Karma's a Bitch

"Do you really think he'll come here? I'm getting tired of waiting in the dark!" Karina whined on the phone.

"If I'm right about him, he will. Unless he's dead asleep or something, but he replied," Ryujin stated, lying on her couch with Bama and Una, her younger cats, resting over her.

"This guy better be as worthy as you say or… I hear some steps running here."

As planned, Ryujin muted herself on the phone, listening attentively while the door opened.

"Ryu?" Hwang Seungdae, the server she now considered a friend, asked loudly enough that Karina's phone picked it up.

"That's a very rude greeting coming from a server," Karina replied to him, chuckling.

"Yeah, sorry. I was…"

'Lights on,' Ryujin thought, imagining his now familiar flustered face and writing a text while Karina talked.

August 5, 2025

Ryujin 😺

I keep my promises.

Treat her well and enjoy, dumbass!

"…I was not expecting her to tell you she had broken her leg or something. You may want to check that."

Silence. Ryujin scoffed at her phone when she saw the call had ended. "She'd better show me something after she gets home." She rolled her eyes, dropping her phone. "Do you think he'll enjoy Jimin unnie as much as I did the first time?" She smirked at Dallie, her older cat, feeling the judgment in his eyes.

The satisfaction of giving such a treat not to one, but two friends, didn't last. While she had more frequent visits lately from Yeji, Jimin and Sua, these were usually planned. Hearing her doorbell out of the blue felt threatening, even for her pets. Doubtful, she squinted at the peephole of her door before opening it.

"What are you three doing here?" Ryujin asked, signaling Lia, Chaeryeong, and Yuna to step into her apartment. They didn't say a word. Confused, Ryujin guided them to the living room for them to sit.

"What's the problem?" She inquired, noticing more clearly Jisu's regretful face, Chaeryeong's stern expression, and Yuna's curious eyes.

Lia eyed her members, one still trying to find her way with words, the other too shy to express her thoughts to Ryujin. "I'll just say it. We're worried and disappointed with you."

"Excuse me?" Ryujin scoffed with a frown.

Chaeryeong huffed in disbelief. "Oh, you know why," she grimaced in a tone she had never used with her elder.

"I really don't know what you're talking about." Ryujin laughed, even more confused.

"Mr. Hwang," Yuna said quietly, taking any hint of a smile off her friend's face. The whole room went quiet.

"See? You knew perfectly well," Chaeryeong replied with fire in her eyes.

"First, how did you find out?" Ryujin pondered, defeated, resting her elbows on her knees and running her hands through her hair.

"Yeji unnie told me everything after the baseball game. All she did, and all you did," Chaeryeong explained, almost growling. "Also, everything you two did to her. She would not stop talking about how good it felt to pass out like that," she rolled her eyes.

"Why did you do it?" Yuna wondered, silencing the apartment.

Ryujin felt the maknae's big eyes bring back all the emotions she felt that day. The instant regret from the moment he walked into Yeji's apartment, the remorse of not stopping her in every opportunity she had, the guilt invading her whole body the moment she pushed into him, and the shame of losing control of herself by a mere kiss and a few words from Yeji. Then, the desperation when she ran after Seungdae, and his stupid, unbelievable comprehension right after. Yes, he was furious that day, but he still heard her and understood her shitty decisions, showing no apparent resentment towards her. The added fact that he turned out to be IU's boyfriend amplified the sentiment just enough for a tear to shed from her left eye.

"I… I'm working on it," Ryujin said weakly, glancing at their faces, demanding more of her. "You know how I feel about Yeji unnie. You know better than me that I can't say no to her. Fuck, even Seungdae oppa noticed that right away," she acknowledged, shaking her head.

"Seungdae oppa?" Chaeryeong scoffed right away, voicing the members' thoughts with her arms crossed. "Are you two close now?"

Ryujin's mouth and eyes shut in thin lines. "He may have spent a night here not long ago," she admitted, avoiding their faces.

"Did you fuck Mr. Hwang?" Yuna almost yelled. "I mean, did he fucked you?" She corrected herself, failing to get past the awkward phrasing.

"Hell no." Ryujin grimaced in half a second. "After… I fucked him that day," she said regretfully, "we talked. A lot. He asked me to stay in touch, so I invited him over to drink some wine, and he fell asleep after we emptied a couple of bottles of wine."

"So he's fine with you after what you did?" Lia pondered, trying to comprehend their dynamic.

"We avoid the subject. But yes."

"Still, that doesn't change what you did," Chaeryeong stated after a few seconds of silence, bringing nods from the other members, including Ryujin. "If you wanted him to fuck you as punishment, you would have done it the night he stayed here. What do you propose?"

"And how can we even make Yeji unnie pay for that as well?" Lia chuckled, letting her back fall on the couch.

By Friday, all the pieces fell into place. Lia had booked Seungdae for the following weekend and asked him to pick her up after their practice so he could see them all. Ryujin had ordered a special package, ensuring it would arrive at least a full day before her self-imposed sentence. Chaeryeong and Yuna spoke directly with Yeji, playing with the idea of making Ryujin the center of attention during their next group time in the dungeon.

"But she's a pleaser. She'll want to please us as well," the leader murmured.

"What if we tie you up for her?" Yuna grinned, biting her lower lip.

"She could eat your cunt while we take care of Ryujin unnie." Chaeryeong nodded, bringing a smile to Yeji's face.

As discussed, Ryujin agreed to the proposal. "I'll be in your hands, then. Except for you, unnie. You will be in mine," she winked at her and smirked at the rest of the group, sealing her own fate as well as Yeji's.

Thursday arrived. Secretly, Lia and Yuna approached Ryujin, offering options taken directly from the maknae's drawer.

"Come on, it will help you even if you squeeze a tiny bit of it up your butt," Lia insisted, showing her the lube bottle labeled with an'S8' and the small silicone douche kit in the bag.

"That would not be fair. And Chaeryeong knows that trick. She'd find out right away." Ryujin replied.

"I've got other options she doesn't know about. Ideal for your muscles to relax," Yuna said playfully.

"No, darling. I appreciate it, but I need to do this the right way," Ryujin stated, holding their hands. "I take it you two will go easy on me?"

"You know we will," Lia smiled gently with a nod before turning to see Yuna.

"I'll try, I swear, but you know I can't control myself after a certain point," the maknae pouted.

"Then forget about it and do whatever you want with me," Ryujin smirked warmly, pulling the tall girl in for a hug.

Practice went as usual, except that Lia had taken her pet, Bella, along, and that Yeji and Chaeryeong left first to prepare the dungeon. The rest of the group spared some time, enough for them to make a quick stop at Ryujin's to collect the package before catching up with them in Yeji's apartment.