KIBA ; STRAY KIDS

54 ; KIBA

We walked to the centre of the field to meet the referee who was allowing us to have an attempt to jump on the small trampoline thing. Felix tested it first, and then waved to the other groups with his cute little sweater paws. I attempted it next to get the feel of it, and it was a bit awkward so I knew I would have to put a lot of power into the jumping.

"Ah Lovey!" Wooyoung said into the microphone so Changbin hyung looked his way, "He said accelerating is important."

"Just watch!" He shouted back as Changbin was the first one to go up as he had to be MC. 

Myself and the rest of the members were standing to the side of the vault and next to the mattress that would catch us. I watched as Changbin got ready to run for his first attempt.

"Dwaekki Challenge!" He shouted, and it began. 

He ran fast towards the lift off, jumped and...of course he didn't make it. He's short, but that's not even the worst part. I opened my mouth in shock - he had landed awkwardly on the vault and hit his crotch area on the corner. I bent down, seeing him hurt like that makes me feel hurt down there too. Everyone else's reaction was similar to mine, or they were completely laughing at what happened.

He recovered after looking at the scenery for a few seconds. He walked back over to us, and I.N was the next participant. ATEEZ were cheering 'team leader' and I wonder if I.N would make it. He started running...and of course he didn't even try. I sighed as he did the tiniest jump but jumped behind the vault and pretended to land on the mat. I laughed as he lay on the mat, and we dragged him off.

Lee Know was next. He stood in position as Changmin talked about him.

"He has second degree black belts in Taekwondo, hapkido, and special martial arts."

Lee Know hyung ran almost like a grandpa to the lift off, and he jumped...he didn't make it. I still cheered for him as he managed to actually lift and sit on the top of the vault which is the furthest we'd got as a group. Since, this was the first round, anyone who got close to jumping over got a second go. Lee Know had managed to put more power into his jumping and got over the vault box. I ran to him quickly, and the other followed to congratulate him.

"Felix also has a black belt in Taekwondo." Changmin announced as Felix stepped up to be the next person to jump.

"How many years did he do it?" Eunkwang asked as the MC.

"12 years." 

The crowd 'wow'ed' for Felix athleticism, and I did too. I didn't know he had done Taekwondo for 12 years, but it would explain why he's always given the fighting and harder dance moves of the dance trio. He started running towards the lift off, the same as the others did, and he made it first go with a lot of height. We cheered loudly.

The next goes were Han, Seungmin and Chan who all made it easily. Then it was finally my go. I had pushed the other members to go before me because I was nervous, but I couldn't avoid it anymore. I walked up to the small markers where everyone else started and I heard Changmin's voice again.

"Kiba-ssi. Has a black belt in Taekwondo as well and played soccer in England. Let's see what he has!" He said and I looked at him with a smile.

"Kiba. Going for it!" I said to show I was starting. I took a deep breath.

I ran with the best pace I could keep up, and I jumped on the springboard steadily before reaching my arms out and practically doing the splits mid-air to propel my body forward over the vault. Before I could tell what was happening, my feet had landed back on the mat safely and the members were hugging me and cheering loudly. 

I guess I didn't need experience. I just fucking crushed that.

Surprisingly, only two of us failed, and the rest succeeded. We high fived each other, and then walked back to our respected tent before IKON sunbaenim were called up to be the 2nd to last team to perform. I clapped for them as I finally sat back down next to San as my chair was still placed next to him.

He patted my shoulder in congratulation and I smiled at him. 

"Ah, so do you know when the movie starts filming?" He asked as IKON sunbaenim were practising.

"No, but the audition is in 4 weeks. So, filming must start early this year." I said and he nodded, and then slapped my arm in excitement, "Hyung, you going to watch me?"

"Of course." He said, "Guys!"

He turned to the rest of ATEEZ and they all turned back to him. I felt my ears turn red slightly at the sudden attention on the both of us.

"What's up?" Jongho answered.

"We need to watch Kiba-ssi when his movie comes out." He whispered to the group, because the cameras were around, and I wasn't sure how much I could talk about just yet.

"You're going to be in a movie?" Hongjoong asked and I nodded with a shy smile.

"Yeah, of course we'll watch it." Jongho said and I sent him a finger heart which he got flustered at. 

IKON sunbaenim were finally ready to commit to the vault jump. Unfortunately, only 2 of the members of IKON succeed in jumping over the vault box. I cheered regardless. The last team to step up was BTOB sunbaenim. I stood up and cheered loudly for them with my hands in the air. All of us were the most excited for Minhyuk hyung to jump as he's been known to be a good athlete whose jumped over 2m before.

The legend Minhyuk was going first for BTOB - he ran to the box almost leisurely but made it with a tiny stumble. Then the next to step up was Peniel, Kingdom's peace evangelist. He ran, and jumped, and he practically reached heaven with how much height he managed to get in the air. I cheered loudly next to ATEEZ who were all standing up too.

And finally, it was Eunkwang hyung. I laughed as Eunkwang adjusted the springboard slightly as he said it wasn't centred. 

"Eunkwang hyung, be safe!" I shouted as the others were questioning why he was moving it. 

He looked up as he ran back to the starting point and gave me a smile and a thumbs up.

"Okay, just for you Kiba-ah!" He shouted back, and I smiled nervously. I felt hands on my shoulders pulling me back, and Yunho was laughing at my nervous attempt at talking to Eunkwang. I was casually leaning against Yunho's shoulders and chest as we watched Eunkwang's attempt.

He ran and jumped on the springboard only for his foot to hit the vault sending his sideways as he landed on the mat and unfortunately didn't make the jump. I sighed regrettably but clapped for his attempt anyway. I stepped out of Yunho's arms as BTOB sunbaenim were returning back to their seats.

"EUNKWANG HYUNG, IT'S OKAY, SARANGHAE!" I shouted to him with my arms making a heart above my head, and he turned his head with a bright smile as the other two members laughed at me. He did the same heart pose back to me.

"SARANGHAE KIBA-SSI!"