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It started with a few squats , lunges and pushups and before they knew the difficulty level of their so called 'warm up' had already started to escalate. 

Jeongguk wasn't the excessively athletic type (A/n: please don't kill me) , but his physique was genetically blessed. Back in school he did participate in a few races (apart from when he was not drowned in books) and often easily made it to the top three with his added advantage of being a body builder's son. 

But this excercise, which was only supposed to be a warm up before the actual "endurance test" was already hurting his balls.

Quite literally. 

The easy pushups turned into one hand aided pushups, which then turned into two finger aided dips, all the while being scrutinized by a strict leader who spared no chance to bark instructions and whip them with his sharp taunts. 

Half of the newbies were giving up after the 2nd or 3rd dip, turning all hot and breathless unlike the shiverey selves that had entered the field. 

Though he was having a hard time , Jeongguk wasn't one to accept defeat that easily. Even though it took him 5 minutes to do one dip, his entire being pressing onto his almost white knuckles , he continued. 

"Alright stop. The one's who stopped in between, get out , sit on the bleachers and wait for your punishments. The rest , follow me." , the stallion-featured boy quipped, turning on his heels and leading the few who made it to one side of the field. 

Jeongguk arose, his muscles screaming at him for neglecting work out all the years. He was sent to a sort of military camp, what else had he been expecting? 

He looked around, sighing in relief when he found Jimin amongst the ones who made it to the next level, the real test. 

He followed the rest to where the senior stood , with a white powdery line drawn near his foot. It was a race track. Damn. 

Jeongguk looked around again, his attention falling onto the tallest boy with the trucker cap walking upto them with a lollipop still tucked into his pout, followed by a short guy and another broad shouldered one.

They stopped beside the stallion faced guy and the leader grazed his eyes over the remaining herd, placing his arm over the former's shoulder.

"Hmm.. so only 8 made it. Not as bad as last time, right Hosoek?" , The leader asked casually releasing his lollipop with a loud pop. 

Hosoek nodded , his eyes falling onto Jimin. 

"You couldn't make it the last time, it's good you practiced." , Hosoek praised him, his voice suddenly sounding cheery, which was very unlike the strict commander mode he was in earlier slightly surprising Jeongguk. 

"Ye-yes Hyung. I did.", Jimin replied not meeting his eyes. Jeongguk suspected a faint blush forming on his cheeks but it was still too dark outside to be sure.

"Okay so for the real test now, can you see the track that runs around this field? It's a mile long, approximately. What we need you to do is run. Its not a race. You simply have to cover the track. Isn't it simple?" , The leader asked brightly.

Yeah it was. It was too simple, Jeongguk thought. As far as he figured, this man wasn't all that compassionate. 

"But..." , The smaller yet equally scary guy spoke for the first time , diverting the attention of the momentarily relieved herd to himself.

"You'll be running for five miles without stop." 

The silence hanging on the field broke with collective gasps of shock.

What? This is fucking impossible! After all the strenuous warm up they wanted us to run five miles? They're clearly crazy.

Jeongguk had been expecting something like that but was still stunned. 

"B..but hyung?", Jimin questioned looking confused.

"What's it with you guys huh? Don't tell me it's that difficult for you? Don't you remember how every morning we pledge to uphold the tradition of the Korean army and military forces to train with diligence? It should be a piece of cake for young bloods like you!" The leader suddenly spoke up, crossing his arms and glaring at the two boys particularly.

Jimin looked like he wanted to say something but stopped because obviously he was scared. He looked over at Jeongguk with a slight gulp, who simply nodded back.

Jeongguk was left in deep thought, the gears of his mind churning from all the information recieved. 

"Okay, Everybody! On your marks! Get. Set. Go on now what are you waiting for?!" , The four Sunbaes cheered on with huge wolf howls , laughing almost wickedly. 

Jimin and Jeongguk started together, trotting initially to contain their energy while others passed them , probably in a hurry to finish it already.

" Its impossible. Even they know this... None of us are going to survive till the 3rd lap even. What should we do junkookie?" , Jimin asked , worry lacing his voice as he runs his gaze through the seemingly never ending track. "And if this is just their test, you dont even want to know what their punishment would feel like Kookie, I've been there!"

Jeongguk kept silent as his mind focused on some words he heard a few moments ago. 

"Hyung?" , He asked Jimin, taking a curve at the 250 feet marker "what was the pledge he was talking about?" 

" The morning pledge? Oh it's that oath we take before starting the day, promising to abide by the rules of our country and serve it forever. Why?" , Jimin replied furrowing his eyes as the younger's changing expressions.

" I think I got it! Hyung , just follow me." , Jeongguk said, suddenly excited. 

The two started to run faster , passing the tiring ones on their way and making for the white line they'd started at. 

"Junkookie we'll lose all energy in this lap itself, how will we make it through the rest?" , Jimin asked huffing from all the running.

" Oh we'll not. Because we aren't running the rest." , Jeongguk replied , his head in clouds and a happy skip in his run. 

In no time , they made it past the line and Jeongguk stops his chase , ducking down to regain his breath. 

The seniors loitering around the starting point , eye him warily. 

"Tired already? Given up?" , Hoseok asked, raising his brow. 

"I expected better from both of you." , He said again looking at Jimin who was still out of breath. 

"No, hyung. We completed the test." , Jeongguk replied regaining his stance and catching all five pairs of eyes. 

"And what makes you think that?", The other one spoke now, his broad shoulders and plump lips throwing a show. 

"You asked me to cover the track. So I did." , The maknae replied casually shrugging his shoulders. 

" But we did ask you to do it five times didn't we?" , The tallest asked again , looking over at the leader who had just made his way upto the youngest , a small smirk playing on his lips. 

" You didn't. You said we had to run five miles and cover the track. The track is one mile long according to the English unit of measurement , that equals around 5500 feet. But since you reminded us of the pledge and how we should respect the Korean tradition , we followed the Korean unit of measurement in which a mile is only 1289 feet. That means if we consider the angular uphill of the middle track , just one round of this whole track should be equal to 5 korean miles... give or take." Jeongguk finished slightly proud but all he earned was complete silence. 

Jimin's mouth had touched the floor and the three seniors except for the leader had grown saucers in place of eyes. 

The leader stared at Jeongguk for a long while, before breaking into a hearty laugh. He clapped his palms together, a genuine appreciative smile now making his way onto his lips creating two beautiful depressions on each side of his cheeks. 

"Kim Namjoon," , he said extending his hand for the younger to take. 

Jeongguk took his palm with both his hands , bowing slightly as a slight blush formed on his cheeks. God , he was charming. He felt like he was forming a small crush on the leader , but the platonic kind. 

" J.. jeongguk. Jeon Jeongguk." , He replied returning a nervous smile. 

"Well Jeongguk ,welcome aboard then pretty boy." 

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I know it's a Vkook fanfic but I really really feel the need to develop and introduce each important character jeongguk meets in this camp. His character develops through such interactions and that's the basic premise of my fanfic. 

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