“ Why can’t we just go to this castle? “ she said.

She looked at them, desperate for answers.

“ It’s not easy, “ a young man spoke.

“ Why not? Is it far? “ She asked again.

Silence.

“ Answer me, “ she snapped,

“ We just can’t ! “ a young man who were staring at her raised his voice.

She was startled.

“ Chen “ the brown hair man warned.

He rolled his eyes and stepped out of the room to calm his mind.

“ Im sorry about him,” the tall man spoke, “ he has short fuse, “ he snorted.

She didn’t say a word.

A part of her grew worried and guilty.

She didn’t mean to hurt him.

She looked at the door with sad eyes.

“ you have to stay here for awhile, princ- I mean umm, “ the brown hair man stuttered.

They looked at her. Waiting for her to actually admit that she is Alice.

The Alice.

She mumbled, “ Alice. “ she lift her gaze.

“ My name is Alice “

Kai and Suho looked at each other.

They share a small smile, a signal of relieve.

At least the Red Queen didn’t erase her memory for her true identity name.

“ may I know your names, gentlemen? Since I’m going to stay here for a while, “ she mumbled the last part.

“ The eldest, Xiumin “ a man who was sitting at her front view spoke with a smile.

“ I’m Baekhyun, “ he softly kissed her hand with a charming smile.

Alice’s cheek grew warm.

“ Kai, my Lady “ he winked.

The tall man spoke in his deep voice, “ Kris “ or usually you called me Kris Oppa, he said to himself.

“ Suho, the 4^th brother “ he tilt his head with a smile.

Without her realizing, she actually imitate his tilting.

She grew embarrassed and fixed her posture.

Suho chuckled, “ your habit didn’t change after all “ he whispered to himself.

“ Giant Chanyeol, ma’am “ a tall, well, almost the same height as Kris, spoke with a wide grin.

Alice smiled with him.

At that sight, Chanyeol eyes grew bigger.

“ I made her smile ! “ he jumped and shook Baekhyun’s body.

Baekhyun shrugged him off, feeling a little bit jealous that he could actually bring her first smile ever since their recent encounter.

“ I made her blush, so don’t fuss about it that much, “ Kai shrugged.

Alice blushed again.

Kris raised his eyebrow.

“ she’s trying to kill me with jealousy “ he thought to himself and rubbed his forehead.

She lift her gaze to the man beside Suho.

He tilt his head slightly, “ Luhan “

That voice.

She felt herself shiver.

“ I cooked your meal, “ a petite looking man beamed, “ with me too “ a man with gentle face interrupted.

“ I’m Lay, “ Lay waved.

Alice nodded with a small smile.

“ D.O “ he continued after his brother.

“ the meal was delicious, thank you again “ she softly spoke.

Both of them cannot hide their smile and grinned widely.

“ I will treat you with a better meal next time, Alice “ a panda looking man smirked.

“ like that’s gonna happen “ a blonde hair spoke with a roll of his eyes.

The first one ignored him and smiled at her.

“ I’m Tao, the youngest “ he winked.

The later one furrowed his eyebrow, “ excuse me, but I’m the youngest “ he jabbed his thumb on his chest.

Tao rolled his eyes.

“  Sehun, the real youngest out of all the brothers here “ He gave her a heart-stopping smile.

And somehow..

Alice felt comfortable around the strangers.