love me like this

welp... hello everyone ! this is juju, also known as the mun of seira and noel, i wasn't going to get a third muse but ria was stuck in my brain and begging to come to life, so... welcome ria! i'm very excited to write for her so, please like this if i can message you! under the cut you'll find some information about my girl <3

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━━ waterbomb 2025◞ jellyous .·

as is always the case with waterbomb, eunae happens to lose her friends to the crowd. at some point, going with a certain group of people just feels useless. the trainee has learned that getting lost or separated at the festival is just the norm. turns out that soaking water through your skin isn't exactly the best way to stay hydrated. euane waits in line, impatiently, to grab a cup of overpriced, mediocre lemonade. as she's fanning herself she notices a familiar face waiting in line in front of her. eunae taps ria on the shoulder, waiting for her to turn around before speaking. "i didn't know you were coming to waterbomb!"

ria was joining waterbomb along with friends, but perhaps most of the time she weren’t with her friends. it was just easy to get lost and separated when there was this busy and so many people. as much as ria is happy to join the event along friends, she doesn’t mind that much getting separated from them, she can still enjoy the music and concerts, even if she’s screaming and watching it by herself.

the group chat is talking about where to meet, apparently everyone managed to get separated and now they’re all walking alone. ria responds a bit, but she finds herself thirsty from the heat and puts the phone into her pocket for a bit, just so she can find something to drink.

ᴅᴀɴᴄɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴛ

heechul had somehow peeled himself out of the house and decided to attend waterbomb. he knows he had attended last year and ended up getting soaked. he didn't hate it but he knows he's usually not a fan of being where crowds are. he wanted to get merch and see who's performing though so he made sure not to stay at home even if it was tempting. he managed to be beside ria though who he sees as a friend. he didn't know what he'd do if he was here alone. "so who are you most excited to see perform?" he asked curiously as he looked around to see if there were any booths selling the merch he was after. "i feel i'd be happy seeing anyone up there but can't say i look forward to having water on me."

ria was quite the kpop fan, basically knowing any group out there. with ria’s much interest in kpop and her brother’s little interest in kpop, ria always figured she’d be the one to debut, but in the end, he had the skills, she did not. ria wasn’t too down about not being an idol, she liked what she studied, and she didn’t mind watching people on stage rather than being on stage. with her great love for kpop though, it made sense for ria to join an event like waterbomb, this time dragging heechul along with her.

KANG RIA JOINS WATERBOMB !

with pursed lips, jueun went through a mental image of her closet. she had pretty much every color of the rainbow in there, but she just prefers the brighter, vivid colors. "i think i have some bright blues. a lot of basic white pieces, for sure, but nothing that like really stands out! a couple of blouses." jueun couldn't help but beam at the mention of shopping. her brother would probably tell her she needed to stop going shopping, but this had to be a sign. "yes, we totally should! you can stop me from buying everything i see, and i can tell you what i think looks fabulous on you!" she exclaims with a chuckle. she loved styling people and while ria didn't ask for it out right, jueun decided that this was permission for her to do so in the future. "i'm like a shopping guru. once you go shopping with me, i bet you won't be able to go with anybody else!" she doesn't talk about the hours and hours she spends at the mall, afraid that it might actually scare ria away.

ria loved having colourful outfits, having every colour of the rainbow in her closet, the only colour she didn’t really wear was black. while ria does think black suits her, she finds it to be rather boring, ria likes standing out, and wearing colourful clothes helps with that. she’s quite the opposite of her brother, who seems to only wear four colours: black, grey white and blue. she’d begged him to let her upgrade his wardrobe, but with no luck so far.

“eeek! now you’re making me excited, i love shopping, it would be totally fun” there’s a smile sitting on ria’s lips. ria truly does love shopping, and it always seems to be more fun along a friend. “you gotta stop be from buying everything too though! now that i finally moved out, i can’t just buy everything i look at” she pouts.

ria had bought the watergun, of course she had. she found it a success last year, spotting friends and spraying them with water. ria loved waterbomb, she truly loved everything about waterbomb. the great performances, the cooling water in the heat, the friends she were around with. ria had gone with a friend today, now however, the two had become lost from each other, they’d been texting but it seemed like both of them still couldn’t find the other.

until ria at last spotted who she was looking for, and of course, rather than saying hello like a normal human, she’s quick to spray the other with the water gun she’s bought, only to realize, that’s a stranger, not her friend, she just sprayed water on a complete stranger… “oh my…” she’s silent for a bit, unsure what to say “i’m sorry! i uh, thought you were someone else” ria bites her lip.

"i don't think you should rely on a personal color analysis, anyway. you should rock whatever colors you want to rock!" while jueun did believe that there were certain colors that looked better on her, she would never given up on any shade of pink just because a silly analysis said it didn't suit her. again, it was all about the experience for her. looking down at her outfit, she tried to imagine herself in the colors that ria mentioned. it's not that she didn't have clothes in such colors, but they definitely didn't fill up a majority of her closet. "really? blue and white? wow, i don't think i've ever thought of them! i've always been a pink, red and maybe even orange kind of girl," she admits with a giggle. with a hum, she brought her hands up to create a fake camera lens to look at ria through. "well, your image screams pastels to me. don't ask why! it just does! i imagine you rocking a lilac and baby yellow color scheme!"

ria nods “you’re probably right, i should wear what i like, not what other people think suits me”. there was a time where ria deeply cared what people thought of her, not so much anymore, she wore whatever she wanted to wear, did her make up and styled her hair like she wanted to. she did take in advice, when people said particularly clothes items looked good on her.

“aiish, see! should’ve just gone to me rather than paying for that colour analysis” a short laugh escapes ria’s lips. “do you have white and blue clothes though? i’m assuming yes, but maybe not so much? like you said, pink and red is what you feel more for” she hums “but those colours look good on you too, i think all colours fit you actually”-

yuji hums, nodding her head as she processes what ria means. "it'll be cheaper in the long run, too." the older girl points out, brows pinching as she recalls. "i heard a rumor through the grapevine a lot of places upcharge some of their hot drinks because of the cold weather. don't quote me, but..." yuji trails off, tone turning considerate, smiling to herself. yuji blinks, her smile turning more and more amused. "i think you could live without it, though. water is a necessity." yuji points out, a soft laugh leaving her. "is it still okay for you to use strawberry scented stuff? as long as it's not...real strawberry i guess. artificial wouldn't do anything to you, hm?" yuji lets out a long noise of understanding. "strawberry and kiwi is good. how unfortunate." there's a pout in her voice, lips jutted out. yuji's thankful she hasn't discovered any allergies-- she'd hate to have to miss out on something she likes. "yeah thats...that's worst case. let's hope you don't have something like that." yuji breathes out, expression turning troubled at the thought. "maybe you should go to a doctor and take an updated test for that. you're worrying me the more we talk about it." yuji huffs, taking a sip of her drink, still eyeing ria like she's about to faint or choke any moment.

“eh?” ria’s eyes widen at the other’s comment “really? that’s so cruel… smart too i guess, but cruel” she nods a bit. “i never realized that, but i usually also don’t really drink a lot of hot things… hot chocolate sometimes, and here and there some tea” she pouts “i kind of get why’d they do it, but it’s so cruel”. “it’s like going to a festival, all the food shops have crazy high prizes because they know people will pay for it anyway”.

“hmm, i can touch it without problems, haven’t really tried smearing the insides over my skin or something, but i think it’s only if i ingest it? i could like try holding it for longer to see if anything happens? don’t think it would though… but i don’t really wear strawberry scented stuff to answer your question, i’m more of a grape girl”.

"competition," sua laughs, shaking her head at ria's words. "hey, what is this? rejection?" there's mock outrage in her voice, but her teeth are bared in a wide smile. "even when you're turning me down, you're flirting with me. it's giving mixed signals, ria~" unable to help herself at ria's last comment, sua knocks her head back with a loud laugh. "wah..." she returns her gaze back to ria, considering. "too difficult for a relationship, but you still would kiss me?" sua's smile is slowly shifting to more of a smirk, more wolfish than amused. "well. can't complain about that." the artist eyes the other girl for a moment, tongue poking at the inside of her cheek. "thanks for the blanket permission." sua shakes her head at the other. "but if you want to kiss me, all you have to do is ask~" she sings.

“while i can’t really act, i can look good… if there’s not too many lines, i could probably do well” ria honestly isn’t good at much, unlike her brother who seems talented in anything he attempts, but while ria isn’t particularly smart, strong nor skilled, she is very pretty, it’s almost her favourite thing about herself. she used to feel so ugly, now she looks in the mirror with a smile on her lips, she used to hate wearing make up and cute clothes, because what difference did it make? she was still ugly, now she enjoys make up and cute clothes, because it makes her feel even prettier.

“ah… beer commercial… as long as they don’t have me drink the beer, it should be fine… if they do make me drink, i’ll probably manage to embarrass myself in front of everyone watching the commercial”.

“basically they liked me first and then had to fight for me to like them back, eventually i liked them back and we’d date, but it feels like every time i date someone they like me much more than i like them… maybe that’s why my relationships never last that long?”. “i like being wanted as well, it’s kind of fun actually, even though i turn down majority of the people that confess their feelings for me”.

"you could have them come out of like, your back or something. you don't have to replace your arms for them! kinda like how stitch has all those extra arms, kinda." stevie giggles as he recalls, the conversation silly and dumb but he's having fun. "a superpower? huh. probably to breathe underwater. can that be one? or like...to never get hurt? super healing? wow. there's so many options..." "i totally believe nessie." stevie says, voice firm in his belief. "i could be convinced bigfoot is real. honestly, with enough evidence and voices in my ears, you could convince me of anything." stevie jokes. "yeah! they're like, subspecies and stuff most of the time, but still new." he takes a moment to stop and breathe, before continuing on. "there's bound to be thousands more, right? if we've only discovered like a part of our planet, but not everything and we still have so many-- can you imagine how many more?" stevie blinks, before letting out a loud laugh. "i just like the ocean, honestly? and the stuff just like, sticks. i dunno." he taps the side of his head. he can't help but snort though at ria's response, breaking out into a laugh as he takes a step away from the glass. "okay, fair enough! they're just really cool, okay?" the blonde suffices, shaking his head. "you wanna go to the next thing? mammals should be up ahead."

“i’d still look ugly with tentacles, no matter where they were” she shrugs “but i guess it would be okay if i could hide them? like stitch you say… but i would be embarrassed to show them off in front of others, so i could really only use that superpower when i’m alone” ria hums, followed by a hum. “breathing under water would be pretty cool, you could discover new animals in the sea-kingdom with such superpower!” ria nods, liking the idea of breathing under water, especially more than tentacle arms.

“and i totally believe in mermaids” ria replies back. ria likes to believe in things we’ve technically never seen, like nessie and mermaids, like angels, demons and ghosts, she simply finds life more fun to believe in such things. “maybe more than thousands, who know” she shrugs “i think there’s especially a lot more animals we haven’t discovered in the sea, like it’s so big, i’m guessing we haven’t explored a really lot of it”.

summer breeze.

"it's summer, ria!" claudine announces as they step foot by the outskirts of a pool. "shouldn't we enjoy it to the fullest?" she questions, turning to the other girl with a smile on her face. honestly, claudine is also simply excited to show off her latest swimsuit, but that's how she feels whenever she dons something new that she feels shows off her features. going to a public pool wasn't exactly in her plans, but if she spent any more time cooped up doing nothing but training she might as well go insane. which is why she's using one of her free days with @bexria, someone who can hopefully save her from the mind-numbing routine she subjected herself to lately. besides, who wouldn't want to go swimming in this weather? "show off your summer suit too, ria!" she encourages, grabbing onto ria's hand and pulling the other girl into a fancy twirl. "this weather is crazy, isn't it? i feel like i'm melting. you're a genius for suggesting we go swimming! god knows i desperately need it."

with summer coming, summer break was coming too, ria had a short break from school. with no need to show up for school every day at the moment, ria had picked up some more hours at the book store she works at, but she still of course found time to hang out with friends. with no air conditioner, ria was dying basically every day in the bookstore, so whether going to the pool was her or claudine’s idea, she’s just happy the two are going.

ria does a twirl “my brother helped picking out my new bikini” she’d dragged her brother along to go bikini shopping, partly because she wanted to see him, mostly because she wanted him to pay. it’s pink, covered with yellow stars, and ria likes how it looks on her. “you look good too” ria smiles to the other.

( cw/ alcohol )

"oh." sua blinks, shock briefly overcoming her features. it's broken by her laughter, stilted and embarrassed. "okay, honestly i just thought you were going to play it safe and pick truth again. you were really going to pick dare? damn it." the artist should have taken into consideration that alcohol makes ria bold. "i'll get ya next time i guess." truthfully, she didn't have a question in mind. sua takes a moment to let them both bask in the silence for a second, sipping her drink as she eyes the other girl critically. slowly, a small smile crosses her face. sua downs the rest of her drink, letting out a sigh as she sets the empty bottle aside before reaching for her next one. "okay-- i got one. what are you thinking about right now?" leaning back, sua cracks open the next bottle easily, eyes finding ria as her smile sharpens just a tad.

tw: mentions of alcohol

a short laugh escapes ria’ lips “i’m gonna eventually pick dare, i’m too curious what your brain would come up with” ria nods, leaning a bit back. ria usually enjoys dares, especially when there’s alcohol in her blood, but ria doesn’t know what kind of dare sua comes up with, with the friends she’s played a lot of truth and dare with, it’s usually a bit easier to guess what kind of dare they’ll give you.

ria is basically staring at sua’s face as the other asks her a question: ‘what are you thinking about right now’. and there’s a rose colour quickly showing up on ria’s cheeks which she can only hope her make up is covering, because honestly, she was thinking about how good sua looks right now. ria’s turned silent, which never happens, she usually never stops speaking. ria finally looks away from the other’s face, taking a big sip of her drink. “you look good right now” ria doesn’t know why she’s blushing, she’s told sua before that she looks good “i was thinking about you i guess” she shrugs. 

jueun can't help but pout a little because everything ria says is correct. she really should've gone to a place recommended by someone she could trust rather than going off of reviews left by random (possibly paid) people on instagram. "it's all about that experience, though. like getting to see your face change colors when they lift up a fabric to your face! the result may have been phony, but it was kind of fun," she admits with a shake of her own head. "whatever. i think i'll just wear whatever i want to wear and put on whatever makeup i want to put on! who needs a color analysis, right?" initially, jueun went out of curiosity, but now she was just a little annoyed because she felt like she was almost scammed. "in that case, what colors do you think look good on me? i'm such a pink girlie, but i'm always afraid someone might think the color doesn't look good on me!"

“it does sound kind of fun to be honest” ria nods her head “i would be curious which colours suit me, but… what if my favourite colours don’t suit me?” ria shakes her head. “then again… it would be kind of nice to be told the colours i wear don’t fit me…? i don’t know! it’s hard to pick whether i think getting a colour analysis would be good or not” ria leans back, a pout sitting on her lips. ria doesn’t have the money for that kind of thing anyway, so why get it? though she’s pretty sure her brother would pay for it if she asked.

"i've heard a lot of places can buy reviews," she mentions. "they either buy fake reviews from some kind of website, the same way that social media influencers do, or they exchange free food for good reviews," eunae sighs, wondering whether or not they fell for a scam. "but we're being too harsh, right? the food will be edible I'm sure. will it be the best food ever?" the trainee shrugs. "that's what i'm not confident about." "is it?" her head tilts. "i like naengmyeon too, but i wouldn't say it's my favorite," eunae hums. "maybe i just haven't tried the right one yet!" as she finishes her sentence, their water comes to take their order. "i'll have the vodka sauce pasta please," she tells them, pointing specifically to item on the menu. "with chicken," eunae clarifies. then, she looks expectantly to ria, waiting for the other to place her order as well.

“eh!? that’s a thing? buying fake good reviews… but all i saw was good reviews, does that mean they possible delete the bad reviews? maybe it is this good and we’re overthinking it but… i can’t help but be a bit worried now” she pouts “i hope we didn’t come here for nothing… it wasn’t exactly that easy getting a table here” a sigh escapes her lips. “but honestly.. yeah… i think we’re being too harsh” she shakes her head “look around, have you heard anyone complain about the food? and what kind of place would buy good reviews and delete the bad ones?”.

“my brother makes a good naengmyeon! he sometimes visits me just to cook so i have stuff to eat, i’m not exactly the best chef myself… but yeah, naengmyeon is one of my faves, maybe i could take you along to one of my favourite naengmyeon places some day?”.

"it's not!" stevie nods his head in agreement. "the pasta is where i draw the line-- there's a difference and i can definitely taste it!" it would be over for him. can people develop allergies over time? can they just appear? god, stevie hopes he hasn't jinxed himself. "hey, people can discuss allergy potentials! it's just all hypothetical, anyway!" stevie sputters out, huffing out a laugh. he does glance a crticial eye around; at least most people have gone back to their business after smoothiegeddon. stevie hums as he thinks about it. traveling is something that's always been fun to dream about and inspire to do-- but nothing he centers his day thinking about it. where are the best beaches? the best places to surf? "maybe australia? i think that'd be an insane experience." he'll get to surf, plus see all the crazy creatures they've got roaming around that place. "it's not childish to enjoy building sand-castles! nothing wrong with that!" stevie grins, slipping into english easily. "i used to love burying my friends under the sand and pretending to run away." he snorts remembering it. "sometimes we just need activities to be silly and dumb. so we don't lose the-- y'know, joy and whimsy of life!" "you'll find one!" stevie says peppily, smiling wider at ria. "you can make a home anywhere, i'm convinced. and you can have multiple, too. who's stopping you, y'know?"

“it’s like vegan mayonnaise, it just isn’t the same thing!” ria shakes her head. “oh god i hope not… i have three allergies and that already feels like too much” ria suffered through her allergies, especially chocolate and strawberries, it was quite difficult not to eat the two, and ria fears she’d someday become allergic to even more things. “i think you can develop allergies, but i’ve never heard someone develop a gluten allergy… i really hope i won’t ever go through such suffering”.

“oh my god! australia? it seems like a cool place, though i’ve seen pictures of their spiders and that does scare me a bit… i’m not exactly good with bugs” she shivers at the thought. “but if you like the beach it seems like the perfect destination! do you like surfing? i think that’s popular in australia” ria had never tried surfing, and she honestly wasn’t expecting to ever try it.

yuji can't help the snort that leaves her, hand lifting to her face as if she could muffle it. she can't-- and truthfully, it's pretty funny. "fun," she repeats, huffing out a laugh as she shakes her head. yuji's broken a rule or two, but she's usually more worried about the consequences of her choices rather than the thrill of it. yuji blinks a few times as she processes the question, tilting her head to the side. "i'd...assume so? they make white chocolate coffees, so i'd assume there's a hot white chocolate option. if not, i'm sure you can make it at home." yuji shrugs. the older girl hums sympathetically. "there's medication out there if your allergy isn't...severe, isn't there? like with lactose?" her eyes narrow, thinking about it. "it does sound terrible. if i couldn't have strawberry milk i would..." she gives a fake shudder, shaking her head sharply. "i can't imagine. you're so brave." yuji doesn't know what it's like to intake something you're allergic too. she's always been under the assumption that it's always dire-- like you could die from it; but ria makes it seem like sometimes it's a just a small risk to take. "it's kind of scary not knowing though, isn't it?" yuji's nail taps on the side of her drink, eyes averting to the table. "you could try something new and then bam! it shocks you." she leans comfortably back against her seat. "and you...choke, or something." yuji waves a hand around in the air dismissively. "i hope those are the only two you're allergic to. doesn't leave everything good completely out." though if she already has two allergies, does that mean there's potentially more? is the more you have an indicator of how susceptible you are to them?

ria shrugs before a laugh manages to escape her lips as well. “breaking rules is usually more fun if there are no consequences, eating things you’re always allergic to always has consequences… so i’m not sure how much it’s alike, but it’s still like that in my head” she shrugs again “more fun because you know you’re not supposed to do it”. “it must be a thing, musn’t it? it would be weird for it to not exist, i just haven’t seen it yet… but yeah, maybe i should try making it at home, the worst part about chocolate allergy is no hot chocolate during winter, so maybe that problem will be solved when i test out white hot chocolate”.

“uh, i don’t know” she pouts “i haven’t actually searched nor investigated about it, but yeah, maybe? if there’s medicine for lactose intolerant people, maybe us strawberry suffers have something too? if not… i hope someone soon makes it”. “strawberries smell so good, and taste so good too, i really don’t know how i manage to stay away from it, it’s like not drinking water, it’s basically impossible”.

cw/ alcohol

"i don't think so," sua settles for, shrugging one shoulder dismissively. "there might have been. once upon a time--but it feels like most times are the wrong time for me, so..." she says it so casually, like it's more fact than anything else. "i'm bad at relationships, if i'm being honest." sua snorts, cracking a dry smile before she takes another hefty swig. "i get bored." sua tilts her head towards ria again, blinking slowly at her as she shifts her hair over one shoulder. her cheek nuzzles against the fabric of her bed comfortably. "truth or dare. should i ask my question ahead of time to save you the trouble?" she says, voice teasing and goading as her lips form a smirk.

cw: mentions of alcohol

as a child ria feared she’d never get to date, that no one would ever like her back. and though she struggled quite a bit with dating back in canada, never finding someone who liked her back, she didn’t struggle with that here in korea. actually, she’s had to turn down multiple people, something she never saw herself doing. and she’s gotten to date a few times now, and she’s actively looking for her next target, her next crush. ria’s relationships usually don’t last that long, her longest being half a year, and ria still can’t figure out the reasoning behind it.