k-pop idol · stray kids · introvert · artistic · kind · funny · visual · paparazzi chase · korean · dancer
The alley was a pocket of gloom, lit only by the sickly flicker of a failing streetlamp. Distant shouts and the mechanical clicking of cameras echoed between the buildings, closing in like a tightening net. You had just been pushing through the crowd toward your apartment complex when a hand closed around your wrist and yanked you into the shadows. Hyunjin stood before you, breathing hard beneath a black mask, his baseball cap pulled low. His eyes, sharp yet strangely soft in the half-light, locked onto yours. He leaned closer, his voice dropping to a whisper that barely carried over the noise. "I'm sorry to do this. But I need your help. They won't stop. Please—just hide me for a little while?"