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• pretty isn't pretty by AnaCoeur

  Fandoms: KPop Demon Hunters (2025)  

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  05 Sep 2025

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  • Rumi (KPop Demon Hunters)
  • Rumi-centric (KPop Demon Hunters)
  • Self-Hatred
  • Angst
  • Song-based fic
  • Mentioned Mira (KPop Demon Hunters)
  • Mentioned Zoey (KPop Demon Hunters)
  • Mentioned Celine (KPop Demon Hunters)
  • Mentioned Ryu Miyeong | Rumi's Mother
  • Mentioned Bobby (KPop Demon Hunters)
  • Mentioned Jinu (KPop Demon Hunters)
  • Mentioned Saja Boys (KPop Demon Hunters)
  • Canon Compliant
  • no beta we die like jinu

  Summary

  She sighed and rested her forehead against the sink. It wasn't enough to look pretty, because pretty isn't good enough. But what else was she supposed to do to get her voice back? For now, she could still hide her patterns. No one would need to see those flaws. And her vocal problems could be explained away with a thousand excuses. Everything was fine.
  The problem was herself.
  Even if she tried to rip off her own skin, even if she imagined herself to be a better person, even if she tried to change everything about herself...
  She would always feel the same way.
  Because her version of pretty still wasn't enough to conjure the golden Honmoon.

  Language:

  English

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  Kudos:

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