“Leon, come on. Let me see.” Jae playfully whined through the phone. By her request, Leon was getting ready for the prom while video chatting with his sister. Although, at the moment, he was avoiding being in the frame. “Are you fifteen or five?” He teased as he finally entered the frame, looking down as he adjusted his jacket. “You know Eomma’s going to kill you when she sees what you did to your hair.” Ah, yes. The dye job he had given himself in his apartment after the whole Valentine’s Day situation. The one he still hadn’t shown his mother. “Well, I like it and I’m prepared to deal with Eomma. Anyways, thoughts?” He asked her, gesturing to his outfit. “I feel like it’s missing something.” She responded and the two of them entered an ‘I’m thinking’ silence. “I’m already wearing the contacts I bought in Myeongdong,” He started, moving closer to the camera so that she could see his eyes. “, but I also have the lip tint Daehyun-hyung gave me at new year’s.” She nodded as if to tell him that he should wear it. He went over to where his makeup was and pulled out the aforementioned lip product, putting it on and then showing his sister. When the two of them were finally satisfied, he said goodbye to Jae before hanging up and heading out to where Yeong-Mi was waiting for him.
Now, when he arrived at the prom, Leon was expecting to spend the night talking to his friends and dancing with date, letting himself act his age for just one night. Which worked, for a while, but then his heart sank as Persephone appeared on the stage and said his name. As she began to talk, he could feel Yeong-Mi’s hand wrap itself around his own and he gently squeezed her hand in return. Then Persephone admitted to aborting their child and Leon gasped, covering his hand with his mouth. She claimed to have been kidding, but as she continued to speak, Leon couldn’t decide whether he should be horrified or concerned for Persephone. Although, that concern quickly morphed into shock as she revealed, to the entire school, the truth about his relationship. He kept his head high, trying to appear confident as everything he had tried to keep hidden this year was thrust into the open but once she began calling his name, he looked down. Keeping her out of his gaze and his face away from hers. Barely seconds after, he was pulled away by Hera, asking, or rather, demanding a word with him.
Though his demeanour may suggest otherwise, Leon’s breaking point is very low and as Hera spoke, he reached that point very quickly because he knew that they were right and that made him feel awful. They were one of his closest friends and even though he already knew that they would be upset that he lied to them, seeing it in front of him and being able to see was something he already knew he would never be able to forget. “Hera,” He started, his voice tight. “I was forced into my marriage by my mother to settle a debt. I really wanted to tell you because, honestly, you being there would’ve made it so much easier, but she made me promise that I wouldn’t tell anyone.” He admitted to her, trying his hardest to look her in the eyes, knowing that his own betrayed his every emotion. “Then everything with Persephone happened and I didn’t tell you about that because I’ve still been trying to process it myself. I think my hair can tell you exactly how well that’s going but I promise I had no idea she was your sister until right now.” He said, gesturing to his white hair when he mentioned it. “I really f-cked up Hera. I know that. I just- I don’t know what to do about it.” He finally confessed, running his hands through his hair as he admitted defeat.
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