carnation

lee jieun persephone♡;; sort of complicated, independent heiress. breathing for 21 years. age is just a number. formerly a nova trainee.

[rkpersephone]

♡ dedications

persephone's always had a good life and she can't complain, she's content with what she has as she's out on her own but that doesn't change the fact that she's stressing out about school. after leaving nova ( with no regrets ) she decided to focus on school and get caught up in her pharmacy degree. she isn't too perfect with what she has and she's sure that there are others out there that are ahead of her but at the end of the day, she's going for that diploma that has her name on it.

as of more recent news, her parents want to reconnect with her and have her participate in the family business as serving some more time ( full-time perhaps ) to the heiress role she's granted since birth. they feel that it's been her birthright but she knows better. it's what caused her to follow the wrong kids in school and not lead her own decisions but to live by the influence of others, that's how she doesn't want to live life.

she's said no many times but she'll think about it. maybe she has to come face to face to her mother and discuss things out. hopefully, she'll understand.

[rkpersephone]

♡ familiar faces

[rkpersephone]

rkseokwoo:

The sheets about musical theory were in a mess in front of Seokwoo. He’d never had to learn music before. All he ever dreamed of was to be an actor, it was more important to learn how to express emotions and recite lines, and breathe life into the script. Music was a foreign language – it might as well have been. Seokwoo was doing as well as he would if it were an English exam.

He was almost grateful when his phone buzzed, automatically reaching over to check his messages and smiling at the contact name. It had been a while since they spoke.

( sms » the goddess ) → it’s been too long ㅋㅋ → but don’t blame yourself. i’ve been so busy ㅠㅠ → good things have been happening though! ㅋㅋ   → i just wish i knew music…

In the middle of the texts, he pauses, lifting up his phone and capturing a picture of the sheets in front of him; scribbled with his notes. Some crossed out and corrected. Clear signs of struggling to comprehend what they were.

→ (image of music sheets) → my head hurts. ㅠㅠ  → but how are you? we should catch up in person!

luckily for her, she's free from the strangles that her parents shock her into. those days are outlived though. after moving out, that was the best thing that persephone could ever do for herself. however, her apartment is ridiculously huge without anyone to aid her in her loneliness. so, she finds herself out and about these days trying to catch up with old friends.

she's grateful that her friends understand her situation despite how clingy she might've seemed.

at the picture messages, she can’t help but comprehend his struggle with the notes. she might’ve been a great and talented dancer, but she lacked knowledge in the instrument department. times like these, she wishes she could help her friend more.

( sms: good pal ) AAAA that looks like a mission!! how do you handle it? ( sms: good pal ) maybe you should take a break and we can totally catch up? ^^ take you out for some dinner or something?

[rkpersephone]

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my hair is growing out!

[rkpersephone]

♡ jingles

charisma starter for @rkdaehwi !

persephone loves christmas songs, there's that feeling where she gets reminded of the cold, good christmas days back home in england. more to say, her favourite song is jingle bells but it would be considered weird to listen to christmas jingles at this time of year. but when is it ever bad to listen to them? she gives it a go, taking a walk around town until she finds the nearest music store to find a vintage album.

she prefers listening to music by herself rather than in the public, but this store offers headphones. she puts them on and sings along jingle bells for a couple of seconds. but only to find out that she's embarrassed herself. "i'm so sorry." hopefully, they didn't know about her status as a former nova trainee or being the heiress of the lee family.

[rkpersephone]

♡ familiar faces

charisma starter for @rkseokwoo !

persephone remembers her trainee days short-lived but she’s glad to have left nova. as a result, it was healthier for her because she has more time to rest and finish her schooling for pharmacy major. now, that wasn’t the easiest to juggle with while she had labs and exams left to right. things are more relaxing for her at this point.

but she’s trying to get in touch with those she used to talk to on a day-to-day basis ( failing at it for some odd reason because she’s confined to her parent’s duties at the end of the day ). what matters is the effort, right? so, the heiress takes her phone in her hand and texts her old friend, wondering how he’s been.

there’s a lot to catch up on!

( sms: good pal ) how are you!! seokwoo!! it’s been so long. ( sms: good pal ) i’m so sorry i’m bad at keeping contact .TT

[rkpersephone]

♡ instafamous

charisma starter for @jinrirk !

persephone hasn’t been out and about but there’s something drawing her to go to take a trip in the heart of the beautiful seoul city. she sets out for her adventure, finding a location to relax herself before consuming anymore time to eat. she wishes to go to the bridge but it’s quite the distance. so, she chooses to go to lotte mall.

she assures herself that she isn’t going to go on some shopping spree ( she’s good at wasting money easily but that comes with the benefits of being an heiress, her family throwing $$ on her bank account everyday ). instead, she explores around, hoping not to instantly bump into anyone who remembers her face. her short-lived trainee days at nova are a thing too. but she sees a girl who’s probably more popular than her.

so her social media informs her, instagram has its ways surely. “i’ve seen you somewhere, instagram maybe?”

[rkpersephone]

♡ what would you like?

charisma starter for @longguork !

persephone’s never had the opportunity to have siblings. to nourish, take care, and love a younger figure is what she’s desired at a young age. whether she be an older sister or younger sister, she just wished there was someone to accompany her whenever she was lonely, as her parents weren’t always home most of the time. they’d go on with their lives to make money, business trips as they hired butlers and maids to take care of young persephone.

she has juyeon but she seems to be busy with training nowadays, sphere's open up doors for her and she's happy for her younger cousin. although she has a lot of money, she doesn't hesitate to throw it out as she's literally given much more than she needs to. her parents cashing in her bank account every day was their way of saying that they want to assure that persephone's well-being was at least, okay. 

so to spoil someone, it truly does feel good. "dongsaeng ah!! what would you like to do today? are you hungry? or would you like to go shopping?"

[rkpersephone]

persephone needs charisma starters! c: like this for one!! reply with a word for prompts yeee!!

[cosmicrew]

iu for dazed x new balance

[rkdoyeon-deactivated20210425]

✰. welcome to seoul

[rkpersephone]

rkdoyexn:

doyeon seldom hesitates, but this time more than the awkward strangers wall to break, there’s also language and cultural barrier between the two, even though both of them spoke both korean and english and had travelled the world. actually, the younger even wonders when will be the moment she’ll pronounce the other’s name wrong — maybe it would be better if she called her jieun, but again… would the other be okay with it? 

“it’s nice to meet you too! i hope we can have fun together,” the taller girl says honestly, the corner of her lips quirking upwards. now, doyeon regrets no asking her mother more about the girl she was about meet, because she didn’t know anything and approaching her more naturally wouldn’t happen due to his lack of information. but first meetings are not enough to scare doyeon, who decides to leave her concerns behind and act the way she is used to.

“so… it’s your first time in seoul or you just happened to be living abroad? sorry, i didn’t do research before coming here,” she chuckles, slightly embarrassed for revealing this part, but it should be enough to break the ice. also, she didn’t want to commit the mistake to take her to see something so obvious and that she saw one hundred of times before, so asking sounds just right.

persephone's always well, gone by persephone rather than jieun. with the exclusion of her parents calling her by her korean name, mostly her mum. but, her peers addressed her to her english name. but if that was too hard to pronounce, she'd let others call her jieun. perhaps there's the heavy language and culture barrier because of persephone having to grow up in england for all her life despite being born in south korea, she barely had too long to stay in the land.

until now, that is. "i'm sure we will!" she nods excitedly, all new to this city but there isn't anything that doesn't screech home about seoul. besides, this is her where her roots stem from. the other girl seems friendly, nothing that'll give persephone a bad impression at all. first impressions seem to be an important thing, from what her parents tell her.

"well, how do i put it this way?" she muses, finding the right words to say in korean. "i was born in seoul and then moved to england right away. that's where i was raised for my entire life, but i was born in south korea." the heiress, being more than happy to give the girl any kind of information she needed to know more about her. "i hope i get to know more about you too, you know! don't hesitate to ask me anything!” hopefully, she didn’t scare the girl.

[rkpersephone]

persephone needs charisma starters! c: like this for one!! reply with a word for prompts yeee!!

[xrkhojung-deactivated20180430]

– second time around.

[rkpersephone]

rkhojung:

hojung sighs and shakes his head, poking her side. “not really. not when you know how to make me happy and stuff,” he notes to her with a laugh. he holds her closer, which one would probably find pretty odd at how close he is with his ex. perhaps persephone is different from all his other exes. it’s not like he’s like this with all of them. “but you have seen it before.” he adds as he turns his attention to the screen. he holds onto her hand tightly, wondering what would be a good distraction if he gets scared. 

a part of her will always have feelings for hojung. long long ago, she decided to put any sort of feelings in pandora's box, casting everything what could’ve ( possibly reworked ) aside in a casket. “you know it's my goal to make you happy, right? i want to see you smile, genuinely. with me." although she's an ex and what she seems to be saying is breaking their boundaries but she's honest for a reason. she'd like to say hojung is different from the rest, still, a warm, fuzzy feeling lingering in her stomach at the intimacy. "and you haven't, so you're seeing it with me."

[rkdoyeon-deactivated20210425]

✰. welcome to seoul

[rkpersephone]

rkdoyexn:

a starter for @rkpersephone - 2014

“just meet persephone and be nice,” mother said, emphasizing the latter.

doyeon had yet to figure out why people thought she wouldn’t be nice if they forgot to tell her to. maybe, just maybe, it was due her recent violent outbursts, but she was fine now. also, she wouldn’t yell at someone she barely knew just because she was stressed lately. the girl let out a loud sigh; not because she hated the idea of meeting the girl, but because she knew her mother was doing that to keep her busy so she would focus on others things that were not trainee related.

some fresh air and a new face would be good though. suddenly, the student was excited to meet the said older girl, even though she didn’t know a thing about her other than her parents were friends of hers and that they lived abroad for a long time and just returned to seoul recently. that’s more than enough to make doyeon say yes and let her mother drive her to their house. it must be weird not to know anyone her age or anything, so she was willing to help.

she waved her mom goodbye from the front door, then knocked gently on the door. smile was already plastered on her face when she heard someone’s footsteps coming towards her. politely, she bowed lightly the moment the door was answered. “hello, i’m song kiyang’s daughter, kim doyeon. you must be persephone?” she assumed, then wondered if the girl with porcelain skin knew their language already or not. 

"don't make it seem like you bite," a close mental reminder to herself before she decided to step into korean soil.

this isn't the first time she's been to her native roots but the last time she remembered anything about seoul was taking a trip for two days. nothing more, nothing less. despite this being the country she was born in, she had been more english in terms of traditions.

she's often misunderstood by others, just hoping that it wasn't about her money that her family has. getting away with a lot of "luxuries" but always overlooked by her wealth. persephone's met a handful of friends via family gatherings or because of her parents' connection. to blend in this country, she has to know more about the culture itself.

she's been warned that korean people are conservative, while she may not be in aspects. "nice to meet you, kim doyeon!" she gives a courteous bow, then proceeds to introduce herself. "i'm persephone lee, but my korean name is lee jieun." the sudden switch of language reminds her that her korean is rusty, considering she only has the opportunity to speak it with her parents or others during business meetings.

[s0fttaegi-deactivated20180425]

I think i’m in love.

[rksaememories]

GONE AGAIN.

[rkpersephone]

rkjuyeon:

✰ ┋ @rkpersephone

as much as she may of wanted to know, it wasn’t any of juyeon’s business to know why her cousin did what she did. disappearing all of a sudden. one moment she was there and then the next moment, she wasn’t. was it bad of juyeon to not press questions? the younger had thought to simply lay off bothering her and give her some space. maybe the whole trainee scene had become too much for persephone to deal with? maybe she just needed some space to spread her wings? juyeon felt for her, and she’s apologetic that she hadn’t done more.

maybe she’ll coax some answers out of her tonight at dinner, not that that alone is the entire point for this evening, because it isn’t. juyeon slips out of training at sphere quietly, gathering her things, changing into something a little less casual and trainee-ish; skinny jeans and a cute sweater should cut it ( wrong answer, it always cuts it; juyeon has an abundance of cute sweaters waiting to be worn ). she texts persephone in advance, checking in to make sure her cousin is still aware of their meet up in the heart of hongdae on a saturday night. juyeon can only hope that her cousin is still up to it and that she won’t be gone again.

sometimes, persephone feels like she owes an explanation to juyeon. hell, she felt like she could've been a better cousin but that shouldn't even stand on the lines of what ifs. juyeon's her family, but to storm off isn't the proper way to go. on a worse note, she didn't tell the younger anything at all. it wasn't all due to the sequences of training and being overwhelmed by it but she couldn't handle everything currently going on with her life.

she has no intention of ditching juyeon at all, that doesn't even come to mind. though, it's late at night but she couldn't imagine what it was like for juyeon to keep herself up late at night because of the rough trainee schedule. now that she has more free time, there shouldn't be any excuse for seeing her little cousin. persephone receives the text and replying with that she'll be on her way very soon. it doesn't take that long to get to her desired location, a mere fifteen to twenty minutes.

[rkpersephone]

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i’m so excited for spring!! ♡♡

[xrkhojung-deactivated20180430]

– second time around.

[rkpersephone]

rkhojung:

“you’re the worst,” hojung looks over to her, poking her nose playfully. she’s totally picked this because she knows that he’ll be the one who’ll get scared. he also knows very well how she doesn’t get scared, and that leaves him with no choice but to agree with it. “if i get scared, i’m just going to snuggle my face against you  and blame you for my nightmares,” he points out as he hits play. “have we never watched this together before?” he asks, grabbing the bottle of water next to the bed and taking a sip before holding it out to her to see if she wants any.

“but am i really the worse?” she retorts in a playful manner, the question meant to poke at his gut but it’s not taken to be sarcasm, cause she has no hint of that in her tone. she doesn’t mind that he’s a scaredy cat, thinking that it’s rather cute at the act. “go for it, you can use me as a pillow! and no, we never have. so i’m really excited.” she grabs the water from him, “thank you, deary.” then sips a little bit before darting her eyes at the movie. ready for whatever comes her way, there isn’t anything that’ll scare persephone.