The turtle men hurried to Kyuhyun's side, took him out of the court and into a separate room to prepare him for the one on one battle with the King.

"Seriously, this is insane." Kyuhyun whipped his head in disbelief at how fast the ing 'justice' was being delivered. "You guys are a bunch of lunatics, you know that."

But before the turtle men could respond, the door of the room opened.

It was Sungmin who slipped inside.

He gestured for all the turtle men to leave the room, and they complied right away, leaving only Sungmin and Kyuhyun.

Sungmin closed the door quietly behind him.

"You have one brave heart." said Sungmin with a vague beam, as he went behind Kyuhyun's back to untie the ropes binding the latter.

"Well, sometimes bravery translates into bluntness, and my case exactly falls under that." Kyuhyun replied sarcastically.

Sungmin gave out a soft laugh.

He released Kyuhyun and whispered close to his ears.

"I like adamant guys."

He moved back in front of Kyuhyun to face him with mere couple of centimeters of distance between them.

"I'm impressed that you've found me so easily." Sungmin said.

"Easily?" Kyuhyun scoffed. "Did I mention that all your friends here are a bit off the earth?"

"To us, the human world up where you came from is even more peculiar." Sungmin chuckled, attaching himself a little closer to Kyuhyun. "I guess that's one of its attractions."

Their lips were almost touching now.

But Sungmin was such a tease; he wouldn't let the other come in any further.

It was driving Kyuhyun ing crazy.

"And I guess that's what makes us similar." added Sungmin, regardless of Kyuhyun.

Sungmin placed his hand on Kyuhyun's nape, the latter's hair and causing the latter's heart to thump wildly.

Kyuhyun stared into those playful eyes for a while, and opened his mouth.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Why were you up in the human world in the first place, anyway?"

At that, Sungmin laughed sweetly.

"Do you want the truth?" he asked.

"I'd prefer truth, yeah." Kyuhyun responded with a smirk.

"Well." Sungmin began. "I once got too carried away in cherry picking and accidentally ended up in the human world. And that's when I saw this striking young man of royal demeanor, taking a rest in a garden. I realized that he liked to play games, and I found that quite interesting, because it must be a rarity among people like him. So I was curious. I usually just sat across from him in the garden where he wouldn't spot me, and watched him all day. I would crawl out of this world from time to time just to see him, and...."

Sungmin paused, Kyuhyun's cheek and smiling up at him.

"Now HE came to find me."

Kyuhyun couldn't resist any longer.

He swooped down to engulf Sungmin's lips, and Sungmin accepted it with a y giggle.

The rabbit man tasted the same way Kyuhyun had imagined; soft and warm.

Not too special or fancy, but not too dull, either.

Like sweet pumpkin.

With such delicacy, it shattered Kyuhyun's rationality and accelerated his heartbeats.

When the kiss was over in dreamy leftovers of ecstasy, Sungmin enveloped Kyuhyun's face gently.

"The King, he's a hot-tempered man." he warned. "And quite capable of dealing with swords. He has never lost in a duel before."

"Neither have I." Kyuhyun said at ease.

"If he wins, he'll want you beheaded." Sungmin reminded him.

"If I win, what's in there for me?" asked Kyuhyun.

Sungmin offered a lovely beam.

"Me."

Kyuhyun sent a smile in return.

"That sounds like a worthwhile deal." he said. "But don't you belong to the King?"

"I do." Sungmin nodded. "That's why I need you to win me."

He looked voluptuously at Kyuhyun before speaking again.

"Get me out of here." he whispered. "Take me to your world."

The words were a dangerously severe blow, inviting Kyuhyun to irresistible oblivion, a scrumptious loss of reason.

Instead of answering, Kyuhyun dove for another kiss, but the lips didn't stay glued for too long.

With a lustful moan igniting desire, Sungmin pushed himself away from the kiss, and backed out from Kyuhyun.

"Shouldn't let you have all the fun now." he teased.

He picked up a sword propped up against the wall and handed it over to Kyuhyun.

"Let's see what you've got." Sungmin then opened the door.