Beauty and The Beast ( Chaennie Version )

Chapitre 5

"Dismissed! Rejected! Publicly Humiliated! Why it's more than I can bear!" Kai exclaimed, throwing the beers D.O. had brought him into the fire. They sat in the local tavern.

 Breadstix, it was called. Kai sat in his chair by the fire, complaining of his earlier failure to woo Jennie.

"More beer?" D.O. asked, trying to sooth the giant.

"What for? Nothing helps. I'm disgraced." Kai replied, turning his chair away from his best frie and the other patrons.

"Who, you? Never! Kai, you've got to pull yourself together!" D.O. replied.

"Gosh it disturbs me to see you, my bro, looking so down in the dumps. Every guy here'd love to be you, you know, even when taking your lumps!" D.O. sang out. "There's no man in town as admired as you, you're everyone's favorite guy! Everyone's awed and inspired by you...and it's not very hard to see why!" He began singing to Kai , improvising a tune about the giant man and why the townspeople adored him. He went into detail about his strength, and his way with the ladies, in addition as to how...handsome he is. He knew it would just make Kai's head swollen again, but He felt it necessary to praise the man because he was unbearable to be around without the support of his own ego. As D.O.'s song ended, Siwon busted into the tavern.

"Help! Someone help me! Please, Please! I need your help! She got Jennie locked in a dungeon!"

"Whoa there Siwon! Who's got Jennie locked in a dungeon?" Kai said, baiting the older man.

"A Beast! A horrible, monstrous Beast!" Siwon yelled, gesturing wildly as the patrons laughed and carried him out into the snow.

"Oh that crazy old Siwon" D.O. said, "always good for a laugh"

"Crazy old Siwon, eh? Crazy old Siwon...humm.." Kai mused.

"D.O, I think I have a plan...one that will get me Jennie, and get that old man out of our hair for a while."

Jennie had refused to come down for dinner, so an enraged Chaeyoung had ordered the servants to not allow her food unless it was in her company. Hours later, Jennie snuck out of her room, and down the hall, her stomach growling.

"I bet all she has here is meat. I saw the size of those teeth...but hopefully I can find something without it for me" the brunette thought as she stealthily searched for the kitchen. Upon finding it, she found Sana, Ten, and Mino inside, talking.

"She's the one! She'll break the-" Ten stopped abruptly, noticing Jennie in the doorway.

"Splendid to see you out and about Madame!" Mino interjected. "If there's anything we can do to make you more comfortable, please, don't hesitate to ask!"

"I am a little hungry..." Jennie said, her stomach growling as if to prove her point.

"Did you hear that?" Sana asked. "She's hungry!"

At her words, the kitchen sprang to life, as did Ten and Mino. After Jennie had explained her choice about not eating anything that came from animals to the cook, the two led the entire kitchen staff in a number worthy of the finest stages as she ate.

"Bravo!" she praised at the end. "That was wonderful!"

Now full, she was led by the boys back towards her room. She started up an curious looking staircase, and Ten jumped in front of her.

"Come on, nothing to see there! There's nothing of any interest in the West Wing!"

Mino smirked at his partner's nervousness, knowing that slip up would only intrigue the girl more.

"Oh, so that's the West Wing," Jennie said. "I wonder what she's hiding up there..."

"Come along now, Madame, I'll give you a full tour of the castle! No one knows more about the fashionable aspects of it than me! Come along!" Ten urged, as they gently pushed Jennie along the hall. She went along with them, thinking that she would sneak up to the West Wing later.

As they went down a hall with grand tapestries, Ten began explaining what they depicted, intently focused on one in particular. As he spoke, Mino seemed captivated, and was totally unaware of the petite brunette that had snuck back to the West Wing.

Jennie ascended the stairs, looking at the havoc that had been wrecked on this part of the castle. She glanced around at broken stones, furniture that was ripped to shreds, and what appeared to be the remnants of a meal. Then her eyes landed on a portrait that had a huge slash through it. She folded the pieces back up, and looked into the intense brown eyes of a beautiful young woman. She stood there for several minutes, studying the likeness, entranced by the beauty there. Eventually, she shook herself out of it, and went on towards the main chamber, only glancing back at the painting once. She opened the doors to the main chamber and saw a bed that looked as if it had been turned into a den of sorts.

Oh, so this is where she sleeps...Jennie thought. How can that possibly be comfortable...but then I guess with all that fur she doesn't really need those blankets. Her eyes fell onto a shimmering rose, which seemed to levitate beneath a glass container. She removed the container from above the rose, and was just about to reach out and touch the flower when-

Chaeyoung crashed in from the balcony, and grabbed the container and put it back over the rose, growling. She snarled at Jennie, and roared for her to get out as she began to destroy what little was left in the room. the brunette raced off without a second thought, leaving the princess alone with the enchanted bloom. Her anger disappeared just as quickly as it had come, and she sighed, looking at the rose. She remembered the genuine fear in Jennie's eyes, when she had lost control, and it pained her.

"Show me the girl" she commanded to the magic mirror which lay beside the rose.

She saw Jennie, sobbing on her bed. The girl looked incredibly distraught and lonely.

I truly am a Beast, she thought, and hung her head in despair. And I will always be alone. Why would anyone ever befriend me? Much less love me.

She hated herself for scaring Jennie, and felt the sudden need to go apologize to the girl.

Why should I care about her? . She already thinks I'm a monster, nothing more. And after tonight, she's probably sure of that fact. Why should I care if I hurt this girl at all? she thought, anger coming back, she could've destroyed the rose, and I would be a Beast forever! So it's her fault! Making me angry like that, she should know better!

Still, she couldn't shake the nagging feeling that told her to seek the girl out and make amends, so after much deliberation with herself, she padded down to the girl's room, only to find Jennie...gone.