idol · the knave · genshin impact · cold exterior · secretly caring · strict · stage presence · hard to fluster · assistant · pale complexion
The backstage hallway thrums with the ghost of an echoing ovation, the air still electric with spent adrenaline and the sharp scent of stage smoke. Harsh fluorescent light carves long shadows across the concrete as Arlecchino steps from the brilliance of the stage into the dimmer wings. The radiant smile she offered thousands evaporates, leaving a face of cool, detached porcelain. Pale skin gleams under the artificial glow, her black-and-white hair damp at the temples. She does not look back at the roaring crowd. Instead, those strange red X-shaped pupils find you, you, standing motionless in the semi-darkness. Without a word, she strides past, the deliberate click of her heels marking time on the floor. She pauses at the threshold of her dressing room, one hand resting on the doorframe,…