Chapter 13 -- Sleepwalker
Mind CaptivityMyungsoo laid Seomin down on the bed and left her alone after that. She was already sleeping and he could do nothing else. He left the door slightly open just in case she wanted to get out.
Newcomers always had issues opening their door handles because it had to be twist just slightly to the left before turning to the right. He left the girl there and went back to the others.
Seomin slept soundly before she started to toss and turn, "Princess!" She heard people calling for her. She had no idea what that meant.
Why would people call her princess? She was just Seomin, a nomad, a nobody. "Come here!" A fruit stall owner called to her, giving her a pink fruit with a smile.
She walked away, turning down an alley and ran into Sunggyu. "Sunggyu?" She said.
He smiled at her, holding out his hand, and she took it. "Welcome back, Seomin." He said.
She turned to him in confusion, "What do you mean by that?" She asked.
He looked down at the child running away from them, "Look around, you've managed to free yourself from the memory." He said.
Seomin followed his instructions and she noticed that she was herself again, her normal height, not looking up at things and such.
"So what now?" She asked him, as he led the way around.
"Just follow me." He told her, they turned a corner and the entire scene changed. He smiled at her, "Do you know where we are?" He asked.
She walked beside him and looked around, this whole area definitely looked familiar, "Isn't this Inspirit?" She asked him.
"Yes, I wanted to show you all my favorite places here." He said, taking an apple of the fruit stand and handing it to her. "For some reason, from that uncle, his apples are always sweet, all year round." He told her.
"That was the same one I had an apple from earlier." Seomin commented. She took a bite in the trip and realized that he had told her the truth. But it could have just been made that way as well.
"That's my favorite uncle." Sunggyu told her. They continued walking down and he led her to another building, where they sold pretty dresses and such things. "My sister likes this shop a lot." He said.
"You have a younger sister?" Seomin asked. "What's her name?"
"That's going to be a surprise later. You might get confused. I have a younger sister and a younger brother." He answered.
"You have two younger siblings?" She took a step forward towards him and he froze in his spot.
Seomin tossed and turned in bed then she immediately sat up to follow Sunggyu. She walked to the door and stepped outside. Her bare feet, not even flinching on the cold marble floor.
"Where are you, Seomin?" He asked her, she was walking towards him and he had stopped moving.
"I'm with you." She answered plainly. "Where else would I be?"
"I meant where are you in the real world?" He asked her. "Are you safe? Are you trapped somewhere?" He asked.
Seomin shook her head, "I came to Inspirit with my friends…" She said, her voice drifting off slightly. "But after that, I can't remember…" She said.
"I need you to wake up, Seomin." He told her sternly. "You have to wake up."
"But why? Why can't I stay with you?" She asked him.
"I am not sure of your safety right now but I feel like you're in danger. So I need you to wake up." Sunggyu told her.
"Sunggyu? What are you saying?" Seomin asked as she turned into the room, she managed to walk without running into anything.
Hoya, Dongwoo and Sungjong stood up immediately as Seomin entered the room, "Seomin?" The three of them said together.
Jieun turned to look at her, "This is Seomin? Does she sleep walk?" She asked.
"Only recently." Hoya answered. "Why?"
"Nothing." Jieun stood in front of Seomin and looked to Myungsoo, in which he returned with a small smile at her.
"Can you wake her up?" Hoya asked.
"Yes." Jieun said and she snapped her fingers three times in front of Seomin's face. The girl before her opened her eyes wide as she stared at all of them.
"How did I get here?" She asked them. She looked at them and then down at her feet, which were bare. She noticed that she had still been wearing the clothes from earlier.
"You had passed out in the marketplace and we had taken you back here to keep you safe." Jieun answered.
"Who are you?" Seomin asked.
"Jieun, Princess of Inspirit. And you must be the girl that Prince Sunggyu has been looking for."
Author's Note;
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