back from death • kth

𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝐼𝐼

"Wake up," I heard a scream.

...and a thud.

"What the hell..?" I question, which I meant to scream out came out as a mere whisper. HE HIT ME WITH A PILLOW.

"Wake up, sleepyhead. We're starting our excavation today." Jin said.

"Oh," I groaned, "Can I get 5 more minutes?"

"No," Jin said turning out scrambling through my suitcase to find me an outfit, "We have to get ready and leave by 8:30. You have half an hour. Get ready." He tosses the outfit he picked towards me and walked out of my tent.

I stretched myself and walked out of the tent into the common bathroom. I went into deep thoughts about my dream while brushing my teeth and doing my routine. Why did I see that dream... It was so weird. I finish my business, change and go back to my tent to gather all of the equipment I'll need. Torches, binoculars, pocket knives, etc. 

I go to the entrance of the camp and see my team waiting. 

"C'mon, we're late already." Hoseok extends his hand towards me with a bright smile. 

I smiled back at him, took his hand and got into the jeep.

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"We need to click photos first." Jin scolds a worker who was about to start the inspection.

"S-sorry, sir." He whispers and runs away to the jeep with equipment.

"Get the drones out!" I heard Hoseok scream at the workers.

"Hey," I heard.

"WHAT THE FU-"I jumped, "Oh god it was only you."

"Why? Who else would be here?" Namjoon chuckles.

"Haha, you're right. Silly me." I look down.

I could swear that I heard the man that appeared in my dreams...

"You seem not so excited for a girl who was rushing the process so we could start exploring this pyramid," Namjoon said noticing me zone out leaning on the jeep.

"Oh," I looked at the pyramid, "I was just waiting for the pre-excavation protocols to get over."

"Is everything alright?" Namjoon asks in concern.

"Yeah... why are you asking?" I reply.

"I don't know..." Namjoon sighs, "the usual you would be running around the place making sure everything's alright."

"Haha, Namjoon," I chuckle, "I'm just tired."

"You have to take care of yourself, dear," Namjoon said.

"D-dear?" I question him.

"Yeah. Dear," Namjoon raises his eyebrow, "Anything wrong?"

"Of course not," I chuckled nervously.

You need to get a grip over yourself Yuna...

"Oh, they've finished the protocols. Let's go." Namjoon pulls me away from the jeep.

I start sweating... A lot. 

"Yuna," Namjoon abruptly stops, "Are you REALLY okay?"

"Yeah..." I reply.

"Then why are you sweating?" He asks.

"It's kinda hot," I reply with a small smile.

"Hmm... Let's go then." He said pulling me along with him.

What is wrong with you Yuna? You've wanted to come here and explore for so long. Then why are you acting up like this? Everything's all right. You've done this like four to five times. Curses and ancient myths are not true. You never got cursed. Heck, senior archaeologists who've visited and explored tombs about ten thousand times did not get affected by anything. Now calm the heck down and woman up! We've got work to do!

"Let's hurry," I strode ahead of Namjoon, now pulling him.

"That's my girl," Namjoon smiled.

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That confidence only lasted a few minutes though. I started sweating profusely once I got close enough to the pyramid to examine it. I was dropping the magnification glass due to sweaty palms and I was stumbling back and forth getting scared of minute things like seeing a scorpion scurry away from me. I was never scared of scorpions, I've been around them all the while I explored the pyramids. You were overreacting because of a silly dream. I summed it up and moved to another spot to examine. 

Namjoon suddenly pulls me back. 

"WHAT THE HELL? NAMJOON, OMG MY HEART," I screamed.

"What the hell?" Namjoon questions me, "What is wrong with you? Why are you all over the place acting weird? Is everything okay? I've been asking you for the past one hour if you're okay. You're sweating like a pig and you're literally flinching at every little movement. You know you can trust me right?"

I did... I did trust him, but I did not know why I was acting like this. 

"I do, Namjoon." I looked at his expression which was laced in concern.

"I'm just scared because..." I breathed out, "I don't know. Maybe a movie I watched about mummies' curse? Haha, I know I'm silly. I got really scared of the movie and I have been having nightmares for a while... I'm sorry."

I lied. It was better to lie for now.

"Oh," Namjoon sighed, "that's not silly at all, Yuna. You know, if you bottle up emotions, then you'll end up having nightmares. If you were so scared, then why didn't you come up to one of us? We could've helped. Now come on. Jin was calling us for something through the radio."

"Okay," I smiled.

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"Took you two a while," Jin smirks, "What were you doing?"

"What?" I ask.

"Were you two doing something unholy against the tomb of a poor soul?" Jin wiggled his eyebrows playfully. 

"What!?" I blush, "No! Of course not."

"We were just examining the sides," Namjoon adds.

"Okay, okay," Jin smiles still not believing the two of us.

"What did you call us for?" Namjoon asks.

"Oh," Jin looks up from his camera, "That. We have a problem."

"What problem?" I ask.

"The pyramid is too fragile. We can't excavate it without it falling apart." Jin continues, "So just like Yuna mentioned before, it looks like it was put together very weakly and it will fall apart if we disturb it." 

"Oh, so all of this was for nothing?" I sigh.

A part of me was relieved if I was being honest.

"Well, not nothing at all," Hoseok came in, "We got some data from the inscriptions on the side of the pyramid walls."

"Great," Jin says, "We can return to the centre and decrypt it."

"Well," Namjoon sighs, "let's take some more photos and leave."

I nod.

"Let's go then."

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