"We were so automatic

But now I'm reminiscing

Falling through the cracks

It was bound to happen"

~

katie

remember

~

|Lilah|

I was thinking about Winwin had told me last week ago. Yes, its been one week since that plot twist but its stuck in my head. Twisting my thoughts and mind. It was unbelievable but I know he's not lying and now since I know the basics of Neo World, I wanna know more. I don't care about curiosity killing a cat or a dog, but I just want to know more. I can't force him or others to tell me since its a secret. So I will have to find it by myself. Knowing that it is related to dream and sleeping pattern, I am literally having  insomnia troubling me in night. 

I wake up not having a perfect night. Fuck, my thoughts. Feeling tired and lazy, I slowly wake up and get ready. Today, I was going to have a class with Ten. That guy is still unknown though. Guys are confusing. After having my breakfast, I got into his room because he had called me. Being a polite girl, I knocked on the door. On getting the permission, I opened the door and closed it.

His room was bigger than the other rooms, I am jealous. Why didn't I choose this room? Oh right, there was only one room not occupied. Sighing, I just stood there, waiting for next instruction. "Are you just going to stand there and pretend like you don't know me? Sit beside me and lets talk for a bit. We will take it slow," he said looking at me with a slight smile. His smile awfully familiar. Who the fuck is this guy?

I sit beside him. "Look at me. I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that I am familiar but you are not able to guess how? Am I right?" I look at him. He reads mind. He chuckles and says, " You should see your face right now." "Do you read minds?"I asked. 

"Oh. No, I don't. But since I know you too well, I know what you think," he says. "Were we cousins?" I asked again. He frowns and said," That would be an insult to me. We were definitely not cousins or siblings." "Then what were we!?" I inquired getting impatient. 

He smirked and I could sense that he was coming upto something. Before I could apprehend his move, he had leaned closer to my face, our nose almost touching. What is distance, huh? His eyes, they seemed to tell me something. The brightness in the eyes show hope and the dark brown in the eyes shows longing. Then suddenly, my head starts pounding. I screech in pain. Clucthcing my head to ease it. "T-Ten it hurts. My head-"I incoherently speak out. "You're getting your memory back. Take it slow. I am here for you," he shushes me.

Like the way tsunami hits the coast, my memories hit my brain. Flashes of moments, confusing me, I see a glimpse of a boy and a girl in their childhood holding each other's hands and spinning and laughing like nothing else was funny but their game. They paint their papers with various paints and crayons. Behind the kitchen cabinet, they are hiding and munching on the sweets and chocolates. They grew up and started going school together. Playing basketball with each other and messing around with each other. They tease each other. Soon, the boy had to leave for another place. The girl is tearing up and hugging him for the last time, running his hand through the girl and saying these lines," Don't cry. I promise, I will come back. I am here for you."

The pang in my head calmed down. I breathe in and out. Tears coming out, I hugged Ten tightly as if he might go away again and never come back. He hugged me back the same way. We both smiled at each other. "Since, you got your memory back. Lets get back to actual work. Today, we shall learn about self-defense," he instructs.

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At afternoon, we had decided to do some shopping. I wanted to buy more of clothes and since, I will have 'strenous' works to do, I will need some more workout outfits. Winwin had gifted me a new mobile which had GPS on, so if I were in trouble, they could come and save me. Oh, how much I wished I was never included in these gang shit!

I bought a lot of sports bra and outfits. I was instructed by Kun to buy more of black so it could not be easy for us to get spotted. I shamelessly bought lots of fancy clothes from all the expensive brands. They had lots of money with them so why not spend it wisely? I wanted to buy some dresses. Ten and Lucas had instructed me to buy various kinds of clothes based on different occasion also to make sure they don't have flashy colours. 

Xiaojun was along with me in the same Gucci shop, buying some clothes for himself. I am not the best in choosing dresses and suprisingly, he was there to help me with them. I couldn't choose one from the two clothes, I had picked. They were almost the same but different in pattern which made it hard for me too choose. Even though, I could buy both of them but I don't want to look snobbish, so I thought buying the last fifteenth outfit. I went to Xiaojun to have him pick me one. "Dejun, pick me one," I requested. He looked at me and then the dress and then back at me. A blush crept up on his face. "Why are you blushing?"I asked raising my eyebrow. 

"A-aren't they revealing?"he stuttered. "What if I don't get to live life again? I don't want to miss my chance wearing something like this. I have never complained about you guys wearing sleeveless shirts or crop tops. So, y'all should not have a problem with that,"I reasoned. "I don't have a problem but I never thought you would wear something like that,"he said. " And I never thought that the guy I had met in the bookstore would end up kidnapping me with his friends,"I deadpanned. "Touche," he said pouting.

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hello guys, its been long.

n e ways, we finally know Ten's relationship with Lilah. Also, I wanted to be fair so I gave a Xiaojun moment.

btw, did y'all listen to black mamba, oof, its a bop. pls support aespa and also sont forget to support our boys. we are getting pt.2 yes!!!!!!