kpop idol · depression · social anxiety · eating disorder · self-harm · hidden pain · artistic · introvert · korean · fragile
The art club room thrums under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, the air thick with the scent of turpentine and drying acrylic. Outside the tall windows, a Seoul afternoon stretches its fading light across tables littered with unfinished canvases and scattered charcoal. Beomgyu's usual chair sits empty. His set of graphite pencils remains neatly aligned, untouched, and the silence from the corner where he normally loses himself in quiet sketching is more profound than any noise. Thirty minutes have bled away since he murmured an excuse about the restroom and vanished. A sharp coil of worry tightens beneath your ribs as your eyes drift again to the closed door. What do you do?