Gimmick café/college au where Rumi and the Saja Boys all work at a gimmick café where there thing is it being the underworld and they're all demons.
Zoey convinces(bribes &/or blackmails) Mira into checking it out with her and find their server to be "demon princess Rumi"
Only "demon princess Rumi" is this girl from their music theory class who is quiet, barely spoken to the two of them despite Zoey's multiple attempts(she thinks Rumi is hot and is persistent.) It's a frequent discussion between Mira and Zoey on whether or not Rumi is shy or a bitch
Well, they meet her at the café and her hair is tied up for the first time ...and holy shit are those tattoos? Is that a colored eye contact? IS THAT AN UNDERCUT? PEIRCINGS?
Well, this quiet and ermanently tense girl is now confident and seductive demon royalty in front of them...these gay disasters are GONE
For a brief moment, they're all quiet. Rumi's eyes are a little wide, the only thing revealing she's just as shocked as they are before she's snaps into character. She shifts her posture into that of someone who knows they're important, Mira hates that it's hot.
She saunters over, swaying her hips and captures Zoey by the wrist, pulling her in.
They filled out the forms and marked down boundaries the actors have to follow. Zoey said it was okay to touch. Something protective still flares in her at her surprised yelp.
She turns her head as she speaks, staring directly at Mira. "My my, what wonderful new play things...come on my darlings, let's get you seated," she punctuates her words with a devilish grin...oh fuck are those fangs? It's the most they've ever heard from her. They stand stunned, long after Rumi lets go of Zoey and gestures for them to follow. Once they break from their stupor they follow her.
Mira can't decide if Zoey or her was right about this. Was this the dumbest thing they could be doing right now, or fun?
Zoey and Mira become regulars, while the girls act like strangers outside of the café, until they're forced into a group project where the girls get to see both sides of Rumi. The apprehensive academic and the confident lady killer
Rumi has heterochromia! One of her eyes is dark brown, and the other is Amber. She is insecure about it, so she wears a colored contact to cover it in her day to day life
In her day to day life, she wears her hair down(hiding her super sexy undercut), wears a cardigan or sweater over a turtleneck with jeans or or sometimes khakis
Her and the Saja Boys all got matching tattoos that mimick the patterns we see in canon. All for different reasons
Rumi and Jinu's cover burn scars(not fully, but enough)
Abby got them to take back control of his body after being SA'd
Romance struggled with his appearance for years, constantly trying to look perfect. This was his way of proving to himself his value isn't in how conventionally attractive he is
Baby's was a rebellion from being infantalized by people his whole life growing up in a white area...it's his way of screaming "I'm an adult, I'm capable,"
For Mystery, he was an idol a short time, but and obsessed fan attacked him and in the struggle had extensive vocal cord damage. For him, his tattoos are his new voice
All the tattoos are different colors(Rumi's are pastel rainbow, Jinu's is magenta, Romance is hot pink, Baby is teal, Abby has dark red-pink, and Mystery's is deep purple)
Jinu and Rumi met in a burn victims support group
Jinu was the one who got Rumi her job at the café after she mentioned wanting independence from Celine, who is a well-meaning but overbearing
Mira and Zoey are friends from a prestigious boarding school. Mira was forced into by her parents, Zoey was on scholarship. The bonded over their complicated relationship with family and feeling like outcasts. They moved in together for college, and aren't together but should be. Everyone knows they're in love but them
Rumi's parents died in a housefire when Rumi was a teenager, she was the only survivor out of her mom, dad, and family dog
After that Celine and Tae-hee who are together in this AU take her in. They never want to replace Mi-yeong and Ji-ho but will always be there for and love her like their own daughter
Rumi has some nerve damage from the fire and because of that rarely feels light touches and has some issues with complex motions, she has exercises she does regularly to help and has bi monthly physical therapy appointment.
Mira lowk feels guilty as hell for assuming Rumi is a bitch after getting to know her but is even more upset she owes Zoey money
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