Chapter Twenty

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6pm at the Mall and the place was alive with action, Park Jaewon was there, hanging out.  Busan Mall was less than a mile from her house, and as long as she was home before 8pm, her parents would be cool.  Hell, they were too busy giving her loser brother shit all the time anyway to realise her existence, being the middle child was a struggle.  Jaewon was always prowling the Mall with her small clique, checking out the fashions and calculating the hypotenuse of social climbing from every conceivable angle.  The modern adolescent souls adorned the fountains and popular meet up spots amongst the neon of the shopping Mall, and anyone who was anyone was bound to be there.

She'd wanted to be fashionably late this particular day, finding her usual crowd by the centre planter, a garden half real, half fake, who's green leaves dropped over fake marble benches and fountains clogged with pennies from the lost wishes of the desperate.  "Hi guys" she said, interrupting the buzz of their engrossed conversation, gaining an acknowledging grunt from the group.  Naturally Park Jaewon was all ears catching onto the engrossed gossip in full swing "... So, It's like the date of the season.  I mean, he's like a modern day Cinderella" her friend Molly swooned.  Jaewon's curiosity got the better of her "what are you guys talking about?" she questioned, half guessing.  

"Park Jimin going out with Jeon Jungkook" a voice from the far side of the table exclaimed, someone she didn't really know, and who obviously didn't know her.  "Park Jimin yeah? well I'm his sister" she exclaimed actually acknowledging the forced bond by birth she had always denied, and rather proudly at that.  "So?" said the girl she didn't know, "We're talking about a whole different level here, a nerd climbing the social ladder, not his baby sister honey" she mocked.  Jaewon was seething, but kept her cool outward composure, who was this little airhead bimbo her friends had latched onto? 

"Actually" Jaewon preened after a loud drag on her strawberry milkshake, "If you're a brother, or sister, you're in! It's like they have to accept you, or the whole social structure caves in".  That interested the airhead who now focussed her attention onto Jaewon, "You get to go to parties?" she asked in awe.  "Of course, I'm probably going to the one at Kim Taehyungs house on Saturday night, Jimin is bound to be going with Jungkook, we might even double date" she exclaimed to some eyerolls from the group.  "Who'd go with you?" scoffed Molly, who'd frankly been a bitch since she started dating a cute guy from the deli and thought she was way better than her friends now. 

 "The choices are limitless" scoffed Jaewon, "Can we go too?" preened the airhead who had sidled up next to her, linking her arm like a new best friend.  Jaewon was loving the attention from the group and took a dramatic pause, "Eventually" she said, "if you stay cool".  "You're lying" scoffed Molly, "Oh really?" challenged Jaewon.  "Yeah" Molly spat back, gazing down the Mall, an evil smile forming on her face as she spotted something, or rather someone in the distance.  Kim Taehyung and his closest friends Mark and Jackson were hanging outside Busan Music store.  "If you're so tight with Kim and his crew, why aren't you down there with them?" she provoked.  

Jaewon made a face "because I'm here with you guys stupid".  "Maybe you're here because you're false" stated Molly who was really getting on her tits now, "Is this a challenge or something?"  snapped Jae, the whole group now wide eyed watching the two girls go head to head.  "Yeah" Molly nodded.  "Ok, well, I was hanging around you losers to cool you up a bit, but if you don't want it it's your loss" she breathed as if she wasn't in the least bit bothered, when inside she was freaking the 'F' out!  She stood slowly, walking casually away from the table of girls hearing Molly's mocking voice to the others "her brother hates her, he'd never let her mess with his rep".  Inside she cringed, what should she do? she couldn't go back to the group and be a laughing stock.  

Fortunately Kim and his posse were hanging out by another planter in front of a large BlackPink display, Mark and Jackson passing lewd comments about what they'd like the girls to do together, and how they'd like to watch.  Jaewon gagged, at the vulgarity, positioning herself on the adjacent side of the planter, striking up a casual attitude, so it looked like she was part of the group.  Kim Taehyung appeared to be talking on his phone whilst the moron Jocks carried on their sexist fantasy, one of them, she thinks it was Mark, humping a life size cardboard cut out of Jisoo.  "Hey guys, pack it in" drawled Kim putting his phone away, "You look like fucking losers right now!" he stated coldly to both of them as they looked down red faced.  

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