fever dream.
with @cwnmirae location: spades palace, on the night of the royal masquerade ball
after a night of dancing, jiae is exhausted. don't get her wrong; she loves attending royal balls, dressing up and chatting with others. she thrives in these kinds of events. but at some point, her feet start aching from dancing in heels. and when the clock shows her its well into the night (or the early morning, technically), she just wants to sleep in a soft bed, so she's eternally grateful that the spades kingdom had provided extra rooms for guests to stay overnight.
she leaves the royal masquerade in a flurry of laughter and smiles, bidding farewell to the people she was talking to earlier. jiae likes to think she knows her way around the spades palace fairly well after years of royal visits, though not nearly as well as she knows the hearts palace. but for some reason, the hallways feel longer than they did on her way to the ball. it's probably because of how tired she is.
jiae finds her room eventually, stepping into the unfamiliar space. she doesn't even bother to turn the lights on or change out of her gown before heading straight for the bed. slipping out of her heels, jiae flops back onto the bed, fully prepared to fall asleep right away. she rolls onto her side, only to scream when, in the darkness, she finds another body laying in her bed right beside her.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
