☾ ¦ Kitchen

Jieun slid into the kitchen quietly, hoping not to find anyone there. She sighed in relief when she found no one and continued exploring. It wasn't as magnificent as the rest of the castle, but why would it be? The king would never have any reason to enter the kitchens. She re-tied her mask around her face again and started to search for something that might come in useful.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri || Sorry for replying late x( ||

"Probably, the castle might be big but it's never impossible for two people to bump against each other for the second time." Min Jun pointed out about when she said how she thinks he will see the unknown girl once again, finally he fell silent as he listened to her statements towards the people that she know can kill anyone regardless of their ranks at any minute now. "I thought that you had met them formally, I'm sorry for the confusion I had caused." Min Jun said and eventually chuckle, "They're really merciless, to be honest. Well, I mean it's nice to know that someone is willing to kill but not that aggressively. The both of us know that I have the ability to kill anyone anytime but not the aggressive as if you lived to kill." He added and sighed, "Though it's nice to hear that you don't want those kind of people to be with, they're very dangerous just to add."

@♤ ¦ Gwak Min Jun "Ah well I would be pretty pissed off to if my first impression of you was trying to kill me." She said. She then listened to what he had to say about about the girl he met. "ah, well everything's been on the down low lately, I bet you'll see her again." She said. "ah those people I mentioned. I don't know them." She informed him. "I mean, I know there's people out there like that, but they're not with me." She added. "Those are the people I wouldn't want to be with." She said. The only people she has met are people like him. People who don't want to participate in the games.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri A chuckle was released by Min Jun as he listened to her saying that she is not with someone, similar to Min Jun being alone in the supposed to be party. "We're the same but also different in an aspect, I haven't met people yet except for you." Min Jun said as he gave a small smile, "Oh, I have met another girl too but I don't know her name. She just entered the same room as I am and I actually went rude since I pointed my dagger towards her, turns out she's a lady so I brought it down and we talked for not to long. Haven't got her name yet though." He added. Min Jun fell silent as he heard her tell him about her knowledge about the people who can kill at an instant, "Well, I don't think that impossible but that's really cautious." He pointed out.

@♤ ¦ Gwak Min Jun Yuri smiled and shook her head from left to right. "Ah aniyooo." She hummed. She then chuckled a little as she found the image of her coming with someone to be amusing. "But since this game started I met a couple of new people." She told him. "But I do know some people here who would be ready to kill someone in less than a heartbeat." She said. People like that is what made her so scared in the first place, but she's been slowly getting used to it. She's just hoping he can get it over it soon as well.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri "I understand that we're opposite." Min Jun said and chuckled, " I'm more of someone who rather protect the others or my allies first rather than killing someone because my life is in danger." He added with a small smile. "That's kinda a relief nothing bad is happening around yet but it's also saddening at the same time that no one seem to have a clue, means that the king will be really hard to track then." Min Jun stated his opinion, relief but at the same time disappointed. He paused at her question, "No, I did not came here with anyone." Min Jun answered, confidence is an obvious expression in his way of speaking. "How about you? You're here with someone?"

@♤ ¦ Gwak Min Jun Yuri raised an eyebrow. "We're opposite." She simply said. "I would only kill someone if the person was a threat to me, its sad to say but its the truth." She said. She would sometimes question herself if she really had it in her to do it, but she didn't like thinking about stuff like that. She then nodded at what he had to say. "Ah, well I haven't seen anything bad happen here yet, but I haven't seen anyone with a clue either." She pointed out. She then looked up at him. "Did you come to this ball with anyone?"

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri "Well, you're right about me seeing dead bodies more than usual." Min Jun agreed towards her sentence, "Indirectly, you can really say that I have an advantage but it's an advantage that I don't really want to use." He added. "I may had killed someone before during the war but that is because I've been doing it for the country, I can't imaging myself killing because it's for my own safety or assurance." Min Jun soon got up from his position and leaned himself against the chair into a more comfortable stance, "Probably I'm stressed because of a lot of factors, one is that I don't know if there will really come a time that I have to kill someone, two is because I don't know a safe place except for my so-called safe room, and three is because all of these happens too fast I can barely catch up."

@♤ ¦ Gwak Min Jun Yuri nodded and even chuckled a little. "Neh~but you are a soldier. You put your life on the line every single day. You've most likely seen more dead bodies than me." She said after his comment on being a doctor. She then continued. "But yes, what you said about doctors is also true." She then nodded to what he said about the games. "Ah, I guess you have an advantage in this game huh?" She said as he is one of the few who really knew how to fight and kill. "If you had that capability then why are you so stressed?" She asked him thinking about earlier where he couldn't sleep.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri "Well, doctors are considered as healers and one who is capable of drugging someone." Min Jun pointed out as soon as she stated how she's a simple doctor, "Means that you are not just a simple one, if you'll put your knowledge about the human body into application then you'll have a great advantage." He added, "You know, nerves, bones, and stuffs like that. You know which part of the body that once cracked means instant death to the one who got the injured part." Min Jun continued proving that she's not just someone simple, soon he chuckled and put up a small yet friendly smile. "I see, though I could kill whenever necessary. But I'm not saying that I'll kill randomly without basis." Min Jun cleared out.

@♤ ¦ Gwak Min Jun Yuri nodded understanding his situation. "Mmm, well I hope you get some sleep tonight." She said with a soft smile looking at him. She then listened to his question and sighed. "You were in the war, I'm only a simple doctor. You must have experienced more than I ever will." She said looking at him. "It is nothing." She added on more as a statement. She then listened to his answers on his plan for this sick game. "Um I guess you can say both." She said quietly. "I want to help someone find the king, but I have no intention to kill him." She said looking down. She started messing with her fingers. "All I want to do is go home."

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri "Well, you're lucky to have slept. I'm having troubles with that whenever I'm trying to sleep, the only times that I can sleep is when I fell asleep. Other than that if I attempted to sleep I always ended up being awake." Min Jun said and eventually chuckled, soon he let his chin rest on top of the table and released a sigh. "How can you say so that your situations are only nothing?" He asked the moment she finished pointing out something. Min Jun listened to her words and then soon, a chuckle can be heard from him. "I'm not really participating in the games but in a way I can say yes, I just want to go away from this. I don't want to kill the king though I got a reason why I can, I can but I won't though." Min Jun answered, "How about you? Participating in the games or simply just to run from this?" He returned the question to her.

@♤ ¦ Gwak Min Jun Yuri watched as he got up and followed as he set her down in the seat next to him and nodded. "Neh, but I've also slept a lot." She pointed out at him. She then raised an eyebrow as he mentioned he fought in the war. "Compared to what you have been through, my situations were only nothing." She pointed out. She felt bad for him. She felt bad that he fought only to come back home to this. She then nodded, understanding what he meant about the questions, then raised an eyebrow as he mentioned her. She gave a little smile. "ah meeting me isn't important." She pointed out with a little chuckle as she leaned back against her chair. She then sighed. "Since you're looking for clues then I guess that means you're participating in the games then huh?" She asked.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri The actions that she is doing is being watched by him as well as he is listening to her words, slowly taking each and every detail in his mind. As she took a step closer, Min Jun decided to stand up from his seat out of the blue. Soon, he pulled a chair next to the one he was sitting on and pushed the girl down; making her sit on the available chair. When he is assured that the other is already sitting comfortably, he returned to his seat and acted as if nothing happened. "I thought you have to take a sit, you know it's also a way to rest. You seem like you've been through a lot." Min Jun said and eventually let out a chuckle, "It is tough, knowing that I may have survived the war but then as a coming home celebration I had this." He commented, "I know that my room is safe but will you ever meet someone if you stayed there? Can you survive without roaming around the castle even just to look for potential clues? If I had stayed in my room, will I even meet you?" Min Jun shot question by question.

@♤ ¦ Gwak Min Jun Yuri went wide eyed as he started explaining himself to her. She didn't expect him to do that. She didn't expect anyone to do that, especially around here. She finally took one last step forward as they were now only a foot apart. She checked him, there were no weapons, so she felt fine. She then sighed and gave a faint smile. She then lifted up her arm and patter his shoulder. "Its tough isn't it?" She quietly asked looking up at him. She felt bad that he was on edge. Thats how she was in the beginning of the games as well. "I know how you feel." She told him. "But I can assure you that your room is the most safest place here in the castle, especially with the lock on the doors." She added.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri "Look, I got the same idea regarding about sleeping here. Out of all the places, I fell asleep in such a dangerous one where utensils can easily be accessed." Min Jun pointed out his own mistakes, aware that he made such a dangerous action. "I hadn't got a wink of sleep these days and even though I'm in my room, I feel like I'm being watched." He added, telling her half of the reason how he fell asleep. "I stumbled upon here, the kitchen is one of the places that I haven't visited yet and the moment I came here I sat here." Min Jun started telling her and pointed his position. "But I just unconsciously fell sleep, not my fault. I'm really stressed out and I don't have any sleep. Remember I haven't told you even just an estimation of how long I have been there? That's cause I don't even know when I fell asleep. I would give you an almost accurate estimation if I had known." He finished.

@♤ ¦ Gwak Min Jun Yuri blew off the bangs that were that were in front of her face and placed her arms down. "Yuri." She simply said walking closer to him. "You know you shouldn't be here. You could've gotten killed easily while you were sleeping in such an open, public area." She pointed out looking around to see if anyone was there with them. "Why did you decide to sleep in the kitchen anyways?" She questioned him. With the game still ongoing Yuri was somewhat surprised that he slept out in the open.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri The man who just regained his full consciousness watched the other smirk, making Min Jun chuckle towards himself. He just sat there, making himself comfortable while he watched the other's actions. Min Jun can notice how she is observing his appearance and soon eliminating a little chuckle which made him tilt his head a bit, an eyebrow raised because of confusion. He ran a hand across his hair for he sensed that its messy and Min Jun would like to look at least decent in front of a stranger. Soon, a question was raised by her while Min Jun just finished fixing his hair. "Min Jun, Gwak Min Jun. How about yours? Girl who is clenching a rag?"

@♤ ¦ Gwak Min Jun Yuri let out a smirk as he tried joking with her. She then looked down at the rag and let it go, having it drop on the table. 'How come I didn't notice him earlier...?' she thought to herself. She then walked a little closer to him and crossed her arms. She observed his appearance. No blood on him so that was a good sign. His hair was messy, most likely from his sleep, his suit was also a little wrinkled. She chuckled a little. "Got a name sleepy head?" She asked.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri Honestly taken aback, Min Jun gave a chuckle as he leaned himself against the chair much more comfortably as his vision is already clearing out. For the second time, he looked at the other who has a rag clenched in her hand. Min Jun looked out at the window and tried to estimate how many hours he had been asleep, soon his eyes found their way back to the girl who just asked him the question. " Long enough that before I slept no one is clenching on a rag then when I woke up a girl is there clenching a rag." Min Jun answered, not specifically giving out how long he had been asleep for he also have troubles regarding his estimation. "Though kidding aside, I can't give you an estimation since I just fell asleep here. I also have no idea the time I fell asleep." He said.

@♤ ¦ Gwak Min Jun Yuri watched as the boy in front of her was slowly waking up. She watched as he laid his eyes on her, and she noticed how he still had a dizzy gaze as he started rubbing his eyes. While he was rubbing them Yuri wanted to hide, but she already knew she didn't have time to. She tried but her body parts only resisted. Instead she stood straight up and scrunched her eyebrows at him. He didn't seem to mean any harm towards her, but it didn't mean she let her guard down. She clenched the rag she was holding to clean the table and looked at him as he regained his vision. "Yah! How long have you been there?!" She called out at him as he looked at her.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri The sleepless nights and restless days that Min Jun has spent just took impact towards him as he fell asleep in the kitchen, one of which Min Jun is considering a dangerous place. He has his eyes shut close as he kept a steady breathing, a sleeping habit of him ever since he was a kid. Luckily for him, Min Jun has no bad sleeping habits that will make him look stupid while being unconscious. He's just that, sleeping peacefully but then his consciousness is regaining towards him. Min Jun woke up soon after, soon feeling dizzy with a neck that hurts because of the position that he was in earlier.

He supported himself to sit straight as he did the action with his eyes close, soon he opened it slowly and let it adjust to the light. Min Jun bent his head and did some head rotation, hoping it will help him to feel better about his stiff neck. He finally opened his eyes as he let it adjust to the light, Min Jun looked to his right to see the kitchen window, only to realize he's sleeping in a dangerous place but he decided to just let it be. He averted his gaze to the right but then saw a lady who is undeniably young, Min Jun rubbed his eyes to see if he's just have an illusion but then it looks like it's reality. The girl was just staring at him, frozen on her place, which made Min Jun do nothing in return but to stare back.

@♤ ¦ Gwak Min Jun Yuri watched as Ravi left, listening to his side comment. "Aight, don't die while I'm away." he said. Yuri only chuckled. "Yah! I'll be there soon!" as he exited the room. Once Yuri knew he left she leaned against the counter and sighed. She kept thinking about the little piece of paper that she found in the pot. For some reason, even though she didn't want to kill the king, she found it to be very important.

She stayed in that position for awhile as she only wanted to rest for a little, and in time she started moving again. She stuffed everything into the sink and washed the dishes. Once she finished that task she started wiping the table, but while she was cleaning, she noticed a young man. Maybe only a little older than herself. It looked like he was unaware she was there in the same room as him, but even though he looked like he was sleeping Yuri still froze, staring at him.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri Ravi scoffed and shook his head. "Hungry is all~" He explained simply. He shrugged and followed her as she washed the dishes then nodded. "Aight, dont die while i'm away" He grinned as he walked out of the kitchen and to the garden where he would meet her shortly.

@♤ ¦ Ravi Kim "I'm sorry I don't eat like a wolf." She said taking her last bite. She then shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, fresh air I guess." She then got up from her chair and picked up her plate. "and besides, a garden would be pretty to look at." She said with a smile. She put her plate in the sink. "Here, I'll meet you there, let me just clean up my mess." She said as she observed the pigsty she made.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri Ravi chuckled and thought for a moment. "Uh sure I guess" He shrugged then walked over to her to see if she had finished yet. "Your a slow eater" He teased. "Oh, why'd you wanna go there anyways?" He asked curiously since the castle garden seemed like a place that was rarely visited

@♤ ¦ Ravi Kim Yuri scrunched her eyebrows and chuckled a little. "I can see that." She said taking a bite of her food. "Thank you." She said with a nod as he complemented her cooking. She then ate slowly as Ravi was already done. Yuri was thinking about where to go. "Hmm...how about the castle garden?" She asked taking another bite of her food.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri Ravi continued to eat and shook his head. "Aniyo...I'm...Just...hungry" He explained intermittently as he chewed his fod, finally finishing it after a few minutes, pushing his plate back. "Damn your a good cook arent chA?" He asked with a chuckle as he got up and washed his dish, then finished and turned. "I dunno, train or walk around, whatvever" He shrugged carelessly.

@♤ ¦ Ravi Kim As Yuri saw him take down everything she chuckled. "You're like a monster when you eat." She pointed out. As she was eating she just thought about the note. She didn't know what to do with it, but she didn't want to dismiss it completely. "So after this where do we go from there?" She asked.

@♡ ¦ Kwon Yuri Ravi heard the oven ring and his mouth watered as she walked and placed all the deliscious food on the table, grabbing the plate she had handed him hungrily, and filling his plate up with all the food he good, he was really hungry, despite the eggs he had eaten earlier, he felt as if his stomach was empty, probably because he had reduced his diet alot since there was hardly time to eat at the time. "Yah thanks" He said as he sat down, eating his breakfast quickly without looking up.