“…and when she woke up, there was the sharp smell of blood in the air. She slooooowly looked to her right… and BANG!” Everyone jumped. Kibum’s dark eyes glittered and he lowered his voice to a hoarse whisper. “Next to her was her roommate—dead. was slit right open, and the blood stained the sheets. Ji Eun began to scream and scream, and her eyes fell on the words written on the wall in blood...”

Kibum paused and slowly looked around the circle at the pale faces of the other members. “Aren’t you glad you didn’t turn on the light?”

A horrified silence filled the clearing. It looked like everyone was still frozen in place. Kibum suddenly stood up, and several flinched out of sheer instinct.

“Well, goodnight!” he said cheerfully, and skipped off toward the tents.

“He,” Hangeng stated, “Is not human.”

“I guess we should all head off to bed, then,” Kyuhyun said glumly.

“I don’t think I can sleep after that!” Eunhyuk protested. Donghae shivered violently in agreement.

“Yah! What are you complaining about?!” Shindong objected. “You have a tent buddy! If I get murdered tonight, no one will know!”

“That’s true…” Heechul murmured thoughtfully. “There’s always hope that they’ll choose to slaughter Hangeng instead.”

“YAH!”

“Henry! Get up! I don’t want to carry you back!” Kyuhyun poked the chubby-cheeked Canadian, who had evidently dozed off at some point. 

“G’night, guys!” Kangin grunted. “Remember, the one who wakes me up tomorrow will be the first to die.” With these loving words, he headed off into the darkness in search of his tent.

The others shrugged, said their “goodnight”s, and left the dying campire.

IN THE TENTS

[YeWook]

“Do you hear that?”

“Mmm.”

“Those are crickets.”

“Hrrm.”

“There are over 900 species of crickets.”

“Mmm-hmm.”

“The scientific name for their chirping is stridulation. Cool, right?”

“Hmmph.”

“Turtles eat crickets.”

“Hrrrrrmmph”

“I miss Ddangkoma…”

“Go to sleep, Yesung.”

[SiBum]

“What do you think of the trip?”

“…Fine?”

“Yeah, me too. I’m just a bit disappointed there isn’t a church nearby… I have to miss Mass!”

“But you brought your Bible, right?”
“Of course!” … “Do you want to read it with me?”

“I’ll pass, thank you.”

“Oh, okay then. Are you sure?”

“…Yes.”

[EunHae]

“That was really scary, wasn’t it?”

“The story? Or Kibum?”

“Both.”

“Yeah. He’s too good at acting for his own good.”

“Gosh, that story felt so real, you know? Like there really is some throat-slitting murderer who assassinates people.”

“Actually, I was more scared of Hangeng’s story.”

“The one about the vengeful spirits?”

“Yeah. Creepy, right?”

“Totally. Their long fingernails, straggly hair, raspy voices…”

“Sounds like Heechul in the morning.”

“Ha ha ha~”

…

…….

…………….

“Do you believe in ghosts?”

[KangTeuk]

“Is everyone asleep yet?”

“Everyone except us, obviously, idiot.”

“No, really. Everyone needs to go to sleep early tonight. We don’t want to be grouchy in the morning, right?”

“So shut up, Leeteuk.”

“Are you sure everyone’s asleep? Maybe I should go check.”

“Maybe you should just shut up.”

“Oh, don’t be rude.”

“Go to sleep.”

“Henry didn’t stay up late, did he? And he wasn’t too scared?”

“We kept it PG-13, Umma.”

“Stop calling me that! I’m not a nagging mother!”

“THEN GO THE FRICK TO SLEEP.”

“Okay, okay…”

[HanChul]

“… and this one’s an eagle!”

“Aiish, your shadow puppets really . That’s definitely a slug. This is an eagle.”

“No, that’s a butterfly.”

“It’s. An. Eagle.”

“Oh look! A cockroach!”

“GAAAH! WHERE?!”

“No, I mean the shadow puppet.”

“You—Hangeng! Don’t scare people like that, you idiot!”

“Well, there’s also one on your sleeping bag, but—“

“AAH! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!”

“Okay, okay… Here! See?”

“DO I LOOK LIKE I WANT TO SEE IT?! THROW IT AWAY!”

“You don’t even want to see it?”

“Am I Yesung?!”

“I mean, we can eat it if we run out of food…”

“Are you retarded? That’s disgusting! I’d rather eat Eunhyukkie’s foot!”

“Fine, fine, I’ll throw it away. Happy now? Hey! Guess what shadow puppet this is.”

“Che. It’s a dog, obviously. I taught you that one.”

“You also taught me this one.”

“WHEN DID I TEACH YOU TO FLIP PEOPLE OFF?”

“Sorry… Love you~”

“Aiish… Whatever. Guess this one.”

“Dinosaur?”

“Are you blind? It’s a chicken!”

“Oh, I see! Okay, how about this one? No, don’t look at my hands! Just guess from the shadow.”

“Eh, okay then… Um… Kind of big, circle-ish…? Give me a hint?”

CLANG. CLANG. CLANG. CLANG.

“YOU BROUGHT THE POT TO OUR TENT?!”

[Shindong]

“I am alone~ Forever alooooooone~ Like Siwooooooooon~”

*cricket*

*cricket*

Sigh….

[KyuMi(n)ry]

“Ha ha ha, is he really asleep?”

“Shh, Henry. You’ll wake Mimi up.”

“Should we draw on his face?”

“Ooh, good idea!”

“Kyu! Stop influencing the maknae!”

“Okay, okay Sungmin.” *pout*

 SNORE.

“Wow, for someone who acts so cutesy, gege really is a noisy sleeper, huh?”

“Shh! Guys! Go to sleep!”

“Hey, I think gege is saying something!”

“Maybe we can get blackmail material from this…”

“You two, just let poor Zhou Mi be, okay?”

“Shh! Look! He’s sleep talking!”

“Don’t want… hrrph… planes. Run with… {inaudible M-noise} salad. And ten {SNORT} pesos. Governor?”

…

….

“…Can we still blackmail him with this?”

“Let’s just draw on his face.”

“Ha ha~ He really rocks that unibrow look!”

“You want to try, Sungmin?”

“…I’ll pass. I like living with my head attached to my body, thank you.”
“He’s not gonna—AAH! He’s waking up!”

“Hrm? Guys? What time is it?”

“Ehehe~ It’s… Time to got to Bed! Yeah! G’night!”

“Henry, you coward…”

[Shindong]

**branch snaps**

“AAAUUGH! I WILL DIE ALONE! NOOOOOO~”

“Shindong! It’s me!”

“Yesung?”

“Hi. Do you know where the bathrooms are?”

“We’re in the forest.”

“Yeah, I know.”

“So pick a tree.”

“Pick a…? Oh, EWWWW!”

“Unless you’d rather use Hangeng’s pot?”

“Okay, I’m off to pick a tree~”

I wondered why no one had any reaction to this chapter, and then I realized that I forgot to post it. -________- Cold medicine does interesting things to your brain… And lack of sleep (thanks, mom).

12pm: Me: COUGH COUGH COUGH

Mom: You okay? We’re out of medicine… Here, wear a jacket.

Me: O…kay~

6am:

Mom: Get up! Time for school!

Me: I think I have a fever…

Mom: Oh, you’re fine! And you can’t skip school!

Me: COUGH COUGH COUGH

Mom: Ai-ya! Don’t spread germs! Here, take this medicine! Off to school you go!

….. WHAT. IS. THIS.