For Riley [Closed]

[phoenixfalling]

Kim had been glad that things didn't get weird between him and Riley after he asked her out. She said 'no' and he accepted that and that was that. Things had kind of gone back to how they had been before that, which was nice. That wasn't to say that Kim still didn't have a bit of a crush on her but he knew that it wasn't going anywhere and there was nothing to do but accept it. Besides, Riley was awesome, it wasn't like being her friend was a consolation prize or anything. Being her friend was awesome.

He was also her piano instructor. Kim had found her a decently cheap keyboard to practice on at her place since she didn't have a full on piano and had agreed to bring it over and set it up. The keyboard tucked under one arm and the stand under the other he knocked on the door to her place.

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[phoenixfalling]

Kim nodded and shuffled over to set up the stand and keyboard so that she could practice. When she shouted about the mouse he glanced over but she heard him rip the poster down, which he was both grateful for and kind of disappointed. She had his poster above her bed and she had still turned him down.

"You sure you don't want me to sign that?" he asked, unable to resist. He was already mortified so why not address the elephant in the room?

[jiyunnies]

Damn it. Well, Riley feels like she gets an A for effort. She sits on the foot of her bed, her cheeks a little red in embarrassment. "I'm such an idiot, god."

[phoenixfalling]

"Hah, it's okay, um, I try to not be recognized," he said, flushing a bit at the fact that she was such a big fan. Kim just hoped he didn't ruin the band for her knowing now what a huge dork he is in real life.

"I, um, at least I don't have to keep hiding the tattoos around you anymore?"

[jiyunnies]

"My brain is having a hard time realizing that you and Ken Young are the same person." She looks up at Kim again and it's weird. She still gives him a small smile. "That's true. I can see why you didn't want to be recognized."

[phoenixfalling]

"Well I guess you just didn't spend a whole lot of time looking at my face on that poster," he teased, even as he felt his face flush red. "Would it help if I took my shirt off?"

He knew what she meant though. More than the image it was the whole persona. It was kind of like why no one her thought Clark Kent was Superman.

[jiyunnies]

Riley points at Kim and shakes her head. The idea of Kim ever taking his shirt off and matching what she had seen of Kim Young is too much for her brain right now. "You are not helping, bud. Don't do that. My brain will catch up soon, but if you do that, you'll break it."

[phoenixfalling]

"Alright, how about if you don't tell anyone that I'm Ken Young I won't tell anyone that you had a shirtless poster of me in your room?" Kim offered, unable to keep from smiling. He figured that maybe the more he teased her about it the more it would seem ridiculous and not embarrassing.

[jiyunnies]

"Deal! But you should also forget that bit about the poster as well," she adds, wincing. This would be exactly her luck.

[phoenixfalling]

"It's not a big deal," he said, shaking his head. The last thing he wanted was for Riley to feel weird around him. "It's not- that's not me, that person on the poster. Not really. Don't worry about it."

[jiyunnies]

"Oh, I kind of figured that." Riley shakes her head, immediately realizing how wrong that sounded. "Not that it's a bad thing. Your image was never bad and you're not bad. I do know it was just an image though. The important thing is that I know the real Kim Yoo," she smiles.

[phoenixfalling]

"Maybe I'll get you a poster of the real Kim Yoo then," he said with a grin. It would have to be the most ridiculous poster ever but he was okay with that.

"But come on, we're going to teach you to play the piano."

[jiyunnies]

Riley giggles at that. "Oh yeah, I won't look like a stalker with that at aaaalll." She gets up from the edge of her bed and smiles, feeling way less embarrassed now.

"Right, piano lessons. I'm a great student, I promise."