"hey," celeste greets casually while seating herself beside rim despite being approximately twenty minutes late for class. rim shakes her head in disbelief and faintly slaps the brunette's wrist, earning a whispered "ow~" from her.

"yo, what's your problem rimmie?" she whines quietly, eyes shifting between the teacher who's continuing on with his lesson and rim who is ready to knock her out at any given moment.

"why were you late today? and," rim narrows her eyes and leans in towards celeste, inhaling the foreign scent that her friend was carrying. "what the ? are you wearing cologne?" she sneers and coughs a bit when the fumes start getting to her. "aww, you reek of pubescent desperation." she covers and nose with the palm of her hand to block the scent.

"listen my dear rim-job," celeste starts with a sly grin. "winwin picked me up at the school after we went swimming, remember?" rim rolled her eyes into the back of her eyes and forcefully punced the arm of her bestfriend.

celeste winces in pain and refrains from making any noise, grabbing hold of her arm and rubbing the injured area. "what the was that for?" the girl with raven locks has her jack slack. "celeste you had with him didn't y- !?" celeste quickly slaps a hand over rim's mouth with her eyes buldging out of her head, letting out a deep sigh when the teacher scolds them, telling them to quiet down.

the chinese princess whispers this time. "i would never! he's my friend, also my agency mate!" rim scoffs and returns to taking notes and mutters a sing-songy "that's not what your twitter updates say~"
 

celeste glances at her phone and takes note of the time before looking back into the mirror, studying the 'sweet potato' inspired makeup that was being applied to her by three women and her hair that was being teased and combed over and over again. she looks to the right and smiles at the sight of rim staring in amazement.

celeste chuckles a bit. "what? you've never seen a model before?" she jokes and is delighted to hear the makeup artists laugh along with her. rim pouts a bit and leans against the vanity. "it's just that.. you're so pretty lin lihua~ !" she hums and both burst out into laughter. "hey, you are gorgeous, okay? why can't you see that?" rim shakes her head wildly, waving her hands to try to get rid of the idea. "no you're the model here celeste, seriously i-"

"hey kyuri?" celeste calls over the main stylist for the shoot and turns to look at her. "this is choi rim," she gestures over to the said girl and kyuri reaches to shake her hand. rim knows that celeste is up to no good. "what do you think of her look?" she asks and suddenly the stylist's face lights up. "she's gorgeous! celeste, her face is just as fresh as yours! is she a model as well?"

rim quickly jumps in before celeste can do anything. "uhm no, i just go to school with her actually."

she almost jumps a bit with kyuri gasps with all her might. "what? a girl like you needs to be shown to the world! mr. choi, get over here this instant!" kyuri calls over the producer and photographer. but before rim could object to what was happening, makeup was already being caked onto her face and the stylists were rushing around to find her an outfit.

celeste is waiting anxiously as the final touches are being made to rim and when kyuri happily turns her around in the chair she is seated in, celeste is at a loss for words. "angel... oh my god."

"does it look that bad?" the girl with raven locks cringes a bit but is quickly pulled out of her seat and shoved in front of a mirror by her friend, with celeste eagerly holding her shoulders. rim's mouth — which is now a piercing red with the help of liquid lipstick — is wide open. "celeste, who the hell is that?" she asks, running her fingertips all along her face. the model squeals and hugs rim from behind. "that's you, babe!"

"okay ladies lets get these shots! i don't have all day," the photographer yells out and celeste hulls rim along with her, ignoring her pleas to do otherwise.
 

"i can't believe we just did that." rim is horrified at the moment, thinking about the fact that her face will be in a magazine in a matter of days. but the thought leaves her quickly when the bus pulls up to its stop. she grabs celeste's hand and intertwines hers with her own (it's a habit of hers, celeste has come to realize) and they get onto the bus and sit together as usual.

"i meant it by the way." the princess says. rim tilts her head a bit. "meant what cel?" celeste flashed a small smile. "that you're gorgeous." she looks into rim's eyes and they both seem to smile on impact. "thank you." she says quietly and after stretching, celeste leans her head on rim's shoulder and closes her eyes. "you're welcome, babe."

it's time to go home and catch some sleep before going out on that night's adventure and rim's mind is everywhere. what were they going to do this time? when she goes home, what will her parents say about her makeup? will joohyuk notice that her hair is curled when she video-calls him later?

she leans her head against celeste's and continues to think about what will happen, and she's jealous that her best friend has the will to never do so. exact opposites, yes. but that's exactly why they need each other.