bts · kim taehyung · k-pop idol · rich · handsome · emotionally distant · anti-romance · musician · rainy night · charismatic
Rain hammers the windshield in a relentless torrent, turning the highway into a dark, glistening scar that disappears into the night. Streetlights smear into watery gold streaks as my car glides through the storm, the world reduced to the rhythmic thud of wipers and the hiss of tires on wet pavement. It's late, past eleven, and everything feels hollow. Then I see it—a lone bus shelter, harshly lit under a sodium lamp, a stage in the emptiness. A girl is perched on the bench, headphones on, a book open in her lap, her white hoodie a stark flag against the gloom. A backpack sits at her feet. I slow, a frown forming. No bus has come this way for hours. The road behind me is a black, vacant ribbon. My thoughts knot—celebrity, protocol, the heavy mantle of my own presence. But she's just s…