3. Rich people are stingier

A/N: So I was on tiktok and I saw a couple of pages recommending Lucifer under BTS fanfictions and that make me go eeeeekkkkk. Wow I never expected that!

"What in the name of god", Chaerin gasped as they set foot in the Villa they were going to stay in. Hoseok's estate in Palm springs that looked over the sea. With 10 bedrooms, a tennis court, two pools, a home theater and wine cellar.

"Its all right, I have seen better", Alison nonchalantly remarked as she put her hands on her hips. "Jimin hyped it a lot, this doesn't match up to it"

"We changed it last minute", Taehyung spoke. "We were supposed to stay at the other villa he owns 15 minutes from here but it had some plumbing issue. So we are staying here. He actually has two homes in Palm springs. Whenever he hosts parties at the other place, less important guests stay here. That one's twice the size of this estate and also has a mini waterpark inside. I absolutely love it. He's sad we have to stay at this small place"

"What. The. Fuck", Chaerin cursed. "In what universe is this place small?"

"Tae, do you think we should talk to dad and get a place in Palm springs?", Alison turned to her brother. "I don't think he'll agree. We just got the Hampton's villa because you insisted spending all your summers there", the man replied.

"Maybe if I pull a puppy dog face", Alison smirked evilly. "You know that always works", Taehyung gave her a high-five.

"I asked my dad to buy me McDonalds last month, he said no and told me to eat what mom made at home", Chaerin casually remarked from beside.

The sibling duo looked at her for a second before turning back to one another to discuss the probability of getting a villa. Not wanting to listen to them argue about whether a 10 bedroom with infinity pool was better or 8 bedroom with a water park, she went to explore the other parts of the estate.

"Wahh", she spoke to herself as she stood at the edge of the pool and looked at the view of the beach in the distance. "How do these motherfuckers think that this place is small or ugly? This view is probably prettier than most people out there"

"I agree"

"AH FUCK!", Chaerin screamed at the sudden voice of a man. Her leg slipped and she lost balance. Of course like a kdrama, someone should have held her. But no one did, so off went Shin Chaerin in the pool.

Jungkook looked wide eyed as he saw the woman fall into the pool. Awkwardly he stood there not knowing what to do as she struggled in the water looking like a child gasping for air. He wanted to help and reached out but realized he was wearing a $150,000 watch and receded, hesitant to ruin it.

"Fuck! Fuck!", she yelled as she got herself out, gasping at the edge and trying to hold onto whatever she could. Unable to, she slipped back into the pool. "A little help WILL BE APPRECIATED!", she yelled at Jungkook who immediately lunged forward to pull her out.

"Are you all right?", he sat her down and asked the woman who was breathing heavily, coughing as the water got into her throat. "Do I look fucking alright—?"

"CHAERIN WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING! AT LEAST PUT ON A SWIMSUIT BEFORE YOU GET IN THE POOL!", Alison came running towards the duo followed by Taehyung.

"She fell in the water actually", Jungkook replied, rubbing the woman's back who kept coughing. "Are you okay?", Taehyung said kneeling before her as he placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Chae cannot swim", Alison grabbed a towel before putting it over her shoulder and drying her off. "Good thing this was the shallow side. Thank you for not drowning Chae, I did not have any classy black funeral clothes on me right now"

Chaerin slowly turned as she looked at Alison. The latter gulped, knowing this time she was dead for real. She raised a hand out in front of the woman defensively. "Chae, don't get angry Chae, no! Bad Chae! Bad Chae!"

Drop dead silence. Hawks in the air circled the place knowing a death was eminent.

"Alison. You. Fucking. BITCH". All of a sudden the woman who looked half dead got up as she dashed for her best friend. Alison screamed as she made a run to the other side, calling her brother for help. Within a few yards it seemed Alison was caught as pleas were heard.

"Why did you not help her Kook?", Taehyung turned to Jungkook. "Did you not pursue swimming professionally when you were a kid? You used to represent Seoul in the national swimming competition"

"I wanted to Hyung but I got a limited edition Patek Phillipe on", he said raising his wrist. Taehyung looked at it for a second before scoffing. "You did not help her for a stupid $150,000 watch. You have got to be kidding me"

———•••———

"Hyung where did you get your gold cuffs?"

"I don't know. I think it was a gift from a fan", Yoongi replied observing his wrists. Jimin nodded as he grabbed his glass of wine and took a sip. "Hyung!", he called out to Hoseok. "We need more wine"

"Oh Jimin's about to get drunk, this should be fun", Alison whispered to Chaerin. "Dude he throws up when he overdoes it and I have to take care of his drunk ass", Chaerin eyed her cousin.

"Hey Chim, take it easy will you", she called him out.

"Don't worry Chae, I have a lot of capacity now", he squeakily yelled. "You don't trust your brother?"

"He is already drunk. No more drinking Jiminie", Taehyung scoffed and took the bottle near him away. "Ah Hoseok Hyung, for the rest of us can you get a good wine"

"Sure! Which one do you want? Red? White? I have this amazing 1945 Romanee Conti. Do you guys want to try that?"

All of a sudden Taehyung gasped. "That bottle auctioned last year at Sothebys in NYC. I wanted to buy it but some unknown bidder beat me to it. Were you that guy?"

Hoseok was confused before he nodded. "Ah! Last year right? Yeah I bought a couple of wines. But I wasn't at the auction, I sent my assistant. Oh! You were the guy constantly raising bids for this bottle? My assistant was so stressed because you kept driving the prices up. But I told her to put her foot down and bid $150,000 and get this by hook or crook"

Taehyung scoffed, folding his arms. "How could you do this to me?"

"Ah Taehyung-ah, do you like this wine so much? Then take the bottle with you", Hoseok smiled. "Really? You'll gift me this?", the younger asked enthusiastically.

"Gift? Of course not. You have to repay me at least 90% the original bid. I paid big bucks for it you see. I can give you a 10% discount"

Taehyung scoffed, flipping him off. "Keep it, I'll find myself another one"

"Hyung you are so stingy", Jungkook laughed.

"I am Kook, but how else do you think rich people stay rich?", Hoseok replied and Alison nodded. "Touché! That is why I have Chaerin pay me $2 for every time I drop or pick her up from somewhere. If I don't, she'll start thinking I am her personal uber"

Chaerin scoffed looking at her friend. "I always pay you on time though!"

"No you don't", Alison folded her arms against her chest. "You owe me $2.35 for two days ago when I picked you up from your office. Venmo it now"

"What's the 0.35 cents for?", Chaerin shot back.

"Price hike because it was peak traffic hours in the evening"

"Stingy bitch", Chaerin spoke under her breath and Alison giggled.

———•••———

"No, do it again. You are supposed to discount the coupons. You have the yield given to you", Chaerin shook her head in annoyance at Alison. "I am teaching this to you for the fifth time how do you still not get it"

"I got it the first time but when I applied the same method to this question, the answer doesn't match!", Alison cried.

"Alison because this is semi-annual payment. Last problem was annual payments. Uh lord! I have been explaining that to you for the past 49 minutes. You divide interest by half and double the time period", she scribbled something on the paper for Alison to see.

"Chaerin, I'll never understand this in a million years. Why don't you sit for my finals? The exam's online anyways"

"Uh, its proctored, I cannot"

"Yes you can. The tutor's low key racist and ignorant. She'll not be able to tell two Asians apart anyway", Alison pleaded.

"Alison , you—you—are you fucking crazy?", the woman cursed in Korean, something she switched to only in extreme cases. "In what world even by racist standards do we look similar?"

"Whatever—I have to find a way to pass. Don't waste my time. Let me use my sexy brain to find a good cheating method", Alison shushed her.

"The only method you are using is studying this text thoroughly and passing on merit. When we get back to LA, I am going to assign you extra problems I compiled from some PHD level guides"

Alison gaped at her like Chaerin had been possessed by a ghost.

"Sweetie I cannot do beginner level stuff and you are talking about assigning me PhD problems. Are you okay? Did you hit your head on the pool floor when you fell in?"

Chaerin smirked proudly. "When you do the toughest of the toughest problems, slightly tricky ones are a cake walk. Like they say, aim for the moon, even if you fall you'll land on the stars"

"The only thing I am aiming for is a dick tonight at the party", Alison stood up with a sigh, tired of Chaerin's overachieving self.

"Let me go choose my outfit and get ready, its hot girl summer. I am not wasting my best hoe years trying to solve PhD level problems and writing 16 emails arguing with a professor to round off a 0.5 point even when I have scored 99.5/100. And when he disagrees, I am not going visit the dean's office everyday until that 65 year old man has a breakdown and pleads the professor to round it for the love of god"

"ARE YOU TAUNTING ME!?", Chaerin yelled offended as the girl walked away. "And just so you know it was 15 emails! Okay! Not 16. And Dean Rowan said he was happy to help me! Come back here right now and solve this. I even prepared a model test for you to take!!", with that she grabbed the paper and ran after Alison.

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