"Should we match?" Yoongi asked Samantha. 

"We can't. Nymere balls have a fixed dress code. 

"Huh?"

"You have to wear an attire that goes with your Aura," 

"So I'll have to wear red,"

"Me pink," 

"Alright, I have somewhere to be." 

"Going to Hoseok?"

"I know descendants are never invited but since he was chosen by the moon this time, the witch invited him," 

Yoongi wisped out as Samantha flicked her eyebrows and continued looking through her homework. Just like Julia, she blended in with the humans, enrolling into the same school as her. She had been alive for 200 years, changing her identity, schools and residence every 10 years to cover up her true age. She was alone all this time until she met Yoongi at the party Julia hosted while she had split. 

"Samantha," She continued winding things up. 

"Seokjin,"

"I had no idea you were-"

"-dating Yoongi?" 

"I didn't either," She picked her books up and put them into her backpack. 

"Are you attending the ball?" Samantha closed the door to her room and clapped the dust off her palms. 

"Not really. I have some important matters to attend to," Seokjin raised his hand to the level of his face. 

"A flight, huh?" Samantha grabbed her jacket along with her sling that was hanging on the chair. 

"Where are you off to?"

"Layla," 

"The designer?" 

"Yes," 

She grabbed the keys and walked up to the front door before opening it and letting herself out. 

Seokjin sighed as he heard the lock click into place. 

"Let's hope they enjoy themselves," 

***

"You know there's nothing you can do about it," Yoongi called out to Hoseok who was in the fitting room. 

"I know but I don't think I can get out of it either. Tamara seems to like me. I don't see any exterior motive," 

Yoongi flipped through the GQ while sipping on the complimentary champagne. 

"By the way," 

Hoseok hummed from behind the curtains, reassuring Yoongi he was listening. 

"Chris and Calice achieved the Mark of Proclivity,"

"You mean the one with the snake and flowers?" 

"Yes, the one that defines the purity of love over poison," 

"Some tend to get lucky," 

"That's the point. They weren't lucky, just in love, and when you're in love, you have no doubts or fears like they did before they realised love differed from destiny," 

Yoongi continued flipping through GQ before the curtains slid open and Hoseok came out. 

"What do you think?"

He closed the magazine and stood up. 

"Let's just say, the designer and the design are most ideal," 

"You think so?" 

"Yes now hurry back in, no one should see you in that. You don't wish to spoil it to Tia. She'll be here in a few to pick up her dress,"

"Of course, one hour to go," Hoseok rolled his eyes in disregard, as a result of getting teased by Yoongi. He looked into the mirror after going back in and sighed. 

"Hoseok, your beauty is unscathed," 

The bell clinked as the door to the studio opened, revealing Tia and Tamara.

"Girls!" Layla greeted them. 

Tia raised her eyebrows with a smile as she hugged Layla, greeting her as well. Her eyes diverted towards the curtains as they slid open, revealing Hoseok with his attire inside a zip hanger.

"Hey, Layla, thank you for the attire," He thanked her as he looked at Tia, her teeth sinking back in while smiling at him. 

Layla bid him farewell as well before he left. 

"So, ready for the ball?" 

***

"I swear, Layla's designs are a delicacy," Chris said, sipping wine, leaning his back on the bar. 

"Told you. It wasn't such a bad thing to have her for a night," Yoongi smirked as he sipped champagne. 

"She is fifty and married now but I bet she looked beautiful back then," 

"Beautiful doesn't even seem to define it but you can say that," 

"Why?"

"Because Hoseok, almost every man in her neighbourhood wanted to have her," 

"I see you keep talking about Layla. Wouldn't Samantha claw you alive for that?"

"We're not that serious at the moment," 

Hoseok nodded as he sipped some whiskey on the rocks as well. 

(Note: Please ignore the faces and hair colours within the following pictures. It's only for displaying their outfits.)

Hoseok's outfit:

Yoongi's outfit:

Chris's outfit:

"Ooo, check out the male Gemini right there," Chris tapped on Yoongi's shoulder and pointed towards the twins.

The three raised their eyebrows in surprise (since Layla slayed).

Hayden's outfit:

Hunter's outfit:

"Now is the time for the girls. If Layla ate the men's outfits, I bet she left no crumbs for the ladies either,"

Their eyes diverted towards the door as it opened, Tia being the first to walk in. 

Tia's attire:

Hoseok choked on his drink as he saw her plodding in.

Calice's attire:

"oh sweet cheese and crackers," Chris's gaze fixated on Calice as she walked in a few minutes later. 

Tamara's attire:

Samantha's attire:

"Are you sure the dress code was this Jazzy?" Yoongi looked around, blushing from how enthralling Samantha looked. 

"Yes, the invite said so," Chris continued checking Calice out.

Soon enough, the champagne glass clinked, the sound echoing throughout the venue. All gazes averted towards the top half of the round stares, towards the host, none other than the vicious Odil. 

Odil's attire:

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Nymere masquerade ball. I, Odil, Chief of the coven, am honoured to be in your presence. Tonight, we have a unique guest attending this party. I least expected for him to be here, but I couldn't place a refusal on the moon's choice, and surprisingly, a descendant, none other than Hoseok,"

She proposed a slight toast to him as everyone looked at him, applauding for him and toasting him as well before he toasted to them as well. 

"Not only that, but we also have a very special guest who has been looking for our coven for a long time now. She is the first-ever protector to exist and one who was able to find a heart within forgiving us for causing her pack so much loss. That protector is none other than Calice,"

Calice toasted to it as well. 

"Now, let the event begin!" 

~To be continued