#halie writes

Of course, she had to retaliate, so she turned his blonde locks into bright red. Not ginger, like her entire family. No, she’d never allow him that Weasley badge of pride. More like a stop sign, blaring and obnoxious, like the prat himself. The exact words she shouted at him from across the crowded hall. It was no surprise when they quickly spiraled into a cutthroat clashing of pranks, trying to one up the other throughout the entire year.

 At some point, Alice and Albus joined in, at first helping their respective best friends, but all too soon starting a prank war of their very own. James and Fred II kept tally, scoring based on which pranks were the funnier

and had the most devastating results. And of course, they became suppliers. Naturally. Supposedly, their reason for getting involved was purely for research, testing (best-sold) products for Fred’s dad’s shop (or so they would tell McGonagall when they got caught).

Hair was only the beginning, and they left no rock unturned. Rose replaced mayonnaise for the boys’ pudding cups, Scorpius enchanted pies to always be behind doors the girls’ opened. 

James jinxed the girls to grow full-on beards with Scor following up by sticking all sorts of creepy crawlers in their dorms. The high-pitched screams were quite excellent that day. Alice hexed them with bright pink dots all over their bodies, while Rose sent the boys howlers that blew out their eardrums. That one sent them to the infirmary. Even more hilarious was the song of her choosing. Chandelier, sung by a toad. Ah, the wonders of YouTube.

The most memorable ones were those that actually got them in trouble. After all, school-wise, they were the finest of their year. Even in the midst of a prank war, their grades never slipped one bit. They battled each other in academia as viciously as always, but this time, with a side of vibrant paint. While hair dye was a nice go-to, it didn't stay for long. Only lasting for a couple of days before eventually fading out.

Tickling charms were dropped when the first one landed Rose in the hospital ward. She had dropped to the floor in a laughing fit and hit her head on a table.

 At some point, Scorpius sported a black eye from one of the punching telescopes Rose bought from her uncle’s store. This chaotic back-and-forth went on for the entire year, except for the intermediate Christmas break. Albus banned them from continuing this stupid match over the holidays. 

Near the end of the year, the professors were also done with the both of them, deciding to stop this nonsense before it carried on for the next two years. Professor Longbottom, never one for pranks to begin with, sat them down in his office.

“I have never met two students so intellectually mature and yet so ridiculously childish,” he scolded right away, staring down at them with a fierce intensity and a severe frown.

“Friends. Prank! Each other.” Rose enunciated sarcastically, defiance in her eyes.

“Oi, deaf it! If you two are friends, then I’m the bloody Queen of England!” The tired man retorted harshly, before letting out a deep sigh. His expression changed from anger to confusion.

“I still don’t get it. The two of you are so bright, the pride of your houses, yet you just can’t seem to get along! Both of you have real potential to be great leaders one day, but this ridiculous, blatant disregard and disrespect for the school! This idiotic-” His eyebrows furrowed as he got angry again, struggling for the words.

Pinching the bridge of his nose, he sighed and looked at both students. Resigning to his fate, he hated when students made him be the serious professor. But, they forced his hand.

“Shite, I hate being an arse, but this pointless and absurd rivalry has got to stop!” So, standing to his full, towering height with a hard expression, he gave the two a right ear-bashing.

An hour later, both came out like thoroughly chastened children. Because, they were.

“Go to hell,” Rose said hotly, turning to leave first.

“Ladies first,” was the frosty comeback as Scorpius turned the other way.

Her eyes zeroed in on two guys manhandling two of the waitresses that work there, Min Ji and Seo Yun. Sang Soo’s eyes were glued on the scene for a few minutes, her gaze hardening as she took in the girl's discomfort. She was about to ring the security when Yong Sang came out from the back.

“I see them, but we can't do anything yet, they already paid and should be leaving soon,” she spoke with a calm voice, but you could see the hardness in her eyes. Sang Soo released a slow breath before turning her back to the crowd.

“If they don’t leave, I am kicking them out. The girls are uncomfortable, they seem to know them,” Sang Soo stated.

“I'll call Ji Mi out,” Yong Sang threw over her shoulder as she made her way to Ji Mi’s office.

Sang Soo rolled her eyes and murmured, "I can take care of myself". Before huffing and finishing a margarita for a short blonde girl. "Clearly, you forgot about the in-ear piece because you didn't even try to hide your growling," Rae Jae’s voice rang through Sang Soo’s right ear. She swore in her head and let out a ‘sorry’.

“it’s disgusting, I can’t wait for the show.”

“There won't be one,” a voice cut in before Sang Soo could reply with an eager ‘hell yeah’. Sang Soo’s eagerness died in her throat as she realized that Ji Mi had decided to join their conversation but was nowhere in sight.

“Somehow you manage to ruin my fun without even moving a finger,” Sang Soo grunted under her breath while shooting a customer a friendly smile as they decided to leave in favor of the dance floor. She turned at the call of another customer,

“Blue Martini,” his voice cut through the loud music. She nodded and started making the cocktail before turning her attention back to the two guys. Je Ki’s voice cut through the earpiece asking whose voice is that and why it was that deep, but that was the least of Sang Soo’s worries right now, the situation wasn't looking very good.

“Do something, or I will,” Sang Soo growled as she watched Ji Mi approach the two guys that were holding the two struggling girls. Sang Soo kept her eyes on the scene while also making the guy’s drink. When she got the hint that they weren’t budging and decided that it was the last straw.

“I am going in,” she murmured before turning to the cat-eyed deep voice customer. He looked at her with an interested smirk.

“Excuse me, I'll have your drink ready in a minute, but I have to take out the trash,” she excused herself before taking off her apron and sliding over the counter, making her way to the two guys she's been wanting to beat the whole time they've been here. The cat-eyed customer turned to watch what the cute bartender was going to do to the two gorilla-sized men.

“Is there a problem?” she menacingly asked. Ji Mi turned to her and said that they refuse to leave.

“She asked you politely to leave,” she repeated with a glare.

“I see no reason for us to leave when we’re not done,” one of the buffoons said, still holding onto Min Ji, who up close looked like she wanted to cry.

“Please let go of my employees and escort yourselves out before I call the security guards,” Sang Soo said sharply to the two men. Seo Yun literally looked so done, she tried to rip herself out of the man’s grip, but he tightened his hold, and she scrunched up her face in pain.

“It's against regulations to harass the waitresses,” Ji Mi said with a deadpan voice, her patience running thin.

“They’re not waitresses here, they quit.” the man holding Seo Yun spits out with a disgusting smile.

“You have no authority here! You have no power over me anymore, we broke up. Get it through your thick dumb head,” Seo Yun raised her voice, while Min Ji nodded her head.

‘‘How the fuck did you even know that they knew one another, Sang Soo?” Yong Sang asked her through the earpiece.

“Clearly, they're done with you so if you dont mind,” Sang Soo said matter of factly and looked the intruders straight in the eyes “either get out on your own or I'll have to kick your asses out myself,” Sang Soo threatened.

The cat-eyed customer raised a questioning eyebrow. His attention shifted when someone took the previous bartenders’ position. Her name tag said, Hyo Gun. Her attention was on the scene before them. He turns back to see the two men face to face with Sang Soo and the brown haired girl.

“And how are you going to do that, bitch?” he spat in her face.

Sang Soo smirked at the curse word and buffed her chest even more “Well, you see, the security guard will take around a minute and thirty seconds to arrive here and in that one minute and thirty seconds I can dislocate your shoulder and break your nose without breaking a sweat,” she nonchalantly said staring intently at them.

“You think you can take us?” the other one responded to her threat.

“Just try me," she challenged. She could beat them up if she wanted to, but she doesn't want to start a fight. That would just end with her getting in trouble for initiating a fight with a customer. It would be better if the customer throws the first punch. Everything after that would've been a self-defense act and if anything she could get a bonus or a raise.

“Please, remove yourselves from the premises immediatelyk,” she tried again. In a blink of an eye, one of the men threw a punch her way. Fortunately, she caught it with ease.

“You leave me no choice,” she sighed, her face showed disinterest before it morphed into hatred.

The customer at the bar was caught off guard when she easily twisted his arm behind his back. He could vaguely hear the girl, Hyo Gun, behind him calling for the security guards.

Once the other guy processed that a fight had started, he turned to Ji Mi and moved his first in her direction. She easily avoided him, as he was more wasted than the man Sang Soo was handling. She hit the side of his head to disorient him. The two waitresses had already left the scene and gone to the back to report to Soo Mi since she's kinda in charge of damage control.

The two girls kicked their asses when the security guards finally showed up. One of the two men was passed out cold while the other one had a busted lip. To say he was pissed would be an understatement.

“You're banned from coming here ever again,” Ji Mi calmly said. Sang Soo waved her hand sarcastically before returning to her post behind the bar. Hyo Gun helped around for a while before going to the back.

The handsome stranger was surprised, as he didn't think that this would happen. They were very intriguing. He turned to Sang Soo, who looked as if she didn't just beat a man twice her size. He had very good attention to details. He was watching the fight, and he knows for a fact that Sang Soo received one of hell of a punch to her left side, which was unprotected. She had a blind spot, she didn't protect her left side. But he’ll give her props, she knew a lot based on her performance, and so did the other girl, which is weird. He knows for a fact that when they’re hiring they don’t look for a specific requirement, like knowing self-defense. He would know this since he co-owns this club.

He isn't surprised that they don't know who he is, because frankly, he doesn't know them either, but they made an impression, he's going to make Kyungsoo and Jongdae dig.

“I am sorry, can you repeat your drink again?” she asked him.

“Blue Martini” he repeated. She nodded and finished his drink a lot faster than before.

“I think you need to take your break” Hyun Jin came out, tying her apron and taking over.

“I know you say you’re fine, but Sang Hee wants to check on you, you were sloppy, and he got a hit on you," she continued knowing that Sang Soo was going to argue.

Cat-eyed stranger, Minseok, lifted his head slightly. He looked around and saw the security cameras that were stationed at every corner, then back at the new bartender. He could see the earpiece in her left ear through her hair. He may not know who he hired, but he does know what they provide to workers, and it's definitely not earpieces. He paid for his drink and made his way to the house. He needed to do some research, this wasn’t over.

“Fine, but he really was tipsy so his ‘hits’ were even that hard,” she excused herself and made her way to the back only to meet Sang Hee half the way.

“You worry too much,” Sang Soo muttered to Sang Hee, who was already peeling a bruise patch.

“And because I worry too much I saved you from internal bleeding last month, which means that you shouldn't have fought at all!” she huffed.

“I couldn't help it, besides I was itching for a fight. I haven't punched anything in the last three weeks.” Sang Soo whined.

“You’re a bartender, you shouldn't be fighting at all, we have security guards for that,” Rae Jae stated coming in the locker room.

“How come no one is scolding Ji Mi?” Sang Soo whined looking at a crossed arm upset Ji Mi.

“Oh, come on, not you too!” Sang Soo whined again.

“Control your anger,” she commented. Je Ki came in and had a piece of paper.

“Well, congratulations! You kicked ass in front of the owner of the club,” she fake cheered.

“Look, I know we won't get fired. She sighed. “I think it was the blue martini guy,” she added, catching their attention.

“Why?”

“The letter said, he’ll order a blue martini if he's satisfied.”

“Hey at least he was still satisfied,” Hyun Jin said.

“Fun,” Sang Hee uttered. Soo Mi came in and looked at the scene and sighed before sitting down.

So he went down to the meeting room, sat down and waited for the others to come in. Junmyeon being the one to call this meeting was already there scrolling through his phone. He looked up when Minseok made his way to the seat next to him.

“What's that?” he motioned to the USB that Minseok laid on the table.

“It’s a surprise,” he vaguely responded, eliciting a raised eyebrow from Junmyeon. The rest filed in soon after.

“Now that everyone is here, shall we start? So, there are dealers coming from China, that are going to meet at Irregular, and we need to be there. The only problem is that we can't because the club is owned by Neo Tech,” Junmyeon explained.

“What do you have in mind? How do we get in?” Yixing asked.

“We’re going to sneak in,” Junmyeon starts, “I am thinking about some kind of distraction. That way we have a better chance of getting in unnoticed,” Junmyeon added. The men nodded in understanding before silence took over them as they thought of a strategy. The silence didn't last long before Daehyun came in.

“Hello everyone,” he grinned.

“Daehyun! Just in time, any ideas for the China deal next week?” Jongdae cackled lightly.

“I...think I have one,” Minseok’s quiet voice captured everyone’s attention.

Although he is the oldest, Junmyeon usually leads the meetings and Minseok makes sure that the plan goes accordingly.

“Yesterday, I went to the Alyiun Club, to make sure that everything is going smoothly. And I found some strange things,” he started.

“Oh yes, I remember there were a lot of fights reported there,” Kyungsoo remembered.

“Yeah, so I was sitting at the bar when these two men came in and started manhandling two of the waitresses. It was already evident it wasn't just going to blow over, but I didn't give it much thought. The bartender, though, had other things in mind,” he paused and turned to look at Kyungsoo. “Quick question, do we provide earpieces to the staff?”

“No, only to the security if they need it,” he responded quickly after looking it up on his phone, “Alyiun Club doesn't use them though."

“Yeah okay, I thought so. The bartender had one, so did the other 8 girls,” Minseok continued, putting his hands in his pants’ pockets.

“Wait, there are nine of them?” Jongin asked his eyes widening.

“They sent out two girls after the bartender was out, plus the girl with her in the fight and the one on the side making sure nothing gets destroyed. Plus four in the back watching the security cameras” he counted off while pulling up the video up and pointed the visible ones out.

There was a slight pause. “Minseok, that's my sister,” Daehyun’s voice rang through the room. Everyone’s heads whipped to his direction.

“What?” Minseok exclaimed, looking wide-eyed at the nonchalant man.

“That one,” he pointed to one of the girls involved in the fight. “Her name’s Ji Mi,” he pointed at the girl who was paused midway through delivering a punch “ and the bartender, her name is Sang Soo,” His hand moved across the screen, and he spoke again “That's Hyo Gun behind the bar, and Yong Sang on the side.”

“I guess we didnt need a background check to find out who they are,” Jongdae rolled his eyes. “How do you know their names?”

“They live with me,” Daehyun said like it was normal for that many girls to live with a guy.

“Why have you never mentioned her?” Sehun asked. “Or them, any of this?”

“Because she didn't want to be involved in this,” he shrugged.

“Funny how she works for us.” Kyungsoo rolled his eyes. Wonbin came in through the door, paused as he looked at the projector before turning to Daehyun.

“Why are your sister and her friends on the screen…are we going to kill them?” he asked suspiciously.

“No, you asshole,” Daehyun rolled his eyes at the ridiculous question “they fought some dudes at work and Minseok was there.”

“Oh, good!” he wiped а hand over his forehead, a relieved breath leaving his mouth.  After that he made his way towards an empty chair and sat down.

“So, what's about the deal?” Chanyeol asked, while Wonbin reached for one of the sodas in the middle.

“Well, I suggest that we use those girls as a distraction while we get the product from Kris,” Minseok stated.

“Is it going to work? Half of Neo-Tech is underage. Do you think they will fall for them? Especially when they are older,” Wonbin brought up.

“Well, they do not have to necessarily seduce them, just…keep them busy until we get out of there,” Junmyeon voiced.

“You never know,” Baekhyun chimed in with a smirk on his lips “Maybe they're into older chicks,” He laughed and winked, satisfied with his comment.

“The girls will not want in,” Daehyun stated.

“Why not? We’ll pay them well," Jongin said, waving his hand like he is dismissing the idea of them not agreeing.

“You can't buy them with money, they work two jobs each, they don't need it. You'll have to find another way to persuade them.”

“Wait, why would they work two jobs? From what I know, we pay very well,” Jongdae said with a puzzled face.

“Maybe you can ask them,” Wonbin said sipping on his soda. “The deal isn't until two months, that's enough time to persuade them to do this for you.”

“Whatever it takes?” Baekhyun asked.

“We'll need more information if we're going to do this ourselves.”

“Good, I was about to say you can't issue someone to do it,” Wonbin added.

“Great, that makes everything even more complicated,” Sehun sarcastically said.

“Kyungsoo and Jongdae, gather information and let's come up with a plan,” Junmyeon ordered.

“As a family member, we have to set rules,” Daehyun started, making Jongin groan. Yixing hit the back of his head to make him stop. “No seducing them into your beds. And no, you can't use other people's beds.”

“We don't need to sleep with them. We can simply use our words and our charms,” Sehun winked.

“I feel concerned that this is what you assumed our plan was,” Yixing narrowed his eyes, Junmyeon joined in him in the stare down.

“I am just warning you. It's my sister we're talking about here,” Daehyun said seriously.

Wonbin got up and made his way towards the door.  “Your egos won’t handle the rejection,” He threw over his shoulder as he walked out leaving behind nine baffled men and one shaking his head.

“He's just salty because Sang Hee rejected him a while ago,” Daehyun explained.

“I am intrigued now,” Jongin curiously peered at the five girls on the screen.

“I'll leave you to it then, good luck,” Daehyun headed out.

“Maybe seek them out? Get them to work in Delirium and take it from there,” Sehun proposed.

“Maybe even make them aware of our existence?” Jongin smirked.

“Explain,” Baekhyun asked

“Offer the two bartenders a gig and arrange for all of them to get in” Jongin explained. Since he spends most of his time in Delirium, he understands how the staff works.

“Maybe ask Wonbin to casually mention it?” Chanyeol adds

“But that could give them an opening for an escape, if they're tied down they can't run away.”

“You mean we're going to kidnap them in the end? Cuz with the way Wonbin and Daehyun described them, they're hella stubborn.” Jongin said.

“And smart,” Minseok added.