Treasure for All

12. Exactly As I Say

Around nine in the evening, Dinah, Mingi, and Phoebe had landed the ship in Italy. Phoebe was quick to find and abandoned grape vineyard near Rome to land, and the landing gear whirred out and gently set the boat on the ground. The camouflage shield was set up to protect the crew from intruders while they slept through the night. To any animals or possible other humans who might pass through the woods while they slept, they would only see an old shack.

Thankfully, everyone slept peacefully.

At six-thirty the next morning, Dinah woke up and began her morning routine for the day. She shut off her alarm before pressing a soft kiss to Wooyoung's forehead to wake him up. Of course, he didn't wake up right away, but rather stirred a little that let her know he was exiting dreamland. Like every morning, she quickly dressed, opened the curtains to allow the morning sun through, and then made her way back to Wooyoung's half-asleep figure.

"Good morning, babe," Dinah whispered. "It's a beautif-" She was cut off by sharp cramps in her lower abdomen, and then let out a curse word. Her hands immediately clutched her stomach tightly as she leaned over the bed a little.

"What happened?" Wooyoung had sprung out of his grogginess, alarmed that his girlfriend was suddenly struck ill. "Is everything okay?"

"Hold on," she grunted before disappearing into the bathroom and shutting the door.

It was silent for a few moments before Dinah's voice echoed, "Crap!"

"Dinah, what's wrong?"

She dashed out of the bathroom, grabbed something from the dresser and zipped back into the bathroom again. Wooyoung jumped out of bed and rushed to the door. He gently knocked and asked, "Can I get you anything?"

"Just set the Ibuprofen on the nightstand and get me some water," she replied.

Wooyoung immediately knew what she was talking about when she commanded him those instructions and went into panic mode.

"Will you be okay?" he asked. "I don't want to leave you alone if you're in pain."

"Woo, I'm on my period!" Dinah shouted. "Not dying from nuclear waste. Chill out. Now can you please get the pain meds?"

Wooyoung immediately ran to the infirmary, grabbed the small bottle from the glass medicine cabinet, zoomed into the kitchen for a glass of water, and raced back to the bedchambers to find Dinah lying face up on the bed with both of her hands still gripping her stomach.

"Here," Wooyoung said as he held out his lover's needed items to her.

Dinah opened her eyes and slowly sat up. She took the small bottle, unscrewed the lid and poured a pill out into her hand. Once she popped it into her mouth, she took the glass and gulped down the water.

"I have to check the forecast for today," she spoke up, "but I don't know if I can climb up the crow's nest. It'll be awhile before the medicine kicks in."

"Should I do it?" Wooyoung suggested without really thinking.

"Do what?"

"Check the weather."

Dinah thought for a minute. Typically, she could climb to the crow's nest when it was her time of the month, but her cramps were so bad now that she wasn't sure if she could. Cramping was normal, however she didn't want to fall during moments of intense pain. Knowing she'd have a talk with the captain later, she decided it would be best if Wooyoung did the weather just this once. Dinah peaked out the door up and down the hallway before saying to Wooyoung, "Promise to do exactly as I tell you?"

Wooyoung nodded.

...

Wobbly knees nearly caused Wooyoung to slip off of the bars leading up to the crow's nest. It was about ninety feet above the deck, so it was setting off nervous signals in his system. Dinah was holding her arms out in attempt to catch him if he were to fall, although they'd both be severely injured if that happened. Wooyoung had Dinah's notebook tuck into his coat, so he was doing his best not to lose it.

Despite his nerves going haywire, he peeked upwards and saw that he was two steps from the opening of the crow's nest. Once he pulled himself up, he pushed the small door open and crawled through the opening. He stood himself up on the platform and was immediately met with a beautiful view of Rome. Of course, they were surrounded by forestry, but he could make out the city waking up in the distance. To his right, he could see the sun rising just above what he believed to be the Coliseum.

The sunrise somehow directed his thoughts to the woman he loved. Dinah's personality mimicked it, and her wake-up kisses were his early morning sunshine.

"Wooyoung," Dinah buzzed into his earpiece, "do you see the equipment?"

Wooyoung took his eyes off of the view and focused back onto the crow's nest. Immediately, he went over to the various instruments set up, each connected to a covered screen. One object looked like the main rotor blade on a helicopter with soup bowl attached sideways on each blade, and it was moving along with the gentle breeze. Another was almost identical to a pocket watch, one was easily a thermometer, another could've been to a car gauge, and the last object looked like a test tube attached to a thin metal stick.

"Yes," he replied.

"Ok, I want you to look at the screen and tap where it says 'Calculate,'" Dinah instructed. "Once you've done that, the anemometer, barometer, thermometer, hydrometer, and rain gauge will all automatically begin to calculate the weather prediction for today."

He gazed upon the screen for moment before finding a yellow option that read, "calculate" in black letters. The objects didn't move, but numbers and symbols began to pop up on the screen one by one. Once it was still, Wooyoung reported back to Dinah, "It's done. Now what do I do?"

"Perfect," she praised. "Now, just write down exactly what it says, then tap 'clear' when you're done."

Obeying her instructions, he pulled out the notebook and pen from Dinah's backpack and jotted down the weather report. He tapped the "Clear" option, and the screen faded back to the menu options.

"Okay, what else?"

"That's it, baby," she said. "You can come down now."

The young man gulped, but he carefully tucked the notebook and pen back in his coat. Step by step, he slowly but surely made his climb down the metal railings. After what seemed to be a full minute, his foot touched the wooden deck and almost kissed it out of his nervousness.

"Woo, you did it!" Dinah cheered as she gave him a loving hug.

"I just hope I did it right," he muttered.

"Let's check, shall we?" She reached her hand into his coat and slid her notebook out. She flipped through the worn pages until she recognized her boyfriend's handwriting.

Dinah then nodded her head in a pleased manner and kissed Wooyoung. "Perfect."

"ATEEZ and significant others," The captain announced over the loudspeakers, "please report to the board room. We have some new leads on our case."