master | annyeongz [ON HOLD]

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They were just a few steps away from Yujin's room actually. Dahil nasa katabing kwarto lang sila na siyang ginamit ni Hyewon para silang lahat ay mag-usap.

"How come you know Yujin, miss..?" Not sure of what to call Hyewon, Yuri was hoping for the latter to give her some answers due to her curiosity.

"Hyewon." She told them her name, her hand twisting the knob and opened the door leading to her sister, "I'm fond of that woman you see. Knew her since we were younger."

She entered the room and the rest followed suit. She saw how Wonyoung furrowed her brows, totally hearing this info for the first time herself just like the rest of them.

"So a childhood friend?" It was Minjoo's turn to ask her and Hyewon just smiled.

"You're right. But we are also more than that." They followed Hyewon's steps to the bedroom. Where Yujin is resting as of the moment.

Meanwhile, Wonyoung can help but think about her words earlier.

What does she mean by that? Are they...

"You were lovers then?" Chaewon decided to ask too.

Wonyoung suddenly felt something on her chest that's aching. Her stomach also feeling funny. Her throat feeling dry.

A loud chortle escaped the lady's lips. Holding her stomach from too much laughing. It was as if she just heard the most ridiculous question ever.

The women were just looking at her weirdly.

"Alam mo konti nalang pepektusan ko na to sige," Bulong ni Yena kay Nako.

Suddenly they are now in front of Yujin's sleeping figure, Hyewon biting her lips to prevent herself from laughing hard all over again.

She can't take it anymore.

Hyewon snorts, "Pfft— Yujin gising na alam kong nagkukunwari ka lang." Then she then proceeds to cackle again.

Yujin opened her eyes, frowning at her, "Tuwang tuwa ka naman." She said, rising on her bed.

The humans noticed her bruises, trails of blood on her clothes, even the wounds and cuts she received.

"What happened to you? You look like a mess." Minjoo cupped Yujin's cheeks and observed her face closer left and right. Wonyoung faked her cough and separated the two.

"Just like I said earlier, I helped them. I saved them from even more harm. Who knows they might—" Yujin decided to break Hyewon's speech of her 'heroic act' and just tell them already.

"We aren't humans."

Biglang nagkaroon ng katahimikan sa loob ng kwarto. Hyewon giggled at their reactions.

"Wait what are you saying?" Yena can't believe what she's hearing right now. Nudged Yuri who seems to be not surprised by it.

"We were attacked by monsters called fenrirs, they're a breed of wolves. We have a world called Oneiros, and the creatures that are living there are called Oneirians." Yujin explained.

"We are older than all the people in this world by the way, diba Hitomi?" Hyewon flashed her grin to the said woman.

"Pati ikaw?" Tanong ni Yena sa kaibigan nilang ngayon ay nakayuko.

"Pati rin ako." Salita ni Nako at hinawakan niya ang kamay nito upang lumapit sa tabi ni Hyewon.

"Narcisa ang tunay kong pangalan. Isang oneirian na tagapagsilbi sa palasyo." Pakilala niya sa kanilang lahat at pinakita ang tunay niyang kaanyuan.