all of us have a little bit of machiavellianism, yet park roseanne had the unlikely character to parade it all around as if it were a golden crown only made and worn by her. she was a manipulative bitch and she was heavily cognizant of it.
everybody knew she used people as if they were a fresh pair of newly bought uggs and discarded of them as soon as they were worn outside. she knew who to get close to, why, how and when she should be consociated with them.
"hello, irene 언니," she greeted with a cloying tone. the saccharine smile was enough to make irene have a certain distaste for the girl.
irene and roseanne have been passive-aggresive ever since the younger girl started her junior year. though you would expect them to be the best of friends since they both held great pride in popularity and power, it turned out to be the opposite since both of them were determined on beating each other out.
"hello, roseanne." the older girl replied with a tight-lipped smile.
the antipathy was too obvious and the air was tense. students lounging in the hallways temporarily stopped in their traverses to look at the budding catfight.
"if you don't have any plans on saturday, would you want to join me for a lunch date?" roseanne began, "you know, we can talk about anything. don't you think it would be a good idea after enduring that break up with kim junmyeon."
bae irene smirked and tilted her head to the side, "oh, haven't you heard? i have a new boyfriend at the moment."
"and who might that be? gosh, 언니, you never tell me anything these days," roseanne replied with a small giggle. she was assured that irene was dating someone who was a nobody from a neighboring school.
"well, i'm actually dating park chanyeol, i hope you don't mind, since you know, you dated him."
roseanne fought back a gasp. gosh, irene knew how to pull her strings and push her buttons. it was incredibly low, but she was incredibly enraged!
"of course not! actually, maybe we could go on a double date sometime. i'm sure jimin would be delighted to go."
the arroagant look on the older girl's face immediately vanished. "park jimin?"
oh, roseanne knew too much about everybody on this campus, especially irene. after all, to defeat the enemy, you must first know how she functions, who she works with and what she works with. it was fairly easy for her to spot that irene had a terrible crush on park jimin-- with all the heart eyes she's been shooting towards him, she couldn't comprehend why jimin wasn't making out with irene at this moment.
irene giggled half-heartedly, "sure."
•••
"you're coming with me."
roseanne pulled park jimin by the collar of his thousand dollae chanel dress shirt after saying the simple phrase. the boy was slightly disoriented and heavily confused at the situation. he wasn't even friends with park chaeyoung yet here she was pulling him around as if he were a pomeranian.
when they turned the corner, roseanne pushed him against the wall trapped him within her arms.
"shouldn't i be the one doing that?" he said, now fully composed and disregarding the pain in his back after bsing slammed against cement.
"that wouldn't be too fun," roseanne commented with an amused smile, "anyway, i have a very tempting proposal for you."
"nothing's as tempting as you right now, but i'll take my chances."
roseanne, already used to superficial comments, did nothing but smile, "i know you've been wanting to join the basketball team for quite a long time now."
she twirled her blonde locks amidst her fingers.
"what about it?"
"well, it would be easier to buy your way in wouldn't it?"
"and what do you want me to do in exchange for that offer?"
"date me."
