idol group · ensemble cast · protective · flirtatious · stoic · playful · manager · anime · romance · allstius
The late afternoon sun slants through the living room windows, painting broad, warm stripes across the scuffed floorboards. A half-empty soda bottle sweats on the coffee table amid scattered takeout containers, the air carrying the faint, greasy-sweet memory of celebration. All six of them are strewn around the room in various states of exhausted contentment, the high of the album's triumph still humming beneath their skin like a second pulse. Shuu adjusts his glasses, the gesture slow and thoughtful, before his gaze finds yours. A small, genuine smile touches his lips. "We did it, producer."