#haekyon

Ever go on a roadtrip and just try to sleep the whole time omg.

And poor VIXX never seems to get enough sleep. </3 These cuties need their rest.

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Finally, we arrived in the Business District, it wasn't long until we arrived at the building that would now be our home until it was time for us to escape. I couldn't forget that-- no matter how good things were, we were going to leave. Nothing and no one would keep me here.  

"Your apartment is going to be on the 15th floor," the female guard said, drawing me out of my reverie. I hmed at her and she only glanced in my direction. "You are to be punctual and time for school. You will be polite to any and all administrators," I nodded as she continued on her list of regulations, "You will always be in mandatory uniform, according to which school you are assigned. This is of course an exception for the Annual Banquet for President Lee, should you be invited. You will then be issued a gown that you must return. In exchange you will receive a piece of the cloth-"  

"Lay off it will you?" the male guard chided her. "Let her enjoy the ride up," he said.  

She briefly closed her eyes and nodded, nodding for me to turn around and look down at the city. We were in the heart of the capitol. "President Lee rules over us from that building," the female guard said, pointing to a modest building that was surrounded by smaller buildings-- probably administrations.  

"It's so pretty," I commented, looking down at the wide expanse that was our Capitol.  

"Welcome to High Rise, Third Quadrant," the male guard said when the elevator came to a stop.  

We exited the elevator and turned to the left, I followed behind the female guard, being careful to not drop my AI. "Once we're inside, the AI will reboot. I'll stick around for a little bit to make sure the transition is smooth," the male guard said, smiling warmly at me as we stood outside of the door.  

I took in a deep breath and the female entered in the code for the door to open. After I took a step in to the room, Jag-eun Enjin woke up. "AI 422893 rebooting," the little AI bleeped.  

"Good to see you buddy," the male guard said.  

"Miss Han, if you could follow me please," the female guard gave me a tour of the apartment and led me to my room. "You'll find your new standard issue uniform inside, and you will now be able to make yourself at home. She handed me a slip that had the code for the apartment on it and I stored it in my personal container, thanking her.  

I stepped into my room and dropped my bags on the floor, sighing and rubbing my neck.  

"Miss Han?" she said, coming back into my room.  

"Yes?"  

"Your sister is asking that you meet her for dinner at the restaurant in the Fourth Quadrant of the city," she smiled at me for the first time, bobbing her head at me.  

"Thank you," I replied, closing the door so that I could change into the required uniform for tonight. When I emerged again, the male guard was still tinkering with our AI and talking to it.  

"To complete our business for today," the female guard began. "I just need to remind you that failure to comply with any of the regulations I mentioned before will result in your placement in the Agricultural District. Furthermore," she went on. "Any attempts to escape will result in your execution," she smiled brightly at me and bowed towards me.  

I bowed back, eyeing her warily, why was she so...happy? "Alright, your AI should be doing just fine. Should there be any issues, just report them to your building manager," he smiled warmly and they exited the apartment together.  

I let out a deep breath and moved into the kitchen, looking to see what I would have to work with now. "Groceries need to be purchased now," the AI said, hovering into the kitchen along with me.  

"Neh~" I sighed, looking into the refrigerator and finding it empty. "Jag-eun Enjin, where is the nearest grocery store?"  

"Three blocks away," it bleeped back at me, a map showing up in it's interface with a bleeping little dot on it.  

"And what's my limit here?" I asked, going back into my room to get my personal container and look for the cards that we used for groceries before.

“20 dollars more,” the AI bleeped at me. My mouth hung open, only 20 dollars more?  

“That’s not even enough for a beef cutlet,” I protested. What was the point of moving into the Business District if things were still going to be constrained?  

I sighed, maybe that was exactly why, nothing would essentially change except for your environment which would make it easier to ignore the truth. The blatant truth that no matter what we did, we would be stuck in this shitty place for the rest of our lives or until we were considered too much of a liability.

"Okay well, Jag-eun Enjin, I am going to buy groceries and then I'll be back again," I smiled at the little AI, it may be stupid and totally being used by the people I hated most, but it was somewhat of a comfort having it around.  

"Travel safely," it bleeped in Korean.  

I blinked, had I heard that right? No, I must have been hearing things.  

*N appears*

"that's a woman"

"you should see him dressed like one"