⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀a closed invite to @retrcgrades,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀based on this plot, featuring im hyeonju. .ᐟ ♡
⠀⠀⠀⊹ ࣪ ˖⠀⠀⠀nobody ever warned hyeonju that loving a celebrity involved this much waiting. and most days, she didn't mind — understood the demands of success, considering own life revolved around impossible schedules and impossible people. still, there was something considerably irritating about standing alone at a gala one had spent eight months organizing while significant other was currently running a whole hour late ... not that she was counting, of course. aside from that, everything seemed perfect : the ballroom gleamed around, crystal chandeliers reflecting light across polished marble floors while guests drifted between conversations with champagne flutes in hand. and everything being perfect always meant something was about to go wrong — and, as if summoned by the thought, a commotion erupts near the entrance. a familiar wave of excitement sweeps through the crowd, and the socialite closes her eyes ; and when she opens them again, the other's fashionably late presence comes into sight. ❛ you are late. ❜ the words lack any real heat, mostly because far worse statements had been rehearsed during the last hour. she takes in their slightly disheveled hair and the unmistakable look of someone who had sprinted from one schedule straight into another ... and simply gives a smile. sharp, professional, like the ones reserved for the public and unlike the warm, gentle ones she'd give the other at any other time. ❛ usually people apologize before causing a scene at my events, y'know. ❜ a pause. without taking her eyes off them, a hand reaches up to smooth an invisible crease from their outfit, manicured nails lingering briefly against damp fabric. ❛ that was quite the entrance, though. i suppose i should say congrats on making the evening about you, huh ? ❜