Ijin huffed as he balanced on the rafter.

He didn't know why.

But he let Hyeokjin rope him and the others into playing hide and seek after school, with the entire school being their playground.

The only rules were that you couldn't leave the building, or go anywhere that has a lock (Or used to be locked in Ijin's case)

It was fun.

But he had already been hiding in the gym rafters for almost fifteen minutes and he was starting to get bored.

Especially since Yeongchan had walked into the gym more than once and just as Ijin was going to reveal himself as a good sport, he would walk out before he could.

A vibration from his pocket caught his attention.

Wedging himself in an intersection, he took out his phone, his interest being peaked when he saw a message from the group chat.

-Yeongchan: Guys bad news.

-Jaehyung: Still can't find Ijin?

-Hyeokjin: Ijin you motherfucker. Come out, coward.

-Ijin: No :)

-Yeongchan: that's beside the point.

I think someone called the cops on us.

Ijin frowned.

Well, that wasn't good.

-Jaehyung: ?!

-Hyeokjin: How do you know?!

-Yeongchan: Because I'm hiding in the training mats in the Judo club and they're less than two feet away from me.

Guys we're gonna be in huge trouble if they catch us!

He smiled.

The sound of the gym door opening caught his attention, and with a glance, he did confirm that two officers were searching the gym.

Putting his phone on silent and making sure the flash was off, he took a picture of them and sent it to the group chat.

-Ijin: It's okay.

-Hyeokjin: ARE YOU IN THE FUCKING RAFTERS!?

He had to resist the urge to snort.

-Ijin: It's high stakes hide and seek now :)

-Yeongchan: HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO FIND YOU?!

-Jaehyung: WHAT THE FUCK MAN?!

A glance at the officers made him smirk when he realized that they were exiting.

Another message made him look at the chat and he tried to resist the smile from spreading across his face when he read it.

-Seokju:…I'm not even there and I can feel my blood pressure rising.

Yeona said to be careful.

Don't fall like a fool Ijin.

That was the plan.

-Ijin: Anyway.

He knew that they were going to give him hell for hiding in such a place later on.

-Ijin: New rules.

Get to the PC café and don't get caught.

-Hyeokjin: YOU FUCKING THINK?!

Where are you guys?

In the cafeteria right now.

-Yeongchan: Still in the training mats.

Too scared to move.

-Jaehyung: Under the podium for class 2a

-Ijin: Gym rafters.

-Hyeokjin: Ijin istg I will punch you.

-Ijin: :)

-Hyeokjin: You should have never showed him emoticons Jaehyung you absolute dipshit.

-Yeongchan: We have bigger problems at the moment!

-Hyeokjin: Right right. Anyone know where the cops are?

-Yeongchan: Two are right outside the room.

-Jaehyung: Fuck, there's another pair down the hallway.

-Ijin: We'll be fine.

-Hyeokjin: Easy for you to say Mr. Climb-the-rafters-like-a-fucking-monkey.

-Jaehyung: Kudos for proper grammar.

-Hyeokjin: Fk you. Ijin, can you see how many cop cars are outside?

He looked towards the gym windows, impressed that Hyeokjin had remembered that the gym windows face the school gates.

With some careful movements, he wedged himself into another intersection, taking note that there were only two police cruisers outside. They were too far to see, but taking a page out of Yeongchans book, he used his cellphone camera to zoom into the cars.

Hm.

This was starting to get more and more fun.

-Ijin: There's two cars, and there's an officer sitting in one of them.

Four officers in the school, five if the officer decides to come in.

It would be best to leave through the back.

Yeongchan. Stay there. I'll come and get you.

Jaehyung. I'm going to distract them. Leave by the west stairway when you can. I'll meet up with you outside by the basketball courts.

Hyeokjin, will you be fine?

-Hyeokjin: Yeah.

Already outside, I'll get Yeongchan. The cops already went back inside through the doors by the gym.

He rose an eyebrow, Hyeokjins report proving true when the bass of a man's voice could be heard from outside

He smiled.

This was going to be fun.

Ijin: I see them.

Jaehyung. I'm on my way.

He put his phone away before he could see any more messages. But with the way his phone was vibrating, he was sure they were either scolding him for taking a risk, or they were saying something else.

They were weird at times but they were fun to hang out with.

He went down the latter slowly. His climb up had told him that the latter rungs were hollow and would ring out if he would use too much force on them.

He was five feet above the ground when the door opened.

He dropped down without a second thought, landing lightly on his toes.

"I don't think there's anyone in here man."

It was dark, so he couldn't see their faces, only the vague silhouettes as their flashlights moved across the gym.

A deeper voice answered him," they're probably hiding. It's a big school."

That was a good point.

And that was exactly how he and others were going to get away.

He kept his weight on the balls of his feet as he crept forward, using the ball baskets that were lined up by the wall as cover every time the officers looked his way.

As it turns out.

Hiding from a pair of officers instead of deadly mercenaries/soldiers was a lot more fun than he thought.

He easily slipped out the gym doors before he started to lightly jog down the hall.

His phone vibrated one more time, and he ducked into a nearby bathroom to check the messages

-Seokju: You guys are idiots

-Jaehyung: Fight me.

-Hyeokjin: I got Yeongchan, ouw to the back.

-Jaehyung: Ijin. Cops are by the west stairway.

-Ijin: Got it.

He ran down to the classroom building.

It was easy to distract the officers.

He just kicked a metal trashcan down the stairs, thoroughly startling the officers. He was by the west stairway by the time Jeahyung came down the stairs.

He accepted a fist bump from the redhead as they snuck out the outside doors together.

"How the fuck are you good at strategizing with shit like this but not with video games?" Jaehyung whispered as he jogged to the back gate.

He just smiled.

"Practice."

His friend rolled his eyes.

"God I fucking hate it when you're cryptic like this."

12:05 AM

-Jaehyung: [Picture of Jeahyung, Hyeokjin, Ijin, and Yeongchan eating ramen together. All of them had a peace sign up, all of them with wide grins, or a smile in Ijins case, on their faces]

Mission accomplished.

Seokju. Come with us next time you damn prude.

Seokju snorted when he saw the message.

Seokju: Sure