devil's advocate | (g)idle

i'll always love you

"Come out, Taeyeon. It's your best friend! Don't you miss me?!" Tian's voice boomed as she held a megaphone, her voice resonating into the mechanics of the device.

"Ignore her, Aunt Taeyeon. She's not the same person you knew." Shuhua told her worriedly, as Taeyeon's eyes seemed be to lingering with something Shuhua knew too well: a missing feeling, of the old Tian, the caring Tian.

"I have to go out there. Stay inside, do you all hear me?" Taeyeon warned the girls, as they stood still, Soojin still protesting as her mother opened the door, and started walking towards Tian, who withheld her military troop behind her.

"Long time, no see, huh? Let's catch up, shall we?" Tian smiled, but Tayeon winced, as her smile was wicked, no longer the pure smile she used to withhold.

"I don't have time for this bullshit, Tian. Just tell me why you're here." Taeyeon glared at her, as her old friend let out a loud laugh, clutching her stomach as the sound escaped her mouth.

"You're very smart, my Taeyeon, I'm sure you've figured it out by now." Tian mocked her, as Taeyeon refrained herself from getting violent, her hands gripping the handle of her sword tightly.

"I'm not letting you step all over me, Tian. I've always been a fighter, and you know this." Taeyeon stood her ground, as Tian scoffed, her cruel demeanor being replaced with hurt and sadness.

"I can't watch this for much longer." Shuhua said out loud, as Soojin shouted in denial.

"There's no way I'm letting you go out there! You could get hurt!" Soojin reasoned, as the others girls nodded along, agreeing with her.

"She's right, Shu. We can't let anything happen to you." Yuqi added, as Shuhua rolled her eyes.

"This is my mother, guys! If anyone can fix this, it's me!" Shuhua reasoned, as Miyeon shook her head.

"It's no, and that's final." Miyeon ordered, but Shuhua wouldn't listen.

"I'm sorry, guys." Shuhua apologized, as she ran out of the door, making everyone gasp.

"Shuhua!" Soojin shouted, as she ran after her girlfriend, everyone following her.

"You didn't fight for me, did you? All you've ever done was send people away, Taeyeon." Tian bit at her, as Taeyeon sighed, her eyes becoming teary.

"I never wanted to hurt you, Tian." Taeyeon started.

"Don't give me that bullshit! My life was ruined because of you, and now I have nothing left!" Tian yelled at her, her own eyes forming tear drops.

"You have me, mom." A soft, feminine voice spoke, as Tian's eyes widened, making her drop her sword, not caring when it clanged on the ground.

"Shuhua." Tian's eyes widened, as her daughter was accompanied with 5 other girls, one she recognized as Taeyeon's daughter.

"Is that Soojin? You took my daughter away from me too?!" Tian flipped out, anger clearly evident in her eyes.

"She didn't do anything wrong, mother. You did!" Shuhua retorted, as Tian glared at her, her monstrous eyes making her daughter shake with terror.

"I've always been around, all of the time! Who comforted you when you cried? Who helped you get over all of your sad times? It certainly wasn't my father, it was me!" Shuhua yelled, crying, as everyone watched Tian's expression soften with a sorrowful gaze.

"I've had to watch my mother turn into someone I no longer know! You left me to die, mother!" Shuhua yelled at her, as everyone gasped.

The ground was separating, a split in the land was forming, as Tian roared in anger, Shuhua paralleling her anger, as the both of them glared at each other, each angry for different reasons.

"I've provided you with more than enough, Shuhua! Stop complaining!" Tian argued, as Shuhua scoffed.

"You've been absent for years, mother! I've had to fend for myself for forever! The closest motherly figure I've ever had was Yuqi's mother, not you!" Shuhua's eyes sparked in fury, as Soojin watched her girlfriend in rage, a swirl of pity forming in her stomach, as she watched Shuhua's eyes of pain.

"All I've ever wanted was your recognition, a sign that I was someone you could be proud of, that you loved, and you never gave it to me! Why can't you give that to me?" Shuhua cried, as Taeyeon's eyes teared as well, watching the child of her best friend in so much pain, the same pain she felt when looking at Tian.

"She turned you like this, didn't she! This Soojin girl is a bad influence, like her mother!" Tian shouted, the ground spreading further, as everyone around her started to shake a little bit; she didn't care whatsoever.

"Soojin didn't do anything, nothing except love me, something you aren't capable of doing!" Shuhua retorted, as Tian's hands started to slowly move away from her sword, letting the piece of equipment fall out of her hands once again.

"Tian, please stop this, I'm begging you." Taeyeon tried, as Tian scoffed, her gaze exhausted, as her eyes screamed in pain.

"I'm not stopping anything until I get what I deserve." Tian whispered, as Shuhua looked back at her with disappointment.

"I cannot believe my own mother is such a monster." Shuhua bit back, the venom on her words sending shards of ice into Tian's cold heart, piercing it ever so slightly.

"I wouldn't be a monster if I hadn't been constantly fucked over in my life, Shu. You don't understand." Tian excused, as Shuhua didn't buy a second of it.

"I've been fucked over too, mother! I don't let that dictate who I am as a person though, and neither should you! Stop this nonsense right now!" Shuhua bellowed, stilling when Tian pulled a metallic gun out of her pocket, the laser focusing on Soojin's forehead.

"Give me what I want, or she's a goner. I'll give you 5 seconds." Tian threatened, as Taeyeon barked in denial.

5.

"Stop it Tian!" Taeyeon shouted.

4.

3.

2.

"Mom, please!"

1.

0.

The bullet flew out of the gun, as Shuhua watched in slow motion, as it headed to end the life of her love.

"I can't let this happen!" Shuhua thought, jumping in front of Soojin, as the bullet hit her leg, making her tumble over, falling through the edge of the crack, her hand holding onto Soojin's, as she hug from the edge of enternal darkness.

"Shuhua, hang on, please!" Soojin cried, as she held onto Shuhua's hand as tight as she could, the latter losing traction from the pain in her leg.

"Baby, let me go. I can't hold on." Shuhua whispered, tears dusting her face, as she was losing color, the love of her life crying as she held onto her hand.

"I'm not letting you go, please!" Soojin begged, her voice cracking as Shuhua's hand was starting to slip, as the latter smiled weakly at her.

"I'll always love you, Soojin." Shuhua whispered one final time, before choosing to loosen her hand, making it slowly slip out of Soojin's.

"We'll do this together." Soojin shouted, as she grasped onto Shuhua's hand, her vision blurry, as she and her lover started to fall from the ledge, giving one last smile to her mother and her friends.

"We'll meet again." Soojin whispered, as she let go of the ledge, allowing for Shuhua and herself to fall into the eternal darkness.