*Brianna’s POV*

“Alright, the Blue Team has set the bar at… Twelve minutes and 49 seconds. Do you think you can beat that?” asked the manager.

“Ummm, yeah I think we can,” I said, eyeing Key who was staring at the mud in disgust.

“Alright, you can take your places on the starting platform.”

I grabbed Key’s hand and brought him over to the wooden block.

“Do you want me to go first?” I whispered.

“No; I’ll go first,” he said quickly.

“Okay Oppa…”

“On your mark… get set… go!”

In the blink of an eye, Key was across the wooden planks and starting the monkey bars. He swung across with ease, his arm muscles flexing beautifully. He took a deep breath before swinging across the mud pit on the rope. He landed gracefully on the other side. Who knew someone could be that afraid of mud?

Before I knew it, Key was finished and it was my turn to go. I moved pretty quickly, and I knew we were making good time. I had a little difficulty on the monkey bars because my hand slipped, but I caught myself. The rope was a breeze, and the rock wall was like stepping over a pebble. The balance beam was what gave me trouble.

“Almost there,” Key said. “Come on! Come on!”

“Shut up Key,” I threatened under my breath. The beam was insanely small! I was only a few steps away when I started to lose my balance.

“No!” cried Key.

I did the only thing I could think of; I leapt for the finishing platform. I landed with a ‘thud,’ but I made it!

“Time!” Key shouted, putting his hands up in the air.

Oh yeah, I’m kinda down here on the ground possibly hurt, but ya know, it’s all good.

“Two minutes and twenty three seconds!” the manager shouted.

“Woo-hoo! We are awesome!!!” he shouted as he jumped around like a child. “Nah nah, we did better than you, Minho!” he teased his dongsaeng.

I rolled my eyes and boosted myself up. Key really could be immature sometimes.

“Now it’s the Yellow Team’s turn!”

We all watched as Taemin hurried through the obstacle course trying to look all tough. He couldn’t fool us though; we still saw the little kid inside him enjoying it way too much. Taemin finally made it to the end and shouted for Carolyn to start.

*Carolyn’s POV*

I gently rested a foot down on one of the not-so-sturdy beams before me. I gulped as I put my whole weight on it and placed my other foot onto the second beam. I slowly made my way across. I heard someone scream and laugh, so I looked up at the other couples. Worst idea ever!

My legs began to shake along with my whole body. I started to tip to the right, but corrected myself by kicking out my foot. However, I kicked a little too hard and fell backwards.

“Ahhh!” I crashed onto the boards, but surprisingly caught myself. However, this resulted in landing on my already sore wrist.

“Ow,” I pouted.

“Come on Carolyn, you can do it!” Taemin shouted from the finishing platform. I took a deep breath before inching my way along the board. Finally I made it to the platform. I reached up for the monkey bars, but winced in pain as flaming shots of pain shot up my wrist. 

“Ow! Ugh I can’t do it. I hurt my wrist,” I finally called out. It hurt REALLY bad.

“Is it bad?” asked the manager.

I just nodded my head, trying to hold back my tears.

“All right, time out.”

“Are you okay?” Taemin was suddenly by my side, panting.

“Yeah, it just… no I’m not okay.” The tears were now threatening to spill from my eyes. I was going through some serious pain.

“How bad is it?” asked the manager as he took my wrist in his hand.

“Ow! Bad enough for you not to touch it!” I snapped.

“Oh, it’s turning colors,” Taemin said worriedly, and slightly fascinated.

“Come on, you need to have this checked out. I’ll take you there in the van,” the manager said.

“I’m coming too!” Taemin stated.

“Okay, suit yourself,” the manager shrugged.