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NYX
featuring @jieunhoc·
it was one of those days where nyx would finally find a day off to do whatever she wanted. these days didn’t come often as she was mostly in the field doing assignments that the boss would assign to her. days where she could only pray for a break that would never come. she enjoyed her real job, but after days with no rest it became more of a chore to scope out or targeted people. a thrilling sense of emotion she would get when she would pull the trigger would always have her itching for the next round, but on days she wanted time for herself. the days where she wanted nothing more than to just pick up her camera and take a photo or two of the vast world around her. days where she wanted to treat herself to something nice it was rare occurrences, but when she did have the time it was worth it.
the time was now where she wanted to hit the malls and treat herself to a new outfit or few. she had the money as daddy would send her some as if she wouldn’t notice. she knew he was still upset that she chose not to join his syndicate in the end, but he would get over it. after all, she was his only child and couldn’t stay mad at his favorite for long.
with shopping on her mind, nyx could only think of one person she would want to go with. though she could drag her favorite boss with her and buy her gifts, he was quite busy the past days so, she opted to bringing a close friend with her. nyx and the term friends didn’t happen often so, when she found herself labelling as such, they were put on much higher pedestals than other people. nyx cherished jieun, not only was she a nice girl but she was always there to listen to anything nyx had to lay out on her. it was very much appreciated, and for that nyx wanted to treat her to a makeover. of course, she would buy herself some outfits as originally planned but also outfits for her friend as well.
there she was, now at club’s side of the dorms, ringing her doorbell to the crappy housing the headquarters provided for them. she would rather be in the confines of her own home, but when she brought the suggestion up it was easily turned down to her demise. she rings the doorbell, waiting for the female to answer.
jieun often spends her days in solitude — nothing aside from the sound of her slender fingers tapping away disrupting the silence, her only companions being the withering plants inside the office, all of them on their deathbed with drooping leaves and sagging stems. anyone who had an ounce of flesh or metallic in them usually steered clear of the bookkeeper’s den unless absolutely necessary. if someone wasn’t looking for permission on a financial deal or some sort of cash advance before their next mission, it was a sure bet that they were as far away from jieun as they could physically get — or just mucking around in the cafeteria. and though people often avoided jieun, there were the select few who sought her company. other members who had previously given her the cold shoulder were now warming up around her, giving her a chance to explain her reasoning for joining and accepting her background. but there had always been one person who had done that from the beginning — one person who had welcomed jieun in and had somewhat taken her under her wing, befriending the bookkeeper when very few others did.
“ nyx, you’re here early! ” the brunette says when she swings open the door, the more fashionable women in front of her dripping in everything lavish and trendy. nyx was both beautiful and bold, striking others like a hot iron and leaving them whirling. jieun admired her daring nature — dauntless and eye-catching, a far cry from how mousy she tended to be. it was a wonder that the other female even befriended her, but jieun was always grateful nonetheless. the two seemed to balance one another out and were always there to listen to any woes plaguing the other’s mind — a true friend, jieun had once thought. the first and seemingly only.
“ i thought we weren’t heading out until the afternoon, ” she says, a smile curving at the ends of her mouth. nyx had mentioned that the two would be heading out on her next day off, but there hadn’t been a whole lot of information provided nor a set time. she’d simply been told to be ready by the afternoon and that the two would be having lots of fun — so much fun that jieun wouldn’t even recognize herself when the day was said and done. “ would you like to come in for a few minutes? or should we just head out to— erm, where are we going anyway? ”
