How 21 Students Saved the World

9 - Dasi Run Run Run

"-so, like, Renjun was complaining about this one Chinese meal he misses, I think it was like some spicy beef or whatnot," Haechan said, munching on his candy bar while Mark put in his last dollar bill in the machine. "He found a restaurant here that sells it and wants to go tomorrow."

The pair had been taking longer than necessary, first heading to the vending machines to grab the snacks that their whiny friends had asked for (they still loved them, though). They had seen Taeyong and Jaehyun near the end of the hallway but didn't get the chance to yell hello, although now that Mark thought about it, he was going to need Taeyong's keys.

"Are you sure the computer room is opened?" Mark asked, reaching into the machine to pull out another milky way.

Haechan shrugged. "We should have ran after Taeyong and asked him for the keys."

"Well, there's no harm in checking." Mark stuffed the last remaining candy bar into his hoodie. "Besides-"

The power went out.

"Jesus Christ, what is going ON today?" Donghyuck yelled, kicking the wall in anger.

Mark looked at the control pad of the vending machine, the lights not displaying anymore. "Well, at least it happened after we got all the candy."

"Let's just go to the room and get everything figured out." Haechan grabbed Mark's arm and pulled him further, the two walking through the hallway. "We got a karaoke session we must complete."

Mark sighed. "For Ukiss."

"No, Marina."

"Ukiss."

"MARINA!"

"UKISS!!!"

"MA- uh, Mark, look-"

Haechan was pointing at a figure at the end of the hallway. It was a small hallway at the end of the school, since this was the only vending machine that had Mark's Reese's pieces. They were near the classroom the 127 unit used, although they weren't hearing screaming as usual since it was in one of the main hallways and they were hidden.

"That looks like an older guy," Haechan said. "Creepy."

"Yeah, let's go to the computer room and get things checked out." Mark grabbed Haechan's arm, ignoring his pulsing heartbeat, and the two walked towards the computer room.

The school's WiFi was controlled in here, not the main office like most people would think. The lights were controlled by the main office, however, so they'll have to check it out later.

The door was locked, as expected. Luckily, Mark had experience in picking locks from that one summer he tried to impress Haechan by sneaking into the community pool together at night, and now he just used it for when he forgot his keys at home.

Taking the paper clip he always kept in his jeans, Mark kneeled down and got to work while Donghyuck watched, as usual.

"Doesn't the school have cameras or something?" Donghyuck asked him. "You're going to get arrested."

Mark managed to get the door opened. "Haechan, remember buddy, you're my partner in crime, you'll get arrested, too."

"That's cause I know how not to get caught," Haechan said, pretending to flip imaginary long hair. "You can't even steal a fry from Johnny."

"You literally steal all my fries during lunch."

"That's not stealing, that's borrowing ." Haechan walked into the room, Mark following suit, closing the door behind him. "Mark, I can't see."