Twelve Majestic [EXO X OC]

Silver

"You didn't tell me why you were holding a knife yesterday Baekhyun," I murmured while shoving a piece of strawberry inside my mouth. So I liked strawberries, and in this hot summer, it was perfect. It was already noon, and I was still in my room. I was too embarrassed to go out and face my parents, too ashamed that I screamed so loud in my mother's face. Baekhyun was sitting down beside me on the bed, his hands folded awkwardly in his lap. I had offered him some of the strawberries – I had sneaked downstairs to get them when my mom wasn't aware, felt like a pro at stealing – he didn't of course willingly take one until I tricked him into talking and shoved one into his open, busy mouth. He then started eating by himself, though his moves were slow and calculated.

Baekhyun fidgeted in his place, his eyes sweeping to the right and away from mine. I pushed another small strawberry inside my mouth, chewing on it loudly and enjoying the juices that spilled into my mouth. I stared at Baekhyun, and found him awkwardly scratching on his head.

"Well?" I questioned out loud, popping two strawberries at once inside my mouth and chewing obnoxiously.

"Hani, I was trying to chop on vegetables more properly and learn, so I can be better when we do it again..." He explained, his eyes looking over at me with guilt in them. I chewed on my strawberry and patted him strongly on the back, trying to tell him he shouldn't be worried by action since my mouth was kind of busy. "Then my mom caught you, I guess.." I completed the story once I swallowed the strawberry, quickly picking out another one and eating it more elegantly now. "She grew defensive when I was holding the knife, and thought I was going to do something about it," he said curtly, and I felt kind of happy because this is the longest he has talked to me, despite the depressing words of his. Then I remembered the card, and how I vowed I would ask him about the stars. I jumped from my bed hurriedly when I remembered, feeling like I might just forget about it if I was late for even a second.

I snatched the card from the night stand and hurried back to Baekhyun. I bounced on my bed beside him – really close – and caused the bed to squeeze and squeak at our both weight. I leaned down under Baekhyun's shoulder and pointed at the five stars in the back of his card. I felt Baekhyun shift a little in discomfort, and I leaned away from him, but still showing him the card in full view.

"These five stars appeared on your card when your name appeared. What does that mean?" I asked him, my eyes glued to the golden stars aligned together in a straight line. Baekhyun looked down at the card, and there was an obvious twitch in his eyes before he started explaining.

"Hani, there are rankings in the Wielding society that is represented by stars. Each warrior has an amount of stars that can tell you how strong your warrior is. Some warriors rank from one to two stars; and those are the common warriors, the average ones. Three or four stars are the stronger ones, those are usually the ones sought for, since they have strong abilities and marvelous physiques." Baekhyun explained, his eyes staring at the card and the five glowing stars. My heart skipped a beat, and I knew what was about to come wasn't something I could have ever imagined.

"Five star-ranked cards are.. rare. They exist, but not close. There is a percentage of one to one hundred in the whole wide world, and usually Wielders tend to fight savagely in hopes of attaining one. However,"

"However..?" I squeaked, trying to make my words muffled by the fear and terror that started to consume me. "However, only five star ranking Wielders can bond with them, as lower ranked Wielders cannot bond with stronger ranked cards. The cards could easily reject the Wielder if it wasn't at par with its power, or more powerful than it. Do you get it, my.. I mean Hani?" I looked up at Baekhyun with a pale face, and I could see the guilt and worry inside his eyes that made me wonder what's the reason behind that specific guilt.