep. Ben put his hand on Darius's face, for no particular reason. Of course he couldn't sleep with Darius, that would be weird and creepy. He couldn't sleep above Darius because that was Kenjis bed... and Kenji was...a bitch. He decided he would sleep under Darius so he would hear nothing but Darius's rustling as they both tried to sleep.
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"okay.. well I guess I'll wake the others up so we can head to the boat and....fix up some stuff." Darius said as he got up and rubbed the back of his neck. He felt embarrassed and awkward to say to Ben's face about what happened last night or how now they had to fix up the boat.
In the back of his mind he thought about how he would survive today without getting into some kind one fight with kenji.
Sigh
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I'm working on meme, Minecraft, and this story at the same time. So it's only half as long as the last chapter. Sorry 💔
ONE ANOTHER NOTE ‼️I have a bunch of story ideas, based off songs and troupes‼️ so expect some stuff soon✅
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