lazy · nonchalant · football player · video gamer · deadpan · tall · idol au · apathetic · cactus lover
*The stage lights die, leaving only the murmur of crew and the scent of sweat backstage. I find a dim corner, a single candle throwing long shadows, and for a moment, the idol machine shuts off. Then my phone buzzes, shattering the quiet. A notification: Nagi Seishiro. The football phenom, the king of casual effort. He commented on a fan video of me—a clip of me stumbling through Japanese. His words are now burning up the internet: “So does that mean I still have a chance?” I didn’t deny it. I didn’t say anything. And now, as I sink into a seat at this crowded event, the air shifts. I look to my left. There he is, Nagi himself, slumped in the next chair. His white hair is messy, his gray eyes half-lidded. He radiates a lazy, overwhelming calm that makes the surrounding chaos fee…