but actually, i'm afraid, i want to go back but i have nowhere to go. i want to love but no one to love, what am i supposed to do? i can’t turn it back.
it’s an open secret that ki ryujin thoroughly and wholeheartedly loves charm. her manager had even warned her once: “ryujin, you can’t keep promoting charm! you need to give some attention to your labelmates too.” but hey, she can’t help it if she just really, really, really likes their songs. in fact, she even has a special playlist for her favorite charm songs appropriately titled: CHARM MY HEART! (*♡∀♡)
and that is the exact playlist she’s listening to right now, as she waits backstage, for her turn to be called. ooh, she can’t help but let a smile grow on her face when the next song that plays is her all-time favorite: pretty you. she’s trying to keep her cool, bopping her head casually to the music, mouthing the lyrics but it’s when the song hits the chorus that ryujin completely loses herself and without even realising, she starts singing aloud and she’s doing the whole dance. OKAY, there are some parts where she can’t hit the notes so she just. . . very badly attempts to do so and there are some lyrics where she can’t catch her breath fast enough to sing it coherently and there are a few parts where she makes up the words because she’s too busy trying to figure out whether the left leg or right leg goes first
and basically, she’s too preoccupied with her own charm dance party to even realise that someone else had entered the room.
jinhwi had always gotten close with the other trainees and artists at dimensions, but ryujin wasn’t just another trainee he became friends with. ryujin, however, had begun training at a relatively young age. jinhwi had grown closer to her than to anyone else - even some of his own group members. the male considered her to be his daughter as a sort. he loved seeing how she’d grown over the years and was proud to see her debut.
“ryujin-ah,” he said with a grin. “have you eaten?” jinhwi plopped down next to her, holding out a cup of coffee. “i’ve been promoting your debut on vlive, i hope you’re gaining some fans and some support. your concept is so cool!” he laughed and tilted his head. “ryujinie, we should do a vlive together!! family vlive!!!”
it wasn’t unexpected that ryujin felt like a baby most of the time - after all, she did hold the role of being the youngest member of dimensions’ youngest group. however, she had to admit that there are times where she felt overwhelmed when walking through the company halls, feeling as though a lowly cloud in the presence of bright shining stars. there was an exception though. . . jinhwi. she’d joined the company as a trainee when mars had just debuted, and somehow, jinhwi had taken a liking to her and had unofficially adopted her. the details were rather fuzzy in her head, but she would always remember him buying her food during her toughest diet days, giving her encouragement when she finally managed to master that one choreography and in some ways, jinhwi’s friendship had given her the love of a father she had never been able to receive.
speaking of jinhwi, ryujin’s face lit up at the familiar sound of his voice. “aah, thank you so much for the coffee, dad!” she grinned, taking the cup into her hands. “i really needed this, i bet you could see my eyebags even from a mile away.” she jutted her bottom lip out into a pout, poking the skin under her eyes as though to emphasise her point. yet, she couldn’t help but feel a warmth grow in her heart when jinhwi mentioned his promotion. “aah, no wonder! we got 500 new views this week, you know! i’m really happy about it!” she exclaimed, eyes disappearing behind crescents of joy.
upon hearing the suggestion of vlive, her smile grew even wider and she nodded excitedly. even though she had done vlives before, she was still very enthused and excited about being able to finally be able to be on one and not just be a spectator. and now, to do one with jinhwi? it would be perfect. “we should, we should! we could even ask them if we look alike!”
fancams from qiu’s first fanmeeting with vice, posted onto pann and became one of the trending posts, earning some attention for vice, because of her overexcitement when she found out that she had fansites.
(and for ryujin, for the first time in a very long time, she felt like she was actually doing the right thing. that maybe yes, she could actually be good at being an idol.)
hello, everyone !! i’m really really happy to be back - in case you were here when i was, i was hanli’s mun, joy a long long time ago! heh. anyways, enough about the past, i’m back with a new baby and i’m really really excited to plot !! so introducing. . . . vice’s youngest and an Actual Baby, ki ryujin aka qiu!! her bio is up here & a few plots are up here! and under the cut is a short lil summary of her but please do like this post if you’re interested in plotting with this smol child. ♡♡
basically, ryujin is a rich kid whose parents don’t love her smh
she got into dimensions through nepotism and she honestly was not even considered for the debut lineup for vice because she was that lackluster but once again, through her connections, she earned the last spot in vice.
frankly speaking, she is not talented at all and even now, she would be simply considered average for both dancing and singing.
tw: drug abuse. seeing that her dad was a doctor, he’d often prescribed her unnecessary pills and that led to ryujin making use of these pills even when she didn’t really need them. she tries to hide it and keep it a secret, alluding them to be ginseng tablets or protein tablets but they’re often painkillers or antidepressants.
because she started training at such a young age (14!!), she never really got to experience being a kid and she doesn’t show it but she’s terrified because training for the idol life is all that she has known
she rly rly wants to just be liked :(( she tries too hard sometimes and overcompensates because she just wants... people to like her. which was also one of the main reasons why she decided to be an idol, because she just wanted to be loved.
she’s the kind of person to change her entire personality so you’d like her. she rly needs affection and validation
tbh ryujin’s not gonna lie but she doesn’t like vice’s concept at all. she was all prepared to be a cute ass aegyo child but then BOOM SCARY concept. tbh, she’s very worried about vice’s potential social status because she really wants them to succeed. . . but she’s scared. :(
she’s very much a stereotypical maknae. she likes being babied, she’s not very independent, she’s very cute and innocent and sensitive and just wants u to feel warm and valued.
BASICALLY a very typical esfj with the need of social validation and sticking to the status quo
o she’s quite insecure about her ears bc she thinks they’re big like dumbo so pls reassure her with love :-(
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