S4 Episode 13- The plan:

"Goldilocks and the Three Bears? Really Soobin? Do you seriously think that this is the time to be talking about children's books?".

"No, I'm serious. Taehyun, look. Goldilocks and the Three Bears," I pointed out the three different sized beds and chairs.

The beds were close together on the right side of the door. The chairs, however, were on the far right.

There was also warm porridge that was filled into 3 separate white bowls. They were set out on a table, dressed on top of fine pink cloths.

"But if we're Goldilocks, then where are the bears? Even if we are the bears, where's the third one?".

"I guess we'll find out in a bit if we don't get a move on, won't we? Besides there's no way that there'd be a huge, giant and freaky bear chasing after us, they would have some mercy, right?" I gulped.

"Well, if there's one thing I've learnt so far from all of this, it's to not jinx anything".

But then, right at the moment, there was a deep low growl from somewhere in the room.

"Great!" Taehyun snapped whilst slapping his already sore palms against his legs, "Just GREAT! Now we've got a bear to deal with! This will be so fun! Oh, for the love of God, Soobin, is there ANYTHING you do that DOESN'T cause harm?!".

Thinking about what he said made me realise that he was right.

All along, I've been the one putting everyone near me in danger. If it wasn't for me, we wouldn't even be in this situation right now. It was all my fault.

"Can we argue later? We have a BEAR coming for us. I think that should be our main priority for now."

"Okay, you're smart, well smarter than me. So find a way out".

"You haven't even seen my grades to know whether I'm smart or not. So what makes you think that I'm smart?".

"You wear glasses-".

"That has NOTHING to do with being smart. If you must know, I was wearing glasses in my old school. I still got low grades. Cs AND Ds, Taehyun."

"HOW in God's name did they accept you into Edbruc Academy then?".

"HEY, NOT the time to be asking that. We'll ask them when we get back. That's IF we make it out alive".

"Right. So what do we do?".

"Luckily, I watch a lot of crime shows hopefully, that can help us". He started laughing.

"I'm sorry to remind you, Soobin... But this place was built by psychos, worse than the ones on your crime shows. They just wanted people to lose their minds, and if you think your precious 'detective skills' are going to work, good luck".

"Just be quiet. Let me try at least! Stop being so damn arrogant! We'll never get out if you act like that!" I sighed before skipping through the thoughts in my head, trying to think of possible solutions, but my mind had gone blank.

"Nothing. I got nothing. They'll surround us at every side".

"Exactly what I thought so."

"At least I'm TRYING! What are YOU doing? You're just walking around with your arms crossed as though that'll help!".

"I'M TELLING YOU, THERE'S NO ESCAPE-".

"UNLESS!...".

...

"Unless what?".

"Unless we beat them to it," I smirked.

"You do realise you can't surround BEARS... Or have you lost it?"

"No, but we can always try to outrun them, because right now, I don't have a better idea".

I casually walked towards Taehyun. The plan was to trick them and make them confused on who to follow. I was pretty sure it would have a flawless outcome. I could even picture it in my head.

"Are you ready?" I grinned excitedly.

"You're saying that as if today is the best day of your life," He mentioned sarcastically.

"Oh but you see," I rubbed my palms against each other, "I love tricking people. I was one of the best".

Taehyun started bursting out in laughter. "YOU? Please. You couldn't trick me even if you tried".

"Want to bet?" I asked confidently. He accepted. Taehyun was in for a surprise, one which he wouldn't see coming. "Now let's go over the plan in preparation because I'm not that smart enough to kill a bear. So here's the plan".

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"You are going to be Goldilocks-"

"You must be dumb. Why me? Why can't it be you? You look like a girl AND you act like one, you're the perfect person for this".

"Excuse me? Says the one whose afraid to act like a girl when that's all SHE does. Stop being stupid. Anyways, you're going to be in less danger than me. Now listen, you'll be in that bed for the whole time, okay? You can't move a single muscle, I mean it."

"What will you be doing then?".

"I'll be busy eating the porridges and sitting on the chairs. When they finally come up, I'll be the first person they'll see".

"You're seriously putting yourself in danger for me?".

"Well, if one of us had to make it out alive, I'd prefer it be you than me".

Silence filled the room as me and my once cold enemy watched each other intensely.

"No. That's not right. You have to escape too".

"Taehyun, I got us into this mess, I should be the one to suffer the consequences. No one should've been stuck or dead or missing here. Just me".

He sighed as he walked towards the staircase that leads downstairs and saw the door which had a small window and chains, allowing some sunlight to enter inside.

"What happens next?".

"As I said, they'll see me first. The second that they walk away from you, that's your chance to escape. I'll try to follow up from behind. And let me tell you this once and once only, so listen carefully. Don't you dare change or mess up the plan. This is our only chance to escape from here, understood?".

He nodded, "Understood".

"Good."

...

"Let's do this.".