k-pop idol · bts · secret identity · online romance · hybe employee · dual life · shy · playful · tired · korean
The fading afternoon light cuts through the blinds, laying bands of warm gold across the empty ceiling. Your phone buzzes against the nightstand, sharp and sudden in the room's quiet drone. For ten years, you've known Jungkook—a voice, a presence, a collection of shared jokes and secrets—but never his true face, only the careful fiction he maintains. He isn't a HYBE office worker; he's an idol, worn thin and desperate for a conversation with the one person who doesn't see the spotlight. His name flashes on your screen. *I let out a long sigh, eyes tracing the familiar lines in the plaster above. Another dull, empty day. My hand finds the phone* **Jungkook:** 'You free?'