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Little Dokja runs through the halls of the castle. He’s giggling, he has a piece of bread on his mouth, he’s holding a piece of cheese in one hand and a knife on his other hand. He also happens to be wearing one of Uriel’s dresses, which makes him much more likely to trip and fall on the knife he’s holding.
There are dozens of Joonghyuks running after him, and they simply can’t catch little Dokja because…
“WHEN DID HE LEARN RED PROENIX SHUNPO? I THOUGHT HE HAD WAY OF THE WIND!”
“HE PROBABLY FORGOT THAT AND STARTED COPYING OUR SKILLS!”
“DOKJA, COME ON!”
Dokja makes a sharp turn on a corridor and-!
Yoink!
He’s captured.
“Dokja? Why are you running around with a knife?” 41 asks holding Dokja up with his hands under Dokja’s arms, like he’s holding a toddler.
“Mpff mmm.” Dokja says with his mouth full of bread.
The Joonghyuks who were chasing Dokja walk up to 41. They all let out a sigh of relief.
“Ah, 41! Thank you so much!”
“Dokja showed up in the dining hall, picked up those things, and-“
“Someone told him not to run with the knife, so he immediately ran off with the knife.”
The Joonghyuks stare at little Dokja.
41 stares at little Dokja. “Really?”
Dokja snorts. Then he takes the piece of bread out of his mouth.
“41, do you want to eat a sandwich with me?” Little Dokja asks with stars on his eyes.
41 strongly resists the urge to say “aww” and squish little Dokja.
Some of the Joonghyuks around find this very cute and amusing.
“Ah, he just wanted to hang out with 41.”
“That’s so nice.”
“Dokja, next time just let us know instead of running off.”
“Take care of little Dokja, 41!”
The group disperses and 41 is left with little Dokja, a piece of bread, a piece of cheese, and a knife.
A few moments later.
41 sits on a hammock in his new boat room. He slices the bread and the cheese to make two very simple sandwiches. He hands one to Dokja.
Little Dokja takes his sandwich and sits next to 41 on the hammock.
“So. What do you think of N’gai.” 41 asks.
“It’s so much better than the subway! The food is amazing!” Dokja says with a big smile.
41 nods. “Good. I’m glad you like it here. May I ask why you stopped recovering probability? Is it because Plotter opened some portals?”
Little Dokja shakes his head. “I stopped sharing my probability. Zero said he won’t tell me stories about his time if don’t recover.”
41 raises one eyebrow. “Then why do you still look like this?” He asks lightly poking Dokja on the forehead.
“Ah… haha.” Dokja scratches the back of his head. “A few reasons. First because I don’t remember having a childhood and wanted to try stupid stuff.”
“Like running with knifes.” 41 says.
“Yes. Second because Uriel, Hyunsung, Jihye and Namwoon think I’m adorable and started taking me to school, and I didn’t want to ruin their mood.”
“Really?” 41 asks surprised. “Do they open a portal and take you to-”
“Oh, no no. They turned one of the empty rooms into a classroom and teach me stuff like turning into metal, summoning fire, naval warfare, judging between good and evil. Stuff like that.”
“I see.”
Little Dokja looks down and blushes a little. “And third because… I didn’t want it to look like I was taking his place. You guys had a beautiful story going on.”
41 smiles at the mention of Dokja.
He pats little Dokja on the shoulder. “I’m glad to know you’ve already recovered. Don’t worry about keeping your appearance like this, ok? No one here thinks you’re taking Dokja’s place. That’s why there’s one room for him and one for you; there’s plenty of space for both Dokjas.”
Little Dokja smiles.
“Did you know we’re looking for a way to undo the Existence Pledge? That way, you both can live here safely. If you want to, of course.” 41 says with a little smile.
Little Dokja nods. “I do.”
“I promise Dokja won’t chase you with a sword if we manage to get rid of his pledge. Did the others tell you about the issue with the pledge?”
Little Dokja nods. “They did! And I saw it on TV too. Other me made the pledge when he didn’t know who we were, and he thought he was being helpful.”
“Precisely!” 41 says. “Now we just need to get that fool back from the Final Wall, just like how we got you!”
Little Dokja smiles and places his hands on his cheeks. “Do you think other me will like me?”
41 eyerolls and chuckles. “Dokja no one in their right mind wouldn’t love you.”
Little Dokja looks at 41 with stars on his eyes.
Then he turns into his normal adult form and jumps on 41, hugging him.
“I love you too, 41! I love you so much! You have no idea!” Dokja says firmly hugging 41.
41 is taken aback for a moment. Then he hugs back. “I love you too, Dokja.”
Then someone opens the door to 41’s room.
“41, have you seen…” Plotter, followed by Zero and 1, stops on his tracks when he sees Dokja, now looking like an adult, in a dress, in 41’s arms.
Plotter, 0, and 1 stare at 41 in shock.
“I CAN EXPLAIN!”
Later, in the dining hall.
“So, get this.” 383 says gesturing between bites.
Several Joonghyuks pay attention to 383.
“Little Dokja right? We had no idea why he stopped recovering probability to go back to normal.” 383 says, then he taps the table with his index finger. “IT TURNS OUT! Little Dokja not only had already recovered, but he was also using his kid appearance to pull pranks on us AND-!”
383 raises his index finger and makes a dramatic pause.
The Joonghyuks hold their breaths in anticipation.
“When he was actually in his normal adult form, he was getting intimate with Forty.One.”
The Joonghyuks go “OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
