Title: Particularly Possessive
Author: RichelleBrinkley
Word Count: 945
Rating: T, for one bad word and slightly dark themes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Faeries Landing, it belongs to You Hyun.
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PART II: THE KISS
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"Um...by any chance...Do you have a brother that goes to Faeries' Landing High?"
"Huh? Yeah, I do. His name is Ryang. Do you know him?"
At those words, she felt herself being flooded with emotions, strong and fast; shock, longing, anger, bitterness...and determination. Such strong determination. She would stop at nothing to ensure that Kang fell in love with her.
"You could say that," She replies, her tone cryptic and still full of shock.
Of course she knew Ryang. She knew him better than she'd ever known anyone else.
The full weight of the situation hits her. She is dating Kang, grooming him to be the other half of her evil affinity once she successfully triggers the curse. The fact that he is Ryang's brother is purely of coincidence. She wonders if this is some twisted fate.
Kang is speaking to her again, so she pulls herself out of her thoughts and focuses on keeping her cool demeanour.
"Do you go to Faeries' Landing High, too?"
"I did." Honestly, how old does Kang think she is? Surely she doesn't look like a high school student.
She continues talking, even though it hurts her to think about Ryang.
"I actually dated him for a while. He never introduced me to you, though."
Kang is clearly taken aback. She sighs inwardly as he launches a barrage of questions at her.
"What? Really?" When was this? Are you still seeing him?"
This is the opportunity that she's been waiting for, the chance to put her plan into action. She is going to rub Kang's affections for her in his ex's face, and relish it.
"Beginning of last year. It was around the new semester." She can see Kang's ex behind him, glaring viciously at her once again, steam practically coming out of her ears.
This is it.
"That's right. I remember now. He said he had a brother in the army. How weird..."
She steps forward, closing the distance between herself and Kang. Reaching out, she grasps one of his hands in both of her own.
Her acting skills are flawless. It was no wonder that she was chosen as a replacement for Yeongyeong on that fateful trip to Sokcho.
Looking down at their entwined hands, she admits for the first time since her and Ryang's breakup, the truth that she knows will never fade away.
"To be honest...I still like Ryang."
She doesn't look up, not caring about Kang's reaction. In fact, she doesn't care for him at all, really. He is just a prop in her elaborate production, a tool to use and later throw away when its purpose had been served.
"I agreed to see you because you reminded me of him."
This isn't the whole truth, but she isn't about to tell him about how she plans to use him as her other half of her evil affinity. He doesn't need to know that, ever.
When she does look up, her gaze is not on Kang, but it is instead directed at his ex, standing behind him with her hand over her mouth, an expression of crazed shock and amusement on her face. She thinks that Yuri's confession will send Kang back into her waiting arms.
Well, she's about to be proven wrong. No one wins against Yuri.
"Ouch."
Kang is obviously hurt, but after a moment, he composes himself and seems to be determined to prove to her that he is better than his brother. His ramblings about Ryang's many flaws fall on deaf ears. She will never choose Kang over Ryang, no matter what Kang says.
She does, however, give him the benefit of the doubt. After all, she needs him to fall in love with her for her plan to work.
She smiles at him.
"You're cute too, older brother."
And then, she does to him what she did to Ryang, the first time they'd met.
She stands on her tiptoes, and tilts her head towards Kang's to steal a kiss.
Slap!
Slap!
Her right cheek is stinging. The blonde girl had slapped her. Kang too, by the looks of it.
She can hear Kang yelling at his ex, and she finally learns of her name – Jinyeong. Kang is angry, but nowhere near as angry as Jinyeong, who is crying and hysterical, screaming at Kang for being a moron and a bastard.
Then, Jinyeong turns her back on the both of them and runs off, disappearing around the corner, leaving her and Kang staring bewilderedly after her.
This was exactly what she had planned to happen. Well, minus the stupid girl slapping her and Kang. She'd send Koichi and Tsuyoshi to deal with that tomorrow. Right now, all she wants to do is go home to bed. All this scheming and acting wears her out.
"I'm sorry." She doesn't look at Kang. "Kissing is like a habit I have. I don't mean anything by it, so tell her not to worry. You should talk to her. I don't think it's too late."
Deciding to part with those words, she leaves Kang staring after her as she walks away. She is not remorseful of what she had done tonight, the damage she'd inflicted on the relationship between Kang and his ex. But she figures that apologising for what she did will keep her on Kang's good side, and that's where she needs to stay in order to effectively carry out her plan.
She is no more than ten steps away when she hears Kang call out to her, and what he says is exactly what she wants to hear, exactly what she needs in order to proceed with her plan.
"Hold on! Do you want to come over to my place tomorrow?"
She stays up the rest of the night deciding what to wear to impress Ryang.
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AN: The next and final part is titled 'Part III: Particularly Possessive'. Thanks for reading.
Much love,
RichelleBrinkley xx
