𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ 𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 - 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐮

⇛ 𝐂𝐇. 𝟒𝟗

𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝟐

jihyun had fallen asleep, her head resting on mark's thigh as he gently played with her hair, careful not to wake her. knowing her, she'd want to stay awake to keep guard but she hadn't slept in two days. so when she rested her head against mark's thigh and drifted off, he let out a sigh of relief.

"you guys got a decent amount of food." jeno acknowledged as he helped renjun cook a rabbit.

"there were a lot of animals around. i set a few traps when we left to go hunting and on our way back, we found that the traps had gone off and caught some rabbits."

"glad you're a genius at traps." haechan complimented, patting the back of his head.

suddenly, the anthem sounded, jolting jihyun awake. the sound was awful to her ears and immediately triggered fear inside her, but mark had peered down at her with a soft smile and she felt better.

"hello, sleeping beauty."

"mark." she whispered, sitting up next to him to watch the sky. haechan passed her one of the cooked pieces of rabbit to nibble on as she watched. only two tributes had died and none were aya or doyoung so jihyun was glad.

"only six tributes are dead. that's eighteen left. ten excluding us." renjun muttered.

"how long have i been asleep for?" jihyun asked, rubbing her head.

"a couple hours. and now you're going back to sleep." mark told her, pushing her to lay down.

"no, i can't." she whined, trying to fight against him.

"you have to."

"why?"

"because you haven't slept the other nights. you need your energy." he argued, glaring with a stern look.

"alright fine, but..." jihyun placed her arms around his shoulder, pulling him to lay on the floor. "we both are sleeping."

"i don't need to." he muttered, trying to get up.

"oh no, you don't. you're in the same situation as me. don't try it." she said, throwing one of her legs on top of his to keep him in place.

"is this really necessary?" he sighed although he didn't want the moment to end. slowly, he wrapped his arm around her waist and she laid her head on his shoulder.

"yes."

"me and jaemin will take the first shift." chenle said. "jisung and jeno, we'll wake you in a couple hours. the rest of you get some sleep."

"jihyun and mark are knocked out cold already." renjun said, peering over at the two that looked warm and cosy. he wouldn't have minded joining them just like the night in the cave during their first hunger games.

"i'm not, but i will be in a second. mark is really comfortable." she hummed, nuzzling her head closer to his collarbone and neck.

he tensed, his hand nervously tapping on her waist as he closed his eyes to force himself to sleep. he didn't know if he loved or hated the feeling of being so close to her, but it was definitely driving him crazy. soon, he found himself growing more comfortable and then his eyes relaxed as he dozed off.