She is Alive

Sleeping Beauty

Both of them taking a good look at sleeping beauty, then suddenly she open her eyes making them back to their place,
“Where is this?,” the first thing she asked when she is looking around in strange world.
“She can talk, she isn’t just a character that my mom draw. Wow, what is this??,” Jongsuk said.
“Hello,” Woobin greet her awkwardly bowing, “this is a library, fairytale library,” he answer what she asked.
She is still looking around, then locking her eyes on the fairytale book, Sleeping beauty. She is walking closer to the book, 
When she is looking at the cover, there is no one who sleep there, because the one who sleep already wake up and standing here. She look confused with the situation, both man still looking at her,
“Are you really her?,” Jongsuk asked, “I read your story last night, is that really you?,” he asked again. She still look so lost in this place,  “hello, my name is Jongsuk, Lee Jongsuk. I’m this library only son,” he suddenly introduce himself, “what’s your name?.”
“What is that?, name?,” she asked, Jongsuk and Woobin looking at each other,
“It’s like, the people calling you by that. People call me Woobin, Kim Woobin, and calling him Jongsuk, Lee Jongsuk,” he explained.
“Ah..they’re calling me Gongjunim,” she said.
“Her family name is Gong then,” Jongsuk trying to understand, but he is wrong,
“Gongjunim is princess, not her family name,” Woobin explained to Jongsuk, “then..gongjunim, what are you doing here?,” he asked, because he never know that kind of thing can happen in this library,
“I don’t know, last time they put me in coffin and that’s the ending scene, why am I here now?,” she asked him back.
“We don’t know anything too, is it some magic?,” Jongsuk asked while facing Woobin, but Woobin ignore him, “aishh..”
She keep looking at the book, then suddenly close it, “why?,” Woobin asked.
“I think..someone will comeout after me if I don’t close this book,” she said, both of Jongsuk and Woobin facing each other,
“Aish..what is this in early morning,” Jongsuk said, “I’ll take a bath,” then leave them. Woobin still there with Gongjunim,
“Sit here,” Woobin said while cleaning the sofa where Jongsuk slept, “let me hear your story, then I’ll tell you something about this world too,” he said. 
“Aren’t you scare of me?, I’m not from this world,” she said then sit down on the sofa,
“I know that your not human from this world, but from your appearance doesn’t make me scared at all,” he said, Gongjunim smiling after heard that, “So, your world just stop like that?,” he asked.
“Hmm..since that day, my world stop like that. we just replying what we have done,” she said.
“That day, 3 years ago?,” he asked, about 3 years ago writer-nim decided to end her career as fairytale writer, “the last book she wrote that she couldn’t continue is this book,” he said while pointing at the fairy tale book.
“She?, who is she?,” she asked.
“The one who wrote the story of this book, that man’s mom,” he is referring to Jongsuk who still in bathroom, “her name is,” he take the book while pointing at hangul that written on the corner of the cover,”Cho Hyang gi,” he said. Gongjunim nodding, she understand what he said, “then what he said about a book that doesn’t have ending, the character will come out if you open it in the middle of the night, it really happen now. Ahjussi, it really happen,” he said to himself,
“Ahjussi?, who is that?,” she asked again, she felt unfamiliar with this world and their words,
“Uncle..my senior here, that writer’s friend,” he said, “then, this library really have some magic, what kind magic is that?, and where did it come from?,” he asked all of the question to himself, he then starled by some noise from back, there is no other than the library only son who keep ordering him to make some food from meat,
“Let’s eat breakfast,” he said after saw Woobin standing there, Gongjunim following him from behind, “you said you’ll cook it for me today, so I want it for breakfast,” he said.
“meat in early morning, I’ll make another food then,” he said, but then he goes to his room,
“Where are you going, you shouled cook now, I’m hungry,” he said then looking at Gongjunim who still feel lost, “I bet she is hungry too, they put her in coffin without food,” he is trying to make joke,
“What are you talking about?.” She said, it’s like she feel offended by his words.
Woobin comeout from his room with towel on his shoulder, Jongsuk take a deep breath,
“Hyung, before taking bath, I hope you cook something for us, okay?,” he is negotiating with him. But Woobin ignore him and just walk to the bathroom.
“I bet he is already asking you so many question.” Jongsuk starting conversation, she is nodding, “do you feel uncomfortable?,” he asked, “then, I’ll ask another question, did he asked you this, ‘do you want to go back to your world?,’” he asked, she is shaking her head, “then answer that question, do you want to go back to your world?.” She is in deep thinking, “answer it.”
“It’s nice to see another world, let me live here for some days,” she said then sitting next to him, “my world stoping and we keep replying it everyday, I don’t know if there are other person who know that our world is like that. After knowing there is another world that keep moving, I feel happy,” she said then smiling. 
“Then, we must let her live here someday, ” someone come suddenly, Woobin already there with them,
“Aishh, ” Jongsuk almost cursing because he is startled with his sudden come, “did you really taking bath?, that so fast,” he said, it’s not even 10 minutes, Woobin already come out from bathroom,
“Should I taking bath again, so your breakfast will become your lunch?,” he asked, Jongsuk look annoyed by his answer, “just wait there, I’ll make something delicious,” he said to gongjunim,
“You sure treat her well, you know someone pretty,” Jongsuk said, “you didn’t like that to me yesterday,” he said then taking glass, pouring water in it and give it to gongjunim, “drink it,” he said, Gongjunim smiling. 
They have breakfast together, Woobin cook kimchi bogumbap, the first time gongjunim eat that kind of food, but she said,
“It’s delicious, let me know how to make it someday,” she said then eating again. 
After had breakfast, Jongsuk taking his camera. He see 2 man come to the library, they will cleaning the room,
“They are trusty people, your mother always asked them favor to repair something here, don’t worry,” Woobin said, he is looking at the camera, “where are you going to go?,” he asked then looking at Gongjunim who still on the second floor, looking at them,
“Taking picture, I’m here to taking rest, so I’ll released some stress with taking picture,” he said, “why?,” he asked.
“Then who will be the one who take care of this place?, we have guest too,” he said while pointing at two people who is busy cleaning the room and the girl on the second floor, 
“Do you want me to stay here?, why?, you are the one who have to do that,” he said.
“I have to go now, I’m working too, ” he said while showing of his neat coat, 
“Then, I have to wait until they finish it?,” he asked.
“That’s right. Maybe it’ll take..about 5 hours?,” he said while looking at his watch, “I’ll come in noon, if you want to have lunch, just order it,” he said while giving it kind of brochure of some deleviry food,  then leave him. 
“He decided to become my enemy since today, right what is he doing right now?,” he asked then put down all the brouchure on the table, “ah, my fsecond day here got ruined again,” he said then taking one of fairytale that place on the table, Jongsuk read it, “why are a lot of child like this kind of book?, do they belive it  really happen?,” he asked to himself, but then,
“That’s what made me smiling, and we can study while playing,” a boy come without words who decided to annoy Jongsuk, “why are so noisy here?. Oh, ahjussi..,” he said while waving his hand, “but, who are you?.”
“You don’t even know my name, but you already told me so many things,” Jongsuk annoyed.
“Then let me know, what’s your name?,” he asked again. 
“Jongsuk, library owner only son,” he said, introducing himself, “then what’s your name?,” he asked him back.
“I’m permanent here, I’ll come here once in a week, my name is Han Hyosu,” he said cutely, “my house not that far from here.”
“But today, the library close though, you can’t read the fairytale all you want, “ he explained to him. 
“I won’t read it today. I just passing by, before school I just thought that I should come here,” he said. Gongjunim look curious what’s qoing on, she is looking at them while squatting down, “then I’ll go now, I’ll come back in the weekend,” he said then leave the library. Jongsuk looking at the second floor, the he is walking there, 
“Okay…let’s have a talk. Let’s kill the time, okay?,” he want her to play with him today, “I’ll ask question to you, and you ask me too, okay?,” he said, she is nodding, “I’ll start it then. Do you want us to continue the ending?,” he is starting.
“You can do it?, then please do it,” she said. 
“I can draw character, but I can’t draw the same as my mom did,” he said, “what kind of ending do you want?,” he asked again.
“It’s my turin now, I’ll ask you question,” she stop him from talking, then he is nodding, “what is that thing?,” she asked while pointing at his camera, “can I use that?.”
“I’ll answer your first question,” he said, “the name of this thing is camera, it’s for making memories with taking some picture, you can take it then delete it if you hate the picture,” he explained it, 
“Wah..that’s really great,” she said in awe. 
“Then, my second question,” he said, she is looking at him, “are you liking it?, become a princess,” his second question.
“Of course I like it. I can do what I want, there is no worry about security, if something happen to me all of them will busy looking for me, and all of netizen in the city tell me that I’m pretty,” her answer making him speechless, she still continue it, “living in a big castle, wearing a beautiful dress and crown, ”
“Wah, you really make my imagination meeting a princess scattering in piece. I thought you are a good one, but you aren’t that good after hearing you talk like that, in my mom character description you are such a sweet girl and the humble one, why are you like this?,” he can’t stop his words.
“Why?, a princess shouldn’t say something like that?, was that really rude?,” she asked, “I’m humble too and a sweet girl.”
“Hearing that words from you make me think you are really arrogant..,” he said, she look shocked hearing that word,
“No one ever told me that I’m arrogant,” she said with sad face. 
“Sorry for saying something like that,” he said, “why the character description doesn’t match with your personality?, is it because you are in other world now?, so the character my mom wrote diesn’t work here. Like that?,” he asked, but then a rining phone make him startled. Then he going down, it’s a call from Woobin telling him to buy food for the workers,
“What kind of food?,” he asked.
“Like Jajangmyun, you can order for you and gongjunim too,” Woobin said, “there is the phone call of jajangmyun resto there on the table,” then end the call. Jongsuk doing what Woobin said and ordered 4 jajangmyun,
“Gong..,” he is calling her, but then she is there in deep thought, don’t know what she thinking right now, “gongjunim,” he called her sweetly, she then know that he is there, “what are you thinking?,” he asked.
“An ending of the story?, so my world will go on, not replying the same scene again and again,” she said.
“Since when you know that your world is fake?,” he asked.
“Since the fourth time the scene replied. I felt strange then..I know that our world is fake,” she said, he is nodding.
“Then, we’ll try our best so this story will have an ending,” he said, she is smiling.
“Aren’t both of you too nice to a stranger like me?, ” she asked.
“You aren’t stranger, you are a character that my mom draw, and I read your story, so..we aren’t really stranger,” he said.
“What’s that?, someday, I’ll go back to my world, so since I’m here now, let me know about this world, the world that can go on to the future,” she said.
“Okay, I’ll let you know, but before that..let’s eat first. I’ll introduce you a food that can’t be find in your castle,” he said then asked her to go down with him.   
 

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blackrosa413 #1
Chapter 1: please, update soon!!!!!! i'm curious if the witch will also come to the real world
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Minminted #2
Chapter 1: Love it. Please post more.