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"Bin-ah go and help Sua feed Roa."
"But mom! I need to do my maths homework!"
"Doubt it kid, go help your sister."
Moonbin grunted and gave his mother's back stinky eye before getting up from the cozy couch to go help his baby sister. A very evil baby sister. Sua was old enough to feed a freaking cat herself, he did not understand his mother's concern.
On second thought, he did understand. There she was, trying to feed Roa with her hands.
"Hey hey stupid, that's not how you feed her." Bin picked up Roa and coddled her as she yawned and looked at the siblings with lazy eyes.
"She already ate! I was checking if she was still hungry! Dumbo." Sua stuck out her tongue and walked away.
Bin sighed and took Roa to his room. At least something good came out of getting up from the couch to help his stupid sister feed their stupid cat.
"Bin is taking Roa to his room again!" Sua yelled from the hallway with a smug grin and Bin made faces at her before going in to his room.
"It's my birthday tomorrow! The cat sleeps in my room!"
Roa was strangely compliant and quiet today. Usually she would scratch at him if he picked her up and carried her to his room like he did today. Seems like she missed Bin as much as he did. After all he was rarely home with all the training.
The stars were very pretty and it was very cold. Bin sat beside the windowsill with his quilt and Roa sat on his lap with her head peaking out, staring outside. Aw, she's cozy.
Soon enough he started to feel sleepy and fell asleep on the carpeted floor with Roa. The room was lit with just his table lamp and the glow in the dark stars.
Just as the clock struck 12, Bin woke up with a start. Roa jumped on his lap and started to walk around the room in circles, her tail upright. But the room was not Bin's.
No, it was a white room with bright lighting and a table with many delicacies that tickled Bin's senses just right. He stood up and looked around the room. No windows, no gates.
Static sounded and Roa jumped on Bin when a voice spoke out of no where.
"Eat... something from... the table." The voice was breaking off and very unclear. And Bin in his hazy, sleepy state, held Roa tighter.
Everything on the table looked very delicious. Smelled great too, it was heaven. Yes, Moonbin was in heaven. There were fruits on one side, one piece of each. Bin did not know there so many fruits in the world. Wait.. was that a single piece of grape. Bin laughed, very loudly before going to the table and laughing at the single grape.
He moved along the length of the table and sniffed all the food that there was. Everything smelled so delicious, not the tofu and fish. Bin almost puked at their smell.
"Bite some... quick, no... time." The unclear voice boomed in the room. It sounded impatient. Bin sighed before glaring at a raw fish.
"Well give me more time to decide okay! So much good food!" Bin threw his hands in exasperation, still not believing that he had to rush even in his dream.
"Ten... seconds..."
Big numbers popped up on the wall in front of him and Bin panicked. Why is he being rushed to eat in his dream!? Maybe if he eats something the countdown will stop and he won't wake up! He looked around before moving forward towards the grape he laughed at. It was at the very start of the delicacy display.
But of course... Roa tripped him. He fell down and squeaked.
"Three.."
Now Bin panicked, no his dream can't end. HE STILL HASNT EVEN TASTED ANYTHING! NOT EVEN THE GRAPE HE LAUGHED AT!! There was only one thing in Bin's sight right now. Just one. He yelled in frustration before he...
"Two.."
... bit the table leg with a loud chomp.
"..."
Bin's eyes were slightly teary and bleary as he looked at the frozen 00:01 on the wall. It was silent, just Roa pawing at his hand.
Someone laughed, real loud. The voice was cracking and Bin sat with his legs crossed. The voice was so high pitched and clearer now. Bin has never heard this voice before.
"DID HE JUST BITE THE TABLE!? JINIE HE JUST BIT THE TABLE!!" Another deeper voice laughed till there was loud cluttering noises.
"THE CHOMPBWAHAHHAHAHAHAHA"
Bin was confused but he grinned sleepily too. Not his fault, the laugh was contagious. But he was so lost, especially with Roa circling around him.
After a while Bin was tired of sitting on the oddly warm floor and he stood up and quickly ate the grape, finally relaxing. He ate the grape because he felt sorry. He shouldn't have laughed at the grape for being lonely.
"OKAY okay..." THE deeper voice said, now seemingly calm from all the laughing.
"Moon Bin, born in 1998, you chose the (pfft) table, we'd have to discuss with our superior before getting back to you. In the meantime, please enjoy the food..."
"CHOMP CHOMP KID!"
What...? Bin looked at the wall that now showed him chomping down on the table leg. Why was it playing on the wall? He laughed at the video that kept replaying as he ate the single chicken nugget.
Fifteen minutes passed, now he just felt embarrassed looking at himself biting the table leg repeatedly.
"Okay Moon Bin, you have been the power to MEGA MOUTH and DIAMOND TEETH!"
"Find more about your gift in the catalogue that will be delivered to your house tomorrow!"
"What nonsense..." Bin trailed off as he ate the lamb skewer.
"Remind me to thank Minhyuk for going to his mother's wedding early!"
That was the last thing he heard in the high pitched voice before he was sitting on the floor of his room... with half a skewer in his mouth.
The skewer fell down from his open mouth as he yelled loudly and ran to his parent's room.
"MOM THERE WAS SO MUCH FOOD!"
Bin's mother turned on the lamp and stared at him for a while before smiling. "What powers did you get Bin-ah?"
"Mega Mouth and Diamond Teeth! But how did you know!?"
"...What is a mega mouth and diamond teeth?" Bin's father whispered. They both looked at their son horrified.
"Son.. what did you eat?"
"OH! I ate a grape, banana, nugget, potato fries, lamb skewer, some spicy soup..." Bin trailed off as he thought of all that he ate in his dream, that his mother knew about somehow... how does she know?
"No, what did you eat first?"
"Ohoh-ho! The table!"
"THE WHAT?" His parents yelled.
None of them slept the rest of the night, his parents told him about how they got their powers and how the solo banquet was supposed to grant him a power.
The next day they got a catalogue.
MEGA MOUTH: The ability to open one's mouth as big as possible. This ability also allows one access to loud microphone-ish voice.
DIAMOND TEETH: This power grants you ability to bite through whatever.
Bin won numerous eating competitions after that. Well at least he did not get stuck with a boring power for the rest of his life.
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