Feeling's Mutual ( HANCOCK X FEMALE READER )

Chapter 20 - Him???

Ahh, the sweet scent of freshly baked cake, heated maple syrup, delicious cream butter, and rich buttermilk, all layered over a delightful vanilla base note. The sweet aroma of pancakes drew me in and I quickly opened my eyes.

"Oh, morning sleepyhead," the empress says opening the blinds.

waking up to delicious food and probably the hottest woman on the planet? i could get used to this heh

"Morning.. since when did you wake up?" I stood up and sat at this huge bean bag while carrying my plate of pancakes.

"Since the last 30 min. You might want to hurry it up. We have to go to the showcase and entry in your name. Tonight is your big day... you'd better give it your all to win," she says putting on this black overcoat with black heels.

"Of course I'll give it my all.. since we do have a deal if I did win," I said grinning at her while chewing on my cakes.

"Ugh, don't speak when your mouth is full y/n. It's extremely rude," the empress scoffs.

I eventually got dressed and we headed to the city. Me and the empress didn't study for this, but I trust my guts, my intuition is always right.. at times.

Besides, I have to win this for the sake of my future and the promise Reiju and I made to each other. Yes.. if I win this.. I'm sure she'll be pleased up there..

We walked into what appeared to be a huge institute building. Outside and within the building, there were a lot of people. Everything inside looked so.. clean and cool.

I may want to go to college here.. if I can.. We walked up the stairs to see even more people, and as I looked around, I saw people that appear to be the same age as me with their teachers. They all looked so.. weird, seeing their different uniforms that represents their school.

Half of them looked like studs. And the one that caught my eye was this girl who's leaning against a claw machine, chewing her gum with her mouth open.. I find that so unappealing. She soon glanced and glared at me as she popped her gum, covering her whole mouth area.
I gradually turned away unfazed. "So these are the people I'll be competing against, huh?" I mumbled to myself.

Hancock and I stood in line for what seemed like an eternity... dang, how many people are competing in this tournament?

"Oh my, if only these kind gentlemen would so let a woman such as myself get through the line," I hear the empress say at loud which made almost the people in front of us move to the side and let us through.

How convenient it is to make use of the empress's beauty. Even I was dazzled, I'm so lucky she's my instructor for this tournament.

people were in awe with the empress's appearance and aura. i can't help but feel special

Honestly, I thought this would be some normal 'contest' or a normal 'competition' but turns out I was wrong.

The empress then signed both of our names on a clipboard that the woman in front of us handed us. They then gave me a wristband with my name and the number 105 printed on it. I wonder what this number is for.

"The tournament will not begin until 8 p.m. tonight. So please return or stay here until further notice," says the voice through the speakers.

"I'm not waiting here," I told Hancock right away.

"Good cause neither was I. C'mon, let's go somewhere," Hancock says walking right past me.

We both walked beside each other as we both got churros with ice cream.