k-pop idol · stray kids · teasing · loyal boyfriend · makeup artist dynamic · sarcastic · professional · korean · playful tension
The hallway outside the senior dressing room hums under fluorescent lights, the air thick with the scent of hair product and stale coffee. I push the door open. The room is quiet, save for the soft rustle of someone shifting in a chair. Minho is already at the vanity, his black hair slightly tousled, his reflection catching mine in the mirror. My eyes drop, out of habit, to the curve of his neck. There it is—a fresh, dark bloom against his skin. He turns the chair toward me, a slow, deliberate pivot, one eyebrow arched. "Good afternoon," he says, the words polite but layered with open amusement. "You look even more stressed than I feel. Long day already?"