The Kingdom of Evergreen || Lee Felix x Unknown Member of SKZ

~4~

The ground feels rough under his hands, the dirt, sticks, and rocks incredibly uncomfortable. Jisung isn't sure when he fell asleep, or when the group decided to pile up on the ground, but he hates that they did. Now, he is going to have to wash out what feels like a pound of dirt from his hair and skin. 

The boy groans, rolling over on the bumpy terrain, trying to feel around for his friends. Jisung knows that there is one of them near the end of him, feeling another boy's legs run across his own. When he finally can feel an arm in front, Jisung feels as though he can relax a bit, knowing that his friends are still here. 

He can sense the bright sun on his face, making him less willing to open his eyes because he knows he'll get blinded as soon as he does. Although he hates that he is lying on the forest ground, dirt rubbing into the back of him, he has little energy to move. His muscles feel weak and he can barely move his arms, which Jisung assumes is from the hiking they did yesterday. 

Jisung rolls back over, now knowing that his friends are nearby, he feels more comfortable drifting back to sleep. Moving his arm up, he places his near his face, trying to block out most of the sun so he can sleep again.

"What do you think they're doing?" A small voice whispers from not too far away. Jisung can hear it, but with how groggy he is, he assumes that it a dream beginning to happen as he drifts back off.

"They're obviously sleeping, Ria," another voice says, more masculine and slightly older.

"Or they're dead," the girl comments.

This is starting to feel less and less like a dream as Jisung listens on.

"They aren't dead," the boy says, "that one was just moving."

The boy and girl continue to bicker on like siblings often do. Neither of them wanting to back down from their argument, it's quiet and in whispers, but Jisung still can't fall back asleep. At this point, he isn't sure if he wants to. What if they murder him in his sleep, but Jisung also figures it's better than being awake while it happens. Still, he is conflicted, not wanting to open his eyes to see whatever kind of goblin that is in front of him, and not wanting to sleep so he can continue to hear what they are planning. 

"What are you kids arguing about this time?" A completely different voice enters. 

"Kai is being mean to me!" The little girl whines, clearly forgetting about the several random bodies they stumbled across.

"Am not, she thinks these people are dead when they obviously aren't," the little boy defends.

"What people?" If Jisung could see the expression of the new person, he'd guess they'd be quite shocked. Seeing a bunch of random boys sleeping on the forest floor would be very odd. 

Jisung isn't quite sure what to do, it would be odd to randomly open his eyes and present that he is awake. However, they are unfortunately lost and could use a little help getting back to the trail.

Jisung stirs intentionally, showing the three that he is in fact alive. He had originally planned on laying there until one of his other friends heard the voices and moved, but they are lost and need assistance, so he figured this was his best option. He stretches out his limbs, turning his head to where he thought the voices were, slowly letting his eyes flutter open so they could get used to the light. 

Once he is finally able to fully open them, he sees the three standing in front of him. The older man is squatting down a few feet away from Jisung, looking at him quizzically. The two others stand behind him. 

"Are you okay, young man?" The older man asks, continuing to stare at Jisung. 

Jisung takes a moment to answer soaking in the odd wardrobe the people have on. It is something Jisung feels he'd see cosplayers wearing, but why would they wear it on a hike?