Bittersweet

16: The Rose of the West Wing

"Doll, can I trust you with your food?"
Taehyung said. He felt a concern for her. She was anorexic. Barely anything but bones. She had strength in her, but still. She can't starve herself.
Kiera messed her hair,
"Meh. I don't know. Trust comes from within. Besides, this hospital food just doesn't suit me."
"Eat this for now, tonight I would treat you to Ramen or Meat. Sounds like a deal, doll?"
She picked him gently,
"Got my answer, Hot Stuff?"
Taehyung giggled. His cheeks gained a bit of colour. Kiera let go of him,
"You got work to do. Do them and come back quickly. I'd be waiting. But don't take too long. Don't keep me waiting way too much cause I won't wait much."
Taehyung kissed her forehead,
"I'll be back before you can say the word Hot Stuff."
Kiera chuckled as she saw the body leaving. She zoned out for a bit.

Their initial plan was working. With some differences of course. Love, obsessions, preferences were never supposed to be in this plan. But seems like the players have fallen.

"Here! Stuff your mouth!"
Rosé almost slammed the tray on the table. She spilled a bit of soup on the table. Kiera chuckled,
"Rosie Posie did it again."
She kept on chanting. Rosé stopped in her tracks. With fear stricken eyes she glanced at Kiera,
"What did you just say?"
Kiera giggled bitterly,
"Wanna hear a story?"
"WHO ARE YOU?"
Rosé screamed at Kiera. She took a step back. She was sweating. The Queen knows. But how?
Kiera chuckled,
"Wanna hear a story or not Blondielocks?"
"ANSWER MY DAMN QUESTION LADY!"
"Hear my story Blondie..."
Rosé sat down. She was shaking. Kiera smiled at her,
"Once upon a time, in a land far far far away, lived a king and queen. Between them was a rose that kept them together. But day by day, things were getting worse in between them. Nothing seemed to click anymore. There was no spark anymore. The Queen blamed the Rose for everything. She thought she was stuck there because of the Rose. She wanted to forcefully throw the Rose out of her life. She did. She made a deal with an enchantress and sent the Rose far far away to a dungeon. She exchanged stuff, of course. There were many unfortunate souls like the Rose in the dungeon already. They were just trying their bests to survive. But the Rose belonged to that kind who grew thorns, but the thorns were usless anyways. The enchantress gave 6 of the souls a chance. A golden chance of freedom. And they gladly took it. They didn't think about the rest of of the 6 souls, starved and tortured. They just cared for themselves only. And they selfishly yet happily lived forever. The end."
"NO! IT ISN'T THE END OF ANYTHING! YOU KNOW WRONG KIERA!"
Rosé screamed and howled as she got to her feet. Tears were running down her cheeks. Her pale face was red, with frustration of course,
"My mother traded me for bucks! Then when Kim Su-Bong couldn't make any use of me, us, she threw us out! And then I had nowhere to go! Ofcourse my mother won't take me back! Do you think I had a choice? Do you think I would leave behind Kookie or you or anyone else behind if I had the option? Hell no! But we had no option left! It was just us! 6 teenagers! We were just left on the streets! We are just thankful that we managed to find resources like Jin Oppa's parents! Otherwise we would have died! After all we didn't recieve a privilege from Kim Su-Bong!"
Rosé was breathing really heavily. Her face was red and her nostrils were massive. Kiera with her teasing smirk and cold expression slowly strided towards her. With an unbothered face she whispered,
"It's just a fictional story, Blondielocks. I don't know what you talkin bout."
"You bitch!"
Rosé's knuckles dug through Kiera's cheeks. She smirked as she muttered to herself,
"Finally."
She cracked her knuckles and chuckled,
"If I were you, I'd never mess with me! But I guess you're just dumb."
Rosé, with a fake sense of pride and courage now that the Queen didn't attack her back, decided to throw another punch. Kiera was just waiting for this. She caught Rosé's wrist and twisted it. She threw her body on the wall and hit her head. Rosé was strong, but not enough. Yet she pushed Kiera away. The old metal stretcher made a screeching noise as Kiera fell on them.
"You fucking dumbhead!"
Kiera gritted her teeth before literally sprinting at Rosé and pinning her on the ground. She dug her knuckles on her sculpted face. Rosé clawed Kiera's skin with her long nails. She left a huge mark. Kiera was strangling her when a vase shattered on the back of her head. Kiera pressed the bck of her head, a cold liquid leaked through her head. Her vision was getting blurry.
Tzuyu helped Rosé up,
"You okay Unnie?"
"Ye-yes Tzuyu."
"Now let's deal with this bitch!"
Tzuyu cuffed Kiera and tied her eyes tightly. She was kicking in the air. And one of those kicks hit Tzuyu's jaw. Kiera clearly heard her grunt. Kiera scoffed,
"Poor little puppet got hurt?"
Tzuyu pushed her on the ground and pinned her head on it with her heels. Rosé gasped,
"Tzuyu no! Leave her!"
"Oh no! I was out for 6 hours for her. I'm not letting her go that easily!"
Tzuyu was standing on Kiera. Her heels digging in Kiera's jaws. Her head was feeling heavy. Her world was going dark. She was falling in the arms of helplessness. But she was still trying to fight back. She was jerking her body in order to throw Tzuyu on the ground. It worked and Tzuyu's heels broke. She tripped. Kiera smirked and untied herself with a shattered piece of glass. She then used the same glass to strike a small cut on Tzuyu's flawless skin. She pressed on Tzuyu's nerves and knocked her out for an hour or so. She stood on her feet and smirked tiredly. Tired of all this bullshit. Before passing out.