㈠ mei lan

@✸┊jin ryujin ᵇ Seulgi looked at the other when she remembered her drawing in the wall, the hybrid could really tell this place really is familiar to her. She kept looking around and saw a drawing of a father and a daughter holding hands together, it was not from Ryujin's but it came from her when she was just a little girl. "This drawing... I remember this when I was little, my dad brought me here!" Seulgi told her with a huge smile on her face, "My dad told me I got lost in Meilan before and she found me here! While I was waiting for him, I drew this as I was hoping for him to found me." She told her about the drawing on the wall.

@✸┊jin ryujin ᵇ Yeji looked at the other when she jumped out of her car, she felt irritated by the other's action and quickly grabbed ryujin by the hair. "where do you think you're going sissy? we are in our destination now." She told her and quickly throws her arms around her so she wouldn't let go of her, she smirked at her and they start walking towards her little bar. Yeji's bodyguards are already in frint of the entrance before looking at her step sister." You shouldn't be running away from me, little sis. Our dad told me to keep an eye on you because you are his cutiepie." The leader smirks and pinches ryujin's cheek and went inside the bar where she lead her sister to a vip room where they are just the two of them. Yeji sat on a couch and forces her sister to sit as well before a waiter served them bottles of alcohols.

@混血┊kang seulgi ʰ when Seulgi moved to hold her hand, her cheeks immediately became red once more. the beta was attracted to her, she did not deny it to herself. but the older woman was wrapped up in the mystery and she did not want to give in just yet. when they entered the building, the memories overwhelmed her. she hesitantly let go of her hand and reached to squat down. there was a lose wooden board and with the right pressure it came out. ryujin took out a small box and blew off the dust. her eyes moved up at the wall with the butterflies and she nod head. 'I was six when I did that.'

@✸┊jin yeji ᵇ when the other moved the car the wrong way, ryujin felt her heart start to pace up. she gulped down her saliva as she looked out of the window. 'I want to go home.' was a small whisper that she left as the other kept mentioning her step mother. her step mother was no better than yeji. when the car stopped, Ryujin held onto the bag and she was ready to sprint, to get away from the threatening beta. her hands clutched the bag in her arms, eyes darting from side to side. as soon as yeji parked the car, ryujin jumped out of the car and began to walk away. suddenly, she felt the pain in her hair, her head yanked back. 'ah!' she yelled out.

@✸┊jin ryujin ᵇ She looked at the Jin wolf before she slowly yet hesitantly holds her hand, "I'm sorry to hear that." Seulgi apologizes before looking at the building before they start to walk inside the premises. The hybrid never know about the Meilan's situation but sure enough, there are still areas that are unoccupied no matter how traditional the city can be than Hangshui and Jiashi, once they went inside they see graffities on every walls they could find and went to the upper floors. From the back of her mind, something tells her that this place is very familiar with her, even though Ryujin had once got here with her mom. She looked around to see a certain wall with a painting of butterflies with it, she already knew who made it. Seulgi pointed the painting and said, "Is that your artwork? It's so beautiful!" She complimented and went closer to it.

@✸┊jin ryujin ᵇ the leader chuckled and automatically locks the door of her car so the other wouldn't try to escape, "i believe you can't forget anything, i know you always prepared things you are trying to bring, dear sissy." she stirs the wheel to the left indicating that they are indeed in a wrong way home. "have you tried to drink alcohols? my mother once told me that alcohol can completely change you into a woman." yeji told her as she keeps driving to the wrong directions, she swerved to the other side, to the direction of her small pub. not many people knows about yeji owning a pub at a young age, she sure manipulates people a lot regardless meilan is a free city.

@✸┊jin yeji ᵇ when the female commanded her to get in, an invisible tug suddenly made her sit inside. 'this is bad.' it was the first thing the beta thought as soon as her nostrils were filled with yeji's scent. she moved away from the other, sitting closer to the door than the older female. her hands held tightly onto the bag she was holding, creating creases in the wrapping. as soon as she noticed what she was doing, the female shook her head out of the small daydream she had, planning how to escape. she tried to compose herself before turning head and smiling. 'ah! I remembered that I forgot something! can you please let me out in the nearest bus stop?' the female tired to act as brave as she could.

@✸┊jin ryujin ᵇ instead of showing a frown look that would satisfy a bit on her step sister, she chuckles and looked at the stuffs she got on both arms, "come on, ryujinnie. you might get your arms torn off on how heavy those things are." then she patted the passenger seat gently. "i'm serious on giving you a ride." and uses her power to command her in her last words, "get in." those words echoed inside the younger jin to follow through and she did before closing the door and starts driving. yeji wouldn't care if she will take her home but now that she's inside her car, she would do something awfully fun for her, "our dad would be sad if you got home late because of the traffic here, i know the shortcuts here." she smirked at her.

@✸┊jin yeji ᵇ ryujin loved to escape the horrible life and wander around Mei Lan. sure, her step sister, the one, who hated her guts, were the new president yet she could not feel uncomfortable being in her home. Mei Lan was her home more than lanling ever was. she visited the city to get the art supplies. it was a small break from the university, the national celebration was coming up. the Fenrir academy sent their students back home to celebrate with their beloved ones after the exams. so the beta had decided to finally stock up her drawers with more brushes. after getting what she wanted, the female took a road to the bus station. she hummed a song, happy in her own world before the car stopped. her eyes slowly moved to look at the vehicle, the window being rolled down. she saw her step sister, offering her a ride. 'it would end bad, just ignore. her.' the smaller one whispered and looked down, her hair covering her face with hair as she slowly continued her way.

@混血┊kang seulgi ʰ she was still clad in her army gear yet it was more comfortable than it brought her uncomfortable feeling. when the leader parked her car, the beta left the vehicle as well. her black boots met with the warm ground, being surrounded by the grass. the beta stretched her arms above her head and closed eyes for a while. it was a rather nice weather, compared how it was in lanling few days ago. when seulgi's soft voice broke the silence, ryujin opened eyes and nod head. 'there are a lot. since most of the wolf families returned to their respective packs, like my family or they died.' her expression became gloomy for a bit, changing into a smiling one, once more.

@✸┊jin ryujin ᵇ driving along the road with her lovely ride, yeji couldn't think of what to do after she passed all the work to xuan lu. the right hand woman had told her she's fine with it so yeji put all the paper works on her as her brain couldn't keep up with the literatures inside those papers. when she was about to go to the small pub she owned, she saw the glimpse of one of the least people she would run into. ryujin. the meilan leader couldn't help but to smirk and slowly stirs the wheel and keeps the pace with the younger jin, she puts a shades on to cover herself as being a leader, some of the meilan people don't know a very young girl would take control of the city. "going somewhere, little sissy?" she teased as she greeted ryujin with a sly smile, "seems you just finished your school, how about you hop on my car and take you where you wanted?" she invited and opened her passenger seat beside her.

@✸┊jin ryujin ᵇ[h] When Ryujin pointed where the destination is, she stirs the wheel to the left and they went to the abandoned road, before she looked at the building in front of them. "Is this the one?" She asked before the other nodded, Seulgi couldn't help but to smile as the other is sure to know the building a lot. They get off from the car and they start to walk inside the building, "I never knew despite Meilan's peaceful places, there are still buildings that are abandoned in this area." She muttered.

@混血┊kang seulgi ʰ the female did not believe that the leader had memorised the way there. it was a brief talk. ryujin was amazed by seulgi's brain. she could never. her eyes moved over the familiar landscape, the cherry blossoms were in the full bloom. the female rolled down the window and tried to catch the petals. her hair was messed up by the wind, but she did not care. her heart was full with happiness to finally return home. her eyes sparkled as she looked at the leader. 'there!' she pointed at the abandoned road on their left.

@✸┊jin ryujin ᵇ[h] () imma take it here where we left off yesterday

Seulgi takes the Jin beta to her new car and drives to Meilan where she told the other where she used to be alone in one place that only she and her mother knows. While Seulgi is stirring the wheel and looks at the stoplights they see, she asked the beta, "So, which way is it?" then she looked at the beta. One sniff, she suddenly realized that her hunters were following in a very far distance, maybe securing the leader's safety. She shrugged it off and smiled at the beta.

@混血┊kim taeyeon Xuan Lu eyes widen and nods happily, she let out a soft chuckle and gently hold onto Taeyeon hand, she is really happy to meet an old friend once again. She felt that she has been really lucky, seeing her old friends one by one coming back to Meilan, everyone is still doing well! "I will call you taeyeon~ hehe how have you been? Does people bully you often because of your eyes? If..If you are not rushing.. do you want to hang out together?"

@人┊xuan lu taeyeon smiles and puts her index finger on her lips, "shhh, please don't tell anyone about my real name." she worries a lot that people who had known her will track her down someday, but she let her unravel the truth about her. "i have long buried that name, but i hope you understand." she told her as she looked at her.

@混血┊kim taeyeon Xuan Lu eyes widen when she heard what Taeyeon said. Taengoo isn't a guy? She must have definitely remembered wrongly but she does remember the other, her eyes widen when she heard a familiar nickname from last time! "Yes yes! Xiaoyu!" She remembered Taengoo was someone who finds it hard to say the word Lu so they settled on Yu and it was a really unique nickname. "Y-You are taengoo!" her eyes sparkle with happiness, really hopeful that she found her long lost friend once again. "It's me! Xiaoyu! I-'m sorry- I always thought you were a guy because you were really strong! Woah! You are now a beautiful lady!"

@人┊xuan lu taeyeon heard the other mentioning her former name, then she remembers her childhood friend from before, all the trauma she got, she must have forgotten that she has a friend in meilan. and the other even thought she was a boy, is that how people identify her? a boy? taeyeon shakes her head and looks at the other, "taengoo was not a boy, she dressed whenever she wanted to." she told her and smiles a bit. "xiaoyu, hope you remember that nickname." she told her old nickname on her.

@混血┊kim taeyeon Her eyes widened when she saw her heterochromia eyes. It reminds her of her friend last time, it was a guy friend that she met when she was younger. She remembers the guy sharing that he was from somewhere far away and does not stay in Meilan. When she went home that day, she asked her mama why do the boy have mixed eyes colour, her mama explained that they are different and is mixed. She gently reached out to Taeyeon and gently hold her hands to calm her down. "Hey Taeyeon, don't worry. Your eyes are really beautiful! Reminds of me of a guy friend when I was much younger! His eyes were the same too! His name was Taengoo! My mum used to say that they have it really hard and will often have to hide... Don't worry! In Meilan, everyone is accepted." She let out a warm smile, thinking of how is Taengoo doing right now, hopefully, her friend isn't bullied by other people outside now.

@人┊xuan lu when she finished washing her face, she rinsed on it before she starts to noticed her purse not carrying it. "ah , i forgot." she cursed. but when she was about to close the faucet, taeyeon heard the washroom door open before looking at xuan lu holding her purse. she smiled and takes the purse gently, unaware for a few moments that her heterochromia eyes were exposed, "t-thank you, i always forgot things to bring a bit." she then chuckles and realized she's not wearing her shades. she quickly looked away, "don't look!" she starts to panic a bit and gets her shades.

@混血┊kim taeyeon She smiled brightly and nods, agreeing that Jiashi has really nice food too. "I would often go to Jiashi during my off days to eat as well, it's nice to learn more about the various food from everywhere!" She felt really happy when she saw Taeyeon eating happily, she always like it when others are happy after they eat, of course, if she has the time, she could invite Taeyeon to her restaurant one day to try her food too. She nods when Taeyeon excusing herself to the washroom. She looked at the table and noticed that her purse is there. "Oh no! She might need it". She immediately took her purse and run towards the washroom.

@人┊xuan lu taeyeon looked at the foods and nodded at the other with a small smile, "i have tried meilan cuisine before, they are delicious as the foods from jiashi." she told the other before she takes a pair of chopsticks and starts to try the foods, as much as she is hungry, she needs to remind herself with the proper etiquette when eating. she hummed in delight and nodded her head, "this is good," she told before looking at the clock. "ah right, will you excuse me? i had to go to the restroom real quick." taeyeon excused herself before walking to the restroom and went to the sink, removing her shades and looked at the mirror. she looked at her blue-brown eyes as she remembered what had happened to her from before, she sighed and shakes her head before she decided to wash her face a bit, forgetting her purse left on the table.

@混血┊kim taeyeon Xuan Lu let out a soft smile when she says that the tea is nice. She is glad that the other likes it, not everyone likes flower tea but it's definitely one of her favourite tea. She gently put the files nicely in her bag before taking some of the food, taking the food. "I will bring the file back to my leader, Jisung and I will bring it back to you after." she smiles softly and put some food in front of Taeyeon.
"You can try a little, these are some really good Meilan food. I love them myself. Or would you like something warm? I can ask them to make something warm too." she smiles warmly.

@人┊xuan lu the hybrid looked at her before the waitress served them a sweet aroma of tea, xuan lu asked her to try the tea and she didn't refuse as she gently takes it and sips a bit of it. taeyeon isn't a fan of tea but she had tasted some from lisa, the flower tea that they serve is a soothing one. she gently put down the cup before looking back at the other, "the tea tastes good." she complimented the waitress and smiled at her before looking at the files she gave to xuan lu, "yes, it is better for the leader to read the files first then you can sign them for approval." she explained before the other waitress serves them foods, she gulped a bit at how hungry she is as she looked at the food.

@混血┊kim taeyeon Xuan Lu gently waved towards the staff and shakes her head slightly, to tell them that there is no need to adjust the lights. She nods her head gently, agreeing to what the other had to say. Indeed Hangshui is definitely more technology savvy but they are not wolf friendly. Xuan Lu took the file and gave it a short read while she sips onto the flower tea that was brought in by the waitress. "Try the tea, is really nice. You must be tired after the journey here." she mumbles before gently closing the files after giving it a quick read. "Would you like me to bring back to my leader? Or is it okay for me to sign them?"

@人┊xuan lu "ah, that would be unnecessary." taeyeon told her gently before shaking her head a little. when she listened to the meilan prime minister, she nodded with a small smile, agreeing to the fact that meilan and jiashi are the only cities that accepts both humans and wolves in general. "not much of technologically advanced, hangshui is the top of technologically advanced cities. we are only adapting to modernism and the present culture." she told her, "jiashi is a city of balance, we equally accept wolves and humans as long as they know the rules around, we are apprehend those unjust whenever crisis comes." the hybrid then gets the files that the prime minister needs to sign to make more connections between two cities. "since miss manoban, the leader of jiashi, has some important things to do. i will be the one to substitute her during press conferences or any events that meilan has in regards of keeping wolves, humans and hybrids live in harmony." she smiled a bit and slides the file to her.

@混血┊kim taeyeon "Nice meeting you, Miss Taeyeon." she let out a warm smile and looked at her as she sat down. Taeyeon seemed to be in a rush, is her eyes hurting? "I'm sorry, I saw that you are wearing glasses, is it too bright for you? Should I ask them to dim down the lights?" She gently gestured for the waitress and asked she could dim the lights a little. She then looked at Taeyeon with a gentle smile, "I heard so many good things about Jiashi and have been to the city around. It's really nice to see that you guys are technologically advanced yet accepting of both wolves and humans."

@人┊xuan lu the hybrid walks her way to the place where she will be meeting the meilan official, it was xuan lu, the prime minister of meilan. taeyeon smiled at her and nodded as she she instructed her to sit which she obliges, "it is nice to meet you in person, miss xuan lu." she responded before she was asked if she was hungry. as much as taeyeon wanted to eat, she wanted the meeting to be over soon as her eyes are still not wearing contacts. "well, i have eaten a bit but... i wanted to be in a straight subject that matters between our cities."

@混血┊kim taeyeon Xuan Lu was holding her precious little notebook as she was reading through the notes that she learnt about Jiashi, making sure that she does not say the wrong things and to be able to hold a good conversation with the second in command in Jiashi. She remembered reading a book, saying that her name is Taeyeon but there isn't much information other. She should really try to get to know the other before diving into the deeper topics. She asked the kitchen to make some nice yet warm food, knowing that the journey here the other might not have eaten much. "Some warm flower tea as well, thank you".

She immediately got up when she saw a lady walking in. Reaching her hand out to gently shake her hand. "Hello, I am Xuan Lu, the prime minister also known as the second in command for Meilan. Nice to meet you. Have a seat, I have ordered some nice simple food and got some flower tea for us. Have you eaten?" She blinked as the other was wearing shades in the room. Are her eyes hurting? Hopefully, the room she got is not too bright or too dark that hurts the other eyes. Maybe she could ask after they know each other more.

@人┊xuan lu taeyeon had woken up late as she had been busy taking out the papers for lisa to fill out, she's been researching as well for the new establishments on jiashi as new businessmen are there to own the property. it wouldn't take long when she heard her phone rings and heard that the prime minister of meilan had been waiting for the meeting which is today. she starts scramming off her desk, "oh --" taeyeon then starts to get to her bathroom and take a quick bath before she picks a decent uniform to please the meilan official. she blow dry her hair and applies light make up on face before taking her purse with her, her chauffeur was waiting for her, the second-in-command then rushed to the car and let the driver drives her to the border of the meilan and jiashi. although their cities accepts wolves, hunters and hybrids, they are still different with their beliefs.

jiashi wanted balance between the rights of wolves, humans and hunters while meilan is the city of freedom and acceptance. when taeyeon was going to text the meilan official, she saw her eyes weren't on contacts, this made the hybrid panicked, she forgot to wear contacts. soon they will reveal the hybrid's pair of heterochromia hues. when the driver announced that they are arriving the area, taeyeon nodded and wears her shades and walked out of the car when they arrived. there are cameras everywhere, news wanting to see the jiashi second-in-command's face, she kept her cool and went inside the facility where the meilan official is.