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Hours passed in the blink of an eye as I stared at the pink room's ceiling. I've had bad luck my entire life, so it's no surprise that this is happening to me now. I'm exhausted and hungry at the same time. There's no edible food here, Are they going to starve me to death?
When someone knocked on the door from the outside, I dragged myself out of bed and strolled over to the door to open it, without caring who it was. In any case, I'm going to die anyway so it doesn't matter if it's a monster or not. When I twisted the doorknob open, I was greeted by a handsome man dressed in a suit. Sunghoon, I assumed his name was. These guys are extraordinarily attractive, but they're also terrifying.
"Food is ready" food? are they going to eat the inedible fake foods again!? And why do they only have three clothes in here anyway! The prince uniform, this suit and their pajamas!
"No thanks. I have no appetite today" I lied even if my stomach is now pleading to be fed its hunger.
I was about to turn my back and close the door but then he stopped me from further doing so by blocking the door with his arms and said, "The food is real now"
When I glanced at him, he didn't appear to be lying. I wasn't in a position to reject them, and I was starving at the time, so I swiftly walked past him and toward the other guys. And there they were, sitting at the same circular table where we had met the day before. The same obnoxious table. With a dejected expression on my face, I sighed and returned my gaze to Sunghoon.
"What!? That's the only table we have! At least the food is real now" he retorted and walked towards the guys then he sat in between Heeseung and Jay.
I heaved a deep sigh of disappointment and followed him. I sat on the empty seat that was beside Sunoo and the youngest one here, Niki. When I looked down to the table, I was relieve to see that the food is finally real and edible.
"Help yourself" Jay said as he placed a plate in front of me. I looked at all the foods that they served in the round table, and one thing I asked to myself that I didn't noticed I said out loud, "Is this my last meal before I die?"
They were all staring at me at the same time, definitely hearing what I was saying. I stared at them with a shocked expression on my face; I was on the verge of giving up, and my mind was so consumed with the prospect of my imminent death that I didn't realize I'd stated what I'd been thinking out loud.
They all laughed to what I said, "You're not gonna die, well not yet" Jake said as he shrugged.
I knew it, even if I play with them or refuse not to, the only ending I'll face is death.
"If I play with you guys, will you send me home after that?" I asked, looking down at the plate in front of me.
"Why? Do you even want to go outside when the real world is too cruel for someone like you?"
"you're lucky, you have 7 handsome guys in your view before you die" the guy beside me which is the youngest said.
"Well at least the real world do not force me to play something so childish---" I didn't had the chance to finish what I'm supposed to say, because I was taken aback and was surprised when someone hit the table so loud that made us all stop from whatever we're doing.
I looked up to the guy who did that, and saw an angry man glaring at me as if I had said something wrong that made him act like that. I almost forgot, this guy is too sensitive, tsk.
"We are giving you a new home, food, and company. But we never hear the word thanks from you" I saw Jay's eyes looking like he wanted to burn me into ashes, too different to how his helpless eyes look when I saw him crying last night.
Maybe, I was just really dreaming that time. Jay isn't the type of person who will cry, well based from his looks and how he always acts in front of me. I looked away, and mumbled weakly, "I never asked for you to do that."
Which I quickly regretted as he abruptly grabbed my wrist and gripped it tightly, causing me to flinch. The other guys were astounded as well, and they attempted but failed to stop Jay and calm him down.
"Do you even know why you're here?!" He asked, in a loud tone, almost yelling.
I used every ounce of power I had to force his hands away from my wrist, since if he kept gripping it too tightly, it would inevitably bruise. This guy, on the other hand, is a force to be reckoned with. My strength pales in comparison to his.
"You're here because the secret door opened for you" he said, that made me stopped from trying to get his hand away from my wrist. I looked up at him and as I did that, he slowly released his grip away from my wrist.
"The secret door will never open, unless you really wanted to leave the real world behind. And was ready to live in a new one"
I was so perplexed by what he was saying that I was left speechless as he explained why I was here. True, I'm alone, and I've felt more, more so since moving into my apartment. But I never wanted to leave the world behind!
I cleared my throat nervously when he suddenly leaned closer to me, enough to level his face to mine. "You. We didn't forced you to open the door and get inside here"
"You, on purpose, came on your own" he added, as the corner of his lips arched into a smirk.
"Because we're only here waiting." He stood up straight, and behind him stood the rest of the guys, all of whom shared Jay's expression, as he continued... "For someone to play with us."
