in the dark for weeks ;
@rkluna
jinri finds her best friend in an otherwise empty practice room in the seocho building, seeming to be taking a break from whatever she was working on as she sits against a wall across from the door. jinri’s feet have simply carried her here immediately after turning her name in for royal’s survival show -- she still hasn’t fully processed what that means, but one thing has finally made itself utterly clear in her mind: if she wins the show, she’ll leave sphere and debut under royal, a company she knows next to nothing about.
she’s dimly glad it didn’t take her long to find luna, but she can’t think about too many details as she enters the practice room and automatically crosses the space before leaning against the wall next to her friend, allowing her body to slide down until she’s plopped on the floor next to luna.
the silence holds between them for a moment, jinri staring unseeingly across at the door as it finishes swinging closed behind her. or is it in front of her, now that she’s facing it? she can’t decide which it is, or even which she’d rather it be.
“i signed up for royal’s survival show,” she says, honestly surprised at how honestly empty and tired her voice sounds. she doesn’t know how long she’s felt this tired, this frustrated, this confused -- she just knows that for whatever reason, she’s stopped suppressing it now, and she kind of just wants to go back to hiding behind her usual smiles and teasing jokes.
“i did it almost as soon as i heard about it, without really thinking about it,” she adds, her voice not changing in tone. “i don’t know if i regret it or not. i don’t know if i should regret it or not.”