this has probably been done before, but i also wanted to get this idea out of my head.

I believe Rumi never got a hug from Celine, and Mira and Zoey were the first to show her physical affection and I will die on that hill.

Inspired by this video of the VAs feeding each other snacks:

Sometimes she just wants to wear her own comfy clothes

Bonus:

Glad you all liked my most recent kpdh comic so much haha!

Got a lot of (positive!) comments about Rumi's arms though, which is funny to me because I wasn't intentionally trying to draw her muscular? But I think I just do it as a force of habit at this point 💀

SO here's a quick warm up I did for you all lol

She does that out of excitement in celebrations, when they win a competition or award or just for the hell of it after delivering the last song at a concert;

She also does that at home during lives or records herself "testing" the girl's reflexes by randomly leaping and wrapping herself around them;

Fandom keeps score of Rumi and Mira's successful catches and millions compilations of the (funniest) failures and the moments you can clearly see them catching on Zoey's intentions and holding her still;

Rumi has an unmatchable record of successful catches because demon enhanced reflexes and strength make it unfair for Mira;

Mira, who once saw Rumi being smug about catching Zoey with only one arm, decided to mess with her by also jumping on her, but Rumi pulled this move:

Please don't take this seriously, I didn't when I wrote it

Zoey → Mira

1: oh my GOD she's so cool and hot (girl crush)

2: oh I get to be her friend cool cool act cool I'm so cool

3: somehow ADHDed so hard ended up dating and now they make out after every info dump session

Zoey → Rumi

1: oh my GOD she's so so cool and hot AND the daughter of one of my fav last generation's pop stars I'm so normal about it

2: She's actually a human being and the BEST leader but the most puzzling person ever like girl it's really hard to read which personality should I perform for you

3: “whaatssupp”

Mira → Zoey

1: girl chill (affectionate)

2: Never in my life have I thought I would learn so much about sea creatures. But here we are (she loves it)

3: you're kinda cute, but not die for because I rather live as long as I can to be able to treasure your existence and I hope you're the one burying me because if you go first it's going to be a double funeral

Mira → Rumi

1: “when I was seven I had a crush on a girl in my class & didn't know how to deal with it so I wrote her a letter that just said “get out of my school”

2: Uhh you wanna kiss me so bad it makes you look stupid (derogatory but would 100% fold immediately if Rumi made a move)

3: *proceeds not only to fall first, but also fall hard* FINE you win I guess *hold hands and swear life long promises*

Rumi → Mira

1: Gaze so piercing and words so blunt I don't know if she's planning to kill me in my sleep or eat me out. Either way I am kinda into it

2: You make me feel like coming home but you can also make me feel like I want to burn a house down

3: my unwavering admiration and companionship for you can totally coexist with the inexplicable urge to ragebait you into aggressively kissing me

Rumi → Zoey

1: I don't understand a word she says but she's so happy I feel like it’ll be like kicking a puppy if I tell her (spends an embarrassing amount of time NOT getting Zoey's heavy accented Korean)

2: oh so that's what it feels like to fall in love. Don't like it, give my sense of absolute control back

3: What if I don't control anything ever again. I just lay here with her. With a regulated nervous system. What if

Rumi walked into the tower, expecting to just take the elevator up to her floor, like usual. Instead, she was met with both Zoey and Mira, waiting for her like puppies. This, of course, surprised the poor girl. “What are you guys doing?” She asked, tugging at her collar for a moment.

“Waiting! For you!” Zoey responded, cheery as always.

Mira’s eyes flicked away as she responded. “I dunno. We just wanted to make sure you were safe is all.”

“Okay, that’s nice of you, but I can handle myself on a twenty minute run!” Rumi put her hands out, expressing her confusion.

Unbeknownst to Rumi, a man was walking up behind her, trying to get a picture. The trio was used to paparazzi and creepy fans, that came with the business. They would just smile and wave, sign whatever they were handed, and slip off as soon as possible.

But this time, Mira and Zoey didn’t handle it so well.

“Hey! Back off, creep!” Mira shouted at the man, causing Rumi to turn around quickly, trying to figure out what the man did to make Mira so upset. Nothing. He was just like normal paparazzi. She didn’t know what the issue was.

“Okay, what is going on with you two?!” Rumi almost shouted out as they were alone in the elevator, especially since they were standing just a bit too close for comfort. She may be able to show her patterns now, but she was still not used to that much skin to skin contact.

“What are you talking about?” Zoey questioned, eyes wide and curious as she fiddled with her fingers.

“Yeah, what’s wrong?” Mira spoke in the same tone that Zoey always said reminded her of a “Rosa Diaz” but neither Mira nor Rumi knew who she was talking about, so they just assumed she was right.

Rumi took in a deep breath, trying not to yell too much. “What’s wrong is that you guys suddenly started acting like you’re afraid I’m gonna suddenly drop dead! You’re being way too… weird!” She sighed. “I don’t know, something is feeling off about things. You yelled at a random guy for acting like almost every fan out there, you were waiting at the door for me like Mystery waits for Zoey sometimes, yesterday you were sitting really close during dinner, you guys keep asking me how I’m feeling, and you guys are seriously in my personal space right now!” She waved her hands exasperatedly.

Zoey started talking in a panicked tone, “Sorry! It’s just that-!”

”Zoey, no!” Mira warned, glaring at her friend.

“Zoey, yes! I need an explanation before I lose it!” Rumi responded.

Mira put her hand over Zoey’s mouth. But that didn’t stop her. “CELINE TOLD US ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE IDOL AWARDS!”

Mira groaned and hid her face in her hands. Rumi’s eyes widened as she remembered what she had said and done then. “Oh…”

The elevator dinged and they all stepped out. Rumi rubbed her shoulder a little out of nervousness. Mira couldn’t hold either Rumi or Zoey’s gaze. Zoey’s fidgeting got even faster and bigger. No one knew what to say.

“I’m… going to my room.” Rumi said, quickly rushing off before they could stop her.

Zoey broke the silence between herself and Mira, saying, “That… could have gone better…”

Mira sighed before she spoke. “Yeah. It could’ve.”

. . .

During rehearsals that day, Rumi couldn’t focus. She kept worrying. She thought that Mira and Zoey had started acting like that because they didn’t trust her. Zoey couldn’t stop bouncing or fidgeting nervously. She thought that Rumi was mad at them for what they had said that night. Mira messed up her own dances almost as many times as Rumi messed up the lyrics. She thought Rumi was scared that she and Zoey would get mad at her for acting like that.

Eventually, when it became clear that they weren’t going to get anything done that day, Bobby let them all take the day off. They all stepped out of the studio together, made eye contact, and all spoke in unison.

“I’m sorry!”

“Wait, what?” Rumi said first. “What are you all sorry about? I’m the one who almost doomed everyone!”

“We’re the ones who made you think you shouldn’t live!” Zoey exclaimed.

Mira was too stunned to speak for a moment. She quickly recovered though. “We were the ones who pulled out our weapons against you! You have nothing to be sorry for!”

“Yeah!” Zoey continued, “You were already scared and panicking, and we just made everything worse! When we found out you tried to kill yourself, we felt SOOOO guilty! It was our fault for sure!”

“But I-“ Rumi began.