True Beauty: An Alternate Universe

Chapter Fifteen

Soojin:

All the students gathered around in the main area, waiting for instructions. One of the camp directors came out with a microphone. "Okay! Welcome to your first day at the campsite! We'll just be starting off the trip with a very fun game you may know. Is everyone familiar with the newspaper game?" he asked. Everyone replied with yes. "That's fantastic! So everyone please form groups of four, no more no less, and take a sheet of newspaper then fold it in half," he pointed to the pile on the ground. Everyone started walking around the area to form the groups. I stood off to the side with Sooah clinging to my arm. "Taehoonie! Come over here!" she yelled to her boyfriend. He ran over just as Suho walked up behind me. Jookyung had taken steps toward us but noticed that the team had filled up. Sihyun told her to join her team which had Hyunkyu and Seojun. She reluctantly walked over, looking back at my group. Everyone walked to the front to grab a sheet of newspaper and set them on the ground. "Okay! On my count, everyone will step onto the newspaper, remember, don't fall!" the director said.

Sooah confidently put her foot on the paper, "We have to win this alright? Don't fall over!" she said. Everyone nodded. The director started counting down, "Three, two, one! Your time starts now!" we all stood on the newspaper sheet, hugging each other. I stood between Sooah and Suho. I looked around towards the other groups, a few of them had already fallen down and were making an effort to untangle themselves. Jookyung's group seemed to be stable as well. While I was looking around I nearly toppled backwards, but Suho quickly grabbed my waist and pulled me back in. I stared at him, slightly surprised but continued to concentrate on the game. Soon enough there were only three teams left, mine, Jookyung's and members of Seojun's gang. The director told us to step off the papers, "Since our remaining teams seem to be doing so well, let's make things harder for them! Fold the paper in half once more so that it's a quarter of the original size," everyone groaned at this but did so. I looked around once more, trying to figure out how in hell we were all going to stand on the sheet.

Suddenly, Suho pushed my shoulders to turn me around and picked me up. Everyone gasped and I noticed some of the girls whispering to each other in shock. After this everyone followed. Taehoon had Sooah on his back along with Hyunkyu and Sihyun. Seojun's gang had climbed onto Chorong and Seojun had picked up Jookyung the same way Suho did. The director was amazed and started counting down. Seojun's gang was first to go and they all collapsed into a pile. There were only two teams left. There was not long left on the countdown. We were down to ten seconds. "Hyunkyu your hair smells disgusting!" Sihyun suddenly yelled which cause them to fall, taking Seojun and Jookyung with them. Everyone cheered for the winning team and the director congratulated us. Suho set me down gently and we all did a group hug. The director handed us our prizes which was a soft toy each. Taehoon got a cat, Sooah got a bunny, Suho got a hamster and I got a chick. They were all super cute. When we were all walking to the dining hall for lunch, Suho walked up to me.

"Here you can have it," he said handing me the hamster. "No, I can't take it, it's yours," I replied. "I insist, I don't have a use for it anyways," he smiled. I smiled back happily and hugged both toys. Suho patted my head and chuckled. Sooah and I deposited our stuffed animals back at the cabin and ran out for lunch. They served rice cake soup, a yakult, saltmarsh sandspurry, cabbage kimchi and a madeleine with a strawberry on top. The group found a table and sat down together. I sat on one side with Sihyun, Jookyung and Sooah and the other side contained Suho, Seojun, Hyunkyu and Taehoon. We all ate our food and chatted happily. When we finished our food I walked back to the cabin with the girls. Sooah walked over to my bed and picked up the hamster, "Hey isn't this Suho's?" she asked curiously. "Yeah he gave it to me," I replied, sitting on my bed. "Awww!" Sihyun and Sooah said. "That is so cute!" Sooah said, handing the hamster back. I playfully rolled my eyes and placed the hamster next to the chick. Sooah reached down under the bed and pulled out a karaoke machine.