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he woke up with a bad ache in his right jaw. it took him a moment to register where he was, realizing that he was tied to a chair in the tower he had climbed and unintentionally—kind of—broken into. struggling to get his hands free, he looked and realized:
"what the—" he started, looking at what was tying him down. it was shiny and soft but strong, glittering almost.
"hair?"
he was confused.
"don't try anything, choi yeonjun—and yes, i know who you are," yeji warned from behind him. he tried to crane his neck to see her but it wasn't working—and it made the pain feel worse. she was trying to be intimidating, but that too was not working.
"crap," she said, getting a glimpse at his cheek, still behind him so he couldn't see her. yeji winced like it was her face. "i have a hell of a swing. sorry—i didn't mean to hit you that hard."
"sure you didn't," he scoffed, "be a sweetheart and untie me."
then he realized the most important thing to him at the moment was missing.
"my bag," he said, his voice darkening. "where is it?"
she may not do a good job doing the intimidating, but she does a great job of not cowering under the intimidating. it might've been in her blood.
"somewhere," yeji replied, walking in front of him, her long silver hair dragging behind her. he couldn't help but think it was beautiful. and as he got a full look of her face, he couldn't help but think she was beautiful in general. like an angel even—if she was wearing a white dress instead of a lavender one.
she didn't know what it was—the gold ring encrusted with shining jewels that seemed to glow even in the darkness of the room. but it looked important.
"you can tear this tower brick by brick and i swear to you—you will never find your precious shiny thing."
never mind, she's a witch.
"you mean crown?"
"whatever," she dismissed, "my point is that you won't find it without my help."
yeonjun sighed.
"i guess i have no choice."
yeji watched him close one of his eyes and lift half of his mouth upwards.
"..."
"what was that?"
"seriously?!" he exclaimed, "how have you not fallen me yet?!"
