Chapter 4: The f(x) of Hwang Krystal

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Hwang Krystal ~ The Female Tybalt

"Krystal, just calm down." Jiyeon said as I bought a ₩250,000,000 (approx. $250,000) cream colored Chanel handbag.

I ignored her, and picked up a random pink wool jacket and handed it to my shopping guard, whose arms were full of pieces of clothing from Chanel's new fall pieces.

I wasn't really interested in most of them because Chanel didn't have many things of my interest, except handbags. Maybe I'll just give these clothes to Anna. The poor girl needs a fashion sense. I mean she doesnt even wear designer brands!

Anna.

I flared my nose and huffed. How dare she say that to me about Kris? It's not like she's his girlfriend or something.

I pick up a cream sweater, and tossed it at the guard, who caught it.

"Jun Woo, go and pay with my card. And make it fast." I ordered him as he nodded and took the black card in my hand.

"Yes Miss Hwang." He says as he rushed to pay.

"Let's go to LV." I snapped as my friends tailed behind me.

"How are you going to solve this, Hana?" I heard Jiyeon whisper to Hana. "She's never shopped this much before. I mean- Krystal doesn't even like Chanel!"

"I know that! I just don't know what to say since she's my cousin!" I heard them whisper.

"And it's exactly why she's your cousin that I'm mad at." I said, stopping. I turned around and saw Jiyeon with a hand over her mouth. "She's your cousin and she's *gold born too. If she was just some poor stranger, then I would've been better off in the first place."

[ *gold born: people that were born into very wealthy families, just like Krystal, Hana, Jin, and so on. ]

I turned back around, crossing my arms and glaring at the air. Wait Krystal, don't do that. You'll get wrinkles earlier. I massaged my forehead and took a deep breath. Then, I felt an arm linking through mine.

"Krystal~" Hana sang. "Don't get mad at what my cousin did. She didn't know that Kris was yours. She made a careless mistake." She reasoned.

"But she insulted me!" I said.

"By saying what?" Jiyeon asked, popping up from my right.

"Ok. Nevermind. Let's take our minds off of this by going to the spa, ok? I've been wanting to be pampered, and I'll try to forget about it if..."

"If?" Jiyeon and Hana asked.

"If I get an exclusive VVIP membership to your clothing line..." I said, knowing that Hana knew what I was talking about.

"VVIP?" Hana asked. "Ok. I'll just tell my mom. You really want the entire line, don't you?" Hana chuckled.

"Hey! No fair! I want the VVIP experience too!" Jiyeon whined. "You're so lucky that your mom is the Seol Sae Young!"

"And her clothes are to die for!" I added.

"You guys do know that I designed some of next season's pieces, right?" Hana asked as Jiyeon and I looked at her in awe.

"Seriously?!" Jiyeon asked.

"I'm not the daughter of famous designers for nothing. Besides, I got you two covered. And I think the company employees will be having a raise since I know you two will just buy about almost everything my parents and I made." Hana smiled.

"You're like the best friend ever Hana." I said, smiling. "You too Jiyeon." She linked her arms with me.

"Now let's go to the spa~!" Jiyeon sang as we smiled.

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Luhan ~ Girly Mercutio

I looked at the photos in front of me, and picked one up. I sighed, wondering how I should say this to my friends.

I heard a commotion, and I quickly gathered the photos together and stuffed them on an open shelf in front of me. I hope they won't find this.

"Lu hyung!" Kai called as I quickly picked up my coffee and tried to look nonchalant as usual.

I took a sip as Kai arrived. "Where's the others?" I asked as he plopped down on the couch, putting his sick covered feet on the other side. Eww. I'm not sleeping on that side of the couch anymore.

"They're coming." Kai says as he rests his head on his hands, closing his eyes for a moment before he sat up. "What do you suppose Anna is doing?"

"Trying not to get the wrath of Hwang Krystal." I said, putting my mug down.

"But they barely even know each other."

"I think you'd know what kind of person Krystal is after seeing her for five minutes." I said as Kai nodded.

"True. But where could she be?"

"I'm not sure." I said, hoping that the kid wouldn't detect the lie from my face as I looked at the hallway, hoping that the other guys would come in.

"Ya~" Chanyeol sighed. "This is the best secret room a guy could ever ask for after a long, tiring, and stressful day."

"It isn't so secret if you go babbling to other people hyung." Kai says as Chanyeol's hand ruffles Kai's hair.

"Aish. Hyung, do you know how much time I've spent to get this hair?" Kai grumbled, then crossing his arms across his chest and closing his eyes.

"And my favorite dongsaeng is happy to meet me as ever. Hey Lu hyung." He greeted me as I nodded. "They're coming in."

And within a few seconds the two younger ones and I were in the room, Chanyeol plopped on a seat and sighed loudly.

I saw Kris come in from the hallway, and I could tell he was troubled by what we saw earlier.

"Today was a long day." Chanyeol said as we all looked at each other.

"Coffee?" I asked Kris as he shook his head.

"Is no one in the area? I'm so bored." Kai said as we were quiet.

"Everyone's on vacation or on overseas business trips." Chanyeol mumbled from his rest.

"Man, I so want to be at the Caribbean right now." Kai says.

"Chen's there right now on a family vacation." I say.

"Lucky troll."

"I know right." Chanyeol groaned.

"Lu ge." Kris asked, looking at me.

"Hmm?" I said, sipping on my special blend coffee.

"Do you know what's happening?"

"Well... I think it's not long until Krystal will try to destroy Anna, but she's also gold born as well." I answered.

"Which should be interesting. Very interesting." Kai says and opens his eyes as we look at him. "What?"

"Ya. Are you making a bet?" Chanyeol asked the younger with a scowl.

"I'd put my money on Anna." Kai says as we raise our brows.

"And not on your ex?" I asked as he nodded.

"Physically wise, Krystal wouldn't even touch a car handle or a door knob, so I bet on Anna. Any placements?" Kai asked, holding his hand out for money as Kris smacked his leg. "Oww! Hyung, what was that for?!" The youngest whined.

"We'd all know that Anna would win physically. But what about finantially?" Chanyeol mumbled, sounding worried.

"What? You're sticking up to Anna so that you'd look good to your future cousin-in-law?" I teased him as the giant turned red.

"N-No I'm not! I'm just worried because Krystal can be-" he hesitated.

"Just say it." Kai sighs.

"A *bish." Kris and Chanyeol said at the same time as I chuckled in amusement.

[ *bish: you know, bitch, biotch, but said with sass, how the rich call an overly spoiled rich girl with bad manners. Trust me, they're almost everywhere. ]

"Which is true if you know her." Kai spoke up. "I don't even know why we went out. We didn't do anything except go shopping."

"And yet, the commoners seemed to ship you two quite well and don't know why the visual couple broke up." I say.

"Can we just not talk about her?" Kris asked, rubbing his forehead.

"Of course." Chanyeol quickly added.

"Where's Anna?" Kai asked. "She's been gone ever since the "Lotte World Incident."

"Luhan hyung, do you know?" The giant asked as all three heads turned to me.

"No." I lied, trying to drink my coffee and not spill it over my favorite cotton tee.

"You've got to be kidding me. Hyung, I know you're lying." Chanyeol deadpans.

"You're the heir to a security company for guards and CCTVs and you don't even know where Anna is? You're being real shady hyung." Kai said right after, sitting up.

Even Kris reluctantly looked into my soul, and I sighed.

"Well, you guys won't like the photos I received." I said, pulling out the pictures as the guys began to crowd around me.

"It seems like she has met the enemy." I said, showing the photos of the cafe and J2L with Anna as their eyes grew wide.

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Seol Anna ~  you

We were sitting on the swings after a moment of swinging and playing with the tiny playground.

"Remember when you tripped over nothing and you blamed me for it?" Jin asked as I chuckled.

"I guess I was immature." I said as I remembered something. "Omg. And there was that time where you stole my Sleeping Beauty costume and wore it? The wig and everything?" I laughed. "And you still managed to look better than me. I mean, my dad thought you were me!" I said as we laughed.

"And that one day where I took your exclusive one of a kind Mario plushie and started playing with it. You cried because you thought it was gone, right?" I asked as he nods, remembering the past.

"I still feel bad for scaring you like that. Mian Jin-ah." I said, patting his back.

"It's ok. I forgave you, remember?" Jin asked as I nodded. "So. Shall we go back?"

I nodded. "What time is it?" I asked as he replied, "It's Mario~ time!"

"No, really." I chuckled as he whipped out his phone.

"It's almost 8:30. Do you wanna go home?" He replied as I nodded.

"But what about your friends?" I asked as he shook his head.

"They have their own rides and they have feet." Jin said. "But they're just lazy."

He gave me that adorable, melted smile and then continued to walk.

"I'll take you back with my bike." He says. "Ah, right! I'll take this opportunity to meet mom and dad!"

So. Mom and dad. Jin and I were that close for us to call our parents each other's parents. And our parents are also good friends and we were like their children. He was the son my parents never had and the I was daughter his parents never got.

"Ok. I'm sure you'll surprise them. I mean, you've grown so much!" I commented as we continued to walk quietly towards the hangout.

"I'll go and get something and then I'll take you home, ok?" Jin asked as I nodded.

He ran off, and I whipped out my phone to check my notifications.

I only saw a phone call from Hana, one from mom, and just a few social media notifs. When Jin came back, he was panting and I asked, "Are you alright?"

"I think I shouldn't have ran when I ate all that beef." Jin resonds as I saw the little bag he held. "This is for mom and dad."

I nodded, and Jin put the helmet of my head, put his on, and then we were off- riding his bike in the big beautiful bright city of Seoul.
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It was like a reunion. The moment Jin showed up the front steps of Woo Yeol samcheon's house, they thought Jin was some stranger.

But once his real name of Kim Seok Jin left his mouth, my parents gaped at the tall, handsome childhood friend of mine. He gave them his gift, which mom took up to her room with dad and immediately came back rushing down.

"Seok Jin! My how much you've grown! How are your parents?" Mom asked excidedly, climbing down the stairs and rushing to sit on the couch.

"They're doing great." He smiled. "How are you guys doing?"

"Oh with the whole new move and everything, it's been hectic lately." Dad replied.

"Right. So is Anna living with Mr. and Mrs. Seol?" He asked.

"And with us." Mom adds.

"Seok Jin, that reminds me. How would you like to come with us to our villa in *Pyeongchangdong this weekend?"

[ *pyeongchangdong: a part of Korea where the Seol's own a tranquil and gorgeous villa. Usually used by the Seols in winter and spring when they're stressed and need to relax. ]

"Pyeongchangdong?" Jin and I asked at the same time.

"We're going?" I asked, unaware about the situation.

"Yes. Your mother and I thought that it was best that we give your uncle and aunt some space since we just barged in." Dad says.

"Aigoo, you don't have to go to your PCD villa hyung. Sae Young, Hana, and I are doing just fine with you guys living with us." Uncle Woo Yeol says.

"It's true. We have all these rooms that've been unused and vacant for so long. Besides, it's nice how there's more livelihood in the house." Aunty Sae Young commented.

"But we don't want to burden you." my mom spoke up. "Oh! I have a terrific idea!" Mom suddenly said, a lightbulb going off above her head.

"Why don't the adults go for a little retreat before school starts and when *bang season begins?"

[*bang {bah-ng, not bae-ng} season means the season where businesses start flourishing super quickly like it's being shot at the companies and their workers, thus the name bang season. This season is also equivalent to stressful parents season for the parents are constantly busy and stressed. This is also when the rich kids get so much allowance because their parents say yes to whatever they ask because they are that busy. ]

"I like the sound of that. Oh! Maybe we can go to that luxurious golf course Mr. Gong was talking about." Dad said excidedly.

"And the outlet there I heard was just amazing! There's also a beautiful spa around Pyeongchangdong, it's marvelous. I'll take you there Sae Young-ah." Mom clapped as the adults broke out into happy smiles.

"Aigoo. We must be boring the kids." Aunty said as I shook my head.

"No, no aunty. So... are you all leaving soon? What about Hana and I?" I asked.

"Ah, right. You two can just stay here. The butlers and maids will stay and I'll call double the security to check up on you guys." Uncle Woo Yeol says.

"Yeobo, we'll also have to ask Hana about this too." I heard aunty say as we heard a voice call out.

"We'll be fine." Hana's voice echoed through the room as she stood in the middle of the walkway. "Anna and I know how to protect ourselves, and we can just call if anything goes wrong."

Hana sits down next to aunty, eyes Jin, but turns to my parents.

"Uncle Woo Bin and aunty Hye Jung, Anna and I will be fine. Besides, it won't be for very long, and I know how stressful bang season can be. Go and have fun."

"Yeah. Mom, dad, you guys should go and take a break with uncle and aunty. Hana's right. We'll be fine, so you guys won't have to worry about us."

A silence passes for a bit, and then the adults looked at each other with a look.

"Ok, I guess that settles it." Uncle Woo Yeol says. "We'll be going to Pyeongchangdong for one week, starting from this weekend."

"Seok Jin-ah, I apologize that we're talking about something that-" appa says as Jin cuts him off.

"Kwenchana apponim." Jin chuckled as he stood up. I stood up as a reflex.

"It's getting late, and I think my parents will start worrying about me. I'll be going now. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Seol for having me here." Jin bowed as my parents and my uncle and aunt stood up.

Dad patted Jin in the back, and mom gave him a hug before he bowed to my uncle and aunt again.

"I'll walk Jin out." I offered as we walked towards the front door.

As Jin and I reached his motorcycle, he turned to me and began to speak.

"Well..." He sighed and smiled, "I found my best friend that I didn't see from eight years ago. And I'm very, very thankful that I found you. I mean, that Jimin found you." Jin said as I smiled.

"I'm so glad that I finally found my pink princess. So... how are your parents?" I asked.

"They..."

"They're not at home, are they?" I asked as he nodded.

"Business trip?" I asked as he nods again.

"And I think they might be... on the brink of separating." He added as I frowned.

"Ok, I think that we should think about something happy before I send you off home or to your hideout." I said. "They're good guys, right? Your friends?"

"Yeah. They are." He smiles.

"I'm glad then. That you have friends to take care of you when I couldn't. Well... I'll see you later I guess."

"Oh wait, can I have your number? So I can call or text you." He said shyly as I laughed.

"Seriously?" I asked as he chuckles. I held my hand out for his phone, which he gave to me. I punched in my number, and handed back his phone to him. He calls me, and I hear the ring of my phone.

"Got it." He smiles, and puts his phone away.

"I'll text you later. Oh and if you ever get... I don't know, kidnapped from Jimin, it's all me."

"You're going to have Jimin kidnap me, your best friend? What happened to a simple call and text? I can just ask Sooyoung unnie to drive me to the hideout."

"Hangout." He corrected me as I chuckled.

"Ok, hangout. But still, you won't have Jimin kidnap me, will you? Oh I'm scared!" I said, feigning fear as he laughed.

"Alright, in the future, I may or may not ask you over a text to come over, or have Jimin kidnap you so that you can come over. Who knows? Anyways, about me and my parents, I'll be staying at the hangout, so feel free to come over anytime. And... oh I think your cousin's watching." He says as I turn my head to see Hana duck her head behind the window.

"Goodbye for now." I say as he grabs his helmet. "I'll definitely come over one day. Be safe, and beware the wrath of the parents." I teased him as he smiled. "And don't get into a car crash with that bike because our traffic is terribly dangerous. Oh and don't starve and let your friends starve. You guys live so close to the food stands yet- aish you lot are so lazy."

"Alright mother." Jin sang as I chuckled.

"Go now, I'm sure your friends would want to know what happened." I stuck my tongue out.

"Ok... goodnight Anna-ah." Jin says as he pulls me into a hug.

"Goodnight Jin. Remember that princesses need beauty sleep too." I say as Jin hums in reply.

"I'll see you soon." Jin says as I nod. He gets on his bike, opens the engine, waves a goodbye, and rides off.

I watch him until he turns, completely disappearing from my view. I take a good look at the moonlit night, and snap a picture of the bright moon.

Onto SNS, I typed, | Got to see an old friend. Annyeong my pink princess ~ ♡ |

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Seol Hana ~ Rosaline

I was taking a peek at the mysterious guy sitting next to my cousin. Based on the way samcheon and imo were talking to him, he must be someone they know. Is he Anna's boyfriend? A friend? Or a potential candidate for a husband?

And as my parents and uncle and aunty went into the kitchen to discuss their trip to Pyeongchangdong, I went to see what Anna was doing with the mysterious guy.

I watched them talk for a while, and then I saw their heads turn. I quickly hid behind the curtains, and when I peeked again, I saw Anna hugging the guy.

What's their relationship?

When I saw the guy ride away from his bike, I immediately hurried back up to my room. I sat on my vanity chair, and checked my phone, which had an SNS update from @annaseol .

Anna captioned her photo of the moon: | Got to see an old friend. Annyeong my pink princess ~ ♡ |

So, the guy was an old friend, huh. Pink... princess?

Just who is he, Seol Anna?

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Park Chanyeol ~ First Romeo

As my friends and I went ate our dinner in our secret room, I couldn't help but eat in a silent atmosphere, since no one seemed to want to talk after Lu hyung showed us the photos.

How does Anna know Seok Jin? What's their relationship?I felt a soft smack on my arm and saw Lu hyung's worried and annoyed face.

"Yah. We came here to eat, not think. We're going to need the energy to find out how those two are related." Lu hyung says as I awake from my thinking and began to eat.

"Wow, Luhan hyung. Since when did you care a lot about Anna?" Kai asked as Lu hyung almost threw a glare at him.

"FYI, she's appointed me to be her older brother. Oppa. I'm her oppa!" He says, patting his chest.

"No way." Kai says in surprise. "She'd never say that."

"She did, so ha. What? You got a crush on her?"

"I-I never said that." Kai stammers, leaving a pink blush on his cheeks.

I widened my eyes. It was never in Kai's flirty bad / dorky boy personality to blush over a girl. Sure he's the one making the girls blush, and yet here he is, blushing over Anna, who's not even here.

"Chan hyung!" Kai looked at me. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Just eat, punk." I said, putting some beef into his bowl.

"Kamsa hyung." Kai smiled.

Another silence passes, and Lu hyung says, "Chen, that lucky little troll. I bet he's having some real fun."

"Oh and what about Sehun? Isn't he at some business trip thing in Beijing?"

"He's not on a *bus. trip. His parents are there and they just basically left him alone to do whatever he wants." Kai answers.

[ *bus.: pronounced bis like business ; short vers. ]

"I bet that the moment the maknae comes back, he'll go straight to Lu hyung." the tanned boy said.

"How much?" I asked.

"Ehh... a hundred." Kai says as Lu hyung smacks his arm.

"Ya. You punk, you aren't even legal to gamble and your parent's don't even give you money!" Lu hyung says.

"I was just kidding!" Kai said with wide eyes. "That hurt hyung."

I looked over to Kris hyung while the two continued to argue. Kris hyung's eyes looked at me, and we blinked at each other.

His phone buzzed and kept buzzing a few times. The sound interrupted the heated argument of Kai and Lu hyung about an imaginary bet about Sehun getting sick of bubble tea or not because of the copious bubble teas he'll drink in China. (The kid is seriously addicted, thanks to Lu hyung.)

"Who is it?" I asked as Kris looked at the screen and immediately put his phone down after letting out a huge sigh.

"Krystal Hwang, am I right?" Kai asked as we turned to him. "What? I'm one of Hwang's exes, alright? I know how it feels. Kris hyung, you just need to ignore her, and if you can't anymore, just say something really mean like... uh... Oh I got it. You have no style."

'--my thing. No, they're my style.' I heard Anna's voice in my head.

"How about 'You're not my style' or 'Nae style aniya' instead? I think that'll make her back off a bit." Kris says as we look at him.

Kris hyung is a gentleman; a good guy, and you can never change that. Sure, he swears and cusses from time to time, but he'd rather do wushu with Tao than even bad mouth another person.

"I'm just kidding." He says. "But I don't know..."

"Wu Yi Fan. As your gege, I did not let your parents reassure me to take care of y'all and raise you up like this!" Lu hyung snaps as we chuckled.

"So much sass hyung." Kai says as he turns to me. "Hyungs, how's the move in?"

That took Kris hyung and I by surprise as we looked at each other with big eyes.

Kris hyung clears his throat and says, "It's fine."

"And you, Chan hyung? Man, it's so cool how you two are siblings now." Kai says as Luhan hyung gives the younger a look.

"What he meant was," Luhan hyung said, lightly pinching the skin on the back of Kai's hand as he winced, "That is everything good with Daddy Wu and Mommy Park?"

We looked at Lu hyung and chuckled.

"So?" Kai asked as Kris hyung and I looked at each other.

"Details, details brothers." Lu hyung says as he lays his head on his hand.

"Well... umm everything's great so far." Kris hyung says, looking at me.

"Yeah." I added. "Hyung's dad is a great guy. I'm glad that he married mom."

"Your mom's really nice too. When they were dating, dad would talk about how great Chanyeol's mom was, and when we all met for dinner, we were so surprised that we were going to be step brothers."

"I couldn't believe that you two didn't even notice until the dinner." Lu hyung rolled his eyes with a smile.

"Wait, hyung, you already knew?" I asked as Kai and Kris hyung looked at him as he picks up a piece of meat with his chopsticks, and chews it.

Lu hyung nods, and then says, "I was noticing something about Wu *shu shu and Dobi's omma, and I simply asked to have people tell me if what I was thinking was coming true."

[ *shu shu: Chinese for uncle ]

"So you got photos for proof." Kris hyung says as Lu hyung nods.

"We're making you two awkward, and I'm sorry that I like to know things. Anyways-" Lu hyung said but was interrupted by one of his guards, who whispered something into his ear and handed him some photos.

"Kim Seok Jin, or Jin of J2L. Seol Anna's childhood best friend. Parents are Kim Han Bin and Kim Tae Seul, who both currently own and are renowned doctors at the Samsung Medical Center in Seoul. They lived in Busan eight years ago but moved to Seoul in 2007. The Kims and Seols were neighbors, and Seok Jin and Anna went to the same elementary before he moved." Lu hyung states, reading a paper in a cream folder.

"So this is why Anna knows him..." Kai murmured.

"Wow. Who knew?" I said as another excited voice said, "I'm back~ ! Did anyone miss me?"

"Krystal?!" We said in unison, eyes popping, food dropping, as she entered our so called "secret room."

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