devil's advocate | (g)idle

mark my words

Hey guys. I'm gonna be updating on this story since my other one has limited chapters left. I'm staying up for the BLACKPINK comeback, which comes out at 5:00 am where I live, and it's currently 1:20 am where I live lol

"Do I really have to go to this thing?" Shuhua asked Soojin, as she put on a red dress, one that had a cape attached, as well as golden lining.

Apparently, the dress was worn by members of high status, of the royal court, and since Shuhua would be accompanying Soojin, she was expected to wear the same attire.

"Yes, babe. I'm sorry." Soojin answered pitifully.

Truthfully, even she didn't know why Shuhua and Yuqi were being requested, but she didn't really care when Shuhua turned around, allowing Soojin to look at the girl in all of her glory.

"I would totally fuck you on that table if I could, darling." Soojin breathed out, while Shuhua's eyes widened, her hand touching Soojin's shoulder lightly.

"And I would gladly let you, princess, but we have some stupid event to attend to." Shuhua retorted back normally, much to the surprise of Soojin.

"Where did that confidence come from?" Soojin asked Shuhua, who sported a smirk.

"It's always been there, but I just so happened to really enjoy you dominating me, and I'm fine with vocalizing it." Shuhua whispered, her hand traveling on Soojin's collarbone.

"You have some game, Shu. Just wait until we get home later." Soojin winked at the other girl, who blushed lightly.

"That's more like it." Soojin thought, making sure to grab her coat for Shuhua to wear.

"Sorry we're leaving you alone, Min." Soyeon walked over with Yuqi, who linked their arms.

"It's all good. I have some Vampire Diaries to catch up on anyways." Minnie responded, spreading her feet out on the couch, while Soojin laughed, leading the others outside of the door.

They rode in the car, Soyeon drove, with Soojin sitting next to her in the passenger's seat, leaving the two young angels to sit in the back.

"Do you think that the staff are gonna be like Hotel Transylvania?" Yuqi asked Shuhua, who laughed loudly, making Soojin turn over and Soyeon look through the front view mirror.

"I would pass out." Shuhua responded, snickering as Yuqi smacked her thigh.

"I've been wondering why they would request to see us." Yuqi voiced out, while Shuhua hummed, agreeing with said girl.

The car arrived at the building, and Shuhua could feel herself getting a bad headache.

"Why does this building look so familiar?" Shuhua winced, as her head pounded, making her cry out in pain.

"Are you alright, Shu?" Yuqi asked her, while Soojin looked at her with concern.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I don't know what just happened." Shuhua responded, cradling her head a little bit.

"Royal Academy"----the building's name read, as the valet came to take Soyeon's car.

"Are you sure you're alright?" Soojin asked, slotting her hand into Shuhua's as they stood at the entrance.

"Yeah, I'm good, no worries." Shuhua reassured her, as the four girls walked into the building.

"Seo Soojin and Jeon Soyeon, correct?" A man asked them, and Soojin nodded, taking the ticket, as she followed him into their meeting room, one in the form of an elegant dining room table, filled with variations of food and cuisine.

"This is crazy!" Yuqi whispered to Shuhua, who nodded back at her.

The royal counsel members were talking amongst themselves, discussing whatever rich people deal with. A man walked over to Soyeon, requesting to talk to Yuqi, possibly about her experience in Hell studies and such.

"I gotta go, good luck Shu!" Yuqi gave her a thumbs up, before she ran over to join Soyeon.

Now it was just Shuhua, as Soojin had already been swept away by sorts of older women, maybe her aunts?

"Sup, Shu." A girl walked into her focus, as Shuhua smiled with delight, happy to see a familiar face.

"Tzuyu? What are you doing here?" Shuhua asked, as Tzuyu sighed, her smile fading a little bit.

"My family is rich, therefore I'm dragged to all of these stupid events. Why are you here?" Tzuyu asked, clearly confused.

"I'm not sure, honestly. They requested for Yuqi and I." Shuhua responded, and Tzuyu went to go grab a glass of champagne, when Shuhua pulled on her arm slightly.

"I need your help with something, Tzu." Shuhua whispered to the girl, who's eyes sparked curiosity, with a hint of concern and alarm.

"Give me one second, I'll disclose us to a private location." Tzuyu whispered back, as she ran over to her mother, giving her an excuse to dip out of here.

"Alright, we're good, let's go." Tzuyu grabbed Shuhua's arm, and gently pulled her out of the room, not before Shuhua noticed Soojin's gaze on her as she exited.

They reached a comfort room, where Tzuyu closed the door, locking it.

"So what's up? No one can hear us in here, this room is super discreet." Tzuyu told Shuhua, who snickered.

"How would you know that?" She retorted, as Tzuyu laughed.

"I may have taken Jihyo here a couple of times." Tzuyu responded, as Shuhua's eyes widened, surprised at the outcome. Tzuyu and Jihyo? Who would have thought?

"Back to the issue. What's going on?" Tzuyu asked Shuhua, who looked for a source of water and started running her hand underneath it.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Tzuyu cursed---she's a demon---she's allowed.

"Look at this mark." Shuhua allowed Tzuyu to grab her hand, as the latter gasped, running her fingers over it as Shuhua winced from the burning pain.

"This isn't good news, Shu. Fuck, this is really bad." Tzuyu started to panic a little, making Shuhua even more nervous.

"Can you please elaborate?" Shuhua asked hesitantly, as Tzuyu paced across the room.

"In ruinam iniquitas." Tzuyu said.

"Downfall." Shuhua breathed out, finishing her sentence.

"Normally, they'll mark you when something bad is about to happen, and the more it hurts, the more correlation you have with it. The demon who marked you normally has some sort of connection to you.

I've never heard of a mark that hurts so bad from simply touching it, which is what alarmed me. The cause that you're involved in must be pretty large." Tzuyu replied, her voice drawn with concern for her friend.

"We better head back, I don't want Soojin freaking out." Shuhua said to Tzuyu, who nodded furiously.

She did not want to be on Soojin's bad side.