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Alice Turns Into Little Red Riding Hood [REVAMPED]
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Chapter 14

 

“Come on, don’t sound too sad, Alice. I can tell by Sehun’s face that he’s already plotting a hundred different ways to torture you for it,”

“Ugh, don’t even remind me…”

“Haha, sorry I couldn’t be of much help,”

“No, you helped a lot! I probably would’ve got him if I weren’t distracted though,”

“Distracted?”

“It’s nothing. I think it was just the janitor or maintenance man walking out of the gym hall,”

 

Jongin’s heart stopped beating for a moment the second he heard those words coming out of your mouth.

 

“Well, at least you gave it your best shot,” he chuckled, trying to hide the panic bubbling up inside of his system.

“Yeah. It was… a lot of fun. I haven’t felt so thrilled in a long time,”

 

You’re not the only one.

 

Jongin moved his gaze away from you and locked eyes with Sehun who was standing just distance away. Just from seeing his eyes, Sehun understood that something was wrong. Jongin subtly glanced at you before staring back at Sehun, wordlessly telling him to stay with you. With a silent nod, Sehun put down his water bottle and walked towards you, cautiously looking around as he did so. Once he finally reached you, Sehun effortlessly put on his façade, growing a thin smile on his face. Even in the situation they’re in, Jongin nearly laughed upon seeing how quick Sehun could switch his disposition for you.

 

“I guess this is out cue to leave,” Jaehyun clicked his tongue as soon as he took noticed of Sehun’s presence. “Come on,” he reached his hand out for Seung Wan.

“Sit on our table during lunch sometimes, Alice.” Seung Hwan told you before leaving.

Sehun snorted after hearing the invitation, subtly glaring at the girl’s back for a moment. “Get in line,” he muttered under his breath before taking a seat beside you.

 

The three of you continued to chat and banter, mostly Sehun doing the work. While he kept you busy, Jongin scanned the area. Was there anybody else in the gym hall? He didn’t notice anything suspicious, and since Sehun didn’t say anything, he must be on the same page. He did notice Chanyeol coming in the hall, but he more or less dismissed it, thinking that the older was just patrolling.

Unfortunately, after hearing your statement, that might not be the case. Chanyeol must’ve come here for more than just for a simple patrol.

 

“I’m going to the restroom,” Jongin stood up, making up an excuse to scour the area himself. “Keep your eyes open.” he warned Sehun in a small voice.

“You don’t have to remind me.” Sehun replied in a mutter, but he could tell his tone sounded a bit nervous.

 

With that being taken care of, Jongin finally made his move. He quietly made his way to where Chanyeol was as he kept his eyes alert from any suspicious figures, walking stealthily to the boiler room. Chanyeol seemed to be expecting him, based on his calmness when Jongin approached him.

 

“Catch anything here?” Jongin asked in a soft voice.

“Do you?” Chanyeol asked back, looking indifferently at the interior of the room. Jongin shook his head, earning a sigh from the taller. “Yeah, neither do I. I guess I just followed your friend’s trail by mistake. There’s nobody here,”

“Yeah, about that,” Jongin cleared his throat, “We got a problem,”

Chanyeol immediately snapped his head to his brother. “What problem?”

“Alice said that she was distracted by someone during the game walking out of the hall, possibly a janitor or maintenance staff. Judging from her words, whoever it was must’ve been pretty tall to be seen standing behind a group of students,” Jongin told him. “I just wanted to make sure if you were the one she saw,”

“What? No. I was literally crawling under the bleachers,” Chanyeol scowled. “And there couldn’t be a janitor or maintenance man, otherwise I would’ve seen him,”

Jongin felt a pang on his chest. “I know,”

Heaving a heavy sigh, Chanyeol massaged his forehead as the two stood still in the silence, not knowing what to do. “Did she give any more details?” the taller asked, confusion clear in his voice.

“No, she wasn’t sure who she saw,” Jongin shook his head solemnly.

“Fine. I’ll talk about this with the others,” Chanyeol heaved his third and last sigh, patting Jongin on his shoulder. “It’s probably nothing, don’t worry about it.”

 

Unfortunately, what would follow in the next few days are anything but reassuring.

 

 

You woke up in the morning to receive a sudden news that school was suddenly cancelled for the day. You could barely believe your eyes when you saw the message from Sehun, telling you not to come to school. At first you thought that Sehun was trying to trick you so that you both wouldn’t have to do your biology presentation today, but then you saw the announcement from your class teacher in the class’s group chatroom.

When the school’s official email made its way to your inbox, you were assured that it wasn’t a joke. Apparently, the school email said that the school had to go through an unexpected inspection due to an unknown breach through the school’s security last night. There have been news of dangerous figures lurking around town lately with the sudden spike of criminality for the past few weeks, so the school took some precautions.

 

“So much for staying up late to do that homework I forgot…” you sighed as you glanced bitterly at the finished homework on your desk. “More time to sleep, I guess.”

 

It wasn’t one minute since you’ve closed your eyes when you hear a knock on your door.

 

“Alice, are you awake? Come and have breakfast once you’re ready for school.”

 

Although sleeping again sounds nice, this is a disturbance that you wouldn’t mind at all.

 

After a long wait and many delays, your mother is finally back home. Kicking the covers off you with your feet, you rushed out of your bed with a bright smile. It’s not often for you to spend mornings with your mom due to her busy schedule. In fact, it’s not often for you to spend any time together since she as the habit of biting more than she can chew when it comes to her workload. Thankfully, today is one of her rare day offs, and breakfast was proof of that.

As soon as you opened your bedroom door, you could hear the sound of the television, pangs and thuds from the kitchen, footsteps, a soft hum, and you could smell the delicious scent of homemade food. It felt like it’s been forever since the house was this lively.

 

“Mom, I got news,” you hollered as you walked across the hall. “School got cancelled!”

“Cancelled?” you could hear your mom’s surprised voice from the kitchen. “Why? Did something happen?”

“Apparently there was an attempted break-in into the school last night…” you squinted your eyes a bit as you reread the message from your class teacher, “So they’re taking some precautions and cancelled school for today so they can safely inspect the school,”

“That sounds dreadful,” your mother commented, her voice laced with worry. “Well then, do you want to go back to bed?”

“Oh, no, it’s alright. I don’t mind staying up. I’m already out of bed, anyway,” you shook your head, watching your mom cook swiftly in the kitchen.

“You don’t have to force yourself to stay up, Alice. It’s my day off, we have the whole day to relax together,” she glanced at you, and you could catch the look of concern on her face. 

“Really, mom, I’m alright,” you chuckled, trying to hide the leftover sleepiness you’re feeling. “Do you need any help?” you offered, looking around the counter to see if anything needs work.

“Just sit down, I’m almost done,” your mother looked away from her pot to smile at you.

“Alright then.”

 

Rubbing the drowsiness out of your eyes, you walked into the living room to see what’s on the television. You plopped yourself down the sofa and grabbed the remote to change the channel. You’re not much of a television watcher, so you would normally use the television whenever your mom is home. It’s a great excuse to spend time together with your mother. 

 

“… and two bodies were discovered around the local park. Police suspect the death of these two individuals are linked to the murder case of twenty nine year old Park Sun Hee, thirteen year old Cho Jae Rim, and nineteen year old Lee Jun, who were discovered on the third, fifteen, and seventeen of this month respectively. This would mean that there have been a total of four—“

“Alice, breakfast is ready.”

“Yes, mom.”

 

You turned off the television as you heaved a sigh, your heart feeling heavy after watching the news. The neighborhood had been restless ever since the first two cases had been brought to public attention since everything happened within close vicinity. Schools became alert and prompted students and teachers to be careful on their way home, making sure that everybody immediately goes straight back home as soon as school ended. With the current situation, you can only imagine how the recent news affected everybody in school.

“Why did you turn off the TV?” your mom frowned at you.

“It’s depressing,” you mumbled, walking groggily towards the dining table.

“What did the news say?” she asked as she placed your meal on the table.

You heaved a soft sigh as you answered, “Two more bodies were found this morning,”

Heaving a similar sigh, your mother shook her head as she took a seat across you, “I’m not surprised if it’s Seoul, but around these parts? It’s almost ridiculous,”

“Mom, let’s not talk about it early in the morning…” you suggested sluggishly.

A warm chuckle escaped from your mother’s lips as she watched you massage your temple. It seems that you’re no exception when it comes to worrying about the news. “Alright, eat your food before it gets cold,” she pushed the plate of foods closer to you.

“Thank you,” you smiled, trying your best to contain your grin. You stared at the meal displayed on the table, a warm, fuzzy

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Sorry for the LONG and tumultuous delay of an update. I got really sick these past few months, and I still haven't really fully recovered since the cause of my illness is still unknown. I promise to come back with an update though!

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pudding_islove #1
Chapter 118: I only vaguely remember reading the pre-vamped(?) version, but I really like how you’re taking your time to build her relationship with each person. It’s very refreshing as opposed to the insta-love thing that people do a lot. I also love how it’s very friendship first cuz I (as a reader) can see where and when and how the connection blossoms.

All in all, i great book! Story wise and character wise💖 as well as the writing itself. Can’t wait for another update soon!
staceygwen #2
Chapter 118: Personally, as a reader whom read this story even before you've revamped it, my impression of it has already been founded with all 12 of them, and imagining one of them missing because of a scandal that hasn't been proven true or due to the connection with the real world person themselves, doesn't feel right for the flow of the story itself. I consider reality and fanfiction different, much like it's name 'fiction' anyone could see the character in it not necessarily as the person implied to be, but a person of their imagination, I mean, for example, when a person wrote a fiction about a individual in a more darker tone, we the readers themselves doesn't connect to the actual person, why? It's because it's 'fiction', it's different from the real life persona. The same way, the author themselves write the character depending on their decision, the story depending on the flow they want, and etc. Does a great thriller writer be called a terrible person for depicting a person whom suffered from all kinds of accident man made or not? No, because it all goes down to the fact that there's a line in the people we see or read in fiction and those of reality. Fiction is a world where everything is possible, fantasy genre are good example of it. It can be a place where we feel the nervousness or the eerie feeling of horrors of humanity, laughing at the character stupid action/words, or falling inlove for the experience the character went through. We're free to read and write whatever we want in fiction, because all of it can be considered a release from reality, thus making it different in the mind of every people

I hope my opinion managed to contribute a bit to you. And, thanks for the chapter.
aonani_k
#3
Chapter 118: This is so random but I hope you are doing well. I really enjoyed this story (I read it the first time it came out) and came back to re-read some of the new chapters again. Take care! :)
StarlightHeaven
#4
Chapter 117: Can't wait for the next chapter authornim
LovelyLadyEm #5
Are you still alive? Hope you're doing well, I miss this story's updates ❤️
potatoface7894
#6
Asfdasghagf it's so nice hearing from u dude ♡ We're all busy these days so don't worry, u're worth the wait! :)
Sooyong #7
Chapter 118: Well this is the place where our imagination become wild. Hahahha .. people should know to differentiate real life & fanfiction.

Plus you have done the story WAYYYYYY befkre the scandal occur.
SuhoLoverDebo
#8
Chapter 118: Hi I know I am late as I am not reading anything from past few months or more.. Not staying updated much either.. But would like to give my opinion for the poll.. See this is a story and story have multiple characters which are important.. Same here too.. If you remove a character bcz of something happened in real life it will only ruin the story plot.. People should be clear to differentiate between reel and real.. Similar situation was created for Chen too when he announced about his marriage.. Then too I said the same.. No one should mix the Story Character and A Real Life Person.. A character can have names which are associated with controversial real life people.. But do we imagine them? No.. Here too.. The name is Kris but we are free to imagine whoever we want.. I can even think about Tom Cruise or Tom Holland or even the guy next door.. It's depends on the reader.. But I don't think it's right to destroy the flow of the story bcz of this.. I hope I could explain my point properly..

Also you updated a new chapter and this actually escalated the story quickly.. I guess now is the time Alice will see the real face of them or at least get a hint.. She already saw that golden color in Jongin's eyes.. And this will be a turning point.. Will look forward to the next chapter..
curiousdaffodil
#9
Chapter 118: Can I still give an opinion?
For myself, I always separate the characters in the story from their real life characters. Even when there are pictures to show their real life characters, in my imagination, it's always different. It's weird. If I do using their face in my imagination, it's always feel like a drama. So, it still feels different.
I understand why people don't want to see the name, though. It might, intentionally or not, remind them of the real life person. Whatever your decision is up to you. I will support it. The only advice I can think of is if you do still using his name for the character, put a disclaimer in foreword so people can see the 'warning' as a caution and the reason why you still using the name (either in the foreword or separate place like a blog) so people can know your reason for that decision. There will always people who argue and protests, but there will always people who will support you too.
The point is, personally I don't mind you using his name for this story because I always separate the characters in the story from the real life person. This doesn't mean I support whatever scandal that surrounding Kris (I don't even support him or a fan of his 😅). In the end it's up to you and I will support whatever your decision regarding this. Fighting!

p.s. I thought I'd left a comment on this matter before, but I didn't find my comment here so I left this. Hopefully this will help you make a decision even a little bit. ^^
XiuminsKnuts
#10
Chapter 118: I'm also struggling with this. I am leaning toward writing him out from now on with perhaps a vague mention of somebody looking like him without naming names. I agree that because EXO is no longer 12, and due to the nature of fanfiction, that it's sometimes just a character.

Here, you have a story already established far before any of this. I don't think having him here is indicating support of him or anything, especially if you acknowledge the events. Frankly, it's up to you. I think it's sweet that you're thinking of the people who would be uncomfortable with this. In the end, he's a character based on a person. I'm sure there's DiCaprio fics out there somewhere that exist even though DiCaprio's like 95% a proven creep. You can have your version of Kris that's detached from the person. You can have him turn into an to reflect what's happening (I know he's not yet proven either way, of course, so that's a creative liberty some people may not respond well too). You can just like... make him go away haha. You're leaning toward getting rid of him, and tbh in my fics so am I. Mostly because I'm afraid of facing judgement because he's there or I just wanted to use him as a character. But a fic where he was already, based around a 2012-14 EXO? That's almost a given that Kris was there and the author and fandom had no idea about any of this.

It is my opinion as well, perhaps less popular, that it is up to the READER to decide whether or not something is an actual problem for them, and then to act accordingly. I don't believe in crucifying authors, though sometimes people should be reprimanded. I believe in leaving the author's space if a story bothers you, and you don't have to mouth off and tell them why. OR, differentiate that the character you are reading is NOT the real person, no matter how much you wish it be.

Do I want to perpetuate adoring a potential abuser? No. Do I want to condemn somebody who is innocent? Also no.

If he goes away, he goes away. If he stays, we keep in mind that this Kris is a different Kris.


Long winded, I know. But at this point it's half a debate.