sky lights | jakehoon

007

"sunghoon!" jay calls out. sunoo jumps and backs away from sunghoon.

"hey jay. oh jake, you're here!" he smiles wider when he notices my presence.

"we're going hiking soon once the babies wake up, do you think you'll be finished with all the dishes?" looking at the dishes, sunghoon might as well not go.

"if i get some help then maybe."

"i can help!" i blurt out, as well as sunoo. we glare at each other.

"a-actually, c-change my mind, i forgot heeseung needed me for help." i mutter. sunoo smirks.

"thanks for thinking about it, but jay is already helping me, you can go too, sunoo." sunoo's smirk melts away into who knows where. jay was next to sunghoon, speeding up the process for us cleaning the utensils and dishware with water. i smirk back at sunoo.

i walk out of the kitchen out of defeat actually. the babies were awake and eating their breakfast. "good morning, jake hyung!" they greet me. i sound old when they call me hyung. niki's face lights up when he sees sunoo. "sunoo hyung!" he rushes over to hug sunoo. after more explanations from heeseung, we all go back to the cabins where i immediately land face-flat onto my bed.

ah, what's the meaning of bed? my other soulmate after food, the most fluffiest place on the planet, my company when i'm tired. i get to cuddle with the blankets and being under the sheets is the best part. everything gets so warm and your head against the pillow, it's practically step one to heaven.

"jake hyung?" someone calls out.

"hm?" i mumble, my face still on the pillow.

"it's jungwon. could you help me with my hair?" my bed sinks down when the presence of another weight is on the edge of the bed. "hyung?" i'm mentally not okay. I'm crying my eyeballs out. jungwon speaking in tiny. the most adorable thing i've heard today. sniff, sniff, crying.

i roll out of bed and sit on the mattress, legs crossed. "do you have a knot in your hair?"

"a couple... i've tried combing it, but it hurts." he's so uwu, i can't believe i'm crying over this.

"i'll try to be as delicate as i can." surprisingly, jungwon doesn't wince or whine out. "done!" i tell him. he jumps off the bed in literal happiness.

"thank you, hyung!" i'm screaming, he look like a bunny. uwu.

"no problem, you should hurry and get ready for the hike!"

"oh, hi sunghoon hyung!" sunghoon walks in when jungwon opens the door. sunghoon closes the door once jungwon leaves. he flops onto my bed. my bed.

"i think i got scoliosis in my hands."

"at least you're not dead."

"i mean, you're not wrong, but you're not right."

"so what am i? wrongfully right?"

"uhm..." he taps his chin. "the definition of fried turkey?"

"you can fry turkey?"

"you-"

"hey jake hyung, sunghoon hyung , the hiking is going to start- eh? why are you on the floor, hyung?" taki appears inside our room.

"oh, i, uhm, i like the floor better than the bed, it's good for my back..."

"ahaha..." sunghoon chuckles oddly.

"well, we need to be at the pavilion in two minutes so grab your stuff so we can get the rest of the directions!" taki leaves the room, and the door opened.

"why did you shove me?" i groan, massaging my shoulder that i landed on.

"taki scared me." he gets off the bed. "i'll carry your stuff, let's go." he slings his and my bag over one shoulder, pulls me up from the ground, and puts his arm over my shoulders. we walk out.

the rest of the eggies are already at our table devising more plans and whatnot while feeding on some of k hyung's caramel popcorn that he had been carrying with since the bus ride.

"all of your cabinmates should have arrived at your tables by now. remember the theme and the meaning of what you're striving to find: happiness, teamwork, reliability, and friendship. we have tried applying the virtue of teamwork from the night hike yesterday. jiguem buteo, this morning's hike will be applying reliability and friendship. you must trust your cabinmates even if the obstacles ahead of you tell you to not trust them. trust me, you will be in need of trusting your teammates. i know it is tempting to not trust your teammates, but do not be tempted. listen to the angel on your shoulder, not the devil. jiguem buteo-"

"namkoong, you're said too much." mr. bang interrupts.

"sihyuk, i was on a roll, you can't just-"

"like last night, there will be missions that you must do to find the meaning of the virtues by yourself, or as a team. you all should be familiar with the paths we've set. each cabin will go to their assigned areas, solve different pictograms as you go... and you all have about 3 hours to finish the hike before you all deserve a well-made lunch by yours truly, counselors. good luck, my i-landers, and depart."

at that moment, we were literally forced to run to our new locations to speed up the progress, running is so irrelevant to life. people can't just "run for their dreams", can they? also, they can't just "run for their life". this is some poopy sorcery going on.

we were already given our first pictogram, or some puzzle with a bunch of dots and lines. according to heeseung, it was morse code. the message was crown and i didn't understand how a crown had anything related to the virtues we were given.

"whoever's waiting for us is at the top, be careful everyone, it's slippery here." heeseung advises.

sunghoon and i were at the very back. jay was behind us. was. he got scared because he thought ghosts would haunt us so he decided to squeeze in between us two.

"if one of us fall, the three of us can die, okay?" jay asks.

"i wouldn't die with a guy who didn't know how to save my life, no thanks."

"same, you managed to cut my finger with a stray knife that was in the sink. remind me that i will never wash dishes with you ever again, assuming that i don't die." sunghoon improvises. weren't we all improvising? nah, we were just focused on the idea of another brink of death behind us.

we finally reached the top of the mountain. or hill. or mound of dirt. i don't know at this point, i'm just wanting the hike to be over despite just starting.

"oh, you guys again?"