Family [Val, Riley]

[inthenightsky]

It's time.

Yura's put off this day long enough. But only because she wanted to perfect certain aspects of her new powers. If she was going to talk to her cousins, gloat, smile as their hearts broke, she needed to protect herself. The Jungs have always been annoyingly hot-headed and over protective. Especially her younger cousin, Soo-Yun.

After practicing with Lee  (he's such a peach, really), Yura finally feels like she can protect herself from her cousins. She dresses up in a pretty sundress, perfect for summer. Her hair is curled perfectly. She looks innocent and beautiful as she leaves her condo and steps out into the Saturday morning sun. Damn, she'd rather be sunbathing right now, but this is more important. She all but struts through town, noticing every double-take and person that quickly moves out of her way. They may not know her, but Yura gives off the aura of someone extremely important. Someone who shouldn't be touched or looked at directly.

She arrives at the gate to the cottage ten minutes later, rolling her eyes as she takes in the...quaintness of it. So very Jung, she thinks. Just because you are poor doesn't mean you have to look it. Yura made a living out of lying about her wealth and she's disgusted her cousins can't even pretend they have a nickel to their name. She carefully steps along the path to the front door, cursing when one of her Louis Vuitton heels splashes into a puddle. Still, she composes herself. Nothing's going to ruin this day for her.

Yura plasters on a pretty smile and knocks on the door.

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[bewitchinghaze]

Val's fist slams into the barrier, bouncing off of it with a resounding clang. Letting out an angry hiss, she cups her now broken hand with her intact one. "How the fuck did you get... No. No!"

The final 'no' comes out harsh, and heavy sounding with tears. "Ahjumma is dead?" she chokes out, torn between rage and intense grief.

[jiyunnies]

Riley's by her sister's side as soon as she feels the barrier go up. She grabs Val by her uninjured arm, instinctively pulling her away from Yura. If Yura has powers...that means not only is their grandmother dead, but Yura can hurt them in ways they never imagined. She cups Val's broken hand gently, sending a wave of magic into her. She can't heal the bones, not now, but she can help manage the pain.

Yura merely tilts her head in answer, a small grin dancing across her face at the girls' shock. "What the hell did you do, Yura?"

[bewitchinghaze]

Val practically throws herself into her sister's arms, pressing her face into her shoulder and trying to stem the urge to sob. The girls had been close to their grandmother. Very close. And now they were learning of her death from the worst person possible, and still had no way to contact their parents.

She looks up from Riley's embrace and over her shoulder at Yura. "And where are our parents?" she snaps, adding onto Riley's question.

[inthenightsky]

Yura scoffs. "You two act like I killed her. Grandma died of natural causes. She was old. I was the only one by her side during her illness, so she passed her powers onto me."

She wants to laugh at their reaction. The two have always been so vulnerable and it's hilarious to Yura that they need each other so badly. "Your parents are safe. Boring, but safe. I didn't want your mother to plant any bad seeds in ahjumma's head before she passed."

[bewitchinghaze]

"You were the only one there because you cut us off, you horrible bitch!" she snaps, her voice verging on shrieking. "The only one who planted bad seeds in ahjumma's head was you! She never would have passed her magic on to you willingly!"

[inthenightsky]

She's not offended and just shrugs at that. Because even Yura thinks she's a bitch and she's proud of that fact.

"I deserve those powers," she says, glaring at the two as Riley smooths Val's hair. "Who says you two can break the family rules, but I can't?"

[bewitchinghaze]

Riley's spell took away most of the pain in her broken hand but she can still feel waves of pain in time with the rapid beat of her heart. "You deserve nothing! You came by those powers through manipulation and deceit!"

[inthenightsky]

"I don't care," she says. "I deserve the world. And if the world won't hand everything over, I'll take it by force."

[bewitchinghaze]

"You won't fucking be doing it in our town, Yura," Val snarls, trying to pull away from Riley, her magic causing the plants in the room to rustle menacingly. "You touch anyone in this town and we will take you down faster than you can fucking blink."

[jiyunnies]

Riley quickly steps between Val and Yura as soon as she feels her sister's powers kick into overdrive.

"Yura, you need to leave. Now. Because I won't stop Val from cursing you right now and if you retaliate, I'll happily serve life in prison for everything I do to you. We'll be keeping an eye on everyone in town and if you mess with any one of them, we will take you out."

Yura scoffs, rolling her eyes before turning on her heel. As much as she'd love to use her new powers against the girls, now isn't the time, and she winks at her cousins before stepping out of the cottage.

[bewitchinghaze]

Val seethes, sending a tiny, subtle curse to give her an ugly rash after her. She doesn't even care if it hits, or takes. She just needs to get it out.

Once she's gone, the anger drains and her grief comes back full force. She drops to the floor and the flood of tears starts.

[jiyunnies]

Riley drops down next to Val, immediately wrapping her arms around her. She smooths her hair and rubs her back, letting her cry it out.

[bewitchinghaze]

She hiccups and sobs into her sister's shoulder, grieving for her grandmother. "We didn't even get to say goodbye, Ji-Yun..."

[jiyunnies]

"She knew, sweetie," she says softly, squeezing Val tightly. "She knew."

[bewitchinghaze]

Her sobs give way to quiet hiccups and she backs off, brushing her tears away and wincing when it jars her broken hand. "I think I need to get this set... That was dumb of me."

[jiyunnies]

"Hey, you just managed to do it before me," Riley reassures her. "Come on, let's get you fixed up, okay?"

[bewitchinghaze]

She nods, getting to her feet and trying to fix her hair. "Let me just get dressed and I'll meet you out here in a few..."

[jiyunnies]

"Okay..." Riley busies herself grabbing a jacket and her bag while she waits for Val at the door.

[bewitchinghaze]

She carefully changed out of her pjs into shorts and a tank top before heading for the door. "All right. I'm ready when you are," she sighs, grabbing her purse.

[jiyunnies]

Riley links her arm into Val's uninjured one, leading her out of the cottage and toward the hospital. "We should have a seance," she says finally, the thought clouding her mind. "For a proper goodbye."

[bewitchinghaze]

Val's eyes light up slightly at the thought. "Think we could? Maybe she can give us some information on where our parents are too, since the bitch clearly isn't going to."

[jiyunnies]

"I think we could do it. We'll need to look into it first, since we've never done one. But we're stubborn enough to make it work," she grins. They arrive at the hospital and Riley makes Val sit down in the waiting area as she talks with the nurses and fills out the necessary paperwork.

"I pulled some strings," she says, grabbing Val and leading her into a private room. "Dr. Andre's going to see you personally."

[bewitchinghaze]

"Awesome," she says, smiling genuinely for the first time that day. She hops up onto the doctor's table, swinging her legs until he shows up. Within minutes, he's set her hand and put a cast on to harden. He writes out a prescription for painkillers and hands it to Riley, with instructions to not let her take too much at a time.

[jiyunnies]

Riley takes all the paperwork and instructions before helping Val off the table again. "Alright, let's drop off this script at the drug store and then get you some ice cream. Deal?"

[bewitchinghaze]

Val grins. "You always know just how to make me feel better, unnie. Ice cream it is."