When they said 'be gay', no one expected it could actually be serious. Dave realized that last night as Marc graciously held his hand throughout the journey. He complained that he should let go but Marc always found a way to get his hands back in his.

It was taunting Dave even till they fell asleep because for some dumb reason, that made him happy. He couldn't keep the smile out of his face, that was until Marc looked at him. But underneath it all, he was bloody bliss.

And that was where the problem was!

They were back on the road again and Dave had decided walk with Ramus instead. Brian was the leader of the group which meant he held the map. He had ignored him and his monkey since the journey began and last night, Travis, as Ramus liked to call the monkey, ran off. Right now, Ramus was blue and as a friend, Dave was trying to cheer him up.

And get away from Marc.

"Sorry about your monkey." He said as he ducked under a huge branch.

Ramus' eyes haven't even left the trees since they started moving. He was probably hopping he would see his monkey again. "It's okay. I'm just mad that Brian hasn't talked to me."

Dave frowned, "Must he?"

Ramus glanced at him and Dave could see him as a puppy who had lost his best friend and was ignored by his master. He could just imagine the tail hanging sadly between his legs and those sad ears pressed to his head.

Dave's dog on the other hand was swinging his tail faster than normal. He just had a thought.

Dave looked around then moved closer to Ramus as they followed slowly behind Brian and Marc, who hadn't stopped shooting glances his way. Gosh, it was just one night.

"Do you like him?" Dave asked just for the sake of asking or he just wanted someone to admit that they liked they partner beside him.

"Yes. A lot. He has practically done everything for me and I am just trying my best to cause less trouble so he would smile at me."

Dave blinked. He hadn't expected a full grown confession. Just maybe a 'yes' or 'a little' but not all that. What the fuck has been happening between those two?

"Are you gay?"

Ramus seemed to have to a realization of what he had said because he stopped as his widened eyes stared openly at Brian's back. He slowly turned to him and said to Dave, "Am I gay?"

"Do you like girls?"

"I don't know right now. All that has been on my mind is Brian, Brian and Brian." He counted then gasped, "I am gay!"

Dave exhaled. This was deeper than he was going for. There was no way in hell Ramus could be gay even if he admitted it. Like, they have been here for just five day. Dave planned on breaking after a month but wouldn't that just make them stay longer?

"I don't think you are gay." Dave said slowly. "You just like him because he takes care of you."

Ramus stared at Dave for a minute before his face broke into a grin, "Maybe that's it. I just like him because he is nice to me. It's not like I really like him." He exhaled in relief then added, "Let's catch up before we get lost."

"Yeah."

They caught up quickly and talked about what they were outside the island. They found out they had almost nothing in common. Ramus was a spoilt brat while Dave was the one who actually took care of the family. The only common thing was their age and they were students.

As they talked, they didn't know when the other two men had stopped walking until they bumped into their backpack.

"Ow." Ramus winced as he pulled back.

"A little warning next time." Dave grunted but the two men were too mesmerized to answer them. Glaring, Dave glanced at what they were looking at and cursed.

"A freaking Cornfield?" Ramus shouted in awe.

The cornfield was as green as ever and very tall. And like every cornfield, it was planted in a particular pattern. However, if you looked between it, at the end, you'll see more corn. This meant they were close but not close enough. The corn field could be for hours.

"We have to start moving." Brian said. "We might not have enough time. The other team might already be here. Let's-"

"Pair up." Marc finished then pulled Dave's hand just when he was about to reach for Ramus.

Dave glared at him and said, "What in fuck's name is this? Let go!"

"I don't want to." He said calmly as he glared right back at him.

Dave held his breath for as long as Marc just kept staring. He felt like if he breathed, it was enough evidence that he was falling for the stupid Asian man.

Brian cleared his throat, pulling Marc's attention away from him. "Come on." Brian said then went in. He didn't even look at Ramus once. There was really something wrong there.

Marc pulled Dave in and they quietly walked. When they pass through the fist ring, they realized that there was another ring. Annoyed, they walked into it and soon, the silence became awkward.

Marc pulled closer to Dave, successfully putting a space between the other two then said, "You've been acting weird lately."

He frowned then looked away, "Just tired."

Marc gave his hand a little squeeze and Dave couldn't help the blush that crawled up his face. Marc's hand was big and rough compared to Dave's but why was it that anytime Marc's hand moved in his, a burning heat erupted from his groin?

Dave laughed just thinking about last night. And to think Ramus called himself gay. If anyone was getting gay, it was him.

~::~

Dave had been acting strange since last night. Since the moment Marc held his hand. Every now or then, he would smile then frown then go completely red. Marc had wanted to ask what was wrong but he thought Dave would just insult him or crack some embarrassing gay joke.

Gosh, teenagers are complicated.

Some are like a ticking mine ready to blow.

They entered another ring and picked up pace because this time they could see the light.

Marc quickly glanced at Dave and said, "We are almost there. Hang tight."

"Next time, I'm not even doing this." He groaned loudly just as they came out to see Nathan's team trying to peep into a black hole on the floor.

There was a circular clearing with dead corn leaves around but right in the middle was a big black hole which drew their attention.

"You got here first?" Brian asked as they walked closer to the other team but stopped just in front of the strange black hole.

"Yeah." Doug said breathlessly. "We ran the moment we saw the cornfield."

"Talk about stressful." Michael wheezed.

"So then it's the house." Dave groaned. "I knew I shouldn't have bothered."

Brian rolled his eyes then said, "So now what? We are at the middle."

"Yeah, what now?" John asked as he took a step back from the hole. "That shit looks scary as fuck."

Nathan cleared his throat then got down to remove his shoe. "The last part of the card, I didn't it read out."

"What?" Michael asked, looking down at the man as he started to get the backpack off.

"Someone is supposed to jump in and as the leader, I cannot let someone else jump in." He said as he looked up.

Almost everyone gasped but Doug gripped his collar and shook him violently, "What the fuck? You are not getting in there!"

"Well no one else is going to get in there." He said.

"Yeah so do the same! We'll figure it out later."

Marc watched Nathan bow his head in a silent acceptance. Doug responded with a sigh then helped him up.

"Okay! Now what?" Dave said cockily then let go of Marc's hand. He smirked at the other team then said, "You do know the real deal is when someone jumps into that whole?" He said with a snarky tone and Marc knew Dave was back.

Michael glared at him and said, "Well, we won the first round."

"And we will win the second if someone jumps in from our team."

"Yeah right. You know what?" John said suddenly, "Putting aside fear, I'm going to do it."

Doug grunted, irritated by all of them. "Oh come on. No one is going to jump."

"I am." John said immediately.

"Not if I beat you to it." Marc replied.

"Wait, No. Let's think about it."

"What's there to think of?" John asked. "The gay whatever wouldn't try to kill us. We are their lab rats so they want us alive."

"There is still something called failed experiment." Dave teased.

Marc, Brian and Ramus glared at him then Ramus asked, "Whose side are you on?"

He chuckled lightly as he rose up his hand to surrender but by the time they looked at the other team, John had already reached the black hole.

Now you would think John went down screaming but no. In fact, he floated.

He had jumped in but instead of going down, his body felt close to nothing. The force of gravity wasn't pulling him down like normal instead he just floated there even though it looked hard to move.

"John?" Doug called to him and it took almost forever before he could incline his head in that direction.

"Th-is is lik-e space." He managed quietly.

"We have to get him out." Brian called then turned to Dave and Ramus and said, "Dave, Michael, Ramus, you three are the only people that know a little physics. I'm a sectary, John's a biologist, Marc's a lawyer, Nathan's a Marketer and Doug is an architect. You three still do physics as a subject so you must know something about gravity out of it."

"Architects do physics, don't they?" Michael said then looked at Doug.

He blinked then frowned, "Don't look at me. I only know what's necessary for a house."

"Can we hurry please? He's going to be out of air soon." Brian urged.

Dave nodded quietly then said, "That's deep bro."

"You are not helping." Marc turned to scowl at him. Why wasn't he seeing that the situation was serious?

"I didn't tell him to jump into it." Dave frowned back, just as irritated.

"Well I was about to jump into it. Be a little sorry at least."

"I also didn't tell you to jump into it. I was just playing my role as a tease." He scoffed.

"Well look where your tease got us." Marc said angrily then pointed at John.

Dave looked at the man that was now circulating slowly just above the black hole then back at Marc and said more calmly, "I'm an Art major. I don't do antigravity."

"You should have said that in the first place!" Marc felt ready to punch the kid senseless.

"Why are you trying so hard to argue with me?!" Dave shouted at him and it was like Marc's fuse in his head blew up.

"Argue with you? Why won't I do that? You've been acting like a selfish little prick that needs some hardcore beating." He said then smirked, "And you have no idea how I want to do that to you?"

"You are just a big for noth-"

"Can you both move to the side so we can deal with something more important?" Nathan hollered and they stopped to glare at each other like raveled animals.

"Better!"

Ramus came forward and suggested they pull him out.

"Smart stuff, it's called antigravity for a reason." Dave teased again and Marc was forced to him on the head.

"Just shut up!"

Ramus shrugged then added, "It was just a thought."

"Not bad actually." Michael said then explained, "If Ramus hangs on to him, Brian might just be able to pull him out. We just need something between the gravity area and antigravity area."

"Would have looked for flaws, but there's no time. About twenty minutes have passed." Brian said then glanced at Ramus.

The blond haired boy nodded then reached into the antigravity area, hesitating a little until Brian stood behind him. Brian wrapped an arm around his waist as Ramus got deeper into the area. He was finally able to get his fingers around John's wrist after what felt like an hour then Nathan gave the signal.

Brian pulled him with a lot of force which wasn't needed because when it comes to space, there wasn't any force acting. Brian landed roughly on the floor but became a cushion for Ramus and John's fall.

That's got to hurt, Marc winced along with the men on the floor even if he wasn't among.

"So we completed the task." Michael yelled almost immediately and everyone fell silent, waiting for anything to congratulate them.

John started coughing and it got their attention quickly since no one answered. Nathan fetched him a bottle of water and John gulped it all down. He exhaled sharply then said to the crowd that gathered in front of him.

"Damn, I hate space."

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