Hard Fucking Death Core

THIRTY (Iselen POV)

"So, Ruby, I guess you've seen your pictures kissing Iselen in that gorgeous blue convertible car in every tabloid and social media... Can you confirm us if this is a serious relationship?" The singer stares at the radio host with hostility and clicks her tongue before looking at me, I'm standing with my back leaned on a wall of the studio on the other side of the glass with Vincent and a technician while the Hardcores wait for her answer quietly, ready to support her or tear the host to pieces if their leader decides she doesn't like the question. But my girl and I have talked about this before and she told me it'd be better to put an end to speculation once and for all.

"Yes, Iselen is my girlfriend..."

"And why haven't you told us before?" Ruby clenches her jaw and Lzzy smiles amused, waiting for her friend to jump on the jugular of that idiot to make him pay for his intrusive questions, Zu seems willing to help to punch him and she cracks her knuckles openly.

"I thought my private life was only my business, and Iselen's, but it was pretty obvious anyways judging by the pics paparazzi have been taking for months..."

"But Iselen has been hugging other Hardcores, holding hands and laughing, Mads has kissed her..."

"I'm an easy girl and kiss everybody," the bass player cuts him off laughing. "And we all hug each other all the time..."

"We're clingy," Taylor confirms.

"I can't live without my daily dose of hugs," Lzzy jumps on Zu's lap and puts her arms around the red-haired girl's torso while she laughs her ass off.

"I understand... and what do the members of the band think about Iselen?"

"She's a Hardcore and we adore her," Madison's harsh tone of voice leaves no room for doubt while looking at the host right into his face. "Iselen is a member of the family now, she stands in the middle of the Hard Fucking Death Core..."

"True, I don't know how we managed to live without her till now," Taylor shakes her long blond hair and smiles happily while Ruby remains silent and I fidget a little, I'm not used to hear compliments. "Our relationship with the press is way easier now that she's our intermediary..."

"And she cooks delicious food," Zu adds and Lzzy kisses her fingertips chef style before going back to her chair.

"Well, it looks like a serious relationship then... Do you have wedding plans, Ruby?" The singer laughs amused when hearing the question and she relaxes a little.

"We've been together for a few months and it's been great, we're doing well, but before walking down the aisle we must do some things: finish our USA tour and make plans for the next one, visit her family in Spain, find the perfect ring and the perfect moment to propose... If what you're asking me is if I have a serious and stable relationship and intend to make it last, my answer is yes, I can't picture myself sharing my life with anybody but Iselen... If I lose her, I'll die..."

"Wow, that's a crystal clear declaration of love... Thank you for coming and telling us all the secrets of your new show, the next concert will be on Friday and it'll be a success too, I'm pretty sure of that..."

The Hardcores say goodbye to their fans and the technician puts some ads while the host takes some pics with them to post them on the radio station IG account, they take pics with the tech guy too, with the manager and his assistant and several fans that are waiting on the street, screaming... Finally, we manage to reach the van while I remain silent thinking of Ruby's words, the ones that surprised the curious radio host. He'll never know that the singer was being honest and she really thinks that the monsters will force her to hurt herself if I'm not around to control them. Ruby's doing better, no doubt, but her mood changes sometimes, she's unstable and deeply hurt and she's not going to behave as a normal person suddenly only because I told her I loved her. In fact, when we got back home after visiting her father, she insisted on going to Mads' house and celebrating a little party, she smoked weed, drank too much and snorted a little blow for the first time in weeks... I guess it's inevitable that the old man has a negative effect in my girlfriend, a good reason to not meeting him again.