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Is it me or did winter came in early? Or maybe it's just me. Anyways, sources told me that after my first ever live yesterday, four circle members suddenly went MIA. Jennie the dethroned, Namjoon, the unknown, Jungkook the rejected and Lisa the coward.

I guess you really can't have it all, can you?

xoxo, The Fate 💋

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"Seriously, guys. What happened with Lisa yesterday?" Hoseok said as he sat next to Jisoo in the courtyard. "She didn't even show up last night at the suite."

"I saw Jungkook leave the hotel in only his shirt and boxers," Jin added. "Did you guys know what happened?"

"Beats me," Rosé said as she arrived. "Lisa didn't even text me or anything this morning. She was supposed to pick me up."

"Guys, isn't that Jungkook?"

Hoseok's eyes widened as he saw Jungkook flirting with a nymph.

"Well I guess he moved on quickly."

All heads turned as the person of interest suddenly popped in.

"Lisa!" Rosé exclaimed. "Where were you? Why didn't you text me? I thought we were going to school together."

"Sorry 'bout that Ro," she said taking Jin's apple.

"Ya!"

She just smiled at him before taking one bite. "My phone's battery died and I was too lazy to juice it up. And I thought you'd be all mopey and stuff after what happened with Yoongi and decide not to got to school. So... yeah."

"Wait, moved on? Are you and Jeon over?" Hoseok—who suddenly realized what she just said, asked.

"We were never together to begin with," she answered coldly.

"So you're okay with him making out with that nymph?" Rosé asked. "Didn't you go full on bridezilla when he was making out with Yeri?"

"One, Bridezilla is a term used only for brides. And two, that was just an act. Didn't Jin Gunn here tell you?"

"What?"

"Jin Gunn? As in Tim Gunn from Project Runway?"

"Okay. That wasn't even funny."

"It wasn't my intention to be funny," Lisa informed as she rolled her eyes. "But yeah. Make out? Why the hell not? I don't really care. He can screw that lowlife 'til his eyeballs come out and I still wouldn't care."

The three fell silent before Jisoo together with Taehyung finally arrived.

"Guys! Our teacher was a no-show so I have the whole period free," she said. "I know you all have free period so wanna grab some coffee outside? I know a place."

"Also, did you guys see Jimin? I really haven't seen him since the auction," Taehyung interjected.

"I think I saw him by the field this morning," Hoseok answered.

"Really? I was there since seven but I haven't seen him though," he said. "But I'll go and check again. Maybe I just didn't notice."

As Taehyung walked away from the group, Lisa answered Jisoo. "I'll pass. My head's being such a b!tch so I'm heading straight to the school clinic."

"Lis..." Rosé turned to her best friend. She knows something was up. This made Lisa roll her eyes.

"Seriously Ro. I'm fine. Stop overthinking. I really just have a headache so I'm gonna take a quick nap there. I'll see you guys later."

She hugged the strawberry-blonde girl before waving goodbye. And like the queen that she is, she walked pass Jeon Jungkook like he doesn't even exist. Jeon however wasn't as good as hiding his real feelings as he shoved the nymph away from him the moment Lisa wasn't in the area anymore.

His hands were tucked in his pocket and he had his signature pissed-off look that once you see, you know there'd be casualties.

And yes, there was. Poor freshman carrying his books bumped into him. Being the muscle pig that he was, the boy was thrown off balance and so was his things. Jeon did not even bother taking a second look.

"There's something up. I'm sure of it." Rosé sighed. "And knowing Lisa, she won't spill it even if you kill her."

"Then what do we do?"

"We find out who's behind this and stop him."

Jin's smile grew wide. "A scheme! I love schemes. Where do we start?"

"We start with a certain blonde. I have a feeling he's up to something."

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"You still come here when you're upset." Lisa turned towards the person who just spoke. Park Jimin. "I guess some things never change."

"Yeah but a lot does."

Now he's a hundred percent sure there's something wrong.

"Is it Jeon?" He asked making her forehead crease.

"Why do people assume that a girl's problem is always about a guy?"

He smiled. "You haven't changed a bit. You still dodge questions you don't want to answer."

That made her sigh making Jimin sit on the side of her bed.

"You know you can talk about anything with me right? You can trust me."

"After sleeping with my best friend, trusting you is like throwing myself off a cliff. So no thank you."

She focused her attention on her phone. Blocking a certain someone. He sighed.

"I'm sorry, Lis," he said. "I didn't know what got into me. I know I shouldn't have done that so I won't give any more excuses. I'm taking full responsibility."

She stopped for a minute before turning towards him. Her eyes were watery and she was on the verge of crying.

"Was I not enough, Chim? I mean... I know I'm difficult. I know I'm high maintenance. I..."

Her tears started to fall which surprised Jimin. He automatically wrapped his arms around her. As she cried, he felt soft punches on his chest.

"This is all your fault," she whispered. "It's your fvcking fault."

"I know, I know," he said as he took her light punches. "I'm sorry. You know I hate to see you crying."

She cried while repeatedly telling him it's his fault. And venting out her frustrations. Then what she said next startled her.

"It's my fault..." Her punches stopped. "It's all my fault. If I wasn't such a b!tch... If only I gave you what you wanted... This is all my fault. I should have been a better girlfriend—"

Jimin cut her off with a quick kiss. Lisa stopped and looked at him confused.

"You were the best girlfriend, Lis," he said—cupping her face. "I was the one at fault. I should've controlled myself. I did this. It's all on me."

"I'm sorry..." she said and touched his hand. "I... I... I pushed... I pushed him away because I'm scared. I... I always fvck things up."

"Shh..." he rubbed her back. "You know it breaks my heart whenever I see you sad. And right now, it kills me to see you cry."

His hand gently brushed her red hair making her look at him.

"You know, you still look very pretty when you cry..." he said as he tucked her hair behind her ear. "Very."

"Stop teasing me, Chim..." Lisa sighed and looked away. "I... It's just..."

"I'm not teasing you, Lis. You know I always see you as the prettiest girl..."

That made her smile a bit but after a few seconds, it became a wide devilish grin.

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"Why do I feel like I'm James Bond or something?" Jin whispered as he followed Rosé sneak into Mingyu's apartment. "Are you sure Mingyu's really up to something?"

"Yes," she said as she entered the premise. "Mingyu is Tzuyu's on again off again boyfriend. I saw him pick her up once or twice so I got curious back then and asked around. She has him pretty much wrapped around her finger so I'm sure his sudden appearance at the auction has something to do with what Lisa did to help me out."

"Wow. I didn't know you were into these schemes thing," he wondered. "You're like the quiet type that only sits in corner watching."

"You know what they say about the quiet ones..." Rosé pulled out a hair pin and used it to open the door. "I expected him to stay in a posh unit. Not a small apartment like this."

"Are Norse people poor?"

"Loki's not actually the loving father kind." They inspected the place and found nothing but piles of instant food packaging, laundry and some other unidentified trash.

"For a semi-good looking guy, he's a slob," Jin commented as he raised some laundry with his pinky finger sticking out. "I should've brought my sanitizer over."

"Quit complaining, Jin," Rosé glared as she scanned all the things piled up at the couch. "Gosh. This is going to be harder than I thought."

"What exactly are we looking for?"

"I don't know. Maybe evidence?"

"Clearly you did not think this through—hey what was that?"

Rosé instantly turned to Jin. "What was what?"

"Shh." Jin motioned her to be quiet. They heard thumping noises. A faint thump coming from somewhere. "That."

"Where's it coming from? It doesn't sound like footsteps or anything."

Then the thumps grew louder.

"Over there!" Jin pointed at a door. It looked like a closet. As he opened it, something—or someone suddenly fell. Rosé's eyes grew wide.

"Oh my gods!"

Jin immediately helped the poor guy and untied him. Then took the tape off his mouth.

"Ya!"

"Oops. Sorry small fry," he half-as$ed apologized. "What happened to you?"

"That jerk Mingyu kidnapped me!"

"Judging by the ropes and the duct tape, we pretty much got that figure out."

"Then why did you even fvcking ask?!"

"Guys stop it!" Rosé exclaimed. "We don't have much time here. Let's just get what we need and go."

"What exactly should we get?" Jin asked. "If you think for a second that I'll take one of his dirty laundry, you're wrong."

"Let's... take his laptop!" Rosé looked around to see if there's one around. "I'm sure he has files there we can use against him—holy crap."

"What? Why? Wha?"

"That's Tzuyu's hard drive!" She exclaimed pointing at the gadget on top of the couch. Rosé knew it very well as Tzuyu would always brag it to her saying it holds every dirty secret she knows. And Tzuyu knows a lot. "Take it and let's go."

Jin shoved it into his bag and stood up. The three ran towards the door only to be greeted by a very familiar figure.

"I think you have something that belongs to me."

The boys protectively hid Rosé behind them as they eyed the now brown-haired girl.

"Tzuyu," Rosé said glaring. "I should have known. Mingyu's sudden appearance... Chasing Jennie out. It's all you, isn't it?"

She grinned. "So little miss perfect finally figured it out. But it's too late now. In just a few minutes you'll witness that Min Lalisa and Jeon Jungkook engage in the fight of the century. I managed to break you and Yoongi up with Jennie's pregnancy fiasco so now it's their turn after what they did to me."

"You b!tch!"

She chuckled. "Oh honey. You know I've been called worse. Anyways, you can tell your amateur bff that the real crazy b!tch is back—"

"I don't think so."

Rosé shrieked as Tzuyu fell unconscious on the ground. Jisoo appeared behind him with a cane on her hand.

"Come on! She might wake up so we should go. Hoseok's outside with the car," she said faster than Eminem's rap.

The four ran outside the apartment complex straight towards Hoseok's Mini Cooper. But it seems like a certain Black Lamborghini had other plans.

"I can't let you guys interfere in our little plan, can I?"

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"You're so easy to fool," Lisa stated making Jimin's forehead crease. "But I gotta hand it to you, though. You're a very convincing Park Jimin."

He stood up and she followed making him take a step back.

"But you got one thing wrong," she stated as she gently caressed his cheek. "Jimin never saw me cry. Because I never did."

With one swift move, she was able to inject a tranquilizer on the fake Jimin's neck. As he fell unconscious, his true face was revealed.

"Sweet dreams, Kim Mingyu."

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