#rumisaja

Love the au, again, and thanks for answering my last question!

Hello again,

it’s taken me a few days to find my answer, I’ve been in the Celine torment nexus.

I don’t think there’s a universe where those girls don’t come back together. Without the very dramatic nearly-getting-killed-by-Gwi-Ma event it does take the girls a bit to get over it but that’s mostly because they aren’t seeing Rumi in that time.

The conflict is more Huntrix v Saja boys then Rumi v anyone but it’s in a complicated way.

The Saja boys grow to care about Rumi quite quickly in very little time. She’s basically a Saja boy to them. They’re the ones she is with while she embraces her from heritage and they more than anyone else are aware of how demonic Rumi actually it. They are also aware that Huntrix are Demon Slayers.

Historically their reaction to Huntrix outside of safe public areas is to book it as far and as fast as possible in the other direction. Rumi is not getting dragged along when it comes time to run. They don’t want to risk it. This escalates to blocking any possible contact.

They don’t realize how strong of an overstep this is but Rumi figures it out. She eventually just kinda leaves a note and goes to see Huntrix.

She expects them to be angrier than they are. It’s…. a hard conversation. Still they fall into sync. Even their arguments are inside their rhythms. They end the conversation absolutely wrung out and also lighter then ever.

The girls ask if she wants to come home with them but she’s not ready. She has to let the Saja boys know she’s reconnecting with Huntrix which gets heated as well.

At first she thinks it’s jealously until they’re screaming and she realizes they’ve been terrified of Huntrix hurting her. She’s still mad about it and realizes they’ve need to figure out how this all going to balance but first she asks them if they realize they’re not going to loose her. Not as long as she has anything to say about it….

Yes!!!!

So as we have established Huntrix had the messiest public breakup you have ever seen and considering that Rumi clearly goes no contact everyone is assuming something was going on behind the scenes. Then Rumi starts hanging around the Saja Boys and after weeks of radio silence says she is starting up her solo career. Everyone’s excited. (Technically the first thing she stars in is a collab with the Saja boys. It’s a cutesy video and they’re all chasing her romantically.)

She says her solo work will be much different. It’s a deconstruction of herself as an idol and person. She put a lot of pressure on herself to be perfect and live up to her mother’s career, she says. But this is going to be a look back on all the things she couldn’t sing about before because she hid a lot of personal struggles from both the public and the people around her. (my main inspiration for her musical sound is Halsey but I’m also thinking artists like Mitski and other alternative artists like that)

The first musical video starts with distant yelling. It’s a kitchen and Rumi is there with a man who appears to be her boyfriend. They’re yelling but you can’t hear it while the music asks the subject why they’re so avoidant and scared. Then the scene shifts and it’s the same argument but with a woman. (She confirms that this is her being Bi) Then Rumi locks herself in the bathroom looks in the mirror and sings and it becomes clear that this damaged avoidant person she’s singing about is herself. Saying she’s often the reason things fall apart. Then the last scene is her knocking on a front door that opens. We don’t see what’s next but general vibe is that she’s still trying.

Thus begins a series of music videos dissecting Rumi’s relationship with her body, with her guilt, her stardom, her sexuality. It’s shocking but most people are genuinely liking it.

Then The Video. From the outside it seems like it drops out of nowhere. (From the inside one of the Huntrix girls got into a bit of a scandal and Rumi decided to drop this early to redirect attention.) it’s…. a Lot more sexually charged. Think your idol mixed with I am Not a Woman I’m a God and HOLY FVCK. It’s a dance music video, the Saja boys are all there. There’s moments with most of them. She steps on one of them. (They fought to be the one who got stepped on) another one pulls her hair.