🍋 Felix's POV 💡
"Gotta pee. Gotta pee. Gotta pee" was all I said after I got off the bus. I headed straight for the bathroom (I was debating between toilet and bathroom....but settled for bathroom). It took me a while to find the bathroom seeing as I wasn't the best at reading signs. Once I managed to find the bathroom and do whatever I needed to do, I came out and realised that I wasn't sure where to go. Probably shoulda checked.
After a while of serious thinking -I like to exaggerate, okay?-, I decided to just go back to the bus. It also took me a while to find that bus. I don't like signs. I walked around for a bit until I saw it. THE BUS. I started walking towards it and I saw a tall person. With black hair.
Finick.
He's the only person who had black hair that came on the trip. How do I know that? Well, while he was sleeping, I looked around at the fellow human beings onboard the bus, looking for potential friends -non of them made the cut-. None of them had black hair. Or hair as black as Finick's anyway.
Why was he here? Was he waiting for me?
"You're back," He said when I walked up to him.
"Uhh yeah, I went to the bathroom,"
"Oh, okay,"
"Why? Is something wrong?" I was kinda confused
"No" He started, "it's just that the teachers gave us our cabins and we're sharing a cabin and I didn't know where you were," he continued.
"Sorry" I didn't really know what to say. What's the appropriate response when someone tells you that you're sharing a cabin with them but they didn't know where you were?
"You don't have to apologise,"
"Sorry"
"Stop apologising," He said with a slight laugh.
"Sor- Okay," I tried, okay?
"So...um..what's our cabin number?" I said, trying to change the subject
"12" he replied after looking at some sort of key
"Let's go," I was smiling. Why was I smiling?
I started walking but then stopped because I realised that I didn't know where the cabin was.
"Which way?" I asked, slightly embarrassed, but it made Finick smile so I suppose that was good.
We made our way to our cabin -more like Finick lead the way...but that's not the point-, which was tucked away in a corner of trees. The exterior was simple: white walls, white steps, a white porch, a brown door, and a brown roof. We entered the cabin; the interior was also simple. We started to look for the bedroom. It was the first door to the right. Easy to remember.
There were two beds. Two cupboards. Two bedside tables. It was symmetrical. Whatever was on one side, was on the other side. It was kinda scary but okay.
I took that left side of the room and Finick took the right side. We were both happy with this arrangement. I set my bag on the floor and taped the timetable Finick had given me onto the wall.
TIMETABLE:
0630: Breakfast
0800: Activity starts
1100: Lunch break
1200: Activity resumes
1230: Activity ends
1830: Dinner
According to the timetable, we didn't have dinner for another half hour. During that time, I read a book and started unpacking. I put my clothes in my cupboard and my other things like my towel, toothbrush, toothpaste, all that stuff, on the bedside table. I wasn't sure what Finick did exactly but I'm pretty sure he took a quick shower. He came out and started looking at something on his phone. I finished my book and decided to take a quick shower.
During that shower, I had one of those I'm-going-to-think-about-something-that-I-usually-wouldn't-think-about moments. I thought about the trip. It was going well. I was happy that I got paired with Finick. He was nice, and I felt like he was my friend. I only had one friend. I was happy that I didn't get paired with one of the 'popular' people. That would have been terrible. They scared me. They were so obnoxiously loud it was awful.
I was snapped out of my trance when I heard something fall. I had knocked over the shampoo bottle on the floor. Oops...no more distractions.
I quickly finished my shower and got out. I dried myself, and put my clothes on. When I came out from the bathroom [a/i: I'm sticking to bathroom from now on...[future me: the lies I tell]..yep..], there was a smell coming from the kitchen.
My curiosity got the better of me and I decided to check it out. I got to the kitchen and found that Finick had made something.
"We uh...missed Dinner," He said when he saw me
I looked at my phone, it told me that it was currently 7 pm. Either I was in the shower for a really long time or we were very focused on doing whatever we were doing.
I decided to ask. How brave of me. Yes, Karen, I will compliment myself to raise my self-esteem.
"Oh...how long was I in the shower?" I asked.
"Not too long," He answered.
"Didn't you go to dinner?"
"I- uh...I don't really have any friends and I didn't want to sit alone...so I kinda just stayed here," he started to turn red. It was cute. Wait...cute? I've never called someone cute before.
Did I mention [a/i: once again, no Descendants pun in)]that I'm gay? 'Cause I am.
"You'd rather stay here with me?"
"Yeah"
He wanted to stay here. With me. I'm crushing on my roommate.
I, Felix Collins, have a crush on, Finick Feilds.
Well dam [a/i: Peter Johnson (PJO) pun intended]
"I made instant noodles...sorry...I don't know how to cook" he was seriously asking if I liked noodles? How can someone not like noodles?
"That's fine, I love noodles," I said with a smile. I just smiled. Again. What was happening to me?
"Oh and....umm...Felix?"
"Yeah?"
"The teacher gave us some activity choices. She said we had to pick a few," he said while handing me a piece of paper.
Fishing: absolutely not [a/i: here come the One Direction references. Blame their music video for Best Song Ever]
Hiking: maybe
Shelter building: sounds fun
Knot tying: seemed simple enough
Navigation: no (1D)
Swimming: I'd rather listen to The Wanted [a/i: sorry if you like them...also, that wasn't a 1D reference..that was just me being mean...sorry]
Arts & Crafts: yes. definitely
Sight-seeing: we'd -I'd- never do that (1D)
[a/i: That's the end of One Direction references <3]
I decided to do: hiking, shelter building, and arts & crafts
I was curious as to what Finick has chosen to do; so I asked him -very brave, I know-, "What are you doing?"
"I'm doing umm...hiking, shelter building, and arts & crafts. What about you?"
"Same."
[a/i: Okay so maybe I'm a bit cliché
**THIS NEXT PART IS A JOKE, DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY**
I can't be perfect all the time *flips hair that's tied up*]
After that, we ate in silence and I think I fell asleep at some point. While I was sleeping, I felt like I was floating. It felt nice. [a/i: little does he know *insert evil laugh here*]
💙Finick's POV 💚
We got off the bus, and I lost Felix in the sea of people. I headed towards the big open clearing; thinking that Felix would be there. I didn't see him, but I thought that he was just at the back. He didn't seem like the social type. And quite frankly, neither was I.
The teacher gave a quick speech about what we were here to do. All I heard was blah blah blah. Very interesting, I know *mentally flips non-existent hair*
She said that we would be pairing up and sharing cabins.
"Collin Mooresison and Dylan Frankfurt,"
"Fieno Orland and Martin Spellbrook,"
Blah and blah, blah and blah, the list went on and on. Finally, she reached my name.
"Finick Feilds and Felix Collins, "
I was with Felix. I was happy. I was excited. But why? I wouldn't feel this way if I was paired with someone else, would I? What made Felix Collins so special?
She got to the end of her list and gave us all our keys. Felix and I were in cabin 12.
I looked around for him, but I couldn't see him anywhere. I decided to head to the cabin to see if he was there. He was not.
I went back to the clearing and he wasn't there either.
I checked the bus. He wasn't there. Where the fook [a/i: I don't like writing swear words...that's my excuse] was he?
However, when I got off the bus, I got my answer. There he was walking towards the bus.
"You're back," I said when he was within earshot.
"Uhh yeah, I went to the bathroom,"
"Oh, okay," that explained why I couldn't find him.
"Why? Is something wrong?" he asked, clearly confused
"No, nothing's wrong. It's just that the teachers gave us our cabins and we're sharing a cabin and I didn't know where you were."
"Sorry"
"You don't have to apologise," I told him
"Sorry"
"Stop apologising," I said, "you have nothing to be sorry about."
"Sor- Okay," This guy might just be more awkward than me. That takes talent. *clap clap clap*
"So...um what's our cabin number," he asked.
"12"
"Let's go" he started, but then seemed to realise something, "Which way?"
That made me smile. I was mentally laughing, I didn't want to it out loud because he looked a bit embarrassed.
"This way," I said, leading the way to our cabin. I gave Felix a timetable...I wasn't sure what to do..or how to start a conversation so that would have to do.
Our cabin was put in the middle of some trees. They were surrounding it. The cabin was simple: completely white, except for the roof and door. We unlocked the door and made our way to the bedroom.
Felix took the left side, and I took the right side. The side with the window. I put my bag on the floor and started unpacking. After we'd settled in, I decided to take a quick shower. I came out to find that Felix was reading. I didn't want to interrupt him so I decided to read something on Wattpad. Felix told me that he was going to have a shower. I continued reading until I saw the time. It was 6:50 pm. We'd missed dinner. Felix was still in the shower so I decided to cook something. There was just one problem; I didn't know how to cook. So, I searched the cupboards for something..it seemed like a good idea.
And then I spotted it.
The magical, mythic, amazayn [a/i: sorry *amazING]: INSTANT NOODLES!
That was something I could cook. I finished making them as soon as Felix finished his shower.
"We uh...missed Dinner," I said awkwardly. Why did I have to be so awkward?
He looked at his phone and asked, "how- how long was I in the shower?
"Not too long,"
"Didn't you go to dinner?" He seemed surprised that I wasn't at dinner.
"I- uh...I don't really have any friends and I didn't want to sit alone...so I kinda just stayed here," I confessed, I even started to blush.
Finick Feilds does not blush, I said to my brain.
He also doesn't talk about himself in the third person, my brain said back.
shut up brain
"You'd rather stay here with me?" did he really expect me to sit with a bunch of strangers?
"Yeah" it was true. I'd rather stay here with him than eat with the 'popular' kids.
I didn't really know what to say so I just....."I made instant noodles...sorry...I don't know how to cook"...I'm not the best at socialising in case you haven't noticed.
"That's fine, I love noodles," that was good. 'Cause I don't know what I would've done if he didn't like them.
Then I remembered something "Oh umm...Felix?"
"Yeah?"
"The teacher gave us some activity choices. She said we had to pick a few," I said and handed him a piece of paper.
He stared at the choices for a while before quietly asking, "what are you doing?"
"I'm doing umm...hiking, shelter building, and arts & crafts. What about you?" I said while counting off my fingers.
"Same." He was doing the same activities as me. How cliché
After that, we ate in silence; and I started to hear some light snoring. Felix had fallen asleep. I didn't know what to do, but I did not want him sleeping on the hard floor. I decided to lift him up and take him to bed [a/i: Am I the only one who thinks that sounds weird...or like...wrong?]. I set him down and got up to leave but he gripped my arm. Well, he didn't exactly grip it but he held on. You get the point. I tried to pry him off but the more I tried, the tighter he held on.
I gave up trying and decided to climb in with him. If he wasn't going to let go, I would just have to stay. Because that's obviously the only other option. I looked at him and he looked so happy and peaceful. Don't say: "OMG, you creep." Like, shut up, Karen. I was just glancing that way and my eyes happened to fall on him.
I slowly started to fall asleep. Being next to him felt nice. He was warm and it made me sleepy. Oh my gods, that sounded weird-
🦋 🦋 🦋