Stay pretty

Chapter 1

In the battle between heart and mind, what would win?

A heart that beats for him?

or a mind that hates him?.

Young as a seedling,

Innocent as bunnies

Yet it has hidden fangs.

That's what they call her.

Weirdo

Trying hard

Social climber

Name it all

Her name will be an answer through it all.

That's the life she lived as an orphan who everyone could see as an

imperfection, thinking that she doesn't belong in their world, into their

so-called high-society.

She worked hard all her life,

They don't know that.

They don't care.

All they want is someone they could make fun of.

Someone they could play with.

and Empress?

She is their victim.

Empress was her name,

but she doesn't live like one.

Oh, how she wished she could live like one, but

she couldn't, no matter how hard she tried on her own,

she can't just do it.

And that's what saddened her the most.

She's all by herself all her life,

but she couldn't even do just one thing she ever wanted to.

To live the life like her name.

An Empress.

Then, she met him.

He made her one

But, not in her usual world.

It's different

One that you couldn't think of,

One that you wouldn't believe existed.

A world where it will make you question your own sanity if you're still

sane or you've gone insane.

Fangs? Blood? Red eyes?

Gold? Silver? Infinity wealth?

You'd burn in the sun?

You live for a thousands of years?!

You're old?!

A world where it will leave you full of questions.

A mind-blowing one,

One of the things that are hard to believe.

But, she believed it.

Not only that she has no longer will to live,

She'd rather stay with them,

Be with them,

Than trying to be someone who's not her.

She wants to live in her own identity.

And she will, she will do it.

May it be in two different worlds.

As long as she can be finally free,

She can be who she really is.

An Empress without crown but an Empress only with

a name who's always wanna stay pretty.

That's who she is: Empress Lee.

Just stay pretty!.

EMPRESS'S POV

"Cathy, how many times have I told you not to touch my make-up? Don't you know how expensive it is?" I looked at my friend Sandy who took her cushion make-up from Cathy's hand, which she earned an eye-roll from Cathy in return.

"I was just checking if it's legit! As if I cannot buy that! Even if it's expensive, I can buy you 10 pieces of those in just one click!" Cathy retorted confidently with a smug grin.

Sandy on the other hand gave her a raise of an eyebrow and a side smirk before speaking.

"Is that so?" Sandy asked Cathy in an annoying manner which obviously made Cathy annoyed.

Because for Cathy, Sandra is testing her if she could really afford ten more of Sandy's luxury makeup. Whilst me, I was just watching the two of them banther while I am squeezed between the two of them. I'd look to my left where Cindy is if it's her time to speak and I'd look to my right where Sandy is when it's also her time to retort some of Cindy's words. And honestly, I was kust lisrening to them but it made me dizzy.

Imagine, looking side by side, it feels like I'm having a neck exercises and tires me.

"Definitely! I can even afford a Tesla, how could I not be able to buy 10 of those?! Do you think poorly of me?! Or do you perhaps think that I am a poor young woman?!" Cindy asked Sandy exaggeratedly while holding her chest which earned a laughter from me.

"You know what, Cindy? I think you'll make a good actress" I butted in which I earned a pout from Cindy that made me laugh.

She's just too cute, petite girl like me, a little bit chubby from eating lots of foods whenever she sees one, fair skin, brown eyes, pinkish chubby cheeks, and brown hair. She looks so cute and squishy like a baby, that's why I love to make her my pillow when we were having a sleepover together at their house. She's just so warm and cute, like her personality. Lively, warm, and genuine. Oh, how I wish I could also be like her. I hope someday, I will.

"Are you also bullying me, Empress?! Should I kneel and bow to you know until my head's on the ground?!" Cindy asked me sarcastically as if she's hurt and betrayed that I was really joining Sandy with making fun with her.

We just really love to see her silly and cute expressions once she's mad, and how her pinkish chubby cheeks would bounce in annoyance. Pretty little baby of us.

"Why not? Do it" I tried to sound serious but I know I was failing but I was really trying hard because I know her reaction would be priceless.

And boom! I was right.

Her jaw dropped and she started stomping on the ground which earned a laugh from Sandy and I. Cindy is indeed easy to annoy and it was just too cute to handle.

"Empress! You're so mean! You're really living out your name! Evil empress!" Cindy shouted at me which gained another laughter from me and Sandy.

"Oh, please. I was named after it, I should live into it" I smirked at her which I earned an infinity of eye-roll in an instant.

"You're too full of yourself just because you had it all. The looks, the fame, intelligence, and the wealth" Cindy told me which you can hear the faint jealousy in her voice before she pouted at me and leaned her head on my shoulder.

If guys just knew.

I took a long deep breath before I patted her head.

"You also had it all, Cindy. You're able to do whatever you want, right? You're able to buy whatever you want, you're able to go wherever you want, you're pretty, kind, and smart. And most importantly, you are loved by your family and your family is complete. Not all people have what you had so, let's all just be thankful of what we have, right?" I gave her a smile after telling her those things.

Lies. You're telling them to appreciate what you have when you couldn't even do that yourself. Hypocrite.

But what can I do? I don't have something they have, so, I don't have something I could appreciate other than my life and my pretty face.

I looked at Cindy and she nodded her head after a while before she smilling at me. She gave me a hug and whispered thank you to me which I gave a pat on her back in return, my own way of telling people it's nothing or you're welcome.

"What?! Really?! In front of me?! The betrayal! You two are hugging in front of me without even including me!" Sandy shouted in rage. Her elegant poised was gone, she suddenly jumped and hugged both of Cindy and I, or was it really a hug? I felt like she was just squeezing the three of us.

"Sandy, just tell me if you want us dead. I'll just kill myself, I don't want to die like this" I told Sandy sarcastically which made the two of them.

I'd rather die without pain that to even die while still struggling and in pain.

"Sorry not sorry, just feel it because it's the feeling of betrayal leaving my body after what the two of you did in front of me" Sandy answered me before she laughed loudly.

IDK what to do with them anymore.