[005] have a happy well-kend!

                                                                                          Eun-jung was looking forward to this well-kend, seeing as it gave her a chance to terrorize Joe and get a lot closer to Love. With Beck encouraging her right before she left, Eun-jung felt more confident than ever. She had her head held high and a smile on her face as she followed the crowd towards the event. Just up ahead, Eun-jung could see Love and Joe together as they greeted some of their friends. And so, Eun-jung quickened her pace before she finally decided to approach them both.

                                                                                         "Love!" Eun-jung exclaimed with a big grin on her face.

                                                                                         "Caitlyn!" Love greeted back.

                                                                                         Joe looked tense as he watched the two women hug each other. Love seemed to brighten upon seeing Eun-jung, the smile on her face impossible to ignore.

                                                                                       "Oh, I'm so glad you could make it! You look gorgeous!" Love replied as she pulled away from Eun-jung, her hands comfortably resting on her shoulders.

                                                                                        Eun-jung nods. "I couldn't resist the chance to see my two friends again. I'm pretty excited for this actually."

                                                                                     "Well, it might seem a little strange at first but I'm sure you'll have a good time. In fact, I'll have to introduce you to some of my other friends later on today," Love responded. Although a secret part of her kind of wanted to keep her new friend all to herself for a moment longer.

                                                                                    "Sounds like fun! Hey, stranger! How have you been? You haven't called me in a while," Eun-jung focuses her attention onto Joe, her smile never faltering for a second. Joe couldn't help but find it a little creepy.

                                                                                    "I've just been busy," he vaguely responds with a shrug.

                                                                                    "Right. Well, we have plenty of time to talk later on," Eun-jung says, patting him just a little too hard on the back before she looked back over at Love. "I should probably go and get situated but I'll see you two later, yeah?"

                                                                                   "Of course," Love agrees, pulling Eun-jung in for another hug.

                                                                                    After they'd pull away from each other, Eun-jung walked ahead while Love and Joe talked amongst themselves. From a distance away, she could see a pretty redhead but she didn't pay too much attention to her as she walked over to one of the tents where she'd be staying. Eun-jung placed her bag onto the bed, unzipping it and finding several weapons packed inside.

                                                                                  Eun-jung didn't plan on killing Joe tonight. But she wasn't going to be stupid enough to just come here unprotected. There was a chance that Joe could try and get her out of the way while they were on this well-kend retreat and Eun-jung wasn't going to be taking any chances now that they were in close proximity of each other.

                                                                                   When Eun-jung made her way back outside and joined the others at the party, she'd spot Joe talking to the same redhead from earlier. But before Eun-jung could get closer and see what was going on, she'd be approached by someone new. 

                                                                                   "You're Caitlyn, right? Lovey's told me so much about you. I'm Forty, the better looking twin," he introduces himself, and Eun-jung instantly remembers him from the infamous video that had led Eun-jung right to Joe in the first place.

                                                                                     Forty Quinn had to be Eun-jung's favorite person in the world, in that very moment. And he didn't even know it yet.

                                                                                  "Right. I'm Caitlyn, it's nice to meet you," Eun-jung introduces herself with a smile, the two of them shaking hands.

                                                                                  "I didn't think people still shook hands anymore," Forty snorts, not meaning any harm by his comment. He was just the type to say exactly what was on his mind. "You're shorter than I expected."

                                                                                   Eun-jung raised a brow. "You're honest. I can respect that."

                                                                                  "I try to be. You're friends with Will, right?" Forty replies, moving a little closer to where Eun-jung stood.

                                                                                  "Yeah, why?" Eun-jung nods as she looks up at him.

                                                                                  "You know more about him than I do. I was wondering if you could fill me in on some dirty secrets. Will-I-Am hardly talks about himself," Forty replied. He was being shamelessly nosy but Eun-jung was glad for it.

                                                                                  "Sure! Anything you wanna know about?" Eun-jung perked up in an instant.

                                                                                  "How is he in relationships? I mean, he's with my sister and I wanna make sure that everything goes well," Forty inquired.

                                                                                    Eun-jung frowned. "I love Will. He's my dear friend but... he doesn't have the best track record with relationships. And every time it goes wrong, I'm always there to try and pick up the pieces for him. But Love... she's not really not like the other girlfriends he's had. She's special. I just want to make sure Will doesn't screw it up or anything."

                                                                                   "You think he'd intentionally do something?" Forty raised a brow, letting Eun-jung know that she had successfully managed to plant a seed of doubt in his head.

                                                                                   "No. No, I... Shit, forget I even said anything. Okay? That's all in the past now. It doesn't mean anything. I'll talk to you later, yeah?" Eun-jung replied, walking away before he could bother to ask her anything more.

                                                                                     Forty was still mulling on Eun-jung's words as she walkeed away, grabbing herself a drink before she joined Love's friends. Lucy, Gabe, and Sunrise were the most shallow and annoying people Eun-jung had ever met - to the point where Eun-jung was one step away from breaking her champagne glass and stabbing herself in the eye with it.

                                                                                      But finally, Eun-jung was able to step away from them and be on her own. Or so she thought... As Eun-jung was walking around the retreat, she'd feel a hand on her shoulder. Eun-jung spun around to see who it was, her guard up the moment she saw the same redhead with Joe. Eun-jung pulls away from her, folding her arms across her chest.

                                                                                    "You're Hong Eun-jung, right?" she questioned, saying it with such conviction that it made Eun-jung pause for a moment. 

                                                                                      Eun-jung's eyes narrow in suspicion. "I don't know who that is."

                                                                                    "You can cut the act. I know you were best friends with Beck before she died. That's why you're here, isn't it? To get back at Joe too?" the redhead scoffs.

                                                                                     "Who the fuck are you?" Eun-jung inquired with a frown.

                                                                                     "Candace. Candace Stone. I was Joe's ex girlfriend and nearly another one of his victims," she introduced herself.

                                                                                     "Ah... you're here for revenge too, right?" Eun-jung guessed, putting two and two together. "Joe didn't look too thrilled to see you."

                                                                                     "Of course. I was thinking we could work together and take him down once and for all," Candace proposed.

                                                                                       Eun-jung stood there for a moment, seemingly pondering Candace's offer. And then, finally... she bursts out into laughter. Candace was taken aback by it, wondering what was so funny about her words. But eventually, Eun-jung finally sobers up long enough to tell Candace why she was laughing in the first place.

                                                                                     "That's cute. Really. But... I planned on doing this alone. So I'd advise you to stay out of my way and not screw things up for me. I'm more than happy to be on my own. Thank you very much," Eun-jung replied as she began to head back to her tent.

                                                                                      Candace grabs a hold of Eun-jung's arm to keep her in place, saying, "Hey, I'm not going to let you do this on your own. I'm not going anywhere so we might as well work together."

                                                                                      Eun-jung snatches her arm away, glaring at Candace which made the redhead instantly falter. "I'll only say this one last time. Either you back off or I'll find a way to get rid of you both. It'll be like killing two birds with one stone. I already have plans for Joe. It'd be a shame to add you to that list."

                                                                                    And with that, Eun-jung walked back into her tent with Candace still standing there in shock. It seemed as though Eun-jung was just as crazy as Joe - if not worse.

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                                                                                  Later on that night, Eun-jung wandered back out to walk around the place and gather her thoughts. But along the way, she'd ultimately wander towards Love and Joe's tent. How did she know it was their tent? Eun-jung had peeked inside of the tent to see Love sitting in bed and lost in her thoughts. Joe was nowhere to be found but obviously, that was for the better.

                                                                                 If Eun-jung was ever going to have a good chance of getting close to Love, she'd have to take the opportunity while it was presented to her.

                                                                                "Hey, you don't mind if I barge in, do you?" Eun-jung greeted as she poked her head inside of the tent. "I couldn't really sleep and I was hoping we could talk."

                                                                               "Of course! Come in," Love sits up in bed, motioning for her to come inside.

                                                                                 Eun-jung does just that with a smile. "I was hoping to catch you alone. Now we could have some girl talk."

                                                                                Love chuckles, saying, "I've been meaning to talk to you but I've just been so busy with everything. I saw you talking with my friends. How do you like them?"

                                                                               "They're pretty cool, I guess. So is your brother. He's charming. And his girlfriend seems okay. They could hardly keep their hands off of each other," Eun-jung snorted.

                                                                               "Yeah, he and Amy are a little disgusting with it. I know he seems happy but I'm just worried that this'll end up being another disastrous relationship. I love my brother but he doesn't make the best choices. I've always had to be there to clean up his messes when it inevitably went wrong," Love shakes her head.

                                                                                Eun-jung sighs as she sits next to Love on the bed, holding onto her hand. Deep down, she knew that Candace had probably gotten with Forty only to get to Joe. It was no different than what Eun-jung was currently doing with Love.

                                                                               "Shit, I probably shouldn't mention this then," Eun-jung says as she bites her lower lip in thought.

                                                                               "Mention what?" Love leans forward, instantly taking the bait.

                                                                               "Listen, did you notice that she was talking with Will earlier?" Eun-jung began.

                                                                               "A little... why?" Love raised a brow.

                                                                               "I don't know. I just thought that it was a little suspicious. I'd keep my eye on Amy if I were you," Eun-jung stated with a shrug.

                                                                               "Oh, I'm sure it's nothing! And even if Amy did try anything, Will wouldn't give in. We're happy together," Love replied with a smile. But the true part of Love tucked deep inside seethed with rage at the thought of Will and Amy being involved with each other. Although she was playing it pretty cool, she dug her nails into the palm of her hand in an effort to try and keep her composure.

                                                                              "Yeah, Will does seem pretty happy with you. It almost makes me a little jealous," Eun-jung shakes her head.

                                                                             "Jealous?" Love repeats. "What do you mean by that?"

                                                                              Eun-jung shrugs, glancing down at her hands as she continued to speak. "I already told you about how... unlucky I've been with relationships. I just wish that I could be happy and lucky as the both of you."

                                                                            "Cait... I'm sure you'll find the one for you soon. Maybe it's just the hopeless romantic in me but I believe that there's always a person destined for you. It might not happen during the moment you want it to but you'll eventually find the one for you, whether you expect it or not," Love tried to assure Eun-jung as best she could. "I'm sure that'll happen for you. You're a good person and you're very sweet... not to mention beautiful. Anyone would be crazy not to go for you."

                                                                            "But what if I did find someone... and they happened to be with someone else?" Eun-jung questioned.

                                                                             Love faltered for a moment, looking at Eun-jung who then looked up to meet her gaze. For a moment, she wondered if Eun-jung was talking about her. But that was impossible, right? There's no way she'd go after Love when she was dating her close friend... right?

                                                                           "Don't worry," Eun-jung replies with a chuckle and small smile, "I'm just speaking hypothetically. I'm not a homewrecker, I swear."

                                                                           "Oh. Well, if you did want some help in getting out there and dating, you could ask me. I'd love to play matchmaker," Love assures her.

                                                                           "Thanks, you're such a good friend, Love," Eun-jung's smile grows before she moves in and pulls Love in for a hug.

                                                                             Love chuckles as she hugs Eun-jung back, holding her close and breathing in the scent of Eun-jung's vanilla scented perfume. It was a lot more comforting than Love cared to admit.

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notes: here's the first part of this update! i hope you enjoyed eun-jung being messy as hell and messing with both of the quinn sibling's heads 😏