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🪐 — kang sae-beyok ;
fingers close around the offered glass, gesture more automatic than genuine. she fights off the urge to wrinkle her nose as she scent of alcohol brushes against her nostrils, but makes herself take a small sip anyway. she might get away with tuning out half of katiana’s words — especially when they involve dinners with wealthy sons and such — but she doubts the girl is entirely stupid and sae-byeok needs to be careful.
❛ no, thanks. ❜ she declines the invite, clipping the vowels as she heard people around her do so many times already, then finally settling down on a nearby armchair lest someone mistakes her for a waitress, standing there with her spine straight and a blank expression to booth. sae-byeok relaxes her stance as much as she can, elbows on the armrests and champagne glass on the table, while her gaze slips towards the little box of macarons — pastries she has never tasted from a country she has never been to. and a bite of curiosity has the better of her, sudden and striking, guilt following fast on its heels. she shouldn’t want more than she has, and yet. ❛ what do they taste like? ❜
IT’S ALMOST A DISAPPOINTMENT when she says no. without a friend — if sae-byeok could be considered such — there to talk to, katiana would probably end up actually having to listen to the investment banker for most of the night. & people who worked in finance certainly had a flash factor that she enjoyed ( nice cars, fancy restaurants, the best champagne ) they were honestly pretty boring when it came right down to it. but she shrugs, it off, popping another perfect macaroon into her mouth. but then sae-byeok asks an entirely unbelievable question, & katiana almost chokes on the pastry she’s still chewing. ❝ you mean you’ve never tried them ? ❞ a hand flies up to cover her full mouth, the shame of bad manners so deeply ingrained that it comes as instinct, & she forces herself to chew & swallow before she speaks again. ❝ well here ! you have to have one ! ❞ katiana leans forward in her seat, the half-empty box extended out in one hand toward sae-byeok in offering. & she shakes the box a bit for emphasis, clearly refusing to take no for an answer. ❝ come on, i insist. i definitely don’t need the whole box to myself. there’s plenty — & they’re so good, like little sweet little sugar puffs ! you’ll love them. ❞