SALVE | l.ty + k.jn

one

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chapter one - off to the races

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The group of four stood at Jisoo's locker, helping the very disorganized girl empty the contents of it before their big graduation ceremony.
Jennie, holding the large box which Chaeyoung and Jisoo continuously threw various knick-knacks and empty snack wrappers into.
Lisa, standing there for moral support.

"Heaven forbid Jisoo be bid off to a man who wishes his lilliette clean the home. This is awful." Chaeyoung exclaims, sending a glare Jisoo's way.

Jisoo only shrugged, a smirk on her face. "Hey now, we all know that's not the type of home I'll be bade into." She giggles.

Chaeyoung and Jennie could only shake their heads as Lisa broke into a fit of giggles along with Jisoo.

"Oh, Jisoo. You are the ever so sinful embodiment of lust." Chaeyoung sighs, throwing the last wrapper found into the cardboard box before dusting her hands off.

Lisa, who smacked on her strawberry gum loudly, had gasped.
"And look whose coming this way." She whispers, excitement coating her voice as she began to tuck a strand of her rusted color hair behind her ear, running a few fingers through the bangs that lay across her forehead, as well.

The girls had stopped to turn their heads down the large hallway, and surely enough, there was one of their etiquette teachers, Mr. Jang Hyun-Seung.

He looked particularly sharp today, with a midnight blue-fitted suit, along with a black tie and pocket square adorning his attire. His ash white hair combed perfectly back, only adding onto his slicing jawline and contrastingly soft features.

The man was a sight, and not to mention, twice Lisa's age.

Jennie swats at Lisa's hand which had already began to work to roll her skirt up higher, making her uniform skirt appear shorter.

"Lalisa!" Jennie says with wide eyes,
but the smaller girl was clearly enchanted, eyes locked on the older man.

"Mr. Jang!" She calls out sweetly. "Hello!" She bows upon catching his attention.

He had been checking his gold wrist watch, bustling down the hallway quickly, but paused upon hearing Lisa.

"Oh, hello, ladies." He greets warmly at the four, making eye-contact with each.
They all bowed politely.

"Your big day today, eh?"

"Yes, sir." They reply.

"You've all been delightful students. I'm sure you lovely lilliettes will be bid into lovely homes." He rest assures. "However, I'm in a hurry to help set-up. I'll see you ladies at the auction, I assume." Mr. Jang smiles at each.

Lisa, who had wrapped her strawberry gum around her index finger, had blinked at him with doe- like eyes. "I'll miss you dearly, Mr. Jang." She coos.

The other girls held back sighs. The girl was a reckless one, indefinitely.

Mr. Jang seems to freeze, before quickly regaining his composure.
"Well. I'd better get going." He says, eyes trained on Lisa before flickering to the other girls with a forced smile.

The girls all nod, and it isn't until Mr. Jang scurries away that Lisa breaks into a satisfied smirk.
"He plays so hard to get." She half-heartedly sighs before spitting her gum out into the cardboard box that Jennie held. "Hmph, wonder why."

"I don't know. Maybe it's because he's married...and has a newborn child... ?" Chaeyoung suggests, staring at Lisa incredulously.

Lisa shrugs. "That's never stopped any men before."

"Oh, Lalisa. Little Lalisa... " Jisoo sighs. "Not even am I that much. "

Lisa takes no offense to any of her friends words, as she's heard worse before. She pays no attention, as it excites her. She loves knowing that her played-out innocence and doll-like looks made any man she wanted, to fall to their knees. Lisa had always been different. Not finding interest in any of the boys her age. Lisa always had been attracted to the older men who loved her purity. Lisa absolutely loved them.

"How ironic it be if a younger man bid on you." Jennie chortles, imagining how angry Lisa would be.

Lisa only shakes her head. "Never.
I've built myself quite the reputation, haven't I?" She raises an eyebrow. "And plus,
I need a man, not some little boy."

It was then that the ten-minute bell had rung, signaling that all lilliettes began to head to the bidding building.
The girls had all exchanged looks.
This was it.
They were soon to be bid off.

Jennie stared at the black ink that had been pressed into her skin with a needle a few hours beforehand.

"GROUP  'C'." had been sprawled across in small writing.

Unfortunately, neither of the girls shared the same group.

Huddling close together, the girls shared one last embrace.

"It's been fun." Jisoo murmurs.
"It has." Chaeyoung agreed.

"Well, then." Lisa says. "Be good girls now." The youngest scolds.
"Because off to the races we go."

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