Heeey fellow Munchies~
Thank. You. For. Liking. This. Story.
I had a dream that the Snack Spirit came and told me to say that. In exchange, I will have a limited snack edition in the future.
Snack Spirit: “I also said to share your POV!!!”
“Ah… right.”
Anyway~
Where do I start?
So, on August 8, 2015 at 8:08, I was bor—
“Not that far!!!”
“… You should’ve said so, Snackie.”
Snack Spirit: “S-sna—? Nevermind.” Sighs.
The POV continues… allegedly…
When I first came to the LAB, I didn’t really care much. I had no friends nor family… I think it’s because of the way I talk or that I’ve always been larger than my peers…
So… it didn’t really matter where I went.
But you know what stayed the same?
My hunger.
I like eating if you can’t tell. My favourite are snacks… you would be pretty dumb if you haven’t figured that out by this point in time.
SMACK!
As I was saying… (after being smacked on the head by the Snack Spirit)
A good munchie would be good right now.
Snack Spirit: “Do you want your limited edition snack or not?”
“…Just give me a sec…”
When I arrived at the LAB, they told us food was prepared on a daily basis. I thought…
Is this heaven?
But the first day in, I realised immediately they lied. Those meanie LAB-rat scientists, especially Dr 4.
We had this porridge thing that tasted differently each time. I asked them if there was proper food, but Dr 4 said, if I awaken fast, I can go to Sector A where proper food and SNACKs were!
So I trained hard to get there as quickly as possible.
For the snacks! Crispy, juicy fried chicken! Ramen! Rice! Spaghetti! Bread! Banana! Milk!…
Before I realised it, I went from a 5’6” chubby boy to this 5’8” muscular boy.
Anyway~
I awakened gravity powers.
I was taken to Sector A by Dr 4. All I could think of was…
Snacks… I wonder what they have…?
But when I arrived, the first thing I saw was the mentor named ‘Hawk’… he was a bit of a bird-brain.
Then I saw two tiny pipsqueaks… one was a loud one, the other was a cold and chilly one.
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If they were food, they would be hot ramen and cold soba.
Anyway, what happened then was I accidentally called out their size, “Tiny.”
The loud one, Jiho, immediately got provoked as he started to pick a fight. The cold one, Yerin, huffed as she crossed her arms.
I did it again… now they’ll hate me…
Then, the mentor, Bird-Brain… I mean, Hawk suggested instead of sparring, we did arm wrestling.
I yawned instinctively but didn’t bother arguing.
Jiho, however, saw my yawn and thought I was underestimating him…
I mean, why would I underestimate a kid who came to Sector A?
He must be strong…
Well, if he wants to win so bad… maybe I should let him…
Hawk decided to use his savings to bet on Jiho while Yerin cheered me on, out of spite for Jiho.
Thinking Jiho was strong, we sat on opposite ends of the table and I thought…
Maybe 20%? So he can overpower me easily and get it finished…
So the arm wrestling began. But, what I thought would be over didn’t end. Poor Jiho was doing his best as I sat there flabbergasted…
Wasn’t he supposed to be strong?
I almost felt sorry for him…
Should I reduce my strength?
No, he’ll realise I was holding back then…
Just so you know, this was before I realised Jiho was actually a dumb pipsqueak.
I kept my strength the same the entire match, but then, the other mentor, Rhino came in and yelled so loud Jiho lost focus and I accidentally won.
Anyway~
Rhino began to chase after Hawk as I noticed Jiho became dejected… I wanted to encourage him but the only thing I could say was…
“Is it over, pipsqueak?”
Ah… me and my cursed mouth…
Jiho immediately got provoked and I thought he was mad but then I saw a flash of challenge like he didn’t plan on giving up yet… like he wanted another round until Yerin called him out and they began to argue…
It turned chaotic and too draining for me too quickly.
Then…
Click. BAAM!
The table got smashed into two and a bit of the ground beneath. My gaze followed a whip that retracted back into a sword and thought…
Cool…
There were two girls. A green-haired, fair skinned girl and the other was an orange-haired, tan skinned girl with burn scars on her hands.
I got curious as I walked towards them. But I realised how small they were.
I wanted to ask the green-haired one, ‘Why did you have to smash the poor table?’
But what came out of my mouth…
“Got a problem?”
I know… it wasn’t my best moment…
But what came after was her observation. She called herself ‘Seohwa’. She was blunt and honest. She was amazing at speaking her mind. And because she spoke her mind first, I followed suit as I shook her hand.
“4-17. Kang Taeseok. Age 15. You can call me whatever.”
It was then I realised…
This group is odd but at least… they’re ok.
I then turned to see the oranged-haired girl. Her name was Hwayeon. She had a warm smile and I even thought…
She’s cute…
But what got me more intrigued was her smell…
It was a mix of something burning and…
Is that fried rice?
I asked her if she cooked and she said yes.
I internally celebrated.
Maybe, I should have her cook for me.
What came next was the cafeteria…
To summarise: HEAVEN.
It was food! Proper food!
I almost cried.
I sat down with the fellow cadets as they began to talk of the traditional spar cadets do when they first come here.
I immediately thought…
I might have to fight my personal chef?
Noooo…
I then thought of an idea as I asked them, “So what are your powers?”
Jiho immediately answered, cutely calling me “Hyung”. He had lightning… I thought it suited him. And, Yerin had ice which I kind of figured since she seemed pretty cold… what surprised me was Seohwa who was a tri-awakener, she said she mostly uses wind and earth, but didn’t mention the third one… I was curious but I didn’t want to push.
And Hwayeon had fire. I thought it fitting since fire was needed for cooking.
Then, I asked, “So what about our mentors?”
Jiho replied, “Hawk uses flight and Hawk eyes. Sir Rhino has a steel body, but we’ve never actually seen him use it.”
Steel body?
I thought that could work. Then Jiho asked me, “What do you have, hyung?”
“Gravity.” I told him. I noticed Seohwa flinched. I tilted my head, wondering why she started to tremble but I felt I shouldn’t ask, at least not until she was ready.
Anyway~
From here on out, you probably can guess…
I challenged Sir Rhino, lost terribly, yada yada…
I got closer to Hwayeon, noticing she can cook really well…
Gosh, she smells really good… it's making me hungry…
And then, Minggu joined. He was the same height as Jiho despite being two years older than him… and he sucked at training…
He fell down 23 times alone during basic drills. I decided I have to take care of him. Especially since he’s a healer… who can protect Hwayeon’s hands so she can cook for me…
Then, I was made squad leader… even though I didn’t win the squad match.
I immediately made Hwayeon Vice leader. I thought it would be nice if she was close to me so I can protect her and she can cook for me.
Aaaaand, that’s about it, I guess…
***
“Taeseok… TAESEOK!” I got shaken as I stirred awake. I sat up, yawning as I stretched. I rubbed my eyes as I saw Hwayeon worriedly looking at me, “Give me 5 more minutes, Hwayeon-ah~.”
“…It’s 07:30! Breakfast is almost over in 30 minutes! Get up and eat! There is also a special limited edition snack today! I thought you wouldn’t want to miss it!” Hwayeon pulled my barely awake body to the cafeteria as I smirked.
“Then hold my hand.” I suggested teasingly.
Her ears turned red as she clasped my hands in hers, treating my hand as if it was something fragile.
She’s a really good girl…
I then interlocked my fingers with hers as we walked to the cafeteria.
I feel like I forgot something… but, oh well…
Breakfast is calling me…
