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Since they both dragged me, but not too harshly because they are both clutching my arm with care, I had no choice but to accompany them through the other small door, which also has a large space inside. This time, though, the room's color scheme is more pinkish, with purple and other bright hues thrown in for good measure. It appears to be a playground or a dollhouse.
"Oh! Here you are! Come join us!" my mind went blank after seeing another five handsome guys on a pink circular table, two of them are wearing an apron above their shirts. One of them is also wearing pajamas while the other two are wearing formal suits.
Rather than gazing around and admiring all of these gods in front of me, something out of the corner of my eyes caught my attention. The round table is too childish for me, and the food they served is entirely made of plastic, none of which is edible.
I smiled at them awkwardly, since it would be rude of me if I suddenly give them an attitude when in fact they are all smiling at me genuinely. But I couldn't take it anymore, I spoke up and flashed a smile so it wouldn't sound that rude, "A-aren't we too old to play and pretend to eat something that isn't edible?" I asked awkwardly.
I jolted up in shock, my heart skipped a beat and I cleared my throat nervously once the guy with the pink apron suddenly dropped his fake spatula on the table, making a loud thud. My eyes widened when he said, "Aren't you too old to not know how to respect the food being served to you?"
I lost my smile, and got replaced by a shaking lower lip, I even tried to hide my hands behind my back so that the wouldn't notice that I am shaking out of fear right now.
"Jay! You're scaring her... Here, take a seat" one of the guys wearing a suit said, that made me nodded rapidly, as I bowed apologetically to that Jay guy who got mad at me for not respecting the 'food' they served. Then I walked towards the seat, the guy in a suit asked me to sit on and I saw them all sat on their respective seats as well.
"I'm sorry, he's kinda sensitive when someone talks about the food he cooked" the guy beside me, who was wearing pajamas said, as he smiled at me.
This guy beside me made me feel at peace in some way. He appears to be friendlier than anyone else here, despite the fact that they all seemed peculiar to me. I just returned him a smile and turned my attention to the 'meal' in front of me. Is this the type of game they intended me to participate in? Is this what the person in the school uniform said to me before? To engage in a game with bunch of teens but still playing this childish game?
When I looked around, I saw the guy with the suit who encouraged me to sit is now taking a mouthful spoon of the plastic rice that made my eyes widened. "Wait! Don't eat that!"
They all stopped on chewing when I shouted while staring at the plastic fake foods they are munching in their mouths right now. And they are all looking at me confusedly, and the guy who got mad at me earlier is now glaring at me. Seriously? Is this still a kids' play?
"I-it's not g-good to eat plastics..." I said weakly, not so sure if I should say it out loud, since thet all might get mad at me.
Then seconds after hearing no words from them, my head went front, and looked at them once I heard laughter coming from all of them, even the guy who got mad at me and was glaring at me for god knows how long! "W-why are you all laughing?"
"Pfft. Or course we know that! We are going to spit it out, don't worry. We're just playing anyways" the guy with the suit said, as they all put their spoons on top of the table and spit out all the plastic food they chewed.
I nervously laughed with them while nodding my head, growing increasingly uneasy as the time went. I lowered my head and began fiddling with my fingers in an attempt to avoid making eye contact with any of them. But it was this guy beside me, who was wearing a shirt under his purple apron, and I could see his exposed white arms, that drew my attention. My imagination went haywire when I noticed his elbow had a strange knitted line similar to the lines on their necks.
I didn't noticed that while I was staring at those knitted lines, I suddenly scratched my fingers with my nails. "Aww!"
when I looked down to my hands, my index finger is now bleeding. "Let me take care of it" the guy with the purple apron said, as he snatched my left hand and they all looked at my bleeding fingers, as if it is some good sight to see.
"You sure have pretty long nails" one of them said, that made me awkwardly smile. As this purple apron guy took out a bandage from his pocket and put it on my bleeding index finger.
But my awkward smile suddenly vanished and I started feeling nervous again once I heard the guy who said I had pretty long nails says, "Can I have one? Since you have 10 of them" he asked, as it he was some kind of a crazy kid asking for some real human nails, wanting it to be in his possession.
I suddenly pulled out my hand away from the purple apron boy and hide my hands under the table in fear. I stood up straight as I nervously flashed a smile at them, "I-i think I have to go now... I still have classes to go into..."
"Goodbye! Thank you for the time, I enjoyed it!" I lied, since deep inside me, I never enjoyed a single minute being inside this play room. I was about to turn my back and walk towards the way to the exit, but I stopped at my current position when I heard the pajama guy who brought me here, asked,
"Where do you think you're going?"
I was startled at his question, but pretended not to be scared at all by smiling and answering, "T-to my room---" It caused me shivers when I felt a touch on my shoulder from behind, which prompted me to turn at the man who had touched me and was surprised to realize it was the same man who had asked that question before. And when I returned my gaze to the circular table where they had previously sat, my mind went blank as I noticed that the table, as well as the chairs we had been in, had vanished. And all of the guys who were at the table with me are now surrounding me, as if they won't let me leave that easy.
"We welcomed you here, wholeheartedly. You are supposed to do the same" one of the guys said behind my ears that made me moved away from him out of shock.
I almost lost my balance due to desperation I had just to get away from that guy who just whispered strangely behind me. But I didn't fell on the floor, as someone caught me with his arms, I looked up to him and saw him smiling strangely at me, as I gulped when he said, "This is your room now, a room suited for a pretty doll like you"
