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"Yah! Yoon Ji Hoo! What the hell is this?" Jun Pyo's voice boomed angrily from the top of the stairs. He was still wearing his pajamas and was holding some clothes. Ji Hoo, Jan Di, Ga Eul and Jae Kyung looked at him as he quickly ran down the stairs and stopped in front of Ji Hoo. "What's the meaning of this? Did you accidentally exchange our clothes with the girls'?"
"As you can see Jun Pyo, I'm wearing girls' clothes right now." Ji Hoo replied calmly as his eyes gazed directly at Jun Pyo.
It was just then that Jun Pyo noticed what Ji Hoo was wearing, a white fitting shirt that he topped with a denim vest. He wore a denim skirt that exposed his long legs. Jun Pyo stared at him before looking at the girls. They were all wearing loose shirts with different colors and different prints on each of them. Also, they were wearing baggy shorts that hang just above their knees. To top it all, the girls are wearing caps on their head.
Jun Pyo stared at each one of them before turning back to Ji Hoo. "I am not going to wear this crap! If you want to look stupid, then I'm out!" He continued shouting at Ji Hoo.
Ji Hoo was about to retort something back when Jan Di pulled Jun Pyo. "Yah! Don't shout at my boyfriend like that, you dummy! You agreed to this stuck in a house thing so learn to live with it, idiot!"
"Yeah, Jun Pyo, even if I look gay right now, Jan Di's right, I can't complain because Ji Hoo clearly told us the rules on our first day here." Woo Bin said as he too went down the stairs followed by Yi Jung and Eun Jae.
Woo Bin and Yi Jung were wearing a denim skirt like Ji Hoo's but unlike him, Woo Bin's wearing a long-sleeved blose that hang just above his belly button. Yi Jung, however, was wearing a short-sleeved polo with a pink and yellow polka-dotted tie. They also wore floral headbands that made them look gayer.
Both Yi Jung and Woo Bin couldn't look at the girls who were busy giggling while whispering something among them. Even Jan Di who was pissed off earlier was chuckling with the other girls.
"Yah! Ha Jae Kyung! Don't laugh like that!" Woo Bin said as he turned red.
"But you really look… not you, Don Juan." Jae Kyung responded before laughing with Jan Di and Ga Eul. Woo Bin groaned in irritation before tapping Yi Jung. He gestured him to the kitchen where they would be cooking for the day. Yi Jung quickly followed him to save his face from the others.
While looking at them, completely dressed and ready for today's activity, Jun Pyo groaned and dragged his feet upstairs. "Fine! I'm going! Just you wait Yoon Ji Hoo after this stuck in a house thing."
Jan Di glared at Jun Pyo while Ji Hoo just looked calm and unaffected by Jun Pyo's threats. How he remains calm, it was beyond the girls.
"Yah, Ji Hoo-sunbae." Ga Eul said, catching his attention. "Are you seriously wearing those clothes in the activity later?"
"It's called challenge, Ga Eul-ah. And don't worry, it's fair to all of us, you're going to suffer too." Ji Hoo smiled at the girls who looked horrified at what he just said.
"Yah, sunbae, what's it going to be now?" Ga Eul asked worriedly. Sunbae really has a lot of plans. He's amazing.
"Just wait and see." Ji Hoo mysteriously replied as he stood up and turned to Jan Di. "Jan Di-yah, I'm just going out."
"I'm coming with you!" Jan Di immediately ran to Ji Hoo's side and followed him outside.
After the couple left, Eun Jae, Jae Kyung and Ga Eul stared at each other. The three of them seemed to feel the tension building among them so Jae Kyung decided to lighten up the mood. "So what's up with you guys?" She asked to no one in particular.
"Uhm, I'm fine." Ga Eul replied weakly while Eun Jae just gave them a smile.
"Hmmm, can I ask you two some questions? You can choose not to answer it if you don't want to." Jae Kyung told them seriously. She wanted to find out more about the love triangle between Ga Eul, Eun Jae and Yi Jung. Well, not that it matters to her, but she's really curious since she's part of the gang.
"Ask away, Jae Kyung-ah." Eun Jae said a little bit too happy, pretending to be unaffected by the awkward atmosphere.
"Hmm, it's okay unnie, ask away." Ga Eul replied and gave out an encouraging smile.
"Well, Eun Jae, I just want to ask if… if… I mean, what's up with your relationship with Yi Jung? I… well."
At this point, Ga Eul looked down and stared on the floor. She too was curious on Eun Jae and Yi Jung's relationship.
"Well… I guess all I can say is, I'm happy on what we are now." Eun Jae responded, not noticing that Ga Eul's face was turning red by the second.
"Hmm, okay." Jae Kyung nodded as she tried to comprehend Eun Jae's words. "Well, how about you Ga Eul? What's up with you and Woo Bin?"
"We broke up." None of the girls reacted at this revelation since both of them knew what happened to Ga Eul and Woo Bin. "We're still friends though. I'm happy about that."
The two girls nodded in understanding. "Ga Eul-ah, if you don't mind me asking…" Eun Jae started, gathering up all her courage.
"What is it, unnie?" Ga Eul looked questioningly at her.
"Do you like Yi Jung?" Eun Jae blurted out. Ga Eul suddenly coughed as her cheeks turned light pink. "Don't worry about me. Just tell me honestly."
"Well, I… I…" Ga Eul was about to answer when they heard the banging of doors.
The three of them jumped at the sound and looked at where it came from—one from upstairs and one near them. Suddenly, they saw Jun Pyo stomping his way down the stairs while Woo Bin and Yi Jung's heads came out the kitchen doors. "Yo! Breakfast is ready!" Woo Bin called out.
"Augh, boys." Eun Jae, Ga Eul and Jae Kyung groaned before chuckling at what just happened. Grrr, boooys. Jae Kyung thought.
J J J J :P
"Okay, so gang, ready for the obstacle race?" Ji Hoo gazed at all of them. The gang, especially the guys, just frowned at him in response. "I'll take that as a yes. So here, as you can see, I asked Butler Lee to arrange this." He gestured to the amazingly long obstacle race and then he nodded to Butler Lee, signaling him to continue the instructions. "I don't know any of these preparations so here's Butler Lee.
"Well, you all know what an obstacle race is, right? Here, there are specific stations for the boys and girls. The blue stations are for the girls and the pink one will be for the boys. For example, the first station, a blue one, Madame Ha Jae Kyung will start there and do the task that's stated there, there are cards for instructions on each station. Then she will run and tag, for example, Master So Yi Jung, waiting at the pink station and then after tagging him, Madame Ha Jae Kyung will continue to run to the next blue station and wait for Master So Yi Jung to finish his task and tag her." The gang seemed to be interested on the race now and nodded their heads for Butler Lee to continue.
"There are 3 stations for boys and girls so there are 6 all in all. The last station is for both girls and boys, 'Funny Bones'. There's a timer right there which you're going to press after you read what position you're going to do. You're going to stay in that position for two minutes. The timer will automatically go off after two minutes. But that's not the end of it yet, both of you are going to run to the start and shout your names, for example, 'Ha Jae Kyung and So Yi Jung!'" Butler Lee stopped and bowed to all of them before taking a few steps back. Ji Hoo looked at all of them and noticed that some looked horrified while some looked excited.
"Okay. Before we begin, I'll call out the pairings and then go to your specified lane. Lane 1 will be Jan Di and Woo Bin. Lane 2 will be Jae Kyung and Yi Jung. Lane 3 will be Jun Pyo and Eun Jae and lastly, Ga Eul and I."
The gang split up and went to their specified lanes. All of them looked awkwardly at their partners since none of the pairings are really close to each other.
The boys and girls went to their first stations. Right after Butler Lee shouted 'Go!', the girls read their first task.
Find the smallest coin in this container and bring it to your partner. Don't use your hands.
The girls turned to look at the tray right beside the card. It was filled with all sorts of powder that they couldn't bring themselves to think about it.
"Augh!" Jae Kyung shouted as she looked disgustingly at the tray of powder.
"You can do that, Jae Kyung!" Yi Jung cheered as he stayed and watched at his station.
The girls just stared at the powder for a few seconds before Ga Eul composed herself, closed her eyes and blew the powder. When Jan Di saw this, she too brought up the courage to blow the powder followed by Eun Jae and lastly Jae Kyung.
Ga Eul had a few tries in finding the coin. She first saw a large coin with a hole in the middle. When she finally got the five-centimeter coin, she excitedly shouted, "YES! I got it Ji Hoo-sunbae!" and picked it up. She eagerly ran to Ji Hoo who was smiling while waiting at his station.
The second one to get the coin was Jae Kyung who, luckily, had only three blows to find the coin. She too eagerly ran to Yi Jung who smiled proudly at her. The third one to get the coin was Eun Jae and lastly, Jan Di.
The boys immediately took the coin from the girls. Of course, Ji Hoo was first in doing the task since Ga Eul got the coin first.
Put the coin at the entrance of the maze and find your way in. Place the coin right in the middle of the heart where there's a hole the exact size of the coin.
Ji Hoo picked up the maze container and flipped it over and over, trapping the coin in some few dead ends. The others did the same thing. Jun Pyo was losing his temper as he cursed and shouted in frustration over and over.
To calm Jun Pyo, Eun Jae shouted cheers. Surprisingly, the Shinhwa heir seemed to relax more and just tried to focus on the maze.
After a few more minutes, Woo Bin managed to finish the maze, immediately followed by Yi Jung then Ji Hoo and lastly, Jun Pyo. The boys' partners laughed when they ran awkwardly but excitedly to them.
The girls' next task wasn't appealing to them at all.
Jan Di's high spirits immediately fell when she read the task at hand.
Grab exactly 20 worms from Bowl 1 with your hands and bring it to Bowl 2.
Jae Kyung and Ga Eul looked completely grossed out and nauseous when they looked at the long wriggling worms in Bowl 1. The boys shouted encouraging words to them, even Jun Pyo.
Ga Eul looked really sick. She clutched her tummy and she looked like she wants to vomit. This didn't go unnoticed by Yi Jung who was carefully watching her. Though he badly wanted to run to her, he just secretly prayed that she would be okay.
The first one to gather her courage was Jae Kyung who amazingly managed to get 10 worms in her hands with her eyes closed. Next was Ga Eul who closed her eyes too and tried to get all the 20 worms from the bowl. She was followed by Jae Kyung and lastly, Jan Di.
The girls were feeling weak but they still ran to their partners with full spirit.
The boys' next task wasn't so hard to them. They even grinned when they read it except for Jun Pyo who groaned and glared at Ji Hoo.
Smile. Say your partners' name all over again while you pole dance for a minute. Press the blue button before you start.
Yi Jung pressed his button and immediately climbed the table. He smiled and said Jae Kyung's name. He pole danced until the alarm went off. He smoothly jumped from the table then ran to Jae Kyung who was laughing at him on her station. Yi Jung was quickly followed by Ji Hoo and Woo Bin then Jun Pyo.
The girls were laughing at their stations on what the boys just did. They slowly calmed down before focusing on their last task.
Eat 1 pizza slice, 1 apple pie, and the last one in the bottom of the chest, a solo-sized Choco Truffle Cake. Provided with only two glasses of water and two glasses of milk.
The quickest to eat was Jae Kyung who didn't care of the mess she's making. She drank water and milk in between her bites. The others did that too. Ga Eul was the slowest of the four but she amusingly managed to come in second to Jae Kyung. Jan Di had a hard time eating the cake since she doesn't like sweets that much while Eun Jae was near to vomiting as she ate.
The boys' last task didn't actually please them but they didn't find it hard to do it.
Go around this table 5 times then twirl around 5 times then sing, "Nobody"
Yi Jung, Woo Bin and Jun Pyo quickly ran around in circles and then twirled around which caused them to be dizzy. Ji Hoo was different from them since he opted to slow down in going around his table and twirling around. He didn't become too dizzy when he sang "Nobody".
Obviously, Ji Hoo was the first one to finish since the three were so dizzy to sing. He was followed by Yi Jung then Woo Bin and lastly, Jun Pyo.
The position assigned to Ji Hoo and Ga Eul was,
Girl's right knee to guy's left waist. Guy's right hand to girl's left cheek.
Ji Hoo pressed the button and then awkwardly, Ga Eul positioned her right knee and then Ji Hoo calmly positioned his hand on her cheek.
The other pairing also had an awkward moment as they too positioned uneasily. Yi Jung couldn't stop looking at Ji Hoo and Ga Eul and this didn't go unnoticed by Jae Kyung who was quietly observing him. Yi Jung wasn't the only one who was preoccupied.
Since Jae Kyung was observing Yi Jung, she didn't notice Woo Bin eyes watching them carefully from afar.
They were woken up from their trance when alarms went off. The pairings tried their hardest to sprint. The first pairing to arrive at the starting line was Ji Hoo and Ga Eul who was both excited in shouting their names. Next was Jun Pyo and Eun Jae followed by Yi Jung and Jae Kyung and lastly, Woo Bin and Jan Di.
Ga Eul hugged Ji Hoo eagerly as she shouted, "Yes!" over and over. The others laughed at them and congratulated them with grins on their faces.
Though tired, the gang went for a race to the house.
"Last one's a rotten egg!"