The next morning, Kathryn was busily preparing the utensils they were going to use later for breakfast. She wasn't one of the team who would cook it, yet, being the enthusiastic culinary student she was, she couldn't help but lend them a hand.
"Good morning. I didn't know you're a morning person too," Alex Brown said, smiling as he entered the kitchen-like area with a sack-like roof and walls and started helping Kathryn.
The sun hadn’t risen yet and there were the only ones from the Cooking Team at the moment.
"Good morning. I woke up earlier and can't get back to sleep," Kathryn explained.
"Hmm," Alex hummed but then squinted his eyes upon seeing Kathryn closer. "What's that? Bitten by a bug?"
Kathryn blinked and when she realised Alex was referring to her neck, Kathryn's face turned beet red. She immediately turned around, excusing herself as she sprinted out of the kitchen.
Suddenly, memories of h
Zachary could feel his heart being squeezed in his chest. He couldn't breathe. The sight was too painful for him to see, yet he couldn't look away. Something deep inside him was telling him he shouldn't tear his eyes away from them, no matter how heart-wrenching it was.Kathryn had her head down while the tall, slender man was hugging her. It seemed like a friendly gesture, but because everybody had already spread the gossip Chad and Kathryn were a thing, they thought of it as romantic.They weren't people around though. It was just Zachary. He thought of it as romantic. Romantically cruel and painful for his own two eyes to see."What the hell are you doing?" He bursts, anger evident in his voice as he couldn't let this thing happen anymore.He thought he could sneak off to Kathryn's room since Earl said he and his classmates were outside at the moment and that Kathryn was left alone and currently napping. Zachary terribly missed
Zachary wasn't the type to be enthralled by the sea but somehow, right now, he was enjoying looking at it as he sat under a tree, away from his other teammates who were doing some games in the water with their Coach. He had never expected himself to be emotionally absorbed by the scenery before him. Or maybe because something unexpected happened and he just didn't know how to deal with it and the scenery was a good escape.It had been a few hours since that time in Kathryn's room and Zachary, Zachary felt lost.He felt numb. He wanted to cry and feel his emotions even if he would look like an emotional bitch. Kathryn's words were the worst words Zachary had ever heard in his life. Not even the neglect from his parents could make him feel like this. Maybe that was the reason why he couldn't feel anything. He wasn't expecting all of these to happen to him. He wasn't ready. He didn't know what kind of emotion he was supposed to feel."So you’re he
The moment they arrived, people started to murmur around. Earl sighed. After Scarlet introduced herself as Zachary's future wife, everyone's jaw dropped. Just like Earl, nobody expected for such things to happen all of a sudden. And Earl was curious as hell, he was bugging Zachary about it but the latter seemed to have turned into a stone. He won't even speak, he was just letting Scarlet drag him with her everywhere. It was clear that day that Zachary wasn't acting like himself. Something must have happened, Earl thought to himself as he observed his best friend from afar.For the following days, this continued to happen, it happened again and again until everyone seemed to treat Scarlet as if she was a student in G University, too. She was warmly welcomed by everyone, especially by the Ballet Team, probably because of her doll-like face and body."You're so pretty, Scarlet," one of the Ballet Team, named Lisa, commented."Thanks," Scarlet replied, glad they wer
On the fifth day, Head Master Leo announced that there will be a game and each team had to fight with each other. The purpose of the retreat was to make everyone closer, but they seemed to have forgotten that as the teams started to be aggressive at some point, even getting physical at times."That's my flag! You dumbass!" Shouted Ryan from the Swimming Team. They were playing Flag Race on the sand."Flag your ass, this is mine!" Replied Earl, a competitive player from the Cooking Team as he aggressively took the flag away.At that time, Lisa from the Ballet Team came and snatched the flag from the two men. "Bye, hotties!""Hey, that's mine!" Both men shouted as they sprinted to catch up to the small but terrible girl who only gave them a teasing tongue out.Everyone was shouting and each team was cooing and almost arguing at one another. Sometimes, they would even do tricks and cheats to win. Of course, if the prize was a delicious feast for dinne
Kathryn was about to say something more but the man spoke first, "We need to go now. There might be rainfall later, it would be difficult to go to that island if it starts raining."They all looked up and it was still sunny. Kathryn and Vivian thought maybe the man was too old to see the weather. After placing the things they needed for the campfire in K Island in the boat, Kathryn hopped in. The boat started and drifted towards the said island.Kathryn was again left mesmerized by the sea. The water was cold against her skin and the way the fishes danced along with the boat they were in made Kathryn's heart warm in awe. The place was beautiful and calming. Somehow, her worries seemed to dissipate whenever she let her mind wonder on what makes this island beautiful.Then it came to her. What if that was what Zachary was doing too? Did he find this place to be naturally beautiful too like Kathryn did? Did he also find comfort upon knowing this? Maybe. Maybe, Kath
"Stop it!" Chad hissed at David who looked so lost and scared. "Don't overthink. We still have time to go there and see if she's there.""No."Everyone turned to Head Master Leo as he spoke. "No. We can't. There's a heavy rain coming and I can't let you all go there."Everyone started to murmur again."What?! But Kathryn's there! How can we leave her there?!" Earl was starting to panic too.David stared at the ground silent, still looking horrified. Chad bit his lower lip, freaking inside as well. Damn it, what the hell did happen?"What's happening?" Scarlet, who only came from outside, asked the Ballet Team curiously."Kathryn from the Cooking Team is in K Island alone and everyone's panicking," someone explained."It seems that there will be rainfall this evening so we can't go there yet, the HeadMaster said no one is allowed to leave at the moment.""What? How horrible! Why did they leave her there by herself?"
Zachary felt his entire body started to weaken. The water was cold, he was wearing a thin cloth, and the rain wasn't helping. He cussed inside his head as he continued swimming despite his already turning sore muscles.The moment Zachary heard what happened to Kathryn, he felt something inside him snapped. It was as if his real self had been sleeping the entire time and upon hearing Kathryn's situation, it woke up.Zachary felt his blood boil, his entire body screaming death as soon as Earl explained everything to him. He wanted to kill, wanted to erase the very existence of that person who left Kathryn alone on that island. But his anger was outweighed by worry. As much as he wanted to take the bitch's life right now, he wanted to see Kathryn and make sure she was okay.He had managed to get into a boat Scarlet had offered to help them get to K Island. Everything happened too fast. Zachary wasn't giving anyone a single glance anymore, he just focused on the boa
Kathryn had never felt this helpless. Zachary having fever was rare and whenever he had it, Kathryn would take good care of him in their apartment.But it was different this time. She didn't even have anything with her to keep Zachary warm - there were no beds and blankets, no medicine or soup she could feed to Zachary. Zachary was burning up, his entire body trembling from the cold wind and wet clothes. Kathryn felt helpless and guilty, holding Zachary to his body as much and closer as she could.Thankfully, Kathryn had her bag with her with an extra pair of clothes and a towel. She had changed Zachary's wet clothes a while back, placing the wet ones near the fire so it would dry up easily. Kathryn had never felt so grateful to her motherly instincts. She always had her bag with her with a pair of clothes, towel, and first aid kit inside, no matter where she went.Why are you so stupid?Kathryn silently asked the shivering man on her lap with Kath