Chapter 24

Fragile Eternity

   Afterwards, Lara took them to living room and told the twelves of them to sit in a circle.

   “Let’s sit and form a circle!” exclaimed Lara while sitting on the carpet.

   The others rushed to sit next to Lara. Luhan succeded to sit on Lara’s right side while Chen sat on her left side.

   Sehun who came late pouted his lips, upset because he couldn’t sit next to Lara. But then he had an idea. Sehun then walked behind where Lara was seated and then sat down while hugging Lara from behind.

   The other boys protested right away and told Sehun to move. Sehun whined and begged Lara, “Lara...Please don’t ask me to move! I want to sit close to you..” he whined.

   “Well...Okay then. Just for this time!” said Lara after thinking for a while.

   “Yeaaay!!!! Thanks Lara! I love you.” responded Sehun then he embraced Lara tightly and kissed her cheek.

   “Well, yeah. You’re welcome.” answered Lara and blushed after hearing ‘I love you’ from Sehun.

   The others also whined and whimpered, but then Luhan, Kris and Suhi scolded them and told them to be quiet.

   “Now, I want all of you to tell about something. Tell me about your experiences, amusing stories, jokes, poetry, anything.” asked Lara.

   Then they were all staring with blank expression towards Lara, signalling that they didn’t get what Lara was going to say.

   “Well, what I meant was...” she said again while sighing.         

   “Tell me what you’re thinking. Your experiences while staying in here, your hopes, feares, things that you’re worried about, maybe?” explained Lara.

   Some of them started nodding, but no one started to talk.

   “Hm, what if we start with the oldest? Xiumin? Would you tell us your stories?” asked Lara.

   “O-oh? Me?” said Xiumin surprised to hear his name called and asked to talk first.

   “Well, okay then.” he said, still hesitating.

   “The first time I came here, when Princess—I mean Lara took me to a place called Mall, she bought some food called Ice Cream. You know I’m the controller of Ice/frost, I felt a little bit surprised that we could actually eat the ice and it tasted sweet and nice.

   “Is this kind of story that you were talking about, Lara?” asked Xiumin, making sure to Lara.

   “Yeah, that’s right. Any kind of stories...” she answered and held up her thumb towards Xiumin. Xiumin smiled happily for being praised by Lara.

   “Okay, now Luhan. Your turn.” she said again.

   ‘Should I tell her how worry I am of her safety? Should I tell her how much I wanted to always be around her? How all this time we hope that we could have a close bond with her?’ asked Luhan to himself.

   “Hm, I...I pretty much enjoyed the life I lived here. I’m extremely happy when the first time I met you, and I hope that I can always protect you.” said Luhan, briefly but straight to the point.

   “Hm, really? That’s it? asked Lara curious.       

   “Yeah, more less...” answered Luhan again.

   “Well, so did I. I feel happy that I met you—all of you. Thank you for protecting me all this time.” responded Lara.

   Luhan nodded and looked shy in a glance.

   “Okay. Next is...Kris.” Lara said.

   “I know that I don’t speak a lot, but I actually care about you, a lot. I just haven’t figure it out how you’d react towards the action we do to you. That’s why I choose to observe you first. Like Luhan, I also pretty much enjoyed the stay in here, and it’s our job to protect you, so I’ll try my best. explained Kris.

   ‘Woah, Kris who usually doesn’t talk a lot now telling me about himself. Okay, I appreciate that Kris.’ responded Lara to herself.

   “Thank you, Kris.” Lara said to Kris.

   Feeling awkward situation because each of them were telling that they’d protected Lara, etc. Lara added, “If you want to add or give some comment, it’s fine..”

   “Okay, next is Suho.”

   “Yeah, more less it’s the same. But for me, the most important thing is for you to be happy and it’s enough for me. Because when you’re happy, we are also happy.” said Suho.

   “Ah, yeah. Thank you, Suho.” responded Lara.

   “Lay, you’re next.” said Lara to Lay.

   “As for me, I like to see your pretty fingers while playing the piano or violin. I like to touch them and to see your smile.” said Lay innocently and made Lara fluttered.

   “Ah, I do like to see your dimple too when you’re smiling.” responded Lara.

   “I want to hear you playing the piano and violin too!” said Chen suddenly.

   “Me too!” added Baekhyun.

   “Who knows that maybe we can collaborated with my guitar playing.” Chanyeol responded too.

   “Oh, yeah sure. Next time I’ll play in front of you.” answered Lara.

   “Yeah!! Cool.” responded everyone almost in sync.

   “Okay, next...Baekhyuni...”

   “Ah! A few days ago...Lara took me to a field. There was this thing...hm..what was it again.. Sewing?” said Baekhyun tried to remember.

   “Swing..” corrected Lara.

   “Oh right! The swing. Guys, it’s really exciting. We sat on top of it and we could swing back and forth and we could feel the relaxing feeling while swinging.” explained Baekhyun about his experience of riding the swing.

   “Oh really?” asked the others.

   “We should try it next time.” added the others.

   “You should, but becarefull not to swing too hard and high. You must know when to stop...and stay calm.” Lara said warning them.

   “Yeah, okay.” responded them.

   “As for me..” Chen started to talk.

   “I want to be near you and touch you. You know..um..I used to..” Chen seemed hesitate to speak and made eye contact with Luhan.

   ‘Hyung...can I tell her about how close we were?’ asked Chen through telepathy.

   ‘No, Chen. Not yet. Just be patient until Princess’s power awaken.’ replied Luhan. Chen nodded slightly hearing Luhan’s reply.

   “I could easily touch you and be able to be near you when I was still in the cat form.” said Chen again, finishing his words.

   “Ah, ya..I’ll try my best to get used to the skinship I’ll get from you guys.” responded Lara.

   “The things that they’ve been saying, they were all what I wanted too.” said Chanyeol, simplifying his words.

   DO nodded and smiled, "I’d like to cook together with you next time.” DO also said simple things.

   “We want you to play with us more often.” said Kai and Sehun in unison.

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Charlotte0619 #1
Chapter 7: I love this story already x
Yuki-Nyx #2
Chapter 48: I really love this story :)
Can’t wait for the next chapter!
Thanks!
Fighting!!!!!!
Lolypop123 #3
Chapter 48: Can't wait for more
DementorBehindYou #4
Thanks for translating! It's always sad to miss out on stories simply because of a language barrier, so you have my eternal gratefulness!
Minyun25
#5
Chapter 3: What's up with the short chapters?
gracelynjtc
#6
Chapter 46: AHAHAHHAA THOMAS BRODIE SANGSTER OAIHSFOHOSDH YESSSSSS
gracelynjtc
#7
okay bingeread lemme grab my hot chocolate
vitaminzxx
#8
I read the description and I'm already so interested in it! Thanks for translating. Hwaiting!
Panda_coco
#9
Chapter 11: When Lara was blowing his neck, I remembered Defcon and Coni in Weekly Idol when they are doing the same thing to Lay (Exo Episode )