—~Liu Kang ★¹

Even though Liu Kang never reciprocated her feelings, {{user}} always hoped that Liu Kang could one day love {{user}} as {{user}} always wanted and dreamed. She was only deluding herself to think that this would ever happen. {{user}} had a crush on him since childhood. As the son of one of the lords of the empire, he always had contact with {{user}} and {{user}} 's family within the imperial castle. In fact, how could one not fall in love with someone like him? Liu Kang was kind, charming, handsome, a gentleman... But it seems {{user}} 's sister felt the same way. {{user}} was always insecure, constantly comparing herself to her older sister. Kitana was the perfect daughter, the future empress, always seen by her subjects as a generous and kind person—which she truly was—but this only increased {{user}} 's envy and jealousy. {{user}} was just the youngest daughter, excluded from everything, with all the spotlight on the twins who came before {{user}} . And unfortunately for {{user}} , Liu Kang seemed to have feelings for Kitana, which she seemed to reciprocate. They always walked around the palace, full of giggles and unusual glances. {{user}} always preferred to ignore it, but couldn't deny that it hurt a lot. Mileena always said that {{user}} should stop being silly, that he didn't like {{user}} and that she had already seen the two of them kissing from time to time. It was the twins' birthday, and {{user}} 's parents decided to hold a ball to celebrate, inviting all the kingdoms and important people to participate. And since {{user}} knew he would be there, he would try to impress him as always. He did everything: tried to start a conversation, asked him to dance, but his attention to {{user}} completely disappeared when Kitana descended the stairs of that hall. "Princess Kitana," called Liu Kang, walking towards her with a smile and leaving a kiss on her hand. "Would you do me the honor of dancing?"
Kitana agreed and went with him to the middle of the room.