ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɪꜱʟᴀɴᴅ (Darius Bowman x Reader)

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You pause in your steps and run toward the Asian teenager before pulling him up. "Come on, let's go! Hurry!" All of you continued to run just as the Carnotaurus broke free off the tree branch, roaring ferociously, and followed again. Running faster like your legs would collapse at any moment.

"Dude, it's gaining!" Kenji exclaimed in fright. You were starting to get tired from all the running. Your heart beating rapidly "...It's fast, but not on turns! Zig-zag on my count!" Darius hollered and analyzed the jungle for a clear path for them to zip through. "One, two, three!" The two of you turned in sync to the right, closely followed by Kenji, who yelped after nearly getting bitten by the dinosaur.

You glance back to see Carnotaurus slip from being unable to make sharp turns, just like Darius mentioned. A quick smile across your lips in triumph and continued running.

Soon, getting to a clearing as the sunlight hovered over your face and saw past a few trees and the fences of the enclosure. "Up ahead!" Darius exclaimed, pointing at a small food box, large enough for us to get through. Kenji dived through and got to the other side, you do the same and followed suit with getting out, but the lid falls before Bowman could get out.

"Darius hang on!" Your hands prying the thin, iron bars struggled to pull the lid back open and Darius tried as well, glancing back to demand the Asian rich boy to assist only to find that he was gone. 'That idiot!' A groan leaves your lips and continued to try and get your friend out.

Darius shouted in annoyance, "Kenji! Are you freaking kidding me!?"

As the Carnotaurus got closer, your eyes widen in worry, and used all your might to get the lid open before fearing the worst. Then, Kenji returned with a thick branch and jams it against the underside of the hatch, and gestured for you to pull it down open, the two of you finally getting it open.

Quickly, your hands reaching for Darius, hands around his, and pull him out just in time as the carnivore got to the fence and crashes its head into the empty feeding hatch.

The Carnotaurus growled in pain as I spotted a large wound on its head. Ouch, that's gotta hurt... You release a sigh of relief before panting heavily as Kenji got up whilst laughing with victory "Ha! Diddums da big dino hurt his widdle nose?" He mused while sounding like a toddler as the dinosaur paced the fence in pain and frustration. "You think your slick, Toro? You got nothin'!"

You couldn't help but stifle a giggle at the nickname Kenji made, rolling your eyes but found it was pretty clever. But Darius had his eyebrow up, "Toro, y'know because of the horns?" Kon explained with the heavy breathing of adrenaline.

The Dino-nerd popped a grin and shook his head "Yeah, I get it. Hey, Toro! Your arms are... Pretty much vestigial at this point! Ha!" Darius laughed (trying) to mock the dinosaur.

Another giggle left your lips at his remark, it wasn't as funny as Kenji's but it was smart and you liked it. Then got the two boys' eyes on you "Hey, don't look at me. I got nothing..." you honestly stated, holding hands up in defeat. "But, that was pretty crazy." Sheepishly grinning in embarrassment. Darius flashed a small smile your way and Kenji chuckled lowly before turning back his attention to the carnivore. "Yeah boy! That's what's up! That's what's—"

Toro lunged at the gate, scaring the three teens who shrieked and fell back in fear onto the ground. But to its dismay, making the pain of its injury worse and roars before leaving you alone. You watched as the carnivore left and glance at the two boys beside you.

"What time are they supposed to get back from the lab?" Darius asked in realization.

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Keep in mind that they were breathing heavily from running for an hour from the Carnotaurus paddock, through the underground tunnels, climbing up and down ladders and back to their station, which includes cleaning the poop mountain up before Roxie, Dave, and the others returned.

"Hey... guys!" Darius greeted. You waved and wipe your forehead, Kenji on the floor, giving a nod, all covered in sweat and panting heavily.

"Why are you all out of breath?" Roxie questioned with a small frown of suspicion.

Darius gave a small smile "Just... doing what we're told." his shovel in hand, still panting lightly. Sharing a brief look with you, as you made a subtle wink and nod in response "How was the field trip?"

"Oh, well, um, you know, Ben fell in love with a dinosaur and Super Star here got us booted from the lab." Yasmina rolled her eyes. You couldn't help but coo at the mention of Ben bonding with a baby dinosaur, you were jealous and happy for him!

"That is not what—!" Brooklynn defended, rising from her seat and sending the female athlete a glare. You just stare at the female blogger in confusion. Hmm, wonder what she did?  "So, how'd poop patrol go?" Sammy piped in and asked, giving you a small wave and you do the same.

Darius was nervous about what to say next, turning to look at Kenji for help. Who finally got up after an hour of sitting down. "Awesome! You all should've seen how I owned—"

"This valuable experience!" Darius abruptly cuts in, finishing off the sentence for Kenji before he could slip out of their secret adventure. "Um, learned a lot about ourselves and, uh... yep!" chuckling nervously.

"...And I kept these two out of any more trouble, just a reminder. But they got along really well, and I had fun with them." You explained happily, wrapping an arm around the two boys and having them beside you. You didn't notice the shock on the two males' faces, specifically Darius' cheeks glowing a soft red. Kenji smirked at the young boy with amusement.

"Oh, that's good to hear from you. Well, hit the showers... and maybe stay in there for a while?" Roxie said.

"And use soap," Ben gagged, covering his nose "Lots of soap!!"

"Will do, Ben!" You replied loudly and watched as they drove off back to camp. Leaving the three of you there and after a moment of them disappearing, you release a big breath of relief.

"You two are seriously going to be the death of me, y'know that?" chuckling softly and eying the two boys with an eyebrow raised.

The two boys laugh lowly. "Two near-death experiences in two days? We can't tell anyone about Toro or we're definitely getting sent home." Darius spoke up. Agreed. But I think Kenji will tell someone eventually. This thought makes you snicker silently.

Kenji sighed and looked a little upset. "Aw man, I can't believe no one will know I saved your lives." He groaned, drooping. Darius smiled at him, "I'll know Kenji."

"And so will I..." you chimed in with a grin, placing a hand on his shoulder. Kenji was shocked for a moment before showing a tiny smile, a genuine one, "Thanks..."

"So, we're even now?" Kenji asked anxiously, you glance at Darius for a moment "Yeah, we're even..." Kenji punched his arm whilst ruffling your hair playfully, you flicking his forehead with a grin.

"You do know farts didn't kill the dinosaurs right?" Darius questioned, "There is a lot of proof—Okay, first I'm going to take a five-hour shower, and then tonight we're going over how the atmosphere works."

"Also, I get that farts can be deadly in the sense that they stink. But not up to the point of actually dying." You piped into the conversation, eyeing Mr. VIP on your left with a small smile.

"Prove me wrong, yo..." Kenji shrugged and smirked softly.

A laugh leaves your lips, walking in between your two friends back to camp and poop patrol up from the adventure you had. What a day...