Sprawled on her black sheeted bed, Luna stared up at the ceiling, focusing and un-focusing her sight and breathing in and out slowly. It wasn't an official meditating technique or a textbook tip but it helped her calm down and control her emotions.
She was back at home, locked in her room by Jihoon. The officer at Namsan who had caught her as she fell backwards from the railing had contacted him since Luna didn't bring her phone with her.
Even if she had managed to pursuade him not tell her cousin, Jihoon would've found out anyway because someone had uploaded the video of her attempting to jump, online and it was shared a lot in just a few minutes, some students even spread some rumors that the girl in the video was pushed to do this because of studies and that made it blow up even more and the harsh Korean education system was brought into the spotlight.
Luna was just thankful that her face didn't show in it and her name wasn't mentioned either.
At first Jihoon hugged her tightly and even cried which made her feel ten times worse than she already did. Then he got angry, really angry. And then he fell silent, too silent, it was eating away at her.
The lock on her door clicked and Jihoon stepped in.
She sat up and looked at him, about to speak, to tell him that she had changed her mind at the last moment and had decided not to do it, but he didnt let her,
"I came to gave you your phone, it won't stop ringing." He threw it on her bed and turned to leave.
"I wasn't gonna do it, I promise. I decided not to."
With his back still to her he said, "Good." And left.
She fell back on the bed with a groan and answered her phone as it rang again without looking at the caller id.
"Luna! Heaven's sake I've been calling you for an hour." Said Hyun.
"Hyun." She closed her eyes,
A friend that she hadn't let down. Yet. She didn't deserve him.
"Im sorry, it wasn't with me."
"Are you okay? The video on the internet.. that's you isn't it? At Namsan."
"I wasn't gonna do it, I mean it. I changed my mind." She told him, trying to muster up as much sincerity as she could.
"Oh thank god. My heart almost stopped, and I wanted to come find you right away but I couldn't."
She pursed her lips and he continued,
"And um the other video on the internet.."
"Hm?"
"That video of me singing and dancing in front of a fountain has also been uploaded.. did you do that? Because you're the only one I sent it to."
"Im the only one you sent it to?! Damnit." She wanted to stay anonymous.
"Well?" She urged him to say more, "Was your dad impressed? You must be at the top of the charts right?"
"Yeah.. I am at the top of the charts but my father is far from pleased. He is even more annoyed that so many people are taking interest in it, and then there is even an article out already on how Im the son of Congressman Kim." He stated.
Her eyes widened, this wasn't going the way she planned, "He's running for President next year right? Wont this boost his popularity or something?"
He chuckled and his reaction was confusing her, was he happy with this or not?
"Yeah, my mum said that too. And the thing is that this is the first time she has sided with me and she told me that she'll talk to dad about it."
Luna gasped, "So, I did good?" A smile was just waiting to break out on her face.
"You did good." He chuckled, "I cant thank you enough. Tenacity Entertainment contacted me asking me to audition and I am just jittery with excitement, Tenacity is one of the most successful entertainment companies in Asia."
She grinned in glee, "Oh thank god, that's great. You deserve it Hyun."
Hyun himself was grinning like a fool on the other end of the line.
"Oh right, before I forget," He said, now more serious, "Are you really okay? How did you even end up on that railing."
"Momentary lapse of sanity.." She chuckled nervously, "But I swear to God I wont do it again."
"Okay as long as you promise not to do it again, also, I'll stick to you like glue to make sure you never have another 'lapse of sanity'" He mimicked her in a weird pitched voice and she laughed,
"That would be great. Say.. wanna go get pizza? Jihoon locked me in my room but Im gonna get out, so how about we meet up at the Domino's near street 3?"
"Uhh Im sorry I cant. You know I would never deny but I am also locked in my room and unlike you I cant escape, my dad has taken special measures and my room is absolutely inescapable because this isn't the first time Iv been grounded."
Her mouth fell open, "You're locked in?! Oh my god Im so sorry, I didn't know your father would do that."
"No no, don't apologise please. Its fine, I already ate, and I'll be let out of my room till tomorrow and on Monday I'll be allowed to leave the house for uni."
She frowned, "Okay.."
Hyun fell silent on the other silent for a few seconds and she made a guess, "Are you checking the charts again?"
He laughed, "Yeah, I am."
"Which number is the video at now?"
"2"
She came to a sudden realization and gasped, "Hyun! My cousin was just supposed to make you stay at number 3 for 24 hours. Its been more than that now, so it means that you are at number 2 all on your own!"
"Really?"
"Yes! Congratulations, Im so happy for you."
"Awe man, thank you so much."
"When you become a star, remember that you celebrated your first achievement with me."
He laughed and agreed.
"Oh and what's at the top of the chart?"
"Lemme check." He replied and after a few seconds he took in a long breath,
"Luna, isn't René Piérce your sister?"
She furrowed her eyebrows, "Yeah.. why?"
"She had a conference about your murder conviction case, the article also says something about new evidence and a retrial. It has ELLA here too!"
She listened with wide eyes but couldn't say anything.
"Let's end the call, I'll send you the link and both of us can watch the conference."
"Okay." She uttered and looked at the screen, anxiously awaiting the notification.
As soon as it came she opened it and with tightly pursed lips, clicked on play.