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“As far as demons are concerned, you’re the only good one to me Rumi.” Mira has told her trio, on multiple occasions actually.

Since the idol awards things have been going good for them. Rumi no longer seems to have an issue with her voice, and now that her patterns are revealed there isn’t anything between them. They’re more famous than ever, and the demons seem to be behind the impenetrable barrier of the Honmoon.

Yet Rumi still seems a bit depressed. Every time Zoey and Mira try to bring it up to her they are either met with her walls or an argument. They know the reason why she isn’t ok, it's that demon Jinu. He gave her his soul, and Rumi feels that there was a connection there that can’t be explored anymore, even if she doesn’t admit it.

This is where the arguments start. Mira doesn’t get it, especially after hearing that he was behind the trio's fight in the first place. She really doesn’t like or trust him. ‘All demons are bad.’ And to her the only exception to this rule is Rumi.

Zoey doesn’t like it when they argue and doesn’t typically stand on one side or the other, however she still agrees more with Mira. She won't trust a demon so easily.

Overall things are going great for the girls, however there is something that’s bothering them.

“Do you feel like she’s getting worse?” Zoey asks Mira after they leave the penthouse.

Mira side eyes Zoey then says plainly. “That’s why we’re doing this for her.”

“Ok but what do we even surprise her with?” Zoey taps her finger to her chin, “Ramyeon?”

“and some Kim-bap?”

“Might as well get some Tteokbokki!”

“We’ll make it a feast!” Mira fist pumps the air. “We all deserve to binge.”

”Yes, for Rumi!” Zoey cheers as well.

“We’re such good friends.” Mira saunters as they get closer to the store.

The two girls in their distracted state didn’t notice the 4 familiar faces, also in disguise like them.

Yet as the two groups pass by each other Zoey whips her head around to stare at the back of their heads.

“What is it?” Mira asks.

Zoey could’ve sworn she saw the face of a certain attractive demon boy. Or would it be half of his face? Either way, from behind she can’t tell anything. Besides they’re gone now right? “Oh nothing.” Suddenly her eye catches on something. She gasps, “ooh we should get some Mochi!” She skips towards the freezer.

Mira smirks, “I’m so down.” While the two browse flavors of ice cream they notice a crowd of people being loud and getting excited. “The fans.” Mira covers up instinctively. It’s not necessarily that they don’t want to interact with them. More so that they have to get back to Rumi, they don’t like leaving her alone for long these days.

Zoey looks around confused. “I don’t think it's for us.” The crowd wasn’t around them, and in fact the noise is coming from further in the convenient store.

The two give a weird glance to each other before investigating.

“The Saja boys are back!” Someone in the crowd shouts as Mira and Zoey spot the 4 demons they fought 2 weeks ago.

Zoey’s mouth stays open in a shocked gasp. Mira glares and folds her arms, but her glare is planted perfectly on those abs. “What’s going on? The Honmoon should be stronger than ever.” Mira says disappointedly.

“Then why are they right there?” Zoey asks.

The demons also notice the girls. Abby smirks and says to the crowd. “Yes the Saja boys are back!” Suddenly the 4 of them pose out of instinct. “Did you miss us?” Abby asks with his arms behind his head that raises his shirt in a way that allows the bottom of his abs to peek through. Romance blows a kiss to the crowd.

Mystery holds a finger to his lips, “keep it hush hush though, it's not official yet.” Baby holds a finger heart to the crowd.

All the bystanders practically go insane to see their beloved group back. Abby rests his arm on Romance, “however we will take pictures with our beloved fans.” To which everyone screams and lines up, taking their phones out for selfies.

Mira and Zoey look to the ground when they feel something ‘ripple’ beneath their feet, something with the Honmoon.

Zoey gasps, “Is it breaking?”

“No, it’s something different.” Mira locks eyes with Abby and Romance again, “It’s reacting to them.”

“This can’t be good.” Zoey shakes her head. “What should we do?”

“As much as I’d like to attack them right here and now, we can’t with this crowd around us.” Mira then slowly pulls off her hat and glasses, “but I won’t let them steal our fans here either.” She steps forward and places her hands on her hips, “So the Saja boys are back?”

Zoey doesn’t take long to follow suit. Also discarding her disguise and standing next to Mira in a unified front. The crowd has no idea what to do, looking back and forth between both groups. “It’s Huntrix!”

Baby huffs, “so you shop here too?”

Romance smirks, “what does it matter, we love all of our fans.” He wraps his arms around both Mira and Zoey and drags them into their crowd. “We’ll take a picture with you two next.

“Wait what?” Mira asks, but Abby has slipped her phone out of her pocket and gets the camera ready.

“Say cheese.” Abby smirks.

“Yeah we’re not-“ Zoey side eyes Mystery now standing besides her, and instead she tries to put on a cool look. “We’re not your fans.”

“Give me my phone back.” Mira reaches for it.

Click. The phone captured quite a cute look for the 6 of them: Abby in the focus holding the phone outstretched, with Mira reaching across him to grab it out of his hand. The laugh on his face was out of amusement for her attempt. Romance’s arms were still wrapped around both of the girls, and with the arm wrapped around Mira he holds a peace sign that squishes her frowny face. Baby is standing behind them all, in between Romance and Zoey, holding a hand heart to Zoey’s face, smashing her cheek slightly with a cool smirk on his face. While on Zoey’s other side Mystery has his arm wrapped around her shoulder and is leaning in right next to her all comfy like. Zoey has a bit of a stiff body and a blush on her face.

“We look good.” Abby smirks, still holding the phone out of Mira’s reach, who’s still fighting to get it back. Baby looks at the picture and laughs.

”We made her blush Mystery.”

Zoey’s blush deepens. “What? No. That wasn’t, I wasn’t-“

“Oh I have to send this to myself.” Abby taps away at Mira’s phone.

“Give it back I said.” Mira gives one final lunge and takes her phone back from Abby. Just to find he has already put his number in her phone, and sent the picture to himself. Mira grunts and glares at him. Squeezing her phone in her hand.

Abby turns away from her and looks to the crowd. “That’s enough of that we have to get back to the rest of our fans.” The boys practically turn completely away from them.

Zoey folds her arms, “They’re treating us like we’re just some nobodies?”

Someone from the crowd speaks up, “Where’s Jinu?” A little further in the crowd another person chimes in, “Where’s Rumi?” As they’re the faces of both of their groups, of course the crowd will want to know where they’re at. Mira and Zoey look at each other realizing they had a reason to be out here to begin with. With the mention of her name they realized they should get going.

Baby speaks first, “Sadly this is all we can do for today. Sorry no more pictures.”

Romance chimes in, “But you’ll be seeing us more often!”

The 4 boys pose, and then a cloud of smoke surrounds them, and suddenly they disappear. How they do this and get away with it the girls will never know. One thing is for certain though, they also didn’t want to talk about Jinu.

The crowd looks to Mira and Zoey now, as they’re the last ones left. Mira, still feeling like she has unfinished business, bows and apologizes to the crowd. “We also have to get going. Like always it’s a pleasure to meet up with any of our fans.”

Zoey follows suit and bows as well, then the two leave the convenient store empty handed, and practically run through the streets to find the boys.

Once they find them the 6 of them are in an empty street.

“Ha, so you still wanted more?” Baby smirks.

“Wouldn’t expect any less from our number one fans.” Abby says coolly.

Mira and Zoey both hold their weapons out. Zoey grits out between her teeth. “How did you make it through the Honmoon?”

The demons smile at each other and Mystery grins, “oh they don’t know.”

“Know what?” Zoey asks.

”It doesn’t matter.” Mira holds her spear overhead ready to strike. “They’re just distracting us from attacking them.” She swings down on Abby, who backs up just in time.

“Woah, calm down” He exclaims.

Zoey quickly throws her blades towards the rest of the demons. They each dodge, with only Baby and Romance getting nicked a little on their cheek and shoulder.

Mystery holds his arms out. “Do you really want to attack us when you’re outnumbered?” Baby and Romance make their way behind the girls, now the 4 are surrounding them.

“We’ve beat you once before, we can do it again.” Mira says as she swings her blade behind her at Romance, just barely missing him, if he was just a little slower he would’ve been hit.

Baby lunges towards Zoey, but she’s able to grab his arm and throw him over her shoulder.

After Mira’s missed swing she plants her spear in the ground, uses it as a pole, and launches herself at romance and lands a kick, knocking him to the ground.

Mystery had picked up Zoey’s blade, and while she has baby pinned beneath her he throws it at her, Zoey thinks she dodges it, but it catches her shirt sleeve and pins it to the wall behind her.

Mira Picks up her spear again to swing at Romance one more time, but Abby walks up behind her, grabs her spear with both hands, and uses it to trap her against him.

“Jeez, will you let us talk?” Mystery asks.

Baby stands up and rubs his shoulder and rolls his neck. “We were going to tell you how we did it.”

“It doesn’t matter.” Mira struggles. But Abby’s hold is too strong. “We kill demons.”

Romance gets up close to Mira, “Oh yeah? Well can I ask? Where's Rumi?”

The girls go quiet.

“So something’s going on with the three of you as well?” Mystery says as he shares a look with the other demons.

Zoey with her free hand tries to throw more knives, but Baby catches her hand and pins it to the wall as well. “We can help each other.” He says.

“Why would we help a bunch of demons?” Mira asks with a frown.

“Because we share a goal.” Abby leans in and whispers to her. Mira’s eyes go wide and she gives one last push that finally gets him off of her, she holds her blade up, but holds back on her attack.

Zoey also lifts her leg up to kick Baby but he’s already backing away, she gets the blade out of her sleeve and holds it in her hand. The girls stand back to back with their weapons drawn, but they don’t attack, they’re choosing to listen. “What goal do we share?” Zoey asks.

Mystery attempts to step closer, but Zoey holds her knife out further so he backs up again, “We believe we need Rumi to help Jinu.”

Abby steps forward, and Mira thrusts her spear in his face, so he holds his hands up, but keeps a nonchalant look on his face, “Jinu gave her his soul, and we think because he’s away from his soul that’s why it's taking him so long to heal. If he’s just next to her, he could get better.”

“This doesn’t explain how you’ll help us.” Mira says bluntly.

Baby swings his leg into the ground back and forth like he’s bored. “Let me guess. She’s been acting unpredictably, maybe her marks have been glowing and suddenly her emotions are out of control? Maybe she has some episodes where it’s hard for her to breathe, or maybe she mentions how certain things she doesn’t want to think of keep coming back to her.”

“How do you know?” Zoey asks, “I mean she hasn’t told us any of that, but we know she’s been having nightmares.”

Mira bumps Zoey’s shoulder telling her to shut up.

“We have those same marks.” Mystery says bluntly, “we would know better than anyone. We would know better than you.”

Zoey glares and holds her blade closer to Mystery, “You don’t know her better than us though!”

Romance tries to pacify the situation. “It doesn’t matter, you want to help her right? We can help each other.”

Something has been nagging Mira this whole conversation, and she glares at Romance. “What do you gain personally from helping Jinu? I don’t believe your relationship is as wonderful as ours is.”

“Harsh.” Abby holds his chest, but then grins, “but you’re right. We need Jinu to keep our fame as the Saja boys, without him we can’t do it. As long as we get to stay as Saja boys, we can feast as much as we want.”

”Absolutely not then.” Mira steps forward with her weapon going straight to Abby.

“We won’t let you feast on our fans.” Zoey follows her suit and steps towards Mystery.

“We’re only asking to feast on some of them.” Baby says, what he thinks is reassuringly. “It won’t be for Gwi-Ma this time. Just for us.”

Romance speaks up more calculatingly. “What’s more important to you? A few fans, or Rumi?”

“Both of them.” Zoey says without hesitation.

”We don’t need your help. We can help Rumi ourselves.” Mira says, and both girls get ready for their attack.

“If you say so.” Mystery says finally.

Abby smirks at Mira, “If you change your mind you know how to reach me.” He points to his phone that now has Mira’s contact in it with the photo they took earlier.

The girls swing at the same time the boys disappear into thin air. Mira groans and looks towards the sky, “I hate them so much.”

Zoey stretches her back. “They’re actually the worst.”

“I want to punch all of their smug faces in.”

“I want to smash them all into the ground till they’re begging for mercy.”

The two stare into the streets feeling utter defeat. Zoey speaks up again, “we should go back to Rumi. We’ve been gone long enough.”

When Mira and Zoey make it back home they don’t come back empty handed. With a quick stop at another store they brought back loads of food for their feast.

However the smiles on their faces quickly went away when they saw the state of their penthouse. The couches and furniture roughed up and knocked over, dishes in the kitchen destroyed. The place was a mess. And in the center of it all, Rumi is holding herself on the ground in a panic attack-like state.

“Rumi?” Zoey approaches gently, a little too used to it by now. “It’s ok, everything’s ok.”

Rumi looks up with tears in her eyes, but her expression softens. “o-oh hey guys. You’re back.” She sniffles and fixes her hair and looks around her, “I’m sorry, I did it again.”

“It’s ok Rumi.” Mira steps forward, she’s the first to notice the blood. She grabs Rumi's hand where the cut is, drags her into the kitchen to wrap it up. “I just want you to be a bit more careful, that's all.”

Zoey looks concerned, but knows better than to panic, when she panics and freaks out it makes Rumi feel more like a burden and makes her want to push herself away which none of them want. So instead she brings the food into the kitchen to show Rumi, to hopefully distract her. “We got stuff for a feast tonight! Don’t worry about anything, we can get this all cleaned up, but let’s just chill”

Rumi doesn't say much, she doesn’t even really react. Zoey looks down a little disappointed, upset, and like she’s running out of things she can do to help. Mira finishes wrapping up her hand and notices the blood on her outfit.

“Go get changed.” Mira says, “we’ll clean up and get the food ready.”

Rumi nods her head and walks away without saying much. Mira and Zoey watch as she walks away, and Zoey hates herself for thinking it, but she says, “Maybe we do need their help.”

Mira doesn’t respond to that, but changes the subject. “We can’t tell her about the return of those demons yet.”

Zoey’s eyes go wide. “Why? We can’t keep secrets again, it's what made us fall apart last time.”

“I know, but she’s just not ready to hear about it yet.”

The demons make it back to their home, above the Honmoon with the humans, in a little apartment they all share. Jinu is inside, still not in a good condition to be able to go out into the world.

Baby sighs, “how are we supposed to get to Rumi if they won’t help us out?”

Mystery adds, “how do we get them to help us out?”

Romance shakes his head, “We’re running out of time. We’ve been able to get above it all now, but our luck is going to wear out eventually.”

“Don’t fret.” Abby says coolly. “Thanks to those pictures we gave ourselves a lot more time.”

Mystery thinks of the person in the crowd asking for Jinu, “Without him it’s not that much.”

Baby shakes his head and folds his arms, “I can’t go back down there guys. We have to do whatever it takes.”

Abby nods his head, “trust me, I’ll do whatever it takes to keep our freedom.” Since Jinu is in the state he’s in, Abby has taken to his typical leadership role.

Once the four enter their home they notice it’s still shrouded in darkness. Jinu is huddled into a corner holding onto his hand in pain. Burn scars cover his body, they all know it’s still very painful for him. His marks do still annoy him, but due to him being in so much pain he typically just curls up and does nothing. Jinu flexes his hand and sighs as the pain leaves it. He turns to the other demons. “Did you find Huntrix?”

“Yes.” Abby replies, “but not Rumi.”

Jinu just nods his head. Mystery adds on, “we’re trying to strike up a deal with them. We think they should be reaching out to us in no time.”

Silence.

Baby speaks up, a bit irritated. “Do we really need their help? You’ve been getting better, haven’t you?”

Jinu shakes his head, then slowly stands up and walks into the light creeping in through the window. His scars look fresh, like the attack happened yesterday, and they can swear it’s spreading. “No, I haven’t.” He holds out his hand to reveal a new scar, like one that had been made from a knife. “I didn’t get this cut either, it just appeared… I think it has something to do with Rumi. I think we’re connected… basically I can’t get better unless she gets better, so-“

”So we need to team up with Huntrix.” Abby sighs.

”Momentarily.” Baby agrees. “Until we get your soul back and until you’re healed completely.”

Jinu doesn’t say anything, but only Abby notices the look on his face like he’s hiding something.

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‘Hey babe <3’

‘Just following up, do you miss me?’

‘Did you think of what we talked about?’

‘???’

Mira’s phone kept blowing up with these texts from a number she put in her phone as ‘evil abbs.’ After a few days of this behavior, (even though she told him to shut up multiple times), she blocked him.

‘Mira love! Can I call you that?’

‘This is Romance’

‘Abby told me you blocked him lolol’

‘I don’t blame you I would too’

Mira was slightly annoyed that he gave her number to Romance as well, but she wasn’t surprised. She blocked him as well.

‘Hi this is Mystery’

‘Can I have Zoey’s number?’

Blocked. Mira was doing Zoey a favor.

‘This is Abby again on Baby’s phone!’

‘Please stop ignoring me T-T’

‘Can't we just talk?’

Blocked again.

‘I’m running out of phones rn’

‘Do you need me to say I miss you first?’

‘Fine I miss you’

‘Now say it back’

Mira finally responds back to Abby, ‘not even a little bit.’ Then blocks him yet again.

Between the demons blowing up her phone; and their growing popularity online, Mira hated seeing anything on her phone. She was almost tempted to just leave it at home most days, but that would make two members be offline.

Rumi hasn’t had a connection to the internet, at first because it wasn’t helping her. But now Mira and Zoey are trying to keep it away from her thanks to the demon boys.

Luckily without Jinu in the spotlight the Saja Boys haven’t blown up as insanely as the first time they released soda pop. However their influence is still massive.

Mira and Zoey have had a few conversations about it and what their response needs to be. Huntrix has been on a hiatus, and if the fans get more of the demons than of their beloved girls then they might switch sides easier. So they must take action.

Rumi is currently sitting on the couch listening to music on her headphones. Mira stands behind her with Zoey just a little behind her. “Get ready, we’re going somewhere today.” Mira says to Rumi.

“Where are we going?” Rumi turns her head slightly and asks.

“We’ve got a photoshoot, they reached out yesterday, and I decided it might be a good idea to get out of here for the day.”

Rumi stays quiet and doesn’t get up immediately. Zoey taps her foot on the ground and blurts out, “we don’t have to if you’re not up for it Rumi-”

“I’ll be fine.” Rumi says finitely. “I’ll just get changed real quick.”

Mira and Zoey look at each other and a sigh passes between the two.

The girls didn’t plan on the fact that the brand they were taking pictures for would use a picture of Jinu as one of their main posters. Huntrix stares at it momentarily, while Mira and Zoey panic a little.

“Why would they use an old picture anyway?” Mira asks.

“It’s fine.” Rumi steps forward into the dressing room first. She can feel the tension in her friends, and doesn’t want them to think she isn’t ok. “They’ll use ours after our photoshoot is done.” She closes the door behind her.

Zoey smiles, “yeah, i think getting her out of the house was a good idea.”

Mira grins, “I knew we didn’t need those boys' help.”

The manager finally approaches the girls again, turning off his phone. “Sorry it took me so long. It seems we’re double booked for the day.”

Mira folds her arms, “double booked? Who else is taking pictures?”

The man holds his hands out and shakes them, “Don’t worry, you’ll still get to go first, we just won’t be able to take as long as normal”

“But still who…-” Zoey’s eyes trail behind him to see the Saja Boys minus Jinu again. She gasps, “it’s them again.”

Mira groans, “we finally got her out of the house too. Why do they have to ruin everything?”

Zoey panics slightly, “what about Rumi, she doesn’t even know-”

Mira paces a little, then walks towards the changing room, “Leave Rumi to me. We’ll just have to reschedule. It’ll be fine, we can do something else today.”

“Reschedule?” The manager asks, “oh no, I didn’t know them being here would be a big deal. I’m sorry-”

“It’s ok.” Zoey waves her hands reassuringly, “we just forgot we have other things today.”

Mira walks into the changing room, and her eyes go wide. She immediately closes the door, an old muscle memory to keep their weaknesses and fears hidden. Rumi’s marks are glowing again, her hair is all messed up and she’s clawing at herself. “It's ok Rumi. Come on, let's go home.”

“Why’d it have to end up like this? Why’d he have to…?” Rumi says quietly.

Mira approaches her friend and places her hand on her back, “Come on.”

Zoey while outside the room finishes the rescheduling process with the manager. When, without noticing it, Mystery had made his way to her side. “Come here to watch our shoot?”

Zoey jumps slightly, smiles at Mystery, turns her head to hide it, brushes her hair behind her ear, straightens her back, and finally says, “actually I’m here for my own.”

The rest of the Saja Boys approach her now. “Oh really? Is all of Huntrix here for pictures?” Abby asks.

She didn’t even realize what she had said, but regretted it after hearing that. Rumi’s changing room door starts to open, and Zoey has to step back and close it on them behind her, while also acting like she didn’t do it. “Actually I'm here for my own pictures.”

“Really?” Baby asks, “They would hire you for pictures, and not Rumi?”

Zoey basically glares at him, “uh yeah! They would!”

“Hmm, well ok then.” Abby turns away, but there is a bit of a disappointment on his face.

Zoey thinks the interaction is over while the Saja boys walk away, but Mystery pulls on her arm, “you can watch if you want?” he places a kiss on her hand, “and I can support you for your photoshoot too.”

Zoey hides her smile, and her giggle. She thinks to herself ‘If I go with them then the others can leave without Rumi seeing these guys.’ However her pounding heart told a different reason. “I guess I can stay a little.”

So she follows the boys to their room that’s set up for them. It gives a dark and mature vibe, like their last performance when they sang your idol. Zoey looks behind her out of the room to see Mira and Rumi leaving the changing room. Mira gives her a concerned look, but Zoey just gives a thumbs up before going back to the Saja Boys.

The manager reenters the room again, and stares at the boys, “wait a moment. I was told I’d get pictures of Jinu.”

“Yeah. And we already gave them to you.” Abby rolls his eyes and points to the picture from the entrance.

“That's not-” the manager stutters, “I thought he’d be here today too.”

“He can’t make it.” Romance gives a sexy pose, “but you’ve got us here instead so it's almost better.”

He stays quiet a moment longer, while Zoey snickers to herself a little bit, she covers her mouth but still says out loud. “You thought I couldn’t take a picture without Rumi, but clearly you can’t without Jinu.”

Baby glares at Zoey before he says to the manager. “He isn’t here, but we’ll still take that picture. Is everything set up?”

The man has no room to argue, but instead says to them. “The only thing we’re missing is the wardrobe. You four will have to change-”

“I don’t think so.” Mystery flicks dust off his shoulder. Their outfits aren’t fitting to the vibe, they’re a lot more casual and colorful for the dark aesthetic. “It’s too much work.”

Romance adds, “you just need our faces right?”

The manager stutters again, “I actually need you to wear our brand, to promote it-”

“Isn’t photoshop a thing?” Baby asks, “We are in a hurry.”

Zoey folds her arms in disappointment at the boys. These demons lack class. Promoters of brands tend to also help with an Idols image as well. Once you start treating them poorly your fans can know that you’re mean or selfish, and your image can be destroyed.

It was this reason Zoey decided to whip them into shape. “This man is paying you to take pictures. The least you can do is get changed. Besides, you're taking longer by complaining than if you did it already.”

“The outfits are gaudy-” Baby tries to get out.

“Do it anyway!” Zoey points to the changing room.

Mystery leans into her ear, “I’ll change into it if you dress up too.”

Baby smirks, “yeah, and you can take pictures with us too.” His eyes light up with a flicker of an idea.

“Fine.” Zoey folds her arms. “Just to show you boys how it's done.” She walks towards the fitting room and so does Mystery.

Abby holds back, and so does Romance and Baby. Abby asks, “What are you thinking? having her join our pictures?”

“It’ll make it more understandable for why we’re spending more time together with our fans.” Baby shrugs. “If the fans think our groups like to team up then it may force them out of hiding.”

Abby nods his head, but then a notification on his phone makes him look down at it. Then he quickly stands up, and grabs his jacket. “I’m gonna go. I actually have something that came up.” He turns away from Baby, but stops and says one last thing. “This was your idea. See it through then.” He leaves.

Romance had looked over Abby's shoulder at his phone before he left. He smiles to himself and also gets up. “I’m going with him. This’ll be fun.”

Baby shakes his head and asks, “What's going on?”

“You just worry about your side of things.” Romance blows a kiss then leaves.

Finally Zoey and Mystery leave the changing rooms in their new fits. Both of their vibes are dark and skin tight. Zoey’s got leather leggings and a cropped leather jacket, but the black shirt underneath is rugged, in a way that ties it all together. For Mystery, his is a little more revealing. The shirt is basically a crop because the bottom part of it is sheer. His halter top gives a collar look to it, while his sleeves and pants also have a tattered look to it, with his fit however he’s got the chains to go with it.

At least that’s how Mystery’s fit should look, Zoey noticed the loose look to his halter top, like he couldn’t get it on correctly. She fails at hiding her laugh before she approaches him. “Here I’ll help you with that.”

Mystery looks at her, but when she does a twirling motion with her finger he turns around for her to see his back. Zoey then adjusts the straps on his shirt so it looks better, and so it’s tighter. When he turns around they’re right up in each other's space. “There,” Zoey turns away and looks at the ground. “Now it's better.”

Baby steps forward. “If you two are done, I’m going to get changed too.”

The manager walks back into the room again with a makeup artist behind him. “Where did the others go?”

Zoey just barely notices that Abby and Romance are gone while she also looks around.

Baby responds, “they left. Something came up.” Then he closes the door behind him.

The manager just nods his head. “Well I got the makeup crew here.”

Mystery scoffs. “Makeup too? Isn’t it getting too much?”

Zoey stomps down on his foot. “Just do as they say.”

Mystery’s silence was simply an acceptance. He went first, and thanks to him being better about it, it goes by quite fast actually.

Then it was Zoey’s turn, and Mystery’s good behavior was disappearing. It had something to do with the way the stylist was holding Zoey’s face, or the way he was touching her cheeks, or the way he was putting lipstick on her. Either way Mystery started growling a little bit. “It didn’t take that long for them to put on my makeup. Back up, I know what you’re doing.” He attempts to grab the man's shoulder.

Zoey, however, smacks the side of his head. “Bad! Go sit down”

Mystery looks butt hurt, but does as she says.

From behind Baby whispers to her, “not very many people can hit a demon and get away with it.”

Zoey sits up in her chair at the same time the stylist finishes and walks away. “Hitting a demon is the least I've done to them.”

“And here you are taking pictures with them.” The makeup artist makes quick work on Baby’s face.

“It’s not like that though. I’m doing it to remind everyone that the Saja Boys are nothing if not for Huntrix.” Zoey stands up and walks away.

The crew makes fast work to set up the ‘stage.’ While the three of them make their way to the stage. Mystery stands pretty close to Zoey with a little bit of a pout on his face. Zoey does ducky lips then pokes his cheek. “You have to cheer up for the pictures.” This ignites something in him, and while the camera starts clicking he poses in a way where he can be right up next to her.

Baby stands to the other side of her, and continues their argument. “In what way did Huntrix make the Saja Boys?”

Zoey scoffs, “Your game show featured us, the fan signing that we shared our fans with. Lastly, the idol awards, since your debut everythings been about our rivalry. That’s how you gained your fame”

Baby practically grabs Zoey’s throat, in his attempt to pose with his arm around her shoulder. “Oh the Rivalry part is the only thing correct. Especially thanks to your distrack.” He looks at the camera, but leans into her ear. “I’m working on my own response.”

“Ha!” Zoey stomps down on Baby’s foot, which makes him buckle over a little, she grabs his chin and tilts his head down so she can whisper into his ear. “Good luck with that. Everyone knows I’m the better rapper and lyricist.” The two glare at each other for a moment longer.

Mystery complains. “Guys focus.” He steps up with his posing again, making it a little more errotic. Holding onto Zoey’s chin. “They’re paying us for these pictures.”

Zoey actually gets shocked that he used her own argument against her. “I’m sorry Mystery, I’ll focus.” So she focuses on the photoshoot. But she doesn’t see the way Mystery kept glancing at Baby, almost glaring at him.

The three changed poses and positions, some stood out of it at parts, but after an hour the cameraman had enough pictures.

Zoey, Baby, and Mystery now stand outside. They were able to keep a picture if they chose too. Zoey didn’t but Mystery did. Baby laughs while looking at the picture. “She was so stiff in the other picture I didn’t think she knew how to pose.”

Zoey doesn’t hear him though, she’s staring at her phone at a text from Rumi. “I’ve gotta go.” She doesn’t even look at them, she just starts leaving, but before she can Mystery grabs onto her wrist and stops her.

“Wait…. Uh..” Mystery lets go and looks down. “About our proposal. Like helping each other…”

Baby rolls his eyes. “Let us meet Rumi already.” To which he got Zoey’s frown. “That’s what he’s trying to say.”

“I don’t think so…” Zoey knows she can’t make this decision on her own. That, and she didn’t like Baby’s tone. “I do have to go though.” She glanced at Mystery and didn’t understand why he looked kind of upset. “Bye.” Then finally she practically runs back home.

Mira was staring at herself in the bathroom mirror, her face and hair kind of a mess. After she got Rumi home in the messed up state she was in, she was just a little exhausted. “What can I do for her? What should we do?” Zoey didn’t even see this most recent episode. If she did then the two would know for sure that these ‘episodes’ are starting to happen daily. At first they only happened about once a week. So the fact that it’s getting this bad is saying a lot.

“Is there even anything I can do?” Mira says dejectedly. She hated it so much, it made her want to throw things or to fight something. Her eyes glance down to her phone on the counter however. It takes her a second to make her decision.

But once she does she picks up her phone and finds the contact name “evil abbs”, she unblocks him and sends a text.

‘Let’s meet up.’