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episode twelve: dream girl

previously at lilly's house:

"Who the f*ck is Taeyong?"

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"No but seriously, who's Taeyong?".

I rolled my eyes, "You know what, just be quiet and let me finish this conversation".

I turned back to Taeyong, and put my hands on both of my hips. I looked at him curiously, waiting for him to elaborate on what kind of favor he was talking about.

"I'm not going to sugarcoat this. So, listen carefully", he stated, crossing his arms against his chest. I nodded my head in compliance and listened to him intently.

"This universe is not the only universe that exists, and like this universe, there are different ones out there. We came from another dimension for a purpose and since you took us home from the rope course, you have agreed to take the ownership of us. This ownership also comes with responsibilities. Because you own us, you have to comply with our wishes. In our case, we want to be free. In order for us to return to our dimension, you need to perform a special task as our owner", he explained, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

"Which is?", I probed him. So far, hearing all of this seemed to make the seriousness of the problem go over my head.

"You have to do it with one of us", he ordered with a deadpan expression.

A thousand different thoughts flew in and out of my head. There was one thought specifically that stood out to me, but of course, it couldn't be that. There was no way I was going to agree to do that with any of them. I was in denial right now and I knew there was no way I would agree to do that.

"Could you maybe elaborate what it is?", I suggested, holding my hands out in frustration.

For a second, he looked very flustered. A red blush covered his pale skin, and his eyes avoided mine. His hand scratched the back of his head as he shifted his weight from one foot to another.

"You just need to do it", he looked up at me with shy eyes.

What did this boy not understand about elaborating?

We weren't going to get anywhere if both of us were avoiding the truth.

"What's going on? What do you mean elaborate it?", Sierra's annoying voice interrupted our conversation once again.

I grunted and proceeded to explain it to her, "This guy is telling me that I have to do it".

Her eyebrows shot up to her hairline and I could see the gears turning in her head to process the meaning. A metaphorical light bulb flashed above her head as she came to a conclusion.

"It meaning, with another person?", she asked.

My face fell as I realized what was happening. Everything was starting to make sense. All the pieces were coming together, and I knew this was exactly what I didn't want to do. Sierra erupted with roaring laughter as she saw my expression turn dark. I stared at her in disgust as she clutched her stomach in fits of laughter.

"Wait a second - I need to calm down", she burst into more fits of laughter. I could see tears escape her eyes as she wouldn't stop laughing to even catch a breath in between.

This was frustrating, to say the least. I waited very patiently for her to stop laughing.

Finding composure, she directly stated, "You need to do it with one of them. He wants you to have s*x with one of them".

"That's exactly what we wanted to tell you, but poor Taeyong was too shy to say it", Johnny stated, pointing at Sierra who began laughing again.

"That's it. I'm leaving this place", I pushed my sleeves up and walked towards the door. It was exactly what I didn't want to hear. I was not going to do this no matter what.

As I started walking, I started to ramble about the several excuses I had to not do this.

"You know, I'm not even the owner of this house, much less these dumb teddy bears. At this point, I can't even take responsibility for this dumb sh*t. I'm your owner which means you should be listening to me. I don't want to deal with this negativity in my life, OUCH-".

My speech was interrupted by what felt like a wall, but it wasn't. Rubbing my head, I looked up to see what I bumped into.

Lucas. I hadn't seen him in a very long time. He decided to show up after several days of absence.

Why was he here now?

I was about to ask him to move over, but he cut me off with a finger to his lips.

"Listen to me first.

I don't know about you, but this is very important to us. I already messed up before and I don't want that to happen again. I had this chance a long time ago, but our previous owner perished before I could have even tried to solve this. This is our last opportunity, and I can't let you ruin that for us.

If you can't remember, you promised us that you would do anything if we reveal ourselves. We did everything you asked for and we showed your friend the truth. You're the only one who can see us, our last chance".

I felt a little guilty for denying them and not trying to understand their situation. Maybe it would have been easier to accept this if it wasn't the favor they asked for. They should at least try to understand the situation I was in too. I didn't even know supernatural things like this existed and now I had to have s*x with one of them?

God, this just sounded like a bad p*rn storyline.

Suddenly, a thought formed in my head. Lucas referred to himself as "I" when he was describing their past.

I didn't want it to be what I was thinking.

I whipped around to Mark, "So, this person that I have to do this with...Can I have an option to pick?", I asked hopefully. Not that I was completely willing to do it, but it would be better if I could at least pick right?

He smiled and shook his head no, "Sorry Lilly, but you don't really have a choice. You're kind of stuck with one person".

"That one person...who is?", I stared at him anxiously. I tapped my feet in anticipation, waiting for his response.

His lips turned into a half smile, filling his eyes contained a strange emotion, "He's standing behind you".

My heart dropped to the floor when I realized who was standing behind me.

Not him.

Anyone but him was fine, just not him.

"Why him? Why not anyone else?", I questioned them.

He probably hated me already, and now I really had to do stuff with him?

"Obviously, you stepped on him. Who else would it be?", I heard Jeno retort in the background.

I met his eyes with a death glare and he backed down. I didn't have time for his sass, especially right now.

I thought back to the first-day things started to change for me. When I felt something under my foot that day, I knew it was a person. Now I knew that person was Lucas I stepped on.

At this point, I realized that this was a necessary step I had to make in order to grant both of our wishes.

They wanted to be free and I wanted nothing to do with them. If I could sacrifice one of my values, then both of us could benefit from it.

"Although I'm entirely not on board with the idea, I'll do it. Only under one condition though, I don't want to see you guys after this. I want me and my friend to be left alone. We both should live our separate lives after this", I put forward my opinion on the situation.

Lucas nods in agreement, "This is exactly what I want too. After this happens, we basically don't know each other anymore".

"So you'll do it?".

"I'll do it".