𝓓𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐘, 𝐁𝐘𝐔𝐋 𝐈𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋

the truth is a hard pill to swallow

"you...you kissed moonbyul?" Yuna blinks. "the moonbyul?"
riki nods, half smiling, fiddling with a loose thread on his shirt, sprawled out on his bed. "i don't know Yun, how many moonbyuls do you know?"

the girl sighs, sitting cross legged on the floor, leaning against his closet. the exact same closet where he had pinned moonbyul that night. the room was quiet after his question. yuna seemed to be deep in thoughts.

"i thought it would be right to tell you" riki continued, his voice low and his gaze unfocused. yuna nods slowly, remaining quiet for a few more lingering moments."how?" she finally asks.

riki shrugs. "it kinda just happened. she came to talk, we were bickering back and forth and then bam— kiss" yuna raises an eyebrow, the explanation seems to annoy her as she sighs again. "moonbyul never acts like she's into anyone so what's up with that?"

riki shrugs again. "doesn't mean she's into me. you can kiss anyone if you seduce them enough" he grins smugly and yuna clicks her tongue, rolling her eyes. "you're lucky she even let you that close to her to begin with, let alone kiss you"

"hating from outside of the club when you can't get in?" riki wiggles his eyebrows and yuna gets up from the floor with the sole purpose of slapping the living daylight out of him.

"ow! ow! stop I'm sorry" riki whined, holding the spots she hit. "better be you jackass" she spat, glaring at him but riki grinned anyway.

she huffs as she plops down on the chair next to his desk, spinning around a few times. "you want her too don't you?"

she asked as she sat straight. the question clearly cut riki off guard. he takes an extended pause before answering, as if evaluating the situation. "not exactly. . .i mean- ugh yuna i don't know" riki sighs. "i really don't know" he mumbles.

yina glances over at him, unimpressed, almost irritated. "you wanted to hurt JJ and you kissed her in your room? really?" she rolls her eyes, dropping her hand on her lap. shoulders slumped.

riki runs a hand through his hair, clearly frustrated by this situation. he wondered if moonbyul sat and pondered about it just as much as he did, but if you asked him, she seemed to have gotten it out of her mind already. if anything, all it did is make her create more distance between them, as if there wasn't enough already. "it wasn't planned okay? it just happened and i got caught up in the moment"

yuna balls up her fists. if she could, she would have broken his nose with no hesitation. he was comfortably laying in bed, telling her about how he kissed the girl she liked.

but she couldn't. after all, it was her who had told him to do whatever he wanted, that she didn't care that much, that she could handle it, that she didnt stand a chance with her anyway.

yet it still hurt.

she knew her place.
yet the truth was a painfully hard pill to swallow.

"everybody take five. you! you're coming with me" moonbyul points at riki, as she dismisses everyone else on a short break, not leaving room for discussion. she drags him backstage to the make up room where nobody could hear them.

suddendly she grabs his shoulders, startling him. "the book. the diary thingy where did you get it?" she asks demandingly, riki seemed dumbfounded.

"a friend gave it to me, why?" he raises his eyebrows, clearly puzzled by her sudden behavior. "what's your friend's name?" she asks again, swallowing thickly and bracing herself for the answer.

"hinat—"
"of course it's hinata" she chuckles sardonically. she turns to him seriously, catching him off guard. "well guess what? my friend also gave me the book, and her name's wonyoung"

an uneasy feeling pools in riki's stomach. "it's probably just some very bizarre coinciden—"

"nishimura are you serious?" she scoffs "you exist, i exist, so does hinata, wonyoung, jungwon, JJ and i am tutoring a guy named kim sunoo after class. we all coexist and we all know each other how is it possible!? this is no coincidence riki, it can't be"

riki swallows thickly. moonbyul was right. there was no way this is a mere coincidence. . .but just what other explanation is there?

"call hinata" she suddenly demands. riki raises his eyebrows quizzically. "why?" moonbyul sighed. the situation was clearly disturbing for the both of them. "ask her where she got that book"

riki nods, eventually scrolling down to her contact before calling her, after three rings, hinata finally picks up.

"hi riki" she beamed on the other side. riki gulped nervously before speaking. "hey there, listen, i don't have nuch time to talk, i'll call you later, could you tell me where you got that dear diary bullshit thingy real quick? the one that had my name in the title" he explains, but a long silence followed after his question, a silence that made them both uneasy as they shared nervous glances.

hinata chuckles suddenly. "what book?"

this chapter was short (also very rushed)
and pretty ass but im sleepy💅