Choni

Choni is the femslash ship between Cheryl Blossom and Toni Topaz on CW teen mystery drama Riverdale.

Canon
Cheryl and Toni meet at the Ghoulies vs. Serpents drag race as Cheryl takes over the flag prompt from a bemused, but nonchalant Toni. Their later re-introduction goes far worse as Cheryl demeans the Southside High students, who have been transferred to Riverdale High following the closure of Southside High. Following Jughead's article, Toni, inspired by her grandfather, leads the protest against Pickens Day, the celebration of a man who slaughtered the indigenous Uktena people who have the rightful claim to Riverdale and today exist as the Serpent community. Cheryl's mother confirms the horrible crimes of General Pickens at the behest of her great-great-grandfather, Barnabas B. Blossom, and Cheryl, horrified at this, goes and stands with the Serpents in protest. Taking a stand against her family's gruesome acts, Cheryl looks on in reverence and admiration as Toni speaks.

When Cheryl lashes out at the core four, Toni calmly confronts Cheryl and sees beyond Cheryl's defences. Cheryl balks at Toni's kindness, but starts letting her guard down when Toni persists in knowing the pain behind Cheryl's evil facade. Cheryl opens up to Toni and shares with her how Cheryl fell in love when she was younger and Penelope branded her a deviant, tearing Cheryl from her love Heather and crushing her as she began to hid her true feelings. Toni tells Cheryl that Penelope is completely wrong and that Cheryl is deserving of love and Cheryl lets herself receive Toni's comfort.

Cheryl and Toni start hanging out at Thistle House and are very flirtatious around one another. Cheryl asks Toni to be her emotional support at her late father's will reading, where she faints when her late father seems to enter the room. Cheryl finds out that it's her long lost uncle and keeps Toni around, inviting her to family dinner. Cheryl invites Toni to join the River Vixens and confesses to her inner circle that she's afraid to be alone in the house, fearing for her life in the face of her mother and uncle's scheming. Toni is sympathetic and Cheryl admits that she had to invite several girls over for a slumber party to have Toni over in the house. They almost kiss, when a loud crash wakes and scares everyone.

The attempt on Nana Rose's life has Cheryl confess to Toni that she fears she might be next. Toni later goes looking for Cheryl at Thistle House and is told by Penelope that Cheryl's been sent off to a Swiss boarding school.

Toni seems determined to find Cheryl. She talks to Josie and Veronica, saying that she believes Cheryl’s mother and uncle have done something to her. She and the other girls head to Thistle House and confront Penelope, who scares Josie off with a picture Cheryl drew of them together.

The next day in class, Toni gets called to the principal’s office to find Nana Rose calling her. Nana Rose tells Toni that Cheryl is nearby and she is with the Sisters, befor this line is cut. Toni relays this information to Veronica, who guesses that she may have mean’t the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. The two talk to Kevin who says that the Sisters of Quiet Mercy still do gay conversion therapy (off the book), but there is a tunnel that was used during prohibition that they could use to get in.

Veronica and Toni meet at night to rescue Cheryl. They meet Kevin at the tunnel and tell him to wait for them. They get down into thto tunnel, where Veronica asks what they are gonna do when they get in their. Toni tells her that they will “search every damn door until we find her.” They get into the Sisters of Quiet Mercy and split up to find Cheryl.

Cheryl, meanwhile, is watching a cheerleading program with other children in conversion therapy. She hears Toni calling her name, but believeing she is dreaming, begins to cry. Toni bursts into the room and runs in front of the projector, asking if Cheryl is in there. Cheryl, confused stands up. Realizing it is Toni, she runs and hugs the girl, still in front of the projector. The two break away and look into each other’s eyes. They lean in and kiss.

Veronica breaks into the room and informs them that nuns are coming. Taking Toni’s hand, Cheryl and the two girls run back through the tunnel. Cheryl waits for Toni to take her hand again after she barricades the door before running back into the Forrest.

The next day at school, Cheryl and Toni sit together on the couch in the rec room. Cheryl is wearing Toni’s pants and the two loosely hold hands. Toni asks Cheryl what she is going to do, to which she responds that she is going to get revenge on her mother and uncle. She then grips Toni’s wrist and smiles at her before getting up to speak to Kevin.

Songs

 * falling short | LÅPSLEY


 * bullet | ANN MARR

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Quotes
"I didn’t want to invite all the girls tonight, I only wanted to invite you tonight. Which is...what I crave"

- Cheryl

Trivia

 * Vanessa Morgan (Toni Topaz) and Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom) are best friends in real life and met in 2015 when Morgan auditioned for Josie