Stranded (An EXO and SHINee ft. B.A.P fanfic)

Chapter 24 - Jenny

Baekhyun takes a second to follow my finger. He finally spots the house, a gleaming white structure, standing out from the metallic gray and verdant green of the mountains. He shifts onto his other leg and glances over at me.

"Let's go check it out."

"We kind of have to anyway. Kassie's hurt so let's just go look for medicine there," Monica says, appearing next to Baekhyun.

Baekhyun nods, everyone else following his action one at a time.

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"Xiumin, are you tired yet?" I ask him.

"Been... Tired... For... The past... Hour!" Xiumin struggles to speak.

"We've only been walking for 45 minutes," Kris says casually, his hands in his pockets. He takes his hand out and adjusts his sunglasses. I scoff and trip him. Key bursts out in his maniacal laughter, Jonghyun following suit soon after.

"What the fu- frick?!" Kris says, correcting himself.

"You carry her," I throw the words over my shoulder at the stumbling Kris.

Kassie cries out, not wanting to be carried by Kris.

If this is what it takes to make them get along and give me some peace and quiet, this is what will happen.

I force Kassie off of Xiumin, giving him relief. Xiumin makes a comment about Kassie's weight and he gets smacked by her rather hard for a sick person.

Kris refuses to carry Kassie. He says something about ruining his luscious hair and his elegant frame and artistic hands.

"Better shut up before I yank out your luscious hair, twist your elegant frame, and snap off your artistic hands, understand? Carry her," I threaten.

It was tiring enough with all this island drama. I only have to care for three members. Suho has even more of a job than I do, caring for 11 brats I mean members while Onew and I only have to care for six others.

Reluctantly, Kris crouches as Kassie makes a displeased face and climbs on his back.

Suho pushes past Luhan and Kai and squeezes through the gap between Xiumin and Sehun. He catches up to me and gently holds my arm.

"Easy there," he whispers. "I know you're tired. I am too. But right now, we need everyone to stay alive and together."

I sigh and give in to his soft voice. Suho squeezes my hand before falling back to his place next to Chen and Kyungsoo. Baekhyun laughs softly and takes my hand into his. I stare at him strangely, but he just keeps looking ahead.

A loud noise comes from behind us. Chen had tripped over a branch. However, it seemed a bit peculiar considering that no one before him had tripped on it and there were 4 other people ahead of him. I shook off the thought.

Maybe I was just overthinking, yeah, maybe being lost and hungry made people like that.

The sun was setting, casting an orange glow onto the trail that was paved before us, probably made by the people who lived on the mountain-side.

"We're almost there so we either move faster or we find a shelter," Onew calls out from the back of the group.

Over half of the guys vote to find a shelter.

Kassie is transferred to Minho after a few more minutes of walking around.

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The day was growing darker. Kai, Xiumin, Jonghyun, and Lay had set large branches against the mountain side to make a makeshift tent. Suho and Taemin made a campfire near the shelter. Monica and Kassie were talking among themselves, as usual.

They never talk to us anymore.

Baekhyun was climbing on top of the trees and throwing large leaves down to Kyungsoo, who was constantly complaining about how short he felt and that he wanted to climb the tree and throw things down at "all the peasants". Chen was sitting down near Kyungsoo and laughing hysterically every time a branch falls onto Kyungsoo's face.

Chanyeol was lugging firewood to the outside of the shelter while Tao was crying every time he saw a bug or just anything that moved in front of him. Kris magically had glasses on and he was strutting like a super model behind a sweaty Chanyeol and a screeching Tao.

"There's no service here!" I hear Tamia yell dramatically from about half the island away.

"Yeah, well, it's not like we're on a deserted island or anything," Kyungsoo mumbles. He earns a smack from Chen who then gets up and starts sprinting around yelling "Please don't kill me" and "I'm too young to die."

At about the same time, Baekhyun throws a branch down and it hits Kris' "luscious hair" and his egotistically huge head. Kris makes a derpy face before looking up angrily at Baekhyun. Now knowing Kris, he was not as menacing and evil as everyone once thought he was. Actually, he's quite stupid.

But it's okay. He's our stupid "little" Picasso. 

Never mind, he's pretty tall.

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I watch Baekhyun walk out of the shelter and sit next to Chanyeol by the fire. It was night now. Everyone was silent, aside from Kassie and Monica whispering somewhere in the dark. The crackling of the fire and the chirping of crickets were the only things keeping all of us from the edge of insanity.

One by the one, each member of each group filed into the shelter. The only people left were Taemin, Baekhyun, Chanyeol, and me. I was leaning on a tree, isolated from the other three.

Taemin stands up and rubs his eyes which were irritated and red from crying perhaps. He yawns and stretches his arms up. When he looks up, he finds me and his gaze softens. Then, Taemin turns away and goes into the shelter.

Chanyeol leaves Baekhyun to his thoughts a minute later, patting his head as he walks into the shelter. Baekhyun stands up and walks over to me.

"Why aren't you inside?" he asks me. I smile a little.

"I could ask the same of you," I answer.

"Let's just say that I won't sleep until you do."

"Why not?" I question.

"I can't tell you now. Later."

We spend the rest of the night talking about constellations, idol life, and fans until we fall asleep outside.

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*hides behind table* Hi.