"Hey Jae", Lucas said knocking on her door. "Open up", Jaehyun said getting impatient. "What do you want", Jae-seong asked opening the door. "Let us in", Jaehyun said getting in as Lucas and Mark followed behind him. "Uhm.... come in", Jae-seong said in a confused tone closing the door. "So, what do you want", Jae-seong asked again standing in front of the three who was sitting on her bed with her arms crossed.
"So you know how we know that you like Ten", Mark said as Jae-seong rolled her eyes. "Yeah, and", Jae-seong asked. "And you also know how we like to set you up with the guys that you like", Lucas continued. "Uh yeah you always do it without my permission", Jae-seong said furrowing her eyebrows. "Well now we are asking for permission", Jaehyun enthusiastically said.
"Why do you make it sound like it's a good thing", Jae-seong asked. "Because it is! We are not doing it behind your back anymore", Jaehyun answered more enthisiastically. "Fine, do whatever you want", Jae-seong said waving her hand signalling them to get off her bed. The three cheered as they head out her room. "Close the door", Jae-seong yelled making Mark go back and close the door with a huge smile on his face. “Tch, too early for their nonsense”, Jae-seong muttered to herself before preparing for breakfast, nonetheless with a smile on her face. “Set me up, I’d like to see them try”, she continued now laughing to herself.
Everyone assembled at the events place for breakfast. Their breakfast was served buffet-style except for the VIP table which was Taeyong's. Their food differ from the rest and was served right on their table. "You just had to-", Yuta said but got cut off by Taeyong. "I already told you I upgraded our accommodation to VIP guests", Taeyong said shoving food unto Yuta's mouth.
Jae-seong still has her eyes closed and didn't notice Ten sitting beside her. "You aren't really a morning person huh", Ten said admiring Jae-seong's face. "Why do we even have to get up so early", Jae-seong whined opening her eyes. She was then shocked seeing Ten's face so close to her face and had to move her chair back a little. "H-hey what are you doing", Jae-seong asked. "Now you're awake", Ten said smiling. Jae-seong pursed her lips and looked away from Ten's gaze until he sat back on his seat.
They ate breakfast and went back to their rooms to prepare for their first activity. They dressed up in comfortable outfits and headed back to the events place as instructed. "Today officially marks the first day of our retreat", the school head announced as everyone clapped their hands. "Today, we will only be doing team building activities indoors as a start off of our 4-day program", the school head continued.
"You already know your groups and leaders were already assigned last week. Each of our activities is time-based which means the faster to finish the first to win. Each win will be recorded as a point for the group. First place will garner 10 points. Second, 8 points. Third, 6 points. Fourth, 4 points. And the fifth with 2 points. Since you are all divided in 20 groups of 10, the rest that follows will be given 1 point for effort. With the pointing system said, may I call on stage Mr. Lee Taeyong to explain our first activity", the school head then handed the mic to Taeyong.
"Why am I not surprised", Yuta whispered which made Jae-seong laugh. "The first activity is called The Human Knot. The mechanics of this game is simple. All groups will form a circle with shoulders touching. You will then bring forward you right hand and on the count of three you will all grab a random hand right in front of you. Same goes for the left hand. Once the knot is formed, the first group to untangle the knot wins. This simple game will bring your communication skills and and leadership skills to the test. If there are no more questions, we will start this first activity."
The groups then formed a circle as instructed and with the first whistle, they all brought out their right hand. After the count of three, they all grabbed a random hand. Jae-seong's sight then traced on whose hand grabbed hers. To her surprise it was Hendery which made Jae-seong smile awkwardly.
With the next whistle, everyone brought out their left hand and after the count of three, they all grabbed a random hand. Jae-seong then again looked for the hand that grabbed hers and as more shocking than the first, it was Yuta, which made Jae-seong blush and pursed her lips looking away. "Ready, untangle", Taeyong announced as the groups started to think of ways to untangle one by one.