Younger Siblings

On the bus travelling to the location of the challenge
Malakai was sitting next to Akari, and Akari was seated next to the window. To their right were Luna and Nina, and behind Malakai and Akira were Chris and Christina. Jason chose to sit at the back of the bus, away from everyone. Despite the introductions to the group, Jason didn't sit with them. It looked like he wasn't fond of the idea of getting closer to people from different classes.
"You said your younger siblings were twins. What's their names?" Akari asked, looking at Malakai, who had his phone out.
Malakai put his phone down and smiled, "Malik and Mia".
"Your family loved the letter M", Chris commented from behind them, who was listening to their conversation.
"Do you still talk to them?" Akari asked, looking at Malakai's smiling face, which showed he missed them.
"Yeah, obviously," Malakai replied, nodding his head. Then, he climbed his chair to look behind him. "Now, as my twins ain't here, how about you two become my younger siblings?" Malakai said, looking at Chris and Christina.
"What?" Christina didn't understand and looked at him, confused.
"My siblings are back in England. So why don't you be like my younger siblings here?" Malakai explained with his usual grin.
"Are you older than us?" Christina asked with uncertainty in her tone as he still looked like he was 16 even though he was 18.
"Age is just a number", Malakai replied, trying not to laugh. After that phrase, he got a few looks from around him.
"Why do you want us to be your younger siblings?" Chris asked, confused at his motives.
"I don't know. It sounds cute in my head that you two can be younger siblings cuz your twins and my younger siblings are twins", Malakai answered. "It's kinda poetic", Malakai was waffling.
Christina saw a sparkle in his eyes, which showed that he was serious and enjoying the idea. "And if we decline?" Christina questioned, looking sceptical.
"Imma still call you both my younger siblings", Malakai laughed.
Chris couldn't help but laugh at the stupid idea; he saw the funny side of it. "I don't mind", Chris happily replied. Christina was surprised Chris had warmed up to Malakai that easily. She also didn't mind this weird proposal if Chris was cool with it.
"You don't have any ulterior motives, do you?" Christina asked for reassurance as she only saw what Malakai was about from an outside perspective. He was number one on the leaderboards, so surely he was clever and had tricks up his sleeves.
"Naa, we're friends now. If you got my back, I got yours", Malakai replied casually, showing he trusted them. The two didn't expect him to interact like this with them. Friends? They had only just met.
"I thought you would be arrogant and annoying, "Chris honestly said, looking at Malakai's calm body language.
"I'm annoying, but it's a good annoying", Malakai replied. "Arrogant, naa. I can't be arsed for that". Malakai realised something: Akari, Chris and Christina were all in class 1-B. "I got a question for all of you", he said. The three looked at him. "Are you friends with Ryan?" He questioned.
"I wouldn't say friends", Akari replied.
"Not really", Christina replied.
"Nope", Chris replied.
"Why?" Akari asked, turning her body around to make herself more comfortable.
"I don't like him", Malakai spoke his mind. "If you want my advice, I say I don't trust him," Malakai said.
"Has he done anything to you?" Christina asked, knowing Malakai was talking seriously now. She couldn't pinpoint what it was, but it looked like he wasn't playing around anymore.
"Naa, not yet. It's just that feeling I get around him", Malakai replied with a facial expression showing his discomfort.
"He looks like a nice guy; he was nice to me." Akari shared her thoughts on Ryan.
"I don't know. Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't get too friendly with him", Malakai replied, thinking he may be warning them for no reason. Maybe he was being too paranoid.
"What should we do then?" Chris asked, as Ryan was a significant figure in their class.
"Use him as much as he uses you", Malakai advised.
"How do we know when he's using us?" Christina said., thinking Malakai was onto something.
"That's a great question, cuz I don't know", Malakai giggled. "I mean, I'm just a guy from a lower class; you don't have to take my word for it. I'm an idiot", he continued.
"You said we're friends now, so I trust you", Chris replied, giving him a confident look.
"Aryt, lil bro", Malakai said before sitting back normally in his chair. He then turned to look at Luna, who was on his right. She was on her phone, but Malakai wanted to talk to her, so,
"Luna", he called out. Even though Luna was on her phone, she still listened to their conversation. She was too shy to get involved and pulled out her phone to not look weird. Nina was sitting beside her but was asleep, so Luna had nothing to do except go on her phone. She heard her name being called out and looked at Malakai,
"Yeah?"
"How's your class? Is 1-A fun, or is everyone serious?" Malakai asked as he was genuinely curious.
"It's pretty serious; no one in our class is a class clown or does stuff that draws attention", Luna answered, thinking about her classmates. "What about your class? Are you the class clown?" Luna giggled while moving hair away from her left eye.
"Na na. I don't think I'm the class clown. But our classes are fun; I've got my group of four at the back of the class. We take this piss most of the time", Malakai replied.
"Delilah has shown me so many videos of all of you", Akari joined the conversation.
"The videos are too good; I don't know how she always gets the good angles", Malakai said, smiling, remembering the moments.
"Can I see them?" Luna cautiously asked, wanting to see how other classes differed.
"Yeah, lemme show you".

Knock! Knock! Knock!
William opened the door. "Hey", William greeted.
"Hi", Delilah replied, standing in front of him with a short sleeve shirt and jeans.
"Come in", William said, fully opening the door and letting Delilah in.
"Is everyone here?" She asked, taking off her shoes.
"Yeah, everyone's on the sofa".
It was 11:57 PM. Everyone gathered in Malakai's and William's dorm to watch the livestream. William remembered Delilah saying that her roommate had the challenge on the same day as Malakai, so he had the idea to throw a watch party for the livestream. He invited Delilah and asked the rest of his friends to join. So now William, Delilah, Ray, Benjamin, Lucas and David were all in one room having a watch party. Delilah walked into the main area and greeted everyone. As she hung around William and Benjamin a lot, she was familiar with them. She was David's partner for the first challenge, so she knew him too, but she only interacted with Ray and Lucas a few times, and the times they did talk, it was short.
"Do you wanna see Malakai's room?" William asked Delilah, trying to make it interesting for her.
Delilah wasn't sure how to answer. "Are we allowed? Surely it's private," she responded.
"It's fine; he won't mind," William replied as if Malakai had nothing to hide.
"You know what? Imma take something from his wardrobe", Lucas said, standing up from the coach, showing it wasn't that deep.

The bus reached the location, and all the students stepped out. When they looked around at their surrounding, it was weird.
"This is mad", Malakai said, looking around. The students saw a figure in the distance and were instructed to walk towards them. As they got closer, they got more pieces to the puzzle, but a lot was still missing. What they had was ample open space, with no buildings in sight, six black five-seater cars, and a long road. Mr Miller was standing in front of them, with other teachers and cameramen standing behind him for the livestream. Mr Miller held out his arms,
"Welcome to challenge two".