"I like your hair, Ji rae."
The first words the man on the throne spoke were directed towards Ji rae who was startled by the recognition by a complete stranger who knew her name.
He laughed at her surprise and stood up and slowly descended the steps until he reached their level. " Hey guys, " he smiled showing off his dimples. She stared at him for a bit too long until he chuckled again and Taehyung grumbled under his breath.
"My, my what?" She asked nervously.
"Your hair, it's cool." He smiled, showing off his adorable smile yet again.
She reached up to touch her hair, "What does it look like?" she realised that she actually had no clue of what she looked like, her appearance forgotten to her and she had not seen herself since she appeared in this strange place.
He just shook his head, "I guess you will see soon enough," the smile remained on his features.
"Yah stop smiling already," Taehyung grumbled, hitting him lightly on the arm.
"Okay, okay," The king chuckled and turned to her again. "I believe i haven't introduced myself yet, My name is Kim Namjoon and i'm the king of hearts."
"And a complete dork." Taehyung added in at the end."
"Taehyung.."
"Hmmm?"
"Shut up."
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They were currently in the garden of the palace.
Like she expected, it was huge.
A table similiar to Taehyung's was set up in the middle of the vast space, some of which was hidden by trees and shrubbery.
However this table was golden and intricately designed , a red tablecloth was draped over the middle.
Plates of delicacies and cups as well as jars filled with tea and coffee were set neatly on the table much unlike the mad hatter's tea party, which she remembered to be quite messy.
Namjoon led her to a seat and Taehyung sat next to her. The king sat at the head of the table, which was right next to Taehyung. Hoseok and Jungkook sat on the other side, next to each other.
Without hesitation Hoseok started stacking up different cakes on his plate and Jungkook poured some coffee into a cup and took a sip. Ji rae copied the same action while Taehyung stirred his cup of tea with a spoon. Namjoon had a steaming cup of coffee in front of him but it sat untouched.
"I've always preferred coffee more than tea," he chuckled. Taehyung just snorted and lifted the golden cup to his lips.
Namjoon turned back to her, "So Ji rae, do you have any idea why you are here? And who you are? Do you remember anything?"
She blinked taken aback by the sudden string of questions.
"Slow down dummy, she's still disoriented about her position if it wasn't obvious hmmph." Taehyung commented while Namjoon just laughed.
"I apologise Ji rae. But please, tell me do you remember anything?"
And finally after a long time, Ji rae opened her mouth to speak.
"When I woke up i was in the blue room."
Namjoon gestured for her to continue.
"After a while, i could not handle the thirst and drank the bottle on the table. Then Cheshire led me out to the woods."
"Cheshire?!" Namjoon exclaimed
Taehyung nodded, "You do know he is the only one capable of controlling the tunnels there."
Namjoon nodded.
