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Rose was not happy, her high heels tapping on the floor as she waited for her friend, after a lifetime Lisa walked in, looking fresh and relaxed.
"Did you really get a face mask while I was here, having a breakdown?" Rose demanded, instantly noticing the glow to the girls face.
"You're so dramatic," the other girl laughed, "you should get one too, all that stress will cause a breakout" Lisa pulled her usual charming grin, one Rose usually repeated but she was so high strung right now all she could manage was a tense glare.
"All right, all right, I'm guessing the meeting with Kim Jisoo didn't go well?" Lisa guessed, flinging herself on one of the loveseats littered in the room, head hanging languid off the edge.
"It was horrible!" Rose finally let out, almost jumping out of her seat to emphasise her point.
"She was uncompromising, uncooperative, she spoke so casually to me and she even suggested that my father was financially unfit to be seen with her company, which is entirely untrue, and, if those rumours, you know, the one you told me about, it would suggest that they are in financial trouble instead. Just, the utter nonsense she was spitting everywhere made me so angry. And, in that absurdity, she managed to make a bet where we'd have to buy eachother something to prove our wealth, I just know this is some trick, she'll probably turn up with something cheap and unflattering and take whatever i brought her and, i dont know, pawn it! My gods, can you believe her!" After the speech Rose was breathing hard, looking at her best friend for support and compassion but all she got was her friends laughing face.
"Why are you laughing!" Rose demanded, having stood up to tower over her sitting friend, who was unbothered by the glaring girl above her.
"Its just- its just-" the younger girl fell into a giggling fit, with a wide smile, "you're eachothers," she paused as she choked on her giggles, "you're eachothers sugar mamas" Lisa finally managed to get out.
Rose felt her nostrils flare, in the way that Lisa told her made her look 'demonic and totally hilarious'. This caused Lisa to go into another wheezing fit, hands up in a way to say 'surrender! I can't stop laughing! Surrender!' Rose threw her clutch onto the younger.
"This is serious, stop laughing!" Rose felt like a toddler throwing a tantrum, especially when she stomped her foot, her anger just caused a bigger ruckus from her unsympathetic best friend.
"Okay, okay, but like, that pawn shop theory? That's like, hilarious, even if the Kim's were bankrupt and were in poverty, Kim Jisoo would still turn up, flaunting the most expensive and rare designer outfit she could find. She's literally pride incarnated, she would want to show off her wealth, even if she didn't have any." Rose was nearly surprised by how in depth and thought out her response was, but Lisa was smart, she was just playful. Even Rose, her best friend would often underestimate her sometimes.
"So..the best way to beat her is to take down her pride and...the only way to do that would be to make sure whatever I give her is better, more expensive and interesting than what she gives me?" Rose asked, her brain clicking several ideas together, already imagining the best and most amazing outfit she could get for the petulant heiress.
Lisa nodded.
"Yeah, she'd want to outshine you, the only way you'll ever take her down for good is to completely destroy her pride, so you need to make sure whatever you give her is practically priceless." Came her best friends advice, Rose nodded along.
"Okay. I can do this."