( On this chapter, everything its happening at the same time ,ok) Enjoy!!!!

[NO ONE P.O.V]

‘BANG BANG! BANG BANG!’

‘TING TING TING!’

Those sounds echoed all over the Palace’s Bridge as the couple fought against the bandits’ hordes. Swords clashing, bullets crossing the air, yes… this was war scenery. Yet, even within a tense and dangerous environment, the two lovers couldn’t help to find this situation perfect for a bet. So there were them, defeating every standing bandit. Here was the scene.

Tiffany wore a smug grin as she slashed countless enemies turning them into a dust once her blade crossed their bodies. Feeling confident, she counted while feeling bored:

“98, 99, 100! HA! Did you saw that, Jessie?! I passed your limit!”

The gunner heard her cocky remark as he just smirked and kept shooting:

“Oh really? 97, 98, 99… hmm… darn it…”

He muttered the last part sulkily; he simply couldn’t lose for his love interest. Only God knows how much he loved this girl; yet he was very aware of her competitive nature. No wonder since this bet was her idea. Then, while the eye-smiling warrior placed her sword atop her right shoulder, she cocked her head forward, speaking into a tantalizing tone:

“So… I guess I won… am I ri--!!!” “BANG BANG!”

Before she could end her remark, her eyes widened and she jolted once Jesse surprised her. He managed to raise his guns abruptly and shoot behind her, turning two bandits in dust as he spoke cockily with a cheeky grin, leaning his face close to hers:

“100, 101… so… what were you saying?”

She blew the offending strand of hair of her face while looking up to the see Jesse’s cocky smile; she couldn’t help to frown sulkily at his teasing expression. Tiffany crossed her arms and looked away to hide her blush due to their proximity and his damn charming smile. Then, she bit her inner cheek and added grumpily, still looking down:

“It was a stupid bet anyway…”

Suddenly, Jesse chuckled due to her sulky semblance which was too cute to bear. Nonetheless, he took a step closer, placed his hands on her arms, thumbing gingerly as he spoke quietly, with a tint of amusement in his tone:

“I am sorry, my dear. But I have to disagree. Actually… this bet was pretty fun and the prize… is even better…”

“Prize? What prize?”

The brunette shot the question in confusion as she creased her eyebrows while looking up at him. When their eyes met, Jesse was no longer smiling cockily, but lovingly as his eyes showed only his tenderness and love. A sudden blush crept in her cheeks as her heart pounded loudly under her chest. Although she felt shy, Tiffany enjoyed this foreign feeling a little too much; the feeling of be loved and wanted, not from anyone… but from Jessi. That moment she felt his hand clasping on her chin, she swore that her fast heartbeat doubled the pace as her stomach was making somersaults nonstop.

Dragged by his intense and gentle stare, she was mesmerized and dumbfounded while thinking: “How could I be so stupid all this time? He – He is… amazing…” Jesse chuckled when Tiffany’s eyes fluttered close as she waited for his next step. He nibbled his lip and caressed her face endearingly with the back of his fingers as he started to close the gap between them…

‘BOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!’

They quickly withdrew in surprise when they heard another explosion and more screams coming from the south. Soon, they looked to themselves and both sighed in discontentment as they dipped their heads down. It was when Jesse reached her chin again to get her attention; once they locked a deep stare, he grinned warmly and thumbed her cheeks while saying earnestly:

“I will claim my prize later… just for the record…”

Tiffany couldn’t help to giggle and blush as she reached his hand and intertwined their fingers. Then, she added into a flirty tone:

“And I will be looking forward…” This simple sentence was enough to make the gunner flush as he just smiled goofily at her. When she gave a gentle squeeze in his hands, they exchanged a lovingly smile as they finally rushed to the south.

However, they wouldn’t ever imagine that the entire time, they were being watched. A pair of shocked eyes watched the pair leave as it was visible the loving aura around them. The person dropped the head down while uttering with a broken semblance:

“It looks like you've won, Jung… Her heart never was mine… since the beginning…”

Siwon looked down feeling lost as the pair’s kisses replayed in his mind. He sadly dragged himself around the Palace’s bridges very aware that as much he tried to fight against… he knew he couldn’t break their relationship… much more when he was totally sure… that Tiffany always loved Jessi instead of him without any doubt. Their love was mutual and now, there was nothing he could do to stop it anymore…

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[NO ONE P.O.V]

“YARRRGHHH! TAKE YOUR NASTY HANDS OF MY GIRLFRIEND!”

The blonde and angry danshin shouted as he swiftly shoot his arrows on his well… girlfriend’s attackers. Talking about her, Sunny was ecstatic as she shrieked in happiness while slaying more bandits with her double spear, displaying her ultimate aegyo:

“Awww am I your girlfriend already? I don’t remember of you asking me before…”

The archer was flustered right away with her remark as he looked aside and muttering coyly: “Well … I – I intend to… SUNNY! WATCH OUT!”

“Wha—TAE?! HELP!”

His blood was drained of his face when he saw another round of bulky and strong bandits corning Sunny. He started to shoot his arrows desperately, but their armor was too hard. He gritted his teeth and become more despaired once he saw her struggling to fight with another round of bandits:

“TAE!”

“YA! I NEED TO HELP HER! DAMN IT! IF ONLY I HAD MORE STRONG ARROWS!”

As if his bracelet heard his request; the object glowed on nonstop into a green light until the light flashed him blindly. He shielded his eyes from the blinding light, once it ceased, he blinked his eyes in shock to see two crossbows in his hands. TaeYeon stared the weapons in awe as he spoke like a child which received a Christmas gift:

“Haha, cool! Speed and Strength! Just what I need!”

Then, he frowned as a smug grin crept in his lips and shouts:

“NOW YOU GONNA REGRET TO MESS WITH MY BUNNY!!! YAAAAA!!!”

Each time he pulled the trigger, 3 arrows were shot at the same time while piercing on the enemy’s body directly. After another round of arrows, the only thing which surrounded them was just a dark dust from the defeated bandits. Sunny was agape with his display of protection and heroism. So, he smiled goofily at her as lowered his arms, letting her walk to his encounter. The crossbows returned to his bracelet and when he was about to speak to his stunned ‘girlfriend’, he was pleasantly shocked when the cheerful bunny pulled for a chaste kiss making fluttered his eyes in excitement.

Before he could answer the stunning and passionate kiss, he was left dumbfounded and dizzy as Sunny cheerfully spoke proudly:

“Awww my hero… OF COURSE I ACCEPT TO BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND!”

“Hehehehehe…” The blonde archer laughed in embarrassment as he looked down timidly, which was a very rare sight. He scratched the back of his neck while Sunny pinched his cheeks affectionately and making him blush. When his laughter subsided, he grasped her hands gently and stared deeply into her eyes as he planted a tender peck in her plump lips. Once they parted, both of them smiled and blushed to each other as he spoke honestly:

“I am really happy to know that…”

Before they could be lost in their own world, they were interrupted by explosions sounds and people screaming. It didn’t take too much as TaeYeon saw a familiar couple running by the Palace’s bridge:

“Look! It’s Jeshe and Ppany! Let's help them!” Sunny nodded and became amazed once the dorky boy reached her hand and smiled. The blush remained still on their cheeks as they stared to each other tenderly. Together, they dashed to the Bridge and proceed with their plan.

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[YOONG P.O.V]

“Love’s problems?” I heard SooYoung-hyung whispering at me while I watched Seohyun from afar with a pompous guy all over of her. I tensed my jaw in jealousy as I nodded weakly not removing my eyes from her; SooYoung hummed and stumbled his head forward. After a moment in silence, I muttered hopelessly:

“Am I that obvious?” He chuckled and I frowned, feeling annoyed. Once I looked at him, he placed a hand on my shoulder, speaking nonchalantly:

“Kinda… but honestly… can I ask you something?”

“Yeah… go ahead…” I mumbled weakly as he continued:

“What are you waiting for?” “Huh?!” I stared at him quizzically as he shook his head and added: “Yoong…We only get to know each other after this crazy journey started, still you are my dongsaeng, so I must warn you as a friend… Don’t you think that you should make your move?”

My eyebrows creased in confusion with his words as I pressed on: “What do you mean?”

A grin lingered on his lips as a gleam consumed his eyes. His smile widened as he kept staring forward, I followed his glance and I raised my browns in surprise to see my sister. He was staring at her in a different look, if I didn’t know him, I could swear that I saw his loving stare. After a while, he turned to me and smiled dejectedly as he spoke into a defeated tone:

“Don’t make the same mistake I did once… Don’t waste time… if you feel something for her… you must go for it!”

His words piercing on my mind like a sharp sword. Man… it was when I realized… He was right; I couldn’t wait for her to slip from my hands and then, make a move. I shot my eyes to her and I gasped to see that pompous guy pulling her hand to the dance floor as she shyly accepted. Arghhh that scene was making my blood boil, who the hell he thought he was?! Out of sudden, the regent Jyp passed by us as I stopped him abruptly. His semblance was confused, so I asked seriously at him while my eyes remained on SeoHyun:

“Regent… can you kindly tell me who is that guy over there… with SeoHyun?”

I had to refrain my tone since the scene was maddening me deeply. He stared at me and then, gave a hearty laughter, explaining:

“Oh, he is Prince YongHwa. He is famous for being a remarkable warrior and gentleman.”

Warrior, huh? Hhmph, not with those tight pants… When I was about to thank him, I was startled when Soo hyung blurted into a pissed off mode:

“What the hel---!!! Who is that guy and what the hell he is doing with Yuri?!”

The regent stifled a laughter since he noted hyung’s tension. So he carefully adds:

“He is Prince TaecYeon. Another remarkable warrior from our neighbor kingdom… if you excuse me, I must go now; I hope I could help you, brave warriors.” The regent waved as he quickly left us and I nodded thankfully. Meanwhile, hyung’s face wasn’t getting better as he gritted his teeth with a dark semblance:

“Prince?! Prince my a---!” “HYUNG!”

I rapidly shushed him due to his outburst as I widened my eyes. Yet, without looking at me, he tensed his jaw as he spoke earnestly without remove his eyes from my sis:

“Don’t forget what I said, Yoong… Now, if you excuse me… I need to solve something…and follow my own advice…”

He muttered something in the end, but I couldn’t catch it. So he narrowed his eyes to the so called prince who was smiling and flirting with my sister. Before I could stop hyung, he was faster than the wind as he blended among the crowd to my sis’s direction… Oh boy, this wasn’t good…

Once I stared at them again, my heart ached, I couldn’t lose SeoHyun… Aish, just after I found out my feelings for her, this guy popped from nowhere trying to snatch her away from me… No way! I wouldn’t let this happen! Even with my heart clenching while seeing them talking nonchalantly, I made my mind as I took a deep breath. Well, here I come. Taking steps to her spot, nothing could stop me now; I would tell her what I really felt. So, everything was doing fine… until I stumbled into someone, precisely a girl… I am so clumsy!

“Oh my God, I am so sorry!”

“That’s fine, brave warrior. You are very kind.”

The lady softly spoke while I helped to set herself. She smiled warmly at me and gave her hand with a shy expression:

“Hello, I am Victoria.” I smiled in embarrassment as I took her hand gently and shook it. Also, introducing myself:

“I am Yoong, nice to meet you.”

[NO ONE P.O.V]

The swordsman found himself chatting and appreciating the presence of this elegant and beautiful lady. However, he was totally unaware of a pair of sad eyes staring at him with a hurt expression…

“Yoong-oppa…”

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[SOOYOUNG P.O.V]

What th’hell this guy it’s trying to do with Yuri?! I know I shouldn’t be that angry, but I am! I mean, we are just friends… still… why am I feeling that way? It hurts me to see with another guy. She was smiling and chatting happily with him when suppose to be me! My heart cracked at the sight. Her eyes were glimmering while talking with that gorilla prince, how can she find this guy attractive?! I mean… look at those ears! Ahh come on!

I huffed loudly trying to contain myself, but I knew I was failing. Why it hurt so much? Why couldn't I stop thinking on her? I couldn't bear this; I wanted to be the one there with her, not him! I frowned sadly, she looked so happy with him… Was I that oblivious? Was she happier with him… than me? Why Yuri? Why? Aish why was I so stupid and let her run away from me in first place? I did want to stop her, but my throat was dry and my legs got stuck on the ground. Man, I was helpless… I was such loser around her…

Once I looked up again, I gaped in shock… that Taec-guy pulled for a dance and they were dancing really close! Arghhhh you messed with the wrong guy, monkey! Feeling my blood boiling inside of me, I couldn’t take it anymore. I marched to them furiously; I knew that I was getting some attention due to my expression, like I care! I stared at them piercingly and when that guy was about to make his move, I quickly snatched Yuri from his grip speaking into my harsh tone with my gritted teeth:

“She is with me, pal…” He gave me a confused stare as Yuri tried to set herself free from my grip in her wrist:

“Soo! What are you doing?! Let me go!”

I stared at her seriously as I saw her shocked expression, then I looked back to that prince as he spoke annoyingly:

“I am sorry, but it looks like the lady doesn’t want to come with y—“

“Mind on your business, monkey prince.”

He gasped and glared at me as he spoke furiously, feeling insulted: “How dare you?!”

“Soo! Stop it!” Yuri kept flailing on my grip, yet I glared at the prince and he flinched due to my scaring expression and growl. That’s right, back off! Then, I heard Yuri bickering at me about my harsh actions while I dragged her to a balcony behind the dancing room. I held her hand tightly, yet softly not to hurt her, I couldn’t ever hurt her. When we arrived, I gingerly removed the grip as I leaned on the railings with a sad frown. I knew she was about to shout and be angry with me, but I couldn’t help. If I let her one more minute with that guy… who knows what would happen? Who knows… if she would… leave me?

I closed my eyes tightly at the thought as a heavy sigh left my lips. I was regretful to look so harsh or angry…

Yuri, I’m sorry… it’s just… I can’t bear with the fact… of losing you…

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[NO ONE P.O.V]

“Damn it! There are too many of them!”

Tiffany cursed as she took a peek behind a tall pillar; meanwhile she shot her head to her side once she heard clacking sounds. She stared at Jesse quizzically as the latter reloaded his gun and placed on his hostlers. With a serious expression, the gunner took a brief view of the scenario and sighed, they were surrounded even when the bandits were unaware of their presence.

The scene wasn’t very promising since the Palace’s guards were clashing against the bandits; however, the enemy was in a great number. The couple was before a bridge which would lead them to the tower. If they reach that place, they could activate the alarm and then, start with their plan. Still, the problem was… how could they pass through this bloody scenario without get killed?

The brunette was thinking deeply as Jesse finally uttered, not removing his eyes from the tower:

“If I reach the tower quickly, then… everyone will know about the invasion.”

“What?! Jesse, are you crazy?! This is suicide! I am coming with you!”

Before she could draw her sword, she felt a soft grip in her hands, preventing her to go further. Looking up quickly, she felt her heart ease, yet doubled the pace when she was greeted by a pair of tender hazel eyes. Jess