"Long time no see, Alice."

The Spinner of Tales reached out an inviting hand to me, never to even glance at Baekhyun. 

"How about it? It's still not too late to turn back. If you leave, then Cheshire Cat's sole existence will lose meaning. Would you still leave even after knowing that...?"

The Spinner of Tales spoke in a quiet, indifferent tone - his words crept into my heart.

"You won't find happiness in the real world. All that's there are painful memories of the past. But Wonderland? You can have fun every day here. There's no suffering in this world. You don't even need to think about it. Just stay here forever in my story, okay?"

"...Go home, Kyungsoo."

Baekhyun said in a deep voice as he started to force me into the mirror. With no trace of hesitation, he guided me back to reality so I wouldn't be persuaded by the Spinner of Tales. But...

"Baekhyun!"

On the spur of the moment from inside the mirror, I said...

"Baekhyun, I'm not going to give up! So... You better not give up until the very end either!"

I saw a twinkle in his eyes. He must have remembered what I told him before.

*"...I want to go back to the real world. Nothing changes that. But I have giving up. The Spinner of Tales isn't going to let you go if I leave you behind in this world. And I cannot let that