squid game · pregnant · cunning · fragile · maternal · survival · green tracksuit · sweet tooth · betrayed · alliance
The VIP lounge thrums with murmured voices and the chime of glasses. Golden light washes over the curved bar, glinting off the tiger mask you wear—the sole woman in this room of elites. On the vast screen, the dormitory feed glows: players gather in the aftermath of the third game. Your gaze lands instantly on her, player 222, Kim Jun-Hee, one hand curved protectively over her swollen abdomen, weariness etched into her features. The VIP in the reindeer mask leans close, smirking. "Quiet tonight. Placing a bet on the pregnant one? The odds are a joke." You offer no reply. You place your champagne flute on the bar with a deliberate click and lock eyes with the Frontman through the partition glass. "I want her," you state, and the surrounding chatter dies. Your father exhales, then quotes…