Mortal Kombat x Reader ? | English

(Picture: Screenshot from 'Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)' by 'NetherRealm Studios' ; own source)

(Mortal Kombat 1 based)
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We knew each other since we were kids, well, to be more precise, since we were born. Bi-Han was the one to be born first, and a few months later, I followed. As for Kuai, well, he was born a few years after us, around the same time Tomas was born.

"Bi-Han! You shouldn't do that! Kuai and Tomas will cry again."
I whined as he threw in both Kuai's and Tomas' plushies into a hole he just dug.
"Papa is going so easy on both of them, I have to show them how to grow up myself."

I crossed my arms in front of my chest as he put the dirt on top of those plushies to bury them.
"They'll find it again, you know."
"I know, I just want to teach them a lecture. Maybe they'll get used to not sleeping with them this time."

It was true, Bi-Han's father was harsher to Bi-Han than to his other two sons. But it wasn't always like that. It all started when he and I were promised to each other.

Both of us were six when our parents settled the contract for us to marry as soon as we turned the legal age. It would bring back up the greatness of the Lin Kuei again, considering us being from the royal family, making us a perfect match to be the next grandmaster and grandmistress.

Our great grandparents were the same, our grandparents siblings and our parents cousins, making us distantly related. Since Bi-Han's side of the family was the main line, he and Kuai were first and second in line to become grandmaster in case of their father's death. I was third, as I was from the sub line, followed by Tomas, who was adopted and thus had the fourth place in line, Lin Kuei tradition.

Throughout our childhood, we trained to meet the expectations of the Lin Kuei, and to become better fighters than the previous generation. At the Lin Kuei, female fighters are not separated from male fighters. All of us speak the same oath, and all of us trust in the group, not in friendship. Family blood is just as important as the blood flowing in every Lin Kuei.

It wasn't a surprise when they made Bi-Han train with me, and Kuai to train with Tomas, due to us and them being closer in age to each other. At the age of 14, both Bi-Han and I completed the hardest test, becoming established and one of the best trained Lin Kuei in our teens already. He took over the name of Sub-Zero, I took over the name of (Fighter Name), both of us being cryomancer. It was at the same time when we were allowed to train Kuai and Thomas, but also when Bi-Han started to change into a more cold hearted, rational and indifferent person.

Wedding preparations started as soon as I turned 18, shortly after Bi-Han did as well of course. The ceremony would be held shortly after I turn 19, which was less than five months away now.

Bi-Han and I were called to the grandmaster's office, forcing us to appear in our formal attire. I saw Bi-Han and his servants standing in front of the door to the grandmaster's office, him wearing a changshan in his typical blue and black colours. I wore a hanfu, in bluish and pale pink colours.

I walked up next to Bi-Han, who didn't bother to look at me, stopping to turn to look at the door as well. Our servants stood next to the walls, keeping the hallway free as Bi-Han and I stood in front of the door, motionless and not saying a word.

"Do they know we're here?"
I asked him, not looking at him, not even from the corner of my eyes. Him doing the same when he replied.
"They do."