The next day, Gene went to his job at the Text Center, but now and then, Jailbreak wouldn't work here anymore after what happened at dinner last night.

Many emojis knew what happened at the home of the royal family last night as they kept spreading the gossip.

Gene didn't have the mood anymore and remained sad since this morning. He hasn't eat his breakfast as he left home first before his parents did, making them so worried for their son. Gene's thoughts snapped out when Hi-5 punched his shoulder.

"Morning, Gene!"

"Hi, Hi-5." Gene greeted back sadly.

"Whoa, you're look like a meh. Well, of course you're a meh, but not just any meh, you're sadder than a meh. Is everything alright?" When the hand emoji asked, Gene smirked and raised an eyebrow, signaling to Hi-5 that he have to stop being sarcastic. "Okay, okay. I was there, but we can't argue with the king. He's going to chop our heads off if we do."

"Technically, Hi-5, you're a hand. You don't have a head. You have a face." Gene corrected him.

"Okay, but he's gonna chop my fingers off... You know what I mean?"

"I know what you mean."

Just then, a microphone squealing sound was heard from the speaker.

"Places everyone." One of the techs announced. "Go now to your cubes."

"I guess we have work to do." Hi-5 said as he went to his cube.

Gene went to his own cube, still thinking about Jailbreak. For him, the Text Center wasn't the same without her.

"Attention everyone." Another moderator added. "It seems the princess won't be working with us anymore, so we still have to stay focus on the text."

When Alex started to text, he chose Gene as the scanner pointed at him.

Because he didn't stay focus on his job and kept thinking about Jailbreak, Gene didn't notice the scanner was pointing at him.

"Uh, Gene, you're on." One of the moderators called, but Gene still didn't changed his face.

"Son, you've been chosen." Mel whispered, but Gene is still not in a mood.

"Gene." Mary called.

"Gene!" Hi-5 also called him.

"GENE!" Everyone shouted.

Gene finally snapped out of his thoughts when he heard his name from everyone as he changed his emotions randomly before the scanner scanned him.

That was so close! He also made another mistake, but he didn't mess up this time.

After a long hard working day and emojis went back to their homes, Mel and Mary accompanied their son to their home, but Gene hadn't said a word to them the whole day.

Parents know best. Mel and Mary knew why Gene was upset all this time. And that's the time Mel thought of a plan.

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The next day, just like yesterday, Gene is still not in a mood because of Jailbreak's absence.

Suddenly, someone poked him on the back. Gene turned around to see who poked him. He was expecting Hi-5 since he always greet him, but it was an unexpected surprise.

It was Jailbreak wearing the same pink dress like at the dinner!

"Jailbreak!" Gene shouted happily as he hugged Jailbreak tightly.

"Hi Gene!" Jailbreak returned the hug, but not as tight as Gene. She just hugged him gently. "It's good to see you again."

"You too, Jailbreak." Gene, then, examined her clothes. "You're wearing your dress again. And I thought your dad won't let you work here anymore."

"Oh, he wanted to, but your dad came to my place last night and talked to my dad about it, then they made a deal. I can work here again, but I have to be a real princess and wear this dress the whole time." Jailbreak explained as she straightened up her tiara.

"That's okay, Jailbreak. I think you're still cool just the way you are." Gene said, repeating what Jailbreak told him during their journey together, which made the princess blushed.

Just then, Mel stood in front of them, which the two noticed him.

"Uh, I better go to the scanner now." Jailbreak excused herself, leaving the two 'mehs' alone.

When Jailbreak left, Gene approached his father with a surprising smile on his face. "Dad, you talked to the king? You did this for me?"

"I observed you yesterday, Gene. You haven't stayed focus on anything ever since that dinner. I know why you're upset, so I talked to the king to let the princess work here." Mel explained.

Gene happily rushed to his father and hugged him with appreciation.

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Throughout the day, Gene regained his focus when Jailbreak is back, and still took control of the scanner with the techs. When the day ended and the emojis walked out of the Text Center, Gene managed to catch up to Jailbreak before leaving.

"Hey, Jailbreak!" He called.

"Hey, Gene." Jailbreak greeted back, but not in enthusiastic tone anymore.

"Since it's still an early night, why don't we hang-out for dinner? Just the two of us?" Gene asked.

"I love to, but sorry, Gene. I can't." The princess shook her head sadly. "I have a curfew, and my parents wanted me home at 7:30pm."

"Don't worry, no one will notice that."

"Actually, there are."

After Jailbreak whispered, she tilted her head, pointing behind her. Gene looked behind Jailbreak, and saw her brothers, staring at them from afar. Now he understood why her curfew was serious.

"Alright. But when are we going to hang-out? Just for a day?" He asked.

"Well, I'm available at weekends, but what about our work?" She reminded.

"Don't worry. Dad will do the job for me if I'm absent, and the techs will do the scanning." Gene said.

"That makes sense. Okay." Jailbreak nodded.