THREAD: RIONA & RYUN
WHO: Riona & Ryun WHEN: Friday, Jan. 25th, 2013 WHERE: Hotel Room in Seoul, S. Korea. WHAT: Riona had a fight with Kwan. Ryun comes to the rescue. RATING: PG-13. OPEN: Nope.
It had been a strenuous month for Riona. She had agreed to go on a promotional tour during their break from school with Ryun for their Trouble Maker release. The song hadn't actually been released yet, nor the video entirely filmed, but the label wanted the hype over the project amped up, since the k-pop starlet's abrupt departure from the scene. This tour also meant a meeting with her label where they talked over all the projects they expected her to finish in the year, even if she was in Mystic Veil. The list was daunting, especially with her health as fragile as it was. However she was from a culture that allowed very little rest and she wasn't surprised at the fact that they expected the world from her now that she had resumed work on one project. Dr. Eland was not pleased or supportive of her decision to go back to work, but since they hadn't really made much progress on her health problems, Riona saw no point in waiting around. She promised to check in, take her medications and eat properly. And she meant to. Honestly she did. But things on tour were so much more hectic. Her stress level was rather high, but Ryun had been doing his best to take her mind off all the things she couldn't do anything about and was being so sweet to her.
Another thing her label had brought up was her relationship with Kwan. They had always known about the two's 'secret' relationship, but it had never been completely public and so was easily denied. And with the timing of this collaboration it was important for her to appear to be as if the intimacy with Ryun could be real for the fans. It was all part of the illusion. Sometimes though it was harder for Riona to remind herself that it was an illusion, especially when there seemed to be some moments despite how close and comfortable they were, that they found themselves feeling the slight weight of things unsaid since that kiss months earlier. Riona agreed with her label about keeping her relationship with Kwan private.
However as she settled in for the night in the hotel room next to Ryun's, dressed in comfortable leggings and a sweater, it seemed things back at the Academy had been blown out of proportion when videos had been posted to the school's gossip site. And Kwan had not taken the fact that so many of their classmates and the world now supported the idea of a relationship between her and Ryun. He had practically accused her of forgetting she was in a relationship! The two had words over the journals which ended with a screaming match over the phone in Korean. This went on for about fifteen minutes before Kwan shot something nasty to her about how just because her public persona was trashy didn't mean she had to act like a cat in heat everytime she was around Ryun. She demanded to know if he had just called her a slut. His snippy response of "Well if the shoe fits," had her cursing him as she hung up on him, throwing it across the room to clatter down the wall. This didn't make her feel any better and so she took the ring off her finger he had given her and threw it across the room. She tore off the necklace as well, throwing that too. Why did he make her feel like this? Why had he made things so much more complicated by making them "official?" Relationships didn't work for people like them and never for someone like her. She was so angry and hurt and frustrated she didn't even know what to do. With a wordless cry of frustration the little kitsune attacked the room around her, tearing apart her things as silent angry tears welled up in her eyes.