Sleeping Beauty [WMMAP Fanfiction]

Chapter Sixteen: You Are―

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Alice is someone who is strong and unwavering.

Alice is known for her bad personality and carnage.

Alice is someone who prefers to be alone, and is an arrogant, self-centered person.

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"What happened to you?" Lucas asked with wide eyes, touching Alice's forehead, the night of the same day she went to town.

She didn't say anything, instead giving him a look that asked him, almost afraid, to elaborate.

This is worse than before, he thought. She might give in within a week.

"That curse on you is, it's stronger. You know what, get your house in order, wish your goodbyes and prepare yourself a coffin-"

"Lucas. Don't try to make it lighter." She was near pleading him, to just tell her the blunt truth, with no sugarcoating. The same as she would do for others, the same he would do about her case, just tell her the facts.

Any attempt at being light-hearted was gone. Lucas's face was firm with her from then. "... You're gonna fall to that curse, sooner or later. What curse it is, I think I know, so you gotta get your stuff together."

I'll give you a week to live normally.

He would not tell her that, however.

With that conversation in mind, she started for her room. It was late now, and Felix should be patrolling. So if she was lucky, she wouldn't run into him―

"Alice?"

The halls were dark and empty, with few finishing up for the day. The moonlight was enough to illuminate everything clearly, with hazy rays flitting through the air.

I wasn't sure what to do if I ran into you.

Her gaze was on the ground when she heard him. Slowly, she looked up to see him standing in the middle of an intersection of the corridors, where the ceiling was raised up in a dome and embedded with glass panes.

With his back facing her, his head turned just a bit to glance and make sure.

"How'd you know it was me?" she muttered, since she didn't make much noise. Avoided him, if possible. Her mumble was louder because of the silence.

But if I did...

"Would you believe me if it was just a feeling?" He turned around and smiled at her. She was still wearing those casual clothes. "Aw, you're super cute like that."

Her feet hurried to him to cover his eyes with her cold palm so she wouldn't start feeling embarrassed. "Don't call me cute."

"Adorable? Fitting? Breath of fresh air?"

"I'll glue your mouth shut."

He had a little bead of sweat on his face as he considered that. "......... I like the outfit, Alice. Makes you feel more normal," he decided to say, slowly.

"Uh-huh. Keep your eyes shut, and turn around." She slowly lifted her hand from his eyes to see them closed. Not questioning her, he turned around. "So, I got a question."

"Mhm?"

"If I died, what'd you do?"

I don't think I could've kept quiet.

"Is some-"

"I'm asking to see if you'd listen to me."

"Um. You know, bury you in an unmarked grave like you requested."