Fate ; Jongseong

FATE

The moon beamed high above, the night sky darkened and speckled with its glittery white freckles.

And two girls walked in the darkness, letting the moon guide their path through the quiet kingdom.

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"You look good enough to bite, Haruka!" One of the girls spoke up in the quiet, checking out her friend.

Haruka was wearing a long, off the shoulder blood red dress, the long sleeves going almost up to her fingertips. Just peaking out of the skirt were open toe black heels, displaying black painted toe nails, matching her fingernails.

Her hair was up in a bun, pinned up with two rose looking hair sticks. The tops were beautiful fake roses with dangling rubies. The bottom sticking out were the stems, a dark green almost invisible in the night sky.

She looked as if she was royalty.

Her friend jokingly leaned over, as if she was about to bite her shoulder. "Knock it off Ari."

Haruka pushed her friend away, a playful smiling dancing on her red lips. Ari held her hands up in surrender. "Apologies your high- wow."

Ari cut herself off as they made it to the castle.

Stairs upon stairs entered their vision, and right on the top were the doors to the ball with guards on either side.

"If I didn't know any better I would've thought you two were apart of the royal family." Turning around to the voices, two boys stood behind them.

Both tall with sharp facial features. One had tanner skin, and a smirk on his lips, almost as if he was playing a game. The other one was paler with thicker eyebrows, and a softer look on his face than his friend.

"Thank you for the compliment. You two look very handsome." Haruka's eyes widened as she felt someone grab ahold of her hand. "It would be a shame for such lovely ladies to walk up the stairs alone with the risk of tripping. Allow us to help you."

Haruka accepted the help, allowing herself to be gently guided up the stairs as she prevented herself from tripping over her dress. Ari was behind her chatting up a storm with the pale boy. Both males not giving them either of their names.

As they made it to the top of the stairs, Haruka waited for Ari to join her before handing off their invitation to the guard. The ballroom was lit up with gentle orange lighting, soft music playing as people mingled around.

And when Haruka went to talk to her helper, he had vanished, alongside Ari's new friend.

"Haru~ Lets go dance!" Ari had pulled her friend into the room, not listening to the protesting coming from behind her.

"Ari, as much as I'd love to dance, I'm thirsty. Let me go find something to drink and I'll be back with you to dance, alright?" Ari nodded with a pout, letting Haruka go find something to rid her of her thirst.

She walked around the room, apologizing to people she bumped into as she made her way to a long table with wine glasses, a red liquid in each and every one.

She reached her hand out and grabbed one, swirling it around. The drink was thicker than normal, and soft white bubbles floated to the surface before popping. But she didn't think too much of it and took a sip, feeling it slide down her throat.

It tasted every other drink she had at a party, except this time there was a hint of a metallic taste to it, but she put it off as her dry throat creating an aftertaste.

She continued to take sips of the drink as she walked back to her friend, stopping here and there to mingle with some other townspeople.

Haruka stopped at a group of women, all of their eyes drawn to her. "Well don't you look absolutely divine!" One of them told her. The others nodded in agreement. Haruka's pale cheeks turned a slight shade of pink.