Sojin and the four others arriver at the castle that night. They were wondering how Sunmi knew about them ditching school because the principal was the only person who knew that. And what would be the reason for him to tell her anyways? Or…      “You two were at the castle the day we left the forest, did you say anything to the queen?” Baekhyun raised a brow, darting his gaze at Kai and Sojin who shrugged uncomfortably. “Of course… not” Kai said, matter-of-factly.       “I hope you didn’t say anything stupid” Sora hissed, crossing her arms. Kai and Sojin shared some glances filled with worry. Soon the gates of the castle opened and they were walked to the room where Sunmi was by some maids.       “Welcome, please sit down” the queen said as the five of them bowed down. They noticed the grin on her face which surprised them. After they all settled down, she started “I’ve invited you to come here because I wanted to personally thank you”. “Thank us for..?” Baekhyun raised a brow.       “Thank you for bringing back the element ball and risking your lives for it…I’m really thankful” she said and bowed her head. “We did it for our reasons and brought the ball back just by the way. It wasn’t our main point” Sehun said, a little coldly but Sunmi didn’t mind at all “Anyways, thank you” she said again.        “There’s an upcoming camp at your school, I’ve heard so I managed to let your school camp at one of the prettiest places, Rainbow Forest” Sunmi said, sipping on her cup of tea. “Oh, I’ve heard of that place…it’s pretty peaceful there” Baekhyun chimmed, a little too excited. “I’m glad to hear that…plus, there’s a ball next month so-“ Sunmi was cut in the middle of the sentence. “I don’t think we’ll make it to the ball” Sehun said, rude as ever.       But he never did it on purpose. His voice was like that already. Even if he used his sweetest voice, it would come out cold as ever. “Why so?” Sunmi raised a brow, taken aback a little. “I don’t know about them but I have plans next week” he said. “I’m scared I’ll be busy also” Sora said and the others looked at them.        Balls were a lot of fun for the others. A chance to make friends, dance and other stuff but there were people who hated balls. And one of them was… “Me too” Sojin raised her hand in the air. Well yeah, the last time the three of them were on a ball…you know what happened. Baekhyun and Kai on the other side were kind of excited.       “Then we two aren’t going, too” Baekhyun said and Kai frowned a little but nodded after a while. “Oh, if you’re busy, I can move the date” Sunmi said, eyeing each one of them. She somehow came into clue that they were trying to avoid it.       “Please go. Just for fifteen minutes will be fine” she said. Pleaded actually. Sojin felt bad that she tried to avoid balls because she didn’t like them. But just a ball wouldn’t hurt right?        “Well, maybe we’ll make it” Sojin gave up and sighed. That was her final decision. “Really?” Kai asked and she nodded a little. A happy smile crossed Sunmi’s face and she nodded “Thank you..and the rest of you?” she asked. “We’ll go if she goes” Kai and Baekhyun said. Sora and Sehun didn’t want to go though. Sora knew more than well that it upset others that she didn’t want to go but it was boring and a waste of time.        Sora felt her hand being squeezed a little and she looked at Sojin who was looking at her with pleading eyes. “Fine…I’ll go too” Sora gave in. Sojin chuckled widely but then the smile disappeared as she glanced at Sehun. He was the hard one.        She knew she could hardly change his mind. It’d be hard. Very hard. Sehun isn’t the type of perso